Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 599: Breaking the whip and swearing

"Woo~"

Cao Xiu was afraid of the Han army's crossbows, so he sent his men in front to consume the Han army's arrows.

Groups of people in ragged clothes, with yellow faces and skinny muscles, carrying simple weapons and protective gear, walked forward slowly, driven by Wei soldiers. The military formation, which was slightly neat when they set off, fell into chaos again after walking for more than ten steps. But the Wei soldiers didn't care, just like driving animals, forcing the people to come forward.

Guan Ping, who was in the formation, saw the Wei army driving the people forward. He spat and cursed: "You are so cowardly that you are driving the people into the formation."

When the armies of the Han and Wei dynasties went out on expeditions, they recruited civilians on a large scale. Since boats and boats were mostly used, the Han army went out and recruited many civilians to operate the boats and boats for daily maintenance and navigation. For example, Huo Jun led 40,000 imperial troops to an expedition. In fact, no less than 50,000 civilians participated in the battle, and the total number of soldiers and civilians was 100,000.

Having said that, since the Northern Expedition in the Southern Han Dynasty, the requisitioned people were limited to corvee service, and corvee service in the logistics. In the war, he used serious troops. Now seeing Cao Xiu driving the people to be cannon fodder, Guan Ping was very angry.

But the anger is resentment. Guan Ping has followed his father Guan Yu in the north and south for many years. He has long been able to accept these things and will not be moved by pity.

If you show mercy to the general, you will end up harming yourself!
"shoot!"

Following Guan Ping's order, the flag soldiers waved blue flags, followed by the sound of drums and thunder. The Han army held their crossbows and fired arrows, and waves of arrows were shot out. The locust-like rain of arrows cut through the sky and landed on the heads of the people who were preparing to charge.

Although the Yuanyang Formation is not suitable for large plains and large army operations, the wolf traps in the Yuanyang Formation were retained by Huo Jun because they could obscure the enemy's sight and boost the morale of his own army. Due to their low cost, they were continuously promoted to various Han armies. middle.

Seeing that the people were leaving the battlefield, the Wei army officers did not intervene. Instead, under the supervision of the general, they accelerated their pace and charged towards the Han army on the short hill.

In an instant, the people who lacked armor and shields fell to pieces. In the face of death, the morale of the people collapsed directly. Many people who were injured and shot by arrows mourned and howled, refusing to move forward, and the formation became increasingly chaotic.

The Han soldiers holding wolf spears were so resented by the Wei army that several spears were pierced through the cracks in the branches. Even with the cover of the shield hand and the help of the gunners, one of the spears pierced the arm, causing pain to the Han soldiers. The soldiers howled. The heavy wolf whisk was difficult to hold in the hand and slipped directly from the hand to the ground.

The Wei sergeant was entangled by the wolf and tried to chop it with a knife. Unfortunately, he was stabbed by the wolf's sharp edge and fell to the ground dead.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the formation, many brave and resourceful people broke away from the formation and ran westward, hoping to cross the Luojian River and escape from the Wei army.

In the blink of an eye, the two armies collided with each other, and the Han army was crowded with Wei soldiers in front of the formation. Although their vision was obscured by the bamboo leaves and branches on the wolf, they relied on instinct to stretch out the spears in their hands as much as possible to stab the opponent's body, or to block the enemy's spear with a shake.

Blood splashed to the ground, and the shouts of killing, wailing, and screams were mixed together, coming from all directions, making it difficult to distinguish whether it was the screams of the Han army or the wails of the Wei army.

"Wan Sheng!"

After the Han army fired three arrows, the infantry stepped forward, using spears and wolves to cooperate with each other, and covered with swords and shields.

"Wan Sheng!"

Encouraged by their hoarse voices, the Wei army soldiers charged forward and faced the Han army's spear array composed of wolves and spears. Looking up from the sky, it looks like khaki waves crashing on the flaming red rocks.

Taking advantage of their field of vision, the Han army used wolf bamboo poles to block the incoming spears of the Wei soldiers, or sharp spears were suddenly thrust out from the dense branches of the wolf bamboo poles, taking away the lives of Wei's infantry.

With the first person, there are two people. Then hundreds of people seized the opportunity and ran westward, hoping to cross the Luojian River and escape from the battlefield.

The door was wide open, and the Wei army officers were overjoyed. Several spears pierced the Han army's formation where there was a gap. The Han army's spearmen waved wildly, trying to block the incoming spears.

The Han army used wolves as weapons in the square formation. Although it gave the spearmen shelter, the wolves needed more space, thus crowding out the space for the spearmen to deploy. Once Langzhen is lost, he may face more Wei army spearmen locally.

However, Huo Jun was not without a solution. Just after the Langzhanshou door opened wide, he squatted down suddenly amid the shouts of two crossbowmen behind him. Immediately afterwards, two arrows flew out and hit the Wei army's spearman in the chest. Amidst the long urging, two spearmen took the place of the wolf spearmen, replaced the wolf spearmen, and rearranged the spear array in case of emergency.

The reason why the Forbidden Army can be called the Forbidden Army is that its combat skills, combat coordination, and combat weapons must be stronger than ordinary armies. In the chaotic world, if you want to travel around the world with a spear array, you will hardly be able to go very far.

Today, the two armies are fighting each other, although it is impossible to know the casualties on both sides. But what is certain is that the Han army was protected by Langzhen and fought extremely fiercely. However, because the Wei army's line of sight was blocked by wolves, it was not only difficult to hurt the enemy, but also easily injured by the Han army's spears.

Regarding infantry's frontal combat, due to proper training and innovative tactics, the combat effectiveness of the infantry in the Jianghuai Army and the Forbidden Army of the Han Army was not much worse than that of the Wei Army.

The core reason why the Han army was afraid of large-scale field battles with Cao Wei was the cavalry and soldiers. Cao Wei had a large number of cavalry and was defeated by the Southern Han in the field battle. The mobility of the cavalry was enough to successfully retreat.

A typical example is the duel between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi. Zhuge Liang used a chariot formation to defeat Sima Yi. Even though he had a record of killing three thousand armors, he still could not achieve a decisive victory.

In essence, although infantry is the king of war, there are no cavalry. If you want to rely on infantry to fight a war of annihilation, you can only place your hope on the terrain. Use terrain or superior forces to surround the enemy, and then encircle and kill them step by step.

The cavalry is like a heavy hammer, and can often defeat the enemy with one blow when the battle is tense. For example, Li Shimin was a master of cavalry, and there were many cases of using cavalry to defeat the crowd.

Within two moments, the Wei army officers and soldiers could not break into the Han army formation, so they had to retreat. Then, under the eyes of Huo Jun and encouraged by Cao Xiu, he continued to charge the Han army's formation.

The second charge could not shake the Han army's formation, and the Wei army soldiers suffered heavy casualties. A small number of common people before the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty went west, trying to escape across the Luojian River.

The defeat of the Wei soldiers was unacceptable to Cao Xiu, so he immediately sent his cavalry to chase and kill the defeated Wei soldiers.

Seeing such a scene, Huo Jun smiled in his eyes and asked Huang Chongdao: "Bo Gao, can you attack now?"

Huang Chong, who was a bystander, thought for a long time and said: "Dear Sima, although the Wei army has some defeated soldiers, the morale of the army is still there, so it is not appropriate to attack hastily. It is better to wait a little longer, or wait until after the third or fourth charge. , and then use the horse to break it!"

"Haha~"

Huo Jun pulled the riding whip with his hand and said with a smile: "Bo Gao is careful with his words, but with my knowledge, I can defeat the enemy right now!"

With that said, Huo Jun ordered: "Order Ming to lead five thousand knights to mount their horses and follow orders to fight."

"promise!"

Huang Chong was too young. Although he was familiar with the art of war, he had no actual combat experience. According to what he said, Cao Xiu was asked to charge the army three or four times before defeating the enemy. Although this method can work, if he meets someone who is familiar with military affairs and sees that his own soldiers are no longer available, he may stop his troops after three times. Give you a chance.

Fighter opportunities are always fleeting, and those who can use them to defeat the opponent can be called a famous general. But if you want to become a historical general, you must know how to create the fighter opportunities you want to use when fighting the enemy, and then you must be keen to capture them, and then lead your troops to kill them with a fatal blow.

Huang Chongnen is still young, but he is much better than Ma Su and others. One can understand the situation and know the geographical situation; the other can't even distinguish the situation between the enemy and ourselves except by talking on paper.

In the Wei army's formation, they saw two large armies rushing against the Han army led by Huang Quan, but failed. Cao Xiu got angry and galloped to the front of the headquarters.

Cao Xiu held up his riding whip and said in a deep voice: "Now the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. We rush into the enemy formation and cannot move. If we cannot defeat the enemy and win, how can our army retreat in one piece?"

As he said that, Cao Xiu suddenly broke the riding whip in his hand, pulled out the long knife from his waist, and shouted: "I will lead you to fight together, and we will live and die together. If we can't defeat the enemy, I will whip like this, and we will lose the battle." "I wonder if you would like to join the army with me?"

"I am willing to serve the general!" Thousands of people responded in unison.

(End of this chapter)