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"Little Yazi" Li Congke was ordered to lead [-] cavalry out of the camp and approach the Xiangyuan battlefield to investigate the movement of the Yan army, and tried to eliminate some of the Yan army's cavalry and regain the right to maneuver on the battlefield.

Li Congke is not very old, but like the real "General Yazi" Li Cunxu, he has many years of combat experience.This time, the [-] cavalry he led were almost all the cavalry of the Fan Han horse infantry under Li Siyuan's command. With this cavalry army in hand, Li Congke was not afraid of any enemy.

When fighting against the Xuanwu Army, Li Congke dared to lead dozens of cavalry to attack the Xuanwu Army, which was ten times larger than his own. He even used a hundred cavalry to shake Zhu Youning's formation in the southern suburbs of Xixian County, and finally chased tens of thousands of Xuanwu Army and drove them out ten times. Five miles away.With this record in hand, Li Congke is full of confidence.

However, Li Congke was not blindly arrogant. He knew that Hebei was also a place rich in cavalry, and the Hebei cavalry was not weaker than the Hedong cavalry.Li Siyuan once talked to him about the combat power of the Hebei cavalry, and he highly respected the Badu cavalry back then.

In the fourth year of Qianning (897), Lu Long's old commander Liu Rengong "betrayed" Li Keyong, and Li Keyong was furious and sent his army eastward to crusade against Hebei.This crusade belonged to Li Keyong's "invigorating the army due to anger", and it was not surprising that it failed in the end, but it was the Ansai battle that directly led to the disastrous defeat of the Hedong army.Baduqi and Hedong cavalry launched a cavalry duel in Ansai, and the Hedong cavalry lost to Baduqi, which caused the total collapse of the Hedong army.

Later, when the news that Badu was riding on the green grass slope and was almost wiped out by Xuanwu General Zhang Cunjing spread to Hedong, Li Siyuan sighed for a long time and said "It's a pity" several times. Li Congke was by Li Siyuan's side at that time.

Therefore, although Li Congke was confident of winning the cavalry field battle, he was full of vigilance in his heart and was cautious along the way.

When approaching Xiangyuan City for five miles, Li Congke did not continue southward.Instead, he detoured westward. When the enemy's situation was unknown, he was unwilling to go deep into the opponent's "controlled area".Li Congke's goal was very clear, which was to go straight to Shidang Mountain, where the main force of the Yan Army's cavalry, the Liaodong Security Army, was stationed.Shidang Mountain is thirteen miles away from Xiangyuan City. If the two sides fight, even if Xiangyuan City wants to send troops to reinforce, it will give Li Congke at least two hours.

After walking for a few miles, Li Congke spotted the Yan Army cavalry squad.The opponent did not flee in panic like the Xuanwu cavalry, nor did they yell like the prairie cavalry, but silently avoided the distance.After drawing a certain distance, he turned and followed Li Congke's cavalry two miles to the right.During the whole process, the cavalrymen of the Yan Army behaved very calmly, and their calmness was impressive.

From the beginning to the end, the Yan Army squad with only ten cavalry has maintained a strict order of action, whether it is going straight or turning around, whether it is walking slowly or galloping, or going up and down the ramp.The position of each cavalry in the formation has not changed.Li Congke noticed that when this team of cavalry jumped up a small slope, the horses of the No. 2 cavalry stopped for a moment for unknown reasons and did not keep up.The cavalry on the horse urged several times before the horse under his crotch began to climb the slope. This situation caused the distance between him and the No.1 cavalry to be more than ten positions.

The key point is that the No.3 cavalry immediately reined in their horses.No. 2 cavalry was not surpassed, No. 4, No. 5 behind him... including the last cavalry, all stopped in place, and waited until No. 2 cavalry restarted the horse.The entire queue moved on.

This detail lingered in Li Congke's mind repeatedly, becoming a lingering shadow.

Li Congke certainly felt uncomfortable with such an enemy squad watching by his side. In fact, he also sent several cavalry squads to expel them, but the opponent was very cautious and kept two miles away.At this distance, Li Congke had no choice but to recall the cavalry who were going to expel them.Li Congke is very familiar with this cavalry cruising method. It is from the nomadic cavalry outside the pass. Li Congke can even know what methods the opponent will use to avoid chasing, while keeping the monitoring distance unchanged.

Therefore, Li Congke urged his subordinates to speed up and ignore the Yan army cavalry squad. He wanted to reach Shidang Mountain before the opponent reported back, and did not allow enough time for the enemy to prepare-this was the only way to deal with it.

As soon as Li Congke's cavalry brigade speeded up, the Yan Army cavalry squad in the distance blew their horns, and the sound of the horns spread to the surrounding fields, echoing in the hills and fields.Li Congke's heart tightened involuntarily, but he didn't get too flustered. It's common sense to use a horn to convey a warning signal, but a simple sound of a horn cannot convey detailed military information. scale.

Of course, there are also some generals who are more proficient in cavalry warfare. They will set several ranks among their subordinates, and use different methods to blow different long and short horns to represent the different degrees of threat.But even so, the information conveyed is very limited, and Li Congke is not too worried about it...

However, Li Congke's face changed, and the horns of the Yan Army cavalry seemed to be a little different.The sound of the horn can be long or short, fast or slow. At first Li Congke thought the other party was out of breath, and blew this completely out of tune sound.But this happened several times in a row, making Li Congke laugh and then become silent, and then wake up from silence, and even admire.

It turns out that horns can also be used in this way, and through the combination of length and speed changes, more and more detailed messages can be delivered!Li Congke didn't know what information the Yan Army cavalry's horns sent back, but this idea can be borrowed completely, as long as a fixed corresponding relationship is set in advance.

Li Congke began to hesitate, he didn't know whether to rush quickly according to the original plan, or terminate this order.After thinking about it, he decided not to make any changes for the time being, and to see the situation before talking.

After walking forward for a while, another Yanjun cavalry team was found in the front left, and after a while, another team was attached behind it.More and more cavalry squads appeared in the surrounding area. This situation finally confirmed Li Congke's guess. The sound of the horns of the Yan Army cavalry could convey far more news than he expected. The Yan Army cavalry in Shidang Mountain should be doing well get ready.

Li Congke immediately made a decision, raised his right arm and made a gesture to stop the advance, and the cavalry under his command stopped while slowly decelerating.Taking advantage of this gap to let the horses rest, Li Congke seriously considered the next plan, and finally, he decided to lead the cavalry to a more westward position, out of the control range of the Yan Army cavalry.If Yan Jun is willing to have an upright riding battle with him, he won't mind at all.If not, it would not delay him from looking for fighters from the outside. For the enemy, such a threat is actually greater.

After resting on the spot for a while, Li Congke commanded the cavalry to turn to the southwest. At this moment, he heard a clear and crisp explosion in the sky. Following the sound, a black cloud suddenly appeared in the lonely sky.Immediately afterwards, there was a second and third explosion, followed by two black clouds.

Three black clouds have just appeared here.There were three more explosions in succession, and three more black clouds suddenly appeared in the sky together, and then three more, and then three more...

The weather in July was very hot, but Li Congke couldn't help shivering. No matter how you look at this situation, there is an indescribable evil in it.

Among the cavalry led by Li Congke, many had just tasted the feeling of being "expelled" by the cavalry of the Yan Army a few days ago, and they couldn't help shouting: "Yaoyun! It's Yaoyun!"

"Heavenly thunder is coming!"

"It's the five thunders' rectification!"

Li Congke held back the panic in his heart, forced himself to be calm, and asked his officers to suppress the flustered subordinates.Then speed up and run to the southwest.On the way of running, from time to time, there were explosions and black clouds appearing in the sky, accompanying this panicked cavalry brigade.

Fortunately, although black clouds appeared from time to time, they did not hit him with the expected lightning and thunder.This allowed Li Congke to gradually calm down, and also prevented the cavalry brigade from disintegrating.If someone in the Yan army really knew how to summon Lei Fa, then there would be no need to fight this battle, and Li Congke would immediately order the withdrawal of troops.How can manpower resist the might of God?Isn't that a joke?

But Li Congke secretly made up his mind.After returning to the camp, I immediately suggested to His Highness King Han to ask the soldiers to collect dog blood and feces...

If Li Congke could turn into an eagle.If he looked down from a high altitude, he would definitely turn around immediately and turn north.Just fifteen miles away, a large group of cavalry from the Yan army was rapidly approaching in the direction they were heading.On the approaching road, the Yan Army cavalry continued to fire rockets into the sky, but white smoke burst out in the air.Under the call of the rocket, teams of cavalry were rushing over from all directions to merge into it, gradually inflating this large group of cavalry like snowballs.

Li Congke led the army forward until the afternoon, the sun had already set in the west, and the sunlight made the cavalrymen unable to open their eyes.At this time, Li Congke made a judgment. He believed that in terms of the distance of the detour, he was far away from the range of activities of the Yan Army. Although those annoying Yan Army cavalry squads were still circling around like flies, in reality The online threat has been eliminated, and he estimates that it won't be long before night falls, and the disturbance of these flies can be thrown away.

So he made a decision to turn due south. Of course, before turning, he needed to let the army rest, eat something, drink some water, and restore its horsepower.

After running for a long time, the soldiers were drenched in sweat. They took off leather bags from their saddles and poured water into their mouths. Some of them were so hot that they took off their light armor and lay down on the ground panting.There are also those who cherish the war horses. They take off the saddles of the war horses, loosen the reins around the horses' necks, and give water and food to their beloved war horses, regardless of drinking water to dissolve their armor.

Li Congke knew that the time when the army was resting was also the most dangerous time. If it was on the battlefield, he would never allow the soldiers to disarm.

It's just that now that they are far away from the Yan army's control area, this kind of danger is not too great. Compared with hurrying up to let the soldiers and horses recover their physical strength better, a little danger is worth taking.However, due to his many years of experience in the army, he still dispatched hundreds of cavalry, scattered in four directions for a mile, to guard against those annoying little flies of the Yan army.

After a short rest, Li Congke called several school lieutenants and the head of the team to his side to discuss the next step.As the old Hedong soldiers who have guarded Luzhou for many years, they don't need a map at all. The surrounding geographical mountains and rivers are all in their hearts, and they can tell them by opening their mouths.

Some people suggested going around to the southern foot of Shidang Mountain after dark, and raiding the cavalry camp of the Yan Army from behind. If they did not attack at night, it would be impossible for the whole army to go. The soldiers who can see at night do not account for the majority of the army, and it needs to be discussed. A more secure approach.

It was also suggested to go southward for another fifteen miles, and then go eastward to attack the Yanjun camp on Wuyang Mountain in the south of Xiangyuan City. There is a large amount of luggage hoarded there. If it can be destroyed and burned, it will undoubtedly be of great significance.

Some people even suggested that they simply go straight to the city of Luzhou and look for an opportunity to capture Luzhou.Although this kind of thinking is bolder, it is also more ridiculous. Li Congke just laughed it off.

While listening to his subordinates' suggestions, Li Congke pondered in his mind and gradually formed a complete set of strategies in his mind. He planned to pull back and forth in the south of Xiangyuan to attract the main force of the Yan Army's cavalry to attack, and then go to Tunliu on Mopan Mountain, which is the most convenient place for ambushes. Set up an ambush at the junction to destroy the main force of the Yan Army's cavalry in one fell swoop!

A breeze came slowly from the east with a heat wave, and rolled up pieces of white dandelion flowers. Li Congke was slightly distracted, watching these flowers drifting away to the west, and felt a palpitation inexplicably in a daze. (To be continued..)