Chapter 21: The Horn of the Camp Horn
With a loud and urgent horn, the army of the Jin army camp was dispatched, and it was as black as a pine forest all over the field, and the formation seemed to be roughly the same as that of the Liang army.
Suddenly, the southern military drums and horns of Liang Guozhen were loud, and the battle flag was hunting and waving in the wind. The cavalry on both wings of the Liang army took the lead, and the soldiers of the Chinese army marched forward like a mountain in a neat step, shouting "kill" every three steps, and they actually rumbled forward calmly.
Sima Shi pulled out the sword at his waist and roared: "Soldiers, sharpen a sword in ten years, today, is our most glorious moment, use the sharp weapon in your hand, cut off their heads, and ask the court for a reward." ”
Nearly 100 heralds conveyed Sima Shi's heroic words one by one.
Countless heads responded: "Kill," "Kill," "Kill." ”
The Jin State to the southwest border of the three states of the re-establishment of the country, the Jin army generals have been obedient to Sima Shi, so the three armies only listen to the commander's order not to obey the king's order, within 18 years, the Jin State small court before and after many people involved in the army, or returned to be degraded or the whole clan was executed.
After Sima Shi raised his sword and issued the order to attack, he said: "The sun, moon, mountains and rivers are forever, and today is the beginning of the Jin Kingdom's domination of the world." ”
"Chitose, Chitose, Chitose. ”
"Chitose, Chitose, Chitose. ”
"Chitose, Chitose, Chitose. ”
Trumpets sounded and war drums beat.
"Archers ready, shoot!"
"Ready, shoot!"
"Ready, shoot!"
The sky was full of arrows raining down, and the approaching Liang Guotie cavalry fell a lot, but since the cavalry had stirrups, the archers' lethality to the cavalry was getting weaker and weaker, but the lethality to the infantry was still strong.
After three rounds of volleys, Wang Xuan ordered: "Pikemen, array!"
Two thousand shield-bearers protected the front and flanks of the Jin army, and behind the shield-bearers were three rows of pikemen, the most feared type of cavalry charge.
In front of the Liang army, more than a dozen generals surrounded an old man in a golden armor and black robe who had passed the age of the Mandate of Heaven, and looked closely at the robe, embroidered with eight clawless golden dragons.
"Lord Wang, our army has 70,000 troops, and the other side is only more than 30,000 people, why don't you rush forward, there will be no suspense in this war!" said a soft-spoken man.
Xiao Xian didn't turn his head, and asked coldly, "Who spoke?" ”
After hearing this, the general hurriedly saluted, and said: "Lord Wang, this is the deputy supervisor of the Zhennan Army recommended by the Lord of the Prison Army to the imperial court. ”
"I don't even know the deputy superintendent, how can I come from?" Xiao Xian asked, "Who will explain to this deputy superintendent?"
"The righteous father used a thousand cavalry on the left and right wings to test how many people there were in the Jin army," Xiao Chuang replied on the side.
The soft-spoken man laughed and said, "Oh, I said Lord Wang, this Jin invasion has a total of 50,000 horses, capturing four counties and seven counties, and these places still need to be garrisoned plus the loss of attacking the city, and the other party will only have 30,000 horses at most." ”
When Xiao Xian heard this, he turned his head and asked sharply, "Are you teaching this king to do things?"
"King Zhennan, you. ”
Before the man could finish speaking, his head was already rolling on the ground, and the soldiers on the side were dumbfounded, and when they looked left and right, their bodies had been pierced by spears.
Xiao Chuang shouted: "The deputy superintendent disturbed the morale of the army in front of the battle, shook the three armies, and has been beheaded by the general. ”
The generals said in their hearts: This Zhennan Army is Xiao Xian's **, where can there be any prison army, those prison troops sent by the imperial court may still have some weight in the local festival envoys, but in Xiao Xian's hands, nothing counts.
The horse was pierced by the spear, and the neighing was terrible, and the shield-bearer gradually retreated under the great thrust of the no, and in two quarters of an hour, a hole was torn open, and the rest of the cavalry swarmed away.
"Lord Wang, the Jin army has moved!" a general shouted.
"The prince is really a miracle! With 2,000 cavalry, he tested how many men and horses the Jin army on the opposite side was," Zhang Chi praised.
"Xiao Chuang, Zhang Chi. ”
"In. ”
"Xiao Chuang led 3,000 heavy armored infantry to charge into battle, and Zhang Chi led 3,000 cavalry, 5,000 infantry, and 2,000 archers to follow," Xiao Xian ordered.
"Yes. ”
The heavy infantry is Xiao Xian's elite, all wearing armor made of fine iron, carrying more than 50 catties, and ordinary arrows can't hurt his body at all, so his heavy infantry is the best at breaking through the formation.
The terrible sound of the horn shook the plain, the cavalry of the Liang army roared out, and the heavy infantry also unstoppably arrogantly strided, like a black sea tide sweeping over the ground.
The hundred-man team, which was less than ten people horizontally and vertically, pressed forward step by step in fifty groups, but there were no casualties in the bow and arrow.
"Great commander, the hoplites have come up. ”
"How many pikemen are left?" asked Sima Shi.
"Less than two thousand," Wang Xuan replied.
"Gather all the pikemen and settle the cavalry on both sides first. ”
"Yes. ”
"Hmph, give me a few formations, but only rely on the armor soldiers to dare to do this, listen to the order, the archers change to the axemen. ”
"Yes. ”
The flag was waved, and the Jin army moved.
At last the two armies collided like a sea of mountains, and if the rumbling thunder resounded through the earth, it was like a thousand angry waves crashing against the mountains. Long swords and scimitars fluttered, spears and spears whistled and flitted, dense arrows rained like locusts crossing the border, and dull shouts and short roars made the mountains and rivers tremble!
"Dashuai, withdraw, otherwise you won't be able to leave," Jin general Wang Xuan persuaded.
"No, Xiao Xian's dispatch of a thousand cavalry from the left and right flanks is to test how many troops we have, and we must hold out for another half an hour," Sima Shi said stubbornly.
"Dashuai, the big array is loose, Liang Jun has already guessed how many people we have!"
"Wait, wait for the enemy army to charge into battle," Sima Shi said calmly as he stared at Liang Jun.
Although the heavy infantry of the Liang army attacked slowly, after rushing into the enemy camp, it was like a wolf entering a flock, like entering a no-man's land. The sword and axe hand of the Jin army is one of its mortal enemies, holding a mountain opening axe of more than 30 kilograms, and an axe can break through the heavy armor, but the knife and axe hand must be a strong physique, able to endure physical strength, and the Jin State has only 500 people who have been trained for many years.
"Haha, Sima Shi Lao Pifu can really hold on, Lu Qian, Xu Rang," Xiao Xian said with a smile.
"The last general!"
"The two of you lead the Chinese army to press up, remember, there must be ambushes on the enemy's retreat, with shieldmen and pikemen as the flanks, and this king has not seen the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, so he should attack the flank. ”
"Yes. ”
The two generals led the Chinese army to press up.
The sound of fighting resounded in the sky, and corpses and heads rolled in pools of blood. The sword slashed, the sword returned, the sword rolled up, and he picked up the sword on the ground and continued to kill.
"Wang Xuan, Li Chao, you two alternately cover and lead the army to retreat," Sima Shi saw that the central army of the Liang army had moved, and ordered, and he also sweated in his heart, this more than an hour of fighting, the casualties have exceeded half, and the rest is only 7,000 people.
In the east of Nanyang County, the army has been slightly embarrassed in the rout, the smoke and dust are billowing behind, there seem to be thousands of troops and horses, such a scene is only dead, no injuries, where can anyone survive under the trampling of thousands of troops and horses, even if it is a peerless master of drinking horses and lakes, it is difficult to do.
The east gate of Nanyang City was wide open, the uniform army galloped outward, the flag flashed at the head of the city, the ambush soldiers outside the city appeared, the thousands of remnants who were still in the rout, stopped the pace of retreat, at this time like a beast in a cage, turned around and killed the pursuers.