Chapter 816: The Essence of the Han Soldiers, the Strength of the Han Generals

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Marching and fighting, pay attention to the time, place, and people.

In field warfare, geographical advantage is particularly important, and it is often the key to determining victory or defeat.

More than 20,000 iron cavalry pioneers of the Zhao army were surging to kill, and only Yang Yanzhang, who had a battalion of soldiers, went out to fight. Is he crazy? No. Not only did he have a brilliant tactic without him. The reason why troops are stationed in the field is precisely because this tactic needs to take advantage of geographical advantages, and the key to success or failure lies in whether a suitable location can be found.

The geography in front of us is a fitting point.

The dust and smoke were all over the sky, and the cavalry of Zhao State had already been killed.

Yang Yanzhang led the troops at the bottom of the "V" shaped beach of the small river, and there were quietly flowing rivers on the left and right, and it seemed that there was no way back.

Three thousand heavy armored infantry lined up, but in the face of the large number of Zhao army's iron cavalry, no matter how you look at it, it is also the struggle of the beast before death.

When the generals of the Zhao army saw that the Han army had 'entered' to the river beach, a place of death where there was no way to retreat, they shouted the blessing of the gods and Buddhas, and they couldn't help but smile on their faces full of anger.

The first battle between the Hedong Army and the Zhao Army is approaching.

Midday. The scorching sun hung high in the sky, and the clouds seemed to be unable to endure the scorching temperature and hid, and the sun penetrated the earth, illuminating the sky and the earth white.

The horse's hooves on the ground, the heavy and orderly sound is getting closer and closer, the wheezing and snorting of the war horse is getting closer and closer, the cavalry of Zhao is also a strong force in the northern corner, and even compared with the cavalry of the Han army, the Yan Zhao iron cavalry is the first manifestation of the reputation of the strong army in the northern corner in five hundred years.

More than 20,000 cavalry had already rushed over on horseback. The trampling of the earth by the hooves of a hundred thousand horses, the magnificence of the galloping horses, the billowing smoke and the loud shouts made them look like a flood.

The front of the Han army, which only had 3,000 people, stood quietly in the bay without any retreat, and they lined up in a neat line of 300*10, densely crowded in one place. In the face of such a huge pressure from the enemy, even if they are the elite of a hundred battles, a cold air is transmitted directly from the soles of their feet to their backs, and some people can't help but show nervousness.

Yang Yanzhang came to the front of the formation under the surprised gaze of the generals. Carrying a spear that glittered in the scorching sun, he shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him: "Zhao Qi is indeed powerful, but you don't need to be afraid. General Ben will live and die with you. Will be the first to face the enemy Earthling, and will be the last to leave. ”

A kind of excitement nurtured in calm, super rich in people's hearts to render. Yang Yanzhang's image is excellent in the army, and every soldier believes in him. Everyone immediately shouted in unison, and all tension and worry dissipated at this moment.

"That's what it's like!" Yang Yanzhang, who has always been a little solemn, is very bold today.

As he spoke, he ignored the approaching enemy cavalry on the opposite side, reached out and took a short spear from the hand of the soldier behind him, took a deep breath, and condensed the strength of his whole body in his right arm. Like a leopard, he suddenly took five steps forward, shouted lowly, and the short spear in his hand shot out like lightning, and flew out more than a hundred steps in a blink of an eye. The invincible force regarded the armor as tissue paper, penetrated the armor, and the short spear continuously pierced through the chests of the three people, and the castration was inexhaustible, until it hit the fourth person.

Yang Yanzhang's hand took the lead, and his simple actions greatly boosted the morale of his army, and he shouted and cheered in unison.

Thousands of arrows and crossbows roared towards the enemy with the sound of breaking through the sky, and the cavalry of the Zhao army on the opposite side fell one after another, staining the river beach with blood.

But in the end, the two armies still collided fiercely, flesh and blood flew sideways, the cavalry of the Zhao army was knocked off their horses one by one, and the infantry armor of the Han army was trampled into meat for ten thousand horses.

A fierce battle that lasted more than a quarter of an hour began. Then, and then the Han army began to retreat.

The Zhao army, which was boiling with murderous intent, was overjoyed, and the general who led the troops thought that the victory was decided, so the whole army rushed up and pressed on.

Twenty steps!

Ten steps!

Step by step, the Han army retreated towards the river behind the river beach.

Yes, the river!

This is Yang Yanzhang's intention. To deal with the cavalry of the Zhao army, the silt under the river will be his best helper.

The water in the river is not deep, and the deepest can only reach a person's waist. The rafts in the river that were pressed by stones in the water quickly floated, carrying a huge part of the Han army's infantry and retreated. Even if some soldiers of the Han army wore armor and had no time to board the raft and retreat, they had to retreat into the river with great difficulty, compared to the Zhao army, the people were still much lighter than the horses.

The cavalry of the Zhao State, which was crowded together, could not retreat, and it was ten times harder than the Han army.

The infantry armor of the Han army still quickly took off their armor, but the cavalry of the Zhao State who was trapped in the mud could only scream under the dense arrows. The most straightforward thing is that under this dense rain of arrows, it is impossible for the soldiers of the Zhao army to take off their war horses and their battle armor.

Of course, Yang Yanzhang would not let go of this God-given opportunity, and waved his troops forward, one by one the Han soldiers retreated, picked up spears, spears, swords and heavy axes, and slashed at Zhao Cai's head, and soon, blood stained the river.

Yang Yanzhang shouted again and again, and the spear was waved, reaping the lives of the enemy like chopping melons and vegetables.

But the general of the Zhao army looked at the chaotic situation, and did not have any anxious expression, but showed a trace of sigh, and said to the people behind him: "The essence of the Han soldiers, the strength of the Han generals, nothing more than this." ”

Seeing the sudden change in the battle situation, the generals around him all fell to the weak Han army in one fell swoop, and they had already opened their mouths wide. After hearing this, he couldn't help but shout: "It's really amazing!" ”

Totally unexpected, totally unexpected.

"Mingjin retreats! We lost this battle. ”

The front-line people turned on their backs, and the river beach was stained with blood.

Zhao Qi, who was crowded together, became a target for moving people, and everything was in chaos.

The unrivaled crossbow arrows are powerful again and again. A powerful crossbow bolt that can penetrate the entire body of a horse and a knight in armor and a halberd. Every time there is a terrible sound of breaking the air, there will be a puff of blood, and one by one Zhao Qi will fall down in blood.

The small "V" shaped river beach has become Zhao Qi's grave, and in just a quarter of an hour's work, the river beach is full of Zhao Qi's dead body.

Due to the special topography of the "V" shaped river beach, the Han crossbowmen on rafts were wrapped from both wings, and their main attack was the middle and rear army of Zhao Cai, not the front army that had fallen into the water.

As a result, the rear army squeezed forward, and the front army had to withdraw and trample on each other, and countless people died.

Yang Yanzhang immediately withdrew to Yiqing County with the captured prisoners, and then the vanguard infantry of the Zhao army rushed to the city.

The loss of three or five thousand horsemen was only a small setback. Zhao Guo, who knew the strength of the Han army, knew very well that his army could not be swept all the way.

But when it was learned that Yang Yanzhang only had 10,000 people and was still stationed in Yiqing County, the clamor for revenge could no longer be suppressed.

Yiqing County is located in the southwest of Jiangjin City, which is a barrier to Jiangjin City and a stumbling block for the Zhao army to attack Jiangjin City. If Yiqing County is not taken, their flanks will always be under the edge of the Han army.

"Zhao Jun!" A loud shout. Resounding through the city. Sima of the city gate army was shocked in his heart and hurriedly looked out of the city. I saw that on the open land west of Yiqing, a black line was rolling. And it didn't take long for the black line to become a black wall, and then the crowd of people surged, and the flags flew over.

The officers of the Han army at the head of the city shouted out the order, and the soldiers agreed with a bang, and they were ready to run up to the city. A military marquis with a tiger on his back pulled out his saber at his waist and said in all directions: "Bow and crossbow ready!" ”

The archers quickly unhooked the bow they were carrying, and each of them tried to pull it once to make sure that the bow was in order, and scattered the bundles of arrows, ready to replenish them at any time. The crossbowmen naturally worked harder, especially the ones at the crossbow side of the bed.

The bed crossbow was huge, and it was laborious to place it, so you had to choose the right location. Before the city was ready, there was a sonorous sound of armor behind it, weapons clashing, and strong footsteps, and if you looked back, you could see a large number of heavily draped infantry moving towards the city, wrapped in thick armor from head to toe. Hundreds of people poured into the streets of the city, carrying, picking, and dragging the stones and logs that had been collected long ago to the city. The old, weak, women and children all nervously poked their heads out of the door of their homes and looked at the officers and soldiers speeding through the streets. Someone pulled his husband and brother and told him a thousand times.

Yang Yanzhang straddled the war horse and was accompanied by several subordinates to gallop to the city. When you step up to the city, you can't help but be angry when you look down!

Outside the city, the Zhao army of the brigade was already encamped. But some of them were assembled, and by visual inspection we could see that there were about 10,000 and 35,000 men, all of whom were infantry. Yang Yanzhang was angry. This Zhao army did not bring any large-scale siege equipment, and only came to detain the city with simple ladder vehicles. How can you not be angry if you look down on him so much?

"It seems that we haven't had enough of the suffering!" The reason why Yang Yanzhang went out to fight a battle before was just to show his muscles and not want to be underestimated by Zhao Jun.

In fact, this is not that Zhao Jun really deliberately looks down on him, but that he is running for a long time, and it is impossible to carry huge and heavy siege towers and other things. Moreover, the Zhao army's siege and land grabbing was completely fast, and instead of dismantling the equipment into parts and parts and hundreds of thousands of carriages, it was better to wait for the local materials to be used and made ready-made.

"I can't let you get through the moat! It's too much of a deception! Yang Yanzhang scolded secretly in his heart, and then ordered everyone to give Zhao Jun a head-on blow!

Both sides were making final mobilization before the war. The generals of the Zhao army jumped in front of the battle, shouting loudly, and the soldiers held their weapons, echoing like thunder. The Hedong army at the head of the city is naturally no stranger to this kind of formation, when Zhu Biao led the troops to fight, before rushing into battle, I don't know how many times he had stimulated morale like this.

"Don't scare them! Don't look at Zhao Gou's shouting at this time, you will shoot over later, and he will still hit the ground. He also said that we are now well-armed, relying on the city, it was yesterday that we fought with the Zhao army, and we also rode on foot, one enemy and four, killing him for three or five thousand in a while, and the elder brother also cut off two heads. A veteran said to the county soldier beside him.

"Who's stunned? I'm not afraid of Zhao Gou! "This county soldier looks like he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he is still childish, and he has no real war experience.

"And what are your hands shaking? Little brother, let's look back, I'll let you see my brother's arm strength with these two stones later. The veteran snorted and clenched his fist, making a strong gesture.

Yang Yanzhang saw that the Zhao army was already preparing to attack, and said to the leading captain beside him: "This is your battalion, you will command." With that, he strode to a bed crossbow and ordered his soldiers to mount arrows.

The two sturdy pawns immediately held the wheel on the crossbow bed, one on the left and one on the right, and twisted the big bow on the crossbow bed to the back with all their might, and then buckled it with the crossbow buckle. Another man took out his arrows and placed them in the slots.

Suddenly, the Zhao army outside the city made a loud killing sound, straight into the sky! The first six or seven thousand Zhao soldiers and tigers roared and swarmed forward, each with a cloud ladder as the center, and the soldiers in front of them all held long shields as cover, and tried their best to pounce on the county seat. But at this time, there were soldiers in the city who found that it was not like Zhao Ren who rushed over? The battle armor system, how do you look like a Han army with a change of battle robes?

Sima Mou, the marquis of each department, stood behind his brothers, measured the distance, and shouted repeatedly: "Steady! Steady! "At about five hundred paces, the bed crossbow section is ready to shoot.

Although relying on the city, many county soldiers fought against the enemy for the first time, and they were inevitably a little timid. Some of the archers' hands holding bows and arrows trembled, and their eyelids fluttered involuntarily.

Bed crossbow shooting!

A round can be fired at a distance of about a hundred paces.

Two rounds later, Zhao Bing reached about 300 steps to the city wall, and a military marquis ordered to the elite shooters specially selected next to him: "Test shot!" As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a string sound, and the crossbow sped!

"No! Try again! The crossbow bolt in his eyes did not enter the enemy's formation, and the military marquis ordered again. The shooter then winds the crossbow vigorously, looks at a target, and instantly pulls the crossbow machine! The enemy is coming! And in an instant, all the crossbowmen pulled their crossbow arrows without an order!

In the sound of swishing breaking through the air, the tight bowstring tugged at the arc and creaked!

The thunderbolt strings of five or six hundred powerful crossbows rang out. It was as fast as a flying locust, as dense as rain! The Zhao army in the charge immediately pounced! Even the Zhao soldier who was holding a long shield was also killed by a crossbow arrow that broke through the shield and died.

At the head of the city, the strings sounded constantly, and the soldiers of Zhao under the city kept being hit by arrows and fell to the ground. Yang Yanzhang always squatted in front of the bed crossbow at the head of the city, squinting one eye to find the target. There is no half-smile on his face.

Now he can already determine that the Zhao army that came to attack the city was the Han soldiers who surrendered to the enemy along the way, that is, the so-called Jingsui army.

It's really hateful!

No matter how much you kill, you will kill your own people.

Yang Yanzhang put his hand on the crossbow machine, and the anger in his heart was accumulating more and more, ready to shoot at any time.

Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of a person in the Zhao army's charging formation, brandishing a big knife and shouting around. This must be the officer, who is busy turning the crossbow bed and aiming at this man. Compared with those ordinary soldiers, the officers who defected to the enemy were the most hateful.

The arrow of the crossbow arrow was already facing the human torso, and when Yang Yanzhang was pulling the crossbow machine, he suddenly heard the horn of Zhao Jun's rear formation!

When the Zhao army, which was charging in front, heard this, it suddenly stopped advancing, and the rear team changed to the front team, and quickly withdrew from the range of the bow and crossbow at the head of the city.

Yang Yanzhang got up and looked, only to see that countless Zhao soldiers were retreating, and after a short time, they ran clean and dizzy, what does this mean? Did you come to my city to try a bow and crossbow?

Looking at the hundreds of corpses left by Zhao Jun in front of the city, he was really puzzled. Not only was he puzzled, but the soldiers above and below the city, as well as the people who supported the battle, were also confused. Ben is going to do a big job, killing the dark ground today, the sun, the moon and the sky. The old and weak women and children in the county town are already preparing to cook rice, which will be sent to the officers and soldiers in the city after the first half of the battle. In less than a quarter of an hour, the Zhao army withdrew?

The Zhao army approached Jiangjin, and the whole country was shaken. It's finally time to come! Ji Yun lamented all night in the forbidden, but he was helpless.

Although Zhu Biao has been sent out of Zhenjiangjin and played the strongest big card in his hand. But the general has a long-term victory? Although Zhu Biao has great achievements and fame, after all, he only has 80,000 troops......

Anyone who knows the strength of the enemy on the front line knows in their hearts that once they are true, they will see their true ability.

Therefore, Yang Yanzhang's first formation, second formation, and the news of thousands of people and horses were all sent to Beiping City in an expedited manner of 600 miles. The pigeon and the harrier eagle flying in the sky sent the news earlier.

And in the past Hedong battlefield, where is it worth mentioning the capture of thousands of people? Not at all.

The next day, the real Zhao army appeared on the battlefield.

"Ministries! Prepare your equipment for the siege! Zhao Jun gave an order, and tens of thousands of soldiers moved when they heard the wind. More than fifty flat shield carts were placed in front of the formation, and at the back, the soldiers carried out a wooden ladder about six or seven feet wide and about five or six feet long, and then erected it high, and forcefully lifted the wooden ladder up the huge van that had been prepared earlier. Then a strong man with a sledgehammer jumped on the car, so that the chatting nails were connected, and the complete ladder car was replenished in a few moments.

In front of the Zhao army, a ladder car was erected, looking at this shape, it was very similar to a swan singing with its neck singing.

The commander of the Zhao army looked at the head of Yiqing City, and the soldiers who defended the city could be vaguely seen swarming up, running north and south of the city. At the enemy tower, you can even see military attachés in armor and robes talking to each other. Before the big battle, both sides were intensively preparing for it. It's just that I don't know how determined the Hedong Army is to defend Yiqing?

"General, Zhao Gou is really coming." Yang Yanzhang's relatives said so.

"That's right! General Ben is trying to stretch out and measure Zhao Gou's condition. Yang Yanzhang sneered.

"Beat the drums!" One of the generals in the Zhao army shouted loudly. As soon as the words fell, I heard the war drums thundering! A majestic drum reverberated under the city, breaking the pre-war silence!

"Siege!"

As soon as the military ordered, more than a dozen soldiers in front of the cart were in a team, pushing the four-wheeled trench cart or flat shield cart and struggling forward. Behind them, there was a ladder truck in a unit, and everyone was clustered with a ladder truck. At this time, no one got into the carriage of the ladder cart, and the soldiers each raised their long shields to cover their comrades who pushed the cart internally. I saw hundreds of siege machines moving slowly. Behind the scenes, the drums are beating!

The drums of war are beating faster! The sound shakes the heartstrings! The Zhao army in front has already approached the city! Push the trench cart to the moat in front of the wall! In an instant, the head of the city was full of sharp arrows!

At that moment, Zhao Bing fell to the ground.

Although the cart soldier has a shield shield and a shield cart protection, there is still a negligence in Baimi, is it really possible to maintain it thoroughly, and it will not leak? The arrows shot from the head of the city can even break the shield cart with one blow.

Those who are hit by arrows can only fall to the ground and wail non-stop. Then, in the blink of an eye, he was stuck with sharp arrows all over his body. (To be continued)