The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 189: Suppression like a rich man
Seeing the relatively tacit cooperation of Wang Jun's army, Zhou Ping responded with calm and unhurried orders.

He dispatched Liu Ming and his war department to the left wing, and Ge Xin and his war department to the right wing. As for himself, he was responsible for facing the enemy.

As for Liu Tai, to be honest Zhou Ping didn't want to use Liu Tai.

Because when Liu Tai starts to charge, it means that the battlefield situation is out of control in his hands, and Liu Tai needs to be bold in his tactics to create possibility among the impossible.

After years of experience accumulation, Zhou Ping understood that if he wanted his command and dispatch to be effective, it was very important to maintain contact with the army and establish a certain degree of isolation from the enemy.

This is why when he saw Liu Tai's proposal of combining a shield and a spear to form a simple horse-rejection, Zhou Ping firmly remembered it and arranged for his soldiers to master this skill.

Because of this distance isolation, at least the situation will not become a bad war. In the case of a bad war, no command can be directed, at least Zhou Ping cannot command!

At this moment, facing Wang Jun's phalanx in the front, his own troops simply thrust their spears and used specially made horses to block the attack.

Unless a famous soldier rushed over and pushed the big shields one after another regardless of his own safety, it would be very difficult for them to break through this seemingly simple military formation.

In fact, Wang Jun didn't have to wait long before the first legion appeared right in front.

It has to be said that Wang Jun still understands military affairs and knows that the first legion must be armed as much as possible so that they can complete the task of breaking the formation to the maximum extent.

At this moment, the soldiers of the first phalanx were wearing leather armor and hoods, holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, crushing towards Zhou Ping's military formation with the force of Mount Tai.

Soon, they were like a torrent slamming into the defense system built by Zhou Ping.

Some of them wielded their machetes to chop off the protruding spikes on the shields, or some of them directly chopped Huashan with both hands to split the large shields set up by the army, while others wanted to push away the simple horse with both hands.

Whenever someone comes within three feet of this resisting horse, the soldiers who are completely covered by the big shield and are holding short blades will directly copy the soldiers' lower three attacks and attack. Don't worry about whether it's obscene or not, just say it's effective. Not valid.

They usually dual-wield the large shield. If they need to defend, they will set up the large shield and hold the short blade. They use the large shield as a cover and use it specifically for sneak attacks on the lower three routes.

Immediately following were the soldiers holding wolf whisks. Most of the wolf whisks in their hands were made of bamboo. It didn't matter even if the original bamboo leaves on it fell off, they would definitely be useful anyway.

At the same time, because Liu Tai's army might be able to borrow some copied paper from military history, he could tear the paper into strips and glue them together during battles, and use them like mourning sticks.

The main function of these wolves is defense, not only to cooperate with the opponent's tricks, but also to reduce the fear in the hearts of the soldiers behind and increase the courage in their hearts. Use the wolves to cover the opponent, so that the spearmen behind will be calm when they pass the gun. too much.

And behind the soldier holding the wolf sword, there is a spearman who is the main battler, and two spearmen who are responsible for filling in the positions and finishing the swords.

Their daily basic training requires three thousand stabs with a spear. The purpose is to completely become muscle memory after going to the battlefield.

And they are also the truly lethal people in the entire military formation, and the penetrating damage they inflict is enough to ensure that one stab kills a person.

Generally, the spear warrior holds a three-meter spear, while the other two spearmen hold a spear of only two to two and a half meters.

Then there is the captain of the entire team. He needs to pay attention to the battlefield at all times and issue orders to the soldiers.

Or you can fill the required positions yourself to maintain the normal operation of your entire small formation.

However, a large number of team leaders will become archers to complement the army's comprehensive combat capabilities from near to far.

To be honest, this entire military formation is actually a variant of the Yuanyang Formation.

In essence, it is to use the distance between weapons and cooperate with each other to create a situation where I can kill you, but you cannot attack me.

Liu Tai only put forward corresponding theories to Zhou Ping and came up with corresponding weapons, and left everything he tried to Zhou Ping to perfect one by one.

Although a prototype has been created now, the entire Yuanyang Formation still needs many improvements based on local conditions.

For example, Liu Tai once wanted to remove the shields and let the soldiers wear armor forged from hundreds of steel refineries and integrate them into the military formation as offensive and defensive warriors holding Mo Dao. However, Zhou Ping said that we should wait for it first. Let’s talk about so much steelmaking.

However, this kind of military formation uses distance tactics in which you can attack the opponent, but the opponent cannot attack you.

So to a certain extent, the Yuanyang Formation is a combat formation for infantry.

If you are facing cavalry, whether it is horse archers or cavalry, in fact, this kind of military formation is likely to become a target. It is difficult to avoid the overall situation and fall into passivity first.

However, the legions Wang Jun pushed over at this moment were all infantry, so Zhou Ping chose the mandarin duck formation on the front.

Using an offensive and defensive military formation, these infantrymen were given a taste of their power. After a few people were stabbed down, no one dared to continue charging.

As the mandarin duck formations built up barriers, Zhou Ping had the only organized archer legion in his hands without any hesitation.

They would bend their bows to fully draw the strings, and the arrows in their hands would be like hailstones in summer, and at this moment they would be thrown towards the square soldiers behind them.

The effect of this is also quite gratifying. Some soldiers no longer continue to move forward, but instinctively retreat.

Liu Tai looked at Zhou Ping's calm command with a look of satisfaction on his face:
"It seems that Wang Jun's men don't have enough armor to guard the soldiers."

To be honest, although Liu Tai has adapted to this era quite well, sometimes, Liu Tai's thinking still looks at this era from a modern perspective.

Because Liu Tai's entire army wore armor, even if it was leather armor, it was at least armor, so Liu Tai gritted his teeth and helped the soldiers make up for it.

But Liu Tai thought about others based on his own opinion, and felt that Wang Jun had taken advantage of the Western Jin Dynasty's heritage in Youzhou no matter what he said. Therefore, the armor rate of Wang Jun's soldiers was not [-]%, but at least [-]%.

But in fact, the soldiers in the first phalanx at the beginning need to be the pioneers, so about 1000 of them wear armor.

That's right, even in the first square formation, only about 1000 soldiers were wearing armor, not all soldiers were wearing armor.

This is the biggest difference between Liu Tai's and Wang Jun's armies, or in other words, this is where Liu Tai differs from all the generals of the era.

Because those generals, except for wearing armor for about 3000 of their absolute confidants, did not regard the vast majority of ordinary soldiers as human beings.

He actually wants to prepare armor for them, even if it is leather armor, I am afraid he is not crazy.

But Liu Tai was different. For every soldier who joined the army, Liu Tai prepared armor for them as much as possible.And if you compare the armors on the elites, except for Hundred Steel Refining, the armors of other soldiers are really not that outstanding.

If compared to the elite equipment of the Scarlet Blood Riders, Wang Family Guards or Wang Jun's headquarters, the equipment of these people is actually not inferior to the equipment of Liu Tai, Liu Ming, Ge Xin and others' headquarters.

But when this standard is applied to ordinary soldiers, Liu Tai will find that the equipment of his soldiers is more than one level better than that of the opponent. It is very good that the opponent's lower-level soldiers can be assigned weapons. They actually want the equipment. I'm afraid Not a dream.

It is also true that when Zhou Ping's specialized archer unit was shooting, the several phalanxes under Wang Jun's command could barely maintain except for the first phalanx. Although the soldiers of other phalanxes could not be considered as complete The whole area fell down like ghosts crying and wolves howling.

Some soldiers even tried to turn around and run away, but were beheaded by the inspector!

Looking at the situation in front of him, Wang Jun did not hesitate at all. He directly attacked one square formation after another in an orderly manner, attacking Liu Tai's army in different directions.

To be honest, Wang Jun really didn't believe that Liu Tai's army was impregnable and had no weaknesses that could be exposed to him.

At the same time, Wang Jun looked at the cavalry on both wings. To be honest, as the front of Liu Tai's army was pulled by him, he now really needed this cavalry to completely penetrate Liu Tai's army.

Wang Jun knew very well that he should not look at Liu Tai's army as if it were a tortoise shell. But as long as such a tortoise shell is penetrated, Liu Tai's entire army will make him take whatever he wants!

After receiving Wang Jun's order, Qi Hong couldn't help but look solemn, because in the battle with Liu Tai's army, Qi Hong clearly felt the growth of Liu Tai's army.

Back then, I could almost easily fool Liu Tai's troops, but now the troops on the flanks were quite restrained against cavalry like myself.

In addition to the simple Jima specially used for fighting positions, and these Jima are different from the Jima on the front, these large shields are perforated, but I can clearly see the chains connecting the pieces of Jima. .

Obviously, these horses on the flanks are specially used to defend against cavalry, and what is more deadly are the soldiers on both sides, all of which have been replaced by crossbowmen.

As long as one's own troops intend to attack from the flank, the crossbow mounted on the simple shield horse will fire at any time.

To be honest, if it were just a strong crossbowman, Qi Hong would not be afraid, but the problem is that because the large shield blocks his field of vision, Qi Hong cannot judge how many methods the opponent has arranged for him behind the large shield. .

The only thing he can be sure of is that if he attacks from the flank without hesitation, he doesn't know how much damage he can cause. But what he can be sure of is that his newly completed Red Blood Cavalry will probably suffer a lot of damage. .

Therefore, regardless of Qi Hong or Wang Ming, if they commanded their cavalry to intersperse without hesitation, they would definitely succeed. However, seeing Liu Tai's prepared arrangement, they naturally did not rush in recklessly, but chose Drag around the flanks to find a suitable opportunity to cut in.

And this is the absolute advantage of the cavalry. They have absolute initiative on the battlefield, can wait patiently for the right time, and have countless opportunities to try.

As long as he felt in danger, he could make a feint to evacuate at any time, and then fled to a relatively safe place, silently watching the soldiers of Liu Tai's army concentrate on defending themselves.

After all, the cavalry's charging speed is really fast. If you are negligent, the other party may rush in front of you!
"My lord, although our army is small in number, it is better for our army to come forward and hold down a group of enemy cavalry!"

At this time, Duan Shujun looked at the situation in front of him and came to Liu Tai, and couldn't help but speak.

To be honest, although the situation between the two parties can still be maintained in a short period of time at this time, anyone with a discerning eye knows that only a person who commits a thousand days can be a thief, and there is no one who can guard against a thief.

The two cavalrymen, who were almost the top, were staring at him with eager eyes. Wang Jun, who had many soldiers, kept sending his own troops to fight against Liu Tai's army.

Although the morale and fighting spirit of Wang Jun's army were not high, Wang Jun always sent an army to take the initiative to attack after a while. This not only gave his soldiers enough confidence to continue fighting, but also increased the number of front lines. The pressure on soldiers.

You can defend the first and second waves by relying on the Yuanyang Formation, but it is impossible to defend the No. 20 and No. 30 waves.

After all, the soldiers of the Yuanyang Formation are also human beings. They are able to maintain a stalemate now because Wang Jun in front of them is not familiar with the tactics of the Yuanyang Formation.

But as Wang Jun gradually figured out the tactics of the Yuanyang Formation, it was difficult to immediately take out the military formation to overcome it, but it had to be said that using a long-handled heavy weapon to directly attack these simple shields to resist horses was basically Everything can be hammered off.

Therefore, many tactics are not impossible to deal with, but the method Wang Jun chooses at this moment is to use his numerical advantage of having many soldiers and generals to carry out forced expenditures.

Because in Wang Jun's opinion, this is the safest way.

This kind of war continues, and the time continues to lengthen. To be honest, even if Liu Tai's army is elite, after an hour or so, everyone is sweating in this winter.

But for Wang Jun, it had only been an hour, and he had only smashed into eight square formations with about 4 soldiers.

At this moment, Wang Jun was unable to control the troops that had been sent out.

But Wang Jun is the kind of commander who plays cards. All he needs is for there to be turbulence on the front line, and he will directly smash a square formation there.

Don't worry about how much fighting spirit the soldiers here still have, or whether they want to escape. In short, when new reinforcements arrive, as long as they are human, they will have new fighting spirit.

This is the relaxed and freehand way Wang Jun conducts at this moment. In contrast, Zhou Ping is more or less building a dojo in a snail shell.

With the help of the Yuanyang Formation, he kept a distance from Wang Jun's army, so that he could still command the entire army smoothly, unlike after a bad battle, even if he wanted to dispatch his soldiers to convey orders, he was completely unable to do so.

But this kind of command method, the rich commanders Wang Jun and Zhou Ping, who directly dispatched a square army to attack when the battle line encountered turmoil, were a little troubled.

After all, the entire army of one's own is in operation, while the other's army is gathering momentum on one side, which consumes a lot of the overall physical strength of one's own army.

After all, fighting on the battlefield is very physically demanding. Even if I try to maintain the morale of the frontline soldiers as much as possible through command and dispatch, there is a limit to this.

Although the current army can still sustain it, I don't have enough confidence for how long it can sustain it. After all, I haven't experienced many such continuous stalemate wars.

Zhou Ping looked at Liu Tai with no confidence. At this moment, Liu Tai was calm and calm, but he couldn't help but feel a little more confident in his heart.

At this time, the mechanical troops came over to report: "For the record, Duke and General, we have assembled the crossbow platform and the crossbow carriage, and they have been wound up and are ready to go at any time!"

"Not bad!" Liu Tai took a deep breath and smiled at Zhou Ping, "It seems we can fight back!"

Zhou Ping nodded fiercely. I have been waiting for this entire tactical system for too long.

Wang Jun, you are the only one with the most people, right? I want to tell you, what is meant by times that have changed!

(End of this chapter)