Chapter 264: Mountain Ambush

Li Fan was still a little reluctant to give up, thought about it, and asked again: "If it's just to rescue Qin Qiong and the others, can the military advisor have a way?"

Fang Xuanling pondered for a while, "If there is a suitable place for cavalry to ambush on the way to Xingyang City in Dahai Temple, we can set up an ambush there, and I estimate that in the near future, the Sui army will definitely withdraw to Xingyang City." ”

Saying that, Fang Xuanling looked at Pei Xingyan, and Li Fan did the same, for the two of them, Pei Xingyan was the head snake of Xingyang County, and they all hoped that Pei Xingyan could have a good answer.

Pei Xingyan thought for a while, and said with a smile: "There is such a place, about five miles southeast of this place, there is a mountain, which is about three miles away from Xingyang City, which is the necessary place for them to return to the city, where the slope is not very large, the ground is relatively gentle, which is very suitable for cavalry charge, and on both sides of the mountain, there is a small forest, which should be able to hide three thousand cavalry soldiers."

Fang Xuanling nodded and said yes, and Li Fan didn't think much about it anymore, "Order the army to turn to the southeast and go to the mountain five miles away at full speed!" ”

The trumpet of advance sounded again, and the three thousand soldiers quickly turned, and the war horses galloped at full speed, like a sharp arrow off the string, and galloped at high speed to the mountain five miles away.

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After more than an hour of fierce fighting, 30,000 Sui soldiers suffered heavy casualties, except for those who broke and fled on their own, less than 16,000 Sui soldiers evacuated with Qin Qiong and other generals, and only 1,200 of the 3,000 cavalry soldiers remained.

Not long after the Sui soldiers withdrew from the battlefield, Wang Bodang led the cavalry vanguard to the battlefield of Dahai Temple, and after a short pause to understand, he set off again to chase the Sui army, so the interval between the two was not long, less than two quarters of an hour.

Most of the officers and men of the Sui army were infantry, and the speed of retreat was not fast, and when they withdrew from the battlefield of Dahaisi, less than five miles away, Wang Bodang had already chased after him with his cavalry vanguard.

Fortunately, the terrain along the way was not suitable for the cavalry charge, and Qin Qiong personally led the remaining more than 1,000 cavalry soldiers in the team to break the rear, so although the teams of the two sides collided all the way, the Sui army soldiers still slowly retreated towards Xingyang City according to the established plan.

On the route along the retreat of the Sui army, there are two locations suitable for the cavalry to charge and attack, the first place is the mountain that is about to arrive, where the slope is gentle, the terrain is relatively open and flat, which is very suitable for cavalry charge.

Another location is in front of the city gates, the terrain under the city walls is more open and flat, where the three hundred paces around the city are plain and flat, which is very suitable for the cavalry to charge.

There, the superiority of the Wagang cavalry will be magnified several times, and they can charge along the plains under the city walls, charging with acceleration without any scruples, and attacking the soldiers of the Sui army back and forth.

However, it would take at least three quarters of an hour for the Sui army to fully enter the city, and the morale of the Sui soldiers had plummeted, and the morale of the army was in turmoil, so it was difficult to organize them to resist the Wagang army.

When the time comes, they will easily collapse in front of the city gates, becoming lambs to the slaughter, and the Wagang cavalry can harvest them with impunity.

For these situations, Qin Qiong, who has experienced a hundred battles, thinks very clearly, and Qin Qiong's heart also understands the thoughts of the Wagang generals, the Wagang generals just want to bite their own team, drag down the retreat speed of their own soldiers, and wait until they are suitable for the cavalry to charge before attacking, or wait for the arrival of the follow-up Wagang army.

At this time, Qin Qiong led his soldiers to just repel a wave of harassment and attack by the Wagang cavalry, looking at the Wagang cavalry who were still following closely not far away, Qin Qiong's face became more and more gloomy.

The mountain is already close at hand, and there, he can also lead the cavalry soldiers to temporarily block the Wagang army.

However, if you can't block the enemy soldiers on the way, the south gate of Xingyang City will become a dangerous pass for your own team.

It's a pity that Qin Qiong didn't think of any good way for this situation, he could only take one step at a time, he planned to use three thousand infantry soldiers to stop the Wagang cavalry after passing through the mountain, so as to buy time for the army to enter the city.

However, the matter of organizing 3,000 infantry is now being taken care of by Luo Shixin, and in the face of a team with turmoil and no morale, it is really hard to say whether Luo Shixin can organize 3,000 soldiers after the break.

At this moment, a herald rode his horse and galloped, "Report to the general, General Luo asked me to inform you that the reinforcements have arrived, and they have been ambushed in the mountain, the general can pass through the mountain normally, please don't stop at the mountain!" ”

Reinforcements? Where did the reinforcements come from, could it be the army left behind in Xingyang City?

But think about it, it's not very possible, the army left behind in Xingyang City is only 3,000 people, in the current situation, such a small number of soldiers, just exempt from being strong, can temporarily hold Xingyang City, it is impossible to divide the team to support themselves, and he has not sent them a message for help.

Qin Qiong was very puzzled, and his thoughts were spinning, but he didn't doubt the truth of this matter, and his face was not moved, he nodded and said, "I know!" You go back and inform General Luo and ask him to arrange for the army to enter the city!" ”

"Yes!"

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Li Fan led 3,000 cavalry soldiers on a rapid march all the way, and finally arrived at the mountain in a quarter of an hour ahead of the Sui army.

The woods on both sides of the mountain were not very large, and Li Fan could only divide the team into two halves, leading two thousand soldiers to ambush on one side, while the remaining one thousand soldiers were led by Pei Xingyan and ambushed on the other side of the mountain.

"General, they're coming!" A pro-soldier reminded him.

Li Fan nodded, he also saw that the cavalry of the Sui army had entered the mountain, and less than five hundred steps behind them, the four-kilowatt cavalry was closely following, but because the mountain road was not large, the four-kilowatt cavalry stretched for more than two miles.

"Tell both teams to get ready to attack!"

"Yes!"

The flag commander agreed, and then waved the flag in his hand to convey the order.

The Sui army all passed through the mountain, and during the whole process, Wang Bodang only sent a small force to harass it slightly, and did not launch a large-scale attack, obviously, he had placed the official attack on the Sui army outside Xingyang City.

The Allied soldiers on both sides of the hill were waiting nervously, and soon, more than sixty percent of the Wagang cavalry entered the mountain, and more than 1,000 people in the vanguard of their team had completely passed the mountain.

At this moment of attack, Li Fan was not waiting, and ordered in a reprimand, "Order the army to attack!" ”

"Woo......"

The low sound of the horn suddenly sounded, instantly penetrating the mountain forest, spreading to the other side of the mountain, spreading in all directions, constantly echoing in the mountain. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Overlord Claw Book House at the End of the Sui Dynasty" for free for the first time.