Chapter Eighty-Six: The Beginning of the War
Look, general, they've crossed the river! On the arrow tower on the opposite bank, Wu Yi looked far away, and when he saw Li Dao began to gather boats to cross the river, a general beside him exclaimed.
"Prepare to meet the enemy, have you done a good job of rejecting horses on both sides?" Wu Yi looked carefully, got down from the arrow tower, and asked as he walked.
"It's been done, General Cheng Fang and General Yang Mao have already assembled their troops and horses on both wings."
"You lead a group of men and horses to watch here, and if the other ship really comes, shoot back with a cluster of arrows!" Martial arts walked as he walked.
"Whoa." The general agreed, bowed and sent Wu Yi away.
"General, will Li Dao really attack the flanks?" When Wu Yi came to Yang Mao's side, he saw Yang Mao burying the folded horse-rejecting stake into the thin soil with a rope.
"In a hurry, the Xiliang army does not have too many boats to cross the river, I have seen this water, although this section is hundreds of steps wide, but the upstream and downstream are narrow, only about ten steps, the war horse can fly over, the Xiliang army at the moment to gather ships is just to hide people's eyes." Wu Yi nodded and said, "Uncle Yang, this is ......"
"It's a trap, I can't see the horse rejection pile here from a distance, and when they rush closer, they suddenly pull up, and they don't have time to dodge." Yang Mao said with a smile, this is a common method for dealing with cunning prey when hunting.
"Oh?" Wu Yi's heart moved when he heard this, and he said to everyone: "Tear down this section of the wall, and then start rebuilding." ”
Yang Mao was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, this is to lure the other party to attack, and nodded immediately: "Oh!" ”
Li Wei's boat did not approach, but only cruised back and forth on the bank of the river, outside the range of the Bingzhou army, to investigate the truth and the truth, and at the same time to attract the attention of the Bingzhou army.
Twenty miles away, a huge cavalry under the leadership of Zhao Cen quickly gathered into a huge cavalry formation after crossing the river, like a tide to the direction of the Bingzhou army camp, Zhao Cen sat on horseback, looking at the opponent's camp from a distance, did not attack immediately, but walked around the camp with the cavalry, like a fierce and cunning wolf king, peeping at the enemy's flaws.
The task of crossing the river this time was to watch the Bingzhou army and prevent it from running around, and after Li Wei's army crossed the river, as a response, cut off the grain road of the Bingzhou army, this Bingzhou army was naturally unable to continue.
It's just that when Zhao Cen led the army around and arrived downstream, he saw that the wall had not yet been built, and someone outside the camp hurriedly visited the horse pile.
Opportunity!
Zhao Cen's eyes lit up, and he immediately made a decision, so he ordered the cavalry to assault and attack the enemy camp before the opponent's wall was built.
The huge cavalry formation completed the transformation of the formation in a very short period of time, and swept in like a tide, thousands of horses rushed to be the first, thousands of horses galloped, and the rolling smoke and dust covered the sky, and the killing machine of Xiao Killing swept in.
Seeing that the Bingzhou army on the opposite side hurriedly dropped the horse rejection stakes that had not yet been placed, and began to form a formation at the gap, the smile on Zhao Cen's face became more and more cruel, Chen Mo ...... But that's it!
"Formation!" Da Lang stood in the formation, looking at the Xiliang army that swept like the collapse of the Tianhe, he had already prepared, and he couldn't help but have an indescribable sense of depression in his heart, Xiliang Iron Cavalry is worthy of the name of elite, Da Lang is also a long-term battle, and so, these new armies are naturally even more unbearable, if it weren't for the strict training on weekdays, coupled with the constant scolding of the generals, just the momentum of the other party can make this new army collapse.
The new army needs the baptism of war, Da Lang looked at the Xiliang army that was getting closer and closer, and slowly raised his arms, his eyes flashed with scorching flames, as long as he experienced this battle, the new army would be transformed.
It's closer......
Da Lang looked at Xiliang Jun, who was gradually becoming clear in his sight, and his raised arm slashed down: "Put!" ”
Rows of arrows rained down on the ground, with a scream of death swept through the air, after climbing to the highest point, towards the enemy formation very very much, the cold arrow clusters easily tore through the leather armor, through the enemy's body, blood bloomed in the cavalry formation, the Xiliang soldiers who fell off their horses quickly disappeared into the huge cavalry formation, and even the screams were extremely short.
The tragic death of Pao Ze did not cause the slightest confusion in the cavalry formation of the Xiliang army, this is an elite army of a hundred battles, and death is not terrible to them.
The rain of arrows is still preparing, the cavalry formation of the Xiliang army is already close at hand, the timid soldiers can't bear the pressure, and they begin to retreat subconsciously, but they are stopped by the generals around them, and rows of spears have formed a formation in front of the formation, and the cold spears converge into a death jungle in front of the formation.
"Pull!" Seeing that the other party had already entered the trap area, Yang Mao, who had been prepared for a long time, suddenly waved the order flag and shouted loudly.
Dozens of soldiers hiding in the formation, pulling the rope at the moment they saw Yang Mao's flag waving, at the same time, a tight rope rose in the military formation, one extended to the outside of the camp, the horse rejection pile hidden on the ground jumped up without warning, countless war horses crashed hard, blood splattered in an instant, screams everywhere, the momentum like thunder was interrupted at this moment, and the fierce riding array like a tide was also chaotic at this moment as if it hit the reef.
The ruthless arrow feathers fell again, falling into the chaotic cavalry formation, making the already chaotic cavalry formation even more chaotic, Da Lang was overjoyed when he saw this, turned over his horse, raised his long knife, and shouted loudly: "The soldiers of the three armies listen to the order, kill!" ”
Morale is a state of elimination on the battlefield, before the momentum of the Xiliang army was like a rainbow, overwhelming people, many times, with this momentum alone, it can teach the enemy to lose courage, but when this indomitable momentum is interrupted, the sense of oppression is gone, as the enemy, the momentum of the other side will inevitably rise.
With Da Lang's shout, the previous depression and fear began to change to madness, the original sheep began to become fierce, and the cavalry that lost its impact was far less flexible than the infantry in the melee at this moment.
Zhao Cen was furious when he saw this, but he couldn't help it, if he couldn't evacuate as soon as possible at this time, the two sides would fight, even if there were casualties of one to two, it would be a loss-making deal for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and an elite cavalry would not be so easy to cultivate.
On the chaotic battlefield, in the unique horn sound of the Xiliang army, countless Xiliang troops began to withdraw like a tide, after Da Lang chased out a mile, he ordered to stop the pursuit, and slowly retreated to the camp, so that Zhao Cen, who originally wanted to attract the Bingzhou army out and reassemble the cavalry formation to fight back, was a little helpless, the other party's generals were obviously not impulsive, otherwise, chasing cavalry with infantry, on this terrain, as long as Zhao Cen was given enough time, even if he was just frustrated, there was a way to completely eliminate this Bingzhou army.
"Erect the horse rejection stake and rebuild the wall!" Da Lang withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, looked at the Xiliang Iron Cavalry who was uncertain in the distance, and shouted.
"Whoa!" Yang Mao agreed, after this battle, the new army's fear of the battlefield disappeared a lot, and the next battle would be much easier.
"General, although this battle has slightly weakened the enemy's morale, with this Xiliang army on the side, our army's grain road may be threatened." Cheng Fang found Da Lang and bowed.
Da Lang is also having a headache about this problem, and most of the state army is a new army, and there are not many cavalry, but now most of them are on Chen Mo's side, and Da Lang is about two hundred cavalry, mostly acting as scouts and messengers, rather than fighting head-on, really sent to the battlefield, these two hundred cavalry in front of people's cavalry array, I am afraid that they will not even be able to splash a wave.
"General Cheng has a good strategy?" Da Lang looked at Cheng Fangdao.
"The last general thinks that he can write a letter to General Zhang Ji to discuss the transportation of grain and grass, and if General Zhang Ji can be responsible for the transportation of grain and grass, then the grain road will be worry-free!" Cheng Fang bowed.
In this battle, Chen Mo did not let Zhang Ji participate, firstly, to avoid Zhang Ji's embarrassment, after all, even if he surrendered to Chen Mo, he had been friends with Li Dao and Guo Yan for many years, and it was not good to meet on the battlefield, and secondly, he was not very worried about whether these surrendered Xiliang troops would defect, it was better to let them sit in the rear to be stable, but it should not be a big problem to ask them to help take care of the grain road.
Hearing this, Da Lang nodded and said, "Maybe you can give it a try." ”
On the other hand, after Zhao Cen suffered a loss, he didn't dare to provoke easily, while sending someone to inform Li Dao to cross the river as soon as possible, and report the situation to Li Dao, while leading his troops to cruise around, but he didn't dare to approach easily.
Li Wei had already led the main force to cross the river, and after receiving the news of Zhao Cen's setback, Li Shi on the side was a little dissatisfied and said: "Father, why is this Zhao Cen so useless?" ”
Li Dao glanced at his son, shook his head and said, "That Chen Mo has always been good at using tricks, and this time General Zhao was also an unintentional mistake. ”
The meaning of his own son, Li Dao understood in his heart that now among the second generation of the Li family, Li Xian has experience in fighting alone, although Li Shi is the son of Li Dao, he has never led the army alone, this is to replace Zhao Cen to lead the cavalry.
Li Wei didn't say anything about his ability to command the army, although he is his own son, but this time is not the time to talk about family affection, no matter how Zhao Cen is, he is also a veteran, he can suppress the army, change to Li Shi, I'm afraid that before the battle, the army will be chaotic, Li Wei took Li Shi out this time, in order to let Li Shi accumulate some combat experience, but he didn't think about letting him lead an army alone, this march is not child's play.
Li Shi was a fledgling, but he couldn't wait to prove himself, and seeing that his father didn't react, Li Shi said: "Father, why don't I lead an army to the enemy camp to fight?" ”
"Go and set up camp, if you can set up the camp well, then talk about anything else." Li Wei waved his hand a little impatiently, he has never been on the battlefield, like leading an army alone? Even if he is his own son, Li Dao is not used to this, and if he wants to lead the troops, he will weigh himself first.
Li Shi wanted to say more, but looking at his own Lao Tzu's face, he suddenly lost his courage, and obediently received the military order to go to camp, and Li Wei brought a soldier and horse to the outside of the Bingzhou army camp to look at the other party's camp.