Chapter 17: The Scarlet Deer 3

readx;?? The number of troops under the command of Wei Bao, the king of Wei, is not too small. Pen%Fun%Pavilion www.biquge.info Copy this address to browse hp://%77%77%77%2e%62%69%71%69%2e%6d%65/ But on the whole, as the main force of the Liaodong Army under Zhang Jiashi, he was forced by Tian Heng and Zang Di to join forces, and Wei Bao, the king of Wei, who had to attack, can imagine his mood.

Knowing that the person who was shrunk in the turtle shell had finally come out, Zhang Jiashi sent people to inquire about the situation of the attacking troops, and at the same time waited for the feedback of intelligence with the generals under his command. For Zhang Jiashi, it is impossible for the enemy to completely come out of the nest in this battle. After all, although the Julu area is a plain, once the more than 200,000 troops are fully spread, it is not to mention how difficult it is to command, just once there is chaos, it is impossible for the more than 200,000 troops to completely retreat.

Zhang Jiashi was not afraid that Tian Heng, Zang Di and Wei Bao would do such a stupid thing, but he knew very well that among these three people, the only person who could make such a low-level mistake was Wei Bao, the king of Wei.

After all, whether it is Tian Heng or Zang Di, they are not wine bags and rice bags like Wei Bao.

The message was quickly fed back. After learning that it was Wei Bao's troops attacking, Zhang Jiashi nodded to Chen Ping and Sun Po.

Chen Ping and Sun Po knew that this was the person who made them responsible for arranging the battle.

After a round of explanations, Chen Ping and Sun Po led the troops of Ruan Weng Shao, He Huai and Xiahou Ying into battle.

In order to allow the troops to be commanded more effectively, Zhang Jiashi ordered Xiahou Ying, who had been promoted to the rank of captain, and the three captains under his command to command all the chariot troops in the Julu area.

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When Wei Bao's army appeared in the area about four kilometers southeast of Zhang Jiashi's barracks, Jian had already led his troops to form a battle formation.

He led 8,000 officers and men, of whom 5,000 were infantry and crossbowmen, in the middle or behind the battle formation, while 3,000 in the cavalry were in the front.

The front army was 7,000 people under the command of Ruan Weng Shao, a fierce general of the Liaodong Army, and Ruan Weng Shao, who had only 1,000 cavalry troops, simply arranged the cavalry troops in front of the cavalry troops, and let the 6,000-strong infantry troops arrange the defensive formation.

The troops of Han Xin and He Huai were the left flank and the right flank respectively.

The Liaoxi Army under He Huai has been equipped with a large number of equipment produced by the Liaodong Army, among which, because it has officially taken over several coal mines in Liaoxi County, the Liaodong Army can be regarded as not too short of coal resources. Under such a premise, although Liaodong military construction is not yet able to make all kinds of equipment, it is not a difficult thing to produce the corresponding infantry standard equipment within a few days.

In the waiting period of these days, the Liaoxi Army, which was gradually changing its uniforms, was not waiting, but was training with nearby comrades many times. In this way, the familiarity of the Liaoxi Army with the equipment on hand was accelerated, which was something that Zhang Jiashi thought could be easily done after discussing with Bai Qi.

Although Zhang Jiashi knew that in such a short period of time, it was unrealistic to expect the Liaoxi Army to be able to give full play to the combat capability of the Liaodong Army under his command. However, with He Huai's accompaniment, after observing the results of the training, Zhang Jiashi's current Liaoxi Army can be regarded as doing a good job.

Therefore, Zhang Jiashi did not let the prisoner army under Li Cang's command replace He Huai's main force, but used his own personal guard troops and Li Cang's prisoner army as reinforcements to guard the camp and prepare to support the front line at any time.

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Wei Bao's mood was not so good, for Wei Bao, these Liaodong troops opposite him looked like they were all armed to the teeth. Not to mention the nearly a thousand or so chariots of all kinds in front of them, the infantry units behind the chariot units alone made it impossible for him to face them easily.

The current Wei army is, in many ways, a pit, but before his brother Wei Qi was not killed, Wei Bao was ordered to form Wei Wushu, a heavy infantry unit where Wei's prestige during the Warring States Seven Heroes period was.

Of course, this Wei Wushu, not to mention that its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Wei Wushu troops in the Wuqi period, and in terms of equipment, it is not even as good as the last elite of the Wei Wushu in the Pang Juan period.

It can be said that this Wei Wushu, even Wei Bao himself knows very well, barely similar in shape but not in god.

Under this premise, the combat effectiveness that these Wei warriors can exert is naturally far inferior to the elite of the powerful countries in the early and middle Warring States period.

In a sense, these Wei warriors under Wei Bao's command, not to mention that they have not yet achieved results, just the current situation can be regarded as insulting the name of the real Wei warriors.

The troops under Zhang Jiashi's command are not really elite troops strictly speaking. The equipment of each unit is basically the same, and the training is relatively similar. In such a situation, it is obvious that there is not much difference between the troops, and it is naturally difficult to say which unit is the real elite under the command of the Liaodong Army.

With such an arrangement, Zhang Jiashi can't say whether it's good or bad.

Speaking of benefits, the quality of almost all troops is about the same, and everyone is familiar with the corresponding training, such a situation is a very good thing for the Liaodong Army, which is short of soldiers. Because if it is really necessary to expand the army on a large scale, whether it is the unified training of new recruits or the use of old to lead the new, these new recruits can shorten the training cycle as much as possible and integrate into other units under Zhang Jiashi's command as quickly as possible.

The downside, too, is very obvious. That's an arrangement, and the logistical pressure is not too great, but it is very difficult to control the cost. Especially for the heavy infantry and cavalry units that still occupy a considerable proportion, in such a situation, Xiao He's hair turned a lot grayer.

In terms of money, this arrangement also costs a lot of money, but relying on the business accumulation in the previous period, the wealth of Liaodong County can still support such an approach.

However, whether it is Xiao He, Zhang Cang and Su Jiao in Dingxiang, Liaodong, or Li Zuoche, Su Teng and Cao Shen in North Korea, none of these left-behind civilian and military generals under the command of Liaodong County have a bitter face. Because now since we have to work hard for the dispatch of the army at the front, we must also make detailed arrangements for the preparation of the autumn harvest. It can be said that the front-line troops of Zhang Jiashi's division did not have much fighting, and the left-behind personnel in the two places were busy.

In fact, for such a situation, now as a semi-frontline of Liaoxi County and Guangyang County, Huan Su and others who stayed in the two places are also not too easy.

On the one hand, Shusun Zhong and Chen Heng, who stayed in Liaoxi County, needed to deal with Donghu in the north of Liaoxi County, while Huan Su and Shusun Ji in Guangyang County had more work. Not only did it have to arrange defense, but it also had to transport a large amount of supplies for the front line from the port area named Tianjin Port by Zhang Jiashi, and it was also necessary to gradually build a relatively simple Great Wall to deal with what happened next.

In fact, every night after returning home, the people who can sleep almost directly to the bed are far more than Xiao He and others.

They could complain to Zhang Jiashi, but they couldn't do that.

Because they are well aware that the pressure on the personnel at the front is even greater. In particular, Zhang Jiashi, who brought almost all the main forces of the troops to Julu County, had to bear far more pressure than them before the matter was decided.

Therefore, what they have to do is not to complain too much to Zhang Jiashi, but to do their own tasks.

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In this area of war, the troops under Zhang Jiashi's command sat back and watched the Wei army complete the formation arrangement.

In fact, including the newly joined He Huai, they all knew that with these configurations in their hands, once they really didn't care about the losses and used cavalry troops and chariots to impact the Wei army, the other party would not be able to do such a thing as arraying at all.

They didn't launch a fierce attack, not because they wanted the knightly character of a shadow now, but because Chen Ping and Sun Po thought that in this battle, they might as well use a frontal battle to defeat the enemy and also play the momentum of the Liaodong army.

In terms of Chen Ping's goal, they don't need to really fight Wei Jun, they just need to make the other party scared.

This was the main reason why the Liaodong Army did not directly launch an attack when the Wei army was not firmly established.

Zhang Jiashi, after secretly discussing with Bai Qi for such a situation, thought that although it was very likely that there would be some costs that were difficult for them to accept, but just as Chen Ping and Sun Po thought about it, the benefits of defeating the Wei army once in a dignified manner were unimaginable.

At the very least, no matter how scummy the quality of the Wei army is, if in this battle, it is possible to defeat the other party in terms of fighting will by direct face-to-face confrontation, not to mention fighting in the Julu area in the future, it may also be very beneficial for the defense of Guangyang County in the future.

After all, Zhang Jiashi did not plan to intervene in the chaos in the Central Plains now, and could only take a defensive position, and even the Great Wall appeared, holding Guangyang County was what Zhang Jiashi thought needed to do.

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As for Wei Bao, who was so relaxed in Liaodong County on the opposite side and let them form a formation, the mood could be said to be quite relaxed.

He even confidently said a word of contempt for the Liaodong army to the subordinate Wenwu who followed him: "The Qi people, including the arrogant Tian Heng, all say that the Qin dog in Liaodong should not be taken lightly. There are clouds in the military book, and the army crosses the border to attack it, and the other party doesn't even understand this truth, so these Qin dogs in Liaodong are exaggerated by the world. ”

After these Wei Wenwu, who followed behind Wei Bao, heard these words of Wei Bao, the king of Wei, most of them greeted Wei Bao and echoed Wei Bao's words one after another.

However, a young civil official of the Wei State frowned and shook his head. Because he knew very well that the Liaodong Army did not know that it should attack when the Wei army was unstable, but that the Liaodong Army should have its own plans.

He wanted to give Wei Bao some warning. But he is not a fool, and in such a situation, even if he is correct, he will not have any good fruit to eat.

So after being silent for a long time, the young civil official silently sighed in his heart.

After he became self-reliant, he took refuge under Wei Qi, although the time from the rise to the fall of Wei Qi was very short, but the young civil officials who have been treated coldly can only sigh secretly for their own talents.

This is also a matter of no way, after all, at such a time, he is just a little-known person, and Wei Qi and Wei Bao brothers are more powerful people, he is such a reckless person, it is a good thing not to be excluded by these people.

If it weren't for the fact that his ancestor was Ximen Leopard, a famous minister of Wei, I am afraid that Wei Zhi would not have left him, a person whose family has long been in the middle.

He looked at the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State in front of him, and then looked at the Qin army camp in the distance, he first showed a trace of confusion, and then his eyes clenched his fists firmly, and secretly said in his heart: "Perhaps, I can show my talent on the other side." ”。

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Compared with the light enemy of the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State, Jian Yan, who commanded the troops at the front, was very helpless to ride on his mount: "Why haven't you come yet?"

They have been waiting in this place for a long time, if it weren't for the cloudy sky today, he might have jumped to his feet and scolded his mother, and then waved his army to directly attack the Wei army.

From time to time, he saw some horse-drawn carts loaded with water or fruits behind the military formation, and some logistics soldiers handing out water bags or some fruits such as pears, and I was afraid that many people would have symptoms of water shortage.

He originally thought that Chen Ping and Sun Po's suggestions were okay, but even he didn't expect such a situation to occur.

What could he say?

He knew that Chen Ping and Sun Po were no wonder about such a thing, he thought that these two military divisions were quite reliable, but such an accident on the battlefield was not something that the two military divisions could master.

At this time, a herald came to his side on a mount, and said respectfully with his fists clenched: "General, Captain Han has sent his subordinates over and suggested that we should take the initiative to attack." ”

After hearing the herald's words, he fell into deep thought. He knew that even if he was as calm as Han Xin, he had to send someone to suggest, but it was conceivable that it would be difficult for them to endure it in such a place.

Just as he was about to say something, he saw the Wei army's military formation slowly moving forward.

"Finally willing to move?" After saying this, he showed a sneer.

As far as the Wei army is concerned, since Wei Jun has already acted, it is not good for him to be so unkind to the other party.

He first said to the herald, "You go back first." ”

"Whew!" the herald quickly turned his horse's head and hurried back to Han Xin's army on the left flank.

After watching the advance of the Wei army for a while, he said loudly: "Pass the order, the front army advances !!"

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After the order was delivered, a large number of infantry marched in relatively orderly steps, gradually advancing forward.

At a distance of five hundred meters from the Wei army's military array, Xiahou Ying commanded the chariot troops, followed behind the infantry battle formation, and slowly drove to a place about six or seven hundred meters away from the Wei army's military formation at that time and stopped.

The infantry troops in front stopped about 300 meters away from the Wei formation, and one by one the crossbowmen quickly inserted the bows and crossbows of the quivers into the ground, and then drew a bow and arrow crossbow from the ground, bent the bow and built the crossbow.

The heavy infantry and light infantry in front of them arranged a line of three or four hundred people at intervals, pointing their weapons forward or shielding themselves and the light infantry around them.

Perhaps, it is a good practice to rely solely on heavy infantry to form a battle formation, but when the output of the corresponding equipment of heavy infantry is still small, Zhang Jiashi still cannot do such a thing now.

It would not be a problem to let these heavy infantry form a battle formation alone, but even Zhang Jiashi knew very well that in a big battle with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people at every turn, the role that such a heavy infantry, which was only a few thousand or 10,000 at best, would not be enough to easily change the direction of the battlefield.

In order to change the impact of such a situation in a short period of time, Zhang Jiashi had to order the Liaodong military construction to temporarily slow down the production of shields and armor, and transfer corresponding personnel to carry out large-scale production of light infantry weapons.

During the Battle of Kyushu Island, this medium-sized shank-length glaive knife produced by Zhang Jiashi's commanders was well received by the infantry units.

Although the attack distance is far less than that of a spear Changge with a length of more than three meters, once a weapon such as a spear Changge is close to these glaive swordsmen, the end will basically be miserable.

In addition, the Glaive Sword, which is no better than a weapon such as a longsword scimitar in close combat, is held with both hands, and although it is impossible to cut the current longsword with a single sword, it is also a reason that it can make the opponent's swordsman suffer a lot.

After synthesizing such a situation, in addition to refitting the Liaoxi Army with corresponding equipment these days, Zhang Jiashi also replaced all kinds of miscellaneous things in the hands of the light infantry troops with medium-handled glaive knives.

Zhang Jiashi was very supportive of this situation, but in his heart, Bai Qi knew that Zhang Jiashi was very helpless:

"If I knew this, why did I waste so much time in the first place???"

In order to improve the striking capability of the light infantry, Zhang Jiashi also ordered the Liaodong military construction to try to produce a batch of short javelins with a quantity of about 10,000.

In the hands of the light infantry in front of Nguyen Weng Shao's formation, what he was holding was not a medium-handled glaive knife, but a pole with a length of 0. About 6 meters, it does not hinder too much from the movement of soldiers who are not too short to move short javelins.

If the javelin was indeed relatively effective, he wouldn't mind forming a special unit to fight with a short javelin.

Of course, after actual testing, this short javelin can indeed be thrown directly through the iron shield of the current heavy infantry in the effective throwing distance, but this probability is not too large.

In addition, the cost of short javelins is relatively high. After all, such a short javelin can easily be used after a single throw without being repaired accordingly. At the very least, Zhang Jiashi believes that many short javelins can indeed be used again after tinkering, but once they really collide with something hard, these short javelins can also be said to be scrapped.

In such a situation, the cost is much higher than that of a bow and arrow crossbow, and even more than some rough bed crossbows, and the mass production of this short javelin is still not a cost-effective thing.

One thing Zhang Jiashi didn't know was that because of the cost factor, he later had to tie up a lot of things that were originally not related. Especially things like crossbows and javelins, short javelins are really good for ordinary infantry, and even one of the nirvana skills that can effectively pull the charging cavalry off the water pad, and finally, after many improvements, the Xianyang soldiers under Zhang Jiashi produced a thing that can be used as a bed crossbow and a javelin.

However, in the category of javelins, the length of about 1 meter is indeed a bit too long, in order to change the various small problems caused by this problem, Zhang Jiashi had to develop a diagonal strap that can make the infantry not be too affected by the javelin of this length, so that the infantry can carry this kind of javelin.

Of course, that's for later......

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"Put !!"

With the first wave of bows and crossbows being launched into the Wei army's advancing formation, the battle between the Liaodong Army and the Wei Army in the Julu area officially began.

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