The sun was slowly setting on the western horizon, and the fierce battle had been going on for a day.
The two armies are like two giant beasts, and neither of them will give up until they have exhausted their last bit of strength.
The gap of more than ten zhang in the wall of Zhaozhuang Zhuang suddenly collapsed, which made the Goguryeo people immediately ecstatic.
Yuan Gai Su Wen straightened his waist all of a sudden, and his eyes shone brightly.
"Kill, kill" The bloody battle during the day, the fierce resistance of the Tang army, made the Goguryeo army suffer very heavy losses, and this gap is undoubtedly the best opportunity to end this bloody battle.
Zhuangli.
The Tang army was hit hard, and such a big gap could no longer be plugged.
Li Chao shouted at Wang Xuance and several other students who were going to take someone to fill the vacancy.
"Come back, I can't stop it."
"Xiangguo, let's break through," Wang Xuance said hurriedly.
There was such a big gap, and it couldn't be blocked, and as soon as the Goguryeo people rushed in, the Tang army was finished.
At this time, it is better to break through and have a glimmer of life.
But Li Chao shook his head.
"The sun hasn't completely set yet, and there are Liao dogs on all sides, and we can't break through at the moment."
In broad daylight, how could Yuangai Suwen let go of the Tang Army.
"Pass the order down, let the troops retreat, regroup, we change positions" "Change of formation" Wang Xuance was surprised, at this time, is there any other military formation that can save lives The village wall has been completely lost, and there is no way to defend it like this, so you can only gather troops to fight.
However, the Pingliao phalanx is not good, and if there is no cavalry, it will be abused.
Li Chao picked up his sword and quickly drew a formation on the ground.
One ring, another ring.
Finally, the five rings come together.
Wang Xuance looked at the five rings low, and didn't understand it for a long time, "This is a military formation, this is a dog that can break Liao" Li Chao shook his head.
"It's not easy to break the enemy.
But if this formation is used well, it will still be able to resist the Goguryeo people for a while, and if we can reach midnight, we will have a chance to break through again. ” After speaking, Li Chao picked up the sword and drew a circle in each of the five rings.
"This is a two-row hollow phalanx.
The soldiers in the front row crouched down with guns, the soldiers in the back row stood and fired, and then the middle of the formation was hollow.
In order to prevent the impact and penetration of the cavalry, we set up another hollow in the hollow, so that the array was like a hollow, but we made the array round. ” Li Chao simply explained his double-layer hollow array.
In fact, the important advantage of cavalry is not in frontal charges, especially light cavalry, let alone in charging to break through formations.
Their advantage lies in mobility, in the use of troops, cavalry units can easily gather superior forces for raids, annihilation operations, in traditional battles, cavalry is usually a rapid impact on the enemy's weak links, such as the flank, rear waist and other weak positions attack.
Of course, the most powerful part of the cavalry is that the war is unfavorable, the cavalry can follow far away at any time, and the infantry is helpless.
And if the infantry is defeated, it is difficult to escape the pursuit of the cavalry.
Of course, in most cases, the infantry is more numerous, and the cavalry is slightly less numerous, and in the big war, the cavalry is more of a battlefield reserve, acting as a protector of the infantry flanks and flanks.
They will also pursue the enemy after the two sides have engaged, after the infantry has defeated the enemy.
Or in a big battle between the two sides, cooperate with the attack from the enemy's flank and rear flank.
Only the heavy cavalry is really used to harden the phalanx.
However, now the cavalry of the Goguryeo people is light cavalry, which gives Li Chao some confidence in riding on foot.
If an ordinary infantry phalanx is placed against the cavalry, the cavalry will not rush the phalanx, but will continue to mount and shoot outside the formation, harassing and intimidating, so as to make the infantry panic and disperse.
And the advantage of Li Chao's hollow array is that the outer layer is a spearman, an anti-rush formation.
On the other hand, the inner layer is a crossbowman or musketeer, who uses a crossbow and grenade to deal with the proximity and harassment of enemy horses.
In the face of the outer rows of spears, even if the enemy cavalry really rushes into formation, then the setting of the hollow array can also attract this impact, rushing through one row, and the row behind is not affected.
They had to face a row of spears again, and they had to face a row of bows and crossbows.
The soldiers form a double barrier that is more difficult to break down.
And Li Chao's hollow array is actually a four-layer formation, and if the light cavalry wants to break through the four-layer infantry formation, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult.
This battle of fame was the Battle of Waterloo of Napoleon the Great.
The British army, with a hollow phalanx, repelled the attacks of the French cavalry again and again.
After that battle, the dense phalanx was completely ended.
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Of course, as in the Great War of Spain, the most advantageous thing about the hollow phalanx is the need for firearms.
The bayonets in the front row, the muskets in the back, the combination of hot and cold weapons, and the interaction between far and near, can make the cavalry unable to speak.
Li Chao didn't have many crossbowmen now, and the musket was extremely low-powered, but he had no other better way to fight the enemy.
If they don't assemble in formation, then the Goguryeo cavalry that rushed in will easily break the Tang army, kill them and kill them, and they will not have the strength to fight at all.
"Retreat" "Assemble" "Closer to the Shuai Qi" The order was given, and the Tang army began to retreat step by step, moving closer to Shuaiqi.
Li Chao's hollow phalanx is actually not very difficult to arrange.
Anyway, they are all infantry, so there is no need to distinguish them.
The only thing that is more special is that one team forms a circle, and then several small circles form a large circle group, and finally five large circles form a large circle array, and five large circles form a large circle array.
"Can this array be used?"
"If you don't use it, it's the only way to do it."
Hurriedly assembled, there was some confusion, but it was still the same.
Goguryeo people poured into Zhaozhuang.
Yuan Gai Suwen rode into the village triumphantly, looked at the Tang army in front of him and shrank together, chuckling.
"Li Chao is already exhausted, and he still wants to resist stubbornly and struggle to the death."
"What kind of formation is this?"
"Turtle formation, look at this shrinking into a ball."
There is humanity.
"I think it's a hedgehog formation, you see they're full of spears outside."
"It's all this time, this Li Chao actually protects the women and children in the village in the middle."
Yuan Gai Suwen chuckled.
"A woman's kindness is not a great thing."
"Kill "Whoever captures Li Chao alive will be rewarded with a thousand gold.
Those who take Li Chao's head will be rewarded with 500 gold" The horn of the Goguryeo people sounded.
In the center of the five rings, is Li Chao's handsome banner, Li Chao stands with a sword under the handsome flag, and around him, except for the dozens of musketeers, there are all women and children from Zhaozhuang.
"Fight to the end" Countless roars sounded, and the soldiers of the Tang Army cheered themselves up.
The Goguryeo cavalry fired arrows around the military formation, and the Tang army in the hollow phalanx also fired arrows and threw mines to counterattack, but the Tang army had few crossbowmen and grenades, and the casualties were greater than those of the Goguryeos.
Constantly falling.
The hollow array is shrinking.
But it wasn't dark yet.
"Woo woo" Suddenly, a melodious horn sounded.
In the east of the battlefield, an army appeared.
"It's General Wei Chi."
Wei Chigong arrived, and arrived from Linyu Pass with 3,000 tired cavalry.
Li Chao had no smile on his face.
"This idiot" Three thousand cavalry was of no use to this campaign.
Wei Chigong came in a hurry, just to deliver it.
He brought these 3,000 cavalry, and there must not be a few people left in Linyu Pass, and when they are defeated here, Linyu Pass will not be able to hold it.
East of the battlefield.
Yu Chigong looked at Zhao Zhuang at sunset, looked at the tragic scene, and had a cold face.
The tragedy of Zhao Zhuang shocked Wei Chigong, who estimated that the Goguryeo people had suffered at least tens of thousands of casualties, while the Tang army had more than 15,000 casualties.
The Tang army lost more than half, and the Gaoming people also lost more than 20%.
Li Chao and the rest of the Tang army have been surrounded.
He glanced at his subordinates, in the past few days, he had rushed to Linyu Pass day and night, defeated thousands of Liao troops, and before he had time to rest, he learned that Yuangai Suwen had killed the horse pistol, and hurried back, and the rest time of the few days added up to a few hours.
The soldiers and horses are tired.
Especially the situation on the battlefield, if you join it, you can't go.
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There is no return.
Wei Chigong waved his horse lance.
"If you're not afraid of death, follow me" After speaking, he took the lead and rushed to the Goguryeo people without hesitation.
The Goguryeo people still had nearly 30,000 cavalry, and Wei Chigong rushed down with 3,000 tired cavalry.
Three thousand cavalry, no one hesitated or stopped, so they rushed down with all their might.
Yuan Gai Suwen chuckled.
"Another idiot, just the previous account and the current account are counted together."
The military order was transferred, and a Goguryeo cavalry greeted Wei Chigong.
The two cavalry collided directly.
The knife slashed and stabbed, and the slamming hard.
The sun has set.
It was dark.
Yu Chi Gong's war horse had been killed, and he was fighting on foot with a horse lance, and his son Yu Chi Baolin was back to back with him.
Three thousand cavalrymen, almost dead.
"Dad, it looks like we're going to have to explain here today."
Wei Chigong smiled, "The general died in a hundred battles, what's so strange about this, on the first day of being a soldier eating food, I expected that one day I would die on the battlefield." ” "Dad, do you blame the teacher?"
"There are not many people I serve in this life, Li Xiang is one.
Even if he dies in battle today, I won't blame him. ” "I don't regret it either."
Yu Chi Baolin said, "It's just a little regrettable that I can't personally set foot on Pyongyang and destroy Goguryeo."
However, there are still several men in our Wei Chi family, and when they grow up, they will avenge us in the future. ” Yuangai Suwen rode his horse to the front of the battle.
"Li Chao, surrender, do you think you can escape today, as long as you surrender, I will spare everyone here from dying" Li Chao snorted at Yuan Gai Su Wen.
"Ask my brother next to me, there is one who is willing to surrender" In response to Li Chao, there were countless Tang people's roars, "Fight to the end, I'd rather die than surrender" "Don't toast, don't eat, eat and drink," Yuan Gai Suwen said coldly.
"Even if you die, you have to break a few of your teeth first.
To destroy us, you will have to die another eighteen.
With so many people on his back, Grandpa is not alone on Huangquan Road."
The sky is getting darker and darker, Li Chao still has more than 10,000 people left, and Goguryeo is also very tired.
As soon as it gets dark, Li Chao will take the opportunity to break through, and he will not give up until the last moment.
"Since you are so ignorant of lifting, then go and die."
Yuan Gai Suwen was annoyed and angry.
"Woo woo woo" Yuangai Su Wen turned his head violently.
To the west, a red flag fluttering in the wind in the twilight is so conspicuous.
A horse came galloping with a red flag.
The general galloped closer.
"Liao Dog, if you want to kill my man, I asked my mother first" Yuangai Suwen raised the binoculars, and it was indeed a woman.
Woman The wind swept the red flag, and the banner stretched, revealing the big characters on it.
"The Eldest Princess of Binh Duong" Li Xiuning jumped on his horse and stood in front of the formation, his phoenix eyebrows upside down.
The horn continued to sound and a black line appeared to the west.
Li Xiuning didn't come alone, she came with thousands of troops.
Yuan Gai Suwen's face changed drastically, and Tang Jun came much faster than he expected. t1706231537: