Chapter 31: The Scarlet Deer 18
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A herald ran from the front of the cavalry and said what he knew to Wang Li, who was drinking from the water in the water bag. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Wang Li looked at the herald in silence, and then said for a while, "You wait here." ”
After Wang Li finished saying this, he said to the two relatives beside him: "Now you invite Ruan Duwei and Li Duwei to come over!"
"Whoa!"
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The Ruan Duwei and Li Duwei in Wang Li's mouth are Ruan Weng Shao and Li Cang.
After receiving Wang Li's order, the two of them rushed to the middle of the team from the front and rear of the team after explaining the command of their subordinates to maintain the advance of the troops.
When the two came to Wang Li's side, he saw that Zhang Jiashi was tied to Hongyun's horse, while Mo Yan'er was gently wiping the beads of sweat oozing from Zhang Jiashi's forehead.
And Wang Li on the side was discussing things with Dong Peng, Sima Xin and others.
After they clasped their fists with Wang Li and the others, they heard Wang Li say, "Captain Li, can you lead your troops now and rush to the aid of Wang Chang's troops?"
Li Cang, who heard this, thought for a while and shook his head slightly: "General Wang, it's not that Li Cang doesn't want to, but if his subordinates leave here, Zhang Han and Xiang Ji will lead the army to chase after him, then ......"
Hearing Li Cang's words, Wang Li, Dong Fei and the others glanced at each other slightly. From each other's eyes, they could see Li Cang's worry, which was also what they thought of.
Although, during such a period of time, Wang Li and the others did not find that there was an enemy nearby, Wang Li knew very well that if the Chu army and Zhang Hanjun really concentrated their forces to catch up from behind, it might be impossible to catch up with them, but if they were caught up by the other party, after Li Cang's troops were transferred, I am afraid that it would be difficult for them to fight against the other party.
It's just that after the exchange just now, Wang Li, Dong Fei and others are very clear about one thing, that is, Li Cang, as the current new force, once he appears on the battlefield, the impact on Zang Di's army is very great. In such a situation, Li Cang's transfer was certainly risky, but once Zang Di's troops were defeated, then Wang Chang and Li Cang would be able to support the intermediary. The whole battle situation can be revitalized.
Wang Li knew that Zhang Jiashi did not intend to intervene in the chaos in the Central Plains at the moment, but once he defeated Zang Tu and Qi State, which had a considerable influence on the forces of the Liaodong Army, then after the Chu army, which would not stay here for long, left, they would be able to go west directly from the Northern Xinjiang Road, and then go south from Jiuyuan County, take the straight road, and go south to Guanzhong.
If he didn't defeat Zang Di and the main force of Qi north of the river, I am afraid that even if Zhang Jiashi planned to enter Guanzhong, he would not be able to exert too much strength.
Do you want to gamble on it...... As their lord, Zhang Jiashi was still unconscious, and there was obviously no way to make such a decision. And Wang Li, as the highest-ranking commander among these knight troops, made such an order, which was not without precedent in the entire history of the Great Qin Empire.
Especially when Tu Sui, the commander of the first batch of Southern Expedition Baiyue, died in battle, Ren Huan, the deputy general of the Southern Expedition Qin Army, made great efforts to stabilize the morale of the army. Otherwise, the First Emperor Yingzheng would not have appointed Ren Huan as the commander of the next batch of Qin army troops because of this.
In many cases, there are countless examples of this.
When Wang Li was discussing this issue with Dong Fei and others, Sima Xin vaguely reminded him that there would be something wrong with doing so. Wang Li didn't care about Sima Xin's thoughts, and he didn't blame the other party, because it was not surprising that Dong Fei and Sima Xin were not familiar with Zhang Jiashi's personality.
He shook his head, looked at Sima Xin, who was a little worried, and just said, "Because I'm a general." ”
After Sima Xin heard Wang Li's words, his brows furrowed slightly, but he quickly stretched. Because he himself knew very well that Wang Li was not targeting him, but just stating the fact that he was the highest-ranking officer in this knightly army who could now serve as a director.
Although Wang Li said that he was the head of the Wang family, in the current situation, he preferred to be regarded as a general who commanded the army.
After Wang Li finished saying that, he changed the content of the discussion to how to deal with the situation.
According to Wang Li's thoughts, Li Cang's troops did not have any consumption, and their physical strength also had a certain reserve, so they were the first choice to support the two large battalions.
Therefore, after the arrival of Ruan Weng Shao and Li Cang, Wang Li directly stated his plans.
Li Cang didn't feel anything wrong with this order, because including the remnants of the army under Dong Peng's command, the only one with tens of thousands of knight troops who could continue to fight was his 10,000 people, who were originally a reserve.
If Wang Li ordered Ruan Weng Shao or Dong Peng to lead the army to support, he thought that this matter was not Wang Li's conspiracy.
He then set his sights on Ruan Weng Shao, who was standing beside him, because Ruan Weng Shao's statement may affect many people.
As one of the earliest descendants to follow Zhang Jiashi, Ruan Weng Shao has now vaguely become the leader of Zhang Jiashi's military attache faction. Perhaps, Han Xin, who has risen faster, is the core of Zhang Jiashi's military attache faction, but it is obvious that the current Han Xin has no influence comparable to that of Ruan Weng Shao.
But now is not the time to discuss this matter, after so many years of life, Ruan Weng Shao's previous rather withdrawn personality has long disappeared.
After hundreds of **** nights and nights by Zhang Jiashi's side, although Ruan Weng Shao still doesn't like to think about things with that way of thinking, he also understands that some things are better to think about more.
After feeling the eyes of many people gathered on his body, Ruan Weng Shao said: "General Wang, my subordinates are thinking, if the king comes up to decide this matter, he should also choose General Wang's approach. ”
After Ruan Weng Shao said this, Wang Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because in Wang Li's heart, there were some things that he was really not too good at being arbitrary and arbitrary, because he didn't want to make such an order to "do bad things with good intentions".
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After concentrating his troops, Li Cang quickly led his troops to gallop to the east.
Looking at the billowing smoke and dust farther and farther away, Wang Li sighed softly and muttered, "I hope I can catch up." ”
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Tian Heng, who has lost most of the heavy equipment, will naturally not give up like this. In his heart, the Liaodong Army did not rely on the big battalion to defend it, and these heavy equipment were useless.
In this case, Tian Heng quickly did not pay too much attention to the loss of these heavy equipment. Of course, if Tian Heng could know what was going on, he might as well just order the whole army to charge and fight with the Qin army.
Under Tian Heng's order, the three Qi army battle formations that were rearranged in front again continued to advance towards Zhang Jiashi's battalion.
The three battle formations of the Liaodong Army, which were still on strict alert and defensive, also saw the Qi army advancing again after seizing the time to replenish the corresponding consumption.
But soon, Han Xin discovered a problem, that is, when the opponent's military formation was advancing, there was actually a relatively large amount of smoke and dust. Han Xin, who didn't see what was going on, ordered his guards to personally explore what was going on.
A team of more than ten knights quickly led the way and returned to Han Xin's side a few minutes later. Han Xinjun's personal guards, who were ordered to reconnoitre, soon discovered what was going on.
It turned out that the smoke and dust that was not big or small were the dust raised by the chariot troops of the Qi army when they were advancing
Han Xin was a little stunned, because he didn't expect that at such a time, the Qi army had not yet effectively grasped the battle situation, so it would send chariot troops to fight.
After joining Zhang Jiashi's command, Han Xin was very clear about the operational limitations of the traditional chariot troops, otherwise, Zhang Jiashi's reform that almost wiped out the traditional chariot troops would make Han Xin feel very unaccustomed. But now, knowing that Zhang Jiashi has innovated in this regard, Han Xin really has to praise it.
Under normal circumstances, the role of the chariot unit is to charge and kill the enemy formation at the beginning, or to collide with each other's chariot units, or to pursue and defeat the enemy army after the battle.
After the Hufu cavalry, the cavalry gradually replaced the role of the chariot in many ways. Of course, Han Xin did not believe that the cavalry would be able to effectively resist the enemy's infantry formations without paying a considerable price.
Perhaps it was to verify Han Xin's idea, in the battle around the nameless hill, the cavalry troops suffered heavy losses so that Zhang Jiashi was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.
But in such a situation, the use of chariot troops by the Qi army is obviously unreasonable or has some intention to do so.
Of course, Han Xin would not have thought that in such a situation, the chariot troops of the Qi army would have the ability to attack their formation.
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Han Xin may not know that a person who had a lot to do with his fate was also dissuading the other party for Tian Heng's plan: "General, we can't let the light chariot attack, the other party must have a way to defend the light charioteer." ”
"Mr. Kuai, General Ben's will has been decided. Tian Heng said this sentence that made this Mr. Kuai have to stop his thoughts.
If Zhang Jiashi knew the other party's name, he might be very vigilant, because this Mr. Kuai is one of the people who has the potential to change history, Kuaitong.
Why was Kuaitong able to change history? It was because Kuaitong once suggested that Han Xin completely break away from the control of Liu Bang at that time and establish himself as a land of Qi and Zhao. Once Han Xin really listened to Kuaitong's advice, I'm afraid it would ......
Don't talk about the 400-year-old Han Dynasty, and don't talk about Han Gaozu, just whether Xiang Yu will kill himself on the edge of the Wujiang River is a question.
It can be said that it is possible for a person to influence the direction of history. Of course, people today will not know what the later history will be, unless he himself is from the later generations like Zhang Jiashi.
Kuaitong is a smart person, and after he saw a trace of unswerving expression on Tian Heng's face, he didn't speak again.
In fact, Kuaitong is very clear that because of his advice, Tian Heng blamed him for some faults, and now Tian Heng's trust in him is gone.
Kuaitong is also very helpless, and his helplessness towards Tian Heng is not limited to this.
Regarding the statement that Yu Xing is the Yuzi period, although Kuaitong has some doubts, he believes in this matter even more in his heart.
He persuaded Tian Heng to directly remove Yu Xing's military power and control it. But Tian Heng just chose that approach, which made Kuaitong very anxious, but he couldn't say a lot of words.
He didn't know what the consequences would be if Tian Heng chose such a method, because he still didn't know whether Yu Xing was Yu Ziqi or someone else.
But this does not mean that Kuaitong did not expect the worst outcome of Tian Heng leaving Yu Xing in the barrier area. That is, once their Qi army is defeated, and Yuxing is the Yuzi period, I am afraid that Tian Heng will even have such a place of "settling down" to be occupied by a magpie's nest dove in the Yuzi period.
Once such a situation really happens, how many of these Qi troops can live to meet the Qi country, he can't imagine it.
And now, Kuaitong glanced lightly at the location of the northwest side, and sighed slightly in his heart: "It's a pity, this battle ...... There's a real chance we'll lose. ”
Kuaitong also did not intend to persuade Tian Heng not to cooperate with the Chu army and the Zang Tu army, because in his plan, even if he could really defeat or even completely annihilate the two main forces of Qin dogs, Wang Li and Zhang Jiashi, the actual benefits that the Qi State could get were basically nothing.
At the very least, in Kuaitong's heart, Tian Heng's ability to share Zhao Di equally with Zang Di is already a very good development, and in fact, whether he can do this is likely to be a question.
The fact that Zang Di was able to gather so many troops around Wu Chen can show that he is not an ordinary good person. And according to what Kuaitong knows, Zang Tu is extremely capable and easy-going, and the city government is also quite deep. Although it is said that Tian Heng did not kill them all, there is no possibility of unity between Zang Di and Qi State.
He couldn't help but regret why he had agreed to Yu Xing's suggestion in the first place.
"The authorities are confused. Kuaitong's heart slowly revealed a trace of regret, but he also knew that no matter how much he regretted it, it was too late.
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Is there any way for an infantry unit to effectively withstand the onslaught of several hundred combat vehicles?
Quite simply, with dense long-range projection capabilities, carry out a covering strike on the enemy's tank troops.
After all, the impact of the chariot troops is indeed extraordinary, but everyone including Zhang Jiashi knows very well that as long as the war horse that pulls the chariot forward is seriously injured, this chariot can be said to have no effect until it is replaced with other war horses.
Perhaps the resistance of the heavily armored war horses in this regard will indeed be higher, but after the chariot units of the Qi army gradually increased their speed and launched an offensive against the Liaodong Army, the facts speak for themselves.
"Put !!"
Unlike the previous situation, these tanks rushed to about 300 meters in front of the front row of the Liaodong Army, and a large number of crossbowmen received the order to fire.
Although the crossbows fired were not too dense due to the lack of archers' support, many times, a chariot would be shot by at least three or four crossbows after a rain of arrows, including the horses.
Although more crossbows are missed, as long as a horse is seriously injured, the injured and frantic horse will often lose control and turn over because of the uncoordinated movements of other horses.
The chariots of the Qi army could not do the point of wearing a large number of horse armor for the war horses, and many war horses were seriously injured even by the arrows fired by the crossbows.
Hundreds of Qi chariots fell in each wave of crossbows, and then in the increasingly dense rain of arrows, they lost control or even turned over directly because their horses or drivers were injured, or even directly shot.
The general of the Qi army, who was in charge of commanding this chariot unit, used his shield and the long sword in his hand to constantly pull away the arrows that fell at him, but in doing so, it was just to let him live longer.
The chariot crews, which were basically equipped with shields, did not suffer a large number of casualties.
However, if the vehicle rolls over or loses control, these vehicles tend to end up even worse.
This general of the Qi army saw with his own eyes a chariot dozens of meters in front of him, and because it overturned, a chariot soldier was thrown out of the chariot directly.
And that wasn't all, what he saw was that just as the chariot was about to get up from the ground, a chariot from behind him rushed up from behind him.
He could see that the wheels of that chariot were even slightly cocked as they rolled over the other's head.
By the time the chariot had passed, there was no sound from the charioteer......
Because the head of the chariot soldier has a rather obvious depression.
He was tempted to order a retreat, but he was well aware that he simply could not do so now.
Suddenly, a scream came, and the general of the Qi army, who raised his shield to block a few arrows, looked down and saw the carriage baffle behind the driver, revealing a metal crossbow arrow that was still dripping with blood, and the driver's head was already tilted to the side, and several arrows were inserted into the opponent's body......
The chariot had lost control, and the general of the Qi army had to say to the guards next to him: "Jump out of the car!!"
Before the guard could reply to him, he saw his henchman being shot through the head with a crossbow.
Looking at the slowly falling guard, the crossbow on the head that was still moving slightly, the general of the Qi army was stunned, and then quickly and gently jumped up like this.
At this time, another wave of relatively dense arrow rain fell, and the general of the Qi army continued to wave his long sword after landing on the ground, and used his shield to protect the main parts of his body.
It's a pity that he miscalculated, and the two sharp pains in his thighs made him kneel on the ground.
He shook his head slightly in self-deprecation, knowing that his luck wasn't good enough not to be killed by an indiscriminate arrow.
He looked around and saw chariots on the ground, horses killed by crossbow arrows, and charioteers.
He gently propped up his body with his sword, stood up with difficulty, and then said loudly: "I will never bow my head to the Qi State after Tian Ji!!"
Another rain of arrows fell like flying locusts, and he took a deep breath softly and closed his eyes......
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After about ten minutes, Tian Heng looked at the herald who was half-kneeling on the ground with a blue face, and roared: "Say it again!"
"Report to the general, General Tian Xian was killed in battle, and the light chariot soldiers were almost all wiped out...... The horns of the herald's forehead couldn't help but ooze fine sweat, but he still said this.
Tian Heng, who confirmed the news, suddenly burst out laughing, because he didn't expect that the light chariot corps he had trained would be vulnerable in this place......
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