Kai Fu Han

Chapter 128 The Battle 1
"How many people are there?" After arranging the investigation, Liu Xinang asked the spy.

"The two counties have joined forces, with a strength of around [-]," the spy replied.

"Bring the map." Liu Xin'ang told his men, and then ordered the troops to stop and rest.

The cavalry took advantage of the rest to quickly feed the horses some beans and drink water to maintain their horsepower.

I also eat some dry food and drink water.

Liu Xinang spread out the map and looked at the southern part of Penglai City.

This map is newly produced by Xinghan League.

Combining the topography, distribution of villages, previous old maps, Diting's exploration information and some memories of Liu Xinqi's later generations, all parties gathered together and redrawn the new map.

After using some of the cartographic knowledge points taught by Liu Xinqi, the new map is more detailed than the previous old map. It has a standard scale and directions of southeast, northwest, and displays more information about the land and forces.

There are also simple contour lines on the new map (closed curves connected by adjacent points with equal elevation on the topographic map). Although they are not accurate enough, they are much more intuitive than just "Mountain So-and-so" on the previous map. .

According to the spies' report and combined with the map, it can be known that the Muping Wendeng County coalition forces should be near Qiushan, while the Xinghan League cavalry battalion is currently located at the foot of Hushan.

Setting up an ambush at the foot of Hushan is definitely not possible, because the Mouping Wendeng County coalition forces may not be able to march to Hushan today.Hushan is still thirty miles away from Qiushan. Generally, troops can only march so much in one day, and it is almost noon now.

As for the mountains between Hushan and Qiushan, there were no mountains suitable for an ambush of more than 800 men, so Liu Xinang had no choice but to give up the ambush plan.

After thinking about it for a long time, we finally made the decision: "Let's give them a 'attack from the east and attack from the west' or a 'attack from both sides'."

Then he called the various captains of the cavalry battalion and began to lay out tactics.

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After the tactics were laid out, all members of the Xinghan League cavalry battalion mounted their horses and rode southward.

There are two hills between Hushan and Qiushan. The one near Hushan is called "Grandmaid's Tomb". It is ten miles away from Hushan and more than [-] miles away from Qiushan. It can be regarded as a small dirt bag, but in the hilly areas of Shandong, it can be regarded as a mountain.

Another hill four miles south of Mafu Tomb Mountain is called "Big and Small Mountains". It is the same size as Mafu Tomb Mountain and cannot hide soldiers and horses.

The official road passes through the east side of the big mountain and the west side of Ma Fu Tomb Mountain, separating the two hills on the east and west sides of the official road.The difference is that the big and small mountains are far away from the official road, while Mafu Tomb Mountain is basically close to the official road.

After the cavalry battalion marched to Ma Fu Tomb Mountain, they began to divide their troops. The two hundred cavalrymen turned to the east and simply hid on the east side of Ma Fu Tomb Mountain (the back of the mountain relative to the official road) to restore their horse power.

The other [-] cavalry continued southward, and after reaching the mountains, they turned west and continued for three or four miles, hiding behind the mountains (relative to the official road).

It was not until the end that Liu Xinang, who was standing on the big and small mountains, saw a large group of people coming up the official road. It was estimated that there were more than 500 people, and they should be the Mouping Wendeng County coalition forces.

This unit was moving very slowly, and Liu Xinang was a little worried about whether they could reach Mafushan Mountain before dark and stationed there.

After watching the coalition forces march in and out of ordinary people's sight, Liu Xinang organized his troops to go out from the back of the mountain, led the horses, and marched towards the official road. After entering the official road, he hung far behind the coalition forces. …

The Muping Wendeng County coalition forces were led by county captains from the two counties.

It took an hour, and by Shen time, the coalition troops marched to Mafu Tomb.

When the county lieutenant of Mouping County saw a mountain on the roadside, he immediately arranged a horse expedition to explore Ma Fu Tomb Mountain.

"Master Wu is really cautious in using his troops. I learned this from you. It's a worthwhile trip." The Wendeng County captain praised the Muping County captain.

"I have given you too much praise. The older the soldiers are, the less courageous they become. It is always better to be cautious. And we are not in a hurry. There is still one day left before the agreed date. We have more than 30 miles left from Penglai. We have plenty of time and enough time. We're here." Wu replied.

The two of them didn't chat for a few words when they saw the horse exploration team heading to Mafushan Mountain. Only one person and one horse were left, and they were rushing towards the large army with wild horses, shouting as they ran: "There is an ambush! There is an ambush!" !”

Seeing that they were about to approach the large army, a series of arrows flew out from the woods on the roadside, hitting the back of the spy horse. The spy fell off the horse, his feet were caught in the stirrups, and his whole body was dragged to the ground by the horse. He continued to move toward forward.

Then I saw several cavalry rushing out of the woods and blocking the front of the coalition troops.Then hundreds of cavalry came out from behind the mountain in the distance and rushed towards this side.

"Form up! Form into phalanx, spearmen move forward."

Wu Xianwei is a man who knows the military, and his subordinates are not mediocre people.

The two hundred infantrymen at the front of the marching team quickly formed a square formation. The first two rows were all pikemen. The first row squatted down with the butts of their spears on the ground and the tips of their spears tilted upward, preparing for the impact of the horses. The platoon's spears were raised, ready to stab the cavalry on their horses.

Seeing the initial formation and defense, Wu Xianwei quickly organized the archers in the middle of the marching team to rush forward, preparing to form a formation to shoot.

However, unexpectedly, the advancing cavalry team made a sharp turn twenty steps in front of the phalanx, split into two groups and then turned back. When the cavalry in the team drew a circle and faced the infantry phalanx, the bows and crossbows in their hands were They all fired arrows towards the spearmen array.

The pikemen who were prepared to face the impact directly withstood the wave of arrows, and nearly 100 people were shot down at once, and the battlefield immediately screamed all over the place.

"Riding and shooting!!" Captain Wu shouted in disbelief. Those who can ride and shoot are the elite cavalry troops.

In fact, he misunderstood. Not all cavalry in the Xinghan League could ride and shoot. Only a small number of people and warriors could ride and shoot, and they used horse bows.Other novice cavalrymen use crossbows, holding the reins with one hand and shooting with one hand.

However, these Wu County lieutenants didn't know that he could only see the cavalry galloping past in a circle, a hail of arrows flying in, and half of his infantry formation was destroyed.

"Don't be stunned, quickly organize your people, guard both flanks, be careful they attack from the flanks." Wu County Lieutenant shouted to Wen Deng's Xiang County Lieutenant.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Xiang County Lieutenant agreed repeatedly and hurriedly organized his soldiers.

Wu County Lieutenant took advantage of the cavalry formation to quickly withdraw the wounded soldiers, and replenished the infantry phalanx, adding a row of giant shield bearers in front to guard the spearmen, and the archers were basically lined up, ready for another charge by the cavalry. When they come, shoot arrows to meet them.

If there were really only these two hundred cavalry, Captain Wu might really have won today, but he never imagined that a bigger offensive would come from behind.

(End of this chapter)