Chapter 145: Descending the mountain for a while
"Lord, be careful of deception."
Zhang Liao followed Lu Bu to climb the mountain range that originally belonged to the Black Mountain and the New Army, although the slope in front of him was not very large, the cavalry could easily accelerate to catch up with the fleeing Huang Yubu infantry. However, Zhang Liao, who has lived in Yanmen since childhood, analyzes this kind of mountainous ravine and is very convenient for ambush.
Now you can see the surroundings from a high vantage point, but what's behind each peak? I can't see it anyway.
"Hahahaha!"
Lu Bu suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, as if everything was expected by him, which made him very happy.
He said to Zhang Liao, "Wenyuan, others say that I have courage and no strategy. Do you think the same way? β
"Back to the lord, of course it won't, but the enemy army is huge, and there are only 5,000 people in the battle this time. Although he received the news just now, Yuan Gong had already fought with more than 30,000 Montenegrin troops. But the girl hadn't shown up yet. β
Lu Bu said, "Of course I know, the person you are worried about is eager to fight me, how can he not be there, he must be ambushing here." β
Zhang Liao couldn't answer when he heard Lu Bu's words, but sighed helplessly.
Lu Bu continued, "The most hateful thing is that guy, he sees that I will definitely attack and will not give up easily, so he lured me with such a reckless ambush. β
"I'll let him see who is the best in the world and what kind of real man is."
Zhang Liao wanted to persuade again, and Lu Bu raised his hand and summoned Cheng Lian, Wei Cheng and the three hundred most elite guards cavalry.
"Listen up! Xu Rong's little tricks are just jokes, and the three hundred of us can abuse these five thousand people. Attack with Benhou and trample on them! β
"Roar!"
This elite cavalry of his can repeatedly trample on the Montenegrin military formation. The Xiliang Army in front of him, what is there to do?
After speaking, Lu Bu led this hundred elite cavalry directly to Huang Yubu, who was retreating from the mountain to the valley.
"Sure enough, but with so few enemies?"
Huang Yu's heart was a little flustered. At their combat meeting, they analyzed that Lu Bu would definitely pursue, and they did guess the weight. But it's only three hundred, which is a bit crazy!
Fortunately, Xu Rong and Lu Bu used to work together and fought together. Therefore, this battle is not as simple and rough as it seems on the surface of the two sides, but a big gift has been specially prepared.
LΓΌ Bu and his 300 cavalry galloped along a slightly steep mountain road in pursuit. On the way, they encountered some vegetation and several cracks a few feet long, but these small obstacles could not stop the pace of their high-quality war horses.
Suddenly, a crack more than ten feet wide appeared in front of him, Lu Bu was shocked, and he still crossed over with his horse. This kind of crack cannot be seen from the top of the mountain or from a higher position due to the angle problem.
The cavalry beside him followed him and rode over.
But what happened next shocked them all. Just after crossing it, there was another crack not far away.
This time they quickly slowed down, not daring to cross recklessly.
This is the great gift that the New Army has specially prepared for them.
In addition to combat missions, the more than 4,000 tuntian soldiers also undertook many battlefield projects. These cracks are about seven or eight feet deep and range in width from four or five feet to fifteen or six feet.
If it is on flat ground, a good warhorse can easily cross an obstacle of this level, let alone downhill. But their role is not to stop the enemy's advance, but to cut off their way back.
In any case, the horse could not climb the obstacle along an uphill angle of more than 30 degrees while carrying a person.
What's more, some of the cracks have a short distance between them, which does not give the horses the distance to accelerate at all, and the effect of the slope makes it impossible for them to ride the horses directly and return the same way.
Ordinary anti-cavalry ditches were also occasionally used in the Western Regions of this era. However, most of the diggings were found near the camp, or in the plains, and the width was wider than this.
The clever use on the hillside can not only improve the effect because of the angle, reduce the amount of work, but also greatly improve the concealment and deceive the enemy with poor viewing angles.
These ditches were perfectly combined with the hillside, so that the cavalry could not cross the mountain when they descended the mountain. Of course, these ditches should not be too wide, first of all, the amount of work is too large, and then the enemy should not be alerted at once.
After all, if you can't cross the mountain even if you accelerate from the mountain on horseback, then even if you are as arrogant as Lu Bu, you won't stupidly take your subordinates to jump in.
Tong Yuan combined with the appearance of the trenches he had seen in later generations, and asked the Tuntian soldiers, who were usually proficient in engineering and agriculture, to dig several anti-cavalry ditches with a limited depth but a very ingenious trench style.
These ditches have a limited depth and can give the enemy the temptation to abandon their horses and climb back. In this way, you can get twice the result with half the effort.
Therefore, Lu Bu's 300 cavalry has been isolated from Gao Shun and Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses. Although it only takes half an hour for them to fill in the earth, this time is more than enough.
"Hahaha! Fengxian Xiaoer, do you think there is still this little trick? β
In the ravine, Xu Rong's figure appeared, and he and Huang Yu led a thousand crossbowmen and three thousand melee infantry to regroup and kill their 100 stationary cavalry.
"Bastard!"
Lu Bu was furious, and the best thing to do now was to let his men abandon their horses, and then climb into a one-man ditch on foot and climb again. Of course, you can also throw away the armor weapon and accelerate over some obstacles that are not very steep and wide.
But if he didn't talk about his subordinates, how could he throw away the incomparably precious Red Rabbit Horse, Fang Tian's Painting Halberd and Beast-faced Serial Armor?
"Stand there and don't move! Let's just try to see if the newly produced Que Zhang crossbow and compound bow can shoot through your piercing armor at fifty paces. β
"But don't worry, we're not going to use a crossbow as soon as we come up. It takes a lot of effort to fill that thing with your legs or waist. Let's just use it to solve the last few things. Hahaha"
Huang Yu is still as bad as ever. However, this time, Xu Rong and the others would not feel that he was verbose, because his words made the hundred elites around Lu Bu all look colorless.
Three hundred people, they can't rush quickly, they can't run, and in the face of a thousand crossbowmen, isn't this looking for death? If they hadn't trusted Lu Bu, I'm afraid they would have abandoned their horses and equipment and climbed back into the trench by themselves.
At the same time, Dong Bai and Tong Yuan's soldiers and horses also walked out of the hidden area.
Tong Yuan and Yang Feng's 2,000 soldiers and horses approached the Bingzhou army that was still staying on the mountain. It's just that they don't intend to attack directly, but at the foot of the hill on their south side, keeping an eye on them.
Dong Bai and Xu Huang's more than 2,000 soldiers and horses appeared from the north, and they directly interspersed between the two soldiers and horses of Lu Bu and Gao Shun, and they did not attack, but just kept an eye on both sides.
The meaning of this arrangement was that the main task of the ambush of the New Army was to keep an eye on the troops who remained on the mountain.
Those who go down the mountain will enter the urn, and those on the mountain can go down, and then they will be surrounded by the new army from three directions in the terrain that is unfavorable to them.
You pounce on one of the two horses, and the other can either be copied from the back or surrounded and annihilated the horses coming down the mountain.
So, the expected ambush was achieved again, this time in an invincible position.