Chapter 81: The Battle of the Clamping River

If Hong Chengchou is only now fighting with Cao Zongyu. is wrong.

It's just that before, Hong Chengchou suppressed the Xia army with the help of absolute cavalry superiority. With the capital to retreat calmly.

Hong Chengchou's retreating army did not decrease because of going north, but more of them.

The reason is simple.

Shandong, Hebei, and finally the various armies of the Qing court gathered in Hong Chengchou's army.

Such a situation makes Hong Chengchou in a dilemma.

With Hong Chengchou's thoughts, he was unwilling to bring these people along. But the current situation does not allow him to refuse. At this point in the Qing Dynasty, every bit of strength is very important.

The more people gather, the more they gather, and all kinds of baggage gather. The slower the march, so that the Qing army stalled the pursuit of the Xia army. I had to let the cavalry of the brigade under the leadership of Nikan, since the north from Zhangde Mansion, I don't know how many times I have clashed with the cavalry of the Xia army.

However, this situation was reversed at this moment.

The summer army camp is a hundred miles away from the Qing army camp.

Several cavalry groups gathered in the battalion.

Daniel Zhang from Li Dingguo's department, Gao Yuanjue's department from Luoyang, and Cao Zongyu's own Jin Shenghuan department. Except for the cavalry on Zheng Chenggong's side, almost all the cavalry of the Xia army gathered here.

Cao Zongyu was overjoyed, but also a little worried.

Naturally, these cavalry should be used intensively here.

But who commanded these nearly 40,000 horsemen.

You must know that among these 40,000 horsemen, there are too many surrendered troops. It turned out that the cavalry of the Xia army was less than 20,000. Therefore, those who can suppress these tens of thousands of cavalry must have seniority in the Xia army and their own ability.

But there are no such cavalry generals in the Great Xia army.

Luo Dai, Yang Shenzu, and even Ma Sanbao behind, such generals died on the battlefield one after another. Let Cao Zongyu weigh it, in fact, Jin Shenghuan is more suitable to be the main general than Gao Yuanjue.

It's just that Gao Yuanjue has the title of Duke of China after all, and he controls the largest cavalry.

In the end, Cao Zongyu still made a compromise.

Ling Gao Yuanjue was the main general, and Jin Shenghuan and Daniel Zhang were the deputy generals, commanding the cavalry group.

Cao Zongyu's reception banquet to welcome the two armies had just ended, Cao Zongyu summoned all the cavalry generals, announced the decision, and said to Gao Yuanjue: "In this battle, as long as General Gao can contain the cavalry of the Qing army, Hong Chengchou has nowhere to escape, which is the first merit." ”

Gao Yuanjue was overjoyed and said: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Immediately, Gao Yuanjue summoned the generals. Compared with Jin Shenghuan, Daniel Zhang is much more honest.

In fact, if Daniel Zhang was not He Hutou's favorite general, he would not have climbed to this position in a short period of time. Compared to his qualifications, he still lacks something.

No matter what Gao Yuanjue says, he is also Gao Jie's son, Gao Jie died in battle for Great Xia, from Zhang Xuan

to the ordinary generals below, they all gave him some face. There are also some generals left by Gao Jie, such as Li Benshen. He stayed in the lecture hall for several years. Now it can also be classified as Zhang Xuan's descendant.

In addition, the merit of attacking Nanjing and killing Li Chengdong at the beginning is to have merit and merit, and to have a background.

Daniel Zhang naturally obeyed orders honestly.

However, Jin Shenghuan is not afraid of Gao Yuanjue.

When Jin Shenghuan defected to Cao Ying, Gao Jie didn't know where he was, although he was not Zhang Xuan's descendant, but he was the team of Yuan Shizhong, the king of Wei.

He has old qualifications and a lot of military exploits.

If Gao Jie was here, Jin Shenghuan would naturally not dare to say a word. But Gao Yuanjue is not Gao Jie in the end.

Now that Gao Yuanjue has suddenly become Jin Shenghuan's boss, Jin Shenghuan is naturally unconvinced. However, with Cao Zongyu pressing the formation, the following generals did not dare to make any trouble.

After Gao Yuanjue discussed with the two, the troops were divided into three ways, Gao Yuanjue's headquarters was the Chinese army, and Daniel Zhang and Jin Shenghuan were the left and right wings. Open the way for the army and block the Qing cavalry.

For a time, on the North China Plain, nearly 100,000 cavalry on both sides were all deployed.

It's just south of Zhendingfu. The two sides are in formation, and the big battle is imminent.

All the cavalry of the Qing army was under the command of Nikan.

As soon as Zilharang is gone, there are few talents in the clan who can lead troops, and Nikan is one of them. He naturally prioritized, and he had no intention of fighting with Xia Jun here.

Such an idea still existed before.

However, before Cao Zongyu supported Xudu, the Qing army of nearly 100,000 horses surrounded Xudu on the north bank of the Wei River, and attacked for two or three days in a row, losing a lot of soldiers.

But under the layers of firearms of the Xia army, there was no inch at all.

The battle of the Weihe River gave Nikan a deep understanding of what it means to be immobile like a mountain.

Without the support of heavy artillery, it is not even a matter of even thinking about breaking through the Xia army camp first. Hong Chengchou repeatedly explained that this battle was to prevent the Xia army from going north, and it was not necessary to win.

Nikan naturally wanted to protect his children.

Now that the war has arrived, many of the Xia army's troops have changed, especially the main force of the Battle of Luoyang. But the Xia army had supplements, but the Qing army did not.

Therefore, Nikan split the cavalry into more than a dozen thousand-man teams, and hid when he encountered the cavalry of the Xia army. If you can't see it, you will go straight to the rear of the Xia army.

Harassing the Xia army on the move.

If they don't want to be able to break the Xia army, they want to come and go to the cavalry of the Qing army, even if they borrow the courage of the Xia army, they don't dare to pursue it generously.

More likely, before the Xia cavalry turned around, they camped on the spot.

No matter how well the infantry is trained, when facing the cavalry, there are always congenital defects. Nikan's method was also pinched on the death hole of the Xia cavalry.

The biggest problem of the Xia cavalry is personnel

It's too messy. There are too many troops. The army was dispatched, and the cavalry of the Xia army headquarters pressed the formation, and these troops were naturally honest.

But what would it look like if it was divided.

Gao Yuanjue really didn't know, and he really didn't dare.

Maybe someone will lead the team to join the Qing army, and the general will tell the Qing army all the truth and fiction.

So Gao Yuanjue met a few teams of cavalry. It's just that the Qing cavalry saw that the Xia cavalry turned around and fled, and Gao Yuanjue immediately chased after him.

It's just that he hasn't caught up with Liangli yet, and he was immediately called by Li Benshen.

Li Benshen's experience is much richer than that of Gao Yuanjue. caught up from behind, grabbed Gao Yuanjue's reins, and said, "The general can't chase it, this is the bait of the Qing army?" ”

Gao Yuanjue still trusts Li Benshen very much, and when he heard this, he suddenly felt a thrill in his heart. He immediately stood on top of the saddle, pulled out the clairvoyant mirror, looked around, and didn't seem to see anything?

Suddenly, I heard what seemed to be rumbling thunder from behind me.

This is not thunder, but the sound of horses' hooves.

Seeing this, Gao Yuanjue didn't know that what Li Benshen said was right, the Qing cavalry wanted to cut off Gao Yuanjue's back road.

Gao Yuanjue knew that it was not too late, and immediately turned the front team to the rear team, and the Xia army cavalry, which was pursuing, turned around and left, but saw that although the Qing army cavalry was very scattered, the general direction was not wrong.

With their own cooperation, they formed a circle, as if they wanted to firmly cover Gao Yuanjue's subordinates.

When Gao Yuanjue really felt that this battle could not be avoided, a cavalry came from the rear, and the Qing cavalry in the rear direction was entangled to death.

It was none other than Daniel Zhang.

Daniel Zhang has always been a pioneer in the battle formation, and he really deserves a brave word. I saw that he brought 500 personal soldiers, as if he were a sharp blade. Forced to plow a flesh and blood road among the cavalry of the Qing army.

Daniel Zhang killed through the enemy formation, turned the horse's head, and killed again.

In this way, the soldiers under Daniel Zhang, although many troops surrendered, were also impressed by Daniel Zhang's bravery, shouted for a time ten thousand victories, and rushed up in a row.

The Qing army's originally not very strong encirclement was forced to make a hole by him.

Gao Yuanjue was overjoyed when he saw this, and he came out of the gap.

After the killing, Gao Yuanjue turned his horse's head and joined Daniel Zhang's department. did not retreat, but advanced, and fought with the Qing cavalry.

Although Nikan doesn't want to fight a decisive battle, he also has to consider the truth that his anger can be puffed up but not vented.

The weight of the cavalry of the Xia army must always be tried.

So, around Su Tian Village, there was a cavalry battle. Finally broke out.

This battle also showed a change in the way the Xia army and the Qing army fought together. At least the Xia army's own cavalry, which has already formed a scale.

It's just that in this big battle, neither side wants to fight to the end, but it is just a forward battle that both sides have tasted at a shallow end.