Chapter 30: No Good Chance
(It's three more, ask for a red ticket)
Liu Tingzhou is right, when the army of Sun Zhuang's army on the west road is defeated, the cavalry will be sent out, and the rebels will be inserted diagonally from the west side to cover and kill the rebels, which can make the entire rebel army of Sun Zhuang's army blow up, and the rebels will attack Chen Hansan's troops who are standing still in the back, forcing Chen Hansan to retreat.
However, after the pursuing cavalry broke through Sun Zhuang's exiled army, how much strength did they have left to pursue and kill Chen Han's three divisions?
Since the infantry array is blocked by Sun Zhuang's chaotic troops, the penetration time will be longer, and the light armored cavalry that first penetrates through the formation will have more than 400 people in two sentry posts to pursue the rear road of Chen Han's third division, which may give Chen Han's cavalry a counterattack, so that the entire battle situation becomes chaotic and unpredictable.
Of course, in addition to the 6,000 soldiers and horses here, Chen Hansan also has nearly 10,000 capable soldiers south of Shuyang and north of the Huai River, and he can rush to the battlefield in half a day. After the north was blocked by the Wandering Army, the sentries and scouts could not infiltrate, and the scouts who had infiltrated before could not spread the news, and Lin Jian did not know whether Chen Hansan's soldiers and horses in the south of Muyang City had moved after dawn.
On the other hand, when the armor soldiers spread their legs to pursue, it was difficult to maintain a tight formation that could resist the onslaught of the cavalry, and the 2,000 cavalry brought by Chen Hansan was a strong force that had fought with him in the north and south for many years, and could not be underestimated.
Maybe letting go of Chen Han's three divisions and using cavalry to repeatedly trample on Sun Zhuang's chaotic army can get more battlefield merits, and the general commander will also make such a choice at this time, but Lin Jian doesn't feel that there is anything to be proud of in chasing down these rebel army with little resistance.
Lin Bin's decision was to make the left and right battalions in front of the village advance in an orderly manner, drive the Sun Zhuang army to the northwest, and let go of Sun Zhuang's army, but always keep the gap in the east, and Zhou Pu led the cavalry camp behind, so there was always a chance to attack Chen Han's three divisions.
Chen Han's three divisions were only two or three miles away from the battlefield, and Sun Zhuang's chaotic army spread their feet and fled north, and the distance of two or three miles did not take a cup of tea.
The infantry of Chen Han's three divisions retreated first, but to ensure that the array was not scattered, the speed would not be fast, and the speed would not be fast if the chaotic soldiers who spread their legs and ran over would impact them.
Chen Hansan was reluctant to leave his 4,000 foot soldiers here, so he personally led the 2,000 cavalry to Ladong first, peeking at the right flank of the Jiangdong Left Army's pursuit of the right battalion array, forcing this side to press down.
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At this time, the sun was only slanting into the sky, and it had not yet reached the middle of the corner.
Suddenly, a strong wind arose, and the dust and grass were broken, and the sun was white, and there were thin clouds covering the sky. The cavalry of Chen Han's three divisions also suddenly unfolded at this time, as if they were going to use the momentum of the demon wind to roll towards the front and right battalion of the Jiangdong Left Army.
At this time, Sun Zhuang's rebellious troops had retreated to the north, leaving a vast space for the cavalry to intersperse with roundabouts.
Different from the foot soldiers, cavalry combat pays attention to advancing and retreating and turning fast as the wind, and the enemy engagement is as fast as lightning, and the more open the space, the more conducive to cavalry combat, and it is best to be able to attack the infantry array from all directions and directions.
Usually the infantry array is stronger than the front, weaker than the flanks, and the tail end is even more porous. In an open area, it is necessary to defend against cavalry, and the infantry guards swing a tortoise shell-like circle to defend more effectively, but the action force is suddenly lost.
However, the infantry is relatively sufficient, so they can be divided into two or three small formations with each other's horns, covering each other's weaker flanks and tails, so that they can flexibly expand and retreat on the battlefield, and calmly respond to the roundabout attacks of the cavalry.
The Jiangning Left Army pursued side by side with the left and right battalions, followed by cavalry cover, and three or four thousand people formed a zigzag formation, but they were not afraid that Chen Hansan's cavalry would come from all directions.
Seeing the cavalry of Chen Han's three divisions moving, the left and right battalions of the Jiangdong Left Army paused in front of the front, and the two wings were retracted to the middle, making the array tighter. The orderly movement was something that Chen Hansan could not see from other officers and soldiers.
Chen Hansan's style of play is similar to Sun Zhuang's, but it is slightly different.
More than 2,000 horsemen marched out to the west, seemingly trying to force their way between Sun Zhuang's troops and the pursuing Jiangning Left Army, regardless of the arrows that were hastily scattered, as if they were about to scatter the pursuing array, several generals led a small number of elite cavalry to suddenly gallop from the team, and slammed into the right battalion array from three different angles on both flanks.
Previously, Sun Zhuang personally led the elite to attack one point, Chen Hansan had more horses and brave generals in his hands, and selected a small number of elite generals to attack from three points, while the main force of the cavalry slowed down and still kept a certain distance to contain it, and after the gap was opened, they would rush up again...... If this method of warfare is not effective in attacking, it is impossible to open a satisfactory gap, and it is easy for a small number of elites to withdraw, let alone worry that the main force of cavalry will be dragged into the melee.
Sun Zhuangchu wrapped up the rebellious army, and the Jiangdong Left Army did not send cavalry to chase and trample on the rebellious soldiers, but drove them behind with armor to give him a chance to breathe. Although he couldn't come to collect the rebels, he separated from the twenty or thirty cavalry cronies and rebels who were close to him and withdrew to the side.
Chen Hansan led the cavalry behind his palace to finally launch an offensive against the Jiangdong Left Army, and Sun Zhuang was finally able to stop his horse to deal with his injuries.
There are almost ten sharp clusters inserted into the body, and the shallow ones are pulled out directly, and those that are deep in the flesh are cut off for the time being, and then the arrow clusters are dug out after the battle. Standing on the field stalk, letting his subordinates help dispose of the wound, Sun Zhuang still stared intently at the ever-changing battlefield, as if the wound was growing on someone else's body. The battle robe he wore had already been stained red with blood, both his own and the Jiangdong Left Sergeant.
The elite cavalry of Sun Zhuang's headquarters gradually disengaged from the chaotic soldiers and came to converge, more than 600 cavalry, and less than half of them came to converge. Some of them were scattered, but they also lost about one hundred and forty or fifty brothers, and most of those who came to join us were wounded. These casualties were all the elite of the headquarters, and Sun Zhuang cried blood in his heart, which also made him deeply appreciate the elite and courage of the Jiangdong Left Army.
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Ning Zechen commanded the battle in the right battalion array, and when he saw that Chen Han had three small elites each leading a small number of elites to rush over to the formation, he was even more panicked, but ordered the right battalion to shrink in a traditional dense formation to guard against the impact of cavalry.
There were more than 100 cavalry attacking, Ning Zechen didn't have much interest, he wanted to attract more of Chen Hansan's precious cavalry, so that Chen Hansan could really taste how the Jiangdong Left Army fought with the cavalry in the open Pingchuan......
The traditional dense formation, with chariots and shields linked together, bows and crossbows form a covering dense rain of arrows, the right battalion has 1,200 armor soldiers, even if it is inconvenient to bring bed crossbows and other heavy weapons to pursue, there are 400 bows and crossbows.
The right battalion array pursued by the Jiangdong Left Army had twelve main and deputy sentinels, and it was organized in all directions to cover things like the rain of arrows, and there was no need for Ning Zechen to command it in the back at all.
It is no better than Sun Zhuang just now, who took more than 600 cavalry to suppress the left camp at once, so that the arrow rain was scattered. Chen Hansan only sent more than 100 cavalry to collide from three angles this time, so that the suppressive arrow rain suffered by each of these cavalrymen was much denser.
At such a short distance, only a wave of suppressive salvo could be organized, but it was enough, more than 100 horsemen and horses rushed to the ground in three ways, and less than 70 people were in front of the battle formation, and there were not a few people who were wounded with arrows in their bodies.
The war horse and the people even weigh seven or eight hundred pounds, and when they collide at high speed, no matter how strong the shield car is, they can overturn it. Chen Hansan's faction was also a fierce pawn, and when the battle was engaged, there were several horsemen on the front flanks who jumped high, pressed the shield car with the belly of the horse, and immediately overturned the current shield car.
The shield cart has a flying spear to pick out and stab the horse's belly, and the horse rarely has an immortal, and the cavalry on horseback rarely does not fall to the besieger. Even if the shield car in front of the gap is opened, and there are shield soldiers to fill it later, but the enemy's cavalry momentum is weak, and the shield array can not be broken by the momentum, and can only be picked with spears and horses, and the Jiangdong Left Army The armor also reacted quickly, relying on the large number of people, and suddenly attacked, if it could not fall into a hopeless stagnation, it could only be quickly recovered.
The first temptation, but overturned four or five chariots of the Jiangdong Left Army and trampled on five or six people, but he lost thirty or forty strong soldiers here, and Chen Hansan did not dare to test it easily.
Only when the Jiangdong Left Army wanted to pursue, Chen Hansan sent a small number of cavalry to harass and contain it, and the main cavalry force always maintained a safe enough distance, and he always guarded against the cavalry array behind the two armor formations of the Jiangdong Left Army.
Chen Han Sanhu was suspicious of slipping, and easily did not press the main force of the cavalry, and Sun Zhuang, who had regrouped the cavalry, also continued to harass this side from the west, and Ning Zechen had no choice, so he could not create an opportunity for Zhou Pu to take advantage of the chaos to kill after the formation.
On the north bank of the Huai River and on the west bank of the Shuyang River, there is no obstacle terrain within a radius of tens of miles, and only the 400 light armored cavalry in the hands of Zhou Pu cannot delay the 2,000 light cavalry of Chen Hansan's department to encircle and kill.
The mobility of the armor array was an insurmountable defect, and Chongzhou did not have the conditions to form a large-scale cavalry battalion.
Repeatedly entangled until the middle of the day, the scouts on the left bank reconnoitred that a large number of foot soldiers were pressing in the direction of Shuyang, and formed a formation on the narrow bridge more than ten miles away, while Chen Hansan and Sun Zhuang's infantry soldiers also retreated there, and Ning Zechen and Zhou Pu had no choice but to give up entanglement with Chen Hansan and retreat south.
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Liu Tingzhou had seen the tactics of the Jiangdong Left Army, and put down a hanging stone in his heart.
Liu Tingzhou knew that Lin Jian was camped on the north bank, and it would be difficult to threaten him unless the exile army gathered more troops. I thought that under Lin Lian's fame, it was really true, and there were not many soldiers in the DPRK who could compare with him.
However, he saw that Lin Jian obviously missed the opportunity to kill a large number of the troops of the bandit pioneer Qu Shuai Sun Zhuzi, and it was even possible to directly kill Sun Zhuan and his people, and in the end, only two or three hundred people were killed, and he also felt that there was really no need to think highly of Lin Jiaozi.
Ning Zechen and Zhou Pu led their troops back, the soldiers and cavalry formed a formation in front of the village, and more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers of the Gongjia battalion continued to build the fence camp in an orderly manner.
Zhou Pu didn't get the opportunity to rush to kill, he was sullen in his heart, he carefully looked at the war horse Wuxian, handed it over to Sui Hu to take care of, and returned to the newly built gate camp with Ning Zechen to return to Lin Tie.
Lin Lian was discussing with Qin Chengzu, Liu Tingzhou, Zhang Yubo and others about the construction of the fortress.
Lin Jian brought supplies with the ship, and he could only set up a simple amphibious fence camp on the north bank, and if he wanted to hold on for a long time, he had to raise a large amount of materials from Huai'an City on the south bank.
Lin Tie set up camp on the north bank, and Liu Tingzhou was happy to see it.
Lin Tie was directly tied to the waist of the Wandering Army on the north bank of the Huai River, and Huai'an City almost did not have to directly face the Wandering Army, and even from the south bank of the Huai River west of Hongzepu, there was no need to worry about the Wandering Army having the ability to cross the Huai River.
The materials and supplies needed by Lin Bin, Liu Tingzhou saw that there was nothing excessive, so he did his best to accept the next without pushing.