The Eastern Roman Empire cavalry who were trapped in the Bagua formation soon encountered big trouble.
They were trapped in the passage with shields by the Western Qin soldiers.
Soon the formation changed again.
The Western Qin soldiers were commanded by officers and generals.
The passage was turned into an encirclement, and two thousand light cavalry from the Eastern Roman Empire were divided and surrounded.
Spears suddenly stabbed out from the gaps in the shields.
The Eastern Roman soldiers who reacted quickly temporarily escaped an assassination, but those who reacted slowly were stabbed with big holes and fell off their horses and were trampled to pieces by the war horses. .
Huge shouts of killing spread throughout the fields, and suddenly the lights were brightly lit in the camp.
The Eastern Roman cavalry, which were divided and surrounded by the lights, were exposed to the sight of the Western Qin soldiers under the light.
A wave of wavelength spears stabbed from behind the shields.
Every time they came out, they took away countless lives, and the screams and the neighing of war horses were endless.
Setting up an infantry formation on the spot for defense is a specialty of the Eastern National Army.
With sufficient preparation and sufficient troops, it is not easy for the cavalry to break it up.
As long as this army has strict training and strict Its military discipline is more than enough to protect itself.
The only drawback is that its mobility is too poor.
If the enemy cavalry is not completely surrounded, it will be very easy to withdraw.
The infantry formation cannot pursue it and can only look forward to it.
The battle ended completely at dawn.
The two thousand Eastern Roman Empire cavalry who came to attack were completely wiped out, and no one survived.
The battlefield was not far from Zhao Ziliang's camp, less than forty miles away.
Shortly after dawn, Zhao Ziliang received an accurate report on the battle situation.
After reading the battle report, he smiled and said: "As the East has become stronger over the years, the West has begun to learn from us.
The first thing is to learn from our military.
Look, this time They used the tactic of night attack.
We all know about night attack.
It is one of the most effective tactics for the weak to defeat the strong and the small to defeat the many.
However, there are prerequisites for its use.
However, Erechis sent the cavalry to attack at night without understanding anything, and happened to run into Su Guanglie's arrangement.
In a military formation, if you don’t understand the opponent’s character traits, it’s best not to take risks.”
The veteran generals said nothing and had no expressions, but some young generals who had not yet commanded a real battle on the battlefield listened to these words.
At this time, a captain walked in quickly and clasped his fists to report: "Your Majesty, yesterday evening, General Nie Jianxiong's troops encountered an enemy in the upper reaches of the Ceyhan River.
The enemy did not make any arrangements and came directly towards our army.
General Nie led his troops to fight.
The two sides fought on the river bank.
Our cavalry attacked them in one battle.
The opponent's five hundred light cavalry were defeated.
At the same time, our infantry and the enemy's infantry were facing each other head-on.
The two sides were in a stalemate.
Our cavalry returned to attack the enemy from the flank.
The enemy was defeated and fled.
General Nie immediately led The soldiers pursued and killed them, and returned at dawn, beheading more than 2,000 people, and hundreds of enemy soldiers fled."
The veteran Chu Ge heard the words and said with a smile: "This Eastern Roman general is just a fool.
Under the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, he actually went head-to-head and used an egg against a stone.
It was simply self-destruction.
Why are there such stupid people?"
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Dugujun: "Ahem, Old General Chu, in the eyes of Westerners, this kind of behavior is not a sign of stupidity, but represents the spirit of chivalry.
They know that there are tigers in the mountains, but they don't consider the consequences of going to the tiger mountains.
Frank King Charles had a general named Roland, who was his nephew.
Once King Charles and When fighting against the Saracens in Iberia, they encountered an ambush at the Pyrenees Pass.
Roland could have led his army to break out and retreat, but he did not do so.
Instead, he died fighting and the entire army was annihilated.
People in the Western Holy See praised him.
Merit, we call this the spirit of chivalry, and it is this spirit that continues to make Frankish soldiers fearless of death."
Veteran General Bo Lehan snorted: "Humph, so what if they are brave and not afraid of death?
Is there a shortage of people who are not afraid of death in this world?
They can defeat an army with insufficient training, lax military discipline, and weak will in a single battle." , But if they encounter our Western Qin army, I will keep it safe so that they will never come back.
The battle cannot be won without fear of death. " There were some words that Zhao Ziliang couldn't say as a king, but someone said it for him.
Liu Dan said: "This is a question of integrity and the commander weighing the pros and cons.
When the battlefield situation is irreversible, fight to the end and win the battle."
Sacrifice for one's country is an honor that a soldier and a minister must abide by.
If everyone can do this, the Qin Dynasty will surely last for thousands of years; and if there is an opportunity, it can preserve its vitality.
When there is a way to turn the tide of the battle and achieve maximum results at the minimum cost, the commander must make the most advantageous choice.
If the opponent's commander does not make any arrangements and just confronts the opponent head-on, I don't think this is a knight.
He is not spirited, but is short-sighted and a complete reckless man.
It is okay for such a person to charge into battle, but to let him lead an army alone and command operations is simply irresponsible for the lives of soldiers."
Some people in the tent held back their laughter and turned away, while others whispered to each other.
Zhao Ziliang said at this time: "Okay, let's not argue about this issue.
It has nothing to do with the current war situation.
If you want to argue, do it in private.
The Eastern Roman Empire still has many garrisons in northeastern Asia Minor.
Although Wei Gao Part of the Oman Pass was contained, but the Eastern Romans used the pass as a barrier and did not need many troops to stop the Wei.
Gao's army, the remaining troops can still be mobilized freely, and even go south to cut off our army's retreat and supply lines.
Geshu Jingye, orders you to lead the fifth army north to attack several military districts in the northeastern part of the Eastern Roman Empire, eliminate its effective forces, and wait for you.
After leading the 4th and 7th Corps to march westward, you and Wei Gao will be responsible for clearing the way back for me, maintaining supply lines and rear security."
Ge Shu Jingye stood up and clasped his fists and said: "I obey the order."
"Send the order, the whole army breaks camp and sets off towards Adana" On the morning of the next day, Zhao Ziliang led the guards and Wen Zhengcheng's Fourth Army to arrive at Su Guanglie's camp.
At this time, Su Guanglie's army was approaching the high ground occupied by Erechis.
After Erechis lost two thousand light cavalry, he was left with only one thousand heavy cavalry and six thousand infantry.
Su Guanglie had an entire standing army with a strength of more than 33,000 people.
His strength was nearly five times that of the opponent. , enough to trap them in the high ground.
After learning that Zhao Ziliang had led his army to the rear camp, Su Guanglie immediately arranged the front line siege signal, and then quickly returned to the camp on horseback to meet Zhao Ziliang.
"Your Majesty came with a large army, but I missed you from a distance.
Please forgive me."
Zhao Ziliang helped Su Guanglie up and said, "No need to be polite.
You are the commander in chief at the front.
You should be on the battlefield now.
You should not leave the army and come to see me alone."
Su Guanglie clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured.
I have already commanded the army to surround Erechis's troops.
Although the troops deployed in the west are slightly weak, it will not be easy for him to break through, and it seems that he has not thought about it."
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In terms of breaking out, I think he will not take the initiative to attack at least in the short term.
He will not give up the current favorable terrain and does not have the ability to take the initiative to attack."
Zhao Ziliang walked into Su Guanglie's tent, came to the map, looked at it, and asked, "Do you plan to trap him to death here?"
Su Guanglie nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, please see, there are two ditches under this highland that can provide them with water sources.
However, if we cut off these two ditches upstream, their troops will need a lot of drinking water.
As long as these two ditches are cut off or even poisoned in the ditches, they will be unable to dig out underground water in the highlands.
They will be unable to withstand it for three to five days at most.
If they do not want to surrender, they will have no choice but to break out."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Your method is a good one, but it conflicts with Gu's strategy.
This time we are not well prepared and are sending troops temporarily.
Therefore, we must make a quick decision and quickly advance to the gates of Constantinople.
Therefore, there is not much time left for us to fight in the Asia Minor Peninsula.
We hope to advance the army to Constantinople for tea within a month."
Su Guanglie frowned and said: "If this is the case, it would be a bit troublesome.
I have also thought about launching an attack with absolute strength, but the Erechis Department occupies a geographical advantage.
If we attack from behind, we will suffer a lot of casualties.
Moreover, the opponent It seems that they are deliberately waiting for us to attack here.
With the height of this highland, it is not very difficult for our cavalry to charge up.
So why?
Why does Erechis have to wait for us to attack?
I sent people to investigate.
Around this highland, the Eastern Romans dug many dense horse traps, completely cutting off the idea of our army using cavalry to charge.
If we want to attack, we must rely on infantry.
Erechis ordered his people to hide these horse traps very well.
He wanted to trick me, but I didn't expect that I saw the clues."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Erechis himself also has a thousand heavy cavalry.
He will not block all the roads.
Although there are many horse traps around, there is definitely a passage in the middle for his heavy cavalry to charge.
Come down and send people to find out immediately.
In addition, we must compress their activity space, dispatch infantry to use bows and arrows to carry out long-range strikes, and reduce the size of the package.
Encircle them and force them all to the high ground.
The reason why the other party has set up a defensive formation here is that Erechis is probably waiting for reinforcements.
His purpose is to drag us here.
Reinforcements may appear at any time.
To launch a surprise attack on us in an unexpected place, we should not underestimate the Westerners.
Their learning ability is very strong."
Su Guanglie understood what Zhao Ziliang meant and said: "I think so too.
If he is really waiting for reinforcements, the reinforcements can only come from the southwest, so I have sent a large number of scouts to the southwest to conduct reverse reconnaissance."
Zhao Ziliang turned around and said: "Without further delay, I will lead the Fourth Army to the southwest.
I will leave Erechis to you.
You only have three days, and you must deal with this army within three days."
After Zhao Ziliang led the fourth legion to leave, Su Guanglie came down and used a large number of arrows to carry out large-scale long-range bow and arrow strikes around the high ground occupied by Erechis.
The performance of Western Qin bows and arrows was much better than that of Eastern Roman bows.
The Eastern Roman Army suffered heavy losses under the overwhelming attack, but after the Western Qin infantry gradually advanced, they had to retreat to the high ground
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