I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 189 Battle of Feishui ([-])

In the early morning of the next day, the [-] elite rebels selected by Li Zichun set out to form their camp after a full meal.

With their backs facing Feishui, they formed a large square formation. +
And this large square array is composed of several square arrays.

The first row was full of shield soldiers, who crouched halfway and put their shoulders against their shields.Behind the large shields are soldiers with small shields or hooks in one hand and swords in the other, ready to fill in the gaps.

The spearmen in the front row put their horse-repelling spears on the shields, or protruded from the gaps in the shields, and the back row put their spears on the shoulders of the front row, forming a dense forest of spears and spears.

In the formation are longbowmen. They put the Hulu loaded with arrows on the ground, hang the bowstrings, and are ready to shoot at any time.

Fu Jinchuan was dressed in fish-scale armor, a brocade cloak, and a beast-faced hood on his head. Surrounded by a group of generals, he came to the top of the city. He was somewhat surprised to see the rebels marching against the river.

Because according to last night's plan, today the rebels should be huddled in the camp, and then the official army will send infantry to attack the rebel camp. If they can capture the gate of the camp and pave the way, the cavalry will attack.

But today the rebels actually took the initiative to attack?It's not like taking the initiative to attack
Standing against Feishui, does this mean to fight with one's back?
"Governor, the rebels are digging trenches and building corridors. The rebels in front are digging trenches and building corridors to cover those digging behind. Then they evacuate Shouzhou through Feishui water divisions."

Zhang Gao looked at the scene in front of him after watching the formation, and immediately thought of the rebels' attempt.

Fu Jinchuan thought for a moment calmly, and then said: "General Wang."

Wang Linhuai responded, "The end is here."

"Don't rush into battle, fly a kite."

"I will understand at the end."

Wang Lin clasped his hands together, then turned around and went down the city, only taking a Qingqi out of the city.

Then Fu Jinchuan looked at the rebel camp in the distance, and continued to order: "Lei Bo, take five thousand infantry and various equipment, and attack Wu Ni's camp as usual."

"promise."

"Zhang Zao Banner."

"The end is here."

"Lead the cavalry to support the infantry. If the rebels dare to come out of the camp to counterattack, let them show some color."

"promise."

Zhang Zaoqi is the Marquis of Yu, the right capital of the Longwu Army. He is also a strong general in the army. He was born in the Jingsai Army. class.

Lei and Zhang took orders to go, and each led their headquarters out of the city to fight.

"Send an order to let Su Duan's troops closely monitor the Anfeng defenders, and attack them if they dare to come out of the camp."

Fu Jinchuan started from defending the border in Hexi, and also participated in more than a hundred battles, large and small.

When he was in Hexi, he led a small group of cavalry to kill horse thieves and rangers in the northern border of Qingtang.

According to the art of war, it is as swift as the wind.

But in the two battles of Baiting and Shule, when the enemy army had not yet formed a defensive formation, they rushed and attacked the weak points of the enemy army, and the aggression in the hidden art of war was like fire.

So everyone in the world knows that if only two words can be used to describe Wu'an Hou Fu Jinchuan's use of troops, it would be fast and fierce.

And Fu Jinchuan himself once said to Li Shizhong that if he leads thousands of elites to decide between the two battles, and leads the cavalry to take the lead, there are not many people in the whole world who can be his opponents.

These qualities are more than enough for a fierce player.

But as a general, it is far from enough.

Especially after the War of Hezhou, the emperor issued an edict to advise, the prince wrote a private letter to advise, and Aye even wrote a letter directly from home to severely reprimand him.

The daughter-in-law even let him sleep in the study for several days to reflect.

And when the eldest brother arrived in Huainan, he also told him several times to be cautious.

Fu Jinchuan is a person who listens to persuasion, so from the last time he sent troops to surprise the Red Lotus Army in Luzhou, to the surprise attack on quarrying on New Year's Eve, and the battle after crossing the river, he didn't even go to the front of the battle in person, but was always there. Command of the Chinese Army.

Even more so this time.

As the main general, he restrained tens of thousands of troops, his generals were like clouds, and sharp men were like rain.

If it is only able to take the lead in charging, then it would be too cheap.

What's more, now that the subordinates are all elite, there is no need for him to go into battle in person to boost morale.

So this time he just sat on the tower and watched the battle without moving a single step, taking an overview of the overall situation.

In fact, his command and dispatch ability is also constantly improving.

The [-] cavalry and tens of thousands of horses detoured for hundreds of miles. With the cooperation of the staff and generals, the various affairs along the way can be described as well-organized and orderly.

The tactical arrangements after encountering the enemy are also very well-organized, and several military envoys dare not despise him because of his youth.

After all, ability and merit, family background and title are all here.

In addition to the trustworthiness of the emperor and the prince, who would dare to show his qualifications to this Lord Hou?This is not the way to seek death.

Fu Jinchuan on the top of the city was as motionless as a mountain, and Zhao Deyu in the camp was a little restless.

Uneasy, he also went up to the watchtower to watch the battle. He saw thousands of cavalry of the army divided into ten teams circling the formation to harass. The officers and soldiers in the camp did not move.

The situation at hand is not bad for the rebels.

The cavalry of the official army should have nothing to do with Li Zichun's large formation for a while.

At the gate of the camp, yesterday's attackers and defenders changed positions. The attackers were replaced by the Jingnan Army infantry who had previously defended Shouzhou, while the rebels were able to hold out with deep moats and fences.

The cavalry of the official army on the side is watching.

When the official army attacked the rebel camp, they did not resort to a fierce attack regardless of casualties, but used crossbows and cart crossbows to kill and injure a large number of rebels in the camp.

The number of rebel crossbowmen is small, and all of them are in the Anfeng camp. After all, the Anfeng camp was originally prepared to deal with the reinforcements from the government.

Who knew that this blow would hit the siege army directly.

While being massacred by crossbow arrows, the rebels didn't even have the means to fight back, so they could only dodge with shields.

The officers and soldiers also chose several locations and began to fill trenches with negative soil.

The rebels who surrendered yesterday are doing this job today, watching Jianyu take the soil he filled from the place where the moat was filled, and then fill the soil into the trench he dug.

This situation lasted all morning.

The horses were already tired from running all over the city, and they went to the city to rest up. Fu Jinchuan transferred another cavalry army who had been recharging their energy in the city all morning to continue flying kites.

The cavalry circled in front of the formation, harassing them with arrows from time to time, or making assault postures, then stopped suddenly, and turned their horses back.

over and over again.

The distance that the cavalry detours is usually outside the range of the officer's archer, and occasionally breaks into the range and shoots the arrow and runs away quickly.

Faced with this very familiar but helpless light cavalry tactics, Li Zichun, who was in command of the Chinese army, was also helpless.

He is Xue Julin's former unit, and he is naturally from the Longyou Army. He knows that this tactic was born out of the barbarians in the northern border. The frontier army likes to call this tactic "flying a kite".

It is to use the continuous harassment and intimidation of the cavalry to consume the physical strength and will of the infantry.This kind of consumption may last for several hours, even a day is not impossible.

The infantry must maintain a complete formation and a high level of alert at all times, because the cavalry's fake charge may turn into a real charge at any time.

Without a geographical advantage, if you want to break this method of warfare on the plain, you must use the coordination of infantry and cavalry.

This is why the prairie barbarians in the northern border rarely use this method of warfare with the frontier army.Because the cavalry of the frontier army is more organized than the prairie cavalry, their riding and shooting skills are not bad, and they also have equipment advantages.

How can this be used?
But now Li Zichun, who is all in the infantry, has no choice but to let the soldiers at the back of the formation replace the soldiers at the front, and take turns eating and resting at the back, hoping that the officers and soldiers can stand up for a while longer when they charge into the formation.
Even so, the morale of the rebels is constantly dropping as they watch the cavalry of the officers and soldiers galloping back and forth.

Finally, in the afternoon, when the rebel army was at its most difficult, a group of official cavalry galloped out of the city. The number was unknown, and it continued continuously.

Two teams of hundreds of cavalry troops suddenly galloped from the west and north directions.

The momentum is like an arrow leaving the string.

(End of this chapter)