Chapter 940 Cavalry Formation
Huachi River, also known as Hulu River, was called Longshui in ancient times. The water quality was slightly salty. Its riverbed was narrow and tortuous, and its shape resembled a "gourd". At the intersection of Sanyang River in Tianshui and Wei River, it is the largest tributary of the Wei River.
The Dahua vanguard cavalry, with its armor and flags floating, and they took boats to cross the gourd-shaped river water in batches, arrived at the registration, and after reorganizing the army, they continued to run north.
In a hurry, they had to arrive at the combat site in advance, get familiar with the terrain, build crossbows, drop black flames and explosives, etc.
Three hundred miles away, all cavalrymen rushed on, and a day of march was almost there.
"Master-in-chief, at this marching speed, you can arrive at the designated location to camp at night!" Pei Yuanqingce came to Pei Renji's side and reported on the march.
Pei Renji was considered a veteran of the three dynasties. From Emperor Wen of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui, to the founding emperor of Dahua, he was stronger and had good leadership. He nodded on the horse for the commander of the vanguard army this time and said, "Very good. Go forward at full speed, arrive at the designated location to camp, send out the patrol guards of the scout camp in advance, and continue to explore the situation at night. You must discover the vanguards of the Turks in advance, and you cannot let them attack our army's camp at night!"
"I understand, Father and Commander!" Pei Yuanqing accelerated and assigned the mission to the commander of Zuo Yu Hou Camp.
The vanguard army was orderly and continued to advance without stopping. When the sun was setting and it was getting late, it finally arrived at a hilly area of Luochuanling.
Bypassing this valley, the dry riverbed is ahead to the sandy area. The landform is sparse and the vegetation is mostly cold-resistant plants in the northwest. In this spring, the ridges of the mountains in the distance begin to become lush.
However, the soil here is salty and drought less rainy, so it is not conducive to vegetation growth. There are many poplars, pine and cypress on the mountain, and there are very few weeds on the ground.
"Get camp quickly!"
"The leaders of the Yuhou camp have taken care of it, be careful!"
"Beware of Turkic cavalry attacks at night!"
Military orders spread, and every team of thousands was camping. Half an hour later, white tents bloomed like blooming flowers in the valley.
Pei Renji and his son, more than a dozen generals and dozens of commanders, all gathered in the commander Zhang to analyze the strategies and plans for tomorrow's battle.
"If it is not bad, our vanguard will meet the Turkic vanguard army at noon tomorrow. The enemy has 30,000 iron cavalry and 60,000 war horses. We will change cavalry in turn and rush from the grassland to Shangjun for more than a thousand miles. We must be tired. According to the Turkic spirit, we learned that our vanguard army had only 20,000, and we would definitely not take it seriously and planned to eat us. Therefore, being anxious, underestimated and arrogant are the weaknesses of the Turkic people. Our army should make good use of it." Pei Renji went straight to the point and pointed out the theme of tomorrow's battle.
"General, I don't know how to arrange the war tomorrow? Is it the Yanyue Formation, the Fish Scale Formation, the Strike Formation, the Arrow Formation, and the Square Formation." Deputy General Zhao Longfeng asked.
"Your Majesty has already explained the formation in advance, so he used the Han Dynasty champion Hou's chariot hanging formation. However, it was re-defined and modified by His Majesty and General Li Jing. This time he faced the Turkic Iron Cavalry head-on!" Pei Renji said coldly.
"Car hanging array!" The soldiers in the account nodded. They had rehearsed during training, but they had not used it on a large scale, especially for the Turks.
In the past, the Central Plains cavalry were weak. When fighting head-on with the Turks, they all defended first and then counterattacked, using bow and arrow phalanx, infantry phalanx, and shield phalanx first blocked the impact of the Turks' cavalry, and then waited for the Turks' sharpness to descend, then used their own cavalry to counterattack and flew from left to right. Most of these conventional formations were common.
The chariot hanging formation came from the Han Dynasty "Champion Hou" Huo Qubing, who had not yet destroyed the Huns, why did they become their home?", a powerful cavalry formation. In his limited battle battlefield, he faced the Huns' Iron Cavalry and won six battles. The Huns were frightened by the Huns. Unfortunately, Huo Qubing died young and gradually lost the formation behind it.
Before Li Jing and Luo Zhaoyun attacked Chang'an, Li Jing deduced this formation and handed it over to him. Luo Zhaoyun activated the car suspension formation based on his modern thinking and the use of black gunpowder.
In fact, the principle of this formation is relatively simple, without any layout of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, etc., which is equivalent to the powerful version of the assault tactics, but it is much more domineering than assault. It does not rush up like assault, but pays more attention to the spacing between each cavalry.
The position, distance, and the combination of various weapons are all key. Due to the existence of gaps, the enemy can have a gap to hide, so that the road of the front army will not be blocked, leaving behind the cavalry to clean up and slaughter. The gaps, running positions, weapons and other aspects at each stage are different, so as to maximize efficiency.
"General, I'm willing to take the lead tomorrow!" Pei Yuanqing still called his father the general in front of others to show his official duties.
Pei Renji looked at his son in his early twenties, wearing armor, majestic weapons, and extraordinary martial arts. He felt a little hesitant. Although he knew very well that this was an opportunity to make great contributions, there were also huge dangers. After all, charging into battle and galloping thousands of horses is not a joke.
But Pei Yuanqing's eyes were full of desire and fighting spirit. Pei Renji couldn't bear to hit his son's morale and nodded, saying, "It's accurate, be careful tomorrow, you have no eyes on the sword, and you will be careful while defeating the Turkic Republic!"
"As for the order!" Pei Yuanqing clasped his fists and his blood surged.
"General, I am willing to follow the major general to fight against the Turks!"
"I am willing to do it too!"
Several generals stood up and volunteered to fight together, without fear of danger.
Seeing that the morale was commendable, Pei Renji smiled on his vicissitudes of life and said, "Okay, you four generals, let's take the lead in charge tomorrow!"
Chapter completed!