Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 308 Offensive and defensive transition
In the north of Yinchuan City, drums and horns were sounding. The infantry formations of both sides had already collided with each other, and the cavalry also started fighting outside the infantry formations.

Unlike the infantry who were locked in a bitter battle, Liang Jun's cavalry was not at a disadvantage.

Of course, there is a reason for this.

Xie Ai recruited cavalry from 100,000 defenders. They were all Hu people who had lived on horseback since childhood. These Xianbei and Huns were able to maximize their riding skills and skills when fighting the enemy. Archery.

Unlike infantry, fighting in formation requires them to cooperate with their teammates tacitly.

However, the victory or defeat on the northern battlefield of Yinchuan is not determined by the cavalry on the northern battlefield. After all, it still depends on the victory or defeat between the infantry.

Fortunately, Xie Ai never placed his hopes on the unrealistic hope that a group of Xianbei and Huns infantry who had not experienced long-term training could defeat the elite infantry of the Yu army head-on.

Whether Deng Xia's Baibao Xianbei can arrive in time is the key to the outcome.

Fu Jian certainly knew this, so even though the Yu army's infantry had a clear advantage, he was the more anxious party, still directing the army's formation forward and pushing Liang's army's army back. Forced to retreat.

Perhaps, it won't be long before Liang Jun's retreat will turn into a rout.

That's right, he told Fu Huangmei not to confront Deng Xia head-on, and asked Fu Huangmei to harass Baibao Xianbei and prevent him from rushing to the northern battlefield. Why did Fu Huangmei lure the enemy in the direction of the northern battlefield?

There are also seven to eight thousand armored cavalry who can rush to the battlefield at any time.

The problem is that Fu Jian no longer has the extra strength to intercept Deng Xia's Baibao Xianbei.

Xie Ai, who was in Liang Jun's infantry formation in the distance, naturally saw Fu Huangmei being expelled from the battlefield.

Xie Ai encouraged loudly.

Fu Jian did not immediately defeat the Yu army's infantry formation, but now the offensive and defensive momentum was different!
"Everyone! General Deng has defeated the powerful enemy and is about to rush to the battlefield! Hold on for a moment longer! Victory is at hand!"

Of course Fu Jian would not think that those people were defeated by Fu Huangmei, or that Fu Huangmei caused huge damage to them. If this was the case, it should be Fu Huangmei who was chasing them behind.

Although he still looked like he had everything in mind, Xie Ai was very excited inside.

At the same time, Fu Jian saw that the morale of the Liang army was greatly improved, and he no longer had the idea of ​​​​defeating Deng Xia before his arrival. Of course, the soldiers of the Yu army saw Fu Huangmei being driven away, and their morale was also affected.

Fu Jian's eyes widened and he couldn't believe what he saw.

But Fu Jian quickly realized that this was not luring the enemy at all, but letting others chase him away.

"King of Heaven! Look!"

Xue Zan pointed to the east side and exclaimed.

Now looking at the scale, the cavalry chasing Fu Huangmei was only two to three thousand, which means that Deng Xia only sent a small number of cavalry to drive Fu Huangmei away.

Fu Jian looked in the direction of his finger and saw Fu Huangmei's cavalry retreating towards the camp, followed by a group of Liang Army cavalry in hot pursuit.

'I knew it! I knew Deng Yingyuan would not live up to my expectations! '

When he thought that Liang Jun would have seven or eight thousand armored cavalry as a new force and was about to rush to the northern battlefield, Fu Jian immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

When the officers and soldiers of Liang Army heard this, they were all cheered up. They were retreating steadily and seemed to be in danger of defeat, but now they actually stabilized their position.

Once Deng Xia brings such a new force to the northern battlefield, the balance of victory and defeat will also tilt towards Liang Guo.

Fu Jian naturally knew the number of Baibao Xianbei, and he was very concerned about the armored cavalry newly formed by Huan Xi.

"Send the order to the entire army! Retreat slowly! Keep distance from the enemy!"

Fu Jian shouted.

However, how could Xie Ai let him go so easily. "The enemy is already frightened. Send an order to the whole army to beat the drums and advance!"

In an instant, the drums thundered, the mallets seemed to hit everyone's hearts, and the offensive and defensive momentum completely changed.

Liang Jun, who had been overwhelmed by Yu Jun before, now suppressed Yu Jun in battle.

The infantry formations on both sides advanced and retreated until they were twenty or thirty steps away.

Deng Xia led eight thousand armored cavalry and finally appeared in everyone's sight.

Looking at the undecided situation, Deng Xia couldn't help but said:

"It's not too late at last."

After saying that, he raised his long spear high and shouted:
"Baibao Xianbei! Follow my entire army to attack!"

With an order, the unique horn sound was blown, and Deng Xia took the lead in galloping, followed by the cavalry behind him.

Eight thousand armored cavalry charged, and the power was truly terrifying. The infantry of the Yu army, which had originally maintained an orderly formation and retreated, could not care about their formation at this time. They all abandoned their armor and ran away desperately.

Seeing this, Xie Ai no longer cared about the formation and led his soldiers to cover up and kill the enemy.

This pursuit battle continued from outside Yinchuan City to the vicinity of Yu Jun's camp. If the generals who stayed behind in the camp had not led troops out of the camp to respond, I am afraid that Liang Jun would have achieved greater results.

But even so, the road was littered with corpses and rivers of blood.

The gates of several Yu army camps were closed, but Xie Ai was not dazzled by the victory and chose to attack the enemy camps.

Fu Jian still has 50,000 troops in the camp. Regardless of their combat effectiveness, it must be enough to defend the camp alone.

On the other hand, Liang Jun, whether it was Baibao Xianbei or Xie Ai's cavalry, had already shown signs of fatigue at this time and needed to return to the city to rest.

If people's hearts are not enough, snakes swallow elephants. If you try to defeat the Yu army camp in one go, wait for the elite Yu army troops who fled back to recover, and Liang Jun has been attacking the camp for a long time to no avail. When Liang Jun is the most exhausted, he goes out to fight, and a great victory will turn into A failure.

After winning the battle, the morale of the soldiers was high. On the way back to Yinchuan, Xie Ai and Deng Xia rode side by side. Xie Ai praised:

"Fortunately, Ying Yuan (Deng Xia) arrived in time. I will truthfully report to Duke Liang about this battle, and Ying Yuan must take the lead."

Deng Xia shook his head and said:
"The first achievement should be that Bald-haired Lupan and Helan Jutan were side by side. If they hadn't driven away the enemy's fine cavalry, once Deng was held back by the enemy, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to catch up for a while."

Xie Ai said loudly:
"In this case, Ying Yuan and I jointly submit a memorial to ask for credit for both of them."

"Very good!"

Deng Xia nodded and smiled.

Having said this, Xie Ai said again:
"After this battle, Yu's army was unable to attack the city, and Fu Jian was afraid that he would have to retreat."

It's not that Yu Jun suffered heavy losses, but that he experienced a huge defeat and his morale almost hit rock bottom.

When his morale was at its peak before, Fu Jian was unwilling to attack the city, but now he had no intention of continuing the stalemate outside Yinchuan City.

Hearing this, Deng Xia couldn't help but hum:

"It was easy for Fu Jian to come here, but now it's not that simple to escape."

Huan Xi is currently fighting in Hedong. Of course, Deng Xia cannot let Fu Jian go easily so that he can retreat to Hedong calmly.

(End of this chapter)