"General, fifteen miles to the northwest, there are about 20,000 infantry and cavalry approaching our army."
A guard hurried into the formation and hurriedly reported it.
"It's good to come" Yang Yan let out a loud shout and looked at Cai Bao and Hou Li.
The two also looked at each other.
In fact, with his example as Erbium, the opponent is still Shi Hu, who is known for his ferocity, even if they have made many preparations, these two people still don't have much confidence, so they agreed to temporarily hand over the command to Yang Yan, after all, Yang Yan's every strange plan is amazing.
Yang Yan looked at this and just confirmed.
Cai Bao solemnly bowed his hand: "This battle is all up to Yang Lang, Yang Lang, please let go" "Then you're welcome."
Yang Yan nodded and called: "Array" Suddenly, a tense atmosphere permeated the whole army, the servants took the mules away, and the soldiers pushed the grain wagons according to the exercise, and arranged them into a three-ring array, with three layers inside and outside, interlocking layer by layer, and the gaps between the inner layer and the outer layer were staggered.
This is a purely defensive circular formation, and such an arrangement can not only put a part of the enemy into the formation, concentrate local superior forces to encircle and annihilate it, but also prevent the enemy from rushing to the end.
The grain was still loaded on the cart, so that there was nowhere to pile it, and secondly, it could effectively increase the weight and stability of the cart, so that it would not be directly rushed away by the cavalry, and the other servant smeared the wet mud prepared in advance on the wall of the carriage.
The servant is Shen Chong's person, although Yang Yan does not use the servant to fight, but the logistics and handling are almost handed over to the servant, and the servant also knows that this is a matter of life and death, and no one has any objections.
At the innermost level of the formation were groups of mules, fluttering and snorting, and in addition to some of the stubborn soldiers, there were hundreds of women, including kabuki and musicians.
These women are pampered, they have never experienced the flames of war, and when they feel the tension in the battle, it is easy to despair, and some of them even hide their faces and cry bitterly.
"Don't cry, don't cry, we have to believe in the general, the general will definitely be able to defeat Shi Hu" "The matter has come to this, what's the use of crying, if Shihu breaks the formation, it's a big deal to die, if you can't do it, I'll come" Lian Xiang waved her jade arm and shouted loudly.
Shen Chong's management of the singing and dancing girl is similar to that of the later generations of the Jianghu sect, which is divided into four levels of fragrant and elegant.
On Qianxi Village, there are only a dozen women with incense in their names, and Lian Xiang is the leader of this line, generally speaking, incense can no longer be equated with ordinary concubines, even the people of the Shen clan cannot forcibly ask to serve themselves, they only obey the arrangements of Shen Chong and Shen Jin, and almost all of them are top scholars.
Under the persuasion of Lianxiang, the crying of the women gradually stopped, which did not mean that they didn't want to cry, but they didn't dare to cry, they all forcibly covered their mouths, sobbed silently, and looked out of the battle with red eyes uneasily.
Lian Xiang knew that it could only be like this, and glanced at Yang Yan as if inviting merit.
Yang Yan nodded slightly, took his personal guards, and hurriedly marched outward.
Now in the army, except for the personal guards who protect Yang Yan, all of them are mule troops, and they don't know about Cai Bao and Yang Yan who waits for the ceremony, but his two thousand soldiers, except for the crossbowmen, are the elite of the mandarin duck array, if the reinforcements can come in time, he is still confident to resist for a while.
Standing on a high place, Yang Yan looked out, gradually, there was smoke and dust rising in the northwest direction, and several teams came steadily, including about 5,000 cavalry, and the foot soldiers formed three phalanxes, which looked neat and tidy at first glance, but if you looked closely, the array was chaotic, there was no order, only the archers and foot soldiers were simply distinguished, and the armor rate was only about 20%, and there were almost no large equipment.
This is easy to understand, after all, it is dozens of miles away from Xu Niche Village, and too cumbersome equipment cannot be carried.
Cai Bao showed a look of relief, nodded and said: "The old man is relieved, he will attack purely by manpower, I am afraid that it will not be a few days, and I will not want to break through the car formation." ” Hou Li also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Besides, our army is a grain team, and the food is eaten immediately, so there is no need to worry about lack of food." ” Yang Yan muttered: "Shi Hu is not a dull person, the key to this battle is not us, we are just bait, and it is not decisive for us to eat the entire battle situation at a great price, so the decisive battle is outside and not inside, only by breaking the coalition forces of Shen Fujun and other departments head-on can we lay a real chance for victory."
Of course, we must not relax because of this, if our army is vulnerable, maybe Shi Hu will be crushed, as long as it can withstand a wave of fierce charges, Shi Hu will only besiege but not attack. “ "Yang Lang is reasonable" Cai Bao Houli agreed.
Gradually, as the military formation got closer and closer, a large banner with a hole was recognized.
Cai Bao exclaimed: "Could it be Kong Chang?"
Kong Chang is also one of the eighteen horsemen, and compared with the peach leopard, he is more brave and more respected by Shile, and often serves as a striker.
Yang Yan chuckled: "The more veteran, the more calm, the more aware of the importance of the matter, if the young general leads the army, I am also worried that he does not know Shi Hu's intentions, and blindly attacks, Kong Chang will not be reckless." “ Cai Bao and Hou Li both felt strange in their hearts, isn't Yang Yan a young general, but listening to his tone, he was completely a veteran's style, and couldn't help exchanging a crying and laughing look.
The person who came was Kong Chang, and he didn't have any special impression of Yang Yan, but the peach leopard was folded in Yang Yan's hand, which surprised him, but it was only an accident.
In his mind, the cavalry of the Eastern Navy was limited by numbers, and no matter how elite it was, it was difficult for it to play the key to defeating the enemy in the battle of the large army.
In fact, there is also competition between the eighteen horsemen, all of them are old brothers who started with Shile, and they are not convinced by each other, and the peach leopard was killed, which is equivalent to one less competitor, and he is more secretly happy, and the peach leopard scattered pawns are all under his command.
Don't look at the fact that there are only more than a thousand soldiers, but they are all cavalry who have been fighting fiercely for many years, which is enough to withstand the agility of thousands of elite foot soldiers, which has increased his strength to a moderate extent.
However, it is true that as Yang Yan judged, Kong Chang gave the impression of a fierce general, but in fact, he was thick and fine, and he was old and serious, after all, in more than ten years of warfare, the reckless people had already been the king's forerunner, and those who could survive had their own ways to save their lives.
"Stop" Seeing that there were still two miles away from the car array, Kong Chang waved his hand violently.
One after another orders were issued, and the battalions stopped one after another, and then the gap could be seen. 5,000 horsemen took the lead in stopping, and the people and Zhuhu accounted for most of them, although the formation was very scattered in Yang Yan's view, but the people used to ride, rarely paid attention to the formation, and were often a vigorous rush to kill, to suppress people, and Yang Yan in the concept of combat is completely different.
What is the role of the cavalry They believe that the cavalry is to rush and fight hard, like Yang Yan, the cavalry is used as a foot pawn to drill, and the restraint is neat and neat, it is inevitable that the cavalry will be petty, and there will also be a loss of the cavalry's courage and unrestrained spirit.
Again, it belongs to Kong Chang's own troops, which is also a veteran who has been with him for a long time, and the brown-haired and blue-eyed people in the team account for about one-third, and the most important is the armed forces of Wubao and the Taishan villagers who are the first to arrive, there are about more than 10,000 of them, almost all of them are Jin people.
Kong Chang was not in a hurry to attack, he rode on his horse, condescendingly observing the chariot array in front of him, with his perspective, he couldn't see the situation inside, but the crossbowmen leaning on the chariot formation were still faintly visible, and he couldn't help frowning.
Due to the fact that it is a three-layer car formation, the range of the car formation is not large, which can easily give the impression that the defense is extremely dense.
In fact, hijacking the grain truck is equivalent to a decisive battle, which is in conflict with Shi Hu's strategy at the beginning, but Shi Hu can't ignore it, first of all, his own grain and grass are not so extravagant that he can't look down on a thousand grain trucks.
In fact, if the food was safely transported into the city, Shen Chong's army would inevitably increase morale, and the two armies would really become a desperate battle of attrition, so Shi Hu had to send troops to rob, and there was a possibility that Shen Chong would be defeated if there were fewer people, and the whole army must be pressed, which forced him to attack in advance.
Of course, he also has full confidence in attacking Shi Hu in advance, and he has never been scared of anyone in the field.
Kong Chang fully understood Shi Hu's intentions, and in his tactical arrangement, Yang Yan's team was mainly besieged, and the cavalry was also prevented from rushing out, and his main task was to cooperate with Shi Hu's main force, encircle the point to send reinforcements, and severely damage the Jin army.
But this does not mean that Kong Chang will let Yang Yan go free, if he can break this grain team, Shen Chong will almost be defeated, and there is no other way to go except surrender.
"General Chen, you will lead the people of Taishan Township to take the lead" Kong Chang turned his head and said.
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General Chen is Chen Chuan, the former lord of Pengpiwu Fort in southern Henan, who was once allied with Zu Ti, but because of the general Li Tou, he was treated by Zu Ti, and often sighed: If I can get Zu Ti as the master, although I die without hatred.
Chen Chuan heard that he was furious, killed Li Tou, Li Tou's confidant Feng Chong led more than 400 people to defect to Zu Ti, Chen Chuan was even more angry, sent Wei Shuo to loot Yuzhou, and was defeated by Zu Ti, Chen Chuan felt invincible, so he led his troops to attach to Shi Le, and the year before last, Zu Ti conquest Chen Chuan, Shi Hu led an army of 50,000 to rescue, after retreating to Zu Ti, he took Chen Chuan back to Xiangguo.
It is impossible to say that he voted for Zhao without remorse, but Chen Chuan can no longer think that this time he will lead 3,000 troops to go out with Shi Hu.
"No" Chen Chuan took a deep breath, clasped his fists and saluted, and hurried to his own formation, although the casualties in the lead were very large, but there were still five thousand Taishan villagers who could be used as the first to ascend
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