Jiuxi

Chapter 550 548 [Ande warriors guard the four sides] ()
The battlefield situation changes rapidly, and victory or defeat is often just a matter of thoughts.

After the Qi army's reinforcements arrived, the forces of both sides were nearly equal and returned to the same starting line.

But if we want to examine the difference carefully, the morale of the Qi army is obviously higher. The root cause is that the two armies have completely different psychological construction for this battle.

The problem with the Jing army was not only arrogance. From Pu Cha and others to every ordinary soldier below, they subconsciously regarded the Huaizhou army led by Xiao Wangzhi as a turtle in the urn, even though they knew that it would not be easy to strangle this Qi army. , but this is only a specific tactical consideration, and there is no preparation at the strategic level.

In short, they have not thought about how to make decisions when they are at a disadvantage.

The Huaizhou Army was completely different. From the beginning, they knew that they might encounter an ambush by Jing's army, so they were able to calmly retreat to Luwu Mountain.

All subsequent developments were exactly the same as Xiao Wangzhi's plan. They took the initiative to attack in formation at the foot of the mountain. Jingjun was forced to fight. Then reinforcements arrived smoothly, and the Daqi border army completed the reversal of the situation.

On the one hand, there is active change, and on the other hand, there is passive response. As the balance of victory and defeat gradually tilts, the balance of victory and defeat gradually tilts.

Not to mention that a series of problems of Jing's army were clearly exposed during the war. For example, the generals were overconfident. Pu Cha only sent 5,000 cavalry to block Qi's reinforcements. As a result, he lost troops and shook the morale of the army.

If at the moment he knew the whereabouts of the Qi army's reinforcements, Pu Cha personally led ten thousand cavalry south to block it, the Jing army cavalry under his command might not have stepped into that simple trap, and the advance of the Qi army's reinforcements would not have been as smooth. The impact of this on the main battlefield situation is self-evident.

Another point is that the various armies of the Jing Army have complex affiliations. Although Pu Cha is the nominal commander, several other people are obviously not particularly convinced. This situation does not have much impact when the Jing Army has the advantage. However, once the battle situation falls into a balance of power, even Disadvantages and inconsistent pace will become Jingjun's fatal weakness.

At this moment, after making a decision, Pu Cha personally led his cavalry to intercept the Qi army's cavalry. However, several parts of the Jing army on the main battlefield were out of touch.

In the previous siege, Jing's army adopted a three-sided attack with the city-defending army in the west, the Xiaojie army in the east, and the infantry of the city-defending army led by Shubulie and Tuomanwulu in the south. After all, the north of the Qi army was In Lu Wu Mountain, there was not enough space for Jing Jun to set up his formation.

When the Qi army's reinforcements appeared, Pu Cha realized that the opponent was gradually gaining the upper hand, and then made the decision to let the prison army cover the flanks, the city defense army withdraw from the battlefield, and save the army's rear. As long as he could slightly block the Qi army's reinforcements and assist his own side, After the infantry has completed the change in formation, they can then retreat toward the southwest.

The reason for choosing this direction is because the north is Luwu Mountain, the east is the area where Jingjun's strength is currently relatively weak, and the south will directly hit Qijun reinforcements.

Going west, even if Jingjun's army cannot reverse the defeat along the way, they can retreat to the Bai County area more than two hundred miles away, which is the base camp of Jingjun's West Route Army, and the siege of Yongqiu is dozens of miles away to the south. The main force of Xia Shan Army.

Pu Cha's decision is the safest plan at the moment. The problem is that it is very difficult to adjust Jingjun's infantry.

Because their opponent is Xiao Wangzhi.

The famous Southern Qi general saw through Jing Jun's intentions in a very short period of time and responded immediately.

The Guangling army led by his son Xiao Hong suddenly exerted force and resisted the attack of the prison army with only half its strength. At the same time, it cut off the connection between the prison army and the southern defense army.

Zhang Gu, the captain of the Guangling Army, and Kong Hao, the captain of the Taixing Army, each led 3,000 sharp soldiers, and cooperated with the Zhenbei Army to surround the city defense army on three sides.

At this moment, the city defense army had two generals, Shu Bulie and Tuoman Wulu. They did not panic because of the bad situation, but the soldiers under their command were not as calm as the generals.

The reason is simple. In the previous battles of Shiquan and Cuiting, these more than 10,000 Jingjun troops had experienced strong frontal pressure from the Qi army. Those two head-to-head defeats had a serious impact on the morale of these Jingjun soldiers.

At the moment, Shubulie and Tuomanwulu can only persevere and place their hopes on the Houtiao Army in the east.

However, the Taixing Army led by Kang Yanxiao tightly entangled the Xiaojie Army with its weak force.

At this point, the main battlefield has been roughly divided into three areas. Jingjun's city defense army and Xiaojie army are in the upper hand, while the city defense army with the smallest strength is stuck in the quagmire.

Pucha's arrangement did not work, but he had no time to care at this moment, because the nearly 7,000 cavalry under his command had the most difficult task, and they had to block the massive Qi army reinforcements from the south.

The handsome flag with the word "Lu" is hunting in the wind, and nearly ten thousand horses are coming on the clouds.

At the rear were the infantry led by the two tiger generals Xu Gui and He Gui.

Lu Chen had previously judged Qing Yugong's intention to set up an ambush to hunt the Huaizhou Army, and immediately pretended to lead troops on the eastern front to rescue Yongqiu, but in fact he led troops north to rescue the Huaizhou Army. He couldn't let an empty shell appear in front of Qing Yugong. Once the opponent saw through it, it would lead to a very troublesome situation. Therefore, this time he ordered more than 10,000 cavalry, and also recruited from the Anping Army, Yingze Army, Jianghua Army and Xun Army. Twelve thousand elite soldiers were mobilized from various departments of the Yang Army and put under the command of Xu Gui and He Gui.

Although Jingjun's cavalry suffered a defeat, under the personal leadership of Pu Cha, they still showed a menacing posture, which is enough to prove the profound background of Jingjun's cavalry.

When there were still two or three miles away, Pucha gave an order, and the Jingjun cavalry immediately changed direction, from south to southwest.

At present, the most important task of the Qi Army's cavalry is to cover the infantry entering the battlefield. For the Jing Army's cavalry, which has extremely rich experience in charging formations, the Qi Army's armored infantry standing in formation will give them nowhere to go, but the marching The infantry formation has many loopholes, and Pu Cha can easily find opportunities to rush into the formation.

Pucha chose to avoid the sharp edge of the Qi army's cavalry, of course not because of fear, but because he knew his duty and must delay the opponent's reinforcements as much as possible. When Jing's army changed direction, the Qi army's cavalry was immediately in a dilemma.

If he wanted to cover his own infantry, Lu Chen had only two options. One was to immediately turn to the northwest and try to bite the tail of Jingjun's cavalry. However, there was a risk in doing so, that is, exposing his weak side to Jingjun's cavalry. In sight. Once Pucha has enough courage, he can lead his troops to directly attack the ribs of the Qi army's cavalry.

The second is to continue to open a little distance to the north, and on the premise of ensuring that the Jingjun cavalry cannot threaten itself, complete the turn through a wider range of detours, turn around and drive away the Jingjun cavalry, so as to ensure that our own infantry can rush to help. The main battlefield.

But no matter which choice is made, the Qi army's reinforcements will waste a certain amount of time, and this is what Pucha wants to achieve.

The Jingjun general's eyes were stern, looking at the approaching Qi cavalry from the side and the front, as well as the elite infantry behind them.

A rain of arrows suddenly started.

At this moment, the two cavalry have entered their respective shooting ranges. The power of the cavalry bow cannot be compared with that of the infantry bow. Therefore, after several rounds of arrow rain, both sides suffered few casualties.

Pu Cha quietly led the cavalry forward with an extremely determined goal. As long as the Qi cavalry chose to distance themselves from the north, he would immediately lead the troops to rush towards the infantry behind them and force the opponent to stop.

"That Lu Chen..."

Pu Cha thought silently in his mind, and then saw the Qi army's cavalry passing by his own side, but he did not immediately turn to bite Jing Jun's tail. Apparently he was worried that Jing Jun's cavalry would seize the opportunity to attack the weak side, and wanted to pull away safely before pulling away. Steering.

"Too conservative."

With these four words in Pu Cha's mind, he led his troops to kill the Qi army's infantry in the southeast without any hesitation.

Just as he expected, when he saw the Jing Army's cavalry rushing towards them, the advancing Qi Army's infantry reinforcements immediately slowed down, seeming to form a defensive formation on the spot.

Pu Cha secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Presumably the Qi cavalry should have completed their turn at this time, and the next step was to continue the struggle. He was full of confidence in this, and he was extremely confident in his soldiers. As long as they were not surrounded by the enemy, , you can still deal with it calmly when facing three or four times the number of enemies.

He turned and looked north.

His expression suddenly froze.

The Qi cavalry kept heading north without turning.

Their target is clearly the main battlefield!
Pu Cha was confused at this moment. Although the strength of the Qi army's cavalry should not be underestimated, Lu Chen didn't know that the cavalry was asking for trouble by forcibly attacking the infantry formation?
At the same moment, Li Bingxue, who was following Lu Chen, said loudly: "Why didn't the other party's cavalry stop us?"

Lu Chen's eyes fell on the main battlefield in the distance and said calmly: "Because they are too self-righteous and think that we will be led by their noses."

On the main battlefield, changes are regenerated.

The situation of the city defense army was getting more and more difficult. After all, their opponents were the Zhenbei Army and the 6,000 sharp soldiers drawn from the Taixing Army and the Guangling Army. Behind them came the strongest personal guard battalion under Xiao Wangzhi's command.

The army responsible for breaking up the rear was the personal army of Emperor Da Jing. At this point in the war, everyone from the general Sahelie to the soldiers below were holding back a fire because they were actually blocked by the Taixing army of Huaizhou with only half the strength. , has been unable to join up with the surrounded city defense army.

Sahelie urged his soldiers to strengthen the attack while observing the situation on the battlefield.

When he discovered that Xiao Wangzhi actually sent out all the personal guard battalions around him in order to deal with the city defense army as quickly as possible.

Opportunity arises!

The Huaizhou Army held back Jingjun's infantry with inferior strength. Now the battlefield is divided into three parts, making it difficult for them to take care of each other immediately.

The enemy forces seem to be fierce at the moment, but in fact they are extremely empty inside!
Sahelie's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he realized that this was most likely his only chance to change the direction of this war.

"He Sujia and Nie San, each of you lead four thousand men, directly attack the enemy's commander's flag, and capture Xiao Wangzhi for me!"

Sahelie's tone was passionate. At this moment, he seemed to see the grand scene of Xiao Wangzhi being captured by his own strange move, and the Qi army was directly defeated.

After maintaining a stable formation for more than an hour, the Xiejie Army finally took the initiative to divide its troops.

Sahelie personally led half of the troops to continue to deal with the Huaizhou Taixing Army. The other half of the troops, led by two tiger generals, left the position and headed towards the heart of the Huaizhou Army!
(End of this chapter)