Chapter 178: Outside the Lodu Valley
After running for more than ten miles, sure enough, there was a shocking shout of killing in front of him, and in the distance, he could see a force of 2,000 Han cavalry, rushing back and forth in the enemy formation.
However, there are too many enemies, and they are surrounded by layers of distant circles, but they can't break through.
Wang Quan ordered the horn of the attack to be sounded, and the characteristic horn of the Central Army's attack sounded, and the Han army in the encirclement heard the horn sound, and immediately changed direction and killed at the place where the horn sounded.
The enemy heard the sound of the trumpet, and only then did they discover the five or six thousand cavalry troops who had been killed from the east. Most of the coalition leaders didn't care about this reinforcement from the Han army.
Han Sui didn't think so, he felt that this was just the vanguard of the Han army's brigade reinforcements.
Han Sui quietly gathered all his men and secretly moved to the edge of the camp.
The cavalry of the Western Regions and the Xiqiang people sent 5,000 men to stop the special operations brigade, and when the two sides approached 100 zhang, the special operations brigade launched a precision strike.
Their marksmanship is much better than that of other Central Army units, not to mention that there are so many marksmen.
It only took two waves of long-range attacks to kill 2,000 enemies, and when they finished throwing their guns, they ran on either side of the enemy without colliding with them.
The Special Operations Brigade uses standard light cavalry guerrilla tactics, which are to use their long-range superiority to suppress the enemy to the death.
The enemy chased them, and he was divided into two parts, Wang Quan sneered at the enemy chasing behind him.
He made a gesture to signal the troops on the right to move closer to him, and when the troops on the right made a detour, he turned back and flanked.
Easily eat the enemy chasing behind him, and then the two troops attack most of the last enemy together, the absolute superiority makes the battle end without any suspense.
The special operations brigade wiped out the more than 5,000 enemy cavalry at a small cost, and finally caused panic within the enemy army.
They abandoned the siege of the remnants of the Central Army in the encirclement and instead assembled at one end of the battlefield.
It was only at this time that the leaders of the Western Qiang rebels and the Western Regions Alliance Army found that their losses were a bit large this night, and there were less than 30,000 people left in the Western Regions Alliance Army, 3,000 cavalry left in Yueshi Hu, and more than 10,000 people left in the Xiqiang people.
Suddenly, they found a problem, Han Sui was gone, and his subordinates were gone.
The leaders of the various departments scolded Han Sui as a liar, and now, they are also clearly aware of the true strength of the Han army.
The Ma Teng army, which was surrounded by them, besieged it all night with ten times its strength, and there were still so many survivors left.
And the newcomer Han army has just easily eliminated five thousand horsemen, it seems that this is the real strength of the Han army, and he can't eat so many Han troops.
Once there are follow-up reinforcements, I'm afraid they will all have to be handed over here, Han Sui said that there is no other Han army, go to him! Can you still believe his words?
So the three men scattered and fled. Wang Quan was not busy chasing, he first led his men to meet the survivors of the Ma Teng army, who had fought hard all night.
Pang De saw Zhang Yang in the crowd at a glance, Zhang Yang's whole body was covered in blood, and there was a wound on his face that was still bleeding.
Wang Quan ordered his subordinate military doctors to hurry up and save people and bandage their wounds, and the military doctors of the special operations brigade also had to have special physique and riding skills, so they could keep up with the large army.
Pang De and Wang Quan dismounted Zhang Yang together, and while bandaging his wounds, they listened to him tell the story.
After Pang De left, Zhang Yang led people in and out of the enemy camp three times, saving more and more Han soldiers together.
What is commendable is that after all the rescued soldiers broke through by themselves, they followed Zhang Yang to kill back to save more comrades-in-arms without hesitation, demonstrating the unity of all the officers and men of the Central Army.
As the battlefield was cleaned up, some light and serious wounded were recovered one after another, and finally the survivors of the 7th and 9th Brigades reached 3,000 people.
More than 4,000 people died here, and Lu Bu's army, which had never tasted defeat, finally had this disgraceful first, the first defeat!
Several generals discussed, the special operations brigade went to pursue the Western Regions coalition forces first, they were the farthest from home, it was best to leave them in this place far from home, and they were the most numerous, but the combat power was the lowest.
The troops of the 3rd Division will rest in place and make a decision after the arrival of Guo Yan's 8th Brigade.
The difference between Guo Yan's Eighth Cavalry Brigade and the Special Operations Brigade was about half a day's journey, less than 200 miles.
Wang Meng fled east with the Western Regions coalition army, and they had to go east to Zhangye before they could return to the Western Regions along the Hexi Corridor, and Yueshi Hu and them also retreated in the same direction.
Wang Meng regrets it now, this time it was really a big loss to send troops, so many cavalry from various countries died, I am afraid that they will not give up after they go back.
As the chief of the Western Regions, the army he controlled by himself was only more than 1,000 people, which was not enough to protect himself.
The Western Regions Changshi Mansion has never been equipped with many soldiers and horses, and in the past, when there was a need for a large army to suppress it, it was the Liangzhou Assassin Shi who sent a large army to it.
Wang Meng secretly made up his mind, he really can't do it, he won't leave when he walks to Dunhuang, the long history of the Western Regions is a bad errand, whoever wants to do it, just do it!
Just thinking about these headaches, there was a horn behind him, but it was Wang Quan who caught up with the special operations brigade.
Wang Meng and the leaders of various countries did not dare to turn around and fight, but blindly accelerated and fled.
The Western Regions Alliance Army is all cavalry, and most of them are good horses produced in the Western Regions, which is faster than the speed of the Special Warfare Brigade.
Yue's Hu Ma was slow, and he was soon chased by the special operations brigade, and the three thousand Yue's Hu cavalry did not resist for long.
Most of them were annihilated, and the rest scattered and fled, and some surrendered.
The military discipline of the Central Army required that prisoners not be killed indiscriminately, and Wang Quan could only leave a company to contain the prisoners, and the large army continued to pursue the Western Regions coalition army.
was delayed by Yue's Hu for a while, and the enemy ran farther.
Wang Meng is still very confident in the ability of the Western Regions Alliance Army to escape, after all, the good horses of the Western Regions are the best in the surrounding areas.
At this point, the Western Regions Alliance Army had completely dispersed, and the cavalry of the five major countries were divided into battalions, and only a few soldiers and horses from small countries still fled with Wang Meng's team.
Seeing that you will reach Luodu Valley after running for more than ten miles, you can concentrate on going north after leaving Luodu Valley, and then cross the Datong River to Zhangye.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of trumpets and war drums coming from ahead, as well as the earth-shattering shouts of killing.
Wang Meng had already become a frightened bird, he quietly leaned forward, only to see that outside the Luodu Valley, there were tens of thousands of Han cavalry lined up in a neat horizontal formation, blocking the way.
Nearly 20,000 cavalry of the five major powers that had previously run in front were stopped at the mouth of the valley.
These Han cavalry will step forward in rows to cast repeating crossbows, rolling cycles, and in front of a row of 2,000 people, pieces of arrows rain down on the cavalry of various countries that are charging into battle.
None of the five major powers would suffer losses, so the troops that charged into battle were 1,000 cavalry from each country, and 5,000 cavalry were lined up in a five-element horizontal formation, which was also a fatal mistake they made.
(End of chapter)