Chapter 264 Plagiarism
Huang Wan heard Kuai Yue's words and looked along, only to see that the flag of the army slightly northeast was scattered. Even the elite platoon leader was still sitting on the ground at this moment, fanning himself in the wind, and because the formation was not in the same position. Not close to the front, even the military officials in the formation paid no attention to these people.
The more Huang Wan watched, the happier he became. After all, the thieves on the opposite side had only a limited number of elites. All these fishy troops were put to use.
Kuai Yue is also adding:
"Lord, I have seen farmers mending each other's wooden barrels. The amount of water they draw depends on which piece of wood is the shortest. The same is true for the army formation on the opposite side. Although the enemy has elite soldiers, there are also many weak ones. Our army only needs to focus on the enemy. If the weak soldiers attack, they will roll back, and the entire formation on the opposite side will collapse. ”
This was the first time Huang Wan heard this statement, but intuitively he felt that Kuai Yue was right. Then the two of them, together with several other staff members, discussed the main direction of attack for a while.
But to be honest, Huang Wan and Kuai Yue didn't know whether it was right or not to underestimate the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan and Runan.
What's right is that these two armies did not say anything about their battle formations, and their discipline was not enforced very well. But one thing Huang Wan didn't expect was that these two groups were veterans who had survived the battle in Yingyang. They could win against each other when facing the main force of the Han army under Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. No, it’s hard to say what Huang Wan’s soldiers are.
But no matter what, the viewings on both sides of the battlefield continued like this, with both sides perfecting their military strategies.
At this moment, Huang Wan saw a rider coming out from the opposite side. He was saying something in front of the formation, which he couldn't hear clearly. Then the man threw a roll of silk and walked away.
The Han soldiers on the front line picked up the silk book. Those who knew the calligraphy immediately passed the silk book back to Huang Wan.
But Huang Wan only read the title on the silk book "Fengtian to challenge the Han Dynasty and publish the four directions", and blood rushed to his brain. When I read the details, I was so angry that my hands were shaking.
The whole article is only 528 words long, each word is critical and every word is heart-breaking.
Huang Wan, as an elite at the rank of Duke of the Han Dynasty, naturally understood the power of this appeal. It can be said that the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty's divine power were stripped to pieces by this appeal. It is hard to say whether the Han Dynasty will perish in the future, but there will be no more. It's sacred. But the Han Dynasty is no longer destined to belong to destiny. When the time comes, I don’t know how many people will be emperors and how many will be kings.
And all this was caused by the Taishan Army on the opposite side. Thinking of this, Huang Wan aroused a murderous intention. He must crush all these unfaithful and unfilial people to ashes in order to relieve his hatred.
So, Huang Wan waved his hand, and thirty-six cowhide drums started beating behind him, and the sound of the drums spread throughout the battlefield. Everyone tightened their grip on spears and swords, and some even knelt on the ground, praying in a certain direction, praying that they could survive this battle.
The dust blown by the strong wind flew and circled over the battlefield, blocking the sight. The front row leaders of the two armies began to boost the morale of the front rows. Following the command of the drums and flags, they began to drive towards each other with heavy steps.
The wind and sand became so strong that almost nothing could be seen, only the shadowy figures densely pressed against the opposite side. The breath is freezing and the distance is getting closer. At this moment, no matter how brave the person is, a thought will flash across his mind. How many people will spend their last days here, and whether I will be one of them.
It is strange that the direction the Han army attacked was not the Runan and Yingchuan Yellow Turbans, but the Guan Yu formation at the front.
Guan Yu's formation commanded 2,000 men, organized into a system of two divisions and ten tunes. The commanders of the left and right divisions were Li Damu and Dian Wei.
Li Damu's command is Zhang Nan, who will lead the left song, Guo Mo, who will lead the front song, Tao Yong, who will lead the middle song, Ma Bao, who will lead the back song, and Li Jing, who will lead the right song. Needless to say, this configuration is capable of fighting. Zhang Nan has always been resourceful and good at fighting, and is the chief of Li Damu's department. Then Guo Mo was specially transferred from Wei Zhou's tribe in order to form a new army. He had made many achievements in the war and was good at fighting with an iron spear. Then there is Tao Yong, a seventy-five-year-old brother who is sworn to Zhang Chong, loyal and experienced. Ma Bao and Li Jing were both new generals who had joined the army after the Battle of Yingyang. One of them was brave and the other was a light swordsman, and they were selected by Zhang Chong to join the new army as generals.
Originally, Ma Bao's Yingyang Camp and Li Jing's Xiangcheng Camp were both independent camp leaders, but to be honest, these camp leaders were all miscellaneous. Although they seemed independent, their prospects were actually not as good as those of Zhang Chong's main force. But now Ma Bao and Li Jing can join Guan Yu's army as generals, which is a good fortune. Of course, this is inseparable from the fact that the two of them are really capable. After all, Zhang Chong's eyes could never mistake the Warriors.
If Li Damu's troops are full of stars, then Dian Wei's troops are not far behind. Because the Dianwei tribe had a bloody battle with the main force of Rencheng State on the banks of the Pu River, and both of their generals died in the battle, they reorganized a thousand-man reinforcement department under Zhang Chong's inspection.
Zhang Chong arranged a group of generals for Dian Wei, including Gao Ya, a general in the left song, Wu Zi, a general in the front song, Zhu Ying, a general in the middle song, Wu Rong, a general in the back song, and Chen Guang, a general in the right song. Except for Chen Guang, who was from Yingchuan, everyone else was from Yanzhou. This made it easier for Dian Wei, who was also from Yanzhou, to command.
Gao Ya and Wu Zi will both be Lu Bu's main generals in the future. It can be said that their abilities have already been tested by history. As for Zhu Ying and Wu Rong, one is Wuyan Hero and the other is Pinglu Laotaipingdao. Their ability is no less than that of Gao and Wu, but they have less experience. Finally, Chen Guang was a ranger from Bicheng, who was skilled in both bow and spear. The one with the highest combat power among the five was also a first-class warrior specially matched by Zhang Chong for Dian Wei.
If you have strong generals, you will naturally have sharp soldiers. More than 70% of Guan Yu's army was wearing armor, and the remaining ones who were not wearing armor were all archers, a total of 600 people. The entire army is also made up of veterans, and half of them are from the Taishan area. It can be said that this kind of army is the only one under Zhang Chong that is as good at fighting as his own army.
The Han army on the opposite side had no idea that they were facing such an army with terrifying combat power.
At this time, the Hedong soldiers in the front row on the left side of the Han army were wearing armor and lined up in a neat queue, and then the leader on the left side began to shout encouragement:
"Everyone cheer up, we Hedong Han are the number one soldiers in the Three Rivers. Our ancestors have killed the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Qiang people for generations. Now we kill those Taishan people to death. In this battle, we must capture enough prisoners. These people will not only give Our farming is a way for us to show off our heroic exploits to our descendants. What could be more honorable than defeating the thieves, winning meritorious service, and returning home with a great harvest? But if any of you loses the face of us Hedong people, let alone military law, I will do it myself. Pick out your intestines and strangle you."
The words of the platoon leader stimulated these Hedong soldiers to scream. They could already see the military uniforms, drums, and horns on the opposite side. They could even hear their heavy breathing and the neighing of the horses of the soldiers beside them.
However, the Hedong soldiers and the Yanzhou soldiers stopped when they were less than 300 steps away from the Taishan army. They continued to organize the army's formation and rearranged the somewhat chaotic crab formation into order. It was obvious that the opponent had no intention of taking the initiative to attack. If they stepped forward at this time, they would only squeeze the Taishan Army's battlefield space, making it impossible for them to change their attack route.
At this time, in the Taishan Army on the opposite side, Guan Yu was sitting astride a divine horse. He had just led his fifty-horse guards to cruise on both sides of the formation, constantly checking the situation of the formation, and trying his best to ensure that all soldiers could Seeing him made them understand that he, Guan Yu, would always fight side by side with his brothers.
In fact, generally speaking, Guan Yu should not appear next to the infantry with fifty cavalry. Because this will affect the morale of the infantry. In the traditional army, the status of cavalry is naturally higher than that of infantry. There is no doubt about whether it is riding requirements or economic strength.
So what will happen? The infantry would be worried about fighting, and as long as something went wrong, the cavalry would abandon them and run away. Whether it is a soldier being abandoned by a prince, or a conscript being abandoned by a military officer, it is fatal. Therefore, some generals will never be used alone if there is only a small number of cavalry, because their benefits are definitely less than the damage to the morale of the army. They would choose the cavalry to dismount and fight side by side with the infantry, to show that they live together and die together.
This can be shown from the behavior of the powerful troops of the Han army on the opposite side. There were also some cavalry among the nineteen powerful troops in four formations on each flank of the Han army. However, apart from the messengers who communicated with the central army, every one of them chose to dismount and fight on foot with their own troops. .
Are these powerful young men afraid of death? Aren't you worried that if they are defeated and they have no horses, they won't be able to escape at all? That's definitely a concern. But there is one difference between Gyeonggi's power and power in other places, that is, they have not deteriorated yet.
It’s not that their moral standards are higher than elsewhere, but because the culture of Pinping family reputation in Gyeonggi is stronger. In this era where a good reputation leads to a good future, every child of a wealthy family is taught to be a gentleman from an early age, and every word and deed must conform to the moral norms of the era.
This was the worst era in the previous two hundred years. The Han Dynasty was suffering from internal and external troubles and was terminally ill. But this is also the best era in the next two hundred years. Compared to the despicable ones that followed, this group of children from aristocratic families at this time could be regarded as the last golden quality of the Han Dynasty.
Guan Yu soon saw the formation standing on the opposite side. The tall war horses and his majestic body gave him a high enough field of vision. Although he was surprised by the opponent's restraint, Guan Yu didn't care.
The soldiers of the Chinese army had already told Commander Qu about his military strategy for the battle. Guan Yu, who had already made up his mind, narrowed his eyes, picked up the horn beside the saddle and blew it, and then he hurriedly led the rangers into the formation. .
Compared with the charge horn with a simple horn, using five-color flags in the formation and sending signals by matching the flags to the flags must have more information, so Guan Yu had to rush into the formation to calmly dispatch all his troops.
Here Guan Yu entered the battle, and over there the former troops who heard the captain's attack horn had already taken action.
At the front of the formation are Dian Wei's former general Wu Zi, on the right; Li Damu's former general Guo Mo, on the left. Both of them are in the right corner of the square. It's not that they are afraid of death, but that after reaching the military position of leading 200 people, the ability to manage and dispatch is more important than bravery.
Zhang Chong's ability assessment for military officials has different requirements according to different levels. He roughly divides the generals into three levels, starting from the corps commanders, generals, and team generals, all of whom are the grassroots military officials; the higher-up military officials such as the Tun generals, Qu generals, and department generals are all middle-level military officials; and further upwards, the school captains, The captains, lieutenants, and generals are all high-level military officials.
Like grassroots military officers, Zhang Chong's selection and assessment criteria are who is braver and who can fight better. What he wants is a warrior who dares to fight and fight. Other dispatching and military strategy abilities are not valued much. When it comes to middle-level military officials, Zhang Chong's selection and assessment criteria are dispatching ability, to see whether he can coordinate and command the military formation well. As for combat skills and military strategy ability, he will look at it later. Finally, there was the senior military officials. At that time, there was only one criterion for assessment and selection, which was whether they had a unique military strategy. Can you understand the geography of mountains and rivers? Can you distinguish the deficiency and excess of yin and yang?
Of course, having said all this, the battlefield is still material in the end. The more capable you are of killing and fighting, the better.
Guo Mo and Wu Zi are both old middle-level military officials, and they have long lost the young people's desire to be the first to kill everyone. Guo Mo came out of the competition step by step and has a solid foundation. Wu Zi is a strong man with his own set of skills and is born with strong management skills. Later, when he defeated Xuchang, he was the general who turned the tide under the city, so the two of them followed suit slowly. Walking in phalanx.
After walking fifty steps, the two square formations were already about two hundred steps away from the Han army. At this moment, the leader of the two formations in the upper right corner was the first to shoot an arrow. The arrow landed about twenty steps in front of the Han army's formation. This arrow is also a calibration arrow to determine the distance for subsequent archers, so when this arrow ends.
The archers who were advancing with the soldiers on both sides on the left immediately took twenty steps forward under the leadership of the military officers and began to shoot rapidly. The dense arrows covered the Han formation, but occasionally someone fell to the ground, because the people in the front row on the opposite side were also armored soldiers. For such armored soldiers, this kind of arrow rain could not do much damage.
Seeing the Taishan Army firing here, the archers of the powerful troops on both wings of the Han Army on the opposite side also began to fight back. They formed a cross rain of arrows on the Guan Yu Department of the Taishan Army, but they also harassed the enemy far more than they hurt the enemy.
While the archers on both sides were firing, Guo Mo and Wu Zi did not stop in formation and continued to walk towards the Han soldiers. Based on Guan Yu's military strategy before the war, once the war started, they would take the lead in contacting the enemy with the advantage of the length of the rifles in their hands. The purpose was to drill into the depth of the Han army's formation and separate the Hedong soldiers and Yanzhou soldiers on the opposite side as much as possible. contact.
Opposite Guo Mo and Wu Zi, there were 400 people from Lu Qian's tribe in the Yanzhou army of the Han army, and 200 men from Guanqiuxing in the Hedong army. Guanqiu Xing is a man from Wenxi in Hedong, and he will be high in the position of Duke of Cao Wei in the future, but now he is just a son of a good family who joins the army. He has just been reorganized into a leader of two hundred people, and he is still a young man.
Lu Qian and Guanqiu Xing were both self-reliant and brave men, and they both chose to be at the forefront with the brave men in the army. When they were forming a team here, they saw the other side and drove towards them regardless. The two of them had a direct disagreement due to personality reasons.
Lu Qian had been wasting his time for a long time since the battle with Mount Tai's army by the Pu River. He had gone south to Huangfusong's camp before, and wanted to take that route to make another comeback. However, the battle at Yingyang turned out to be a dream. The main force of the Han army was defeated, and Huangfusong himself was seriously injured and unconscious. Without appreciation, Lu Qian could not move forward, and was finally sent back to the shogunate of Yanzhou to oversee Huang Wan. Later, Huang Wan recovered from his illness and needed warriors. Knowing that Lu Qian had fought against two enemy generals, he took him as his confidant and brought him all the way to the Xingyang battlefield.
Lu Qian had been hesitating for a long time, and after dealing with the Taishan Army more, he became more cautious. Therefore, he chose to maintain the original formation and wait for the Taishan Army on the opposite side to attack on its own. As long as he held firm, the phalanxes on both wings would attack the enemy's flanks.
But unfortunately, the young and energetic Guanqiu Xing obviously has his own opinions.
He suddenly made a decision that accelerated the battle to a fever pitch.
I saw him suddenly shouting to his subordinates:
"Bring me the prisoner's mouth."
After saying that, two big and round men took off a bloody man from a cart. Apparently, the Han army and the Taishan army had also captured prisoners on the opposite side during a small-scale operation to compete for key points on the battlefield.
The prisoner captured by Guanqiu Xing was one of the group of Xingyang packmen who led the way for the Taishan Army. After being tortured by Guanqiu Xing for all the information, he was kept by Guanqiu Xing for his own use.
Wu Qiu Xing had already climbed onto his horse. When he passed by the packman, he bent down and carried the prisoner with one arm, and rushed towards Wu Zi's military formation on the opposite side.
The ease with which he raised his hands just now showed Guanqiu Xing's superb equestrian skills and physical strength. He was worthy of being a hero who could fight hard to reach that position in Cao Wei.
He held the prisoner's mouth and Pegasus rushed to the front of Wu Zi's army. At this time, Wu Zi's army had not put down the rifles, and then they saw a black image coming towards them.
Many people subconsciously put down the steps, and then saw a person being strung together on these forest steps. This man's chest, abdomen, and thighs were all poked with holes, and he was already too dead to die. Just when Wu Zi's front-line soldiers were in shock and confusion, Guan Qiu Xing rode his horse and crashed in, rushing in through the gap crushed by the corpse.
As soon as his unrivaled horse entered the formation, it was like a strong wind, knocking five or six foot soldiers to the ground. The horse under Guanqiu Xing's crotch was stabbed in the formation and went crazy. It jumped like crazy, making Wu Zi There was chaos.
It wasn't over yet. Behind Guanqiu Xing, more than 20 cavalrymen followed. They followed the gap opened by Guanqiu Xing and poured in wildly.
Just like this, before Wu Zi could react or even release Bu Shu, the formation began to fall into chaos.
If Zhang Chong were here, he would definitely admire Guanqiu Xing. His tactical style is very similar to the three fierce tactics of the Taishan Army in the early years. Rush, beat, chase, and kill the master with random punches to disrupt the situation. Guan Yu's school captain is Zhang Chong's new formation. It uses the tactics of arranging and carrying the line. It is quite satisfactory at best. It is really afraid of Guanqiu Xing.
At this time, Guanqiu Xing, who rushed into the formation and stirred up chaos, was also frightened and shouting. At every step there were a dozen hands trying to drag him down, and at every moment there were a dozen short blades thrusting at him. All of these were shaken off by Guanqiu Xing. At this moment, he was particularly grateful to the old army in his hometown for letting him practice swinging on his horse regardless of the cold or summer. It was this boyish skill that now gave him enough instinct to cover the ground. Absent thrust.
The Taishan soldiers in Wu Zi's formation were also veterans. They all took out short blades to stab the Han knight, but unfortunately these weapons could not cause much damage to Guan Qiuxing's armor.
As for why the Taishan Army doesn't need Bu Shu? At this time, the steps are all standing upright and people are crowded, so it is impossible to perform.
In short, whether Guan Qiuxing did it intentionally or not, his risky behavior brought huge rewards. Wu Zibu, who had a strict and orderly formation, began to waver. The front of the entire front line was sunk in, as if it had been struck and torn apart by a wedge.
The battle quickly turned into a massacre. The excessively long rifle became a complete burden in this kind of close combat. Not only was it useless, it also occupied one of the soldiers' hands. More than 20 Han cavalrymen easily struck the Taishan soldier on the neck with the ring-headed sword in their hands, as if they were chopping wood.
Wu Zi, who was commanding at the end of the formation, was caught off guard by the chaos. He was stunned for a full quarter of an hour before being shaken awake by the guards. He quickly calmed down and ordered the hundreds of people from Youtun who were lined up behind to quickly place their rifles at an angle, and then used the gap in front to stab the Han cavalry who rushed into the formation.
However, Wu Zi did not see it due to the problem of vision. In fact, there were still many places in Zuotun forming a circular formation in the chaos. Under the leadership of their respective corps commanders, they directly cut off the Bushan in half, and then Attacking the sparse Han cavalry with broken spears.
But it was a pity that Wu Zi couldn't see it. He thought Zuo Tun was doomed. So he made this decision, and his decision really ruined the rest of Zuotun.
The generals in Youtun received Wu Zi's military order and hurriedly ordered their subordinates to fight. Then hundreds of people shoulder to shoulder, like a huge wave crashing towards the Han cavalry who were still fighting.
The Han cavalry that rushed into the formation had long since lost their impact, and could only sit on their horses and slash down at the Taishan Army. At this moment, a group of people from the right camp came up and immediately became a fixed target.
More and more Han cavalry were picked to death by Ru Lin's Bu Yang before they could resist. The frightened horses fled along the gap again. They don't understand what creature can have such thick and long fangs.
Guanqiu Xing was no longer the leading Han cavalryman. On the contrary, as soon as he broke the formation and rushed in, he began to jump on his horse and walk back.
Guanqiu Xing never thought that he could overwhelm the thousands-man formation on the opposite side with just twenty cavalry. The reason why he did this was to lower the morale of the Taishan Army before the battle, but more importantly, in front of the entire army, If he raises his horse and rushes into battle, his bravery will be passed down to the army.
After accomplishing this, Guanqiu Xing showed no interest in fighting. He turned around and returned to the army with a flag carried by a certain general of the Taishan Army, leaving more than 20 robes who followed him into the battle and could only wait to die.
These people are still too young and too impulsive.
But the joy of Wu Zibu of the Taishan Army did not last long. They found that many Pao Ze were injured and fell to the ground in front of them, and they were about to stop the rescue. But behind them, Pao Ze from the right camp couldn't see the situation in front at all. They still followed the military commander's previous military order, squeezing each other and pushing forward.
Pao Ze at the front wanted to shout, but was quickly pushed forward by the people behind him. Those in front of them who had a view tried to get out of the way of Pao Ze on the ground. But the people behind them had no idea that pairs of feet were stepping on the injured people. These people screamed in pain at first, but were soon submerged in the crowd and trampled to death.
Soon some military officials discovered something was wrong, and immediately beat drums to stop the advancement of each platoon. The soldiers in the front row also shouted to the back, but it was not as effective as the military drums. This is the situation in the army. Among the people's voices, no one can hear what they are shouting. Only the unique military drums and flags are the eyes and ears of these nervous soldiers.
In this way, Wu Ziqu Youtun's hundred troops stopped one after another, but the tragedy was irreversible. At least a dozen wounded soldiers had just been trampled to death by their own robes.
The original Zuotun hundred-man team was killed or hacked to death by Guanqiu Xing with 20 cavalry, and then more than ten people were trampled to death by his own troops. Half of them were lost, and the rest were injured. half.
In other words, a quarter of an hour after the war started, before the two armies came into contact, Wu Zi's army was disbanded.
This is war, and no one knows which will come first, victory or surprise.
(End of chapter)