Seeing the other party immediately entering a state of war is actually the normal state of war.
The era in which both parties have already seen each other but behaved politely, and even the leaders of both parties could meet up to have a meal and drink, seems to be gone forever?
The battle starts with the cavalry of both sides. Several cavalry can be seen cruising in the wide plains. Each of the enemy's and ours' cavalry has different speeds. They find opportunities to pounce on each other. After a short fight, they separate from each other. .
"Zhao's cavalry is mainly about riding and shooting?" The Zhiyao people were already on the chariot.
Thanks to the Zhi family for the stirrups and saddles, and after the Zhao family equipped them with these two things, they were driven to the grassland. The path of civilization inevitably had to change.
So, saddles and stirrups were brought to the grassland, and presumably they spread to other nomadic peoples?
There is a fact that before the Zhi family turned their family into a country, the use of cavalry was mainly mounted shooting. Other imitators must have tried using cavalry to charge into battle formations, and concluded that charging into battle formations with light cavalry paid too much of a price. The imitation is still based on the tactics of riding and shooting.
To be honest, cavalry shooting can only play a harassing role against troops with too high armor penetration rate. It can only have relatively strong lethality when facing troops with almost no armor penetration.
"Perhaps the Zhao family is invincible in the grasslands, and they can only play support when they come to the battlefield in the Central Plains." Zhiyao saw the same fact, and turned his eyes to the other side of the battle formation.
The troops of both sides that entered the battle in advance were more than 13,000 infantry and cavalry on the coalition side, and about 8,000 infantry and cavalry on the original side.
After all, the original army came from afar. Even if Zhiyao kept the army in battle formation and advanced, the vanguard would actually be restricted by woods, small slopes and other conditions, making it difficult to fully deploy the troops as soon as the battle started.
In a cavalry battle, it will be difficult to tell which one is better and which one is worse.
It is easier to see some things in the combat situation of the coordinated walking and vehicle coordination.
As usual, the chariot is the frontmost unit participating in the battle, and a group of infantry will be closely followed behind each chariot.
The Yuan Kingdom still uses the Jin army's organization, with a chariot followed by seventy-five infantrymen. This organization used to be taken advantage of by the Jin Army, but now it is still taken advantage of by the Yuan Army.
Once the chariot is destroyed or forced to a halt, the infantry of both sides will immediately engage in battle. There are more people than others, and the combat effectiveness of the original army is higher than that of other princes. How can the coalition army not retreat steadily? Woolen cloth?
The number of coalition infantry and vehicle troops engaged in the battle was almost double that of the original army, but it seemed that the coalition forces were defeated locally by the original army. This is the difference between how many troops are actually used to exert effective combat power, regardless of how many troops there are. .
So, Luan Shu is indeed an old bastard. He understood the advantages of a large organization more than a hundred years ago and changed the organization of the Jin army.
What is more deadly for other princes? The Jin people themselves are very good at fighting. If the number of soldiers in a "two" is three times more than that of the princes, it will definitely be more deadly!
It's not that the princes didn't want to follow Luan Shu's example and change the army's establishment, firstly, they didn't have enough men to fight, and secondly, they couldn't support the economy, or they were suppressed by the Jin State.
Now, Zhiyao is still the beneficiary of Luan Shu. The original army of about 5,000 not only withstood the attack of 10,000 coalition troops, but also carried out a counterattack.
Of course, the bigger the army, the better. It is most important to look at the actual situation.
How should I put it? Some divisions have more than 13,000 people, and some divisions have more than 18,000 people, but the former can beat the latter violently, and some divisions can even fight an army vigorously. It is still interesting to see.
Overall quality, and then there is the gap in military equipment.
"Your Majesty, the enemy has made another move." Ji Qin said.
Zhiyao turned his attention to the place where there was movement, and visually estimated that more than 10,000 people had left the coalition headquarters again.
Looking at the flags of the coalition forces with new movements, even though the distance is a bit far away, we can still tell that they are from the Yue and Lu countries.
Zhiyao turned around and looked behind her side. A large number of vehicles were already taking defensive measures, and some auxiliary soldiers were also starting to cut down trees.
"Zhiying." Zhiyao clicked on a name.
A young man who looked to be in his twenties came over.
Zhiyao ordered: "You can lead three thousand cavalry to attack the Yue army and the Lu army."
Ji Qin, who was a little disappointed when he heard his name being called, quickly put on a posture of listening respectfully.
"Qin leads a 'division' forward. If the enemy troops send troops to block it, engage them in battle; if the enemy troops do not provide reinforcements, follow the command of the state captain and wipe out the enemy's infantry and vehicles." Zhiyao gave another order.
What Qin wants is a stage so that he can make contributions.
The original system has not yet been perfected, but most people know that it will not be like the original Jin state, and the policies that were implemented by the Zhi family will definitely be continued.
What is Zhi's policy? Regardless of one's origin, meritorious deeds must be rewarded; no matter how high one's origin, those who are guilty must be punished.
The troops Sun Wu is commanding are the standing army that Zhiyao has built for seven or eight years. If the battle between five thousand and ten thousand continues to be difficult, Zhiyao will become a big joke.
The war was not only progressing smoothly, it was completely the original army suppressing the coalition forces and beating them violently!
Zhiyao mobilized another "division" of troops in order to attract enemy reinforcements or to stop the enemy from fighting.
If the princes provide reinforcements, the original army can destroy more coalition forces before the opponent is not mentally prepared enough.
If the princes did not send reinforcements, Zhiyao would annihilate all the enemy troops that had already participated in the war and create an environment in which the camp could be established properly.
Zhiyao looked up at the sky.
The sun has moved to the west-center position, and the time should be around 14:00? There are still more than two hours before dark.
Zhiyao raised a thing in her hand and brought it to her eyes.
Is this thing other than a telescope?
Burning glass is one of the things that almost every time traveler does. Zhiyao provided the relevant concepts, and it took Zhishi six years to produce qualified glass.
The glass requirements for making telescopes were higher, and it took another two years to get the finished product.
Back then, it took Zhiyao nearly three years to "invent" paper.
This is still a huge undertaking for the Zhi family, which illustrates the difficulty of starting something from nothing.
Through the telescope, Zhiyao can see the princes standing on the chariot more clearly.
The princes all looked very serious, as if they had known that the Jin people could fight... No, they should be called Yuanren, but the title Yuanren sounds a bit strange.
They just changed their banners, but their uniforms remained the same, but the princes found that their opponents were more capable of fighting!
There's nothing strange about it.
After turning their family into a country, the Zhi family has certainly gained benefits but also faced crises, and the same has actually happened to the people under their rule.
To put it bluntly, most people in the original country now hope that the scale of the war will be larger so that they can become one of the drafted members.
For this group of people who are currently serving, they hope that wars will break out one after another and there will be more opportunities to make meritorious deeds.
Under such circumstances, hoping to achieve great achievements, how could the former army soldiers not fight hard? They will definitely show a stronger desire to fight than before.
"Withdraw your troops? You can't withdraw." Zhiyao turned her attention to Sun Wu.
It can be seen that Sun Wu issued instructions frequently, and the original army surrounded the enemy troops during the mobilization. If the princes did not send reinforcements to rescue them, eight or nine thousand people would really be wiped out.
At the same time, Zhao's cavalry tried to help the friendly forces to relieve the siege, but they overestimated themselves and underestimated the original cavalry. After throwing in three to five hundred cavalry, Zhao Muji issued an order to withdraw the troops.
In this serious situation, there is one place that looks funny.
The total number of the Yue and Lu armies was about ten thousand, and I didn't know who was their commander. I could see a kind of hesitation from the various postures of the advance.
Zhiying led 3,000 cavalry and showed up, telling the Vietnamese army to turn around and leave. The abandoned Lu army turned around and ran away even after they advanced a little distance.
Dare to face the cavalry with their backs facing each other? The slow-running Lu army was shot down by arrows one after another, and was even chased by the original cavalry, turning it into a tail-to-tail chase.
At any rate, the Vietnamese army discovered the situation and reorganized their formation to withstand some of the pressure. Otherwise, I don't know how many of the more than 3,000 Lu troops could have escaped alive.
The Vietnamese army and the Lu army retreated cautiously despite the constant arrows, and their appearance turned into a joke. This scene did not attract many people's attention. Most people were looking at the other side of the fierce battle.
Sun Wu was obviously playing tricks. He could use the most violent offensive to destroy the coalition forces staying on the battlefield, but he repeatedly gave them hope of breaking out. It seemed that he wanted to attract the princes to send troops for rescue.
If nothing else, today’s battle will probably look like this?
"I thought the Chu army would retreat tonight." Zhiyao returned to the tent and summoned the senior officials who had no military affairs.
Everyone had different expressions after hearing this.
Would the kings and ministers of Chu do that? In fact, Chu did this not once or twice.
Zhiyao continued: "Should we withdraw our troops to the south of the Song Dynasty, or should we march northward next year?"
Just a battle in the afternoon will not completely destroy the confidence of the princes. They all have eyes and brains and know that there is no chance of winning this battle. They must be more fully prepared to fight against the Yuan Kingdom again in the future.
Fan Li said: "This is not a good thing."
Of course it's not a good thing.
In this way, the war to establish the original country's prestige was not completed, and it could not intimidate other countries from invading easily.
The next time the coalition forces come back, they must be better prepared, and the scale of the war will not be small!
Once the Chu army really runs at night, the original army will certainly be able to target them. Even if they cannot completely annihilate them, they will certainly be able to eliminate many of them.
However, it is impossible to intimidate the princes in this battle, and there will be a larger-scale battle in the future, and it will even enter a period of using various means to interfere with and even destroy the domestic stability of the other party.
"Most of the princes are here, keep them, don't worry if the mainland doesn't come to rescue them!"
Zhiyao now needs to think about how to keep the princes...
