Dawei Fanghua

People from all walks of life on both sides joined in the fight one after another, but the generals still could not expand the scale of the battle infinitely.The darkness of night can calm people down.

As the sun went down, the light became dimmer and the visible scenes became blurry. Both Wei and Wu sides invariably broke away from contact with their armies.

It was difficult to see clearly at night, and it was difficult for the generals to effectively control the army. It was easy to cause chaos. Almost no one was willing to continue fighting at night. It was too risky.So once the battle gets dark, it usually comes to an end.

On the darkened earth, you can still see a few sporadic fires, which are the remaining fires of the burning military vehicles that have not yet been extinguished.

The cool and humid night wind blew through, vaguely mixed with fishy, ​​excrement and other odors, and the air was filled with moans and groans that rose and fell from time to time.The fighting paused, and the retreating troops, like wild beasts, began to silently lick their wounds.

Outside the camp, Qin Liang met Sun Li and others who had just come over for inspection.Qin Liang got off his horse and bowed to him, and Sun Li unexpectedly got off his horse and bowed in return.This situation is not common, because Sun Li is the lord, he can just express it on horseback.

Sun Li sighed and said: "Quan Cong's soldiers today are many, twice as many as mine. If it weren't for Zhong Ming, I wonder if I could still talk to Zhong Ming? I don't know how many soldiers died here?"

Qin Liang said casually: "King Quan Nai, the commander-in-chief, provided timely reinforcements, Ming Gong took charge of the overall situation, and the soldiers were responsible for their lives."

Sun Li didn't say anything more, he just glanced at Qin Liang and stood silently with Qin Liang for a while.

Although Qin Liang was polite and modest, he felt eight points more confident in his heart.In the past, he only had a lot of paper research in his stomach. No matter how rigorous the deductions in his mind were, without actual combat proof, he was always a little guilty.But now, he was able to confirm that his thoughts were not wrong.

As Sun Li said, if the old tactics are still used, after all, the Wu army's entire Cong army is twice as large as Sun Li's army. In today's battle, Sun Li will suffer heavy casualties even if he does not die.Qin Liang's new tactics changed the way of fighting, and they seemed to be effective.

When Qin Liang inspected the situation of the Wei army, he discovered at least two problems.

First, most of the spears of the Wei army were not very long (this is also consistent with the evidence of cultural relics unearthed by archeology, the spears of the Three Kingdoms were shorter than those of the Western Han Dynasty).Because the three kingdoms of Wei, Wu, and Shu often fought wars, their lengths should be about the same.This is not a problem at all. It does not require super long spears, allows the infantry to have greater mobility, and can directly launch a charge.

No matter what kind of weapons or equipment, they have their targets, and air cannot be used against imaginary enemies.

Perhaps because none of the opponents adopted a super-lance plan, all parties adopted spearmen with more athletic and sprinting capabilities. In addition, the cavalry tactics at this time were not yet mature and had not yet reached the status of the king of cold weapons. Faced with the cavalry's fear and desire to resist, the infantry was not so persistent.

But in any case, Qin Liang thought of a battle example in which the Polish hussars directly defeated the spear formation.

Because the pike infantry of later generations were basically equipped with super-long spears in order to resist cavalry, the Polish Hussars used hollow barrels to reduce weight in order to make the lances longer than the infantry pikes.That kind of wooden hollow gun shaft is complicated to make, easy to break, and wears out very quickly.However, the Poles relied on their longer lances and surrounded the enemy's pike formation, and stunned the classic spear formation that could defend against cavalry attacks.

The spears of the infantry array cannot reach the opponent, they dare not move, and they are constantly being attacked and stabbed. Their mentality is indeed easy to collapse.

But Qin Liang wanted to refer to the battle examples, and the operation was even simpler.At this time, the infantry spears of Wei, Wu and Shu were not too long. They only needed to lengthen and weight the cavalry spears. There was no need to go to any trouble to make hollow spears.After all, the Polish Hussars are also a strange flower among the cavalry, and most people can't learn them even if they want to.

However, this time Qin Liang used the lengthened spear to achieve an advantageous effect. It is estimated that various countries will pay attention to the lengthened spear again in the future.War is like this, experience is still extremely valued.Everyone will make adjustments and changes through practice. Without verification of actual combat examples, changes will not happen easily.

Secondly, the Wei army, and probably the army of Shu and Wu, still adhere to the classical idea of ​​​​a large army organization at the battle level.Judging from Qin Liang's thinking, there is probably a lack of medium-sized mixed brigades.

At the rank of captain, they may lead two to three thousand soldiers. They may have more than one type of soldiers, but they are not complete.When conducting battle-level formation battles, the entire formation is usually assigned to multiple arms of the organization. Usually there are at least several thousand or tens of thousands of people to coordinate with multiple arms on a large scale.Overall nothing wrong with it.

But there are almost no medium-sized mixed brigades, so the army must have weaknesses in local locations.Only the cavalry can find this kind of weakness with good tactical mobility, without the need for the head iron to insist on the front.

Sun Li's cavalry dispatched today confirmed Qin Liang's judgment.Facts have proved that the cavalry can be used in multiple positions from the back and side.

The Wu army did not have much cavalry to fight against the cavalry, so they could only rely on infantry formations to defend.In this case, in addition to the spear formation, there must be a large-scale array of bows and crossbows to effectively kill the cavalry.Of course, concentrated shooting will not easily prevent the fast-moving cavalry from approaching, but at least one round of concentrated shooting can cause certain damage and weaken the enemy cavalry.

It is a pity that the Wu army deployed a large-scale bow and crossbow system that could be used intensively on the front of the battle formation.When the Wei cavalry suddenly approached from its flank, there was no time to mobilize the organization.

Although today's battle was located in an open low-hill area, nothing could be hidden. Fortunately, the Wei cavalry still successfully achieved tactical surprise in local positions.

Therefore, the small-scale crossbows equipped by the Wu army on the flanks hardly played any role in blocking the cavalry.The cavalry rushed up and drove them away immediately.

At this time, the crossbows were very slow, laborious, and easily damaged. It was difficult to train archers. The army mainly consisted of crossbowmen, so the main way to determine the winner of the battle was to fight close to each other.Moreover, the lethality of the cavalry's manned armor and arrows has to be discounted; the cavalry is fast, leaving little time for concentrated long-range shooting.There were fewer crossbowmen on the flanks, their fire rate was slow, their damage was limited, and they could not effectively threaten the cavalry charge... Qin Liang conducted tactical innovation training based on this, and he felt that there was nothing wrong with it at the time.But because there was no verification on the battlefield, he was still a little guilty secretly and not so confident.

Now he felt at ease, thinking: No matter what battle formation, there is still no escape from the theoretical laws of pure physics.

Qin Liang led the horse, followed Sun Li and others who were also walking, and silently walked into the gate of the camp.At this time, more generals came forward and everyone greeted each other.

Just like before, Qin Liang talks a lot when he wants to do something, but is more low-key when he is not doing anything serious.He silently walked towards the tent and passed by the generals.

"Qin joins the army." "Qin joins the army..." the voices of the generals said.When Qin Liang passed by, people all raised their hands to salute him again, and their eyes were different from before.The eyes that were watching were shining brightly, perhaps just reflecting the firelight in the camp.

Qin Liang raised his hands, cupped them while nodding, and said kindly: "Okay, okay. Generals, thank you for your hard work. You all fought with your lives, and Grandpa Sun is very pleased."

Just when Qin Liang passed by the reckless man Xiong Shou, Xiong Shou suddenly grabbed Qin Liang's arm. His face was a little red with excitement. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but because of his stupid mouth, he suddenly Zi couldn't say a decent word in public.

Qin Liang stretched out his hand and patted his shirt gently, making two soft "clang" sounds, "Are you still alive?"

"Haha!" Xiong Shou laughed out loud immediately, and everyone also burst into sporadic laughter, which immediately cleared away the heavy atmosphere.

At this time Wang Guang's voice said: "With this feeling and this scene, why don't Zhong Ming compose a poem?"

Qin Liang glanced at Wang Guang and thought to himself: I'm terrible at poetry, so don't always ask me to compose poetry. I can only copy.

However, today Qin Liang personally went to the battlefield where corpses were everywhere, which had a great impact on his mentality. At this time, the feeling of terror and fear has not really faded away.He also wanted to release his inner emotions, but for a moment he couldn't care less about being particular about it, so he immediately thought of a song.

And Sun Li also turned his head, as if he was looking forward to Qin Liang's poetry.

When Qin Liang saw that Sun Li was like this, he couldn't refuse his hospitality and couldn't get off the stage.He lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and recited slowly: "The luminous cup of grape wine, if you want to drink from the pipa, drink it immediately. Jun Moxiao, lying drunk on the battlefield, how many people have fought in ancient times?"

After hearing this, everyone felt sad and smiled bitterly.Sun Li personally commented: "A good poem."

Wang Guang also looked at Qin Liang a little excitedly and nodded vigorously: "Wine is indeed a match for heroes. Emperor Wen loved wine very much at the beginning. Emperor Wen said, let's talk about grapes. When you wake up after being drunk, you eat with the naked eye exposed; they are sweet and tireless, crisp and crisp. It is cold but not cold, has a long and juicy taste, relieves irritability and quenches thirst. It can also be brewed into wine, which is sweeter than qumi, good at getting drunk and easy to wake up."

Sun Li said: "It's a pity that there is no wine in the army, and there may not be any in Huainan. It's a bit regretful."

Wang Guangdao: "The general who conquered the east has it in his house. When he returns home after the victory, his servants will bring out all the wine from the cellar to celebrate the victory."

At this moment, someone was brought into the camp and knelt on one knee in the back to address General Sun.

When everyone turned around, the visitor said: "The king's governor invites General Sun to come to the big tent to talk."

Sun Li glanced to the north, but couldn't see anything because of the barrier.But everyone knew that Wang Ling's army had already set up camp nearby, almost joining Sun Li's army to form a company camp.

"Everyone, please settle down for the time being and treat the injured while I go to see the Governor Wang." Sun Li said. He turned to look at Wang Guang, "Gong Yuan is coming with me."

At this moment, Qin Liang took the initiative and said: "Please follow Duke Ming."

Sun Li nodded without hesitation.

Wang Guangze cast an expectant look at Qin Liang.Wang Guang seemed to be quite concerned about Qin Liang. He should have noticed that Qin Liang usually kept a low profile and took the initiative to ask his colleagues to guess what was going on.

So Sun Li brought a group of private soldiers, accompanied by Qin Liang and Wang Guang, and rode out of the camp together.

The firelight of the military camp could be seen not far away. The place where Wang Lingjun was stationed was indeed very close.