Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 376
Baiyanchi, at this time, Baiyanchi was still a huge saltwater lake.

Almost [-] days after Zhang Zhao occupied this place, Xiazhou's Dingnan Army, led by Li Yiyin, finally came to confront Zhang Zhao near Baiyanchi.

This time Li Yiyin recruited 30,000 people from various party cavalry, more than 40,000 elite from the Pingxia headquarters, hundreds of famous Hengshan Bubazi, and [-] serial horses controlled by his son Li Guangrui. The total number is close to [-] people. Looking from Zhang Zhao's side, it's everywhere.

Zhang Zhao's Guiyi Army of more than [-] men lined up with their backs against Baiyanchi.

From Li Yiyin's point of view, the Guiyi Army's middle army consisted of thousands of heavy infantry, all wearing cloth-faced iron armor, which is a specialty of Hexi.

This is a good thing. Once you get this kind of cloth armor, you can exchange five middle-aged male slaves in Xiazhou. If you are a young woman or a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, you can exchange at least ten, and it is basically priceless.

"Good armor! Good horse! Damn it, these Hexi bandits are too rich, aren't they? Boys, if we can win this battle, it will be difficult for our army to seize these thousands of iron armors. Where in the world can we go? "

However, the iron armor of the Guiyi Army did not frighten the poor party members of the Dingnan Army, but aroused their great fighting spirit. If they can defeat the Guiyi Army, the Dingnan Army will change their guns.

"Dang Xiang's soldiers and thieves only have two or three thousand armors, how can they occupy this treasure land? Tell the sons and daughters, if you win this battle, this land is fine with white salt, and each person will take five catties back home.

After capturing Li Yiyin, everyone has shepherds, but if there is no mother-in-law, I will grab one for each of you! "

Zhang Zhao looked at the party members of the Dingnan Army opposite him, and was also very excited.

If he can win this battle, he will have the final say in Ling, Yan, Xia and other prefectures. If he occupies this place, not only will he not be short of salt, but he will also hold the entire horse breeding land in the northwest in his hands.

At that time, they could wrestle with Shi Jingtang, and if they couldn't beat Lao Tzu, they could retreat, blocking the source of war horses in the Central Plains. As long as the Khitans didn't cross the desert, no one would be able to return to the rebel army.

Amidst the sound of drums, Xiang Xiao, a member of the party, rode his horse to the front of the two armies. His voice was quite loud, and he was roaring even hundreds of steps away.

"You and the bandits are not in Hexi, what are you doing at my Dingnan army? Knowing the laws of the country, how can my [-] army allow you to invade the border?"

It's a regular program, Zhang Zhao also knows that this is a program.

However, after answering Li Congzhen last time, Zhang Zhao kept his mind on it. He didn't go forward by himself, but asked a personal guard of Basimi to go forward.

"You and other slaves still know the laws of the country? Li Yichao refused to move the town, Li Yiyin sent troops to invade and occupy the country's Yanchi without authorization, and the king of Han raised his troops and punished his ministers with death. If you return to Xiazhou at this moment and surrender yourself, you can still save your life!"

There was nothing to talk about. Li Yiyin's face was gloomy when he heard the call. Originally, he didn't want to fight Zhang Zhao. He thought about sending someone to contact him on Zhang Zhao's birthday this year.

Because from Li Yiyin's point of view, the Guiyi Army and the Dingnan Army should be of the same type!The two parties should cooperate with each other to avoid being annexed by the court.

But looking at it this way today, although the Guiyi Army did not have many soldiers and horses, they had good armor and good horses, and they obviously wanted to annex their Li family.

Even if it is not annexed, Li Yiyin will never allow the Guiyi army to take away the salt ponds in Yanzhou, and the Dingnan army relies on these salt ponds to live.

The humming ox horn sounded, and there was a commotion in the Dingnan army, at least six or seven thousand cavalry galloped out from the Dingnan army's two wings.

They scattered further and further apart, covering the sky and covering the ground from a distance, as if they were about to be surrounded by the rebel army.

In fact, they also wanted to do this. Both sides had more cavalry than infantry. The cavalry dispersed at this time to facilitate attacks from front, back, left, and right.

As soon as the cavalry of the Dingnan Army came out, the semaphore officer beside Zhang Zhao also waved the command flag.

Hu Cile led the Uighur Yi from the left camp, Shen Nianban led the Uighur Yi from the right camp, Zhebu Jiashi led the Youyi Army, and Huang Yang'er also led a battalion of cavalry from Yingyang Town. A total of [-] light cavalry also dispersed.

As soon as they went out, as an appetizer before the war, the battle of more than [-] light cavalry began.

The two sides are very scattered, and their tactics are very similar, which are common tactics of light cavalry in the northwest.

Basically, 200 people are used as a small unit, and the dog fights are constantly pulled back and forth, and the arrows fly towards each other like locusts, and occasionally they get close to each other and slash with sabers.

However, this kind of light cavalry battle does not cause particularly high casualties, which can actually be regarded as a temptation.

Because the tasks undertaken by the light cavalry on the battlefield are more to cover the army and pursue them.

This level of light cavalry fighting, if one of them can't bear it soon, the battle will probably not be a big one.

Because when there are many cavalry on both sides, if one cavalry is obviously at a disadvantage, it means that if you win the battle, you will not be able to expand the results of the battle.

So from the beginning, the light cavalry will be used to fight non-stop to judge the strength of the opponent. Only when the light cavalry has no obvious disadvantages will they continue to invest in elite decisive battles.

Otherwise, it is necessary to shrink the troops, use the light cavalry to cover the movement of the army, and then retreat into the city, the mountains and forests to continue the confrontation, or look for other opportunities to defeat the enemy.

The source of the light cavalry of the Guiyi Army is more complicated, mainly the Uyghurs and Dadan people called by Zhang Zhaozheng.

The cavalry of the Dingnan Army they faced was also a less core tribe among the various ministries of the party, and the combat effectiveness of both sides was similar.

However, because the party members have to deal with harassment from other sources all the year round, they only mobilized collectively five years ago to attack Tang Dajun's retreat, and even gained a little advantage.

Seeing this situation, Li Yiyin finally felt relieved. As long as the light cavalry was not eaten by the opponent, Baiyanchi was only a hundred miles away from Xiazhou, and they could retreat if they couldn't beat them.

At this time, the drums of the Guiyi Army became excited, and after the big drums around the commander rang, the drums of the towns, battalions, capitals, and generals also began to beat, and Zhang Zhao's main force, the heavy infantry, began to put on armor and walk forward.

Before them, more than [-] united archers had avoided the armored elites of the Dingnan Army in the middle, penetrated from various army formations to the two wings of the Dingnan Army, and carried out harassing covering shots.

At this time, the formation of the Guiyi Army was fan-shaped like a WiFi signal. The coach Zhang Zhao was at the rear, the cavalry was arranged at the waist, and a large number of heavy-stepping elites were directly in front.

The infantry of the Dingnan Army also began to move forward at this time, and everyone stepped on the drums, trying to ensure the integrity of the army formation.

And according to a general, that is, the united archers assembled on a scale of about 100 people did not wear armor. They took bows and shot the infantry of the Dingnan Army from the left and right sides of the spread out.

Although the number of united archers is not too many, the strength of the bow is not very strong.

But the Dingnan Army is not as grand as Zhang Zhao, and can produce [-] sets of iron armor. In each Dingnan Army infantry phalanx, the armor rate of the soldiers in the rear is still very low.

They couldn't resist the continuous shooting of bows and arrows, and the good army formation was immediately harassed by the united archers running around like mice.

Li Yiyin at the back of the army couldn't bear it anymore. If the harassment continued, the damage would not be high, but the blow to morale would be too serious.

He immediately ordered two thousand unarmored archers of the party to also go out to expel the united archers of the Guiyi army.

But as soon as the unarmored archers of the Dingnan Army moved out, Li Cunhui, who had been waiting at his waist, immediately went up.

Regret Shandu's right cavalry had more than a thousand horsemen wearing leather armor, and those wearing chain mail inside or outside were dispatched immediately.

They are the elite of Zhang Zhao's horse army. Although the horses are not armored, the people are wearing armor. The horses are also the best folded ear horses. The bows in their hands are also powerful and the arrows are also the best.

As soon as they dispatched, the unarmored party archers who just wanted to break up into pieces suffered a great crime. They were completely inferior in terms of defense, attack power, and mobility.

Li Yiyin only stared nervously, and quickly ordered the light armored cavalry of the Dingnan Army to attack.

Here, Li Cunhui immediately turned around and retreated when he saw the light armored cavalry of the Dingnan Army attacking.

The light armored cavalry of the Dingnan Army who came out of the battle were overjoyed and immediately chased after them.

Armored cavalry are most taboo to show their backs in battle. They think that Li Cunhui and others are looking for death, so they chase them very fast.

But before they could get close, the Guiyi army's command flag and the short drum commanding the cavalry sounded. Murong Xinchang waved his hand, and the left horse army of Regret Shandu rushed out.

They made a slight circle, inserted into the waists of the Dingnan Army's light armored cavalry, stopped them and started beating them fiercely with their horses.

Anxious Li Yiyin could only grit his teeth again, and the remaining [-] light armored cavalry of the Dingnan Army attacked again. At this time, the retreating cavalry of Li Cunhui's department stepped forward to intercept again.

The light armored cavalry on both sides repeated nesting dolls in this way, wrapping each other layer by layer, constantly adding fuel.

The united archers and party unarmored archers wrapped in it are the most unlucky of them.

Because the closer the battle is to the middle, the more intense the battle is, and they are still infantry without armor, so they can only gather together to desperately survive.

Not long after, almost half of the 2000 people, the unarmored archers of the party that came out at the beginning, were almost killed, and the [-] united archers of the Guiyi army were gone.

The cold sweat on Li Yiyin's forehead dripped down in big drops, and it was only then that he realized that the Guiyi Army was in trouble.

The two light armored cavalry in Regret Mountain Capital are well equipped, good horses, and their morale is high. Most of them follow Zhang Zhao to fight in the north and south, and have rich experience.

Murong Xinchang and Li Cunhui were even more brave. Gradually, as light armored cavalry directly under the Li family of the Pingxia Department, they were beaten and fled in a panic.

Just as the cavalry of both sides were entangled with each other, the main heavy infantry of both sides quickly came within range.

The strong man of the Wang family was next to Zhang Xiaobiao, the eldest son of the eldest son of the Zhang family. Zhang Xiaobiao followed the strong man of the Wang family and walked forward. The atmosphere in the team became more tense as he walked.

Suddenly, there was a bowstring vibrating sound like fried beans in front, and the crossbowmen on both sides began to shoot at each other.

The arrow shafts of the large single crossbow and the wooden single crossbow are relatively short, and the strength of the crossbow string is also strong, so they will make such a short, heart-numbing sound.

The screams also began to sound one after another. Zhang Xiaobiao looked forward, and in front of his army, those strong crossbowmen who were as terrifying as bears and tigers when they assembled kept screaming and fell to the ground.

Every person who fell had at least five or six arrow shafts inserted into their bodies. When many people fell, blood overflowed from the corners of their mouths. This was because their internal organs were injured by the powerful force of the crossbow arrows.

The sound of the drums didn't stop, and the roar of each platoon's fire chief didn't stop. While shooting each other, the two sides were still slowly approaching, but the speed was much slower.

The wounded who fell on the ground struggled and howled, and the civilian husbands who were beaten and the united archers who were not selected and could only do some dirty work were dragged out of the army formation.

The blood all over the ground and the miserable howls in his ears put great pressure on Zhang Xiaobiao, who had just entered the battlefield.

He suddenly discovered that in this tens of thousands of battles, personal bravery seems to be of little use.

At this moment, he actually envied those wounded who were dragged to the back, at least for the time being they were safe.

(End of this chapter)