Yuan Yu didn't hesitate for long.

After all, he is a generation of heroes, he made up his mind, immediately acted resolutely, did not adopt Cui Boyu's strategy, but asked Taichang Temple to send a letter of state to Southern Chu, the wording was extremely harsh, saying that if he did not withdraw the army, the serious consequences caused by this would be borne by the Chu State.

Then the prefectures and counties along the Huanghuai line were ordered to enter a state of war, and all the enemies who invaded the territory were dealt with head-on, and the enemy was not allowed to avoid the battle, and the violators were dealt with by military law.

At the same time, 30,000 Chinese troops were dispatched as the vanguard, with Hulu Deva as the general of the left guard, throwing away the baggage, allowing food along the road, day and night, galloping to rescue Luoyang. In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that due to the strategic deception of the Chu State in the early stage, the concealment and suddenness of the action were ensured, and the time spent asking for instructions back and forth, when Hulu Deva led the troops to arrive, Yuzhou would definitely not be able to keep it, and only hope that Luoyang City would be strong, and the grain and grass should be sufficient to resist for a while. As soon as the Chinese army arrives, they will attack from the front and back, which may turn the tide of the battle.

However, 30,000 people were too few, and when Hulu Deva left Pingcheng, Yuan Yu began to issue an edict to recruit the elites of the six towns to gather in Pingcheng. It's just that the six towns were too injured during the invasion of Rouran, and they have not recovered so far, according to the estimates of the Du Branch and the Seventh Army, at most they can only recruit another 50,000 people, beyond this number, and the logistics supply cannot keep up, I am afraid that it will cause a terrible military disaster.

Originally, the commander of this army was none other than Yuan Guang, but something like a rumor happened, how could Yuan Yu dare to use him with confidence? Choosing other people and fearing that they would not be able to suppress the group of lawless arrogant soldiers in the six towns, Gao Teng saw the opportunity to make a statement, and recommended Gao Yuan, the general of Wuchuan Town, as the commander.

The insider ordered the virtuous not to avoid relatives, but Yuan Yu was not completely deaf, immediately refuted the proposal, summoned the great monk Lingzhi into the palace to calculate the good luck, who wanted to send the person back to say that Lingzhi was still in retreat in Yongning Temple to participate in meditation, unable to enter the palace to face the saint.

Before the general Yuanguang sent a letter to Lingzhi, according to the investigation of the imperial bird, the letter actually only wrote the word "Buddha", but Lingzhi vomited blood directly after reading the letter, and then announced that he had been in retreat so far. He didn't snub the emperor, but he really couldn't get out, although Yuan Yu was very displeased, but he didn't care too much, and called Kang Jing to ask right.

Kang Jing entered the Tai Chi Palace, sitting upright like a pine, his posture was like a crane, his beautiful hair moved slightly without wind, and he was a fairy wind and bones, and the banter and impermanence when he was in Cui Boyu's mansion were like two people. He calmly replied: "Last night, the ministers watched the stars, Taibai committed Nandou, the lord had a national war, and there were generals who rebelled, and the signs were unlucky. Your Majesty should carefully choose the leader of the army, and the tide of the battle will still turn around! ”

Yuan Yu sighed: "What the real person said is very true! The country is in trouble, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and there is no talent that can be used......"

Kang Jing smiled but did not speak.

Yuan Yu asked again: "In the opinion of a real person, who can share my worries?" ”

Kang Jing said: "The matter of Rong Ma, people who are not cultivators can talk about it, but the minister also saw that there was a star shaking in the sky north of the capital last night, Your Majesty can send someone to find and solve the danger of the southern line, and the destiny of heaven should be in this person!" ”

"North?"

Yuan Yu pondered for a long time, and suddenly realized, "Princess Xiurong's mansion, isn't it in the northern suburbs?" ”

The battle between Chu and Wei was first fought in the easternmost front, which was located on the south bank of Jishui, which was the state of Jeju in the Northern Wei Dynasty, leading five counties and fifteen counties, and had always been a battleground for soldiers.

Jeju has a total of 12,000 town garrison soldiers, and 6,000 people are stationed in the fort, Jeju town captain Chi Yu is brave and unscrupulous, relying on 6,000 people to control the strings, and does not take the Cuiyu army and the Chifeng army that has just formed an army in his eyes, fortunately, Qu Hong, who consulted the army, tried his best to dissuade him, and on the grounds that Pingcheng had not yet decided whether to start a war with the Chu state, he dispelled his idea of immediately sending troops to meet the battle. However, Wei Chilu did not give up, and first sent five scouts to investigate, observe the appearance of his soldiers, and then judge how to deal with it.

Two hours later, the scouts reported that the Chifeng army was all stationed on the warships and had not landed, while the Cuiyu army was disorganized and scattered, and after going ashore, they camped in Changxingpo, twenty miles south of the city.

Wei Chi Yu was overjoyed and said: "The enemy army has come from afar, and the boat and car are tired, and they don't know how to spare, which leads to resentment and resentment, and the army is not united, and tonight is a good opportunity to defeat the enemy!" ”

Qu Hong still dissuaded him, asking him to act cautiously, it was better to defend the city than to go to war, and wait for the emperor's edict. Wei Chi Yu thought it was noisy, pulled out a knife and slashed at the desk, and said angrily: "Idiot! The Lord will not blame the generals who have won the battle, those lowly Daoyi are just pigs and sheep raised by our Xianbei people in the pen, even if they are killed, it doesn't matter! So he left Qu Hong to take a thousand men to defend the city, and when night fell, he personally led 5,000 elite cavalry to attack the camp.

Running to the camp gate, Wei Chi Yu opened his bow and set up an arrow, and an arrow hit the gate of the Yuanmen, and more than a thousand rockets behind him followed the salvo, and in the blink of an eye, the firelight was everywhere, and the crackling firewood and tents were burning, mixed with the sound of shouting and killing, and the sound of horses' hooves, and rushed straight in.

"Not good! Medium! ”

The camp was empty, Wei Chi Yu hurriedly reined in the horse, at this moment, the roar of war drums suddenly sounded in the vast night, there seemed to be endless ambushes in all directions, screaming and retreating, the front team turned the horse's head in a panic, the rear team did not know why, still moving forward, the front and back collided together, and the formation was suddenly chaotic.

Ambushed in the forest behind the slope of the three thousand Cui Yu army raised the sky to shoot a volley, this new type of recurve bow was used in actual combat for the first time, combined with the armor-piercing arrows created far beyond the steelmaking technology of this era, the effect was immediate, only wearing leather armor and crotch armor and squeezed into a ball of Jeju army had no room for resistance at all, they were killed by arrows falling from their horses, in just a few breaths, three consecutive waves of arrow rain took the lives of nearly 1,500 people, Yu Chi Yu did not dare to fight, regrouped the formation, and led the troops to flee in a hurry.

Galloping five miles, looking back and seeing that there were no chasing soldiers behind, Wei Chilu was a little relieved, and was thinking about whether to return to the city and fight again on a certain day, or take a detour, and go around to the back of Changxingpo to find the enemy's main force, and suddenly countless torches were lit in front of him, spreading for more than a thousand steps, like a fire snake churning and swimming in the darkness where he could not see his fingers. He couldn't steal the camp just now, he suffered a loss, and he was holding back the anger in his stomach, when he saw that the originally weak southerners dared to fight in the field, his blood surged up, and he roared angrily: "Kill me with me!" ”

Although they had just experienced an ambush, the Wei people were good at horse warfare after all, and the remaining four thousand elite horsemen quickly adjusted their horse steps, put on a charging formation, shouted the slogan of the Xianbei people, and carried the gun behind them with a rope ring, and the gun was inserted in the stirrup to keep the whole body stable, and then took the bow and arrow, and prepared to enter the range after releasing a wave and then raising the gun to break into the formation.

Three hundred steps!

Sou! Sou! Sou!

As if the fangs of the fiery snake poked out of the darkness, the crossbow arrows as dense as locusts shot at the charging cavalry with the whistling sound of the wind, and from the night sky, the formation of the Wei army suddenly recessed into a huge fan.

According to the experience of fighting with the Chu army in the past, it is impossible to be hit by a bow and crossbow at this distance, even if there are occasional arrows shot from scratch, it is also the end of a strong crossbow, and it is like tickling when it is shot on the body, so it is not propped up in advance, resulting in heavy casualties.

"Raise your shield, raise your shield!"

The cavalry shield is also called the pong card, since the Western Han Dynasty is the standard equipment of the cavalry, "Taibai Yin Jing" and "Wujing General Essentials" are recorded in the Wei army's pong card is a sixty centimeter thick log shield, the front is wrapped in cooked cowhide, the defense ability is very good, can effectively reduce the casualty rate of the cavalry in the death distance from the charge to the blade.

Two hundred steps!

Another wave of crossbow arrows, more dense than just now, the Wei army fell in rows like the wind blowing rice fields, many people were pierced by the same crossbow arrows, such a powerful crossbow machine is simply unheard of, and the light armor and pong cards equipped are useless. Wei Chilu gritted his teeth, and silently thought in his heart to resist, resist, as long as he rushed to within thirty paces, with the strength of cavalry, this would be a one-sided slaughter.

However, as the debut of Wan Jun's crossbow, it is destined not to give Yu Chilu this opportunity. When it reached one hundred and fifty paces, it seemed that the sound of the crossbow machine pulling the hanging knife could be heard, and thousands of arrows covered the night sky, calmly and coldly harvesting the lives of people. Yu Chilu luckily escaped the favor of death, and was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, piercing the armor, taking him up in the air and flying back, and falling heavily to the ground. Fortunately, he was hastily rescued by his own guards and changed horses, and he finally came to his senses from his rage, and continued to charge, I am afraid that before he saw the enemy, the whole army would be defeated because of the terrible battle loss rate.

Someone persuaded: "Town Lord, the Chu army is surrounded by strong crossbows, and it is impossible to break through the front, it is better to go around the left and right flanks and induce them to change formations. ”

This is the classic tactic of cavalry against infantry, after the attack is circulated, it turns to an assault, and the enemy will be chaotic when he changes formation, and it will not change to be a human target. But Wei Chiyu, who had regained his composure, decisively refused, and ordered everyone to turn left and go west, urging the horses to leave the battle. As long as you preserve the living power, wait until dawn, and then come to seek revenge on these Daoyi who killed a thousand knives.

His choice was correct to some extent, because the left flank of the Chu army was a large depression, and he rushed over in the dark to ensure that he would never come out again. The dense flames lit on the left flank were just dozens of people who dared to die and lit multiple torches every ten paces, creating the illusion of waiting in formation.

Of course, the Wei army also knew that there was a depression nearby, but they hurriedly withdrew from Changxingpo, and before they could catch their breath, they launched a charge, and they were confused by those torches, it was difficult to accurately estimate how far away from the depression, and people's subconscious would think that the place where the enemy could line up was definitely not a depression. But after all, Wei Chilu is a veteran of Rongma for many years, and he avoided this dead place with a keen sense of touch, and broke his tail to survive, which can be called decisive and wise.

Qi Xiao, who was standing on the high platform, saw Yu Chilu evacuating, and said with a smile: "I really want him to rush over and try it......"

Cavalry has a huge advantage over infantry, one is mobility, can advance and retreat calmly, attack, harass, cut off supplies, create chaos, and choose the battlefield that is most advantageous to itself; The second is the huge impact and sense of oppression when rushing into battle. Although the power and range of the infantry bow are greater than that of the cavalry bow, and the lethality of the mixed flower array cannot be underestimated, the reason why there are often more defeats and fewer victories against cavalry is because the quality of soldiers and military training in this era are far from enough. The human heart is prone to fear, and fear will be contagious in geometric multiples, when the horses that can be seen in the field of vision are stepping on the flying dust, and the guns are already first-class soldiers, but more are two wars, which will collapse at the touch of a button, and it is impossible to estimate the perfect resistance.

From the day the Cuiyu Army was formed, it received strict scientific military training that was born from later generations, which was not the same as the so-called strong armies of this era. For example, the queue change is only the basic training subject of the Cuiyu Army, which can ensure that there will be no chaos that can lead to defeat in the face of the cavalry's change of direction attack, and the existence of the Supervising Army Division is even more of a double insurance, so Qi Xiao is eager for Wei Chilu to lose his mind and rush over, so that the Cuiyu Army can fight with the Wei elite cavalry under the prerequisite of occupying favorable terrain, and provide some valuable lessons for the decisive battle that may occur in the future.

It's a pity that Yu Chilu was not fooled!

However, the reason why Qi Xiao chose to camp on Changxingpo was because it was condescending, there was a large area of forest behind it to hide ambush soldiers, and there were depressions and river troughs in front to limit the range of movement of the cavalry.

The west is naturally not a good place to go!

"Beat the drums, feign a pursuit, and send General Wei Chi a ride!"

Ye Min's Chifeng army had already landed twenty miles ahead by waterway by warship after nightfall, and then marched back and ambushed at a place called Gaojiagou. This is an inverted V-shaped river impact ditch, because it has dried up and become a necessary road for chariots and horses, from here to the north, you can cross the shallowest part of the Majia River and withdraw to the city, which is also the most likely road for Yu Chi Yu.

Five hundred side vans were on the periphery, five hundred armorers with mountain swords were in the second lane, three thousand maple spears were mounted in the third lane, five thousand crossbows were in the back, and the innermost was fifty three-bow bed crossbows. This is the common infantry defense cavalry array, not surprising, but the collapse of the mountain knife, the sharpness of the maple spear, the strength of the Yuan Xiang bow, the strength of the Wanjun crossbow, and the indestructibility of the three-bow bed crossbow, with the best infantry equipped with the most advanced weapons, facing the fleeing army that is tired of even fighting, the victory and defeat are self-evident.

As the first light overflowed from the sky, Gaojiagou was full of corpses of the Wei army and war horses that had lost their owners, after cleaning the battlefield and counting the casualties, from the commander of Jeju Town, Chi Yu, the Wei army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, plus the number of people killed before, it was almost annihilated.

Ye Min immediately waved his division to meet Qi Xiao and sent troops to the city, and Qu Hong, who stayed in the city, received the news that Wei Chi's soldiers were defeated and died, and immediately abandoned the city to cross Jishui and fled away.

The Chu army occupied the fort and won the first battle!

This battle seems to be easy to win, but in fact it involves extremely complicated planning and preparation, which is not the personal wisdom of a certain general, but the qualitative change caused by the quantitative change after the reform of the military system.

The Yellow River is located in the plain area of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the Yellow River has been diverted and washed out many times for thousands of years, forming a unique landform between the hills, slopes and depressions, and the military department has formulated a detailed battle plan in advance according to the information collected by the secret government, and the factors such as the time, geography, hydrology and the character of the commander of the Wei army are all listed as necessary calculation conditions, how to lure the enemy, how to block the enemy, how to trap the enemy, how to break the enemy, as if the merchant is doing business, the baht must be compared, the calculation is clear, and it is clear and clear.

The students of the Tiger Hall understood this very early on, war is a numbers game, and the men, horses, equipment, supplies, morale and other things on both sides can be accurately estimated in advance and deduced in the sand table, so as to calculate the victory or defeat.

Just like this battle, Wei Chilu's bottoms were exposed, how can he be undefeated?