Cao Xueyang increased the pressure again, adding the remaining half of his Guards Battalion.
The Guards Battalion of the Longwu Army has a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses. They are soldiers and horses personally trained by Cao Xueyang, the commander-in-chief of the Longwu Army. Their combat power surpasses the Longwu Army.
His superb riding skills, extraordinary shooting skills, and bravery in combat were the basis of the world-famous knight - Youlongqi. Even among the Tiance Army and the Shence Army, they were the leading elites.
The Guards Battalion had the strength to face any elite unit of King Zhao's army, and it was because of this elite that Cao Xueyang placed them on the left wing. From this we can also see Cao Xueyang's firm judgment on the battle situation.
The two words "strategy" and "judgment" are essential qualities for a handsome man.
Planning is a test of wisdom and vision, being able to analyze the pros and cons and judge the situation in a complicated battle situation.
And breaking is the decisiveness and perseverance of the commander. There are not a few people who can analyze the situation and talk eloquently. For example, in the folk countryside, an ordinary villager can also talk eloquently about the international trends, even criticize the current ills, and criticize national policies.
There is no cost for Gein's judgment. It is nothing more than giving advice after drinking too much at the wine table, saying what is right and what is wrong, but laughing away. Although the attitude of being humble and not daring to forget about the country is commendable, it is nothing more than that.
When you are in that position, every judgment may affect the general trend of the world.
The same is true for the commander of an army. Every move he makes is related to the outcome of the entire army. If he is not decisive enough, he will inevitably look forward and backward, causing the army to lose its chance to fight.
For example, Shi Dakai, the Wing King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and Yuan Shao, the prince of the Three Kingdoms, yes, it is him again. Whenever it comes to being scheming and missing opportunities, Yuan Benchu must have a place, and he has been nailed to the pillar of shame for almost two thousand years.
In fact, Lao Yuan is not that good. Being able to unify Qingyou and the four states of Hebei is enough to prove his talent.
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The fighting on the left intensified.
After temporarily losing Cao Huajiao, the commander of the army, the offensive of the Longwu Army's Hubo Camp was visibly halted.
The general is a brave soldier. Just now, Cao turned a dragon into a dragon and shot a green dragon halberd like a dragon out of the water. It overturned the river and sea, killing the enemy in great numbers.
The soldiers under his command were inspired by his bravery, and naturally they all fought bravely to kill the enemy, causing the soldiers of King Zhao's army to retreat steadily.
But then Cao Huajiao was targeted by Tan Yuan and was severely wounded by his tiger-headed golden sword. Although Cao Huajiao escaped safely, his morale was at its peak, and the soldiers of Hubo Camp lost their previous bravery and began to slowly Retreat, rely on Long Wujun's Wu Gang chariot formation to resist the attack of King Zhao's army.
Tan Yuan, who returned to the rear to command, saw this scene and nodded. This was a normal battlefield situation. How could these new recruits of the Longwu Army be the opponents of the tiger and wolf divisions of King Zhao's Army in terms of melee combat? !
The previous defeat was just that the Longwu Army caught them off guard by relying on their ordnance. Once they were in close combat, the Longwu Army's true colors were immediately revealed.
Although this statement is an exaggeration, it does hit the point.
The Longwu Army's combat power in the long-range round is unparalleled. It can be said that it can be said that it rubbed Zhao Wang's army on the ground without losing any temper.
If it weren't for Tan Yuan, a stubborn and cruel man, who forced King Zhao's army to attack with his life, King Zhao's army might not be able to break through to Long Wu's formation now. This can be regarded as a mistake. Let him find a way to defeat the enemy.
In Europe in the seventeenth century, when dealing with armies lacking firepower, they could rely on cavalry charges to quickly break into enemy formations.
Although Tan Yuan didn't know this method of fighting, he achieved the same effect by mistake.
Fortunately, the arrow formation just now caused huge damage to the soldiers of King Zhao's army, causing their formation to be scattered. Otherwise, even the Hubo Camp led by Cao Huajiao would not be able to take advantage.
"The whole army is pressing forward, and they must break up the Wugang chariot formation of Long Wu Army for me!"
Tan Yuan has already seen the hope of victory. Once Wu Gang's chariot formation is broken, his cavalry will no longer be hindered. He only needs to order the infantry to attack with all his strength and create opportunities. He can take advantage of the chaos of Long Wu's army to launch a charge. .
On this plain, once his cavalry charged, Tan Yuan didn't know how he would lose? !
As long as they don't imitate Zhu Shihong's stubbornness and focus on disrupting the Longwu Army's formation, the Longwu Army would have no power to resist.
At this time, the pressure on Cao Wenzhao in the forward formation doubled. There were brave generals such as his nephew Cao Huajiao who led the soldiers to charge and kill. Even if they fought hand-to-hand, they were not afraid of King Zhao's army at all.
But who would have thought that there would be such a brave general among the enemy army, and Cao Huajiao was beaten to the point where he was unable to fight back. If he had not taken action in time to help him with arrows, I am afraid that his nephew would also be killed by this man. Under the tiger-headed golden sword.
Cao Huajiao's defeat was a big blow to the morale of the Longwu Army. Now Zhao Wangjun took the opportunity to start a counterattack.
"Instruct all school captains and team leaders to form a formation and fight. Do not disperse and fight against the enemy! You must stick to the Wugang chariot formation."
Tan Yuan knew that the Wugang chariot formation was an obstacle to his own cavalry. How could Cao Wenzhao, the guerrilla general on the left wing of the Longwu Army, not know? !
Wugang's chariot formation was one of the reasons why Longwu's army dared to line up on the plains to fight the cavalry of King Zhao's army. How could Cao Wenzhao give up so easily? !
The greatest advantage of the Longwu Army is discipline, and battle formations have been derived from discipline.
Although King Zhao's army also fought in formations, they did not pay enough attention to formation battles. They always focused on cavalry and cooperated with infantry and cavalry.
Longwu's army relied on Wugang's chariot formation and launched a bloody battle with the infantry of King Zhao's army.
Not only was it a frontal battle, the Longwu Army's powerful crossbowmen who had retreated into the formation did not stop. Although they could no longer shoot flatly, their projectiles could still kill and injure the enemy.
After retreating two hundred steps, the Longwu Army's crossbowmen stopped again and continued to kill the soldiers of King Zhao's Army with projectiles.
This is a pain for the soldiers of King Zhao's army. The soldiers at the front are already entangled with the soldiers and horses of Longwu Army. Naturally, it is impossible for the divine machine crossbowman to attack their room with the rat-proof weapon. However, the story is different for the soldiers of King Zhao's army at the rear. .
The Longwu Army's magical crossbows rained down arrows, constantly shooting down Zhao Wang's soldiers in the rear, almost creating an isolation zone between the Zhao Wang Army's front army and the rear troops and horses, making it difficult for subsequent troops and horses to continue.
It is also because of this that the forwards of the Longwu Army were able to resist the tiger and wolf soldiers of the King of Zhao Army for such a long time without falling behind.
Cao Wenzhao also discovered this and immediately ordered the powerful crossbowmen of Longwu Army to fire three consecutive shots at a distance of 200 to 300 steps behind the forward of King Zhao's army.
He wanted to use the power of Longwu's crossbows to intercept the attack of King Zhao's army.
Regarding the attack and defense of Longwu Army and Zhao Wangjun, Mrs. Yang Si in the left wing formation just watched silently.
She believed in the ability of Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew, it should not be a problem to withstand the attack of King Zhao's infantry.
The real trouble is the cavalry of King Zhao's army, and therefore the cavalry hidden in the dark.
This is also the reason why Mrs. Yang came here with half of the Guards Battalion, just to deal with the cavalry of King Zhao's army.
Not only this half battalion of the Guards, but most of the troops of the Hook and Sickle Gun Battalion were also transferred to the left wing.
Madam Yang and Cao Xueyang agreed that the left wing was the main attack direction of King Zhao's army.
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Zhao Wangjun's army.
Zhang Shimei was commanding the army to pretend to attack Longwu Army's frontal defense position.
It seems that the offensive of King Zhao's army is extremely fierce, but in fact it has always been reserved, including the Qingqi cruising in front of the formation. Although they have charged from time to time, they have always been maintained at the edge of the range of the Longwu Army's divine machine crossbow, making the Longwu Army The divine machine crossbow is difficult to cause effective damage to it.
This tactic seems simple, but in fact, it is more complicated to command than ordinary battles.
It is necessary to ensure that one's own soldiers and horses will not suffer too many unnecessary sacrifices due to feint attacks, and to ensure that enough pressure can be put on the Longwu Army so that their central army has no time to worry about anything else.
Such tactics are very easy in Zhang Shimei's hands, and it also shows that his ability to use troops is indeed extraordinary.
The infantry and cavalry of King Zhao's army were at a very ambiguous distance. If Cao Xueyang really treated Zhang Shimei's Chinese army as a feint attack, then Zhang Shimei could immediately switch to the feint attack as the main attack.
This is no longer a conspiracy, but a bit of a conspiracy. Even if you know that my Chinese army may not be the main direction of attack, you don't dare to relax a little.
Once the Longwu Army reveals a flaw, the fangs and sharp teeth that King Zhao's army has temporarily put away will be revealed again, tearing apart the Longwu Army's defensive formation.
Just as the two sides were entangled, a group of remnants of cavalry stumbled into Zhang Shimei's army.
"General! It's not good!"
As soon as the leader stopped his horse, he immediately turned over and shouted while running quickly.
"How presumptuous! The general is very good! Do you want to shake the morale of the army?!"
Before Zhang Shimei could say anything, the commander of the guards on the side couldn't stand it. During the battle, you shouted "The general is in trouble!" This kind of behavior is a big blow to morale and will make the soldiers feel sad. Question, what is the news that makes the general feel bad? Is our army going to be defeated? !
If the commander of the guards had not recognized that this man was a general of the Zhang family, he would have thought that he was a spy sent by the enemy!
When Zhang Shimei saw this person, he couldn't help but let out a "thump" in his heart. The commander of the guards didn't know the responsibility of this person, but Zhang Shimei knew it!
This is his only son!
The soldiers around Zhang Wenbi were specially sent by Zhang Shimei to protect him. Now that this person is back, then...
Zhang Shimei no longer dared to think any more, and the words of the visitor interrupted Zhang Shimei's need to continue thinking.
"General, something bad happened! General, he...he..."
"What's wrong, Major General? You should tell me quickly!" The commander of the guards on the side was also anxious when he heard this. At this time, why are you stammering! ?
"When the Major General was harassing him, he was attacked by the enemy's Qingqi. Among the enemy's troops was a female general with great martial arts skills. She led the Qingqi to attack the Major General's headquarters. The Major General was captured alive in just three moves..."
Zhang Shimei could no longer hear what the general said. Only the words "capture the young general alive" could be heard in his ears.
Something bad is going on!
In fact, now that the battle has reached this point, Zhang Shimei no longer has the determination and certainty that he had in the previous battle to decide the outcome.
The resilience, combat effectiveness and tactics displayed by the Longwu Army are all astonishing.
Zhang Shimei even considered retreating first and reorganizing his army to fight again. Give him time, he may not be able to come up with a way to crack the Longwu Army's tactics.
Or you can change to a battlefield where the Longwu Army's tactics are difficult to use.
But with Zhang Wenbi being captured alive, all this became impossible!
Now he, Zhang Shimei, has only two ways left. One is to defeat Long Wu's army after going all out and win; the other is to be defeated after going all out and he, Zhang Shimei, dies on the battlefield.
The retreat road has been blocked since Zhang Wenbi was captured alive!
It's not that there is no way to retreat, but that Zhang Shimei cannot retreat.
Although Zhao Wang Zhu Kai was a heroic leader, he also had the same shortcomings as those overlords, being cunning and suspicious.
Under normal circumstances, although Zhang Shimei's strategic retreat would destroy King Zhao's strategic intention to shock the world, it could still preserve the combat effectiveness of King Zhao's army.
Although King Zhao will punish, he will not show mercy at all.
But now that Zhang Wenbi was captured, Zhang Shimei only had this son and regarded him as a treasure. In this case, if Zhang Shimei retreats, in the eyes of King Zhao, it will turn into, what agreement did Zhang Shimei make with the Southern Army in order to save his son? !
Zhang Shimei was the most trusted general of King Zhao and was entrusted with important tasks. All 300,000 troops fell into Zhang Shimei's hands.
But similarly, once such a person rebels, it will be the most harmful to King Zhao.
Therefore, as long as there is a slight possibility of betrayal by Zhang Shimei, King Zhao will leave him alone, investigate him, and even put him under house arrest and kill him.
Zhang Shimei is in his prime, and if he doesn't want to end up unemployed due to suspicion, he has no choice but to fight with all his strength!
"Bang the drum! March!"
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As the central armies of Long Wu's Army and King Zhao's Army were about to face off, the battle on the left wing was in full swing.
Although Cao Wenzhao tried his best to defend and counterattack, the strength of the soldiers was still difficult to change. After the soldiers of King Zhao's army gained a firm foothold, they began to advance.
Although the soldiers of Hubo Camp fought back, they were still unable to withstand the offensive and were forced to retreat step by step.
If it weren't for Cao Wenzhao's proper command and the severely injured Cao Huajiao fighting desperately, the soldiers of Hubo Camp would have been unable to withstand it long ago!
"Fire the arrow!"
"Cut off the enemy's reinforcements for me!"
"Support the brothers of Hubo Camp!"
The voices of the captain and captain came and went, but they were unable to stop King Zhao's army from advancing.
"boom!"
The first Wugang chariot was captured by the soldiers of King Zhao's army! The soldiers of King Zhao who came from behind immediately overturned the chariot and continued to attack.
The second and third vehicles, the Longwu Army's defensive formation has begun to waver!
For this fighter opportunity, King Zhao's army paid a price of more than 17,000 men. These did not even reach the Longwu Army's formation but lost their combat capability because of their crossbows.
But now it seems that these casualties are all worth it! The Longwu Army's formation is about to collapse!
Mrs. Yang Si saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart.
The formation cannot collapse. This is the basis of Longwu Army's operations.
"Cao Lie!"
"The general is here!"
"You lead the 3,000 Guards Battalion troops and go to support. Be sure to stabilize the defense line!"
"yes!"
As a last resort, Mrs. Yang chose to send 3,000 troops from the Guards Battalion to support!
(End of chapter)
