From Chief to Ball

The dew has been dried by the sun, the lavender morning glory has unfurled its petals, there is a smell of cooking smoke in the camp, and several campfires are still burning.

The soldiers all thought that Chen Jian would rely on the camp to resist.

However, Chen Jian looked at the sky and was convinced that the weather should be fine, so he called the messenger.

"Beat the drums, go out of the camp, and line up outside the camp."

"Ji Xia, we have a small number of people. We use the camp to defend. It is best to wait until the enemy is exhausted before going out to fight back. There are wells in the formation, with continuous water and sufficient food."

Chen Jian shook his head and said, "It's not up to us when others fight. What if they surround and don't fight? What if they wait until it rains to fight? Besides, even if we win, it will take time to launch an army from the camp. Once there, the enemy will run away."

"Go out and fight, don't expect victory or defeat in the enemy's way."

The battalion officers or generals around them didn't say any more, the dull drum sound came from the camp, and the company captains of each company restrained the soldiers, walked outside the camp in order, quickly lined up, and checked their weapons.

All kinds of supplies were left in the camp, leaving only more than 1000 non-field supply auxiliary soldiers for defense.

The soldiers formed a marching column of four, and the scout riders walked in front to prevent the scouts on the opposite side from being harassed.

The marching speed of the column was much faster than that of the horizontal line, but Chen Jian did not dare to use it in battle, fearing that if the enemy panicked, he would not be able to deploy the formation, and would be directly overwhelmed by the enemy.

However, Xia Guo's army had strict training, and the opponent's most threatening long-range weapon was a bow and arrow with a range of a hundred paces, so they could form formation when they were about one mile away from the enemy.

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When the two armies were three or four miles apart, they could already see each other's flag and soldiers who looked like black dots from a distance.

The opposite side was a little flustered, and stopped when they were about four miles away, ready to form a formation.

Once the marching formation is attacked by the enemy, it will be fatal.

From Su Yue's point of view, this is the most dangerous time for the more than ten thousand army, especially the Xia army on the opposite side is moving extremely fast, and the team is not scattered. He is worried that his army will be attacked by the Xia army before it deploys.

The order was passed down, the archers were deployed at the front, and the riders were scattered on the two wings, ready to withstand the impact of Xia's cavalry at any time.

Several chiefs and priests surrounded Suyue, looking at the slowed-down Xia army in the distance, feeling a little frightened in their hearts.

"It's said that Xia's army is strong and proud. It's true. I thought they would stay in the camp and fight back when we were exhausted. I didn't expect Jixia to rely on these three to five thousand people to fight us squarely?"

"Their soldiers are trained strictly, and they don't need to stop to form a team even if they walk a hundred steps. This is what we can't do. We need to form a team three miles apart, but they are not in a hurry. We seem to have a lot of people, but we have the initiative But it is in Xia Jun's hands."

"They walk fast, which is a headache. Once our army formation is spread out, it is several miles wide, and the movement from left to right is chaotic and slow, but the Xia army can quickly support them. They walk fast but not chaotic, These three 5000 people can also be used as ten thousand people.”

Su Tang studied in Yucheng for a long time. After Chen Jian determined that the unification issue could not be solved by peaceful means, he stopped poisoning him with all kinds of despicable means, so he commented on Xia Guo's army with what he saw and heard in Yucheng .

I have talked about tactics and learned strategy in Yucheng, but the things I talked about can only be used in tactics at this time, but not in strategy.

Su Yue also often heard his son talk about this, and knew that the opponent could respond by deploying troops more slowly than them by virtue of his discipline advantage, so he smiled wryly and said, "There is no other way. It is best to fight Jixia here. There is a solution, it is impossible for Jixia to rescue those cities in the north, and it is hard to say whether they can defeat the army in the three cities of Eweixia."

"If you besiege the farm town on the other side of Yucheng, which is close to Yucheng, Ji Xia can easily gather an army of ten thousand people. The tail is like a military camp, even if the tens of thousands of people pulled out cannot attack, they can defend with spears and spears."

"If I go north with a large army and attack the two cities of Ewei, let alone the distance, once I leave, Jixia will go east in no time. Even if the city has newly built walls and moats, will it really be able to stop Xia's army?"

"Jixia attacked Dongyi eight years ago, and was able to force Qiongxi to return to the army. That's because there were ships on a big river. Dongyi was in the lower reaches of the river, so Qiongxi had to go to rescue them."

"Now Xia County is in the Caohe River, and it's the upper reaches of a big river. The water is transported against the current, and it may not be able to beat Xia's ships. If you travel thousands of miles by land, you may be attacked before you reach Sucheng."

"Assault on grain and grass? The grain and grass are directly transported from Yucheng; to lure Xia's army into ambush? Xia's army has many scouts; to lure them into deep? "

"Avoid and retreat into the city instead of fighting? Ji Xia led people to burn the fields everywhere, but it still doesn't work. Tang'er, you learned so much in Yucheng, I'm afraid you won't be able to use it."

"We have been wrong since Jixia built the city in Yucheng ten years ago. This is a fortress with tens of thousands of people. No strategy is useless. The only way to defeat Jixia is in the field. If he was not allowed to build a city in Dayezawa , if he wants to defeat us, he has to advance from the distant Caohe to the southeast little by little, and he will be exhausted when he reaches Sucheng."

"It's only now that I've figured it out. From the very beginning, Jixia was planning to do something big. Stuck in Yucheng here, he made so many people out of nowhere. The only thing I don't understand is what is he doing all day long? It is said that the family is one, is there really such a person?"

Everyone shook their heads and said, "None of us thought that there is such a thing as iron in the world, let alone gunpowder. Originally, if we thought that the Xia Kingdom was powerful, we could move away, but now every city has ridged land. , was actually reluctant to leave.”

Su Yue sighed, and the sound of horns and the creaking of chariot wheels came from beside him. Looking at these familiar warriors and relatives, he sadly ordered: "This is the end, there is only a deadly battle. Everyone, get on the chariot."

The relatives and noble warriors from the clan cities boarded the chariot one after another. This was the main force of Awatake's army, followed by the foot soldiers from various cities and towns. This was the key to Awatake's victory.

Eighty chariots, 240 brave men from various clans, plus [-] soldiers who followed the chariots, this is the elite in Su Yue's hands, a force used to decide the outcome.

Ten years ago, this would be a powerful force capable of beating any clan, an unprecedented combination of assault arms and powerful chariots, an invincible force on the plains.

Correspondingly, the tactics of nobles riding in cars, Chinese on foot, and all-in-one tactics also ensured the superior status of relatives and nobles.

Chapter 134 The Final Battle ([-])

It took a long time for the chariot to form a formation, and it was not like the infantry and a small number of cavalry on the opposite side who could quickly maneuver and deploy troops.

The impact distance of the chariot must be 150 steps away to accelerate, and there must be enough space between the vehicles to ensure a perfect impact.

Normally, this wave of chariots should be placed in the first row, once the battle starts, it will directly attack, but Suyue feels that Xia Jun's resilience is not that of those clans that make do together. If the first wave does not break through, all the warriors will be lost , there is no need to fight this battle.

So he divided the soldiers except for these chariots into three armies, left, center, and right. The numbers of the three armies were all about the same, and he opened up a wide enough front to force Xia's army to maintain the same width.

The difference in the number of people is too large, and maintaining the same width means that Xia Jun's front is thinner, which can give the chariot a chance to successfully attack.

The chariot is behind the Chinese army. The Chinese army is a group of soldiers who can walk [-] steps and stop to beat drums according to the model of Xia army compiled by Su Tang. Car attack.

The chariot shoots from the left and shoots from the right. After rushing close to the enemy group, it either rushes in with a weight of hundreds of kilograms, or turns left diagonally and attacks with the sword.

But there is one thing, you can only charge once, and after charging, it will be difficult to retreat to organize a second wave of attack, especially the Xia army's infantry advances fast enough, so where and when it is used is extremely critical.

The two thousand Dongyi archers supported by Qiongxi were not assigned to the three armies, but were waiting for the Xia army to line up to determine which side to put them on.

The distance of four miles is the perfect distance. Once the Xia army chooses to avoid the battle, or the main force uses mobility to move to the left and right, Su Yue has enough time to adjust the army formation.

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On the other side of the battlefield, Chen Jian relied on the advantage of scouts to control the front of the battlefield to ensure that his troops would not be harassed by the opponent when he deployed, and he would not be afraid even if the opponent suddenly attacked him at a distance of four miles.

I roughly calculated the width of the front line on the opposite side. Because it was a plain, the line of sight was blocked by the first row of soldiers on the opposite side, so I couldn't guess which side the opponent's archers and chariots were on.

"The order goes on, and the four battalions are deployed in a line, with a distance of [-] steps. The battalion on the right wing is not on the same level as the first three battalions, so it retreats [-] steps. The fifth battalion is in the central army. Let Li Si carry three three-pound cannons on the left flank, and try it out."

Each battalion has three spear companies and three musket companies, and the entire Xia army has five battalions. The fifth battalion has only two spear companies and two musket companies, and it is placed on the second line as a reserve force. .

The messengers rode horses and quickly passed down the orders. With Chen Jian's position as the center, each company turned and moved forward in four columns, and lined up in line with the positions that the messengers had stood in advance.

The [-]th Battalion on the right wing retreated a little thirty steps, forming a slight oblique line, while three three-jin bronze cannons were deployed on the right wing, trying to test the opponent.

The front lines of the two sides were almost long. Suyue's 3000 archers plus more than 6000 chariots and foot soldiers who followed the chariots were not placed on the front line, so the number of coalition forces on the front line was only more than [-].

In addition, some archers need to go forward, and Su Yue is not at ease with his infantry, so the front line is slightly thicker than Xia Jun's five-platoon formation.

On Xia Jun's side, there is a musket company sandwiched between two spear companies, and there is also a spear company sandwiched between two musket companies.