Fenghou

Chapter 323

Of course, Chen Qing has also heard the name of the Zhe family for a long time. He has guarded northern Shaanxi for generations, and even his own Ganquan Fort was originally built by the Zhe family. daughter.

Zhe Yanzhi is also a famous general in the world, but most of his battles against the Jin soldiers ended in failure. The last battle was in the second year of Jingkang. He and Li Hui led an army of more than [-] to defend the south bank of the Yellow River. After escaping cleanly, Orihiko was demoted to be the Deputy Envoy of Yongzhou Tuanlian. In the first year of Jianyan, he was demoted to Changhua Army, which is Hainan Island, and stayed on the island for five full years.

Last year, he was strongly recommended by Xianggong Wang Ding and came back to serve as Hunan appeasement envoy, leading the army to suppress the bandits, but he was defeated by Yang Yao's chariot and boat. Fortunately, Wang Ding interceded for him, and it was not his responsibility to lose to Yang Yao. However, it was because Wang Xie, who was actually in charge of the army, refused to listen to the general's order, so he served as the deputy envoy of the Huguang Appeasement Department to cooperate with Li Gang to suppress the bandits.

It can be said that Orihikozhi's life was full of troubles. On the one hand, he did not have an army of his own in his hands, and the corruption of the Song Army repeatedly implicated him.

But on the other hand, it has something to do with his arrogance. He has always looked down on other Song generals and made people feel disgusted, so he always had a bad relationship with his colleagues, and even his relationship with Xie Qian was not good, so when Li Gang asked for Xie Qian's opinion, Xie Qian didn't care. Push him out without hesitation.

Orihikozu recruited [-] Hanyang disciples more than a month ago, most of whom had also served in the army. He spent more than a month training hard. , an army that can obey orders and fight.

Of course, Orihiko's haughty personality also depends on the person. Chen Qing has won many battles in Shaanxi, no matter against the Jin soldiers, the puppet Qi army, or the Xixia army. Just wiped out Yang Yao, Chen Qing's strength is here, and Orihiko will not be arrogant in front of him.

More importantly, Ganquan Fort, Chen Qing's old nest, was built by Orihiko's father. Chen Qing was active in the territory of the Zhejia Army. He had a natural affinity for Chen Qing, and he understood the hardships and combat skills of the Western Army.

Chen Qing was stationed in a forest. Hanyang Mansion was close to the Yangtze River. The forest was relatively humid, and the soldiers were uncomfortable. In addition, the dry food and fodder could not last for a few days.

Orihiko had a better understanding of the situation of the Puppet Qi Army, and introduced to Chen Qing: "The Puppet Qi Army attacked the city for seven days in a row, causing more than [-] casualties, and there should be about [-] people now."

"There are no more than [-] people!"

Yang Zaixing couldn't help but interjected, "We wiped out the [-] troops from the Northwest Battalion the night before yesterday."

Chen Qing glanced at Yang Zaixing, smiled slightly and said, "Let's let General Zhe finish first."

Orihiko chuckled, "You are all young people, and you are fearsome young people. General Yang's reminder was timely. The other party only has [-] troops and their morale is not high. Although we have fewer troops than them, we have [-] cavalry. , This is the cavalry of the western army, ten thousand can fight against thirty thousand enemy troops, in fact, our two armies are evenly matched, it depends on the performance on the spot and the change of tactics."

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said: "I respect the old general very much. We live in Fort Ganquan, and we admire the difficult environment of the Zhejia army even more. However, the two armies fight with a unified command. In specific battles, the [-] Hanyang army has to Rely on the command of the old general, but for the coordination and dispatch between the armies, you have to ask the old general to cooperate in the battle."

Orihiko nodded, "On the battlefield, the winner is king. Chen Dutong doesn't have to be so polite. Just order the deployment, and I will fully cooperate."

"Okay, let's discuss the specific tactics. I have a thousand heavy shield troops here. I plan to order them to charge first to deal with the enemy's crossbows."

The war was finally about to break out, and Dong Xian also listened to the opinions of the generals, procrastinating would be bad for morale, and agreed to a decisive battle between the two armies.

The battlefield was placed in the wilderness north of Hanyang City. This was originally a wheat field, but it was not cultivated, forming an open space covering an area of ​​thousands of acres, just right for the battlefield.

The flags were like clouds, the horns were whimpering, and the [-] troops on both sides formed a formation. The Song army formed a large golden tower formation, with [-] infantry in front, a thousand heavy shields and short spears in the front, and four thousand spears behind. military.

The [-] cavalry were divided into the left, middle, and rear wings. Liu Cui and Liu Qiong each led [-] cavalry to attack the left and right wings, and Yang Zaixing led [-] cavalry to attack the enemy's back.

Finally, there are ten thousand spear infantry led by Orihiko, who will fight in conjunction with the five thousand infantry ahead.

Chen Qing personally commanded the most elite [-] cavalry as an army to attack the enemy's formation.

Equivalent to the combination of foot and cavalry of the Song army, the deployment of the puppet Qi army is much simpler. Their five thousand logistics army did not go into battle. They are all craftsmen, cooks, grooms, civil servants, etc., and have no combat capabilities.

The [-] army is divided into four large square formations, front, back, left, and right. Among them, the front army square has [-] crossbowmen, and the other square formations are a combination of swords and shields and spears.

In terms of strength, the strength of the two sides is similar, it depends on the performance on the spot and the morale of the soldiers.

The two armies were two miles apart. Chen Qing squinted at the opponent's formation for a while, and saw that the opponent's crossbowmen were already in place, obviously preparing to deal with the attack of the Song army's cavalry.

Chen Qing sneered, he has cavalry, it is true that he needs to launch an attack first, but their cavalry is not Jurchen, they will resist a hard frontal impact.

"Command, go to battle!"

The drums of attack sounded.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of the drums was earth-shattering.

A thousand heavy shield and short spear troops took the lead. They formed a small phalanx and marched towards the enemy step by step. A hundred paces behind them was a phalanx of [-] spear infantry, which also began to march in formation.

As it got closer, Wang Jian, a crossbow soldier, shouted, "Get ready to shoot!"

The puppet Qi army raised three thousand bows and two thousand crossbows together, and one thousand soldiers with heavy shields suddenly accelerated and ran. When they were [-] steps away from the opponent, the team dispersed, pulled into two long lines, and rushed forward.

At this time, the classic method of dealing with the bow and arrow array is that when the opponent's archery critical point is approaching, the team will disperse, forcing the opponent to change the long-prepared target and find the target again, which will delay the time and at least reduce the opponent's round of shooting .

This tactic did affect the two thousand crossbow troops. The killing distance of the crossbow arrows is between [-] and [-] steps. The Song army suddenly changed its formation at [-] steps, which affected the firing of the crossbow arrows. After the adjustment was in place, Song Jun had rushed to one hundred and twenty steps, and a round of shooting was delayed.

"Fire arrows!"

Bows and crossbows were fired at the same time, and five thousand arrows rained densely in the air, roaring and shooting at the Song army. One thousand Song soldiers were well trained, and immediately squatted down and raised their large shield at a sixty-degree angle. This angle was just right. Cover the whole body without missing anything.

Arrows fell like raindrops, crackling and hitting the ground and the large shield, and more than [-] soldiers were shot by the arrows and fell to the ground, and their companions immediately stepped forward to rescue them.

Arrows are not like bullets that can be fatal when shot into the body. Arrows are basically flesh wounds and cannot be shot into the body. With armor protection, there is less information about a fatal arrow, unless it hits the forehead, throat, etc. Otherwise, they are basically injured, and the fear is that the treatment will not be given in time, and they will bleed too much and die.

This is also one of the reasons why the death rate was the highest in the era of cold weapons. All soldiers of the Song Army have first-aid kits, hemostatic ointment, dog skin ointment, and a roll of cloth. Rescue, as well as rescue medical sergeants accompanying the army.

Dozens of soldiers stayed behind to help their companions, and the other soldiers continued to run forward. They had already reached fifty or sixty steps, and soldiers were constantly shot down while running.

Thirty steps away from the enemy, the crossbowmen stopped shooting and retreated backwards. Instead, the spear army stepped forward. The four thousand Song army spear army behind also accelerated their running speed, and gradually merged with the heavy shield and short spear army. One.

two armies collide
"Ugh-"

Hundreds of horns sounded at the same time, and three cavalrymen were dispatched. They rushed out like three torrents, and rushed towards the [-]-man phalanx on both sides of the enemy army, as well as the rear phalanx behind them.

This formed a pattern of three cavalry against [-] infantry phalanxes, and [-] Song infantry against [-] former soldiers.

(End of this chapter)