Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 203 The 28 Generals of Yuntai ([-])

One month later

Liaoxi County

Linyu County

Twenty miles north of Qinhuangdao

This is the place where the coalition forces of the four counties must pass through, and it is the starting point of the West Liao Corridor, while Wuli County in the East of Liaodong is the end point of the West Liao Corridor.

On the east side of the Liaoxi Corridor, there is Taohua Island, which has been operated by the Wang family for decades, and troops can be sent from Taohua Island to cut off the Liaoxi Corridor at any time.

The sea transportation line of the four-county coalition has been cut off by the Royal Navy.

Therefore, Wang Bian made persistent efforts and recruited Liaodong civilians to build temporary fortifications in the Liaoxi Corridor.

It is still a great miracle to run to the enemy's rear to build fortifications.

A temporary stone wall is only one foot high. There are trenches outside the stone wall, and there are watchtowers inside the stone wall.

A temporary military stronghold was thus established at the throat of the Liaoxi Corridor.

Because it is near mountains and rivers, Wang Bian named this temporary military stronghold Shanhaiguan.

At this time, many chariots and horses appeared on the southern horizon.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!"

Wang Bian yelled loudly, and some of his own soldiers also waved their flags and shouted.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!"

The civilian husbands who were busy with fortifications stopped temporarily, holding shovels in their hands and preparing to fight, while the county soldiers were wearing armor, drawing bows and preparing to shoot arrows.

A ship on the sea was loaded with twenty cavalry in heavy armor, ready to land and charge from the enemy's rear at any time.

"kill!"

Thousands of enemy infantry rushed to kill.

They are the logistics and supply troops of the Allied Forces of the Four Counties. Since the sea grain transport channel was cut off by the Wang family, they can only transport grain by land which is more difficult.

However, the Wang family didn't even let go of the land route, and even built military fortresses on their food transportation channels to block the connection between their logistics troops and the frontline troops.

In order to transport food and grass to the front line and prevent tens of thousands of troops from starving to death, they, the miscellaneous militiamen who were originally responsible for transporting supplies, had to charge.

"The soldiers attack from behind!"

"Archers shoot arrows!"

"Prepare for close combat with spears!"

Wang Bian commanded calmly, asking the archers to throw two rounds of arrows first, in order to damage the opponent's morale as much as possible, then put down the bow, picked up the long spears beside them to prepare for close combat, and at the same time let the heavy cavalry charge from the enemy's rear , overwhelm the enemy's team.

Someone waved the flag to command, and the various units cooperated closely.

The ships on the seashore re-docked, and the sailors laid thick planks on the beach to prevent the cavalry's horseshoes from sinking in the silt. Twenty heavy cavalry stepped on the planks and charged ashore, heading straight for the enemy.

shhhhhh!
Hundreds of arrows were thrown, and a dozen enemy soldiers were shot down.

Thousands of Yuyang infantry rushed to the ditch filled with bamboo thorns, and then built the trench bridge on the ditch.

In the process of building the Duhao Bridge, they stayed for a long time, allowing the Liaodong archers inside the city wall to throw a second round of arrows.

shhhhhh!
"what--"

A Yuyang soldier who was building a bridge to cross the ditch was unfortunately shot in the knee, and then failed to stand still. He fell into the ditch and was stabbed into a bloody man by bamboo thorns in the ditch.

However, it is not enough to just build the trench bridge.

After the moat bridge was built, they had to crowd on the narrow moat bridge to remove the horses that blocked their progress.

As they huddled on the Duhao bridge to dismantle the Juma, the Liaodong archers hurled a third round of arrows at them.

shhhhhh!
"Uh--"

"Wow--"

Some Yuyang soldiers were shot, and then fell down in the trench, stabbed into blood in an instant.

Tatata!
When the soldiers of Yuyang were still crowded around the trench, twenty soldiers of the Wang family had rushed from behind them.

Chi-

A soldier slashed at the neck of a Yuyang soldier, beheading him instantly.

The heavy cavalry soldiers attacked the right wing corner of the Yuyang soldiers in a front arrow formation, repeatedly charged in a circular arc trajectory, never confronted the Yuyang soldiers head-on, and always maintained their superiority in some areas. There were always twenty heavy cavalry Attack the enemy's seven or eight unarmored infantry.

When the horse is tired, replace the horse and continue to charge repeatedly.

Each soldier carries three armored horses, which can be used in turn. When using one of the armored horses, the other two can take the opportunity to rest, so that they can keep charging.

"Wow!"

"They're coming again!"

The Yuyang soldiers on the right rear were overwhelmed by twenty heavy armored soldiers. They didn't even dare to resist the charge of the heavy cavalry head-on, and no one instructed them to form a phalanx for defense.

Facing the heavy cavalry of the Wang family charging again, the Yuyang soldiers behind the right wing did not want to form a phalanx, but to squeeze into the crowd desperately, so that their teammates would stand behind them and die.

Although they all know that as long as they form an army formation, they can block the charge of heavy cavalry.

But they all have a common worry, that is: If I form an army formation and my teammates don't form an army formation, wouldn't it be me fighting twenty heavy cavalry on the opposite side?Then I might as well keep pushing forward and let my teammates die for me!

The phalanx looks simple, it is just a simple square or rectangle, and it seems to be easy to do.

But it's not that simple.

Especially it is extremely difficult to temporarily form an army formation in a melee.

There is a high probability that they will be overwhelmed by the enemy before they have time to form a good army formation.

After all, it is not the time to become invincible, the enemy will not watch you change the formation, but will take the opportunity to surprise you while you are changing the formation.

So the more complicated the army array, the more useless it is.

Because the more complicated the army formation, the longer it will take to change the formation. Before you can change, the enemy has already rushed in and hacked.

The most practical large-scale military formations are often simple ones such as squares, rectangles, circles, and arcs.

They have different names.

For example, several phalanxes marching in a line are called "long snake formations"; An arc-shaped military formation formed on the edge of a cliff is called "Queyue formation"; a circular defensive formation formed on the great plain is called "Fangyuan formation" or "Bagua formation"; A breakthrough in the center is called a "cone formation", and a cavalry formation is a front arrow formation; one side has more troops and the other side has fewer troops, and it is called a "hook formation" to attack the enemy's flanks obliquely and outflank .

The names of these formations are very fancy, but they are nothing more than squares, circles, and arcs, the mutual transformation of these three basic formations.

The generals of the Yuyang soldiers rushed to the front to fight, and did not command their troops well at all. The Yuyang soldiers in the rear could not take the initiative to form a phalanx defense because they had no command. Instead, they squeezed their teammates hard to let themselves Teammates inflict damage on themselves.

Many soldiers who rushed to the front were pushed into the trench by the soldiers behind and were stabbed into blood.

Finally, in order not to be pushed into the trench and be stabbed into blood, the Yuyang soldiers who had rushed to the front turned their heads and squeezed back frantically.

The soldiers in front were squeezing backwards, the soldiers in the back were squeezing forward, and the soldiers in the middle were trampled to death in bewilderment.

Hundreds of Yuyang soldiers were trampled to death by their own people, and the remaining Yuyang logistics soldiers dispersed in a rush.

"kill!"

Wang Bian led the county soldiers to launch a counterattack, and rushed out of the trench with the help of the trench bridge laid by the Yuyang soldiers.

The heavy armored cavalry intercepted in the front, and hundreds of soldiers from Liaodong County chased and killed them. Thousands of Yuyang militiamen who had completely lost their fighting spirit put down their weapons and knelt on the ground and surrendered.

The large amount of food, grass and supplies they transported became Wang Jian's spoils of war and will be transported by the royal fleet to the nearest Peach Blossom Island for temporary storage.

(End of this chapter)