Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Scarlet Deer 16

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Tian Heng may be afraid of the Liaodong Army, because Wei Bao was almost wiped out in less than a day, such a deterrent, not to mention Tian Heng, even Xiang Yu has to have some scruples.

Just like Chen Ping and Sun Po's operational estimates, on the day of the fierce battle with Wei Bao, Zhang Jiashi himself planned to play the prestige of the Liaodong Army under Zhang Jiashi.

At the moment, the results are pretty good.

Of course, Chen Ping, Sun Po, and even Zhang Jiashi ignored the situation, that is, people die for money, and birds die for food. Once one's sanity is blinded by imaginary interests, many times, this deterrent power is not enough to do many things. At the very least, Tian Heng and Zang Di chose to almost come out of the nest instead of taking a tentative attack, which made such a situation very clear.

No one would have expected that such a battle-level battle would be so dramatic.

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In contrast to the First Battle in the Nameless Hill area, this battle, which was recorded as the "Scarlet Giant Deer" in later history books, occupies a considerable part of the composition of many corresponding history books.

However, no history book accurately describes the battle at that time.

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At about 11 a.m. on September 22 B.C., Zang Di's army, which was closer to Wang's army, encountered Wang Chang's army, which had completed the formation, in the area three miles south of Wang's camp.

At this time, Wang Chang, except for about 6,000 people left behind in the camp, other troops were basically sent out to line up against Zang Tu's army.

Seven large battle formations, based on the large battalion, were arranged in a 2-1-2-3 situation.

Among them, the three battle formations at the forefront were the battle lines used by Wang Chang to arrange against Zang Tu's army.

The two battle formations in the middle were arranged by Wang Chang as a reserve force.

The third battle formation is the commander's army formation where Wang Chang is located. The last two battle formations were the defensive points on the left and right sides of the camp that Wang Chang used to defend them.

The scouts sent out by Zang Di to reconnoiter were not Wang Chang's scout opponents at all, except for the peripheral situation of the battle array, for Zang Di, who could not find out many things, he was very distressed.

He was not afraid of Wang Li's army, but in the face of one of the last elites of the Great Qin Empire, Zang Di's cautious way of fighting was actually not wrong.

The remnants of the tiger's death are still there, not to mention the army of Wang Li's army, which has repeatedly defeated other small princes' armies under his command. Under such circumstances, Zang Di simply could not act rashly without intelligence.

Because of this, Wang Lijun and Zang Dijun fell into a stalemate in such a situation.

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At about 12 noon, the sun gradually became fierce, and for Wang Changjun, who was not too short of supplies, such a situation was not very unbearable.

But for the Zang Tu army, they lack supplies, and it is difficult for them to deal with such a stalemate combat situation.

Because the Zang Tu army, which almost poured out of the nest, basically left all the supplies in the camp and set off lightly.

Because the war had not yet begun, Wang Lijun was able to let some sergeants or civilian men in the rear resupply, but except for some officers, the rest of the Zang Tujun could only drink the water in the water bag to quench their thirst.

Although there is no such concept of anthropology at this time, Zang Di, as a person with extensive knowledge, naturally knows one thing, that is, the longer the troops under his command are delayed, the faster the combat effectiveness will decline.

In this situation of desperation or lack of preparation, Zang Di ordered his troops to attack Wang Li's army, which was located six or seven hundred meters away.

In response to the three battle formations arranged by Wang Chang, Zang Di also sent three infantry battle formations to charge.

Perhaps, in such a situation, it seems more tactical to use cavalry or chariots to attack the king's army. But the troops of Zang Tu and other minor princes, even if the number of chariots combined, was not two hundred, while the situation of the cavalry was slightly better. But all in all, with less than a thousand cavalry troops, even if they have the courage to attack the Qin army, it will have no effect.

In such a situation, Zang Di could only rely on the largest number of infantry troops in his hands to launch an attack on Wang Li's army.

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Unlike the situation of the Liaodong Army, when there was basically no communication with the Liaodong Army or there was no time to accept the Liaodong Army's set of combat methods, Wang Lijun, who used the tactics of the past, began to carry out projectile suppression after the Zang Tu Army's forward rushed to the formation of about 400 meters.

In a sense, the number of strong crossbowmen in Wang Li's army is also expensive, but if it were the Liaodong Army under Zhang Jiashi, he would not do this kind of thing that seems to be very prestigious, but in fact the effect is not ordinarily bad.

The Qin army's strong crossbowmen in the rear of the three rows of infantry in the three phalanxes were almost quite neat, launching the crossbows loaded with five-stone strong crossbows that could reach a range of about 400 meters.

Hundreds of crossbows quickly appeared on the ground.

A few seconds later, more than a dozen people in the front of the Zang Tu army were shot by crossbows and fell to the ground groaning.

Such a result, if Zhang Jiashi saw it, he didn't know what to say.

Reality is not a game or an animation.,It's like the kind of thing where thousands of arrows are fired at a long distance.,Or washing, sleeping, dreaming will be more realistic.。

The more sophisticated the equipment, the higher the requirements for the ability of the personnel, in such a situation, even Zhang Jiashi could not make up 10,000 strong crossbowmen who could use the improved, increased range and lethality.

Although it is said to be a six-stone strong crossbow, in fact, after adopting the design of some gear set casings, people with more than 100 kilograms of two-handed pulling force can use this kind of strong crossbow. But even so, Zhang Jiashi has not been able to find such a number of corresponding personnel so far, and Wang Lijun's situation is not much better.

The more important reason is that although the Great Qin Military Manufacturing has also adopted a relatively primitive assembly line production method, the production quantity of this kind of sophisticated equipment is not too high.

Therefore, even among the battle formations lined up by Wang Chang, there will not be too many real strong crossbowmen.

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It's just that as the troops of the Zang Tu army got closer and closer to the road of Wang Li's army battle array, more and more arrows fell on them.

At a distance of less than 250 meters, the three infantry battle formations of the Zang Tu army had already lost about four or five thousand people.

At this time, Wang Lijun's stone throwers and bed crossbows also joined the battle.

Zhang Jiashi was not equipped with a large number of heavy weapons at such a time, not that the troops under Zhang Jiashi's command were not capable of making such things, but Zhang Jiashi believed that such things would not have much effect in field battles.

Because the arrangement is too cumbersome, and some older models of bed crossbows, because of the range problem, have to be placed in front to be able to play a better role.

The configuration of Wang Li's army was different, with more than twenty stone throwers and dozens of bed crossbows of at least six or seven stones, attacking Zang Di's army one after another. Under such a circumstance, the casualties of Zang Tu's army suddenly increased a lot.

However, with a rain of arrows in the sky, the Qin officers and soldiers in front of Wang Li's army also screamed.

Many of the crossbowmen in Zang's army began to launch a counterattack against the Qin army.

In such a situation, the two sides were at such a distance of more than 100 meters, throwing and suppressing each other.

Of course, the Zang Tu army, which has a fairly low armor rate, many of them were more captured peasants before this battle, and they were able to be trained by Zang Tu to go to the battlefield without immediately crushing, and Zang Di's ability can also be seen.

At the very least, Wang Li's army has not been able to effectively eliminate the factors of these small princes' coalition forces, that is, the officers and soldiers of these small princes' coalition armies, many of whom are rabble.

Wang Li, for many reasons, ordered the collection of troops rather than the pursuit of the whole army as soon as the alliance of these minor princes showed signs of retreat.

It's not that Wang Li doesn't want to do this, but he is worried that if the troops under his command pursue too far, then if there is an accident and heavy losses, he, as the commander, has no place to regret going?

Therefore, this is the main reason why these princes' coalition forces have been able to jump up to now.

Maybe Wang Li has to bear some responsibility for such a matter, but more, in that case, even Zhang Jiashi will not order the troops to pursue directly. After all, the other party's camp at that time was not as far away from Wang Li's army as it is now.

The rain of arrows on both sides continued to fly around, and more and more officers and soldiers on both sides paid the corresponding casualties. However, because the officers and soldiers of Wang Li's army have a leather armor made of cooked cowhide, unlike Zang Tujun, many people or basically only have such a thin linen clothes.

Once Wang Li's officers and soldiers were shot by the opponent's relatively inferior arrows, as long as they were not directly hit in the vital parts, the damage would not be too great. In particular, some hoplites wearing iron armor are sometimes even more "invulnerable".

However, the officers and soldiers of the small princes under the command of Zang Tu's army are different, once these officers and soldiers are shot by the arrows shot by Wang Lijun's strong bow and crossbow, even if they are not shot, many times they will be shot directly through the body, so that many people quickly lose their combat effectiveness and slowly die due to excessive blood loss.

And Wang Lijun's stone-throwing tools and bed crossbows, in fact, the effect was not too great. Perhaps a slightly polished stone that looks a little smooth, after being thrown, can crush to death or crush several or even more than a dozen Zang Tu officers and soldiers. However, compared to the reloading speed of the catapult, this killing efficiency is not worth mentioning at all.

And the situation is similar with the bed crossbow. Some large bed crossbows, such as platoon crossbows, can shoot more than a dozen crossbows at once.

But let's not talk about the hit rate, just that kind of reload speed, even if this kind of crossbow can hit all the opponents, it may not have much effect.

In a sense, increasing the hit rate with the number of shots at once is in fact not an efficient situation.

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The first charge of the Zang Tu army did not effectively contact the Qin troops. In an area about 100 meters away from the two sides, Zang Di's army was scattered.

Wang Chang was not unaware of the fact that these enemies had a very poor will to fight. And today, these enemies were able to collapse with nearly half of the casualties, such a situation has to be said that Wang Changdu admired the person named Zang Tu very much.

After all, this is a fundamental shift. If he had enough time, these people might have been able to cause him more trouble.

Wang Chang did not order the pursuit, although it brought no less than 10,000 casualties to the other party, but for the reality that the main body of the other party has not yet broken its muscles and bones, it is not a good thing to pursue the other party like this.

He conveyed his order to let the wounded of the officers and men at the front line retreat, and then draw men from the two reserves to replenish the losses at the front.

The casualties were also calculated more generally. In such a situation, the three battle formations each paid more than 1,000 casualties, and such a data is not something that makes Wang Chang very aggrieved. You know, in such a situation, paying such a small price can be regarded as a victory.

Besides, there were only four or five hundred people who died in the battle, and Wang Chang didn't find it difficult to accept such a result, you must know that this was a battle between tens of thousands of people.

Suddenly, a trace of thought appeared in his mind, that is, what kind of situation would it be for the troops under their command to meet the Liaodong Army?

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Zang Di looked very indifferently at the little prince who was caught in front of him and commanded several troops, although he was prepared for such a situation, but such a thing really happened, especially before he succeeded in engaging the other party, he was defeated on all fronts, how could Zang Di accept it?

Zang Di didn't say too much nonsense, but in front of many people, he personally ordered these little princes who were still struggling or begging for mercy to be dragged down and killed.

He didn't want to do this, but if he didn't take this method to make an example, I am afraid that it will not be long before or the next time such a thing happens, even his troops will have no will to fight, and the whole army will be dispersed.

In order to avoid this, Zang Di can only do this.

After glancing at the heads of these people who were being lifted and were still slowly dripping blood, Zang Di pondered what he had to do to solve each other.

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The situation that Zang Tu's army was defeated first for a while did not seem to have anything to do with the entire "Scarlet Giant Deer" operation.

Almost at the same time, Tian Heng led his army to an area about four kilometers southeast of the Liaodong Army camp under Zhang Jiashi.

Perhaps, if it had been a long march directly, Tian Heng would have been able to reach this place at 12 o'clock or earlier.

But for Tian Heng, although his jealousy of the Liaodong Army under Zhang Jiashi is not very strong, it's just that Tian Heng, who ordered the troops to bury the pot and cook, hoping that the physical strength of the troops can recover some, may be quite obvious in his heart.

However, he didn't wait for Tian Heng's arrival early. Anyway, he trusts the strength of the scouts under the command of the Liaodong Army. If Tian Heng could lead so many troops to appear directly not far away from them without being discovered, such a thing would be impossible at all.

Therefore, it was very easy for the troops to cook in the pot in Tianheng, and also ordered the troops to have a full meal.

When the tens of thousands of Qi troops under Tian Heng's command were dispatched again, he ordered the troops to attack to meet the enemy.

The crossbow chariot unit under Zhang Jiashi's command actually has another purpose. That is, after unloading the war horses that pulled the carriage, several Qin infantry could turn the chariot around, slowly push it, and then let the crossbowmen climb on the crossbow chariot to fight when they were fighting.

Such a way was an idea that Zhang Jiashi had after he ordered the conversion of the chariot into a crossbow chariot. And such a thing was not pioneered by Zhang Jiashi, but a tactic that appeared very early, but because it did not give much play to the occasion, few people chose it.

In fact, there are not many places where this combat method of crossbow chariots can be used. After all, if you take the initiative to attack, such a thing is more practical than using war horses to lead.

In terms of heavy equipment, except for dozens of medium-sized bed crossbows placed on combat vehicles, other heavy weapons were not used indirectly.

The Liaodong Army did not completely abandon the combat method of chariots, after all, the chariots can make a cameo appearance in a grain transport vehicle no matter how bad the situation is, if it were not for the fact that the current tricycle is indeed a pit father in many aspects, Zhang Jiashi did not think of installing some light bed crossbows on the chariot as mobile firepower.

Of course, in many ways, the current tricycle can still play a sufficient role on the road in better road conditions, and before there are raw materials that can be improved accordingly, the tricycle is chosen as a battlefield weapon, or forget it.

In contrast to some equipment or weapons that were not too popular, Zhang Jiashi ordered the Liaodong military to urgently produce a full 40,000 throwing spears for nearly a month, which were occasionally equipped with heavy infantry on the front line.

Perhaps, the effect of these spears will not be too great, but people, including the intermediate, think that this kind of spear throwing is indeed a good way to make up for the shortcomings of simple infantry units. Because of these spears, in the effective range, against the enemy army with heavy equipment, it can indeed more effectively contain the opponent's advance.

Moreover, after the news from the Liaodong side that the hand crossbow was not good for an infantry to match, Zhang Jiashi could only choose a spear that looked more convenient to solve the shortcomings of the attack distance of the simple infantry.

At the same time, Zhang Jiashi secretly ordered Han Zhong and Xu Fu to make breakthroughs in the research of gunpowder weapon fuzes.

In this battle, the troops under Han Xin's command were secretly assigned 300 iron lumps that looked like a kind of melon fruit.

Of course, these people were not the officers and soldiers under Han Xin's command, but the garrison troops who were transferred from Dingxiang City and underwent corresponding rigorous training.

Perhaps, the loyalty of these people or something, even Su Jiao is difficult to guarantee that there will be no problems. But in such a situation, there is no better option, they are the best choice.

And Zhang Jiashi, knowing that the Fang Shi under the command of Han Zhong and Xu Fu actually had this kind of talent that seemed to be incomparable to the Mo family, he ordered Xiao He and Xu Fu to lead the establishment of a special research and development department.

According to Zhang Jiashi's order, this department is directly managed by Xiao He, while Xu Fu and Han Zhong are respectively in charge of the corresponding fields.

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