Chapter 195: Battle 3
Zhao Xun suddenly felt that there were not many things that he could specifically command, and the arrangement of the soldiers was organized by officers at all levels, and he only needed to give the most basic instructions, and he could not control all the quality of the compromised arrangement. What he needs to do, and what he can do, is to urge every officer to stick to his position and complete his mission.
To be honest, for the bigger and bigger war scenes, the more soldiers will participate in the battles in the future, forcing Zhao Xun to start learning something that he has never been exposed to before. War is not a child's game, it can be decided by a word and a word, not just a hedge of thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers. Huge material and logistical support is also indispensable.
For this seemingly simple action, the Huolin Army has been preparing for nearly half a month. The outcome of this battle will affect the course of the following series of actions. Even Zhao Xun himself was not sure that the plan he had previously specified would definitely be completed. Fortunately, Zhao Mang has completed the specified goal, so that his plan has been completed by more than 90%.
In addition, the combat effectiveness of the non-commissioned officers also needs to be improved urgently, especially some new recruits. The soldiers under his command have no problem executing orders at all, but executing orders does not increase the combat power of the soldiers. He could now clearly feel the gap between the eight cavalry battalions under his command and the right army under his command.
It takes at least six or seven months for the general recruit battalion to form real combat effectiveness, that is, the basic elements of officers and soldiers are formed, and it takes a certain amount of time, especially the officers' prima, which is not achieved overnight, and requires countless experiences and lessons to precipitate, and these elements are all tempered on the battlefield and exchanged for life from the bloody battlefield.
The kind of scene where the generals wave their hands and the soldiers rush up in a row and die without retreating is mostly fictional. Otherwise, there would be no supervising team, not to mention anything else, even among the Huolin Army, there is also a law enforcement team that can be transformed into a supervising team at any time.
In fact, if you want to achieve the lens of not retreating from death, I don't know how much effort it takes, and it is by no means something that can be achieved by simple training.
When he Zhao Xun started the battle in Yanzhou City, the number of troops participating in the battle was only one or two thousand, and he had never encountered this kind of regular battle. There is no regular way of fighting at all, but now it is different. He has the territory of a land and tens of thousands of soldiers, can he still come to the east and the west like this? I'm afraid that the enemy will not give him such a chance.
However, as the battle continues to expand, this kind of regular combat will become the main mode of fighting, and it cannot be avoided in any way.
But seriously, Zhao Xun has an idea, with a group of special forces, or rather, the elite troops of the pro-guard battalion, using sneak attacks, food burning, interceptions, chaos and other means to make trouble in the Yingzhou Mansion and create trouble for the Ying Yan army, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and without a strong main force in hand, no matter how beautiful the plan can be implemented. What's more, what about creating trouble? Yingzhou Mansion or the Ying Empire Army, can more than 1,000 people occupy Yingzhou Mansion? Can you rely on more than 1,000 people to defeat tens of thousands of people? Is it possible? Apparently impossible.
To use some inappropriate examples, the air force can destroy the enemy's defenses, and the navy can destroy the enemy's defenses, but to occupy local land, the army is still needed after all. Zhao Xun can lead people to mess around on the territory of Yingzhou Mansion, and he believes that according to his means, he will never let the Yan army be caught. But it still can't change the fact that the Yan army steadily occupies the Yingzhou capital. Only by defeating the Tatar army and annihilating their army can the Yingzhou capital be recaptured from the hands of the Tatar army and included in its own jurisdiction.
At the time of the Battle of Baixian, Zhao Xun let the Youfu Army accompany him to fight, and this time he let the Zuofu Army participate in the war, what is the purpose, it is nothing more than to train soldiers and let them really grow up in the war. Li Chenfeng, the general of the Zuofu Army, also agreed with Zhao Xun's opinion, he was also born in the army, and together with Zhao Xun's father, he was a person who served the Prince of Yingwu, and he also knew that real soldiers were fought, not trained.
Looking out from the position where Zhao Xun was standing, he crossed the dense heads of the Zuofu army, and saw the dense heads of the Yan army not far away. Today's sunshine is not bad, making the cold winter wind seem less cold. Therefore, he could clearly see every detail of the front row of soldiers of the opposite army. Even their expressions: greed, arrogance, and disdain and ridicule for the Fire Primers.
In addition to the non-commissioned officers of the personal guard battalion who generally stayed by Zhao Xun's side, the remaining part was already mixed with the non-commissioned officers of the Zuofu Army, especially the fourth and fifth battalions with more recruits, to assist the officers of the two battalions in the transfer of non-commissioned soldiers.
Su Ziyan was located not far from Zhao Xun's side, originally Zhao Xun didn't plan to take her to the battlefield, but he couldn't resist her entanglement, so he let her want, after all, this battle could not be lost for the Huolin Army.
Zhao Xun hung a long sword at his waist and held a silver bow in one hand. As for the Moon Slashing Sword, it was left in Su Ziyan's hands, after all, her martial arts were not bad. As for Zhao Xun's spear, it was carried by the soldiers of the personal guard battalion and was available to Zhao Xun at any time.
"Woo woo woo ........."
The low horn came slowly, and everyone could feel a slight tremor under their feet. This is the horn of the bull's horn sounded by the Tassel Army. The horn slowly swept over the empty wilderness, and the weeds that had not yet been trampled down were shaking their heads in horror, as if they were about to witness the largest battle on the land. The bright and soft sunlight seems to feel the tension coming from below, and it also slightly converges the light, and the sunlight becomes warmer, which is more suitable for a desperate battle.
"The Evil Army is coming!"
"Woo woo woo ......"
The Huolin Army also used a bullhorn, and almost at the same moment, the Huolin Army also blew the horn.
The low horn deeply shook the heart of every soldier on the battlefield, even the most senior officer, in front of this kind of military horn, is just an ordinary soldier, in the cruel war, their lives will also end, under the dense swords, guns and halberds, their lives. It's as fragile as an egg under a boulder. The horn kept blowing, and the soldiers knew that it was time to fight!
Bows and arrows are the strong point of the Warrior Army, and at the beginning of approaching, the Warrior Army will naturally not give up its strengths.
The two armies were next to each other, not far apart, and there were a large number of them, and there was no need for precise aiming, just shooting forward. The archers shifted positions, with more strong bows and angry arrows in front; The shield in front of it is also constantly changing, combining the shield array more densely; The sword and shield men were also quietly changing their queues, apparently adjusting the order of their attacks......
Lei Yan glanced at the circular formation of the Huolin Army, the turtle formation was indeed a turtle formation, and the defense was sharp. Your own bow and arrows have little effect on the opponent, and your own side is also damaged. To be honest, he didn't like the formation. Because the other party made it clear that he was preparing to be a turtle, no matter who he was, it was not easy to open the turtle shell. Although his subordinates disdain the combat power of the Huolin Army, it is not easy to break this turtle shell.
"Front, attack!"
Although he knew that something was wrong, he had to send it, waved his hand down forcefully, and gave the order to attack without hesitation.
The dense Turtle Army immediately marched out of its own formation, moving towards the Tortoise Formation of the Fire Lin Army like an arrow. Black pressed human head. It was like a huge dark cloud, covering the ground covered with wild grass. It was like a flood without an embankment, pressing down on the ranks of the Fire Lynns. Their footsteps were not very neat, but the heavy footsteps still made the palms of many recruits of the Evil Army sweat.
After the capture of the Yingzhou capital, the army also received a lot of weapons, so they also improved their system of wearing only scimitars and longbows. Among them, the shield was the first thing they were equipped with after the cavalry became foot soldiers.
At the front, there are dense shield holders, pig iron shields, wrought iron shields, and thick wooden shields, intertwined into a tight shield wall, mainly to prevent the bows and arrows of the Fire Lin Army. However, because the raw materials and styles of these shields are not uniform, the shields do not form a completely consistent copper wall, and there are even many small round shields for individual soldiers in the middle, which cannot be attached to each other, and there are more gaps exposed in the middle.
They were followed by a dense crowd of archers. Most of the bows and arrows used by the archers of the Yan army were homemade, but their weapons were still inferior to those of the Yan Kingdom after all, so some of the soldiers used the long-range Yan Kingdom bows and arrows. As for the arrows, there are goose arrows, bamboo arrows, and hardcore arrows, which seem to be a lot of them, but in fact, the arrows that are shot out are difficult to gather at the same point because of the difference in equipment, causing concentrated lethality to the opponent.
Behind it, there are dense swords and shields. After the sword and shield bearers were reduced to foot soldiers, Lei Yan adapted his subordinate soldiers, after all, infantry is not cavalry, and archers alone are not enough. They are numerous and densely packed, and although they are not very skilled in cooperating, they are harmless.
"My lord, the vanguard of the Evil Army is coming!" Wei Chen whispered.
Zhao Xun said with a smile: "They can't figure out why we took the lead, but they set up a defensive circle, so they want to test it." ”
Indeed, as Zhao Xun said, Lei Yan really didn't understand the actions of the Huolin Army, why he secretly mobilized the army, secretly appeared here, but acted with great fanfare, and then set up a turtle formation. Rather than this, it is better to launch a surprise attack. To this end, he dispatched a thousand men on the right flank to take the lead in the action in order to probe the situation of the Huolin Army.