Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 705 Field Battle (Two in One)

Han and Wu confronted each other in Jiangbei for half a year.However, the big Han is no longer the old Han, and Soochow is not the old Soochow.

At the time of Yiling, Lao Liu took advantage of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and relied on his soldiers and horses for a time to gain the upper hand. Unfortunately, he was blocked by Xiaoting and could not go east. He gave up the strategy of advancing both land and water, but was burned by Lu Xun.

Today, the Great Han came out of the Three Gorges again, not only possessing the geography of the Yangtze River, but also the geographical advantage of the northern part of Xiangyang.In terms of resources and geographical advantages, Liu Chan has far more cards than Lao Liu had at the beginning.

Now that the main forces of the two sides are approaching within tens of miles, and Deng Zhi and Ma Zhong have invaded Jingnan, Lu Xun can't do without a fight. Even if Mei Fu's words are false, he must go.All wavering and hesitation are useless. Only by boosting morale and striving to win can Soochow's way out.

For Liu Chan, Soochow's dispatch of troops was right in his arms.Only when Lu Xun had to make a move due to the situation, would he have a chance to counter him.

In the early morning, Lu Xun rode his horse and looked at the hills and plains of Zhijiang, nodding secretly.

Zhijiang is located on the west edge of the Jianghan Plain, at the end of the Three Gorges and at the head of Jiangling. Its terrain slopes from northwest to southeast.The gap between the hills and the plains is not huge, which is extremely convenient for the large army and cavalry to gallop and fight.

While looking out, Lu Xun cast his gaze to the east. A cavalry force of about 3000, including [-] horses, was marching solemnly. The cavalry were dressed in Sichuan brocade and led their horses.The armor and weapons on their bodies were consigned by pack horses.

Not only that, there are also [-] light and medium-sized cavalry pawns marching on the road to the west. Although their momentum is not as powerful as Ma Xianjun's, it can also be seen that their military appearance is strong.

These [-] cavalry soldiers are the treasures saved by the Soochow and the Great Han for more than ten years since the alliance and trade with the Han Dynasty.

After the Dahan widely used high bridge saddles and horseshoes, in order to win the war against Wei, the Dahan quickly adopted changes in the cavalry, creating a large number of armored cavalry and entering the army sequence.In order to be able to compete against the Shu Han on the battlefield, Cao Wei also further built armored cavalry.

Seeing that the two countries had begun an arms race with armored cavalry, Sun Quan did not dare to lag behind. He formed an army of horses and horses to practice in the direction of the cavalry of the great Han.With a lot of money, the big man sent war horses, and also sent the children of Longxi to teach the Wu people how to ride and fight.Heavy cavalry is equipped with armor, cavalry, and horse armor, and the difference between light cavalry and heavy cavalry is whether there is horse armor or not.The style of armored riding and hedging that prevailed during the Southern and Northern Dynasties was staged in the Three Kingdoms ahead of schedule.

After gaining an in-depth understanding of Wang Ping's army configuration, Lu Xun's confidence surged, and he decided to attack Wang Ping northward with elite troops.He wants to defeat the Han army head-on on the Jianghan Plain, which is suitable for large corps and cavalry operations, and reverse the difficult battlefield situation, and these [-] cavalry are the source of Lu Xun's confidence.

Lu Xun shook the hilt of the sword at his waist and asked, "How is the situation of the Shu army? Is there any battle report?"

"Should still be on the way, I'll send someone to the north to support one or two." Gu Tan said.

With Lu Xun's advance, he and Wang Ping's troops quickly approached, and the gap between the main forces of the two armies has been compressed to the extreme. array.

After a pause, Lu Xun said again: "By the way, send troops to the west to monitor the movements of Liu Chan's troops, and prevent them from sending troops to the east to rescue Wang Ping after hearing the news. This place is not far from Yiling. If Liu Chan knows about it, he will definitely send The army is attacking Xiaoting, so the soldiers of Xiaoting must stick to it."

"promise!"

Not long after, there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and the chief scout came galloping with three or four horsemen.Shi Chang pulled the reins and shouted: "Sir, General, after Wang Ping knew that our army had entered, he led the army southward, only twenty miles away from our army."

"Twenty miles?" Lu Xun's expression turned serious. He thought that after Wang Ping learned that Mei Fu had defected, he would stick to the camp and avoid the battle.But he didn't expect that Wang Ping would dare to go out to fight with himself with real swords and guns. Could it be a fraud?

"The top general?" Seeing Lu Xun pondering, Gu Tan asked, "How should our army decide?"

Holding the cold scabbard, Lu Xun said in a deep voice: "Wang Ping wants to fight, what fear can I have from the Great Wu soldiers? Zhu Ran has already come up from the agate water, so he can attack Wang Ping sideways. Wang Ping sent troops today to ask Da Wu , should be a quick attack. Order Zhu Ran to speed up the march, and when the two armies are at war, let him flank Wang Ping's troops."

"promise!"

The Han army meandered forward on the Jianghan Plain for about half an hour.Wang Ping was stationed in Ma and looked south, looked up at the sky, and found that the morning sun was covered by thick fog, but the temperature in summer is quite high, and the climate at this time is quite sweltering.

People in the front were noisy and horses neighed, several Han cavalry rushed back and passed the front military report to Wang Ping.

"Report! General Wei, our army's scouts spotted the enemy ten miles ahead. The Wu army's cavalry pawns rushed forward. Our army briefly engaged with them, and each of them suffered casualties. However, there were so many Wu cavalry soldiers that our army did not dare to go forward to investigate. "

Scouts are like the eyes of a general, and any good general's decision is basically based on the information in his hands.Once limited by vision and information transmission, no matter how outstanding a general is, he will make wrong judgments.Just like when Lu Xun had information about Meifu, he discovered the weakness of Wang Ping's troops, so he bravely mobilized his elite troops to go north to defeat Wang Ping.

Therefore, the moves of the generals of both sides are sometimes based on restricting the other party's information transmission and intelligence detection.Now that Lu Xun has more cavalry pawns than the big man, with his military skills, he will inevitably limit the big man's intelligence investigation.

Lu Xun made a move, how could the big man not respond.You must know that in terms of combat ability alone, the Han cavalry living in the northwest is generally better than the Wu cavalry living in the Soochow area.

Wang Ping nodded slightly, and said: "Send more people to continue the investigation. Order all the ministries to set up a hook formation according to the formation map to deal with Lu Xun. Now Lu Xun must be captured alive to defeat the Wu people and pacify Jingnan for Your Majesty."

"promise!"

Lu Xun wanted to take advantage of intelligence and take the opportunity to go north to defeat Wang Ping.As a famous general, Wang Ping never wanted to defeat Lu Xun, and he was not without means of countermeasures.Moreover, the Han army is good at field battles. If we face the Wu army's confrontation today, wouldn't it be ridiculous if we dare not fight the Wu army?

At the same time, the scout cavalry of the Han army rode their horses on the hills and headed far to the south. On the vast plain, countless flags were raised high like forests, coming like blue waves hitting the shore.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, self-inherited fire virtue, and the military uniform was still red.The Great Han inherited the Eastern Han Dynasty and respected red, and Cao Wei conferred himself as the emperor, abdicating himself as the emperor. According to the theory of the intergeneration of the five elements, Wei belonged to Tude and respected yellow, so Cao Pi's year name was "Huang Chu".

However, Sun Quan accepted the ceremony of dividing the world from the Han Dynasty and inherited the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, the orthodox Han Dynasty, in order to show the idea of ​​incompatibility with the Wei Dynasty, he adopted the five elements to restrain the earth, and changed the five virtues to the wood virtues, which were green.Both Han Shanghong, Wei Shanghuang, and Wu Shangqing in the Three Kingdoms.

"The Wu people are dispatched!!" a cavalry shouted.

In the sight of the Han army, soldiers in green uniforms lined up and walked forward.The huge army formation connects the heaven and the earth, and the mountains and plains are full of Wu troops.On both sides of the army formation, thousands of elite cavalry rode on horses, wearing military uniforms made of Shu brocade and solid armor, moving forward slowly.

Wang Ping grabbed the reins, stood on a high place, and said: "Although the Wu army has many cavalry, they are not as elite as my Han cavalry. Therefore, when the two armies are fighting, the light cavalry on both sides will step forward to block the Wu cavalry from attacking and killing, and the heavy cavalry will press down. Fight anytime later."

After a pause, Wang Ping emphasized again: "Remember to let Xiang Yu stop the Wu cavalry pawns, and don't pass behind our army's line."

"promise!"

With the waving of the flag of the Chinese army, the formation of the big man began to change.If you look down on the earth from the sky, the Han army sergeants lined up on the plain, but there are more infantry on the left wing and fewer soldiers on the right wing.

Not only that, the cavalry pawns of the big Han were not evenly arranged on both wings, but the heavy cavalry were also placed on the left wing, and the light cavalry were evenly distributed on the left and right.Such an arrangement of the army formation really lives up to the name of the hook formation.

……

Wang Ping seldom learned to fight on foot, and then learned to ride with Zhao Yun.The army has been fighting for 20 years, spanning thousands of miles, and the large-scale army has fought against Cao Wei several times. Perhaps it is not as good as Lu Xun in terms of military strategy.But when it comes to the way of riding and cavalry, and the skill of formation, Lu Xun is really not enough for him.

Mei Fu's defection gave Lu Xun the confidence to go north to conquer himself, but it also gave him a chance to defeat the Wu army.He and Deng Ai stayed up all night thinking hard, before and after the arrangement, and finally decided to go south on the plain and set up a hook formation.

The formation of the hook line comes from Sun Bin's ten formations, and it is also involved in Zhuge Liang's Art of War.Different from the front arrow formation, the front arrow formation is to arrange heavy troops in the center, and break through the enemy's defense line from the center.

The hook formation is different. The main force of its heavy troops is placed on the flanks, trying to strike from the flanks.After defeating the local flanks, the flanking troops cooperate with the central army forces to strangle the enemy's central army troops, thus defeating the enemy's formation.If you use Western military academic discourse, it is slash tactics.

It is also the saying of the later generations that "when things happen, you will not decide to strike obliquely." On the vast Hanjiang Plain, if you want to use the weak to overcome the strong, it would be a pity not to use oblique strikes.

After a while, the military flags of the Han and Wu armies fluttered again and again, and dozens of war drums rumbled together.The sergeants of both sides took steps at the same time, with the spears in their hands leaning forward, heading towards each other.

However, when the two armies were about to go to war, a group of Wu troops appeared again in the direction of Agate Water on the left wing of the Han army, climbing a tree with a big sign of "Zhu", with the words "Chariot and Cavalry General Zhu Ran" written on it, and " Weibei general Zhuge Ke', the number of Soochow reached its peak.

Lu Xun's headquarters had 3 soldiers, Zhu Ran and Zhuge Ke's soldiers had 8000 soldiers, for a total of 8000 soldiers.However, Wang Ping's troops are less than Wu's army, only [-].From being evenly matched, there are many Wu and few Han soldiers.

Following the report of the left-wing scouts, the left-wing generals of the big man showed panic, and Xiang Yu, who was always optimistic, couldn't help but feel a little dignified.Deng Ai, who was in charge of the left-wing war, personally returned to the central army and asked Wang Ping if he would change his formation and fight against the Wu army again.

Meanwhile, Wang Ping was sketching the positions of the armies of both sides on the ground, and the sweat on his head was dripping down like rain.

Deng Ai got off his horse, squatted down, and said: "General, now it is better to change the formation, form a circle, deploy bows and crossbows outside, hide cavalry inside, or there may be a chance to defeat the enemy."

Wang Ping shook his head, and said: "Shizai came just in time. Today's battle map has been issued and cannot be altered without authorization, and our army may not have a chance to defeat the enemy."

"Please command the general!"

Wang Ping wiped the sweat from his brow, pointed to the layout on the ground, and said: "Order the troops to stretch their lines and face Wu head-on. The layout of the right wing remains the same, pretending to be invincible, and retreating backward. The central army After falling behind the right wing, the soldiers on the left wing do not move."

While speaking, Wang Ping drew a diagonal line on the ground and said: "At this time, our right wing retreats, and the enemy's left wing steps forward to fight. Let them turn around and fight again. At that time, the Wuren Lu Xun headquarters will rush forward, and at the same time let Xiang Yu Leading the heavy cavalry to pass through the gap between Wu Ren Lu Xun's troops and Zhu Ran's troops, arrived behind the Wu army formation, and stood still. The soldiers carried the troops and then..."

"The Chinese army is led by Ping himself, and Xuanmiao is on the left. I wonder what Shi Zai thinks?" Wang Ping looked at Deng Ai expectantly and said.

Deng Ai saw Wang Ping's new battle plan, and suddenly felt a heavy responsibility.In the newly revised combat plan, the mission of the right wing remains basically the same, while the central army slightly changes.Among them, the hope of winning is all on myself, and I must dispatch my soldiers in an instant to win from it.

Deng Ai gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice, "You can follow General Wei's words."

"Please take it!"

"Working together for the Han Dynasty, how dare Ai be it!"

Deng Ai got on his horse, cupped his hands towards Wang Ping, and rode away.

Returning to the left-wing formation, Deng Ai rode his horse to the herald and shouted loudly: "Order all the troops to stop marching immediately and pull out the army formation."

"promise!"

The herald waved the command flag to signal the left formation to stop marching, and made the pawn formation lengthen. At the same time, due to the number of Han troops, the depth of the formation became shallower.

Looking down from the sky, Deng Ai's troops on the far left and the cavalry under Xiang Yu's command did not move. Wang Ping's troops in the central army slowed down, and Pu Zhong on the right threw it at Lu Xun in an arc like a whip. left wing.

Although the big man changed his formation hastily, his movements were coordinated between the formations, and there was no sense of unfamiliarity. The accuracy of the training and orders during the period was unimaginable.Whenever any general sees it, he will sigh the elite of the Han soldiers.

This is what Zhuge Liang left for the great man. It is as swift as the wind, as slow as the forest, as plundering as fire, as immovable as a mountain.

Under the banner of the Dazhu, Lu Xun stationed his horse on the mound. Although it is condescending, the mound is only tens of meters high. As far as the eye can see, there are only mountains and seas of people. Looking from a distance, it is difficult to find the strangeness of the Han army's advance. .

He has basically taken out all the arrangements, and his hope of victory in this battle rests on Su Zhongman.Before the confrontation between the two armies, he used scouts to investigate and found that Wang Ping had placed the Man in the right wing on the right wing.So he sent Zhang Liang to lead elite soldiers to guard the left wing, preparing to open a breakthrough from the right wing.

The above si can win quickly against the enemy's bottom si. Of course, if it can hit the enemy's top si, it will also fight and fight, which is not a loss.After all, the big man knew much less about Soochow's intelligence than Soochow knew about the big man.

With the sound of drums, the left wing of the Wu army and the right wing of the Han army soon joined hands.

Dressed in blue, the man in the middle of the tree, with a weapon in his hand, walked across the undulating and potholed terrain, fighting fiercely with the Wu army who was coming from the opposite direction.However, if you look carefully, except for more than a thousand people in the front row, most of the soldiers of the Han army speak Bashu dialect.

And behind them, there will be a group of soldiers descended from the Wei army to form a spear phalanx. Shields, spears, and spears are arranged in a staggered manner to form a front line array with both offensive and defensive capabilities.

In an instant, the two armies clashed. The Han and Wu soldiers waved their weapons, stabbing each other with spears and spears, and the nail leaves shattered.The soldiers on both sides wailed, and the smell of blood poured into everyone's mouths and noses.

Pu Zhong held the hilt of his sword and watched the direction of the Chinese army closely, not daring to be distracted.

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