Chapter 627: The number is Tiger Might
When defending the city that day, there were soldiers who put forward the suggestion of hurting the enemy as much as possible, and it was immediately adopted by Liu Yi and Zhang Hu, the existence of wounded soldiers will definitely increase the burden of the coalition army, and at this time, its effect in the retreat of the army was also completely demonstrated, so that Han and Zhang ordered these soldiers to carry firewood and grass to fill the road in order to seek speed, otherwise they would have to be dealt with by military law, at this moment, the coalition army could not take care of that much, and their only thought was to return to Hangu as soon as possible.
Can you put yourself in the shoes of those wounded soldiers at this time? Fighting with all his strength to be injured by the Lord, the pain in his body has not yet subsided, but he has ushered in this fatal blow, and they are still on their own side, they can't resist, and the taste of being forced by their old comrades with sharp blades is not comfortable, this is really a human tragedy! But he can't blame Liu Yi, the initiator, he is ruthless in the battle, and any mercy to the enemy is cruel to himself.
However, in this way, this ruthless method did increase the marching speed of the coalition army, although the screams of those wounded soldiers when they were trampled on were uncomfortable to hear, but for their own safety, the coalition soldiers had to force themselves to harden their hearts, but the good luck in exchange for this did not last long, and those damn Liu Yi cavalry appeared in their sight again, at this time, Han Sui, Zhang Wei and Sima Yi and others painfully found that the soldiers and civilians of Sizhou had spent a lot of thought even on the destruction of the road, The bumpy road did not prevent the opponent from sending out a fatal arrow, but it was just right to stop the counterattack that the coalition soldiers might use.
Speaking of this idea did not come from Liu Yi's soldiers, but a hunter among the people, he also had the experience of serving in the army under Dong Zhuo, and the good communication between Liu Yijun and the villagers also made his idea quickly reach Fan Chou's ears, he did not hesitate at all, for any method that can weaken the enemy Fan Chou will resolutely implement, of course, he also gave a generous reward to that Orion, and it seems to be extremely worthwhile at the moment.
The Wuhuan Hun cavalry ran back and forth on both sides of the road away from the coalition army, constantly attacking the enemy troops on the march with strong bows and crossbows, after the previous raid on the grain, they had a deeper understanding of the wolf tactics, coupled with various advantages in the road, even in the face of the huge coalition army, Zhang Wenyuan also dared to do this method of pulling out the teeth of the tiger's mouth, which was indeed extraordinary.
Although the enemy army has been harassed recently, it has been harassed tirelessly, both the morale of the army and the combat strength have been hit to a certain extent, and in addition to the advantages of the terrain, Liu Yijun's excellent riding bow is also an important reason why Zhang Liao dares to be so, the bow and arrow of the alien cavalry can easily shoot into the coalition army formation with horsepower, but the coalition archers can not fight back against the enemy army in front of them, and the weakness that is watching but powerless is more effective than giving the enemy casualties.
At this time, every coalition soldier is nostalgic for the heavy rain that made them suffer and curse a few days ago, at least no matter how fierce the rain is, it can't kill people, and these arrows are ruthless, and then the coalition simply ignores it, and each soldier protects himself with a shield, as for whether it has any effect, it can only be left to fate, one side rushes back and forth to constantly exert blows, and the other side is safe and easy to hurry, this is definitely a scene in the late Han Dynasty campaign, After a long time, it was also talked about by Sergeant Liu Yi!
However, it has to be said that there is no way for Han Sui, Zhang Wei and others to deal with it in the current situation, after all, the mud of the road makes the dispatch of the alien cavalry not too many, and the casualties caused by the damage of arrows after the coalition army is on guard are not huge, at least this price is still within the range of the coalition army, although there are still 20,000 Xiliang cavalry, but that is what Han Sui and others use to save their lives, and their morale has not recovered at this moment. With their presence, it can also make the opposing cavalry not dare to approach too closely, and once they let them attack, and then Liu Yijun seizes the opportunity to strike at them, then he will really have to be beaten and not fight back.
Sometimes stupid methods don't necessarily work, the coalition army is gathered in a group of people to harass the alien cavalry as a farewell, although there are losses every day but it is difficult to stop the pace of their retreat, it seems to be a bit of a nest, but it is of great benefit to the achievement of strategic goals, at the beginning Zhang Liao and Fan Chou were really a little unprepared for the response of the coalition army, after all, after the previous cavalry battle, the alien cavalry in their hands plus the state battalion was only more than 40,000 horses, This kind of combat power wants to crush the coalition army that is waiting for it, but it is still unable to catch it.
As the saying goes, you have Zhang Liangji, I have a wall ladder, an excellent general can always make the most effective tactical adjustments through the continuous change of the battlefield situation, Liu Yi and Zhang Hu handed over the task of Zhang Fan to the second general is to drag down the enemy's morale rather than interception, based on this key they also quickly made the decision to concentrate their forces to raid the enemy's rear and sneak attack the enemy camp in the middle of the night.
The former was carried out by Fan Chou's personal leadership and the cavalry of the state battalion, after the enemy army had become accustomed to the harassment of the alien cavalry, the state battalion would take advantage of the length of the coalition army and the terrain to let go of its brigade first, focusing on the assault on the soldiers at its tail, Fan Chou was not greedy, cutting off a piece is a piece, and the whole raid process is focused on a fast word, which can be said to be the cavalry's mobility ability to the extreme, of course, it is also because of the special situation of the Sizhou battlefield that the two can make such bold tactics, They can be said to have seen the idea of the coalition forces withdrawing with all their might.
Compared with the raid of the cavalry led by Fan Chou, Zhang Liao's night attack is more dangerous, after all, he has to face dozens of times the enemy army, and the slightest carelessness is to be in a heavy siege, but the reason why Wenyuan can be called a top general in the late Han Dynasty, extremely excellent battlefield analysis ability and unparalleled courage is the greatest guarantee, the night harassment of the first few days made the coalition army annoying, but it is just to see the wind and not the rain, this continuous harassment is easy to make the coalition soldiers have a habit of psychology, when this habit becomes natural, The time has come for Zhang Liao to make a move.
On the night of the seventh day after the coalition army withdrew from Luoyang, Zhang Liao led the Qinglong battalion of Liaohua and the Yanyun battalion under his command, a total of 2,000 elites in the cooperation of the Fan Chou cavalry to the tired coalition army launched a night raid that was enough to go down in history, the location of this battle was in the suburbs of Yangxian County, Zhang Liao hit the most powerful Chinese army of the coalition army, no one thought that he would pick the strongest point to start, the surprise in the art of war was used vividly by it, the whole night attack before and after the operation was less than an hour, Wen Yuan beheaded two thousand at the cost of hundreds of casualties, and the damage of the enemy's trampling in the panic was difficult to count, and even Han Sui and Zhang Wei were both forcibly taken to the rear military camp tent by their own guards in their sleep before they could be protected, and they were only frightened after the shouting of killing was settled.
Afterwards, Liu Yi called the night attack in Yangxian County a model of night attack operations since ancient times, and called Zhang Wenyuan a brave man, and he could be called "General Huwei"! Since then, this title has accompanied Zhang Liao's life, accompanying him to conquer the east and west under Liu Yi to establish immortal feats! From the point of view of the actual combat effect, the night attack and Fan Chou's surprise attack tactics made the already unstable military spirit of the coalition forces even more panicked, unable to do their best during the day and unable to sleep peacefully at night, and achieved the effect of exhausting the enemy and disturbing the enemy.
Liu Yi's idea of annihilating the coalition army is to encircle and annihilate, since it is encirclement and annihilation, the first focus is on a siege word, which is extremely difficult to do in the era of cold weapons, especially in the current situation where the comparison of forces is only barely one to one, in modern warfare, you can rely on long-range firepower and solid offensive to block the enemy with superiority, but in the late Han Dynasty, which is mainly hand-to-hand combat, this point is not feasible, and time does not allow Liu Yi to build a large number of strong camps.
What he can take advantage of is the natural advantage of the cavalry over the infantry army, mobility! With a mobile powerful force plus a few strong fortresses as a barrier is the biggest foundation for achieving his strategic goals, it is precisely because of this that he will do everything possible to hit the enemy's mobile force Xiliang Iron Cavalry, only the advantage of mobility is completely in his own hands to annihilate the enemy army There is a certain possibility, if it is only a decisive battle between the two armies to annihilate the enemy, his own losses will not be small, Liu Yi, who occupies the right time and place, if he still does this, it can only show that he is mediocre!
The previous Luoyang offensive and cavalry decisive battle has lost nearly 80,000 soldiers of the coalition army, Liu Yijun's casualties are also around 30,000, of which 20,000 are the price paid in the battle of breaking the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the current means and the biggest purpose is to make the remaining nearly 200,000 enemy troops become completely tired and lonely, Sizhou's cage will make them hit the wall everywhere, when its military morale will reach the bottom of the valley grain and grass can not keep up, it will be like a bruised beast, Although it still looks powerful and powerful, it is actually vulnerable.
After Liu Yi and Zhang Hu agreed on this strategy, they did not hesitate to implement it, Zhang Liao, Fan Chou and others played an important part of this strategy, I have to say that the second will give Liu Yi a great surprise this time, if their harassment and fatigue is the first step of Liu Yi's strategy, there is no doubt that this first step will be completed almost perfectly.
Above the battle array is the contest of strength of the two sides, is the competition of the combat strength of the soldiers, and it is the stage for those generals to show their talents, in this Sizhou war, the protagonist is by no means Liu Yi alone, the ability of the generals of each battalion to command the army and tactical response are extremely critical, they are the real implementers of the entire strategy, limited to the weakness of the means of communication, Liu Yi is unable to take care of the overall situation in time, the strain of the generals under his command will become extremely prominent at this time, Liu Yi and Zhang Hu have long made judgments on this, Although the coalition army is strong, it is completely unable to compete with Sizhou in terms of generals, otherwise Lang Sheng will not dare to set such a bold strategy no matter how confident he is!
On the stage of Sizhou, Zhang Liaofan played his brilliant movement as a top general, and successfully completed the strategic goals assigned by the main public army division, but obviously the nightmare of the coalition soldiers here is just the beginning, and then they have to face a Han elite who was famous in the world twenty years ago, when it was called the White Horse Righteous Servant, which made countless aliens frightened, and now it is called the White Horse Battalion! With Zhang Liao and Fan Chou in front of them, Yan Gang couldn't hold back the fighting spirit in his heart for a long time!