Chapter 240: Tactics of Unacceptable Conditions (Part 2)
The field forces in his hand were only half a cavalry brigade and an infantry brigade. They had to rely on their performance to make the coalition forces make the illusion that the main force of the Mohist school intends to divide the coalition forces into annihilate the right wing.
At this time, he received news that the Korean army on the right wing of the coalition forces had already left Yangxia, and he knew that his suspicious soldier was about to step onto the stage.
If the performance is not good, I am afraid it will affect the overall situation. At that time, I was going to be planning to fight 80,000 and 60,000, but it turned out to be 80,000 to 90,000, which would be a big problem.
So he ordered the half of the cavalry brigade and an infantry brigade to start marching north. At this time, the scout reported that the enemy troops in Yangxia drove out of the city and advanced forward, and the scout said that the opponent's march was very fast.
This news requires him to think and make decisions.
It was Duan Duan, the right wing of the coalition, who was greedy for merit and made a rash progress. He really believed that the Mo family was unable to defend and wanted to seize Zhecheng and Kuxian to achieve great achievements?
Or is the other party not greedy for merit and making progress, but is testing himself?
If it is the former, it will prove that Duan Duan is a fool, so stupid that the first step of the counter-counterfeiting that the giant imagined was not seen through.
If it were the latter, it would be very likely to perform a big show.
The mission of these two brigades is that once friendly forces start acting, they must quickly go north and make the intention of threatening Yang Xia to cut off the right wing's retreat.
In addition to these two field brigades, there are also the second-line garrison troops in Chen, Xiang and other places, and they also have to cooperate in acting.
Two days later, Duan Duan had already left Yangxia forty miles, which was a test.
So the marching speed was extremely fast on the first day, and the next day it began to slow down, waiting for the scout to repay the Mohist reaction.
He is now about fifty miles from Zhecheng in the northeast and about seventy miles from Ku County in the southeast.
Just at noon, the scouts sent in both directions brought back the news.
The scouts in the direction of Zhecheng reported that there were a large number of Mohist army activities along the Hongshui line. When they approached, they immediately had Mohist scouts ambush and captured, with the intention of clearly wanting to capture them all.
Most of the more than 30 scouts were killed or injured, and only a few escaped with their own martial arts and riding skills.
The scouts in Chen Di reported that there were indeed traces of the main activities of the Mohist school.
Duan Duan breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "It's not as good as I expected."
"The Mo family is so cunning that they must have lured me to advance with an empty city, while the Si army attempted to encircle and annihilate me to the south of Hongshui and west of Kuxian."
"Fortunately I saw through it, otherwise if I advance, I will be surrounded."
Thinking of this, Duan Duan also sweated coldly.
Fortunately, after being occupied by soldiers in Yangxia without bloodshed, I realized that there might be something wrong, so I hesitated for two days.
Then, under this hesitation, he pretended to be aggressive but was actually not far from Yang Xia. Looking at the Mohist movements, it turned out to be true.
Otherwise, I would have marched to the bank of Hongshui, and could not capture Zhecheng in front and retreated into Yangxia, Ningling was still in the hands of the Mo family, and Chengkuang had not been broken yet, so I would really be isolated and helpless at that time.
He immediately ordered the front army to change to the rear army and quickly retreated Chaoyangxia.
But when he retreated, he decisively let the three thousand Zhao troops on the right wing rush south of Yangxia to delay the Mohist army in the direction of Chencheng.
The next afternoon, an encounter began.
The three thousand Zhao troops galloping south of Yangxia encountered more than 2,000 people from the "Mo family vanguard", and were actually Chen Di as the main force of the field war.
This was the first time that the Zhao army fought with the Mohists in the Central Plains, but they were not afraid, but they were quite eager to try.
That is, a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.
These Zhao troops won many battles against Zhongshan Kingdom, and they went north to the grasslands to conquer the Hu people and also achieved great results. They acted quickly and were good at guarding, so they were not afraid.
The three thousand Zhao army immediately sent people to repay the main general, while quickly forming an array to defend.
This place is flat, full of plains, and there is no hill that can be stationed and guarded.
The three thousand Zhao troops immediately used their experience in fighting with Zhongshan Kingdom and Hu people, and formed camps into battle chariots and formed cities in a series.
A total of three light chariot camps were formed, which were supporting each other, and three small cannons were deployed in the center of the chariot array.
The musketeers rely on the chariot formation to defend, while the spearmen all wore leather armor and guarded behind the chariot for hand-to-hand combat.
These three thousand people should be considered elites of the right-wing Korean army. After discovering the "forward" of the Mo family on the plains, they quickly unfolded their formation.
Because they knew that they did not have the cover of cavalry, if they formed a formation and fought in a field, they would inevitably be attacked by the Mo family.
However, if this is the case, it can hinder the impact of the cavalry, minimize the threat of the cavalry, and be able to stand waiting for assistance, making it less likely that the troops will collapse.
Zhao, Qin and others used this tactic to deal with nomads on the grassland.
This tactic actually originated from the chariot warfare methods of various countries in the Central Plains. The Mohist school in Gaoliu often used this tactic to fight some Hu tribes. Some of the homeless people in the border fort also used this battle, and some caravans were also escorted by the caravans.
It is just used in the Central Plains battlefield, Zhao Jun's operation tactics are still too far behind the times.
The "forward" troops on the Mohist side are suspicious soldiers, but to make the other party believe that they are the main force, they must win this battle.
Moreover, Wei and Han and other countries have always believed that the Mo family was best at assembling artillery. In the battle of Linqiu, Chengyang, the extremely luxurious artillery force still made the Wei State feel scared, so they believed that as long as there were too many artillery, they would most likely be the main force of the Mo family.
Therefore, in addition to the four small cannons of each brigade that are normally equipped, these suspicious soldiers also have six bronze cannons that can shoot five kilograms of iron bullets.
The chief general of the Mo family ordered the cavalry to go around the rear, and the cavalry was not allowed to attack, nor were cavalry dismounted in infantry battles. The cavalry were all treasures, especially the cavalry of this half brigade did not piece together the light cavalry of the good family, but was mostly served for about three years. If it was used to rush into the chariot formation, it might have to go to the military court.
Looking at Zhao's army's configuration, the Mo family, who was a professional soldier, had already achieved division-level officer, shook their heads repeatedly, thinking that the level of war outside the Central Plains was so much behind?
This tactic is of course effective when used on the grassland.
Nomads have no heavy armor, only leather armor, lack weapons and can only ride and shoot, and there is almost no bronze cannon.
So Wu Qi is in the west of Qin, Zhao is in the north of Zhongshan, and Mo family is in the high-liuyun. Moreover, the Mo family also gave a very nice name, called Wu Gangche.
The formation of Wugang chariots and muskets, tiger squats, hemp ropes, cannons, etc., nomads without heavy armor could do anything, and there were no cannons. Faced with this kind of garrison, a thousand people could defend against five thousand.
Wugang's chariots, muskets and small cannons, can be said to be the doom of nomads, but not to mention in the Central Plains, even if they encounter semi-agricultural groups that can smel iron and heavy armor and heavy infantry rush forward, it is not effective.
It is really unwise to come to the Central Plains with the experience of fighting without armor and shooting nomads.
The final glory of Wu Gang's car should be that it was behind the moment the artillery could move tactically. This tactic was really behind in the battlefield of the Central Plains. The head of the Mo family doubted whether the Zhao people were fighting a low-intensity war in the north and didn't know how to fight in the Central Plains.
He could almost tell at a glance that this was the Zhao people's method.
Because South Korea did not have such tactics at all, and neither did Wei State. They did not need to fight against the armorless nomads. In recent years, they were fighting against the new army of Chu, heavy flint rifle formations of Qin people, and the Mohist family with no armor but the firepower advantage.
Just like after the number of artillery increased and a large number of brigade first-class artillery configurations, the Mohist family gave up heavy muskets with large caliber and heavy iron armor, and instead began to equip muskets with smaller caliber and lighter caliber and hand-to-hand combat.
It was also like the cavalry battle in Si that year. Whether the cavalry was equipped with short guns or cavalry hand-to-hand combat impact was also due to the fact that the tactics of the enemy Wei and Han were heavy phalanx tactics. Cavalry equipped with short guns could shoot heavy phalanx to open gaps, while the cavalry would die miserably unless they seized the opportunity to rush directly to the formation.
Needs and environment determine the tactical system and development direction, thus making necessary trade-offs.
Chapter completed!