sweeping the world

Chapter 235
A battle triggered by an attack on the camp did not withdraw troops from night to dawn, and the two sides invested more and more troops.

The Han army was on the attacking side, and the battle had already spread to the Zhao army's camp in Shijie during the night. The Han army was entangled with the Zhao army in Shijie in the wild, and the other troops rushed to the burning camp, forcing Shijie who was fighting the fire. Zhao Jun faced the battle, and the battle was going on at the forward camp of Zhao Jun in Shijie.

"Vertical shield!"

The tower shield is 1.2 meters high and [-] centimeters wide. The metal shields "click" to form a shield wall. In a moment, the arrows shot by Shijie Zhao Jun have arrived, and the arrows hit the shields and made various sounds.

"hit!"

"Yo-hee! Yo-hee!"

It can be seen that the nearly [-]-meter-long metal shield wall is slowly advancing, and Zhao Jun from Shijie was ordered to attack. They were first blocked by the arrow rain, and when they ran about five meters in front of the shield wall, the small size of each shield A long spear stabbed out from the round hole, and in an instant, thorns appeared on the originally smooth shield wall. Some Shijie Zhao Jun who couldn't stop were stunned, but such unlucky ones were rare.

The battle took place at Zhao Jun's camp in Shijie. Behind him was the camp that was burned last night. It looked dark and messy.If you look at it this way, the Han army has pushed the front line forward by about 200 meters. If it is destroyed further, it will soon drive the Shijie Zhao army into the mountains.

But looking at the camp in the battle, the Han army has a clear meaning, forming a trident formation, most of the time, tower shield soldiers and pike soldiers cooperate to advance solidly, and there must be cavalry or sword shield soldiers to carry out the battle if there is a chance Short assault.

Deng Heng is really a veteran who has been fighting for half his life. If he hadn't come to defend, he would have been driven into the mountains by the Han army long ago if he was someone with little experience in battle.

"I didn't expect the Han army to be so powerful!" Although Cui Xuan is a second devil, he also knows how to fight: "The tactics are simple, but they are very useful. The enemy's command is also firmly controlling the rhythm!"

Deng Heng wasn't too worried about the battle situation here, no matter how bad the situation was, it was nothing more than a mountain battle.What he was worried about was the rest of the place. After all, the Han army had divided its troops, and a cavalry force of more than [-] did not know where it went.

Although Taishan County is mostly mountainous, the role of cavalry in the mountains must be infinitely reduced, but Taishan County is not all mountainous, and some major roads are basically flat terrain.

The Han army had more than ten thousand cavalry leaving, and they knew what they were going to do without thinking too much, which meant that Deng Heng's logistics line was in a situation where it might be cut off anytime and anywhere.And cutting off the food road is only one of the functions of the cavalry, and it can also use the short-distance maneuver advantage to attack the enemy's reinforcements!
Deng Heng is the commander-in-chief of the Qingzhou Expeditionary Army. He is not only the leader of the army, but also has many directions to think about.The situation he is now facing is more complicated. The multi-route army is not ready for war. The reinforcements from Yuzhou and Sizhou are still on the way. Looking at the battlefield of Taishan County in Yanzhou, there are signs of collapse.

There was an uproar on the battlefield. Originally, the Shijie Zhao army could stand in a stalemate with the Han army who erected a shield wall, but the Han army launched a short assault again!
For the soldiers of the Zhao army in Shijie who were on the battlefield, they were holding on despite the falling arrows. They couldn't break through the shield wall of the Han army and it was difficult to bully them. After the shield wall cracked, Shijie Zhao Jun looked at the cracked shield wall with fear, where there were hundreds of armored cavalry outfits charging with heavy horseshoes.

"Escape!"

It's not a dense formation, and there is no way to deal with armored and heavy cavalry. If you don't escape, you are still waiting to be crushed into meat?
They didn't even dodge the falling arrows one by one, they just turned around and fled, but no matter how fast their two legs were compared to the four legs, they were overtaken in a short while.

Li Tan likes this kind of war, driving the enemy's infantry without too much effort, just need to pick or stab with a horse when passing by to kill an enemy soldier.He didn't even need to use his hands, he controlled the rein and used the horse to hit him, and if he knocked down a Paoze behind him, he would naturally trample him into sackcloth with his horse's hooves.

Xu Zheng had already used the short assault very well, but he was still a bit uncontrollable when using it on a large scale.

"Chang Shi, like this, the enemy army will be driven back to the mountains soon." Xu Zheng looked very happy: "Block them into the mountains, and the next thing will be easier."

Ji Chang said with a "hehe" smile, "Jieshi persuaded you to surrender, if you don't surrender...let's set fire to the mountain."

In summer, although there are not as many dead leaves and dry firewood in autumn, it is really not difficult to set fire to the mountain. Whoever makes such a year is the original ecology. There is never a lack of grass and trees in the mountains. As long as the fire can be lit, there will be God gives some wind, it is really easy to set fire to the mountain. (Imagine a burning mountain that accidentally ignites a fire during the Qingming Festival)

Shijie Zhao Jun's camp outside the mountainous area is not too small. Deng Heng set up this frontier camp to prevent being blocked in the mountainous area.He may have thought about whether the Han army would burn the mountain, and concluded that the probability of the general of the Han army daring to burn the mountain would be lower. After all, setting fire is considered to be harmful to the virtue of heaven, and not everyone would dare to do it.

Others may have concerns about the more obvious things, but Ji Chang doesn't care so much. If it were Lu Yi, Sang Yu, and Cai You, they would have a lot of scruples, but for Ji Chang, Liu Yan's great cause is Most importantly, as for the virtue of heaven, what is that thing?
The virtue of heaven is not a thing, if you want to be innocent, you must be conscious. When the barbarians killed the Chinese descendants, what did God do?Since there is no movement from God, then the only way to go is "Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives constantly for self-improvement"!
The Huben army, who attacked again, retreated again. Their short assault just now was not as effective as the previous few times. They only advanced more than two hundred meters before being stopped by a large number of repelling horses.

"Really?" Ji Chang was not surprised by the reward he got, he said: "Deng Heng is a veteran after all, his reaction may be slower, but he is very experienced in dealing with it."

Xu Zheng nodded: "Chang Shi, the enemy army also has armored riding gear. We have repeatedly fought so many short assaults. Deng Heng must have gotten some pulses?"

"Whether we will learn from our tactics is still in the simulation." Ji Chang smiled lightly, and said: "Be prepared."

As far as the local battlefield is concerned, the Han army is currently seizing the initiative, but in terms of the overall battle situation, it is not good for the Han army.

In the final analysis, if Deng Heng of Shijie Zhao State was defeated this way, Shi Hu would be able to gather more troops to attack from other directions, and even if Deng Heng was defeated, someone would lead the army back to Taishan County.

The Han tribe has fewer soldiers, and the population of the area under its jurisdiction cannot be compared with that of Shijie and Zhao.

"Where is the cavalry now?"

"West of Mount Ai, east of Xintai, more than [-] miles away from Zhushui."

Leading the cavalry were Li Kuang and Qian Jiantong, with Sang Yu as the military commander offering wine.

The official position of military advisor offering wine is not an orthodox official position. It was created by Cao Cao. The official position of the famous counselor Guo Jia was military advisor offering wine.This official position is usually held on a temporary basis, acting as a think tank during wartime, and is eliminated during non-wartime.

The Han tribe now has more and more generals, but there are still only a few advisers.Secondly, Liu Yan has begun to deliberately divide the organizational structure, that is, official positions, etc., so that he will deliberately let various generals who look promising to lead the troops.

In addition to the troops who take the initiative, some people who are considered capable but have insufficient experience will be arranged to serve as chief officers or deputies in various defense zones.

Consciously strengthened training is a mainstream, not only military generals, but also local herdsmen officials need to be trained.For example, those families who had taken refuge in Liu Yan earlier were the first groups Liu Yan needed to cultivate to fill the gaps in civil administrative units.

As for starting education, there are obviously not enough conditions at present. First of all, teachers are a big problem, and secondly, resources are almost tilted towards war. Where are the overflow resources to invest in education?
"The enemy has replaced it with new troops." Xu Zheng raised his finger and said, "The troops in front have been defeated repeatedly, and their morale is low. They are no longer suitable for fighting. They took advantage of the pause in our attack to change defense."

Of course Ji Chang was also watching, and suddenly laughed as if he found something: "Finally, this moment has come!"

Xu Zheng asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Ji Chang still laughed, and then said: "The ones replaced are the armed forces of the Jin people and Zahu."

Xu Zheng said "Oh" and laughed.

"But you have to be careful." Ji Chang said with a smile: "The enemy deliberately created a large cloud of smoke, probably to imitate our short-term assault."

"The enemy!" Xu Zheng didn't have any worries: "Deng Heng has five hundred Dragon Guards in his hands. It's time to use them after they fall."

Previously, the Shijie Zhao army's troops were mixed with Hu people and miscellaneous Hu people from the five major clans, and there were no Jin soldiers.It is very clear that the raising of the Han flag by the Han army has had an impact, and Jin people with complicated thoughts are not suitable for participating in the war.

Now, Deng Heng had no choice but to send Jin soldiers. They blocked the front camp for a whole morning. While the Han army advanced steadily, they repeatedly launched short assaults. The Zhao army in Shijie suffered heavy casualties because they suffered heavy losses repeatedly. , Morale also dropped to a critical point, leading to the scene of collapse after a few battles.

The Zhao army in Shijie was mobilizing, and the Han army also started its own changes.

It is a guess that Shijie Zhao Jun will send armored riding equipment, that is, the dragon guard.But as long as there is a little speculation on the battlefield, necessary preparations should be made no matter what.

"After the order is issued, the support column will be put on it as soon as possible!"

"Spearman, ready to set up your spear at any time!"

These are still common. The Han Dynasty has always had crossbows, but they are rarely used.This time they attacked Zhao Jun's camp in Shijie, hoping to drive the enemy troops into the mountainous area, organized a shield wall advance, and used a short assault strategy. However, a large number of crossbows and crossbows following behind were still in a state of not firing an arrow...

(End of this chapter)