Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 273 Fighting
Yang Xingmi had less than [-] soldiers and horses, and in history, it was the same as it is now. Sun Ru stormed Xuanzhou, and Yang Xingmi led the army to occupy the city to death.

When Sun Ru's soldiers were exhausted, food and grass were insufficient, and the plague was raging, Yang Xingmi opened the city gates and sent all his troops to attack Sun Ruzhong and capture Sun Ru.

It should be said that Zhu Wen swallowed Qin Zongquan's soldiers and horses in history, and looked down on the heroes in one fell swoop, while Yang Xingmi swallowed Sun Ru's soldiers and horses, and became fat in one bite, so he was qualified to fight for Huainan.

But at this time, it is obvious that there is no such opportunity.

Three days later, Ge Congzhou led his army to Qingshui River in Xuanzhou and confronted Sun Ru across the river. An Fujiang led his army to the western suburbs of Xuancheng ten miles away and set up camp.

Yang Xingmi's generals Liu Wei and Li Shenfu both asked to play.

"Commander, Sun Rumi's city has been going on for a long time, and the teachers are in vain. The army is exhausted. Now the imperial court sends troops to attack from east to west. This is the time when the sky destroys the sun thief. You will regret if you miss it!"

Yang Xingmi was very puzzled, and said: "It's the forbidden army from the imperial court. I know what the forbidden army looks like, but I'm afraid they won't be able to fight and implicate our army. If Xuancheng is lost, where can we go?"

Yuan Xidao: "Marshal, the imperial army flattened Guanzhong, captured the two Sichuans, wiped out Qin Zongquan, and also wiped out Xuanwu Zhuwen. We don't know the specific situation, but with this record, I'm afraid it's not an incompetent army!"

Yang Xingmi sighed and said: "We have been far away from the Central Plains for too long, and we don't know whether the news is true or not. If it is like what you said, it is what I am worried about. I want the imperial army to fight first and see what the result is." , and then decide the strategy of attack and defense, what do you think?"

"Master..."

……

"kill!"

The battle started with Anfujiang's Zuo Shenwei army. Sun Ru sent Ma Yin to lead an army of [-] to fight against Anfujiang. It was already October, and the farmland was dry, but there was a large area of ​​flat land, which was convenient for the army to deploy.

Anfujiang's ten capitals lined up three square formations in the shape of a Chinese character, and Chengrui's Sandu Guizhou Army formed the rear army.

And Ma Yin directly divided the army into three groups, with 1 people in the middle army to attack frontally, and the other two groups with 5000 people each, led by deputy generals Huang Haifeng and Guo Kai, to attack the flanks.

An Fujiang shouted in the middle army: "All officers and men, fight the enemy bravely before you can find a title. If there are retreaters, think about your family, the court treats me well, and now it is time to fight the enemy hard. , time to serve the country!"

"Fight to the death, fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

kill!

The two soldiers and horses collided fiercely.

Upon contact, Ma Yin felt the strangeness of the opponent's army formation. When the entire phalanx approached, he realized that it was composed of scattered small formations, with more than ten people in each small formation.

On the other hand, shield soldiers are in front, spearmen are behind, and archers are behind.

When the two armies were not approaching, the archers from both sides shot back and forth, which was not good for the Zuo Shenwei army. Because of the mandarin duck formation, there was no way to gather the archers together, and the number of arrows shot was much less.

But the armor of the Zuo Shenwei Army is obviously much better, especially those standing in the front row. Both the shield soldiers and the archers are all heavily armored. The arrows pose little threat to the soldiers of the Zuo Shenwei Army.

But when the soldiers meet, the shield soldiers of the two sides meet together, and the Zuo Shenwei army suffers. It is also because of the formation. In a frontal confrontation, the shield soldiers of the Zuo Shenwei army often have to fight against several bandit shield soldiers. It is constantly being compressed inward, and people are constantly being stabbed and stabbed to death by the intruding spears.

At this time, it is a test for the army and each soldier. Can they survive? An Fujiang is watching, Yang Xingmi is watching, Sun Ru is watching, and Ge Congzhou is also watching.

This is the biggest flaw of the mandarin duck formation. When confronted by heavy troops, the contact surface is obviously insufficient in defense.

But An Fujiang, who had experienced the Battle of Chengdu, was prepared.

He arranged the formations in the front row very scattered, with a distance of dozens of steps between each team.

For Ma Yin, it was an opportunity to break out, and before he even gave an order, the soldiers all rushed into the phalanx of the right Shenwei army through these gaps.

At this time, the advantage of the mandarin duck formation came.

Ma Yin's army drove straight in, and quickly rushed into the formation. The people in the rear team lost the protection of the shield soldiers and became lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Squads, like pudding on the field, divide the battle formation into small pieces, which is what the Zuo Shenwei Army is good at.

kill!

Wolfwhips and spears came out at the same time, and the archers looked for opportunities to hunt down every rebel soldier.

This is where the massacre begins.

"Get out, get out!"

Ma Yin rode his horse and screamed in the middle of the army, he could see the strangeness of this formation, as long as the army advances slowly, it can break the formation, enter and leave the formation lightly, there must be enemy soldiers all around, the outcome is hard to say.

But it's not easy to go in, but it's not easy to come out. An Fujiang saw the opportunity, shouted, kill!

There are not many chances for surprise soldiers to be used in large army battles. It requires the commander's super wisdom and judgment on the military situation. In fact, most of them are fighting each other, and the winner is the one who can win to the end.

Each team listened to the order and rushed into the opponent's formation in an offensive formation. As long as there were no shield soldiers in front, the rest of the troops were fish in their eyes.

kill!
Squads rushed forward under the cover of shield soldiers.

Ma Yinjun, on the other hand, was very straightforward. After seeing the formation, he retreated decisively and broke away from contact.

Zuo Shenwei's army then concealed and killed them, but because of Ma Yin's decisive handling, the results of the battle were not great.

In addition, after Sun Ru hurriedly dispatched a thousand cavalry, An Fujiang stopped pursuing.

When Ma Yin retreated to the village, he counted the troops and lost more than a thousand people.

After losing the first battle, Sun Ru was shocked and ordered the catapult to smash into the formation. An Fujiang knew that he could not resist, so he quickly retreated a thousand steps to stabilize his position.

Yang Xingmi was standing in the city tower to watch the war.

Although the results were not great, the imperial army repelled the sun thief!Expected, but also unexpected.

It was also Ge ​​Congzhou's first time watching the imperial imperial guards fighting, and he was a little flustered, worried that if Zuo Shenwei's army was defeated, he would not be spared the guilt.

He was on the opposite bank of the Qingshui River. If he wanted to attack, he had to cross the river first. Ge Congzhou had ordered Wang Zhongshi to cross the river from the lower reaches.

If he crossed the river hastily, or if he was attacked halfway, the consequences would be disastrous. Now that the Zuo Shenwei army blocked the attack, the situation is different.

In Sun Ru's army, Ma Yin went back to the army camp and said in front of Sun Ru: "Commander, let the last general charge again. The last general promises that the enemy will be defeated in one battle!"

Sun Ru frowned slightly, pacing back and forth.

Now facing attacks from three directions, if you are a little careless, the consequences will be disastrous.

"There are people coming from the lower reaches of the Qingshui River!"

All the generals looked at each other, and Wang Zehua, the commander of the army, said: "Commander, how many troops are there?"

"Wan Yu, these people are wearing heavy armor!"

call!
Sun Ru smiled and said: "The enemy army is divided into three places, and our army is alone. This is our advantage. As long as we defeat the enemy in front of Ge Congzhou before the troops arrive, the rest of the people will not dare to enter. When the time comes, we will fight or fight." Or go, depending on our likes and dislikes, wouldn't it be nice!"

Xu Dexun said: "Brother, we have to prevent Yang Xingmi from coming out of the city, and then attack back and forth, it will be difficult for us."

Sun Rudao: "Brother, I plan to send [-] infantry with you to form a formation between the two armies, thinking of the rear army, what do you think?"

"It's so safe!"

Sun Ru commanded generals. General Liu Jianfeng led [-] Tutuan Baitiao troops to attack frontally. General Ma Yin led an army of [-] to attack the left flank. General Zhu Nianzhi led an army of [-] to attack the right flank. General Ren Liang led an army of [-]. Go around to the rear of the left Shenwei army.Besieged on all sides, in order to win quickly.

Sun Ruzi's Baitiao Army, with thousands of cavalry and the remaining ten thousand infantry, watched Ge Congzhou's army on the opposite bank, and guarded against Yang Xingmi's army leaving the city, and reinforced Xu Dexun's army at any time.

(End of this chapter)