Chapter 369: Two Dragons Out of the Water Array
Han Xuan yawned and picked up the map of Liaodong to look at. With the help of the light, Han Xuan saw that there were still many people entrenched in the east of Xu County, called "Donghao", and Gongsun Kang fought them in the east before.
These tribes are now gradually migrating south, and several tribes have already had a large number of people flowing into Xu and Xiahe, and the area they entrenched in was the size of Benhan. If Han Xuan wants to conquer Goguryeo, he must first govern this place.
So Han Xuan sent Han Dang and Xu Sheng to lead troops to quickly occupy this area and divide the people of the major Hao tribes. Han Xuan also asked Yan Jian to select officials with outstanding ability to serve as county commanders in these places, divided the land of Donghao into ten counties, and set up Dongbai County, with Yan Jian as the county guard responsible for development and governance.
Han Xuan expanded all the way to the junction of Dongwofu and Lelang County, and Gongsun Kang finally couldn't sit still. Gongsun Gong and Himiko had a close relationship in private, and now they were invited by Himiko to persuade Gongsun Kang to use troops against Xu County. Gongsun Kang asked Gongsun Gong to serve as the county guard of Lelang, and led 20,000 troops with the general Liu Cheng to guard the border between Lelang and Xu County.
When Han Xuan entered the territory of Dongwofu, he had already seen that there were many war horses in many tribes, and many of them were good horses from Xianbei. Han Xuan's heart was moved, he wanted to do business with the Wofu people, now that Han Xuan's army was scarce in war horses, now he could buy more war horses to form cavalry.
Han Xuan, under the escort of Xian Yudan and others, came to the Wofu tribe, and the chieftain A Guqing warmly received Han Xuan. Han Xuan said politely: "We have no intention of getting involved in your land, but I can't get used to Gongsun Kang's approach, and he regards the people of Hui, Jin, and Fuyu as slaves. I, Han Xin, are different from him, as long as your ministry promises to trade with my four counties and sell war horses to me, I will not only form an alliance with your ministry, but also help your ministry resist Gongsun Kang. ”
Aguqing said regretfully: "I understand the general's kindness, but it hasn't been long since my department defected to Goguryeo, how can I form an alliance with the general again." If the general wants to form an alliance, he must also go to Goguryeo to consult with the king. ”
Han Xuan didn't expect that this Wo Frustration was really amazing, and he regarded Goguryeo as his suzerainty so quickly, and diplomacy did not regard himself as an independent country.
Han Xuan still refused to give up, and said to Agu Qing: "Chief Agu, you think about it again. Baqi led his troops to surrender Gongsun Kang, and Goguryeo was forced to move its capital. In addition, the palace king is cowardly and incompetent, and sooner or later it will be annexed, and your support for Goguryeo will definitely be retaliated against by Gongsun Kang! ”
Ah Guqing was still a little hesitant when he heard this, and suddenly a sturdy man came in and whispered something to him, Ah Guqing's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he flattered Han Xuan: "Respected General Han, I don't know how many soldiers and horses your army has?" Can you stop Gongsun Kang's army? ”
The corners of Han Xuan's mouth hooked up a curvature, and then he said to Aguqing: "There are more than 80,000 people in our navy and army. ”
Aguqing was a little envious, their tribe could fight no more than 30,000 soldiers, and it was not enough to protect themselves. It's just that they are still in the gap between the major forces, and they can only choose a powerful thigh hug, which is their way of survival.
It turned out that what the person just said to Aguqing was: Gongsun Gong has sent the general Liu Cheng to lead his troops to attack them. Ah Guqing had already sent 6,000 elite cavalry and more than 10,000 foot soldiers under his command to meet the battle, and now that the guards of their tribe were empty, Han Xuanruo took advantage of this time to enter the army, and it would be easy to destroy them.
But Han Xuan didn't do this, Aguding also saw Han Xuan's sincerity, he stepped down from the main seat and came to Han Xuan, bowed down and bowed: "Ask General Han to save my tribe, I, Aguqing, am willing to be a cow and a horse for the general." ”
"Chief Agu, you're serious. You are my friend, and if you have any problems, I will do my best to help. Han Xuan said sincerely.
Hearing this, Aguqing hurriedly said: "Gongsun Gong has sent the general Liu Cheng to lead 20,000 troops to attack my tribe, the Han people are good at fighting, and my tribe may not be able to resist for long." Please send troops to the rescue, I am willing to lead my troops to join the general! ”
Han Xuan suppressed the joy in his heart, took out a token to Xian Yu Dan, and said to him: "Xian Yu Dan, you immediately send my military order to the Eastern Hundred Counties, and order Xu Sheng to lead an army of 10,000 to come, and I will destroy the invading enemy with Chief Aguqing!" ”
Not long after Han Xuan took the place of Dongbai County, his elite troops were still guarding the counties of Dongbai County, and it would be okay to have Han Dang and Yan Jian in charge.
The more than 10,000 people transferred by Han Xuan are all a ragtag army composed of Ma Han people and Chen Han people, but it is enough to add Dong Wofu's soldiers and horses.
Aguding was grateful, although Han Xuan only sent 10,000 soldiers to help, but didn't Han Xuan say it before, he only had a total of 80,000 troops. Han Xuan's sincerity is already obvious, and Gongsun Kang's generals Liu Yi and Yang Zuo have already stationed troops on the border of Goguryeo, and Goguryeo itself is difficult to protect, how can he come to save them at this time?
Han Xuan wore armor and rode on a war horse to lead troops to Liu Cheng's battle with A Guqing, Xu Sheng, Xian Yudan and others.
I saw that under the cover of the Liaodong Army, a military general with a long knife in his hand was looking into the distance, Han Xuan handed the binoculars in his hand to Aguqing, and said to him: "This person is Liu Cheng, I see that although the formation is neat, it is actually full of flaws." I want to borrow the fine horses under the command of Chief Agu, I don't know ......"
Before Han Xuan finished speaking, Aguqing handed over the order to Han Xuan and said, "From now on, I and the soldiers of my tribe will obey the command of the general, please give orders!" ”
Han Xuan took the order, looked at a strong man from the Wofu tribe and asked, "What's your name?" ”
The big man was still a little hesitant, Agu Qing glared at him, and the big man replied in a frustrated voice: "My name is Zhu Wanhou, what does the general command?" ”
Aguqing translated his words to Han Xuan, and Han Xuan said: "Zhu Wanhou, you and your 6,000 elite cavalry obey the command of our general General Xu Sheng, and I will allocate 6,000 crossbowmen to ride with your elite cavalry, and deploy them on both wings of our army." I led the rest of the soldiers and horses with the chief Agu and Xian Yudan to resist in the center, and there were many horses and spearmen in the front. But when you listen to the sound of my war drums, the whole army strikes! ”
"What? How can the warriors of my tribe ride with your sergeants, and lose two people on one horse, to give full play to the advantage of speed? Zhu Wanhou asked rhetorically.
Han Xuan said: "I didn't intend to raid, I was only strangling the enemy. The military order is here, you just have to follow it! ”
Ah Guqing translated Han Xuan's words to Zhu Wanhou, and gave two instructions by the way, although he was also very puzzled why Han Xuan did this.
Seeing that each Wofu cavalry carried a Han Xuan sergeant behind the horse, Xu Sheng ordered the six thousand crossbowmen to check whether the crossbow arrows were complete, and the distribution had been decided. The mighty two horse teams spread out on both flanks and moved towards the sides of Liu Cheng's army of 20,000.
The sentinel of the Liaodong Army reported the military situation in front to Liu Cheng, and Liu Cheng said with a smile: "This foreigner can't use soldiers, how can two people riding together be called cavalry?" ”
Knowing that the position of the Chinese army where Aguding and Han Xuan were located was weak, Liu Cheng immediately decided to lead the elite troops to attack there, and only called foot soldiers to defend the two wings. In his opinion, the two of them riding together on a horse increased the burden of the war horse, and the war horse lost its impact and lost the advantage of the cavalry.
Xu Sheng commanded Zhu Wanhou to lead a horse team to attack from the right side, and Zhu Wanhou had to comply. When they detoured back to the right rear of the Liaodong Army, they saw the crossbowmen of the Han Xuanjun Army sitting behind the Wofu cavalry taking off the crossbows on their backs and firing at the two wings of the Liaodong Army.
The Liaodong army had to move closer to the middle, they didn't expect that the Wofu people would also be able to use the tactics of the cavalry, riding and shooting. The 6,000 crossbowmen were all fledgling in their marksmanship, but fortunately, the speed of the Wofu cavalry was not too fast, and they were able to aim their crossbows at the enemy.
The Liaodong army was attacked by the enemy left and right, and in a hurry, they could not organize crossbowmen to counterattack, and arrows rained down on both sides, and they suddenly lost the will to resist. Taking advantage of the collapse of their formation, Xu Sheng ordered the crossbowmen to dismount, causing the Wofu cavalry to charge from behind, and they used bows and crossbows to throw them to cover.
"General, no! More than 10,000 enemy troops suddenly appeared on both flanks and in the rear of our army, and our rear army was already crushed! A wounded lieutenant came running from the rear to report to Yoo Sung-yu.
"What! Six thousand cavalry turned into ten thousand foot cavalry? What's the matter with the rear army foot soldiers, and what about the crossbowmen, why can't they suppress the enemy army? Liu Cheng was angry again.
"The enemy crossbowmen have horses, they are not very flexible, and our crossbowmen are completely suppressed!" So the lieutenant reported.
Liu Cheng led the army straight to Han Xuanzhong's army, but Han Xuan did not panic at all, Agu Qing saw that Zhu Wanhou and Xu Sheng led the troops directly into the rear of Liu Cheng's army, and the rear of the Wofu banner and Han Xuanjun's banner were lined up, and asked Han Xuandao: "General, I have heard for a long time that the people of the Central Plains are good at forming military formations, and I have never seen this formation in my life." ”
Han Xuan smiled and said to Aguqing: "This formation, our soldiers are attacking in two ways, like two dragons, so it is said that the two dragons are out of the water array. ”