The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 237 When the Northern Expedition is in progress ([-])
As a subjugated general, Ju An lived very cautiously.Therefore, although our troops were beaten badly by the saber cavalry, and at this time Zhao Yi's cavalry intercepted the rear guard.But Ju An still let Yuan Qing lead [-] cavalry to retreat first, and he brought another [-] cavalry to move closer to Sima Wang's main formation-in this battle, the cavalry on his side moved too fast, and the flanks of his side immediately rushed forward. It is about to be exposed to the enemy's cavalry blade.If he and Yuan Qing led the rest of the cavalry to retreat, Sima Wang would have a very headache when he retreated later.

If he didn't rely on the past, no matter whether Sima Wang's retreat was successful or not, he would have to die.The difference is that the person who killed him was Sima Yan or Sima Wang himself.

He leaned over, but Yuan Qing couldn't lean over.Our side's defeat in this battle is inevitable. Yuan Qing's cavalry had to go to the front in advance. On the one hand, they had to send manpower to report the battle situation to Chang'an, so that Du Yu, who was in Chang'an, was ready to respond.Our side should also line up in front and wait for Sima Wang's defeated army to respond.On the other hand, it would be best if the cavalry of Zhao Yi, Qianhong and others could be taken away.

It's a pity that Zhao Yi is no longer a rookie who just entered the battlefield.He was not at all interested in Yuan Qing and Ju An, but instead focused on dealing with the intercepted part of the Jin cavalry.As long as he held back the second half of the Jin cavalry for a while, Qianhong from the west would surround him.

The flank cavalry duel between the two sides quickly decided the outcome.And what about the main formations of both sides?

Although it was the first time they encountered the salt gun formation, Sima Wang's soldiers seemed very uncomfortable, and gradually showed their defeat.But in any case, the soldiers of the Jin army fought tenaciously, and the strength of the Jin army's main formation was very strong. For a while, although the salt workers' spear formation was advancing, the progress was very slow.

Sima Wang stood at the end of his own formation, stood on a temporary high platform and watched from a distance for a while before coming down.Immediately after that start issuing commands:
"Order Li Fu's troops to divide into two, bypass the left and right sides of the second formation, and then retreat to the general's formation and form again."

"Order Wu Chao and Guan Ding to prepare for battle."

"The formation is divided into two migrations, which are transferred to the left and right sides of the second formation respectively. Then the left side goes south, and the right side goes north."

"promise!"

Following Sima Wang's order, the entire headquarters of the Jin army began to slowly change.From the initial three rectangular arrays, it gradually became a circular array.

After this circular formation was formed, Sima Wang issued another order: All the troops in the army should strictly guard the formation and slowly turn eastward!

At this time, Zhao Yi and Qianhong's cavalry completely eliminated the part of the cavalry pulled down by the Jin army, and came around from the flank of Simawang's main formation.

The cavalry of the Shu Han and the Jin Kingdom this time were not heavy cavalry in heavy armor, and they could not directly attack the central front of the enemy.Its main function is to assault the flanks of the enemy's formation, or intercept and kill the enemy's cavalry to prevent the opponent's cavalry from attacking the flank of the enemy.

It's a pity that Sima Wang quickly saw the defeat of his cavalry, and ordered his side to change formation in advance.When Zhao Yi and Qianhong charged over.The Jin army's circular formation has been completed.As for the circular array, it doesn't matter the flanks.

In China's thousands of years of history, in the confrontation between the Central Plains infantry and the prairie cavalry, 90.00% of the confrontations are the Central Plains infantry defeating the prairie cavalry.It depends on the formation.Now facing this nearly 3-strong Jin army infantry in a tight formation, plus the [-] cavalry from Ju'an not far away are wandering nearby for support.Zhao Yi and Qianhong felt powerless for a while.

"Hey, this Sima Wang is really not simple."

Behind the Shu Han army, Guan Yi also stood on an artificially built high platform to control the overall situation.Seeing that Sima Wang quickly discovered the decline of his side, and then made a change in advance.Guan Yi admired this deeply.

Moreover, as a time traveler, Guan Yi knew that among the many issues of marching and fighting, retreating in front of the enemy is the most difficult (the troops of later generations of peanuts have never learned how to retreat), but Sima Wang's troops did it in an orderly manner.

Hey, it seems that it is impossible to kill the Guanzhong Corps of Jin State in World War I.But that's fine, whether it's Mei County or Weinan New Town, they're all small towns.With tens of thousands of people guarding, there is plenty of manpower.More importantly, not to mention being very close to our own logistics line, it also blocked the opponent's logistics line.Therefore, it is enough to repel Sima Wang's army here and ensure that the two cities can be repaired.If Sima Wang's main army is defeated here, shall I go to Chang'an or Chang'an?It was really a tragedy to take these 4 people to Chang'an before Jiang Wei and Zhang Yi approached.

But even though he thought so, Guan Yi still didn't mind harvesting more heads.So he did not give an order to stop the advance.Then the spearmen of the Shu Han continued to attack, and the cavalry kept running around the Jin army.In addition to forming a round formation to resist desperately and slowly retreating, the Jin army.The archers and gunmen who were protected by the infantry in the center also used long-range attacks to kill and injure the overpressed Shu Han army.

The two sides engaged in battle at noon, and Sima Wang's army changed formations and retreated at Shenshi, and then got involved and entangled all the way until Youshi was approaching, and the sky turned dark.They broke away from each other just now.

"Brother, our army has won a big victory! The whole army has beheaded more than 2000 ranks and captured more than [-] people. Oh, and captured more than [-] horses."

"Well, how about the casualties of our army?"

"More than 400 people were killed on the cavalry side, and more than 800 people were killed on this side. In addition, there were more than [-] wounded soldiers."

"Yeah." He nodded noncommittally: "How many wounded soldiers are there among the captives?"

"Ah?" Zhang Zun was stunned when he heard Guan Yi's question.This brute didn't expect to count this.

Fortunately, Tian Xu is still by Guan Yi's side.This general of Cao Wei was greedy for life and afraid of death in charge.But handling the business is really handy.After seeing Zhang Zun being asked, he immediately interfaced: "Da Sima, my subordinates just went to check. Seven prisoners out of 830, more than 500 were injured. More than 900 of them were injured. It's a serious injury."

"Yeah." Guan Yi got up, walked a step or two with his hands behind his back, and continued to Tian, ​​"Zilian, send an envoy to Sima Wang. Let him send an army over to take back his seriously wounded."

"Ah?! Brother, how is this possible?"

"Why not? Our army is now a guest army. The uninjured and slightly injured can be captured as coolies. What about the seriously injured? I will keep them?"

"Of course they don't need to be kept. It's fine to chop them all up. Why send them back? Although these people are seriously injured, some of them only need to be recuperated for a few months. Can they go to the battlefield when their bones grow back?"

"Stupid! Our army came here this time not to fight and leave, but to occupy this place and kill prisoners? Do you want all the soldiers of the Jin army to resist to the end in every battle in the future? Do you want the people here to hate us? To send these seriously wounded back, Sima Wang must send civilians and doctors to take care of them, don’t the other soldiers of the Jin army see it? After fighting our army, if they can’t fight, they will surrender Well, anyway, we don't kill the prisoners!"

"Oh, so it is."

"Well, Zilian, that's it, you arrange someone to carry it out!"

"promise!"

After Tian Xu left, Guan Yi adjusted his facial expression and smiled at Jiang Su: "Zichun, today is your first battle, how do you feel?"

"Uh, I asked Da Sima Lao to ask. Everything is fine. The only pity is that my subordinates are in the depths of the formation. Although they have fired a lot of crossbow arrows, have they killed the enemy..."

"Hehehe, there must be some."

After amicably encouraging Jiang Su, Guan Yi returned to the main seat: "Issue the order now!"

"I'm waiting for the order from the great Sima!"

"First, the whole army retreated to Mei County, and then quickly repaired the city outline of Mei County and Weinan New City. Second, Guowei and Zhongyuan led the cavalry to march east of Mei County and Weinan respectively, and launched a security curtain."

"promise!"

"Everyone, this time the Northern Expedition, we have made a good start. The smooth start is simply beyond imagination. But the more it is at such a moment, the more we must remain calm. The task of our army now is to stick to Mei County and keep Jin's The Guanzhong Legion is firmly nailed here. Buy time for the general and the left chariot general to pacify Longxi. Before the main force of the general and the left chariot general enters Guanzhong, our 4 or [-] people may be able to defeat the enemy's Guanzhong army , but in a field battle, it is absolutely impossible to stop the Luoyang Chinese Army that is about to storm. It is also impossible to defend the city of Chang'an, which is too large. Therefore, in the future, everyone must have a unified goal, and don't say anything about taking Chang'an at this time."

"I will follow Da Sima's order!"

"In addition, the goal of our army is to occupy this place. So this military discipline is very important! The puppet Wei defeated me five years ago, and the military discipline along the way was quite good. Since the puppet Wei was able to do it in the past, of course our army It should be done even more. Therefore, the general will make it clear first, if anyone dares to do things that disturb the people and harm the people during the garrison, don't blame the general for not being sympathetic!"

"No! I will obey Da Sima's orders!"

(End of this chapter)