Chapter 138: The Decisive Battle Begins

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Leaving behind two thousand soldiers, the commanders of both armies set out.

Lu Zhe looked at the team that left and kept smiling bitterly in his heart, at least one Liao Hua could be the vanguard of Shu at the end of the Three Kingdoms, but this army of almost 20,000 people did not have a mature general.

Warlord? To be honest, Lu Zhe is not a general, he can only be said to be decent in battle, without too many shining points but rarely making mistakes.

For any first-time commander who leads a battle in a battle, it may be enough to make no mistakes. However, for Lu Zhe, not making mistakes is not a pursuit, this battle is not something that can be solved by the rules and regulations, what is needed is a big victory.

The chaos in the southern counties was unavoidable under the complete loss of control of the southern counties, except for a few moats blocking the way to Bashu, and Hanzhong County was the territory that the Qin State had ruled for hundreds of years, and the neighboring Changsha County and Hengshan County, the two territories that had not been occupied for a long time, also began to be affected by the chaos.

In these years, it is absolutely not wrong to say that news spreads slowly, but there is also a saying that bad things spread thousands of miles, and the speed at which bad things are delivered is always jaw-dropping.

Lu Zhe didn't know that the chaotic news that Changsha County and Hengshan County had also begun to appear, if he knew that Lu Dao would not think that it was because of the spread of the news, but that the cross-currents hiding in the shadows could not wait to operate. The reality is that he doesn't know the way, but in fact, it is useless to know the way for the time being, at most he is making advance deployment and planning.

For Lu Zhe, the most important information now is about the movements of Yihuze's troops. It is simply that there are scouts in front of him, but he is basically clear about the movements of this enemy army.

Nearly 30,000 Ouyue and a small number of other tribes' armies had already left the forest, and they chose to be near the river bank after entering the plains.

How far is the march of 30,000 men? Including the necessary baggage and supplies for the army, 30,000 people gathered together is simply an overwhelming area.

The river that crosses Ba County, Nan County, Hengshan County and Changsha County is actually the prototype of the Yangtze River in the future.

The Baiyue people chose to rely on the riverbank to march, how close can they get to the river in the real sense? After all, the banks of the river are destined to be a zone of dense grass and aloe vera. They were probably moving a mile or two from the river.

Every war always has the most difficult outcome because of such and such matters, and Lu Zhezhi has the opportunity to win a big victory, and the Baiyue people who march on the shore will pay a heavy price because of such a habit!

After leaving the forest area, 5,000 Yue people broke away from the main army as the vanguard. The necessary spies were also sent out by Yi Huze.

The first thing Lu Zhe should do now is to extinguish the eyes of the Baiyue people!

The scouts in the Central Plains may not be familiar in the forest area, but in the Central Plains, the terrain is very familiar to the scouts, and the scouts who were sent out by Lu Zhe later are no longer "spies" in the real sense. In a way, it has become a killer who snips Baiyue spies.

The scouts of the Qin army have been through a hundred battles, and they are in some ways very similar to a kind of modern special forces, except that they do not have the strange weapons and tools of special forces.

The enemy army has come out of the forest. The route of the march will not change, and at this moment there is no need for too many people to monitor the enemy army. Lu Zhe sent almost all the scouts in the army. This time it's not about spying on enemy forces. Instead, find the other party's spies and kill them.

Lu Zhe naturally knew that it was impossible for Lu Dao to completely destroy the enemy's spies, but what about interference? It is enough to delay their returns.

The pace of the march of the 100 more and 5,000 forwards was relatively rapid, and they quickly became disconnected from the army of their headquarters.

Time was passing, and when Lu Zhe, who was paying close attention to the movements of the enemy army, got that the enemy's advance was already three miles away from the Baiyue army, he ordered his own troops to pull out.

This is a force composed of 300 heavy infantry, 300 archers, 1,000 teng shield spearmen, 400 spearmen, and 1,000 armed auxiliaries.

Under Lu Zhe's lack of troops, even the soldiers who were originally auxiliary soldiers were pulled out. They are the old and weak in the Qin army, the old ones have a lot of combat experience but lack physical strength, and the weak ones are those who are fifteen or sixteen years old or even younger.

The people of the Six Nations, who had a temporary territory of nearly 5,000, silently watched the troops start again, and their emotions were a little complicated.

This war was a battle for survival for the remnants of the Six Kingdoms in Yiling. They agreed with Lu Zhe's statement that if this war was lost, there was no need to wait for the Xianyang Center of the Qin State to determine whether they were guilty or not, and almost no one would be able to escape the slaughter of the Baiyue barbarians.

In the absence of food and grass, the non-combatants only have a bowl of porridge with almost no rice grains in sight every day, and they do not complain, but endure hunger and cooperate.

Maybe it's the first time in my life, right? For the first time, they hoped that the Qin army would win the war.

Three thousand against five thousand of Baiyue, Lu Zhe didn't think that this was a disparity number, he had already counted everything he could count, and he was very sure of the victory in this battle, but the difficulty was to control the rhythm and drive the enemy's defeated army into a rout.

Let's put it this way, in the history of warfare, there will always be a tactic of "waiting for work with leisure", Lu Zhe has already set up an ambush on the flank of the predetermined battlefield, and the 3,000 troops can encounter the enemy's advance for about three miles.

The distance of three miles is not far for the three thousand troops, and the five thousand forwards of the Baiyue people have walked at least fifteen miles from the march to the forest, plus the five thousand people of the Baiyue are used as the forwards, which means that they are marching in an accelerated state. If the two armies fought, Lu Zhe's department, which had passed a three-mile journey, had just finished warming up, and Baiyue's five thousand forwards had already exhausted their physical strength. This can be said to be a matter of leisure.

Lu Zhe, who was marching slowly, had been watching ahead, and because it was a plain terrain, he could already see the shadow of the enemy on the horizon.

Calculating the distance a little, Lu Zhe frequently looked at the right flank of the intended battlefield, that is, the other side of the river bank, where there was a very dense grass.

In the terrain of the plains, you can see the enemy. Then it means that the enemy also sees himself.

Nai Yudu, the leader of the Baiyue forwards who were marching quickly, was surprised when he saw the moving black shadow in front of him, and he subconsciously knew that the "black shadow" in front of the road must be the fleeing Qin army.

"Didn't you run away?" Naiyu was surprised and ordered: "Speed up the march!" The other party only has 3,000 people, and they have escaped once before, and they must not be allowed to escape this time! ”

It seems like a little lacking in IQ? In fact, it was not at all, it was after Lu Zhe led the army to retreat that increased Naiyudu's confidence in victory.

It is difficult to elaborate on the advantage of confidence, and the Baiyue people, who felt that their side would defeat the Qin army, cheered and quickened their pace.

Can it be said that they are stupid to ignore their own physical exertion? If you are not in it, you can't feel the thoughts of Baiyue people, who can say clearly.

Naiyudu's actions were not risky, and their large force was only about six miles away from this forward force, if the rear found that the battle ahead had begun. Even if his army of 5,000 men suffered heavy losses, the 25,000 troops that rushed up behind would tear to shreds the 3,000 enemy troops who had been tired from a battle.

"Arrogant and stupid Qin people!" Naiyudu's eyes were fierce: "You will definitely pay the price!" ”

Seeing that the enemy army was speeding up and moving in a position that was parallel to the ambush troops on the flank, Lü Zhe ordered the whole army to stop and begin to prepare for defense.

Where the eye can see does not mean that it is very close. Nai Yu could see that the enemy troops in front of him had stopped advancing and were arraying, and he shouted to his subordinates to hurry up. It is best to kill the Qin army before they have lined up their formation.

Three hundred heavy infantry were placed at the front by Lu Zhe, lined up in two rows of one hundred and fifty men each. They were followed by two same rows of spearmen of two hundred men each, behind the spearmen were five rows of spearmen of one thousand auxiliaries, one thousand teng shield spearmen were divided into five hundred men each, and one hundred and fifty archers were also divided into two parts to form the left and right wings.

The rather traditional defensive formation slowly advanced as the Baiyue approached a mile range, and the march of the three thousand men gradually formed a unified rhythm under the heavy footsteps of the heavy infantry.

At any given time. It was always so exciting to hear the pace of reunification, and Lu Zhe could clearly see that the tension on the faces of those immature teenagers was replaced by a proud expression.

"It's a pity......" Lu Zhe is not in pity for anything, he is sorry for the five thousand Qin troops that were destroyed in Jiangling, "If Ren Huan doesn't leave his troops and escape." How could the five thousand Qin army be wiped out so quickly? If only they could be under my command! ”

Naiyu led the army to speed up, and the 5,000 Yue people were inevitably stretched, and he found this phenomenon and decided to adjust the speed.

In this way, the 3,000 advancing Qin troops were still advancing, but the 5,000 Yue people stopped in place and waited for the people behind to follow.

Lu Zhe, who was in the center of the military formation, ordered Wei Han to blow the horn.

"Woo-woo-"

The archers on the left and right flanks of the Qin army's main formation increased their speed at the sound of horns, and they trotted out of formation, and then rushed towards the Baiyue people.

The officer in charge of commanding the archers was a middle-aged hundred general in his thirties named Bianliang, who was recommended by Mei Kai to Lu Zhe as a temporary commander, and I heard that he was quite steady.

Steadiness has always been another synonym for prudence, and Lu Zhe found that Bianliang didn't seem to be able to match stability, and at this time, under the leadership of Bianliang, the archers who moved forward had no formation at all, and they were simply messily staggered forward.

When Lu Zhe almost scolded his mother, the command of "rapid fire" came from the front, and under one pass, the archers who did not have any formation to speak of began to shoot with their bows and arrows.

"What's the use of such aimless archery?" This is probably what everyone but the archers think.

Nai Yu had already reacted when the archers of the Qin army approached, he felt that the Qin army was too arrogant, and even three hundred miscellaneous soldiers with bows dared to rush up, he swore that he must teach the arrogant Qin army commander a lesson, and then drove his subordinates who had just passed a breath of about 1,000 to press up.

Seeing that the enemy army launched a charge, he decisively gave the order to shoot arrows while running, and after three arrows in a row, he took the lead in running to the rear, and still shouted: "Withdraw, withdraw to the left and right flanks!" ”

The average of 300 archers was only 3 arrows to shoot 900 arrows, and because they stopped to release their arrows during the run, the accuracy of the arrows was not very good, and only a few dozen unlucky guys were shot to the ground by the 1,000 enemy troops who charged up.

Lu Zhe's face was almost dark, and he scolded in his heart: "What a thing! That's steady. You're fucking scared of death, right!? ”

Nai Yudu was also stunned at this time, the bow and arrow of the Qin army is very powerful is the consensus of Baiyue to the Qin army, every time Baiyue does not charge, he will be shot by arrows and cry his father and mother, and if he charges, he will also suffer heavy losses on the road.

And this time? The Baiyue people originally thought that at least two hundred people would fall, but they did not expect that they would successfully force the archers of the Qin army to retreat at the cost of only thirty-six people.

In an instant, not only the charging Baiyue shouted, but even the Baiyue people who slowly gathered together also shouted like victory.

More than 900 enemy troops approached 200 paces, and Su Lie frequently looked at the military flag at the position of the Chinese army, and the pennant was still standing upright without any instructions.

Lu Zhe glanced at Wei Liang, who had withdrawn from his own formation and was running back and forth to let the archers re-array, and then looked at the Baiyue people who were cheering and running wildly, and he touched his chin thoughtfully. For a while, the heavy infantry did not make an advance posture according to the plan.

Su Lie did not get the order so he had to stay where he was, until more than 900 enemy troops approached 150 paces, and the order from the Chinese army turned out to be a military order for the heavy infantry to retreat and the spearmen and spearmen to move forward.

This honest heavy infantry commander was a little confused, and he didn't understand why he was about to change formations in battle. However, he honestly ordered the heavy infantry to get out of the way and let the spearmen and auxiliaries move forward.

The spearmen had always been the main force of the Qin army, and they had held very important responsibilities since they were under the command of Lü Zhe. Fought down a few times. The losses of the spearmen were also the highest of any class.

It is a coincidence that Yu Du is the officer of the unit who was crushed by the heavy infantry like chopping melons and vegetables, and he was originally a little worried about the heavy infantry standing in front of the Qin army, and he was very afraid that the outrageous "sword" that more than 900 subordinates were "playing" in the heavy infantry would become broken corpses again. Unexpectedly, Qin Jun suddenly changed formation, and he was stunned at that time.

"Good chance!"

That's right, it's really a good opportunity for the more than 900 Baiyue people who have reached the critical point of speed. At present, the Qin army is in the stage of alternating between front and back. And they are only about a hundred steps away from the Qin army, and if they rush up harder, they will definitely take advantage of the Qin army's change of formation to completely interrupt their formation, as long as they tear apart the Qin army's military formation, there will be support from the rear. At that time, victory was in sight for the Baiyue people.

How long does it take to take 100 steps? It's probably only about fifteen seconds!

Lu Zhe knew very well that it would be difficult to adjust the formation in fifteen seconds, but he did not regret it when facing the enemy troops who were about to rush up, because he really heard the sound of bangs coming from both wings.

Defending Liang appeared calmer, he ordered the banging of the bang, and the sound of the bangzi was heard from both wings at the same time, and then the archers fired a wave of arrows in a neat row.

Before the sound of the bangzi was heard, all the blood on Nayudu's body was rushing to his head, and he was very sure that the charging subordinates would rush over before the enemy formation was completed, and in his excitement he thought that victory was in sight, and as every commander would choose, he roared and sent another two thousand men to charge.

Almost at the moment when the two thousand Yue people launched a charge, the left and right wings of the Qin army sounded the sound of bangzi, followed by arrows being shot into the sky on both sides.

The more than 900 people who rushed up in the early stage were staring at the Qin army in the changing formation with excited expressions and running, they didn't notice that the arrows on the two wings were shooting at all, until they kept screaming like waking up from a dream, but at this moment, they could no longer make effective evasions, and the nine hundred people were killed by the arrows that kept shooting at least two hundred people, and the momentum also dissipated because of the sudden loss.

There were less than 700 Baiyue people left, many of whom tripped over the corpses of their companions, and more who fell down without paying attention to their steps in fear.

Nai Yu was not stunned, he yelled at the subordinates in front of him to run faster, a little faster, they were only less than fifty steps away from rushing up, as long as they could rush up, no matter how big the loss was, it was worth it.

"Tougher, huh?" Lu Zhe muttered to himself.

If in the past, if they were blocked by the arrows, the Baiyue people would always stop in panic and turn around and run, but this time the Baiyue people lost nearly half of their companions and were still rushing.

Lu Zhe didn't count the self-confidence in the hearts of Baiyue people, he only encountered the elite of Baiyue people, and he was a little uncertain for a while whether he should let the wings press up.

By the time less than five hundred enemy troops approached thirty paces of the formation, the archers had stopped firing and retreated to the rear of the Teng Dun spearmen. Although they had rested for two days, the two ambushes that night before that were already overloaded, including pulling the bowstring back and forth to shoot arrows at least sixty or seventy times before and after this long battle, and pulling the ligaments any more.

Lu Zhe paid the price for his adventure!

Although the spearmen had reached the position of the first column and stood at the front of the entire formation, they had not had time to adjust their positions before they approached the enemy's shelter.

At this moment, the rich experience of the spearmen saved the battle situation, they tried their best to control the six-meter spear in their hands to stab out, relying on their intuitive stabbing to gain a lot, and the moment of collision finally stabilized the formation.

Lu Zhe was not annoyed, it was better to devote himself to paying attention to the development of the battle situation if he had time to be annoyed on the battlefield. What he saw was at least a hundred enemy troops being killed by the spearmen during the charge, and then the spearmen stabilized the queue and began to rotate and assassinate constantly.

With the cooperation of the experienced Qin soldiers, the remaining enemy force of less than three hundred collapsed, and they shouted and pulled up their feet and ran, turned and ran a short distance to meet the two thousand companions who were charging up in the second wave.

Lu Zhe's eyes became sharp, and he saw that the two thousand enemy troops in the charge were confused, and the remaining one thousand enemy troops in the rear were also slowly advancing forward.

This is the moment! Lu Zhe finally waited for this moment!

Lu Zhe clenched the reins: "Order the two wings to pounce on and pinch the enemy, the Chinese army - charge!" ”

Counter-charge, under the command of Lü Zhe, this Qin army launched a counter-charge for the first time in this war.

The moment the horn sounded, Su Lie was a little stunned, of course he knew that it was a horn for counter-charge, but how could they ask these heavy infantry to charge? Heavy infantry is only suitable for positional warfare, is it good!

The shield-wielding spearmen on both flanks received the order and issued a "Drink! They didn't have the neat formation of the Qin army, but they didn't need that, what they learned was a combat formation based on Wu and Shi.

Nai Yudu was shocked when he saw the Qin army launching a counter-charge, but he stabilized his mind when he saw the chaos on the two wings of the Qin army that pounced on him.

Of course, Lu Zhe stayed where he was and did not charge, his force was worth his own strength, and he was likely to kill a few enemy soldiers in person if he rushed forward, but he was not the kind of fierce general who could improve his morale by fighting, so he should honestly stay in the heavy infantry and be responsible for mobilizing the battlefield.

The first thing the Baiyue people collided with was not the shield-wielding spearmen from the two wings, but the four hundred spearmen with heavy steps and the Qin army, which had been transformed from auxiliaries to spearmen.

Under the mutual rush of the two sides, the Qin army, which was relatively thin in the queue, unexpectedly occupied most of the advantage, almost at the first moment of the face, the spearmen "cut" off a layer of "skin" of the enemy, and then the staggered Ge spearmen were a short board, and they were actually stuck with the enemy, but at this time, the shield-wielding short spearmen on both wings finally caught up in time, and went up from the two sides like pincers.

The enemy's forward troops had been suppressed, and Lu Zhe personally sounded the horn of the flank attack, and there was no suspense in this battlefield at this time...... (To be continued......)

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From last night's power outage to 8 p.m., there are only more than 5,000 words left today, I'm really sorry!