Xiang Yan was angry, regardless of the dissuasion of his subordinates, and ordered the whole army to fight to the death with Li Mu!

When the news of Xiang Yan's approaching army reached Li Mu's ears, Li Mu was carrying a hoe to dig the soil.

The place where he was stationed was originally a village, and among the lush vegetation were crops left behind by the fleeing Chu people.

Li Mu was taken by Zhu Xiang to cultivate his sentiments in farming, and found traces of potatoes in a grass.

Calculate the time, and the potatoes should have grown by this time. He happily carried his hoe and went around looking for potatoes to dig.

When he learned that Xiang Yan was coming, Li Mu dug out the potatoes: "Slaughter some livestock, and the whole army will eat potato stew today." ”

"Yes, General!"

Chapter 262: Good Generals and Famous Generals

The place where Xiang Yan and Li Mu fought was near Huaiyang in later generations.

Huaiyang and Xiangcheng later belonged to Zhoukou City, Henan. Xiangcheng is adjacent to Yingshui in the east, and the decisive battle is in the east of Yingshui.

Li Mu said that when he waited for Xiang Yan, he really did not sneak attack Xiang Yan on the march, and quietly waited for Xiang Yan to set up camp and prepare the army.

Xiang Yan admired Li Mu's promise a little, but also was a little embarrassed.

The morale of the Chu army gradually declined when they saw the Qin army calmly waiting for them to prepare their army.

Why didn't the Qin army come and harass them? This was obviously because the Qin army looked down on them.

Li Mu planted his handsome flag on the chariot at the forefront of the Qin army, so that all the Chu army could see that their enemy was the world's famous general, Wu Chengjun Li Mu.

The one who destroyed Nanchu! (Li Mu: Get out!) ）

Compared with Li Mu, Xiang Yan's record is a little unwatchable. Chu Jun had no confidence in Xiang Yan.

In order to improve morale, Xiang Yan decided to pull out his heavy cavalry and attack the Qin army formation first.

At the beginning, Wang Jian pulled out the heavy cavalry to break down the three passes of Dabie Mountain in Chu State, Xiang Yan specially visited the experienced people at that time and created a heavy cavalry that was unique to Wang Qian.

Watching Xiang Yan pull the heavy cavalry to the front row, Li Mu smiled.

Although Meng Tian is almost thirty years old, his tone is still very lively: "General, Xiang Yan learns from us!" ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "Hmm." ”

The drums change, and the flag shakes.

The standard-bearers of each square in the formation were given the order to wave the flag and shout the slogan. The Qin army's military formation changed, the shield hand stepped forward, and the chariot was even more ahead of the shield hand.

The Qin soldiers untied the reins of the chariot and pulled the war horse behind them, leaving only the bronze chariot.

Then they relied on chariots and piled up horse-repellent fences and nail boards with iron nails.

Li Mu had light and heavy cavalry in his army this time, but he didn't plan to use heavy cavalry against heavy cavalry.

Compared to heavy cavalry, infantry was "cheap". Therefore, when he and Wang Jian were discussing the army, they had already obtained the "solution" of the heavy cavalry, that is, to use the heavy infantry against the heavy cavalry.

Even if the heavy cavalry and the heavy infantry have a battle loss ratio of one to two and one to three, the heavy infantry side will also make money.

Moreover, other countries imitate the heavy cavalry, only the visible, not the invisible.

For example, horseshoes.

The Qin State and Xirong lived together, and they originally made a fortune by raising horses on the grassland. Qin Guo can come up with a tall horse that can wear armor.

However, although the horse can bear the weight of the heavy armor, the hoof consumption of the horse is very serious. If there is an obstacle on the ground, with the load of heavy cavalry horses, the obstacles on the ground can easily make the horse stumble.

Zhu Xiang led the disciples of the Mo family to improve the iron-making method, and deeply studied the "steel" that originally needed to be made by "accident", and studied the steel-filling method. Qin's steel production increased rapidly.

Li Mu and Wang Jian were finally able to equip another war horse god costume that Zhu Xiang had already given them - the horseshoe.

Li Mu chose the battlefield first, although he did not harass Xiang Yan, but in front of the Qin army's formation, he had already sprinkled a lot of hard stones and pierced a lot of short wooden thorns, just waiting for Xiang Yan's cavalry.

Xiang Yan didn't expect this, it's not that he was really stupid, but that the Qin State also had cavalry and chariots. If Li Mu had placed obstacles hindering the horses on the ground where the two sides were fighting in advance, it would have been obvious that the Qin army, which had stronger cavalry, would suffer a greater loss than the Chu army.

But he didn't know that the war horses of the Qin army were extravagant to nail horseshoes.

The two armies faced each other, and the sound of drums and trumpets shook in unison.

Xiang Yan took the lead in letting the heavy cavalry charge, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and the anger was like a rainbow.

When the Qin army saw the heavy cavalry rushing towards them, the military formation remained motionless, like a sculpture, and was not frightened by the turbulent waves caused by the heavy cavalry.

After the heavy cavalry of the Chu army, there were light cavalry with more flexible movements.

This group of light cavalry were the best archers. Their role was to shoot at the Qin army after the heavy cavalry broke the Qin army's shield hand phalanx, expanding the chaos of the Qin army's military formation.

If there is confusion in the Qin army's formation, the next thing is to charge with chariots and foot soldiers, tearing the Qin army's army formation apart.

This is also the military strategy used by Wang Qian.

Li Mu took out a telescope.

Although Zhu Xiang did not create transparent glass, no matter how rare the transparent crystal is, it is enough to build a pair of telescopes for his friend Li Mu.

The materials are precious and have to be finely ground by hand, and the telescope is a rarity. In addition to Qin Prince Chu who brought a telescope to accompany the funeral, even Qin Wangzheng temporarily gave the toy telescope that he had played with since he was a child to the general who went on the expedition.

But the toy binoculars are going to be returned. The telescopes of Wang Qian, Lian Po, Li Mu and Nanjun County Shoumengwu are their own.

Through the binoculars, Li Mu saw the arrangement of the various arms of the Chu army, and immediately came up with the tactics that the Chu army would adopt.

He shook his head regretfully and said, "Those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die." Xiang Yan can only be a good general. ”

Meng Tian was thoughtful.

With his relationship with the King of Qin, after he was established, the King of Qin would definitely give him the opportunity to lead an army alone. Wu Chengjun now often teaches him the knowledge of being a general.

Wu Chengjun should mean that Xiang Yan is very good at learning and can use his advantages in battle, and his own general quality should be regarded as the top in this world.

But there is still a thin line between Xiang Yan and the famous general. This line is the difference between "learning from me" and "resembling me".

"General Wang understands his own tactics better than Xiang Yan, so if Xiang Yan doesn't push through the old and bring forth the new, how can he defeat the Qin army, is that true?" Meng Tian asked.

Li Mu nodded: "He is not as good as Zhu Xiang." ”

Although Zhu Xiang often thinks of unrealistic ideas, probably because he has not undergone special training in the art of war, his thinking is much more flexible than Xiang Yan.

Of course, Li Mu said this only because the filter on Zhu Xiang was too big.

If Zhu Xiang and Xiang Yan are allowed to attack the city, Zhu Xiang will not be able to compare.

Xiang Yan has been fighting for so many years, and his experience is much richer than Zhu Xiang. Zhu Xiangguang had to learn how to arrange the stove and toilet for many years on the march.

However, there was no one in the Qin people who did not have a filter for Zhu Xiang, and Meng Tian immediately said: "How can he compare with Zhu Xianggong?" ”

The other lieutenants nodded their heads.

Wu Chengjun, don't say that, insult Zhu Xianggong.

Li Mu is in a very stable mood here, and he is still in the mood to chat.

The heavy cavalry of the Chu army, who shouted and shouted to kill, had already been in chaos.

It was difficult to gallop a war horse with too much weight, and the tactics of heavy cavalry charging could only be used on a short stretch of flat ground. If it is a semi-equipped cavalry, it can be used in a wider range of situations, but you should also pay attention to the terrain.

Li Mu threw too many obstacles on the ground, some horses' hooves slipped on the pebbles, some horses' hooves were nailed by wooden thorns, and some horseshoe cards were scratched by sharp stones...... As long as one horse deviates from the course while charging, the entire queue of heavy cavalry charges will be affected.

Heavy cavalry is too expensive. Xiang Yan only trained heavy cavalry, and this was the first time that heavy cavalry was pulled out for actual combat.

When Wang Jian first trained the heavy cavalry, he had Zhu Xiang's logistical support regardless of the cost, and he often used actual combat to train, and the war horses and cavalry were already very proficient in charging. Even if someone beats gongs and drums and firecrackers next to them, the war horses will not be disturbed.

What's more, Wang Qian's heavy cavalry had horseshoes.

As a result, Xiang Yan's heavy cavalry waves had lost their strength when they hit the Qin army's rejection fence, and they didn't even break through the first rejection fence.

Qin Bing took a strange scimitar and stretched out from the shield soldiers, hooked the horse's legs, and only pulled it slightly, and the overburdened war horse immediately screamed and knelt down.

After the heavy cavalry fell to the ground, a group of Qin soldiers rushed up with hammers and other blunt weapons, and hammered them violently.

The armor of the heavily armed heavy cavalry was not broken, and the bones, blood, brains, and internal organs had been smashed into a mess. If you take the armor apart, I'm afraid you won't even be able to see the human form.

When the heavy cavalry attack was broken, the fallen corpses formed a new line of defense in front of the barn.

The light cavalry in the rear was not greatly affected by the ground obstacles due to its low load, and successfully approached the Qin army formation. But the bows and arrows they shot in the face were actually blocked by the corpses of their own families.

Some of the infantry of the Qin army hid behind the shield, and the infantry in front of the shield hid behind the heavy cavalry and mounted war horses, which was actually a little more reliable than the shield.

"Arrows!"

The flags change, and the drums beat quickly.

The infantry retreated, the crossbowmen stepped forward, and the shields of the shieldmen were tilted back.

The rain of arrows tilted towards the light cavalry, and the light cavalry of the Chu army immediately retreated.

"Rush!"

The flag changed again, and the horn sounded.

The Qin army's military formation was separated, and the heavy cavalry that had already been prepared in the middle of the army formation had already mounted their horses, and the war horses started slowly, and the speed became faster and faster.

The heavy cavalry of the Qin army began to charge.

At this time, the light cavalry of the Chu army was retreating, and the infantry also saw the flag, stopped the charge, and prepared to turn and retreat.

Xiang Yan saw that the heavy cavalry charge was frustrated, so he was so anxious that he personally beat the drum and asked the Chu army to quickly change formation.

But it was too late.

The Chu army did not expect the heavy cavalry to be frustrated at the first charge, and it was inevitable that the army would be chaotic when it retreated.

At this moment, the heavy cavalry of the Qin army was like a group of routs, and they scuttled the Chu army without any hindrance.

Seeing this, Xiang Yan could only grit his teeth and let the remaining half of the heavy cavalry attack, and confronted the heavy cavalry of the Qin army.

"Heavy cavalry charging heavy cavalry is the stupidest tactic of warfare." Li Mu took the binoculars and instructed Meng Tian and the deputy generals beside him, "Although he did it in a hurry, if it were me, the Chu army would be dispersed immediately, and I would rather be temporarily defeated than use the remaining heavy cavalry." ”

Meng Tian nodded and was taught: "Heavy cavalry is used for attack, not for defense. ”

Li Mudao: "But Xiang Yan's ability to train troops is still good, this heavy cavalry has an eight-point resemblance of General Wang, but it's a pity that ......"

Meng Tian said: "It's a pity that those who look like me die!" ”

Li Mu smiled: "If you can understand this, you can lead the army alone." ”