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

Chapter 45 Li Xi Jiangong Biography ([-])
Three months later
"Prepare the Baikui song!"

"Prepare the Baikui song!"

Several orderlies on fast horses shouted in a cavalry tune.

"promise!"

"promise!"

Baikuiqu's cavalry officer and his adjutants answered quickly.

Afterwards, the cavalry officer of Baikuiqu glanced at the military flag waving on the high platform temporarily built by the commander in the distance, which meant that the cavalry phalanx was ready to meet the enemy.

In addition to the words of the messenger just now, the Baikui Qu Cavalry Marquis ordered to his adjutants: "Go and inform the various commanders of our Qu, prepare to meet the enemy!"

"promise!"

The adjutants agreed, and then one of them waved a Baikui song-shaped military flag to convey orders to his subordinate officers, while the other adjutants rode fast horses and shouted between several villages of Baikui song: " Prepare to meet the enemy!"

Those village chiefs who received the order also shouted: "Get ready to meet the enemy!"

Immediately, the village chiefs ordered their adjutants to wave their military flags, and at the same time asked several other adjutants to notify the next-level team.

Later, an adjutant came to Wang Changzhi's cavalry squad and shouted to Wang Changzhi: "Get ready to meet the enemy!"

"Promise!" Wang Changzhi agreed, and then shouted to the adjutants around him: "Get ready to meet the enemy!"

Some of the adjutants around him waved military flags, and some shouted at dozens of cavalry members in the crowd: "Get ready to meet the enemy!"

"No!" The cavalry members agreed, and then shouted: "Ready to meet the enemy!"

Suddenly, the whole Baikui cavalry song resounded with the shout of "ready to meet the enemy".

Just when the Baikui cavalry and Quzhong cavalry were ready to meet the enemy, they rushed up as soon as the military flag was waved.

Li Xi, who was on the coach's high platform, was observing the situation of the Minyue army.

"Yu Shan, a famous general from Fujian and Vietnam, really deserved his reputation. He actually chose to detour to help the King City of Fujian and Vietnam from the farther east line, so that we could not ambush them on the west line, which is easier to ambush." Li Xi, the coach, was looking at the densely packed Minyue army in the distance.

This is a high platform temporarily built by the Han army. Since there is no commanding height around it, it is a rare plain area in the Fujian and Yue regions, so such a high building can only be temporarily built to observe the enemy.

In front of Li Xi, there were a few soldiers holding iron shields to prevent the enemy from firing cold arrows. Beside him were a few lieutenants and flag bearers. Under the tall building were more than a dozen lieutenants, flag bearers and messengers. These people were waiting at any time. Listening to the latest command order from the coach on the high platform.

After a night of hard thinking, Wang Hui, the coach of the Han army, still chose the strategy of "fake siege and real aid". The main reason is that the king of Minyue is as timid as a mouse. The soldiers defending the city rushed out to take the opportunity to harvest the weak Han army attacking soldiers.

Therefore, there should be no fear of being centered for flowering.

In addition, the Minyue leading party sent information, and the famous Minyue general Yu Shan detoured from the eastern route where he could not ambush. This made Wang Hui allocate part of his troops to Li Xi, and asked him to take the main force of the Han army to the eastern route. To intercept the reinforcements from Fujian and Vietnam, it is best to annihilate Yu Shan's reinforcements in one fell swoop.

In order to make the "false siege" more real, Wang Hui would show his face from time to time under the king's city and outside the range of the Minyue archers, so that the Minyue king would think that the main force of the Han army was attacking the city when he saw that the commander of the Han army was still there. It made it even more afraid to send troops out of the city and engage in a single-handed center to blossom.

On the contrary, Yu Shan, who came in a hurry, received a letter of appeal from the scouts of Wangcheng. In the letter of appeal, the king of Minyue vowed to him: The main force of the Han army is besieging the Wangcheng. , will be able to kill the siege Han army by surprise!
If the information on this request letter is not false, then such a strategy is completely feasible. During the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, the Han army waited until the rebels from the four countries besieged Linzi, Qi State, and they were exhausted, and suddenly killed them from the rear of the rebels. In the future, tens of thousands of princes and rebels were defeated.

Judging by such information, Yu Shan believed that the soldiers of the Han army who blocked his progress at this moment must be partial divisions, because King Minyue’s request for help had already stated that the main force of the Han army was attacking the city, and it was impossible for the king to deceive him, so ...

"attack!"

Yu Shan ordered the infantry phalanx and crossbow phalanx to attack first to test the foundation of these Han troops.

The neat Fujian and Yue infantry lined up in six rows, and each Fujian and Yue soldier was holding a spear that was two adults tall, and marched forward slowly.

In front of the six rows of infantry phalanx, there is a phalanx composed of three rows of crossbowmen. They mainly prevent the infantry from being shot to death in vain by the crossbowmen of the Han army in the process of advancing.

If the infantry phalanx is advancing and is shot by the Han army's crossbowmen with thousands of arrows, these Fujian and Yue crossbowmen will shoot back. The reason why they are in the front instead of behind is because the range in the front is longer. have more advantages.

When they are about to approach the Han army formation, the infantry phalanx will temporarily loosen a few passages to allow their crossbowmen to retreat to the rear, allowing them to continue throwing towards the Han army phalanx.

At the same time, there are two smaller infantry phalanxes on both sides of the crossbowmen phalanx, mainly to prevent the Han cavalry from suddenly rushing from the flanks to kill the crossbowmen.

In addition, there is a small number of Minyue Qingqi, ready to meet the retreating bow riders and retreating crossbowmen at any time, preventing them from being taken away by a wave of Han cavalry when they retreat.

At the same time, a rare archer in Fujian and Yue followed behind the infantry phalanx, ready to harass the Han infantry phalanx at any time.

There are few horses in the south, and most of the only horses are short, and the horses are not strong enough, so they are not suitable for charging as heavy cavalry. They can only be used as a means of transportation, or to scout fast horses, or to harass archers.

Due to the rush to rescue Wangcheng, Yu Shan had no time to build a high platform, and the Han army would not give him the opportunity to build a high platform to observe the battle situation.

On the other side, seeing the Minyue infantry lined up in a neat phalanx, a total of six rows, protected by a phalanx of crossbowmen in front, they couldn't help admiring: "Such an opponent is really exciting."

After the compliment, Li Xi ordered to the lieutenant beside him: "Notify all the crossbowmen to prepare!" "Notify the Taoyuan infantry phalanx to prepare!"

The flag bearer waved the flag corresponding to the semaphore, and the lieutenant shouted down: "Notify all crossbowmen to prepare!" "Notify the Taoyuan infantry phalanx to prepare!"

After receiving the news, the messengers below hurriedly rode fast horses into the military order passage, and shouted towards the army along the way: "All crossbowmen are ready!" "The infantry phalanx of the Taoyuan Department is ready!"

"promise!"

The chief of the crossbowmen phalanx agreed, and then sent his own messenger to shout to his next-level officer: "All crossbowmen are ready!"

The next-level officer also sent his adjutant to ride a fast horse to the team of his next-level officers and shout: "All crossbowmen are ready!"

The next level is... so the general order is conveyed level by level, and the infantry phalanx is also the same.

After a while, I saw the soldiers of the Han army also lined up in six rows, holding the long spears of two adults tightly in their hands. In order not to affect the walking of the teammates around them, at the beginning, the spears were all standing upright, which looked like a forest In general, it's no wonder that Xu Rulin said that when they were about to approach the enemy, the spear phalanx would point their spears at the enemy and stab each other.

The Han army also had crossbowmen in front of the infantry phalanx.

Boom boom boom!
In the infantry phalanx, almost every village head will carry a small drum, and march forward while beating the drum in the crowd. At the same time, there will be a military standard bearer, on the one hand, to guide his comrades in arms, and on the other hand, to let the coach on the high platform The change of the battle situation can be judged by the change of the military flag.

When we advanced to a place that was slightly higher than the surrounding area and had a little terrain advantage, Li Xi on the high platform gave an order: "That's where it is, stop advancing!"

Afterwards, the flag bearer waved the corresponding semaphore, and the deputy general shouted down: "Stop advancing!"

"No!" Several messengers received the news, and immediately rode fast horses to the advancing infantry phalanx and crossbowmen phalanx of the Taoyuan Department, and shouted to their respective officers: "Stop advancing!"

The respective officers ordered their standard-bearers to wave the semaphore to stop advancing. After seeing the semaphore of the upper level, the officers at the next level also ordered their own standard-bearers to wave the semaphore to stop advancing. The adjutant thumped the snare drum very hard.

Boom! ! ! !

And shouted at the soldiers beside him: "Stop advancing!"

Afterwards, the corporal chiefs shouted, "Stop advancing!"

The soldiers of the Han army also shouted: "Stop advancing!"

Eventually, all the soldiers in the phalanx stopped advancing, quietly waiting for the Minyue Army to attack them from a lower ground.

In the process of stopping the advance, due to the lag in the transmission of military orders, some soldiers heard the military order first, and some soldiers heard the military order later, causing some to stop first and some to stop later.

This also led to a short period of chaos in the entire phalanx. At this time, if the enemy's heavy cavalry took the opportunity to charge, they could instantly tear up the defense line of the Han infantry phalanx, interspersed and cut the Han army phalanx, and then the Fujian and Yue infantry rushed forward. The whole army pressed forward and completely defeated the Han army. In the end, it was Minyue Qingqi Li Yong who had the advantage of speed and rushed up to reap the heads of the Han army.

All of the above naturally only exist in the fantasy of the Minyue people, because Li Xi is also a person who is well-versed in the art of war, and he arranged cavalry troops to cover the two wings of the infantry phalanx early on. , the heavy cavalry of the Han army can be entangled with the heavy cavalry of Fujian and Yue, so as to protect the infantry phalanx and restore its formation.

The training level of the soldiers and the organization of the army determine the time it takes for the army to recover from chaos.

The more rebellious and undisciplined the army, the longer it will take to restore the army after its chaos, and the more opportunities for the enemy to attack.

(End of this chapter)