The daily life of Dali Siqing

Chapter 466 The First Battle
Tiance is in the army.

"Great Governor, Commander Qin has a message!"

"Read!"

"Our scouts learned that the Golden Horde Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate each have an unknown number of troops approaching, claiming to be 50, approaching our army's flank camp."

Li Chengen looked at the sand table in the tent, expressionless.

At this time, the left wing of the army was the camp established by the [-] infantry led by Qin Yiyan to prevent the main army from attacking the main camp from the flank.

The [-] originally led by Qin Yiyan was more than enough to face the main force's attack.

But now the enemy has an unknown number of reinforcements. Of course, the enemy claims to be 50, and its real strength must be less than 50.

But even if the reinforcements were only [-], Qin Yiyan's pressure suddenly increased.

As the commander of the first army, it is natural to think carefully. After thinking about it, Li Chengen said, "Another 3 troops will be transferred to support Deputy Commander Qin!"

It is necessary to use the reserve reinforcements. With Li Chengen's current strength, even if Luke and Dunk are added, it seems stretched.

The Tiance Army has a total of about 33 troops.

Excluding those who guarded against King Zhao in the north, there are still about 20 people who stayed behind at the original pass.

As an old opponent, Chahan Timur's ability, Li Chengen also understands that now Chahan has more than 50 troops at his disposal, and such a scale of troops can already pose a threat to Tiance Army.

In addition to the standing defensive frontier army in the northern border, the main force of the Six Armies and Twelve Guards in the Great Zhou Dynasty is only the Longwu Army and the Tiance Army.

The Longwu Army is responsible for guarding against Jiannu and monitoring the King of Zhao, and the Tiance Army is responsible for resisting Yuanmeng Daqian.

In addition, there is no main force in the northern border, so Li Chengen can only borrow troops from Zhao Xuanli, the governor of the Longwu Army!
"An order was issued to order the 3 people stationed at Yubei Pass to dispatch [-] to come for reinforcements, and to order the guerrilla generals Li Cheng and Wang Wen, and the generals Leng Zifeng and Zhao Mingxie to come to the battle! The location, if anyone delays or delays the military aircraft, he will be punished without mercy!"

"promise!"

After the ten waves of messengers received the military order, they hurried out of the camp to deliver the order.

Just when Li Chengen was planning to borrow troops from the Longwu Army, the Longwu Army sent a message in advance: Jianzhou Mohe's [-] cavalry marched westward, and there was no friction with the Longwu Army.

A cavalry force of [-] from the Longwu Army followed behind, please Tiance Army be more careful and guard against sneak attack.

One hundred thousand Jiannu cavalry are marching westward towards Tiance Army at this time, and no one will believe you when you say he is here for tourism! ?

In recent years, Jiannu has continued to expand from north to east, and its national power is stronger than when it went south to the Central Plains 40 years ago.

Jiannu's [-] cavalry should not be underestimated.

Li Chengen immediately sent a letter, asking Zhao Xuanli, the governor of the Longwu Army, to stop the [-] cavalry in Mohe, Jianzhou.

If this cavalry joins the Eastern Front battlefield at this time, the situation of Cejun will be really bad that day.
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The next day, Dagan began to take the initiative to attack.

"Woooooo!"

Under the dull and heavy ox horn, a large army of horses and horses lined up to press forward.

Since ancient times, nomadic dynasties have been strong in field battles, and only the Shenzhou dynasties are prosperous and martial, and they can fight against them.

For example, the former Han, later Han, and former Tang were all capable of suppressing nomadic dynasties in field battles.

The same is true for the Great Zhou Dynasty. From King Qiyang and King Zhongshan, to the later Duke Hu Yu of Liang, and now to Li Chengen, they have always fought against the big cadres in field battles.

But today's big army and horses moved, Li Chengen felt something was wrong.

As Liang Wang Chahan Timur's old opponent, Li Chengen is too familiar with his military style.

The opponent's attack seems to be intensive today, but there is obviously a problem with the coordination between the various armies, and there are many loopholes in the overwhelming offensive.

If it is Chahan, they will definitely choose to use elite cavalry to test, point and face, and after tearing a hole, the whole army will press on.

The person who knows you best is often your opponent. Li Chengen's intuition is absolutely correct.

At this moment, the commander of the army was the Seventh Prince who had just seized power. Within a few days after seizing power, the Seventh Prince cleaned out the neutral faction in the army and replaced the neutral generals with his own confidantes.

And Liang Wang Chahan Timur's confidant army of about 9 people was sent by the Seventh Prince to transport food and defend the flanks.

That's right, nearly 9 people, of which 4 were sent to transport food and 5 were sent to the east.

A 4-strong army would have to endure to defend the east side. After all, defending against the Tiance Army's flank attack could barely be justified, but a [-]-strong grain transport team would not make sense.

The composition of Dagan's military rations is different from that of Dazhou. The milk of cattle and sheep is combined with corn jerky, so the logistical pressure of Dagan is not as great as that of Dazhou.

This is still a period of confrontation, if you travel in a hurry, there is no such thing as transporting food and soldiers.

However, the Seventh Prince still started the reform of the Dagan military system, which greatly improved the status of the grain transportation army in the Dagan army.

Its purpose is very simple, it is to be able to maximize one's own military merits, thereby improving one's status in the army and absorbing more military power.

Of course, Li Chengen didn't know about these things, but since the opponent made a move full of loopholes, Li Chengen would naturally accept it.

"Order the vanguard to assault the junction between the two divisions of the Chinese army, deploy five thousand long spears on the left and right flanks, and go forward."

"promise!"

Following the waving of the command flag of the Chinese army, an elite cavalry unit of the Tiance Army faced the attacking two divisions of the Dagan Army head-on.

Seeing that Li Chengen dared to take the initiative to attack, the Seventh Prince couldn't help but feel certain that he would definitely not be able to compare with Li Chengen and Chahan in terms of fighting wits, using troops, strategy, and tactics.

But now that the two sides are facing each other head-on, does this still require skill? !Whoever has more people is more powerful?

Just when the Seventh Prince thought that the two sides were about to fight a bloody battle, since the cavalry of the Tiance Army attacked like a sharp blade, they tore apart the two oncoming teams of tens of thousands.

After the cavalry of the Tiance Army opened their mouths, the spearmen and soldiers behind, under the cover of strong crossbows, inserted into the chaotic enemy formation.

Once the cavalry loses their impact, they will not have the original advantage in front of the well-trained spearmen.

With the cooperation of the gun and shield, the two teams of ten thousand people were defeated steadily.

"Change formation!"

In the large army formation, the Seventh Prince was also waving the command flag. At this moment, the cavalry had lost the advantage of maneuvering. Facing the elite infantry with strong shields, they were already on the verge of defeat. The Seventh Prince immediately waved the command flag and called He retreated and ordered the reserve army on the side to make up for it.

There is nothing wrong with this idea, but there is a gap between theory and practice. Not everyone can command hundreds of thousands of troops like their own.

The world's concept of commanding ability has always been in a misunderstanding.

Many people think that leading troops is a simple matter, so the more soldiers and horses under their command
Xiang Bawang is better than Han Bingxian. After all, Xiang Bawang's 70 army is against Han Bingxian's nearly [-] people. Han Bingxian needs to use a variety of strategies to defeat Xiang Bawang.

So I came to a conclusion that if Xiang Bawang also had an army of 70, then Han Bingxian would undoubtedly be defeated, but this is not the case.

If Xiang Bawang was given a 70 army, he might even lose faster, because Xiang Bawang simply does not have the ability to command a 70 army.

The 70 army, from the deployment of troops, the distribution of granaries, the distribution of arms to the coordination of various armies, is extremely cumbersome, and it is simply beyond the command of ordinary people.

Anyone who has organized a large-scale event knows that when the number of people exceeds a hundred, things beyond your control will happen. When the number of people exceeds a thousand, any negligence may cause major changes.

As for 10 people... let alone [-] people.

Xiang Bawang's commanding ability will be maximized when the scale is 5 to [-] people, such as Xiang Bawang's most proud Battle of Julu and Battle of Pengcheng.

In the battle of Julu, with 40 against [-], nine battles and nine victories, Zhang Han and Wang Li were defeated.

In the Battle of Pengcheng, 56 fine cavalry defeated the [-] army of the ancestor Han Gaozu.

They are all models of winning more with less, but if he reverses his troops, Xiang Yu will be restrained instead.

The same situation also applies to the champion of the early Han Dynasty. Huo Hussars is good at advancing with lightning, rushing like fire, and moving like thunder. Too many troops will limit his tactics.

And a group of people headed by Bai Shashen and Han Bingxian are very good at large-scale army operations.

Han Bingxian ordered troops, the more the better, this sentence is the best interpretation of this type of commander, they can fully transform their own military strength into combat power advantage, the more troops, the greater the advantage.

Of course, there are also people who are good at not only rushing at the level of 10 people, but also good at large-scale army operations with tens of thousands of people-the former Tang Weigong Li Pharmacist.

Whether this person is fighting in the lakes and hills in the south or cavalry fighting in the northern plains, whether it is fighting internally with warlords or foreign nomadic dynasties, whether it is fighting with light cavalry or large-scale regiments, whether it is defeating the enemy with tactics or frontal defeat, he will always be a hero. There is no battle that this gentleman is not good at.

Han Bai had no record against nomadic dynasties, and Wei Huo never participated in internal wars.

Only this person, looking at his life record, from the inside to the outside, without a single defeat, can only sigh with emotion, it is inhuman.

Of course, the seven princes who are in command at the moment do not belong to any of these categories. If there is an analogy, at most it is a Zhao Kuo!
There was nothing wrong with his command, but the army did not move as he expected.

After receiving the order to retreat, the front army hurriedly retreated as if they were being pardoned, but this retreat completely disrupted the formation of the Chinese army.

"Left wing, right wing, cavalry assault, all the troops push forward, defeat the enemy!"

How could Li Chengen, a veteran general in the battlefield and a famous commander in the world, let go of such a good opportunity? !

When the formation of the army and horses was in chaos, Li Chengen had already waved the command flag, and had been dormant on the two wings.

Heavy cavalry has always been the most expensive unit. From horse selection, armor manufacturing, equipment care to logistics transportation, post-war repairs require a lot of money.

And there are many disadvantages, such as single combat function, poor response, weak combat endurance, less maneuverability than ordinary cavalry, and extremely high terrain requirements.

But so many shortcomings and such a high cost can't cover up its absolute advantage-unrivaled and powerful lethality on the plain.

When thousands of heavy cavalry launched a group charge, it was almost impossible to resist.

Why use almost, because someone has blocked it.

Warriors with strict military discipline and no fear of life and death were used, wearing heavy armor to resist and fighting with their lives.

The former general of the Song Dynasty, Yue Wumu was good at controlling cavalry with steps. During the battle of Yancheng, facing Jiannu Tiefutu, Yue Wumu sent his infantry to enter the battle with Mazha knives, dropped knives, and big axes. Don’t look up. Chop the horse's feet and smash the iron pagoda.

If the current Dagan army had such a disciplined and fearless army, it would still be able to face the iron cavalry of the Tiance army head-on.

But there is no such thing, not to mention that the seventh prince can't come up with such an army, even Chahan Timur's subordinates don't have such an army.

So when facing Tiance Army's iron cavalry charging into battle, Dagan had no choice but to run away.

This completely collapsed the formation that was originally chaotic due to the failure of the seventh prince's command.

The central army of Tiance's army followed the iron cavalry and rushed to kill, wherever they went, they were invincible.

The Dagan army had been fleeing for nearly twenty miles before stopping, rearranging their formation, and retreating to the camp.

However, the Tiance Army did not pursue in depth, and Chahan did not appear, which made Li Chengen feel vigilant.

Now that Dagan has the upper hand in troops, Li Chengen also has to be careful. If Dagan's troops are used properly, it is possible to divide and encircle Tiance's army.

After the Tiance army returned to camp, they counted the results of the battle. At the cost of thousands of casualties, nearly 7000 people were killed and wounded, which is considered a small victory.

But Li Chengen was still in confusion, not sure what the hell Dagan was doing at this time? !
In today's battle, the Dagan army made so many mistakes, it was obviously not Chahan who was in command, so where did Chahan go? !
Li Chengen looked at his left wing. King Liang is the number one general in the army and has a high status. Except for Emperor Qian, there is probably no one who can mobilize him, but this is the critical time of the war, and Emperor Qian will definitely not do it. Such things as self-destruction of the Great Wall.

Then the place where Chahan is most likely to appear is his side's flank.

If this is the case, Qin Yiyan will be in danger.

After thinking twice, Li Chengen allocated another 1 people to Qin Yiyan for support!

But when Li Chengen was thinking about the strategy of the army, the general account was extremely depressed.

That's right, Dagan doesn't have the various strategies and strategies that Li Chengen thinks about, they are just simple dishes.

In fact, the core of the nearly 40 cadres has always been Liang Wang and his cronies.

Now that King Liang has been deposed, the combat power has dropped a bit, and the Seventh Prince was worried that King Liang's loyal loyalties would disobey him, so he transferred them all away, resulting in a further drop in combat power.

During this period, King Liang also replaced many middle-level officers in order to grasp the 40 troops as soon as possible.

These three steps made it impossible for the main army, which was originally on the same level as the Tiance Army, to confront the Tiance Army head-on.

Forcibly tilting the balance of combat power to the opponent, the operation of the Seventh Prince is comparable to that of Qin Hui of the former Song Dynasty.

"Everyone, don't be discouraged. Although we lost a little today, it is not without gains!"

Of course, the Seventh Prince must try his best to maintain his own image now!

"After all, we have just changed our tactics and we need to adapt! And I have some good news to tell you. The 20 reinforcements from the Golden Horde and Chagatai Khanate will arrive tomorrow, and our ally, Jianzhou Mohe's 60 troops are also on the way. Once all the soldiers and horses arrive, then we will have [-] troops! Doesn't it take me a while to wipe out the Tiance Army?"

"a ha ha ha!"

Afterwards, attracted by the laughter of the Seventh Prince, all the officers and generals also laughed.

The originally gloomy atmosphere in the tent suddenly came alive.

(End of this chapter)