"Come here, send an order to gather the Puters to attack the enemy's left wing, and let the Zandeiro people attack the enemy's right wing."
Zhao Ziliang observed for a while and then gave the order.
"Yes, Your Majesty," Wang Zhen agreed with his fists clasped, and immediately gave the order to the herald.
The Central Army had 20,000 Putu people and 10,000 Chandailuo people.
Zhao Ziliang decided to use these two troops to conduct a tentative attack to see how the coalition forces would respond.
Zhao Ziliang only has the Third Army and the Ninth Army, with a total of less than 30,000 people.
Of course, he cannot dispatch the elite main force in the lead.
On the one hand, after dispatching the elite main force, the servant army may be unable to control without the suppression of the Western Qin Army.
On the other hand, On the one hand, he wanted to use these servants to fight against the coalition's chaotic and unformed military formation, and to test the coalition's combat effectiveness in a chaotic state.
A group of men and horses were killed from each side of the Western Qin army's formation, with the cavalry in front and the infantry behind.
The cavalry waved their swords, but the soldiers spread their steps and raised their swords, following the cavalry and rushing towards the coalition.
A large number of shouts suddenly filled the battlefield, and the war drums of the West Qin Army began to sound.
A dozen huge war drums made a roaring vibration under the blows of the strong drummers, which could be heard dozens of miles away.
The coalition's military formation had not yet been formed, so when the Western Qin servants came to fight, the coalition soldiers in front were a little scared.
When the servants rushed, a large number of coalition troops were killed and retreated one after another.
The battle scene was instantly chaotic.
Both sides Staggering together to kill each other, the servant army with sufficient momentum temporarily gained the upper hand.
On the commander's platform, Li Sheng, who was standing on one side, said to Zhao Ziliang: "Your Majesty, it seems that the attack of ten or twenty thousand servants will have an extremely limited effect on the situation of the entire battlefield.
Although the coalition's formation has not yet taken shape, they Their will to resist is very resolute, and it will not be easy to pull up the Pute and Chandero people and overwhelm them."
The battle lasted until dark, and no one could do anything.
Zhao Ziliang did not send more troops to reinforce the attack on both wings during this period.
He needed to let the soldiers accumulate combat power, and the coalition forces could not carry out effective operations in the chaotic military formation.
Using tactics, they could only rely on their numerical superiority to fend off the attack of the Western Qin servant army.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, Zhao Ziliang issued an order to withdraw his troops back to the camp.
When the sound of the golden gong spread across the battlefield, the soldiers of the Western Qin servant army were relieved and withdrew like a tide.
The coalition forces also quickly The order to withdraw troops back to camp was conveyed.
The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Suo Pohe, knew very well that his ability was not enough to command an army of 400,000 people to confront the Western Qin army.
During the day, he had already realized this deeply.
He could not even move 400,000 people into a military formation.
The battlefield was in chaos everywhere.
Military orders could not be conveyed and tactics could not be implemented.
Therefore, after the Western Qin army retreated, he immediately ordered the entire army to retreat back to the camp.
He did not dare to let the army pursue him.
Who knows if this was a conspiracy of the Western Qin people?
It is better to be careful.
After the whole army retreated back to the camp, the intermediate captains were responsible for arranging the troops.
Zhao Ziliang and the generals came to the Chinese army's tent to discuss the military situation.
Zhao Ziliang walked to the main seat, lifted up his cloak and sat down with a golden sword.
The generals were divided into two parts and stood on both sides.
Zhao Ziliang looked at Xuan Shiba and asked: "Have you figured out the strength and deployment of the coalition forces?"
Xuan Shiba said: "Yes, Your Majesty, we have found out clearly.
Not counting the losses in today's battle, the coalition army consists of 350,000 infantry, 50,000 cavalry, and 12,000 elephant soldiers.
Among the 350,000 infantry There are two hundred thousand swordsmen, one hundred thousand spearmen, and bows There are 30,000 soldiers and 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers.
They are all lightly armored and there is no heavy armored infantry.
How can one be considered an armored cavalry without a vest?
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Therefore, these 50,000 cavalry can only be regarded as light cavalry, and they are light cavalry that cannot perform mounted archery, because they do not have cavalry bows, so they can only charge and chop down the coalition forces.
The only one worthy of special attention is the 12,000 war elephant soldiers.
The number is put together by the Sixteen Kingdoms of Southern India, which is much more than our war elephants.
If we use war elephants to deal with their war elephants, we will definitely lose, but we cannot use cavalry to deal with war elephant soldiers, because war horses see war elephants.
The elephant is so scared that he doesn’t dare to move forward at all.”
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "These twelve thousand war elephants are indeed a difficult unit to deal with.
We don't have any units to restrain them.
Do you have any ideas?"
The generals on both sides couldn't think of any good ideas and shook their heads in unison.
At this time, Zhao Lei stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Father, I have thought of a way, but I don't know if it is feasible."
Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and encouraged: "Speak out and listen."
"Yes" Zhao Lei agreed and said: "I have found that no matter what kind of livestock they are, they are afraid of fire, and war elephants should be no exception.
If you want to deal with the coalition's war elephants, you can try using fire attacks."
Zhao Ziliang touched his short beard after hearing this and said: "It sounds feasible, but it's hard to say whether it will be useful on the battlefield.
Well, you can try it with our war elephant tomorrow."
"promise" Zhao Ziliang asked Wang Zhen: "Where are the East Route Army and the West Route Army now?"
Wang Zhendao: "The East Route Army has arrived at Qinman, which is still five hundred miles away from our army; the West Route Army has arrived at Latur, which is still more than four hundred miles away from our army.
Since there are a large number of servant infantry among them, it is possible that It will take another five or six days to arrive.”
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Wang Zhen: "Send an order to Bo Lehan and Ma Lin to increase their marching speed as soon as possible.
We can only try our best to deal with the coalition forces to delay the time.
If the delay is too long, the other side's commander will react and send troops in turn."
If you attack us, we will be overwhelmed.”
Wang Zhen clasped his fists and said: "Yes, the minister immediately sent someone to send an order to urge them."
"Is there any news from Zhao Ting?"
Wang Zhen shook his head and said: "Not yet.
The journey is too far and the communication is not smooth.
However, there has been a letter from Jisu Protectorate saying that the third prince led the fleet to set off ten days ago."
Zhao Ziliang stood up and walked around the tent with his hands behind his back.
After a few minutes, he stopped and said: "We don't know when Zhao Ting's troops will be able to go ashore to attack the coalition rear.
We still have to find ways to reduce the pressure on our own.
Ma Suilai Is it done?”
Ma Sui, who was in his thirties, stood up, clasped his fists and said, "The end will be here."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Take your three thousand cavalry with enough dry food and arrows to attack the coalition camp at night.
They should be prepared.
I don't ask you to achieve great results, as long as you keep harassing them. , leaving them unable to rest and giving full play to their hit-and-run strategy, making it impossible for them to catch up even if they wanted to.”
"I accept my order," Ma Sui agreed, clasping his fists, flicking his cloak and turning to walk outside.
Zhao Ziliang looked around among the generals, and finally landed on Xuan Shiba, and ordered: "Send your Huya Army to find the allied army's grain and grass storage area and burn it down.
They have more than 400,000 troops, and every day The amount of food and grass consumed is a huge amount, and this food and grass storage point will definitely not be small.
As long as it is burned down, the coalition forces will collapse without a fight."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Three thousand horse archers under the leadership of Ma Sui kept harassing the Southern Tianzhu Allied Forces camp.
The Southern Tianzhu Allied Forces were very well-defended.
Too many troops would easily lead to chaos.
Once trouble broke out, it would be easy to mess up the entire camp.
Therefore, Suo Po He arranged the defense of the camp very well.
Although Ma Sui led the archers to attack five times throughout the night, the results were not great.
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However, this also succeeded in making hundreds of thousands of allied forces besieged overnight.
Not well rested.
The next day, everyone in the Southern Tianzhu Allied Forces was in a daze and lacked energy.
Zhao Ziliang did not dispatch all the troops.
He only sent 10,000 Solanki people to challenge.
The coalition forces did not rest all night and had no energy to fight.
Therefore, Suo Po He ordered someone to hang a no-war sign on the camp, no matter what the Solanki people were.
Provocation means not fighting.
The Solanki people insulted the coalition forces at the gate of the coalition camp for a whole day, but failed to scold the coalition forces.
At dusk, they only had to withdraw their troops and return to the camp.
After listening to the Solanki general's report, Zhao Ziliang asked him to step aside without blaming him.
At this time, Zhao Lei came in and clasped his fists and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Father, there is a result.
I asked people to prepare dozens of carts with straw piled on them.
After they were lit, they were pushed towards the people who were already in formation.
When the war elephants saw the fire rushing towards them, they were so frightened that they turned around and ran away, even putting the people sitting on their backs on their backs.
Many soldiers on board were overturned and fell to the ground.
After waiting to regain control of the elephant herd, Erchen ordered dozens of catapults to throw kerosene bombs at them at the same time.
The large number of kerosene bombs made them even more frightened, and they turned around and fled desperately.
He said that fire attacks can be used to deal with the coalition's war elephant herds."
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang praised: "Okay, you don't have to do much on this matter, so I leave it to you to attack the coalition camp tonight, and I will give you three thousand cavalry."
"Yes, father," Zhao Lei agreed, turning around excitedly.
In the middle of the night, Zhao Lei came back covered in blood.
Zhao Ziliang was woken up by the eunuch and saw him in the tent and asked: "What was the result of the harassment?"
Zhao Lei clasped his fists and said: "Father, my son has lived up to his command.
First, he ordered his men to reach near the enemy's stronghold wall, use ropes to pull out the fence of the stronghold wall, and then use tens of meters of war horses to pull hard, destroying a section of the stronghold wall in one fell swoop. , Erchen immediately led his soldiers in and killed countless enemies.
When retreating, he encountered the allied army's stables.
After counting the horses, all the horses were in the stables.
Erchen immediately ordered people to set fire to the stables.
The coalition horses were frightened and ran around in the camp.
Countless coalition soldiers were hit and trampled to death.
Erchen took the opportunity to lead the soldiers They were killed.
The specific results cannot be calculated, but the losses of the coalition forces will definitely not be small."
"Oh."
Zhao Ziliang was very happy after hearing Zhao Lei's report and said, "Okay, I didn't expect that you could achieve such results for the first time when you led troops to attack the camp.
But you have to remember, you must avoid being impetuous and marching to fight.
For a general, maintaining emotional stability is the most important thing.”
"Yes, my child has remembered it."
"In view of your meritorious service in today's battle, I will promote you to major general and command the second division of the Third Army."
"Yes, the child will definitely live up to his father's expectations":