Shi Le finally made up his mind.
As a result, the large group of cavalry gathered in the wilderness, divided into several groups, and rushed towards the car formation.
Chen Yougen was assigned to the front army vehicle formation. Seeing the enemy cavalry attacking, he gave an order and five hundred auxiliary soldiers armed with crossbows stood behind the baggage vehicles lying horizontally.
The tribesmen held large shields and stood in front of each "master" to protect them from arrows.
There were another five hundred auxiliary soldiers sitting on the ground holding long spears, ring-shou knives and other weapons.
Some of them are quite panicked. After all, they have never fought or killed anyone before. Seeing the overwhelming cavalry rushing towards them, are you afraid?
Others were only a little nervous, and most of them were surrendering troops from Hebei.
They have been in battle, killed people, won battles and suffered defeats, and know what the real battlefield is like.
But no matter what they think, this is a cruel and real battlefield. Everyone who goes on the battlefield has no choice. Either you die or I die.
In the sidecar, archers from the Yamen Army and the Rebel Army had already boarded the car and were standing in front of the shooting window, picking up their bows and arrows, with serious faces, just waiting for orders.
The melee warriors also had their equipment ready and were ready to take action at any time, although they did not believe that any cavalry would be stupid enough to charge directly into the cart.
"Woo——" the horn sounded.
The Long Sword Army's individual crossbow fired first.
The sharp crossbow bolt flew through the air and landed in the thicket of enemy cavalry rushing over, causing a cry of surprise.
The foot archers also pulled up their starting bows and shot out their long arrows, causing another wave of people to fall on their backs.
There was a sparse "dongdong" sound on the side car, which was arrows falling on it.
Some arrows also fell from the large shields of the auxiliary troops, but they were weak and could not cause any serious damage.
Compared with the "itchy" cavalry bow, the lethality of the infantry bow and individual crossbow is very considerable.
Among the hundreds of enemy cavalry that rushed over, dozens fell off their horses, and the screams were endless.
In just one round of shooting, the enemy cavalry suffered a huge loss.
Therefore, after a hasty trip, they returned to the starting point in embarrassment.
After a while, as if they were unwilling to give up, they changed directions and attacked again. The result was no suspense. After leaving dozens of corpses behind, they retreated into the distance.
The central army and the rear army were also attacked by enemy cavalry.
Li Zhong commanded the Fu troops and Yamen troops in the rear army chariot formation, and calmly repelled the enemy troops.
Shao Xun was in the Chinese Army and did not even intervene in the command.
All the silver spear soldiers who knew archery drew up their strong bows and called their names one by one, leaving a deep impression on the enemy.
After watching for a while, he ordered to bury the pot and make rice. There was no need to panic.
The last ray of light in the sky was swallowed up by the darkness, and the braziers and torches were lit, illuminating the camp.
The soldiers ate in batches to recover their strength.
The injured and dead horses left outside the chariot formation were dragged back, and the auxiliary soldiers cut them up on the spot, cooked a lot of broth, and distributed them to the soldiers of the various camps.
"Shi Le is treating us to a treat. Horse meat is very delicious." Shao Xun held a bowl of broth, drank it with a slurp, and said with a smile.
Everyone laughed, and the tense atmosphere dissipated.
After everyone had finished laughing, Shao Xun put down the wooden bowl and said again: "I think Shi Le is determined not to give up. After nightfall, people may be sent to attack, so we should not take it lightly."
"promise."
"Still the old rules, each building has its own defense area. Anyone who runs around and bumps into each other without receiving orders will be killed without mercy, regardless of whether we are enemy or friend."
"promise."
"After eating, go to bed quickly and decide who will be on duty for the night."
****
Under the quiet night sky, Shi Le climbed up a high slope and looked at the brightly lit camp.
There is a car array outside the camp.
After repelling the first attack, the Jin soldiers took the time to place horses, deer antlers, and even dig a simple horse trap.
The cavalry charges forward without any chance of victory and will only be shot into hedgehogs.
What about sending infantry to attack?
To be honest, Shi Le had the urge, but he was a little hesitant, so he asked the counselors.
"Your Majesty, you can't." Diao Ying quickly dissuaded him and listened to what he said: "If you have soldiers who have been fighting for many years, you can give it a try. However, our infantry, most of which are new soldiers, may not be able to attack at night, but will destroy our own position."
chaos."
Shi Le frowned and looked at Zhang Jing again.
"If your Majesty really wants to attack at night, you may send a few elite soldiers to give it a try. If it fails, we will make plans after daybreak." Zhang Jing replied.
Shi Le nodded slightly, already having a plan in mind.
He subconsciously looked at Zhang Bin, who nodded to him and said, "Your Majesty Mingjian."
The three counselors agreed, and Shi Le gave up the plan of a night attack. He only continued to harass the cavalry, causing the Jin army to panic, sleep poorly, and suffer a great loss of physical strength. The victory would be decided after dawn.
It was a peaceful night - if you ignored the frightening screams that sounded from time to time in the dark night.
When the sun rose on the 25th, meal had already been served in the Jin army camp.
The enemy cavalry came to attack as usual.
However, after what happened yesterday, the Jin soldiers in the car formation were able to treat it calmly.
The charge and harassment of more than a thousand cavalry is ineffective, so who are these hundreds of cavalry to scare? You don't even dare to get close to the range of the rifle and bow, so don't waste your efforts as soon as possible.
After breakfast, the whole army rested for half an hour before continuing to set off.
At this time, the way they marched was different from yesterday.
Simply put, the car array is shorter and wider.
The carts on both sides even drove into the fields. They didn't care at all about trampling on the seedlings - if they planted winter wheat - they would even fill in the ditches and shovel the field ridges when they encountered difficult-to-cross places.
Military warfare is what it is.
When the two armies met in the middle of the road, they could not just fight on the post road. Once they set up their positions, they would go directly to the fields. Sometimes they would even demolish civilian houses to avoid hindering the advance of the troops.
The motorcade rumbled forward, and the sound of drums and horns continued along the way.
The cavalry that was driven back by the enemy yesterday were scattered out again and scattered far away.
Their main mission is to find out the news, so as not to be attacked by the enemy without knowing it.
As expected, the enemy cavalry began hunting again, targeting the Jin army's cavalry.
They took advantage of the large number of people to continuously compress its range of activities, and finally forced it into the protection range of the vehicle formation and crossbows.
The vehicle formation would sometimes stop, set up a simple high platform, and climb high to look into the distance and observe the enemy's situation - mainly to look for invincible infantry groups.
The infantry moves slowly and cannot get close to the vehicle formation in a short time. Just keep a lookout regularly.
When it was almost noon, the whole army stopped and then quickly began to set up their formation.
Shao Xun climbed onto the high platform.
On the distant horizon, groups of enemy infantry appeared one after another, with flags and drums beating.
He smiled and then asked for the name of the place.
"Yema Gang." Tang Jian replied: "It's still seven miles away from Yecheng."
"Shi Le dare not let me go forward anymore." Shao Xun said: "This battle is unavoidable, and it is the same for everyone."
"Your Majesty, have you been waiting for a long time?" Tang Jian said with a smile.
"Shi Le and I have been waiting for a long time." Shao Xun said: "Send me the order..."
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Yemaoka, a little-known place.
The so-called hill is just a small earth beam, not majestic or towering at all.
At noon on October 25, the second year of Yongjia in the Jin Dynasty (308), 80,000 soldiers from both the Jin and Han sides gathered here to decide the outcome, as well as life and death.
The nearly 20,000 Jin troops formed a formation surrounded by chariots, with three formations forming a "pin" shape to support each other.
The Han army, with more than 60,000 infantry and cavalry, formed a formation in the wilderness and came with overwhelming force.
At three quarters of noon, both parties finished their food and water and rested.
In an instant, a strong wind blew up, and the military flag rolled, which was surprising and inexplicable.
The wind soon stopped, and the Han army took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack. They did not hesitate, and directly chose to attack the Chinese army's most powerful chariot formation, trying to crush the Jin army in one fell swoop.
"Woo——" The horn players took a deep breath, puffed up their cheeks, and started playing hard.
The dense crossbow bolts were launched first.
This is not an individual crossbow in the hands of the soldiers, but a powerful crossbow mounted on a baggage cart.
The crossbow bolts, as thick and long as spears, shot away with a scream of death, falling directly into the Han army's infantry formation.
The large shield and iron armor could not withstand it at all, and the advancing infantry lay on the ground with a crash.
The enemy cavalry was dispatched, but they did not attack the car formation, they were more like supervising the battle team.
There is another formation behind the infantry formation, and the front row has set up its crossbows. If anyone looks back, kill them immediately.
Those at the front had no choice but to rush forward.
The crossbow arrows were fired non-stop, causing more than 300 casualties before and after.
The enemy troops quickened their pace, not caring about the chaos in their formation, and rushed to a distance of sixty or seventy steps in an instant.
Individual crossbows and step bows were raised together, and arrows fell like raindrops.
If the casualties caused by the crossbow can only be considered childish, and the individual crossbow can only scratch the itch, the lethality of the infantry bow is very scary, because there are too many archers, and the projection density is not comparable to that of the crossbow.
The shield bearers in the front row experienced three rounds of attacks and were basically dead or injured.
When the heavy infantrymen wearing iron armor rushed to a direct shooting distance of thirty steps, they were faced with dense arrows and fell to the ground as they walked.
But they have no way out.
The front row was pushed by the back row, and the front row was intimidated by the back row. There was only one way to go until it was dark.
"Kill!" After shooting the last round of arrows, most of the Silver Spear Army warriors hung their bows on their waists, then picked up their weapons and fought with the enemy.
The swordsman and shieldman stood on the carriage, covering his whole body with a large shield as high as a person, and pushed the enemy's spear outward.
The strong man holding a wooden pole and a long Ke ax vigorously brandished the blunt weapon in his hand.
"Bang!" The heavy Changke ax hit an enemy soldier's chest, and the place of impact was immediately dented visibly to the naked eye.
The enemy soldier who tried to climb onto the carriage fell down suddenly, causing several people behind him to stumble, creating chaos.
"Bang!" The wooden pole hit the helmet, and the person who was hit fell down without saying a word, his face covered with blood.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The archer came closer and took advantage of the gap between the vehicles to shoot arrows with his eyes closed.
The enemy soldiers that were rushing forward were unobstructed and fell in pieces.
But they were still rushing forward, charging into one carriage after another with ferocious expressions on their faces.
A shield bearer had already been stabbed and fell to the ground screaming.
The enemy soldiers were overjoyed and climbed up along the opening.
Long-handled axes and wooden poles arrived at once, knocking down one enemy soldier after another who tried to climb to the ground.
But there were too many of them, and another shield bearer fell to the ground. After stabbing seven or eight enemies in a row, a long gunner of the Silver Spear Army was stabbed in the gap between the armor leaves. He screamed and fell under the car, and was instantly submerged in the water.
among the crowd.
Several enemy soldiers climbed onto the carriage of the baggage train. Before they had time to rejoice, dense crossbow bolts were fired at them, and the blood spurting from their chests showed a coquettish golden red color under the sunlight.
Several Sizhou men mustered up their courage and rushed into the carriage to fill the gap, carrying large shields.
They yelled, venting the boundless fear in their hearts, and at the same time used all their strength to push out the weapons stretched out by the enemy.
The head of the spear pierced the big shield, and the scraping sound made people's hearts tremble.
The Huanshou sword struck the shield, and the sound sounded like a reminder.
The long-handled ax and wooden pole were swung constantly.
On a densely populated battlefield, there is nothing better than a blunt weapon.
There was even a very strong Yamen sergeant who waved the flagpole vigorously.
Wherever the flagpole reaches, the enemy soldiers are like dead grass blown by the strong wind, all are destroyed.
A soldier from the Rebel Army was so excited after fighting that he even jumped out of the carriage and rushed towards the crowd of enemy soldiers. He waved his wooden stick one after another, breaking several ribs and smashing several heads until he was completely beaten by the crowd.
until submerged.
The first wave of fierce attacks lasted for less than half an hour.
The enemy soldiers were like waves, smashing into the car array.
The array of cars is like that solid embankment, crushing all the raging waves.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The archers were probably the safest. They kept throwing arrows into the dense crowd, causing the greatest damage since the war began, until the enemy army could no longer hold on and retreated.
"Dong dong..." The drum sound suddenly became excited.
The 1,200 Silver Spear Army warriors who were sitting on the ground, recharging their energy, suddenly stood up.
The auxiliary soldiers struggled to pull away several vehicles and opened a gap.
Twelve hundred silver spear troops surged out along the gap, chasing the retreating enemy troops and killing them.
The enemy soldiers were even more defeated and fled in all directions. Their behavior blocked the charge of their own cavalry, allowing the pursuing silver spear soldiers to kill the enemy more calmly.
"Dang-dang..." The clang sounded, and the Silver Spear Army warriors who had been chasing for more than a hundred steps slowly withdrew.
The auxiliary soldiers pulled back the baggage trains and sidecars, and the formation was restored as before.
The fleeing enemy troops rushed to the rear formation, and the rear formation fired thousands of arrows, mowing down the fleeing enemy soldiers in pieces.
The deserters cried for their fathers and mothers, and fled to both sides one after another, and were taken in by the officers and old thieves.
The battlefield fell silent for a while.
Shi Le stood on the high slope and looked at all this in surprise.
Tens of thousands of people rushed towards the car formation, but within half an hour, more than half of them were killed or injured.
This battle was really too brutal.
After several years of fighting, this was the first time he encountered an enemy like Shao Xun.
He has too many archers, and the soldiers who fight in close combat are also skilled and brave. The entire car formation is like a hedgehog, eyeing all those who rush towards it and swallowing their lives.
Wang Mi and Wang Sang stood beside him, their faces as pale as dirt.
How many lives would it take to fill the Jin army's formation?
Liu Ling's face was also very ugly.
On that windy and snowy night, he had already experienced the difficulty of the Silver Spear Army warriors. Today's offensive and defensive battle once again confirmed his point of view. The cavalry could not defeat them, and the infantry had no chance.
Shi Chao watched silently, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, with no expression on his face.
Shi Le quickly returned to normal, and after hesitating for a moment, ordered the second formation to attack.
The sound of "rustling" footsteps soon sounded.
The silent infantry formation swarmed towards the vehicle formation again.
The timid recruit even started crying.
The brave people secretly prayed that the Jin army's crossbows would not fall on them.
Even though he is an old thief, he still can't help but swallow his saliva when he sees the well-armored and well-prepared heavy armored infantry inside and outside the vehicle formation.
But this is a battlefield, also called a corpse grave.
It is the fate of all warriors to face the edge with flesh and blood, whether you want it or not.
"Buzz--" The sun seemed to be blocked, and arrows fell overwhelmingly.
Brave, cowardly, skilled, incompetent... tall, short, fat, thin... active thieves, forced to join the army... etc., at this moment, nothing matters.
Now, everyone is being judged fairly.
The only ones who can survive are those who are lucky.
The Han army was driven like animals and launched a second attack.
The turbulent wave came back, slamming against the cliff bank composed of countless large cars, and then was smashed into pieces.
Wave after wave of offensives produced countless corpses.
At the end of the fight, corpses were piled on top of each other, almost as high as the car. Warriors from both sides stood on top of the corpses, fighting with their lives.
Someone's spear shaft broke.
Someone's shield was chopped into pieces.
Someone broke the bowstring.
Someone has a sharpened knife.
After the gray wave struck three times in succession, it lacked stamina and collapsed backwards.
The car formation was opened again, and this time it was 1,500 Yamen Army soldiers who chased and killed them.
The enemy was defeated and ran backwards numbly, letting the Jin army's swords and guns fall on their backs without daring to resist at all.
The enemy cavalry is dispatched.
This time the scale was quite large, and the route was found in advance, with a total of 2,000 riders dispatched.
"Finally waiting for you!" Shao Xun slapped the railing of the high platform and issued an order on the spot.
After a while, the "Youzhou Cavalry Governor" who had never taken action since the beginning of the war appeared.
A whole hundred horsemen, both men and horses wearing heavy armor, holding heavy halberds and horse spears, filed out through the gap in the car formation and assembled outside the car formation.
"Hit Hu Bendu" had more than 300 cavalry, followed closely by the Yi Congjun with less than 200 cavalry, and even the government soldiers dispatched 300 people who were good at cavalry combat.
Nine hundred cavalry, with armored cavalry as the vanguard, took advantage of the cover of the chaotic battlefield to attack the enemy cavalry that was charging straight towards them.
The mission of the Jie people's light cavalry was to attack the Jin army who was chasing them across the formation. When they arrived near their destination, they suddenly saw armored cavalry charging towards them, and they were frightened to death.
But the chaotic and narrow battlefield did not allow them to make any maneuvers.
The armored cavalry rushed over and cut them into two pieces. Wherever they passed, the Jie people's light cavalry fell off their horses one after another, and the screams could not be heard.
Hitting Governor Hu Ben, Yi Congjun, and the soldiers of the government followed closely behind, killing them wildly and easily harvesting the lives of the enemy's cavalry.
When Jie Qi realized something was wrong, they turned their horses' heads one after another and fled backwards.
After the armored horseman came back from a distance, he clung to his back.
Hitting Governor Hu Ben, Yi joined the army. The soldiers also adjusted their direction, followed behind the armored cavalry, and swept the cavalry to a rout. The charge became more and more fierce, and their morale exploded.
The direction in which the Jie people fled for their lives was exactly where the Chinese army's banner was. Geinshile held all the cavalry in his hands and did not let anyone go.
At this time, when he saw more than a thousand cavalry running towards this direction, he was immediately furious.
He made people wave flags again and again, but it had no effect. Those who fled could not hear anything.
"Xilulu!" Some troops were already retreating with their cavalry.
"Shuzi!" Shi Le yelled anxiously.
But no one feels ashamed and runs away if they can't beat you. We are here to gain benefits, not to accompany you to death.
More ministers led people to retreat.
Tao Bao, Zhi Quliu and others rushed over and advised: "Your Majesty, retreat first, then come back and clean up the mess."
"You!" Shi Le's eyes turned red.
Sixty thousand troops, there are sixty thousand troops here!
If he withdraws now, how many more can he go back to?
"Hurry and help the king get on the horse!" Taobao winked, and several soldiers stepped forward and helped Shi Le onto the horse.
Seeing that the war was going badly, Zhang Jing and other counselors did not care about anything else, so they pulled the horses over and mounted them.
The messy sound of horse hooves sounded, which seemed to reflect Shi Le's mood.
While running away, he couldn't help but look back, only to see chaos in the place where the banner was set up.
Someone rolled up the flag and left.
Someone was making a loud noise.
Some people ran wildly.
Some people dropped their weapons and knelt down.
A moment later, the armored cavalry moved forward with indomitable momentum, breaking through numerous obstacles, knocking away countless remaining soldiers and defeated generals, and arrived under the banner.
Riding Superintendent Duan Liang reined in his horse, got off the horse with difficulty amid the commotion of the fleeing crowd, then pulled out an ax and slashed at the big banner.
Shi Le's flag fell to the ground reluctantly.
Chapter completed!