Chapter 44: The Battle of Qianyang Valley
The light cavalry of the Liang army is the must-kill weapon of its conquest in all directions, composed of the elite of the Liang army, especially good at horse warfare, the soldiers only wear silver gray light armor, holding spears, as fast as lightning, just like at this moment, come quickly and quietly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Gu Yin was dressed in rusty red fine-scale iron armor, and the shoulder pads at both ends were shiny, and he looked even more bee-waisted and ape-backed, and he was mighty and uncast.
I saw that his eyes narrowed into a slit when he heard this, as if he had seen the surging wolf army from afar, and said: "What a Yang Changlie, knowing that it is difficult to win a water battle, he did not hesitate to march thousands of miles with cavalry, so he is not afraid of our interception!" ”
Min Qiu said: "I must have been ambushed in the Goose Gut Gorge, so I simply went ashore and came over the mountain, wanting to give us an unexpected surprise." ”
Another lieutenant general, named Wang Hu, looked at Gu Yin and said worriedly: "General Gu, our army is only 30,000, and the fierce combat power of the cavalry of the Liang army is especially above us. ”
Gu Yin was calm and calm, and said: "It's a pity that they will be tired after crossing the mountains and mountains, so we can't give them time to rest, and they will fight quickly." However, a change of strategy is needed! ”
He said decisively to Wang Hu: "There are only 20,000 people left here. ”
Min Qiu and Wang Hu were both stunned.
Gu Yin said to Min Qiu again: "Thirty miles east of here, in the Qianyang Valley in the northeast, please take Brother Min to take 10,000 people to ambush in the mountains and forests in the valley." When our 20,000 men retreat here, we will attack Liangzhong's army on the flanks. ”
He turned to Wang Hu again: "The 20,000 left here, wait for the Liang army to rush over, pretend to be invincible, listen to my orders, and retreat." After the 5,000 elites followed me, General Wang took 15,000 people as the vanguard of the withdrawal to Qianyang Valley and lined up in the formation laid out yesterday. ”
Min Qiu instantly understood: "Lure the enemy into the urn." ”
Gu Yin nodded: "Only by pretending to be defeated and letting Liang Jun have the heart of despising the enemy, can we take advantage of it." ”
Then he said to another person: "Send a message to General Long, allocate 10,000 water battle masters, use a light boat close to the Liang ship, and chisel through the bottom of the ship." 20,000 sailors stayed behind to guard the warships, and 20,000 were ready to land at any time to pursue the tail of the Liang cavalry. ”
"Whoa!" Several soldiers responded in unison, and the panic that greeted the cavalry of the Liang army disappeared.
"Yuliang." Gu Yin looked at me: "You and Sanxing go with Brother Min." ”
"Then you." I couldn't help but speak, and halfway through speaking, I swallowed back the words "be careful" in the second half of the sentence.
He smiled and nodded, as if he understood what I meant.
"Let's go!" Min Qiu urged, and took the lead in riding a horse and leading the army to point the troops away.
In Qianyang Valley, I and Sanxing crouched in the mountainside forest and looked ahead.
"It's coming!" Three-line eyesight is better than mine.
After he finished saying this, I saw bursts of loess rising at the foot of the mountain in the distance, and Wang Hu's 15,000 people came over.
But they did not come in an orderly manner, only to see the formation was messy, the banner was broken, and the cavalry was crooked, and they were galloping their horses in a panic.
I frowned: "This feint is too similar." ”
Sanxing said worriedly: "This seems to be a real defeat, the Liang army is lightly armored, and the name is well deserved, I don't know what happened to the five thousand people after the break of the senior brother." ”
I'm a little worried, under such a pursuit, can Gu Yin's counteroffensive plan work?
"You go and help, pick up your senior brother, I'll be fine hiding here." I push three lines.
He looked at me and shook his head: "No, what if something happens to you?" ”
"No, I'll hide here and don't move, besides, I'm good at work, and I'll run fast when someone comes." I patted my chest.
He thought about it for a moment and said, "Okay. "Quietly touched the woods and left.
I patted my head melancholy, good rain is good, I don't know martial arts, I will only drag people down.
I saw that the 15,000 people stopped in the valley, repaired a little, and quickly set up the Liuyu Company phalanx in the belly of the valley and in the wide mountain col.
This is a formation that is suitable for defense and attack in the "Chronicles of the Heavenly Soldiers", the soldiers are divided into six routes, arranged in arrays, changing in many sections, and the subtlety is endless, making it difficult for the enemy to find out where the main force is.
I continued to wait with difficulty, and after another cup of tea, at the end of the mountain road appeared a group of ruined men, almost all of them wounded and bleeding, hurrying away, and some of them continued to fall off their horses.
When I got to the front, I roughly calculated, and there were less than 2,000 people left, thinking about the situation of the interception battle, how tragic it was!
Finally found Gu Yin's figure, he was at the end of the team, the blue and brown horse he was riding had been dyed red horse, I don't know how many people's blood had been spilled, and the whole person was even more bloody.
He was followed by three lines, galloping at one speed, and occasionally turning around to sweep away the Liang Junyu arrows chasing after him.
My heart sank back to my chest slightly, and the most difficult moment was finally over.
The sound of horses' hooves in the distance shook the ground like thunder, and the legendary light armored cavalry finally came.
A silver-gray tide, like a giant python in the forest, came rapidly from the other side of the mountain, and the mountain shook in an instant.
Fortunately, the terrain here is not very open, and the Liang army cannot spread its wings, otherwise the team of five thousand people would have been engulfed in silver flames.
The valley was silent, the Liang army had approached the front of the mountain, and the horn of action had not yet sounded.
I know what Gu Yin is waiting for, the skill of criminal virtue on the "Heavenly Soldier Chronicles" can take advantage of the wind and clouds, and take the opportunity of the sky to launch an offensive, which has the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.
Tailwinds, headwinds, thunderstorms and clouds are all closely related to the battlefield, and in this valley, the best time is to wait for the fog to fall.
I hope that Gu Yin, a beginner, will not go wrong, and I silently chant the blessing of the Bodhisattva.
Sure enough, the front section of the Liang army's light armor had been inserted into the valley, and a white mist just fell from the mountainside, covering the Hunan army in the formation into a cloud cluster.
"Woo-" The mournful horn sounded, and the rumbling of the horse's hooves reached the sky.
Suddenly, on the mountainside at both ends of the valley mouth, arrows crossed the border like locusts, overwhelmingly rushing towards the light cavalry.
Light armor, as the name suggests, the warrior only wears a simple bundle of armor, which is light and convenient, suitable for quick combat immediately and chasing the enemy for thousands of miles.
It's a pity that when it comes to a rain of sharp arrows, it's not as good at protection as heavy armor.
In the blink of an eye, the light armored cavalry team that could not be restrained screamed everywhere, and the blood stained the grass and trees.
The cavalry that had rushed into Gu Yin's formation in the previous section saw that in the thick fog, the men and horses were longing, but they couldn't figure out the location of the enemy's main force at all.
The Hunan army that had set up a formation pressed forward according to the formation, spears and bows attacked in turn, shouting and shouting, and the horns and drums contended.
Another horn sounded, "Rush! The 10,000 people led by Min Qiu descended from the mountainside, rushed into the middle of the Liang army's light armor, and started a hand-to-hand white-knuckle battle.
In a short time, the valley was already full of blood, and a fishy smell spread, and the foot of the mountain was full of corpses, wounded soldiers and dead horses, and flesh and land were encroached together, and it was a blur.
This is war, people are like insects and ants, without any precious meaning, so many fresh lives, disappear in an instant, either you die or I die.
I finally couldn't help it, and I really threw up.
"Woo-" The horn of the Liang army's retreat sounded!
The Liang army is worthy of being the elite soldiers on the battlefield, even if they retreat, they retreat without chaos, wave after wave, under the cover of the two teams of men and horses in front, the light armor in the rear quickly withdrew.
Gu Yin made a gesture of "do not chase", the horn sounded, and the team led by Min Qiu surrounded him, concentrated his troops, and fought the Liang army that left behind.
Therefore, although the other Liang troops withdrew, the remaining two teams became the turtles in the urn of the Hunan army, with 1,000 against 20,000, and in an instant, there was almost no life.
The valley fell silent again, and a moment later, there was a long cheer that shook the sky!
In the evening, everyone met outside Yiling City, only to realize that Yang Changlie was too alert, and when he saw an ambush in the valley ahead, he immediately and quickly retreated to the outside of Luoxia Mountain.
Longchuan was afraid of falling into the front and rear attacks of the Liang army, so he temporarily changed his strategy, did not go ashore, and only sent more people to take light boats and small boats to scuttle boats on the river, and chiseled more than 100 large and small ships, most of which were warships with heavy equipment.
In the battle of Qianyanggu, a general surnamed Wu was the vanguard of the Liang army, and he was caught in the trap of Gu Yin, and the whole army was basically annihilated, the Liang army lost 20,000 people in light armor, and the Hunan army suffered 8,000 casualties, captured 5,000 horses and 10,000 arrows.
By the next day, news came that the Liang army had begun to retreat to Padang due to the heavy damage of the ships and the inability to continue their journey, coupled with the heavy casualties of the light armor.