The 122nd Don Army fought like this
As everyone knows, the basic unit of the Tang Army's individual combat is a team of 50 people, and the smallest unit that can form a mixed organization of arms is a regiment of 200 or 300 people.
Guo Rong, who fought a city defense battle in Qiuci for three years, really participated in the largest field battle was only the surprise battle of the Eighth Regiment of Qiuci, as for the larger-scale field battle, Guo Rong, who had not participated in it, had no direct concept.
And this time, following Fan Xichao's side, Guo Rong really had a macro understanding of the Tang Army's large corps operations, and corrected many cognitive errors and deviations.
First of all, Guo Rong found that his positioning of the Mo Dao Soldier was inaccurate.
The Modao soldiers are indeed one of the peak combat power of the Tang Army, but their status and role in the operation of the large corps are not exactly the same as Guo Rong imagined.
The Modao soldiers did not exist as an assault force, nor as a defensive force, but in Guo Rong's view, they were more like the center of the entire Tang Army's military array and the point of dependence of the battle.
Whether it is archers, crossbow archers, heavy crossbowmen who control eight-bull crossbows, etc., offensive heavy infantry wearing heavy armor and holding rifles, spears, hammers, axes, etc., light infantry armed with light armor, horizontal swords, and shields, heavy cavalry equipped with horse armor, equipment, and riding lances, or light cavalry with leather armor, chain mail, short spears, bows, and crossbows......
The entire 30,000 Shen Ce army was arranged around the 2,000 Mo sword soldiers in the center, forming one battle formation after another with regiments as a unit.
Ten 300-man regiments composed of lancers, spearmen, and a small number of Mo sword soldiers stood at the forefront of the battle formation of the New Shence Army without hesitation, and they also had another name - the Battle Striker.
They were followed by a regiment of 300 archers/crossbowmen.
Following the archers was the central heavy infantry formation with the 2,000-strong Modao team as the core, plus a large number of heavily armored jumpers, surprise soldiers, and light infantry, which was the core of the entire New Shence Army.
After that, there were two columns of reinforcing lancemen and a small number of mounted cavalry and heavy cavalry.
If you have to ask Guo Rong to find a way to describe it, the core Modao team is very much like the combat platform of the Tang Army's large corps, and all other arms must rely on this platform to play the greatest role.
The 30,000 new Shence army against the 40,000 Shence right army, Guo Rong, who followed Fan Xichao, could clearly see that the ratio of troops on both sides, the layout of the battle array, the offensive unfolding, and the assault tactics were almost the same.
Different from the direct chaotic battle between the two sides shown on the screen in later generations, at the moment when the war drums sounded, both the new Shence army and the Shence right army chose to attack.
To be precise, both sides are advancing slowly with heavy infantry as the core.
The only difference between the two sides is that the core position of the right side of Shence is not the Mo sword soldiers, but the infantry of the hoplites.
As the two sides drew closer, and when they were about 150 paces (220 meters) apart, the crossbowmen began to shoot at the orders of the officers and veterans of the two sides.
At a close distance of sixty paces (90 meters) between the two sides, the archers began to shoot.
The distance between the two sides was twenty paces (30 meters), and all the crossbowmen were equipped with their armies, and took out secondary weapons such as hammers, axes, and knives equipped on their bodies (of course, as Guo Rong's influence increased, the sapper shovel would also become a standing standing), and followed the infantry lance and Mo knife hand at the front to start charging.
Exactly the same tactics, exactly the same battle formation, after each side paid the price of hundreds of people, the thousands of heavy infantry on both sides at the forefront have begun to engage.
At the moment when the two elite Tang armies engaged in battle, the drums beat loudly again, and the battle directly entered the white-hot stage.
When the equipment, tactics, and even the guiding ideology of both sides are roughly the same, what is fighting is the fighting quality and fighting will.
Strictly speaking, the right army of Shence is slightly weaker than the original left army of Shence, but the gap is not obvious.
In terms of will to fight and determination to fight, but at this moment, they can't compare to the war of the new gods who think they are burdened with guilt and want to fight to the death to atone for their sins.
When an ordinary rifle of the New God Command Army, with three spears/lances stuck in his body, not only did he not show any flinching, but waited for the red eyes to try forward, the outcome of the battle was actually decided.
In less than a quarter of an hour after the two sides engaged, the most numerically superior regiments of the Shence Right Army had already lost more than half of them!
Sun Rongyi had no choice but to draw troops from the rear to fill the vacancy in front.
What's more, the other party's completely lifeless fighting style is not at all like the rebels that their escort lieutenant Sun Rongyi said!
In the face of the new Shence Army, which is on fire in everyone's eyes, the soldiers of the Right Army of Shence seem to be more and more empty-hearted!
After confirming that the opponent's battle formation had shown obvious signs of instability, General Fan Xichao did not hesitate and immediately ordered the Chinese army to attack!
Immediately, the drums above Chang'an City were loud again, coupled with the guidance of the flag, the heavy infantry group of the New Shence Army with two thousand Mo sword soldiers as the core began to assault with the momentum of Mount Tai.
The entire heavy infantry group was like a heavy tank, directly crushing it.
Before they could overwhelm the battle line, the front of the right army of Shence had directly collapsed.
The light infantry in the central heavy infantry group, armed with horizontal swords and shields, began to bypass the central step and accelerate from both flanks.
In the rear of the entire battle array, the light cavalry with bows and crossbows as the main equipment, and the heavy cavalry with the horse lance as the main weapon after taking off the heavy armor began to bypass the battlefield, encircling and chasing from both flanks.
From the formation to meet the enemy to the end of the battle, the entire battle process did not exceed two hours.
With less than 3,000 casualties, the new Shence army completely defeated the 40,000 Shence right army, except for Sun Rongyi who led part of the cavalry to flee and more than 1,000 people who deliberately let go, more than 30,000 Shence right troops were captured.
One after the other, in the two wars, because of Dezong's indulgence, the Shence Army, which was controlled by the eunuchs, was transferred to the imperial court and transferred to the hands of the Li Tang royal family at the smallest cost.
And that's why Emperor Taishang Li Yu was excited to hear that the right army of Shence really came to Chang'an City.
What the Emperor Taishang felt was excitement and ecstasy, but for Guo Rong, what he felt was shock and a different kind of epiphany!
Fan Xichao is an experienced and down-to-earth commander, and the New Shence Army is a strong army with rich experience and skilled combat skills, and these two, coupled with the morale and fighting will of the New Shence Army have been overwhelming, turning a battle that should be tragic into a devastating and decaying battle.
Under Li Chen's instructions, after seeing the morale of the sergeants, Fan Xichao explained the reason and purpose of each order to Guo Rong while commanding.