37, Chen Cang War 2
The two armies faced each other, and the sword was tense!
The horns of the coalition's central army kept blowing, which was the horns of the coalition's main formation. Amid the horns, a thousand elite cavalry stood out from the coalition's central army formation, ran straight forward, and penetrated into the formation of the Han army.
Yan Xing felt a stern in his heart. He wanted to attack before the main force of the Han army who had just arrived!
Looking into the distance, I saw that the Han army's marching team stopped with the sound of golden drums in the army. The Han army wearing enemy crowns and crimson uniforms lined up in several rows of horizontal lines holding bows and crossbows in front, followed by Han army soldiers holding spears and halberds. Then there were several Han army formations under the flags. The Han army's flags were also in the middle, and the Han cavalry troops retreated to restore their horsepower on the rear and on both sides were Han army cavalry units that retreated to restore their horsepower.
According to legend, the former Taiwei Duan Yi quelled the Qiang Rebellion. In the Battle of Fengyi Mountain, facing a large number of Qiang soldiers, he ordered the army to use sharp blades and spears, and to use a powerful crossbow, and lined up light cavalry as the left and right wings. He set up a formation of marching cavalry to advance together, defeating Xianling Qiang troops in one fell swoop. Seeing Huangfu Song's formation today and was well aware of the key points of military strategists, Yan Xing remembered the story of Duan Yi, who was also a famous general of the dynasty. He thought to himself that Huangfu Song was a famous general of the world, and his use of troops was not inferior to Duan Yi. He was afraid that using the kingdom to deal with him with this method of dealing with ordinary Han troops may not be effective!
Thinking in his mind, Yan Xing saw the thousand Liangzhou cavalry flying close to the Han army's formation suddenly turn from dense charges to loose shapes. After the next breath, he heard a sound of golden slaughter in the Han army, and a dense rain of arrows enveloped the Liangzhou cavalry. Although the elite cavalry in Liangzhou had dispersed in advance, the twenty cavalry in the front still had several arrows in their bodies and fell to the ground in the smoke and dust. Then, after the first round of Han army, Zhang Shi, who had launched the first round of the Han army, retreated and loaded, Zhang Shi in the back row continued to shoot forward, forcing the Liangzhou cavalry not to gather again. When the third round of arrows was fired, more than a dozen cavalry fell down.
After paying dozens of lives, the Liangzhou cavalry finally approached the Han army's thirty or forty steps away. At this time, the sound of horse hooves rumbling. Although there was still a row of whispers on the string, the sound of golden sharks still sounded as usual. The sound of whispers immediately divided into two tyrants and retreated to the rear of both sides of the front line. The spears and halberds that were held high behind were flattened forward, forming an insurmountable forest of sharp edges.
The elite cavalry in Liangzhou, who led the lead, changed slightly. The Han army's ability to adapt to the situation was far beyond that of ordinary soldiers in counties. However, after many battles, they adapted to the situation and immediately turned the cavalry formation into two groups, flew past the outside of the spear formation of the Han army forward, and threw some short spears and halberds in their hands, trying to disrupt the formation of the spear formation of the Han army. At the same time, they aimed at the Han army's heads at the Han army's retreating soldiers. Their targets were still these Zhang soldiers, who were raising their long swords to harvest these infantry soldiers who had only two legs with their legs at the speed of the horse.
At this time, a horn sounded in the Han army. The waves on both sides of the Han army formation were waving with flags. The passage between the various phalanxes rushed out of the central cavalry that had been ready to go. The Liangzhou cavalry, whose vision was blocked by the flags, was immediately frustrated. The Han cavalry rushed out of the side of the cavalry formation, broke a big hole by the Han cavalry who had been retreating. At this time, Zhang Shi, the Han army, who had been retreating, also dropped the crossbow and pulled out the weapons to form a formation to fight against the Liangzhou cavalry. The Liangzhou cavalry, who were worried that the enemy was cut off and surrounded by the two sides, had to turn the head and evacuate the battle circle. The Han cavalry on both sides seized the mistakes of the Liangzhou cavalry who were caught off guard and accelerated the elite cavalry in Liangzhou from outside.
For a time, the Liangzhou cavalry, with few enemies, were all enemies on all sides, and most of them were trapped by the Han army in three directions. Only the two groups of people at the end of the cavalry formation turned around and evacuated quickly to escape. After a short battle, the Liangzhou cavalry left nearly 300 bodies and retreated in shame. The Han army's cavalry only chased and retreated for a while, and then reached the range of their own crossbows.
At this time, the Han army's Sword Zhang Shi returned to his original position and formed a horizontal formation. The cavalry of the central army also retreated into the formation. The cavalry on both sides returned to their original positions. The spearman's spear was raised high again. The troops and horses that had just been mobilized seemed to have never moved, and once again faced the Liangzhou coalition forces in a complete formation.
"hiss--"
Yan Xing could hear the sound of gasping in the air when watching the battle around him. This army, which was "fast like the wind, Xu like the forest, invasion like fire, and unmoving as mountains" was the first time he had encountered. He was worthy of being the elite of the Han Dynasty who eliminated the evil forces from all directions, and the pillar of the court that the country relied on for stability.
It seems that the Han army had definitely thought about it beforehand. Facing the Western Liang cavalry that was coming and going like the wind, it not only helped infantry formations to resist the cavalry's impact, but also had a clear view on the terrain to mobilize the army in time according to the movements of the Liangzhou rebels, greatly offsetting the flexibility advantage of cavalry assault.
The kingdom on the central army witnessed this scene throughout the whole process. Although it was only a small-scale confrontation, the elite cavalry he sent had lost nearly one-third. The command ability of the Han generals was perfect, and the Han army in various subordinates was quite brave to fight, and the advantages of the armor exceeded that of the coalition soldiers. However, after this temptation, the kingdom also saw the weakness of the Han army, that is, the number of Han army and cavalry were less than that of the coalition forces. The cavalry on both sides of the just dispatched were the Han army vanguards who were originally pursuing, and the cavalry in the Han army was only hundreds of cavalry. Although these cavalry were well-equipped than the cavalry of the coalition forces, the number was far inferior.
In addition, the kingdom estimated that the number of Han soldiers pursuing was within 30,000, which was far from all the troops that the three auxiliary Han soldiers could use, so he could use his strength to defeat the tricks. Although the formation set up by Huangfu Song was flawless, as long as the coalition forces were fully pressed, the Han army with insufficient troops would inevitably be stretched. At that time, as long as one could not be handled, he would personally lead the elite cavalry to advance wildly and take the central army directly, and the Han army would immediately be defeated. Even if the old thief Huangfu really used his troops like a god and could still withstand his full attack with his inferior forces, the battle situation would inevitably be in a stalemate, and the two sides would not be able to decide the victory or defeat in a short period of time. When the sky was dusk, he could retreat slowly with his troops. The Han army, which was less than his own, could only watch himself go away and sigh at what he could do.
Wang Guo, who was quickly calculating the gains and losses in his mind, smiled coldly and waved his hand. Soon, the horn of the central army's advance sounded again.
This time, the horn was blown for a long time. With the sound of the horn, the troops of the central army began to approach the Han army's formation. The Qiang soldiers with disheveled hair and fur robe at the front were holding shields in one hand, holding heavy axes in the other, shouting and charging. The other coalition soldiers behind them also quickly followed. Some of them were wearing iron armor and spears in their hands, while others were only wrapped in animal skins, with bows and arrows, and their weapons were different, and their clothes were all kinds of, but there was no doubt that they were the most fierce soldiers in Liangzhou. Although the charge formation was not as good as the Han army on the opposite side, they had a momentum of courage.
"Kill, kill, kill them all!"
The soldiers of Liangzhou who were charging all roared loudly, and there were millions of beasts howling on the battlefield where the shouts were everywhere. The Qiang people at the forefront did not speak Chinese and sounded more like nonsense. They rushed forward like whirlwinds, and some even ran barefoot. However, as the charge accelerated, the people behind were instead pulled a distance away. These were the Qiang soldiers nomadic on the west coast. They were more backward than other Qiang people who had already become Chinese, but they were also more bloodthirsty and barbaric. What the kingdom was interested in was their fearless bloodiness and sent them to the forefront of the storm when they were blowing the trumpet.
The Qiang people's strong and bravery has never been a false saying!
Chapter completed!