Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 100 Lure the enemy to go deep
In the morning, Maotou said.

The sky was gray, and Maotou Road, which was originally quiet and deserted, was suddenly crowded with people, and the old people and soldiers walked on the mountain road mightily like a long dragon.

Gao Ding rode his horse and stood on the hillside, watching the soldiers of the brigade walking through the mountain roads, the forest of spears and spears, and the flying of colorful flags, this situation made him somewhat unable to restrain his inner excitement.

Gao Ding lightly waved his horsewhip, raised his horse's hooves, and in a few steps he rushed back to the ranks of the Chinese army, and walked slowly along the mountain road with his bridle.

Gao Ding personally rescued Weng Jin this time, with his younger brother Weng Ang as the vanguard.Although Weng Ang had just killed Yong Kai, Gao Ding had no choice but to rely on Weng Ang's bravery, so he ordered him to commit crimes and meritorious deeds.

When the leaders of Gaoding spread out and swaggered forward, Deng Ai had already led several scouts, hiding in the bushes on the hillside not far away, observing the situation of Gaoding's army.

Although Gao Ding studied the Han army formation, he only got the appearance, not the inside. During the march, there were a large number of soldiers, playing and playing, and some soldiers even fell behind. As a result, Gao Ding and others had to stop every few miles to organize the team.

And Deng Ai noticed that, except for the vanguard and a small number of old soldiers in the central army, most of the tribal soldiers did not have uniform military uniforms and weapons, and wore all kinds of old clothes, and even wrapped animal skins...

Deng Ai sighed secretly: "Except for the elite old soldiers at the vanguard, the rest of the old soldiers are all mobs. It is estimated that they will disperse after a charge."

But Deng Ai didn't hold back, and evacuated here secretly before being discovered by the rebel scouts.

When Deng Aicai returned to the headquarters by taking a shortcut from the small path, he saw Su Gu torture several injured rebel scouts. After a while, the captured scouts couldn't bear the torture, and finally told the details of the deployment of the rebel troops.

When Deng Ai checked the map based on the information, he saw that the uniforms of the scouts he had sent out earlier were covered in blood, and they seemed to be seriously injured.

Deng Ai immediately put down the map, stepped forward and asked, "How is the enemy situation in the Weng Ang tribe ahead?"

The leading scout looked tired, obviously he must have been hunted down by the enemy, and he replied with a heavy expression: "The vanguard of the enemy will arrive at our place in about an hour."

Deng Ai nodded, and comforted him: "You guys rest for a while, you don't need to participate in the battle later, if you are injured, hurry up and get the medicine first, don't force yourself."

Deng Ai then urgently ordered the entire army to prepare for battle, and at the same time ordered the herald to inform Wu Ban of the enemy's situation.

Deng Ai then took Su Gu to check the flags along the way to prevent accidents when he pretended to be defeated and retreated.

In later generations, there were often false retreats. The soldiers were orderly and would not flee. The generals laid down the flags in advance, and the retreating soldiers walked according to the flag marks. If the retreat flags were inserted incorrectly or missed, serious consequences may occur.When later generations of Xixia fought with the Song Dynasty, they planted small flags in shallow places in advance, preparing to pretend to retreat and defeat the Song army.However, when the scouts of the Song army discovered it, they changed the small flag planted in shallow water to deep water, which led to the defeat of Xixia.

After Deng Ai checked the flag, after a while, Weng Ang's troops had arrived 3 miles ahead.Deng Ai did not hide his troops, but slowly set up a small army formation among the mountain roads.This is the middle section of Maotou Road. Compared with the previous mountain road, the middle mountain road is much wider.

Weng Ang, who was not far away, also received a report from the scouts, saying that there was a Han army in front of the mountain, and there seemed to be no ambushes around.

Weng Ang looked excited, and ordered the messenger to wave the flag and sound the horn. Three thousand old soldiers moved after hearing the order, quickly put down the army formation, and advanced slowly.At the same time, in order to prevent the remaining ambushes of the Han army, the scouts were ordered to notify Gaoding of the Chinese army and move closer quickly.

Seeing the two sides approaching, Deng Ai waved the command flag, and the drums sounded in the formation. The Red Armored Army slowly came out of the formation, and the red wave rolled forward, and the speed of the wave changed with the rhythm of the drums.

Su Gu wears a red iron helmet, two layers of iron armor, and a red Sichuan brocade battle robe. He holds a 1.2 meters long iron mace in his right hand and a shield in his left, standing in the formation like a giant humanoid beast.

The weight of the mace is so heavy that non-strong people cannot use it freely, and its lethality is so terrifying that it can smash people to death through armor.The size and length of the mace can vary from person to person (generally between 65 and 80 centimeters). Su Gu is nine feet long so he holds a 1.2 meters iron mace.

"Go out," Deng Ai ordered.

In an instant, the desolate sound of horns resounded through the mountains, and Su Gu, who had been waiting for the battle, came out first, and the red-armored guards chanted jerky Chinese slogans, and stepped forward.

At a hundred paces, the soldiers on both sides raised their shields high and stepped forward slowly, raining arrows shot out from behind each other.They shot at the shield one after another, and the few arrows that were not blocked by the shield could not pierce the fine armor at all.

The two armies were more than [-] steps apart, and as the drums in the formation suddenly accelerated the hammering speed, small flags waved in front of the formation.

"Wan Sheng!"

The original tortoise-like formation of the Chijiawei immediately broke open, and the host of the Chijiawei took the lead and shouted to charge. In an instant, the fiery red wave collided with the blue wave. .

"Children of the Red Armored Guards, come forward with me!"

Like a giant humanoid beast, Su Gu smashed the old soldier in front of him with a pair of maces, only to hear the old man in front of him screaming in pain, and the iron mace weighing more than ten catties hammered his chest, and through the armor, he heard the sternum break The sound, Qu Chang vomited blood, died of exhaustion.

Seeing this, the old soldiers around became more fierce, and rushed towards Su Gu shouting incomprehensible old language.

Relying on the length of his arm and his strength, Su Gu threw the mace out with his left hand and hit the old soldier's face, causing his head to bleed and dizzy.Then Gu turned around to dodge, and another old soldier stabbed him with a spear. With his left hand holding the spear, he strode forward. He held up an iron mace with his right hand, and smashed his head through the helmet, killing him alive. It was extremely cruel.

After a while, under the leadership of Su Gu, the Chijiawei almost broke through the old soldiers, but was repelled by Weng Ang's own soldiers.

During the fierce battle, Deng Ai in the back of the formation was still marveling at the bravery of the old soldiers. When he gasped, he was reported by the scouts that the Gaoding Central Army was approaching.

Deng Ai was very decisive, and ordered the herald to call gold, and the red armored guards waved their flags to retreat alternately. Su Gu, who was in a fierce battle, was also very decisive, and slowly withdrew from the battle.

Weng Ang came from the formation, only to see that there were mostly corpses of his own soldiers on the ground. He was so angry that he jumped up and urged the soldiers to continue the pursuit.

After chasing another arrow, seeing the red-armored guards throwing away their helmets and armor and fleeing, Weng Ang, who had some doubts about the Han army's deceit, made up his mind after seeing this situation.But he said to the guards around him: "Quickly report to the king and let him approach our army quickly."

The old soldiers who were chasing slowly dispersed, and got angry. The red armored guards who fled brazenly and clamored seemed to be very powerful, but in fact they did not chase the red armored guards at all.

Instead, he was ridiculed by the soldiers of the Han army who deliberately left behind, and the old soldiers who pursued became more impatient, disregarding the formation, and completely dispersed their pursuit.

(End of this chapter)