Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 121 Battle outside the city
  The soldiers beside him were still humiliating Zhang Yu loudly, Huan Xi's thoughts had already drifted to the east of the river, and he didn't know where Fu Jian was now.

The fact that he came to Luoyang City today to lure the enemy was actually due to the pressure put on him by Fu Jian's march south.

If Zhang Yu can't be frightened and beaten, and he can be followed behind to slow down his marching speed, and Fu Jian really catches up, it will be a fierce battle, and the outcome is unpredictable.

While Huan Xi was distracted, Deng Xia pointed in the direction of the city gate and reminded loudly:

"Lord, look! The enemy troops are leaving the city!"

I saw three city gates on the west side of Luoyang slowly opening, and countless defenders poured out.

Huan Xi was not afraid to laugh back:

"He's willing to give it up."

Zhang Yu brought all the 20,000 elite infantry and cavalry under his command out of Luoyang. Of course, they were elite, but they were only relative to the weak soldiers under his command. In terms of combat effectiveness, how could they compare to Huan Xi's off-duty soldiers.

Seeing that Zhang Yu was still busy organizing his formation after leaving the city, Huan Xi did not retreat immediately. Instead, he drove the Xiongnu bow cavalry and two thousand bow cavalry from the Jin army forward, dismounted and fired, giving him a wave of arrows first. Rain says hello.

However, the archers and cavalry were afraid of the foot archers on the city wall and did not dare to get too close. They could only shoot from a distance. Huan Xi also pursued coverage. Arrows were shot in the direction of Zhang Yu's central army and both wings, among which There were three thousand cavalry shooting at the central army, and two thousand cavalry shooting at the left and right wings each. Since the arrows could not be densely packed, it was really difficult to cause effective damage to Zhang Yu's army formation.

But Huan Xi's purpose was not to do this, but to take the opportunity to test the quality of Zhang Yu's army.

Any veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time will know that these arrows hardly pose a threat as long as they see the distance at which the archers release arrows. After all, even if there are arrows that fall into the military formation, they are almost at the farthest distance and are long gone. The previous power was easily blocked by the shield hand.

But Zhang Yu's left wing still had a little commotion because of the two thousand arrows that shot through the air.

Even though they quickly stabilized their position after witnessing the true power, this scene still fell in Huan Xi's eyes, and he thought to himself:
  ‘When the two armies are fighting, they still have to attack Zhang Yu’s left flank. ’

Of course you have to pick the persimmons soft and pinch them.

A local failure will undoubtedly affect the situation on the entire battlefield.

When Zhang Yu reorganized his formation, began to maintain his formation, and launched an attack on the Jin army, Huan Xi also called back the archers and cavalry.

He could see that Zhang Yu calmed down and was not angry.

After all, if they really get carried away with anger, the opponent will definitely charge regardless. How can they be like this now, with infantry and cavalry advancing together, obviously to guard against the ambush ahead.

Huan Xi led his cavalry to keep a distance from Zhang Yu. The two sides chased each other for two miles.

It was also a two-mile walk, but for the soldiers under Huan Xi and Zhang Yu, they were all fully armed, so the physical exertion was completely different.

After all, Zhang Yu's men are mainly infantry, and the thousands of cavalry are only single men and horses. Unlike the Jin army, there are two horses that can be exchanged for riding, allowing the horses to run empty to conserve their strength.

As for Huan Xi's infantry, they were already waiting in formation two miles away, waiting for work.

In the final analysis, the war between Zhang Yu and Huan Xi is extremely unequal.

The elite soldiers under Huan Xi's command were supported by 250,000 households in Yong, Qin and Liang prefectures.

The war resources that Huan Xi could mobilize were beyond Zhang Yu's reach. After all, he only occupied the land of Xu Luo.

War, regardless of the ability gap between the generals on both sides, is ultimately a competition between each other's national strength.

When Zhang Yu saw the Jin army's prepared infantry formation from a distance, he already had the intention of retreating.

This pursuit was originally done by Zhang Yu as a last resort in order to save face.

Now that he has chased two miles away, in his opinion, he has an explanation for others and himself, so that he will not be ridiculed by others. He was played and humiliated by Huan Xi like this, and in the end, he did not even have the courage to go out of the city to pursue him. .

This kind of thinking is difficult for people to understand, but there will always be people who take honor and disgrace very seriously.

Zhang Yu was obviously such a person. Even though he knew that Huan Xi was deliberately luring the enemy, he still took the risk and left the city.

Otherwise, in the original time and space, he could have recognized the father-son relationship with Fu Jian and worshiped his adoptive father, which is not shabby.

However, if Zhang Yu wanted to retreat again, how could Huan Xi let him do so? All the walking horses had been left where they were, and there were civilians from behind who had already taken care of the horses and took them away from the battlefield.

Huan Xi ordered the cavalry to change into war horses, and he shouted to Deng Xia:

"Left wing! Focus on attacking Zhang Yu's left wing!"

When Zhang Yu left the city, Deng Xia was by Huan Xi's side. He also saw the commotion when Zhang Yu's left wing faced the arrow rain. He agreed, shouted and led five thousand Jin cavalry to kill Zhang Yu's left wing.

Huan Xi then shouted to Zhou Chu, who was responsible for commanding the Xiongnu archers and cavalry: "Follow up and follow the tactics of the Langshan battle. Dismount and shoot. Also attack the opponent's left wing. If the enemy cavalry comes to kill, move closer to Ying Yuan (Deng Xia). !”

Zhou Chu promised loudly. He had followed Huan Xi on the Hetao expedition. Naturally, he knew the so-called Langshan tactic, which is to use mobility to attack local military formations from a long distance, shoot an arrow, and change directions. If he is chased by enemy cavalry, , then seek the protection of the Jin army's cavalry.

Seeing Deng Xia and Zhou Chu leading the cavalry to fight out, Huan Xi led Shi Yue, Yang An and other generals, commanded the infantry, and maintained their formation to chase after them.

In an instant, the roles of both parties in pursuit were reversed.

But the most obvious change is that Huan Xi dared to use cavalry to temporarily hold back Zhang Yu's retreating army, but Zhang Yu was unable to use cavalry to slow down Huan Xi during the pursuit.

After all, in the battle at Langshan, Huan Xi completely defeated Fu Xiong in a direct dialogue with the cavalry, which also gave him a reputation for the elite cavalry of the Jin army under his command.

Zhang Yu knew that the cavalry was hardly a match for Huan Xi, so how could he dare to let them escape the protection of the infantry.

At this time, Zhang Yu saw the Jin and Hungarian cavalry charging toward his left flank, and Huan Xi's infantry also lost the protection of the cavalry. He simply refused to retreat and ordered to turn around and engage in the battle, aiming directly at Huan Xi's infantry group.

Even if the left wing was defeated by the Jin cavalry, as long as he could defeat Huan Xi's infantry phalanx, he could still turn the tide of the battle.

However, Zhang Yu seemed to only remember the battle of Langshan and the bravery of the Jin army's cavalry, but forgot that Huan Xi took 5,000 soldiers from Jingzhou to take office in Hanzhong, and selected 5,000 soldiers in Liangzhou. At that time, due to the lack of soldiers and horses, , can only maintain the scale of a thousand cavalry. Huanxi really started to rely on infantry.

When Huan Xi saw Zhang Yu turning around to fight, he immediately shouted:

"Stop! Form a round formation and stay where you are!"

Orders were issued at all levels, and the soldiers quickly formed a circular formation on the battlefield according to daily formation drills, with shield soldiers and spearmen in front to protect the infantry archers on the inside.

The situation on the battlefield was clear. Huan Xi wanted to defeat Zhang Yu's left wing, but Zhang Yu simply gave up his left wing and wanted to defeat Huan Xi's infantry phalanx.

The Xiongnu archers did not hesitate to fire arrows at Zhang Yu's left wing. For a while, arrows rained down like rain.

Today's Xiongnu cavalry are not only equipped with cavalry bows, but also equipped with the standard equipment of Huan Xi's military archers, that is, the infantry bow that kills two enemies with one stone.

The soldiers under Huan Xi had meat to eat all year round, and the Xiongnu archers also relied on meat and dairy products as one of their main food sources.

In the Battle of Langshan, the reason why we had to shoot an arrow and change places was because the daily food of the Di tribe's elite soldiers was not bad, and the range of the rifles used by the archers was similar to that of the Jin army soldiers.

However, Zhang Yu's archers did not receive such good treatment. They seldom had meat to eat, so they were not as strong as the Jin army soldiers, Xiongnu archers and Di elite soldiers.

Therefore, the walking bow used by Zhang Yu's army was only one stone.

Range is truth, and caliber is justice. Of course, there is no such thing as caliber in the cold weapon era, but for archers, range is the difference between strong and weak combat effectiveness, not accuracy.

After all, for a salvo of five thousand people, personal accuracy cannot have much impact.

There is a gap of two fights between the foot bow of the Xiongnu archers and the foot bow of Zhang Yu's archers.

Zhou Chu found that he could keep a safe distance and shoot as much as he wanted, instead of being like Liu Yan in the Battle of Langshan. In order to avoid the opponent's arrows, he had to mount his horse and change his position immediately after shooting an arrow.

The Xiongnu horse archers always maintained a safe distance from Zhang Yu's left wing, and with the Jin army's gun cavalry watching eagerly, Zhang Yu's left wing also had to maintain its formation and did not dare to pursue them too fast.

Whenever the Huns' horse archers fired two or three rounds, they would see themselves entering the shooting range of the enemy archers and mount their horses again. However, they did not need to change direction at this time. They only had to retreat slightly, and then they could dismount and fire two or three rounds. wheel.

Under the continuous rain of arrows, Zhang Yujun's left wing, which was already regarded as a soft persimmon, fell into chaos. When the formation was shot out and the left wing generals were unable to make up for it in time, Deng Xia finally got the opportunity he wanted. .

Of course, the cavalry cannot charge directly into the infantry formation, but if there is a gap in the opponent's formation and there are no sword, shield, and spear soldiers to make up for it in time, it is the best time for the cavalry to charge.

"The enemy army is in chaos! All soldiers! Follow me to break the formation and kill the thieves!"

Deng Xia raised his horse and shouted.

Having said that, he galloped his horse forward, taking the lead, followed by three thousand Jin Army lances and two thousand Jin Army bow cavalry capable of melee combat, roaring and charging towards Zhang Yu's left wing.

A distance of one or two hundred steps is enough for the cavalry to speed up, but not enough for the enemy to fill the gap.

Deng Xia took the lead in rushing into the formation, and the cavalry behind him also rushed in. The gap became wider and wider. The archers in the formation lost the protection of sword, shield and spear soldiers. The Jin cavalry started killing like melons. Cut vegetables.

The Jin army entered from the east, while Zhang Yu's left wing defended the soldiers on the west side with their backs to the phalanx. At this time, they heard the sound of fighting behind them and wanted to turn their backs to meet the enemy. Ya easily fought his way out from the west. He went back and forth three times in this way. The enemy's left wing, which had been demoralized by the Hun archers' shots, could no longer hold on and collapsed completely.

At this time, Zhang Yu was still unable to break through Huan Xi's infantry defense line, and the balance of victory and defeat on the battlefield had tilted.

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