Great Han Empire

Chapter 297
Jitou Valley is located on the west side of Jingshui River, across the river from Boluo Valley.It is about fifteen miles long and is named after its shape resembling a chicken head.

Xu Rong took Nie Xiao and Lou Lu's two battalions of cavalry, as well as Zhao Yun's Changshui battalion, to Jitou Valley two days ago and quietly hid in it.

He Feng was very dissatisfied.He came to Xiliang to kill the enemy and make meritorious service, to become famous in the world, not to hide in this deserted valley and suffer from the bites of poisonous insects.He didn't say anything, but Xu Rong was already scolded in his heart.Now the battle in Fanting Mountain is very fierce. More than 2 cavalry don't go to Fanting Mountain to kill the Xianbei people, but they are recharging their energy in this valley. He thinks it is ridiculous.

Mr. Xian Yu said that he would ambush the enemy, so could it be in this Chicken Head Valley?No matter how he saw it, Jitou Valley didn't look like a place to ambush the Xianbei people.If you want to ambush the enemy, you should also be in the Boluo Valley on the other side of the Jingshui River, which is the only way for the Xianbei people to go south.

He Feng didn't go back to Luoyang, but he took the initiative to ask to join the war in Xiliang with Changshuiying. He had his own difficulties.He hated Luoyang, and he wanted to leave there a long time ago.

He Feng has been in Luoyang for several years, and what he feels the most is that he is a servant wherever he goes, and he is treated like a dog. He has never straightened his spine before being a human being in Luoyang.Although he is a relative of General He Jin, and he is the traitor Cao under the command of the General's Mansion, General He Jin has always regarded him as his confidant, and he is very grateful for He Jin's appreciation of him, but he hates the people around him. People, even some hatred.

In Luoyang, the streets are full of princes, nobles, powerful bureaucrats, and their clan children are as numerous as a cow's hair. In the eyes of these people, He Feng is a thug guarding the gate, a watchdog in the general's mansion, no one Look him straight in the eye.Although Yuan Shu and He Miao often took him around, they never regarded him as a friend of equal status, they only regarded him as a servant who could fight.

Why did I fight all over the streets in Luoyang?In the final analysis, I still feel angry when I am looked down upon by others. Could it be that I am born a bitch?The longer He Feng stayed in Luoyang, the more disgusted he became. He wanted to go to a place where he could hold his head high and be upright. He felt that if he stayed in Luoyang for a long time, one day he would be beaten to death by those tycoons .

He Feng finally found an opportunity.Li Hong wanted to take Changshuiying to Xiliang to resist the Xianbei invasion.This is an opportunity to make great military exploits and change one's own destiny. This is an opportunity to get rid of Luoyang and bid farewell to humiliation.If he has achieved military exploits, with the help of the general as his backer, he believes that he will soon be able to become a high official with two thousand shi.So He Miao came to Xiliang with great ambition.

He was very grateful for Li Hong's magnanimity. A hero is a hero, but his courage is different from that of ordinary people.He and Yuan Shu were planning to kill Li Hong according to the secret order of the general, but they failed in the end. However, Li Hong did not embarrass them because of this, and even avoided interrogation.When he had the courage to propose to go to Xiliang with Li Hong to fight, he thought that Li Hong would refuse without hesitation, but he did not expect Li Hong to agree without hesitation.He was very excited at the time, he felt that he could die for Li Hong at that moment.

Liu Ming and Lu Xian had worked together to capture He Feng and beat him up that day.The two once thought that Li Hong would kill He Feng or drive him back to Luoyang, but unexpectedly, Li Hong not only kept He Feng, but also arranged for him to continue serving as military commander in Changshuiying, which made them very embarrassed .He Feng was straightforward, he treated them to a meal of wine, everyone laughed away their grievances, and from now on they will be brothers in life and death.

Liu Ming saw He Feng restless in Jitou Valley, heaving and sighing, looking like a hero who is useless, it was very funny, Liu Ming said, you'd better go to the river to soak in cold water, clear your mind, and reduce the fire, so as not to Swearing here, listening to upset.He Feng was overjoyed when he heard the words, and happily took a few guards to the river to take a bath, but was caught by Zhao Yun.Zhao Yun said that they violated the military order of concealing their appearance, and there was no mercy for each of them.He Feng was so angry that he scolded Liu Ming's barbarian ancestor countless times.

He Feng dared not scold Zhao Yun.Although Zhao Yun was young, he had high martial arts skills, and even killed June Jinglei, the leader of the Baima Qiang who had been rampant in western Xinjiang for decades in the battle of Yicheng. He obeyed such a cruel man.

That afternoon, Li Hong also entered Jitou Valley with the cavalry that had withdrawn from Fanting Mountain.After the two armies joined, the number of cavalry reached 4.

He Feng knew that there was no need to wait any longer, the battle was about to start, and he spent a sleepless night in excitement and excitement.

The Xianbei arrived at Boluo Valley the next day, and they were very careful. After several investigations and confirmations by hundreds of scouts, they carefully crossed Boluo Valley.As soon as the Xianbei people left Boluo Valley, Li Hong led the army out of Jitou Valley, waded across the Jingshui River, and followed them.

The [-] army marched down the Jingshui River, roaring and galloping, with great momentum.For the first time among thousands of troops, He Feng deeply felt his own insignificance and powerlessness. He was like a grain of sand on the river beach, insignificant and insignificant. He was like a dead leaf floating on the river, struggling hard On the verge of overturning.He was submerged by the huge roar, his consciousness was gradually disappearing, he completely lost himself, he couldn't think, he couldn't stop, he was involuntarily wrapped in the boiling torrent and poured down, he just Knowing that he was going to kill the enemy and go to war, his lofty ambition was shattered in this instant.

Tens of thousands of troops are facing each other, and 10,000+ troops are fighting, what can you do by yourself?Killing the enemy and doing meritorious service seems to have become a joke, a wish, and an unattainable dream in the blink of an eye.

He Feng looked at his surroundings, densely packed, covering the sky and covering the sky, all of them were iron knight soldiers. Everyone looked excited, or numb, or leisurely, or drowsy, or full of fighting spirit, without timidity, fear, or pre-death feeling. Panicked, everyone galloped on their horses and merged into a magnificent torrent, moving forward indomitably.

He Feng suddenly knew his destination.

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The forward speed of the cavalry of the Han army remained very stable, as if they were not in a hurry to catch up with the Xianbei.

"Zilong, when are we going to attack?" He Feng approached Zhao Yun and shouted loudly.

Zhao Yun looked back at him, a smile appeared on his handsome face.In Changshuiying, there were very few Han people, and the two spent more time chatting, and their temperaments were more congenial, so their friendship grew deeper.

"Qingshi'an, let's go to Qingshi'an." Zhao Yun shouted loudly, "Master Xianyu is stopping the Xianbei people there now."

"Why don't you go faster?" He Feng became anxious, and shouted louder, "Why don't you move forward quickly?"

Zhao Yun pointed to the clear blue sky, "Waiting for the signal, you have to wait for the call for help from your lord."

He Feng looked at the blue sky suspiciously, and then suddenly realized.When leopards fight, they are not only elusive, but they even have the right timing to eat people.A terrifying leopard.

Thinking of the bloody battle that was about to start, He Feng was so excited that his whole body trembled slightly.

"Let's go, kill the enemy..." He kicked the horse's belly fiercely, whipped the horse, and roared again and again, "Go kill the enemy..."

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On the night of arriving at Shengtou Mountain, Yan Rou and Zhang Yun went to the camp to visit their subordinates.After four days of bloody fighting in their battalion of 300 soldiers, there were only more than [-] left.The soldiers were very excited, clamoring for revenge and going down the mountain to fight the Xianbei people to the death.

"My lord, we don't have time to bury our dead brothers. We left their remains in the woods by the roadside." Lei Zhong said sadly with red eyes, "The Xianbei people must have cut off their heads as trophies. My lord, we want revenge."

Yan Rou and Zhang He felt heavy, and they tried their best to comfort everyone for a while.Yan Rou said, don't worry, we are going down the mountain to fight the Xianbei people again soon, but we are not ambushing, but blocking, and it is still a tragic blocking.

"Master Li led the cavalry to ambush the vanguard of the Xianbei along the Jingshui River. Let's go to Boluo Valley to stop the enemy's reinforcements and buy time for Master Li and the others to completely wipe out the enemy." Yan Rou sighed and said, "Boluo The terrain in the valley is flat and there is no danger to defend. We used the phalanx to block the enemy's cavalry, and the casualties are estimated to be greater than those at Mount Fanting."

"We only have [-] infantry, but the Xianbei have at least [-] cavalry, and the terrain of Boluo Valley is also suitable for the cavalry to attack." Zhang He said worriedly, "Master Li asked us to hold on for a day, and we found it very difficult. "

The soldiers sat around, looking dignified and silent.

"According to our experience in fighting barbarian cavalry for many times, although a dense infantry phalanx with giant shields and giant spears can temporarily block the enemy, it can only last for a while. If the follow-up army of the Xianbei arrives one after another , They will surpass us in number, and by that time, we will not be able to stop the Xianbei people." Xiaolan looked around at the soldiers and asked, "Do you have any better ways to stop them?"

The soldiers around whispered to each other, discussing in low voices.

"You can use Rejection Horse." Lei Zhong said in a low voice.

Although Lei Zhong's voice was very small, Xiao Lan still heard it.

"What did you say?" Xiaolan pointed at him and asked, "Say it again."

Yan Rou and Zhang Yun looked up at him upon hearing the sound.Lei Chong glanced at them timidly, muttered a few words, and his voice became even softer.

"Speak louder." Yan Rou laughed, "You have to know that if your method works, countless brothers can survive, Lord Li can calmly command the army to defeat the Xianbei cavalry, and the Xianbei people can be driven out of six Panshan, so don't worry about it, just say it boldly."

Thinking of his dead comrades, Lei Zhong suddenly became more courageous and stood up, "We can meet the enemy with a repelling horse."

"Reject the horse?" Yan Rou, Zhang He and Xiaolan exchanged surprised looks with each other.The voices of the surrounding soldiers suddenly became louder.

Rejecting horses is too familiar to the soldiers. It can be said that as long as there are barracks, there will be rejecting horses.The so-called Juma is a triangular utensil made of three long logs and multiple short vertical logs tied according to certain rules. One row of vertical logs is longer, with oblique thorns extending forward, and the top is sharpened. It is placed at the gate of the camp. In front of or in front of the gate, it is specially used to block the charge and leap of enemy cavalry, so this thing is also called "rejecting horses".Generally, when a large army camps, in order to prevent the enemy from attacking the camp, it is necessary to set up a horse-repelling formation with a distance of dozens of steps around the camp.

"Sit down, sit down." Yan Rou waved at him and said with a smile, "Can you explain it carefully?"

Lei Zhong licked his lips, thought for a while, and said, "I used to be a Yellow Turban Army. When we were in Guangzong, our army fought against the Northern Army, and suffered a lot from the northern army commander Shuiying. Later, we thought about it The method is to use the horse-rejection to set up a big horse-rejection formation in front of the army formation, and as a result, the Changshui camp was defeated by us."

"Oh." Yan Rou became more and more interested, and he said excitedly, "Have you ever defeated Changshuiying with the Horse Rejection Formation? That's great, tell me quickly, how did you defeat Changshuiying?"

"We used horse repelling horses of different sizes to form square formations on the open ground suitable for cavalry charges. These horse repelling square formations were high and short, staggered, and inconsistent. In this way, the originally open space became It has become a winding and winding formation composed of countless horse-repelling phalanxes, and our soldiers are hiding in the horse-repelling formations and waiting for opportunities to kill the enemy. Whether it is cavalry or infantry, if you want to To enter the formation and attack, one must intersperse and turn around in the formation of rejecting horses, and must be attacked from both front and rear directions at the same time."

Lei Chonglian said with gestures, his voice was full of emotion, "At that time, Changshuiying wanted to attack the horse-repelling formation and destroy our blocking formation, but their cavalry could not be used in the formation, and they were defeated by our archers and spearmen. The soldiers and the soldiers with knives and axes were killed so badly that they fled in embarrassment. As soon as they withdrew, we covered up the killing. When the Changshui camp regrouped and came again, we ran into the horse-repelling formation to lure them to attack. Repeatedly, finally beat Changshuiying away."

"So effective?" Xiaolan said in disbelief, "Then why didn't you use this method to deal with our Fengyun cavalry when you were in Youzhou and Jizhou?"

Lei Zhong smiled miserably, and said in a low voice: "They all died, and then they all died. No one knows that we used this method to defeat Changshuiying."

"Changshuiying only has 5000 people." Zhang He asked, "But now there are 3 Xianbei people, and there will be more and more. What if the Juma Formation is broken?"

"We still have giant shields and giant spears," a soldier shouted.

"Has the phalanx been breached too?" Zhang Yun asked, "In the past few battles, we have had our phalanx breached. Once the phalanx is broken, the brothers will have to wait to be slaughtered."

"No, there is another way." Lei Zhong said, "We can use soldiers to build a horse-repelling array."

"Use people as a horse-repelling formation?" Yan Rou asked in amazement, "Use a battle formation to meet the enemy?"

"During the training at the Zixiu Mountain camp, I saw Master Qu's Xiliang infantry practicing a formation that specializes in breaking cavalry. They put shield soldiers and spearmen in front to block the impact of enemy cavalry, and used archers Shoot at the back cover, and then chop the horse's leg with a knife and axe." Lei Zhong said, "Although the Xiliang infantry's formation can effectively kill the enemy's cavalry, it has a lot of casualties. I and the Northern Army's Yueqi Battalion Having fought battles, they used battle formations to meet the enemy, with well-founded advances and retreats, invincible. I think their battle formations are very suitable for defeating cavalry."

"The Yueqi Battalion of the Northern Army used to be the main force of the Han army who went out to attack the Huns. They defeated the Hun cavalry many times and were invincible, so they were called the Yueqi Battalion. The soldiers did not have time to use the vehicles accompanying the army to set up car formations to stop the enemy, and they often suffered heavy losses. Later, they thought of a formation that could effectively deal with cavalry in the field without relying on car formations."

"This battle formation is based on 'what'. As long as the superior gives an order, the soldiers will immediately lead by the commander and use 'what' to form the formation. The battle formation faces the direction of the enemy's cavalry. The first three soldiers sit on the ground and put the end of the spear Standing on the ground, with knees clamped and hands clenched, the tip of the gun stabs obliquely in front of a person's height, forming a horse; in the middle are also three soldiers. Under the armpit, the point of the spear pierces straight ahead about one and a half to two people high, so that the purpose of this formation is to prevent the enemy cavalry from rushing forward and leaping; while the three soldiers standing in the last row hold bows and release The arrows are responsible for shooting and killing the enemy cavalry directly in front and on the left and right sides. The chief is responsible for commanding the operation of the formation."

"The distance between each battle formation is one to five feet, and the formations are arranged scatteredly. Although they are scattered, they are in order. If there are dozens to hundreds of such small formations on the battlefield, the enemy cavalry can be forced to go back and forth in these small formations. Fleeing, losing its powerful attack power."

"The Yueqi Battalion has defeated the Huns countless times with this kind of battle formation, and we will do the same."

Zhang He nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, I also remembered it when you said that. I also saw this kind of battle formation used by the infantry of the Northern Army on the Jizhou battlefield. How do you know it is called the horse rejection formation?"

"It's not called Juma Formation, I just called it casually." Lei Chong said angrily, "Thousands of my brothers died under this kind of battle formation, of course I know everything about it Chu."

"This kind of battle formation requires a long time of training before it can be used in actual combat, but tomorrow we will meet the enemy, and it is useless to say it." Yan Rou waved her hand and said, "Tomorrow we will use the horse-repelling formation to meet the enemy, and order the soldiers to fight against the enemy overnight. Catch up and reject the horse."

"What's your name?" Yan Rou suddenly pointed to Lei Zhong and asked, "You can be a military commander."

Lei Zhong smiled bitterly, bowed and replied, "The villain's name is Lei Zhong."

"Okay, I'll remember." Yan Rou walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder, "If you don't die, you will lead the training of this battle formation."

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On the mountain road leading to Boluo Valley, Yan Rou was galloping along with more than 2 soldiers.

Some of the soldiers carried a huge spear together, some carried a four or five-foot-long tree trunk, and some carried bundles of straw ropes, walking like flying.Lei Zhong and his comrade-in-arms carried a sharpened tree trunk as thick as an arm, one after the other, and ran up the mountain with all their strength, sweating profusely.

"Old Lei, will this refusal work?" the soldier behind asked panting.

"It works." Lei Chong shouted, "This time, we must kill the Xianbei people to the brim and avenge our brothers."

"Old Lei, if we defeat the Xianbei people, you will have the greatest contribution."

"I don't want credit, I just want revenge."

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(End of this chapter)