Chapter 945: Yours or Mine
Just when Huangfu Song began to rectify the order of the Chinese army, in the back camp of the five-flower camp, there was suddenly a crazy sound of warning golden gongs!
Huangfu Song reacted immediately, couldn't help but shudder, and said sharply: "What are you waiting for? Fast! Check it out on the watchtower! ”
The tall guard tower is not a zigzag staircase back and forth, but a vertical ladder that goes straight up and down, Huang Fu Song really wants to go up to see a clear, but after all, he is older, and his legs and feet are inconvenient, so he can only let the guards around him check what happened in the back camp instead of himself.
Several guards hurriedly boarded the guard tower of the Chinese army, looked in the direction of the rear camp, and couldn't help but change their faces, and hurriedly shouted below: "The rear camp has been attacked!" The rear camp was attacked! Quantity...... Well, about two thousand cavalry, are attacking the rear battalion! ”
"What?!" Huangfu Song's heart suddenly lifted.
What a hell of a life!
It's not that Huang Fu Song thinks how incredible it is for the cavalry to go around, after all, it's all a flat river here, and the attack around the back is just a little more road, but what makes Huang Fu Song wonder is how the Xiliang thieves came with so many cavalry? !
After all, the war horse is not an iron knife and gun, not a blacksmith shop that can be made by working for a few days and nights, and Huangfu Song, who has fought a battle with Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, has calculated, and the war horses around Chang'an plus the original Xiliang thieves are about 3,000 at most, and Li Dao and Guo Bi also need to send some cavalry to defend Ma Teng and Han Sui in the west......
When Huangfu Song thought of this, his face suddenly lost some blood, looking at the current appearance, he couldn't say that Ma Teng and Han Sui had fallen to Li Guo and the others!
That's why there are so many cavalry!
And now on this flat ground, the cavalry is the king of the battlefield!
When a war horse weighing more than 2,000 catties (Han system) rushed towards it, how would ordinary people who had not received sufficient training react?
In the rear battalion, most of them are auxiliaries and people!
Careless!
I was careless, if only I put the grain and grass in the rear camp to the Chinese army......
But in this world, what kind of regret medicine will there be.
"General! Checkmate! If the rear camp is lost, if the soldiers' rations are destroyed, the morale of the soldiers will inevitably be ruined! Checkmate! Hurry up and help the rear camp! The guards who followed Huangfu Song actually understood some basic truths, and said hurriedly.
The destruction of the equipment is still a secondary matter, once the grain and grass are burned, then it is a catastrophic blow!
It has been three days since Zheng County arrived here, and if there is no food and grass, there is no doubt that he will be in a dilemma, even the gods can't conjure up food for such a huge army!
Once there is no food, the army's spirit will be dispersed!
This kind of thing doesn't need to be reminded by the guards at all, and Huangfu Song knows it in his heart, but when he was about to order the cavalry on both flanks to quickly return to the rear camp, he suddenly found that the cavalry on the two flanks to which he belonged had obeyed his previous orders and were entangled with the Xiliang cavalry that attacked Li Dao......
"General! What to do? Everyone looked at Huangfu Song, waiting for him to give the order.
yes, what to do?
The cavalry of the two sides in front of the flank are fighting in one place, not to mention whether they can get out of it, just to say that the cavalry who are already in a state of engagement turns to expose their backs to the enemy, this danger is even more terrible than facing head-on!
But if left unchecked, will the auxiliaries and civilians in the rear camp be able to withstand the surprise attack of the cavalry? Once the military equipment, grain and grass needed by these armies are damaged, how many days can they support the army?
"Drums! Order the front battalion to line up to meet the enemy! Order the Chinese army to move to the rear camp! Order the cavalry on both flanks to get out of the battle as soon as possible and come to the rescue in the rear! Huangfu Song gritted his teeth, ignoring the current situation that the Chinese army's foot soldiers had not completely stabilized, so he could only give it a go!
The foot soldiers are on the flat ground, even if they form a battle formation, they still do not have much advantage against the cavalry, the initiative is still in the hands of the cavalry, even if they are forced to charge the formation, if they can't resist the impact, then the foot soldiers often become either defeated or finally dragged down.
However, Huangfu Song couldn't care about it now, so he could only abandon the original idea of fighting with Li Dao's cavalry after the adjustment was complete, and hastily dispatched the infantry of the front battalion to line up, in order to buy more time for his Chinese army and cavalry, so that he could rescue the military supplies such as grain, grass, equipment and other military materials in the rear battalion......
But doing so is almost equivalent to selling the soldiers of the front battalion to Li Dao's cavalry troops who came first!
But what if you don't?
Huangfu Song's current measures are also the most correct approach at the moment, but this most correct approach does not necessarily represent the most effective, nor can it save much of the chaotic situation in the rear camp.
If it was said that when Li Dao attacked with cavalry before, the auxiliaries and people of the rear battalion could still hope that the front array could block the attack of the Xiliang cavalry, but now, when those main battle forces were attracted by Li Dao's cavalry, Ma Teng, who came directly to the rear camp from the rear, almost instantly destroyed the only remaining hope of these auxiliaries and people.
The Qiang cavalry led by Ma Teng, whether it is cruising and riding or creating chaos, or even driving away the crowd, is a first-class good hand, because these things have always been their old business, and even one more order does not need to be said by Ma Teng, and the actions are almost as smooth as a fish in water.
The surging Qiang cavalry did not directly rush into the rear camp, but according to the old routine, first suppressed with bows and arrows, and only used rockets and torches to shoot and throw some temporary igniting objects everywhere when they got close, which immediately made the chaos in the rear camp even more intense.
The auxiliary soldiers, who were already trembling, were barely able to maintain order at first, but when the fire was everywhere, all kinds of supplies were ignited, and the smoke began to billow, they could no longer control it.
The collapsed folk were in the back camp, screaming and screaming, running around aimlessly, crying and grabbing the ground in a mess, some ran wildly on the gaps on both sides, some climbed the wall and jumped down regardless of the antlers under the wall, some got into the heavy wagon, held their heads and trembled, and some went back to the hole where they had rested and tore some broken branches and leaves in an attempt to cover the hole of the nest......
When a person's emotional collapse may only need to roar to calm him down, and thousands of people collapse at the same time, it is not a problem that can be solved by one or two sounds, when these people who accompanied the army began to collapse in a disorderly manner, even the auxiliary soldiers who were originally a little orderly were also driven, and they all dropped the weapons and blades they were originally holding in their hands, and the big guys turned around and ran together.
Many people's thoughts are all the same word, don't they just run anyway? If you can't outrun a four-legged war horse, can't you outrun the dwarf next to you?
By the time Ma Teng tore off the antlers and rejected the horse and entered the back camp, there were not many soldiers who dared to resist head-on, and the chaos was all the auxiliaries and people of Huangfu Song who fled in a panic, and some even bumped into Ma Teng's gun with their heads covered!
More and more fires rose, and the smoke filled the four directions, cutting off people's sight, and they could only hear the wild shouts of the Qiang light riders who kept rushing in, and only the screams of the people around them in pain before they died, all of which were constantly increasing the uneasy mood of the collapsed crowd.
In the next moment, Ma Tengqiang's horsemen who rushed into the rear camp had already dispersed, throwing out all kinds of fires in their hands towards the mountains of grain, grass and baggage in the rear camp of Huangfu Song, and some of them also smashed the canisters of fire oil that they were carrying not much into the baggage cart, and suddenly a flame rose!
It is naturally not possible to burn all these substances in a fire, but since the fire has already risen, it is only a matter of time.
And Huangfu Song still wants to snatch this time again and save some materials from the hands of the Fire God......
Ma Teng saw that the banner of Huangfu Songzhong's army was moving here, so he raised his spear and shouted: "Press up!" Hurry them forward! ”
Qiang Cavalry almost frantically echoed, and then followed Ma Teng to rush forward, driving the scattered people in the rear camp, towards the army formation that Huangfu Song had finally assembled!
By the time Huangfu Song ordered to cut down and kill the people who had no head and no brains to impact the army formation, and finally broke out of a bloody way and approached the back camp, Ma Teng had already turned the horse's head with the Qiang cavalry, and finally threw out a wave of arrows, and then raised the smoke and dust in the sky, circled, and Li Dao's cavalry gathered together, and left......
The smoke as thick as black ink filled the sky and the earth, obscuring the originally clear sky, which was gloomy, just like Huangfu Song's mood at this moment, cold.
Taking advantage of Huangfu Song's negligence, Li Wei diverted the tiger from the mountain to attract the attention of the vast majority of the soldiers, and then attacked the rear camp with Ma Teng's Qiang cavalry, burning grain and grass, although the tactics were simple, but very effective.
Although in this short battle, Li Dao and Ma Teng also damaged some cavalry, and the casualties were secondary, mainly because the damage to the war horses was more serious, but compared with Huangfu Song, it was insignificant.
This battle, from the early morning battle to sunrise, although it was only a short period of two or three hours, fully brought into play the advantages of cavalry combat, disrupting, sabotaging, sabotaging, evacuating, clean and hearty.
The most important thing is that Li Dao and Ma Teng did not have the luxury of swallowing the army gathered together by Huangfu Song with a single blow, but like a poisonous snake, they took advantage of the cover of darkness to bite hard, and then retreated into the grass, waiting for the prey to die of poison.
“…… Assemble the army! Huangfu Song looked at the mess in front of him, exhaled a long breath, gritted his teeth, and burst out a word from between his teeth, "Withdraw!" ”
If you don't withdraw, you can't do it.
The vast majority of the materials have been burned, without the support of grain and grass, the military heart is scattered, even if the prestige of Huangfu Song is high, it cannot temporarily take down this prestige and use it as food and grass in this wilderness, so it can only be quickly evacuated while it can still be controlled, and at the same time send fast horses back to Zheng County to raise materials, grain and grass again......
However, being targeted by Li Dao and Ma Teng, how could it be possible for Huangfu Song to return so easily?
More than 2,000 Xiliang cavalry, like a small group of wolves following a large herd of cattle and sheep, interspersed back and forth, constantly cutting, the former team just stopped, the latter team followed one after another, Li Dao and Ma Teng took turns with the cavalry, the Huangfu Song left the broken troops little by little, eat one bite at a time, just like keep bleeding on the huge body of Huangfu Song's troops, each time an additional wound, Huang Fu Song's troops will be weakened by a point, every time a part of the flesh is cut, Huang Fu Song's army will be reduced by one point......
Huangfu Song didn't think about using the remaining more than 1,000 cavalry to fight an ambush battle, but from Xinfeng to Zheng County, it was all a flat terrain, where could there be any ambush place?
What's more, if even the little cavalry on hand is lost, then what hope does Huangfu Song have for a comeback?
Nearly three days of journey, like walking in hell, every step forward, to sacrifice flesh and blood, to pave the way with life, when Zheng County drove the soldiers and horses to come to the rescue when the smoke and dust rose in the sky, Huangfu Song was finally relieved, however, when starting from Zheng County, including the auxiliary soldiers and the people of nearly 20,000 people, now there are less than 2,000 people left. Under the collapse of the grain and grass without the army, even Huangfu Song was unable to integrate. In fact, there were not too many people who really died on the spot, at most about four or five thousand people, and the others basically took advantage of the chaos to flee, even those cavalry that Huangfu Song desperately wanted to keep, on the one hand, they lost some on the way, on the other hand, those Southern Hun Hu cavalry, also saw that the momentum was not right and fled at night, and now there are only about a thousand horsemen left......
"This old horseman ......" Li Dao and Ma Teng stood together, looking at the smoke and dust rising in the distance, and sighed, "...... Tell his fate......"
Ma Teng laughed and said, "What a childish appetite! Why, even these newcomers want to eat them? ”
Li Wei grinded his teeth and said in a deep voice: "If it weren't for the fact that there was still an army to solve...... Hum...... How could these soldiers who came to help look at it in the eyes of so-and-so! ”
Although Li Dao said that he was hard, but in fact, Li Dao also knew that it was already the limit to this extent, Huangfu Song fled all the way, he and Ma Teng chased and killed all the way, although it was said that the killing was very cool, even if it was one person and two horses, but now whether it is manpower or horsepower, it has been consumed to a minimum level, and then if you want to face this new batch of reinforcements, you are more or less powerless.
Although these new reinforcements may not have much combat strength, the problem is that their own side is also exhausted. If it is a battle with the newly arrived part of the physically intact troops, not to mention that if it hits an iron plate, even if it is a nail, it is difficult to turn the situation around......
As a veteran horse thief in Xiliang, he naturally knows the truth of accepting it when he sees it on the battlefield, so Li Dao swung his spear, turned the horse's head, and said loudly to the soldiers behind him: "Sons, in the past three days, you have killed the chickens and dogs all the way away, are you happy?" ”
The Xiliang cavalry laughed one after another, and some even blew their whistles and shouted: "Happy! Happy! ”
"Just be happy!" Li Dao also laughed, "I ask you again, whose territory is this Guanzhong?" ”
"It's ours! It's ours! The Xiliang cavalry roared in unison.
Li Wei nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask, "What if someone dares to stretch out their claws?" ”
"Fuck it!" The Xiliang cavalry brandished swords and guns, shouting and shaking the sky!
"Hahahaha......" Li Wei looked up to the sky and smiled, then turned the spear in the air a few times, pointing to the west, "Okay, now we've killed enough and played enough...... Spare these Kanto monkeys a dog's life, and continue to play next time...... Let's go home, eat meat and drink wine......"
"Oh oh oh ......" The Xiliang cavalry cheered in unison, and then followed Li Dao and began to return.
Ma Teng also followed Li Dao's side, leading the team of men and horses to the west, although he was also with a smile on his face, but something seemed to flash in his eyes......