Shu Chen

Chapter 498
Zheng Pu was never afraid of death, but he would not die needlessly.

Therefore, this time, the reinforcements he was waiting for with his inferior troops guarding the big banner were not Jufubu.

It's not that the Jufubu is not trustworthy.

It's just that the Banchu Man is an infantry, and it's hard for him to rush to rescue.

In any case, Hu Zun and Guan Qiujian are not idiots, so they will naturally be wary of Jufu's rescue; and the Wei army has more than [-] infantry, and there are enough troops to deploy.

In this way, even if the Jufu Department defeated the pre-deployed troops of the Wei army, they would not be able to come to the rescue in time.

Furthermore, the generals who oversee the conquest, as long as they have been in the army for two or three years, can more or less gather some soldiers who are willing to die in the army.In order to become the hope of decisive victory at the critical moment of the war, or a glimmer of life after defeat.

Hu Zun and Guan Qiujian were not surprised either.

If they saw the soldiers of the Jufu Department rushing to rescue them from afar, they immediately thought "If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent", and personally led the dead soldiers to rush into Zheng Pu's formation, it may not be impossible to succeed.

Then Zheng Pu will die in the dawn of the arrival of reinforcements!
Therefore, Zheng Pu's hope of rescuing and securing the victory rested on the powerful Xiliang iron cavalry.

Or in other words, only Xiliang cavalry can bear this important task.

First, they are familiar with the terrain and can respond quickly.

On the other hand, the number of cavalry on both sides is about the same, and it is also the army that can best utilize the superiority of the Han army's stronger field combat effectiveness, and is most likely to quickly defeat the deployment of the Wei army when they rush back.

And Zheng Pu's deployment of letting the Jufu tribe wait for an hour and a half before going out to fight fiercely is to roughly estimate the time when the Xiliang iron cavalry will return to rescue after defeating the Wuhuan Tuqi of the Wei State, so that the Jufu tribe will have the last reserve force of the Wei army. He was restrained so that the Xiliang iron cavalry could drive to the camp without hindrance.

The Xiliang iron cavalry lived up to his hopes.

To be precise, Xu Zhi lived up to it.

However, since Tang Mang disappeared, the Xiliang iron cavalry is now only divided into two groups, with Zhang Te and Xu Zhi each supervising 500 people, but Xu Zhi has always been the leader and Zhang Te is the deputy.

This has nothing to do with general or talent.

It's because Zhang Te is from Youzhou, and the geographical attributes make the cavalry more agree with Xu Zhi.

In other words, the long-famous Xiliang iron cavalry has its own rebelliousness and stubbornness, and cannot tolerate a person who is not from Liangzhou to become the most powerful governor.

In this regard, in order to prevent the cavalry from being distracted or losing their vigor, Zheng Pu had no choice but to push the boat along.

It just so happened that he had no intention of keeping Zhang Te in the cavalry for a long time.

That is a kind of "unfulfilling talent".

It was also for this reason that after Xu Zhi and Zhang Te learned about the deployment of this battle and that they themselves would be the decisive factor in the battle, they had a detailed discussion before the battle, and in the end the heavy task of defeating the enemy fell on On Xu Zhi, who was more recognized by the cavalry.

It is to imitate the strategy of "Tian Ji horse racing".

It was still the two who each supervised [-] cavalry, but the cavalry under Xu Zhi's supervision were all carefully selected, and they were all old soldiers who had gone through battle at least twice.

And when the two of them split up and went north and south, Zhang Te specially carried the banner symbolizing the general to lure the Wuhuan Tuqi of the Wei army to chase after them with elites.

Well, he is the branch that went south to Yiju County.

The route is to take the Nishui River Valley in the south, and turn to the Jingshui River Valley, making the illusion that he wants to join forces with Liu Yin and Wang Ping to go north to besiege Linjing County, and restrain Xiahouxian, who is in charge of two thousand Wuhuan Tuqi, or in Qi The Xue Ti tribe in the county did not dare to send troops to reinforce Hu Zun and Guanqiu Jian.

Although this possibility is unlikely, it should be just in case.

When the Wei army led Hong's troops into the plan and sent two thousand Wuhuan Tuqi to come in person, Zhang Te had no intention of fighting with them; Is wasting time.

Xu Zhibu is different.

When heading north along the Nishui River Valley, he urged the soldiers to go hastily, as if fearing that the Wei army would divide their troops to catch up.

And Guan Qiuxiu, who was also in charge of two thousand Wuhuan Tuqi, who was chasing after him, did not dare to chase too hastily because he was worried that the Qianghu tribe and Haoyou private soldiers invited by the Han army from Yuezhi City would set up an ambush ahead. It has been hanging far behind, keeping the two armies at a distance of about ten miles.

Yes, Wu Qiuxiu.

As the general of the Wei State and the Wenxi family of Hedong, Luoyang Cao Rui's favor for the Guanqiu family is not limited to Guanqiu Jian alone.

When Cao Rui decided to form this Wuhuan Tuqi, Wuqiu Xiu was one of the leaders.

It's just that his bravery is not comparable to Qianhong, so he was awarded the post of recorder and leader of the army, but his reputation is not obvious.

When he supervised the troops before leaving, Guanqiu Jian gave some instructions in private.

Claiming that this time the Wei army is dominated by infantry, not cavalry, so that he only needs to lead the troops to monitor the Xiliang iron cavalry, and do not fight fiercely with them, so as not to add to the uncertainty of the battle situation.

He kept this in mind and was extremely cautious when marching north.

Unexpectedly, he was too cautious, and instead plunged himself into crisis.

Xu Zhi, who planned to defeat this Wuhuan Tuqi branch, sent more than a hundred cavalry pawns who were good at shooting to stay at the end of the team when the warlord army went north, frequently killing Wei Youqi scouts.Seeing that Guanqiu Xiu's soldiers seemed to be a little timid and did not dare to force too close to fight, they ventured through a very narrow mountain gap.

At that time, Guan Qiuxiu was constantly on the move, and did not launch a surprise attack when Xiliang's iron cavalry passed through the gap in the mountain and could not look at each other head to tail.

And after Xu Zhibu had gone through, he fell into the hesitation of whether to continue chasing after him.

If he pursued him, he would also have to pass through this narrow gap in the mountain, and he would have to risk being ambushed by the Xiliang iron cavalry who had already passed through; Opportunity to attack Hu Zun or Guanqiu Jian's tribe.

After thinking about it, he sent more than a hundred scouts to have a look.

Compared with the headquarters being ambushed, he was more worried that the outcome of this battle would be reversed because of his scheduling mistakes.

Not to mention, Wuhuan Tuqi who came with him this time has long been dissatisfied with him.

As a world-renowned famous cavalry, Wuhuan Tuqi's cavalry pawns felt that what he did was because they thought they could not compete with the Xiliang iron cavalry, so they marched so cautiously, thinking that he was questioning Wuhuan Tuqi's combat power!
In any case, he did not have the status of a post-Xiahou Xianyuan, nor was he as brave and convincing as Qianhong. In the eyes of Wuhuan Tuqi, his prestige would be greatly reduced.

But okay.

The adventurous journey went smoothly, and the Han army seemed to have no intention of ambush.

The hundred or so cavalry who first passed through the gap in the mountain were sent back one after another to report, claiming that the iron cavalry from Xiliang was still heading north.

Therefore, he took two hundred riders as a group and slowly passed through the gap in the mountain.

However, when the two thousand cavalry under his supervision passed by and continued to hang behind the Han army and traveled northward for four or five miles, the imposing and majestic horn of the Xiliang iron cavalry in front of them suddenly roared excitedly!
(End of this chapter)