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Chapter 156 Cavalry Showdown
A shallow anti-horse fence did not give everyone a sense of security.Hu Qi began to appear at night, horseshoes sounded suddenly, and whistles came and went one after another.

"It's okay. If the Hu people had enough troops, they would have already attacked the anti-horse fence. They are just testing our reality. Even if they want to attack by force, they will choose tomorrow morning." Li Chongjiu persuaded the merchants in this way, and they were a little relieved .Everyone reluctantly settled down.

After seeing that there was no movement in the tent, the barbarian boldly approached and shot arrows at the tent from a distance, and kept throwing torches in.It wasn't until behind the anti-horse fence that a row of arrows was shot sparsely, and the Hu people retreated a little. Soon after, Hu Qi came again and continued to harass.

When it was almost dawn, the sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded. Everyone was not sleeping soundly. This night, they were all awakened from the half-dream and half-waking. God and Buddha come.

In the direction of the northwest, the sound of horseshoes approaching from far away, it seems that a large group of cavalry is rushing towards dawn when the sky is getting dark.The officers, soldiers and bodyguards on the night watch all took up bows, arrows, knives and guns, and stared at the west.At this time, the sound of bowstrings suddenly sounded, and the sound of people falling from horses came from the hazy night. It seemed that someone was fighting. At this time, all the officers, soldiers and merchants were overjoyed.

"It's my own!"

Wang Mahan and Yinghefu led [-] cavalry from Huaihuang Town and [-] Xibu cavalry to arrive. When the thousand reinforcements arrived, the morale of all the caravans was boosted.The Turkic cavalry surrounded them, seeing this situation, they were also surprised and uncertain, but at this time the Han cavalry suddenly turned to kill them, actively seeking a decisive battle, Hu Qi hesitated for a while when he saw it, none of them dared to step forward to fight, all of them were Retreat on all sides.

Yinghofer took advantage of the momentum to pursue, just beheaded more than a dozen people, and after running a few miles, he heard the sound of horns in the distance of the grassland, and saw a large group of cavalry appearing in the distance, like a black cloud Press it.Seeing this scene, Yinghefe and the others quickly withdrew their troops and retreated back to the formation with the cavalry.
"Your Majesty, it's the wolf flag of Hunbu!" Ying Hefu reported loudly to Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu showed no signs of panic, immediately drew out his sword, and said: "Cover the caravan, prepare to fight!"

"Xiao Jiu, what kind of formation to use?" Li Hu asked immediately.

Li Chongjiu glanced back and asked Yinghe Fu: "What do you think?"

Yinghe Fu said: "Let's set up a crescent moon array."

While speaking, Li Chongjiu ordered more than 2000 refugees to stay with the caravan and return to the anti-horse fence. The businessmen took up bows and arrows to protect themselves.And Li Chongjiu led the county soldiers, bodyguard cavalry to line up together, Ying Hefu, Wang Mahan and their cavalry also retreated together, and the two sides joined together.

At present, Yinghefu is commanding the army and horses to form an array. In terms of arranging troops, this is not a skill of the traversers. Li Chongjiu can only watch from the sidelines.Yinghefu immediately deployed his three regiments of 600 cavalry on the left flank, led by Wang Mahan, while Xibu's [-] cavalry and Li Chongjiu's [-] armored cavalry deployed on the right flank, led by Er Tuo.

In the center, there are two regiments of [-] county soldiers, and the Li Family Escort Bureau's [-] bodyguards. In terms of cavalry battles, the bodyguards of the Li Family Escort Bureau are not as good as the Turkic cavalry, so they automatically dismounted and formed an infantry formation.Li Hu and Su Su are in charge of the central government.Li Chongjiu and Yinghe Fu are dispatched later.

Seeing that Yinghofer lined up a lineup of cavalry on both wings and infantry in the center.Li Chongjiu couldn't help worrying whether his cavalry would be the opponent of the Turkic cavalry.After all, the last time we defeated Azubu and the Khitans, our victory depended on trickery or a surprise attack.But this time it was an upright field battle, which was a real match of strength.

Yinghefu laughed loudly and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we have not been lazy in the past six months."
Li Chongjiu saw that the cavalry on the left and right wings were full of energy. The third regiment on the left was the government cavalry stationed in Huaihuang Town. It was a mixture of Xi people and Han people. There is protection, and all the cavalry are riding two horses, so they don't have to worry about horsepower, and what they use are riding and arching nine-double bows and iron arrowheads. In addition to the Sui knife, each horse is also equipped with a Small leather shield.

Seeing this, Li Chongjiu nodded, and remembered that such a full moon formation is usually a strategy for the central breakthrough, but although his central infantry seems to be large, but in terms of combat effectiveness, the two regiments are newly recruited. Not to mention the bodyguards of the Home Escort Bureau, their combat effectiveness is slightly better than those of the caravan's fellow refugees.

In this way, not to mention the tactics of implementing the breakthrough of the central government, it is fortunate to be able to insist on the central government not being breached.After Li Chongjiu asked Ying Hefu this question, there was a smug smile on the other party's face, obviously there was some trick.

At this time, with the arrival of Qijin from the Hun tribe, all the rangers gathered together, and then five or six tribal leaders came under the banner of Qijin. There was a big dispute over who led the army to attack, and there was a stalemate.This made the Sui army, who had completed their formation early, very bored.

The Sui army hoped that the other side would give up the chance of a decisive battle because they could not share the spoils. However, for Li Chongjiu and Ying Hefu, they hoped to hone their soldiers through this battle. It is not raised, but while increasing combat experience, it can also completely eradicate future troubles on the road, so as not to interrupt the connection between Huaihuang Town and Yanmen County.

The Turkic dispute continued until the afternoon, and the Han soldiers even had their breakfast and lunch.Just when everyone thought it would be delayed until nightfall, the Turks seemed to have finally reached an agreement.The cavalry from five or six different tribes gathered under the banner of Hunbu and began to form formations.

From a distance, the strength of the Turkic people should be around 600, and the cavalry of Hunbu obviously accounted for half.

At this time, the sun was gradually sinking to the west, leaving only the sunset glow still shining on the sky above the grassland. Unlike the crescent moon formation of the Sui army, the Turkic people set up a horn formation, with cavalry on both wings rushing forward, and the cavalry on both wings were all muddy. The soldiers in the middle, and the mixed cavalry of five or six other tribes in the center.

Li Chongjiu immediately understood what Yinghefu was thinking. All along, the Hu people believed that the Han army had strong infantry and weak cavalry, so if the Sui army adopted the crescent moon formation, the Hu people would outflank the left and right cavalry of the Sui army. Then, attack the infantry in the center on three sides.Reminiscent of the Battle of Cannae in history, Hannibal also defeated the elite Roman legion by virtue of this.

But this time the facts were just the opposite. Li Chongjiu's subordinates happened to have strong cavalry and weak infantry.And Yinghofer deliberately showed strength and weakness, which meant that the two armies planned to fight a decisive battle with cavalry on the left and right wings.

(End of this chapter)