The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 236: During the Northern Expedition ([-])
On October [-]th, Sima Wang's forward troops encountered the Shu Han cavalry led by Zhang Zun about [-] miles away from Mei County.Both sides retreated after brief contact.Then, the coaches of both sides received the news.

"This Sima Wang also came very quickly."

"Yeah brother, this old thief came too fast! Our new city in Weinan hasn't been completely finished yet."

"Well, we didn't expect to arrive in Mei County so soon. Speaking of it, we made money. It's just that if our army doesn't have a strong fortress in Weinan, the grain road will never be safe. So this Weinan New City is It must be built well. No way, we have to fight Sima Wang's main force first."

"Ah? Okay! Brother, let's fight this old thief first. If we can kill this old thief, we can go directly to Chang'an!"

"Hey, how can it be so easy. Well, let's pass on the order, all the armies gather and prepare for battle. Order Zhongquan (Jiang Bin) to lead 3 mandarin duck soldiers and [-] crossbowmen to guard the city of Mei. Fang Bo organizes The folks are speeding up the construction of the Weinan New City. If necessary, we can distribute money and food to the local people so that they can help us build the city. We will take the remaining [-] people out ten miles east to line up and meet Sima Wang!"

"Here, little brother, go down and deliver the order!"

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On the 3th, Guan Yi led [-] Han troops and ran into the [-] Jin troops led by Sima Wang who had rushed there [-] miles east of Mei County.

Cao Wei didn't pay much attention to the defense of Mei County back then, even the newly born Jin State didn't pay much attention to it.The reason is that the city outline of Mei County was built on the north bank of the Wei River.On the one hand, the small and weak Shu Han had difficulties in transporting food, and on the other hand, they could not afford to support too many cavalry.Therefore, the Shu Han army did not dare to easily cross the north bank of the Wei River before completely defeating Cao Wei's Guanzhong Army.

But now Guan Yi actually took over Mei County on the north bank of the Weishui River.Although I still can't figure out why Guan Yi is so bold.But after all, Guan Da Sima has a super victory in the siege of Yanganguan and is at the bottom.So Sima Wang would never think that Guan Yi made a fatal strategic mistake.He instinctively thought that Guan Yi must have relied on something to cross the Weishui River so confidently - that's right!When Wei Boyu came back that year, he mentioned that Guan Zifeng seemed to have a magical thing in his hand, which could quickly build a large number of hard stone walls.If he builds another city on the south bank of Mei County...

So Sima Wang completely abandoned the so-called celebrity demeanor at this time, when he received a report from his own scouts that he found a large enemy force, and the distance was only five miles away.He had no interest in patting his horse to greet Guan Yi at all.Immediately ordered the whole army to start putting on armor and forming formations.

"What time is it now?"

"If you go back to the general, it's about three o'clock now."

"Well, order! Li Fu led [-] infantry to line up in front. Xun Kai led [-] archers to go out, shoot first, and then retreat behind the infantry formation. Yuan Qing 彡 (I will write about it later) Qingle), Juan led [-] cavalry to the right of our army and set up an array three miles away. Wu Chao and Guan Ding led [-] infantry to line up behind Li Fu's formation. This general will lead [-] soldiers for the main formation!"

"Here!"

Following Sima Wang's order, the entire Jin army began to move quickly.After staying for half an hour, when Guan Yijun walked into Sima Wangjun's sight.The entire Jin army has been lined up.

"Hehe, this Sima Wang, the soldiers under him are still very good, and the formation is completed so quickly? Well, Amu, what else is there besides the other side's formation?"

"Da Sima, three miles to the north, there are about [-] enemies."

"Hahaha, the dust is flying, I can see it all. Is there any more?"

"No other discoveries have been made at this time."

"Shan, let's start! It's rare that the people of the Sima family don't learn how their ancestors played the tortoise. How can they not fight a good battle? Order!"

"I'll wait for the orders of the great Sima!"

"Order Zizhao (Wang Mai) and Zichun (Jiang Su) to lead [-] crossbowmen forward and shoot to hold the position. Then Ling Xing and Zicheng (Luo Xi) lead [-] spearmen forward to engage the enemy! "

"Order Guowei and Zhongyuan to lead [-] cavalry to the north to form an array. Prepare for the opponent's cavalry raid at any time!"

"I will personally lead an army of [-] tiger infantry to respond! That's it, let's go."

"Here!"

Following Guan Yi's order, the Han army began to change rapidly, and then began to move towards the Jin army's formation!
The archers and crossbowmen on both sides began to retreat after finishing the shooting.Then, the first soldiers from both sides collided fiercely!
"Drip!" Dozens of copper whistles sounded almost at the same time, and then the officers of the spear formations said at the same time: "Stick to the right!" Countless spear heads stabbed out in a uniform manner, and the soldiers on the front line of the Jin army suddenly rang out. There was a burst of screams.

Sima Wang knew that Guan Yi was very powerful, but he had no specific knowledge of how powerful he was.

During the Xindu war, no one in Deng Aijun ran back to Yongliang.So how Deng Aijun was defeated, no one in Jin knows.In their calculations, the general conclusion is that Deng Ai's army went deep alone, and there were many battles in a row, with serious loss of combat power.In the end, Guan Yi took advantage of his inferior military strength.

The blocking battle at Yang'an Pass was purely due to Guan Yi occupying a favorable location.

Therefore, until today, Sima Wang didn't know until he saw the spearmen of the Shu Han army.After all, he still underestimated the young man opposite.

At this time, Li Fu, the former enemy commander on the front line of the Jin army, was not a mediocre general.After seeing the power of the Shu Han army's spear formation, he quickly issued an order to form a shield formation and then try his best to defend.But even so, the front-line soldiers of the Jin army were still beaten back again and again.

The battle between the two sides started at [-]:[-] noon, and before [-]:[-] pm, the formation of the [-] Jin army forwards was already beginning to loosen.

"It turns out that Deng Shizai's defeat was not unjust." As a veteran general, Sima Wang frowned at his side's slow retreat in the first battle, but he was not too alarmed: "Send an order for Yuan Qing and Ju An to attack! "

"Here!"

Following Sima Wang's order, the ground of the entire battlefield began to shake violently.At this time, without Guan Yi's order, Zhao Yi and Qianhong also began to lead the Shuhan cavalry to charge towards the Jin cavalry.

However, after both sides were within sight of each other, Yuan Qing and Ju An, the leaders, discovered that the Shu army cavalry on the opposite side was a little different from their own cavalry.

Yes, after having enough cavalry, Guan Yi completely lifted the ban on his side's stirrups!
Now that the stirrups have been lifted, all the standard lances used by the cavalry have been replaced with sabers.

The stirrup was undoubtedly the revolutionary equipment of the cavalry.His biggest contribution mainly has two points: First, the Cavaliers have a place to leverage on the horse.In this way, when attacking the enemy, you can use your full strength without preventing the embarrassment of falling off the horse first if you are not careful.Secondly, with the stirrups, the knight's attack range is no longer limited to the front of him, but the attack range on the side and rear is more favorable than the front!
In the past, there were no stirrups, and everyone's attack range was relatively limited, so the spear was the best weapon.But now with stirrups, the cavalry's attack range has been greatly improved, and of course the saber can be used on the field-after all, when the cavalry finally appeared on the battlefield in a large scale (World War I), all the cavalry of the great powers They are already saber cavalry.

(Uh, it seems that during World War II, Poland used the established cavalry to attack the armored forces of the German Army... Is that the swan song of the established cavalry?)

Therefore, when the cavalry led by Yuan Qing and Ju An started to level the spears in their hands, the cavalry led by Zhao Yi and Qianhong pulled out their long sabers in unison, and then held the sabers. He raised his right hand to the back of his shoulder, and rushed straight up like that.

The width of the battlefield composed of a total of [-] cavalry from both sides is huge.In an instant, when the horses of the two armies collided fiercely together.Countless screams, horses yelling, and the sounds of knives and guns piercing bones sounded out one after another.

After rushing into the enemy's cavalry formation, Yuan Qing and Ju An immediately felt the power of the opponent's saber cavalry.

When the two horses are charging head-on, the opponent's cavalry focuses their energy on avoiding the enemy's guns, but when the cavalry of our own side crosses the opponent while the horses are galloping at high speed, the opponent's saber slashes down fiercely. up.

After the two sides completed the mutual piercing, Yuan Qing and Ju An turned their horses' heads, and after taking a cursory look at their own formation, they were already frightened: not many cavalry fell from their horses, and it seemed that they were even more numerous than the opponent's cavalry. And a little less.But the two leading generals knew very well in their hearts: there are probably quite a few soldiers on horseback on our side who are not injured!Among other things, Yuan Qing's left hand was about to be cut off, and a large piece of the battle armor on his shoulder was chopped off, exposing the white bones underneath.And Ju An's back and right upper arm were chopped off. Although no bones were seen yet, a lot of blood gushed out.

After the two generals glanced at each other, they nodded tacitly.Then start to lead your own cavalry to charge again!

"Guowei! I will charge first for my uncle later, and you lead the troops of the headquarters to retreat to the north for at least twenty feet!"

After hastily confessing these words, Qianhong led half of the cavalry on his side and began to hedge against the Jin army.The two sides collided quickly again.

After piercing each other this time, the proportion of the cavalry of the Jin army who fell from the horse increased at an extremely fast rate: it is possible to charge once and get a knife or two without falling off the horse.How about getting three or four knives twice?
Fortunately, Yuan Qing and Ju An had already predicted this situation.When the two sides completed mutual piercing again, the cavalry of the Jin army returned to the east side.The two generals didn't look back at all, and led the remaining cavalry to retreat in the direction of Chang'an in the east!
However, they had such predictions, and Qian Hong, who was old in battle, also had predictions.His troops are now back on the west side, but Zhao Yi's troops are now on the north side.Therefore, when Yuanqing and Ju'an led the Jin cavalry to retreat from west to east, Zhao Yi's cavalry rushed in from the north and cut the Jin cavalry in two!
(End of this chapter)