Three Kingdoms

The battle soon began.

Kaza's fake defeat was very successful. After all, the vassal soldiers themselves did not have a strong desire to fight. In addition, the discipline training was not as good as that of the regular army. So when Kaza led hundreds of people wandering around under Jinzihe City, he lured the enemy in the city. At that time, it did not arouse much suspicion among the drivers.

Maybe it's because the Cheshi people in Jinzihe City don't have high military literacy, or the commander of the Cheshi people feels that he is really protected by the god of fire and is invincible, or maybe there are other reasons. Anyway, when Kaza pretended that he was having trouble attacking the city and then retreated, the charioteers in the city thought they had an opportunity and rushed out.

Then these drivers ran into the array laid out by Gao Shun.

Under the command of the Chinese Army's flag, the entire military formation unfolded one after another. The left wing, the right wing, the front of the center, the commanding cavalry flag corps, the rear of the center, etc. all perform their duties.

The most fundamental reason why Gao Shun is arranged in such a formation is that except for Gao Shun's own troops, some of the other soldiers and military academies have lax combat readiness due to lack of effective training for a long time.

Jinzihe City is not a strong enemy. Strictly speaking, Gao Shun can even directly lead his troops to attack and be done with it. However, Gao Shun feels that it still needs to be carefully regulated to restore these Han soldiers to their original appearance.

The front formation is under the leadership of two team leaders and is spread out in front. Because the charioteers in Jinzihe City actually have average combat power, the entire front formation is not thick. It is just for training troops. It is to form as much as possible. The wider front allows more soldiers to participate in the first wave of attacks.

The two wings each sent a formation to outflank the opponent.

Gao Shun, who was in the middle army, looked at the operation of each department and the timeliness of the actions. After a moment, he said: "I am afraid that these chariot masters will not be able to practice twice without fighting... After they collapse, they will Let the two wings carry out outflanking and interception, and capture those who can be alive..."

The Chinese Military Academy was eager to try, "General, what about us?" 』

Gao Shun comforted him, "Let the front army and the two wings practice their skills first. You... still have a chance, so don't worry." 』

Unlike the Gao Shun army who had a military training attitude and had a lot of time to relax, these Cheshi people who rushed out from Jinzihe City were somewhat embarrassed. Although they knew that the Han army was coming, they thought that the people in Kaza were the Han army. , and then naturally felt that it was nothing special. When he saw Kaza's unorganized and fierce operations under the city, he felt that the Han army was over the top, so he happily bit Kaza's butt and chased him all the way. , after seeing Gao Shun forming an array, he suddenly realized that he might have been trapped.

From the perspective of the Cheshi people, the array of Han troops on the opposite side, with mainly red and black armor flags, and gleaming swords, guns, and weapons, was like a steel city wall suddenly built on the ground, directly cutting off the way out. generally.

Suddenly, there was a howling sound among the Che Masters. With the shouts of the Che Masters, it seemed that the Che Masters suddenly gained some energy, and they all started howling one after another, waving their swords and guns. , it seems that the momentum is rising instead of falling.

Looking at this posture, Che Shiren seems to be attacking Gao Shun's midfield.

This choice cannot be regarded as a mistake. After all, the Cheshi people have been chasing Kaza and others all the way, and the formation is already a bit scattered. If they stop to reorganize the formation at this time, it will basically give Gao Shun a chance to successfully encircle them.

Listening to the horns of the charioteers one after another, Gao Shun felt a little strange. He couldn't understand what the charioteers were shouting at all, so he turned around and asked the guide, "What are they shouting?" 』

The guide listened for a while and said, "It seems to be talking about God or protection..."

"god? Gao Shun didn't understand, "What god?" 』

The guide whispered: "The Cheshi people believe in the god of fire. They believe that fire can burn away all unclean things, so they especially like gold because gold can survive in fire..."

Gao Shun nodded, understanding. It turns out that at first, Gao Shun thought that the Cheshi people were too greedy, so he was reluctant to abandon Jinzihe City. Now he realized that there is still this relationship. If the gold produced in Jinzihe City is regarded as a representative If you have received some kingdom tribute or sacrificial object from the gods, of course you cannot give it up at will.

It’s just that this car master...

Do you think the Han people's swords are harmful?

Gao Shun waved his hand, "Send the order, attack!" 』

The two wings were the first to come into contact with the array of charioteers. The charioteers themselves had been pulled into a roughly spindle shape during the pursuit. When the two wings were wrapped up, they directly launched mounted fire. Shooting a bow and arrow on horseback is a relatively demanding skill, but when it comes to using a cavalry crossbow, it is much simpler. Although the cavalry crossbow is limited to being on horseback, it cannot use the strength of the waist and legs to draw the string. However, at short to medium distances, it is still suitable for most cavalry to use, especially the current two-wing outflanking mode. The two sides are separated by a certain distance and pass by each other, so the charioteers become the most appropriate targets.

If you are riding a bow and shooting, if you want to shoot accurately, you must fire the bow at the moment when the horse is in the air. However, if you want to aim and maintain the state of shooting at any time while the horse is running, it requires a high degree of proficiency. Cavalry The crossbow eliminates the fatigue caused by drawing a bow for a long time, and can also eliminate the bumps of the horse's galloping. Of course, cavalry crossbows are not without their flaws. On the one hand, the range is much shorter than that of bows and arrows, and on the other hand, the rate of fire is much slower.

But if you can only get one shot when passing by, then these flaws are not a problem at all.

After a bang, the crossbow arrow shot through the air!

Most of the charioteers wore relatively light cavalry uniforms, with very few armors, and basically could not stop these crossbow bolts.

As the cavalry on both wings began to shoot, the screams of the charioteers started one after another, and the so-called divine protection from before instantly dropped a lot...

The Cheshi people who were attacked by the two wings of the Han army did not have time to wonder why the God of Fire failed to answer their prayers, nor did they have time to shout a few more times in anticipation of the God of Fire's response. Instead, they subconsciously went to It is human nature to avoid crowds in the middle of the queue. The problem is that not all human instincts are good on the battlefield.

A crowded formation is a formation suitable for infantry, and is definitely not the first choice for cavalry.

Once the space for movement is lost, the cavalry is even worse than the infantry.

The more crowded it became, the more panicked it became. Problems arising from the flanks soon caused the driver to get stuck, as if he was constipated, and the speed of charging towards Gaoshun's center was also slowed down unconsciously.

Like the soldiers and soldiers of most feudal dynasties, chariot warriors are also a model of elite command of miscellaneous soldiers. Although there is some training, especially those chariot warriors wearing armor, their martial arts are not bad, but most chariot warriors The masters still held simple swords and guns, and wore leather armor, or even no armor. Especially due to the lack of long-range weapons, morale was directly weakened before direct contact with Gao Shun's army. The slightest short-term contact directly caused morale to collapse.

Looking at it, Gao Shun didn't even have the desire to attack with his troops, and directly ordered the vassal troops to join the attack. When the vassal soldiers, who were good at fighting with the wind, pounced on them with their gibbering screams, the Cheshi people collapsed and immediately began to flee.

As the Cheshi people fled, especially those who were elites or warriors, either died in battle or fled, the remaining Cheshi people in Jinzihe City quickly lost the core of resistance. Even though the leader of the Cheshi people howled and expressed that he would resist to the end, as those guys who came to pan for gold instead of risking their lives took the lead in opening the city gate and dispersed, even Jinzihe City, which was built on the mountainside, did not How much defensive function it exerts.

The Che division garrison was defeated and the victory in the first battle seemed to be a good start, but in fact, this victory in Jinzihe City was just the beginning of Gao Shun's difficulties.

Generally speaking, what the army needs most is "righteousness". For the family, the country, and the world, it can be regarded as righteousness. But once the soldiers in the army think about how to get rich and how much gold and silver they can rob, then basically It's not far from destruction.

The Xiliang soldiers and the Bingzhou army that Lu Bu originally brought were actually quite well restrained under the Hussar cavalry, and they more or less had the foundation of a strong army. Otherwise, they would not have beaten these Western Region states before. Just like a grandpa beating his grandson, he chases him all the way from east to west. However, Lu Bu himself did not know how to maintain it, and Wei Xu and others were short-sighted, so this foundation soon began to deteriorate. The Han soldiers in the Western Regions began to be like the vassal armies, only thinking about money, women, goods……

When these Xiliang soldiers and Bingzhou troops were under the command of Xiuxi, they could still maintain strict military discipline, at least many times better than when they were in chaos in Chang'an. This also shows that under certain conditions, people's good and evil are not It remains unchanged, but as we become more and more relaxed after arriving in the Western Regions, especially when Xihai City begins to give uncontrolled rewards and expenses, after the desire threshold is raised, everyone will want better in everything, and the more unsatisfied they are. After becoming more and more eager and seeing corruption at the civilian level, corruption on the military side also spread.

Once military morale drops, everything will be difficult to maintain.

When Lu Bu announced that he was going to march, these soldiers and generals who had begun to corrupt no longer thought about the sake of their family and country, but thought about getting rich and getting rich again! As for victory or defeat, they have unknowingly retreated to the second or third line in their hearts. Whether they can complete the mission, or whether they can finally reach Dawan and point to rest, these people no longer care. What they care about is Something has become...

money.

Therefore, after Gaoshun won the first victory, it would have been an ordinary city or village, but it turned out to be a chariot stronghold for gold mining, which immediately triggered the madness of these soldiers and generals. At the beginning, These military academies also went to Gao Shun for instructions, but after Gao Shun issued the general order that no one should leave the house, no entry from the outside, and no looting, everything began to change...

"What's going on?" ! 』

"General Gao is good at everything, except for one thing..."

"Why does General Gao feel like he is avoiding the plague god despite the great wealth in front of him? 』

"Isn't it just for these yellow and white things that you eat as a soldier?" Looking at others eating and drinking every day, we are half hungry and half full every day. Who can endure these days? 』

"That's right!" Otherwise, what would be the point of eating dry buns and drinking sand soup every day? Is it possible that the achievement is because those civil servants are so rich that they are so fat that they look like they are pregnant, but we are as poor as a stick? ! 』

"That's the truth! If we all live a hard life together, there is nothing to say, but those guys treat us like fools and make us fat and make us mend every day! 』

A group of soldiers and military officers gathered together and chattered louder and louder, and there were many discussions. By the end, everyone was extremely angry, frowning and frothing at the mouth.

While these soldiers were discussing heatedly, they suddenly heard shouts, "Brother Changsheng is back!" Be careful, everyone! Listen to what they say! 』

A group of people stopped talking and looked at Ma Changsheng who was walking over.

Ma Changsheng looked at everyone, then shook his head expressionlessly.

"What? ! General Gao doesn't allow it? ! 』

"You're watching the city of gold be captured, but you still don't get a reward?" Do you think General Gao is going to hide himself? 』

"The devil knows! Anyway, I feel that what is ours must be given to us! At least we should be replenished with the military pay we were owed before? ! 』

"The blood has flowed from my body, and I have endured all the hardships. When the time comes, I still can't take a bite of something sweet. I can't swallow this breath!" 』

"That's right!" Can't swallow! 』

Ma Changsheng waved his hand, "Shut up!" This matter... General Gao said it is not allowed, and those who violate it will be severely punished..."

After a brief silence, it exploded with a bang!

When Gao Shun scolded them in the military camp for failing to follow the rules, they didn't feel angry at all, but now they felt their anger rising. Some even started to say that they couldn't do it if this continued, and whoever wanted to go would follow Gao Shun. , anyway, he can't accept this...

Now these Han troops in the Western Regions are no longer the same as the hussars of Guanzhong Sanfu. In the Sanfu of Guanzhong, or in the early days of the Western Regions, the army, whether it was the Xiliang soldiers or the Bingzhou army, or some of the soldiers who were added later, were all full of blood, and at the beginning they all wanted to use their lives in exchange for their skills. A poor soldier with great fame.

At that time, everyone was poor.

Although the equipment they wore at that time was very sharp and the armor was very expensive, strictly speaking it did not belong to them individually, but was issued according to the establishment. Therefore, at that time, it can be said that they actually did not have much personal property. There is no concept of how much your money or my money is. Everyone eats together, stirs the horse spoon together in a dark cauldron, gnaws dry pancakes together, and drinks porridge and soup filled with wind and sand.

In the early days of the Western Regions, these soldiers and military academies were all willing to sacrifice their lives, and they really did. Although Lu Bu is said to be tyrannical, it does not mean that there will be zero casualties in every battle. There will still be casualties. Most of the soldiers who died were cremated and their ashes were brought back. When the war was severe, sometimes even the whole body could not be found. It would be good to recover a soldier's military badge.

Even though the Hussars' logistics supplies are already at the top level in this era, in the vast area of ​​the Western Regions, when they were conquering various countries in the Western Regions, they may not be able to obtain supplies on time and on time. Sometimes the logistics cannot keep up. When we went up, the soldiers, generals and commanders gritted their teeth together, endured hunger and searched for food everywhere, and then swallowed the grass roots and wild vegetables...

Bitter, I have experienced it.

Blood, flow.

They are not cowards, nor are they weaklings, but what is waiting for them?

After the death of Li Ru, there was no restraint and supervision on the civilian side. Lu Bu allowed Wei Xu and others to do whatever they wanted without thinking about it. As a result, the old problems among the Xiliang soldiers and the Bingzhou army slowly resurfaced. At first they were simply detained, and then those upright officers were either convicted or expelled.

Forming cliques, this kind of problem is really unavoidable for the army of the feudal dynasty, so in fact, if it only goes to this extent, it's fine. Because even if they were detained or those more upright military sergeants were driven away, the Han army in the Western Regions was beyond the combat level of this era, and had abundant combat supplies and excellent combat equipment...

The problem is, when a black spot appears on a tooth, it often means more than just a small hole.

During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the Xiliang soldiers and the Bingzhou army often suffered from short-term pay and deductions, but they were still very capable of fighting. They beat the shit out of all the Shandong soldiers at that time, but they were just hussars. After that, they just changed some bad habits. Now that the Western Region has returned to its original state during the period of Emperor Han Ling, it doesn't seem to be a big deal.

But the most intolerable thing for these soldiers was that they saw the crazy corruption of the civil servants in the Western Regions, and then they were laughed at and looked down upon, which made them feel that all the things they had done before, the blood, sweat, and efforts they had put in , all for those corrupt civil servants who are making wedding clothes! He became a poor man who served as a soldier in the eyes of civil servants!

In the end, even the normal rationing had problems. The food and clothing of the soldiers were exchanged for money. There were fewer and fewer things that should have been distributed to them, but more and more difficulties were made. Civil officials and military soldiers The gap between rich and poor is getting wider and wider...

Anger inevitably arises in the end.

"Why?" ! 』

"Yes, why?" Why can those guys make money but not us when it's our turn? ! 』

"That's not fair!" 』

"justice! We want justice! 』

"Why can those civil servants get money, but we can't?" Not to mention we just want our share of the money! 』

"Yes, that's the money we won!" It was our money originally! 』