Datang New Order

The raid on the Khitan livestock camp mobilized all the men in Bailang Mountain. The scouts were the forerunners, and the soldiers with night vision were in charge of leading and organizing the marching team. No torches were lit, no short breaks were taken, and no one was allowed to speak to each other. After whispering, they finally arrived outside the camp before dawn.

The early morning mist has not dissipated, and there is silence outside the camp.The soldiers of the former battalion surrounded the camp from all sides, and under the command of the commanders of each team, they rushed into the tents one by one in order.The whole process was very quiet and orderly, and in less than a moment, the overall situation was under control.From time to time, there were a few panicked shouts from each tent, or a few crisp sword clashes, and those with better hearing could still hear the "pop" sound of knives and guns piercing the human body.

After clearing the Khitans in the tents, the soldiers quickly assembled outside the camp in sequence. At the same time, the people who came with the army opened the fences and drove the livestock out of the pens.

Li Chengzhong was very satisfied with this orderly, quick and efficient process. He didn't even issue an order during the whole process. The soldiers completed the task under the leadership of the team officers and group leaders. Compared with the attack, this attack is more quiet and solemn.

Without a moment's delay, the front battalion left the Khitan camp before the fog cleared, and embarked on the return journey.Li Chengzhong was riding on the horse, and while walking, he listened to Jiang Miao's report on the results of the attack.

"The left team of Jiadu, the left team of Bdu, and the right team of Bingdu attacked the camp. There were no casualties in the whole army. Twenty levels were beheaded and 73 people were rescued..." Jiang Miao's face was a little dignified.

"Twenty levels of beheading?" Li Chengzhong was taken aback for a moment.

"Well... 21 leather tents were seized, [-] head of cattle, [-] sheep, and no horses..."

The number of cattle and sheep is not bad. Although there are few cattle, there are many sheep, but... no horses?Li Chengzhong couldn't help but his heart tightened, and he hurriedly called Xie Li and Wang Dalang from the rear team to him.

Xie Li and Wang Dalang also frowned and thought carefully, Wang Dalang murmured: "Yesterday, I counted carefully with the instructor, there are more than 80 Khitan soldiers, and there are nearly a hundred horses. Why are they gone?"

Xie Li looked solemn, and said to Li Chengzhong: "My lord, there must be a problem!"

Li Chengzhong's uneasiness intensified, he quickly ordered the whole army to step up, and at the same time ordered Wang Dalang and Xie Li to send out all the scouts, and guard within three miles around the team.

When the sky was bright, all the scouts withdrew at the same time almost as agreed, running in a hurry.Li Chengzhong took a deep breath, he already understood what this meant.He immediately raised his hand to signal the whole army to stop.

"The main force of Khitan was found ahead, about 800 people, with countless horses prepared, five miles away!"

"I found a Khitan cavalry team in the southeast, about [-] cavalry, approaching!"

"We found a Khitan cavalry team in the southwest, about a hundred cavalry, followed far away, no further movement!"

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Got it!The deep anxiety in Li Chengzhong's heart was finally confirmed, and a layer of white sweat immediately oozed from the tip of his nose.But he knows that he is the chief general. At this critical moment, everyone's eyes are on him. His every move is related to the morale and safety of the whole army. He must not show a trace of panic.

Li Chengzhong nodded, took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and then issued the first order: the scouts continued to be vigilant, and the soldiers took out dry food to eat on the spot.

Under the command of the officers of each team, the soldiers of the front battalion sat down neatly on the spot, took out dry food and ate them. They did not speak casually or whisper to each other. Everything was still so orderly and clean.The so-called courage of a general, in fact, the army is not the courage of a general.Looking at the orderly and disciplined temperament displayed by the soldiers of the former battalion after a winter training, Li Chengzhong suddenly smiled. The uneasiness and panic that had been lured by the Khitan people at the beginning suddenly disappeared at this moment. …,

Okay, I admit that I have been tricked, I admit that I have been tricked, but so what?If you want to destroy us, you still have to show your weapon and come over and fight!

On the seventh day of March in the third year of Guanghua, after careful planning, the Khitan Pinbu finally lured the Lulong Army Pingzhou Front Battalion in White Wolf Mountain to the grassland. The main force of the Khitan product department.There were 380 cavalry and 100 cavalry infantry on the side of the Khitan Pinbu who participated in the battle. The Lulong Army Pingzhou Qianbattalion had [-] infantry and more than [-] cavalry, of which more than [-] cavalry were Khitan soldiers. In addition, there were more than [-] male soldiers. Ding Minfu.

This was the first field battle between the Lulong Army and the Khitans this year. Compared with the field battle that took place in the Guangbian Army at the end of last year, the number of troops participating in the battle was much smaller, and the disparity in strength was much greater.But the significance of this field battle was far-reaching. It not only affected the development of the entire Yingzhou, but also changed the pattern of the Northeast outside the pass.After Li Chengzhong traveled through, the butterfly wings flapped many times. Only this time, the butterfly effect was truly produced.

Tuli curled his lips slightly when he heard the enemy's military situation reported by the ranger like a stream.He didn't know what his younger brother Wuli was doing this winter. Just a few hundred Han soldiers in front of him made Wuli stand still in front of the White Wolf Water for several months, and even lost hundreds of Khitan warriors.

After Tuli captured Wuli, he inquired in detail about all the events that happened outside Yuguan and at the foot of White Wolf Mountain this winter. Combined, we know that the Han people are good at defense.After hearing about the looting of the Wuli winter camp, while laughing at the younger brother in his heart, he immediately thought of a way to lure the Pingzhou army out of the mountain.Sure enough, it was a small test with a sledgehammer, and it succeeded.

On the grassland, facing his thousands of warriors, what demon moths can the mere hundreds of Pingzhou troops make?Tuli no longer focused on the Pingzhou army in front of him, he was thinking about how to attack Yuguan.As for Wuli, he will be executed at the tribal elders' meeting. He will use Wuli's blood to deter those disobedient tribesmen. As for Kedan, he will try his best to persuade this warrior to work for him.As for the eldest mother—the woman from Shulu's family, Tuli really wanted her to accompany her dead father as soon as possible, but... Forget it, sending her back to Shulu's family still has to take Shulu's face into consideration .

"The scouts of the Han people have been driven back by us..."

"The Han Chinese brigade stopped and did not move..."

"The Han people are eating..."

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Tuli thought for a while, since the Han people don't move, then I'll go there, get rid of these Pingzhou troops earlier, and go back earlier to plan a strategy to attack Yuguan.

Half an hour later, the Khitan Brigade arrived one mile away from the Pingzhou Army. Two teams of cavalry from the southeast and southwest also appeared on the battlefield. A semi-arc encirclement was formed directly in front of the army.

The arc-shaped encirclement actually locked the effective marching route of the Pingzhou Army, and any advance direction of the Pingzhou Army was blocked by the Khitans.Tuli didn't have to worry about the Pingzhou army turning back. If the Pingzhou army turned back, he would order the pursuit without hesitation in astonishment.In the era of cold weapons, the practice of leaving the back to the enemy when the two armies are in formation will only lead to the collapse of the entire army in most cases.

In Chinese history, there seem to be only two armies that were able to "turn forward" without collapsing. One was the Mongolian army. General Guan Ning Zu Dashou, he has successfully led his troops to "turn in" in front of the Houjin army many times without hurting a single shot. …,

Seeing the Pingzhou army forming an infantry phalanx, Tuli couldn't help admiring it, and put away a little bit of contempt.It's just that there is only a row of spearmen outside the phalanx. Does this thin spear formation want to stop the Khitan warriors from attacking?But in any case, this kind of formation of infantry cannot be rushed away with cavalry.Tuli had heard about the armored cavalry of the Tang Dynasty 200 years ago, and using that kind of heavy cavalry that even wore armor on the horses might be an effective way to deal with infantry in formation.It's just that the cost of heavy riding is too high, and it is not flexible and fast to use. It is not suitable for fighting on the grassland. After hearing about it, Yi Tuli didn't take it to heart.

Tuli recruited Budeng beside him, and told him, "I'll give you 200 men and tear apart the Pingzhou army's phalanx. Let the warriors pay attention to avoiding bows and arrows, and minimize casualties. After rushing in, go directly to Pingzhou The general flag of the army, put down that flag for me!"

Bu Deng is the son of Elder Rong. He made many military exploits during the Eastern Expedition with Tuli. Tuli also valued him very much, so he ordered him to lead the army to lead the battle this time.Bu Deng excitedly agreed, licked his lips, ordered two hundred Khitan soldiers, ordered everyone to mount their horses, and then slowly galloped out of the Khitan main formation.

During the Eastern Expedition, Budeng, big and small, also fought many battles with the Mohe people. When they were on the banks of the Daling River and under the city of Yanjun, the infantry phalanx formed by the Mohe people was denser and more compact than the phalanx of the Pingzhou army in front of them. It's just that the formation is not so neat.At that time, Budeng was ordered to attack, and he rushed into the formation of the Mohe people as soon as he met him. In a short time, he disrupted the formation of the Mohe people, laying a solid foundation for the final victory.Facing the sparse infantry phalanx of the Pingzhou Army at this moment, Bu Deng was even more unafraid.

Two hundred Khitan infantry rode on their recovered horses, rearranged their harness a bit, followed behind Bu Deng, and headed towards the Pingzhou army formation one mile away.The war horse moved forward slowly at the beginning, and then gradually increased its speed. When it was more than 200 steps away from the Pingzhou Army, it accelerated to the maximum.

Bu Deng suddenly saw a cloud of black arrows jumping up from the opponent's formation. He only had time to shout "Dodge..." before the arrows fell from the air and crashed head-on into the cavalry. middle.Bu Deng was taken aback. The Khitan cavalry in the front row saw the arrows of the Pingzhou army first because of their wide sight, so they all lowered their bodies to reduce the impact area of ​​the arrows, but the Khitan cavalry behind them Bing was not so lucky.The rain of arrows from the Pingzhou Army came much earlier than expected, and the Khitan soldiers in the back row were not ready to lie down, and immediately suffered extremely heavy casualties.After a mess of people roaring and neighing, Bu Deng lost more than 30 riders in just the first wave of arrows.

Out of the corner of Bu Deng's eye, he saw a Khitan warrior beside him being hit by an arrow. The arrow fell from above, passed through the leather armor on the warrior's back, and disappeared directly. Even the arrow feathers penetrated into the warrior's body, and then The warrior and the horse under his crotch fell obliquely backward...the horse and the man were not separated...what does this mean?It means that the arrow did not stop after passing through the warrior's body, and the remaining force was even enough to allow the arrow to penetrate the warrior's horse!

Buden was horrified, and the first thought that flashed in his mind was: The opponent has a crossbow!