Chapter 115: The Moon Array (4)
The imperial court counterinsurgency army was defeated, Yuwenshu was already frightened, and it was no longer possible to prevent an effective attack in a short time, and the rebel army was not in a hurry to enter the Kunyun Mountains.
Now the most important task after the war was not to save the soldiers, and the rebels suffered very few losses due to the blockage of the car formation.
Outside the original camp for several miles, full of dead bodies of men and horses, the rebels chased the horses that had lost their owners, pulled the movable ones into the camp one by one, and even the wounded horses were examined and bandaged as much as possible.
Wounded horses are also resources, as long as they are not castrated, they can give birth to new horses, and in the future, they will occupy large pastoral areas, and the amount of breeding horses required is very large, and only the kind of horses that cannot be saved and dead horses will become horse meat - although horse meat is coarse, it is also meat, which can be used as temporary grain.
For the soldiers who rarely get meat in most cases, they will definitely not mind, and there are even a large number of soldiers who have found edible and non-toxic wild vegetables nearby to cook the broth, but after a while, the aroma of horse meat stewed wild vegetables will spread to the entire camp.
Yang Qi sighed in his heart, and had already walked to the front of the big army camp.
The guards heard that someone asked to see him, and Yang Qi immediately ordered him to let him go, and he was guided inside.
"Da Shuai ......" saluted after coming in, only Yang Qi was in the big tent, and there were several young officers, who were recording the situation on the battlefield, and when they saw him coming in, they stopped.
Yang Qi was dining, and when he saw this, he immediately smiled and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Jiang, please sit down, have you had lunch?" If not, sit here and eat and talk together. ”
Jiang Feng glanced at it, it turned out to be horse meat, but he didn't shirk it, hugged his fists and saluted, and sat down to eat together.
This horse meat is relatively coarse, and it tastes good, this is the most tender piece of the horse that was cut, and the preparation is quite good, but it is indeed horse meat, and the handsome and the soldiers eat together, which in itself represents a lot of significance.
Of course, the meal in the army was simple, and while the two of them were eating, they listened to a few officers talking.
"Marshal, the chariot formation has proven its actual combat effectiveness, the cavalry swords, slashing arrows and even spears are not enough to break through the defense line of the chariot, and they can't even climb and be destroyed, only the infantry will destroy the deck with a giant hammer and the like, but to complete this, it will kill several times the soldiers."
"The moon formation is formed against the river, and the formation is arranged against the river, because it is afraid that the cavalry will attack around the rear, or the officers and soldiers will send sailors to attack behind the back, but the moon array will be broken immediately. And Yuwen Shu is too careless, using iron cavalry to forcibly storm the car formation, and our side has a crossbow hammer, long, medium and close attack methods, no matter which direction the enemy attacks from, it will face a cross-attack of fire from several directions, and the imperial cavalry does not have any cover to cover. Therefore, in the battle, tens of thousands of cavalry had no room for resistance at all. ”
"Marshal, the chariot is drawn by horses and oxen, food and weapons can be placed on the cart, the chariot is equipped with a thick deck, and the front and tail of the chariot have hooks and rings, so once you find that there are enemy horses, turn from a column to a circular team, and then drive the livestock to the middle, people can get on the cart, or prepare in the car circle, the whole process can be completed after the cavalry is found visually, and it does not consume much physical strength, so the enemy harassment war will only tire yourself."
"Although the chariot is simple, it has thick planks, crossbows, horse lances, food, and rest, so once you encounter the enemy cavalry, in the face of ten times the manpower, you can hold it for ten days and a half months, and if you want to break it, you must pay several times the price, Marshal, as soon as this method of warfare comes out, the cavalry is no longer fearless."
From these words, I heard a strong respect, there are many ways for infantry to defeat cavalry, but in essence, it is to pile up human lives, and they have been suffering from having nothing to control, but now, it has been solved by Yang Qi, or winning more with less, these are not respectful to them.
Jiang Feng thought for a while, his eyes showed a fine light, and said: "This chariot array is especially suitable for fighting against the grassland cavalry, although the grassland is large, there are not many locations suitable for large-scale pastures, the past dynasties have sent troops, one grain and grass are not continued, and the other is to be harassed and attacked halfway, with this chariot camp and phalanx, both are worry-free, and with the army, once the attack on these main pastures, it will be difficult for this tribe to survive." ”
When Yang Qi heard this, he was also proud, smiled, and said, "What are the disadvantages of this method?" ”
"If you forcibly break through the car formation, you must pay several times the price, which is not a disadvantage, but this method can only be done on grasslands or large flats, such as hills, woodlands, and lakes, it is difficult to do."
"There are many rocks, fires, lakes, and complex terrain in the interior, all of which can be broken, and they are even more useless for siege."
"The most lethal thing is that the chariot formation can only fight defensive battles, not active battles, and the cavalry can leave immediately when they see that the situation is not good."
"Although the Moon Formation has huge lethality, it also needs the enemy to light the enemy and directly impact the car formation, otherwise it will not be able to kill the enemy."
"However, the Moon Array and the Vehicle Array have high requirements for the coordination of multiple arms, otherwise they will not be able to exert their power."
These young officers analyzed it carefully, and when they said it one by one, Yang Qi nodded again and again when he heard it, but said: "Although it is not effective for the Central Plains in the interior, it is enough to break the cavalry!" ”
However, there are many records in history, there is this chariot, on the plains of the prairie, it is an invincible weapon, and in the future, Yang Qi rebelled against the cavalry of the grassland people.
At this time, when he had almost finished eating, he washed his face, and the people who had counted in the army had already asked to see him, and after being allowed to do so, he came in and said in a deep voice: "Marshal, in this battle, nine thousand of the undead horses have been obtained, of which four thousand are intact, and two thousand can continue to fight after they have recovered from their wounds." ”
This is the biggest gain, Yang Qi listened to it, and was immediately overjoyed, and said: "It's really good!" ”
"Uncle, the enemy cavalry has been executed, counting the corpses, it is indeed nine thousand five hundred horsemen, and there are only more than one hundred prisoners left."
"Great commander, the infantry supported by the enemy, first after being consumed with chariots, and then defeated, our army pursued down, a total of more than 3,000 people were captured, more than 6,000 people were killed, and there were 3,100 people in total."
"Yes, the Imperial officers and soldiers have gone to nearly 10,000 people, and the enemy thieves have gone to more than half of them, and there are only 25,000 people in the city."
"And our army has only a few dozen people killed, which can be called a big victory!"
Hearing this news, although Yang Qi had expected it in his heart, he was also overjoyed, this was really an unprecedented victory, after this battle, the strength of the empire's equal judgment army was greatly reduced, and not only did it have no offensive power. There are also times when the rebel army comes to attack the county seat of Ansan-gun, Weixin City.
If you wipe out the elite officers and soldiers of Weixincheng, there will be no resistance to it, and if you attack Weixincheng on a large scale, it will not cost much money, perhaps, it is time to occupy Weixincheng, thinking of this, Yang Qi can't help but be murderous.
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