Jincheng is undoubtedly a strong city, and the garrison of Zhang's Liang army is not less than 100,000, and it is completely possible to use the strong city to defend, even if it is not good, it can drag on for several months or even years, and there is no worry about losing it in the short term.
Zhang Chong could obviously hold on to Jincheng, and wait for the surface of the Yellow River to become mild while defending it, and then the Zhang's Liang army on the north bank of the Yellow River also had the conditions to cross the river, with the strong city of Jincheng, and then there was an army of at least 300,000 on the north bank of the Yellow River.
Zhang Chong took a risk, or the kind of adventure that didn't look rational at all, which made Xie An have to think about it.
"It is normal to attack the camp by taking advantage of the foggy weather" Yuan Qiao looked very distressed, touched his forehead and said with such certainty: "But it is very abnormal to transfer the large troops in the city, and the main general will also go out of the camp in person." ” According to the information about Zhang Chong from the Han side, Zhang Chong is not a stupid guy, Xie An has enough reason to believe that Zhang Chong must have found someone in the city secretly communicating with the Han State, and in this situation, he still dares to personally lead the army out of the city, it is really unreasonable to say that there is no trap arranged.
What Xie An had to think about was that the trap set by Zhang Chong was intended to lure the traitors into launching it, or to trick the Han army into entering the city.
Despite thinking so, Xie An felt that this was still their opportunity, he knew that no military action would be 100% sure, every military operation was a risk, and when the benefit was higher than the risk enough, the risk was no longer a risk, it should be said that it was an opportunity.
"The 1st Cavalry Corps is ready to enter the city, and the remaining county soldiers are mobilized to enter together.
After entering the city, the necessary men were left to control the city gates, and the rest of the men were to break into the city and conquer the grain depot and munitions depot as the primary goal.
Xie An looked very calm, and paused for a moment before continuing: "The Third Infantry Corps is ready to abandon the army camp and wait for the cavalry to send a signal to enter the city immediately. ” Isn't there still a county soldier when the cavalry is attacking the city?
Xie An did not say what arrangements were made for Yi Yi and other people who had taken refuge in the Han Kingdom, which could reflect the defense and distrust.
Yuan Qiao has something to say in front of him: "It is very likely that Yi Yi and the others did not sincerely defect to the Han Dynasty, and the general should give enough convenience to the generals at all levels, and if necessary, they can be controlled or killed without warning." ” Xie An didn't give any response, and his attitude without giving was the best attitude.
The morning sun has risen, but the dense fog has no trace of lightening, and when you stay in the thick fog, you can see that there is a diffuse fog everywhere, and the range of vision has increased to four or five steps.
Zhang's Liang army continued to charge the camp, and they paid a heavy price for casualties, which can be regarded as occupying the open space on the west side of the Han army's camp, and some of Zhang's Liang army broke into the buffer zone full of debris, and launched a fierce battle in the fog with the garrison Han army.
The Han army is a military uniform with a red robe on the upper body and black armor on the lower body, and a colorful feather will be inserted in the helmet on the head, and the officers including the military marquis and above will also have a bright red cloak, which is definitely much brighter in color than the Zhang Liang army in an earth-colored military uniform.
Li Mi had put his helmet back on, and he led his team out of the clearing and into the debris-filled buffer zone.
Most of the Han troops who served as open and dark sentinels actually retreated safely to the buffer zone, and they were left behind after entering the buffer zone, and their main task was to still guide the crossbowmen in the rear to the direction of archery, and if necessary, they had to fight the Zhang Liang army that suddenly appeared.
"It's slimy, and it's starting to fucking itch."
Wasn't Li Mi's brain watered with blood, and in addition to being full of fishy smell, the blood has a strong stickiness, and the wilting on the scalp and skin does not feel good.
He wanted to take off his helmet and scratch the itch, but he knew that it would probably be hit by a stray arrow from nowhere, so he could only keep complaining: "When will this fog dissipate?"
According to the understanding of the low-level soldiers, the reason why Zhang's Liangjun is still charging endlessly is because the fog has not yet dissipated, and as long as the fog disperses, Zhang's Liangjun should stop.
A desolate horn suddenly came from afar, and Li Mi was slightly stunned before reacting: "The cavalry is going to take the initiative."
There were many ways for the Han army to issue orders, and the unrestricted vision was generally the use of flags, followed by the sound of drums and horns.
It was a tradition for infantry troops to use war drums to give orders, and cavalry troops generally used horns.
To tell the truth, cavalry can't carry a huge war drum all the time, and it is most convenient to use a horn as a means of herald, not to emulate some Hu people.
The large number of cavalry will move with great momentum, the neighing and whistling of horses will be very frequent, and the hooves of the horses will not only make the ground tremble, but the sound of the horses' hooves will also be deafening.
Zhang Chong, the "Han Army", was standing on top of a nest car, and of course he couldn't see much under the thick fog, but he had ears: "The cavalry is dispatched." ” It is not easy to carry out large-scale military operations under conditions of limited vision, whether it is at night or in dense fog.
Thousands of years ago, there was a battle in Greece, when a Greek general was facing the Persian army, and he pioneered the first large-scale night raid of the Greek army.
A night attack on the scale of more than 10,000 people was not only the first in Greece, but also the first in the world's military history Of course, the idea of a night attack was very good, but the Greek general ignored one thing, that is, a large-scale night attack required an infinitely high quality of the army, and as a result, the Greek army launched a night attack with good intentions, but because the coordination between them was not in place at all, trampling on each other and mistakenly believing that the enemy was killing each other too seriously, a good night attack did not cause much damage to the Persian army, and the Greek army collapsed in cannibalism and fought an unprecedented defeat.
Facts have proved that small-scale infiltration and sneak attacks are certainly possible without sufficient vision, but military operations that are too large-scale are simply not capable of being carried out by troops.
It was possible to engage in night battles on a large scale, and that was the time of instant communication, and even that would not lead to very good results, and things like getting lost and accidentally getting injured were unavoidable.
In the military history of China, the person who did the most perfect night raid operation was the martial saint Sun Bin.
After a very long period of planning, he carried out a very complete reconnaissance of the terrain, and then continued to practice the contact methods of the army in advance, and Pang Juan walked into the place of death with extreme "cooperation", which can be regarded as the best result of a night attack.
In addition to the martial saint Sun Bin's night attack that was not a night attack was actually an ambush, looking through the history of cold weapon warfare in China, there are very few successful night raids that can be found, and the most famous ones are probably the battle of Wu Yue Kaze and the battle of Cao Cao's burning of the black nest, you can imagine how difficult it is to succeed.
Zhang Chong showed a happy expression when he noticed the dispatch of the cavalry of the Han army, and he had been waiting for this moment.
In a thick fog, with the Han army's military camp as the center, outside the fence wall defense belt, there are Zhang's Liang troops everywhere, they have no formation, most of them are blindly scurrying in a mess, and those who are not scurrying are squatting in place, whether they move or not, they will be covered by a wave of arrows from time to time.
Outside the debris buffer zone, more Zhang's Liangjun were digging trenches with all their might, and they couldn't dig how deep or wide the trenches were in less than half an hour.
They will do this, it is not a temporary idea, but Zhang Chong has explained it early in the morning.
Out of the area of the Han army's defense chain, the Zhang Liang army here looks more organized, they arrange the formation as much as possible, but to be honest, because of the limited line of sight, no matter how hard they try to adjust, it is also a crooked formation.
First, there was a sound of horns, and the Zhang Liangjun who heard the horn almost subconsciously twisted their heads in the direction where the sound came from, and then the generals and colonels at all levels began to roar.
"Vertical Spear Array" "Quickly and quickly the tip of the gun is tilted forward, and the bottom is pestled in the dirt" "Archers, don't be fucking stunned, enter the state of drawing the bow and waiting to shoot" Amid the shouts and reminders, the heavy breathing sound rose and fell with each other, and the Zhang Clan Liang soldiers standing side by side would constantly look at the people around them, and everyone looked so nervous.
The movement of the horses' hooves is extremely loud, and the rolling waves can feel a sense of overwhelming oppression even from a long distance.
The cavalry of the Han army who came out of the camp, in the front position is Cui Xuan, he is not a high-ranking officer, or a tun commander, but his identity background as a tun chief is not simple for ordinary people, just because he is the cousin of the current queen of the Han Kingdom.
Cui Xuan was dressed as a cavalryman, with him as the center on the left and right sides of the cavalry leaning backwards side by side, and the horizontal column was a triangular charging formation of two hundred and fifty horsemen, followed by a large number of robes in the rear.
Cavalry charges should not be too dense, and each cavalry should be at least three paces apart from the front, rear, left, and right.
This is to prevent accidental collisions with each other, but also to allow the cavalry to have enough distance to exert the spear, and then the cavalry really needs enough space to move, unlike the foot soldier who can do it by moving his legs when he subconsciously wants to move, why do the cavalry want to be able to listen to the command and react in time.
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The cavalry who left the camp knew very well what they were going to do, they were led by robes familiar with the sundries buffer belt, they would rush out from the road that had been set aside, and when they charged, they would not care if there was anything in the way, anyway, they would plow through, and they would never do something stupid to slow down and engage the enemy.
Cui Xuan, who was in the absolute front position, the riding spear in his hand had been shattered in a time when he didn't know what he had stabbed, and after discarding the broken spear in his hand, he took up the shield to protect his chest, and pulled out the extended horse chopping knife and went out directly, occasionally the blade would cut something and there was a post-shock force, and his ears were full of the sound of horses' hooves and he couldn't hear the screams, only the battle robe became moist and said that he must have killed some people.
When running at high speed, you will feel the presence of the wind more clearly, the gap between the eyes left by the armor is pouring the wind, and the whistling sound coming from the gap in the nail piece will be heard in your ears, Cui Xuan can even feel the frustration that the shield has been hit by something several times, fortunately, there is no pain in the body.
The roaring sound of horses' hooves was rolling forward, and he could only see the distance of four or five steps clearly, in fact, he could only rely on familiarity to judge where he had rushed, Cui Xuan guessed that he should have rushed out of the debris buffer belt, and without thinking about it, he let go of the shield tied to the rope sleeve, grabbed the horn around his waist and blew wildly.
The sound of the horn is agreed in advance to remind the robe in the rear to "shoot arrows, shoot continuously".
The reason why the horn was chosen as a tool to transmit the command, in addition to being portable, is actually because the sound it blows is penetrating enough.
The cavalry at the front, they and the man with the spear will always put the spear forward flat, and the man without the spear will draw the extended saber, without exception, the shield will be held in front of his chest.
The cavalry in the rear, when they heard the sound of the horn, immediately took out their crossbows, and after pulling the trigger, they shot the crossbow arrows, and they repeatedly pulled the trigger, and the crossbow arrows were continuously activated.
Cui Xuan's eyes caught a few crossbow arrows that passed by him, and he kept scolding for a while.
Charging in such a foggy environment is already very dangerous, if you don't die in the hands of the enemy but are shot to death by your own people, it is really so aggrieved that you can still be angry to death when you come back to life.
The continuous firing of the repeater crossbow must have achieved success, and the commando cavalry at the head of the line continued to trample on the people lying on the ground in the high-speed gallop, occasionally bumping their heads into the standing figures, and arrows began to be fired in front of them, and casualties inevitably appeared.
In a dense foggy environment, one side is a cavalry charge, the other side is a foot soldier, and when both sides can see each other, it is actually the moment of life and death.
In such an environment, the cavalry at high speed will take advantage of the advantage, and rushing close enough will give the foot pawn not enough time to react, and after life and death, it will be a touch away.
Cui Xuan began to feel the clanging sound on his body becoming more and more frequent, it was not raining in the sky, but the arrows fired by the enemy army were increasing.
For the cavalry, the knight has plate armor on his chest, shoulder pads, scale armor on his arms, leather armor at some joints, and the front half of the horse is also tightly armored, that is, there is no armor on the back of the knight and the back half of the horse.
They themselves are cavalry that are used to charge the formation, they just need to move forward, and there is no need to flee if they can't win, and the horses under defeat will not have enough physical strength to maintain their speed, and they will definitely not be able to escape when they are pursued by light cavalry.
Cui Xuan tried his best to lower his body, his eyes looked forward through the face armor, and his eyes were tingling with the wind, and tears should have been secreted, and it looked hazy.
Constantly feeling the mount hitting something, the short and terrible scream was also fleeting, Cui Xuan blinked his eyes and let the tears flow before recovering his sight, but what he could see was a row of blurred figures, and his brain reacted very quickly at that moment: "Fuck you, it's the gun that Lao Tzu is going to burp":