Gao Shun looked at Hou Cheng, who was eating Zhengxiang, and asked, "How are the results?" ”

Hou Cheng buried his head in stuffing food into his mouth, and said: "You said right, sure enough, there was an ambush, I led people to chase it out less than five miles, then Li Le took me to an open place, seeing that the terrain was unfavorable, I didn't dare to chase anymore, and I was ready to eat the hundreds of enemies who were intercepted and retreat." That Li Le escaped not far away, and when he saw that I was no longer chasing, he stopped and waited, damn it, he really thought Lao Tzu was stupid...... After waiting for a long time, seeing that I had no intention of chasing, the guy knew that the strategy was seen through, and he was angry and led his troops to run to Wugong, as soon as he left, the cavalry in ambush also moved, good guy, at least the cavalry of one or two divisions of our army, if it wasn't for your reminder, I would chase it down, I'm afraid that my fifth division would be crippled......"

"This cavalry has always been a great threat to us, and if we don't deal with them, we won't have a chance to attack Wugong!" Li Yandao.

Gao Shun also said: "It's a pity that the cavalry crossed the river too slowly, and our cavalry will not be able to cross the river until at least tomorrow!" Moreover, our army only has more than 7,000 cavalry in one division in Weinan, and it is not easy to defeat the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which is twice as large as itself! ”

Li Yan also does not seem to have much confidence in the Yizhou cavalry, firstly, the enemy's strength is twice that of his own army, and secondly, the cavalry of the Xiliang Army has been in battle for a long time, and has rich experience, and is the strongest cavalry of the Han Dynasty alongside the Bingzhou cavalry and Youzhou cavalry, and Yizhou has never been famous for its cavalry, and now the Yizhou cavalry is a start-up, with strict training but almost zero combat experience...... Neither he nor Gao Shun were blind people, so they were very worried, and said: "Yes, if the cavalry is lost, then the siege martial arts will become an empty word......"

Hou Cheng didn't raise his head and said, "I said you, what do you want to do so much?" Li Le's kid has long been frightened, I forgive him for his shrinking head turtle that he will do in martial arts, and he doesn't dare to fight again! ”

Gao Shun said: "Li Le lost the Weishui camp, the responsibility is not small, Dong Zhuo will not spare him, if he wants to live, he can only save himself, the only thing he can do at the moment is to use his superior cavalry to attack our army, if he can defeat our cavalry, then the martial arts are foolproof, and he will be regarded as a crime; If not, once Li Dao and Guo Yan arrive, after someone on the front line of martial arts is in charge, I am afraid that it will be the time when the head of the other person falls to the ground, even if he is Li Dao's person, I think Li Dao will not do his best to protect him! Therefore, I thought that if Li Le sensed the movement of our army, he would send cavalry to intercept our army! ”

Hou Chengdao: "Our army's Northern Expedition this time, concentrated the first cavalry division, the third cavalry division, and the first independent cavalry brigade of the three elite cavalry, if you count the main tiger guard cavalry, the strength exceeds Li Le's cavalry, it can be said that our army's horse infantry has an advantage in strength, does Li Le dare to attack?" "The Third Cavalry Division and the First Independent Cavalry Brigade did not take the Fu Luo Road, but the Yizhou Army did a good job of secrecy, and Li Le actually did not know that his cavalry had the advantage, and it was because of this that Hou Cheng thought that Li Le did not have the courage to attack.

Gao Shun said: "Now it's not a question of whether you dare or not, you have to do that, only the merit of taking the shot can save your life, Li Le understands this, then he must take action, even if it is desperate!" And the 1st Cavalry Division, the 1st Cavalry Independent Brigade followed General Wei's actions, and they were not here! Our army only has 8,000 cavalry cavalry of the first cavalry division and the tiger guard cavalry of the lord here, with a total strength of more than 10,000 troops, and the tiger guard cavalry of the lord is responsible for protecting the security of the lord. ”

Li Yan said: "Li Dao can arrive within two days, if we can't solve Li Le's cavalry within two days, besiege Wugong, and then use the camp to block the assault of Li Dao's cavalry, then with Li Dao's powerful cavalry, we are very likely to be driven back to the south bank of Weishui, or even be completely annihilated in the north of Weishui!" ”

Gao Shun said: "Once we are driven through Weishui, we will not be able to achieve the goal of containing Dong Zhuo's main force to create fighters for General Wei, even if General Wei captures Sanguan, Dong Zhuo can also contain our army with a small number of troops, and the main force will go west to block General Wei back!" In this way, this Northern Expedition will be a failure! ”

"Yes, the success of this river crossing attack is largely due to the surprise of Li Le, eat a trench and grow wise, the next time the enemy army is afraid that it will not give us that opportunity again, if we are driven across Weishui, and then think about it, the difficulty can be imagined!"

Hou Cheng still didn't take Li Le's cavalry to heart, and said, "I said that you are really, what are you doing with this heart?" Didn't the lord set the tactics of fighting cavalry with infantry? Before, because of insufficient preparation, a lot of equipment arrived at the end of the day, and it couldn't be placed in formation, and when all the equipment was delivered, were you still afraid of Li Le's more than 10,000 rides? ”

Thinking of Professor Liu Zhang's method of using infantry to deal with cavalry, Gao Shun couldn't help but nodded, and said: "The lord's method is very good, we have also practiced many times, and we can indeed restrain the cavalry very well, but after all, I have never fought in actual combat, and I always feel uneasy!" After saying that, I once again showed my worries, many things, training is one thing, but actual combat is often another!

"I'm confident!" Hou Cheng wiped the oil stains from his mouth, held the empty pottery bowl, and said, "See, that guy Li Le is just like the braised pork in this bowl, and he was completely wiped out by me in a blink of an eye, haha, be careful, is there anything else?" Two more bowls, I'm not full! ”

"If you want to eat, get it yourself!"

"Report, report to the lord, General Gao's good news, our army after four hours of fierce fighting, break through the enemy's Weishui defense line, annihilate 14,000 enemies, capture more than 3,700, the enemy general Li Le wants to make a knife plan to ambush our army, was recognized by General Gao, Li Le has now led his troops to retreat to Wugong County, because our army lacks cavalry to balance the Xiliang cavalry, Gao Shun's army does not dare to pursue, the army is cleaning the battlefield, treating the wounded, General Gao hopes that the lord can lead the follow-up troops and materials to cross the river as soon as possible, and encircle Wugong!"

"Yes, Shen Zhi is really a tiger general, and he defeated the enemy's strong defense line in a battle, and he was very relieved in his lonely heart. Can you mention the losses of our army? ”

"Hui Zhugong, according to General Gao's statistics, our army has lost more than 3,650 people and 134 people are missing, and the missing people are mainly caused by the improper operation of a boat crossing the river in the first wave of attacks and its capsizing, because of the poor sight at that time and the difficulty of rescue. More than 4,300 people were wounded, of which 750 were seriously injured and permanently attrition. More than half of the casualties of the Fourth Division's river-crossing troops and their combat strength were greatly reduced, so General Gao asked if the Fourth Division could be transferred back to the south bank for repairs? ”

Liu Zhang had already prepared, but he still didn't expect it to reach such a tragic point, especially the Fourth Division, the division commander Gong was wounded, and more than half of the casualties of the whole division were killed.

Gao Shun recorded in detail in the report that the Fourth Division fought to the death in the face of the enemy, and no one retreated half a step.

Liu Zhang nodded and said: "I agree that the Fourth Division will withdraw to the south bank of Weishui for repair, and order all recruit training camps in Hanzhong to immediately send the recruits who have completed the training to the front line, and give priority to supplementing the Fourth Division. ”

"Berning, please immediately command all the troops on the south bank to hurry up and cross the river, let the 3rd Cavalry Division go first, and all kinds of materials must also be transported as soon as possible, and by tomorrow afternoon at the latest, the army will march towards Wugong, and before that, all kinds of materials required by the army must be fully satisfied."

Full of favor bowed and said: "But please rest assured, the pet will not disappoint the lord!" ”

Liu Zhang nodded, and said to Hua Xiong: "Jianwei (Hua Xiong word, the author said that Du Niang can't find Hua Xiong's word, so I have to take it randomly, don't spray it if you don't like it), you lead your troops to cross the river and immediately send reconnaissance horses to the front line of martial arts, closely monitor the situation along the way, if you find the main force of the enemy horse, you must always keep it under your surveillance!" ”

Hua Xiong bowed and said: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

"Let's all go get busy, go and see Gong Du alone!" Liu Zhang waved his hand, and after everyone saluted, Yuguan withdrew from the tent.

Not long after, Liu Zhang came to the military medical office.

Before he entered the tent, he heard Gong Du shouting: "Doctor Qin, you are good, give our old Gong a bar, I beg you, you see that I am like this, I am very depressed in my heart, you specially approve us to have a little wine, not too much, three altars are good, let us borrow wine to drown our sorrows!" ”

Liu Zhang smiled slightly, listening to Gong Du's full of anger, it seemed that there was no big problem.

Listening to Qin Ye's unmoved, he said: "General Gong, your arm is seriously injured, although the treatment is timely, there is not much danger, but now the wound is in the recovery period, you must avoid the wound, otherwise there will be problems in wound healing." The lord has already instructed you to do your best to save you, if you have the slightest mistake, you will be punished in the next little, if you ruin the name of the teacher and the saint, how can you face the teacher? What's more, the general is the general of my Han family, and he holds a division of elite soldiers, if the general has any damage, is it not a loss for my Han? ”

Gong Du, who had been pestered for a long time, was also impatient, and shouted loudly: "Hmph, surnamed Qin, I have a lot of good things to say, and you don't back down at all, it's too bad to give me face, tell you, if you are a soldier in my division, I will not ......."