Chapter 381: Coalition Operations (I)
Early the next morning, Wang Jian led 30,000 Qin troops to leave Zhongmu's camp and advance in the direction of Daliang City.
The distance of twenty miles was not far, and the Qin army did not bring a marching baggage, so it took less than half an hour for the Qin army's army to come to the front of the Daliang city wall.
At this time, Wang Jian was quite surprised to find that the alliance army of the three kingdoms of Chu and Wei had formed a formation in front of Daliang City, obviously preparing to fight a field battle outside the city with the Qin army. However, the coalition army went out of the city to line up, which was good news for the Qin army, so Wang Jian immediately ordered the Qin army to line up and prepare for battle.
It turned out that the scouts of the Dai army did not relax their surveillance of the Qin army for a moment, so when the Qin army set off from the camp, the plateau got the news.
If it was in the plateau when he first arrived in Daliang, of course, he did not dare to go out of the city to fight, and now although only six or seven days have passed, the situation in Daliang City has changed greatly, first of all, the Fan Yong army continued to attack the Qin army outside the city, and the news of victory also continued to enter Daliang City, which not only boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city, but also made the status of the plateau as stable as Mount Tai, and the stubborn ministers of Wei saw that the general trend had gone, and finally came down honestly, and did not jump out to make trouble for the plateau.
After the status of the plateau was stabilized, he ordered people to increase propaganda in Daliang City, and used Han Teng's massacre of the city to publicize the brutality of the Qin army and create a terrifying atmosphere.
According to the research of later generations of scholars, if you want to unite people's hearts, there are generally three levels, the first level is interests, for the same interests, of course, everyone will automatically unite, but this unity is also the most fragile, because interests are unstable; The second layer is fear, because of fear, people can only unite and face danger together, because the combination of interests is much stronger; And the third, and highest, level is faith.
Gao Yuan definitely can't have the same faith, and although he and Wei have common interests, they also have a lot of contradictions because of Li Shou, so they can't rely on interests alone to unite Wei, and Han Teng's massacre of the city just gave Gao Yuan an opportunity to take advantage of the fear of the residents of Daliang City, and at the same time, it also caused the residents of the whole city to have the same hatred and hatred, and swore to resist the mourning of the Qin army. In addition, after Gao Yuan became the prime minister, he immediately made up for the soldiers' salaries, so now the morale of the people in Daliang City has risen unprecedentedly, and they are basically equipped with the strength to fight with the Qin army.
However, the Guan Jian factor that made Gao Yuan make up his mind to fight with the Qin army was that yesterday 2,000 soldiers from the Wei army rushed to Daliang from Xingkou, and with these 2,000 troops, Gao Yuan also had enough confidence to fight a hard battle with the Qin army head-on.
Therefore, after learning that the Qin army sent troops to challenge him, Gao Yuan immediately ordered the combined forces of Dai, Chu, and Wei to attack to meet the Qin army.
In this battle, a total of 20,000 troops were dispatched on the plateau, and the Chinese army was divided into five phalanxes, arranged in the first two and three in the back, and each phalanx had 3,000 soldiers. The two phalanxes in the front row are composed of the Chu army, the phalanx in the middle of the back row is the Dai army, which is composed of 2,000 Beiwei troops and 1,000 Shengjie troops, the left and right phalanxes are the Wei army, and on the left and right flanks of the five phalanxes, respectively, are the cavalry of 2,500 Fan Yong's army.
The Qin army discharged a five-party large array, the front and rear two large arrays each had 5,000 people, the two phalanxes in the front row were composed of 4,000 infantry troops and 1,000 crossbowmen, and the two squares in the back row were composed of 3,000 infantry troops, 1,500 cavalry troops, and 500 crossbowmen.
The large phalanx in the middle has 10,000 Qin troops, divided into three rows of horizontal columns, the front row is 300 chariots, divided into five rows of horizontal columns, the back row is 2,000 cavalry, and the left and right sides of the middle row are a small phalanx of 3,000 people, composed of 2,000 infantry troops and 1,000 crossbowmen, and the middle is the command phalanx of Wang Scissors, composed of 1,000 Wang Scissors' personal guards, responsible for protecting Wang Scissors.
Although the strength of the Qin army was much larger than that of the Dai Chu and Wei coalition forces, the coalition army was in a formation behind the city, and was not afraid that the Qin army would outflank its flank and rear, and there were basically no crossbowmen in the array, because on the city wall behind them, one hundred and fifty bed crossbows and one hundred trebuchets had been arranged, which was enough to provide long-range strikes for the coalition forces. Therefore, although the number of Qin troops is large, the actual number of troops that can be put into battle is not more than that of the coalition army.
Both sides quickly set up their formations, and the two armies were about four hundred paces apart, at a distance from which neither the bed crossbow nor the trebuchet could reach the range.
Wang Jian stood on the high cart in the middle of the formation, looked at the other party's array, and nodded slightly, because he could feel that although the army on the opposite side was composed of coalition forces, the military spirit was not below the Qin army. Wang Jian has been in the army for a long time, almost 40 years, has seen a lot of big battles, and has a very keen sense of the enemy's military spirit.
However, Wang Jian still has full confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Qin army, and in this Qin army, there are still 2,500 Nanyang troops, Wang Jian has seen the combat effectiveness of the Nanyang army with his own eyes, although in the battle of Xingkou, the Dai army can rely on the formation to confront the Nanyang army, but on the whole, it is still slightly inferior to the Nanyang army, and the Nanyang army relies on individual battles, and the Dai army relies on the overall formation, and the application is also flexible for the Qin army. As long as it is used properly, it is completely possible to use the Nanyang Army to break the deadlock in the local battlefield.
Therefore, Wang Jian ordered to first order the phalanx on the left side of the front row to attack and attack the coalition formation.
The main commander of this phalanx was Qiang, and after receiving the order, he immediately led his army out of the ranks and forced the coalition forces to advance.
When Gao Yuan saw this, he immediately ordered, and a phalanx on the right side of the two phalanxes in the front row also came out of the crowd and went up to meet him.
This phalanx is composed of the Chu army, the main general is Xiang Liang, after a few days of recuperation, his stick wound has also been healed, so he also rushed to Daliang with the Beiwei army, after a few days of experience, Xiang Liang was touched quite a lot, after all, after entering the Wei Dynasty, it has always been the army on behalf of the Qin army to do the war, and has achieved several victories in a row, whether it is a big victory or a small victory, but it is a victory. And the Chu army not only did nothing, but when fighting for Xingkou, the Chu army also lost a small number of people, so Xiang Liang also held his breath.
After coming to Daliang, Xiang Liang also actively asked the plateau to fight, hoping to have a chance to fight with the Qin army, and also to show the strength of the Chu army and himself. So this time, Gao Yuan also appointed Xiang Liang as the chief general of a phalanx, and ordered Xiang Liang's phalanx to play in the first battle.
After receiving the order, Xiang Liang was also very excited, and immediately ordered the Chu army to attack and meet the Qin army.
The distance of more than 400 steps, almost nearly 600 meters, so it will take a certain amount of time for the two sides to fight, but the bed crossbow and the trebuchet on the head of the city of Daliang first entered the distance of the strike, so they also started one after another, and the arm-thick crossbow gun brought out a terrible roar, and the trebuchet threw dozens of pounds of boulders, falling from the air and hitting the Qin army.
The strength of the ballista is quite strong, a ballista can often penetrate the body of two or three soldiers, even the shield can't stop it, and a large stone falling from the air can smash the soldier to pieces, and the flesh and blood are blurred.
However, in the face of the blows of bed crossbows and trebuchets, the Qin army was not afraid at all, and still firmly advanced towards the enemy. Only the bodies of their dead companions were left lying on the ground. But the Qin army is not blindly passively beaten, as the distance between the two sides approaches, into the range of the bow and crossbow, the Qin army in the middle of a thousand crossbowmen have opened their bows and arrows, shooting at the Chu army, although the power of the blow is not as good as the bed crossbow, trebuchet, but the density is much stronger, although the Chu army has raised their shields to block, but there are still many bows and arrows falling from the gap between the shields, shooting the soldiers of the Chu army.
The number of dead on both sides was rising rapidly, but the distance between the two armies was also very close, and the soldiers in the front row threw away their shields, clasped their hands, and trotted forward, and ran faster and faster. It's like two huge seas, in the process of approaching, they continue to accumulate momentum, and finally collide together.
Suddenly, the guns, short swords, and shields collided with each other, the soldiers roared, the tip of the spear pierced into the body, the short sword smashed through the armor, the shields collided violently, some soldiers fell, and some soldiers were still fighting to the death, and the atmosphere of the battlefield suddenly pushed to the most intense Cheng Dรน.
Xiang Liang was still fighting with the Qin army for the first time, he had only fought in the Chu State and other vassal small countries before, and had always competed with the Qin army, so he was also very excited at this time, and he used a halberd in his hand, leading the Chu army around him to attack the Qin army, and the halberd was swung out again and again, and each blow brought out a violent roar, and several soldiers of the Qin army were stabbed to death in a row. And the dozens of guards around him were also warriors in the Xiang clan, all of them were brave, and at this time, everyone was brave, only to kill the Qin army and die one after another.
If they were fighting against the small vassal states of Chu, just their rush would be enough to scatter the enemy army. But the tenacity of the Qin army far exceeded Xiang Liang's expectations, one after another, fighting to the death without retreating, and the other Chu troops were also killed by the Qin army without the support of a few strong hands like them.
But now the soldiers of the Chu army are indeed holding their breath, after all, everyone came to the Wei State together, but the Dai army has been out of the limelight, the Chu army is also dignified after all, of course, I also want to show it well on the battlefield. Therefore, although the Qin army was tenacious, the Chu army was not weak, and the two sides were evenly matched for a while, and it was difficult to distinguish between the upper and the lower.
Gao Yuan watched from behind the battle, and had to admit that the combat effectiveness of the Chu army was indeed very strong, and if it really came up, it would never be under the Qin army, and even had a dozen with the Nanyang army. However, the plateau can also see that the Chu army is supported by a momentum, and compared with the Qin army, it lacks strict organization and strict military discipline, but organization and military discipline are the foundation of any strong army, it is simple to say, but it is not easy to really do a good job. This is because fighting a war cannot only rely on emotion, but also on the organization and discipline of the whole army. Therefore, as soon as this momentum is discharged, the Chu army is not far from defeat. However, while the momentum of the Chu army is now strong, let's consume the Qin army's sharpness first.