The 234th chapter mountains and rivers inside and outside (3)
"Your Highness is on the wall." Wei Bin shouted loudly to the soldiers, and when people looked up, he added, "He leads the troops with words and is not afraid of arrows. He goes to the battle in person. He wants to stand where his brothers can see him."
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The west wall of Gaodu County is three feet and one foot high. People at this height can not only see it, but also see it very clearly. The spears used by the Suzaku Army are ten feet and five feet long. Two spears placed up can reach the top of the city.
Zhang Ning was wearing a field gray military uniform, a light green square scarf on his head, and a cowhide belt with a gold buckle. He only wore a breastplate and was sitting on a chair at the top of the city. He had a long sword in his hand, holding the hilt.
The top is stuck on the brick floor. The biggest function of this sword is decoration and props, and it has basically no practical use. If Zhang Ning needs to fight with the sword, there will be nothing to fight in this battle.
It was originally a quiet and clear morning, but because the military formations were deployed, the wind carried some sand and stones hovering in the air, creating a chilling atmosphere, as if there was an invisible haze under the scorching sun.
The enemy army is not far away. There are about five football fields in the open space for a mile. Looking from the top of the city, dense groups of soldiers, fully armed, enter the battlefield one after another. The movement is very clear, even the largest one.
The "Zhu" on the flag can also be vaguely recognized. For a while, it was not clear whether all 6,000 people from the army had entered the battlefield, but the opponent's momentum was obviously more spectacular because of the large number of people. If the queue was not as dense as a market, several people would have been there.
It’s not surprising that thousands of people stand together all over the mountains and plains.
At this time, Lao Xu pointed to the northeast, leaned over and said to Zhang Ning who was sitting on the chair: "There is no large group of cavalry in the enemy's formation. They may be deployed somewhere, waiting for the opportunity to enter the battlefield. From the perspective of my subordinates, they
It is very likely that they came out of the forest over there and rushed quickly, intending to catch us by surprise."
What Lao Xu said makes sense. The cavalry's extremely fast tactical maneuverability obviously gave Zhu Yong a great advantage.
Zhou Mengxiong reminded lightly: "Zhu Yong must not have known that our artillery can shoot as far as one mile, so he stepped forward to set up a formation. If artillery is suddenly launched to bombard the enemy's formation at this time, the enemy's formation will be in chaos before they can stand firm, and the newcomers will be attacked.
Such a show of force will greatly affect morale."
Zhou Mengxiong's words were also very insightful. But Zhang Ning had not spoken yet, let alone given an order; so Zhou Mengxiong's words were just suggestions.
Zhang Ning did not explain the reason to them. Although he was not a taciturn person, he seemed a little silent at this time. It was not difficult to talk to others, but it was just that he had to use his brain to speak, which would inevitably affect his own thinking. At this time, he did not want to show any signs of silence.
His performance was abnormal. It seemed that there were so many people on the battlefield, and the damage caused by cold weapons with one knife and one shot was limited, but it was not impossible to decide the winner in an instant; maybe at this moment, he was still sitting on the top of the city giving orders in a grand manner.
In an instant, he became a prisoner.
Destroying the enemy's morale is important, but since Zhu Yong doesn't know the range of the cannon, it is more important in Zhang Ning's opinion to catch him off guard at the right time. This decision was temporarily learned from the enemy, and Zhu Yong deployed the cavalry in an unknown place.
, isn’t this the same consideration?
Many of his subordinates believe that the biggest advantage of the army in this battle is the number of troops, but Zhang Ning's personal idea is "the initiative." In order not to be defeated at the beginning, the Suzaku Army used infantry to form a dense square formation. This infantry square formation
You can't afford mobility anyway, so you are destined to be on the defensive side; you can repel the enemy's attack, but it is difficult to win a war while defending.
...One mile away, there were too many people, and they didn’t know who Zhu Yong was among them. The battle hadn’t started yet, but the contest between the two sides had actually begun.
I saw some sparse cavalry running out of the sea of people in the distance. They gathered in front of the formation and then walked slowly towards this side. The tentative attack was also the first round of the contest; it seems that Zhu Yong is a cheerful person.
Let's get straight to the point, and don't do boring things like finding a messenger to come forward to persuade us to surrender. Everyone knows that there is nothing to talk about between the two sides. Either you die or I die.
The drum beats at the right time, as if it is the foreplay of a competition, urging a bloody performance to be staged.
However, there is no audience for this performance, and no one present can stay out of it. Even though there are many people, it is inevitable that it will feel a little lonely. If you look around from the top of the city, there is silence inside and outside the city. There is not a single pedestrian on the small streets and alleys, and only the sparrows are left lonely. It seems like Gao Gao
The capital is a dead city without residents, and it seems that there is only fighting and no people in this world. In fact, even if a war is imminent, there are still many people in the city, and not everyone has a place to escape; otherwise, they have to carry stones, roll wood, and burn firewood within the city walls.
Where did you find the strong man?
Because it was the government troops who attacked the city, and the city itself belonged to the government, the people in the city had no desire to defend the city. They were forced to do anything to help the defenders. The only way to force them to do anything was to carry goods.
Buildings and the like. The officers and soldiers of the Suzaku Army are defending a city that does not need them to defend, a city that does not care about their life or death; a lone army, that is probably what it is.
At this time, Zhang Ning finally spoke, and he gave the first order to the soldiers who sent the order: "Send the order, the soldiers of the musketeers of each army are not allowed to fire without permission. Violators will be treated as disobeying military law in front of the formation and will be punished and executed!"
The messenger ran to the edge of the city and loudly repeated the military order just now to the generals below. Before that, the Suzaku Army had originally set up a command system with golden drums and flags, but many simple orders like the one just now were not included.
I couldn't express myself with props, so many commands had to be shouted.
Wei Bin, the commander of the left sentry, immediately shouted again: "The cavalry coming is to test and harass. If they don't get close, the generals will order to fight back with crossbows." Some hand-to-hand infantry are also equipped with crossbows, especially crossbows.
, mostly seized.
After a while, the first cavalry of the official army came close and started to trot towards them from 200 paces away. But they faced a defense line composed of two dense rows of spearmen. The spears that were one foot and five feet long were like hedgehogs.
The thorns usually stand there, and the cavalry will certainly not charge towards them. As expected, the dozens of cavalry gradually dispersed, and some of the cavalry in front jogged in a sparse formation until they reached forty or fifty steps, then stopped and started shooting |
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There was a whooshing wind, and a dozen or so sparse arrows fell into the Suzaku army formation one after another. Because the people were too dense, there was no problem in shooting, but the density was not enough to cause damage. All I could hear was "ding-ding-dong-dong".
"There was a crisp sound of metal collision, and most of the arrows hit the wide-rim iron helmet or shoulder armor. Suddenly there was a muffled sound, and one person in the neat crowd fell down, like a pebble falling into Dongting Lake.
, there was no extreme disturbance at all, and the camp remained motionless.
After a while, some people in the front temporarily put down their spears and took out their crossbows to load arrows. Then the crossbows fired back at the cavalry. Unfortunately, the three of them were hit by arrows and fell off their horses screaming in pain. The crossbows behind them were fired one after another, and both sides fired.
When shooting at a distance of dozens of steps, the infantry had a clear advantage. The short-range armor-piercing ability of the infantry bow and crossbow was stronger than that of the official army's deserted cavalry. In less than half a stick of incense, the cavalry rescued several
The injured one turned around and walked away, leaving several bodies in the open space.
Unexpectedly, after a while, one of the "corpses" on the ground struggled to sit up. He probably fell off his horse and fainted and was mistaken for being killed in battle. He looked back, with a panic expression on his face, and struggled to the west.
Climbing, he covered the arrow feathers stuck in his chest with one hand and shouted in a trembling voice: "Help me..."
Most of the people in the Suzaku Army camp were infantry, and the soldiers were in order. After a brief battle, they seemed very quiet. Therefore, this cry full of fear and pain seemed particularly strange on the bleak battlefield.
After a while, drums and trumpets were playing in the distance, and people and horses were noisy. I saw the camp began to move, and the crowds like a tide slowly moved forward. Looking around, there were flags like clouds and weapons like forests. Zhu Yong finally wanted to
Attacked, the real battle has just begun.
The soldiers and horses advancing forward are mainly infantry. If you look closely, you can tell that they are actually a square formation composed of four groups of people. The layout is like a field, stable and square, and come with a lot of noise. A rough estimate is that there may be two thousand people in total.
Maybe less than 2,000. Attacking head-on with twice as many troops, infantry versus infantry, Zhu Yong's opening was lackluster, but decent.
Whether it is the Suzaku Army or the official army, the spear is the main weapon of the infantry. The advancing team is like a forest, but it is like a forest in the north that has lost its leaves in autumn. It is like withered branches. Maybe the battlefield is desolate because of this situation?
The large group of troops advanced slowly to a distance of 200 steps. The front ranks of the officers and soldiers fired a few arrows randomly into the air, then stopped to reorganize their formation. Even Zhang Ning on the top of the city could already hear the shouts and curses of the opposing general |
Speaking of scolding, you can probably hear various nicknames for women and their reproductive organs from the noisy voices.
The messenger on the top of the city shouted at the top of his lungs: "Get ready for war!" The drummer grabbed the handle holding the red cloth, threw his arm and started beating hard, and for a while the whole city was bustling with excitement.
The front line of the officers and soldiers are some light infantry armed with bows and arrows, and the queue is very sparse; while the queue at the back mostly holds long spears, and some hold single-sword shields. They are lined up very densely, with almost no space left shoulder to shoulder. Viewed from the city wall
Going down, I saw the dome of the iron helmet shaking, and feathers fluttering lightly, and there may also be chicken or duck feathers.
A group of people and horses started to move forward again, shouting to the sound of drums and trumpets, and there were still loud and unscrupulous curses mixed in among them.
Next to the chair on the city wall, Zhou Mengxiong said lightly: "The operations of the 'Northern Army' have not changed for decades. The light soldiers in front will fire several rounds at a distance of seventy or eighty steps, and then quickly attack from the left and right sides."
Running to the flank, the light soldiers form a sparse formation just to run faster. Then the dense infantry formation behind them wearing heavy armor and long soldiers will attack in an attempt to forcefully break the opponent's formation. Crowding and martial arts are useless.
Yeah, life for life, just see who can survive longer."