Chapter 1238: First Battle: Zero Defeat vs Zero Defeat (3) [Two in One](2/2)
"Lord Baoyuan will be fine, the rest..."
Li Han set his sights on what he considered the "second fierce general" of the Iron Eagle Cavalry, that is, the Qin general named Tian Meng.
It is undeniable that Tian Meng was also a very brave Qin general, but compared to Wu Zhao, he was slightly inferior.
Seeing the Qin general Tian Meng gradually moving towards his position, Li Han took a deep breath and waited for the upcoming fight with the opponent.
Suddenly, Li Han was startled, because he saw an infantry group coming from behind the Iron Eagle Cavalry, led by a general, waving their weapons and facing off against Tian Meng.
"That's... the robber general of the Northern Yan Army?"
Under Li Han's surprised gaze, Han general Qi Jie brandished his long weapon and knocked down more than a dozen iron eagle cavalry. Then he met Qin general Tian Meng from the side. If Tian Meng hadn't been so alert, he might have been killed.
The robbers were attacked by surprise.
"Bei Yan Army? Bei Yan Army has come to support?"
Looking at the infantrymen of the Northern Yan Army who were screaming and charging into the battlefield behind Qi Jie, Li Han was overjoyed and immediately encouraged the soldiers nearby: "The Handan Army obeys the order and cooperates with the Northern Yan Army to attack the enemy cavalry from both front and rear!"
Whenever you hear that reinforcements are coming to support, it always boosts your morale. No, inspired by the reinforcements from the Beiyan Army, the Handan soldiers quickly reorganized their defense lines and launched a counterattack.
It has to be said that the right wing of the Korean army was really in chaos at this time: two iron eagle cavalry attacked the Handan army and tried their best to create chaos; and Li Han led a part of the Handan army to confront the 5,000 Beiyan soldiers led by Qi Jie.
Qin general Tian Meng's two thousand iron eagle cavalry attacked from front and rear.
This made the formations of both the Han army and the Qin army extremely messy, with me among you and you among me, and there was no order at all.
Looking back at the chaotic situation on the right wing from a distance, Li Cang, the general of the Northern Yan Army, frowned deeply.
Li Cang's tribe was just behind the Qijie tribe. Therefore, he clearly saw the scene where Qijie led his men to intercept the Qin general Tian Meng. He also vaguely guessed that the current chaos on his right wing would be very difficult.
It may have been caused by a robbery mistake.
Although the current collapse of the right wing made Li Cang very worried, he did not dare to lead his troops to support because his superior, Beiyan Shou Leyi, ordered him to contain the third wave of offensive from the left wing of the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
"...Will Young Master Wei Run really make his left wing move in full force?"
Li Cang frowned and thought.
At this moment, the third wave of trumpets sounded from the left wing of the Qin and Wei coalition forces on the opposite side. Immediately, the Qin and Wei coalition forces moved in full force, pressing in towards this side with a fierce offensive that continued from heaven to earth.
"The whole army joins the fight!"
Following Li Cang's order, five thousand Northern Yan Army infantrymen held shields and formed a defensive line. Behind them, three thousand Northern Yan Army crossbowmen had their crossbows cocked, ready to attack at any time.
"You actually ordered the left wing to move in full force? What is that Wei Gongzi Run thinking? Are you planning to fight our army here?"
Staring at the approaching Qin army in the distance, Li Cang took a moment to glance at the rear formation of the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
He felt that the transformation of this war was a bit abrupt: it was originally just a test of each other's strength by both sides, but suddenly, it seemed to have turned into a decisive battle.
However, at this moment, Li Cang could no longer think about these problems, because the most urgent task was to only block the oncoming Qin army.
Seeing that the oncoming Qin cavalry was about to attack the crossbow attack range, Li Cang raised his right hand and shouted loudly: "The crossbow soldiers are ready..."
After hearing this, the three thousand Northern Yan Army crossbowmen in the rear array raised their crossbows high, preparing to cross the infantry phalanx in the front array and start shooting at the Qin army.
"Fire the arrow!"
Li Cang shouted sharply.
As soon as he finished speaking, the three thousand Beiyan crossbowmen in the rear immediately pulled the trigger and launched a volley.
At this moment, Li Cang suddenly discovered that the Qin cavalry on the opposite side suddenly changed its direction and turned towards the north, so that the crossbowmen's predicted shots failed.
"What?!"
Li Cang's eyes were about to burst, and there was a hint of shock on his face, and he quickly ordered: "Load the crossbow arrows! Load the crossbow arrows!"
It turned out that a moment ago, when Yangquan Jun Yingba led the Qin army, which was already small on the left, and was preparing to launch a third wave of offensive against the Korean right, he suddenly discovered that there were two more "Northern Yan Army" in the center of the Korean army.
The whole phalanx moved northward, blocking the path that the Qin army must pass through.
"Beiyan guards Leyi...are you going to support the Handan army?"
Yangquan Jun Yingbo knew that his attempt to pursue the victory and further expand his advantage was noticed by the opponent.
It is undeniable that this is a very good opportunity. After all, the right wing of the Korean army is in chaos at this moment. As long as he wins the battle and leads an army to kill, and adds Wu Zhao, Meng Yue, and Tian Meng, then the Korean army will
The Handan army on the right wing will definitely be defeated.
Maybe, if Yangquanjun wins the left wing of the army, he can swallow up the Korean army's right wing in one go.
In this way, the advantages of his Qin and Wei coalition forces will be greatly enhanced.
Unexpectedly, the Han general and Beiyan guard Leyi saw this early and sent reinforcements in advance to block the path that the Qin army must pass through, making him unable to lead his army to attack the Handan army on the right.
"This number...is a phalanx of about five thousand people. Are those behind them crossbowmen? There are about...two or three thousand people, right?"
While galloping on his horse, Yangquan Jun Yingbo estimated the number of enemies in front of him and made secret calculations in his mind.
Since he sent a total of 5,000 Iron Eagle Cavalry twice in a row, the number of Iron Eagle Cavalry under his command at this time was less than 1,000, and the rest were more long-range soldiers.
In the army of the Qin State, the status of the Changge soldiers was between the Gedun soldiers and the Tattooed soldiers. Although they also belonged to the regular army, to put it harshly, they were simply cannon fodder when charging into battle - in the "Wei Qin Sanchuan"
In the "Battle", apart from the tattooed troops, the ones who died the most were the long-armed soldiers.
Can less than a thousand Iron Eagle Cavalry, plus seven or eight thousand long-range soldiers, really be able to defeat the combination of the Korean Beiyan Army's 5,000 infantry phalanx and 3,000 crossbow phalanx?
You must know that the Iron Eagle Cavalry is not Wei's wandering heavy cavalry after all. If it is covered and fired by three thousand Korean crossbowmen, half of the troops may be lost before they get close to the Korean infantry square. By then, with the help of
What threat could a few hundred cavalry pose to the Korean army coming to intercept them?
Thinking of this, Yangquan Jun Yingbo immediately changed his original tactics and galloped to the front of the team, raising his left hand while galloping.
This action seemed to be a gesture of preparation to order a fierce attack, but in fact, it was a signal to remind the cavalry behind him to "turn to the left at any time."
However, Han general Li Cang did not know what was going on. He thought the time was right and ordered his crossbowmen to fire. However, the success fell short because Yangquan Jun Yingbo led a thousand iron eagle cavalry to the north in advance.
Of course, although a salvo failed, in the final analysis it was just a waste of some crossbow bolts. However, the sense of loss of a missed salvo had a great impact on the crossbowmen of the Beiyan Army.
Therefore, Li Cang, the general of the Northern Yan Army, ordered the crossbowmen to load the crossbow arrows while stabilizing their morale.
Not to mention, Yangquan Jun's victory caused his thousand iron eagle cavalry to suddenly turn north, as if to leave the battlefield, which really surprised Li Cang.
Although Li Cang was a little worried that the nearly thousand Qin cavalry would ignore their blockade and go around to attack the Handan army on the right.
Of course, if the nearly thousand Qin cavalry dared to do this, Li Cang was confident that he could wipe out the thousands of Qin infantry who were coming towards him.
In this way, the threat from the left wing of the Qin and Wei coalition forces was eliminated. In the future, he only had to return to support the Handan Army to completely collapse the offensive of the Qin and Wei coalition forces on the left wing.
To be honest, Li Cang took a cursory glance at the oncoming infantrymen armed with long swords and wearing armor, and then made an evaluation of them as "little threat".
You know, the Northern Yan Army has never encountered an enemy infantry that can compete with them!
If it were the heavy infantry of the Shang Shui Army under the command of Wei Gongzi Run, which was armed to the teeth, it would be worthy of the Northern Yan Army to be more vigilant, but the Changge soldiers of Qin, who had almost no target defense, were really difficult to defeat.
Li Cang was on alert.
In his opinion, with just two volleys, out of the seven or eight thousand soldiers of the Qin State, there might not be many left.
Therefore, what Li Cang is most worried about is the nearly a thousand Iron Eagle Cavalry led by Yangquan Jun Yingbo himself - the whereabouts of this cavalry will determine his different response tactics.
But what stunned Li Cang was that the nearly a thousand cavalry under Yangquan Jun Yingbo's command did not attack the Handan army in a roundabout way after leaving the battlefield, but stopped in the distance, as if waiting for something.
"This...is not good!"
After looking at the thousands of soldiers of Qin State who were getting closer and closer to them, and at the nearly a thousand cavalry who were watching eagerly in the distance, Li Cang immediately guessed Yangquan Jun's plan to win the battle.
The opponent wanted to make it difficult for him to consider both sides: whether to use crossbow arrows to deal with the cavalry, or to deal with the oncoming long-range soldiers.
Sure enough, the 8,000 long-range soldiers waiting were about to charge to a distance of about a stone's throw from the infantry phalanx of Han general Li Cang. On the side of Li Cang's 5,000 infantry phalanx, Yangquan Jun Yingbo also led nearly a thousand cavalry.
, launched another charge.
How to choose the target of volley?
Is it aimed at the nearly a thousand cavalry or the thousands of long-armed soldiers?
Even Li Cang, who had experienced hundreds of battles, couldn't help but feel a little panicked at this moment, with cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
After much thought, he made a moderate choice: send half of the crossbowmen on each side to suppress the nearly a thousand Qin cavalry on the flanks and the thousands of infantry on the front.
However, after the order was issued, Li Cang wanted to give himself a slap in the face.
Because the mediocre choice is also the stupidest choice!
Only 1,500 crossbowmen could not suppress nearly a thousand Qin cavalry, nor could they suppress thousands of Qin's long-range soldiers.
At this time, he should concentrate his crossbowmen to hit one side as much as possible instead of spreading the power of the volley.
However, at this time, even if he regretted it, it was too late. Amidst the roar of the Qin people, 8,000 Qin soldiers rushed towards Li Cang's 5,000 infantry square without fear of death. At the same time, Yangquan Jun won the battle.
Wei General Wu Ji also led nearly a thousand iron eagle cavalry and charged in from the side.
Watching the situation of Li Cang's troops from a distance, General "Ji Kuo" frowned at the scene in several infantry phalanxes to the south of the Northern Yan Army.
Beside him, his deputy general sighed and said: "General Li Cang made a wrong judgment... However, the commander of the Wei army's left wing is not simple either! General, do you want to find out about the commander of the Wei army's left wing?"
Ji Kuo shook his head when he heard this and said in a deep voice: "We don't have time to do these things... 'They' moved!"
After hearing this, the deputy general turned his head and looked at the middle of the Qin and Wei coalition forces, and saw groups of Wei troops advancing forward in neat steps.
That is the Shang Shui Army of Wei State!
Chapter completed!