In front of the army.
Ning Shehai raised his clairvoyance and looked straight ahead. About ten miles away was the Caoshu City that had been abandoned by the Jade Army.
But now, they want to fight back the city, and not when there are less than 30,000 Loufan defenders, but when nearly a million Loufan troops gather in Caoshu City.
"General."
Ning Shehai's personal commander said with a solemn face: "If our army launches a main attack from the north, no matter whether we can attack or not, our army will be trapped in a tight siege within an hour."
Ning Shehai nodded: "I know."
The captain said: "So General...are we, are we..."
Ning Shehai said: "Lin Ye is the commander in chief of this counterattack, and the commander's orders cannot be violated. Since we have been entrusted with the main attack, we must fight this battle well."
The captain opened his mouth, but did not dare to say anything else. He knew the general's temper, and if he said anything else, he would probably be scolded.
Although the general is known as a Confucian general, he can still have the power of thunder when he gets angry.
"Give the order, and when the cannon is fired, all armies will attack according to the plan!"
"yes!"
After Ning Shehai finished his instructions, he also took a deep breath.
It is true that he has 160,000 elite men under his command, but the enemy has millions of people. Adding in the slaves and auxiliary soldiers, the total strength of the Loufan people may exceed 1.5 million.
Ten times as much as him.
Attacking the enemy with one-tenth of the enemy's force, let alone Ning Shehai, has never fought this kind of battle. Even hundreds of years to a thousand years ago, no one has ever fought this kind of battle.
He only hoped that Lin Ye's plan would succeed so that he, the 160,000 elites, would lose less.
They are all soldiers he has personally trained with so much hard work, and they are all just like his brothers.
Ning Shehai looked back at the soldiers who were keeping time. The time was almost up.
But at this moment, he suddenly heard a very vague sound of a cannon.
The sound came from the flank of Lou Fan's army, so Ning Shehai's expression suddenly changed.
According to the plan Lin Ye told him before, he would lead his army to attack from the north, with Lin Ye and his sister Ning Haitang supporting him on the left and right wings.
This battle can indeed defeat the enemy without any reaction, because the enemy cannot expect that the Jade Army will give up the plain raid and instead attack a strong city.
However, what the enemy does not believe is precisely what cannot be done.
The reason why Ning Shehai was shocked at this time was because the direction from which the cannon sounded turned out to be the direction of his sister Ning Haitang's army. This meant that Ning Haitang attacked first!
This was not planned!
Could it be that Ning Haitang knew that he was going to be the main attacker and didn't want him, the eldest brother, to be in danger?
"Confused!"
Ning Shehai's face turned a little pale.
"Send the order, sound the cannon, attack!"
Following Ning Shehai's order, all his 160,000 elite troops came out.
The reason why the north side of Ningshehai is the main attack direction is because the Loufan people's military deployment on the north side is relatively weak.
Loufan's army of one million people withdrew from the south, and the company camp was built on the south side of Caoshu City.
If nothing unexpected happens, the enemy general Duobie must have entered Caoshu City to rest. At this time, there are at least 700,000 to 800,000 Lou Fan's main force on the south side of Caoshu City.
There is no company camp on the north side, but the enemy can quickly come to support, so no matter how you look at this battle, it seems like a moth flying into a flame.
This kind of battle does not need to be fought by a madman. As long as the madman is not stupid, he will not do it.
"kill!"
Ning Shehai takes the lead.
He couldn't care less, and his sister took the lead in attacking in order to prevent him from being trapped.
This not only broke the previous arrangement, but also brought the decisive battle to an early stage.
Ning Shehai was worried about Ning Haitang's safety, and his eyes were already a little red.
His sister has been strong since she was a child, and to be honest, she doesn't really have much respect for his eldest brother.
Since childhood, his sister has always been better than him and has a stronger personality than him. Ning Haitang seems to be more of a man.
Ning Shehai had a gentle personality and was well-read in poetry and books. He was known as a Confucian general in the army. When he was young, he had just become a fifth-rank general, so some people called him the number one general.
However, this does not mean that he does not care about his sister, nor does it mean that his sister does not care about him.
When it came to this life-and-death situation, his sister chose to take the lead in attacking the Loufan people. The depth of the relationship between the brother and sister was actually enough to illustrate.
However, just as Ning Shehai's army stormed over from the north, suddenly a hail of arrows flew in!
Without warning, densely packed Lou Fan soldiers appeared on the ground.
Ning Shehai's expression immediately changed!
Since last night, his scouts have been keeping an eye on the movements of Caoshu City and have not seen any movement of Lou Fan's army. Why did such a large-scale ambush suddenly appear as if they came out of the ground? !
However, it didn't take long for Ning Shehai to realize that these ambush troops were mobilized last night, but the Loufan people used a very secretive method.
In a majestic city with a million troops stationed, their rangers are naturally too numerous to count.
Therefore, Ning Shehai's scouts could not get too close, especially at night. If the enemy's soldiers and horses were mobilized without using torches or flattery, the whole army would move quietly and it would be difficult to notice.
After those Loufan people were mobilized last night, they had been crawling on the ground motionless.
They were all covered with grass. At this time, the grassland of Dongbo was not completely green yet. It was green and yellow, and it was impossible to see anything from a distance.
When Ning Shehai's army suddenly came over, the Lou Fan archers who were ambushing here immediately got up and started to counterattack towards the Jade Army. The arrows were like a heavy rain.
Ning Shehai's offensive immediately stopped under the pressure of a burst of arrows. At this time, the north gate of Caoshu City opened wide, and a large number of cavalry roared out.
On the north wall, Duobie raised his clairvoyance to observe carefully.
"Ning Shehai..."
Duobie said to himself: "I have been waiting for you to come."
Not long ago, Lin Ye once commented on Duo Bei... Lin Ye said that if Lou Fan went south this time and Duo Bei commanded a million-strong army, the battle in Yunzhou City would be even more tragic.
Duobei's ability to lead troops was far superior to Zongzheng's prominence.
Just because Zongzheng Xianhe and others all wanted to compete for the throne, and Zongzheng Xianhe was the most powerful among them, so they naturally wanted to compete for the position of coach, in order to increase their bargaining chips in the fight for the throne.
Now that the army is back in Duobie's hands, the famous general Lou Fan has long wanted to have a good encounter with Dayu's elite on the frontal battlefield.
"I have long expected that you will attack from the weakly defended north side, and I have long expected that Lin Ye will attack Caoshu City."
Duo Bie had always heard about Lin Ye's strange tactics. He was on guard all the way, but Lin Ye never attacked.
This made Duo Bie even more convinced that Lin Ye was blindly pursuing military tactics, so the only goal was Caoshu City to catch Lou Fan's army off guard.
After he led his army to Caoshu City, he mobilized troops and horses at night. He was not allowed to bring a horse and no one was allowed to speak.
After leaving Caoshu City, I lay down on the ground and was not allowed to move. Even if I had to pee, I had to pee in my pants.
Sure enough, he asked Ning Shehai's Yujun to wait.
Caoshu City is a large city. It not only has four city gates in the east, west, and south, but also has three city gates on the north and south sides, and one on the east and west sides.
At this time, Lou Fan's elite cavalry rushed out from the three city gates. Looking at their posture, they wanted to devour Ning Shehai's 160,000 border troops on the plain.
Ning Shehai does not have as many cavalry as the Cowardly Army!
This is on the plains. The most defensive Jade Man has lost the big city to rely on. Under the charge of Lou Fan's cavalry, what else can they rely on to defend? !
Duobie took a deep breath and stared straight at the movement of the Jade Army to the north.
"General!"
Some of his subordinates hurriedly ran over, leaned forward and reported: "The Jade Army on the left is attacking very fiercely!"
Duobie nodded and said: "The Chinese army mobilized the past 20,000 people as a reserve team. The other troops will not move. We must first eat Ning Shehai's team, and then return to the army to outflank Lin Ye's team."
The men immediately agreed, turned around and ran out to deliver the order.
North side.
Ning Shehai saw the Loufan people coming in force and reacted immediately.
"After the order was sent, the rear army immediately formed a formation, with the arrow array in front and the spearmen behind, and the formations were staggered."
"Instruct the front troops to retreat immediately, cover alternately, and retreat behind the arrow array."
He kept issuing military orders and sounding trumpets.
The front troops who rushed out were all swordsmen. They were ambushed by the Loufan people and then stopped immediately. At this time, they heard the order and retreated quickly and orderly.
On the rear side of the Chinese army, a large number of Jade Army infantry began to take action, the archers began to gather in formation, and the spearmen stood in rows behind the archers.
The arrow array is not as airtight as a wall. There is a passage between every other square array, which is reserved for the swordsmen in front and the heavy equipment behind.
The front army retreated quickly and returned to the rear formation through the passage between the archer phalanx, while the archers were already ready.
"After three arrows, the archers retreat!"
Ning Shehai ordered loudly again.
The Lou Fan people who had been lying in ambush on the ground began to press forward, trying to disrupt Jade Man's defensive formation for the subsequent cavalry.
But the beauty's good guarding is unparalleled in the world.
Ning Shehai was serious about running the army, and the soldiers cooperated tacitly. The arrow formation quickly took shape, and the first row was made up of shield soldiers holding giant shields that were almost as tall as one person.
Seeing Lou Fan's cavalry roaring in, as the general commanding the archers gave the order, the first round of feather arrows was released with a buzzing sound, and at the same time, the heavy platoon crossbows that had just been deployed also sprayed out.
Switching from offense to defense in such a short period of time shocked the hearts of the people on the walls of Caoshu City.
"Ning Shehai is worthy of being a famous general."
He muttered to himself.
But in today's battle, Duobie is determined to win.
On the grassland, when the Loufan people's cavalry increased their speed, the Yuren's archers had to retreat after the cavalry entered the shooting range. Even the strongest archers could only shoot three arrows at most.
It is true that Jade Man's arrow array is extremely powerful, but with three rounds of feather arrows, it is impossible to completely defeat Lou Fanren's offensive.
As long as Lou Fan's iron cavalry is allowed to step over, the beauty will definitely be defeated!
First round, second round, third round...
After three rounds of feather arrows, the Jade Army archers immediately retreated, and were replaced by soldiers holding spears who stepped forward.
The first row is still composed of shield soldiers. They are like a dam. They know that they are about to be hit by the cavalry, but no one flinches.
The spearmen behind them put their spears on their shields and pointed the spear points at the necks of their horses.
The posture of the second row of spearmen is different. They are half-crouched, with their rifle shafts on the ground and their spears pointed upwards.
When the cavalry charges, many people will jump up on their horses. They will jump over the first layer of shield soldiers and rush directly into the rear infantry array.
Therefore, the spearmen in the back row used this posture to defend. As long as Lou Fan's cavalry dared to leap up on their horses, the horses would be pierced by the spearmen in the back row!
After countless years of fighting with grassland countries like Dongbo and Loufan, the Jade Army has summarized a complete set of tactics for fighting cavalry.
Ning Shehai's team was mainly infantry. After receiving the order to form a defensive formation, it turned into rectangular arrays, surrounded by giant shields as high as a person.
Lou Fan's cavalry style of play was attrition. The cavalry passed by on both sides and consumed a large number of infantry forces with cavalry shooting. Jade Man has suffered a lot.
Placing shields all around can effectively reduce the damage caused by enemy mounted fire.
Coupled with the formation of spearmen, it can effectively resist cavalry charges.
In particular, the Loufan people did not have heavy cavalry.
"If a good attacker defends a city, this is wrong in itself. If a good defender attacks a city, this is wrong in itself."
On the city wall, Duo Bie looked at the fierce battle and said to himself: "Then everyone will show their true skills and decide the outcome."
