Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 277 Untimely
Under the city of Lizhou, the sound of horseshoes rumbled endlessly, armor glistened in the sun, horses neighed, dust covered the sun, and cavalry flanking from both sides was a common tactic used by the Zhou army.

Two groups of cavalry rushed straight to the Shu army's position under the city of Lizhou.

The ground under their feet vibrated with the sound of horseshoes, and the mountains in the distance echoed the fight and roar. Shao Ji and Murong Yanzhao led more than [-] riders on the left and right sides, and directly outflanked them.

Before the rolling cold torrent rushed in front of them, some people on the left wing of the Shu army started to run away in fright.

Shi Congyun also recalled the scene of his first battle. At that time, some soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty did not dare to face the charge of the cavalry and fled directly.

Although Wei Renpu's words shocked him, and it was Li Jing and Zhuge Liang's, he must be very powerful, but his intuition was still accurate.

Zhou Jun's iron cavalry passed through a thin rain of black arrows, and swept past the two wings of the strange formation of the Shu army at lightning speed. Suddenly, blood and flesh flew, screaming again and again, and the Shu army on the two wings quickly began to collapse, almost scattered with one blow.

The huge formation was scattered, and when the Zhou army passed the enemy line, gathered in the rear, and turned the horse's head again, both Shao Ji and Murong Yanzhao tacitly agreed not to use the conservative long line of corner cutting tactics, but directly changed to horizontal Phalanx, launch a frontal charge.

At this time, the Shu army was completely terrified, and began to flee from the periphery of the position. Those who had no time to escape were quickly rolled in, and the Zhou army rushed away like a wave.

A large number of rout soldiers began to flee. Their formation, the Chinese army had no cover, was directly pierced by the Zhou army's iron cavalry, and the two wings were divided into battles.

In less than a quarter of an hour of fighting, the left and right wings collapsed, and the fleeing soldiers of the Shu army were everywhere.

Shi Congyun watched from a distance, behind him Wang Quanbin had assembled an army, and a large number of Shu soldiers were like soybeans poured out of a bag, scattered all over the ground in an instant, spread out in a hurry, and the mountains and plains were like densely packed ants, all rushing towards the direction of the city gate .

Shi Congyun immediately ordered, "Wang Quanbin, lead the troops to follow!"

Wang Quanbin was rich in experience, so he immediately understood what he meant. He led the army to follow up, and followed the rout of the Shu army. Instead of chasing and killing them in a hurry, he narrowed the distance, and followed the rout into the city in a swarm.

Shi Congyun watched the situation ahead nervously. The battlefield was already in chaos. The Shu army was chased by Murong Yanzhao and Shao Ji's cavalry. It was everywhere in the vast field for several miles, and it was almost impossible to distinguish between the Zhou army and the Shu army, and they all rushed to the gate of the city.

But soon, Shi Congyun vaguely saw many soldiers in Zhou army's costume rushing into the city gate wrapped behind the Shu army.

The commander-in-chief of Wang Zhaoyuan at the head of the city was still standing there, but there were no people below, and a large number of people crowded towards the door, and the people in the city realized that they would not be able to close the door at this time.

Not long after, the flag of the Zhou army was erected on the top of the city.

Shi Congyun laughed, "Looks like Li Jing and Zhuge Liang can't save Wang Zhaoyuan either."

Wei Renpu heaved a sigh of relief, and said in admiration, "When it comes to fighting, Wang Zhaoyuan is no match for Li Jinglai."

"Oh, it's too much praise, Wei Gong said it too much." Shi Congyun was humble on the surface, feeling very comfortable and even a little swollen by Wei Renpu's flattery in his heart.

In fact, it wasn't just him, even though Shao Ji, Murong Yanzhao and others didn't understand what Wang Zhaoyuan was up to at first, they all felt that it was not good enough.

Because the so-called formations are far less mystical and mythical than people imagine. In the final analysis, all formations are square formations, and the combination and changes of circular formations are not so magical.

And these changes were clearly felt as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the military books at that time were clearly recorded. For example, Zhou Jun’s favorite Yanyue Formation, the military books of the Warring States Period were clearly remembered.

The so-called Zhuge Liang's Eight Formation and Li Jing's Six Flower Formation are all based on these and adjusted according to the characteristics of the army of their own country.

But these are not the most important thing for an army. It cannot be defeated by others, and it is useless to set up any formation.

If Wang Zhaoyuan had honestly set up a large square formation, maybe he wouldn't have lost so badly, at least the soldiers who couldn't see the cavalry attack from behind would resist and prevent the soldiers in front from escaping.

The situation will become that the soldiers behind force the people in front to die to withstand the impact of the cavalry, and they will not collapse as easily as the current fancy ones.

Li Jing dared to deploy such a formation because the Tang army experienced wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty. It was very similar to the current Zhou army. collapse.

Wang Zhaoyuan came to a rote approach, and if he didn't deploy according to the actual situation of his own army, it would be a ghost if he didn't lose.

Just like Zhou Jun loves to use Yanyue Formation, Zhou Jun will only use it when he is confident in his combat power. The Yanyue Formation's central army must be able to withstand many enemies, and the elite on both wings must be able to completely defeat the enemy.

Under this tactical thinking, you can change it arbitrarily. For example, if you encounter the Khitan people, you will deploy the cavalry to the two wings, and the Chinese army can be transferred to the two wings; Be thicker and deploy more people.

When encountering enemies with a lot of cavalry, they mostly use circular formations, and when encountering infantry-based enemies, they mostly use square formations, but they also need to make random changes and so on.

These are all random changes according to the situation, and are also affected by the location of the battle. There is no set formula, and it is impossible to be invincible after setting up the formation according to the formation diagram.

If the battle map could really determine the outcome, then the God of Chariots would have been invincible long ago, so why is it ridiculous.

So when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to teach Huo Qubing to learn the ancient art of war, Huo Qubing directly refused, saying: "Gu Fanglue is so good, you can't learn the ancient art of war."

This is also an important reason for his success. At that time, the Han Dynasty had just changed from a civil war to a large-scale foreign war, from strategic defense to offensive, from mainly dealing with large-scale infantry to dealing with large-scale cavalry. Keep advancing, not rest on your laurels.

If Huo Qubing really followed the ancient art of war, instead of groping for a set based on the actual situation, then there would be no champion marquis, and there would be no Fenglangjuxu.

The most important thing is that war is not a matter of one person, a few people or dozens of people. Although romance novels like to say that, everyone loves to hear stories of heroism, which will simplify the complexity of things, but in the end it is still The victory or defeat is decided by many grassroots soldiers and generals.

If the Tang Dynasty wanted to say that the combat function was on par with Li Jing, it must be Su Dingfang.

However, Su Dingfang and Li Jing fought in completely different styles. They seldom used any formations. They almost always used cavalry to attack quickly, disrupting the enemy's deployment, and then attacked boldly to win in the chaos. It was very similar to Huo Qubing's style.

He still has the Tang army under his command, and it is not weak even without Li Jing's formation. All kinds of blitz battles, rush battles, etc. still sweep the four directions, destroy the three kingdoms, capture the king three times, and make great achievements in the world.

Li Jing and Su Lie were powerful, but it was the army that fought all the way from the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty that really decided the outcome. As long as the high-level troops were not pigs, with such high morale and experienced troops, it would be easy to fight.

It's also like the army under his command now, Shi Congyun even thought in his heart, it's useless for Wang Zhaoyuan to set up any formation, and it's useless to put out flowers. .

"If people's hearts are against each other, it's much more effective than some bullshit formation." Shi Congyun couldn't help but sigh, "This Wang Zhaoyuan. If you talk about talking about war on paper, I haven't convinced anyone yet, and he is one of them!"

Wei Renpu looked excitedly at the Zhou army's flag erected on the top of the city in the distance, and soon most of the follow-up troops began to pour into the city gate in large numbers, "I really didn't expect this strong city to be broken like this."

Until now, not only Wei Renpu, but also the soldiers around him, Fu Zhaoyuan and other generals are a little confused.

"Don't think about it, you can't understand Wang Zhaoyuan's thinking, if you figure it out, you are as stupid as him." Shi Congyun said.

The crowd laughed.

"The handsome is right!"

That afternoon, under Wang Zhaoyuan's psychedelic operation, Zhou Jun coerced the defeated army and rushed directly into the city. The city that was originally planned to fight for a month was destroyed in half a day!

The follow-up army Shi Congyun immediately asked Shao Ji to organize and enter the city in an orderly manner without swarming.

Soon, a large number of Zhou army soldiers poured into the city, and subsequent large troops entered the city one after another.

However, Lizhou is an important city after all, unlike Xixian County and Xingzhou in the north, there are many streets and houses inside, and the Shu army is resisting, and there are still fighting in the city.

In the afternoon, Wang Quanbin sent someone to report to him that, except for the Yamen in the east of the city, the whole city had been controlled, and the situation had been clarified.

Wang Quanbin didn't catch them. As soon as they entered the city, he led his troops to open the north gate and ran away without holding on.

The Shu army was able to organize effective resistance and fought street battles with them because the supervising army Zhao Chongtao organized a desperate resistance, so although they entered the city in the afternoon, they fought very hard.

Up to now, basically all the enemies have been wiped out, only Zhao Chongtao led more than a hundred people to retreat to the east government office, still desperately resisting.

Shi Congyun then led his own soldiers directly into the city.

The bloody smell at the gate of the city was strong, the ground was stained red, and clots of blood were everywhere, a thick layer attached to the stone bricks.

Pale corpses were temporarily dragged to both sides of the road and piled up. There were also dying soldiers of the Shu army who were seriously wounded and begged weakly among the piles of corpses, but no one answered them. They could only wait to die.

None of these scenes could touch Shi Congyun's heartstrings anymore. It is probably because people have become more and more cold-blooded after seeing too many wars, or the experience of so many years told him that such injuries are really hopeless. Possibly a waste of energy and time.

The doors of every household in the city were closed tightly, and they dared not open the doors and windows. Along the way, a large number of Shu army prisoners squatted on the street corners, guarded by Zhou army soldiers.

Hearing that he was coming, Wang Quanbin came to see him soon.

Shi Congyun said: "Take me to see that Zhao Chongtao."

Wang Quanbin nodded and took him to the Fu Yamen in the east. The street in front of the Fu Yamen was already filled with Zhou Jun and surrounded.

This city is worthy of being an important military town, and even the outer walls of the government are very high.

When all the soldiers saw him coming, they all shouted, Shi Congyun dismounted to greet everyone, and the commander in charge of attacking the fortification came to report to him.

"Marshal, this mansion is not simple, it is also prepared for war, there are several walls inside, the gate is very small, the first floor is on the east, and the first floor is on the west, if you want to get in, you have to walk around in the narrow alley.

There are holes in those walls, and the bandits can sneak attack us in the narrow passage behind. Several brothers have already caught the way. "The commander said indignantly.

Shi Congyun immediately understood what he was talking about, "Looking at the way this mansion is built, Lizhou is really an important military town, and it is prepared for war inside and out. cheap.

Take a rest first, don't attack rashly, "

At the same time, he ordered the soldiers around him, "Go and call Feng Jisheng over, come and go quickly."

The soldiers went to take orders, Shi Congyun looked at the wall in front of him, and actually had a solution in his heart.

No matter how high the wall is, it is no better than the city wall. The city wall is several meters thick, and some of the walls can run horse-drawn carriages. The bottom is thicker, and gunpowder is basically useless.

But the walls of the government are different
After a while, Feng Jisheng came, and Shi Congyun directly ordered: "Let Shenhuo bring gunpowder, blow up this wall, and blast it in one by one."

Feng Jisheng took a look at the thickness of the wall, and immediately swore: "Don't worry, Commander, it's on us."

Soon, Feng Jisheng brought craftsmen from Shenhuo Capital, as well as a lot of gunpowder wrapped thickly in oilcloth.

Then began to use shovels and crowbars to lift the stone and floor tiles beside the wall, then dug the corner of the wall, dug a hole under the corner, and then began to stuff gunpowder inside, and let everyone retreat.

After a while, the Shenhuo belt was ready and ignited the fire wire. The explosion in the narrow alley was like a thunder, followed by bricks and stones flying randomly, and a rumbling sound of collapse.

The explosion created a large gap of more than one meter in the corner of the wall. The solid wall disintegrated, and the upper layer of masonry collapsed. They were quickly piled up together, and a large gap was created by the collapse.

The soldiers cheered, and immediately quickly moved the gravel away, breaking a big gap, and the inner wall inside also leaked out.

The magic fires on the walls inside are all prepared in the same way, but at this time, the soldiers need to use thick and large shields to block the small light and dark holes on the wall to prevent the enemy soldiers from behind from attacking.

Another quarter of an hour later, with a loud noise, the second wall fell down in response, and the Shu army behind was exposed at once, and was shot into a sieve by the crossbow prepared by Zhou Jun while still in a daze.

When the sky began to darken, the third and last wall was blasted, and the army rushed in. The resisting Shu army had been shocked by the thunderstorm on this sunny day and the Zhou army's method of causing the wall to collapse. live.

After more than ten people were killed one after another, the rest retreated to the steps of the lobby at the back. Shi Congyun also followed the soldiers in behind. There were many personal guards around him. From a distance, he could see many soldiers holding long knives, and the armor was the most conspicuous. that one.

"Zhao Chongtao, surrender, as long as you surrender, you and your subordinates still have a way out." Shi Congyun immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"You are Qin Wang Shi Congyun." Zhao Chongtao said with blood on his face.

Shi Congyun nodded: "Exactly, you should believe what I say, you see Wang Zhaoyuan's virtue, why follow him to death, and your brothers, don't you want to find a future for them?"

Zhao Chongtao was much older than him, and looked straight at him, holding a long knife as if hesitating, and after a while he sighed: "Wang Zhaoyuan is mediocre and useless, if you listen to me, why is it so?"

Shi Congyun heard him say that he should be ready to surrender.

"Brothers, I'm sorry!" But the last sentence was not addressed to Shi Congyun.

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Chongtao shouted angrily and single-handedly charged towards Shi Congyun with a long knife in his hand.

However, his violent outburst did not panic Zhou Jun who was waiting in full formation in the courtyard. A large circle of soldiers around Shi Congyun hadn't moved yet, and many bows and crossbows on both sides fired at him, directly shooting him into a sieve. The arrows on his body were fine. , he is well-armored, but many arrows go straight to the door.

Zhao Chongtao fell to the ground and was silent.

The rest of the soldiers of the Shu army were also red-eyed, and they went out to fight desperately.

Zhou Jun in the front row held them back with rows of large shields, and squeezed them back. The red square spears continued to stab, and the bows and crossbows fired at once. For a while, blood and flesh splattered. A stream flows along the corner of the marble bricks.

After two quarters of an hour of strangling, none of the more than 100 Shu soldiers survived until the end, and the corpses were piled up on the steps into a hill.

Seeing these, Shi Congyun was filled with emotion. This is the last Shu army in the city to resist. Once these people die, they have completely controlled Lizhou.

"Bury them well, Zhao Chongtao, he was born at a bad time." Shi Congyun shook his head.

After clearing out the remnants and taking full control of Lizhou, Shi Congyun immediately ordered Fu Zhaoyuan not to rest, and led troops to attack Jiameng Pass overnight
(End of this chapter)