Chapter 213: The Yan Army was defeated
Gao Yuan thought that this victory ticket was in his hands, and the main generals of the Yan army, Da Sima Qijiao and Liaoyang Jun Gongzi Yuan, were also full of confidence. In fact, after Ju Wu led the defeated army to detour to Yishui and retreat to Jijing, Yan Guo had already begun to recruit the people in the Jijing area to join the army, and all men over the age of fifteen and under the age of fifty were all incorporated into the army, preparing to guard Jijing and fight a decisive battle with the Wu'an army.
Jijing is the largest city in Yan Kingdom, with a large population, so in just seven or eight days, 1780,000 troops were recruited, plus the original army in Jijing City, the total number of troops reached 2230,000.
However, Yan is not a country with a strong army, so the reserves of military supplies are not very rich, there are only four or five hundred chariots left, and there are only more than 5,000 war horses, and in order to provide the necessary assembly for the collected army, Yan Guo also emptied all the treasury mansions, and the old goods that have been backlogged for decades, such as rusty guns, moldy shields, broken armor, tattered flags, etc., have all been turned out. Finally, all the soldiers were equipped without force.
But at this time, Yan Guo had already inquired clearly, the Wu'an army only sent forty or fifty thousand troops to attack Jijing, and there were basically no chariots, and the big Sima cavalry robbery was also full of confidence, even if I can't beat you one-on-one, but four or five to beat you one, can't you still beat it? In the previous battle, the 200,000 army was defeated by the Wu'an army, and in the eyes of the cavalry, it was the prince Dan who was too incompetent.
So the cavalry robbery and Liaoyang Jun asked for an order like Yan Wangxi, asking to go out of the city to meet the Wu'an army. I hope to fight a beautiful victory on the battlefield in order to establish my authority in the Yan Dynasty.
Of course, in the eyes of Horse Robbery and Liaoyang Jun, fighting is actually a number game, if two people can win one person, then twenty people will definitely be able to win ten people, and two hundred people will definitely be able to win a hundred people, because the political system of Yan State is different from Zhao State, although Zhao State also looks at his background, he also attaches importance to personal ability, so a clan like Zhao Cong still has a certain ability. The Yan Kingdom is more traditional, pays attention to the order of the upper and lower levels, and also attaches more importance to the background, as long as it is a child of the family, it can be very easy to obtain high-ranking officials. Riding robbers and Liaoyang Jun are actually two gentlemen, the standard official X generation, who can occupy a high position, completely because of their family background.
And Yan Wangxi saw that the two of them were full of confidence and asked for battle, so they did not refuse, and in Yan Wangxi's opinion, there were 200,000 troops, and it should not be a big problem to defeat the Wu'an army. Although Tai Xiaodan was worried, there was nothing he could do.
Gao Yuan sent a challenge to Yan Jun, and the cavalry and Liaoyang Jun didn't even fight a stalk, so they agreed, and at the same time, the two of them were funny, there were more than 40,000 people, and they actually wanted to fight with themselves, isn't that looking for death?
Since both sides are willing to fight a regular battle, then the facts are easy to do. So on the very next day, both sides set out in formation, in the middle of the camp, about four hundred meters apart.
The soldiers of the Wu'an army were small in number and well-trained, so the formation was quickly arranged, consisting of 4,000 soldiers of the Beiwei army in three rows of mandarin duck formations in the center, spreading horizontally for a distance of nearly 500 meters, with the longbowmen in the rear, and the other soldiers on both sides to protect the flanks of the Beiwei army. The cavalry was lined up on the two wings, and although there were only more than 40,000 people, the distance they traveled was about the same as that of the Yan army.
However, after the Wu'an army lined up in formation, the Yan army on the opposite side was still in a mess, and there was no one like that. In fact, although Yan Jun's su zhì is not high, it is not even a good formation. But now although the Yan army has 200,000 people, most of them are just recruited people, and they don't have much experience in actual combat, and the cavalry and Liaoyang Jun really have no ability, and before the battle, they didn't organize the establishment of the army. As for what to do after pulling it out, how big the battle is, the two of them didn't think about it, it was just a flute brain. As a result, when they arrived on the battlefield, they found that there was a mess, although the two were busy sweating profusely, they did not put the team in order for a long time.
Gao Yuan and Sima Shang looked at the chaotic image of the Yan army in the formation, and they didn't feel funny, at this level, they actually dared to go to the battlefield. Gao Yuan said to Sima Shang: "General Sima, what should we do now, are we waiting for the Yan army to line up the formation?" ”
Sima Shang said with a smile: "Lord, seeing the appearance of the Yan army, just give them a day, I'm afraid they won't be in a good formation, I don't think we have to wait any longer, let's attack the Yan army immediately." ”
It turned out that the tactics discussed by the two of them last night were to first use the mandarin duck formation on the frontal battlefield to resist the attack of the Yan army, and then use the cavalry army to outflank the left and right flanks of the Yan army, detour back to the two ribs of the Yan army, and launch an attack behind the back, relying on the impact and speed of the cavalry to disrupt the array of the Yan army. But they didn't expect that the appearance of the Yan army was greatly beyond the expectations of the two, and it seemed that they would have to wait for the Yan army to take the initiative to attack the Wu'an army, and they didn't know how to wait until the year of the monkey, so Sima Shang built a battle plan on the plateau, changed the battle plan, and took the initiative to attack the Wu'an army while the Yan army was still not in a good formation.
Taking advantage of your illness and wanting your life, of course Gao Yuan knew it, in fact, he also planned this in his heart, since Sima Shang also proposed such a plan, Gao Yuan also nodded, jumped down from the red dragon, crossed the array, came to the front of the whole army, and asked for a spear from a soldier.
Gao Yuan took a few steps forward, turned back to the soldiers, and said, "Soldiers, look at my shot." As he spoke, he ran forward with the spear in his hand, and suddenly roared, and with one arm with force, his waist and abdomen swung accordingly, and he threw the spear.
Before the plateau threw the throwing guns, the soldiers of the Wu'an army were a little incredulous, because at this time, the arrays of the two sides were about three hundred paces apart, about four hundred meters, and in this era, only the strongest bed crossbow could shoot such a long distance. And it is impossible to throw a spear such a long distance by manpower. As a result, after throwing the spear on the plateau, the hearts of all the soldiers hung in the air.
Because Gao Yuan threw out all the big words before throwing the spear, but once this shot failed to throw into the enemy's array, of course, it was a loss of adults, and it would also have a certain impact on the morale of the army. Therefore, the eyes of all the soldiers followed the flight trajectory of the spear, watching the spear stretch out diagonally, until it flew to the apex, and then crossed an arc and fell in the direction of the Yan army's array. However, due to the angle, the soldiers of the Wu'an Army could not judge at this time whether the spear had flown there and could fall into the array of the Yan Army.
At this time, the main general of the Yan army was trying his best to rectify the array of the Yan army, although he was not proficient in military affairs, but he still understood this truth, the other party had already lined up the array, and he was still messy, everyone knew the advantages and disadvantages of victory and defeat.
But at this moment, I only heard a whistling in my ears, and in the afterglow, I seemed to see a black light, passing by my side, and the cavalry was also startled, but only heard the sound of "porphyry", a soldier had a long spear stuck obliquely in his chest, and the tip of the spear passed through his back, almost touching the ground. Around the soldier, the other soldiers, whose faces were pale, avoided left and right, emptying the soldier who had been shot by the spear. The soldier who had been shot staggered a few steps and fell to the ground on his back. But the other soldiers were frightened and retreated.
At this time, in the right Wu'an army array, there was a burst of cheers and cheers. Because the cavalry was facing away from the Wu'an army just now, I didn't see the spear flying from there. But many Yan soldiers could see it clearly, this spear was shot out of the Wu'an army's formation by a person.
A person can throw a spear at a distance of three hundred paces, even in the later generations, it is a terrifying thing, not to mention in this era, so the morale of the Wu'an army has greatly increased, and the Yan soldiers who saw the spear flying out were frightened.
After Gao Yuan threw his spear, he immediately pointed in the direction of the Yan army and shouted, "Attack." ”
Although Gao Yuan inherited Li Mu's title, in the minds of the soldiers, there is still a considerable gap with Li Mu, and this gap may not have much impact in ambush warfare and surprise warfare, but it is different in this kind of frontal combat that mainly relies on the courage of soldiers. If it was Li Mu, maybe he could boost the strength of the whole army with just a few words, but Gao Yuan could only boost the morale of the whole army by showing his bravery.
However, in ancient wars, the personal bravery of the main general often had a great influence on both the enemy and us, so seeing that Gao Yuan really threw his spear into the opponent's array, the soldiers of the Wu'an Army were all in high spirits, and after Gao Yuan gave the order, he immediately advanced towards the Yan army. Although the soldiers of the Wu'an Army are now enthusiastic, they are well-trained after all, although they are advancing towards the Yan Army, they still maintain a neat queue and a unified pace, and even the footsteps are uniform, although the number is small, but it is also extremely powerful.
Although the cavalry robbery was still a little suspicious that the plateau was so far away, throwing the spear into the array of the Yan army, but now that the Wu'an army had launched an attack on the Yan army, the cavalry robbery was also shocked, because now the Yan army had not even lined up the array, how could it fight with the Wu'an army?
At this time, Liaoyang Jun also came to the side of the cavalry robbery, and said: "Da Sima, the Wu'an army has attacked, what should we do?" ”
The rider glared at him, thinking to himself what you asked me to do, so who do I ask? But he also knew that after all, he was the great Sima of Yan Kingdom, and he couldn't say this, and now that everyone else was looking at the cavalry, he couldn't help but speak, so in a hurry, he said: "The Wu'an army is really too unruly, why don't we wait for us to line up the formation and start attacking, there are people who fight like this." ”
When the others heard this, they almost fainted, and they were not afraid of god-like opponents, but of pig-like companions, and what was more terrible than pig-like companions was that their master would be a pig at all.