I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 283 Encounter
Among the more than [-] Qingtang troops, the most elite is the [-] Zhalan Iron Armor directly under the Maharaja, and the remaining [-] Enlan Cavalry, and the [-] elite from the Central Wanhusuo.

Because these people are a standing army, well-armed and well-armored.

The others can only be counted as tribal armies, although the major clans also maintain hundreds to thousands of soldiers on a daily basis.But most of them are not fighters.Farming and grazing are required on weekdays.The cattle, sheep and grain produced have nothing to do with them.

Even though they are naturally fierce and martial, the combat effectiveness of this kind of army cannot be compared with the standing army.

Therefore, the [-] elite standing army under Guizhang can be said to be the thickest pillar under the throne of the Maharaja.

After receiving the order from Lun Zanpo, Qingyi Festival Guizhang led the army out of the camp with Duan Zhixing and Yu Zang Luntai without any hesitation.

Qingyi Festival Guizhang also knew that the situation was urgent, otherwise the old Prime Minister would not have given him a military order directly.

He is a confidant of the Maharaja, and the army in his hands is also the elite of the daily defense of Wang Ji.Without the order of the Maharaja, no one can mobilize.

And it was Nu Yalang next to the maharaja who sent the order, which also showed that this was the maharaja's intention.

After the meeting of the three, Duan Zhixing and Yu Zang Luntai had no objection to sending troops, so they formed their respective armies.

The elite Wanhu in the central part was the first to complete the team, and Gui Zhang also knew that the two of them were just waiting for him to take the lead, but at this moment, it was obvious that there was no time to shirk each other.

So after all the troops left the camp, Qingyi Festival Guizhang immediately led the [-] elite of the headquarters to go first.

Afterwards, Duan Zhixing and Yu Zang Luntai also led their troops out of the camp.

Duan Zhixing had 2 troops, but he only brought 1 out of the camp. Yuzang Luntai had 5000 troops, and left 5000 as leftovers.

The 3 people were divided into three groups, stretching back and forth for more than ten miles.

Before the last Yuzang troops left the camp, the Qingyi Festival Guizhang of the former army had received the news and found the enemy's traces.

"The Jin army is here"

Before the scout finished speaking, he fell from his horse and died, with an arrow stuck in his back.

The leader was Qianhu Yundancairang from the Wanhu Institute in the central part. He was more than nine feet tall and as strong as a bear. He was a famous general in the Qingtang Army.

Upon seeing this scene, he immediately ordered the troops to stop and line up.Instead, at the end of the line of sight, a dark wave rushed forward.

A few miles away, cavalry of no less than a thousand men appeared in front of the Qingtang army.

Yun Dancai called out hastily, "The orderly tell General Guizhang that the Jin army is coming. Warriors of the Qingtang Dynasty, the time has come to prove your courage. Are your swords sharpened?"

"It can cut off the heads of a hundred Jin people quickly."

All the soldiers responded loudly.

Qingtang marched from west to east, with mountains on their left and open land on their right.

This terrain is suitable for cavalry combat.

Although the Qingtang army were all riding horses, they were out-and-out infantry. After seeing the Jin army attacking, they immediately got off their horses and prepared for battle, forming a semicircle formation.

The cavalry of the Jin army were still galloping, barely stopping when the two sides were only about a mile away.

Liu Liu, who was also a former soldier, saw that the Qingtang army formed a team quickly. Although it was a temporary formation, they set up shields and spears. If their own cavalry charged directly, even if they could defeat the infantry in front of them, they would have to pay a lot. the price.

In this case, for the cavalry, what they have to do is not rushing, but taking turns to harass.

Liu Liu pointed to the Qingtang Army formation in front of him and said, "Lu Hongwei, ask your people to fly kites for me in two teams of one hundred people."

Lu Hongwei, formerly known as Lu Shishi, replied: "No."

Afterwards, Lu Hongwei called the generals and schools of each team under his command to assemble and arrange the order of attack.

As soon as Yun Dancai saw the cavalry on the opposite side stop, he had a bad feeling in his heart, because he also guessed what the other party was going to do.

Sure enough, at the next moment, cavalrymen of unknown number began to rush towards the main formation of the Qingtang Army.

The snow that had fallen in the past few days had already melted away, and the dry ground was trampled by horseshoes, causing smoke and dust to rise everywhere.When he galloped dozens of steps away, he stopped abruptly, and then hundreds of flying arrows landed on Qingtang's head.More than a dozen soldiers were wounded by arrows.

Only then did Yun Dan make it clear that the Jin army mobilized cavalry to run back and forth, deliberately setting off billows of yellow dust.On the one hand, this was for the purpose of bluffing and intimidating the formed Qingtang infantry, and the other was to cover up their own movements with smoke and dust, so that the cavalry and archers could gain an advantage in the confrontation.

If the Qingtang people had no countermeasures, this reciprocating cycle of shooting and harassment might last for an hour, two hours or even longer.In addition to constantly causing damage with bow cavalry, sometimes it seems that the sky is full of yellow dust, but in fact there are only a hundred cavalry bluffing.

Sometimes they suddenly form a large group to approach the army formation to threaten, forcing the defenders to panic, which greatly consumes their physical strength and willpower.

As time goes by, no matter how strong the formation is, it will become loose due to the fatigue of the soldiers. At that time, the cavalry can use its assault ability, look for opportunities to make a fatal blow, and break through the formation of the army.

Once the formation is broken and the will is consumed, in this kind of plain area, all that remains is to chase and flee.

And this kind of tactics invented by the typical northerners was used to fight against the infantry formation of the Central Plains Dynasty, but the elite cavalry of the Jin army were also handy.

There are even some meanings that blue comes from blue and is better than blue.

The cavalry pawns of the Japanese army were the Guanzhong natives who were good at riding and arching. Speaking of riding and archery, they were better than the half-cultivating and half-grazing Qingtang warriors. The cavalry kept going around, and then harassed them with arrows at every turn.

Before the reinforcements from behind arrived, Yun Dan could only keep shouting, telling his soldiers to guard their positions, and if anyone was shot by arrows, they would immediately fill their positions.

During the confrontation between the two armies, the follow-up troops of both sides were also constantly rushing to the battlefield.

It was because of Yundan that he made a decisive decision and formed a semi-circular defense line along the mountains and forests, providing time for the subsequent thousand-man teams of the Central Wanhusuo who joined the battlefield to dismount and form a team.

Otherwise, the infantry on horseback would fight hand-to-hand with the cavalry, and the Qingtang people who were not used to fighting on horseback would inevitably be beaten by the Jin army.

So when he led the third thousand-man team to the battlefield, Guizhang Qingyi Jie breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the situation before him, but he was casual and very worried.As a side division, Lun Zanpo's military order was to attack the flank of the official army.Right now, it seems that the Jin army has made preparations before leaving the army, let alone raiding the Jin army from the flanks, it is unknown whether it can defeat the Jin army in front of it.

Even if there are two thousand cavalry troops in the Nanzhao army, the Yuzang family has hundreds of cavalry troops available, and in addition to the central Wanhusuo, there is also a thousand-man team that can fight on horseback.

But the large cavalry on the opposite side, even if they can advance steadily with the cooperation of infantry and cavalry, they may not give the Jin army an opportunity, but if they cannot defeat the Jin army in front of them, they will not be able to complete the task assigned to them by Lun Zan Po.

After all, only the Tiger Division and Leopard Division of the Golden Horde can fight head-on with the Jin cavalry. Apart from this, there is no cavalry army in the world that can compete with the Jin cavalry.

In desperation, Gui Zhang could only send an order backwards, asking Yu Zang Luntai and Duan Zhixing to call in the cavalry first.

Then he ordered the infantry to move forward steadily while maintaining their formation.

The Jin army continued to harass here, constantly using intimidation and arrows to consume the physical strength and patience of the Qingtang people.

"It's like being so exhausted with them. The commander-in-chief gave us an order to prevent this support army from appearing on the frontal battlefield. Now they can only move forward bit by bit, and we just spend it with them. "

Ma Shanbao, who had just arrived at the battlefield, said to the impatient Shi Wannian who was beside him.

After hearing this, Shi Wannian laughed and said: "No wonder the British Duke said you have the talent of a general, but compared me, a reckless man."

"The general has won the prize."

Shi Wannian, who claims to be a reckless man, is actually not as reckless as he seems, but when it comes to the analysis of the current situation, he is indeed inferior to his subordinate Ma Shanbao.

Even if the two of them simply competed in skill, Ma Shanbao could at least have an equal share with him.

Shi Wannian still has several such subordinates.

(End of this chapter)