Chapter 366: The Battle of Xingkou (1)
The soldiers on both sides were about 400 paces apart and lined up with each other.
Although there are still 200 chariots in the Fan Yong Army and Beiwei Army brought by the plateau this time, in the Dai Army, the chariots are auxiliary forces, and they are not counted as battle sequences. Therefore, the array of the representative army is mainly based on the back army, lined up into a queue of five rows of mandarin duck arrays, each row has sixty mandarin duck array squads, horizontally spread out up to more than 150 steps, wider than the city wall of Xingkou City, with 20 mandarin duck arrays as a group, leaving a road in the middle that can run two carriages in parallel, in fact, it is also divided into three large phalanxes, and the Fan Yong army is divided into two teams, left and right, which are arranged on both sides of the rear of the infantry array.
The plateau was in the middle of the rear of the array, and together with Zhao Jiang, the general of the Beiwei army, stood on a high cart, looking at the whole field, and directing the battle. Beside him is a drum and horn flagbearer, responsible for delivering information. Surrounded by the Thirty-Six Cavalry and the soldiers of the Scout Army.
Zhao Jiang is also Li Mu's old department, he used to serve as a commander in the Zhao army, and he has been in the army for nearly ten years, and he has also been in battle for a long time. After more than two years of training, he has been trained very skillfully in the formation of the Mandarin Duck Formation, and in the battle with the Yan State, the Beiwei Army tried its hand at fighting against the Yan Army with thousands of troops. However, Yan Guo has always been the weakest of the Seven Heroes, and there is nothing to be proud of in defeating the Yan Army. In the later battles against the Xiongnu, because it was mainly cavalry warfare, the Beiwei army did not have any appearance.
And this time is in the face of the Qin army, by which it is the face of the Nanyang army, when the battle of Jingcheng was born, the Nanyang army showed its might at the beginning of the battlefield, and the Zhao army fell into the water, although it was said that Li Mu was assassinated at that time, the Zhao army was in turmoil, but the strong combat effectiveness of the Nanyang army also left a very deep impression on the Zhao army, and now there are many soldiers in the Beiwei army who have participated in the battle of Jingcheng, so they have also saved up enough strength to fight with the Qin army, and let the Nanyang army know how powerful they are.
At this time, in Xingkou City, Lu Renjie, Su Hu, and Wei Zeng also took a team of soldiers to climb the city wall and watch the battle, and the two of them were very nervous, because under the city wall, the soldiers of the Wei army had already stood all over the streets, and as long as the war of the Dai army was unfavorable, they were ready to run immediately. Therefore, both of them hoped that the Dai army could win, but they were both lacking in confidence, and in the first battle of Xugao, the bravery of the Nanyang army made the two of them dare not believe that there is still an enemy in the world that can beat the army of the Nanyang army.
At this moment, only a burst of drums was heard from the Qin army's array, and the left one of the three phalanxes in the front line jumped out of the formation, and quickly unfolded, advancing towards the array of the Dai army, while the other phalanxes remained different, obviously this was just a tentative attack by the Qin army. And the horn of the Wu'an army also sounded in the array, and the phalanx of the Mandarin Duck Formation on the right also stepped forward and attacked the Qin army.
In the past, the Mandarin Duck Formation could only defend in place, and the fighter was advancing slowly and slowly, and it also needed the protection of other arms on both wings, and could not take the initiative to attack, because although the Mandarin Duck Formation was not big, it was a formation that needed to be very closely coordinated, so it was okay to stay still, but it was much more difficult to attack and advance forward, but after two years of training, the current Mandarin Duck Formation was already able to attack and defend, and even protect the flanks by itself.
The soldiers on both sides are constantly approaching, and at the same time, they also take advantage of this period of time to urgently adjust their arrays, the Qin army has transformed from a phalanx into a horizontal linear array, each column has 200 soldiers, a total of fifteen columns of depth, and the horizontal spread is also close to 300 meters, in the first three rows are sword and shield men and spear shield men, followed by three rows of archers, and the other nine columns of soldiers follow the archers, with a depth of about 40 meters.
The Dai army changed the depth of five columns to three columns, each column was thirty mandarin duck formation squads, arranged in a staggered manner, although the number was small, but the horizontal distance was also about 300 meters, and at the same time the protection was strengthened on both wings. In just two or three minutes, both armies adjusted their arrays, which also showed that these two armies were usually well-trained elite soldiers.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than sixty paces, and they had almost entered the range of bows and arrows, and the archers of the Qin army bent their bows and arrows one after another, shooting at the Dai army. However, because the archers of the Qin army were all in the back row, they were all projectiles.
However, there are four crossbowmen and two javelinmen in each Mandarin Duck Formation squad, and the five reserve soldiers in each Mandarin Duck Formation squad are also equipped with bows and arrows, and the advantage of the Mandarin Duck Formation is that the soldiers in front will not block the crossbowmen behind to shoot arrows, so some soldiers shoot directly, and some soldiers use projectiles to return fire at the Qin army.
For a while, the sound of breaking the sky was endless, and the arrows flew back and forth between the two sides, but in the front of each mandarin duck formation team, there were two square shield bearers, and many other soldiers also carried small circle shields, and the first three rows of the Qin army also carried shields, so although it seemed that the arrows were flying, the actual lethality was not great, and dozens of soldiers on both sides were injured or killed by arrows.
Soon the distance between the two sides was shortened to less than twenty paces, and they entered the distance of the hand-to-hand combat, so the archers of the Qin army put away their bows and arrows one after another, retreated to the back row, and let the other soldiers in front, and the soldiers in the first three rows began to trot forward, and the spears of the spear and shield men also pointed flat forward, and launched a charge towards the array of the Dai army.
Although the soldiers of the Qin army have shields, they are all small round shields, and the distance between the two sides has been narrowed to only a dozen steps, so the hit rate has also been greatly improved, so in the array of the Qin army, there are constantly soldiers who are shot by arrows and throwing guns and fall to the ground, which is the distance of more than ten steps, and the soldiers in the Qin army are more than just now.
At this time, the Qin army could not retreat, so it could only throw guns at the arrows of the Dai army, and rushed towards the array of the Dai army in front of them, and many people still thought in their hearts that as long as the two sides launched a short battle, then the Dai army could no longer use bows and arrows.
The distance of more than a dozen steps is basically a few steps, and many Qin soldiers raised their spears in their hands and stabbed fiercely at the big shields in the front row of the opponent, and some broke through from the sides of the two shields.
But after the guns and shields hit each other, the barrel of the gun broke, the head of the gun broke, and the shield and shield collided with each other, making a dull sound, but of course the spears of the Qin army were broken, and after the two sides collided, almost all the soldiers of the Qin army were knocked away. The reason is very simple, the shield hand in front of each Mandarin Duck Array team is only holding a generous shield, and there is no other weapon, which can be used to go all, and the bottom of the shield is also equipped with a spike, and a sharp blade is also installed on the shield, so that when the two sides collide, Qin Bing will naturally suffer a big loss.
And the Qin soldiers who wanted to attack from the side of the shield also failed, because on both sides of the shield, each stretched out a strange-shaped weapon, the length of which was similar to that of a spear and a halberd, and the Yaya fork was like a big tree branch, but it just blocked the assault of the Qin army, so that the Qin soldiers could not advance, and there were two spears stabbed out from behind, as well as various arrows and throwing guns, almost all shot together, and attacked the Qin soldiers one after another, and the Qin soldiers were suddenly forced to be at a loss, unable to prevent it, and immediately killed one side.
At this time, the Qin army in the back row had also arrived, and quickly joined the battlefield, but the result did not change much, the Qin soldiers still could not break through the formation of the generation army, and kept falling, although some Qin soldiers fought to the death, and also knocked down some soldiers of the generation army, but the reserve soldiers of each Mandarin Duck Formation team will immediately fill up, still maintain the complete battle of the Mandarin Duck Formation, so that the Qin soldiers still cannot disrupt the formation of the representative army.
Although the strict military discipline that has been cultivated over the years has made the Qin soldiers very brave, no matter how many casualties there are among the companions in front, they all attack forward one after another, fighting, whether it is fighting spirit or bravery, they are not inferior to the Dai army, but under the strict array of the Dai army, the Qin soldiers' attacks were still blocked by the Dai army again and again, and fell in front of the Dai army one after another. And the military discipline and hard work of the Qin army have become the urging of the Qin army.
Although the current battle is in a state of stalemate, Han Teng and others have already seen that the defeat of the Qin army is already an irreversible result, because the Qin army cannot break through the array of the Dai army at all, but the military discipline of the Qin army is strict, so that the soldiers of the Qin army do not dare to retreat lightly, so they fight hard, but no matter how strict the military discipline is, it cannot guarantee that the Qin army can hold on, after all, the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and now the Qin army is only one critical point, and when this critical point arrives, it will inevitably be defeated.
This is the first time that Han Teng and others have fought with the Dai Army, although it is not the Nanyang Army that has fought, but the combat effectiveness of the Dai Army still shocks Han Teng and the others, Cao Wuxian said: "It's so powerful, it seems that the battle of the Dai Army is stronger than the previous Zhao Army, and this time the Qin Army will definitely be defeated." ”
Huo Lieyang also said: "Actually, in terms of personal suzhì, the Qin soldiers are almost the same as the substitute soldiers, but the substitute soldiers have obviously undergone special training and formed a certain formation to fight, although the number of people in this formation is not large, but it is very subtle, and it can be used to have fewer enemies and more enemies, which is very powerful." If this formation is made by Gao Yuan, then his ability to use troops may be stronger than Li Mu, so we have to re-evaluate his ability. ”
Han Teng said: "What should we do now?" The Qin army is obviously unable to resist the battle, so if our Nanyang army goes to war, can we defeat the Dai army. ”
Cao Wuxian said: "Lord, let me lead the Nanyang Army to battle, I believe that the Nanyang Army will definitely be able to defeat the Dai Army." ”
Han Teng nodded and said, "Okay, it's up to you to lead the army to fight, Shi Wuwei and Yang Wuxing, the two of you will go out with Cao Wuxian to fight, and see if our Nanyang army is powerful, or the generation army is powerful." ”
The three of them immediately promised to lead the troops to attack.
At this moment, the situation on the battlefield had changed, and the resistance of the Qin army finally reached a critical point and was defeated.