Chapter 14: Battle
Cao Wenzhao looked at the situation on the battlefield, and his expression became more and more solemn.
The thieves on the left are massing, and in a quarter of an hour they will be able to regroup and press again.
The rogue infantry on the right flank was a hundred paces away, eyeing the enemy, and a team of horses lingered around, harassing the central and rear troops of their side.
Directly in front of him was the elite horse team of the thieves, who had been in pursuit, but when he led his army into the formation.
The rogue cavalry did not dare to follow the charge, and now they were swimming ahead, like wolves waiting for their prey to show their flaws on the grassland.
Cao Wenzhao knew in his heart that once the military formation revealed any inadequacy.
These cavalrymen will show their fangs at the first time, open their bloody mouths, and charge straight forward, bursting through the gaps and tearing the entire array to pieces.
In order to keep the formation in order, the speed of withdrawal will be extremely slow, and it will inevitably become a live target for the enemy's artillery.
The enemy's artillery is too heavy a blow to morale, and if the enemy's artillery is a little more accurate, even if he sits in the middle of the formation, it will not help.
And if it is a quick evacuation, then it is inevitable that the disorganized army will reveal flaws, which is a dead end.
The artillery among the thieves should be the old cannon belonging to Qingyangwei, and the southern border of Qingyang Mansion has fallen, and it is not impossible to get a few artillery.
Cao Wenzhao's gaze turned around the periphery, and finally fell on Chen Wang's body again, and said.
"The thieves don't know how to use the cannon, what they get should be the old cannon of Qingyang Mansion, the firing distance is only three or four hundred paces, and then retreat a hundred steps back, pull the distance four hundred steps away, and there will be no threat."
There are Qingyangwei in Qingyang Mansion, and the artillery of these thieves should have been captured from Qingyangwei.
The guards were overwhelmed by the battle, and it was too late to see the thieves coming and fleeing, so where did they think of anything to destroy the ordnance.
Cao Wenzhao frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice.
"It's just that now it's easy not to move, more than half of the casualties in the front, morale is low, and the enemy does not dare to move in the army formation, once the mobile army formation shows flaws, the thieves and thieves rush to find a gap, and nine times out of ten they can't cover it."
It's a dead end......
Cao Dingjiao followed Cao Wenzhao's gaze and looked at Chen Wang with some astonishment, he recognized this family member who had been following his uncle.
He remembered that Chen Wang didn't seem to have any merit other than bravery, and he should know nothing about the art of war.
Now his uncle seems to be ...... at this critical moment Are you asking Chen Wang's opinion?
However, no matter how many questions there were in his heart, Cao Dingjiao did not open his mouth to question, and the generals who followed behind Cao Dingjiao did not open their mouths when they saw Cao Dingjiao, and naturally they would not say anything superfluous.
Everyone's eyes were also focused on Chen Wang's body because of Cao Wenzhao's inquiry.
Being watched by multiple eyes at the same time did not make Chen Wang feel any discomfort, because his attention was not in the formation, but outside the formation.
Sweat ran down his cheeks, and Chen Wang controlled his breathing, scanning the situation on the battlefield.
After this battle, his evaluation in Cao Wenzhao's heart will definitely not be empty and brave, and all efforts can be rewarded.
But all of this needs to be able to survive this battle.
Now that the vigorous exercise had stopped, Chen Wang began to feel hot all over, sweat already soaking the clothes under his armor.
It's only June, and although it's not yet the hottest time, it's already a normal activity that can affect people.
The same is true of the infantry troops who fought in formation, they marched all the way from Hutou Town, and then lined up in formation, and many of them were already sweating.
Cao Wenzhao's words Chen Wang listened to them, and Chen Wang felt helpless in his heart.
Neither the original nor the later generations had any experience in commanding armies in battle.
If you insist on talking about the edge, you only have the experience of games like the full battle series, and you can barely get involved.
It's just a real war, and how can an ordinary game be deduced.
But the arrow was on the string and had to be sent, Chen Wang calmed down, tightened the reins, and said his opinion in a deep voice.
"The enemy forces on the left flank have not yet assembled, and the enemy troops on the right flank are a hundred paces away, and they are waiting for the artillery to open the formation."
"The most important thing now is the rogue thief elite cavalry of the most forward army, and it is difficult to solve the ......"
Cao Dingjiao's expression moved slightly, and what he thought in his heart was the same as Chen Wang's analysis.
This analysis is already at the level of an ordinary officer's vision, not a big soldier who only knows how to obey orders and rush to kill, which is completely different from Chen Wang before.
Chen Wang's gaze swept over everyone in the array.
Cao Wenzhao was transferred to Datong Town, and the Liaodong soldiers who went south with him were also re-transferred back because of the war on the northern front, and only their more than 400 family members followed the transfer, and now most of the rest of the soldiers are the original battalion soldiers of Datong, which were transferred and dispatched.
Different from Liaodong and other towns, although Datong Town is also one of the nine sides, the battalion is equipped with a lot of firearms, not limited to three-eyed guns, but also a lot of bird guns.
Although Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao have always been on discord, in Shaanxi, there have been dozens of battles without merit.
But at the critical time, I still know the proportion, as a pioneer in this battle, I have obtained a lot of ordnance, which are all good products in the army.
Among them, a swarm of bees, hundreds of tigers and other expensive rockets are equipped with a lot.
You must know that a hundred tigers will have to scrap at least dozens of catties of gunpowder, plus a hundred feather arrows, not counting the wooden frame underneath, and the cost of light will cost seven or eight taels of silver.
It has been a common practice for the Ministry of Industry to be greedy for ink, and in the end, no ten taels could not be sent to the army at all.
A swarm of bees can be held, the cost is relatively low, but it also needs three or four taels of silver to get it.
This hair is a battalion soldier's salary for several months, and this war is not a war at all, but money.
"Since the enemy's elite cavalry is waiting for our army to show its flaws......"
Chen Wang glanced at the three-eyed gun in his right hand, and felt a little confident in his heart.
"Since this is the case, then the plan will be calculated, first show the enemy weak, and lead him to charge into battle."
"Concentrate the firearms such as bird guns and three-eyed guns in the front line, place all the tigers running together and swarming in the central area of the center, and then transport the tiger squat artillery coefficient to the rear to deploy and stabilize the front line, as a response, to guard against the impact of the enemy."
"Firearms?"
Cao Wenzhao raised his eyebrows slightly, he has dealt with the Mongols for many years, and he has also dealt with Jiannu for many years, and he does not know anything about firearms.
"There is no chariot shelter, only the army ......"
When the words came to an end, Cao Wenzhao didn't say any more, he originally wanted to say that he was afraid that he would not be able to stop the cavalry from charging into battle.
But he suddenly remembered that Chen Wang had become his family when he was still a half-grown child, and there were not a few Tartars who had been killed with his own hands.
Since Chen Wang dared to admonish like this, it should be his own consideration.