Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 124 Immovable as a Mountain History Congyun ([-]) [-] words

At noon, the scorching sun hangs high, and on the hill to the north of Zhengyang, you can see the whole situation.

The formations of the two sides have been arranged, and anyone can see that the battle is about to start. Fu Shi doesn't understand military affairs, but he knows at a glance that the battle is about to start.

Many things don't have to be understood, just look at the surface and feel the same.

After a while, the Southern Tang army at Yunchu took the lead in sounding drums and horns, and then there were flags waving behind, and the army all over the mountains and plains began to move forward slowly.

As soon as he moved, the front line in front began to become a little crooked.

The formation moved very slowly, which was different from what she had thought at the beginning. She had seen the rioting soldiers in the Hezhong Mansion, screaming obscenely, rushing around like crazy.

She thought it was the same in a big battle, but she didn't expect that the thousands of troops slowed down instead. The advance speed of Tang Jun's forwards was not as fast as ordinary walking.

Everyone looked to the south intently. On the vast plain, the Southern Tang army was slowly approaching Shi Congyun's army.

Fu Hou held his breath, his mind was blank, at this moment, there was actually nothing to think about, in front of such a huge army, overwhelming momentum, and suffocating oppression, all calculations and calculations became meaningless Yes, if this battle is lost, all the troops on the opposite side have been killed, and they will have nothing.

No wonder the ancients said, "Soldiers, the major events of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must be investigated." Some madmen said, "Son of Heaven, those who have strong soldiers and horses should do it, rather have a kind."

For the first time, she found that the officials were also anxious and afraid, and it must be at this moment. In comparison, the sense of oppression in front of the officials is not as strong as before.

In the distance, as the Southern Tang army slowly approached, everyone's eyes were focused on the south. Shi Congyun's tall figure remained motionless, standing behind the army on horseback, surrounded by many personal soldiers and messengers.

Zhou Jun's strange formation did not move at all without his order, but at this time there were rumbling horseshoes from the west.

There is a large peach forest in the southwest of Zhengyang. In March without spring, the pink petals were shaken off by the sound of horseshoes shaking the earth, flying and flying. He rushed straight to the west of Tang Jun.

A banner with the word "History" in front of it fluttered with petals in the wind. Shi Yanchao, the number one general of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
The huge cavalry team crossed the field ridges, crossed the east-west avenue, stepped on the canals for the common people to irrigate the fields, rolled up the dust all over the sky, and went straight to the left wing of the Southern Tang Dynasty, arrayed in the west near the avenue.

Even two or three miles away, one could feel the unstoppable momentum. Visible turmoil appeared on the left wing of the Southern Tang army formation.

Wang Pu clenched his fists excitedly, but Wang Shenqi said worriedly: "There are too many people in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the army formation has more than [-] ranks. I'm afraid it won't be good for the cavalry to charge directly."

"Sure enough, I want his father to help me fight." Li Jixun said, with disdain in his words.

"Perhaps Deputy Marshal Shi is eager to love his son and lost his position." Wang Pu sighed and added.

Fu Hou subconsciously looked at the official's family. The official's complexion was not good-looking, and he still didn't speak, just staring closely into the distance.

The army of the Southern Tang Dynasty also began to change and respond. Many cavalry at the front of each phalanx came out one after another, in different order, from west to east, rushing to help the left wing of the army, trying to intercept the cavalry of the Zhou Dynasty.

The entire battlefield was instantly covered by the smoke and dust raised by the horseshoes, and the wide open space between the two armies' formations suddenly became a field of competition for the cavalry of both sides.

The cavalry of the Zhou Dynasty rushed straight to the left flank of the Tang army, while the cavalry of the Tang army galloped west to rescue.

Seeing such a situation, Li Jixun was the happiest in his heart, especially when he saw the official's ugly face, he immediately understood that Shi Congyun was over.

He has no grievances with Shi Congyun, but he is very upset in his heart. He is forty years old and led the right wing of Hujie. Only through hard work can we get to this position.

But Shi Congyun's hairless doll, if he wins this time, I'm afraid he will climb to the same position as him.

And this time going south, the officials actually let the little baby lead the Crane Army as the main force to rescue Zhengyang, instead of using the Hujie right wing led by him, Li Chongjin and Shi Yanchao both obeyed him, but why Shi Congyun?
When drinking and chatting with his good friend Zhao Kuangyin before, he said that the doll was able to beat Li Yangui and Gao Yanchou in Guanzhong. The cloud does have a knack for it.

Li Jixun felt even more unhappy.

His qualifications come from fighting in the small army. What kind of abilities does that kid have at such a young age?Why should the official use him and not use himself.

There is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not fast!After this battle, the officials sooner or later understood this truth, and it was the right way to use someone like him.

Just as he was thinking, the battle situation ahead changed.

Shi Yanchao's cavalry turned a small amount to the left, instead of attacking the Tang army's right wing formation, they rushed straight to the cavalry who came out for reinforcements!
Sound east and west?

Li Jixun thought to himself, could it be that Shi Yanchao went after the opponent's cavalry?

In the distance, a large number of galloping cavalry collided in the open space between the two armies. In an instant, the entire battlefield was turbulent, and the shouts of killing could be heard two or three miles away.

The contest between the cavalry is the most test of experience, because they meet at high speed immediately, life and death are only in an instant, and the slightest difference can determine life and death, so those elite cavalry who come out of the field of life and death fighting are the most terrifying.

Li Jixun didn't feel that the cavalry of the Southern Tang Dynasty were the elite opponents of Shi Yanchao's men.

Sure enough, after the two sides collided violently, it was like quicksands of two colors colliding, interspersed with each other in an instant, interspersed with each other, stirring and rolling.

In the battle on the first day of the new year, the cavalry of the Southern Tang Dynasty on the east side were visibly defeated. Many riders were stabbed off their horses in the first round of confrontation, and the front was immediately defeated.

The two sides fell into a melee and strangled in the open space in the center of the formation.

Li Jixun thought, the Southern Tang cavalry could not stand a chance. They had few cavalry and the leader was Shi Yanchao. When it came to cavalry battles, even the Khitan cavalry were no match for Shi Yanchao, let alone the Southern Tang cavalry.

The two sides strangled for nearly two quarters of an hour (half an hour), and the originally few cavalry in the Southern Tang Dynasty showed their decline. General Shi Yanchao led his elite personal guards to kill through the enemy's formation, came back from the east, and rushed towards the enemy again.

The few cavalry of the Southern Tang Army began to be defeated, and the cavalry of the Zhou Army chased after them, not daring to escape back into the formation. More than a thousand cavalry of the Southern Tang Army only dared to flee all the way to the east, and soon crossed the path beside the field ridge and rushed into the irrigated fields With the canal used, the head will not flee to the east after wading.

Wang Pu couldn't help shouting, "Good! General Shi is brave!"

But the faces of others are not so good, the situation is not so optimistic, Southern Tang is not good at cavalry, there are twelve large formations, cavalry is only a small part of them, and a small number of cavalry fled back to the large formation.

After Shi Yanchao killed the Southern Tang cavalry, he did not dare to attack the Southern Tang army's formation, but the Southern Tang army began to move forward slowly, preparing to compress the space for the cavalry in the middle.

Shi Yanchao's cavalry could only be forced to retreat to the west of Taohualin.

The battlefield once again became a competition between the main force of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Shi Congyun's Crane Control Army.

The army formation of the Southern Tang Dynasty is gradually approaching, and a battle across the board is inevitable.
Shi Congyun stared at the front, a long black line running east and west, and his heart was much calmer, because at this point in the matter, there was not much leeway and room for him to deal with changes.

All he can do is to execute according to the previously arranged ideas.

He had an idea when he saw that the Southern Tang Army was dominated by infantry, not many cavalry, and did not leave a reserve team, and they all went to the battlefield at once.

As a player of the Total War game, Shi Congyun remembers a well-known secret, "In case of indecision, strike obliquely".

Because of his interest, he also specially studied this kind of tactics that was short-lived in BC, and then emerged in World War I and World War II.

Out of interest, Shi Congyun carefully studied this tactic.

The principle is to take advantage of human physiological characteristics and hold weapons in the right hand, causing the generals to display their combat effectiveness. Most of the time, the right wing is equipped with elites;

The second is that the front with more people is too long, and support becomes difficult. It is difficult for the central army and the left wing to quickly support the right wing.

So concentrating all the elites in one place and quickly defeating the opposing right-wing elites by surprise is the essence of this tactic.

This tactic can be one of the best solutions when one's own forces cannot confront the opponent head-on.

However, it is not a panacea, and there are almost no such tactics on ancient Chinese battlefields. This is because this tactic has two weaknesses.

One is the reserve team.

Since the beginning of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, China has had a lot of experience in fighting with large armies. Many generals will keep a reserve team to supplement the weak areas of the army formation at any time.

The second is mobility.

Mobility is the mortal enemy of this tactic. If you encounter a unit with a lot of cavalry, large-scale cavalry can quickly reinforce and supplement the targeted right wing, making it impossible to quickly defeat the opposing elite.

Therefore, this kind of tactic is rarely recorded in ancient China, and almost no one will use it, because facing a large army with a reserve team and a mixture of infantry and cavalry, using this tactic is tantamount to death.

But today, when I saw the formation of the Southern Tang army on the opposite side, I immediately thought of this tactic.

Because the formation of Nantang on the opposite side is a bit confusing!

First of all, I don't know if the opposing general is looking down on him, or because he doesn't know how to fight a large army battle. There are tens of thousands of people lined up, and there is no reserve team at all!
Secondly, there were few cavalry in the first place, and each phalanx placed cavalry in front, infantry in the back, and repelling horses and sharp-edged iron chains in front, which made it impossible for the infantry in the rear to meet the enemy immediately. Take the lead in responding to the front cavalry.

This is why Shi Congyun asked his father to pretend to attack the left wing of the Tang army, so that all the cavalry at the forefront of the many large formations in the Southern Tang Dynasty could be dispatched to defeat them.

He didn't dare to let his father go directly to the Southern Tang army formation, there were more than [-] army formations everywhere, even if Zhou Jun's iron cavalry rushed in, it would be a dead end.

Dad has already helped him as much as he can, and the rest will be all up to him.

Shi Congyun took a deep breath, looked at the Southern Tang army approaching all over the mountains and plains in the distance, and said to the orderly soldiers beside him: "Left-wing phalanx, advance!"

The messengers everywhere carried the Quartet flag and quickly issued the semaphore. They were located on a high ground, so that the whole army could see the flag.

The left wing is the most elite First Army, Second Army, and Third Army. Shao Ji, Wang Zhong, Dong Zunhui, and Luo Yanchao are all arranged there.

The thick formation even reached the terrifying fifty rows!
Starting from the far left, the eight phalanxes of the Zhou army began to move forward one by one, and the farther to the right wing, the formation lagged behind by about a hundred steps, in order to allow the weak central army and right wing to meet the enemy later.

Shi Congyun watched the formation getting closer and closer in the distance, and tried his best to calm himself down and remain motionless.

At this point, his heart became transparent and peaceful.
He has done everything he can do, and what he has to do now is to stand still like a mountain and let the handsome flag stand high as the spiritual pillar of the army.

After a while, there was a shout of killing ahead, and the sky above the green field was covered with black arrows, like large black locusts, whizzing and throwing towards each other.

Then the shouts of killing echoed like thunder, and the large formation in the east began to meet the enemy.

The shouts of killing are higher than the waves, like the waves echoing in the wilderness, and the flags of various colors are intertwined. From a distance, you can only tell where your army is by distinguishing the flags
Shi Congyun's eyes passed through the sea of ​​people all over the mountains and plains, and locked on the right wing of the Tang army in the east.

The Zhou army, like a wave, all rushed to the right wing, but at this time their central army and left wing did not meet the enemy for a long time, because the Zhou army advanced in steps, and when the right wing started to attack, the central army and left wing were still hundreds of steps away from the Zhou army phalanx. .

But soon the Southern Tang army in the east realized that something was wrong, because a lot of people poured out from behind the right-wing Zhou army, they were fighting and outflanking them at the same time.

There are too many Zhou troops on the right wing!
The right-wing phalanx was originally composed of the most fully armored elites of the Zhou army. At this time, it suddenly fell into a situation of fighting more with less, and the Zhou army on the opposite side was also full of armored elites.

The general of the Tang army on the right was a little confused. What's going on, how could there be so many people on the Zhou army's side!

Seeing that the soldiers in front were cut down one after another, it was difficult to maintain the formation, and they roared for help.

However, the Southern Tang Army's front line was too long, covering several miles from east to west. Only the two phalanxes near the far right realized that something was wrong and changed direction, trying to support the elite right wing eastward.

The rest of the large formation didn't understand what happened to the right wing in a short time, and continued to advance according to the order.

Shi Congyun stood on the top of the mountain and watched the situation, clenched his fists tightly.

About ten minutes later, the Chinese army also began to meet the enemy. Most of the Chinese army's troops and elite were transferred to the east. At this time, the army was weak, with only eight thin rows, and it was certainly not possible to stop the enemy for a long time.

The three bluffing phalanxes of the Chinese army fought bravely under the command of Yu Cheng, the commander of the army, and fought hard with the Southern Tang army. However, the number of the Southern Tang Chinese army was too large, and they were forced to retreat slowly. It was because the Zhou army did not collapse. Good at fighting, the Crane Control Army is his elite soldiers.

After a while, the weak right wing, led by the commander of the army, Shen Zhiyi, began to fight the Southern Tang army, and was forced to retreat continuously.

Seeing the Southern Tang army in the middle and the west approaching his position step by step, Luqiu Zhongqing and the messengers and personal soldiers around him were extremely nervous.

The guards raised their shields in front of him to protect him.

Someone persuaded: "Lord of the chamber, step back, it's too dangerous here!"

Shi Congyun shook his head mechanically, straightened his waist and remained motionless, his eyes fixed on the right wing of the army in the east. There, the three elite troops of the Crane Army were encroaching on the Tang army's elite right wing with absolute superiority.

"The owner of the compartment!" Someone was anxious and wanted to pull him away, but Shi Congyun remained motionless like a mountain.

At this point in the matter, Shi Congyun has also made up his mind. He has fought a lot in the past two years, and he has learned a lot. The spiritual pillar of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives to fight must not be moved!
When the banner moved, it wasn't just him who moved, but also the morale of the army!
"If you talk too much, I'll cut you off, and I'll kill you all four times. There's nothing to be afraid of. Stand up straight for me!" Shi Congyun cursed, but he was actually using this to vent his fear, anxiety and other negative emotions.

When all the soldiers heard this, they all fell silent, followed him and stood up straight with death on their faces.

The fighting in the front became more and more intense. Shi Congyun clearly saw that at the forefront of the Chinese army phalanx led by Cheng Yu, some soldiers had several spears stuck in their bodies and bit off the enemy's nose. Press and pull on the enemy's neck, spraying blood all over his face.
In the distance, the phalanx of the Central Army of the Southern Tang Army gradually realized that their right wing was outflanked, and began to move back, towards the east, wanting to support them.

Because Nantang not only arranged elites on the right wing, but from a distance, their handsome flag was also behind the elites, near the right wing!

Looking to the east, the right wing of the Southern Tang Army is being encroached and surrounded by the Zhou Army with absolute strength!

After nearly half an hour of fierce fighting between the two sides, the sun began to tilt to the west. The first large formation arranged by the Tang army in the east was completely surrounded and dispersed by the Zhou army with superior forces. The second large formation on the right wing approached the enemy and quickly began to collapse. , It's hard to hold on, the third phalanx to the west is the phalanx where Shuai Qi is!

Slowly, as the situation on the battlefield was communicated to the various ministries by the messengers, the Central Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty began to panic, and the phalanx on the right wing desperately moved to the west, thinking of getting rid of the Zhou Army's First Army, Second Army, and Third Army. outflank and strike!

Zhou Jun's central army and right wing pressure weakened, began to slow down the retreat speed, and even made some active counterattacks to buy time for the eastern battlefield.

When the sun touched the treetops to the west, Shi Congyun remained motionless as a mountain, his feet seemed to be numb. Looking from a distance, he saw the flag of the Southern Tang Army Commander on the opposite side also began to move!
Two big flags face each other several miles away.

A flag with the word "Shi" and a flag with the word "Liu", one side is as immobile as a mountain, and the other side hastily moved westward.

Seeing the big flag on the opposite side start to move, Shi Congyun's hands trembled, and he tightly grasped the handle of the knife at his waist, almost wanting to shout out!Go to hell with the dog!
He knew that he had won, and when the flag of the Chinese army moved, it would trigger a chain reaction of snowballing. The soldiers of the large army couldn't see the people, they could only look at the flag.

Seeing the commander flag move, the soldiers thought the commander was running away, so they ran away too. Once the soldiers escaped, the commander could see the whole situation and was afraid of running away faster. Seeing the commander flag moving faster, the soldiers felt more defeated, escape
This avalanche of trust can easily sweep through the entire army.

Therefore, the basic quality of being a coach is four words-immovable as a mountain!
(End of this chapter)