Chapter 241 Dashun Army
Let’s go back to the time when Zhu Jun led his troops into Yanzhou.
As soon as Zhu Jun arrived in Yanzhou, he captured twelve cities of Dashun in succession, forcing the Dashun army to retreat again and again.
"General, the enemy has formed a battle array in front, and it seems that they are planning to have a decisive battle with our army!" Zhu Jun's deputy general said very cautiously. He was a little unsure why the enemy would make such an irrational move. They had just captured twelve cities and were not thinking about how to escape, but were actually planning to have a decisive battle with them.
"It looks like the enemy has reached their limit . After all, we've been fighting for only seven days, and our army has taken over twelve counties without a single blow. If we don't fight any longer, they'll probably completely lose their will to fight, right?" Zhu Jun said with a smile. It seemed that the enemy was planning to use a strategy that would make the enemy arrogant, but if he fell into this trap, his decades of military career would soon be in vain.
"Order each unit to light a fire and cook, and after eating and drinking enough, be ready for the assault and battle." Zhu Jun waved his hand, not taking the other side's preparations seriously.
All the soldiers under his command were conscripted soldiers. Although they were well trained and could be regarded as regular soldiers, the main force still had to rely on some of the five schools of Beigong that he brought with him.
There are too many problems for new recruits to go to the battlefield. It is not realistic to rely solely on new recruits to fight. It is better to use the tactics of old leading new, which can also train these new recruits.
This tactic of old leading new soldiers only requires him to make the correct judgment and decision, and then convey the instructions to the veterans, and the rest will naturally be done by the veterans leading the new soldiers into battle.
This small battlefield with only 40,000 to 50,000 people limits Zhu Jun's ability to perform well. It would be better to let a few people with internal energy leave their bodies to lead the team.
However, he also knew that the biggest reason for letting him lead the team was to train the troops, otherwise it would be better if the Wolf Cavalry from Bingzhou and the Iron Cavalry from Liangzhou could come back and crush them.
To train new soldiers on the battlefield, it still requires veterans like him to grasp the level of the process.
Zhu Jun put on his armor and adjusted his mental state. Even a lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit. He didn't want to lose his reputation in his later years.
Even though the soldiers had undergone extensive training and were led by veterans of the Imperial Guard level, theoretically there would be no problem in defeating a group of rebels. However, Zhu Jun still tried his best and carefully sorted out the clouds formed by the military formation.
Zhu Jun's armor is a very ordinary soldier's armor. To be honest, if you don't have the strength of Zhao Yun and Lu Bu on the battlefield, you must not play with your personality, otherwise you will die without knowing how you died.
Zhu Jun had fought in wars for many years and had seen countless rebellious bandits who were ignorant of the danger. They were dressed in fancy armor, but were caught by the sound of gunfire and their wills were locked, so they were directly taken away by concentrated fire.
This made all the veterans on the battlefield understand that if they don't have the strength, they should not act recklessly. They should just stay under the command of the commander of the central army and never mess around.
Although Shuaiqi is also a target, at least he will not be locked by other people's will. At there is room to dodge and he will not be targeted and taken away.
"Most wars in this world do not require the command of a large army." Zhu Jun, who was mixed in with the soldiers in the central army and wearing armor that looked the same as that of a soldier but was actually more than twice as strong, sighed sincerely.
In this kind of small-scale battlefield, if he didn't have to grasp the balance between training and warfare, there would be no need for him to command a large army.
The significance of a large army commanding such a force is mainly on a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of people, or to deal with the same existence. The problem is that in most small-scale battles, the existence of a large army is not as important as that of one or two powerful generals.
On a small-scale battlefield, the most powerful thing is the military situation, which is eliminated without any brains.
In a small-scale battlefield, he might not even be able to defeat Lu Bu in a one-on-one attack. The upper and lower limits of this kind of small-scale battlefield are there, and even if a god of war comes, he can only do so much.
Zhu Jun took a quick glance at the opposing troops. Their morale was quite stable, but Zhu Jun could tell from their sparse formation that the level of the opposing soldiers might be even lower than theirs.
Except for a few troops wearing iron armor, most of them were wearing leather armor. They were basically bandits and the like. Except that they were slightly stronger than the Han army, they were basically crushed by the Han army.
"Interesting. Let Changshui give it . A speed of six arrows per second should be enough." Zhu Jun sensed something was wrong from the opposite side, so he cautiously chose to let Changshui give it a try first.
The two thousand soldiers of the Changshui Camp, who were at the level of the Imperial Guards, steadily rained arrows down on the center of the Dashun Army. The front row was composed of shield soldiers and infantry, so there was no need to waste arrows.
The rain of arrows exploded on the ground like missiles, creating layers of smoke and dust. After the dust settled, the Dashun army was completely unharmed, and there was a faint shield wall above the army.
Zhu Jun narrowed his eyes. This method of using cloud gas to condense a shield was not something that ordinary people could do. How lucky was he that he actually met a commander of a large army among these rebels?
Thinking about the scene of losing twelve cities in a row but still maintaining high morale, Zhu Jun understood that he had won the prize. He estimated that the opponent should be the biggest trouble of the seven rebels, and he actually ran into them.
But as he said, there is a limit to what a large army commander can do on a small-scale battlefield. He has nearly a half-full strength of guards at his disposal, and they are from the five Beigong schools. How could he lose?
On the other side, in the Dashun army, Li Zicheng looked at the rain of arrows blocked by the shield wall with lingering fear, and he couldn't help but look at the fat man beside him.
"Luoshan, thanks to you, otherwise my Dashun would not be able to escape this disaster." He was so satisfied with the son his wife bought from the caravan. Not only did he help him gain the support of the aristocratic families, but he also helped him grow to this point. It can be said that half of the credit for Dashun was due to his son.
"Godfather, get ready to activate your talent. Our opponent is General Zhu Gongwei, I'm afraid he is not an easy opponent." The fat man named Luoshan had a serious look on his face. He didn't expect that Dashun would actually attract Zhu Jun, who was higher in rank than one of the Three Dukes. The imperial court's efforts to suppress the bandits were too great.
Li Zicheng also became more serious when he saw his adopted son's serious face. He didn't think he was joking.
"Pass the order down, tell the two generals Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongde on the left and right wings not to expose their strength and wait for my order before taking action!" Luo Shan gave the order with a heavy heart. He thought the court would be distracted by Liangshan and others, but he didn't expect the court to be so cautious.
"General, the front camp's battle line is beginning to collapse! General Hao Yaoqi of the front camp has been killed." Before Luo Shan could give any more orders, a messenger rushed over urgently.
"The reason for the collapse? The enemy's military strength?" Luo Shan calmly asked for detailed information. The front camp itself was the bait he threw out, but the bait collapsed too quickly.
"The individual strength of the enemy troops far exceeds that of the front camp. They are suspected to be the Central Guards." The messenger reported loudly.
Luo Shan did not doubt the report of the messenger. The messengers were established by him and were the people he trusted the most. He also controlled the entire army through the soldiers in these key positions.
