Chapter 179: Iron Wall
Liu Yan, who shoulders the task of being the queen of the Jibei National Army, is not an ordinary person, and his people are no less than the famous generals of ancient times in Zhou Feng's opinion.
Zhou Feng still remembers his people as his own generals, and he cleaned up the water with him, and after the war, Liu Yan was assigned 200 horses, and his people said, "Those who sweat and sweat are also corporals." "It is divided among the soldiers.
This incident made Zhou Feng very impressed. Generals who are not greedy, especially those who can be shared with their subordinates, are either morally reliable or can do great things. In short, everything shows that Liu Yan is not a mortal.
Later, Zhou Feng was promoted all the way, and Liu Yan was also promoted to the position of a general, and even introduced his daughter to him, but this person already had a wife and was unwilling to divorce, so he gave up, but he was more important to him.
And this time, if it wasn't really fatal, Zhou Feng would not hand over the task of the queen to Liu Yan. But isn't that the end of the mountain?
Liu Yan received the order from the palace, and there was not much fluctuation, and after receiving the order, he prepared the headquarters and led the military vehicles out of the camp.
The camp is actually not far from the Wenshui edge, and it is estimated that it is only about 300 steps. But these 300 steps under the prying eyes of the Taishan army turned out to be a moat, if there is no defensive position, no matter how many soldiers from the northern country of Jibei will be hunted by Zhang Chong's rangers.
Therefore, Liu Yan planned to directly connect the cars and build a Yongdao to open up the communication line between Jindu and Daying.
Yongdao is not a new thing, and the Han army used it when Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony in Xingyang. At that time, the Han army's grain station, Aocang, was on the shore, and the Han soldiers were stationed in Xingyang, with a distance in between, and the Han soldiers would be attacked and killed by the Chu soldiers every time they transported grain. Later, Liu Bang built a Yongdao at the distance from the ferry to the city, and there were wooden walls on both sides to guard against the Chu army, and since then the transportation road from Aocang to Xingyang has been unimpeded. The Han soldiers were therefore able to distance themselves from Xiang Yu for more than a year.
And now Liu Yan is just following the example of his predecessors.
But to tell the truth, even if this strategy has been used by predecessors, it is a kind of wisdom that it can learn from history and can be used according to local conditions.
However, although Liu Yan's strategy is a good plan, the problem still exists, that is, he can only build a road of about 200 steps in a short time.
He led 500 soldiers and 50 chariots out of the barrage, arranged in four steps and one car, he could only take 200 steps, and there were still 100 steps left before the Jibei soldiers who needed to retreat to sprint by themselves.
But that's already the best way to fix it, isn't it?
In this way, Liu Yan ordered ten people to push a cart one by one, and lined up in a long snake line on the east bank of Wenshui. They removed the nailed horses from the cart and placed them in front of the roadway. Then they used a large iron pole to push the iron nails of the length of the small arm prepared in advance, so that the fifty carts were firmly nailed to the east bank of Wenshui.
At the end of each car, there is a team of ten people. In the front there are three halberd soldiers, in the back there are three short soldiers, and finally there are three crossbowmen, and there is one general who will hold the flag and command Zhou Ying.
Liu Yan had already prepared these preparations in the camp before, so the 200-meter Yongdao was built soon after leaving the barrage.
Zhang Chong didn't expect that he was still gathering troops on his side, and an iron wall was built in front of him almost in the blink of an eye, he looked at the burly generals under Liu Zi, and couldn't help but sigh to the generals:
"What a good guy. Han Ting really can't be underestimated, there are so many elite soldiers. ”
This annoyed one person, it was Liu Ji, the general of the cavalry, who was the general of the Lu State who had just been received, who was thirty years old, with a long black face and a beard, and seemed to be so brave.
The Lu State was defeated, and Zhang Chong collected more than 60 Lu Guo Jingyong, and this Liu Ji was one of the good war cavalry generals, and he was captured by Zhang Chong himself. After the war, he admired Zhang Chong's martial arts, and took four cavalry companions to join the Taishan Army.
A general like Liu Ji who first joined the army cares most about face, and he is also bent on making meritorious contributions. So after hearing Zhang Chong's words, Liu Ji rode out of the battle without thinking about it, and he wanted to capture the Han general in person, so that Qu Kui could see that their Lu man also had a big husband.
But as soon as he came out of the battle, Tian Jun in front of the formation shot Liu Ji's crotch and dismounted with an arrow. Liu Ji was unprepared, and his whole person was overturned to the ground, and his head was bleeding. Then before he could react, he was taken to Zhang Chong's horse by the soldiers who caught up behind him.
Liu Ji was dazed and heard Qu Kui say:
"When he first joined the army, he didn't know the forbidden laws of our army, so I didn't do anything that was punished without teaching, and sent him to the baggage camp to work for three months."
After that, Liu Ji was dragged down.
It is also deserving of this Liu Ji's bad luck, he only entered the assault cavalry, and he didn't know the rules in Zhang Chong's army. If you do something like this without an order, you will be beheaded directly, not to mention this kind of person who runs directly in front of the enemy's formation without a fight, and you will be shot to death.
Liu Ji also met Tian Jun Xinshan, and this arrow was shot on his horse, otherwise Liu Ji would have died in vain. Do you think, you ran to the enemy's army in battle, knowing that you thought you were going to call the battle, and those who didn't know thought that you surrendered in battle? What's more, this Liu Ji is still a general, and he is even more under the melon field.
Zhang Chong established this military order, not only to carry out all actions and obey the command, but also to minimize the accidents of war. In later generations, he read military books and war strategies, and often read that the defeat of An Chongrong's army during the Five Dynasties was because the platoon at that time made the formation surrender and the morale collapsed. And Zhang Chong is to prevent the slightest.
Zhang Chong's situation, Liu Yan on the other side also saw it. He stood on the cart, watched the six roads, listened to the eight directions, and was ready to command the overall situation at any time.
When he saw a horse on the opposite side suddenly rushing out of the ground formation, he was still wondering, and when he saw that his person was shot to the ground, he guessed that most of the righteous people wanted to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and in the end the righteous man still died, but it was a pity.
Then Liu Yan stood under the military flag and shouted to the sergeants around him:
"Brothers, do you see? My emperor Han Weiwei, even in the thief army, there are still loyal and righteous people, and those who have just rushed out are such righteous people, but it's a pity, and now it's exposed. If you can go to the head of the thief in the chaotic war, it will be the blessing of the world. But it doesn't matter, this fame and the righteous man are not blessed to receive it, so our brothers will receive it. Listen to me, if you take fame immediately, why is it difficult to win a wife and a son? Brethren, isn't it? ”
Liu Yan's 500 soldiers all shouted all day long, saying, "Yes." ”
These 500 soldiers are all veterans, and they are also raised by Liu Yanen, who pushes food and clothing, and supports Liu Yan very much, so they can listen to Liu Yan's words and have great morale.
It was also at this meeting that the officials of the Jibei Central Army began to retreat. Under the command of Dai Qi, these people marched lightly, and all the wounded and sick were abandoned in the camp by them, and only one sick person was brought with them, which was carried by four people, and the army was evacuated.
As soon as Dai Qi and the others left, there were bursts of crying and scolding in the camp, it turned out that these people were killing their wounded and sick, and they were really ruthless.
Zhang Chong saw that the remnants of the Jibei Kingdom were about to withdraw, so he wanted to pursue, and Zhang Chong ordered Li Bi to lead fifty cavalry to try to rush.
After Li Bi received the order, he took his pocket and chose fifty horsemen to rush on a rampage, and in the end he intercepted one of the enemy's tails. About a squad of foot soldiers, intercepted by them, and then wantonly slaughtered. Li Bi wanted to lead someone to chase again, but he was shot back by the iron-clad Liu Yan.
After the death of the three horsemen, Li Bi withdrew with the dead brothers.
Zhang Chong nodded, not blaming Li Bi for withdrawing his troops. Because even he was frightened when he looked at the car array opposite, which showed the strictness of the formation. If Li Bi wants to attack bravely because of Zhang Chong's watch, then he will doubt whether Li Bi has the ability to become the main general.
And now, he is a good seedling who knows how to advance and retreat.
After Li Bi returned to the battle, he asked the wounded brother to hurry down to wrap up his wounds, and he went to Zhang Chong to plead guilty.
Zhang Chong tried his best and asked Li Bi what he thought of the car formation.
Li Bi replied:
"Back to the canal, I showed the brothers, and this chariot formation was not ordinary, and it was directly nailed to the ground. And the soldiers behind the car are both long and short, and they are veterans with a fierce expression. This car formation is estimated to be impulsive. ”
Zhang Chong bowed his head and also agreed with Li Bi's view.
On the other hand, Tian Jun heard this and said unwillingly:
"And just watching these remnants go? These people are all the backbone of the main generals, as long as they go back and repair again, they will be able to reorganize the army and fight again. When the time comes, it will be a problem to our north. ”
After Zhang Chong heard this, he laughed, pointed to the donkey and horse team behind him, and said with a smile:
"Break this thief, I have made up my mind, and that's all I have to rely on."
Tian Jun saw that the bundle of arrows carried by the donkey and horse team was missing, and immediately understood what Zhang Chong meant.
They arrogantly broke the Lu soldiers and captured the baggage mountains, but they couldn't take them away, and in the end they only took away all the arrows and 200 mules and horses of the Lu soldiers. There were nine hundred and forty bundles of arrows, and twenty of them were lost.
The key to breaking the iron wall in front of him was lost by these six hundred and forty bundles of arrows.
After Dian Wei and the other three generals arrived at the battlefield, they concluded Zhang Chong's military order, ordering him to immediately occupy the military fortress left by the enemy, and then listen to the military order. Dian Wei, who had been holding his breath for a long time, personally put on armor and took Zhao Chong and Wang Han to occupy the military fortress left by Jibei without any effort, killed 20 thieves, and rescued more than 100 disabled soldiers of Jibei from these people.
The wounded soldiers could never have imagined that it would be the enemy who would save them in the end.
On Zhang Chong's side, the eight hundred cavalry were divided into twenty cavalry teams, which were also lined up along the east of Wenshui, and then each of them took a bundle of arrows and lost them, and they stepped forward in turn to attack the enemy's iron wall.
In this way, on this narrow river beach, in just a moment, the assault cavalry under Zhang Chong's command fired 16,000 arrows, which was so ferocious and arrogant.
The soldiers of Jibei behind the chariot were struggling in the arrows, and this moment was so long.
Liu Yan under Daxu received the most arrow misses, but fortunately, his soldiers were tightly covered with a large canopy, and Liu Yan was not in any major trouble except for three arrows hanging on his armor.
He asked the soldier who had just returned:
"You go to take the order, how long does the Chinese army say let's hold on?"
Hu Bing's face was bloodless, and he trembled and said:
"The Chinese military order: order our army to continue to hold on, and not to take a step back, otherwise the officers and soldiers will be beheaded."
Liu Yan, who heard this, no matter how resolute Rao was, also scolded:
"Hot."