Chapter 268 Fog of War
"Does the Goguryeo people still attack?"
The fourth brother stood on an arrow tower and waited for a long time, but he didn't see the Goguryeo step forward, and he became a little impatient.
Luo Cheng asked Ximen Junyi to bring a chair over and place it under the Central Army banner. He lie down with his clothes, basking in the sun leisurely, even closing his eyes, crossing his legs, and drinking Qu'er.
This style diluted the tension before the war.
The new recruits who were originally nervous because of the sudden appearance of Goguryeo Light Cavalry, gradually calmed down. Even the people who were still busy carrying arrows felt less panicked.
Three thousand light riders of Goguryeo seem to be in a dilemma.
They rushed over and got a vanguard of the Sui army with only a few thousand men and went deep into the army alone, so they thought of eating it in one bite. But when they got here, they found that this bone was not easy to chew.
The Sui army was indeed only a few thousand people, and there were only five or six thousand people in the camp, but most of them were strong with the military and civilians. The real Sui army had only two or three thousand soldiers, but they had many bows and crossbows. Especially those with arrow towers and crossbows, if they really had a strong attack, they would be quite damaged.
"It's probably going to attack."
Luo Cheng opened his eyes, picked up the bubbled hot tea and drank it.
When the military academies heard this, they were not worried but happy.
If these Goguryeo people were so brave and scared away by the crossbow, they would not have the chance to earn military merits.
"Seeing the preparations of the Goguryeo people, it seems that they want to try hard."
After saying that, Luo Cheng took another sip of tea.
However, in less than half an hour, the state of the Sui army and the civilians in the camp had changed drastically. At the beginning, the Goguryeo light cavalry arrived, and these people were frightened, especially those who were strong, and they were even more frowning. Luo Cheng believed that these people were thinking about scattering and running away at any time.
But now, the hesitation of the Goguryeo people has made the confidence of the Sui soldiers soar.
"Be careful, don't underestimate the enemy. Although we have strong bows and crossbows, the Goguryeo people are also very capable of riding and shooting. After a while, they will definitely ride and shoot away first. Beware of the new recruits' blood collapse when they first fight!"
Luo Cheng was not worried about the other soldiers in the camp, especially the six hundred Zhangqiu soldiers he brought. If these people were frightened by the tragic battles that happened in a while, no one could say what would happen.
Just like the ancient military camps sometimes roared in the camp. In the middle of the night, soldiers suddenly had nightmares, and then collapsed and shouted, which triggered a chain reaction of other soldiers with nervousness and depression. Some soldiers would fall into hysterical violence after their mental breakdown.
So, in the dark, the entire barracks fell into violence and chaos. It is said that if the camp was severely punished, there would be basically no one left in the camp after dawn, and they would all kill each other or flee.
Luo Cheng had no good idea, he just ordered and prepared.
For each team, the head of the team must stand in the front, the flag bearer in the team stands in the second row, and the two flag bearers stand on the left and right to protect the flag and head of the team.
Then the soldiers in the team lined up in several rows, and the last row stood a deputy.
The team deputy acts as a supervisor and supervising force. Whoever dares to retreat and escape will be killed on the spot.
This formation is also a commonly used array by the Sui army.
The team leader must stand at the forefront, so the heads of the Great Sui Mansion soldiers are all grassroots officers with the most casualties. After a tough battle, the team leader may die, but it is also the easiest to make contributions if they survive. After crossing the team leader level, they generally do not need to be at the forefront.
Because of these characteristics, the leaders of the Sui army were all brave soldiers of blackness, and most of the officers who survived survived were survived, and they were among the best in terms of ability, courage or even luck.
"Reaffirm military law!"
The recording officer Wang Ziming and several officers were reading military orders in the camp.
"If the team loses the team's head, the whole team will be ineffective. If the team loses the team's flag, the whole team will be punished. If the team loses the team's flag, the whole team's flag will be lost, and the humble flag will be killed! If the team's head, the team's flag, and the whole team will be killed by half or more, and they will be spared from death."
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"The team leader dies, the team deputy will take over in front of the team, and the team deputy will be replaced by the first fire chief."
The team head and the team flag are the symbols of the same team. If the team head of the same team dies and the team flag is lost, then the team will be lost. The team head and the team flag are gone, and the two flags that are guarding the flag will be executed. If the flag is also dead, the whole team will be punished. Unless more than half of the team die in battle and persist to the end, they can be exempted from punishment.
"The escapee will be killed immediately!"
The military rules of the Sui Dynasty were extremely strict. Even when the crossbowmen were in battle, they would have to be executed directly if they did not wait for the order to be issued.
Soldiers must charge when they should. If they do not have the order to charge in advance, they must be executed directly.
The purpose of these strict military orders is to ensure the unity of the military formation during wartime and prevent chaos. The deposition of a thousand-mile dike in an ant hole is the most feared of the chaos and disorder of this small individual, which will cause the disorder and collapse of the entire group army formation.
In order to ensure order, there are these strict military laws, including officers at all levels, and even military judges.
The crossbowmen in the crossbow camp were already in place, and even the other infantry temporarily put down their weapons, took off their archery bows, and stood in the village to stand by.
Only the light cavalry were sitting on the ground with their horses on standby, and they did not have to act as crossbowmen for the time being.
As for the heavy cavalry, it was time to do so, and they were still sitting in the center of the formation and didn't even have to wear armor.
Waited for about an hour.
The tangled Goguryeo really chose to attack, and the horn sounded.
However, the Goguryeo people are obviously more experienced and did not directly say that they came to the camp like a rush.
They first collected some dry firewood, leaves, wet branches, etc., and then started setting fires not far outside the camp. Because wet branches and leaves were added, the fire did not burn well after it started, but instead smoke was rolling.
These rolling smoke soon filled the battlefield and covered the Sui army's vision in the camp.
Then these Goguryeo people continued to collect combustible items such as dry firewood, but prepared for fire attack.
The smoke was everywhere, and the Sui army in the camp seemed to have become blind, and the smoke was very pungent. Many Sui army and civilians who were originally at ease were a little restless and restless.
"This group of people seems to be quite experienced!" Shi Meng reached out and slapped Yan in front of him, and said to Luo Chengdao.
"Defenseless, we can't see them together, and they can't see us clearly. Now everyone can't see each other. Although the power of the bow and crossbow is greatly reduced, they are all corresponding. Once the war begins, they will shoot each other randomly." Luo Cheng had a rare mentality, and the smoke still had a great impact.
But as he said, this is in both directions. They could not see the Goguryeo people outside the camp, and the Goguryeo people could not see them in the camp. Through the camp, the camp temporarily set up two defenses with vehicles and horses, so there was no need to worry that the Goguryeo people could rush in directly.
At worst, the arrows started to shoot at fifty or sixty steps, but now I waited until the first twenty or thirty steps before I could shoot at the arrows.
There were constant drums outside the camp and horse hooves were heard.
The Goguryeo people moved.
But instead of rushing to the camp directly, he was circling around the camp.
He turned and shot arrows into the camp, but the arrows were sparse, and it seemed that he was shooting arrows tentatively.
"Don't rush to shoot arrows. When you get close to twenty or thirty steps, you must at least shoot arrows when you can see the figure clearly. Remember, five people are in groups, five people are staring at one target, and one person is shot together."
In order to ensure accuracy, Qi Guoyuan came up with a plan, which was to divide a group of five people into twenty combat groups, and then split a basic fire into two groups, so that five people would stand together, stare at one target, and five people would fire one volley.
To maximize shooting accuracy.
This will definitely have a stronger effect than shooting randomly.
"I heard it all, five people in a group, one volley. Also, no beheadings are allowed during wartime, no search for spoils. If there is any violation, immediately kill them in front of the formation!"
Chapter completed!