Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

At this time, the army of the Northern Barbarian Kingdom finally rushed to the front of the heavy cavalry battle formation, but what greeted them was not the fleeing Jing army, but extremely sharp Mo knives.Before the barbarian soldiers who charged first had time to swing the sledgehammer in their hands to attack the Jing army, they were cut in half by the Mo Dao who slashed forward, including the man and the horse, and fell directly to the ground, unable to close their eyes. .

Seeing that the weapon was in hand and killed the enemy, the heavy infantryman holding the Mo Dao immediately took a step forward, and at the same time continued to wave the weapon in his hand and slashed at the cavalry charging in front of him.In this way, they took a step forward every time a knife was cut, and every time a knife fell, a cavalry man and horse died on the spot. Frustrated.

The power of the Mo Dao was too powerful, with a horrible feeling full of blood, the cavalry front of the Northern Barbarian Kingdom was immediately blocked, no matter how many people rushed up, they could only turn into corpses.

Facing these cold blades, even the brave soldiers of the northern barbarians did not intend to die alive. Many soldiers chose to rein in their horses to stop, and some even chose to turn their horses around, but they rushed The cavalry behind them had already accelerated their horses to the fastest speed, and because these people could not see the situation in front of them because of the cover, the consequence of not being able to rein in their horses in time was that the rear team directly collided with the front team, which made the original majestic, The Northern Barbarian Allied Forces, who planned to continue the victory decades ago, immediately fell into chaos.

"Charge, charge! Don't retreat! Don't stop!" Zuo Xianwang waved the whip in his hand, whipped a few clansmen who reined in their horses and refused to charge forward, and ordered them to continue to attack the heavy infantry of the Jing army ahead.The rest of the leaders followed suit, forcing the soldiers to continue attacking with strict orders.

The soldiers of the Northern Barbarian coalition were still afraid of their respective leaders, so they could only muster up their courage, gritted their teeth and continued to charge forward.However, with excellent equipment and systematic training, the offensive of the Mo Dao soldiers of the Jing army is really not something that the sloppy northern barbarian allied light cavalry can handle.No matter how many cavalry rushed up vertically, they could only leave corpses lying on the ground in the end.

Just behind the fully armed Mo Dao soldiers, there are also bow/crossbowmen and sword shield soldiers who are ready to meet the enemy. The more flexible sword and shield soldiers are ready to attack at any time, ready to rush up to support the Mo Dao soldiers' offensive when it comes to a stalemate, relying on their own dexterity to deal with the barbarian cavalry who have lost their horse speed.

The Mo Dao Bing itself is good at fighting like wall pushing, because limited by the speed of infantry, it is most suitable for dealing with enemies who rush forward or are difficult to escape.

The Northern Barbarian Allied Forces are now surrounded by the police station, unable to flee in the left and right directions, and can only choose to rush forward or stand still. This situation is the most suitable situation for the Mo Dao Bing to exert its power.They gave full play to their advantages, kept pushing forward, wielding the Mo Dao in their hands vigorously, enjoying the thrill of gaining military exploits by smashing all the troops.This frightened the Beiman people who saw Mo Dao Bing for the first time.

In the eyes of the charging northern barbarian army, what stood before them was not Jingren's army at all, but a group of devils who had just been killed from hell.The blood of men and horses was poured on each of these Mo Dao soldiers, and the shining blades were sharper than they had ever seen before. Even the smiles that they showed because of their military exploits made the northern barbarians tremble.

They don't know the system of rewarding military merits of the Jing Army, and they don't understand the reason for their smiles at all. They only see the enemy smiling with blood-red ferocious faces... Isn't this frightening?

How could he laugh in the face of killing?Isn't that scary? !

There were also northern barbarian soldiers who planned to use their maces and axes to meet their opponents, thinking that such heavy weapons could kill Jingren, but who would have thought that the usually invincible weapons would be defeated by a sharp Mo knife? Cut in half, even he himself was cut open by the force of the knife, and closed his eyes forever.

How could the people of Beiman, who were too far behind in technology, know how powerful the Mohist scholars were among the Jing people?Their improved method of smelting iron and steel makes the Mo Dao much sharper than ordinary weapons, cutting gold and jade like cutting melons and vegetables.

Moreover, although Jiang Yuan didn't remember some specific content, he was still able to tell some advanced ideas. He proposed the concept of alloy to these scholars, which changed many scholars' thinking that the purer the steel, the stronger it is.

Bronze alloys have already appeared on the land of the Central Plains, and have been developed to the highest peak in the world.Therefore, there is a certain foundation for the development of alloy technology.I didn't know it in the past, but once it was pointed out, the imagination and creativity of the Mohist scholars were stimulated to create this kind of alloy-made weapon.

Even if the powerful improved Mo Dao meets Jing Jun's standard Huan Shou Dao, it is easy to win. It is simply not something that the defective bronze weapons of the northern barbarians can resist.The metal smelting technology of the northern barbarians was too rudimentary, and they couldn't bring out the properties of the bronze alloy at all. They only achieved weight, but not quality, so they couldn't resist the attack of Mo Dao at all.

It was just a short charge. As the horse speed of the Northern Man army was slowed down and stagnated by the Mo Dao soldiers, their number of casualties would only increase.Jiang Yuan has led the heavy cavalry to mount again, ready to charge again, and behind the northern barbarian army, the light cavalry of the Yuezhi people and the Jing army are also ready, charging towards them, intending to attack them from three sides, and completely squeeze them into a crowd. debris.For a while, the Northern Barbarian coalition forces had no way to advance, no way to retreat, no way to escape!

He didn't take the lead, but Zuo Xianwang, who was protected by the heavy troops under his command, saw with his own eyes that the bravest general under his command was hacked to death by Jing Jun's Mo Dao.Although he didn't say anything, he no longer had the courage to continue to force the soldiers to charge forward.

Mo Daobing's supernatural powers had already penetrated deeply into his heart, making him unable to muster up the courage to confront him head-on, but if he didn't respond at this time, he and his subordinates would really be surrounded by Jingren!The end of the encirclement is even more miserable than facing Mo Daobing alone. If you face one side, you can't beat it. How can you survive under three sides attack?

How to do?How to do? !

Zuo Xianwang felt that he had never been in such a mess as he is now, but he was constantly interrupted and suffered from it. Even if he made a wrong choice at this time, it was better than staying at the scene and waiting to be killed.He watched the Jing army rushing from three sides, finally gritted his teeth, and decided the direction of the tribe's breakthrough.up the hill!

Although King Zuo Xian didn't know how many Jing army ambushes were still on the hillside, considering the Jingren's army plus the maximum number of Yuezhi people that could hide in the mountain, there should not be more than 5 people there. It wasn't exaggerated to the point where he didn't dare to face it directly.Moreover, Jingren's steel was not blown by strong winds, and it is impossible for there to be so many Mo Dao soldiers.

If the Jing Army really still has [-] heavy infantry, then Zuo Xianwang can only admit defeat. He is betting that the ambush soldiers of the Jing Army cannot be heavy infantry. If he wins the bet, he and his tribe will survive , If the bet is lost, the situation will not be worse than it is now!

Thinking of this, King Zuo Xian couldn't take care of King You Xian and the army of foreign races anymore. At this time, who can think of anyone else, it's good to take care of himself!He ordered the sergeant to wave the flag flag that he barely hung back to issue instructions to the whole army, and commanded the cavalry under him to leave the other northern barbarian allied forces to break out towards the hillside.

Originally when charging, his army was closer to the hillside, but this sudden change of direction did not disturb the charging of other tribes at all.

Zuo Xianwang thought very well. The hillside is not easy to attack. If the Jing army catches up and attacks on both sides, it will be bad. He still needs other tribes to stay where they are and hold the Jing army in the remaining three directions. Well, how could they intentionally disrupt their charge?As for leaving behind Youxian King as an ally... What kind of loyalty is there at this time?The northern barbarians don't have the words benevolence, righteousness and loyalty!He is determined to win the position of Great Khan, and he will only be happier when the Youxian King is miserable!

Seeing that King Zuo Xian led his troops to break out towards the hillside and left them to block the attack of the Jing army, King You Xian and the leaders of the foreign race were itching with hatred.

Although he was thrown down by King Zuo Xian, King You Xian didn't follow blindly, he had his own ideas, and he didn't mean to remind King Zuo Xian at all.He felt that it was too risky to rush up the hillside. Compared with the difficulty and danger of attacking the hillside, it would be better to charge in the direction of the light cavalry of the Jing Army.

He thought that the light cavalry of the Yuezhi people and Jingren could not be the opponent of the Northern Man army. The northern barbarians in the world, and the Yuezhi people are the defeated generals of the northern barbarians. How can they withstand the impact of the northern barbarian army?

Moreover, the defensive capabilities of the Jing army and the Yuezhi light cavalry were no more than equal to theirs, and they were also wearing leather armor. It was equivalent to losing Jing's defensive advantage, and they might be able to charge out.

Most importantly, if he also breaks out from the hillside like King Zuoxian, what will happen to the clansmen and slaves who stayed in the clan garrison?Waiting to be snatched by aliens or captured by the Jing army?Although the clansman and slaves have no other role except to consume food, in the long run, losing them is tantamount to perishing.

Can a lone army continue to exist without the arms, food, and supplies they provide, and without them to replenish its losses and increase its numbers?King Youxian felt that it was absolutely impossible, so he was determined not to abandon his only son of the tribe and run away.

Losing the tribe means losing the strength of the future, and losing the strength and not being able to dominate the grassland is more painful than killing him.He would rather choose to die in battle than regret it in the future, or live a life that would be worse than death.

Seeing King Zuo Xian who abandoned the others and ran to charge the hillside, the leaders of the foreign race did not intend to follow him at all.King Zuo Xian's subordinates have nothing but the army, clansmen, and slaves. Of course he can escape with nothing, regardless of everything.If he was more ruthless, he could even abandon the clansmen and slaves under his command who were still in the camp, and escape by himself in order to save his life.

Anyway, he doesn't have anything left, and he doesn't feel bad about leaving anything behind, but they are not good at alien races!

The more people have, the more they care about.Zuo Xianwang was able to break out towards the hillside without any pressure because he had nothing, but they still had winter livestock and food in their hands!

How would they survive the winter without those livestock and food?Not to mention the winter, without those supplies, they might not be able to survive for ten days, so they can't lose these things no matter what!Otherwise, even if they successfully escaped Jingren's pursuit, they would also die.Therefore, aliens who are full of thoughts about protecting supplies will never charge towards the hillside, which is far away from the Qingli Lake. Don't let them feel bad?

At this time, I can't care about the old grievances, even one more ally is good.The aliens and northern barbarians who stayed at the foot of the hill became angry with the enemy because of King Zuo Xian's escape, and even temporarily forgot about the hatred.

The leader of the Hu tribe watched You Xian Wang lead his troops to turn around, and rushed towards the direction of the Yuezhi people and Jingren light cavalry, and quickly summoned the foreign troops under his command to follow You Xian Wang in that direction.Moreover, he cunningly led the soldiers under his command to rush forward against the direction of the hillside, just to ensure that the flanks of the soldiers under his command would not be hurt by the heavy cavalry of the Jing army charging over, and he used King Youxian's army as a shield.

The remnants of the northern barbarian allied forces seemed to be in harmony with each other, and each had their own ulterior motives, but on the whole they rushed towards the light cavalry of the Jing army in unison.Maybe the leaders are still fighting each other and plotting against each other, but unlike the leaders, those clansmen who just ran out from Mo Dao Bing are only thinking about one thing, that is—run, run faster, and get away from it. The farther away those fierce Mo Dao soldiers are, the better!

"Did you actually change direction?" Jiang Yuan casually looked at the movement of the Northern Barbarian coalition army, and slightly raised the corners of his lips, "Heavy cavalry, charge with me!"

Following his order, all the heavy cavalry of the Jing Army formed an assault formation again, and followed their commander in charge towards the flanks of the northern barbarian army, intending to compress the space of the northern barbarian coalition army and disrupt their formation.

Under the command of Zhang Dahai, the light cavalry of the Jing Army and the Yuezhi people who were about to meet the enemy did not advance but retreated, forming a formation similar to a crescent moon.

Under the instructions of the horn, the entire army formation was retreating, but the middle part retreated faster, and the farther to the two sides, the slower the retreat speed of the troops. At the same time, some soldiers in the ranks on both sides moved closer to the middle, In the end, it formed a large arc shape with a wide middle and narrow sides, like a curved moon.

Such an army formation cleanly gave up the position of the abdomen, relying on the speed of the broomsticks from the Western Regions to be faster than the speed of the northern barbarian horses, and directly avoided the attack of the northern barbarians.It turned out that the charge of the northern barbarian allied forces was like an empty fist, unable to hurt the opponent at all.

King Youxian urged the cavalry under his command several times, and only then did some of the soldiers under his command/soldiers on good horses catch up to Jingren in the crescent depression.However, the army formation in the inner recess looks weak, but it is actually dangerous. The moon ring is the thickest part of the entire army formation, so the number of northern barbarian allied forces that came into contact with the army formation after desperate pursuit did not gain the upper hand.

However, the weapons and equipment of the northern barbarians had no advantage at all in close combat. Instead, they were taken advantage of by the well-armed light cavalry of the Jing army. surrounded.

This crescent-shaped formation has been used both at home and abroad. In the Central Plains, this formation is called the Yanyue formation.

According to the art of war, when setting up the formation, lure the enemy to attack here with a concave shape, and arrange the generals and the strongest soldiers in the depression, which can not only block the enemy and prevent them from breaking through the formation, but also delay the attack. Hold the opponent so that he cannot quickly escape from the depression.At this time, the protruding positions of the flanks on both sides have different formation methods to choose from. They can not only attack the enemy’s flanks, but also continue to charge forward, changing the formation from a crescent to a circle, forming a tendency to encircle the enemy. Annihilate it in the middle.

Although the number of light cavalry and Yuezhi people alone is not enough to encircle the entire Northern Barbarian coalition army, the central idea is the same.First use the concave shape to lure the enemy to attack, forcing them to fall into close combat, and it is difficult to leave the army formation in a short time, and then use their own weapon advantages to hinder the enemy's offensive, so that they cannot break through the Yanyue formation.

In the end, let the galloping heavy cavalry assist the undernumbered light cavalry to form a flanking encirclement, and jointly change into a circle, enclosing the northern barbarian coalition forces. This is the strategy of the Jing army.Long before the start of the battle, Jiang Yuan had already drawn up a meticulous record, laying out plans for how to deal with the enemy in various possible situations. This situation is only one of them, so Jing Jun even You don't need to communicate with each other to know how to cooperate and annihilate the enemy.

Only focusing on the cultivation of its own strength and ignoring the development of strategies and weapons is the death of the Northern Man country, but intensifying internal conflicts, making internal hatred and inability to unite is the biggest death of the Northern Man country!If the Northern Barbarian Allied Forces can unite as one, use a powerful conical formation, concentrate all their forces on one point, and strive to assault the depression of the army formation, they may be able to break out of the Yanyue formation.But in the northern barbarian coalition, everyone has their own ghosts, can they cooperate tacitly in this situation?

Modern people all understand a truth, the same number of people, the same gate, the time it takes to line up and leave in order is much shorter than running out crowded with each other.But the truth is the same, but when it is really difficult to stand in the scene, how many people can give others the opportunity to go out first, and they are willing to be in the back and leave in order?

By the same token, in such a fatal situation, who is willing to act as the awl head with the highest probability of death and injury, and make sacrifices for the safe departure of later people?And who is willing to give up the position where it is easiest to escape in front, stand on the side and finally stop the Jing army's attack, and exchange his life for the departure of allies and enemies?

The northern barbarian coalition forces will never be able to do it... There is a mess, there are many contradictions, and there was even an internal strife just now. How could the northern barbarian coalition forces who killed each other and competed for food and supplies unite and obey the command?So they could only be stopped by a small Yanyue Formation, unable to escape, watching helplessly as the way of life became narrower and narrower.

The Yanyue formation hindered the offensive of the cavalry of the Beiman coalition army, but at this time the heavy cavalry brought by Jiang Yuan had already reached the front of the coalition army, and went straight to the flank of the Beiman cavalry.Armed with long lances and bright ring-shoulders, the heavy cavalry with heavy armor and even the horses under their seats became a nightmare for the Northern Barbarian coalition forces.

The heavy cavalry of the Jing Army gradually changed their formation during the sprint, from a conical formation to a circular arc shape, forming a tight encirclement with the light cavalry in the Yanyue formation, encircling the Northern Barbarian allied forces on the front, rear and right sides Live, leaving only the left side facing the hillside.

"Your Majesty, what should we do?" The subordinates around King Youxian eagerly asked their leader. At this moment of crisis, they could only choose to trust Youxian King, a leader who is good at making decisions. As for themselves, they were completely flustered and it was difficult to make a choice.

"Wei San Que Yi, this is the Wei San Que Yi that people in the Central Plains often use! What are these guys planning to do?" King Youxian is one of the few northern barbarians who has read the Central Plains military books, although he only read the books of war in the Central Plains. After a few pages of the book, I don't understand much, but at least I know what the current situation is.

Whether it was the three-sided encirclement of heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and heavy infantry just now, or the current situation of light cavalry Yanyue Formation plus heavy cavalry intercepting, it is all blocking the other three sides and leaving the direction of the hillside. It is written in the Central Plains military book that there are three encircles and one encircled.

Encircling three ques and one means enclosing three directions, leaving only a gap in one direction. It seems that there is a way of life left in the gap, but in fact there are dead ends on all sides.This kind of military strategy is also known as encircling the division must be lacking, and it is one of the eight principles of using troops to fight wars listed in "Sun Tzu's Art of War".

Because once the army is surrounded on all sides and faces a desperate situation, the whole army will often form the determination to fight the enemy to the death because they have lost their retreat.In this way, the army surrounding them will face a group of opponents who are desperately resisting, and it is easy to capsize in the gutter, and there will be heavy casualties.

So Sun Tzu proposed that when encircling the enemy army, it is necessary to reserve a gap. Leaving a way out will make it difficult for the enemy army from the commander to the soldier to form a thinking of a deadly battle, so that the fighting spirit will be slackened, and they only want to escape from the gap.

If the enemy really escaped through the gap, although the encircling army suffered no casualties, they only repelled the enemy and failed to eliminate them. What should we do?

It doesn't matter, Wei Sanqueyi's next sentence is Xuliu Shenglu.This gap was intentionally left out, so an ambush must be preset in the direction of the exit.Once the enemy rushes out of this gap, it is tantamount to falling into the next trap. At that time, there will only be more casualties, or the entire army may be wiped out.

Because he has read the book "Sun Tzu's Art of War", King Youxian has just achieved "Don't go to Gaoling" and "Sharp soldiers don't attack".He firmly believed that there must be an ambush by the Jing army on the hillside, and he was waiting for them to run over to die. If he chose to rush up the hillside, even if he could escape, he would suffer heavy casualties.

King Youxian, who didn't have time to think carefully, only knew that he couldn't rush up the hillside. He led the northern barbarian warriors under his command to continue attacking the Yanyue Formation formed by Dajing and Yueshi's light cavalry, but this time he didn't attack the thick depression again, and Leading people desperately attacked the position where the Yuezhi people were located on the flank of the Yanyue Formation.

The battle has reached this point, and King Youxian has already seen that the weapons of the Yuezhi people are much better than those in the past, but they are still not enough compared to the powerful Jing army.And compared to the incomparable morale exuded by the Jing army when they killed the enemy, the Yuezhi people were much worse, so these Yuezhi people must be the weak point of the entire Yanyue formation!

The heavy cavalry of the Jing Army had formed an encirclement and were rushing from behind the coalition forces to attack.The terrifying reality that the steel monster was rushing from behind forced more and more coalition soldiers to follow King Youxian to desperately attack the position of the Yuezhi people.

King Youxian guessed it right!The Yuezhi people are indeed the weakest part of the entire Yanyue formation. Facing the fierce and desperate northern barbarian coalition forces, the Yuezhi people's position is not very firm. In order to avoid the loss of the army, they gave up a big one. The gap, but it was this gap that allowed the northern barbarian allied forces who followed the charge of King Youxian to escape!

Even if Jiang Yuan reacted quickly and ordered his heavy cavalry to seal the gap, it was still too late to block everyone in the siege.Still, about 9 northern barbarian coalition forces escaped, and disappeared at the end of the grassland with their tribes and supplies.

Jiang Yuan snorted coldly, and didn't send anyone to chase after him. He was afraid that his subordinates who were not familiar with the grassland would suffer, so he just led the light and heavy cavalry to surround the remnants of the northern barbarian coalition army remaining in the siege.This time, relying on the strength of the Jing army far surpassing the opponent, Jiang Yuan didn't even leave a gap for them. He was not afraid of them jumping over the wall in a hurry, and directly blocked them in the circular encirclement.

Seeing that they were abandoned by the tribal army and surrounded by the murderous Jing army, these desperate coalition soldiers had completely lost the courage to fight.Starting with the first Yi soldier throwing away the weapon in his hand, everyone dropped their weapons one after another and dismounted to surrender. They just hoped that honest surrender would save them a life and not be killed by the Jing army...

I didn't look at the Northern Barbarian coalition forces who dismounted and surrendered. They are just a group of people whose fate is doomed, so what is there to pay attention to?Jiang Yuan raised his head, looked towards the direction above the hillside, and smiled when he heard some faint voices.

Zhang Dahai, who had just led the light cavalry, rode his horse and knelt down in front of Jiang Yuan to plead guilty, and said pitifully, "My lord, the last general has no way to command, and let the northern barbarian army escape. It's really..."

"You deserve death?" Jiang Yuan smiled helplessly, shook his head and kicked his confidant general, "Okay, get up, if you really deserve death, I will have cut you off a long time ago. Let you pretend here? Stop pretending, and you are still asking for a crime. It is not your fault, what crime are you asking for? Save your head and drink."

Zhang Dahai laughed and got up from the ground, but when facing Jiang Yuan, he frowned again, making his expression serious, "My lord, those Yuezhi people..." He always felt that the Yuezhi people's behavior was a bit strange, even if There is no need to make such a big gap if you are worried about the serious damage to the army. It is too exaggerated to let go of more than 9 northern barbarians...

"I know they won't believe it. Hmph, if it wasn't for the fact that we don't have enough numbers and are not familiar with the geography of the northern barbarians, why would we still need to bring them who don't know what to say?" Jiang Yuan snorted coldly, "Other good things from the Central Plains I haven’t learned, I haven’t got a firm foothold yet, but I have learned to raise the thieves’ self-respect... With so many 9 horses released, they don’t worry about the northern barbarians seeking revenge on them.”

He sneered, "It's okay, the escaped northern barbarians have already lost half of their troops and so many supplies, I want to see how long they can last!"