Chapter 1415: The Great Detour of the Han Flag (105) (I)
Guanjiaoling is not big as Gu Li said, but it is stuck on the main road leading to Wuguan, just separating the two parts of the Chu army in the front and back, and the straight-line distance between the two sides is not far, but it is enough to create a short-distance vacuum. The Hun cavalrymen led their horses, whose mouths were chewed and their hooves were wrapped in thick cotton cloth, and they stepped on the ground and whispered, each soldier had a small stick in his mouth to avoid making any accidental noise.
They quietly marched forward along the path under the Sheephorn Ridge, and as far as they could see, there was the brightly lit Chu army camp, which was an infantry battalion of tens of thousands of people, and not far from them, there was also a cavalry battalion. It is not a good idea to attack the infantry stationed, and after the rise of the Han State for more than ten years, many of the tactics of the Han army have now become the general rule of every army on the mainland, such as camping.
It is no longer a simple fence or watchtower, but a trench dug outside the barracks, some of which are open and some of which are dark, and a raid on such a camp is not much different from conquering a city, and it is difficult to break into the barracks without paying huge casualties, unless they have a large number of long-range weapons, such as artillery. But this thing was too heavy for the cavalry to carry.
To fight that cavalry, this is a choice, but Gu Li only has 5,000 cavalry in his hands, and the other party has 10,000 cavalry, regardless of the number of people, Gu Li is not afraid of the other party, the problem is that once the war with the other party, the cavalry and infantry of the Chu State can form an echo.
This was Guli's risky strategy, crossing this vacuum, joining forces with Agu Huai'en, attacking a Chu cavalry and crushing the opponent's infantry before they could form an effective support.
Qu Wan divided the entire army into five parts, two in front and two behind, and in the middle was the Chinese army battalion. The distance between each other, the farthest difference between the front and back is only fifty miles, as Agu Huaien said, this is a typical turtle formation, each part with 10,000 cavalry to deal with the harassment of the Han cavalry, now Qu Wan's task is not to find a way to kill these two Han cavalry, but how to think of how to bring this army back to Chu. Therefore, as long as the Han cavalry did not take the initiative to attack the Chu army, Qu Wan would not provoke them, and when they arrived at Wuguan, the army would close. With only 10,000 cavalry, it was impossible to shake the 200,000 army of the Chu army with tens of thousands of cavalry, and at that time, he only needed to concentrate on dealing with the enemy guarding Wuguan.
Qu Wan didn't think about it, the two cavalry leaders of the Han army were also trying their best to break Qu Wan's way of fighting, 10,000 cavalry could not cause much fundamental damage to Qu Wan, but it could hit the opponent's soldiers, slow down the opponent's advance, and give Wuguan more time to prepare for defensive battles.
Aguwyn and his cavalry lurked in the darkness. Like Guli, the man has a wood and a horse, and he keeps silent. By his side, Agu Yong's eyes flashed with excitement, and for him, it was a big battle in the true sense of the word.
Look up at the moonlight in the sky. The time agreed with Gu Li is almost up, and according to the agreement, it will be the middle of the moon. He will be the first to attack, and if Guli does not arrive on time, his assault will become anticlimactic again, and he can only leave with one touch.
"Father, it's time!" Agu Yong on the side reminded, and Agu Wynn once again looked up at the moon in the night sky, or this night, it was destined to be bright red.
He turned over and got on his horse, choked and pulled out the scimitar at his waist, and with his movements, thousands of cavalrymen got on the war horse in unison, spit out the crossbar in his mouth, reached out and took the horse's chew, and a large flag was erected under the moonlight.
"Attack!" Agu Wynn pointed forward with his scimitar, grabbed the horse's belly with his legs, and the horse neighed and rushed forward.
The assault of thousands of cavalry, being able to stealthily lurk above this distance, is already a very remarkable achievement, and now they are still several miles away from the opponent's cavalry camp, this distance is enough for the Chu cavalry to make a correct response, and the Chu army that came this way, only people do not take off their armor, horses do not unload their saddles, and they are always ready to deal with the attack of the Han army.
The sound of the hooves of five thousand war horses galloping was enough to shake the mountains, and the cavalry camp of the Chu army in the distance immediately sounded the horn, and the whole camp suddenly brightened, and the gate was wide open, and the cavalry rushed out of the camp and began to line up outside the camp gate, and in their rear, more cavalry began to pour out of the formation.
Outside the cavalry camp, there are no defenses in the trenches, because these defenses, while defending the enemy, will also limit the reaction speed of their own cavalry.
At the same time, a few miles away in the Chu army infantry camp, there was also a loud alarm, the drumbeat of the emergency assembly sounded, the soldiers raised their weapons, rushed out of the barracks, and began to line up in the camp, unlike the cavalry, after they lined up, they came out of the camp, first through the narrow passage outside the camp out of the camp, before they could start the team, and they had to beware of being attacked by the Han cavalry at this moment, so the time required was a long process.
If the Han cavalry attacked, the cavalry would be dragged first, and then the infantry lined up and slowly approached, not to annihilate the enemy, but to scare the opponent away.
There were 10,000 cavalry in the cavalry camp, so the generals of the Chu army were not worried.
When Agu Huaien rushed to a distance of about a few miles from the other party, the cavalry of the Chu army also began to charge, and they were ready to attack in such a short distance, and this cavalry of the Chu army was quite good.
"Kill!" With his long knife pointing forward, and with his other hand, he felt for the crossbow at his waist, and a long time ago, he was very disdainful of using these little tricks when fighting enemy horses, he thought that this was only used by cowardly and useless fellows, and he preferred to use the knife to cut the throat of his opponent directly.
However, as he got older, his concept began to change, if he could kill his opponent at a lower cost, why not adopt it! His son, Agu Yong, is a replica of his youth, but now, with his tireless advocacy, his son can begin to adopt the simplest method. It simply means that it is directly effective, and it also means that it is more likely to save your life on the battlefield, large-scale cavalry combat, up to the general, down to the small soldier, the probability of death is actually not much different, it is great that there are more personal soldiers to protect by the general's side, but you can never imagine where to shoot a cold arrow.
This is true during the day, and cavalry fights at night, where the risk is greater, or a small hole in the ground is enough to plunge you into the abyss, and fighting at night, many times, is not killed by the enemy, but by your own mistakes. Therefore, large-scale cavalry night battles generally rarely occur.
The two torrents collided violently, and the countless torches lit by both sides illuminated the battlefield transparently, and the camp behind the Chu army was even brighter, and the moonlight in the sky today was very good, but it minimized the danger of not knowing, as for the rest, it can only depend on everyone's luck.
Agu Wynn saw his son rushing to the front of the team, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart. His son is an outlier for the traditional Donghu people, which is due to the fact that he is a graduate of the cavalry department of Jicheng Comprehensive University, and sending his son there is also a manifestation of the Donghu people's sincerity to the Han, the son does not like the traditional scimitar of Donghu, but he loves the heavy horse chopping knife very much, Agu Huaien knows that the horse chopping knife is the weapon that the king of the Han Dynasty Gao Yuan liked when he fought before, and his son admired the Han king very much, and when choosing his own weapon, he did not hesitate to choose this one. The power of the sword is endless, but it also puts forward extremely high requirements for the user, if the strength is a little worse, this heavy guy, it won't take long for the user's strength to run out, in the Han cavalry, it seems that only the Han King, a non-human, is good to use this weapon. But now, with the addition of his own son.
Swinging the horse chopping knife, Agu Yongxing felt that the blood rushed to his head one by one, every time he swept and split, the opponent's weapons, human heads, and war horses flew in front of him, relying on his personal bravery, he was forced to break a road from the dense shock wave crest of the Chu army.
The result of the two sides with arrows to arrows, fierce collisions, as no one expected, it was the Han army that had the upper hand, excellent weapons, excellent riding armor and riding skills, and better fighting ability so that the Han army made a perfect start in the early stage of the war, they cut deep into the cavalry of the Chu army, and where they passed, blood flowed like a river.
However, the Chu army is obviously not a soft persimmon, not to mention, their strength is twice that of the Donghu Independent Cavalry Division, soon, the Chu army stabilized the situation, allowing the Donghu Independent Cavalry Division to stir up the wind and rain inside, but they slowly squeezed inward on the periphery, and the Han Army, the Donghu Cavalry Division or the Hun Cavalry Division, the most important one, is to squeeze their combat space, so that they have no room to move, to minimize their advantages, and finally, the rest is the competition of courage and the crushing of numbers.
Aguwyn could already feel the feeling of his troops being caught in the sticky mud, and when he looked up to see his son, the distance between him and himself was much closer, which meant that his charging momentum was greatly resisted. And in the distance, countless dotted torches were approaching here, and the infantry of the Chu State infantry battalion was beginning to approach this side.
Guli, it's time for you to show up! Agu Huaien said in his heart, a pillar of incense, if Gu Li is not there, he will decide to evacuate. (To be continued.) )