Chapter 478: The two armies face each other
This is Yun Zichen's first big battle, the previous war with the Japanese Kou was simply a one-sided trend, a group of local chickens and dogs, how could they be the opponent of heavy armor soldiers.
But now the situation is different, he is facing Zhu Di, the king of Yan who has been guarding in the north for 20 years, the person who defeated Geng Bingwen head-on, and the person who made Li Jinglong's 500,000 army return in vain.
Therefore, Yun Zichen didn't dare to take it lightly, if it was someone else on the other side, he would definitely let the heavy armored cavalry charge over
"Report! The flag on the opposite side is a piece of character. ”
Immediately, spies came to report.
"Zhang Zi? It seems to be Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu's troops. As for Zhang Yu, don't worry, although he is brave, he can't let go of his hands and feet, but Zhang Fu has to pay attention, he is a powerful character. ”
Yun Zichen's eyes flickered, and he naturally paid attention to Zhang Fu, because the only one who could match him was Zhang Fu, who became a thousand households at a young age.
So he had paid attention to Zhang Fu a long time ago, but he didn't expect that the first time he commanded the army, he would be paired with a character like Zhang Fu.
"I'll be meeting this young general in a moment." Yun Zichen's face straightened, and then he said to Sheng Yong beside him, "General Sheng, you and you have led people to copy their flanks, I think they are tens of thousands of people at most, as long as they are divided, Hejian Mansion is their burial place." ”
"I'll do it."
Sheng Yong responded, but he didn't call himself the last general to Yun Zichen, after all, Yun Zichen was too young, and he was the general of Pingyan and Wei Yanghou, so he couldn't let go.
Looking at Sheng Yong's back, Yun Zichen shook his head, he naturally knew what Sheng Yong was thinking in his heart, as early as when he came to Shandong. He could see that kind of love from Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan's faces.
But this is not important, there were many people who thought he was unworthy, but because he followed the side of the imperial grandson, he could soar all the way, and he became a thousand households at a young age.
But no one knows how hard he practiced at night and read military books during the day in order to keep this honor.
Until two years ago, when he went south, he used a hundred men to break thousands of pirates, and although the enemy was only a chicken, he at least proved that his military thinking was right. That's it.
And now is the best time to prove it to everyone, that is, to defeat this young general who is as famous as himself, then no one will look down on him anymore, and he will be worthy of the title of Wei Yanghou.
"Go and find out how many enemies there are." Yun Zichen continued to give orders.
"Report to the general, at least tens of thousands, also equipped with hot air balloons, as well as heavy armored cavalry, and that strange army, it should be the main force of King Yan." A moment later. There are spies coming to report.
"Tens of thousands? It should be Zhu Di's main force, it seems that he wants to have a decisive battle with me, but as far as he is concerned, it seems that it is not enough for me to stuff my teeth. Yun Zichen chuckled. What if there are 100,000 people on the other side? How many 500,000 people he has in his hands now, he is not a straw bag like Li Jinglong, even if his morale is low, he has to fight for morale.
"Send a force of 50,000 men to guard the rear. A team of 100,000 men guarded the flanks, and the rest waited for me to wait for General Sheng to block their middle. I will go out with the whole army and annihilate the enemy for me! Yun Zichen continued to give orders.
"General, why don't you concentrate all your forces and give the other side a head-on attack?" The adjutant asked curiously.
"They must have thought that we would send all the main forces for the sake of shame, so they would definitely copy our back and flanks, otherwise why is the handsome flag on the opposite side Zhang? And not Zhu? Have you forgotten that there is a Zhu Neng in their army who is even braver than Zhang Fu? There is also a Qiu Fu who is not afraid of death, and more importantly, Zhu Di is not there, there are just three conductors, so calculating, but it is about to become my meal. ”
"The general is a good plan." The lieutenant patted the horse's ass.
"Okay, don't say more, let everyone give me a stealth operation, if it's in an open area, just wait for me to march at night, the hot air balloon on the other side is not vegetarian." Yun Zichen waved his hand, then looked up at the hot air balloon opposite.
Originally, they were also equipped with hot air balloons, but basically before they took off, there would be gunshots, and then their hot air balloons would fall.
"By the way, send a team of scouts to the woods ahead and get those thieves out for me, but don't startle the snakes." Yun Zichen commanded.
"Yes, my subordinates will do it."
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"Report to the general, ten miles ahead, find the enemy army."
In the barracks of Zhang Fu's father and son, a scout came to report.
"The army? How many people are there? Who is the manager? Zhang Fu put down the book in his hand and asked loudly.
"The number of people is unknown, but there is no end in sight on the hot air balloon. However, they are hanging the cloud flag, and the coach is likely to be Wei Yang Hou Yun Zichen. ”
"Yun Zichen? Sure enough, we still met it. Zhang Fu muttered.
"Fu'er, don't take it lightly, according to the situation, that Yun Zichen may have led the army of the entire imperial court, which is claimed to be 500,000, and our 50,000 army may be difficult to break through." Zhang Yu suppressed Zhang Fu's thoughts in time, he knew what his son wanted to do.
"Dad, don't worry, I have my own measure, and I will let people find out the truth tonight." Zhang Fu did have the idea of leading the troops to rush over just now, but he just thought about it, and he didn't dare to go really, after all, this Yun Zichen was not Li Jinglong's kind of straw bag.
"Report, the snipers in front have been cleared." Just then, someone rushed in to report it.
"How much has been cleaned up?" Zhang Yu asked.
"Of the five that were sent out, only one came back, and he was seriously injured."
"One? It seems that this Yun Zichen is really not simple, he knows what the key point is. Zhang Fu tapped his fingers on the table, then stood up, and then said, "Since he can send troops to clean up our snipers, it means that he has been prepared for the Shenji Battalion, and if he wants to use the Shenji Battalion to attack from the front, it will definitely have no effect." ”
"Pass the order and let the Shenji battalion be divided into two teams, one on the left flank and one on the right flank, and send a thousand guards each. Let Duoyan Erwei be ready, and tomorrow if there is a tentative attack, if there is resistance, immediately retreat, lead them to the first line of the Jiaohe, and when they enter the range of the Shenji Battalion, they will shoot. ”
"Yes, my subordinates obey." The soldier immediately went out to give orders.
"Fu'er, it seems that you have grown up, and you can rest assured that you are a father." Zhang Yu didn't speak during the process, because he felt that Zhang Fu's arrangement was seamless.
"Dad, this is all taught by you." Zhang Fu smiled.
"By the way, when there is a south wind, send a hot air balloon over to see what moves the opponent's army has, I think that Yun Zichen is not simple, he must also be aware of His Highness's schemes, it is impossible to put all the troops south of the Jiao River, there will definitely be preparations." Zhang Fu said.
"Well, there is some truth, but if there is no north wind, the hot air balloon will not come back." Zhang Yu said with some concern.
"Don't worry about this, the current hot balloon has been modified a lot, and the fierce fire oil in the oil storage tank is enough for the hot air balloon to fly hundreds of miles, enough to fly over the enemy's area, as long as there is a north wind, it can come back. What's more, His Highness has transferred most of the hot air balloons to us, and it is nothing to lose one. Zhang Fu said.
"Fu'er, you're getting more and more handsome."
Zhang Yu nodded with satisfaction, if before King Yan raised his army, his son was only a general and was only suitable for local wars, then now Zhang Fu is handsome and can command such a big war, which may be why Zhu Di was able to hand over a large team of 50,000 people to their father and son.
On the first day of the encounter, Yun Zichen set up a defensive formation, and Zhang Fu and Zhang Yu did not let the army charge blindly, but garrisoned the army north of Jiaohe, across Mangdang Mountain and Suolushui, and confronted Yun Zichen.
It wasn't until dawn the next day that Zhang Fu sent a Duoyan cavalry, a team of about three hundred people, to tentatively attack Yun Zichen's defensive line.
But Yun Zichen had already defended against this, not only dug a trap under Mangdang Mountain, but also according to Mazhuang, only one mountain pass was vacant, but when the Duoyan cavalry rushed over, they were greeted by a Baniu crossbow, that kind of impact, even if it was a heavy armor like the Duoyan cavalry, it would not help.
So the first wave of impact would only go to two hundred horses, and nearly a hundred people were wiped out by Yun Zichen.
And Yun Zichen's army suffered almost no casualties.
"Do you want to fight a positional war with me? Do you want to kill me with your troops? After Zhang Fu heard the news, he guessed what tactics Yun Zichen was going to use, but what puzzled him was that Yun Zichen's troops were ten times that of him, and there was no need to use this defensive tactic at all.
But now Yun Zichen is also separated by Mangdang Mountain and Suolushui, and he doesn't take a step forward, which makes Zhang Fu a little confused.
"Isn't he waiting for someone to copy our flanks?" Zhang Fu stammered his tongue, then glanced at Zhang Yu, and then ordered, "Come on, send scouts, scatter near Jiaohe, and once you find a large army, report immediately." ”
"Hmph, it's not that easy to copy my flank." Zhang Fu said coldly.
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"Report to the general, General Sheng is here, they have already fought with Zhang Fu's army."
In the military camp south of the Jiaohe River, someone reported to Yun Zichen.
"Is there a war? Did they cut off the middle of Zhang Fu's army? When Yun Zichen heard this, his face was overjoyed.
"No, General Sheng spared thirty miles, wanting to run thousands of miles to attack the middle of the enemy's army, but when he was halfway around, he was discovered by the enemy. Since General Sheng did not have many troops, he was afraid that he would not be able to break through the enemy's encirclement. ”
Yun Zichen's eyes flickered, because for the sake of concealment, Sheng Yong only brought more than a thousand horses, but he didn't expect to be discovered.
"Quickly send troops to support General Sheng, let the heavy armored cavalry dispatch, attack the enemy head-on, and relieve the pressure on General Sheng." Yun Zichen ordered. (To be continued......)