Volume 5 The Flame of the Burning Han Chapter 42 Cavalry Duel
As the avenue winds to the horizon, an endless army of chariots is speeding forward, and the sound of thunderous hooves and the sound of wheels converging like a river seem to indicate that this never-before-seen force is about to launch a thunderous and lightning offensive.
Qingyue's eagle chirp resounded in the sky, and a black harrier eagle emerged from the clouds, hovering and rushing towards the chariot army below.
In the middle of the army, a cavalry warrior wrapped in armor and with only shining eyes suddenly raised his head, and the eagle landed lightly on his arm as his wrist was raised.
The cavalry probe took out a roll of white silk from the long barrel under the eagle's talons, and sat upright like a mountain on a galloping war horse and read through its text, a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, and he casually put the eagle on his shoulder, and as soon as he shook the reins with both hands, the war horse immediately put down his hooves and accelerated.
He chased to the side of an inconspicuous black chariot and shouted: "General, I have received a message from Tianyan that the combined forces of Li Shaojie's troops and General Sun Jian have broken through the Dong army's Xu Rong camp four hours ago, killing 3,000 enemies!" β
"Wow" The side window of the chariot opened halfway, and a calm voice said: "Got it!" Get back to the book now and keep them on track! β
"Yes!" The cavalryman turned his horse to the side of the road and began to write orders.
Nanying pulled back the side window, and by the faint light, he could still see the sad look on the young general opposite.
He smiled lightly: "Stinky boy....... still sulking!" Do you still have a little bit of the demeanor of the Momen disciples? β
"General! It's not that the last general has a narrow amount of energy! You didn't even know the specific military orders, so you dragged the last general into the chariot...... I don't even ask where this is going! Mo Zhe snorted angrily: "Having said that, this good strategy of planning and dividing troops to attack was obviously proposed by the last general, how can you deprive the last general of the right to command the naval army?" β
He lowered his head and said unwillingly: "If you appoint General Gan to command, it will be fine, after all, he is the direct subordinate officer of the last general, but ...... You actually made Li Shaoming fight, talking about water warfare. What is the end of the general inferior to him? β
"You!" A slap was not light or heavy on his helmet, and he raised his head in astonishment: "It's okay to be clever, but when it comes to analyzing strategy and tactics, I still owe a little fire!" β
In the slightly dim carriage, Nan Ying's clear eyes stared at him without blinking: "First of all, Ben will fully affirm the three-way attack strategy you proposed before, the first route is to cooperate with Sun Wentai to attack Xu Rong, this is very good, and it will not be modified in any way...... However, you proposed that 10,000 cavalry make a detour to the rear of LΓΌ Bu's army and sneak attack, and the chariot rank tail pursued Xu Rong and then surrounded LΓΌ Bu's entire army. These two transfers are gone! β
"Why?" Mo Zhe was unconvinced: "After Xu Rong divided his troops, it was already a certain defeat, and after Lu Bu received 20,000 cavalry support all the way, it has become a dominant situation for Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses. It is rare to have Yuan Shao's army of more than 200,000 people to be contained head-on, and we can take advantage of its unpreparedness to outflank it from behind, once an encirclement is formed, the overall defeat of Dong Zhuo's army will be irreversible......."
"So have you thought about it? Once Lu Bu's 70,000 army is surrounded, what will happen? Nanying said quietly: "They will fight back desperately like a beast under siege, with their strong strength of 40,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry. Even if we join forces with Yuan Shao, it will be a tragic victory...... At the beginning of Bohai's opening up, we couldn't afford such a big loss! β
"And Dong Zhuo, who is defending Luoyang, what will happen if he knows that Lu Bu will be defeated?" Nan Ying looked at Mo Zhe, who was gradually contemplative. He continued without stopping: "His only way out is to burn Luoyang, coerce the Son of Heaven and thousands of people to retreat to Chang'an together, and move closer to Han Sui and Ma Teng...... If the situation is really going to this point. Don't you think you're going to be a sinner? β
Mo Zhe was dumbfounded, and then listened to Nan Ying say slowly: "From the tactical level of encircling and annihilating the enemy's main force and destroying the enemy's living forces, your plan is not a bad strategy. However, from the perspective of the overall strategic situation of saving Luoyang and eliminating Dong Zhuo, we are defeated! β
Mo Zhe's heart suddenly beat faster, his mouth was dry, he understood that he had indeed made a fatal mistake, and after a long time, he suddenly wondered: "But it's not right!" Since the general formulated such a strategy, why did the last general still see General Gao leading 10,000 cavalry to the south after this division of troops, didn't he attack Lu Bu's army? β
"Not bad! When the general appointed Li Shaojie to cooperate with Sun Wentai to attack Xu Rong, he had already ordered the generals to act separately, so you don't know the specific military deployment......" Nan Ying smiled dumbly and said: "The overall plan is only known to Gao Shun, who led the same 10,000 cavalry to fight!" β
"He's not going to attack Lu Bu!" He said word by word: "It's Hu Zhen who is going to attack the division and prepare to rescue Xu Rong!" β
"What?" Mo Zhe was so shocked that he was about to jump up, but he hit the roof of the car with a "goo-dong".
In the midst of the galloping of the army, Hu Zhen, who was leading the gallop, suddenly contracted his pupils, he grabbed the reins of the horse with one hand, and gave the order to suspend the whole army with the other.
The smoke and dust cleared, and in the distant field, about 500 cavalry shadows appeared, directly in front of about 19,000 cavalry.
The rough and mocking laughter resounded in the field, and the cavalry of the Dong army, who saw the situation in front of them, all laughed loudly. The courage of five hundred cavalry to meet the powerful onslaught of nearly twenty thousand cavalry can only be seen occasionally in mythological stories.
"Shut up!" Hu Zhen looked at the Black Eagle banner flashing in the distance, and the sense of foreboding in his heart was strong for a while, and he couldn't help blurting out. I only heard that Ying Yang Zhonglang broke the cavalry against the enemy, but I have never heard that they killed themselves, the situation is not right!
His vigilant gaze swept over the four fields, but he couldn't find any sign of the heavy encirclement of the superior enemy army anyway, and a trace of bloodthirsty killing intent flashed on his lips: "Kill!" β
"Oh-ah!" About 4,000 elite Liangzhou cavalry burst out with a fierce smile and roared, urging their war horses to kill the lonely Bohai cavalry squad in front of them. Hu Zhen was cautious enough to step forward with eight times the force to kill, leaving 15,000 cavalry behind to respond, and no matter how the enemy army changed, it would be difficult to escape defeat.
Between heaven and earth, there are thousands of hooves rushing and roaring and killing.
"General, you? Didn't you say that our army could not afford heavy losses? Mo Zhe said movingly: "Why did you still send General Gao with 10,000 cavalry to meet Hu Zhen's 20,000 cavalry?" Even if we can win, it will definitely cause heavy losses to our cavalry army that is proud of the world in the Bohai Sea, which is honestly unwise! β
"It's really interesting!" Nan Ying looked at Mo Zhe very strangely and said: "Hu Zhen's 20,000 cavalry galloped to aid Lu Bu for days, and he must have had a big battle with Yuan Shao's coalition army, and he immediately returned to help Xu Rong, but there was a tired trek, which can be said to be sleepy and lacking horses...... Don't take advantage of this time to fall into the ground. When? β
"But the enemy army is 20,000, all of them are well-trained cavalry from Liang and Liangzhou, and our army is only 10,000!" Mo Zhe almost shouted: "How can the general make our army meet the enemy head-on? β
"You're really good at laughing!" Nan Ying almost laughed and said, "How can I make 10,000 cavalry of our army face 20,000 enemy cavalry head-on?" β
Without waiting for Mo Zhe's face to turn a little pale, he said again: "I just ordered 500 camps to shake the enemy army, if the enemy army is gradually exhausted, General Gao Shun will launch 10,000 cavalry to attack all of them!" β
"This! You're really joking! Mo Zhe's body leaning on the body almost slipped down, and he said desperately: "This is impossible!" β
The five hundred Bohai cavalry did not show the slightest timidity in the face of 20,000 enemy cavalry, Gao Shun pulled down the iron mask, and roared from behind the cold face guard that shook the heavens and the earth: "Trapped-"
"Invincible!" The five hundred cavalry of the camp leveled the spears in their hands and burst into a heroic roar.
"Brothers!" Gao Shun's gaze swept over the smiling generals on his side: "It's up to you!" β
"General Gao, rest assured!" Several generals bowed on their horses and saluted: "Today I can fight with the camp." It's enough to comfort your life! β
"Good!" Gao Shun slammed the reins of the horse, and the war horse roared highly: "Rush!" β
"Ahh The five hundred cavalry began at a trott, gradually entering the speed of galloping at full strength. Under the sunlight, the whole body reflects the luster of black iron, regardless of the people and horses.
The hooves of the five hundred cavalry rumbled, shaking the heavens and the earth, like a black cloud facing the four thousand enemy cavalry, and the momentum of their impact seemed to far exceed the enemy by eight times.
"Haha!" Dian Wei, Gan Ning, and Guan Hai let out a terrifying laugh, and followed Gao Shun to kill. Someone roared: "Lao Tzu has been waiting for such a wonderful battle all his life!" β
Hu Zhen listened to the shocking hoof sound of the enemy horseman's hooves far beyond his own, and then saw the reflection of the black light of the enemy horseman's horse, and suddenly his complexion changed greatly. "There is something wrong with these cavalrymen!" shouted. β
"Are you underestimating my Bohai cavalry?" Nan Ying looked at Mo Zhe with some sympathy: "After all, you are still a newcomer, and I won't blame you...... If you know their true strength, you will only mourn for the enemy! β
"Although ......," he suddenly let out a heavy sigh, "their deaths and injuries are inevitable!" β
"General, this doesn't look like you!" Mo Zhe shouted wildly, "How can you make them fight the crowd less? The enemy is not the rabble of the Yellow Turbans of yesteryear, brothers. Will ......"
"Shut up, are you still a warrior?" Nan Ying's face became fierce: "If we can't defeat this cavalry of 20,000 people, our army will suffer more likely damage...... Think about it! If Hu Zhen's cavalry found that Xu Rong's troops had retreated. What will happen to them? First, they retracted to Lu Bu's department, defeated Yuan Shao's department, and continued to cover up and kill our army, and second, they desperately pursued our army's attack all the way! β
He grabbed Mo Zhe's collar, gritted his teeth and said, "Then you calculate, how many people will die in our army and Sun Jian's department?" β
"But, General!" Mo Zhe almost burst into tears: "Will they be able to win?" β
"Show faith! To your generals, to your colleagues, and even more to your warriors! Nanying let go of Mo Zhe and said lightly: "At least when the enemy army is exhausted, this is the only time they can win a big victory!" I believe that the first heavy cavalry in Bohai and even in the whole world will shine in this battle! β
"In war, there will be sacrifices!" He leaned on the carriage a little gloomily and said, "What I would have been able to do is to make them sacrifice as little as possible...... Everything, for victory! β
"The Trapped Army!" As the spear of Gao Shun was raised and drunk wildly, countless snow-bright spears flashed, and the twelve eagle generals and the five hundred soldiers of the camp let out a terrifying roar of fear: "Bleed to the end!" β
In the midst of the collision, countless Dong army cavalry were washed down and trampled in disbelief. It was not until they rushed to the front that they were terrified by the true face of the cavalry of the Bohai Navy, the enemy cavalry was not only wrapped in heavy iron armor that was difficult for them to reach, but even the war horses were also wrapped in layers of horse armor, and even when the two horses collided, the enemy's horse head was a head higher than them.
"Squeak!" In the tooth-souring sound, the spears of the Dong cavalry drew white lines on the iron armor of the Bohai naval cavalry, but they could not penetrate half a point at all. On the other hand, the Bohai cavalry, the spear in his hand pierced into Dong Jun's body protected only by simple leather armor, splashing out clouds of blood.
The war horse of the Bohai Navy collided with the cavalry horse of the Dong Army. It made all the Dong cavalry desperate. The tall warhorse of the Bohai Navy did not even stop for half a moment, and it knocked the short and thin war horse under the crotch of the Dong army's cavalry into a tumbling side. The natural weight and strength, coupled with the horse armor weighing more than 100 catties wrapped all over the body, its impact power can only be described as terrifying.
In just an instant, the 500 trapped camp had already broken the formation of the 4,000 Dong Army cavalry, and rushed straight towards the 15,000 Dong Army cavalry main formation.
"No!" Hu Zhen trembled with shock, but the glory of the warrior forced him to abandon all unrealistic ideas. He could only let out a terrible roar from his throat: "Rush! β
The five hundred soldiers of the camp crashed into the Dong army's large array without stopping, when the cold spear sank into the enemy's body, when Sen Han's long knife was embedded in the enemy's neck, all the cavalry did not hesitate at all. They let go of their weapons, and instead drew two terrifying maces from both sides of the horse's belly and smashed them in all directions.
The eagle generals were even in groups of three, forming a sharp knife formation, cutting through the enemy's henchmen like sharp blades, and killing straight to the depths. As the weapons flew up, countless enemy troops crashed out of their horses, and there were almost no generals.
Hu Zhen, who was furious, was about to urge the horse to kill, when he suddenly saw seven or eight subordinates in front of him on the opposite side splitting apart like dolls. The bright red blood mist makes it difficult to discern when you open your eyes.
In the blood mist, a general came out with a double halberd, covered in blood and flesh, and shouted violently: "Where is the enemy general? β
Hu Zhen only felt that the blood in his heart had faded. There was only a shock, how dare he hesitate for a moment, turned his horse and galloped back, and shouted wildly: "Come on." Kill him! β
In an instant, the enemy formation was in disarray.
In the miserable howl of the Dong army's cavalry, which was like a ghost crying, the hooves on the left and right sides sounded like thunder. Two cavalry teams of about thousands of people each fought out from the east and west, only smashing the waist and abdomen of the Dong army, but seeing that the sky was full of black eagle banners, it seemed that there was no end.
In the carriage, only Mo Zhe's heavy wheezing sound was heard, and Nan Ying couldn't help but say softly: "Don't worry, in the battle with Hu Zhen, not only did General Gao Shun personally lead the five hundred camps to charge, but also the most elite elite soldiers of our army accompanied the battle, and the difference between victory and defeat can be determined!" β
He said proudly: "Didn't you see it? Breaking through the battle of Xu Rong, only Li Shaojie was the only one in our army, and in order to annihilate Hu Zhen's army, our army's Dian Wei, Gan Ning, Guan Hai, Cao Xing, Hou Cheng, Jiang Huan, Qiang Tong and other first-class eagle generals have all gone into battle. β
"What the general said is that the last general is blinded!" Mo Zhe's annoyed voice came: "The general's strategy is indeed far-sighted!" However, the last general was even more unhappy in his heart, as a man, when he joined such a passionate battle, he would die without regrets...... Why didn't the general allow the last general to go to war? Instead, leading the last general to ride blindly? β
"Blind galloping? Sure enough, the rat's eyes are bright! If you dare to be so ignorant, I will send you back to do something! Nanying Senran's voice came from the carriage: "If Ben will be good, in the three-way army, both roads have been successful, only our way, is unpredictable, and nine deaths....... you Dao Ben will let the generals perform dangerous duties, but you have nothing to do, right?" β
"What? The last general knows that the general will not favor one over the other! In the darkness, Mo Zhe's eyes suddenly burst into shining brilliance, and he bowed his head and gave a solemn military salute: "No matter how dangerous it is, please just assign the task!" β
"Wow" Nanying opened the side window again, and the bright daylight came in, which dazzled the passionate Mo Zhe for a while.
A map was spread out in front of him, and the general's finger was firmly on one of the points: "Boy, look! Do you have the courage to follow Ben to attack here? β
Mo Zhe suddenly saw the geographical location, and couldn't help but feel dizzy again, and then the surging passion filled his heart, and he shouted wildly: "How dare the last general? β
Suddenly, he was puzzled again: "General, after talking for a long time, the last general still has nothing to understand!" Are you so sure that Lu Bu will send back Hu Zhen's cavalry to rescue Xu Rong? If you make a mistake as expected, won't our army's three-way attack be in vain? β
"He will, he will!" Nan Ying's face turned sideways to the window, reflecting his silhouette with brilliance: "Unless he is cornered, such a lonely and arrogant person will never be lightly helped by others!" (To be continued......)