Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 17 The historian is honestly not deceiving me!

This place is located on the hill behind the army, which is specially used for the placement of wounded soldiers, so that the situation ahead can be completely seen.

In the distance, the flags of the Zhou Army were scattered all over the mountains and fields. The soldiers kept shouting neatly and their morale was high. They had surrounded the Northern Han Corps on a hill. Shi Congyun remembered that when the war started in the morning, the hill was still a few meters behind the Northern Han Army formation. inside.

Now it has become the last place for the Northern Han army to defend against danger, and it is the last place to rely on stubborn resistance.

The situation has completely reversed. Looking at the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty now, the number of soldiers is less than half of the Zhou army. Compared with when the war started in the early morning, it is less than seven or eight out of ten. fight.

Shi Congyun was so excited that he almost wanted to cry, but the official historian did not deceive me, so I said, the battle of Gaoping was really won by Da Zhou!It's just that Laozi Xiaoming almost explained it here.

The infantry and crossbowmen in the encircling front were included, while Shi Yanchao's cavalry had been cruising around the periphery.Form a several-layer enclosing circle with distinct inner and outer layers.

Since the sun has fully risen in the morning, and now it is dusk, this battle has been fought for a whole day, and finally the winner is decided.

After a while, Shao Ji, who was disarmed, also came over, and Shi Congyun almost wanted to hug him and cry.

He really read it right, the one who speaks less is the master!

It's unreliable to be beeping endlessly all day like Wang Zhong. Shao Ji, who usually doesn't talk much, is a ruthless character when he fights. Today, he saved his life.

Everyone talked to him about the whole day's battle. After all, he was in the Central Army and couldn't see the overall battle at all.

It turned out that the official guards Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin each led more than 500 people to attack the left wing of the Northern Han army from left to right, causing the Northern Han army to retreat one after another to protect the safety of the Zhou army's right wing.

Afterwards, the first fierce general of the Northern Han Dynasty, the Ma Infantry commander Zhang Yuanhui led the heavy cavalry to counterattack.

As a result, the counterattack failed, but he fell to the ground because of his mounts and was surrounded and killed by Zhou soldiers. Suddenly, the Northern Han soldiers were in chaos, and the left flank was beaten back one after another.

The Chinese army Shi Yanchao found that Zhang Yuanhui led the heavy cavalry to the right wing and decisively took the central army. The Northern Han cavalry went to the left wing battlefield and could only be resisted by infantry, which was severely damaged.

Shi Congyun was very dangerous after falling from the horse, and the soldiers around him who fell from the horse could run back to the rear, but most of these people were recruits with poor riding skills, and they were very convinced of him.

Seeing that Shi Congyun didn't run away after he fell from his horse, he took the risk and took the initiative to rescue him.

After a while, hundreds of people gathered, and then they formed a united formation, so that the Northern Han soldiers could not eat them for a while, so they could only send more soldiers to the battle.

There were more soldiers in the battle, and the Chinese army's large formation began to be chaotic, and a weak area appeared in the southeast front.

In addition, there was a strong wind on the battlefield at this time, and the sand and rocks were flying for a while. The wind was blowing against the Northern Han soldiers. Many Northern Han soldiers were blown so hard that their bows and crossbows could not shoot far against the wind.

Wang Zhong, who went back to organize cavalry to save people, took the opportunity to lead more than [-] cavalry to rush up, and killed the Northern Han stragglers who had entered the battle.

Shi Congyun took advantage of the wind to kill them with great power, stirring up the formation of the Central Army of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Shi Yanchao in the rear was very anxious. Seeing that the Chinese army was shaken, he ordered the entire army of Long Jie to rush towards the two flanks of the opening they had opened.

The Northern Han army was blown away by the wind and sand, and it was hard to open their eyes, and then they were rushed into the formation by the cooperation of the cavalry, and the southeast corner became a mess.

The gap was getting bigger and bigger, and the casualties were increasing. In the end, it could no longer be supported. The front of the Chinese army spread from east to west, and the whole collapsed.

The soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty rushed to flee and were chased by Long Jiejun all the way for several miles.

On the overall battlefield, the right wing of the Northern Han Dynasty fought inextricably with Bai Chongzan and Li Chongjin.

But they didn't expect their central army and left wing to collapse.

After understanding the situation, it was too late to retreat and escape, and the Chinese army Shi Yanchao and Xiang Xun, as well as Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin, who came from the right wing, made dumplings.

The end was the worst, almost wiped out, and the loss was the greatest.

There were about 5000 people on the right wing of the Northern Han Army, and only 5000 people surrendered in the end.

After this battle, Shi Congyun had a clear understanding of the battlefield and had many insights.

He couldn't help thinking that as long as there was a tight formation, it would be difficult for both sides to fight, and casualties would be limited.

Because the other party doesn't dare to rush in and chop you up, and he doesn't dare to rush in and slash the other side. Whoever wants to rush in will not face a single soldier, but a bunch of soldiers.

But once the front collapsed, it would turn into a one-sided slaughter.

Scattered soldiers will always be in a situation where they fight less and fight more in the face of a strict army formation.

Even the number one general of the Northern Han Dynasty like Zhang Yuanhui, well-equipped and guarding a large number of personal soldiers, even led the army to charge at the beginning of the battle, killing Fan Aineng and He Huibu.

But so what?
As long as he accidentally falls off his horse and is caught by Zhou Jun's soldiers, no matter how powerful you are, you will be chopped into meat sauce with all your hands and feet.

Like their hundreds of people before, although they don't have the bravery and protection of Zhang Yuanhui, as long as they can unite and hold a group, advance and retreat together, and take care of each other's left and right, the Northern Han soldiers are several times more than them, and they can't do anything about them for a while. This is the sand field.

He was more and more emotional about the importance of the Paoze brothers in this chaotic world. If there were no recruits today, without Shao Ji to protect him, without Wang Zhong's rescue of soldiers, a hundred lives would not be enough for him to die.

But there is also a situation where it is very dangerous even if the front is not chaotic, that is, being flanked and surrounded.

This is the case with the right wing of the Northern Han Army.

They had a tight line and fought back and forth with the Zhou army. From the stalemate in the morning to the afternoon, they were obviously very tenacious and disciplined, and they were able to fight.

But their central army and left flank were smashed, and the Zhou army's central army and right army were surrounded by the situation, attacking from the front and back and from the left. They were completely helpless.

The physical flaw of human beings is that they can only take care of the front.Once the flanks or rear are packed, it's almost a dead end.

I heard from Wang Zhong that when the Zhou army was surrendered on the battlefield on the right wing, the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty even had to build a ladder and climb a high pile of corpses to come out to surrender, which shows how tragic they were.

And it's not that they can't fight so badly, but that they are too good to fight, and what they can't fight is their central army and left army.

However, the most surprising is the Liao army.

The Liao army was still assembling, and seeing that the war was unfavorable, after the collapse of the Northern Han army, there was no one soldier or one soldier to rescue him, and he turned around and left without letting an arrow.

His decisiveness was beyond everyone's expectations.

Liu Min, the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, did not give up his resistance, because if the battle was completely defeated, the Zhou Dynasty army would take advantage of the situation to move north, and his Northern Han kingdom might be over!
Therefore, after Liu Min had retreated for a few miles, he waved his flag to gather up the fleeing soldiers. He had nearly [-] soldiers.

But his hopes will soon be dashed.

The sound of the desolate horn soon came from the road entrance to the southwest. From a distance, at the junction of the mountain pass and the plain, flags were fluttering in the sky, and the brigade was galloping north.

The black tiger fan flag in front, the big "Liu" flag in the back, and dozens of red and white flags behind it.

The moment he saw the huge team, Shi Congyun had a thought, Liu Min is finished!Liu Ci's army has finally arrived!

"How many people are there?" Shi Congyun asked.

Shao Ji replied: "Look at the number of flags, let's say at least [-], but in reality I'm afraid there are more."

Shi Congyun nodded, and his heart was completely relieved. Sure enough, they won. As soon as Liu Ci's army arrived, the Northern Han Dynasty was not even qualified to fight stubbornly!
(End of this chapter)