Song Dynasty

Chapter 227

"What a spectacle!" There were ferocious assaulting troops everywhere within a radius of ten miles. The sky suddenly darkened, and then brightened again. It was the rain of arrows from both sides.

Teams of infantry groups staggered, rotated, and rushed in the field, constantly changing their formations, and every time they changed, they scattered corpses on the ground.

Clouds of dust surged up, and then landed again because of the shift of the battlefield.

The battle had been going on for less than half an hour, Yue Yun broke through three formations in a row, and had reached the position of lieutenant colonel in the Changhong formation.

The lieutenant colonel is Zhang Yong's main force. There are five formations in total, which are extremely thick.

Behind the lieutenant colonel, there is a group of 4000 troops from the rear colonel, which is where Zhang Yong's commander-in-chief flag is located.

"This Zhang Yong can be regarded as a person. He is quite capable in commanding large armies in battle!" Wang Shen couldn't help nodding his head repeatedly. Zhang Jun's call for security.Later, Zhang Yong rebelled and invaded Jiangxi, and Yue Fei recruited him to surrender.Since then, he has become a member of the Yue family army.

Yue Fei used him probably because he saw his ability in battle.

It's a pity that this Zhang Yong didn't seem to have any outstanding performance on the battlefield.

Thinking of Zhang Yong, Wang Shen suddenly had a weird thought: This guy seems to be Lao Tzu's rival in love in real history!

It turns out that in real history, Chen Lanruo's husband, Ma Gao, was originally in charge of the left-behind department in Tokyo.Later, Zhang Yong, Cao Cheng, Wang Shan and others who were left behind fought among themselves, and Ma Gao's army was wiped out by the bandits.Du served as a slave in Tokyo, beheaded Ma Gao and commanded the three armies.

Chen Lanruo had nowhere to go with her lone army, so she had to flee to Henan Mansion, where she was adopted as a righteous daughter by the former boss of the commander Ma Gao, Zong Ze's deputy in charge of the guard infantry division.

Lu Qing persuaded Zhang Yong to submit to the court and married Chen Lanruo to Zhang Yong as his wife.After Chen Lanruo married Zhang Yong, she became the commander of Zhang's army.When the two led the army to fight, they unfurled a banner in front of the army and wrote a letter: Kanxi Zhenlie Girl, Madam Huguo.

Of course, after marrying Chen Lanruo, Zhang Yong did not accept the offer.

Because Chen Lanruo has tattoos all over her body, she is also known as Yizhangqing. The Yizhangqing Hu Sanniang in the later novel "Water Margin" is based on her.

Thinking of Chen Lanruo, of her tall and straight figure, of her embroidered body, of her smooth and wheat-colored skin, Wang Shen suddenly felt unspeakable melancholy: It has been a year, and it has been a year, but not Knowing that Lan Ruo is okay, where is she now?

Even though Zhang Yong did not marry Lan Ruo in this time and space, Wang Shen still had an unconcealable discomfort in his heart.

"Today, no matter what, we must remove Zhang Yong's head and annihilate the enemy army." Wang Shen squeezed the reins tightly in his hand: "Give me an order to make all the troops speed up."

Amidst the sound of rumbling horseshoes, the White Army came back.

They have already rushed twice, and the lances in their hands have also been changed twice.

As the only mobile force in the entire battlefield, they will rush to wherever the battle is tight, smashing the enemy's formation with fierce impact, and opening a passage for the infantry brothers Paozhe behind.

However, after repeated impacts, the men and horses were exhausted enough.

As soon as they returned to the banner of the Zhongjun, all the Tabai jumped off their horses one after another, panting and chewing dry food until their mouths were full of foam.

The horse was also exhausted and foaming at the mouth, and the auxiliary soldiers rushed up to hold the horse, and drank the water from the leather pouch in their hands.

He unloaded the saddle again and let the horse lie down to rest.

Fang Worong used to be a literati after all, and his body was thin and small. In addition to being injured, his face was so pale that no blood could be seen.

Wang Shen frowned and walked up: "Fang Yuhou, how is your injury, can you still persist?"

"I was shot through the leg by an arrow, and I bleed a little. It doesn't matter if I have already taken the medicine, I can still go to battle. General, are you going to charge again? This subordinate will go now." Fang Worong stood up straight after struggling. The body, took the skin bag and wanted to drink a sip of water.However, the right hand kept shaking, and water kept spilling out of it.

"Hold it steady." Wang Shen grabbed his wrist: "But I don't have the strength anymore."

"It's okay." Fang Worong didn't have much strength, and rushed for two consecutive bursts, his hands were already too soft.

"Don't worry, rest first, now is not the time for the cavalry to charge into battle. Build up your strength, the next time should be the time to completely deal with Zhang Yong."

Wang Shen's eyes fell on the battlefield, wondering whether to let the cavalry detour to Zhang Yong's rear to attack his rear colonel.

In the distance, Zhang Yong's Chinese army banner was flying high, and the military orders were constantly being passed on.

Zhang used this Changhong formation to have a huge flaw—there was no cavalry—so the left and right cavalry on both wings of the formation could only be replaced by infantry and crossbowmen.

The main function of the two wings of the Changhong formation is to prevent the enemy's cavalry from roundabout and attacking the command system of the rear colonel.When counterattacking, the outflanking tactics will also be used in the same way.

However, without cavalry, everything is useless.How can the two legs of infantry and crossbowmen run through the battle? In this big battle, the two wings of the Changhong formation are just for display.

For a safe commander, the Chinese army command post will be located in the center of the formation, and a circular or square formation will be set up.

The reason why Zhang Yong used the Changhong array today is probably based on two points.

First, he also knew that the Sizhou army was fierce and capable of fighting. If he was in the center of the formation, half of the troops would not be able to fight, and the front line would be much weaker.The Changhong array is famous for its thickness. The three schools in the front, the middle and the back, and the nine arrays are extremely thick.Wang Shen needs to pay a huge price if he wants to fight under the banner of the Chinese army.

Second, he occupies a favorable location, and a Sanlong River just passes by the left side of the formation.Line up along the river, and the white army wanted to turn around from the left, unless the horses had wings and flew over.On the right wing of the Changhong formation is a small highland, although the slope is extremely gentle, it is not conducive to the charge of the horse.The crossbowmen and infantry of the enemy's right school were condescending and easily blocked the cavalry.

In fact, Fang Worong's cavalry had also detoured there before, seeing that they couldn't get anything good, and they didn't bother to entangle with them, so they simply withdrew.

Almost at the same time, both Wang Shen and Zhang Yong realized that the small slope on the right side of the Changhong formation was the winner of this battle.

After giving Fang Worong a good rest, Wang Shen asked, "Which army is attacking the enemy's right flank?"

An officer replied: "Report to the military envoy, it is the victory of the Jie army."

"Soldiers of Wu Xianxian!" Wang Shen was a little worried.Among the various armies of the Sizhou Army, not to mention the Beiwei and Tabai armies, they are the essence of the essence.As for Huyantong's former army, its combat effectiveness ranks first among the infantry.Gu Lie's army of destroying the enemy is not weak, it belongs to the type that is not afraid of death and rushes fiercely.Although Lu Can's selection of forward troops was not good enough, the discipline of the troops and the cooperation between them were very good. Although the fight was mechanical and rigid, the law was strict.

Compared with them, Wu Xianxian's team is inferior, not outstanding in all aspects, and has no special characteristics.Can Sheng Jiejun take down Zhang Yongyou?
Wang Shen suddenly felt a little regretful: I still didn't think carefully. I knew that Hu Yantong would go to fight the enemy's right wing. At this time, it is useless to say anything. I hope Wu Constitution will not let me down.

……

Wu Xianxian stood on the ground with a cold face, looking up slightly. The battle had been going on for half an hour, but the situation was not optimistic.

Ahead is a long stretch of hills.

No, it's not really a hill, strictly speaking, it's just a rolling dry land.These dry lands should have been used to grow wheat in the past. At this moment, the crops in the fields have been harvested, leaving only large expanses of bare loess.

The terrain is not dangerous, but the soil is loose, and it is divided into a mess by countless shrubs and ridges. Not only can it not form a thick infantry formation, but it is also not conducive to the cooperation between troops.

The densely packed soldiers rushed forward with difficulty, and then dispersed in a group of dozens of people to launch a fierce attack on the enemy.The battle unfolded in every corner of the slope, and soldiers from both the enemy and the enemy kept falling, falling in this weird, man-eating terrain.

There were soldiers charging in front, and a large group of archers and crossbowmen were placed behind each other to shoot at the infantry who could not move.

Feather arrows shot out of the sky, intertwined with each other in the sky, and then scattered to the people below.

Not to mention the god arm crossbow, thanks to the rich central finance and advanced technology of the Song Dynasty, even the ordinary bows and arrows in the hands of the infantry are extremely sophisticated.Shooting with a strong man's bow can easily reach an astonishing distance of two hundred steps.

The soul-stirring Yashi flew across the battlefield.

It was almost impossible to tell the enemy from ourselves, and all the people were wearing densely packed white arrows, shouting loudly and waving their weapons frantically.

"Knife and shield keep moving forward, spearmen keep up, don't fall behind. If you don't want to be shot into a honeycomb, rush up and get mixed up with the thieves!" Wu Xianxian shouted expressionlessly, constantly picking up one after another. All teams threw themselves into this man-eating slope.

At this time, it is impossible to withdraw the troops, and the Sizhou Army has no habit of retreating.If he was beaten down like this, where would Sheng Jiejun face him?Besides, Wang Jun made no order from the Chinese army.Obviously, he wanted to win the Jie army and persist until he took down the enemy's right school Chongqi formation.

So, stick to it!
The front line of the enemy's right school Chongqi has been beaten into a mess by the fearless Shengjie army, and it is about to be taken down.

Of course, the Shengjie army also paid a big price. More than three were defeated, two were killed, and three lieutenants were all killed.

This is the first time that the Shengjie Army has suffered such a large number of casualties since it came to Huangzhou.

Well, it's finally coming down.

Seeing soldiers rushing up to the top of the slope, Wu Xianxian let out a long breath.

But at this moment, with a twitch of his eyelids, he saw 2000 troops rushing towards the rear led by a bandit general.

The officer was so strangely born, he was as thin as a bamboo pole.The armor on his body was also quite gorgeous, but it was full of knife marks all over it, obviously he had just experienced a brutal battle.Without waiting for a break, he rushed here again to maintain the situation.

This guy was riding a southern pony, holding a heavy flail in his hand, and he couldn't stop pulling forward with a loud sound of wind.

It was impossible to see that such a huge amount of energy was hidden in his thin body. Every time a flail was drawn, the armor on the poor Shengjie soldier's body was immediately shrunk, and blood spurted from the mouth and rolled down from above.

With the addition of this new force, Sheng Jie's army seemed flustered for the first time, and was immediately driven off from above.

(End of this chapter)