Chapter Three: The Decisive Battle of Zhu Xian (I)

Yue's army and Jin Bing were camped in Zhuxian Town two days in advance, Yue Fei, Luo Tianchu and other generals rode horses to observe the terrain for the first time, only to see thousands of miles of plains, no mountains and no forests, all the strange soldiers ambushed, conspiracies and tricks are difficult to implement, can only fight for strength. The choice of this place as the main battlefield by the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info Golden Vulture was also well thought out, as long as Yue Fei and Luo Tianchu's plan could not be implemented, he would have the confidence to win against them.

After looking at the terrain, Lu Fei sighed: "This kind of terrain is too conducive to cavalry attacks, and it is necessary to strengthen the camp, widen the fence, and double the rejection of horses, but there are too few trees nearby, and it is not enough at all." Luo Tianchu said: "We don't have enough, and the Jin soldiers are not enough, they have more people, how can they camp." Yue Fei said: "Let's take a look." "Everyone rode to a mile of the Jin barracks, and saw that the Jin soldiers had adopted the ancient nomadic defense method, the outermost was a simple fence, and the inside was a row of horses, enclosing people and tents in the middle. Yue Fei looked at it and said, "They are smart enough to think of thickening the fence with livestock, we don't have so many horses, it is difficult to imitate." Luo Tianchu's eyes lit up, and said: "We don't need livestock, we can dig a pit, dig a five-zhang wide, eight-foot-deep pit in front of the camp, the pit is full of sharp things, we can lay the plank when we go out of the village, and the plank can be like walking on the ground when we go out of the village, and the plank is a trap after returning to the village, and the effect should be better than their horse formation." Yue Fei said happily: "Good idea, let's go back and prepare." ”

After the unremitting efforts of 30,000 soldiers day and night, a large pit was dug around the six large villages of the Song army, which were inserted with sharp stones and sharpened branches, and the excavated soil was used to build two 12-zhang earthen platforms for reconnaissance and sentry. On the eve of the battle, all the soldiers slept in armor, and the number of soldiers patrolling around doubled, and the more they thought it was safe, the more dangerous the night became. Fortunately, the night was calm, and both parties were very cautious, and neither dared to take risks easily.

The soldiers of the fifth watch began to bury the pot to make rice, and the enemy camp was also full of smoke. The soft sun shone on the earth and shone on the faces of the soldiers who went on the expedition. The drums are bursting, the horns are whining, the six walled gates are opened at the same time, under the leadership of the distinctive "Yue" word flag and the "Luo" word handsome flag, the soldiers walked through the floating board in high spirits, and drove to the battlefield in a mighty way.

The formation of the Song army is Yue Fei's own "Star Luo Array", 100,000 soldiers are divided into 20 small phalanxes, each formation of 5,000 people, arranged in a decreasing manner, the first row of six formations, the second row of five formations, the third row of four formations, the fourth row of three formations, the last row of two formations, each formation before and after the left and back of the five zhang apart, the advantage is that the transfer of troops is flexible, the command is convenient and fast, so that the enemy army is difficult to see the situation in the formation. Five of the cavalry formations, the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh, with a total of 35,000 men and horses, were all standing in the second row, and they were the most important in this victory, and the remaining 65,000 were only auxiliaries.

The formation of the Jin army is a wild goose formation, such as a big herringbone unfolding, the banner is waved under the black pressure of nearly 300,000 troops, especially the cavalry on the two wings accounts for almost half of the total strength, only the horse's hooves trample on the soil on a large cloud of gray smoke, adding to its momentum. Looking closely, it was found that half of the golden cavalry were kidnapping horses with chains, and the other half were ordinary cavalrymen. The generals and commanders of the Jin Kingdom were all located behind the formation, and there was no one to be seen.

The battlefield was dead and silent, everyone's breathing was getting heavier and heavier, the heartbeat was getting faster and faster, the palms holding weapons were drenched with sweat, and complex and heavy emotions were held in my heart, waiting for the moment when the war drums beat to explode, this pressure was almost suffocating, and the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground from time to time added to its tense atmosphere, and the heaven and earth were shrouded in a strong sense of slaughter, and the vast plains and land were about to become a slaughtering battlefield immediately.

A gust of wind blew up the corner of the flag, and also blew the stalemate situation, a heavy war drum sounded in the camp of the Jin army, the drum beat gradually accelerated, and a group of 8,000 infantry walked out of the swallow-shaped formation, they were only wearing leather armor, holding shields and single swords, and after the formation, they lined up horizontally and walked forward in three rows.

Zhu Yushi said strangely: "What the hell, is this here to send death?" Luo Tianchu frowned slightly, he already understood his meaning, and said: "They are here to send death, the golden vulture is really ruthless." Yue Fei said: "This infantry is a signed army composed of Han people, the purpose is to lure our cavalry to attack, the death of the signing army will cancel out the impact of our cavalry, then the Jin army's kidnapping horse can eat our cavalry with the power of thunder, this is a plan to lose pawns and change vehicles." Zhu Yushi hated: "Why should those Han people be cannon fodder for the Jin army? Won't they run?" Yue Fei sighed: "They can't help themselves, don't you see that the archers of the Jin army have gone around to the front row, and whoever runs will kill them." Luo Tianchu said: "I can go forward and rebel against them alone." Yue Fei smiled bitterly: "The castle master thinks simply, this is not the first time that Jin Jun has used this move, and he is very experienced." I dare to guarantee that every soldier in this batch of cannon fodder has a weakness in the hands of the Jin people, as long as they dare to surrender, their families living in the Jin country will suffer, in exchange for you dare to surrender?"

Luo Tianchu said: "Then we have to kill them?" Yue Fei sighed: "Since they have chosen to join the army, they should pay the price for their choice, even if they regret and are sad, no one on the battlefield will listen to you, it is their honor to die on the battlefield, we can only fulfill it." Then he ordered: "Dong Xian, Wang Gui, Xu Ding, take the first array of infantry to meet the enemy." All archers are in position and release their arrows when the enemy is in range. ”

After the three generals received the order, they led the first array of 5,000 infantry to meet them, Yue Fei's idea was that the Jin State sent infantry and sent infantry to its own side, the difference is that its own infantry is elite, and you can kill you without leaving a piece of armor. During the confrontation, your cavalry did not dare to rush forward, otherwise it would be your own people who would be the first to collide, which can be described as a-for-tat confrontation.

When the infantry of the two sides entered the firing range when they were two hundred feet apart, the archers of both camps began to release arrows into the air, and two waves of arrows that covered the clouds and the sun crossed in the air with a "whoosh" sound.

The Yue family's army, under the command of the commander of the thousand, immediately formed five airtight shield arrays, protecting everyone up and down, left and right, every corner, and after a round, no one was injured. The signing army did not have such tacit cooperation, and each raised his shield to resist, and many people fell to the ground with arrows.

Three more waves of arrows fell, and the signing army suffered heavy casualties, while the Yuejia army suffered almost no losses, and the victory and defeat were already divided at the moment of the exchange. )