Chapter 904: The Gentle People's Response
After thinking about it carefully, he said to Tuhe Zhen and the other ministers and generals: "After eating, please ask the Khan to order the whole army to pull out the camp and continue to march in the direction of Zhuo Evil Mountain!" In the midst of the march, a thousand cavalry teams were still deployed in each of the four directions of the front and rear of the army! β
Some ministers were puzzled: "Isn't this arrangement the same as the previous one?" β
"Yes!" Hu Hehan nodded, "The next thing is different, didn't the Khan just now want to equip each of the four thousand cavalry soldiers with another horse?" Let the four thousand cavalry who are responsible for guarding the perimeter each have two horses, and once the cavalry of the dry army attack, no matter which direction they come from, the thousand cavalry who are attacked will immediately approach the main force and not engage them! β
"At the same time, among the main army, the two thousand cavalry units closest to the cavalry of the Qianjun army quickly attacked from the left and right flanks! The reason why the army should continue to march is to be able to react quickly, and this can be achieved during the march, but if it is camped and does not move, it will take time for the soldiers to assemble, and the marching process can save the time of assembly! β
"Once the two thousand cavalry teams that set out from the main army reach the left and right flanks of the cadre army, and quickly flank them, and the thousand cavalry teams that are retreating will also quickly turn around and counterattack, under the three-way attack, I don't believe that the 1,000 people of the cadre army can withstand it! This time doesn't need much, it only takes a moment at most, even if they can't completely annihilate this thousand cadres, they can lose most of them! β
Toga's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Tan Wuye also nodded, "This method of dealing with it is indeed good, it should be feasible, but there is one problem, the cadre army obviously has more than one thousand cavalry team, what if this thousand cavalry is flanked, and the other cadre troops quickly come to reinforcements after learning about it?" β
Kuhehan asked rhetorically: "Are the 20,000 horses of my main army all dead?" As long as the other thousand cavalry of the cadre army came to reinforce them, our main force quickly dispatched to surround them all, just enough to annihilate them in one fell swoop! β
Tan Wuye was asked.
At this time, Tuga Zhen finally knew that as long as there were people who had personally experienced the use of wolf pack tactics by the cadres and survived the battle, they could have the most real feelings, and they could think of ways to deal with them.
"Okay, that's it! Kuhehan, Ben Khan has entrusted you with the command of the next battle, and you have the right to mobilize anyone except the three thousand cavalry of the guards directly under Ben Khan! β
Tuhe Zhen was surprised by such a delegation of power, but this was obviously a good thing for him, and he bent down and pressed his chest: "Obey!" β
Under Togazhen's order, the Rouran army, which had only 20,000 horses left, set off again and continued to withdraw its troops to the northwest of Zhuoyi Mountain.
The main army had 16,000 men and horses, and the remaining 4,000 were deployed two or three miles away in the four directions of the southeast, northwest, and northwest as an external defense force.
The temperature at noon was a little high, and it was the turn of Captain Hu's thousand cavalry to act, but he did not choose to attack at the hottest time of the day, but waited until the afternoon before leading his troops to attack.
Including the first three thousand cavalry teams led by Yang Lie himself, the battle procedures of each successfully annihilating a Rouran thousand cavalry team have almost formed a fixed attack pattern, and Captain Hu Qianfu only needs to copy the attack mode of the previous three thousand cavalry teams, at least before the Rouran people come up with countermeasures, they have no effective way to deal with this attack mode, and Commander Hu Qianfu did exactly that.
He led his thousand cavalry to slowly approach the marching Rouran army, and the target he chose this time was the Rouran army to arrange the 1,000 cavalry behind the palace.
"General, the Rouran people are two miles ahead, look!" When Commander Hu Qianfu appeared on a hill behind the Rouran army with a thousand cavalry, his lieutenant pointed ahead and said.
Commander Hu Qianfu said to the soldiers: "The first three thousand cavalry teams have successfully annihilated a Rouran thousand cavalry team, and now it is our turn, you must devote yourself wholeheartedly, concentrate on it, and perfectly solve the thousand cavalry behind the palace of the Rouran people, don't embarrass Lao Tzu, do you hear?" β
The centurions shouted together: "Yes! β
"Let's go!" Commander Hu Qianfu waved his hand forward, roared and hit his horse and rushed down the hill, and the 1,000 cavalry behind him also rushed down in turn under the command of their respective generals and centurions.
The distance of two or three miles was too close for a cavalry that was sprinting quickly, and Captain Hu Qianfu made a lot of noise when they sprinted, and they were discovered by the Rouran army behind the palace as soon as they rushed down the hill.
"Commander, the cavalry of the cadre army is coming from behind!" A guard shouted at Rouran Qianfu.
Commander Rouran turned his head to look at it, and immediately shouted: "Lift your spirits to me, speed up and approach the main force, hurry up!" β
This time, each of the Rouran cavalry had two horses, and they also changed horses once during the run, and they were not caught up by the cadres at the first time.
This situation made Commander Hu Qianjun find out, and he frowned while riding his horse on horseback, "Why has the speed of the Rouran people become faster?" β
After chasing for dozens of breaths, at this time, Commander Hu realized that something was wrong, and before he could figure out what was going on, he heard someone shout: "Commander Qian, there is a Rouran cavalry on our flank!" β
Commander Hu Qianfu was shocked in his heart, and before he could react, someone on the other side shouted: "Commander Qianfu, a Rouran cavalry appeared on the right flank of our army, and they are killing us!" β
Commander Hu realized that something was wrong, and he immediately ordered: "Turn around and retreatβ"
Commander Hu Qianfu did not lose his position because of the unfavorable situation, and the cavalry of the cadre army did not disobey the order because the enemy attacked from both flanks.
Under the orders of Commander Hu Qianfu, the cavalry of the 1,000 cadres turned to the left with great speed and a stable formation, but as soon as they turned in front, they collided with the Rouran cavalry from the left.
Commander Hu Qianfu realized that blindly turning and turning around would definitely be completely flanked by the Rouran army due to lack of time, and under his leadership, the cadre army did not complete the U-turn, but only completed the turn.
The cadres who were originally attacking horizontally were rushing towards the Rouran army coming from the left with a deep rectangular military formation.
"Kill-" Hu Qianfu roared, the spear in his hand stabbed forward continuously, and the Rouran cavalry who rushed over one by one were stabbed and dismounted by him.
The loosely formed Rouran army suffered a big loss, and was suddenly rushed into the formation by Commander Hu Qianfu with a dense formation of cadres, and continued to rush forward at an unstoppable speed.
At this moment, the 1,000 Rouran cavalry that had retreated quickly to the main army had completed the U-turn and quickly rushed over, and the middle of the cadre army was hit like never before, and the rear team slowed down because of the impact on the middle, and it was quickly hit by the Rouran army that rushed from behind.
Commander Hu Qianfu led his cavalry to kill the Rouran cavalry blocking the road in front, but when he looked back, there were less than four hundred cavalry left at this time, if he didn't immediately choose to rush directly to the left flank Rouran army and kill through the Rouran army formation, but chose to turn around completely, I am afraid that even if he does not die this time, there may not be a few people left, after all, the power of the three-sided attack is not a joke.
The Rouran army won a complete victory this time, and its morale was greatly boosted, and the soldiers and generals thundered with joy, chasing Commander Hu Qianfu and more than 300 people who escaped for several miles before reluctantly stopping the pursuit.
A scout cavalry rushed to Wei Jing and Yang Lie to report: "Qi Qi two generals, Captain Hu Qianfu has suffered a heavy defeat, and there are only more than 300 people left, and they are currently coming this way!" β
"What?" Wei Jing and Yang Lie were taken aback, and immediately hit their horses to meet Commander Hu.
It didn't take long to see the embarrassed and disgraced Commander Hu, Yang Lie said in a deep voice: "Old Hu, what's wrong? How did this battle come to this? β
"Generals, they are all incompetent!" Commander Hu Qianfu was ashamed and indignant, and the other Qianfu commanders fought very well, and each of them achieved fruitful results, not only did he not make meritorious contributions when it was his turn, but also lost most of his soldiers and horses, where did he still have the face to meet his colleagues?
Under Yang Lie's repeated questioning, Commander Hu Qianfu still told the detailed process of the battle.
After Wei Jing and Yang Lie listened, they glanced at each other, they all knew that the wolf pack tactics could no longer be used like this, and if they continued to use the wolf pack tactics like this, they could only continue to suffer.
Wei Jing said: "It seems that we are going to adjust our tactics!" β
Yang Lie thought for a moment and ordered: "Come on, prepare pen and ink!" β
It didn't take long for Yang Lie to write a report and send someone to send Zhao Junsheng over as quickly as possible.
However, before waiting for the new order, Yang Lie was not unable to do anything, he could still come up with new tactics to attack within his authority, as long as this tactic was effective.
Yang Lie thought about it for a while, and ordered: "Go and tell the commander of thousands of people, it's time for him to dispatch, but this time he can't attack, his task is to disturb, once the vigilant men and horses of the Rouran army retreat without a fight, he must stop the pursuit, his men and horses and the main force of the Rouran army must not be less than three miles, and at the same time, there is a strict prevention of the Rouran army from outflanking from both wings!" β
"Yes!"
Wan Qian's commander's name is Wan Lin, he is Wan Dugui's nephew, Wan Yutong is his cousin, he is not very old, only in his twenties, but he is a talented person, otherwise he would not be able to achieve the position of commander of Qian.
Wan Lin remembered Yang Lie's instructions and quickly charged after the 1,000 cavalry close to the periphery of the Rouran army, but seeing that the other party immediately fled in the direction of the main army, he decisively stopped the pursuit and quickly withdrew.
This time, the cadres were not fooled, and the Rouran monarchs and ministers were not surprised, and the generals and colonels of the cadres were not fools, and they would never be fooled a second time if they were fooled once.
But the next move of the cadre army gave Rouran Junchen a headache, the cadre army kept disturbing and disturbing the periphery, and the peripheral guard cavalry could only move closer to the main army again and again, and the main army had to slow down the march or simply stop advancing in order to cover and protect the peripheral guard cavalry, which made the soldiers of the Rouran army very nervous all day long, both physically and mentally tired.