Chapter 723: Wuhuan Army
The generals responded loudly when they heard this, if they had despised the army under Lu Bu before, after Huang Zhong's archery skills, they had already accepted this Youzhou army from their hearts.
At this time, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered in Changli City, not only that, but there were also 3,000 soldiers and horses guarding the two cities of Bintu and Tuhe.
"General Liu, through the news from the scouts, the vanguard army of the Marquis of Jin is only three days away from here, I wonder if General Liu has a good strategy to break the enemy?" Gongsun Kang asked, the reason why he didn't bring Liu Yi when he attacked Youbeiping was because Liu Yi did not support the attack on Youbeiping, and Liu Yi had a high prestige in the army, and it was not conducive to Gongsun Kang to give orders with such a person.
Liu Yi frowned slightly, "General, it's not too late to wait until you see the Youzhou Army, Gongsun Xu has been in Youzhou for a long time, and I expect to know more about the Youzhou Army." ”
Gongsun Xu, who was in the lower position, got up and said: "Under the command of the Marquis of Jin, the strongest one is the cavalry brought by his annexation state, most of the Youzhou army is temporarily recruited, the training is only a year, most of them have not experienced war, even if the morale is high, the combat effectiveness will not be too high, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Changli City, and it is not difficult to retreat from the Youzhou army." ”
Liu Yi shook his head slightly, "This is wrong, the Marquis of Jin relied on Youzhou soldiers and horses to capture the Feiru guarded by 20,000 Wuhuan troops, this is an elite army, not to be underestimated." As a general, Liu Yi knows that once the soldiers in the army despise the enemy before the war starts, then it will be difficult to win this war, and only by letting the soldiers realize that the enemy is not weak, they will be more attentive and avoid making some small mistakes on the battlefield.
Gongsun Xu's complexion was constantly changing, and it was a last resort to take refuge in Liaodong, because he betrayed the Marquis of Jin, he was like a homeless child, worrying about his safety all the time, and it was very uncomfortable to send people under the fence.
"General, although there are 30,000 people in the Bingzhou army, our army also has 10,000 people, and the army of the Wuhuan people will arrive outside the city tomorrow at the latest, so you might as well thwart its spirit first." Liu Yi said.
Gongsun Kang said: "General Liu's words are true, just like that, the Wuhuan people have invaded Liaodong many times, just to teach them a lesson. ”
Liu Yi said: "Most of the Wuhuan people are cavalry, and their mobility is extremely strong, so you might as well show the enemy weakness first, and when the Wuhuan people are arrogant, they will break it in one fell swoop." ”
Gongsun Kang agreed with Liu Yi's statement, it is undeniable that Liu Yi does have extraordinary skills in marching and fighting, as for Gongsun Xu's attitude in Gongsun Kang's opinion, it is not worth mentioning, there is not enough strength in his hands, Gongsun Xu is just a chess piece in his future in order to seize Youbeiping.
The Wuhuan people sent 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers, and they came towards Changli City long before the vanguard of the Youzhou army was dispatched, which was also the reason why the new Wuhuan Shan Yu wanted to show himself in front of Lu Bu.
Wu Yan is the main general of this army, he is also a veteran among the Wuhuan people, and in the past, he was around Gongsun Zan near Youbeiping, and he had some prestige among the Wuhuan people.
But the army under his command is to make Wuyan more cautious, saying that it is a 5,000 army, the actual combat effectiveness is uneven, more is pieced together, the warriors of the tribes are almost consumed as early as when they are in Linyu City and Feiru City, these 5,000 troops, if the real combat effectiveness, is weaker than the previous Wuhuan 3,000 foot soldiers, in terms of bravery, they may not belong to the Han army, but in obeying orders are much worse, this is also a common problem of Wuhuan people, once they arrive on the battlefield, the excitement does not know why, Turning a deaf ear to the commander's orders.
The system of the Wuhuan people determines their large army, Wuhuan is the tribes gathered in one place, there are often contradictions between the tribes, the Wuhuan people also look at the conflict between these contradictions very lightly, after the two tribes fight, what will happen to the soldiers belonging to the two tribes after seeing each other, in an army, if the command happens to be the person of the tribe who has a suspicion, how can the other soldiers be willing to obey the order.
While marching, Wuyan reorganized the army, and under his strong means, some thorns in the army were also honest.
When the army came to Changli Field, Wu Yan hurriedly ordered the soldiers to set up camp, he knew very well what these soldiers were, if the enemy found out the truth, they would be in danger.
Fortunately, the defenders in the city seemed to be very wary of the Wuhuan army, and did not even send people to attack and disturb them when they set up the camp.
Outside the camp were dense with antlers and various obstacles, and after Wuyan made a round, he showed a satisfied expression.
On the second day, Uyan led the cavalry around the outside of the city, which was also to tell the defenders in the city that there was an enemy army coming, and the cavalry could often have the effect of deterring the enemy army at this time.
Looking at the war-free card hanging high on the city gate, Wu Yan thought about it, what can greatly hit the morale of the enemy is the war, through the behavior of the defenders, it is obviously extremely jealous of the Wuhuan people, if the enemy army does not dare to go out of the city, it is a great blow to the morale of the enemy.
"Ugu, you lead five hundred cavalry and go to the outside of the city to fight." Uyan ordered.
Ugu is a warrior of the tribe to which Uyan belongs, and he has some martial arts
Wugu saluted excitedly, ordered five hundred cavalry to come to a place a stone's throw away from the city, and shouted: "Listen to the Liaodong army in the city, quickly open the city gate and welcome the grandfathers inside, otherwise when the army arrives, you will die without a place to be buried." ”
Among the Wuhuan people, there are not a few who can speak the Han language, and Wugu is obviously very good at it, and even speaks extremely fluently with war.
Outside the city, the news of the Wuhuan people fighting spread to the city, and the generals in the army asked for battle, jokes, they are the elite Liaodong army, how could they have been afraid of the Wuhuan people, when the Wuhuan people invaded Liaodong, they were still beaten.
Liu Yi glanced at the indignant general, shook his head slightly, and said: "Don't be reckless, the Wuhuan people have tens of thousands of troops of the Marquis of Jin behind them, and the Wuhuan people are extremely elite, not to be underestimated, they should be mainly held on to the city." ”
"General Liu, how can our Liaodong Army have suffered such humiliation, as long as three hundred cavalry go out of the city, it will definitely kill the Wuhuan general outside the city."
"Humble and ask for war."
"Humble and ask for war."
Gongsun Kang, who was in the first position, saw this scene, and the corners of his mouth moved, but thinking of Liu Yi's plan, he still closed his mouth, the most important thing now is to repel the Youzhou army, even if Liu Yi's prestige in the army is high, after the Youzhou army retreats, Liaodong still has the final say.
"General, what is there to fear about the Wuhuan people, why should they be afraid of war?" A general who usually walked close to Gongsun Kang said angrily.
(End of chapter)