Chapter 838: hold full

Chapter 838: hold full

  Chapter 838 full holding

  The method of setting up the formation is to form a team first.

  Zhang Renzheng keeps in mind the art of war. Although Zhang Renzheng, who was born in the general family, is a regiment-level captain, he is also a leader among the younger generation.

The archers who were preparing for the battle before the battle only knew that Captain Zhang had been trained in the lecture hall of Yulin Palace, but no one knew that Zhang Renzheng's father was Zhang Shigui, the Duke of Guo, and the general who led the left army of the Twelve Guards of Nanya. Today's emperor is in chaos.

  Everyone only knows that Captain Zhang has been admired by Duke Wei since he went south with Duke Wei from Chang'an. The Duke of Wei went east to the south and often gave lectures in his spare time to teach the officers the art of war. Captain Zhang performed very well. It is said that they all directly worshiped Duke Wei and were disciples.

   "When the enemy wants to fight, he must form a column!"

  Zhang Renzheng thrust his Mo Dao into the ground next to him fiercely, with the longbow in his hand, his aura surged.

  When he called out the formation formation, the 400 archers and 400 crossbowmen under his command knew that he was going to use the formation formation method.

   Stacked array is also known as stacked array.

  Stacking and stacking are the tactical characteristics of formations, but the formation itself is the foundation.

Qin Lang taught Zhang Renzheng and other young officers more than once that formation is the embodiment of army organization and discipline, and the prerequisite for the commander to carry out his combat intentions to the entire army. There is no team, it is just a mob in a mess.

  The stacked formation is a formation that Qin Lang adjusted and improved according to the combat method of the Tang government soldiers. The long spear is in the front and cannot sit up. The second strongest bow is the second strongest bow. Second archers, supplemented by cavalry on both sides as cover.

  Generally speaking, this is the usual tactics of Tang soldiers.

   The spearmen are in the front, the archers and crossbowmen are in the back, and the cavalry is on both sides. The soldiers and horses are arranged in three horizontal lines, so it is also called the three formations.

  However, in the tactics of the Sui and Tang dynasties in the past, the crossbowmen were usually in the front, the archers in the second, the spearmen in the last, the swordsmen were on the left and right, and the cavalry covered the wings.

   What stands out is the long-range strike first tactical thinking of bows and crossbows. As the saying goes, you can't shoot three arrows before a battle.

  Those archers with strong backs can also turn into big swordsmen with armored swords. These high-level arms have always been the vanguard and placed at the forefront.

   Now, Qin Lang's stacked formation is still an echelon formation, but the spearmen are placed in the front, the crossbowmen are placed at the end, and the archers are placed in the middle.

  It seems to be a simple adjustment of the position, but it is a completely different tactical thinking on the battlefield.

  Especially right now.

  A total of 2,800 Tang troops went ashore, including 400 archers and 400 crossbowmen each. The number of long-range soldiers was small. Facing ten times as many enemies, Qin Lang was reluctant to fight these high-level troops.

   What's more, the enemy sent cavalry first, so the archers' original advantage against enemy infantry was greatly reduced. Although the infantry bow defeated the cavalry, they were also afraid of the impact of the cavalry.

  However, in order to ensure the sight of the archers, Qin Lang put the spearmen in the front row, but at the beginning of the battle, he asked them to sit on the ground and give up their sight.

Although the crossbowmen are not as strong as the bowmen, the range of the crossbows is farther than that of the bows and arrows. Therefore, Qin Lang's stacked formation requires that the last crossbowmen attack first when fighting, so the bowmen also knelt on one knee at the beginning , allowing the crossbowmen behind to play steadily.

   Wait until the enemy gets closer before the archer shoots the arrow.

   As the enemy rushed closer, the spearmen stood up and fought hand to hand again.

  Flags are flying.

  Each team of men and horses stands a team flag, which is represented by colors, animals and other patterns. Each team is a pure team, a single-armed team, a team of archers or a team of crossbowmen.

  Qin Lang's stacked formation specially gathered all kinds of arms to form an army formation.

  Two thousand and eight hundred men and horses, eight hundred archers, one thousand spearmen, five hundred sword and shield hands, and the remaining five hundred are cavalry, and the cavalry is also a surprise soldier. It is a mobile force and a reserve force.

  The Tang army formed formations and used pure formations. There were very few flower formations that combined bows, spears, knives and shields. Compared with mixed flower formations, pure formations were more suitable for large-scale battles, while flower formations were more suitable for small-scale battles.

  Pure teams of several arms are combined into formations and mixed into formations.

  The war drum was beating.

   One drum is over.

  The spearmen are lined up.

   Another drum is over.

  The spearmen didn't care about the slippery and muddy ground, they all sat down on the ground, and leveled their spears, lances, knives and axes.

  The third drum beats again.

  The four teams of archers in the middle consisted of two hundred people. These archers from the Guanzhong area were all sturdy, tall, and full of beards. They immediately knelt on the ground after drumming.

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   "Lock array!"

  Lock formation is the key point and the essence of stack formation.

  The array is locked by rejecting horses and connected by iron cables.

  In an instant, the cabinet horses composed of countless cabinets and guns stood up. Three guns and six guns, all with blades, connected by iron chains, were not disposable equipment temporarily tied with wooden stakes and sharpened ropes in the rear position.

   This is an artifact that can be assembled and disassembled quickly, and is easy to carry and transport, but it is fierce and sharp.

  The three horse-refusing guns are sharp at both ends, and there is a hole in the middle. Together with a bolt to lock the three horse-refusing guns, they form a very hideous horse-refusing gun.

  Then use iron chains to combine these horse-resistant connections to form a row of horse-resistant walls.

The refusal horse composed of a large number of refusal horse guns not only erected a refusal horse wall in front of the formation, but Zhang Renzheng also ordered people to surround the entire left-wing infantry with a circle of refusal horses, and even set up many soldiers inside the circle. A few rejecting horses are scattered in the formation.

   Before the battle started, they surrounded themselves first.

  On the Tuomi Mountain, Lady Nong San and others, who were only about two miles away, watched the formation condescendingly, and they could see clearly.

   "What does this mean?"

Fu San was thoughtful, "It seems that they used chariot formations. It is said that when the Han people fought against the nomadic cavalry on the northern grasslands, they often surrounded the formation with chariots and used it as a screen for the infantry in order to deal with the cavalry. They want to use this carbine-rejecting gun instead of forming a chariot formation to stop our cavalry."

Mrs. Nong San watched for a while, "But in this way, don't those Tang soldiers all become turtles in their shells? And you see, the Tang people put the cavalry behind the infantry, but their horses stood in a circle. But they stood between the infantry and the cavalry. In this way, wouldn't their cavalry be blocked behind? And look at how many horses stood up, and their own soldiers were all blocked inside the horses. They're not going to come out?"

  Of course, you can’t fight without just being beaten and not fighting back. Even if the city is besieged, no one will block the city gates.

  Who fights the war foolishly **** his hands and feet, stays there and fights?

  Even if the siege is not played like this, let alone this is a field battle on flat ground?

  Nong Tiangui has even started to mock Qin Lang for being in name only.

   But Mrs. Nong San thinks it may not be so.

   "Perhaps the surname Qin knows that the soldiers and horses are far inferior to ours, so he intentionally restrains the soldiers in this way, lest the soldiers run away in fear."

  There was water on all sides, and a circle of refusal to lock up the horses was set up again. This style of play made Nong Sanniang and others feel confident.

   Although rejecting horses can overcome cavalry, but the opponent plays this way, the initiative is entirely in their hands.

  In front of the Tang army.

  The battle formation has been locked, the military drums have stopped, and only the red flags are left.

  Zhang Renzheng looked at the enemy riders who were galloping closer and closer. These donkey-like pony horses ran really slowly. He turned his head and looked around.

   Two hundred archers and two hundred crossbowmen, all held their breath, not a single one looked around.

  The circles of refusing horses gave them a great sense of security.

  If the army is determined, it will be full.

  For a crossbowman, the most important thing is to concentrate without being disturbed, so that the bowstring can be fully drawn, and the power of the crossbow can be maximized.

   During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, chariot battles were popular, and during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, chariot battles were prevalent.

  The chariot formations that prevailed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties were actually designed to restrain the cavalry from charging and give the crossbowmen a stable output of armor-piercing.

  And now, under this special terrain, Qin Lang ordered formations to face ten times as many enemies, deliberately using his body as bait to lure the barbarians to fight.

  Under such a battle situation, the Tang Army, which is only more than 2,000 people, does not need to maneuver at all. What is needed is to be able to withstand the enemy's attack. The enemy is outnumbered, and the enemy will continue to pounce on it, so defensive counterattack is the last word.

   Fortunately, in such a narrow terrain, the barbarians have no elephant army or armored cavalry, otherwise Qin Lang, who refuses to fight horses and horses, can't defend at all.

   But war will never be static, and it has to be adjusted according to the enemy's situation. Now this method of warfare is very suitable for the current situation.

  Although the barbarian cavalry was far inferior to the cavalry of the Central Plains or the grassland, they still rushed close by stepping on the mud.

  Zhang Renzheng looked at the distance with his eyes, but at this moment his heart calmed down.

  He is not the first brother in the battlefield.

   "Break the crossbow and get ready!"

"put!"

  There are seven kinds of crossbows in the army of the Tang Dynasty, namely, breaking Zhang crossbow, horn bow crossbow, wooden single crossbow, large wooden single crossbow, bamboo pole crossbow, large bamboo pole crossbow and Fuyuan crossbow.

   Among them, the broken Zhang crossbow is an infantry individual crossbow, the horned crossbow is a cavalry individual crossbow, and the other five types of crossbows are all medium and large crossbows, which require multiple people to operate.

  The split crossbow is a crossbow that is drawn by hand. Relatively speaking, the shooting range is stronger than that of the bow.

  However, the longer the shooting range, the lower the accuracy. In order to ensure the lethality, generally the crossbow is fired about a hundred steps away from the enemy.

The crossbow has a long range, but it is slow to string. Often, once the crossbow is stringed, the archer can shoot a few arrows, but the power of the crossbow is strong, especially those that are driven by feet, or even lathe crossbows that are pulled by oxen. That is even more powerful, and the crossbow spears used are directly thicker and longer than infantry spears.

Especially when the crossbowmen are standing on the top of the city, they are even more fierce. Of course, in field battles, if there are chariots to rely on, or directly mess up the arrows, they are also very sharp, and can directly strike the enemy from a long distance. Fang, especially when the enemy is charging intensively, is even more powerful.

   Two hundred crossbowmen, each carrying a broken crossbow.

  At this time, the enemy cavalry was still one hundred and fifty steps away.

  Zhang Renzheng ordered the launch.

  The crossbowmen held the Sangzhe crossbows that had been wound up a long time ago. This is a group of crossbowmen from Jianghuai.

  Jianghuai crossbowmen are the most famous and best crossbowmen in the world. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, they have not been known all over the world. Especially in the confrontation between the north and the south, the Jianghuai crossbowmen have become famous again and again.

   During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang conquered the Liao Dynasty, and also recruited Jianghuai crossbowmen several times to join the battle.

  These Jianghuai crossbowmen are not as tall and burly as the infantry archers from Guanzhong, but they are also strong men among the southerners. Although the drawing of the crossbow is not as demanding as the infantry longbow, it also requires two brute force.

  The enemy is nearly 150 steps away.

  For the crossbowmen with a range of up to 300 paces, 150 paces is a proven shooting distance, which can guarantee both power and accuracy.

  (end of this chapter)