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With an order, the Lulong Army Archery Battalion changed their bows. The archers threw the large "Scottish Longbow" at their feet and replaced it with a small infantry bow.
Both sides fired freely at the remaining troops of the Xuanwu Army who were still rushing towards them according to their inertia.
From a certain point of view, there is not much difference between close-range bow and arrow shooting and rifle shooting in later generations. They are essentially the same. Starting from the second year of Tianfu, the formation ranking of infantry archers in the Lulong Army's new recruit training has been
Gradually, the formation shifted from the front or rear to the two wings, pushing the cavalry or sword and shield bearers who used to cover the two wings into more remote positions, making the front of the formation more extended.
The practice of placing infantry archers on both wings of the formation actually comes from Li Chengzhong's idea. This idea is actually the idea of crossing firepower points in later generations. Under this idea, the Lulong Army's infantry archers can be 150 to 5 steps in front of the military formation.
At a distance of ten steps, a fire net of arrows was formed. This fire net had almost no blind spots!
The commander of the front stronghold of the Xuanwu Army felt cold, but he understood that the situation was now one of riding a tiger, and he could no longer retreat. To retreat would mean completely abandoning the front stronghold. With Hou Yan's temperament, there would be no other way out except to have his head displayed in public after returning.
He shouted loudly and tried to encourage Xuanshi soldiers: "We must not retreat! Once we retreat, we will not survive! If we work harder, we will rush over immediately. We will win as soon as we rush over! The reinforcements behind will be here soon."
Come! Rush over!"
Those who can be used to defend the front-line army stronghold are the most capable and courageous ones among Hou Yan's troops. They are not much different from Hou Yan's personal guards Yajun. Under the command of the commander of the front stronghold,
He charged forward with all his might, and finally broke through the shooting range of the bow and arrow, and ran headfirst into the Lulong Army's spearmen array.
The archery battalion of the Lulong Army turned around and evacuated under the command of the officers from each capital, while the spearmen from each capital began to fight under the command of the officers.
"Raise your gun—take a step forward—"
"Kill!" There was a uniform shout, and the five spearmen all took a step forward. With the sound of "kill", the first row of spears suddenly pointed downwards from above, and the second row of spears followed closely.
On the shoulders of the platoon of spearmen, the spears of the third platoon pointed diagonally downward to guard against the enemy's entanglement attack from the bottom.
Officers with rich combat experience are indeed treasures in the army. Under their command, the timing of raising their guns is perfect. As soon as the gun array was erected, the Xuanwu Army's soldiers hit them head-on. Many of the Lulong Army's first row of spearmen had not yet reacted.
, a heavy force came from the gun head. The gun tip penetrated the armored cloth and then penetrated into the chest. The huge force made the soldier holding the gun almost unable to hold the gun barrel, and his palms were sore and numb.
The team leader and the team are commanding the troops at the front, while the top-level officers and soldiers are supervising the formation at the back. While checking the battle situation, they look towards the rear battalion headquarters in the distance, always waiting for the next order.
The headquarters of the spear battalion was placed on an earthen platform dozens of steps away from the back. The earthen platform was artificially built. It was only as high as one person. But this height was enough to overlook the entire front. Not long after, the Yamen in charge of military orders climbed onto the high platform.
Hold a triangular black flag in each hand, and raise both hands flat. Lift the two black flags to the same position as your shoulders, and then close your arms forward.
The five leaders of the formation immediately took action. The five teams of spearmen prepared in the rear were arranged three on the left and two on the right. The third team on the left turned to the left, and the second team on the right turned to the right. Under the leadership of the troops from each capital, they started from behind.
The left and right sides of the direction were surrounded, and the spear array was extended until it extended to the left and right sides of the Xuanwu Army.
An encirclement was quickly formed, and among them were nearly 500 Xuanwu troops. Surrounding 500 people with 500 people required extremely high formation changes for the army. An army that was not practicing for months and years would not be able to achieve this.
Effective. In addition to the formation, this tactic also has extremely high requirements for the formation at the bottom of the encirclement. They must be able to withstand the opponent's first round of onslaught, because the shortcomings of this tactic are also obvious - no defense.
In depth, once the queue is breached, it will inevitably lead to a global collapse.
In addition, this method of tactics also requires the opponent to go deep alone without reinforcements, otherwise it will be equivalent to exposing the back of the encircling formation on both sides to the enemy, which is also unfeasible.
This kind of tactics is only one of the systematic combat subjects of Lulong Military Academy. In addition, every officer who has participated in advanced training must master various tactics of facing the enemy and choose the corresponding method according to different situations. Whenever encountering
When new situations arise, officers will report them to Yu Housi, who will conduct targeted research during the combined exercise and then submit them to the Operational Training Department, which will add them to the military school curriculum.
By April of the first year of Tianyou's reign, Fanyang Military Academy had accumulated nineteen types of subjects on enemy warfare, basically covering all kinds of situations that might be encountered.
Obviously, the current situation meets the conditions. Therefore, the commander of the spear battalion chose this wild goose-shaped extended encirclement strategy. The effect was naturally very good. The roundabout encirclement on the left and right sides directly hit the two sides of Xuanwu Army.
The morale of the army, which had been boosted three times in a row, completely collapsed in an instant.
Nearly a hundred defeated soldiers of the Xuanwu Army fled through the gap left for them in the rear, and were immediately chased and killed by soldiers from both Dao and Shield Battalions who had been waiting for a long time. Only a dozen people escaped in the end.
The former camp commander with the highest rank among Xuanwu officers, Zhaowu captain Yuan, was stabbed through by two spears and died on the spot.
At this time, the 800 Xuanwu reinforcements who came from Houzhai had just arrived at the southwest corner of Shangdong Mountain. They were blocked by 300 Lulong cavalry who were killed after hearing the news, and could not advance even an inch. The Xuanwu Colonel who was in charge of the troops
Seeing the defeat at the front, he could only order a formation to retreat, and retreated to the rear camp under the watch of the Lulong Cavalry.
Zhao Yuanping finally drank the tea at the rear command post. The tea had already been steeped for five times, and if it was steeped any longer, it would lose its flavor. He smacked his lips, savoring the sweetness of Mingqian tea, and then turned to Li Xiao
He said happily: "Old Li, take your people to the front village of Shangdong Mountain, clean up the battlefield, and see if there are any gains. Well, let the officers of the logistics battalion go up and see if they can pull the catapult up the mountain. I don't know how.
Can we hit the Xuanwu Army's rear stronghold behind the mountain ridge?"
Li Xiaoxi looked at the catapult with towering arms in front of her, booed and whistled, and asked: "Can these big guys hit that far? There are at least four hundred steps between the two military camps. No, we have to hit the ridge, at least
Take five hundred steps."
Zhao Yuanping blinked, thought for a while, and waved his hand: "Who knew? You can't estimate this thing. His Highness said that professional matters are left to professionals. They have the final say on whether they can get through.
.”
Li Xiaoxi then looked at the more than twenty carts lined up behind the trebuchet. These carts were modified from Xi carts and were covered with wooden boards on all sides. She didn’t know what they were, so she asked: "What are these? What are they used for?"
Push it up?"
Zhao Yuanping laughed and said: "There is no need to bring these guys up, they are not used to attack the stronghold..."
"Don't you want to attack the stronghold?"
"Yeah. It's used to beat people, especially cavalry. It's very useful! Unfortunately, Xuanwu doesn't have a large group of cavalry, so we have to use it to beat people. But the effect should be good. Who wants Xuanwu to have more soldiers? I heard that their military formation
They are always densely packed.”
Li Xiaoxi was very curious and walked over to ask in person. The logistics soldier guarding the frame saw the star on his shoulder and immediately saluted with his arms crossed. Then he opened the wooden boards of the cart. Li Xiaoxi looked over and couldn't help but gasped, and then
He turned around and laughed loudly at Zhao Yuanping.
The front battalion of Li Qing's Youzhou Brigade was transferred out and stationed in the front village of Shangdong Mountain. Their task was to clean up this small military village and then garrison here to prepare for the next attack on the rear village. However, there were many dead bodies in the front village.
, there were Xuanwu Army soldiers killed by stone bullets everywhere. Especially in the area near the back fence, the flattened soldiers were piled up in a staggered manner, with blood flowing and pooling. There was no smell.
The Youyan Security Army is now an army with a designation from the General Administration of Military Staff, and has gradually developed a bit of arrogance. Although this kind of arrogance is three points lower than that of the upright Yingzhou Army, it is not as good as the Hedong Army in Dongyang.
In front of everyone, it is enough to straighten one's back, not to mention that Dongyang City still wants to eat from them!
As the so-called cannibalism is the shortest, Dongyangdu was quickly transferred from the arrow, and was pulled by Li Qing to the front village of Dongshan Mountain to take over the cleaning work. The corpse was carried out, the blood and water were covered with loess, and then Li Qing used it to
Taking over the role of civilians, under the command of the logistics capital, they repaired the damaged military buildings and fences everywhere, reinforced the back village, and changed the defense center from the front slope to the back mountain trail.
After finishing these tasks, two days had passed. Each of them got a bucket of grain, and then returned to Arrowhead happily. As they were leaving, they were looked down upon with disdain by the officers and soldiers of the Youzhou Brigade without even realizing it.
The bellicose Zhao Yuanping continued to move his headquarters forward, from Changping Village to Si Zhuang. His next plan was to capture the Houzhai at the foot of the mountain ridge in Shangdong Mountain.
In fact, judging from the tactical layout of Shangdong Mountain, without the cover of the front village, the rear village is unbearable. The rear village relies on the mountain ridge and builds a camp at the southern foot of the mountain ridge. The top of the upper beam is narrow and cannot deploy heavy troops, and the camp
To the south, you face the broad flat land north of Gaoping.
On this flat land, without the protection of the front village, the cavalry of the Lulong Army, with the strong support of the infantry, could cut off the connection between the rear village and Gaoping, forming a virtual siege of the rear village. If the Xuanwu Army wanted to
In order to communicate with Houzhai, we must summon the army to go north to Gaoping and camp on this flat land with the Lulong Army to find an opportunity for a decisive battle.
The Lu Long Army can choose to fight, or they can choose not to fight. If they choose to fight, it is another strategy, let alone that; if they choose not to fight, then the Xuanwu Army will fall into attrition, and they cannot just maintain the food supply of the rear village.
The road, and hoarding tens of thousands of troops in the wild for a long time, is a practice that no normal officer would do. If they want to maintain the food road, they must expand the scale of the rear stronghold, or simply build a new one next to the rear stronghold.
There are thousands of troops in the stronghold, and such a project is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It is a headache to withstand the Lulong Army's attack during the construction period.
The development of the matter was also expected by Shangdang's camp. On the fifth day, an army of tens of thousands of people marched out from the direction of Gaoping. The flag was embroidered with a big word "Hou". Hou Yan finally led the troops.
The army arrived. Hou Yan was not here to fight with Lu Long's army. He placed a huge military formation at the foot of Shangdong Mountain, conducted several tentative attacks around the front stronghold on the mountain, and then slowly retreated.
Thanks to the hard work of the Lulong Army's logistics department, Shangdongshanqianzhai already had an impregnable prototype. It was not something that Hou Yan's troops, who lacked large equipment, could attack in a short time.
Retreating with Hou Yan were two thousand soldiers from the Houzhai. They loaded the supplies on carts, and then slowly withdrew to Gaoping with the Xuanwu army. As they were leaving, the Xuanwu army set off a fire.
The fire was kept burning for a whole day and night, and the back village was completely burned down.
One day later, Zhao Yuanping ordered the Logistics Department and the Youzhou Brigade to go to the burned-out Houzhai and rebuild a small military stronghold on the spot. The person who replaced the Youzhou Brigade as a coolie was still the Hedong Army in Dongyang Capital. For this reason, the Youzhou Brigade
The price paid was seventy stones of grain and fifteen sheep.
On May 25th, the Youzhou Brigade finally moved into the newly built military village at the foot of the mountain ridge. In the latest sand table annotation of Shangdang Camp, this place was renamed Shangdongshan Qianzhai, and the original Qianzhai was
It was renamed Houzhai. On the first day of June, a simple military camp was erected between Houzhai and Qianzhai. The Lulong Army used it as a garrison and stationed three battalions. At the same time, the camp was moved again and moved to the front of Houzhai.
, Zhao Yuanping and Onali sat in the town of Dongshan and began to look for opportunities to go south to Gaoping. (To be continued...)