Chapter Twenty-Six: Where Are the General's War Horses?

Gongsun Xun accepted Wei Qi's suggestion and suddenly stopped the pace of the march, but stopped at the Gaoliang Pavilion and waited for the garrison.

In other words, Wei Qi is a standard scholar, his talent lies in the in-depth study of rules and regulations, in outspoken and daring to admonish, and even this person of the same age as Cao Cao is still a recognized writer and calligrapher, anyway, his understanding of military affairs is only superficial...... However, what happened later proved that both military strategy and strategy must be based on a deep understanding of the opponent and the surrounding environment.

That's right, although no one can guarantee that the White Wave Army will not come to the decisive battle if it continues to fight, but when it comes back to the present, after a few days of waiting, the Tanma came to report one after another, and the White Wave Army suddenly gave up the principle of dispersed garrison and assembled on a large scale in Jiangyi (later Houma City...... In other words, Wai's suggestion worked wonders.

Once the assembly begins, the military activities will be very fast.

On February 13, Gongsun Xun began to stop at the Gaoliang Pavilion, and on February 20, the Baibo army suddenly began to assemble, but on February 22, the assembly was completed, and on February 24, the advance had already marched to Xiangling (later Linfen) south of the Gaoliang Pavilion, and on February 25, the two army sentry cavalry had already engaged in skirmishes in the unobstructed wilderness.

At this time, it is said that the number of people in front of Xiangling is difficult to judge by the naked eye of the scouts, considering the population on both sides of the Fenshui River in the Hedong region and the reputation of the Baibo army, it may be a bit false to say that he has 100,000 people, but it is not too bad to say that he has 80,000 or 90,000 people.

In other words, even with the addition of auxiliaries, the ratio of the number of the two armies is more than two to one, in fact, in the face of such a huge number of hostile troops, Gongsun Xun did not dare to slack off, and in fact sent some officers and officers to the auxiliaries, in order to put the auxiliaries into battle when necessary.

Of course, the advantage of the Youzhou army is also obvious, although the Hedong knights are famous, and both sides are also fully mounted, but the number and quality of the cavalry of the Youzhou army are much higher than those of the other party.

On the terrain east of the river, the advantage of the cavalry in size and formation is too great.

Therefore, the margin of victory and defeat in this battle is very large for both sides...... In other words, it's time to compete in the quality of the commanders on both sides.

So far, there are already cavalry generals in the army who have seen the situation clearly and repeatedly asked for battle, they mean to take advantage of the cavalry advantage to take the initiative to force in front of Xiangling City, block the enemy army, so that the White Polish army can not expand the formation at all. However, at this time, Gongsun Xun adopted Lou Gui's suggestion, and still did not take the initiative to force the battle, but continued to stand still.

There are two reasons for this:

First, Gongsun Xun spent more than ten days in the Gaoliang Pavilion, during which he built a high platform on the Fenping Plain, which could not be seen on the slope at all, cut down trees and erected a fence, and also dug deep trenches and arranged antlers to make his own formation...... The army fought on the plains with an unobstructed view, and these very basic fortifications were likely to require thousands of lives in exchange, and it would be a pity to give up.

Second, although the White Polish Army is fighting on the inside line, the logistical pressure on such a huge number of soldiers is not the slightest bit, and more importantly, although the quality of the White Polish Army is quite good, it lacks an effective military structure, and the large army is piled up, and it will not be long before chaos will inevitably occur...... Therefore, the White Wave Army is the side that cannot hold on.

Sure enough, by February 27, I don't know if it was logistical pressure or a decision made by the high-level, in short, the Bai Bo army couldn't bear it at all, and took the initiative to leave Xiangling City and move forward!

Although there was a lack of necessary golden drums and banners, on the plain, the huge army formation was unobstructed, almost filling everyone's field of vision, and it was only a few miles out of the city that the morale of this army began to skyrocket because of the number of its own friendly troops!

Hormones in the mouth of Aunt Gongsun...... Or the 'courage to fight' and 'arrogance' in Lou Gui's mouth, rolled up and down among all the officers and men of the Baibo Army for a while.

The cavalry and infantry took the initiative to accelerate, and the cavalry was naturally faster, so there was soon a disconnect.

At the same time, after receiving the scout's report, Gongsun Xun, the general of Wei in the Sorghum Pavilion twenty miles away, no longer hesitated, and immediately issued a military order according to the plan, so that the cavalry of the whole army took the initiative to meet the enemy!

From a thousand-person cavalry that had been incorporated in Yanmen not long ago, to the 5,000-person Hun cavalry that had just been included in the establishment, from 7,000 Youzhou cavalry to 4,000 Wuhuan light cavalry, from a mere 800 Liaodong cavalry to more than 1,000 Xianbei cavalry of Liaoxi Sanwei, and even 1,200 Baima Yicong...... A total of 20,000 cavalry, almost all of them were released, and under the leadership of Han Dang, Wei Yue, Cheng Lian, Tian Chou, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Tian Yu, Wen Ze, Zhang Fan, Yuwen Black Otter and other Beidi cavalry generals, they went head-on!

The two armies were only twenty miles apart, and the cavalry of the two sides were facing each other, but they only collided head-to-head in half an hour, and then immediately launched a huge cavalry annihilation battle on the Fennan Plain, where there was no way to hide!

It stands to reason that the cavalry fights with the cavalry, like flesh and blood colliding with a pottery urn, and the speed is extremely fast, and the casualties are extremely fast...... In the end, the strong wins, and then survives; The weak rout, and then die! That's all!

But in fact, if one side is far superior to the other in all aspects, it is actually possible to play an amazing exchange ratio.

In other words, the cavalry of the White Polish Army was already scattered in various departments, not under each other's subordinates, and the cumulative amount was not more than 10,000, and they were at a disadvantage in terms of number and military structure, so when they suddenly met 20,000 well-disciplined world-famous horsemen at this time, they were almost instantly in danger!

As for the Youzhou cavalry, it basically took a unit of about 1,000 people as the basic unit, relying on its own superiority in strength and structure, and under the command of an outstanding cavalry commander, calmly divided and outflanked the cavalry of the Baibo Army, which stood out in front, in order to annihilate the opponent's cavalry in an efficient manner. And as soon as they found that a large number of infantry was arriving behind, they did not hesitate to fight, and immediately retreated, turning to the cavalry units of the White Polish Army in pursuit of encircling and annihilating others.

In fact, as the infantry of the White Polish Army arrived at the battlefield, the Youzhou cavalry, who were obviously in the upper hand, almost fought and retreated, in a strange posture, as if they were trying their best to kill and injure the cavalry, and try to hang the infantry brigade of the White Polish Army as much as possible.

Of course, on the plain where 100,000 people gathered, there were nearly 20 cavalry of the Youzhou Army alone, and the Baibo Army on the opposite side was also divided into dozens of divisions to fight separately, coupled with the exchange of routs, the difference between the grassroots commanders, the battle situation is not so simple, you win and I lose, it can only be said that in general, the Youzhou cavalry has seized the initiative, and there are different versions of the local battlefield, and even the collapse of some places is the Youzhou cavalry.

"Go tell Yuwen Black Otter and Wei Yue!" Han Dang saw a Hun cavalry disperse in public, but he was furious but suppressed his anger, holding the horse whip and hurriedly ordering. "Let the two of them personally lead the cavalry of their headquarters and rip out that cavalry for me! Let Zhao Yun take Bai Ma Yi from the past, put this Hun soldier in my pocket, and hang my head to show the public what the soldiers and horses can't contain! ”

When the order came, Wei Yue and Yuwen Black Otter did not dare to slack off, adjusted their subordinates, and then each drove a thousand-man cavalry, trying to drive this cavalry, which was only five or six hundred people, out of front of the infantry brigade of the White Polish Army, and then surrounded and annihilated.

And Zhao Yun also received the message from the herald with a red feather on his head, and immediately led four hundred white horses to collect and dispose of the scattered Hun cavalry.

After Bai Ma Yi, who already had the duty of supervising the battle, grabbed his own rout head-on, Zhao Yun didn't bother to say anything, and directly executed several Hun cavalry who were obviously fleeing without permission on the battlefield in public, stopping the rout. But when he tried to find the person in charge of this army, that is, the Xiongnu nobleman, he was shocked to learn from the mouth of the rout that their Hou was actually killed by a general of the Baibo army with a hand axe!

And the retreat of this Hun cavalry also came from this!

Zhao Zilong couldn't help but be so stunned.

You must know, don't look at anything before, Lu Bu slashed Fang Yue in the first battle, and stabbed Yan Liang to death in battle...... It's as simple as a matter of slashing a general. But in fact, Fang Yue was already in a losing position, and then Lu Bu gave him an honorary relief; Yan Liang's one is a kind of surprise assassination that takes advantage of people's unpreparedness; Even Chun Yuqiong and Han Juzi also used throwing weapons to complete the raid in the chaotic battle.

Of course, even so, it also shows Lu Bu's toughness.

And on the battlefield today, although there is some chaos, there is no shelter in the blue sky and no surprise attack, not to mention, the Youzhou army is fully organized and well-equipped...... A thousand-horse commander, with at least dozens of cavalry directly under his side, and he must be wearing iron armor and skilled in bows and horses, but he was killed in public, so it can't be simply blamed on luck!

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Yun temporarily assigned some Yi to act as the officers of this rout, asking them to gather the rout and retreat, and at the same time, he hurriedly moved closer to Han Dang to explain the situation here.

When Han Dang heard this, he was not shocked...... It turned out that just when Zhao Yun went to collect the rout, Wei Yue and Yuwen Black Otter over there were actually in trouble!

This trouble does not mean that the two generals who lead two thousand cavalry to attack on both sides are not the opponent of the other party's cavalry force of only five or six hundred people, it is too pitiful. In fact, this army has gradually broken down and lost more than one force in the flank attack...... But the problem is that the commander of this unit has a very good sense of the overall situation, he should have woken up to the tactical intentions of the Youzhou Army very early, and let Youzhou gallop left and right, he will firmly lock his small army in front of the infantry brigade behind him, and stubbornly guard the combination of cavalry and foot, not giving the Youzhou Army a chance to intersperse and divide.

Wei Yue and Yuwen Black Otter joined forces to assault several times, but they were all guarded by the other party, and there were many casualties!

After all, once this kind of charge cannot be successful, it can only retreat hastily, otherwise the infantry brigade next to the White Polish Army, although the enemy and the enemy are mixed, are not afraid of bows and crossbows, but once the infantry's spears and shields are pressed up, it is also extremely dangerous.

Several charges, hundreds of dead and wounded, all of which were bitten down by the infantry array.

"Let Wei Yue and Yuwen Black Otter withdraw and go bite elsewhere!" Han Dang has been in battle for a long time, and he is especially good at cavalry, seeing that this place is difficult to bite, he also made a decision immediately and gave up here. "It's not worth five or six hundred cavalry!"

Zhao Yun also immediately bowed his head and agreed...... Cavalry combat, the most taboo is to love the battle and not leave, and fall into a heavy siege! Moreover, Gongsun Xun's combat intention this time was already very obvious, that is, to come up and seek to cut off the opponent's cavalry first, so that his cavalry advantage would reach its peak. Therefore, at this time, the cavalry task of the Youzhou Army is obvious, that is, to reduce the opponent's cavalry strength as much as possible in the shortest possible time and at the lowest cost, which should not waste time for the victory or defeat of this local battlefield.

However, seeing that the herald cavalry with obvious characteristics quickly turned back, Wei Yue and Yuwen Black Otter also led their own people to turn around, and even Han Dang and Zhao Yun also led their troops to retreat and prepare to start a new round of hunting against the opponent's cavalry...... Suddenly, another group of Youzhou cavalry galloped through the gap torn open by Wei Yuebu, once again pressed the infantry formation of the Baibo Army, and pounced on this difficult Hedong cavalry!

Han Dang looked at it from a distance, but immediately understood which soldier and horse it was, so he didn't call the herald, but directly ordered Zhao Yun: "Taishi Sima is an extraordinary general, and he belongs to the right general...... Don't make a mistake, Zilong personally led the crowd to respond, first follow him for a while, see if he can succeed, if not, let him withdraw immediately! ”

Zhao Yun naturally had nothing to say, so he led hundreds of white horses to gallop away. In front of him, his people still had something to do on the battlefield, and he did not lead the crowd to look for Tai Shici at the junction of the infantry and cavalry, but temporarily turned the horse's head and first made a feint under the banner of Yang Zi under the infantry array! Then he turned around and swooped down on the very center of the cavalry!

From a tactical point of view, this is not right!

Because the cavalry and the cavalry collided directly, even if one side won quickly, the other side would suffer a lot of casualties...... A truly outstanding cavalry tactic should be to use the cavalry's mobility and tonnage advantage on the battlefield to intimidate, harass, divide, encircle, and chase! And when the cavalry is against the cavalry, it should be like what the Youzhou army kept doing before in this battle, constantly interspersed, divided, and surrounded!

However, the army led by Zhao Zilong at this time is extraordinary, this is the White Horse Yicong, this small elite force has long been famous in the world for more than ten years with Gongsun Xun's rampant world. The people of the world, not everyone may know who is General Wei and who is the general of the chariot cavalry, but the white horse general is like thunder! And the White Horse Yicong has gradually become a symbol, and it represents more and more things!

Therefore, when hundreds of white-horse cavalry were in strict armor and made a threatening move in front of this large infantry formation holding the banner of Yang characters and with five or six thousand foot soldiers, this army, which should not have been shaken, still couldn't help but stagnate!

And when Zhao Zilong turned around to face the cavalry unit again, the five or six hundred had already suffered a series of assaults, and they were already crumbling, and this time they were led by Tai Shici to lead the eight hundred Liaodong cavalry to break through the cavalry unit at the junction of infantry and cavalry, but they simply couldn't support it at all, and they exploded!

After this army dispersed, its generals were exposed...... It is a thirty-six or seventeen-year-old general, with a heavy jaw and a majestic figure! His body was dressed in iron armor, his head was wrapped in white silk forehead, and he was armed with a spear.

Zhao Yun saw it clearly, so he asked Bai Ma Yicong to hunt down those fleeing cavalry, but he took the lead, and only led more than ten horsemen to take this person directly.

And although there are only more than ten riders on this person's side, he is not afraid, and he is also holding a spear to meet him!

In other words, one of the two generals fell into defeat and was in a hurry to survive, and the other was aware that this person was extraordinary, and for the sake of the overall situation of the war, he was determined to get rid of this person first...... In addition, the two entourages and guards seemed to be quite confident in their general's martial arts, and they had no intention of interfering, so they actually let the two generals form a pattern of fighting each other alone in front of the battle.

The two sides clamped the belly of the horse, and they circled each other on the battlefield, each holding a spear, and you came and went, and the number was endless...... And then they were secretly frightened together!

However, there was not much time left for the two sides, and Taishi Ziyi's side also asked the cavalry of the headquarters to chase and hunt the cavalry that exploded first, and then he also galloped over with more than ten horses; At the same time, the main force of the infantry of the White Polish Army, which had been frightened before, also immediately adjusted its subordinates and came to support this general in a big way!

After a few breaths, Zhao Yun and this general fought hard again, and then took advantage of the situation to disperse...... At this time, Zhao Yun was in the south, but the heavy white wave cavalry generals on that side were in the north, and they were out of place with the two military formations.

The two generals both knew in their hearts that they still had to have a final battle before they could return to their respective positions and strike the battle, or divide the winners and losers.

Without much thought, the two of them picked up speed together, and then speared together, and the spearheads intersected in the air, flashing sparks...... Then the two horses parted, but each abandoned his spear, and held his left arm and turned back in astonishment!

It turned out that at the same time as the spear of his right hand, he suddenly pulled out a hand axe from the back of his neck, but it was slashed towards Zhao Yun's waist, but what kind of person is Zhao Zilong, how could he suffer such a loss? It is also a temporary draw of a sword from the waist to block...... In other words, the two of them just crossed the horse, and before handing over the horse, the spear stabbed sparks above the horse's head, but when they handed over the horse, they each touched the horse's body hard, and even the left arms of both sides were numb, so they abandoned the spear and supported the arm together!

The two were forced to throw away their weapons by each other, and they each reined in their horses, looking at each other dozens of paces apart, as if they were both stunned by each other's martial arts.

Finally, Zhao Yun raised his sword and said: "Although you are a thief in Hedong Han, you are outstanding in martial arts, and you can also keep your name!" ”

When the general heard this, his face turned pale, and he wanted to rein in his horse and return to the battle.

And at this moment, an arrow suddenly came from a distance, but it was here that the stunned man hit the eye socket of the war horse under his crotch, and then pounced, the war horse turned over and fell to the ground and died, and the general also fell to the ground in embarrassment.

However, between square inches, Zhao Yun obviously cherished this person's martial arts, and he was a little hesitant for a while, and did not step forward to take the opportunity to start.

"Such martial arts, why are you a thief?!" Another person shouted, and it was Donglai Tai Shici, who arrived with a big bow and a horse.

This general saw the bow and arrow in the opponent's hand, and saw that his mount was in the eye socket, how did he not know that this person was the same as the general who had just fought, he was merciless, and the second time he was questioned on the battlefield as a thief, he was also embarrassed, and the large array of the army behind him was approaching, so he just turned around and left.

Zhao Yun and Taishi Ciwu shook their heads, and they didn't have time to think about it, so they returned to their headquarters and went to hunt the cavalry of the Baibo Army.

Not to mention how these two people are, just say that the heavy jaw general, that is, one of the two famous generals of the late Han Dynasty in Hedong in another time and space, and the other famous general Guan Yu Guan Yunchang's 'old brother' Xu Huang Xu Gongming, he fled back to the battle in embarrassment, and saw his boss Yang Feng, but he had told the truth, detailing the strength of the cavalry soldiers of the Youzhou Army, and put forward his own opinions.

"General Wei's meaning is already obvious." Xu Huang rode on a new horse, but he was facing each other. "Rather, we may take advantage of the disjointed pace of our cavalry on the march and cut off our cavalry as much as possible...... Looking at the current situation, more than half of them have succeeded...... If the cavalry is lost, then the infantry will not be able to capture the sorghum pavilion in a fight, and there will be no shelter on the plain, I am afraid that they will be frightened by the cavalry of their generation along the way, and they will not stop! I hope the general will make a decision as soon as possible! ”

"How?" Yang Feng shook his head for a moment. "Didn't Gongming mean to ask me to persuade Guo Shuai to turn around and go back to Xiangling while the sky was clear?"

"Not bad!" Xu Huang immediately replied.

In other words, there is a reason why Xu Huang suggested Yang Feng so much.

After all, Xu Huang's family is at most a small and powerful family in Yang County, only because of his outstanding martial arts and being a small official in the county, so he is quite trusted by local rangers, which is well-known in the county, so he is valued by Yang Feng as the leader of the cavalry. But Yang Feng is one of the best heroes in Yang County and Xiangling. The so-called thousands of servants, attached to thousands of households, just their own clan can pull out thousands of soldiers and horses, and later voted for the Baibo army, in fact, after the secession of Xiangling, plus the size of the strong and good family who took refuge in him, it is a powerful faction with five or six thousand soldiers!

In other words, he was one of the best figures in the Bai Bo Army, and he was also the representative of those who were 'determined by strength' in Wei Qi's mouth, and he was also the leader of the people who forced Guo Tai to come to the decisive battle...... In other words, he is the one who can directly negotiate with Mrs. Guo and influence the decisions of the army.

However, Yang Feng heard Xu Huang's suggestion, but he sighed while marching on the horse: "Gongming, I also think what you said is very true, but now in this situation, we can't stop for a long time......"

Xu Huang was stunned for a moment, but then he immediately woke up: "The general is saying that it is the first time that we have gathered so many soldiers and horses, and we can't command smoothly at all?" Can't stop? ”

"That's good," Yang Feng nodded helplessly. "Do you think that the cavalry in front of you has failed like this, and I didn't go to look for Guo Shuai? Didn't the rest of the people go looking for Guo Shuai? But the crowd of seventy or eighty thousand, divided into dozens of departments, has lost the battle in the front, and is still marching in the back, there is no way to turn, and it is too late to turn, even if the turn is successful, once the retreat will inevitably be chaotic, what if General Wei comes from behind? ”

Xu Huang was silent.

"Actually, our army still has a chance to win, that is, to drive the infantry formation to continue to move forward, and we must break through the Sorghum Pavilion today!" Yang Bong continued to be honest. "I had a sentry with Guo Shuai and other Xiao Shuai just now, and that's how it was agreed, and that's what you just said...... Come to think of it, General Nawei is also a conspiracy this time, scattering the cavalry and cutting off our cavalry first, but he can't help but open the door, that is, he bets that we won't be able to attack his sorghum pavilion in the afternoon! For us, it's a gamble that we can take it down in one afternoon, and that's it! ”

Xu Huang continued to remain silent, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Gongming's face turned red, thinking that he had just fought hard, and the defeat was unbearable...... Actually, don't care about the cavalry rout, I can see clearly in today's battle, all the cavalry are not the opponents of the Youzhou cavalry, you don't have to worry, just continue to be a commander of the army here in the foot soldiers, and command the troops for me. "Yang Feng also knows Xu Huang's ability, and he also has to rely on this person's ability in this battle, so when he saw the other party in such a shape, he thought it was because of the defeat in the battle, but he couldn't help but comfort him." I don't believe it, the Youzhou Assault Cavalry is famous all over the world, but the Youzhou infantry can also be so powerful? Let's take a look! ”

However, when Xu Huang heard this, his face became more and more ashamed, but he took advantage of the situation to retire and go to sort out the soldiers and horses.

The army rumbled, once it was opened, it could not be easily stopped, and at noon, as the seventy or eighty thousand people of the Baibo army flocked to the south of Gaoliang Pavilion despite the continuous damage of the cavalry, the Youzhou cavalry no longer loved to fight, but collectively turned to the east side of the Baibo army to assemble and repair...... Correspondingly, Guo Tai, the commander of the Baibo Army, who was physically and mentally exhausted, was finally able to stabilize his position and summoned the leaders of the whole army, such as Yang Feng, Han Xian, Li Le, Hu Cai, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan and others, to discuss how to capture the Gaoliangting camp where General Mianwei was located.

And when these tyrants from Hedong came forward to watch the deployment of the Sorghum Pavilion in person, they were all completely worried, and even turned their worries into joy.

It turned out that the Youzhou Army camp with the white horse flag hanging in the distance was actually guarded by thousands of foot soldiers.

"Let's go down!" Mrs. Guo, who was wrapped in a yellow scarf on her head, was forty or fifty years old this year, looking tired and wrinkled, but seeing such a situation, she couldn't help but relax. "Let the flanks be spears and crossbows, prevent the cavalry from breaking through, and then select the elite, pounce forward, and wait for the sorghum pavilion to be captured, and then talk about the rest! Actually, if I can defeat this person for a while, I can be regarded as worthy of General Tiangong! ”

"Who is this Yellow Turban?" On the high platform of the Youzhou military camp, Gongsun Xun looked condescendingly at the dense military array opposite, and he was also emotional. "It's not even a resurrection of a corpse, is it?"

At this moment, the opposing military formation suddenly stirred, and one of the troops of four or five thousand people rushed to the front.

"Who is this?" Gongsun Xun easily turned around and asked.

"The banner of the word Li should be the department of Li Kan, the great man of Jiangyi." Wei Qi looked at it from afar, and told the details of this person.

"Let's see." Gongsun Xun looked up at the sun that had set westward, and then stood still.

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"The resourcefulness and courage have been surpassed, and the situation is the Youzhou Commando.

Pulling decay and destroying the world can make the plunder damage to the prestige. - "Song of Wu Han"

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