Chapter 448 Battle
The front line of the Zhenbei Army stretched along the Zhongren Pavilion to the slopes on both sides for about three miles.
So Lu Zhi was riding his red dragon pony on the front line. In front of his subordinates, Lu Zhi no longer had the confusion and uneasiness he had before, but was replaced by eternal confidence and majesty.
Like a young man, he led his students through the roar of the officials. Lu Zhi was still wearing the basin collar armor, fiery red cloak, crimson military uniform, and maroon horse. He was like a raging fire, trying to burn out his own life force and awaken the fighting spirit of his subordinates.
Lu Zhi's students are also dressed like his teachers. Almost all of them are children of powerful people in Youzhou. In this battle, they will shoulder the important task of conveying military information and protecting Lu Zhi.
They looked at their teacher's majestic appearance, which was completely different from the image of a great Confucian in the past when he waved his feather fan lightly. But this was the teacher they expected, a commander who could lead them to victory.
They were infected by Lu Zhi's enthusiasm, and they all showed their most wanton style and followed their teacher to give them the last encouragement before the war.
Lu Zhi ran happily in front of the formation, holding the riding whip high in his hand. Every time he arrived at a camp, he cheered.
When Lu Zhi led the Junzi Battalion to the head of Li Min's camp, Taishi Ci was at the forefront, so from the beginning to the end he watched how much Lu Zhi won the hearts of the military officials.
Thousands of people roared in the tsunami, it was so touching. Taishi Ci was in this scene, and his whole body was trembling with excitement.
He excitedly said to Lao Zheng beside him:
"This is what a real man should do, this is what a real man should do."
Taishi Ci repeated this sentence as if he was hysterical, completely unaware that Lao Zheng's face was pale and desolate.
Old Zheng murmured:
"Whoever wants to be a man can go. We, Lao Zheng, just want to live."
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This battle of the Han Army involved almost fifty battalion heads. If they all reported to Lu Zhi on the same level, our commander-in-chief would not be able to dispatch them no matter how many staff and officers he had.
Therefore, Lu Zhi appointed a deputy coach and six players to share the pressure of decision-making in the future.
In addition to Wei Duan, who was appointed deputy commander and commanded the 20th Battalion on Qianpo, he also directly led the 8th Battalion. Then on the east side of the front slope, Yue Cavalry Colonel Zhou Zhong was in charge of the east side, leading one battalion of cavalry and five battalions of infantry. In the west, Wei Jie, the captain of Changshui School, was in charge of the west side. He also led one battalion of cavalry and five battalions of infantry.
On the back slope, there are also three generals, namely Gongsun Zan, the eastern general, who leads two battalions on cavalry and four battalions on foot. General Li Min on the west side led one battalion of cavalry and five battalions of infantry.
Then the remaining ones, such as Wu Jun's Shesheng Battalion, Zhang Chun's sudden cavalry, Gong Qichou's Wuhuan soldiers, and Gao Fan's Bohai Euphorbia soldiers, were all under the command of the Chinese army and were directly dispatched by Lu Zhi.
With these two commanders, positive and negative, and six generals to control the armies in the future, the entire decision-making system of the Han army was divided into three levels, each with its own responsibility and well-organized.
After Lu Zhi ran around in a circle, he withdrew from Li Min's side under the big banner on the front slope.
When he sat down calmly, Zheng Yi, who was holding a staff beside him, clearly saw Lu Zhi's hands shaking. He just thought that the horse riding just consumed Lu Zhi's physical energy, and he never thought that Lu Zhi was very panicked at this time.
After just running for a round, Lu Zhi had an intuitive understanding of the situation of his troops.
The first three rows of each battalion are all good, and they are all selected brave armored soldiers. But if you look behind you, you can see many soldiers nervously lying on the ground vomiting.
Lu Zhi knew his own situation very well before the war. Even though he had more than 50,000 people, in fact the battalions were very uneven.
What reassured him inside was the core of the border army and the Northern Army, which numbered about 20,000 people. The rest are the troops from various counties and counties he recruited after withdrawing to Youzhou, about 30,000 more. Some of these people were brave and good at fighting, but most of the soldiers were inexperienced peasants.
Although the people of Youzhou are martial arts, even children and women can fight. But recruits and veterans are different after all. Without battle experience, 10% of their skills cannot be used 30% of the time.
Then there is the cavalry, which Lu Zhi regrets the most. He regretted why he had withdrawn Gongsun Zan before. Now Gai Tong didn't know where he had taken the Youzhou cavalry. The only cavalry he had was some Hu soldiers who didn't understand Chinese law and good men who lacked cavalry training. son.
Fortunately, Gongsun Zan brought the white horse Yi Cong with him when he withdrew, otherwise he would not have the decisive cavalry force in his hands this time.
Lu Zhi was still thinking about a lot. For example, in order to prevent the enemy from bypassing his west side, he ordered the heavy battalion to build fortifications on the west side. I don’t know what’s going on with this fortified barrier now.
What he could see was that the ramparts on the east side had been built, which could completely prevent the enemy from making a detour from the east. Before the war, he gave a death order to Zhou Zhong, the general on the east side of Qianpo, asking him to defend the fortress here at all costs.
But it was useless for Lu Zhi to think any more. While he was worrying about gains and losses, the war had already started.
The first person to come into contact was Zhou Zhong's east wall.
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On August 11th, at the beginning of Yin hour, Zhongren Pavilion.
Yang Mao, the commander-in-chief of the right wing of the Taishan Army, led eight thousand garrison troops on the right wing, and backed up four thousand reinforcements deployed by the Chinese army, and began to take the initiative to launch an attack on the eastern front of the Han army.
Before the war, Zhang Chong knew that there was a forest to the east of the Han army according to the map, and occupying it could directly threaten the Han army's left flank on the rear slope.
Therefore, Zhang Chong's first task for Yang Mao was to occupy the forest and hold it there to put continuous pressure on the Han army's flanks.
But when Yang Maozong looked at the battlefield several miles ahead, in addition to the conspicuous forest, he also saw a dock wall rooted there.
At this moment, Yang Mao knew that he would have to fight a hard battle to occupy the forest on the left flank of the Han army.
Yang Mao's judgment was correct.
The Han general Zhou Zhong opposite him was not an ordinary Han general. He came from the Lujiang Zhou family and was the son of Sikong Zhoujing during the reign of Emperor Huan. He participated in the Pingqiang Rebellion and the Civil Rebellion in the South, and was the most outstanding general among the Zhou family.
And there will be a very interesting thing about Lu Zhi Point this time, that is, everyone has actually fought against the Taishan Army. Lu Zhi believed that these Han generals would not despise their opponents only if they actually fought against each other.
This is the case for Zhou Zhong. He had fought against the Taishan Army in Jize and knew that the opponent was no weaker than the Northern Army in terms of fighting spirit, armor, and military quality.
Therefore, after receiving Lu Zhi's death order to guard the east wall, Zhou Zhong did not dare to slack off at all, and made a series of arrangements for this military goal.
He has one cavalry battalion and five infantry battalions under his command. The total number of soldiers is about 6,000, and his military strength is not rich.
So he ordered his son Zhou Hui to lead a battalion of infantry to garrison the east wall. He also ordered Ma Teng to lead 500 cavalry and an infantry battalion to defend and occupy this communication point in the forest. Then place the other two infantry battalions under the east wall to cover each other with the friendly forces inside the wall.
Finally, he himself took the remaining 500 cavalry and one battalion of infantry to garrison on the high ground to the north of the east wall, as a reserve for the entire army, ready to support the battle below.
Yang Mao didn't know much about this.
But no matter how many Han troops there are in front, he, Yang Mao, still has to complete the task assigned by Zhang Chong, because he cannot afford to lose.
In the previous battle at Dingting, he felt that he had used all his strength, but in the end he failed to do one thing, and that was that he failed to retain Lu Zhi's main force.
Although he was rescuing the brothers, his mission was not completed.
But in fact Yang Mao thought wrong. In Zhang Chong's view, it was Yang Mao's nostalgia for the life and death of the officials that made him feel that Yang Mao was still a good general. If you can care about your soldiers and care about your soldiers, you are a qualified general.
In Zhang Chong's case, what Yang Mao lacked was not generals but handsome talents. He had no own judgment on the development of the situation and did not know how to communicate with Zhang Chong in the rear in a timely manner. Therefore, Yang Maocha is here.
But at this moment, on the battlefield of Zhongrenting, Yang Mao's personal charm became his greatest help. The officers and soldiers of the garrison under his command were grateful for Yang Mao's kindness in rescuing the people, and they all called for death.
This time, they want to take down the enemy's position and prove themselves. Our garrison troops can also fight tough battles and win them.
As the vanguard, Han Hao, the most brave general among the garrison troops, was the leader. By this time his legs were almost healed, of course he said so himself.
How could his leg heal so quickly after being injured for a hundred days? But Han Hao could not tolerate himself missing this decisive battle.
If Han Hao wants to be a general, he must seize every opportunity.
So, Han Hao took the initiative to volunteer and took the remaining three battalions of less than 2,000 soldiers to take the lead in charging up the undulating hillside in front of the east wall.
At the same time, on the ridge to the north, the two battalions of the Han army deployed in front of the east wall began to fire arrows at Han Hao's troops.
This time, due to the support of the Chinese army's baggage, the number of armored soldiers in the Hanoi town doubled. And because most of these people survived the bloody battle in Dingting, their entire combat qualities were honed in the battle.
Therefore, even though arrows rained down from above, the vanguard soldiers led by Han Hao did not slow down at all and soon swarmed up the slope. At the same time, Wei Zhong, the general of Wei County on the other side, also rushed to the vicinity of Han Hao's troops with his soldiers.
Soon, the two towns were fighting against the two battalions outside the east wall.
Only here did Han Hao have the opportunity to take a closer look at the wall of the dock not far away.
This is not a typical military dock wall. It should have been rebuilt by the Han army on the basis of the original manor.
At the southern entrance of the dock wall are rows of warehouses, protected by walls on the sides. The Han army could rely on the wall to unleash arrows on the attacking Taishan army.
Go through this corridor to reach the gate of the dock wall. There is another wooden tower on the right side that can provide an attack perspective.
Then there is another low farmhouse on the east side of the dock wall, which has been occupied by the Han army and used as a storage place for baggage.
Then behind the shed of this farmhouse is a continuous vegetable field, which should have been cultivated by the servants of the previous owner of this dock wall. Now the vegetables in the fields have naturally been harvested by the Han army. An infantry battalion of the Han army was stepping on the vegetable fields and fighting with the Weijun soldiers coming from the east.
Then Han Hao looked to the west, where the Dongjun soldiers were attacking the west side of the east wall. And because he and Wei Zhong contained the Han soldiers on the periphery, the Dongjun soldiers had already reached the foot of the east wall.
Seeing this, Han Hao shouted:
"Brothers, follow me and don't let the first victory be robbed by Dongjun Town."
After saying that, Han Hao stabbed a Han soldier to death and advanced forward. Behind him, two to three hundred armored soldiers with various weapons swarmed to follow him, driving the Han army back step by step.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in Dongjun Town.
The camp flag that originally held the flag with the word "divination" fell down, and a flag with the word "thank you" was raised instead.
Han Hao didn't know why, but when he saw that the Dongjun soldiers were still attacking the east wall, he didn't think about it again.
In fact, just now, the general Di Shu of Dongjun Town was shot through the throat by an arrow from the Han army archer on the east wall because he stood too far forward, and died on the spot.
It is said that Dongjun Town has also had many ups and downs.
Most of its main members are adapted from the Dongjun Yellow Turbans. Last year, Zhang Chong moved from Zhongnan to Dongjun to join forces with Bu Ji. But Bu Ji was worried that Zhang Chong would annex him, so he gave up his plan to go west with Zhang Chong and chose to go north across the river to the main road.
But after that, the Dongjun Yellow Turbans had a bumpy journey. First, they abandoned their troops and armor at the foot of Julu City. Even Qu Shuai Buji had his head cut off by the general Zhang Bo and presented it to the Han army. That Zhang Bo was the one who was previously declared by Zhang Chong to be a betrayer.
Since then, the Dongjun Yellow Turbans have been torn apart, with only a few remaining united around their fellow divination masters. The rest were divided by Wang Du and Liang Zhongning.
Soon, great changes occurred in Guangzong, and Wang Du and Liang Zhongning also died in the chaos. In this way, the Dongjun Yellow Turbans waited until Zhang Chong entered Guangzong before they recovered.
After that, the elite soldiers of the Yellow Turbans from Dongjun were assigned to local areas as garrison troops, and they still used divination as their generals, along with the two generals Xie Hui and Wu Rong from Dongping land.
In the Battle of Dingting, Bu Shu led the Dongjun soldiers to fight very tenaciously, but also suffered huge losses. In this decisive battle, the total number of actual troops in the third battalion was only 1,800.
What's even more terrible is that before the war started, the general Divination was sacrificed.
At this time of panic and chaos, Dongpinglu general Xie Hui immediately changed his flag, took over the command of the Dongjun soldiers, and stabilized the situation.
Therefore, the Dongzhen soldiers continued to attack the east wall under the command of Xie Hui.
When Han Hao, Wei Zhong, and Xie Hui launched a siege on the east wall. The Tiande Army's Ma Wu also led his 600 assault cavalry in a slow detour toward the forest to the north.
His mission was to annihilate the Han soldiers entrenched in the forest. Behind Tiande's army is Xu Huang's Feilong army. As Ma Wu's backup, he can support him at any time.
In the distance, in the dense forest.
Ma Teng looked at the Taishan Army cavalry coming from the southeast, grabbed his beard, and said to Pang De next to him with a headache:
"Ling Ming, shall we fight this battle with all our might?"
Pound didn't know either, so he suddenly asked:
"Lord, what do you think will happen if we win this battle and what will happen if we lose?"
Ma Teng thought about it carefully and said:
"If Lu Zhi wins, he can defend Youzhou, but it will be difficult to swallow up the Taishan army. Calculate how many people there are in Youzhou and how many people there are in Jizhou. The Taishan army has almost captured the entire Jizhou. I heard that they The Qin system was used to build the country through farming and war, so the war potential is not comparable to that of Youzhou.”
"And I have something to say. I think that Lu Zhi's condition is obviously not right. I'm afraid it will be difficult to win this battle. And once the Taishan Army wins this battle, it will not be a matter of Youzhou or not, but the world. I’m afraid my surname is Zhang.”
So Pound asked innocently:
"So?"
Then I heard Ma Teng say with an ambiguous attitude:
"So."
Everything is left unsaid.
(End of chapter)