It seemed as if guns were firing everywhere, and the sound of cannons was like thunder. On the battlefield of lightning and thunder, there was a scene of storm coming and wind filled the building, but the sun was hanging in the air, and the sky was clear. The chaotic scene seemed to have traces to follow.
Ning thought of the clock: the soldiers and horses on both sides were moving in a clockwise direction.
The left wing was the direction of the Suzaku Army's attack, and the official army was not about to collapse at once. The battle had lasted until noon, and Zhang Ning was very dissatisfied with the speed of the left wing's advancement. The front line sent people back to ask for ammunition support, so he added the second sentry horses of Yongding Camp to escort.
A batch of weapons and ammunition rushed to reinforce, and at the same time provided troops to Yao Erlang and other troops who had fought for a long time, allowing them to have a chance to breathe.
Zhang Ning's troops included the eighth division of the infantry and artillery army, the central guards, and the cavalry regiment. At this time, he had invested more than half of the main combat forces in the attack direction of the left wing: the infantry of the second division of Changde camp led by Yao Erlang in the early stage,
Then nearly two thousand cavalry regiments participated in the battle, and a group of infantry had just been added. In order to eliminate the threat of heavy artillery by the official army, a group of troops had advanced forward. Now there are two infantry camps left on the left and right of the central army; and the rear
The two reserve camps, among which the latter army, a group of troops still need to protect the safety of the baggage camp.
When the torrent of black horse soldiers on the right wing (north) appeared in sight, Zhang Ning seemed to have found a clear main line from this chaotic scene.
He found that his psychology was surprisingly similar to Xue Lu in this battle! Zhang Ning was very anxious and tried to fight quickly. Directly attacking the enemy's central army from one place was the most effective way to urge him to defeat, so he grabbed the left wing.
The troops were sent to attack fiercely; Xue Lu seemed to be very anxious, and a large number of cavalrymen from the north were all dispatched, and Zhang Ning felt that they were coming for his central army.
Zhu Heng turned his head and looked north for a long time and suggested: "I'm afraid our central army will have to prepare to defend the cavalry in advance."
Zhang Ning also immediately said: "I ordered all the troops of the Central Army to form a square formation and arrange them on all sides..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of flames flashed in the smoke under the hillside. After a moment, the sound of cannons "boom boom..." was shaking. Zhang Ning looked up at the sky, waiting for the shells that flew in an instant.
I had an idea, it would be impossible to hit me just by firing a fool, right?
At this moment, a "kick" sound suddenly came from a distance. Zhang Ning subconsciously turned his head and saw that the large flagpole with a square vermilion bird flag hanging high was tilting.
A guard next to him was quick-eyed and suddenly rushed up to hold the flagpole. However, the flagpole broke at the lower part, and the guard was also holding the lower end, just like a lever principle. It takes great strength to stabilize the high flagpole at that position.
Obviously, it is not a force that a person can have. The flagpole breaks and tilts and falls faster. In an instant, it hits the ground with a "bang".
Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment.
The sound of gunfire on the battlefield still did not stop, and the battle continued; but for a moment, because many people's eyes were cast, Zhang Ning felt that the world had been quiet at that moment, and time had stopped.
The shelling more than one mile away could hit such a small target with a flagpole, of course, which was beyond everyone's expectations, including the official army that believed in artillery. Is this the will of heaven? Zhang Ning did not believe in the will of heaven, but he believed in the influence of morale.
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The most effective way of war in this era is to concentrate troops on one battlefield to decide the outcome. Tens of thousands of people are on the battlefield within a radius of several miles. The flag of the central army is like a lighthouse in the direction of the sea! The flag of the central army falls down
, People will panic, and morale will be greatly hit... The most mysterious point is that most ancient people were not brainwashed by scientific rational thinking. People must believe in a strange theory: it is an ominous sign that a large army will overturn the banner!
Even Zhang Ning himself felt for a moment that God was angry with him? With the artillery casting technology of this era, even if he could hit a goal as big as a football field, he actually hit the flagpole with one shot... The situation at this moment
It's like a miracle. A person is holding a machine gun in front of you and sweeping through you. The walls around you are full of bullet holes, but he just misses the shot.
The enemy troops under the hillside cheered loudly, and there were also people shouting in the camp of the officials and soldiers in the distance opposite. The voices from far and near were buzzing in Zhang Ning's ears.
Zhang Ning felt a little cold in his hands and feet, and his hands were slippery and cold sweat; the black horse team in the north was rushing like a mountain torrent.
It’s not that he has never experienced the thrills. He has encountered the situation of being forced into a dead end with a knife more than once, but that feeling is completely different. At that time, you only need to worry about your life and control your behavior; and now,
Tens of thousands of people were crowded in this wilderness, and he suddenly felt powerless and could not control the situation.
"Prince, I deserve to die for a small crime!" The guard who was trying to hold the flagpole just now lay on the ground and cried bitterly, "Even if the bones are crushed, they should hold the flag..."
Zhang Ning came to his senses and said coldly: "At up, the sin is not on you. Come quickly and put up the banner again! Come, prepare the horse!"
Only then did a group of guards rush over, they lifted the flag first and hugged it. Then someone took the iron tool and digged the hole desperately on the ground. Several big men hugged the flagpole and put it into the hole.
Let's poke down again, and firmly inserted the lower end of the flagpole into the earth. A man used all the strength to grit his teeth and ate his breasts. The rough skin on his temples was rising, and the eyeballs in his eye sockets
All the children were soaked in tears.
Zhang Ning took the horse and was about to go out of the camp to inspect the surrounding military formations. At this moment, a large number of horses from the official army were getting closer and closer. Zhu Heng hurriedly dissuaded him but to no avail. He said without hesitation: "I will not leave the camp anymore."
Prince, go and go back."
At this time, Zhang Ning had no time to issue detailed military orders, so Zhu Heng could only arrange his defensive formations on his behalf. At this moment, the remaining troops of the central army were almost all infantry, including the defenders and reserves, with a total of about 6,000 troops.
Among them, more than a thousand people must guard the baggage camp to form a hollow square formation to avoid being destroyed; the main force of the cavalry of the "Northern Route Army" has more than 10,000 people according to intelligence. At this moment, there is a so-called omen of the enemy cavalry.
Launch a crazy attack.
Zhu Heng said to the people in the Senate: "If the troops near the Central Army were arranged in large arrays at this time, they could not completely block the cavalry from transcending and detouring, and instead placed our Central Army guards in a dangerous place. He ordered all the troops to send whistles.
For a formation, each formation is 120 steps away from each formation, forming a rejection formation without any errors.”
The officials hurriedly wrote quickly and issued formal orders to the commanders of each sentry. Soon, Zhang Ning also returned to the central army from outside the camp. He also agreed when he heard about Zhu Heng's arrangement.