Datang New Order

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On the banks of the Bohe Spring at the foot of Longwang Mountain, the scale of the field battle between the allied armies of the feudal lords and the Yan army was unprecedented in the Tang Dynasty for nearly a hundred years.

Liang Wang used Tingzidu and Yuan Cong's 5000 troops as the central army, Zhu Youning's Jianwu army of 4 as the left army, and Zhang Guihou's town **2 as the right army, with a frontal formation of more than four miles. ;The 6 soldiers of Shi Shucong's Baoda army are the rear army, which is the mobile force used by Liang Wang to make up for the front line at any time.

On the two flanks of the Liang Army formation, the 2 Jing Army of Ma Yinzhi is the left-wing army, and the 2 soldiers of Wang Zongji and Li Shenfu are the right-wing army, guarding the two flanks of the left army and the right army respectively. The superiority of troops, the two flanks spread out obliquely upwards, faintly encircling the two wings of the Yan army's large formation.

The combined armies of Guo Qiqi and Wang Shike were no more than a few thousand, and King Liang didn't care about them, he just wrapped them into the side of the Chinese army and strictly controlled them.

Faced with the superior force of the allied forces of the princes, Zhong Shao commanded the Yan army's large formation to shrink inwards slightly in order to increase the thickness of the formation.The Yan army's formation is not like five large formations in front of the coalition of princes. They have two large formations at the forefront, and each large formation is composed of more than ten small formations. more spacious.

The two large formations at the top are the Cangzhou Army on the left and the Weizhou Army on the right.In this battle, a field formation was implemented, with sixteen sword and shield battalions arranged in the front row, forming a spacious shield formation, followed by sixteen armored spear battalions, arranged in three rows.The battalions are spaced five steps apart, leaving front and rear passages—in the Yan army's combat style, it is extremely important to ensure the smooth passage of the battlefield.

Behind the two large formations, there are sixteen bow and arrow battalions. The arrangement of the bow and arrow battalions is not so strict. They are deployed in the rear of the large formation according to the required combat direction, which resembles a raised arc.

Behind the Archery Battalion.It is the [-] supplementary battalions serving as the reserve team. They will be dispatched at any time to make up for the losses in the battle formation and maintain the integrity of the battle formation.Around the supplementary battalion, eight logistics battalions were deployed, and they played an extremely important auxiliary role in combat.The other two logistics battalions are chariot battalions, which are now scattered in various corners of the formation.

The left wing of the formation is the left wing of the newly formed Jinzhou Army commanded by Li Cunxu, and the right wing of the formation is the right wing of the newly formed Jinzhou Army commanded by Guo Chongtao. They are responsible for the security of the two wings of the formation and prevent the enemy's flanks from breaking through.

The reason for choosing the battlefield is Bohe Spring.Because it is backed by Longwang Mountain, Zhong Shao placed the headquarters on a hill about three or four feet high at the foot of the mountain.Under the hill, the four cavalry battalions attached to the Cangzhou Army and the Weizhou Army gathered together, waiting for the general order to attack.

Behind the hill is the temporary warehouse for this battle, with hundreds of carts and massive combat materials piled up.Zhong Shao temporarily changed the nearly [-] soldiers from Hedong who were recruited when he dispatched troops to Hedong to logistics auxiliary soldiers. They will be responsible for moving supplies and supporting the battle ahead.

In addition, under the Nanshan depression of Longwang Mountain, Xie Li led more than [-] people from Ma Buxiang, the Huaiyue coalition army, to station here.This is the strategic maneuver force in Zhong Shao's hands to deal with all kinds of emergencies.

On the entire Bohequan field battlefield, the total strength of the Yan army reached 8000.As for Zhao Ba, he has already led the Zhaozhou Army to Jiepailing.Choose the opportunity to cut off the retreat of the coalition forces of the princes.

At three o'clock in the afternoon on November 25, with the soaring drums of the coalition forces of the princes, the battle officially started.This is the first large-scale field battle since the two armies came into contact since the middle of the year.At the same time, it is also a battle that determines the fate of the world.

It was the battle, and Liang Jun, who had to pursue a quick battle due to food and grass problems, took the lead, with Zhu Youning on the left and Zhang Guihou on the right.Each launched an attack on the Yan army's large formation with a thousand people.

The two sides have been fighting for half a year, and the coalition forces of the princes have figured out the range of the Yan army's arrows. Therefore, they built dozens of thick shield cars, and approached the Yan army formation with the shield cars on top.

The Yan army did not waste their arrows hastily, and deployed more than 30 catapults on both sides of the formation. The stone bullets were pulled by the wooden arms, flew high into the sky, and then smashed into the attacking Liang army.Huge stone bombs fell row by row and slammed into the array of Liang Jun's shield vehicles. In less than a moment, several shield vehicles were directly hit by the head, and the smashed pieces of wood were scattered, and the shield vehicles were on the spot. It fell apart.

Some stone bullets splashed down among the Liang army crowd, causing bursts of exclamation and screams immediately. Some soldiers were splashed by the high-speed stone bullets, and their legs were broken in some cases, and they were fatal in severe cases. A few unlucky ones were hit head-on When it arrives, it immediately becomes a pile of flesh and blood.

Those who were selected to launch the first wave of attacks were all fierce pawns. Under the threat of the Dudao team, they pushed the shield cart forward desperately, until they were within a hundred steps of the Yan army's formation.

Thousands of archers from the Liang army ran up quickly, hiding behind the shield chariots that were still exhausted, and threw arrows at the Yan army to cover the infantry's charge.

The arrows scattered all over the sky fell from the sky and crashed into the front row of the Yan Army. The soldiers of the Yan Army Sword and Shield Battalion used their whole body strength to cover the arrows with their big shields and cover the armored spearmen in the back row, but there were still many arrows passing by. The sword and shield hand shot into the spear array in the back row.

The Iron Armored Spearman had already pulled down his protective mask to cover his face, and his entire body was tightly covered.The arrows hit the iron armor, making a dense "ding dong" sound. Some spearmen were hit by more arrows, and they were hit backwards by the strength of the arrows, and they were held back by the back row of spearmen with their shoulders, keeping a tight grip. The queue remains unchanged.

At the same time, a dense array of arrows also flew up in the Yan army's formation, shooting at the soldiers of the Liang army who were rushing wildly.After three rounds of arrows, two random small arrows were replaced, and almost half of the soldiers of Liang Jun who rushed over fell down!With such casualties, Zhu Youning and Zhang Guihou, who commanded the attack, couldn't help but change their faces.They have known for a long time that the Yan army's arrow array is the best in the world, and they have experienced the pros and cons of it, but they did not expect that in a large-scale army field battle, the effect of the arrow array would be so high.

After Liang Jun rushed into the range of fifty steps, the two sides stopped shooting arrows to prevent accidental injury.Immediately, the Yan army began to change with an extremely efficient organization.The front row of saber and shield formations shrunk rapidly, and retreated from the passages between the small formations, revealing three rows of black armored spear formations glowing with cold light.

Sixteen strong barracks, more than 8000 armored spearmen, this is the most luxurious lineup in the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years!

There was a very rhythmic drum sound from the hills behind. It was not as violent as Liang Jun's drum, but it was extremely stable, and there was a chill in the stability.

"Boom—boom, boom, boom!"

"Boom—boom, boom, boom!"

"Boom—boom, boom, boom!"

With the slow and fast drumbeats, the armored gun formation moved forward like a giant steel dragon, and everyone stepped on the drumbeat, maintaining a very neat formation, rolling forward slowly but firmly .

No one shouted, yelled, or even spoke in the armored gun formation, but the coldness revealed in this silence made people tremble all over.

Almost everyone in the coalition of princes had never seen the scene in front of them. Liang Wang pressed his lips tightly, his face was ashen and did not say a word, Zhu Youning and Zhang Guihou's hearts were pounding, and Ma Yin and Wang Zong on the left and right wings Ji, Li Shenfu and others couldn't bear it anymore, and asked the left and right with trembling voices: "This...is this the main force of the Yan army? How could it be so? How could it be so?..."

Two fast horses, holding command flags, quickly came out of the central army, and rushed to the two wings along the front of the coalition of princes.

"His Majesty's military order, the army will use heavy blades to attack the enemy's armored spear formation, and your troops will immediately turn around the enemy's flank..." The messenger officer pointed to the opposite flank of the Yan army's formation: "Be sure to defeat the enemy's left flank and cover the heavy blade army. charge!"

Only then did Ma Yin turn his eyes away from the armored spear array of the Yan army. At this time, the armored spear array had already engaged Liang Jun who had attacked in the first wave. He turned his attention to the flanks of the armored spear array. The frontal attack power is extremely strong, but the flanks are always a relative weakness.Ma Yin nodded, received the military order, and then began to deploy troops - if he wanted to attack the flank of the armored spear formation, he had to defeat the Jinzhou Army of the Yan Army guarding the enemy's flank.

Ma Yin assigned several generals to lead the team to prepare for the attack. After giving the order, he turned his face to watch the battle, and saw hundreds of Liang soldiers throwing away their knives and guns and running back desperately.

This is defeated?Ma Yin swallowed his saliva, his heart went up and down, and he didn't know what to think.

Ma Yin is the king of Jing supported by King Liang, and the establishment of Jing State cannot be separated from the support of King Liang.If King Liang fails in this battle, then Ma Yin will have no good end. Therefore, although he feels that the battle seems to be going badly, he still obeys King Liang's order to attack.

But Wang Zongji and Li Shenfu on the other flank were not as happy as Ma Yin. Both Shu and Wu relied on their own strength to gain a foothold among the princes. The victory or defeat of King Liang had little to do with them. The army had completely made dumplings and had to open the back road to escape. They didn't even want to come.

Wang Zongji and Li Shenfu began to give in to each other. One said, "The first credit should go to you, and I dare not argue with you."The two pushed back and forth, but they didn't want to go up and take the lead.

At this moment, nearly a thousand swordsmen rushed out from Liang Jun, and knocked the fleeing soldiers to the ground, one by one, and took their heads on the spot.The one who fled slowly looked at this scene, was frightened out of his wits, immediately turned around and ran to the left and right, but was wiped out by a burst of arrows.

After killing the rout, the armies were awakened by the strict military discipline and regained their spirits.There was another drumbeat among the Liang army, and a group of sergeants lined up. They were holding heavy blades, such as iron rods, iron picks, iron hammers, heavy axes, etc. Everyone was tall and sturdy.After they came out, they made simple preparations, and under the command of the general, they roared and rushed towards the Yan army's armored spear array.

Liang Jun's countermeasures were the same as those of the Khitan soldiers he encountered when Li Chengzhong led his army to the decisive battle under the Rao Le River. They all tried to break the "turtle shell" on the armored soldiers with heavy blades.I have to admit that this move is indeed the best way to deal with it. The armored spearmen of the Yingzhou Army suffered a lot back then.

But having learned the lesson from last time, how could Yan Jun make the same mistake again?The ballista that follows the armored gun array is the way to crack it! (to be continued..)