Xie Shi, like many young men who have not suffered any setbacks since childhood and have excellent quality of life, said that they are newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers or do not know the greatness of heaven and earth. He is really not afraid of the Han Army at all.
It has been successfully predicted that the Han army will land. Even the location of the Han Army's landing is guessed. Xie Shi should be in a stage of bursting with self-confidence.
During the day, Xie Shi's self-confidence was not hurt because he found that the Han army landed was only 10000, and the regular army and family private soldiers he brought together were nearly 16000. Although nearly 1000 combat power was lost, the number of Jin army was still 5000 more than the Han army.
"We still have land and people!" Xie Shi scoffed at his deputy general Xie Ping's decision to retreat and return to Xinxi City: "it's a pity to retreat before fighting. It's not enough to blow your morale. It's a waste of the opportunity to drive the Han army down the river!"
The Han Army led by Huan Wen landed from the Yangtze River. Because there was no ferry, it was the way of landing from big ships to small boats.
After the Han army landed, they were building a ferry, but the ferry will never be built overnight. In particular, there is definitely more than one ferry needed. So it must take at least three or four days?
Xie Ping is not a member of Xie's blood family. Just as many door lords and aristocratic families have family children who serve for generations, he is the best family child among Xie's door Lords.
After landing, the Han Army did not build a camp, but set up some wooden fences at the front, resisted horses and arranged defense forces. Most of the Han army stayed on the soft beach.
The Jin army set up a camp early in the area about five miles inland of the river beach. They arranged fortifications in advance. Xie Shi felt that he could drive the landing Han army down the river again to feed fish.
When the Han Army wanted to build a ferry, they naturally needed to look for trees to cut down, but they found that the slightly thicker trees near the beach had been cleaned up early, and they needed to go inland to cut down trees.
"It's a little interesting." Huan Wen, with a smile on his face, said to Yuan Qiao, "Xie's family heritage has a lot about soldiers. Xie an and Xie Shi have been trained as military generals. It seems that Xie Shi has also got some true stories."
The Yangtze River is a very long water system. It can be said that except for some places with mountains on both sides, the rest can basically be used as landing points. The difference is that large ships can land directly or small boats need to land in batches.
"Xie Shi guessed the landing point of the Han Army correctly. After all, there are only a few cities along the Yangtze River in the land of three counties, and there are fewer cities attacked by the Han army." Yuan Qiao also praised Xie Shi and said, "guess the landing point and arrange it in advance. It's really a bit of material for generals."
Yuan Qiao and Huan Wen also did not feel any pressure. The war is fought with hard power. What can happen if you guess right many times, but it is to create some trouble for the attacker. What really competes is the actual combat effectiveness of the two armies. Both of them were born in the Jin army system. They know how much combat effectiveness the Jin army has and whether they have a sense of expectation for the combat effectiveness of family private soldiers.
There are only four gate valves in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are countless aristocratic families. There are not many who can fight and win. The family private soldiers of Yu's clan should be the first sequence, and even much stronger than the regular Jin army. For example, Xie and Huan can only be said to be in the second sequence. The Wang family and the regular Jin army that are not backward are the third sequence, and the private soldiers of the remaining families are at the end.
"War horses can swim. Don't get a batch of them ashore directly from the ferry." Huan Wen felt that he needed to teach the little guy a good lesson: "after the number reached 3000, he directly attacked the weakness of the enemy, attracted the Jin army to fight out of the stronghold, and then the infantry advanced."
Yuan Qiao just nodded. He just wanted to make a similar proposal.
There was plenty of light in the daytime, and the place where Jin troops camped also had geographical advantages. They soon found the movement on the river.
Cavalry has always been the weakness of the Jin army, which is not caused by geographical location. After all, the state of Chu in the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period was also a southern country, but why could the state of Chu become a country of ten thousand horses? Facts have proved that the south is not unable to cultivate war horses. The gap is that the later dynasties based on the South did not find the right way.
Xie Shi is a noble disciple of the door valve. The private soldiers of the family who go out as generals are not elite, but the equipment is absolutely one top one. Among his 15000 men, infantry accounted for the vast majority, but there were nearly 1400 cavalry. According to the division of equipment, they were regarded as sudden cavalry.
"The beach ground is soft and not suitable for riding." Xie Shi found a large number of horses on the river and immediately knew what the Han Army wanted to do. He confidently said to Xie Ping: "the Han army will indeed seek a breakthrough by taking advantage of the cavalry, but he didn't know that another plan of the general had been reached."
The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty lost the Central Plains, and some inheritance did not disappear because of the loss of land, such as the existence of strong crossbow, and even a bed crossbow called eight horse crossbow. Xie Shi had 60 eight horse crossbows in his hand, while the number of Chu Li, the abbot of the state, actually exceeded 300, but Li Mai didn't have one.
The eight horse crossbow refers to a kind of bed crossbow with eight horses (cattle) to pull the string tension. It is an absolute sharp weapon of the Jin army. It is generally used as a fixed Garrison or loading warships. In field operations, the eight horse crossbow is too large for transportation.
The Han army is lined up with cavalry. A small number of people and horses are equipped with sudden cavalry with plate armor, and more are only light cavalry with knights wearing leather armor.
After Xie Shi ordered, the Jin army began to play with eight horse crossbows. Each eight horse crossbow was operated by twelve Jin soldiers. They were pushed or pulled to the rear where Xie Shi thought the Han army would attack.
In addition to arranging the eight horse crossbow, Xie Shi also gathered all the cavalry at hand, and mobilized 1000 heavy infantry, 2000 bow crossbow men and some necessary light infantry to give a blow to the Han army.
While both sides are preparing for the war, as the first Scouts of the two armies, they have fought fiercely and frequently. Of course, the Scouts of the Han Army wanted to know the details of the Jin army, while the Scouts of the Jin army were the blockers, and the blood of both sides was sprinkled everywhere.
The real opening of the war was that after the Han army organized 3000 cavalry, they were divided into three teams into a trident formation, followed by 4000 infantry.
Xie Shi found that the Han Army did not concentrate on a breakthrough. He was disappointed and said to Xie Ping: "it seems that the weak area that would have been deliberately exposed has not become the main breakthrough point of the Han army. The eight horse crossbow can only be aimed at one part of the Han army."
The soil on the beach is really soft. Every time the horseshoe steps, it will sink into about half a foot or even deeper. If you want to move quickly, you can only reach the area with relatively hard soil, resulting in a slight delay in the action of the 3000 Han Army, which can give the Jin army enough time to dispatch troops and generals.
"That boy is still inexperienced." Huan Wen looked at the direction of the Jin army. There would be some very abrupt bushes in some areas: "just don't lack the courage to use the eight horse crossbow in the field."
Seriously, no matter Huan Wen or yuan Qiao, how could they forget the existence of the sharp bed crossbow of the Jin army.
Xie Shi was already standing on the towering nest car. Seeing the slow speed of the advancing Han cavalry, he smiled happily on his face. He wondered whether he should let the rest of the troops prepare for the attack, wait to defeat the cavalry of the Han Army, kill them out of the barracks, and directly drive the unstable Han army down the river.
Xie Ping, who also stood on the nest car, was worried. He was different from Xie Shi, a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers. He had more experience in age and had more experience in fighting when he joined the army. In addition, he knew that the famous Han army might not be easy to deal with. It was unrealistic to drive away or force into the river at one stroke.
"Little master, the fleet of the Han army is still by the river." Xie Ping reminded me more than once that the war was about to start. He persuaded me again: "even if we can defeat the Han Army trying to break into the inland, our troops can pursue the Han Army's warships for a long-range attack. I'm afraid..."
"Don't disturb my army again." Xie Shi certainly didn't forget the strong long-range attack ability of the Han Army fleet. He said with a firm face: "once the Han army is defeated, our army will have a great morale. The soldiers are full of courage. It's time to fight with their lives."
As a trap arranged by Xie Shi, the Han cavalry along the way will soon reach the range of the eight horse crossbow. When they approach close to 300 steps, bursts of bleak trumpets sound, and then the cavalry on both sides scatter outward, while the leading cavalry try their best to kick up the horse's belly or pat the horse's ass.
"The range of the eight horse crossbow is not the same, up to 250 steps." Huan Wen was observing the Jin army with a single telescope in his hand. He had seen the huge body of the eight horse crossbows originally covered with grass or branches and leaves: "there should be about 50, each launching three long dragons at a time, and about 200 breaths (about four minutes) can be launched once."
Of course, Yuan Qiao knew the relevant data of the eight horse crossbow. He put down his single telescope, turned to the beach area and said, "this terrain is too crowded for our army. In any case, we should expand the terrain before dark."
"Uncle Yan is too cautious." Huan Wen also put down his binoculars and rubbed his chin's beard like an itch. He said a little angrily, "since the war is going on, it is natural to aim at defeating the boy's army."
"...." Yuan Qiao was a little stunned. They had just arrived. The soldiers of the whole army had been on a ship for nearly a month, and the horses had not adapted to the land again. He couldn't help frowning: "is it too risky?"
Huan Wen smiled but said nothing. He felt that Yuan Qiao was sometimes too cautious. The Jin army had bed crossbows and the Han Army had crossbows. Sending cavalry to attract Xie Shi's full attention to cover up the crossbows hidden in the advancing infantry.
In front, the eight horse crossbow that shows its true face is already being launched. Every time they launch, there will be a loud sound of bow string banging. What they shoot is not a traditional giant crossbow, but a long bow.
The so-called "Xiao" is similar to a mixture of spear and rod. The front end is a sharp and sharp flat spear head, and the back position is a circle of blunt tools with sharp spikes. This kind of weapon was originally used by the powerful as a weapon for infantry, and later appeared on the cavalry general. It must be noted that if you dare to use a horse's name when riding a horse, you are definitely a top-notch general. Ordinary people can't play this weapon.
The riding and shooting of 60 eight bull crossbows is like the beating of war drums. The sound comes and goes quickly. One hundred and eighty long crossbows sound sharp in the sky. While they fly and shoot, the crossbows and arrows fired by the top 800 crossbow soldiers follow.
No matter what long-range weapon is, it will fly from launch to hit. The long-range weapon in the cold weapon era can't arrive in an instant like a gun. After the Jin army launched the eight horse crossbow and strong crossbow, the Han Army had about four breathing times to adjust its position. For a moment, the cavalry and cavalry were pulled as loose as possible, but kept moving forward.
The long arrow and the crossbow fell back and forth. In an instant, it brought people's dull hum and the wailing of war horses. It was also necessary for some weapons that missed the target and the dull sound produced by the ground.
"The enemy's combat experience... Is very sufficient!" Xie Shi was only disappointed at this moment. The results of the long-range attack of the Jin army were much less than expected. He turned to look at Xie Ping and ordered, "you go to command the infantry in person and must firmly resist the enemy!"
Xie Ping should "promise" in his mouth, and his face with his head down was more obviously worried. In fact, he was thinking: [the book of war is one thing, and the actual combat is another. The little master is too entrusted.]
The Han cavalry did not attack directly as the Jin soldiers including Xie Shi thought. When they approached the Jin fortification for about 100 steps, they stepped aside to both sides, revealing the Han soldiers who approached about 280 steps.
Before Xie Shi, who was standing on the nest car, all his attention was on the Han cavalry of the Trident formation. Although he found the Han infantry approaching, his mind was in a state of subconscious neglect. Until he saw the dense black spots rising to the sky in the Han Army's formation, he heard a violent "crash" in his ear the next moment.
"Raise your shield!" Xie Shi subconsciously shouted, and his next move was to continue shouting: "cavalry out!"
The equipment of the Jin army must be better than that of the Hu people. When Xie Shi didn't shout, the Jin soldiers in the front array had raised their shields to meet the coverage of arrow rain. The shields on one side were big guys inlaid with iron sheets, which were not made of wood or skin.
The cavalry of the Jin army set out when they saw the flag signal on the nest car. Of course, they could not go up against the arrow rain, but attack from other directions.
"What the hell is this?" Huan Wen looked confused and asked yuan Qiao, "did they take the initiative to leave the camp?"
Yuan Qiao said he didn't understand Xie Shi's command routine, but he wanted to give up his fortification advantage.