The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 473 The Battle of the Continent ([-])
"Master Uncle, the enemy's formation has begun to disperse, and our cavalry has broken into the enemy's circle. Is it time for a decisive battle, and we need to join the assault generals and axe troops?"

Hearing Guan Fu's words, Jiang Wei shook his head slowly: "The Jin generals are all very good. Although the Jin army's defeat is evident at this time, it is far from the brink of collapse."

As if to answer Jiang Wei's words on the top of the city.On the east side of the battlefield, relying on the impact of the light cavalry of the Jin army holding big sticks, although the heavy cavalry of the Han army still broke through the enemy's first line of defense, their speed slowed down significantly—— It is quite dangerous for heavy cavalry to slow down in a circle dominated by enemy infantry.

And at this time, as Yang Zhao's order gradually took effect, the Jin army's spearmen who were originally fighting on the front line finally began to gradually respond to the commander's order: retreat.

Of course, this kind of retreat is not a retreat in which the whole army turns backwards, but a retreat like a stabbing and two steps.This point, after more than a year of training by Du Yu, the Luoyang Central Army can basically do it.

Although the spearmen of the Han army also accelerated their progress under the urging of the commander's copper whistle, the Jin army on the opposite side was still resisting effectively.However, the spearmen of the Han army were half less than others. Therefore, the Jin army shrunk the front line, but the spearmen of the Han army could not achieve all-round coverage.

The heavy cavalry opened up the situation, but the casualties of our side began to rise.This point made Ma Jie's heart bleed: the cost of training and maintaining a heavy cavalry is about five times that of a light cavalry!
"Blow the horn, the light cavalry will follow the general to attack, and the heavy cavalry will retreat."

"Here!"

Following Ma Jie's order, the light cavalry on the east side of the Han army followed Ma Jie and plunged into the crowd of the Jin army. After a while of fighting, they turned into a brigade of light cavalry and surrounded their own heavy cavalry.Then Ma Jie led the army to turn around, and the cavalry of the Han army drew an arc inside the Jin army's circle, and then retreated easily.

"Huh~~" Looking up at the banner on the hill, Hu Lie roared loudly: "Don't chase, don't chase, the whole army follows me to the west, let's deal with another cavalry!"

The heavy cavalry's attack was brutal and short-lived. It was Wen Yang's troops who really bled the Jin army for a long time.

His 3 people rushed in when the gap between the two Jin army was not closed, and then happily harvested the panicked Jin army archers.In just half an hour, thousands of archers who provided long-range support behind the Jin army's spearmen were taken away by the Wenyang team.

Afterwards, Wen Yang didn't continue to charge forward: in his view, his good brother Ma Jie led the heavy cavalry assault on the east side of the enemy army, so he didn't need to add superfluous things by himself.Therefore, he also led the army to draw an arc inside the Jin army's circular formation, changing from west to east to east to west, and attacked the spearmen on the front line of the Jin army from the side and rear.

This was a pain for Yang Zhao, who was commanding on the front line: the Han army's spearmen attacked more and more frequently in the north, and the enemy cavalry attacked in the south.All of a sudden, the attack from both sides made Yang Zhao feel depressed and wanted to give up.

But fortunately, Jiang Ban led the infantry to come up at this time, and not long after that, Hu Lie also led the army to come over.

"Huh? How did Zhongying retreat so fast?" After a short doubt, Wen Yang quickly pulled the rein: "Brothers, follow me and retreat!"

"Don't stop! Don't stop! Let them out!" Whether it was Jiang Ban, Yang Zhao nearby, or Hu Lie behind, they all heaved a sigh of relief when they saw Wen Yang retreating—the priority now is to repair the damaged ones. Formation, as long as the formation is not chaotic, this battle will be fought.

"Hey~~" Jiang Wei on the top of the city could only let out a long sigh when he saw such a scene.Then he looked at the sun in the sky: "Send the order, Ming Jin withdraws troops."

"Here!"

In the first battle of the Battle of Daluze, at the beginning, due to the superiority of the Jin army's spearmen and the deliberate temptation of the Han army's spearmen's formation, the distance between the Jin army's spearmen and the sword and shield soldiers behind them was opened.Cracks appeared in the circle.

Then Jiang Wei preparedly seized this opportunity and sent cavalry on two wings to attack.But on the one hand, the Jin army's rear troops are indeed strong, and the most important thing is that the commanders of the Jin army in all directions are veterans. Out of the most correct response.As a result, although the cavalry of the Han army caused successful damage to the opponent, they were unable to achieve decisive results-causing the collapse of the Jin army.When the spearmen of the Jin army reacted and began to take the initiative to restore their formation, in order to avoid too many casualties of their own cavalry, both Wen Yang and Ma Jie took the initiative to retreat—following Jiang Wei for a long time, the new generation of generals of the Han army His command style is also moving closer to Jiang Wei: to win battles, and unless necessary, not to win heavy losses.

After the two sides withdrew their troops and completely disengaged, it was almost unitary time, and the sun was setting.

"Report to General, today's battle has resulted in casualties."

"Read it."

"Well, in today's battle, more than 180 spearmen and more than 980 archers of our army were killed. Due to the spread of the enemy's archers, the rear chariot and axe troops lost more than [-] people. As for the cavalry , The heavy cavalry lost more than [-] people, and [-] horses failed to return. The light cavalry lost more than [-] people. In terms of wounded soldiers, the spearmen were seriously injured and more than [-] were slightly injured. Archers, chariot soldiers, and ax soldiers were injured by arrows There are more than [-] people. However, the problem of being injured by arrows is not a big problem, and it will not affect the follow-up battle."

"Good, you've worked hard, step back."

"Here."

"General, in today's battle, our army did not lose much, but we caused at least [-] losses to the enemy. So, tomorrow, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy."

"Hehehe, Zhongying is very ambitious. However, in my opinion, we won't be able to fight tomorrow's battle."

"Oh? Why is that?"

"If the old man's guess is correct, Chen Xiuyuan will withdraw his troops tonight."

"what?"

"Everyone, after Si Wencao's recent investigation, we have already made it very clear. Chen Xiuyuan did not want to bring the 12 Jin troops out of the already built Renxian defense line to fight us. This battle belongs to the Jin Kingdom. The emperor forced him to fight. When we got here, we had a big fight with us, and we lost a little. We have an explanation to the emperor of Jin, that’s all. After all, Chen Xiuyuan got the true biography of Sima Zhongda, not I like to fight in the field, but I like to huddle in a solid city defense and fight against our army."

"Then general, shall we send troops to pursue tonight?"

"Hehehe, that's not necessary. 10,000+ troops attacking in the field at night? No matter how well we arrange this, it will be a chaotic battle in the end. Everyone should know that our spearmen have nothing to do without the formation. Yes. As for arranging a night attack by the surprise generals? Well, I watched the battle today, and I think the generals at all levels of the Jin army are very good. The casualties must have been serious. A small number of troops will not be of much use. Therefore, let’s forget about the night attack.”

"Uh... I'll take the order. It's just the general, so why not just let the enemy retreat? Although our army can definitely take down the Renxian defense line in an upright manner, but if there is a chance to wipe out the enemy in the wild, why bother to go?" What about siege?"

"Of course, the old man is not going to let this Jin army go back." Jiang Wei smiled slightly: "Thirty miles to the southeast from here is the northern shore of the mainland. The Jin army has a camp there. If the old man didn't expect If it's worse, Chen Xiuyuan is going to retreat there tonight, and then rely on the waterway of Daluze to withdraw his troops."

"That?"

"But it's so easy to withdraw troops in front of the enemy? There must be someone who breaks the rear, right? If there are fewer people behind, it will not be able to hinder our army's advance. If there are more people behind, those who return to the defense line of Ren County If there is less, how can we stop our army's follow-up attack? Moreover, not everyone can do such a thing as a last stand. A few days ago, Wang Shizhi faced Da Sima with his last stand in Zhaoyuze, didn't he run away first? "

"Ah? Hahahaha, great advice, General."

"Now pass the order!"

"I'm waiting for the general to issue an order!"

"The spearmen who have been fighting for a day today rest, and the assault generals and axemen are in front. If the enemy retreats, there is no need to attack. Just follow the opponent far away. After tomorrow, the whole army will leave Yang's and pursue Enemy army! Our army will defeat the main force of Jin on the northern shore of the mainland!"

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)