I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 448 How to counter the original country?

The second batch of Chu army's chariot troops dispatched were targeted by the Yuan country's cavalry.

The original cavalry who attacked the Chu army's chariots were drawn from the first batch of Chu troops who were trapped in the siege.

Maybe seven or eight Yuan cavalry were targeting a Chu army chariot, or it could be a dozen or so. About seven or eight hundred Yuan cavalry withdrew at once, which actually relieved the pressure on the first batch of Chu troops.

The first batch of Chu troops who were surrounded by cavalry from the original country fell two to 3000 people within a quarter of an hour of fighting.The Chu army behind wanted to clear the siege on their own. The Chu army who escaped from the formation was either shot or killed, or the formation was too scattered and the Yuan country cavalry rushed up and rammed them with horses or were dealt with with sabers.

This group of Chu troops saw the follow-up reinforcements coming up, and slowly moved towards the reinforcements; when they found that the original army had dispatched the second batch of troops, they stopped moving closer to the original army and moved in the direction of the main formation.

As soon as they moved, the casualties did not decrease but increased.This is because standing still can allow soldiers carrying shields to form a shield wall. Once they move, the shield wall will be dismantled. Without the protection of the shield wall, casualties will inevitably increase.

As for the second batch of Chu troops who came up, they were greeted head-on by the standing army of the original country.

The way the two armies greet each other is that the original army shoots arrows first.

The first ones to shoot arrows were of course the standing army of the original country. The soldiers carrying the strong crossbow were shooting arrows about 280 meters away from the Chu army. After loading the crossbow arrows, shoot again.

In this way, about [-] soldiers from the original country with strong crossbows stayed in place, reloaded and reloaded arrows again and again, and shot arrows with the sound of passwords. After shooting ten arrows, they stopped and continued to advance in an orderly manner.

280 meters?Even if the range can be so far, don't even think about aiming the head. What you hit is purely luck.

Within 120 meters of the standing army and the Chu army, the standing army stopped from the advancing state, and soldiers with strong bows joined the long-range attack sequence.

During this period, five hundred cavalry moved to the left and right wings, and they would wait for opportunities on the periphery.

As for this group of Chu troops, they had already been targeted by the light cavalry of the Yuan country before, mainly because the chariots were called one by one. At the beginning, there were nearly 130 chariots, and there were about [-] chariots left in less than a quarter of an hour. , and they were seriously led away by the light cavalry of the original country, and they were seriously separated from the main formation.

Because it was advancing against the rain of arrows, Lord Chu changed the formation in the middle, and the soldiers with shields moved forward. They needed to carry the shields, and the speed of movement would definitely be affected.

"Hold on, move forward forty steps, the bow bearer will step forward!" Dou Huai hated fighting with the Jin army before, and now he also hates the fighting methods of the original army.

In terms of long-range attack, the countries lost to the Jin country before, and now they lose even more to the Yuan country.

It's not that no country wants to change the gap in the range of long-range weapons, but either the cost is too high or it is technically impossible.

There is another fact that Zhiyao can use assistance or loans to complete the replacement of Fu Fu personnel very quickly, and other princes and states do not have enough courage to do so.

Therefore, the armaments of various countries not only cannot catch up with the original country in terms of related technologies, but also the difficulty of updating the equipment of the Nafu personnel will be a natural obstacle.

Dou Huai is a person who wants to update the family's armament but is in trouble in terms of technology and financial resources. Once again fighting the original army, he knows very well that if he does not make any changes, he will use his life as a consumable.

"Even if my subordinates change their costumes, will the rest of them do it? If only I do that, it won't change the status quo of being backward and beaten!" Dou Huai felt that the Chu State should hold another meeting, and the monarchs and ministers must reach a consensus on the issue of changing costumes.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and when it was almost within the reach of the archers of the Chu army, Dou Huai ordered the archers to step forward. At this time, the front array of the original army on the opposite side was separated. The Guotu cavalry also took action.

Changing the battlefield itself is extremely risky. Obviously, Zhi Xuwu, who commanded the standing army of the original country, seized the opportunity for the Chu army's archers to move forward and issued a new order.

Originally on the left and right flanks, the original country's cavalry soldiers saw the command flag of the formation, pulled the reins, changed the direction of galloping, and rushed to the head of the Chu army in a charging posture.

At the same time, the main formation of the standing army split, and about a thousand soldiers of the original army lined up and ran out holding long spears. A "line" was two hundred soldiers, and the distance between each spearman was about 1.5 meters. There were five "lines" in total. Line" rushed towards the Chu army directly opposite with the attitude of running with all his strength.

The Yuan State cavalry who was the first to move had already slammed into the head of the Chu army. The Chu army, which was a little chaotic due to the change of formation, became even more chaotic. A large number of Chu army shieldmen and archers fell on the ground of the Yuan State cavalry. Ramped or sabered.

Dou Huai, who was in the Chu army formation, was completely stunned, and murmured: "Isn't it impossible to charge the formation?"

That's right, the light cavalry of the original country never attacked the enemy with a formation. Once the enemy's long-range troops had a long range, they would be very careful in the harassment.

Those who appeared were not the light cavalry from the original country, their unit was called the assault cavalry.

Regardless of the fact that there are only 300 cavalrymen in the original country, the horses they ride are only one out of a hundred. Not only do they have higher requirements for the height of the horse's back, but they also have strict selection for the explosive power of the horses. Zhiyao ordered people to search for them from all over the country. Fine horse breeds are bred, and currently there are more than [-] war horses that can be used as assault cavalry.

Why there are more than 300 qualified war horses and only [-] cavalry?This is a war horse that needs to be kept as a spare. How could it be possible to fully use as many suitable war horses as possible.

The two original country cavalry that charged from the left and right directions completed the cross penetration, they did not turn around to charge again, and cruised on the two wings of the Chu army again.

Counting the numbers, the Yuan country's cavalry who had completed the cross piercing did not lose more than ten cavalry just now? ? ?

In fact, there is nothing too strange about it. The cloth face armor equipped by knights is different from that of infantry, and the skirt armor has been lengthened and widened to protect the legs.They were still dealing with shield bearers and archers, not enemy troops with long weapons. The lost cavalry was caused by horses' stumbles, and they did not die under the attack of Chu soldiers.

The focal length of the pupils of Dou Huai's eyes shrank for a while!
The cavalry of Yuan State completed the cross-cutting, and then the thousand Yuan State Standing Army infantry who launched the charge had arrived.

These thousand soldiers of the standing army of the original country armed with long spears, they completed the interaction with the cavalry robes, almost after the cavalry had just completed the cross penetration, the first batch of pikemen entered the head of the collapsed Chu army formation , followed by the second batch, the third, the fourth... until all the traps were completed.

Behind the thousand standing army pikemen, two thousand heavy infantry were advancing and shooting arrows.

Is there anything strange about heavy infantry archery?The real situation is that the archers perform miracles!
Soldiers who can pull a strong bow have very strong arms, and given the right weapons they are very strong in close combat.

Most of the archers are vulnerable, simply because they don't have armor, and then they don't have suitable weapons, or their strength is exhausted when shooting arrows. It's really not that they don't have the ability to fight in close combat.

Dou Huai could tell what kind of former soldiers were advancing while shooting arrows.

In fact, if they were not blind, no one would think that the advancing soldiers of the original army were pure archers. It was all because they not only had a shield behind them, but also had a halberd slanted behind them.

"Heavy infantry that is almost as good as Wei's elite!" Dou Huai came to a conclusion instantly.

If you know the details of the state of Jin, or if there are any traversers, you will probably be cursing at the moment: "The Zhi family is so shameless, it has taken away the development route of the Zhao family's cavalry, the Wei family's heavy infantry, and the Han family's long-range attack advantage!"

You were right.

Zhiyao hid it at first, but later she didn't even cover it up, playing a game of gathering the strengths of all the families.

Of course, judging from the timeline, the current historical version is that the Zhi family completed the training of cavalry and formed heavy infantry first. The world's opinion is that the Zhao family and the Wei family imitated the Zhi family, and it was not that the Zhi family was the one who plagiarized.

In addition, only the Zhi family can do that in the current era, and the other families really don't have the financial resources, technology and alternative sources of soldiers.

Of course, Dou Huai didn't just watch, he needed to order the left and right wings to beware of the cavalry of the original country, and also to abandon the head of the formation, so that the Chu army in the next echelon was ready for the battle.

A thousand pikemen from the Yuan State Standing Army slaughtered the soldiers of the Chu army at the head of the formation, and retreated to the left and right under the order of the officer.

Another seamless connection between the original country's pikemen and heavy infantry was displayed on the scene, that is, the pikemen just gave up their positions, followed by heavy infantry filling in.

A new round of collision has begun!

The heavy infantry of the original country's standing army put away their bows and crossbows. They changed to a halberd in one hand and a shield in the other. Facing the continuous rain of arrows, they seemed to be advancing like a wall.

When passing through the battlefield, the heavy infantry of the standing army needs to be careful on their feet, to avoid stepping on corpses and tripping over them, or sneak attacks by undead soldiers of the Chu army.

Arrows falling from the head?Most of them are blocked by the raised shield. Even if an arrow hits the heavy infantry of the standing army, and the arrow hits the gap between the armor plates by chance, they will be blocked by the next layer of leather armor. It just made the heavy infantry of the standing army feel the pain of flesh and blood.

The main reason for Dou Huai's pupils to shrink is that one's troops melted away layer by layer like ointment meeting a hot knife.

Although the Dou Clan is in decline, it is still one of the powerful families in the Chu State. Before the Jin State was destroyed, they faced the Jin army except the Zhi Clan, and the outcome was at most [-]-[-].

What is the situation now?Dou's troops did not lose their will to fight. When they encountered an overwhelming enemy force, they did what most Chu troops could not do. The Dou's soldiers in front of the battle either died in battle or were forced to retreat. .

This scene was watched by many people.What they saw was that the dark green representing the Chu army was constantly disappearing as the scarlet red advanced, and the dark green color was disappearing faster and faster.

At the current historical stage, unless the heavy infantry of the original country's standing army was disbanded, or was besieged somewhere without supplies for a long time, otherwise they were actually invincible in a head-on confrontation!
"Retreat..., gradually retreat in an orderly manner!" Dou Huai tried several methods, but found that he could not stop the enemy's advance at all.

Afterwards, Dou Huai looked at the friendly army that was in need of rescue. He didn't know when it had turned into a chasing battle.

The current fighting spirit can ignore the friendly forces.Because not long after, he found that his rear was facing a great threat!

The sudden cavalry from the original country had been cruising on the left and right sides of the Chu army, and the pikemen of the original army's standing army who had broken away from the battle also divided into two groups to threaten the left and right wings of the Chu army.They noticed that the Chu army wanted to retreat. First, the cavalry moved to the rear of the Chu army, and then the pikemen did the same.

I don't know when, the heavy infantry of the [-] standing army has stretched out their formation, and they changed from the straight-line advance method at the beginning to a ")" shape.

Dou Huai, who had experienced many battles, knew that if he didn't make any changes, they would soon be surrounded and end up like friendly troops.

At this time, the original army's main formation had a new trend, and a light cavalry force of about [-] was dispatched.

What did the three thousand Yuan country light cavalry come out to do? It was almost unnecessary to guess too much. Either they joined in the pursuit of the first batch of collapsed Chu army, or they cooperated with the standing army to leave the Douhuai troops behind.

On the side of the Chu army's main formation, Zong Lou appealed to Chu Junzhong, saying: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead my troops to fight!"

Zonglou was originally an aristocrat of the Qi State, and the chaos in the Qi State was so great that he was unable to resist the annexation of the Zhi family. He chose to take his tribe south to the Chu State, and was taken in by the former king of the Chu State, Xiong Zhang.

Chu Jun, who had been watching the battlefield, didn't respond at all.

Ziguo said on his behalf: "It's useless to have a few soldiers. Let the army press up!"

After the battle began, about [-] Chu troops left the camp one after another, and they lined up in front of their camp to stand by.

Chu Junzhong (Xiong Zhong) looked a little dull, as if he had gone through a lot of mental journeys in more than an hour?

"Five thousand against more than ten thousand, and another three thousand five hundred against [-], our army is completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation?" Chu Junzhong knew that the state of Chu had entered a period of decline, but he did not expect to deal with the newly established Yuan state. The gap will be so big.

"Don't let all the war troops be wiped out!" Chu Junzhong said to Ziguo.

If two troops were completely wiped out on the first day of the battle, regardless of the loss of 30 to [-] troops, there will be a total of about [-] troops, which is not too much, and the blow to morale will definitely be serious.

Ziguo immediately ordered the [-] troops in the standby army to press on.

"Ning Qing." Chu Junzhong signaled Ziguo to get closer, and asked softly: "Is Yuan Junyao's subordinates such a strong army?"

The corner of Ziguo's mouth twitched when asked.

how to say?The troops in the original country must be strong and weak, and it is impossible for all of them to be strong. If there is a difference in rank, it must be the strongest in Zhi's headquarters, and the standing army is the most elite.

"My lord, it is imperative to rebuild 'Zuoguang'!" Ziguo can only say so.

Chu Junzhong immediately understood.

In other words, in the current confrontation between Chu State and Yuan State, Chu State can only use quantity to offset the quality of Yuan State.

A new batch of about [-] Chu troops is coming, is this the end of today's battle?
On the side of the original army's main formation, Zhiyao looked up at the sky.

The sun is in the west of the middle, so it should be around three o'clock in the afternoon based on the time?
"Your Majesty, do you want to send reinforcements?"

Zhiyao didn't answer right away, her eyes scanned back and forth between the two struggling Chu troops...

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