That night, the oil lamps were not extinguished in King Qing's tent all night long. When it was daybreak, he called the commander-in-chief of Xinzhou Luo Hai and the Marquis of Yuanding Zhu Ke and informed them to assemble the army and prepare to launch a frontal attack on the Jizhou Army.
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"Why should we launch the attack? This is not a siege, but a field battle. The cavalry is faster, shouldn't they take the lead?" Luo Hai put forward a different opinion, his face looking very ugly.
He was originally Fei Qingsong's adopted son. Although he had been suppressed, his life was worry-free. Even if the sky fell, his adopted father would hold him up. But now, after he killed his adopted father and seized the military power, he did not feel as free as he imagined.
, on the contrary, everything is not going well, and now he is asked to take the lead. He really can't figure it out.
This time, Xinzhou soldiers dispatched a total of 70,000 people, but now, only more than 20,000 people are left. The losses are really too great.
"Just do whatever I tell you. Anyone who disobeys military orders - behead!" King Qing would bow his head when facing Origi and Ashina Xiong. That was because his strength was inferior to others. But when facing Luo Hai, he didn't do anything.
He was afraid, so his tone of voice naturally became much tougher.
As for Luo Hai being unhappy, how could he, King Qing, be happy? This time he also lost 10,000 troops. You must know that the army that obeyed his orders only had 20,000 infantry, which was equivalent to a loss of enough
That’s enough for half the people.
King Qing lost his face and brought up the military law, which must be implemented whether Luo Hai wanted it or not. So he could only clasp his fists and agree, and go down to prepare.
As soon as Luo Hai left, King Qing looked at Yuanding Hou Zhu Ke, and said with concern, "When we charge later, let Luo Hai take the lead with the 20,000 infantry, and conserve your strength as much as possible. If
If things cannot be violated, we have to think of other solutions. The worst we can do is not return to Xinzhou."
This was the idea that Fan Shitong gave him last night. With such a huge loss, Xinzhou's vitality was severely damaged. In addition, it was originally close to the Western Barbarians. Who can guarantee that Origi would not attack Xinzhou after returning?
What's your idea?
And with their current strength, how can they possibly protect Xinzhou? Even so, it is better to make plans in advance. As for Luo Hai's life and death, he was used before anyway, and he is not a direct descendant of King Qing. He will die if he dies.
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"No." Zhu Ke agreed and went down to prepare.
There was no one else in the tent, so King Qing no longer had any scruples. When he looked at Fan Shitong, he asked, "Teacher, am I very incompetent?"
Faced with this problem, Fan Shitong certainly did not dare to tell the truth, but said with relief, "Your Highness, you don't have to think too much, as long as we are still there, there is still the possibility of success. Speaking of which, this time it was all King Ji who came first.
Er Guer, if we are really united and with his help, attacking Lancheng will not be so strenuous, and there will be no such big defeat."
"Yes, it's really abominable that King Ji doesn't keep his word. But...but we did get together with the Yi Qi Gou. We can't blame him for this matter."
The reason why Tang Ao openly ran away from the coalition forces was because of the existence of strange horses in the coalition forces. If he only joined forces with King Qing, he would not do such a thing that would cut off people's escape. Otherwise, the world would not know what to do.
scold him.
Well now, there is a strange knight among them. Even if the people in the world know that he is treacherous, they will still say that he upholds justice. Not only will he not be scolded, but he will only be praised.
In the morning, the Qingwang coalition forces started moving, which naturally did not escape the eyes of the Jizhou Army. At that moment, the Jizhou Army was also ready to charge against the opponent.
"Send the order and have everyone prepare for a counterattack. As long as the opponent launches an attack, everyone will hit them with everything. Don't be stingy. You will replenish them as much as you use." Tang Ao said with a calm face.
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This time the opponent has about 60,000 cavalry alone, and they are all elite divisions. On the other hand, the Jizhou Army only has a few thousand cavalry, and most of them are infantry. If they are defending the city, it will be easier to say, but like this
There is no advantage in fighting in an open field.
Although you have a firearms battalion and a chariot battalion in hand, if you are not determined to fight, once the opponent breaks through the defense line, the entire army is likely to be defeated. Therefore, before the battle, everyone must strengthen their determination to fight.
This was a severe challenge to the Jizhou Army. The Qingwang Allied Forces were defeated in Lancheng, which was a bit beyond Tang Ao's expectation. He originally thought that after the other party occupied Lancheng, they would think of solving themselves, and
If he doesn't know how to use all his strength, he can devour the opponent's vitality bit by bit.
Unexpectedly, the defeat of Lancheng changed the battlefield situation and brought the decisive battle ahead of time, so that the Shanshan Guards had no time to reinforce themselves, so the Jizhou Army had to face the full counterattack of King Qing's coalition forces.
The war situation has developed to this point, and there is no longer any choice. Tang Ao does not make any other choice, just fight hard.
Tang Ao's order was conveyed, and Shen Ping'an, the commander of the First Firearms Battalion, ordered that all the sky mines be taken out, making the decision to defend the battlefield even if he had no money to lose.
At nine o'clock in the morning, when the sun rose high, the 20,000 infantrymen in the Qingwang coalition camp moved.
Under King Qing's roll call, Luo Hai could only lead his infantry as the vanguard, whether he liked it or not. He selected an infantry camp of 5,000 people, with 100 people in each row, and a total of 50 rows.
They lined up neatly and marched toward the Jizhou Army camp five miles away.
Under the beating of drums, the Western Barbarian cavalry deployed on the left wing, and the Luolu and Bahanna cavalry deployed on the right wing.
The war horses were galloping on the ground, bringing up countless smoke and dust. The scimitars were held in the hands of the knights, posing as if they were ready to charge at any time.
Four miles...
Three miles...
Two miles...
Five thousand infantrymen came slowly and finally entered a place two miles away from the Jizhou Army. However, the battlefield was still very calm. The Jizhou Army just stared at the enemy who was getting closer and closer, without any intention of taking action.
"Hey, where is the opponent's sky thunder? Why don't you use it? Did you use it up a few days ago?" Xiang Longqiang, who was riding on his horse, saw that the distance was so close. The Jizhou Army had not yet used the sky thunder.
I couldn't help but feel happy.
The reason why the cavalry did not launch a charge was because they were afraid of the opponent's sky thunder, which was not only loud but also very lethal. With a rumble, all the horses stopped obeying orders, so how could they win the battle?
But if the Jizhou Army does not have the thunder, it will no longer be scary. As long as the cavalry rushes into their camp, with the advantage of speed and strength, it will be their moment of slaughter.
At this time, not only Xiang Longqiang, but also the other foreign cavalry all showed excitement. They did not expect that things would progress so smoothly, and if these five thousand cavalry could kill in front of the Jizhou Army and disrupt the opponent's
camp, then they will pounce on them like wolves and tell these dry infantry what the power of cavalry is.
One and a half miles...
When someone estimated the actual distance, the Jizhou Army finally made some movement. The Shen's giant crossbow, which they had been waiting for for a long time, became the first wave of attacks and began to show its power on the battlefield.
The crossbow and arrow were ten feet long and thicker than an adult's arm. The arrowhead was wrapped with a layer of copper and iron, making it more lethal. Once it was shot, it flew towards the target with a huge sound of wind.
"Defend!" The soldiers in the first three rows of the 5,000 infantry received the order from the captain of the 5,000 infantry accompanying the army. They immediately raised their wooden shields in an attempt to block the attack of the giant crossbow.
It's just that the wooden shield is too small. Facing the iron arrow, it looks like a paper window, which can be penetrated by just piercing it.
The speed was too fast and the weight was heavy. When the giant crossbow landed on the advancing infantry camp, it was like a string of candied haws.
Even if it has no power to hurt people, when its own weight falls on the infantry camp, it will still overwhelm a group of people, making the five thousand infantry like a small boat struggling in the hurricane of the sea, shaking in the wind and rain.
"More on!" Luo Hai, who saw the Jizhou army releasing their giant crossbows and saw his brothers falling down in pieces very quickly, with blood dripping from his eyes, suppressed his heartache and shouted.
Another square of infantry strode forward. However, in comparison, the number of this square was smaller, only 3,000. Obviously Luo Hai was worried that the infantry would die too quickly and would not be able to carry out the attack.
The role of attracting Jizhou’s arms power.
The so-called taking the lead and being the vanguard is often an extremely dangerous thing.
Don't really think that it's easy to get credit for war. A sword has no eyes. If you don't do it well, you will never come back. Therefore, being a pioneer often carries out the most dangerous tasks, and usually the most capable person is responsible for it.
There are 60,000 strange knights on the side. In comparison, the Xinzhou infantry in Luo Hai's hands cannot be said to be the strongest. If you must care about it, the strength can only be described as weak, but he still assumes the role of vanguard.
, there is only one result, they are cannon fodder, used to attract the opponent's firepower.
Another infantry formation of three thousand people rushed out. This time they were much faster. They quickly ran for several miles and came behind the first group of infantry. They joined them and blocked their horses.
Defeat is about to occur.
"Ready to attack!"
Seeing eight thousand infantry rushing onto the frontal battlefield, the two sides began to exchange bows and arrows, which had attracted the attention of the Jizhou army. Origi and Ashinason gave the order to charge almost simultaneously.
Although the distance between the two sides is several miles away, the huge figures such as the sky-blasting cannon and the thunder trebuchet can still be seen clearly. Knowing how powerful those things are, often the denser the charging people are, the more artillery fire will be attracted.
Strong. When charging this time, the strange knights have a countermeasure, that is, the number of people charging at one time will not be very large, usually only about a thousand knights.
After a wave of thousands of cavalry rushes through, a second thousand cavalry will rush out. In this way, even the artillery bombardment of the Jizhou Army will have limited lethality, and it will waste more of the opponent's natural resources.