The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 287 The Great Battle in Guanzhong ([-])
It is said that since arriving in Huaili on July 28, Jiang Wei has not built defenses in Huaili - the Guanzhong Plain is full of thoroughfares, why did Shi Bao have to come to Huaili County?So the general just used Huaili City as his regiment's camp.He led an army of [-] troops to station in the wild.

In the early morning of August [-], Shi Bao's army arrived near Huaili.

When Shi Bao retreated from Mei County, the whole army had more than 6 people.As for Jiang Wei, there are a total of [-] people.

The commanders of both sides became tense after seeing each other's military appearance.But they all firmly issued orders: line up and prepare for battle!
The 6 people on Jiang Wei's side are more than 5000 people from the sudden general team, led by Jiang Wei himself.There are 3 cavalry, commanded by Zhao Guang, Ma Jie, and Wen Yang.Next came more than [-] tiger infantry, commanded by Lai Zhong, Xiang Chong, Xi Long, Wen Hu and others.Then there are five thousand pikemen, led by Guan Yi's student Li Xiang.Finally, there are [-] chariot soldiers and [-] crossbow soldiers, led respectively by generals Chen Wei and Zheng Chuo (these two are only seen in the biography of Yang Hong in historical facts).

"Order all the armies to form a circle first! The general's assault generals and crossbowmen are the center of the circle, and the tigers, spears, and chariots are the second layer. The cavalry is the third layer. The engineering team, quickly build towers and towers. At least three feet high."

"promise!"

Following Jiang Wei's order, the [-] army of Shu Han began to change rapidly.The Jin army saw that the Han army was starting to form an array, so they also began to form an array under Shi Bao's order.

Shibao has more than [-] people, and its composition is: [-] cavalry, commanders Li Fu and Xu Yin (in historical facts, they are Wang Jun's assistants).Fifty thousand infantry, commanding Wu Chao and Guan Ding.[-] archers, commander Xun Kai.There are also more than [-] heavy infantry soldiers, which are Shi Bao's main formation.

Seeing Jiang Wei posing in a circular formation, Shi Bao raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Why, this thief Jiang Boyue is bold and knows that there are so many fewer soldiers than me, are you ready to be surrounded by me? Order, archers Go forward, shoot and hold the position. The infantry team followed. The cavalry is on the two wings, ready to respond! Our army should not rush to encircle the opponent, but to fight from the enemy's most forward, concentrate all forces on one point, one layer One layer at a time, hit the center of the enemy's circle."

"promise!"

Following Shi Bao's order, Xun Kai began to lead the archers forward, and under his order, tens of thousands of feathered arrows soared into the sky.The Battle of Huaili, which completely determined the ownership of Guanzhong, officially started at 268:[-] on the third day of August in AD [-]!

"Enemy arrows! Raise the shield!"

"Hey~~~!"

Jiang Wei's circular formation is not two complete circles (the center of the circle is the sudden generals).On the first circle outside the center of the circle, tiger infantry, spearmen, and chariot soldiers formed a complete circle around Jiang Wei's main formation.But the cavalry outside this is only wrapped in the north, east, and south directions of this circle.Only the West is a gap.And the west is where the Shibao army is.Therefore, Jiang Weijun is not the cavalry directly facing the opponent's archers, but the tiger infantry on the circle for the first time.

As mentioned above, the Tiger Infantry Army is a spear and shield soldier, so under the orderly command of the commanders at all levels on the front line, the archers of the Jin Army did not cause any obvious casualties to the Han Army.After completing three rounds of rapid fire, the archer's arm felt a little numb, and the enemy's tiger infantry had quickly approached.Shi Bao quickly issued an order: the archers retreat and the infantry advance.

On Jiang Wei's side, after seeing the enemy's archers retreating, he protruded his lower lip very comfortably, and blew mischievously towards the beard of his upper lip: "Wave the flag, turn left."

"No, turn left!"

Following Jiang Wei's order, the first circle of the Han army began to slowly turn left as a whole.The tiger infantry, which was facing the Jin army in the front, turned to the left (south), and the pikemen, which were originally on the right (north), came to the front (west).At this time, the sword and shield soldiers of the Jin army had just charged forward with their swords in hand.

"Drip~~! Stab to the right!"

"Hey~~~!"

The Han army's new type of pike soldiers has completely defeated the sword and shield soldiers of the local side. After many battles, a consensus has been reached in the Jin country.Jin's commanders also tried their best to avoid such a situation.But now the sword and shield soldiers on our side just hit the enemy's pike soldiers.

"Send the order, the sword and shield soldiers retreat, let our spearmen go up too!"

"Father, our spearmen..."

"Of course I know I haven't practiced well, but what if I don't give it a try?"

Following Shi Bao's order, the sword and shield soldiers who had suffered heavy casualties from the opponent's three rounds of thrusts retreated like a tide, and what was newly displayed in front of the Han army was a group of soldiers who had barely completed their formation, holding five-meter-long The long spears of the Jin Kingdom staggered towards the spearmen of the Jin Dynasty.

Although Guan Yi's principle is to train all the pikemen in his country into machines that are prohibited by orders.But these soldiers are still human, and they still have feelings.Therefore, after seeing the pikemen on the opposite side, the originally well-disciplined Han army's spear formation couldn't help laughing out loud.

Speaking of which, it has been seven or eight years since Guan Yi founded the Pikemen.He and his comrades have experimented with countless types of long guns over the years.Not to mention the five-meter long spear, they have tried longer ones, but why did they finally choose the three-meter length?Isn't it because the gun is too long, it will be more difficult for soldiers to control it?

Sure enough, as soon as the two sides fought, the spearmen of the Han army faced the soft and swaying spears from the opposite side, and dodged with a slight sideways movement.When the spearmen of the Han army turned sideways, took a big stride, and then stabbed to the right in a uniform manner, there were screams in the ranks of the Jin army as promised.

However, it cannot be said that the Jin army's long spear array is ineffective-although the five-meter long spear is very soft when stabbed, the tip of the spear is sharp and can kill people.Therefore, in order to avoid such spearheads, the Han army's spear array will inevitably have omissions and short-term scatter.And once the spear formation loses its tight and orderly formation, its power will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, although the spear array of the Han army continued to advance, the speed had obviously slowed down.And compared with the high exchange ratio of one to dozens when facing sword and shield soldiers in the early stage.Now facing the enemy's pikemen, the casualties of the Han army are also beginning to increase rapidly.

"The crossbowmen go forward and shoot at the enemy behind the spearmen!"

The bows and arrows fired by crossbowmen are different from ordinary archers, and their trajectory is basically straight.Therefore, when the crossbowmen team of the Han army moved forward, the spearmen team in front appropriately relaxed the distance between each column.All of a sudden, the crossbow arrows were fired, and the soldiers of the Jin army holding five-meter long spears were completely unable to block them, and they fell to the ground one after another.

"Drip! Stab right!"

Taking advantage of the loose formation of the Jin army's spearmen, the Han army's spearmen accelerated their frequency again and began to attack the depths of the Jin army.Gradually, the originally straight front of the Jin army was gradually beaten into a concave shape.

But here comes the problem: the Han army has only [-] spearmen, while the Jin army's first front line is [-] infantry.This inevitably exposes the pikeman's biggest weakness: the flanks.

"Send the order, wave the flag, and continue to turn left!"

"No! Keep turning left!"

Jiang Wei, who was watching the battle at the center of the entire circle, had already discovered this problem, so he issued another order.With the waving of the commander-in-chief flag at the center of the circle, all ministries of the Han army began to respond to the flag one after another.Then the pikemen turned to the left in unison, and while continuing to stab to the right, they gradually left the side facing the enemy and turned to the left rear of the army.

Replacing the Long Spear Formation was another Tiger Infantry Army.For the Tiger Infantry Army who has a shield in his hand, the barrel of his gun is no more than two meters, and has other means of attack besides short guns.The extremely clumsy Jin army holding five-meter spears on the opposite side were not threats at all, but shining heads!

"Abandon the gun, take out the knife!"

"Hey~~~!"

……

"Hey, Deng Shizai's talent is not as good as mine."

Watching the Han army on Jiang Wei's side turn left twice gently, they quickly adjusted their troops and restrained their fronts to a mess.Shi Bao, who was watching from the rear, couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Father means that Jiang Boyue is really powerful. Is it not easy for Deng Shizai to deal with him in Longxi for many years?"

"Of course! Qi Nuer, don't think that it's easy to rotate in front of the formation and change arms. This requires the commander to have a strong insight into the battlefield, and it also requires all the soldiers under his command to have extremely strict battlefield discipline. Look at our side, It's just the simplest two-wing retreat, going around to the rear and re-arranging. The sword and shield soldiers who withdrew more than half an hour ago have not completed the reorganization of the front line. Sigh, over the years, the country's army has placed too much emphasis on individual bravery and individual combat strength, ignoring the formation and battlefield discipline. This battle has been bitter..."

"Father means that our army will be defeated in this battle?"

"Hehehe, that's not necessarily the case. After all, our military strength is much larger than that of Jiang Boyue." After saying this, Shi Bao immediately said to the messenger: "Wave the flag and order Li Fu and Xu Yin to lead the cavalry , Attack from the left and right sides of the Shu thief!"

(End of this chapter)