Volume III Chapter 23 The Battle
After a gust of wind, the white clouds in the sky drifted away, and the bright sunlight sprinkled unrestrainedly on the earth, shrouding the mountains, rivers, grass and trees in a piece of light.
Gongsun Chan stood outside the tent, the warm sunlight sprinkled on his face, making him frown. In the cold north, people have always loved the warm sun. This is a gift from God.
If you want to retreat, where is it so easy, the four corners of the world and the four sides of the Central Plains, no matter who occupies Jizhou, will not let go of Yan and Dai, if you can't take advantage of Qingzhou's foothold and unstable action, don't talk about the future. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shao was so incompetent that he didn't even fight, so he retreated to Yuzhou. I knew that I would fight with Qingzhou no matter what...... Until now, don't think about anything to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger, in this land, the winner lives, the loser dies, that's all.
Gongsun Chan entered the account proudly, and the generals had been waiting for a long time. Gongsun Fan was his cousin, one of the few relatives when he first settled; Yan Gang has been following him for a long time, and at that time he was surrounded in Guanzi City in Liaoxi, and Yan Gang has always been by his side, never abandoning him; Tian Kai......
Gongsun Zhan came to the top, looked around for a week, and looked at it with disgust:
"Zhang Hanxing has 100,000 soldiers, are you afraid?"
"Afraid? Afraid of a bird! At the beginning, Qiu Liju had an army of 100,000, and I Yan Gang was not afraid......"
"A group of hairy children who have not dried their milk, will we be afraid? I'm afraid ......"
"That's it! What kind of thing is Qingzhou Bing......"
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There was silence in the tent. Then everyone laughed and cursed. It's all killed in the rain of knives and arrows, and I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid of anything. Besides, the border soldiers have always looked down on the county soldiers in the interior.
Gongsun Zhan described it a little slowly, and said loudly:
"In the past, I drove the rebel Hu out of the plug, swept the yellow scarf in Mengjin, at this time, the world will dictate......"
Troubled times are coming. The healthy are the males. If you enter, you will be crowned as a marquis, and if you retreat, you will be killed, and if you die, there will be no place to be buried, and it is impossible for Gongsun Zhan to retreat.
Zhang Han, war is not about troops and weapons......
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August 23rd. Gongsun Zhan struck east and west, crossed the Zhangshui, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xiabo. When the Qingzhou cavalry arrived, most of Gongsun Zhan's 10,000 cavalry had already crossed the river, and the two sides fought fiercely, each losing hundreds of men and horses, and the cavalry took a small advantage in the number of dead and wounded, but lost the opportunity to attack half-crossing, and finally could not stop Gongsun Zhan from crossing the river. had to retreat to the lower Bo camp.
Gongsun Chan advanced all the way, on a high ground not far from the Zhanghe River. The camp was set up. The two large camps were about five or six miles away.
In the days that followed, skirmishes between the cavalry and the Gongsun Zhandi cavalry continued. Both sides strive to intercept each other's scouts and gather intel in an effort to gather information. In the warm-up battle before this decisive battle, the cavalry had the advantage with small casualties thanks to their sturdy armor, sharp horizontal knives and vicious cavalry crossbows. Gongsun Chan then sent a large brigade of cavalry and carried out a frantic sweep of the cavalry. Gongsun Zhan's cavalry advanced hundreds of paces away from Xiabo, and Zhang Huan held on to the camp. Gongsun Chan commanded the infantry to attack twice, and the Xiabo battalion was invulnerable. Gongsun Chan folded hundreds of people and did not make progress.
Time. Gongsun Chan didn't have any good solutions. The individual combat ability of the Qingzhou soldiers may not be as good as that of the border army, but their stronghold, solid armor and sophisticated weapons are enough to make up for all the gaps. It is impossible for Gongsun Zhan to use his own soldiers to fill the ravines outside the Xiabo camp. The more time passes, the more unfavorable it becomes, and the Qingzhou soldiers may come to reinforcements at any time. Gongsun Chan was anxious, but there was no other way, so he had to order the cavalry to attack continuously, cutting off the connection between Xia Bo and Xindu. Gongsun Chan is nervously collecting intelligence, and it is also a good choice to besiege the city and send reinforcements.
On August 29, when the weather was fine and the sun was shining on him, Gongsun went to the camp of Xia Bo to provoke as usual -- the siege must not be stuffy, and the soldiers must be mobilized to protect morale.
Unexpectedly, the high and loud horn sounded, and after a burst of golden drums, the Qingzhou soldiers actually left the camp. Gongsun Zhan looked at it from a distance and found that it was Zhang Huandi's banner. First, the cavalry left the camp and left on a gentle high ground on the left flank - following the trend was conducive to the acceleration of the cavalry and giving full play to its advantages. The first thousand men went out of Rich, and set up a camp on a small hill. Subsequently, the Qingzhou soldiers leaned against the camp and set up a position to the east and west.
"Lord, I'm coming!"
"Good! Yan Gang, go and prepare the people. However, you must not attack without my order! ”
Qingzhou soldiers can go out of the camp to fight, which is exactly what Gongsun Zan wants. Of his 20,000 soldiers and horses, 10,000 were cavalry, and field warfare was the chief of cavalry. In order to prevent the Qingzhou army from seeing the situation and retracting again, Gongsun Zhan did not attack categorically, but waited for the Qingzhou army to send nearly half of the troops before ordering Yan Gang to attack.
This is a fatal mistake.
Gongsun Zhan's formation was based on 10,000 infantry as the middle army, with 5,000 cavalry on each wing, and the 5,000 cavalry led by Yan Gang was on the left flank. The 5,000 cavalry led by Gongsun Fan on the right flank were on guard against the attack of the cavalry.
As soon as he gave the order, Yan Gang held a halberd in his hand, taking the lead, and there were pro-soldiers on the left and right. The five thousand cavalry retracted, and also moved, at first only slowly, slowly, the cavalry converged into a torrent, ten thousand horses galloping, unstoppable. Smoke and dust were everywhere, the earth was trembling, and a deafening roar resounded through the sky. Yan Gang did not give any other command, and directly led the 5,000 cavalry to kill him. What is there to prepare? 5,000 cavalry versus 1,000 infantry, will it fail?
Besides, the Qingzhou soldiers hesitated again and again, where can the combat power be strong, and initially intended to set up a formation in the middle of the mound, but seeing that it was not appropriate, they withdrew to the top of the hill, the thin three-layer formation, whether there are many spears, what is the use of setting up hundreds of big shields, in Yan Gang's eyes, the formation of the Qingzhou soldiers is a layer of paper - a poke will be pierced.
"Woo~~"
At the sound of the horn, the orders of the commander and the commanders converged into one voice, "Get on the arrow!" ”
The ground under his feet is trembling, Li Mingwei's body is also trembling, the majesty of the cavalry charge is indeed different from the infantry, I can't tell whether it is excitement or fear, but thousands of times of training, so that obeying orders has become his instinct, a bend down, the foot has stepped on the crossbow arm in front of the stepping ring, cleanly pulled the lever, Wangshan retreated, the teeth rose, the hook heart was brought up, its lower teeth stuck the hanging knife cut, the teeth buckled the bowstring, in the process of getting up, the crossbow arrows were in place, and in a moment, the terrifying crossbow was ready.
Taking a deep breath, Li Mingwei regained his composure, there was no need for excitement or fear, just concentrate on waiting, kill one more enemy and have more hope of survival.
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