Chapter 211

Not that he didn't want the whole army to leave, but because Zuo Shence marched too fast, he didn't have enough time to divide 200000 people into multiple arrays and arrange them on the great plain outside the city.

Even the 100000 troops killed are now in a mess. Most of these refugees who have not received formal military training do not understand the position of the military array at all, and only reluctantly set up a vast and thick horizontal array on the Great Plains.

Since only this formation can be set up, it means that there is not much room for tactical choice. We can only use the tactics of encircling with two wings, so as to rely on more people and consume these Shence troops alive.

Of course, Wu Junxi also seriously thought about the defeat. He thought that there were only 100000 troops outside the city. Even if he was defeated, it didn't matter. The 20000 elite old camp belonging to itself is now located in the thick Chinese army.

If the situation is wrong, this place is only ten miles away from bianzhou city. It's time to turn around and escape back to the city. Moreover, there are 100000 troops in the city. As long as his old camp is not lost, he can command the 100000 troops to defend the city.

And before that, we can use the 100000 non legitimate troops outside the city to consume the spirit of the left Shence army.

Wei Ran was promoted to brigade commander by Zhang Zhen for his merit in saving Princess Shouning. However, this is not a good thing. Previously, as a soldier of Li Chengye, he was not under Zhang Zhen's command. Now that he has become a regular army, he will be subject to Zhang Zhen's discipline, which means that even if Zhang Zhen arranges a mortal task, Wei Yanlian can't have the opportunity to refuse.

The two armies were arrayed ten miles away. The battle formation of the left Shence army continued the public art of self-defense. With 14000 soldiers as a large army, it was divided into seven armies: the middle army, the right Yu Hou army, the front army, the left army, the left Yu Hou army, the rear army and the right army. The number of people in each army is not the same, and changes according to the opportunity. The arms are composed of: crossbow, Archer, Tiaodang, strange soldier and horse army.

In this battle, Zuo Shence's 42000 troops and horses were divided into three armies, of which two armies were listed in front of the array in parallel. The first army's large array had 1700 steps, and the two armies were 400 steps apart. The other army, as the middle army of the whole army, is in the back of the array, forming inverted characters with the front two armies, filling the gap, and 300 steps away from the front army for support.

The first army is divided into seven armies, with a total of 220 teams, of which 90 are forward. They line up in front, meet the enemy head-on and take the initiative to attack. The striker has three teams as a brigade, a total of 30 brigades, and the three teams in each brigade are separated in font. The front-end team is the famous elite battle front team, and the two teams behind the battle front team are called the team as the support and supplement of the battle front team.

If the battle front team operates smoothly, the team will rush up and continue to expand the gap. If the operation is unfavorable, the team needs to come forward to take care of it for rectification. Advance can be a frontal vector array, retreat can be a square array, or even a circular array in case of emergency.

Another 100 teams are stationed, also known as Tiaodang. Line up behind the vanguard to support and receive the vanguard at any time to expand the results. If the operation of the vanguard is not smooth, the garrison will meet the enemy forward, and the vanguard will retreat and regroup before attacking. The garrison does not set up a brigade, and each team is lined up as a square array. There is a ten step wide interval between the teams, which is used as a channel in the array. In case of special terrain, the formation will be flexible.

After jumping and swinging, 30 teams are special soldiers and used as reserves. On the two wings are four thousand cavalry. They should move at any time. They should not only guard the side of the team, but also detour to attack the enemy's side and back at any time.

A small group of fifty people formed a wedge-shaped queue. The team is wearing two layers of heavy armor, ranking in the front and the first of the battle front. They are all people with excellent martial arts and powerful Kong and Wu.

After the team is in charge, it will hold the flag, listen to the command of the team, and control the tactical changes of the whole team under the banner.

The two people on the side of the flag are called the concurrent flag. They specially guard the flag. If they die, the concurrent flag will take over. Do not make the team flag fall, otherwise they will be executed after the war.

Behind the flag is the more basic Wuhe fire as the combat unit, with five people and ten people as fire. They are arranged in five rows, from front to back, from less to most, from strong to weak, from old to new, in a wedge-shaped arrangement, waiting for orders, and following the team is engaged in assault operations.

There was only one person in the last row of the whole team, who was the deputy of the team, wearing heavy armor and holding a knife, and prowled behind the team. Those who are afraid of war and retreat, listen to orders but don't the former, and those who hesitate and look after each other, all cut off with a stranger's knife as an example!

At this time, Wei Ran was in the Youyu Hou army of the first army, that is, the first battalion to fight actively.

At this time, there are two rows of arrays in front of him, more than 4000 people. The first row is the crossbow and the second row is the archer. These crossbowmen are from the forward team. After the projection attack, they will quickly return to their team and form a triangular formation with the battle front team.

Although Wei Ran is the commander of the brigade and dominates hundreds of people, he also wants to move forward and fight. He leads a team and is the front of the battle front team. With a lock armour inside and a 70 kg armor outside, he holds a long halberd and hangs a four stone heavy bow on his back. The left and right long knives and horizontal knives are hung around his waist. The leader advances with a cold face and a sense of killing.

After that, all the soldiers wore armor and had a neat lineup. The battle front team members all wear knives and spears, hang staggered behind them, and walk with a bow.

Li Guangsi went to the battlefield for the first time. Knowing that he was nervous, Wei Ran arranged for him to be the deputy of the team, live behind the team and supervise the operation. Li Guangsi, wearing Mingguang armor and holding a strange stranger knife in his hand, put down the ghost face armor in his helmet to cover his tension and discomfort and follow the queue steadily.

This kind of battle is completely different from the fight in the Jianghu. As a recruit, Li Guangsi is difficult to keep his mind in the big battle array. The brain was blank. He acted purely by instinct. When the whole array moved forward, he followed. When the army stopped to rectify the formation, he stopped and stood in place, as if he had become a puppet.

The heart beats violently due to tension. Even reciting the internal mental skill of Chunyang sect doesn't work. Fortunately, his hands can still sweat and spit in his mouth. This reminds him of what his eldest brother said to him before the war. A man who is on the battlefield, can hold weapons and has saliva in his mouth is a good soldier.

Li Guangsi couldn't help smiling bitterly. I can be regarded as a good soldier. But brother is also the first time to fight. Why can he stand in front and command steadily like a mountain? Is it true that I, as the orthodox heir of the Li family, can't compare with him?

When Li Guangsi was thinking, the forward was less than two miles away from the thief army. The Rangers came forward one after another from the two wings of the army, fought with the thief Army Rangers, gained the upper hand, and then harassed the front array and flanks of the thief army. Some of the Rangers detour in a large range and intend to go around behind the thief army.

Wei Ran looked around and saw that 100000 thieves were all over the plain. Looking around, he found that the two wings of the thieves were prominent and the middle was sunken. It was a typical Crane Wing array. The tactical purpose was to encircle the left and right and advocate annihilation.

The number of rogue troops is huge. They have sufficient troops to arrange such a encirclement and annihilation formation, and can be divided into the front, middle and rear armies.

However, the quality of the soldiers is very poor. The people in the front row are all old, weak, sick and disabled. They are ragged. Holding stones and sticks in their hands is regarded as weapons.

The front and back are the Chinese army. They are all young and strong. Although they are not as arrogant as the Zuo Shence army. Everyone is equipped with heavy armor, they can at least have decent weapons and list qualified formations. Only in this way can they become the main force of the thief army, but they are not elite.

The real elite are hidden in the key areas, which must be intended to win by surprise at the critical time. This is a sea of people. The scope that Wei Ran can see in his eyes is limited. Under the interference of all the dust, he can't even see how thick and wide the enemy's formation is. He only tightens his weapons and is ready to meet the enemy!

Pawns in front of the battle have only two choices: forward and backward. They are not qualified to think about the overall situation.

The thief army was harassed by Zuo Shence's Rangers. Everyone mixed up and crowded together. They were pushed forward by the spears of the middle army array, and the speed was very slow.

On the contrary, the left Shence infantry strode forward with a wedge array and soon entered the range of 150 steps. The crossbow man immediately heard the order and fired in unison.

There are two thousand crossbows in front of the military array, which are listed as a horizontal array. Under the volley, the fire is fully open, and all are flat shots, which are powerful enough to penetrate the armor.

The old, weak, sick and disabled in front of the thief army were shot in two rounds, and the casualties were not small, but the proportion of the 200000 thief army was small. Although they all began to fear to retreat, they were killed by the thief soldiers in the rear with knives and spears.

Some grassroots officers of the thief army shouted: if you rush forward, you may die, but if you don't rush, you will die! There is food without death!