Tan Shao stood with his sword in hand, standing on a high platform carried by eight chariots, about three feet high. This allowed him to clearly see every move within a radius of five miles. From his position, he was far away from
Looking at the nearly two thousand carts on the left, which are connected end to end on a square track, about fifty paces away, and three miles away, you can see the smoke and dust in the sky, and countless cavalry are drilling in and out of the dust.
The sound of whistles and tambourines shook the heaven and earth, and it sounded like more than 100,000 cavalry galloping back and forth.
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Yu Qiujin frowned, staring at the cavalry coming and going in the smoke, and murmured: "Looking at their armor and flags, they look like men and horses from the Helan tribe. Those who are planning to attack us on the flank are probably
Nan Yan's northern guard, Helan Lu, is gone."
Sun Chu laughed: "Old Yu, when did you learn to read the banners of the barbarians and the Chinese characters for Xianbei?"
Yu Qiujin shook his head: "Old Sun, you don't know how to do this homework, right? The commander-in-chief only wants to expedition to the north, and Southern Yan is the enemy that must be conquered. The famous generals, ministries, and flags of Southern Yan, you
Dare you say you don’t know Zhong?”
Sun Chu nodded: "It's just that I don't understand something. The Helan tribe is the elite of Yan State except for the Central Forbidden Army. Its combat power is the best among all the tribes. Therefore, it has been responsible for defending the north for many years, facing the powerful Wei cavalry.
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Helan Lu was also Tuoba Gui's uncle and could be called a famous general. He later defected to Nan Yan and became the pillar of the country of Southern Yan. With him, the north was at peace. But now the soldiers and horses of the Helan tribe
Appearing here, it seems that there are no less than 20,000 horses. It can be said that basically all of them are here. Don't they want to go north? Aren't they afraid that the Northern Wei Dynasty will take the opportunity to attack at this time? "
Tan Shao said calmly: "It's useless to think about these things. I only know that the cavalry of the Helan tribe that appears opposite us now is true. In the forward battle just now, although our army set up an ambush and won, Gongsun
The Shannan Assault Cavalry led by the returning troops still has a fighting prowess that cannot be underestimated. Their tactics of galloping, assaulting, withdrawing shields, and lassoing are worthy of being excellent cavalry. It was only because of the incompetence of the commander that they were all wiped out by us. This time we cannot do anything more.
If you use tricks like Brother Ashou, you can only meet the enemy's impact."
Yu Qiujin nodded: "The commander-in-chief had already anticipated that he would guard against the enemy's cavalry flanking attack, so he used carts to cover both wings. Now our army is less than ten miles away from Linqu. As long as we win this battle, we can take advantage of the situation."
When we were approaching the city, the commander sent an order for our entire army to stop and form a formation to meet the enemy. The Helan tribe's cavalry galloped back and forth like this, creating such a momentum, that they were probably taking the opportunity to forcefully attack us."
Tan Shao did not answer these words. He glanced in the direction of the forward, and saw only five miles away, a dark, tidal wave of Yan army infantry, lined up in formation, pressing towards his side, and Liu Jingxuan was giving instructions and maneuvering back and forth.
Groups of soldiers stepped forward, cleared the battlefield, and cleared the space for the infantrymen in the rear to move forward to take turns in formation. The slogans and the sound of drums and horns on both sides complemented each other, but the distance was getting closer and closer. Seeing it, it was about to
The attack range has reached about two miles.
Tan Shao curled up his lips: "Ah Shou's place should be facing off against the enemy's infantry. I believe that with the elite strength of our Beifu, if we were to fight against the infantry, then the enemy's 30,000-strong force would not be our opponent. It would only last for a short while."
It won't be difficult to defeat the enemy now. The enemy has combined a large number of infantry from the front, just to spread our formation, mobilize our troops, and weaken both wings. Give the order, from now on, all soldiers will turn to the left
When facing the enemy, you are not allowed to look around, you are not allowed to retreat before the battle, or you are not allowed to chase the enemy out of the formation without permission. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
Yu Qiujin nodded with satisfaction: "Shao Shuai, when your uncle Pingzi was still here, he was commanding the army like this. He might not be as good as you. The Tan family really has successors. Your uncle Pingzi is alive in heaven, so it's okay."
Rest in peace.”
Tan Shao bit his lips: "When Uncle Pingzi was alive, he wanted to go back to his hometown of Gaoping all day long. He didn't wait for this day. My eldest nephew would do anything to help him fulfill his wish. Aji is now in Wuling, and Daoji is following him.
The three generals have gone to Jiangling. I am the only one from the Tan family who is going to fight this time. You can’t embarrass Uncle Bottle here at all. Now, assemble the chariot and prepare to fight!"
As Tan Shao's military order was quickly issued with flags and bugles, all the heavy baggage vehicles stopped traveling and settled on the spot. The latches under the car bodies were quickly put down, and the wheels were tightly locked with wooden nails.
The auxiliary soldiers stepped forward and hammered the nails, or nailed the wooden frame of the vehicle to the ground, or placed large wooden shields on the vehicle body, and covered the wooden shields with leather. Some large wooden shields were
The car was simply equipped with a knife shield, with dozens of bright knife tips pointing outwards.
On each vehicle, two or three crossbowmen jumped on board. One person held a four- to eight-stone individual crossbow, and the other two held quivers and wielded spare crossbows. Their movements were neat and skillful. More than a thousand
A large crossbow was pointed out of the car. All the infantry who were pushing the cart outside the car also withdrew into the car formation. They took the spears and swords passed by their companions and stood beside the car, holding their breath. That's all.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the flank of the Jin army that had just moved forward suddenly turned into an indestructible fortress, with a sea of guns and arrows, and the formation was ready.
Tan Shao nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, the usual training was not in vain. This time it was less than half an hour faster than usual. It seems that the enemy's approaching will make these little bastards move faster."
Sun Chu laughed: "Shaoshuai, you may have overlooked one thing. The food and grass in this car have not been unloaded. You should give another order to these boys not to forget to throw down these rice bags.
Don't delay the fight."
Tan Shao shook his head: "Sixth brother, you guessed wrong this time. These bags are not filled with rice, but with something specially instructed by the commander."
Sun Chu's expression changed: "What, something that the commander specially ordered? Is it specially used for this battle?"
A mysterious smile flashed across Tan Shao's face: "Yes, he asked me to prepare it specially before the war. I originally thought it would be used as a forward, but I didn't expect that it would be used on the left wing. But I finally figured it out just now.
The commander-in-chief’s intentions are really high.”
Yu Qiujin nodded: "Since it is a special instruction from the commander, let's use it now, otherwise there will be a fight later and I'm afraid it will be too late to use it."
Tan Shao smiled and waved his hand: "Lao Yu, don't worry, the time has not come yet. If the good things are used in advance, the enemy will know about it. I just want to wait for Helan Lu to make a move first before using these things.
.You two please go to your respective armies to prepare for the attack. When it is time to use this thing, follow my orders!"