Chapter 157: Fighting for Hetao (22)

The brief confrontation suffered heavy casualties, which made the vigorous Dangxiang heroes also frightened. When Fang Danghanhai issued the retreat order, all Fang Dangjun soldiers breathed a sigh of relief except for Xifeng Heishan and his two thousand cavalrymen.

When the two armies confront each other, the retreat of the army is extremely dangerous. If it is not done well, it will lead to a situation of defeat. Therefore, Fang Danghanhai let the capable general Xifeng Heishan break the rear personally. Xifeng Heishan is a very powerful general of Fang Danghanhai's army, with a strong and courageous personality. Moreover, Xifeng Heishan's son Xifeng Zhengzheng married Fang Danghanhai's sister. Therefore, Xifeng Heishan was not only Fang Danghanhai's general, but also Fang Danghanhai's elders, and was deeply trusted by Fang Danghanhai.

After giving the order, Fang Danghan Haiti came to Xifeng Heishan and whispered: "Try to hold on to the Heiyu army as much as possible. Whether the army can retreat smoothly depends on you.

Xifeng Heishan has been through a long battle formation, and of course he knows the importance and danger of commanding a small army to break the rear under such circumstances. Xifeng Heishan's black face has no expression, and his beautiful long beards float on his chest. He slowly took the bamboo ox bow that had been following him for many years and said, "Don't worry, I know how to do it."

Hou Dayong was quite calm. He was always watching the movements of the Dangxiang Army. When the Dangxiang Army flag kept moving and the large group of people began to move backwards, Hou Dayong was keenly aware that Fang Dangjun was about to retreat and ordered: "The chariot camp is the vanguard, the Jiao camp is on the right wing, and the Lion camp is on the left wing, adopt the tailing tactics, and do not be too close to the Dangxiang Army."

Tasks such as follow, defense and offense are all tactics carefully practiced by the New Black Eagle Army in winter. The main theme of the tactic is to give full play to the equipment advantages of the Black Eagle Army's general equipment and use the strong crossbow to give the enemy the greatest damage.

Hou Dayong's orders were quickly transmitted to Yehu Camp, Lion Camp and Jiao Camp after the command soldiers, and the sound of drums and flags. Battlefield communication is extremely important for large corps combat, especially the vast battlefield where tens of thousands of people faced each other. Timely conveying orders is an important guarantee for victory on the battlefield.

Since the establishment of the Black Eagle Army, the number of troops has remained below 5,000 for a long time. After Hou Dayong became the governor of Shuozhou, Chai Rong specially allowed Hou Dayong to expand his Yamen in order to restrain housing from the west, and the number of Black Eagle Army increased to 20,000. The combat methods of 20,000 and 5,000 people are naturally very different. According to the new Black Eagle Army, 20,000 people are divided into eight battalions. If the entire army participates in the war, eight independent combat units will appear on the battlefield. Without intercoms and other call tools, it is not easy to command these eight battalions scattered in various areas of the battlefield, and it is not easy to carry out different tasks. Moreover, the battlefield situation is too complicated and there are situations where orders are not conveyed smoothly at any time.

In order to ensure that every order can be received by the commanders of the eight battalions, Hou Dayong used the three insurances. Every order he issued was expressed by the commander, the drum and gong horn and the red, black and white three-color order flag at the same time. At the same time, the commanders of each battalion brought more than ten signal soldiers around him, and observed the orders issued by the central army in a timely manner to ensure that the battlefield commanders of each battalion received the orders in a timely and accurate manner to achieve coordination on the battlefield. Of course, on different battlefields or at different stages of combat on the battlefield, the effect of the three methods is different. For example, in the early stage of the battle, when the two sides lined up to confront each other, the commander was required to make it clear. However, when the troops of both sides fought together, the commander did not play any role. The best order at this time was to "propelle the drum and roar the gold to withdraw the troops."

Hou Dayong issued the "trailing" order to consider the battlefield power comparison, strategic purpose and other aspects.

In this decisive battle, the Black Eagle Army had a strategic advantage and drove most of the houses that were supposed to be grazing on the grassland to the city of Xihuizhou. Although the Dangxiang people also grew food, they were a side job of the Dangxiang people, and could only be considered as a supplement other than staple food. The Dangxiang people's staple food was still the lively cattle, sheep, and horses on the grassland. Under the pressure of the Black Eagle Army, most of the herdsmen on the Qingshui River hid in the high city. Therefore, the Black Eagle Army maintained its military advantage and continued to clean up the periphery of Xihuizhou. If it lost its economic foundation, the Dangxiang house was the man. It could only drink the northwest wind in the lonely city of Xihuizhou. At that time, the Black Eagle Army would not be attacked by the Black Eagle Army, and the Fangdang Army would collapse under economic pressure.

Under such a strategic situation, Hou Dayong was unwilling to waste the life of even a Black Eagle Army. Since its establishment, although the Black Eagle Army has made great achievements and won countless victories, the accumulated casualties are a huge number. After winter reorganization, the Black Eagle Army has made great progress in equipment and tactics, especially the newly equipped Western Shu crossbow, which exerted its powerful combat power that shocked the soldiers on both sides when they first went to the battlefield. There were countless casualties and injuries among the Dangxiang people, and the Black Eagle Army achieved "zero casualties".

However, it is one thing to cause the Dangxiang Army to suffer losses, and annihilation of the Dangxiang Army is another thing. The Dangxiang Army has a large number of people, and its formation is not chaotic. It has strong mobility on the plains, and its combat effectiveness must not be underestimated. Hou Dayong is clear-headed. He does not intend to fight to kill the Fangfang as the main force in the army. The name of this decisive battle is called "Big Cleaning". The strategic purpose is to completely eliminate Fangtangjun outside Xihuizhou, and to beat Fangtangjun as the army, so that Fangtangjun cannot effectively protect the herdsmen on the Qingshui River.

After the "Tailing" order was issued, the battlefield commanders of the Lion Camp, Tiger Camp and Jiao Camp all accurately accepted the order issued by the central army and immediately acted according to the requirements of the trailing order.

The Modao Hand of the Thousand Tiger Camp passed the Huang Hua crossbowman in front and quickly moved the simple horse-rejected horse back into the chariot carriage. The Huang Hua crossbowman did not relax his warning and still maintained his combat formation, providing transportation protection for the simple horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected horse-rejected

Chen Meng followed the Black Eagle Army and had seen the world. Hou Dayong knew the concept of "zero casualties" in modern society, but Chen Meng never thought that he could fight like this. Chen Meng saw the Black Eagle Army's Lion Camp full of soldiers who were missing arms and legs, but the Lion Camp was not injured at all, with his mouth wide open, and he stood foolishly on the chariot and laughed.

Although Shan Zongyuan, the commander of the Tiger Camp, was also excited, he had been in the army for many years, climbing from the sergeant level to the position of the commander of the city, with a much better concentration than Chen Meng. He looked at the chaotic scene with a serious expression. Without saying a word, when Huang Hua crossbowman and Mo Daoshi were all on the chariot, Shan Zongyuan calmly ordered: "Go on attack."

Two horn players blew the special copper trumpet of the tiger camp.

This kind of copper horn in the tiger camp was made by Hou Dayong, and then it was tinkered by Guo Baoyu, who specializes in crossbow arrows. The sound of the copper horn is not as good as the sound of the war drum, but the tone is changeable and very loud. It has strong penetration on the battlefield. Hou Dayong has high hopes for this chariot battalion. The chariot battalion needs more unified command than the cavalry battalion. After the copper horn is successfully manufactured, Hou Dayong used this copper horn to equip the chariot battalion as a unique signal of the chariot battalion.

The entire formation of the Black Eagle Army was arranged in a Pin-shaped shape. The Tiger Camp was at the forefront of the Pin-shaped shape. The Tiger Camp had 150 chariots, which were also arranged in a Pin-shaped shape. The special chariot camp commanded by Chen Meng was located in the front. Fifty chariots equipped with Western Shu crossbows were arranged in two rows, each row was about ten meters away, and the distance between each chariot and the left and right chariots was maintained at about six or seven meters.

A few meters behind the special tank are ordinary chariots distributed on the left and right wings. The ordinary chariots are Huanghua crossbowmen and Modao Hands. Their mission is to protect fifty special chariots equipped with Western Shu crossbows. After the Western Shu crossbows are launched, it takes some time to re-wind. This is the time when the special chariots are most vulnerable. If the enemy cavalry takes the opportunity to rush over, the special chariots have almost no power to fight back. At this time, the ordinary chariots that follow closely need to use crossbowmen or Modao Hands or chariot compartments to give full protection to the special chariot battalion.

As the central army war drums sounded, the tiger camp was vicious and chased the Dangxiang Army with a high spirit. The Lion Camp and the Jiao Camp were divided into left and right wings followed closely behind the tiger camp.

Just as the Black Eagle Army was carrying out this series of complex tactical actions, Fang Danghan Haitian army also completed the transformation from the front to the back, accelerated the retreat speed, and quickly retreated to Xihuizhou. The two thousand party cavalry behind were elite soldiers from Fang Danghan Hai's army. They were all from Xiaocang Pass to Xihuizhou that day. Fang Danghan Hai was worried that the weaker combat force could not resist the impact of the Black Eagle Army, so he spared no effort to send his own team to start his own business.

The Black Eagle Army used the chariot battalion as the chasing vanguard. The chariot propulsion was not fast, but it was extremely powerful. It was the giant crossbows issued by this chariot that made the Dangxiang Army suffer. Xifeng Heishan had a rich combat experience. After learning the lesson of the last two intensive charges, he said to one of his subordinates around him: "Noriga. Take fifty cavalry to meet the enemy. The formation disperses a little."

When he was ordered to cut off the rear, Xifeng Heishan thought that the Black Eagle Army would immediately launch a full-scale attack, but unexpectedly, the Black Eagle Army did not move quickly. He closed the horses in front of the formation before launching an attack. Xifeng Heishan was used to the cavalry coming and going, and found that the Black Eagle Army hesitated, and immediately seized the opportunity and ordered the two thousand troops behind the rear to launch an attack on the Black Eagle Army. Xifeng Heishan held a belief in death and was ready to disrupt the Black Eagle Army's actions with a resolute attack.

Noriga is a famous charge general in Fangdang's army. Fangdang has lived by the Qingshui River for hundreds of years and is greatly influenced by the people of the Central Plains. He is deeply convinced of Buddhism. A small number of Buddhist disciples also use Chinese characters to record events and communicate. Moreover, his clothing and hairstyle have become Central Plains. However, Noriga is a typical Dangxiang hairstyle - a bald heavy ring. He wears a head thief because of fighting. He cannot see the Dangxiang hairstyle "a circle of hair under the top of the light" and only see a large silver earring. Noriga has always been proud of Dangxiang people and looks down on the weak Central Plains people. At this time, the sheep defeated the wolf. Fangdang's army and local defeat made him feel bloody. After receiving the order to seal the Black Mountain, Noriga led fifty Dangxiang riders to rush out against the Black Eagle Army.

Chen Meng commanded the chariot in the second row of the Special Vehicle Battalion. He saw that the Dangxiang cavalry formed a long line and was facing the chariot. His formation was very loose, which was not conducive to the attack of the Western Shu crossbows. He smiled and scolded: "These Dangxiang people are really cunning. Do you really think that if you line up this long snake formation, you can avoid the attack of the crossbows?" Chen Meng was old, but he was not old, and he had the naughty spirit and passionate impulse of young people. In order to maintain the stability of the chariots and the neat formation, all the chariots were not fast, Chen Meng said to the sergeant who was driving: "Travel through the gap and rush forward."

The sergeant driving was a skilled driver and a bold guy. He was very tempted by Chen Meng's temper. When he heard Chen Meng's order, he suddenly lifted the reins of the horse. Chen Meng's command car entered the first row of chariots from the gap left by the front row of chariots. Chen Meng took a breath and shouted loudly: "First row, prepare for shooting."

A clever guard on the command vehicle blew the copper horn to launch the attack hard. The soldiers on the twenty-five special combat vehicles had already prepared. After hearing the preparatory order, each chariot was looking for his own hunting target.

Just as Chen Meng rushed to the first row of chariots, Noriga also led fifty cavalry to rush towards the chariots. The distance between the Dangxiang riders was two or three meters wide, and they were leaning on the horse's back. He held a bow and arrow, and the arrow was already on the bow. Noriga spared no effort at all. He rushed towards the chariot camp as fast as possible. Noriga had only one thought: approach the Black Eagle Army as soon as possible, and even if he died in battle, he would have to bite the enemy's two bites, otherwise he would not feel at ease when he was in the underworld.

After the fifty cavalry led by Noriga rushed into the range of the Western Shu crossbow, the Western Shu crossbows on the first row of twenty-five chariots let out a harsh roar, and 225 giant arrows shot at the charge of the Dangxiang rider.

After the first row of chariots shot out of the Western Shu crossbow, the riders slowly slowed down, while the next row of special chariots with good strings accelerated and inserted them from the gaps in the first row of chariots.

Although the fifty cavalry in Yeliga land was on the back of the horse, they charged at high speed, but under the calm aiming and shooting of the Western Shu crossbow, most of the riders and war horses still did not escape the fate of being penetrated by crossbow arrows. Because the Dangxiang cavalry was loose in formation and extremely fast, the giant arrows did not completely disappear to the charging team of cavalry, Yeliga and more than ten riders rushed out of the deadly rain of arrows.

Chen Meng saw more than a dozen riders approaching the chariot battalion and wanted the chariot battalion to continue firing, but he saw the second group of riders of the Dangxiang Army rushed over again. Thinking that behind the special chariot battalion was an ordinary chariot battalion, the ground yellow-blade crossbowmen on the chariot were enough to deal with these fish that had escaped the net, Chen Meng gave up the idea of ​​shooting the group of Dangxiang soldiers with Western Shu crossbows and ordered loudly: "Optimize the crossbows at the enemy in the back row."

Noriga and Dangxiang riders were both heroes who grew up on horseback. They were naturally sensitive to war. At this time, the soldiers of the chariot battalion were located in the carriage and were extremely difficult to be shot. The running war horses were the largest and most vulnerable targets. Noriga and other riders chose to shoot the war horses. They quickly pulled their bows and shot arrows, and more than a dozen iron arrows were all shot at the moving war horses.

Noriga knew in his heart that using his fifty people to attack tens of thousands of Black Eagle cavalry was almost the same as dying. Their mission was to use blood and life to gain time for retreat for the main force. Noriga aimed at the Black Eagle war horses, regardless of the crossbow arrows flying around him. He quickly fired three iron arrows with the bamboo ox bow. A chariot's war horse was shot by him and fell to the ground. Noriga saw that the arrogant chariot was shot to the ground by him, and raised the bamboo ox bow again with a crazy laugh. However, he could never shoot out the fourth iron arrow, and a crossbow arrow shot into his chest without bias. The fate of the other dozen riders was the same as that of Noriga. After shooting out the bow arrows in his hand desperately, he was shot and killed by the rain-like crossbow arrows.

Although the entire army of the Dangxiang team sent by Xifeng Heishan was wiped out, the Dangxiang riders still used the fearless spirit of "being willing to sacrifice one's body and dared to pull the emperor off the horse" to cause losses to the special chariots that participated in the battle for the first time: the two special chariots fell to the ground because of the shooting of the war horses. Although the ground distance between the special chariot battalion and the chariot battalion was wide enough, the chariot located behind still hit the chariot that fell to the ground, and the Black Eagle Army's chariot battalion experienced a brief chaos.

Shan Zongyuan's chariot was located behind the Special Vehicle Battalion. Seeing this, his heart was trembling. These special chariots were the treasures of the Jiedushi Hou Dayong, so he quickly ordered: "Attack with the left wing and the right wing."

With the sound of a harsh copper horn of three long and three short sound, the ordinary chariot battalion on the left and right wings suddenly fought faster, and surrounded the two wings of the special chariot battalion and passed the special chariot battalion.

Fang Dangjun had sent two teams of cavalry. Seeing the formation of the Heiyu Army in Xifeng Heishan, he ordered: "Xifeng Zhengzheng, lead five hundred cavalry to fight."

Xifeng Zhengzheng is the son of Xifeng Heishan and Fang Danghanhai's younger brother. He is a cavalry commander of Fang Dangjun. The military system of Fang Dangjun is similar to that of the Great Zhou army. One commander also has 500 cavalry under his command. After Xifeng Zhengzheng got the order, he led his 500 cavalry and rushed towards the Heiyu Army.
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