Northern Dynasties

Chapter 919: Sharing the pie with laughter

Among the Xiangyang soldiers who followed King Taiyuan to attack Heluo, Wu Mingche was one of the few generals who came from the Southern Dynasties, and his assigned position was that of an infantry commander.

Under the combat organization of the Xiangyang army, the infantry and cavalry commander is the combat commander directly under the command of the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army. The number of troops under the control of the cavalry commander is usually between 800 and 1,500, while the infantry commander The number of troops under their control can usually reach two to three thousand.

Wu Mingche's troops numbered more than 2,300, and they were deployed at the left front of the Chinese army in the battle formation. Generally speaking, they were the troops that were attacked in the second stage. The team included eighty heavy-armored infantrymen as the core of the formation, three hundred elite soldiers as Wu Mingche's personal soldiers and supervisory team, and the rest were more than eight hundred spearmen, six hundred warriors with swords and shields, and More than six hundred crossbowmen.

These combatants are not in distinct formations, but are mixed into two or three combat formations according to different combat missions, and are attacked in an orderly manner.

Usually, the combat orders issued by the Chinese army include more than a dozen combat orders such as attack, defense, outflank, interception, etc. As for how to implement these orders and complete the combat objectives, it requires the commander-in-chief of each army to complete it on the spot.

Different combat formations and soldiers can produce different combat effects. If a certain type of military unit is exhausted, but the Chinese military assigns combat tasks that can only be completed by the corresponding type of military unit, it will naturally result in half the effort and extremely low efficiency. Even if the Chinese army still has enough resilience to make up for this loophole in the battle formation, the corresponding commander-in-chief cannot escape the blame for his unfavorable operations.

Generally speaking, the combat units that are closer to the Chinese army receive more complex and changeable combat instructions on the battlefield, which requires the corresponding commanders to have more sophisticated tactical command abilities.

Wu Mingche was placed in such a combat position not long after his surrender, and the King of Taiyuan could not say that he did not ignore him. Wu Mingche had not yet had enough time to familiarize himself with and master the Taifu's fighting organization, but he had already arrived in Heluo and fought against the Jinyang soldiers, who were the best in the world at that time, and he felt quite nervous.

But fortunately, Wu Mingche had a vague feeling since the northern advance, that is, there seemed to be an invisible aura on King Taiyuan, and both the enemy and ourselves on the entire Heluo battlefield were affected by this. In particular, the enemies of the Northern Qi Dynasty seemed to have responded correctly, but they still seemed to be manipulated by King Taiyuan.

Leaving aside the Qi army stationed in the city, the Qi army and horses that have just returned to Luoxi can clearly be seen that they are exhausted after a long journey, and it is really not appropriate to go directly forward to attack the battle.

However, after the King of Taiyuan gave a simple message to the envoy to motivate the general, the enemy general still launched an attack against common sense in the art of war. As expected, he was defeated and repulsed by this strong formation, and hundreds of lives were lost in vain. .

In the past years, Wu Mingche was mainly active in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and did not know much about personnel in the north. I have heard the name of a veteran Northern Qi general like Hu Lujin, but I am a little unfamiliar with his son Hu Luguang.

At this time, when he saw that Hu Luguang was trapped by Xiaoyi and knew that he could not do anything, he still wanted to attack his own strong formation with his whole army. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He was different from the unconventional and unconventional king of Taiyuan. It is really difficult for people who can plan everything to fight against the enemy.

Of course, Hu Luguang also understood that Li Boshan also had sinister intentions, which was to use humiliation to force him to attack when the situation was unfavorable and fight an unequal and unfair battle.

But knowing in my heart is one thing, and whether I can bear it is another. The humiliation that Li Boshan inflicted on their father and son can be said to be unprecedented in his life, and it was difficult for him to criticize him from a moral perspective. He could only publicize and accuse through actions what it meant that a scholar should be killed and not humiliated!

"Now the two countries are at war. What is at issue is not only the personal relationship between father and son, but also the righteousness of the world! Li Boshan used love to force me, and he also slandered the ethics and righteousness of our country! Hulu Mingyue may not be a good person, and he will never tolerate this. I have humiliated the country! This beast is evil, and only killing it can stop the anger and wash away the humiliation!"

Hu Luguang's eyes were filled with anger, and his expression and tone were far from his usual calmness. He pointed with the horse in his hand at the Chinese army's banner in the enemy's formation in the distance, and then ordered the soldiers who had just garrisoned near the White Horse Temple to rest for a long time. Follow him to kill the enemy again.

Jinyang soldiers are the best soldiers in the world, and the vanguard troops led by Hu Luguang are even more elite soldiers. Although they are exhausted from running around for days and are no longer in their heyday, thousands of troops are marching toward them with anger. The enemy formation is charging away, and the momentum of the battle cannot be underestimated.

As one of the most outstanding young soldiers among generations, Hu Luguang was full of anger at this moment, but he was not completely blinded by the anger. When he led his troops to charge towards the enemy's formation, his mind gradually recovered. He kept calm, his sharp eyes like an eagle did not miss even the subtle expressions on the faces of the sergeants in the enemy formation, and while running, he chose the most suitable position to rush into the enemy formation.

Although the cavalry has strong impact and tearing power, it also requires the commander to have keen insight and tactical command. Even if it is the same team, the combat effectiveness it can exert under the leadership of different generals will also change qualitatively. The courage of a general is especially evident in cavalry combat.

From the previous charge, Hu Luguang knew that the enemy's formation was tough, especially the presence of numerous crossbowmen and heavy armored infantry, which gave him great restraint on the light cavalry he commanded.

This time he attacked again, but he did not rush into the formation. Instead, he made repeated feint attacks along the enemy's line to find loopholes in the enemy's formation.

After some testing and observation, although Hu Luguang still hated Li Boshan in his heart, he had to admit that he was indeed arrogant. The neat layout of his army's formation was the only one Hu Luguang had seen in his life. After several tests, the enemy's formation also adjusted its alert according to the direction of the cavalry's blade, and there were almost no loopholes for attack. "kill!"

Finally, when Hu Luguang turned back from the enemy's flank, he saw that one of the enemy's troops was a little slow and stiff in their coordination and adjustment. Although the soldiers at the rear immediately rushed to fill in, from the rear perspective of Hu Luguang's side, There was still a gap in the horse's position. Dang even clamped the horse's belly and jumped into the formation. With a shake of the horse in his hand, he killed all the pawns in front from the side and behind in mid-air!

As Hu Luguang rushed into the military formation, the men and horses behind him also rushed in along the gap. The originally tight formation was suddenly rushed out of a gap several feet wide, allowing the men and horses behind to continue to flow in. of influx.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Hu Luguang led his troops to break through an enemy formation. Wu Mingche, who was in the follow-up formation, couldn't help being shocked when he saw this. Even though he ordered the soldiers in the formation to line up their guns as if they were resisting the horses, the crossbows in the formation They fired with their hands to harass the enemy, and the warriors on both wings were ready to fight. The enemy rushed into the formation more than two feet away, and then the heavy armored infantry moved forward to block the enemy with an iron wall. Wait until the enemy's momentum subsided. , the dancing men came forward with their swords to kill the horses and fight hand to hand.

"The thief will be punished!"

Wu Mingche gave frequent orders in the formation, which naturally attracted Hu Luguang's attention. He immediately raised his horse and assassinated Wu Mingche, intending to kill the enemy general in the formation and thereby break the formation.

Wu Mingche's own martial arts skills were only average, and he was not known for his bravery in charging into battle and beheading generals first. When he saw Hu Luguang coming towards him with a sword, he instinctively shrank into the formation, but immediately stopped and drew out The saber jumped to the side, and the horse in Hu Luguang's hand also circled an arc, and continued to stab Wu Mingche like a shadow.

Soon the swords and swords met, and the sword in Wu Mingche's hand was blown away by the tremendous force, and his body fell into the arms of the soldiers who came to rescue him from behind. Hu Luguang was still waiting to make up for his injuries when he saw long knives on both sides slashing down towards his side.

It turned out that he had used his strength to break into the enemy's strong formation. In a hurry, he leaned his body on the side of the saddle, and the long sword cut off the mane on the horse's neck. Through gastroschisis.

Wu Mingche had the enemy trapped in the formation, so of course he would not hold anything back. He immediately put the reserve forces in the formation into battle, intending to surround and kill the enemy general in the formation.

"Don't hurt my lord, the thief!"

At this time, the cavalry of the Qi army, who were fighting among the formations, also noticed Hu Luguang's danger. The tribesmen of the Hu Lüguang clan rushed forward without fear of death, trying to rescue their lord in the enemy formation.

The formation here was entangled and strangled, and the fighting was fierce. However, the momentum of the Qi troops entering the formation was greatly damaged. Taking advantage of the enemy's limited mobility, Wu Mingche sent out all the heavy-armored infantry to kill the enemy on the wall, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere in an instant.

Hu Luguang accidentally fell into the battle formation. When he fought hard and his men desperately rescued him, and finally escaped from the battle formation, only a dozen of the hundreds of soldiers who were originally chasing him were left.

Looking at the entire battlefield, although a large gap of more than ten feet in radius was opened in the left front of Li Tai's Zhongjun army by the enemy, Wu Mingche's troops resisted tenaciously in the formation, giving the left and right army formations the opportunity to outflank and kill the enemy.

As the battle formation circled and strangled, more than two thousand enemy soldiers were sent into the core of the battle formation like a winch, and then they were surrounded and killed. Seeing that the casualties were getting worse, there were still thousands left in the formation. Qi soldiers abandoned their weapons and asked to surrender.

"Fight again!"

Outside the battle formation, Hu Luguang's armor and clothes were all covered in blood. After gathering his troops for a moment, he would rush towards the enemy's formation again. However, at this time, one of his generals stepped forward, grabbed the horse's bridle, and said in a sharp voice: "My lord, the enemy is strong and we are weak, so we cannot be greedy for war! The ancestors of the Han Dynasty watched my father put it on the urn for King Xiang. It's ridiculous to talk about sharing the pie. Today, the Grand Master is still defending the fortified city. Even if the thieves have the intention to do harm, they have no power to do it. It's better to rest and fight again!"

After hearing this, Hu Luguang regained his composure. He took another look at the enemy formation that had swallowed up more than 2,000 of his troops, and then gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Return to camp to rest, and fight again tomorrow." !”

(End of this chapter)