Chapter 294: Urging the front to break the formation
With the rapid advance of the Chinese army, the initial wild goose formation reversed and became a classic offensive formation, a huge arrow.
The reaction of the Youzhou army also verified his initial judgment that the Youzhou army did not mean to engage in close combat. In the face of the counterattack of the Jizhou army, thousands of light cavalry fought and retreated, like the sea at low tide, retreating to both sides in pieces, giving way to the central area of the battlefield.
It seemed that the counterattack was going well, but Koji did not feel happy at all, on the contrary, he felt a strong uneasiness.
The Youzhou light cavalry was not forced to retreat, but changed the tactics according to a predetermined plan. On the opposite side of the space vacated by the light horse, a high-spirited elite is attacking with a furious momentum!
Obviously, this is Wang Yu's real killer feature.
If someone can look down from a high altitude, they will be surprised to find that if you put aside the Youzhou light cavalry, the formation of the two armies at this moment is exactly the same.
There is a sharp arrow in front, and the back is separated from the striker by some distance, and when the striker makes contact, a huge hourglass is built.
Although Lu Yi couldn't fly to the sky to watch the battle, his years of experience in the battle were not in vain, and he quickly simulated the situation of the battlefield in his mind, deduced it, and quickly came to a conclusion.
The key point now is the situation after the striker takes over.
For the Qingzhou side, as long as it can withstand the offensive of the Jizhou army, the cavalry on both wings can continue to play a role and still firmly grasp the initiative in the battle.
If you can go further, defeat the advance of the Jizhou army, and directly roll back, you can cooperate with the Youzhou light cavalry and comprehensively defeat the Jizhou army. If the situation really evolves then. Not to mention Lu Yi, even if Sun Wu is reincarnated, it is impossible to save the fate of Jizhou's fiasco.
But will you let the enemy get what you want? A cold light flashed in Lu Yi's eyes, revealing a sneer.
The vanguard of the Qingzhou army was Xu Huang and his personal guards, and this unit had established a great reputation in the Battle of the Yangren. But Lu Yi's side is not weak, and his personal guard also has more than 200 people in the forward position, in addition. The soldiers in the strikers are also veterans, and after more than a month of training, their combat effectiveness is not bad.
The strength or weakness has not yet been decided!
"I think we'll win, right?" Chun Yuqiong, who was watching from the back, was more optimistic than Lu Yi. In addition to subjective expectations, the military appearance shown to both sides. He also saw the superiority.
The forward of the Jizhou army advanced in the rain of arrows, but still maintained the strict order of the queue; Although Qingzhou's foot soldiers had high fighting spirit and were not disturbed, there were many defects in the queue, like a wooden board that had been smashed by someone, and there were many potholes and bumps on the straight surface.
"I shouldn't lose." Seeing that the Youzhou light cavalry did not rush into battle. Instead, he avoided it, and Feng Ji breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.
The distance of the battlefield has been compressed to such a point that there is not enough distance left for the light cavalry to accelerate and then charge into battle. If it's just riding and shooting. It should not be possible to defeat the front army in a short time, and the victory or defeat depends on the duel between the infantry of the two armies.
If the foot battle is won, although it is still helpless against the opponent's cavalry. You can't win it all, but at least you win. You can go back and make a difference, and you don't have to worry about being chased by the enemy.
If you lose...... Feng Ji felt a chill in his heart, and the consequences made him dare not think about it.
Although Jizhou is strong and rich, the army cannot be conjured out of thin air after all. Although there are more soldiers and horses in Jizhou than before the Battle of Jieqiao, the proportion of veterans has dropped greatly, and if this battle is really defeated, it is a question of whether the remaining army in Jizhou is enough to protect itself.
Under the Youzhou light cavalry and cavalry tactics, the recruits who are forcibly recruited into the army are a dish, and no matter how many people there are, it is useless.
Therefore, Feng Ji really put aside all prejudices at this time, and sincerely hoped that even if Koji couldn't win, he wouldn't lose. After all, the number of troops on his side is more, the front army alone is more than 10,000 people, and the enemy on the opposite side is only 5,000.
Carrying the expectations of countless people, the two strong soldiers finally collided together.
In an instant, all the sounds on the battlefield seemed to be lost, the roar of the galloping horses, the roars of the soldiers on both sides, the neighing of long arrows, the fierce sound of war drums, and the desolate sound of bull horns...... All gone, a silence.
In the depths of everyone's consciousness, only the sound of the crash remained, and the earth-shattering waves crashed against the huge reef with a deafening loud sound.
"Boom!" The axe sword was swung into a huge arc, carrying the momentum of the rushing ferocity, and slammed into the shield on the opposite side.
As soon as they made contact, the Urging Battalion burst out with amazing combat effectiveness. With half of the number of people less than the other party, they actually rushed into the phalanx of the Jizhou army head-on. There were countless flaws in their ranks, but at this point, they were like jagged steel files.
As soon as it was filed, a thick layer was removed from the array of the Jizhou army.
The giant shield used in the army is quite strong, and the materials used are the strongest birch and other hardwoods, which are quite resistant to blows. However, no matter how strong it is, its ability to withstand is limited, and if the blows are too frequent and too violent, even if the shield itself can withstand it, the shield hand will not be unharmed.
With an obscure cracking sound, the wooden shield was smashed into a huge crack, and behind the crack was the terrified face of the shieldholder, bloodshot from his mouth and nose.
The wooden shield is intact, and the shield hand is not much stronger.
The wooden shield is intact, indicating that the wrestling carried out on the shield is not so strong, either the attacker's offensive is insufficient, or the shield hand cannot withstand the huge impact.
The former situation is rare, because the offensive of the Qingzhou infantry is very consistent, and the closer the soldiers in the front row, the shorter the length of the weapons in their hands. Therefore, after entering the combat distance, the weapons of several platoons of soldiers in the front army will fall on the same target at the same time.
The people who serve as the shield bearers are certainly strong people, but how can they be selected by Xu Huang as the striker? So it's no surprise that this momentum is devastating.
As soon as the gap in the shield array opened, the offensive of the Jizhou army came to an abrupt halt, and with the sound of a huge collision, the queues of both sides of the enemy and us instantly changed.
The Jizhou soldiers who rushed forward fell screaming, and saw in disbelief the enemy's swords and axes being drawn from their bodies. With a flash of blood, he slashed at his companions. Immediately afterward, he heard his companion's screams and saw his companion's body fall beside him.
At this time, the spearmen behind the shield finally reacted, and they raised their spears in their hands and stabbed them with great force, as if they were annoyed and angry.
Although they did not look down, they had the feeling that they were on their backs, the gaze of their fallen comrades. In the previous battle of arrows, the shield-bearer protected his comrades behind him; However, in this hedge, the spearmen were unable to reach out their spears in time to protect their comrades in front of them.
In fact. It's not that they weren't prepared, it's just that they didn't expect that the seemingly jagged formation on the opposite side would be so fast and fierce as soon as it started!
"Invincible!" The smooth attack of the forward encouraged the whole army, and the sky-high battle horn sounded again, urging the soldiers of the forward battalion to attack like a tide.
"Death doesn't spin!" The Jizhou Army was not to be outdone.
Go first. Originally, it meant to be a striker, as long as it could be in a certain big battle, as a first, and triumphant. It is already the supreme glory; The first camp under the tent of Lu Yi has the glory of being the first to be the first to fight, how can such a warrior retreat because of a strong enemy?
Fight. Got into the most intense ** at the beginning!
The soldiers squeezed their opponents with their shields face to face, slashing and stabbing each other with knives, axes, and spears between the shields and their arms. People kept screaming and falling. Neither side's arrays would take a step back. The living stepped on the corpses of their companions, staggering and waving their swords and spears, and the wounded cried out loudly, but prayed for no mercy.
The soldiers who rushed to the front row were quickly exhausted, but the soldiers in the back row rushed to the front. People are pushing and squeezing each other, and flesh is flying!
Because there is no drag from the queue, the momentum of the forward battalion is stronger. With this advantage, they squeezed forward with all their might, trying to beat back the momentum of the Jizhou army.
The Jizhou army relied on the advantage of numbers, and the elite troops continued to converge from the two flanks to the middle army, filling the meat grinding ground at the tip of the arrow. The time of stalemate was short and long, cruel and bloody, countless lives returned to the embrace of the earth at this moment, countless souls flew into the sky, looking down on their bodies in the wind, there was no hatred, only a deep nostalgia for the world.
The long wind was bleak, the water was swaying, and under the bright sun, blood was blooming, sprinkled all over the earth, and dyed the river red.
It's just a few breaths, and the casualties are multiplied, but this is just the beginning.
For the strong enemy in front of him, Lu Yi already had a high evaluation, but he didn't expect that he would still underestimate the enemy after all. The formation of the Forward Battalion is not designed to fight a protracted battle, their only goal is to fight
With the strongest force, tear a gap in the enemy's array.
From a certain point of view, the style of the Urging Battalion is indeed very similar to the first battalion. Because this army was set up purely for attack, when launching a fierce attack, the offensive was more fierce than the first camp.
Even if the spearmen responded in time, the shield array would not be able to withstand such a fierce attack, because the five hundred heavy armor led by Xu Huang was in the front row. The excellent iron armor tightly protects the vital points of the armor, and even if it is a spear, it is difficult to assassinate the enemy in one face. When the hoplites broke through the shield array and burst in, the spearmen were beyond the reach of the whip.
If this kind of swarming onslaught tactics is applied to the whole army, it should be said to be a failure. Under the strict command of Koji Yi, even if some fronts were opened, it would not affect the entire front for a while, and Koji Yi could calmly repair the formation. When the enemy's sharp energy is exhausted, it is time to gather and annihilate.
This is also why, during the Battle of the Yangren, Wang Yu kept Xu Huang's army until the last moment.
However, the current Longcuo battlefield is very suitable for Xu Huang's troops. Youzhou light cavalry blocked the two wings, and five hundred armor soldiers were enough to cover the front of the Chinese army's battle line, with five hundred heavy armor as the first edge, and the axe men behind could give full play to their powerful attack power.
So, after a seemingly long, but in fact short-lived stalemate, the Urging Battalion gained the upper hand.
"Straight into the long drive, invincible!" The soldiers of the Urging Battalion are like slender men on both sides of the riverbank, shouting a neat trumpet every time they take a step forward. And the battle horn is like a magic spell, just two sentences, but it makes countless people's eyes blood-red, and they forget to die.
The first camp also did this, and countless brothers shouted like this, destroying one strong enemy after another with a desperate battle.
But at this moment, similar opponents only made Koji shiver.
If possible. He wanted to go back in time to two months ago, when his first camp was still intact and his brothers were there. No matter how strong the enemy is, it is impossible to break the strong edge of the first dead.
But now, his first camp is incomplete, and it is a huge failure to disperse the old brothers into the army. Although the old brothers regard death as their home and have superb combat skills, the people around them may not be able to cooperate.
Koji Yi saw it. An old brother in the front row, chanting a battle horn that will not spin his heels, waving his knife and shouting, squeezed between several Qingzhou soldiers, and the axe that stabbed him quickly made him bleed. Before the blood was exhausted and his strength was exhausted, he made it impossible to pull out or withdraw at least five or more weapons.
"The battle must be the first!" A soldier who fell to the ground shouted hoarsely, rolled down the terrain, and hugged the calf of a Qingzhou soldier. The two rolled in pools of blood, fighting, knives. Knees, teeth, everything, until a few spears poking out from the back of the enemy line pierced his heart.
If they are fighting side by side with their former comrades. Surely someone will seize this opportunity, and with the blood of his comrades, kill the enemy whose weapons are locked, and kill the enemy who is disrupted by the wounded soldiers.
Even if you can't kill more enemies. At least one life for another, making the enemy pay the same price.
But. At the moment, they are all new faces who have been together for less than two months. The new comrades did not have enough tacit understanding to grasp the fighters created by the first dead soldiers with their lives, nor did they have enough courage to fight without discouragement after seeing the tragic situation of their comrades.
The blood was shed in vain.
Lu Yi saw that his eyes were split, but he was helpless, and his heart was like a drop of blood.
The arrogant army will be defeated!
This battle was fought too hastily, after the battle of the boundary bridge, the high-level leaders of Jizhou have been desperately advocating that they have won a big victory, and the strong public opinion system has caused a very strong effect, and even Yuan Shao himself has been deceived.
Others don't know, but Lu Yi remembers very clearly how embarrassed Yuan Shao's image was after he repelled Wang Yu's raid that day. Until he walked up to the other party and told him that he was safe, there was still no trace of blood on his well-maintained face, but his body was no longer trembling.
As a result, after being touted by the staff for a month, Yuan Shao was arrogant and triumphant again.
According to Koji's idea, the offensive on the plains could be postponed until winter. At that time, although Qingzhou's autumn grain has been put into storage, Jizhou's harvest will only be more, and more manpower can be mobilized to join the attack during the slack time. More importantly, with half a year of training, he can raise the combat effectiveness of the troops under his command to a considerable level.
It's a pity that Yuan Shao didn't mean to adopt Lu Yi's opinion at all, at that time, the world's number one official second generation was full of pride, and he only had the great idea of pacifying Qingzhou in his heart, and he couldn't listen to other opinions at all.
In fact, if Yuan Shao wasn't in a good mood, Lu Yi's advice alone, or obstruction, would be enough to erase his previous military exploits.
In the end, Lu Yi could only rush to attack with this army that was not sufficiently trained and had half of the recruits, and fell into such a dilemma as he was now, in a dilemma.
"Brothers, kill!" Xu Huang brandished a big axe and rushed to the front line.
Sweeping, smashing, and stabbing obliquely, like a mad tiger. The Jizhou army in front of him was invincible, and the military formation was quickly killed out of a gap, and countless Qingzhou troops squeezed in along the gap, expanding the flaws in the Jizhou army formation more and more.
His martial arts are too high, even if a few dead soldiers risk their lives to block it, it will not have much effect. Between the opening and closing of the big axe, when he waved his hands and feet, patches of blood light bloomed around him, and no one could get close to him at all.
Under Xu Huang's assault, the defense line of the Jizhou Army became more and more crumbling.
If you want to deal with such a fierce general, the best way is to besiege. But Xu Huang is not fighting alone, although the number of people in the Qifeng battalion is smaller than that of the Jizhou army, but in the local battlefield, the momentum is much stronger than that of the Jizhou army. Behind Xu Huang, countless Qingzhou soldiers were rushing up, where could the Jizhou army find an opportunity to besiege?
A sneak attack with a bow and crossbow is also a way, but Xu Huang's martial arts are a big problem, without a sharpshooter, it is difficult to get him secretly, and if you want to shoot, the crossbowmen of the brigade are still in the back.
The most direct way is to find a fierce general with the same high martial arts to go up and fight-for-tat, but although there are many fierce generals in Jizhou, there are not many who are willing to mix under Lu Yi, and they are not optimistic about Lu Yi's future, so they naturally refuse to bend over each other.
Of course, Koji can also go into battle on his own, but in that case, the guards around him will have to follow. Lu Yi himself is not afraid of death, but he can throw all his brothers into a desperate battle piecemeal, this kind of thing, he can't do it anyway.
I don't know how long it took for the "trumpet ......", in the anxious and worried eyes of the guards, Lu Yi came to his senses and gently spit out two words.
Looking at the determined gaze of their own general, the guards realized something, and they held their weapons tightly. Every battle must be the first, and Wang Peng is not the only one who takes the lead, but his own general is also such a brave general!
The next moment, however, they listened to commands that made them hardly believe their ears.
"Pass my general order, withdraw the troops!"
"General?" The guards' eyes widened in disbelief.
"Didn't you hear? No order yet! "Koji was furious.
"But......" The guards wanted to remind their generals how important this battle was! Moreover, with Youzhou light cavalry, the difference between taking the initiative to retreat and being defeated by the enemy will not be very big, and there is only one end for the whole army to be destroyed. And also......
There were so many reasons like that, too many, that they didn't have time to say it for a while, and they couldn't finish it, and finally they all melted into surprised eyes.
"The order to withdraw troops......" The corners of Lu Yi's mouth twitched, revealing a wry smile that was more ugly than crying: "It was conveyed to the rear army." ”
"......" The guards only felt a breath of air on their chests, and they couldn't say anything.
Whether it is a soldier or a general in the rear army, they are all a group of cowards who will only pull their hind legs.
If it weren't for those celebrities who said that the paper armor was worthless, everyone would not have even figured out the specific situation and went directly to the battlefield; When their own generals wanted to counterattack, these people were entangled, but they refused to agree, and they all seemed to forget who was so easy and comfortable to win the battle before the war.
The general launched a counterattack with less than half of his troops, but those men watched from behind with more troops, refusing to even approach and cover with bows and crossbows...... In the end, I even had to cut off my own people for them!
The son of a family, a celebrity, is life more expensive than others?
"Those bows and crossbows......" Lu Yi's voice looked extremely tired, but it seemed to have put down some burden, and it seemed a little relaxed: "If it is captured by the Qingzhou army, Jizhou will be finished, so don't delay any longer, blow the trumpet and give orders!" ”
The guards suddenly realized, and the grief and indignation in their hearts were even worse, but they no longer resisted the general order of the regent.
Everyone has already bet their lives on Yuan Shao, either to fight for wealth and wealth, or to die together without a place to be buried, there is no other way, so ......
"Woooooooooo......oo Whining! "The first battalion, which took death as the battle cry, sounded the order to retreat for the first time, and the trumpet contained endless indignation.