Chapter 919: Sharing the pie with laughter

Chapter 919: Sharing the pie with laughter

Among the Xiangyang soldiers who followed the King of Taiyuan to attack Heluo, Wu Mingche was one of the few generals from the Southern Dynasty, and he was assigned the position of a Grand Infantry Commander.

Under the Xiangyang army's combat organization, the Grand Infantry Commander was the combat commander who was directly ordered by the commander of the central army. The troops under the command of the Grand Infantry Commander usually ranged from 800 to 1,500 people, while the troops under the command of the Grand Infantry Commander could usually reach 2,000 to 3,000 people.

Wu Mingche commanded more than 2,300 troops, deployed in the left front position of the central army in the battle formation, and usually belonged to the second stage of the enemy. There were 80 heavy-armored infantrymen as the core of the formation, 300 elite soldiers as Wu Mingche's personal soldiers and supervisors, and the rest were more than 800 spearmen, 600 sword and shield jumping soldiers, and more than 600 archers.

These combatants were not in distinct formations, but were mixed into two or three combat formations according to different combat missions to face the enemy in an orderly sequence.

Usually, the combat orders issued by the central army include more than a dozen combat orders such as attack, defense, encirclement, interception, etc. As for how to implement these orders and complete the combat objectives, each army commander needs to complete them on the spot.

Different combat formations and soldiers can produce different combat effects. If a certain type of soldiers is exhausted, and the central army issues a combat mission that can only be completed by the corresponding type of soldiers, it will naturally be twice the result with half the effort and extremely low efficiency. Even if the central army still has enough contingency forces to make up for this battle formation loophole, the corresponding commander will be blamed for the unfavorable combat.

Generally speaking, the closer the combat unit is to the central army, the more complex and changeable the combat orders it receives on the battlefield, and the corresponding commander needs to have more sophisticated tactical command capabilities.

Wu Mingche was placed in such a combat position not long after he joined the army, and the King of Taiyuan attached great importance to him. Wu Mingche had not had enough time to familiarize himself with and master the battle formation of the Taifu, but he had already arrived in Heluo and fought against the top-notch Jinyang soldiers of the time, and he was quite nervous.

But fortunately, since he entered the north, Wu Mingche had a vague feeling that King Taiyuan seemed to have an invisible aura, and the entire Heluo battlefield was affected by it, both the enemy and us. Especially the Northern Qi troops who were against them, seemed to have responded correctly, but they still seemed to be manipulated by King Taiyuan.

Let alone the Qi army stationed in the city, the Qi army that had just returned to Luoxi clearly showed that after a long journey, the troops were exhausted and it was not appropriate to directly charge forward to fight.

However, after the Taiyuan king's simple envoy shouted and provoked the enemy, the enemy general still launched an attack contrary to the common sense of military tactics, and the result was not unexpectedly defeated and repelled by this strong formation, but hundreds of lives were sent in vain.

Wu Mingche was mainly active in the north and south of the Yangtze River in the past, and he didn't know much about the people in the north. He had heard of the names of veterans of the Northern Qi Dynasty, such as Hulu Jin, but he was a little unfamiliar with his son Hulu Guang.

Seeing Hulu Guang trapped in filial piety and knowing that it was impossible to attack his own strong formation, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It was really difficult for him to fight against the enemy of King Taiyuan, who didn't follow the usual rules and could do anything.

Of course, Hulu Guang also understood that Li Boshan also had sinister intentions, which was to force him to launch an attack and fight an unequal and unfair battle under unfavorable circumstances through humiliation.

But knowing it in his heart is one thing, and whether he can bear it is another. The humiliation that Li Boshan imposed on them father and son can be said to be unprecedented in his life, and it is difficult for him to criticize it from a moral point of view. The only way is to publicize and accuse what it means that a soldier can be killed but not humiliated through action!

"The two countries are at war now, and what they are fighting for is not only the personal feelings between father and son, but also the great justice of the world! Li Boshan is using his feelings to force me, which is also slandering the great ethics of our country! Hulu Mingyue may not be a good person, but I will never tolerate him humiliating my country because of me! This beast is treacherous and evil, only killing him can stop the anger and wash away the humiliation!" Hulu Guang's eyes were full of anger, and his expression and tone were far from his usual deep and calm. He pointed the horse spear in his hand at the central army flag in the enemy's formation in the distance, and then ordered the soldiers who had just been stationed near the White Horse Temple to follow him and kill the enemy again. Jinyang soldiers are the best soldiers in the world, and the vanguards led by Hulu Guang are the best soldiers among the elite soldiers. Although they are exhausted from running around for days and are no longer in their prime, thousands of soldiers are rushing towards the enemy formation with anger, and the momentum is also not to be underestimated. As one of the most outstanding young warriors among generations of military strategists, although Hulugu was full of anger at this time, he was not completely blinded by anger. When he led his troops to charge the enemy army, his mind gradually regained its calmness. His sharp eyes like hawks did not even miss the subtle expressions on the faces of the soldiers in the enemy formation. He ran while choosing the most suitable position to rush into the enemy formation.

Although cavalry has strong impact and tearing power, it also requires the commander to have keen insight and tactical command. Even if it is the same team, the combat effectiveness that can be exerted under the leadership of different commanders is qualitatively different. The general is the courage of the soldiers, which is particularly evident in cavalry combat.

In the previous charge, Hulugu knew the strength of the enemy formation, especially the existence of many archers and heavy armored infantry, which had great restraint on the light cavalry he led.

This time, he did not rush into the formation, but repeatedly made roaming feints along the enemy's line to find loopholes in the enemy formation.

After some testing and observation, although Hu Luguang still hated Li Boshan in his heart, he had to admit that he was indeed arrogant. The neat layout of his army's formation was the only one Hu Luguang had seen in his life. After several tests, the enemy's formation also adjusted its alert according to the direction of the cavalry's blade, and there were almost no loopholes for attack.

"kill!"

Finally, when Hu Luguang turned back from the enemy's flank, he saw that one of the enemy's troops was a little slow and stiff in their coordination and adjustment. Although the soldiers at the rear immediately rushed to fill in, from the rear perspective of Hu Luguang's side, There was still a gap in the horse's position. Dang even clamped the horse's belly and jumped into the formation. With a shake of the horse in his hand, he killed all the pawns in front from the side and behind in mid-air!

As Hu Luguang rushed into the military formation, the men and horses behind him also rushed in along the gap. The originally tight formation was suddenly rushed out of a gap several feet wide, allowing the men and horses behind to continue to flow in. of influx.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Hu Luguang led his troops to break through an enemy formation. Wu Mingche, who was in the follow-up formation, couldn't help being shocked when he saw this. Even though he ordered the soldiers in the formation to line up their guns as if they were blocking the horses, the crossbows in the formation They fired with their hands to harass the enemy, and the warriors on both wings were ready to fight. The enemy rushed into the formation more than two feet away, and then the heavy armored infantry moved forward to block the enemy with an iron wall. Wait until the enemy's momentum subsided. , the dancing men came forward with their swords to kill the horses and fight hand to hand.

"The thief will be punished!"

Wu Mingche gave frequent orders in the formation, which naturally attracted Hu Luguang's attention. He immediately raised his horse and assassinated Wu Mingche, intending to kill the enemy general in the formation and thereby break the formation.

Wu Mingche's own martial arts skills were only average, and he was not known for his bravery in charging into battle and beheading generals first. When he saw Hu Luguang coming towards him with a sword, he instinctively shrank into the formation, but immediately stopped and drew out The saber jumped to the side, and the horse in Hu Luguang's hand also circled an arc, and continued to stab Wu Mingche like a shadow.

Soon the swords and swords met, and the sword in Wu Mingche's hand was blown away by the tremendous force, and his body fell into the arms of the soldiers who came to rescue him from behind. Hu Luguang was still waiting to make up for his injuries when he saw long knives on both sides slashing down towards his side.

It turned out that he had used his strength to break into the enemy's strong formation. In a hurry, he leaned his body on the side of the saddle, and the long sword cut off the mane on the horse's neck. Through gastroschisis.

Wu Mingche had the enemy trapped in the formation, so of course he would not hold anything back. He immediately put the reserve forces in the formation into battle, intending to surround and kill the enemy general in the formation.

"Don't hurt my lord, the thief!"

At this time, the cavalry of the Qi army, who were fighting among the formations, also noticed Hu Luguang's danger. The tribesmen of the Hu Lüguang clan rushed forward without fear of death, trying to rescue their lord in the enemy formation.

The formation here was entangled and strangled, and the fighting was fierce, but the charging momentum of the Qi troops who entered the formation was greatly damaged. Taking advantage of the enemy's limited mobility, Wu Mingche sent out all the heavy-armored infantry to kill the enemy on the wall, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere in an instant.

Hu Luguang accidentally fell into the battle formation. When he fought hard and his men desperately rescued him, and finally escaped from the battle formation, only a dozen of the hundreds of soldiers who were originally chasing him were left.

Looking at the entire battlefield, although a large gap of more than ten feet in radius was opened in the left front of Li Tai's Zhongjun army by the enemy, Wu Mingche's troops resisted tenaciously in the formation, giving the left and right army formations the opportunity to outflank and kill the enemy.

As the battle formation circled and strangled, more than two thousand enemy soldiers were sent into the core of the battle formation like a winch, and then they were surrounded and killed. Seeing that the casualties were getting worse, there were still thousands left in the formation. Qi soldiers abandoned their weapons and asked to surrender.

"Fight again!"

Outside the battle formation, Hu Luguang's armor and clothes were all covered in blood. After gathering his troops for a moment, he would rush towards the enemy's formation again. However, at this time, one of his generals stepped forward, grabbed the horse's bridle, and said loudly: "My lord, the enemy is strong and we are weak, so we cannot be greedy for war! The ancestors of the Han Dynasty watched my father put it on the urn for King Xiang. It’s ridiculous to talk about sharing the pie. Today, the Grand Master is still defending the fortified city. Even if the thieves have the intention to do harm, they have no power to do it. It’s better to rest and fight again!”

After hearing this, Hu Luguang regained his composure. He took another look at the enemy formation that had swallowed up more than 2,000 of his troops, and then gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Return to camp to rest, and fight again tomorrow." !”