Chapter 830: Iron Rider Vertical

From the establishment of the Han Dynasty to the present 400 years, the most prosperous period of cavalry development was during the reign of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and there were hundreds of thousands of cavalry in the country at its peak.

The Han-Hungarian War was the longest war in Chinese history, lasting 43 years and not completely ending until Liu Che's death.

In the intervening 43 years, there have been as many as 15 large and small battles between the two countries, including 3 large-scale battles.

The first time was in 127 BC, the Xiongnu invaded the border with 20,000 cavalry, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Wei Qing to lead 30,000 cavalry to attack, defeated the Xiongnu army in the Hetao area, recovered the lost territory, built Shuo Fangcheng, and strengthened the defense force.

The second time in 121 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent the young general Huo Qubing to lead tens of thousands of cavalry to attack, chase the Xiongnu for thousands of miles, defeat the main force of the Xiongnu army, capture the Xiongnu chieftain Tu Wang and Shan Yu, the prince and other more than 100 people, and annihilate more than 30,000 enemies.

The third time is 119 B.C., and it is also the largest expedition, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mobilized 100,000 cavalry, 140,000 horses with the army, 100,000 infantry and transporters, commanded by Wei Qing and Huo Quai, divided into east and west two ways to Mobei, with the left and right flanks to surround the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and finally Yi Zhi Xian Shan Yu led hundreds of horsemen to break through and escape, since then the Xiongnu have also completely weakened.

In the past 400 years, the largest cavalry battle of the Han Dynasty only mobilized 100,000 cavalry, and now the total number of cavalry involved in this civil war has reached 150,000.

From this, it is not difficult to imagine how powerful the military power of the princes of the world is.

This battle can be said to be a great Han, no, it is the largest cavalry duel in the history of Chinese civilization, but it is a pity that because this battle is a civil war, it is a lot less heroic.

In this battle, 100,000 Kwantung cavalry joined forces against 50,000 Xiliang iron cavalry.

In peacetime, if the West Liang Iron Cavalry is brave, even if it faces twice the enemy, it may not be impossible to fight, but now the situation is different.

The cavalry of the 100,000 Kwantung princes was divided into three routes, Qin Jian led 30,000 wolf cavalry to outflank the left side of the Liang army, Gongsun Zhan led 30,000 Youzhou elite cavalry to outflank the right road of the Liang army, and the remaining 40,000 princes and cavalry coalition troops directly intercepted the enemy's rear road.

Even if the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is brave, it is impossible to deal with the enemy from three directions at the same time when the morale of the retreat is greatly reduced, but if you want to return to the Tiger Prison Pass, you can only break through from three sides head-on.

Li Shimin knew that if he wanted to bring all the cavalry back, it was basically impossible, and even if he didn't handle it well, there was a risk of annihilation.

This time, he was completely defeated, and he was convinced of the loss, and now Li Shimin regrets it too late, and since the defeat is unavoidable, he can only try to reduce the loss.

Now the defenders will definitely not be able to keep it, the enemy army is twice as large as his own, and under the siege on three sides, even if he can finally break through, it would be quite good to have 10,000 cavalry left.

Now Li Shimin has no hope for the soldiers, this time Qin Hao used all the cavalry of the coalition army, obviously wanting to defeat the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in a battle, he just wanted to let the generals return unharmed.

Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin no longer had any hesitation, and directly ordered to abandon the two wings, concentrate his troops and the fierce generals in the army, and attack the enemy army with all his might, only in this way can they have any hope of breaking through.

Qin Jian, who attacked the left side, was about to attack, and he didn't see the Liang army send troops to intercept it, so he naturally knew the left wing that Li Shimin had given up, and couldn't help but exclaim: "I'm a good girl, Li Shimin is a great kid, the left wing is so important, he gave up when he said it, and he was really bold enough." ”

Qin Qiong on the side frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Not only the left wing, Li Shimin is afraid that even the right wing has given up, he wants to concentrate his forces to break through the Chinese army." ”

"This kid is so bold, no wonder Hao'er attaches so much importance to him."

A fine light flashed in Qin Jian's eyes, and he laughed and said: "Li Shimin's arrangement is equivalent to giving us and Gongsun Zhan credit, then my old Qin Ke can't do without it, and order the whole army to attack immediately, and after defeating the enemy's left flank, surround the Liang army as quickly as possible." ”

"No." Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong shouted in unison.

With Qin Jian's order, 30,000 Bingzhou wolves rode to the left flank of the Liang army and launched the most fierce charge.

On the right wing, Gongsun Zhan, the commander of the Youzhou Iron Cavalry, also encountered the same situation as Qin Zhan, and couldn't help but sigh: "In the end, he is also the leader of the coalition army, his courage is great, tens of thousands of cavalry will give up when they say they will give up, if this is in exchange for my Gongsun Zhan, I am afraid that I will have to struggle for anything." ”

Gongsun Xuanyuan urged him to step forward and said in a deep voice: "Big brother, Li Shimin actually gave up the left and right wings, and now we and General Qin Jian are easy to fight, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight on the Chinese army's side, after all, all the fierce generals of the Liang army are concentrated over there." ”

"What does the Chinese army have to do with me?"

A hint of discoloration flashed in Gongsun Zhan's eyes, and he chuckled: "The task assigned to us by the alliance leader is to defeat the right flank of the Liang army and completely encircle Li Shimin, as long as my Gongsun Chan completes his task, even if the Chinese army is broken through, it has nothing to do with us." ”

Gongsun Xuanyuan was stunned for a moment, knowing in his heart that Gongsun Chan was probably trying to retain his strength, but this was also human nature.

Qin Hao arranged his cavalry in the middle army, but arranged the 30,000 Jin army to the left flank, isn't this also to preserve strength? It's just that people can't fault it.

After Gongsun Zhan carefully observed the place, he immediately ordered: "Xuanyuan, you lead the White Horse Yicong as the vanguard. ”

"No." Gongsun Xuanyuan shouted.

Gongsun Chan pulled out the long sword at his waist, pointed straight ahead and shouted, "The whole army is attacking." ”

"Where righteousness goes, life and death go hand in hand! The sky can be learned, and the white horse is the proof! ”

Five thousand white horses let out an earth-shattering roar, followed by twenty-five thousand Youzhou iron horses.

Unlike the left and right flanks, the rear army can be described as very anxious.

The 40,000 cavalry responsible for intercepting Li Shimin's rear road concentrated all the cavalry except for the two states of Youji, and although the composition of the army was a little chaotic, its combat effectiveness was the strongest among the three teams.

Because of Qin Hao's broken military camp and tiger camp, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, Liu Bei's white soldiers, etc., the elite cavalry under the command of the major princes are all concentrated in these 40,000 cavalry.

Qin Hao expected from the beginning that with Li Shimin's personality, he would definitely concentrate all his efforts to break through the Chinese army, so he had so many ace battalions arranged in the Chinese army, in order to kill Li Shimin in one fell swoop, although he also knew that this was not feasible.

Li Shimin has Li Yuanba and other five gods of war by his side, it can be said that even if all the 50,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry are exhausted, as long as these five people are there, no, as long as Li Yuanba is still alone, it will still be difficult to kill Li Shimin.

However, there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance, Qin Hao still has to give it a try, what if it really succeeds?