Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 388 Jiangzuo Danyang, Shield Senhuang

The Jiefan infantry thought they could scare Wang Hou by showing their thick legs, but they didn't know that their own words had leaked the situation of the army in advance.

It is very important to know the opponent's coach in advance!Especially for Wang Hou, who has played a lot of various games in the Three Kingdoms, and is catchy for the American wolf who has studied through the dead house!

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On the third day after the reconciliation and confrontation with Fanwei, Sun Wu's army came to the door as promised.

In the noisy footsteps of straw sandals stepping on the soft plain, under the Piling Walled City, in front of a flat field that has been trampled by the farmers who came and went to transport grain, a neat team of Wu troops Appeared in front of Piling City.

It is said that you know yourself and the enemy, but for Wang Hou, Wu Jun is also a mysterious existence!
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms each had their own merits. Wei Guoqiang had a powerful frontier cavalry regiment and an extremely large number of infantry. The Shu army was stronger than the mountain infantry, and the Wu army was stronger than the navy. Not much, compared to the catchy generals of the five tigers and good generals, Soochow always seems to be playing a supporting role, making it difficult to see the full face in the haze.

Even Wang Hou, who traveled through later generations, was the first to witness the whole picture of Wu Jun.

Well trained!

This is Wang Hou's first evaluation of Wu Jun!
The main force of Sun Wu is the Danyang soldiers. This army is also effective under the command of Tao Qian, Liu Bei, and Liu Yao. Danyang is the later Anhui. The terrain here is mountainous, the plains are narrow, and the terrain is difficult. The Han people, in order to compete for survival resources, continued to fight among clans, thus training this sturdy source of soldiers.

These Wu troops may have experienced many small clan wars before enlisting in the army. Although the formation was not as neat and uniform as the Qingzhou Army, the Wu Army, which was composed of clan tribes, was definitely superior in organization.

Among the few pen and ink records about them in the history books, another special feature of this army is the sword and shield!
There is a saying that the north is long and the south is short. Living in the south of the Yangtze River, the living environment is surrounded by mountains, and the plains are densely covered with water networks. In the case of water and humidity, most of the Jiangdong infantry are equipped with short weapons. Even if Sun Jian went north to participate in the crusade against the Yellow Turban and Dong Zhuo A series of wars absorbed some of the combat characteristics of the northern infantry. The proportion of spearmen in the Wu army is still not large. There are only one or two layers in the front row. There are light soldiers covering the rear formation, forming a battle formation of about 400 people.

Compared with when they joined the regular Wu army in the mountains, the armor rate of Danyang soldiers has been improved. About [-]% of them wear armor. Only the light infantry archers in the rear wear civilian military uniforms, but most of the Wu army is equipped with water. Cowhide armor, holding a Wugou scimitar in one hand, and a large shield also made of buffalo leather in the other.

The size of this shield is about to catch up with the northern scull shield, but compared to the resistance line, it can withstand the impact of cavalry and chariots. The scull shield made of heavy wood, these leather shields are large in size, but they are much lighter. .

This part of the Wu army vaguely reminded Wang Hou of another illustrious army in the west, the Roman Legion!It's just the javelins used by the Romans for long-range weapons, but there are many bamboo forests in the south of the Yangtze River, and the bamboo bows used by the Wu army are not much different from the bamboo bows that the Jiefan soldiers fought between the two reeds that day.

Later generations recorded that there were many archers in Eastern Wu. Although the performance of bamboo craftsmen was far inferior to that of Beigong, the advantage was that the materials were so good!Forty percent of the light infantry, each with a bow, this bow rate is far better than Cao Jun's [-]%!
However, compared with the Wu Zixu Wu army who invaded the capital of Chu State 600 years ago and almost wiped out the Chu State, and the Wu Chu Nan Army that formed Xiang Yu's main infantry more than 300 years ago, this army is not much different in terms of equipment or tactics. develop.

After all, for more than 300 years in the Han Dynasty, except for the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms and the battle of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to destroy South Vietnam, there were basically no major wars in the south, but the north was constantly fighting against the powerful Huns, from Lin Donghu in Liaodong to the 36 countries in the Western Regions , especially in the recent troubled times at the end of Han Dynasty, in frequent wars, the war skills of the northern army were more refined.

And the Northern Army has an absolute overwhelming advantage over the Southern Army, Ma Duo!

Indeed, the swamps and reeds here and there, or the Dashangouzi, are really not suitable for the primitive horse breeding industry.

Well-trained, good at melee combat, with many bows!Light Armor!There are almost no cavalry!This is Wang Hou's first impression of this Wu army!
As the first Wu army phalanx entered the battlefield, Zhou Yu's strategic skills were also reflected. In future generations, the American Wolf should be a good investment expert, well versed in the principle of not putting all eggs in one basket, and the total number does not exceed Wang Hou Unexpectedly, there were about 2 Wu troops who came, but Zhou Yu also divided them into five divisions. The left and right divisions were about [-] each. The army array should be wider.

Not to mention, the cross-section of the army array is extremely large, visually it is really crowded, and the banners are all over the place, which is scary to look at. Compared with Wu Jun, Wang Houlie's more than ten thousand troops under the Piling Walled City, the formation The noodles are only one-third of Wu Jun's.

This formation method is also related to the national conditions of Soochow. Compared with the large army of Cao Wei and even Shuhan, the soldiers all belong to different countries. The military system of Soochow is more feudal, very similar to the medieval West!
After all, the Sun family does not have the deep reputation and connections of the Yuan family of the fourth generation and the third father, and is not even as good as Cao Cao after the eunuch. Therefore, in the process of the establishment of Soochow by the Sun Ce brothers, they can only treat the local big families with kindness and power, and cannot completely deprive them of military power. It is owned by oneself, so most of the Wu army is composed of such family soldiers as Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, Tai Shici, Ling Cao and so on.

The dispersion of command power is not a good thing. Forcibly gathering the army together, it can't be twisted into a fist, so the Wu army's formation is generally such that the soldiers of the aristocratic families who are adjacent to each other gather for a while and expand the formation. The interval is also good for each team to play freely.

This kind of military thinking has continued throughout Soochow, Sun Quan's conquest of Hefei, Zhuge Ke's Northern Expedition, and so on, even until the demise of Wu State, Lu Xun's grandson Lu Ji led the troops of Chengdu King Sima Ying and Changsha King Sima Ai's Qilijian In the battle of the battle, Lu Ji also joined forces with the army for [-] miles, and they advanced hand in hand.

Amidst the sound of golden drums, Wu Jun's formation lasted for about 30 minutes. During this period, Wang Hou did not send troops to harass, but just waited in full force. In the calm and tense confrontation, 400 meters outside Pilingzhai, Wu Jun set up the formation properly, and immediately there was another rush of golden drums, and dozens of Wu Jun's rare cavalry came to the front of the central main formation with their horses on their horses.

A large flag with the word Zhou character fluttered in the morning wind. The most distant general was wearing a golden helmet and a gorgeous gold leaf armor on his body. On his shoulders, two huge shoulder pads hung down like wings. The one who went to fight in person, was dressed so handsomely.

What makes Wang Hou even more jealous and depressing is that this guy lives up to the name of Jiang Dongmei Zhoulang. This little face with a mustache is almost the same as the tough guy Xiaosheng who is the protagonist of the TV series in the future, and his face is also fucking handsome. Gotta dregs.

Much handsomer than a certain state shepherd!
Just like Wang Hou looked at Wu Jun, he looked at the "Shanyue Chaotic Army" in front of him!Zhou Yu also kept frowning and glanced around. After a confrontation for about two or three minutes, Zhou Yu actually carried the horse and led the cavalry team under him to advance more than 3 meters. At the same time, he shouted at the top of his voice, using extremely The standard northern mandarin shouted to Wang Hou's army.

"Which leader of Montenegro is the visitor, would you like to meet Zhou Yu for a while?"

(End of this chapter)