Chapter 382: Coalition Operations (Part II)
Standing on the chariot, the plateau commands the battle of the battlefield in an overall way, constantly passing the flags, horns, golden drums and other signals to the soldiers on the battlefield, directing the advance and retreat of the soldiers, attacking and defending.
After the initial excitement period, the momentum of the Chu army gradually receded, and after all, it was to fight more with less, so it gradually fell into a disadvantage, although Xiang Liang fought to the death, but his personal strength was limited after all, and he was forced to retreat again and again by the Qin army, and it seemed that he could not support it for long, so the plateau was also very decisive to go down to the present, so that the Wei army of a phalanx went to war to reinforce the Chu army.
The combat effectiveness of the Wei army is actually similar to that of the Chu army, but it is not as emotional as the Chu army, but because the fighting spirit of the Wei army was also stimulated before the war, and there was also the Chu army in front, so it also rushed up bravely and fought against the Qin army. Seeing that reinforcements were coming, the Chu army suddenly stabilized its position, and stimulated the fighting spirit, coupled with the help of the Wei army, it also had an advantage in numbers, so it pulled the battle into a draw, and gradually gained the upper hand again.
However, at this time, the strong organizational and disciplined side of the Qin army was also reflected, because seeing that the opponent's troops were more than their own, the Qin army immediately changed from offensive to defensive, but did not retreat, and still insisted on fighting fiercely with the Chu-Wei coalition army, and showed a very tenacious fighting spirit. And no matter how the Chu-Wei coalition army attacked, it could not break through the array of the Qin army, and the battle situation also formed a stalemate.
After a fierce battle between the two sides for more than an hour, the horn of the Qin army sounded, and the fighting Qin army immediately retreated like a tide, while the crossbowmen were lined up on both sides, covering the retreat of the Qin army with bows and arrows. The Wei-Chu coalition army wanted to pursue, but was knocked down by a rain of arrows from the Qin army, and the other soldiers also stopped moving suddenly, so the two sides opened up the distance and allowed the Qin army to retreat calmly.
At this time, another phalanx in the back of the Qin army also came out and joined the battlefield.
When Gao Yuan saw this, he immediately ordered the troops to be withdrawn and let the Chu army and Wei army of the other two phalanxes fight, so another fierce battle was launched on the battlefield.
Until the middle of the day, the battle was still raging, and at this time the battlefield was already covered with the corpses of soldiers on both sides, but the living soldiers were still fighting to the death.
At this time, the battle had been going on for more than two hours, and the soldiers on both sides were attacking or defending, advancing or retreating, and it should be said that both sides showed very high fighting spirit and the spirit of fearless fighting to the death, and launched wave after wave of continuous fierce attacks, from long-distance arrows to hand-to-hand combat, and even hand-to-hand combat, one after another, endlessly. The dust kicked up by the military boots covered the sky and the sun, and the two sides suffered casualties on each other, blood stained the earth, corpses were everywhere, and the battle was also very tragic.
The wounded soldiers were also carried to the back of the battle for emergency treatment, and the more than 100 Lang Zhong who were temporarily recruited were also very busy, constantly washing the wounds, applying medicine, bandaging and so on for the wounded soldiers. Medicine, white cloth, and water were also sent out of the city like flowing water, and the blood after cleaning the wounds was poured into the Fangcheng River, dyeing the moat a dark red.
Wang Jian stood on the high cart in the Qin army's formation, and saw the entire battlefield very clearly, in the past he fought with the Chu army and the Wei army on the battlefield, and the combat effectiveness of the two armies of Chu was very empty, and the Wei army was basically not a blow in the image of the Qin army, and although the Chu army fought more emotionally, the love was often extremely brave, but it lacked tenacity, as long as the Qin army withstood the first three axes of the Chu army, the Chu army would basically be defeated because of no stamina.
And the current battlefield, but greatly reversed the Qin army's impression of the Chu and Wei armies, although the Qin army has always been less enemies, but if it was in the past, the Chu and Wei armies would never have lasted for such a long time, and it should have been defeated a long time ago, and this time the Chu and Wei armies not only did not rout, but also were able to suppress the Qin army, forcing the Qin army to only respond on defense, which has never happened since Xinlingjun.
Although Wang Jian has never heard of the famous saying "a group of sheep led by a lion can defeat a group of lions led by a sheep", he is also very clear that the fundamental reason why the two armies of Chu and Wei can have such changes is that the main commander of the two armies of Chu and Wei is now Gao Yuan, and the army led by famous generals is of course different.
Now the Qin army has only dispatched two phalanxes, and the other party has dispatched four phalanxes, but the strongest army in the opponent's formation has not yet gone to war, obviously Gao Yuan wants to use the Chu and Wei armies to consume the Qin army first, and wait for the right time to put the representative army into battle, in order to win a blow and achieve victory.
Now there is a phalanx in the Dai army, judging from the form of the array, this is the army that Han Teng said can fight against the Nanyang army, Wang Jian also saw the combat effectiveness of this army in the battle of Jingcheng, and knew that the formation they used was called the Mandarin Duck Formation. In addition, there is a cavalry army on the left and right wings, and Wang Jian also does not dare to underestimate the combat effectiveness of the cavalry army, so it can also be concluded that the coalition army also retains most of its combat effectiveness, and the victory of the Qin army cannot be guaranteed only by the Nanyang army.
Originally, Wang Jian's plan was to use the Qin army of two to three phalanxes to drag down the strongest Dai army in the coalition army, and wait until most of the morale of the Dai army was exhausted, and then send the Nanyang army to make a sudden blow to disrupt the position of the coalition army and achieve a complete victory, while the two armies of Chu and Wei were basically not in Wang Jian's plan, and it was enough to use only one phalanx to deal with them. But Wang Jian didn't expect that the problem was precisely in the two armies of Chu and Wei, and they were actually dragged by the two phalanxes of the Qin army, and they were able to have a slight upper hand, and this accident also greatly disrupted Wang Jian's plan.
Of course, if the coalition army is such a force, Wang Jian still has the certainty of victory, because the Qin army still has 10,000 troops from the main phalanx, but now the strength of the coalition army will be the final strength of the coalition army? The coalition army is in a formation with its back to the city, not only does it not have to worry about its own flanks, but also can get support from the city at any time, not to mention that there is also an army stationed in the north and south of Daliang City, although now the spies of the Qin army have not found that these two armies have moved, but Wang Jian does not dare to be careless at all. The strength of the main phalanx had to be retained to deal with unexpected situations, so there were not many troops that the Qin army could put into the battlefield again. And in this way, the chances of the Qin army winning this battle are not great.
However, the purpose of the Qin army's battle is only to test the strength of the coalition army, and the other is to hit the morale of the coalition army, but it is not to completely defeat the coalition army and capture Daliang, because even if the coalition army is defeated, it can still retreat to the city, and the Qin army has no way to attack Daliang City now. Now the first goal has basically been achieved, although the second goal cannot be reached, but at present, on the battlefield, the Qin army can still remain undefeated with fewer enemies, and the scene is passable.
Wang Jian has always been cautious in his use of soldiers, and he will never know that there is no chance of victory, and he will force himself to hold on. Therefore, Wang Jian also immediately ordered to withdraw his troops.
Although the Qin army retreated, it was retreating in an orderly manner, and the Qin army still retained a large number of troops in the array, which basically did not give the coalition forces a chance to pursue, so the plateau did not order a pursuit. After the Qin army retreated slightly, both sides sent people to the battlefield to collect the corpses of their soldiers, and then the Qin army retreated to Zhongmu, and the plateau also collected troops and returned to Daliang City. However, when entering the city, Gao Yuan declared to the soldiers that the battle had repelled the Qin army and won the victory. Therefore, the coalition forces are cheering into the city of Daliang.
Although the purpose of Gao Yuan was to boost the morale of the Chu and Wei armies, from the scene point of view, the coalition forces did have the upper hand, and the Qin army retreated on its own initiative, so it is not wrong to say that the coalition forces won. In addition, this time there was no substitute army, all of them were the Chu army and the Wei army, these two armies have always been defeated by the Qin army, and it is indeed very good to be able to fight with such a result. It was of great help to the self-confidence of the Chu army and the Wei army. At least after this battle, neither the Chu army nor the Wei army would be afraid of the Qin army, and at the same time, they were convinced of the plateau.
After statistics, the Chu and Wei armies killed more than 1,800 people and wounded more than 2,000 people in this battle, of which the Wei army accounted for sixty percent, although the casualties were not small, but they were still within the bearable range, although the casualties of the Qin army were not known, but from the scene, it would not be much less than the Chu and Wei armies.
As soon as Takahara announced his victory, he ordered to intensify the treatment of the wounded, reward the soldiers who went into battle, and give heavy mercy to the soldiers who died, and at the same time strictly ordered the city to be guarded without slackening, and then immediately summoned the generals to discuss.
After all the generals gathered, Gao Yuan said: "Everyone, in today's battle, your appearance is very good, and it also lets the Qin army know that our Chu and Wei coalition forces are powerful, as long as everyone unites, guards the beam, and protects the Wei State, it is completely possible." ”
Lu Renjie hurriedly said: "The fact that we were able to defeat the Qin army today is also thanks to Wu Anjun's command, and although the acting army did not fight, it was enough to scare the Qin army by sitting in the rear." ”
And when they heard this, they all burst out laughing.
But after laughing for a while, everyone found that only Gao Yuan's face was as usual, and there was no trace of a smile, so everyone couldn't help but stop laughing and looked at Gao Yuan.
After everyone's laughter stopped, Gao Yuan said: "Everyone, did we really win today's battle?" ”
Everyone looked at each other, and after a long while, Xiang Dong came out and said: "What Wu Anjun said is that in fact, today's battle can only be regarded as a draw at most, and the Qin army took the initiative to retreat, not defeated by us. Moreover, the Qin army has fewer troops than us, and if the Qin army sends the same number of troops as us, I am afraid it may not end in a draw. ”
Xiang Liang also came out and said: "Yes, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army is indeed very powerful, if it is really compared, our Chu army and the Wei army are really not the opponents of the Qin army, so General Lu said well just now, the Qin army will take the initiative to retreat in this battle, mainly because there is a representative army in the back." ”