Volume 1 Jiangdong Fengyun Chapter 99 Ambush
Whether it is appropriate to lead the army to charge directly down from a high place depends on the specific situation at the time.
If the army below had already made preparations, surrounded the enemy on all sides and set up many defenses, then the army on high ground would be like fat meat on the chopping board.
But at this time, Ji Ling and others were exhausted, morale was low, and their engines were almost unable to start.
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun had already come here to rest, waiting for Ji Ling to fall into their trap. They expected that the place where he would flee must be on higher ground, not on the north side where the water would rush in, and also to avoid Pengcheng as much as possible...
Although it is surrounded by the Copper Mountain Range, there are not many places that meet these conditions!
Zhang Liao just chose the most likely location, betting on a big win to become a complete victory...
Ji Ling saw Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were there, and the soldiers under his command did not look like they had lost the city... He was completely certain that this was the enemy's conspiracy!
Wei Xu was thrown to the ground and died. Hou Cheng wanted to escape but was killed by Ji Ling's personal soldiers.
Seeing Zhang Liao's unmoved look, Ji Ling knew that these two guys were really unaware of the situation and just caused such a big mess. It would not be unfair to kill them!
"Don't panic, form a battle line to resist the enemy! The bandits are far fewer than our army!" Ji Ling shouted.
This is true. Zhang Liao only has about 5,000 men, while Ji Ling has nearly 20,000 wet rats...
However, when Gao Shun, dressed in grey battle armor, led the Xianzhen Camp without shouting, drums, and in complete silence, rushing down the gentle slope, Ji Ling still felt his scalp tingling - Ji Ling had already experienced the weirdness .
When it comes to being cowardly, Ji Ling was cowardly. While commanding the army to change its formation to form a battle array to meet the enemy, he retreated to the main position in the army.
Ji Ling was confident that he could defeat Gao Shun in terms of personal strength, but if he was trapped among those eight hundred ghost-like soldiers, not only him, Ji Ling, but also Lu Bu would have no chance of coming out alive!
If it were replaced by 800 ordinary soldiers, with Lu Bu's bravery, when he was in good condition, even with the suppression effect of armor, he could easily kill the enemy and force them to collapse by rushing in, killing left and right, and the rest would be lambs to be slaughtered.
But Gao Shun's 800-man formation was different. There was no such thing as collapse. They would always make the most beneficial choice for the collective and would not be affected by individual emotions - unless it could affect Gao Shun himself.
Even when individual soldiers were injured, they would choose to retreat for treatment in time, or rush forward to assist friendly forces and perish together with the enemy, depending on the severity of the injury and the situation of the battle...
At this time, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were leading 3,000 Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, 1,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and 800 Vanguards. The rest of the infantry had already been sent out to search and rescue the people.
When they attacked Ji Ling's army, the two chose to lead the Xianzhen Camp as the vanguard without hesitation, and even the Wolf Cavalry and Iron Cavalry charged behind the Xianzhen Camp...
"If we are determined to break into the enemy's formation, we will either die or live." Gao Shun muttered softly.
Hao Meng was not around during the charge , so probably no one else knew that Gao Shun had actually "shouted" slogans.
The soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp, wearing black helmets and black armor, rushed towards Ji Ling's army formation which had not yet been deployed. Then they formed groups of three and charged into the enemy formation one by one!
This is exactly the "force of breaking through the enemy's formation" that is only applicable to the Xianzhen Camp. Gao Shun will judge whether to form a group of three, nine or eighteen people based on the situation . The key is to kill into the enemy's formation and disrupt its formation.
Especially effective against non-dense arrays.
In essence, it is a method of fighting without following any rules, but only studying small formations to join forces against the enemy, and then "drilling" into the enemy's formation, forcing the opponent to become a disorganized battle formation.
In a battle with no rules and relying only on small team fighting, no army can be better than the Xianzhen Camp. Therefore, in a battle with less than a thousand people, Gao Shun is invincible!
Only Gao Shun's Xianzhen Camp could use this method of warfare. Ordinary troops were scattered in groups of three or five among the enemy army. The squad leaders and captains would not be able to receive orders from each other, and their morale would probably collapse first.
Only Gao Shun's Xianzhen Camp had no grassroots generals and was composed entirely of Ji-made soldiers. They were controlled by him in real time, so they were able to maintain order even when the enemy's formation was disrupted.
Moreover, the Xianzhen Camp saved the time of training this series of changes, and fully trained the special combat methods of the squadron to attack and kill. It also required everyone to make unnecessary sacrifices and only seek results, so as to maximize the effect of the "Xianzhen Force".
Ji Ling's army didn't even have time to line up, and was directly trapped by teams of black-armored soldiers, who infiltrated like sand...
"Form a formation, form a formation calmly! Don't fight with those monsters!" Ji Ling's roar did not get much response.
If you look down from a bird's eye view, you will find that within the range infiltrated by the Eight Hundred Formations, the Huainan Army's formation changes were completely stuck!
However, neither the Huainan Army nor the old troops from Nanyang could ignore casualties like the Xianzhen Camp, and naturally they could not form their own formation under the attack of the Xianzhen Camp.
From a bird's eye view, it looked like Ji Ling's army had been invaded by the "virus", becoming sluggish and being killed quickly...
It was while the enemy's formation was in disarray that the cavalry led by Zhang Liao rushed straight forward!
The Xiliang cavalry protected the two wings, and the Bingzhou cavalry directly broke into the enemy formation. In the past six months in Xuzhou, the Xiliang cavalry had been fattened up and had regained their heavy cavalry characteristics. Not only did they wear thick armor, but their "war horses" also looked stronger, but they were slower.
However, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry were still strong attackers, and the infantry who were "trapped" in the Xianzhen Camp and unable to form a formation were vulnerable to the cavalry.
Zhang Liao didn't even need to worry about accidentally injuring friendly troops, because avoiding cavalry was part of their training, and...if they really did accidentally injure someone, "they" wouldn't care. Even if their companions fell under the iron hooves of friendly troops, they wouldn't hesitate to make a move to kill the enemy!
Even some injured soldiers would throw themselves at the enemy and be swept under their iron hooves together, trying not to lose.
Like a hot knife cutting through oil, the cavalry led by Zhang Liao cut right into the enemy ranks. The Huainan Army had to rely entirely on their lives to weaken the cavalry's momentum.
Ji Ling's flag gradually moved backwards, and it was obvious that he did not want to confront Zhang Liao head-on!
General’s flag - a device that assists military commanders in commanding troops and can serve as a “signal tower”.
Previously, when Zhang Xun was fighting outside the city of Qu'a, he chose to build a high platform and command with flags from the rear. In addition to the fear of a head-on battle with Lu Bu, it was also because it was difficult to cover tens of thousands of troops .
At this time, if you still need to lead the troops and command a general, you will need a general flag. Around the general flag, the contact range of the general's armor will become larger.
However, in this way, the coach's flag will also expose the position of the head coach!
If Ji Ling wanted to retreat, as long as he could regroup, he might be able to defeat the mere four or five thousand cavalrymen. However, Zhang Liao went straight towards the general's flag.
Even Zhang Liao, who usually looks gentle and elegant, was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins when he entered the battlefield. He relied entirely on stream of consciousness to command, completely ignoring the disconnection of his troops. The Western Liang cavalry could not charge forward so they protected the two wings, and the central army could not charge forward so they fought on the spot. In order to quickly get close to the general's flag, Zhang Liao's cavalry were deployed one section at a time.
Finally, when there were only a few dozen cavalrymen around him, Zhang Liao rushed to Ji Ling and engaged in close combat with his personal guards. The two armies faced off head-on, a typical example of a solitary army advancing deep into the enemy's territory...
However, at this time, Ji Ling's troops were exhausted and their horses were exhausted, and they were thrown into disarray by the cavalry, and were killed by Zhang Liao!
"Ji Ling! Do you dare to fight?"
