People from all walks of life on both sides joined in the fight one after another, but the generals still could not expand the scale of the battle infinitely. The night could calm people down.
As the sun went down, the light became dimmer and dimmer, and the visible scenes became increasingly blurry. Both Wei and Wu sides invariably broke away from contact with their armies.
It is difficult to see clearly at night, and it is difficult for the generals to effectively control the army. It is easy to cause chaos. Almost no one is willing to continue fighting at night. It is too risky. Therefore, the battle usually comes to an end as soon as it gets dark.
On the darkened ground, you can still see a few sporadic fires, which are the remaining fires of the burning military vehicles that have not yet been extinguished.
The cool and humid night wind blew through, and it was vaguely mixed with various smells such as fish and feces. The air was filled with moans and groans. The fighting was suspended, and the retreating troops were like animals.
Like a wild beast, he began to silently lick his wounds.
Outside the camp, Qin Liang met Sun Li and others who had just come for inspection. Qin Liang got off his horse and bowed to him, and Sun Li unexpectedly got off his horse to bow in return. This situation is not common, because Sun Li is the lord, and he can express his gratitude on horseback.
Just one click will do.
Sun Li sighed and said: "Quan Cong's soldiers today are many, twice as many as mine. If it weren't for Zhong Ming, I wonder if I could still talk to Zhong Ming? I don't know how many soldiers died here?"
Qin Liang said casually: "King Quan Nai, the commander-in-chief, sent reinforcements in time, Duke Ming took charge of the overall situation, and the officers and men were responsible for their lives."
Sun Li didn't say anything more, he just glanced at Qin Liang and stood silently with Qin Liang for a while.
Although Qin Liang is polite and modest, he is eight points more confident in his heart. In the past, he only had a lot of research on paper. No matter how rigorous the deductions in his mind were, without actual combat proof, he always felt a little guilty. But now
, he has been able to confirm that his thoughts are not wrong.
As Sun Li said, if the old tactics are still used, after all, the Wu army's entire Cong tribe is twice as large as Sun Li's army. Sun Li will suffer heavy casualties in today's battle even if he does not die. Qin Liang's new tactics have changed the way of fighting, and it can be seen that
It appears to be effective.
When Qin Liang inspected the situation of the Wei army, he discovered at least two problems.
First, most of the spears of the Wei army were not very long (this is also consistent with the evidence of cultural relics unearthed by archeology, the spears of the Three Kingdoms were shorter than those of the Western Han Dynasty). Because the three kingdoms of Wei, Wu, and Shu often fought wars, the lengths should be about the same. This is okay.
The problem is, without the use of super spears, the infantry can have greater mobility and can directly launch a charge.
No matter what kind of weapons or equipment, they have their targets, and air cannot be used against imaginary enemies.
Perhaps because none of the opponents adopted a super-lance plan, all parties adopted spearmen with more athletic and sprinting capabilities. In addition, the cavalry tactics at this time were not yet mature and had not yet reached the status of the king of cold weapons.
Faced with the cavalry's fear and desire to resist, the infantry was not that persistent.
But in any case, Qin Liang thought of a battle example, where the Polish hussars directly defeated the spear formation.
Because the pike infantry of later generations were basically equipped with super-long spears in order to resist cavalry, the Polish Hussars used hollow barrels to reduce weight in order to make the lances longer than the infantry lances. The wooden hollow barrels are complicated to make and are easily broken.
, the wear and tear was very fast. But the Poles relied on their longer lances to poke around the enemy's spear formation, and defeated the classic spear formation that could defend against cavalry attacks.
The spears of the infantry formation cannot reach the opponent, and they dare not move. They are constantly being attacked and stabbed, and their mentality is indeed easy to collapse.
Qin Liang wanted to refer to battle examples, so the operation was even simpler. At this time, the infantry spears of Wei, Wu and Shu were not too long. They only needed to lengthen the cavalry spears and counterweight them. There was no need to bother with hollow spears. After all, the Polish wing
The cavalry is also a strange thing among the cavalry, and most people can't learn it even if they want to.
However, this time Qin Liang used the longer spear to achieve an advantageous effect. It is estimated that all countries will pay attention to the longer spear again in the future. War is like this, and experience is still extremely valued. Everyone will make adjustments and changes through practice, and there are no actual combat examples.
Without verification, changes will not happen easily.
Secondly, the Wei army, and probably the army of the Shu Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom, still adhere to the classical idea of a large army organization at the battle level. Judging from Qin Liang's thinking, it is probably because there is a lack of medium-sized mixed brigades.
They have a captain level of two to three thousand soldiers, and they may have more than one unit, but it is not complete. When conducting battle-level battles, usually the entire formation will be assigned to the multiple units.
Generally, there are at least several thousand or tens of thousands of people to coordinate with multiple arms on a large scale. Generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with it.
However, there are almost no medium-sized mixed brigades, so the army must have weaknesses in local locations. Only the cavalry can find such weaknesses with its good tactical mobility, without the need for a head-on attack.
Sun Li's cavalry was dispatched today, which confirmed Qin Liang's judgment. Facts have proved that the cavalry can be used in many positions from the back and side.
The Wu army did not have much cavalry to fight against the cavalry, so they could only rely on infantry formations to defend. In this case, in addition to the spear array, a large-scale crossbow shooting was needed to effectively kill the cavalry. Of course, the shooting
It is not easy to prevent the fast-moving cavalry from approaching, but at least one round of concentrated shooting can cause certain damage and weaken the enemy cavalry.
It can be said that the Wu army had a large-scale crossbow system that could be used intensively and deployed it on the front of the battle formation. When the Wei army's cavalry suddenly approached from its flanks, there was no time to mobilize the organization.
Although today's battle was located in an open low-hill area where nothing could be hidden, fortunately the Wei army's cavalry was in a local position and still successfully achieved tactical surprise.
Therefore, the small-scale crossbows deployed by the Wu army on the flanks hardly played any role in blocking the cavalry. The cavalry rushed up and were directly driven away.
At this time, the crossbows were very slow and laborious to string, and were easily damaged. It was difficult to train archers. The army mainly consisted of crossbowmen, so the main way to determine the winner in the battle formation was to fight close to each other. Moreover, the cavalry had manned armor, and the lethality of arrows was still weak.
It needs to be discounted; the cavalry is very fast, leaving little time for concentrated long-range shooting. There are fewer crossbowmen on the flanks, the rate of fire is slow, and the damage is limited. It is impossible to effectively threaten the cavalry charge...
Qin Liang's tactical innovation training based on this, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it at the time. However, because there was no verification on the battlefield, he was still a little guilty secretly and not so confident.
Now that he was at ease, he thought to himself: No matter what battle formation, there is still no escape from the theoretical laws of pure physics.
Qin Liang led the horse and followed Sun Li and others who were also walking, and silently walked into the gate of the camp. At this time, more generals came forward, and everyone greeted each other.
Just like before, Qin Liang talked a lot when he wanted to do something, but kept a low profile when he was not busy. He silently walked towards the tent and walked past the generals.
"Qin joins the army." "Qin joins the army..." the voices of the generals said. When Qin Liang passed by, people specially raised their hands to salute him again, and their eyes were different from before. In those staring eyes, maybe they just reflected
The firelight in the camp was shining brightly.
Qin Liang raised his hands, cupped them while nodding, and responded kindly: "Okay, okay. Generals, thank you for your hard work. You all sacrificed your lives in battle. I am very pleased with you, Lord Sun."
Just when Qin Liang passed by the reckless man Xiong Shou, Xiong Shou suddenly grabbed Qin Liang's arm. His face was a little red with excitement. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but because of his stupid mouth, he suddenly
I couldn't say a decent word in front of everyone.
Qin Liang stretched out his hand and patted his shirt gently, making two soft "clang" sounds, "Are you still alive?"
"Haha!" Xiong Shou laughed out loud immediately, and everyone also burst into sporadic laughter, which immediately cleared away the heavy atmosphere.
At this time, Wang Guang's voice said: "With this feeling and this scene, why don't Zhong Ming compose a poem?"
Qin Liang glanced at Wang Guang and thought to himself: I'm terrible at poetry, so don't always ask me to compose poetry. I can only copy.
But today, Qin Liang personally went to the battlefield where corpses were strewn, which had a great impact on his mentality. At this time, the feeling of terror and fear had not really faded away. He also wanted to release his inner emotions for a while.
I didn’t care about being too particular, so I immediately thought of a song.
Sun Li also turned his head, as if he was looking forward to Qin Liang's poem.
When Qin Liang saw that Sun Li was like this, he was even more gracious and couldn't get off the stage. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and slowly recited: "Putao fine wine, luminous cup, if you want to drink, Pipa will prompt you immediately. Drunk lying on the battlefield, you are lying on the battlefield."
Mo Xiao, how many people have fought in ancient times?"
After hearing this, everyone felt sad and smiled bitterly. Sun Li personally commented: "A good poem."
Wang Guang also looked at Qin Liang a little excitedly and nodded vigorously: "Wine is indeed a match for heroes. Emperor Wen loved wine very much at the beginning. Emperor Wen said, let's talk about grapes. When you wake up after being drunk, you eat with the naked eye exposed; they are sweet and tireless, crisp and crisp.
It is cold but not cold, has a long and juicy taste, relieves irritability and quenches thirst. It can also be brewed into wine, which is sweeter than qumi, good at getting drunk and easy to wake up."
Sun Li said: "It's a pity that there is no wine in the army, and there may not be any in Huainan. It's a bit of a pity."
Wang Guangdao: "The general who conquered the east has it in his palace. When he returns home after the victory, his servants will bring out all the wine from the cellar to celebrate the victory."
At this moment, someone was brought into the camp and knelt on one knee in the back to address General Sun.
When everyone turned around, the visitor said: "The king has invited General Sun to come to the big tent to talk."
Sun Li glanced to the north and saw nothing due to the barrier. But everyone knew that Wang Ling's army had already set up camp nearby, almost joining Sun Li's army to form a company camp.
"Everyone, please settle down for the time being and treat the injured. I'll go see the Governor Wang." Sun Li said. He turned to look at Wang Guang, "Gong Yuan is coming with me."
At this moment, Qin Liang took the initiative and said: "Please follow Duke Ming."
Sun Li nodded without hesitation.
Wang Guang cast an expectant look at Qin Liang. Wang Guang seemed to be quite concerned about Qin Liang. He should have noticed that Qin Liang usually kept a low profile and took the initiative to ask his colleagues to guess what was going on.
So Sun Li took a group of private soldiers, Qin Liang, and Wang Guang to accompany them, and they all rode out of the camp.
You can see the firelight of the military camp not far away. The place where Wang Ling's army is stationed is indeed very close.