Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 268 The Fog of War
"Will the Goguryeo people still attack or not?"

The fourth child stood on an archery tower and waited for a long time, but he didn't see the Goguryeo people stepping forward, so he got a little impatient.

Luo Cheng asked Ximen Junyi to bring a chair over and put it under the banner of the Chinese army. He lay down with his clothes on, basking in the sun leisurely there, even closed his eyes, crossed his legs, and drank song.

This kind of behavior has diluted the tense atmosphere before the war a lot.

Those recruits who were nervous because of the sudden appearance of Goguryeo Qingqi gradually calmed down.Even those folks who were still busy carrying arrows felt less panicked.

Goguryeo's three thousand Qingqi seemed to be in a dilemma.

They came in a hurry, because they wanted to eat up a vanguard of the Sui army with only a few thousand troops going deep alone.But when I got here, I discovered that this bone is not easy to chew.

It is true that the Sui army only had a few thousand troops, and there were no more than five or six thousand people in the battalion, but most of them were soldiers and civilians.There are only two to three thousand soldiers of the Sui Army, but they have too many bows and crossbows.Especially those arrow towers and crossbow towers are everywhere. If it is really necessary to attack by force, I am afraid that there will be a lot of damage.

"Most likely still have to attack."

Luo Cheng opened his eyes, took a sip of the hot tea he had brewed.

When the military academies heard the words, they were happy instead of worried.

If these Goguryeo people were so timid and scared away by the crossbow, then they would have no chance to earn military merit.

"Looking at the preparations of the Goguryeo people, it seems that they want to fight hard."

After saying that, Luo Cheng took another sip of tea.

However, in less than half an hour, the state of the Sui army and civilian husbands in the camp has changed drastically.At the beginning, when Goguryeo Qingqi came to kill them, these people were panicked, especially those Minzhuang, who were even more frowning. Luo Cheng believed that these people wanted to disperse and flee at any time.

But now, the hesitation of the Goguryeo people has made the confidence of the soldiers of the Sui army soar.

"Be careful, don't underestimate the enemy. Although we have strong bows and crossbows, the Goguryeo people are also very good at riding and shooting. When they attack after a while, they must ride and shoot first. We must prevent those recruits from collapsing in the first battle. !"

In addition, Luo Cheng is not worried, he is still worried about the recruits in the battalion, especially the government soldiers other than the six hundred Zhangqiu soldiers he brought. If these people are frightened by the fierce fighting, no one can say Surely something will happen.

Just like howls sometimes occurred in ancient military camps. In the middle of the night, some soldiers in the camp suddenly had nightmares, and then broke down mentally and yelled, triggering a chain reaction of other soldiers who were nervous and depressed. into a hysterical frenzy.

Therefore, in the dark night, the entire barracks fell into rage and chaos. It is said that if the camp roared severely, there would be basically no one left in the camp after dawn, and almost all of them would kill each other or flee.

Luo Cheng didn't have anything to do, he just ordered and got ready.

For each team, the team leader must stand at the front, the team flag bearer stands in the second row, and two flag bearers stand around the flag bearer to protect the team flag and team leader.

Then the soldiers in the team lined up in several rows, and a deputy stood in the last row.

The team deputy acts as the supervisor of the battle and the army. Whoever dares to retreat and escape will be killed on the spot.

This formation is also commonly used by the Sui army.

The leader of the team must stand at the forefront, so the team leader of the Sui government soldiers is the grassroots officer with the most casualties. Yi Ligong.After crossing the level of the head of the team, it is generally not necessary to be at the forefront.

Because of these characteristics, the leaders of the Sui army were all black and brave soldiers, and most of the officers who survived were also survived from the team leaders. Whether it was ability, bravery or even luck, they were all among the best.

"Reaffirm the military law!"

Wang Ziming, who joined the army, led several officers to read out the military order in the camp.

"If the team loses the team leader, the whole team will have no merit. If the team loses the team flag, the whole team will be guilty. The team leader will lose all the team flags, and all the flags will be cut off! Half or more, avoid death."

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"The leader of the team dies, the team deputy takes over before the team, and the team deputy is taken over by the first fire chief."

The team leader and the team flag are the symbols of a team. If the team leader of a team dies and the team flag is lost, then the team is considered gone.The team leader and team flag are gone, and the two flags that guard the flag will be executed. If the flag is also dead, the whole team will be punished.Unless more than half of the team dies and persists to the end, they can be exonerated.

"Those who escaped from the battle, beheaded immediately!"

The military regulations of the soldiers in the Sui Dynasty were extremely strict, and even when they were about to go into battle, the crossbowmen who fired their arrows before the order was issued would be executed immediately.

Soldiers had to charge when it was time to charge, and if they were not ordered to charge ahead of time, they would be executed immediately.

The purpose of these strict military orders is to ensure the unity of the military formation in wartime and prevent chaos.And the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant nest. The most feared thing is that the chaos and disorder of this small individual will cause the disorder and collapse of the entire group army formation.

In order to ensure order, there are these strict military laws, military officers at all levels, and even military judges.

The crossbowmen of the bow and crossbow battalion were all in place, and even the other infantry temporarily put down their weapons, raised their infantry bows, and stood in the village to wait for orders.

Only the light cavalry led their horses and sat on the ground waiting for orders. They didn't have to act as crossbowmen for the time being.

As for the heavy cavalry, at this time, they are still sitting in the center of the formation, and they don't even need to wear armor.

Waited for about an hour.

The tangled Goguryeo people really chose to attack, and the horn sounded.

However, the Goguryeo people are obviously more experienced, and they did not directly say that they rushed to the camp like a swarm of bees.

They first collected some dry firewood, leaves, wet branches, etc., and then started a fire not far outside the camp. Because of the addition of wet branches and leaves, the fire did not burn vigorously after it was built, but it was thick. Smoke billows.

The billowing thick smoke soon filled the battlefield, and also obscured the vision of the Sui army in the battalion.

Then these Goguryeo people continued to collect dry firewood and other combustible objects, but they were preparing for fire attack.

The smoke was everywhere, and the Sui soldiers in the camp seemed to be blind, and the smoke was very pungent. Many Sui soldiers and civilian husbands who were originally at ease became a little restless.

"This group of people seem to be very experienced!" Shi Meng stretched out his hand to fan the smoke in front of him, and said to Luo Cheng.

"Wufang, with the fog of war, we can't see them, and they can't see us clearly. Now everyone can't see each other. Although the power of the bow and crossbow is greatly reduced, it's all corresponding. When the battle starts, Then we'll shoot each other randomly." Luo Cheng's rare state of mind is very good, and the smoke will still have a great impact.

But as he said, it works both ways.They can't see the Goguryeo people outside the camp, and the Goguryeo people can't see them in the camp. Across the camp and wooden barriers, the camp has temporarily set up double defenses with vehicles and horses, so don't worry that the Goguryeo people can directly Just rush in.

The big deal is that the arrows were released from fifty or sixty steps away, but now they only release the arrows when they are twenty or thirty steps closer.

The drums outside the camp continued to beating, and the sound of horseshoes also came.

Goguryeo moved.

But instead of rushing directly to the camp, they circled around the camp.

While turning around, he shot arrows into the camp, but the arrows were sparse, and it seemed that he was shooting arrows tentatively.

"Don't rush to release the arrows, wait until you are [-] or [-] steps away, and then release the arrows when you can at least see the figure clearly. Remember, a group of five, five people stare at one target, and shoot one person together."

In order to ensure the accuracy, Qi Guoyuan came up with a strategy, which was to divide a group of [-] infantry into [-] combat groups, and then divide a basic fire into two groups, so that there were five groups.Five people stand together, stare at one target, and five people shoot one in volley.

To maximize shooting accuracy.

This is definitely more effective than shooting indiscriminately.

"Listen up, group of five, shoot one in volley. Also, during battle, no beheading is allowed, and no trophies are searched for. Anyone who violates this rule will be beheaded before the battle!"

(End of this chapter)