Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 225 Shameless Tactics

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At the trumpet-shaped mountain pass, Duan Yan's army is slowly advancing.

At the front is a row of sword and shield soldiers, working together to push the baggage vehicles out of the mouth, forming a wall, followed by four thousand archers, bows stretched like a moon, and arrows shot out on the string.

Hundreds of paces away, more than ten thousand cavalry were arrayed in a fan-shaped formation, ready to charge at any time.

In front of the army formation, Luo Zheng stood on his hips, looking at Duan Yan's army rushing out of the mountain pass with burning eyes.

After watching for a long time, he sighed, "Impeccable."

Jia Xu nodded lightly and said: "Duan Yan is also a veteran general, he is much more cautious than Yang Ding, and he does not underestimate the enemy to rush forward, so that he advances outward in layers of formations, forming a wall with swords, shields, soldiers, baggage and vehicles. Using archers to shoot at the ground can indeed effectively prevent cavalry raids. It seems that it is impossible to defeat Duan Yao's army at the mountain pass."

Luo Zheng smiled wickedly and said: "Don't worry, the terrain of this mountain pass is special, it's good for defense but not good for attack, wait until it's in the wilderness, let's see how Duan Yan will prepare for the general's surprise attack, unless he stays still, there will be no openings. "

Jia Xu nodded again and again and said: "The general has a good opinion, since this is the case, why not let the soldiers take off their armor and rest."

Luo Zheng followed the example of kindness, and immediately ordered the army to retreat several miles away, disarm and rest, and only ordered Yan Xing to lead [-] cavalry, to stay around Duan Yan's army all the time, ordering them not to dare to act rashly, and to form a formation for self-defense at all times. Soldiers have no time to rest.

On a hill at the mountain pass, Duan Yao stood astride his horse, surrounded by generals.

A general swept around, and said with an ugly face: "Pufu Luo Zheng is really cunning like a fox, so he is clearly going to bite our army to death. As long as our army moves, these damned cavalry will rush forward."

Duan Yan's face was also extremely ugly, and he instantly thought of what Luo Zheng was up to.

Originally there were [-] cavalry, but they could still protect the flanks so that they would not be so passive.

But now five thousand cavalry were defeated by Luo Zheng, leaving less than a thousand remnants and defeated generals. Without the cavalry to protect the side, once the army starts, it will no longer be able to use the heavy vehicles to defend themselves. Once attacked by the cavalry, it is extremely Easy to crash.

This is the difference between infantry and cavalry. On the battlefield, it is always the cavalry who holds the initiative.

Facing the endless harassment tactics of the cavalry, the only thing the infantry can do is to form a formation to defend themselves, or to defend according to the dangerous pass.

This is not to say that infantry is inferior to cavalry, but that they function differently.

The cavalry is good at field battles. Once in the wilderness, the cavalry can give full play to their strong mobility, relying on their strong mobility to rush and attack, attack when they are weak, and retreat if they want to be strong. .

If encountering more complex terrain, or a strong wall, the cavalry will be greatly restricted, while the infantry can rely on favorable terrain for defense or blocking, giving full play to their own advantages.

However, the thirty miles from here to Chencang are surrounded by flat wilderness.

Such terrain can undoubtedly give cavalry the greatest advantage.

"Order the army to set up camp on the spot!"

With a livid face, Duan Yan ordered in a deep voice, not daring to act rashly.

No one doubted that as long as there was a big move, the cavalry with three thousand horses on the side would rush up like a pack of wolves, tearing bloody gashes in the most vulnerable parts of the army.

In the evening, seeing that there was no chance, Yan Xing led three thousand cavalry and fled away.

Duan Yan didn't dare to be careless, and sent scouts to investigate, only to find out that Luo Zheng's army was on a river beach in the northeast, about ten miles away. If the cavalry raided, it would take at most two sticks of incense ten miles away to kill them.

For the infantry with a large amount of food and supplies, it would take at least half an hour for the army to set out from camp.

"General, it's not an option to go on like this!"

A general said anxiously: "You have to find a way to get close to the water source, otherwise the army will mutiny within three days at most."

Duan Yan's face was ugly, how could he not understand this.

Water is more important than food and grass. Soldiers may be able to withstand a day without food, but no one can stand without water for a day; even an Iron Man cannot stand up without water for two days.

And there is no water source, and there is no food in the mouth.

"Wait for one night first, let's talk about it tomorrow morning!"

Duan Yan waved his hand, the sun is almost setting now, there is nothing to do for now.

It is impossible to send troops to fetch water. Not far away, dozens of scouts and scouts are watching. Sending troops to fetch water can only deliver food to Luo Zheng. The only way to survive the night is to wait until tomorrow to find a way.

"Ugh!"

All the generals sighed and went to arrange their troops.

Early the next morning, before dawn, a desolate horn sounded in the distance.

Duan Yan hurriedly put on the stomach armor and rushed out of the tent. He saw a dark mass of cavalry slowly approaching in the distance. When the sky was completely bright, tens of thousands of cavalry had surrounded the camp in a fan shape, and the distance was only three hundred. I step.

Tens of thousands of cavalry stood silently, only the snorting of war horses was connected together, which was particularly ear-piercing in the wilderness.

Suddenly, I saw a whirlwind rushing out of the cavalry formation. The sweaty and bloody BMW under the crotch was extremely handsome. The snow-white hair had no variegated color. It rushed over like a white shadow, not Luo Zheng Who else is coming.

"Where is Duan Yao?"

Luo Zheng reined in the horse and shouted.

Duan Yan boarded the outpost of the camp and shouted: "Luo Zheng, what do you mean?"

Luo Zheng glanced up, immediately laughed three times, and said in a long voice: "The general has no other meaning, this time I just want to give you a way to survive, it depends on whether you want to live or die."

Duan Yan suppressed the anger in his heart, and shouted in a deep voice: "What is a way of life, and what is a way of death?"

Luo Zheng said loudly: "It's very simple, the way to survive is to open the gate of the camp and return to the general. As for the dead end..."

After saying this, he paused for a moment, and said in a fierce voice: "This general will make your ten thousand troops never return to Chang'an!"

"Too deceiving!"

Duan Yan yelled angrily: "This general wants to see how you can prevent this general's army from returning to Chang'an!"

Luo Zhengchang laughed and said: "Duan Yan, don't be stubborn, your [-] cavalry have been defeated by this general, how can you escape the general's attack in this wilderness with the remaining [-] infantry?" Pursue. If you surrender to this general, you will be guaranteed to continue to enjoy wealth. If you don’t surrender, this ancient Chang’an road will be the burial place for you and the army under your command.”

Duan Yan's face was livid, but he was powerless to refute.

The current situation is indeed a bad idea. Without the containment of five thousand cavalry, facing Luo Zheng's over ten thousand cavalry, the fifteen thousand infantry under his command could not escape the pursuit of Luo Zheng's army, and did not dare to move lightly at all. .

What's more, there is only half a month's food and grass in the army. If they don't get food and grass supplies and only wait for the food army, the army will have to mutiny.

But looking at the tens of thousands of cavalry surrounding the camp, Duan Yao couldn't help feeling sad.

Even if there is food and grass, it can't be transported to the camp at all.

Moreover, the most urgent thing right now is how to solve the problem of water sources as soon as possible.

The situation near this mountain pass is quite high, last night the soldiers were ordered to dig a well in the camp to get water, but after digging nearly five feet, there was no water coming out of the ground.If the water source cannot be obtained, it will take another day at most, and the army will inevitably mutiny.

In front of the camp, the faces of the generals who commanded the army also turned blue, but they felt a deep sense of helplessness in their hearts.

Duan Yan forcibly suppressed the boiling anger in his heart, lowered his posture and said: "Shengping and I are both from the old tribe of Xiliang, why bother to be so aggressive. As long as Shengping is willing to lead the army back, this general promises not to invade Xiliang again, how about it? "

"Hahaha!"

Luo Zheng laughed three times, and then sighed: "In the past in Luoyang, I had some old friendship with Zhongming, and this general really doesn't want to push too much. However, the current state affairs, how can this general abolish state affairs with personal affection Huh? For the sake of past friendship, if Zhongming asks everyone to surrender, I will not dare to treat him slowly. If Zhongming refuses to surrender, then the only thing left is a war."

"That's it!"

Duan Yan sighed: "The matter has come to this, why should the general be afraid of a battle!"

After all, ignore Luo Zheng again, and quickly ran down the sentry tower, ordering the various ministries to gather the army.

"Hey, fuck!"

Luo Zheng waved his arm bitterly, turned his horse's head, and ran back to the formation.

I wanted to persuade Duan Yan to surrender, so that not only would he avoid the casualties of the army under his command, but he could also get more than [-] soldiers under Duan Yan's command. Now it seems that if he is not desperate, it is impossible for Duan Yan to surrender. up.

Amidst the continuous sound of ox horns, Duan Yan's camp immediately boiled up. Groups of infantry quickly assembled in the camp under the scolding and leadership of the military academy. The tents were put away, and all the luggage was packed. On the cart.

Soon, a group of sword and shield soldiers rushed out of the camp first, and they were arrayed on the ground in front of the camp, followed by a group of bows and arrows, and then drew their long bows to shoot at the ground, in case Luo Zheng's cavalry took the opportunity to attack. raid.

After more than half an hour, the army broke out and moved slowly to the northeast.

Sword and shield soldiers are in front, followed by archers, holding down the foot of the formation, on both sides are pikemen protecting the wings, and in the rear are two thousand sword and shield soldiers. Food, fodder, and heavy vehicles were guarded in the middle.

At this time, Luo Zheng's [-] cavalry had retreated more than two miles away, and only Yan Xing led [-] cavalry to the other side of the mountain pass, biting at the back of Duan Yan's army from the side and back.

In front of the cavalry.

Jia Xu waited and watched for a while, then turned his head to Luo Zheng and said: "General, Duan Yao didn't take the road, but moved the camp to the northeast. This is to move the camp to the vicinity of the water source."

Luo Zheng said 'hmm' and said: "This is expected. If there is no water source, Duan Yan's [-] soldiers and horses will have to be disbanded within three days at most. The only way to move the camp to the vicinity of Suwon is to Only then can I spend it with my army."

Jia Xu said with a sinister smile: "Duan Yan wants to fight a war of attrition with my army, so don't even think about it. When the army goes out, it can only bring half a month's food and grass with it at most. If the food and grass cannot be transported, Duan Yan will at most I can only linger on for half a month."

Luo Zheng nodded happily, and said: "Even so, Duan Yan cannot be allowed to move the camp to the vicinity of the water source. Don't think that Duan Yan will protect the front with swords and shields and archers, and then protect the left and right wings with spearmen This general has nothing to do with him. Hurry up and order Yan Xing. You don't have to raid Duan Yan's main formation, but you can ride from the back and shoot the spearmen on the two wings and the guards pulling the carts in the middle with bows and arrows. Mules, horses, and other animals should be bled as much as possible to Duan Yan."

"Order!"

Long ago, the messengers responded with a loud bang and left on horseback.

Not long after, the [-] cavalry who had been biting behind Duan Yan's army immediately split into two, and each of them had [-] cavalry quickly rushed up from the rear and circled to the two wings of Duan Yan's army. Unleash the bow and release the arrows.

After shooting two rounds of arrows, he had already rushed past the two wings of Duan Yao's army.

With a roar, the two cavalrymen immediately circled outwards, and when they circled behind, they rushed up again and shot arrows.

Amidst the shrill screams, the spearmen on the two wings kept getting shot and fell down, struggling and howling.

Even the mules, horses and other animals being guarded in the central army were shot by bows and arrows, screaming and jumping up and rioting.

Originally, when the cavalry was charging, bows and arrows were almost useless.

No matter how good a shooter is, it is difficult to hit the target with a bow and arrow when the horse is running fast.

Unless it is a marksman like Zhao Yun, he can hardly be affected by the horse.

However, more than [-]% of the cavalry have such archery skills.

But right now, Duan Yao is going to move the camp to the river five miles away to the northeast, and the sword and shield soldiers have to protect the front and rear formations, and the spearmen on the two wings are completely exposed.And because of the lack of necessary protection, and the formation is too dense, and it is necessary to protect the Chinese army's chariot team, it is inevitable to avoid it, let alone retreat, unfortunately it has become a master of cavalry practicing archery.

No matter how bad the archery skills are, facing such a dense formation, the hit rate is not much worse.

The two cavalry were separated by seventy or eighty steps, and they kept coming back to ride and shoot arrows, and soon caused a lot of casualties to the spearmen Duan Yan used to protect the two wings. After combing it again, it became much sparser.

The animals pulling the carts of the Chinese army were shot and injured by bows and arrows, and they were even more irritable and uneasy, almost out of control.

In the Chinese army, Duan Yan just stared at him, his eyes were about to burst, and his steel teeth were about to be crushed.

This mother is too cunning, Duan Yan has never met such a cunning opponent, and there is a strong urge to vomit blood in his heart. The Xiliang iron cavalry is brave and good at fighting because it has always been used to charge from the front. When was it so shameless and despicable to break the enemy's resistance and will with a forceful force.

Luo Zheng can also be regarded as an old general of Xiliang, why the cavalry under his command is not like the Xiliang iron cavalry in his impression.

In Duan Yan's view, the cavalry under Luo Zheng's command cannot be regarded as Xiliang iron cavalry at all, because Xiliang iron cavalry will never use such shameless and obscene tactics, they will only hide in the distance and harass with arrows, but they dare not charge up Come to the decisive battle.

However, it is undeniable that it was this shameless tactic that made Duan Wei feel deeply helpless.

This is like cutting flesh with a blunt knife. If there is no effective countermeasure, the final result can be that the 100 troops will be continuously bloodletted, which will eventually cause irreparable and catastrophic consequences. (My novel "Leaping Horse Xiliang" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a [-]% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign on the top right to "add friends" , search the official account "qdread" and pay attention, hurry up!)
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