Xie Shi, like many young men who have not suffered any setbacks since childhood and have an excellent quality of life, said that it was a newborn calf that was not afraid of tigers, or that he did not know the height of the sky, he was really not afraid of the Han army at all. has successfully predicted that the Han army will come to land, and even guessed the location of the Han army's landing, to say that Xie Shi should be in a stage of self-confidence.
The failure to block the Han army from landing during the day did not hit Xie Shi's self-confidence, because he found that the Han army that landed was only 10,000, and the regular army he brought with him and the private soldiers of his family combined were nearly 16,000, although it was a loss of nearly 1,000 combat strength, but the number of Jin troops was still 5,000 more than that of the Han army.
"We still have the advantage of geography and people" Xie Shi faced his lieutenant Xie Pingrang retreat back to Xinxi City is a scornful attitude: "We have to retreat before we fight, not to mention the morale of our own side, it is not only a pity to waste the opportunity to drive the Han army down the river."
The Han army led by Huan Wen landed on the Yangtze River, because there was no ferry, and the landing method was to exchange large ships for small boats.
After the Han army landed, there was a ferry crossing, and the non-transition port would definitely not be something that could be built overnight, especially if there was definitely more than one ferry port needed, so it would definitely take at least three or four days Xie Ping is not a blood relative of the Xie family, just like many gate valves and families will have the kind of family born children who serve for several generations, he is the kind of family born that is the best mixed among the Xie family gate valves.
After the landing, the Han army did not build a camp, but set up some wooden fences and horses at the front and arranged defensive forces, and most of the Han army stayed on the edge of the river beach with soft soil.
The Jin army had already set up a camp in an area about five miles inland of the river beach, and they had arranged fortifications in advance, so Xie Shi felt that he could drive the landed Han army down the river again to feed the fish.
If the Han army wanted to build a ferry, they naturally needed to find trees to cut down, but they found that the slightly thicker trees near the river beach had already been cleared, and they needed to go deep inland to cut down trees.
"It's kind of interesting."
Huan Wen had a smile on his face and said to Yuan Qiao: "The Xie family's family inheritance has a lot of military affairs, Xie An and Xie Shi are trained as military generals, and it seems that Xie Shi has also obtained some true inheritance. ” The Yangtze River is a very long water system, and it can be said that except for some places where the banks are mountains, the rest can basically be used as landing points, the difference is that large ships can directly dock or need to use small boats to land in batches.
"Xie Shi guessed correctly that the landing point of the Han army is still traceable, after all, there are only a few cities along the Yangtze River in the land of the three counties, and the number of cities that have been attacked by the Han army is even less."
Yuan Qiao also praised Xie Shi a little, and said: "Guessing the landing point correctly and arranging it in advance is indeed a bit of a talent. ” Yuan Qiao and Huan Wen also didn't feel any pressure.
War is fought with hard power, and in many cases what can be done if you guess correctly, but it is just to create some trouble for the attacking side, but the real contest is the actual combat strength of the two armies.
Both of them were born in the Jin army system, and they knew how much combat power the Jin army had, and they also knew whether they had a sense of expectation for the combat effectiveness of their family's private soldiers.
There are only four gate valves south of the Yangtze River, and there are countless families, but there are not many who can really say that they can fight and win.
The private soldiers of the Yu family should be the first sequence, and they will even be much stronger than the regular Jin army, such as the Xie family and the Huan family can only be said to be in the second sequence, and the Wang family and the regular Jin army that are behind are the third sequence, and the remaining private soldiers of each family are ranked last.
"War horses can swim, don't get a batch of them ashore directly from the boat at the ferry."
Huan Wen felt that he needed to teach that little guy a good lesson: "After the number is three thousand, directly attack the weak point of the enemy army, attract the Jin army to fight out of the village, and then the infantry army advances." ” Yuan Qiao just bowed his head, he wanted to make a similar suggestion just now.
In broad daylight, the place where the Jin army camped also had geographical advantages, and it was soon discovered that there was movement on the river.
Cavalry has always been the shortcoming of the Jin army, that is not the reason for the geographical location, after all, the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was also a southern country, but why the Chu State was able to become the country of ten thousand times proved that the south was not unable to breed war horses, and the gap was that the dynasty based on the south did not find the right way.
Xie Shi is a dignified disciple of the gate valve, and the private soldiers of the family who are taken out as generals don't talk about whether they are elite or not, but the equipment is definitely one top and one good.
Among the 15,000 men under his command, the infantry accounted for the vast majority, but there were nearly 1,400 cavalry, which was considered a commando cavalry according to the division of equipment.
"The ground on the river beach is soft and unsuitable for riding."
Xie Shi found that there were a large number of horses on the river, and immediately knew what the Han army wanted to do, and he said to Xie Ping with confidence: "The Han army will indeed take advantage of the cavalry advantage to seek a breakthrough, but they don't know that another plan of this general has been achieved. ” The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty lost the Central Plains, and some inheritances did not disappear due to the loss of land, such as the existence of strong crossbows, and even a bed crossbow called the Eight Horse Crossbow.
Xie Shi had sixty eight-horse crossbows in his hands, and the number of Guozhang Chu Pei's side was actually more than three hundred, but Li Mai's side did not have one.
The eight-horse crossbow refers to a kind of string tension that requires the use of eight horses and oxen bed crossbow, it is the absolute sharp weapon of the Jin army, generally used as a fixed city or loading warships, because the eight-horse crossbow is too large to be transported in the field.
The Han army was loading cavalry, a small number of men and horses were equipped with plate armor, and more were light cavalry with only knights wearing leather armor.
The Jin army began to fiddle with the Eight Horse Crossbows after Xie Shi's order, each of which was operated by twelve Jin soldiers, who were pushed or pulled by animal power to hide behind the position where Xie Shi thought the Han army would attack.
In addition to arranging the eight crossbows, Xie Shi also concentrated all the cavalry at hand, and mobilized 1,000 mounted heavy infantry, 2,000 crossbowmen and some necessary light infantry, intending to give the Han army a head start.
While both sides were preparing for war, the scouts of the two armies, who were the first to enter the field, had already engaged in fierce and frequent battles.
Of course, the Han army scouts wanted to find out the details of the Jin army, and the Jin army scouts were used as blockers, and the blood of both sides was spilled everywhere.
The real opening of the battle was after the Han army organized 3,000 cavalry, they were divided into three teams to form a trident formation prominent, followed by 4,000 various foot soldiers.
Xie Shi found that the Han army did not concentrate on a breakthrough, and said to Xie Ping with some disappointment: "It seems that the weak area that will be deliberately exposed has not become the main breakthrough point of the Han army, and the Eight Horse Crossbows can only target one part of the Han army." ” The soil of the river beach is indeed soft, and every step of the horse's hooves will sink into it about half a foot or even deeper, and if you want to move quickly, you can only reach the relatively hard soil, which causes the movement of the 3,000 Han army to be slightly sluggish, which can give the Jin army enough time to deploy troops.
"That kid still lacks experience."
Huan Wen looked at the direction of the Jin army, and there would be some bushes that seemed very abrupt in some sections: "It's just that there is no lack of courage, and it is actually used in the field battle with the Eight Horse Crossbow." ” Seriously, whether it was Huan Wen or Yuan Qiao, how could they forget that the Jin Army had the existence of the Eight Horse Crossbow, a sharp bed crossbow.
Xie Shi was already standing on top of the towering nest car, and a happy smile appeared on his face when he saw the advancing Han cavalry slowing down.
He was wondering if he should let the rest of the troops prepare for the attack, wait for the defeat of the Han cavalry, and then slaughter out of the barracks, and directly drive the Han army, which is not firmly established, down the river.
Xie Ping, who was also standing on top of the nest car, could not hide his worries on his face, he was different from Xie Shi, who was not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, he had more experience in age, and he also had more combat experience when he was in the army, and then he was clear that the Han army under the reputation would not be easy to deal with, and it was very unrealistic to drive or force into the river in one fell swoop.
"Little master, the fleet of the Han army is still by the river."
Xie Ping reminded him more than once, seeing that the war was about to start, he persuaded again: "Even if we can defeat the Han army that is trying to break into the inland, our troops will pursue the Han warships to the distance that can be reached by long-range attacks, I'm afraid."
"Hugh will disturb the hearts of our army again."
Of course, Xie Shi did not forget the powerful long-range attack ability of the Han fleet, and he said with a resolute face: "Once the Han army is defeated, our army's morale will inevitably be greatly boosted. ” As a trap arranged by Xie Shi, the Han cavalry along the way would soon reach the range of the Eight Horse Crossbows, and when they approached nearly three hundred paces, a desolate horn sounded, and then the cavalry on both sides dispersed to the periphery, and the cavalry in front kicked the horse's belly or slapped the horse's buttocks.
"The range of the Eight Horse Crossbows is not consistent, and it can reach up to two hundred and fifty paces."
Huan Wen was holding a monocular in his hand to observe the Jin army, and he had already seen the crossbows of the eight horses that were originally covered with grass or branches and leaves, revealing their huge bodies: "There should be about fifty units, each of which fires three lances at a time, about two hundred breaths, and can be fired once in about four minutes." ” Of course, Yuan Qiao was also well aware of the relevant data of the Eight Horse Crossbows, he put down the monoculars in his hand, turned back to look at the river beach area, and said: "This terrain is too crowded for our army, anyway, the terrain should be expanded before dark." ” "Uncle Yan is too cautious."
Huan Wen also put down the monoculars, rubbed the beard on his chin as if he was itching, and said a little calmly: "Since the war started, it was naturally aimed at defeating that kid's troops." ” Yuan Qiao was a little stunned, they had just arrived, the soldiers of the whole army had been on the ship for nearly a month, and the war horses had not yet re-adapted to the land, so they couldn't help frowning: "Won't it be too risky?"
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Huan Wen smiled and said nothing.
He felt that Yuan Qiao was sometimes too cautious, the Jin army had bed crossbows, and the Han army had car crossbows, and sending cavalry up was to attract all of Xie Shi's attention, so as to cover up those car crossbows hidden in the advancing infantry army.
Ahead, the eight crossbows that revealed their true faces were already being fired, and each time they fired, there was a loud sound of bowstrings rattling, and the shot was not a traditional giant crossbow, but a long lance.
The so-called lance resembles a mixture of a spear and a club, with a sharp, sharp flat spearhead at the front and a round round blunt instrument with spikes at the back.
This type of weapon was actually used as a weapon for foot combat by the powerful at first, and later appeared on the cavalry.
It must be noted that if you dare to use a horse lance when you are fighting on horseback, you are definitely a fierce general, and ordinary people can not play with this weapon.
The cavalry of sixty eight-bull crossbows was like the beating of war drums, and the sound came and went as fast as it came, and one hundred and eighty lances resounded in the sky with a sharp sound of breaking through the sky, and while they were flying, the crossbow arrows fired by the eight hundred strong crossbowmen behind followed suit.
No matter what kind of long-range weapon it is, there will be a flying process from launch to hit, and long-range weapons in the era of cold weapons are not as instantaneous as the sound of a firearm.
After the Jin army fired the Eight Horse Crossbow and the Strong Crossbow, the Han army had about four breaths to adjust their position, and in an instant, the cavalry was stretched as loosely as possible between the cavalry, but maintained a forward momentum.
The lances and crossbow arrows fell back and forth, bringing with them the muffled snort of people and the wailing of war horses in an instant, and the dull sound of some weapons and the ground that did not hit the target.
"The enemy's combat experience is very sufficient" Xie Shi only felt disappointed at this moment, everything was only because of the Jin army's long-range attack, and the results were much less than expected.
He turned his head to look at Xie Ping and ordered: "You personally go to command the infantry army, and you must firmly resist the enemy army" Xie Ping said "no" in his mouth, and there was a more obvious worried look on his face when he lowered his head.
He was actually thinking: The book of war is one thing, and the actual combat is another, and the little master is too big.
The Han cavalry did not attack as the Jin soldiers including Xie Shi thought, and when they approached the Jin army fortifications about 100 paces, they moved out of the way, revealing the Han infantry that was about 280 paces close.
Standing on top of the nest car, Xie Shi had all his attention on the Han cavalry in the trident formation, although he found that the Han army's infantry was approaching, but his mind was in a state of subconscious ignorance, until he saw that dense black dots suddenly appeared in the Han army's infantry formation and rose into the sky, and the next moment his ears heard a violent "whoosh" sound.
"Raise the shield" Xie Shi subconsciously shouted, and the next move was to continue shouting: "Cavalry dispatch" The equipment of the Jin army must be more than one grade better than the armament of the Hu people, and the Jin soldiers in the front have raised their shields to meet the cover of the rain of arrows when Xie Shi did not shout, and the shields on each side are all big guys inlaid with iron sheets, but they are not completely made of wood or skin.
The cavalry of the Jin army only set out when they saw the signal of the general flag on the nest car, of course, it was impossible for them to face the rain of arrows and attack from other directions.
"What are you doing?"
Huan Wen looked confused, and asked Yuan Qiao: "They took the initiative to go out of the camp" Yuan Qiao said that he didn't understand what Xie Shi's command routine was, and he actually wanted to give up his fortification advantage
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