si-mexico Chapter 272: Large-scale Legion Battle, Long Battlefield
Chapter 272: Large-scale Legion Battle, Long Battlefield
This woman has not died yet. She is holding on to her last breath, wanting to see her enemy die.
When she heard the sounds of fighting and screaming from next door, she knew that her revenge had been achieved.
With no more worries in her heart, she also lost her ambition. She put down the burden and went to accompany her husband and children.
Su Wuan and others were silent for a long time, then they picked up tools, dug a hole under the big tree in the yard, and dug out a corpse.
They placed the woman and the baby next to the body and buried it.
Let this family be reunited in the underworld.
Then, they took the prisoners to see Lanling King Shen Changgong.
After listening to the whole story, Shen Changgong nodded and ordered his men to chop the two men to death and throw them into the cellar together.
The city-wide manhunt was declared over.
If it is really as King Nan said, if something can be done in an afternoon, why wait until night to take risks and not be able to sleep well?
When the number of troops under your command reaches a certain level, many troublesome problems can be solved in a simple and crude way.
Dealing with the assassin in Boyang City has eliminated a hidden danger.
The next morning, the Yan army set out, leaving behind 10,000 men to defend Boyang City and protect the food, fodder, and supplies inside.
Based on the countermeasures discussed by Shen Changgong and King Nan last night, they decided to solve the problem in a simple and rough way.
The enemy had thirty camps and two cities in the east and west.
The 500,000-strong Yan army actually consisted of 450,000 infantrymen, divided into 45 corps.
Yuhuatian led an army of 150,000 and was responsible for the thirteen camps in the west, as well as keeping an eye on the western Qiongming City.
The entire western battlefield was completely handed over to Yuhuatian, and he was allocated five cannons for attacking the camp.
The eight camps in the east and the Xiagu County were handed over to the Weihu Army led by Guan Shouchang, and five artillery pieces were dispatched.
No matter how you fight, whether it's a group battle or concentrating your forces to attack one place, as long as you can take it down, it's fine.
The nine camps in the middle were handed over to the Pingnan Army and the Changning Army.
That is where Nie Bei’s central army is located, and it is also their main target of attack.
There were as many as 30,000 people in Nie Bei’s central army camp, and there were four camps around it, supporting each other.
The entire battlefield is more than 50 miles from east to west and more than 30 miles from north to south. It is vast and the scene is magnificent.
They had no telephones or telegraphs, so the only way to pass on information was by having scouts run on horseback.
On the battlefield, after the central army tent was set up, each legion marched forward in a mighty force.
The armies dispersed and began this large-scale legion battle involving almost one million troops.
Shen Changgong and the King of the South were in command of the central army, while the baggage train behind them advanced with tents and other supplies, setting up camp behind the battlefield.
This battle cannot be finished in one or two days. Everyone must cheer up and erode the enemy's position bit by bit.
In front of the central army, there is a sand table with flags all over it, some black and some yellow. The black ones represent the various corps of the Yan army, and the yellow ones represent the camps of the Kun army.
Based on the intelligence, change the flags on the sand table at any time to control the battle situation.
As the commander-in-chief, Shen Changgong and King Nan naturally could not abandon the army and lead the troops to charge towards a certain area.
The first to come into contact with the enemy were the Pingnan Army and the Changning Army.
Their target was the nine camps in the middle, but people in five camps did not retreat to defend, but chose to take the initiative to attack.
The enemy's army formation was loose, but continuous, and each team was divided into groups of ten, advancing forward.
Su Wuan asked Mo Hei and the others,
"Generals, what do you say? The other side sent 50,000 troops, and we have 150,000."
"150,000 against 50,000, how else can we fight? We must surround them and fight!"
Mo Hei said without hesitation.
On the other side, Li Bohan, the commander of the Pingnan Army, said,
"I don't think it's appropriate. Currently, only the troops from those five camps have come out. The other four camps still have a full 70,000 soldiers. If we surround them and fight, the enemy will definitely send out a large army to attack our encirclement. By then, we won't be able to take care of both ends, and chaos will inevitably break out."
Mo Hei smiled and said,
"If there's any chaos, just surround them and bombard the middle of them."
"Bullshit! What if one of our own gets hurt? And if you bombard them, the enemy will be thrown into chaos. Then they'll fight tooth and nail to break through, and our army will suffer heavy casualties."
Don't forget, we only have this many troops, and Kun's army still has many people."
Su Wuan nodded and said,
"I support Marshal Li's opinion. We should fight according to conventional tactics. The two armies should engage in direct combat, compress the enemy's defenses, and destroy their effective forces."
"Okay, let's just proceed steadily."
All the generals led their troops, formed their own troops into a wide battle formation, and advanced towards the enemy.
Before the two armies engaged in battle, the Yan army's artillery had already fired.
Boom boom boom!
As the sound of cannon fire rang out, the Kun army was bombed to pieces, with many casualties.
However, Kun's army minimized casualties because of its loose formation.
Soon, the front armies of both sides collided with each other.
Su Wuan and other brave generals took the lead and fought with the enemy.
After the two armies engaged in battle, the follow-up troops of Kun's army, which had been advancing steadily in a loose formation, suddenly sped up and rushed forward.
When marching, the army formation should be loose to avoid casualties.
During the battle, they rushed forward quickly to strengthen the defense line and were too close to the Yan army, so the Yan army's artillery did not dare to fire rashly.
The battle lines of both sides stretched out very long. The front army attacked the enemy with spears and shields, while the archers in the rear kept shooting arrows, and a dense rain of arrows was thrown at the enemy.
The Kun Kingdom is rich, but the Kun Army is poor.
This Kun Army is just a local army, and it does not have any of the equipment and large weapons of the central army.
They had come here after a long journey and a forced march. They had only been here four days, and had spent the first two days digging trenches, leaving them with no time to build weapons such as catapults and arrow towers.
They only had people and weapons in their hands to fight against the Yan army.
There was a big difference in the combat effectiveness of the two sides. The Yan army was in high spirits. As soon as they came into contact, they defeated the Kun army.
Fierce generals such as Su Wuan rode their horses, charging left and right, fighting back and forth with the enemy.
The fighting was fierce on the central army side, and Guan Shouchang's troops on the left side also engaged in battle with the enemy.
The Kun Army in the east did not defend the camp to the death, but launched an active attack and fought fiercely with Guan Shouchang's Weihu Army.
Guan Shouchang fought fiercely, constantly dispatching troops forward to fight the enemy.
The Yuhuatian tribe on the right is also facing the same situation.
His mission was to attack thirteen camps. He did not attack from south to north, but chose to attack from east to west, intending to take out the enemies one by one, and finally besiege Qiongming City to wipe out the western forces of Kun Army in one fell swoop.