Chapter 5 The defeat is like a mountain
The defeat was like a mountain falling down. Aside Hanshan and by the Si River, countless Liang soldiers threw away their armor and fled south in panic. During this period, many teams barely maintained their formation and retreated slowly.
But everyone knows that something is wrong.
The entire army attacked just now, but unexpectedly fell into the trap of the Wei army. Many soldiers and horses were in front. When the Liang army soldiers in the rear saw that the situation was not good, they turned around and ran away.
The Wei cavalry came over, as if mercury was pouring into the ground, unstoppable.
The Liang army camp, which had all the troops, was first attacked by the defeated soldiers and could not organize defense at all. It was then broken by the enemy cavalry that followed. It was like the sandy land by the river, and was instantly submerged by the enemy troops like a tide.
The Liang soldiers who retreated in groups were quite calm, but the completely dispersed soldiers ran helplessly in the wilderness, trampled, collided, and reaped their lives by the chased cavalry.
Amid the wailing sounds, a large Liang army formed a formation and slowly retreated southward. The banner that was hailed was particularly conspicuous.
Seeing this, many defeated soldiers were like drowning people seeing a driftwood and ran towards the military formation with no chance.
"Don't get close, otherwise you will be killed!"
From time to time, people shouted at the military formation, reminding the defeated soldiers not to attack the friendly military formation, but the defeated soldiers did not care about so many in order to survive. After all, they were their own people. If they escaped and squeezed, they would be safe.
Otherwise, if you run in the wilderness, where can you run with your two legs than your four legs?
The defeated soldiers approached regardless of the warning. The pursuing Wei cavalry also deliberately drove the defeated soldiers and ran towards the military formation, like guiding a torrent, rushing towards the temporary dam.
As long as the defeated troops chasing the military formation, they can take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill the military formation, and then reap the heads at will.
But I heard the sound of bowstrings in the formation, and the arrows were like rain, shooting down the approaching defeated soldiers.
The howling and yelling were unable to stop the rain of arrows. The defeated soldiers cursed and did not dare to approach. They could only continue to run south, and were knocked down and trampled by the chased enemy cavalry.
Before dying, countless people looked at the friendly troops who were so close to each other, and in the formation, Li Li lowered his bow and looked at the bloody scene outside with expressionless expression.
He shot arrows, killed people, and killed his own people, but he would not feel sad because he had no choice.
Ci is not in charge of the troops. If he does not do this, he will cause the defeated troops to chasing the formation, and the result will be that he will die together.
At this moment, dust was shattered around and a large number of cavalry chased after him. Seeing that the Liang Kingdom army formation was extremely tenacious and slowly moving south, it divided into multiple strands, each approaching to attack with cavalry and shooting.
Li Li had asked the organization before and probably knew some of the "popular" cavalry combat methods. Seeing the enemy cavalry begin to harass one's own side, he understood that this was trying to hinder the movement of the military formation.
Infantry formations can only fight against cavalry, but after formation formations, they move very slowly.
The enemy cavalry kept approaching and harassing, and the military formation had to stop and be on guard. Therefore, Li Li saw that these enemy cavalry were planning to harass and block their retreat by constantly harassing.
Wait until its main force arrives and then hit them hard.
At this time, the infantry cannot counterattack. If they rush out and fight, not to mention that their legs cannot catch up with their four legs, just say that they will be in chaos after rushing like this. As long as the enemy cavalry resolutely counterattack, they will be done.
The general ordered some archers to shoot the cavalry, but the opponent kept a distance from both far and near, and the arrows shot out were difficult to hit these moving targets.
Li Li bent his bow and arrow, aiming at an enemy cavalry that was currently galloping across the country. The distance between the two sides was at least eighty steps. The sheep who had just finished shooting an arrow was seen by the side, and he felt it was difficult to hit.
The arrow left the string and hit the target. The sheep could see clearly. The arrow shot by Li Li was inserted into the abdomen of the enemy soldier's mount under his crotch.
However, the mount was covered with cloth and was still galloping after being shot. It seemed like a good horse that could endure the pain.
"Li Lang is good at shooting!" Yang Feng praised sincerely, and Li Li shook his head: "Oh, I couldn't cum down."
The sound of horse hooves came out, and Li Li looked in the sound, but saw cavalry rushing out to disperse the enemy cavalry. The cavalry bent their bows and arrows to shoot the enemy with their cavalry. They had a good head and shot the Wei cavalry one after another.
But he did not shoot down because the enemy soldiers were wearing armor and as long as they were not shot into the vital points, they would not die or even lose their combat effectiveness. The war horse under their crotch was very good, and they continued to run when they were shot.
He is bold, able to endure pain, and does not leave the field with minor injuries. This is the difference between war horses and ordinary traveling horses. Li Li watched the strong war horses galloping around and was envious.
The enemy cavalry was dispersed by the Liang army's cavalry, but the opponent was large in number, and there was a "flying fish" approaching the military formation and rushed straight towards it, as if it was about to pass by the formation and then shoot arrows at the arbitrary army formation.
The archers in the military formation fought back hard because the archers were shooting farther than the cavalry bows, and there were many archers in the Liang army, so it was difficult for the Wei cavalry to approach.
Seeing that the Liang army counterattacked sharply, the Wei cavalry turned around and ran away, trying to lead the Liang cavalry to chase them, so that the infantry and cavalry could be separated, and then they could be defeated one by one.
But the Liang army's cavalry was not deceived, and they chased after a distance and then turned around and returned.
The Wei cavalry was unwilling to give up and followed him to continue harassing him. He was driven away by the Liang cavalry. In addition, the Liang archers shot arrows in waves, and the Wei army failed to approach the military formation and fired arrows.
Because the Liang army had cavalry dispersed the enemy cavalry on the periphery, the archers also handled it properly, so they could move calmly and retreat southward.
Gradually, the Wei cavalry gave up this hard bone and turned to chase and kill the Liang army soldiers who fled in the wilderness and those smaller teams.
Because in comparison, chasing the defeated soldiers and cutting the heads is only cost-effective.
There were too many soldiers from the Liang army fleeing, all over the mountains and fields. The Wei cavalry was busy capturing prisoners and robbing the heads, gradually ignoring the Liang army that formed a formation south.
Li Li was relieved when he saw that there were massacres everywhere in the wilderness and no longer had Wei cavalry attacking his own military formation.
More than a hundred cavalry returned, Li Li looked at the figures of these cavalry, then looked at the teams walking south in formation, and the bodies of Liang soldiers densely packed in the wilderness, with mixed feelings.
He saw with his own eyes how Yang Kan's troops and the young and strong army retreated unscathed in a situation where the army was defeated.
How to organize retreats, how to organize counterattacks, how to coordinate infantry and cavalry, and cooperate with each other, I have seen the experiences that I gained from my life, and I can’t learn how much money I spend.
Even this time he came to Hanshan to watch the scene, what he saw and heard benefited a lot from him.
Infantry-oriented army fights in plain areas, they cannot chase after victory or defeat. They must fight annihilation wars or retreat safely under such terrain. Whether there are cavalry or not is important.
For example, if this team does not have cavalry cover and disperse the enemy cavalry, they will not go far, and then be surrounded by the opponent, without food and drink, the morale of the army will be in chaos and eventually collapse.
Sure enough, the cavalry is the king of the battlefield...
Li Li sighed in his heart, and looked around and saw Huang who was eating and drinking with him. He looked pale and asked, "Why, my stomach hurts?"
"Li, Li looked at the battlefield outside, looking frightened, "So, amazing!"
"Don't be afraid, we are safe." Li Li felt relieved when he saw that his wife and brother were fine, but he turned out to be Huang? Suddenly he laughed: "It turns out that this is a war, so that's it, so that's it!"
Li Li was worried about Huang? He couldn't stand the bloody scene and was frightened silly. He quickly let people look forward to it so that the other party would not lose control.
Here comes Jiankang, Huang, who is here to gain knowledge (eat and drink freely), and Li Li comes to Hanshan again. He didn't plan to bring Huang, Huang, and Huang, too, said he wants to gain knowledge.
Now looking at the other person's appearance, Li Li didn't know whether he had any knowledge or cerebral infarction.
"So this is how war is! Horses, there must be horses! Only in this way can we win a battle! After I go back, I want to buy horses, the more the better!"
Huang said excitedly. He liked to play fierce and brave since he was a child, but now he is in the bloody battlefield and is very excited.
So it can be seen that if there are no cavalry in war, it will probably be very difficult. If the situation is wrong, you can't escape even if you want to.
While on the battlefield, although he was bloody, he was frightened and excited: exchange his head for military merits and wealth!
Li Li coughed dryly: "Huang Lang, let's not mention whether you can buy a horse. Where did you get so much money to buy a horse?"
It’s not that Li Li looked down on his wife and brother, but he really has no ability to make money and his family is tight, so where can he get the huge amount of money to buy a horse?
Huang? grabbed Li Li's hand and his eyes shone: "Brother-in-law! You want to lend me money to buy a horse!"
Li Li was stern: "No talk!"
Chapter completed!