In the early morning, he rushed to Jianjin overnight with 500 soldiers and 30 chariots, and carefully inquired about the boatmen here, and learned that Zhao Wuxian and others had not arrived.

"I must have been stopped by the snow of Xiuwu, God help me!"

Fan Jia wore a red-painted bronze silk (xiu) armor today, which was extremely gorgeous and beautiful, and he also wore a bronze jacket on his head, and the feathers of two pheasants were raised high.

He excitedly sent people to blow away all the wooden boats on the north bank, cutting off Zhao Wuxian's way, and then asked people to dig stoves for cooking, but who knew that the scout soon came to report, saying that a team had come to the northwest and had reached three miles away.

So Fan Jia asked the soldiers who had not yet eaten to line up quickly, and after a while, they could faintly see the enemy marching a mile away, and all of them wore filial piety, and when they looked at it, it was a striking pale, as if the air around them was also cold.

Fan Jia tried to compose himself, and after a cursory count, he found that the number of people on the other side was much larger than the courier had reported, and there were even ten chariots.

He was slightly shocked in his heart, "Didn't you say that there were only more than 100 Zhao soldiers, plus 100 Le soldiers from the Song Kingdom, there were only more than 200 people?" Why is it so much more than doubled? ”

Fan Jia ordered a thousand soldiers when he set out from Chaoge, but because he was in a hurry, he took 500 people to cross the Qishui first, and the remaining 500 people were still more than ten miles away, and they could not arrive until two hours later.

Brigade Marshal Fan, who had experienced the battle formation, suggested: "Gentleman, they have just arrived, and now they are still in formation, and the other side is unstable, so they can cover up the past with one blow." ”

So Fan Jia ordered the whole army to move forward, and after reaching a distance of half a mile, they attacked directly.

Just as Fan's pawn was stepping forward, a chariot drove over from the opposite side, holding the festival high. Claiming to be the envoy of the Zhao family, he asked Fan Jia why he stopped him, saying that he wanted them to send someone out to talk. Don't use your sword.

Fan Jia thought for a while: "It seems that Zhao Wuxian has no confidence in his heart, but." The number of their generation is only slightly smaller than ours, and if we can trick them into abandoning their weapons, it will be better than a fierce battle. ”

With this in mind, he asked the soldiers to pause and sent a captain to contact the envoys. If you can't talk about it, it's not too late to beat the drum again, anyway, within dozens of miles of the north bank of the river, there is only this big ferry. Can he, Zhao Wuxian, turn into a fish and burrow into the water? It would be better if it dragged until his 500 armored soldiers arrived, and they would be able to attack before and after.

On the field on the north shore of Jianjin, the commander of the Fan clan rode a chariot and slowly drove towards the messenger opposite.

On the right side of the carriage stood a fierce-looking lightly armed servant with a short sword pinned to his waist, and on his flank was a scribe who was not at all handsome.

"We are envoys to the Song Kingdom, and there is a monarch here, why would we be blocked within the Jin Kingdom's feudal territory!" The scribe claimed to be the deputy of the Zhao family's little pedestrian. He angrily rebuked the pawn commander.

The head of the Fan family thought he was ugly, and he didn't bother to talk to him in detail, but just repeated the words of the Fan gentleman.

"You are not well escorted. As a result, the Song envoy was killed, and Zhao Wuxian's duties had been revoked by the ruling party, and he ordered us to escort him back to Xinjiang to ask for his guilt, quickly put down his weapon, and hand over Song Qing's coffin. ”

As he spoke, he stared at Zhao Bing opposite, but saw that they had already lined up in an orderly manner during the time of the "peace talks", and it didn't look like they wanted a peaceful settlement.

The chief was shocked. Isn't it on the other side of the dark road that in the name of contact, you want to stabilize your position first?

Just thinking about it. But he heard a burst of exclamations and screams from his own formation in the rear.

The commander hurriedly looked back, only to see a group of twenty or thirty light knights rushing over from the right side. They are arranged in two horizontal rows. Rushed to a stop forty or fifty paces away, opened his bow and threw arrows into the Fan array, and then manipulated the horses to turn back, and then the second row stepped forward to throw a rain of arrows, and so on several times, which immediately caused the screams and commotion on the right side of the Fan array.

The pawn was furious, and secretly said that this was indeed Zhao Wuxian's trick, he turned his head and was about to question Feng Rin, but he felt the body shake, and saw that the vicious-looking Rong You on the opposite side had already jumped onto the car where he was.

This person was Tian Ben, his two short swords danced as nimble as arms, and he quickly killed Yu Rong and Che You, and then stabbed at the pawn chief......

In the Zhao army, Zhao Wuxian saw that after the light knights completed the harassment mission, they quickly evacuated with the help of horsepower under the pursuit of the enemy; Feng Rin and Tian Ben also returned smoothly, carrying three heads.

The Wen pawns, who were still a little apprehensive, immediately let out a burst of cheers when they saw that their side had easily "won the first battle". A hanging heart was also relaxed, and with the indignation of the mourning soldiers, they had gradually become accustomed to the tense atmosphere on the battlefield.

Zhao Wuxian saw it in his eyes, and he was also slightly relieved, don't look at the fact that this time it is not much damage to the enemy, but it is a huge encouragement to these soldiers of his own side. It seems that he would rather let the light knight sacrifice the covert raid, and the result in exchange is worth it, and the other party seems to have been successfully provoked.

He said to Zhao Guangde, who was hesitant on the side: "Cousin Mo is thinking, shouldn't the battle be without drums and columns?" Why is this trick used? ”

Zhao Guangde nodded, Zhao Wuxian's command and tricks that did not pay attention to rules and regulations were different from what he had learned from military law, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Zhao Wuxian pointed to the opposite side and said: "They can attack Chengxiang at night, can collude with Qi State to assassinate Lebo, and have already abandoned the etiquette in Sima Law, so why should I talk to them about any rules?" This is called not tired of deceit! ”

Soldiers are not tired of cheating, that's right, this is Zhao Wuxian's advantage, and it is also the new mode of war in this era.

He was dressed in black patent leather armor and waved the flag: "Second and third sons, beat the drum, go forward!" ”

The drums of the Zhao soldiers rumbled, and four hundred people marched forward.

……

Fan's soldiers had a total of 500 people in the formation, of which no more than 100 were in armor, and the arrows shot by the light knights on the opposite side were not very powerful, causing only a few casualties. But it caused the commotion and panic of the array on the right side of the Fan soldiers, fortunately, most of them were veterans who had several expeditions, so under the shouting of the military officials, it was not easy to stabilize the position, and after chasing the enemy unsuccessfully, they were recalled by the experienced brigade commander.

However, Fan Jia felt that he had suffered a loss, and all three people on the car sent to negotiate were killed, and they were directly captured by the enemy and returned to the battle. He was so angry that he yelled and scolded Zhao Wuxian for not following the rules. However, neither the foot nor the chariot could catch up with the light knights. I can only watch them walk away.

The brigade commander hurriedly persuaded: "Don't worry, gentlemen, look at their formation." The commander of the other side must be a soldier who does not know how to fight. He actually placed the ten-ride chariot on the right flank, instead of lining it up in front. ”

Fan Jia followed the brigade commander's fingers, but saw that Zhao Bing's foot soldiers were lined up in a large horizontal formation, with the foot soldiers in the center, the chariots concentrated on the right flank, and the light knights who returned after completing the harassment were on the left flank.

The field mode in the Central Plains in this era is still a remnant of the aristocratic game, and of course it is not the military generals imagined in later generations. But it also often relies on the battle of chariots to determine the winner and loser. As the saying goes, "the chariot is wrong and the chariot is short-handed, and the arrow is falling and the soldier is vying for the first", generally speaking, the chariot will be arranged in the front, and the chariot on the opposite side will be staggered, and the apprentice will "gallop and run", follow behind, and fight a tailwind battle.

Generally speaking, if one team's chariot is defeated, the morale of the soldiers behind will drop to freezing point. This is the end of the battle.

Therefore, in the eyes of Marshal Fan's Brigade and Fan Jia, Zhao Wuxian's behavior is like tying his hands behind his back. but he placed his soft belly in front of the enemy.

"Look at the gentleman, who are those who are in front of you?"

Zhao Bing was led by three columns of unarmed, lightly armed soldiers, a total of 200 people, and none of them were holding spears, but holding something like a bow, and they stood very scattered. Behind them, there were Le's armor soldiers with shields and short swords. After that, the sparse spear was erected. The command cart with the snare drum was surrounded by the armor and marched behind.

Look at the posture on the other side. Fan Jia smiled dumbly: "On the flat ground, within a hundred steps to enter the range, the bow is only two to four arrows, at most dozens of casualties to us, put the archers in the front row, and continue to approach us, isn't this the way to die?" ”

The commander of the Fan Clan, who was extremely familiar with the Zhao clan's troops in Nanyang, said that the extra two hundred apprentices were actually county soldiers of Wen County.

"Wen County Pawn?" Fan Jia laughed even more when he heard this, and the little worry in his heart disappeared.

Fan Jia was extremely vigilant against the Chengxiang Zhao soldiers who had caused great damage to Fan and Zhongxing's pawns in the First Battle of Chengxiang, and Le's soldiers made a name for themselves in the Huaxiang Rebellion twenty years ago, and they should not be underestimated.

But Wen County, what is that?

In later generations, there was a saying that a soldier would be a bear, and the situation in Wenxian County was like this. Zhao Luo was timid, in this era of attaching importance to the honor of the nobility, he once abandoned the army and fled, and the combat effectiveness of his soldiers can be imagined.

"Zhao Wuxian is looking for death!" He was beaming for a moment.

The brigade commander nodded, looked at the two formations that had approached about half a mile, and pleaded: "Please let the chariot charge in a wild goose formation, and the apprentices will follow." ”

The enemy's front and rear formations have not yet been laid out, and they are trapped; The enemy's position was unstable, and the soldiers looked at each other in front and rear, trapped; The enemy hesitates when he advances, and when he retreats, he is afraid and frightened, and he is trapped!

He was sure that his side only needed to let thirty chariots rush, and those Wenxian county soldiers would collapse the whole army, and by the way, disrupt the array of Zhao soldiers and Le soldiers, and at that time, they would be able to win a complete victory!

……

Wen Li is the commander in charge of ten Wen County chariots, and he does not reject the Zhao gentleman's "not tired of cheating". Wen County is notoriously timid and afraid of war, and winning with this speculative method is quite to their taste.

However, Wen Li was very puzzled by Zhao Wuxian's practice of placing the chariot on the right flank of the battle array, but he did not dare to disobey.

At this time, he stood on the chariot and looked, and saw that the thirty chariots that were originally lined up on the opposite side began to move, so he hurriedly drove around the formation and asked Zhao Wuxian for his life: "Doctor, the only one who can compete with the chariot is the chariot, do you want to let the subordinate commander Rong chariot stop it?" ”

Zhao Wuxian was also staring at the other side's moves, and when he saw that Fan finally couldn't help it, he wanted to charge into battle with a chariot and crush himself in one go, so he showed a smile that his prey was in the trap.

In the face of Wen Li's request for battle, he waved his hand and said: "No need, Wen Pawn will go to the right flank to standby, and after the opposite chariot is defeated, he will flank the enemy's soldiers with the light knights on the left flank." ”

Wen Li almost choked to death by this sentence and was defeated, it was a full thirty horses! How to defeat? Hard-topping with the flesh of apprentices and armor?

Zhao Wuxian knew his doubts, so he pointed to the two hundred soldiers who had stopped standing in three rows, holding crossbow machines, and said confidently: "That's right, I just want to rely on them to defeat the impact of the enemy's chariots!" (To be continued)

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