Chapter 677: Victory in the First Battle
The distance between the two armies was not far, less than twenty miles, and Buliu Guli had also been sending detectives to keep an eye on the every move of the Qianjun, and he soon received the news and immediately ordered the large army that had already been prepared to assemble and set up a position to meet the Qianjun.
Buliu Guli took the initiative to attack, and when he was arranging his troops, he first sent 5,000 cavalry to meet the front of the cadre army head-on.
In the front of the cadre army were 3,000 cavalry plus 5,000 infantry, with cavalry on the flanks and 5,000 infantry in the middle.
Seeing that the front of the cadre army was composed of cavalry and infantry, he immediately divided 3,000 cavalry to attack the left and right flanks of the front of the cadre army, leaving the remaining 2,000 cavalry to directly attack the 5,000 cadre infantry in the middle.
Yuan He, the commander of the front of the cadre army, immediately ordered the division of troops, with 3,000 cavalry on the left and right flanks to meet the attack, blocking the attack from the two wings, and saw that the enemy's 2,000 cavalry was trying to rush in the middle of the 5,000 infantry, and ordered the infantry to stop advancing, and 1,000 spears and shields were closely connected in front of the formation, followed by 1,000 Mo sword army, and then 3,000 infantry to meet the battle with bows and crossbows.
"Bow and crossbow ready—release arrows—" Although the roar was loud, it was drowned out by the rumbling hooves of horses, but it did not matter, the orders of the cadres were not delivered by the roar of people, but by banners.
"Whoosh ······" The overwhelming number of archers shot the arrows.
"Ritsu ······" The arrows like dark clouds covered the enemy soldiers who were rushing towards them, and the horses fell to the ground and neighed after being hit by the arrows, and the knights who fell to the ground were all stunned, and they couldn't make a sound for half a sound, and they instinctively howled when they knew that the sharp pain spread throughout their bodies.
The arrows continued to shoot out, and the enemy cavalry kept falling with arrows, only to see the enemy cavalry rushing towards fall in pieces, kicking up a lot of dust on the ground.
The speed of the cavalry attack was very fast, and they paid heavy casualties as soon as possible, but the cavalry of Buliu Guni still rushed to the spear formation, and the spears that were stuck diagonally on the ground were broken, and the cavalry that rushed over were strung on the spears like sugar gourds.
It turned out that the formation was dense and well-organized, and the well-disciplined infantry could definitely block the frontal impact of the same number of light cavalry with a spear formation.
Under the frontal impact, the cavalry of the Buliu Guni was blocked by the spear formation, and under the heavy losses, the remaining cavalry completely lost their speed and were blocked in front of the formation.
"Mo Dao Army, forward-" With a violent roar, a thousand Mo Dao Army stepped on neat steps, holding Mo Dao in both hands and stepping on corpses and blood water, crossing the spear array and arriving in front of the cavalry of Buliu Guni.
"Thorn-" With a loud roar, the strong man of the Mo Dao Army in the front row was stabbed by the Mo knife towards the cavalry on the opposite side.
"Puff, puff, puff······" One by one, the cavalry under the foot six Guni was stabbed and dismounted.
"Split-" another yell.
The strong men of the Modao Army in the second row took two steps, raised the Modao above their heads and slashed it, and the cavalry company on the opposite side was split in half with their horses.
The terrifying vision and shock brought by the bright, wide, thick, and sharp Da Mo knife gave way to the cavalry under Liugu Ni, and everyone was terrified.
After killing six or seven hundred cavalry in succession, the prestige and ferocity of the Modao army increased, and the remaining enemy cavalry were not only slaughtered by the Modao army, but also a large number of arrows kept shooting.
Bu Liugu Ni couldn't stand it, and the two thousand cavalry who hit the middle were less than four hundred people left at this time, where did he still have the courage to continue fighting, he flicked his horse's head and shouted: "Withdraw——"
The rest of the cavalry were eager to leave as soon as possible, and one by one they turned around and ran back, but in the process of escaping, they were shot by a large number of bows and arrows, and less than two hundred of them could escape the range of bows and arrows.
The cavalry under Buliu Guni, who were entangled with the cavalry of the Qianjun army on both flanks, saw that the banner of the middle road was retreating, and the two leading generals did not dare to continue to entangle with the cavalry of the Qianjun, so they immediately turned around and ran.
"Kill me!" Genga raised his horse lance and pointed forward, leading the way to chase after the rout.
"Kill-" Countless shouts of killing sounded, and a scene of chasing and killing the rout appeared, the front step six Guni and his subordinates only cared about fleeing for their lives, and the rear Yuan He led the soldiers to chase and kill desperately.
Those who could not catch up were shot with bows and arrows, and those who caught up were slashed with knives and spears, and one by one the routs were stabbed and fell off their horses, and some were shot off their horses.
"Lord Qiqi, the five generals were defeated by the front of the cadre army, and there are less than two thousand soldiers and horses left of the five thousand soldiers and horses!" An observer on the periphery of the battlefield quickly hit his horse and reported to Buliu Guli.
"What?" Bu Liu Guli was taken aback and immediately asked, "How many centaurs are in front of the other party?" Were there any other soldiers to assist in the battle? ”
"The five generals only clashed with the front of the cadre army, and there were 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 foot soldiers in the front of the cadre army!"
Buliu Guli frowned: "You tell me in detail about the entire battle process!" ”
The observer immediately recounted the battle process in detail, and as soon as he finished speaking, Buliu Guni had already withdrawn back with the remnants of the defeated army, and shouted while galloping wildly: "Big brother, save me!" ”
Bu Liu Guli looked up, and saw that the remnants of the defeated army led by the fifth brother were followed by a large number of cadres and cavalry were chasing and killing, and he immediately ordered thousands of men and horses to rush out from the main formation of the army to respond.
Yuan He, who was leading the troops to chase and kill, saw that a large number of soldiers and horses rushed out of Buliu Guli's main formation and approached the rout, knowing that he would not be able to bargain if he continued to fight, he immediately took the soldiers to fight and retreat, and Buliu Guli, who had suffered a loss, ordered to stop the pursuit and stabilize the position first!
Bu Liu Guni stopped in front of Bu Liu Guli, panting and jumping down, but he didn't want to fall to the ground as soon as his knees were weak, he was covered in blood, and there was an arrow stuck in the armor behind his back.
Buliu Guli immediately helped the fifth brother up and shouted: "Come on, go and call the medical officer!" ”
The medical officer quickly rushed to treat the wound of Buliu Guni, but fortunately, the arrow was resisted when it penetrated the armor, and the arrow did not penetrate deeply, but only slightly injured the flesh, otherwise depending on the position where the arrow hit, as long as it was an inch deeper, his little life would not be saved.
"Big brother, I'm embarrassed for you, not only did you not win, but you also lost the prestige of killing the cadres, and you also lost your soldiers, and the younger brother is really ashamed!" Buliu Guni said ashamedly and ashamedly.
Bu Liu Guli asked: "Let's not talk about this first, you tell me about the combat strength of the cadre army opposite, how do you feel?" ”
Buliu Guni said: "Very strong, they command unity, orders are prohibited, advance and retreat to a degree, and the cooperation between the soldiers is very tacit, this is by no means a wild road can be drilled, they trust each other between the soldiers, life and death, I am afraid that our army is not as good!" ”
Bu Liuguli's face sank: "You mean to say that if we fight head-on, our army has no chance of winning?" ”
"No, no, eldest brother, the younger brother doesn't mean that, the victory or defeat is not determined by the combat strength of the soldiers, although I have to admit that the combat strength of our generals is not as good as the cadre army, but the younger brother believes that these tens of thousands of horses will be able to defeat the cadre army under the command of the eldest brother!"
Buliu Guli said after half a sound: "We have no choice in this battle, we can't retreat, we can't lose, we can only fight, we can only win!" Otherwise, what awaits our brothers is doomed! ”
Bu Liugu Ni immediately said: "Big brother, don't worry, our brothers fully support the eldest brother, even if we die, we will never let the eldest brother have anything to do!" ”
The second step and the sixth lonely man said at this time: "Big brother, according to what the fifth brother said, if we resist head-on, we have little chance of winning if we do not have an advantage in troops, and I suggest that our army should still use its strengths and avoid weaknesses!" ”
Bu Liu Guli was stunned for a moment and asked, "How to make use of your strengths and avoid your weaknesses?" ”
Bu Liu Gu Zhen said: "Big brother, the cadres are a combination of infantry and cavalry, and our army is all cavalry, why do we have to fight them head-on step by step?" They have infantry, and these infantry limit their mobility, we can stretch the battle line, expand the battlefield, divert their cavalry, and if they don't care about the infantry, our army will concentrate our superior forces to defeat their infantry, and then gather our troops and horses to deal with their cavalry! ”
Buliu Guli's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Good plan!" ”
Subsequently, the brothers discussed, and Buliu Guli gave an order to divide the army into several parts, they had a total of nine brothers, and each brother led a cavalry to start scattering.
However, it was said that Yuan He returned with the soldiers in a great victory, and Zhao Junsheng was waiting in place with four other soldiers and horses.
"King Qiyu, the minister fought a battle with Bu Liuguli's fifth brother Bu Liuguli, killed more than 3,000 of him, and pursued him for more than ten miles all the way, Buliu Guli got the news and sent troops to respond to Buliu Guni and the remnants of the defeated generals, and the minister saw that he couldn't take advantage of the army and retreated, and they did not pursue back!"
Zhao Junsheng looked happy and said, "General Yuan played well, let's return with the front team, this time your department is the rear team!" ”
"Yes!"
Then Zhao Junsheng ordered that the front of the Chinese army was the front, and the rear army was in the center of the middle army, and Yuan He took the men and horses of the headquarters as the rear army, and the army continued to advance westward.
After walking for more than half an hour, I passed through the battlefield of the battle just now. Soon, Zhao Junsheng had doubts in his heart, why did he not see the army of Buliu Guli after walking for so long?
Because the armies of the two sides were only a dozen miles apart, there was another big battle, and the scouts on both sides withdrew before the battle, after all, once the war broke out on such a large-scale battlefield, the scouts could no longer help, and they also needed to rest, so there were no scouts moving around at this time.
Zhao Junsheng actually lost the trace of Buliu Guli's army for a while, there must be something wrong with this!
Zhao Junsheng's heart moved, and he immediately ordered: "Liang Yi, send someone to tell the generals of the left, right, middle and rear armies that the army of Buliu Guli is gone, let them quickly send elite scouts and guard posts around, and once there is a trace of the enemy, come and report immediately!" ”
"Yes, King!"
Just because the army had too many troops, in order to facilitate the advance without being blocked by mountains, rivers, forests and fields, Zhao Junsheng divided the entire army into five parts, and the distance between the armies was at least three to four miles, so that when marching, each army could bypass the mountains, forests or fields, and support each other in time.
Soon, the scouts sent by the former army under the command of Zhao Junsheng personally brought back the results of the investigation, Lu Shuang was in charge of the scout team, and he reported to Zhao Junsheng: "King, the brothers of the scout team have found out that the army of Buliu Guli has left traces scattered around, and the location of Buliu Guli himself has not been explored for the time being!" ”