Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3346: Beating someone is a defense

 Amidst the sound of the golden drum, Pang Shanmin couldn't help but become nervous.

Although this was not Pang Shanmin's first time, he was still nervous.

Although Huang Zhong showed a relaxed attitude, Pang Shanmin was naturally nervous because he paid too much attention to this war.

What's more, on the surface, the number of troops on both sides is actually not very different.

Pang Shanmin looked back at his surroundings.

On both sides of the military formation, there were hussars with helmets on their backs. The red tassels on Douchan seem to be red flowers blooming in the mountains, dotting this cold and cruel world. There were three-color war flags flying and stretching above the heads of these soldiers. They seemed not to take the battle in front of them seriously, and looked lazy.

Ah, the relief.

Pang Shanmin suddenly remembered this word, and then he looked to the opposite side.

Cao's soldiers seemed to be very numerous. They were arranged in layers along the mountain road and continued to the corner of the mountain road. The opponent's general's flag was faintly visible in the mountain path, fluttering behind the cover of the trees.

This is not his first battle, but it is indeed the first step for Pang Shanmin to take back his homeland.

Whether he can return to Jingxiang smoothly and whether he can set up Pang's flag on Wancheng again, Pang Shanmin is somewhat uneasy, but he also knows that only by taking this step can he truly grow!

Pang Shanmin took a deep breath to stand up straighter and calmer.

Anyone can find an excuse not to do the right thing.

After all, doing the right thing will be hard and hard.

All you need to do something wrong is an excuse, no matter how lame the excuse is.

But if you want to do the right thing, you have to pay more.

Now, it's about doing the right thing.

Pang Shanmin said to himself secretly.

This is the most correct thing for Pang and Pang Shanmin himself.

He can't retreat, he can't escape, and he can't make any excuses!

Huang Zhong turned back and glanced at Pang Shanmin, and nodded with slight relief.

The relationship between Huang Zhong and the Huang family and the Pang family is very close. He not only hoped that Pang Tong could continue to develop well, but also hoped that Pang Shanmin could take charge of his own business.

Pang Shanmin is a civil servant and is not good at charging into battle with a sword. Logically speaking, he can retreat and find a safer place, or even lie on a couch in the camp, waiting for the final result. But the Pangshan people still came, standing in the mountains, standing on the mountain road like the ordinary hussars, without complaining of pain or tiredness.

Pang Shanmin can naturally do things that ordinary people can do, and Pang Shanmin must still be able to do things that ordinary people can't do.

This is the standard for nobles' children that is gradually becoming popular in Guanzhong.

To enjoy more than ordinary people and to have more privileges, you need to work harder than ordinary people.

General Fei Qian knew that it is difficult to change people's bad nature, but it requires someone to do it. It cannot be said that people only think about how to be lazy and greedy in their lives. That is not the same as being raised. What's the difference between pigs and pigs? Fortunately, under the influence of Shouyama Academy and Qinglong Temple, some of the nobles and officials from poor families began to follow this path.

Of course, there are many nobles who wear robes and feel that they should always be superior. They still refuse to change, looking for various reasons and excuses to evade their due responsibilities, avoid their own problems, indulge in greed, and surrender. It is also a normal phenomenon to degenerate knowingly.

Even though these greedy and lazy nobles still have some status now, they will eventually be replaced by those who are more energetic and more willing to do the right thing.

One generation may not be able to see anything, but after three generations...

Maybe some people don't need three generations.

Huang Zhong sighed with emotion and ordered the flag bearer beside him to wave the flag. All ministries immediately recognized the flag and responded. Ru Lin's spear was raised, shining coldly in the sun.

"The front army attacks!" 』

Huang Zhong ordered.

The school swordsman formation at the stone bridge followed the order and marched like a wall.

Unlike the military formation of Cao Jun's soldiers, after forming a formation, they would stop and reorganize after taking a few or ten steps forward. These swordsmen marched all the way, with neat steps, like a flowing piece of molten steel, sliding Towards the stone bridge, the military formations remained neat and orderly, without any setbacks or flaws!

It can be seen that Huang Zhong is well-trained in these school swordsmen and has strict formation orders.

Behind the swordsman, there are archers following. The archers bent slightly, separated the left and right parts, and placed the bows and arrows in appropriate positions. They stood outside the place where Cao Jun could shoot, lined up, and waited for orders at any time.

Behind the middle of the archers are the spearmen and euphorbiasmen. They also neatly stand their spears and euphorbias in front of them, as if a steel jungle has appeared out of thin air.

Pang Shanmin looked at Huang Zhong's military formation and seemed to feel a little weak, but he felt that it should be so. Pang Shanmin watched Huang Zhong wave the flag in an orderly manner and issue orders, sometimes to multiple units at the same time. However, there was no confusion between the various parts. Even on the long and narrow mountain road, the various parts were not crowded together. On the contrary, it is like a swimming fish, full of agile beauty.

Looking from the air, the distance between the two sides is constantly shortening.

Wenpin stared at Huang Zhong's school swordsmen who were slowly approaching, and looked at the shields held by those school swordsmen and the armor on their bodies.

Without him, this would definitely be a team of guys with thick skin and long blood.

Although Huang Zhong's school swordsman was very powerful, Wenpin was still a little confused by such an arrangement.

Yes, a large shield and thick armor can indeed withstand the damage of melee combat, but with this arrangement, did Huang Zhong really not discover the trap here?

These people are good at resisting melee combat, but are not good at resisting long-range combat. They are also difficult to resist against ballistae or other heavy engineering equipment. If these people are allowed to rush in front of Cao Jun's formation, then it will be difficult to resist Cao Jun's tragic morale. . Coupled with the lack of training of Cao Jun's soldiers, their hand-to-hand combat abilities are far inferior to those of their opponents. Therefore, once they actually fight each other in hand-to-hand combat, Cao's army will not have the upper hand.

But no matter how big the shield or how thick the armor is, it is ineffective in the face of magic...well, water and fire damage!

Wenpin didn't see any fire extinguishing equipment carried by these people.

In this way, if these school swordsmen are really led into a trap and then ignite those resisting horses, then what can these school swordsmen do no matter how thick their armor is?

No matter how good it is, if they fight head-on and fight in an upright formation, after defeating Huang Zhong's soldiers in the field, the morale of the hussars will be greatly dampened!

Then I will feel more relaxed...

Thinking of this, the barrier in Wenpin's heart seemed to loosen a little, and he was able to breathe some more. At his order, the war drums sounded, and Cao's troops came out one after another, with their spears and shields piled together.

Wenpin's previous attack on Wuguandao resulted in the loss of a large part of the private troops of the tribe, and they were never supplemented by Jingxiang. Among the current ranks of Cao's army, there is no way that Wenpin can be like Huang Zhong. If they use their elite troops to fight against each other, they can only let their troops control some ordinary soldiers of Cao's army to maintain the array.

Under Wenpin's order and the guidance of Wenpin's remaining troops, Cao Jun also formed a dense formation at one end of the stone bridge. But unlike Huang Zhong, the ones at the front are not sword and shield players, but archers...

These archers did not wear heavy armor, most of them wore Cao Jun's standard double armor. This thing consists of a breastplate and a backplate, which are fastened front and back with belts on the shoulders, and belted around the waist, but are not connected under the armpits. It's armor-piercing, but there are a lot of exposed areas. If it's not armor-piercing, it's a serious standard armor. It's like a vest.

It is not only the standard armor of Cao Jun, but also the standard armor for a long time in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and even the standard armor from the Three Kingdoms period to the Jin Dynasty and the Five Husties in China...

In fact, the armor in the early Han Dynasty was more like the sleeve armor model, but later on, the Han Dynasty court became more and more embarrassed, which was reflected in the soldiers' armor, which was vividly reflected.

What’s interesting is that, no matter at home or abroad, there are always some weird attitudes towards the design of vests.

Gay men wearing vests cannot enter regular places because their clothes are disheveled and do not meet the standard requirements. But if the same vest is taken off and lesbians wear it, they can enter regular places...

It's amazing to hit someone with the ball.

It's a pity that the **** of Cao Jun's archers are not big enough, so they are obviously not prepared to fight Huang Zhong's swordsmen in hand-to-hand combat. Instead, they straighten their backs as soon as they come up, take out arrows, put on the bow and shoot furiously!

The arrow roared across the small space on both sides and flew towards Huang Zhong's swordsman.

In such a short distance and in a relatively narrow area, there is no room to hide at all, so these school swordsmen are like a crouched pangolin. Before the arrow comes, they shrink slightly and cut off pieces. The scales are facing the direction of the arrow.

The arrows pierced the body of Huang Zhong's swordsman, and some arrows slipped on his legs and screamed, sliding off his shield and armor.

It's not that these Cao Jun archers are soft-handed, but that these Huang Zhong's swordsmen are indeed thick-skinned.

Compared with those Cao Army archers who had difficulty even hitting people with the ball, Huang Zhong's school swordsmen had sufficient nutritional intake from the beginning. In addition, when they were in Wancheng, Jingxiang, they followed Huang Zhong every day when they had nothing to do. Zhong practices martial arts and tests swordsmanship. Although he is not as good as those from aristocratic families who have focused on cultivating military generals since childhood, his combat ability is also quite good, much better than ordinary soldiers.

Facing the overwhelming bows and arrows of Cao Jun, the swordsman's breath did not seem to fluctuate much.

There was a crackling sound on the shield and armor, and then under the shield, there was the look and steady breathing of the swordsmen exchanged with each other.

Obviously, these Cao Jun's bows and arrows could not effectively break the defense of Huang Zhong's swordsmen. They were only trying to block and hinder them as much as possible.

Amidst the passionate sound of war drums, the school swordsmen pushed forward like a wall.

In order to avoid injury, the swordsman's speed slowed down slightly, but under the protection of the shield and armor, the swordsman did not suffer any serious damage.

Seeing this scene, Huang Zhong shouted, "Archer!" Step forward one after another! cover! 』

The archers standing on both sides of the stone bridge held two arrows and walked forward in a formation.

One of the arrows held by the archer is halfway on the bow, and the other arrow is held between the ring finger and little finger, pointing vertically downwards. It's not that archers can only carry two arrows, but because of the topography of the stone bridge, archers cannot spread out in a wide range behind the stone bridge, so they can only shoot in turns like a rolling wheel.

"Turn in!" rapid fire! 』

These archers came forward, and after being close to the position behind the swordsman, they lobbed the two arrows in their hands towards the array of Cao's archers at extremely fast speeds. Then they immediately stepped aside to allow the archers behind them to step forward and shoot. .

Wenpin on the other side of the stone bridge widened his eyes, "What kind of tactics is this?" ! 』

Unknowingly, the changes of the times have widened the gap between Guanzhong and Shandong, not only in economic terms, but also in many aspects.

Pangshan people have adapted to the changes of the times, and so has Huang Zhong.

Wenpin originally wanted to be in the same era and place as Pangshanmin Huang Zhong, but found that he couldn't understand and couldn't keep up...

When the skill is improved to a certain level, it becomes almost "Tao".

Huang Zhong obviously has a little bit of "Tao" meaning in his current tactics.

Due to the terrain of the stone bridge, the troops of both sides were unable to deploy smoothly, and the attacking side obviously suffered a greater disadvantage. After all, they wanted to attack the opponent's "T" head vertically, and could easily be attacked by the opponent's concentrated fire.

Therefore, Huang Zhong sent out school swordsmen with thick skin and long blood.

These experienced and well-equipped school swordsmen were able to withstand Cao Jun's long-range attacks without much damage, thus creating opportunities for the following archers from Huang Zhong's side.

If we still use traditional tactics and old ideas, swords and shields against swords and shields, and bows and arrows against bows and arrows, there is no doubt that on terrain like Stone Bridge, the party that cannot expand the queue will suffer a big loss.

But Huang Zhong attacked directly and improved the archer's attack mode. Because now Huang Zhong does not need the archers to inflict a lot of damage on the opponent, but uses the archers to disrupt the opponent's shooting frequency and create opportunities for his own swordsmen!

The different purposes and flexible methods allow Huang Zhong to use a smaller number of people to achieve the predetermined goal!

Shandong's model relies on the overwhelming number of people to rush upward, and then due to the limitation of the battle surface, most of the time one core is in trouble and seven cores are watching. It should indeed be optimized to a certain extent.

Among the study materials of the Guanzhong Martial Arts Hall, there is a sentence that is often mentioned, "Water has no fixed shape, and soldiers have no constant shape." 』

Among the recorded cases of Jiangwutang battles, almost all generals, when recording their successes or failures, would emphasize that these were his considerations at the time and place, and may not be suitable for all times and all regions. …

And for many people in Shandong, whether they really understand the art of war or they pretend to understand, they all seem to want to summarize and summarize, refine and refine, and then come up with a universal strategy that suits all situations, all wars, and all enemies. "Martial strategy", and then draw some "formation diagram", you can fight against tens of millions of enemy troops.

Everything requires specific questions and specific analysis.

What Huang Zhong needs most is not to fight Cao Jun head-on, but to destroy those traps and let Cao Jun shoot himself in the foot. Therefore, Huang Zhong should not let the swordsmen or archers kill as many Cao Jun soldiers as they must. Are there any directional, performance indicators?

Under such a goal, Huang Zhong only needed to have the swordsman approach Cao Jun's array about fifty steps, which happened to be at the end of the lethality of Cao Jun's bows and arrows, to attract the firepower of Cao Jun's archers.

If you get too close, the bow and arrow will be extremely powerful within ten steps, or even within twenty steps. Paired with armor-piercing arrows, it is completely possible to be shot through the armor, but at fifty steps...

Under such circumstances, the archers from Huang Zhong's side who followed up had the opportunity to approach the opponent directly and give the opponent's archers a direct blow!

In the current era, the shooting distances of long-range units such as archers are actually about the same. Huang Zhong’s archers can shoot to Cao’s archers, and Cao’s archers can also shoot to Huang Zhong’s position. , but the problem lies here. Shandong's rigid war model means that these Cao army archers do not have the right to change shooting targets at will, and it is even less possible for them to automatically turn to attack the opponent's long-range targets when they see Huang Zhong's archers coming forward. …

Even if Cao's archers turned to attack Huang Zhong's archers, Huang Zhong still made a profit.

Because the archers on Huang Zhong's side march forward in columns, the casualties are at most near the two points in front, while the possibility of Cao Jun's archers being hit is the entire ground, and they don't even know how to hide!

As Huang Zhong's archers fired, the archers wearing double armor in Cao's army's array emitted blood mist, and many people fell down in an instant. Many of Cao's archers seemed to be stunned for a moment after being shot, and then they woke up and rolled to the ground screaming miserably.

After being attacked, some of Cao Jun's archers wanted to fight back, some wanted to dodge, and some were still continuing their previous actions. Wenpin saw someone on Huang Zhong's line starting to prepare a brazier. He was shocked, and quickly ordered the archers to focus on suppressing Huang Zhong's archers, and let Cao Jun's sword and shield men come forward to confront Huang Zhong's swordsmen...

Wenpin responded and everything seemed to be fine.

If Huang Zhong's archers continue to shoot like this, although the damage caused is not too much, it will put a lot of pressure on Cao Jun's archers. More importantly, if those Huang Zhong archers find the opportunity to use Rocket ignited the trap he had set up on the mountain road, so it was not Huang Zhong and others who suffered, but his own side who was still standing next to the trap!

There was no problem with the response, and there was no problem with the order, but the turning point of the entire battle came quietly after Wenpin's order was issued.

(End of chapter)