16. Win with courage and surprise
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Three days later, a group of soldiers and horses crossed the mountain road of Jiuji Mountain and entered the territory of Xiangling.
There were only 1,000 men and horses, but they were all cavalrymen, armed with spears and swords, and bows and arrows in their saddles. Yan Xing took Ma Lin, Hutou, Yang Feng, Dian Wei and others, and also rode among the cavalry, while Zhai Hao led a team of light horsemen as the vanguard.
Entering the jurisdiction of the Baibo Army, Yan Xing not only paid close attention to the thieves ahead, but also observed the situation in the jurisdiction of the Baibo Army.
It has to be said that war is the best way to temper the army.
Compared with the ordinary White Polish troops they saw last year, these ordinary White Polish troops in Xiangling have made rapid progress in military affairs, not only have sentry posts on their own borders, but also mobile scout cavalry.
Yan Xing's soldiers and horses, as soon as they entered Xiangling, were discovered by them.
Of course, what made Yan Xing most vigilant was that these Bai Bo troops also began to re-cultivate the large abandoned fields in the territory.
Although the Baibo army invaded Hedong County on a large scale as soon as the spring of this year began, a large number of soldiers and civilians in these cities in the north fled to Anyi and other cities in the south, and the abandoned fields were ruined by the Baibo army, and the occasional fields where seeds were sown were cut away by the Baibo army before the crops were ripe.
However, at the beginning of spring, these fields have also undergone some deep ploughing, although because no one cultivates them, and weeds have regrown, but at this time, as long as the weeds are burned once, and the wheat seeds are sown as soon as possible, and a batch of grain can still be harvested by waiting for next year.
The deeper he went into the territory of Xiangling, Yan Xing saw more and more Bai Bo troops sowing wheat in the fields, most of whom were old and weak, women and children.
At present, there are no far-sighted figures in the White Polish Army, and they concentrate on organizing the families of the soldiers and the people who are coerced to settle the fields on a large scale, but the members of the White Polish Army are all from the common people of Qian, although the young and strong all go to hold knives and bows, but the old and weak women and children see these fertile fields that originally belonged to the local heroes, and now they are abandoned in front of their eyes, they are all greedy and distressed, so they spontaneously occupy the fields and begin to sow and cultivate.
Although the efficiency of these spontaneous activities of grabbing seeds and wheat is not high, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. Thinking that the Bai Bo Army in Yong'an, Yangxian, Pingyang and other places would be able to harvest a batch of spring grain one after another after the beginning of spring in the coming year, Yan Xing's brows couldn't help frowning slightly.
I am not afraid that the Baibo army is overwhelming, but what I am afraid of is that they can fully tap the huge human resources at hand, if they are allowed to sit down like this, and then want to clear the Baibo army in the future, then they will encounter a Baibo army that is skilled in war and has enough soldiers and enough food, which will greatly increase the difficulty of clearing and suppressing.
At the same time, in his heart, Yan Xing also secretly warned himself that he would speed up the arrangement in Jiangyi, and he would have a big battle with the main force of the Baibo Army next year.
Thinking about these things in his mind, Yan Xing's eyes did not leave the front.
At this time, the forward's Zhai Hao's department continued to emit a chirping sound, which crossed the sky, and the sharp sound resounded through the empty four fields.
"Captain, Zhai Hao's department has received the enemy!"
Ma Lin couldn't hide his excitement in his eyes and said to Yan Xing, this is the signal they agreed to meet the enemy, it seems that Zhai Hao's vanguard has already met the Bai Bo army who is coming.
The White Polish Army set up sentry posts on the border, and the black smoke from burning livestock manure had already rushed into the sky, although the sentry cavalry of the White Polish Army, as soon as they approached, they were caught up by the Xiliang cavalry under Yan Xing's command and shot them one by one.
But the enemy army has been in the country for so long, and there are countless old and weak women and children of the White Polish Army who have fled in shock, even if the main force of the White Polish Army is slow to react, at this time, there should be a large-scale response.
Yan Xing led the cavalry to speed up, and soon caught up with the vanguard Zhai Hao's department.
Zhai Hao was leading a hundred light horsemen at the moment, and the cavalry of the Baibo Army who rushed over first were fighting.
After the Huns and the Baibo army withdrew into Taiyuan County last year, the Baibo army used the terrain of Zhaoyuze as a cover to plunder many cities in Taiyuan County, coercing the people, and its power began to grow again.
However, the Huns could not use this method to strengthen themselves, and after discussing with Hu Chuquan and others, Yu Fuluo decided to leave the Baibo army. At the beginning of spring, he turned to Yuan Shao, the Taishou of the Bohai Sea, who was stationed in Hanoi and was in the limelight, while the Bai Bo army chose to make a comeback and return to Hedong County.
Although the Baibo army lost the help of the Hun cavalry, it suffered a loss, grew wise, and began to form cavalry units themselves.
Although at the moment, it seems that the cavalry of the White Polish Army is not very good.
Zhai Hao took a hundred cavalry, and the cavalry of the Baibo Army arrived first but there were more than 300 cavalry, Zhai Hao had fewer enemies, but he was still at ease on the battlefield, regardless of whether it was a long-range bow and arrow or a hand-to-hand horse combat, Zhai Hao's 100 Xiliang cavalry were firmly overwhelmed by the cavalry of the Baibo Army.
Not far away was the battlefield where men and horses were galloping and fighting, and Dian Wei, who was following Yan Xing, was enthusiastic, and he immediately asked Yan Xing to fight.
"Captain, please allow me to go to help Zhai Sima and capture and kill the enemy cavalry chieftain!"
Looking at Dian Wei, who had a beard like a halberd and a majestic appearance, Yan Xing smiled approvingly.
After Dian Wei was captured by Yan Xing and Xu Huang in Fengqiu, because his physical fitness was different from ordinary people, he quickly recovered from his injuries. And Yan Xing also deliberately took the time to meet Dian Wei, and when he looked at Dian Wei, who was still full of hostility, Yan Xing asked with a smile:
"There is no need to be angry about being captured, although your twin iron halberds are capable of defeating hundreds of people, but above the battle array, can you defeat thousands or ten thousand people? Although you can save your villagers with your own bravery, can you save every soldier on the defeated side of the battle? ”
After these two questions were thrown out, Dian Wei, who had always boasted of his bravery, was speechless for a while, and Yan Xing did not rush to recruit him, but treated him as a guest, leaving him in the army to treat him politely.
Dian Wei saw that Yan Xing did not force himself to surrender, and he repeatedly treated himself politely, this situation of doing nothing and eating wine and meat in vain made his heart quite tormented.
So this time Yan Xing brought him to Xiangling, and as soon as he saw the Bai Bo army, he immediately went out to ask for battle.
"Dian Jun is brave, today is the right time to show his skills!"
Yan Xing did not refuse Dian Wei's invitation to fight, but wanted to send a cavalry to fight with Dian Wei, but Dian Wei was unwilling, he asked for a battle, just to prove his courage in public, and more cavalry would only make him a little more scruples.
Seeing that Dian Wei was so persistent, Yan Xing couldn't force his demands, so he let him shoot the horse and go out of the battle.
Dian Wei got the order to go to battle, although he was a single horse, he was not afraid, but his fighting spirit was high. Holding a long halberd in his hand, he rode out slowly, and with a pair of big eyes scanned the battlefield not far away, and soon locked on to the cavalry commander of the White Wave Thief Kou cavalry.
The goal was set, Dian Wei immediately shouted, galloped his horse, held the halberd, and went straight to the horseman.
The cavalry of the Baibo Army is fighting endlessly with Zhai Hao's Xiliang cavalry at the moment, and the cavalry formations of both sides are like two intertwined dragons, there is me in the enemy, and there is an enemy in me, and I can't get rid of the enemy on the opposite side in a hurry.
And what Dian Wei aimed at was the tail of the dragon where the cavalry of the White Polish Army gathered. He controlled the horse with only his legs, holding a halberd, striking left and right, wherever the halberd went, people turned on their horses, and the cavalry of the White Polish Army who stood in the way did not have a round of the enemy, and Dian Wei soon broke into the enemy formation.
Dian Wei, who broke into the enemy's cavalry formation, was suddenly surrounded by the White Polish Army, and there were White Polish troops in all directions, some of the horses were facing him, and some of them had already turned their horses' heads in the confusion.
Dian Wei didn't care, he was surrounded by the enemy, the more bold he became, he shouted and waved his halberd, and several White Polish cavalry who tried to get close to him fell off their horses one after another, and the head of one of the mounts was broken by Dian Wei with a halberd, and the knights and horses on the horses fell to the ground at once.
At this time, the cavalry of the White Polish Army also noticed that this unstoppable enemy knight was rushing towards him, and he was getting closer and closer. Looking at Dian Wei's majestic posture of looking at the field and being aggressive, the cavalry general of the Baibo Army couldn't help but be afraid, in addition to sending the cavalry around him to block Dian Wei, he also began to take a few cavalry, wanting to pull his horse away.
"The thief is leaving, Chen Liudianwei is here, dare to fight with me!"
When Dian Wei saw that the horsemen of the White Wave Army turned their horses away from him and wanted to gallop in the other direction, he was suddenly in a hurry, and there was another loud shout on the battlefield, which frightened the enemy mounts around him to neigh "Herod".
Dian Wei, who picked up the halberd, broke into battle, fought his rage, and accelerated to chase the cavalry general of the White Wave Army, but there were many cavalry of the White Wave Army who rushed over to block it, and Dian Wei couldn't kill it for a while, seeing that the White Wave Army cavalry general was getting farther and farther away from him.
After killing a White Polish cavalry with a halberd, he caught a glimpse of the back of the White Polish cavalry, and simply shouted again, waved his halberd, and swept away the two White Polish cavalry, forcing the other White Polish cavalry not to step forward for a while.
Dian Wei, who had a gap, seized the opportunity, drove the horse forward, and at the same time picked up the round horse halberd, and threw it out in the direction of the Baibo army cavalry, the horse halberd is a heavy weapon, not suitable for throwing, Dian Wei simply did the opposite, and threw it out.
The white wave army cavalry general who had just exposed his back, only heard a gust of wind whistling behind him, he didn't dare to look back, just wanted to continue to ride the horse forward, but the next moment, a horse halberd hit his back hard, even if there was armor to protect him, but suddenly suffered such a heavy blow, the white wave army cavalry general couldn't bear it, only felt that his back seemed to be cracked, he spurted out a mouthful of blood under the severe pain, and then slid forward with a scream and fell off the horse.
Dian Wei, who had succeeded in the first blow, was overjoyed, he looked up to the sky and roared, drew out his double iron halberd, drove his mount, and galloped towards the place where the white wave cavalry general who fell off his horse was located, and the white wave cavalry who came to stop him, seeing him exerting great might, killed his own cavalry in one fell swoop, and they were all frightened, and let him kill out of the encirclement.
Dian Wei, who rushed out of the encirclement, rushed to the white wave cavalry general who fell off the horse, he shouted, jumped off the horse with a double iron halberd, and killed the white wave soldiers who wanted to save their own cavalry, took advantage of the gap, drew out the ring knife, cut off the head of the white wave army cavalry, tied his waist, re-mounted, and killed again.
"The one who killed the thief leader, Chen Liudianwei is also!"
Dian Wei, who was at the head of the hand, did not forget to shout such a sentence again when he stood out from the enemy formation, and several cavalrymen of the White Polish Army who wanted to chase him were killed one by one by him when he turned around and threw his halberd on the horse.
Cutting the flag is like probing the bag!
Yang Feng, who was beside Yan Xing, saw the scene of Dian Wei entering and exiting the battle at this time, and couldn't help but be deeply infected by Dian Wei's bravery, he was also a guest in Yan Xing's camp, and seeing Dian Wei charging into battle as if he was in a no-man's land, this also stimulated his desire to make meritorious contributions.
"Captain, please also ask for orders under you, lead your subordinates, pick up the Dianjun, and break the thief horse!"
"Okay, there's Lao Yangjun!"
Seeing that his own soldiers were enthusiastically asking for battle, Yan Xing was naturally happy, and at the same time, he had to sigh that in the era of cold weapons, the charging of a fierce general was not small to boost the morale of his own soldiers.
Especially against thieves like the White Polish Army, who have a large number of people but are not in a strict formation.
This is also why Jiang Shang was seventy or eighty years old during the Battle of Makino, and he had to drive the chariot to personally send his teacher. Gao Gu of Qi State, before the Battle of Qi, in order to boost the morale of the Qi army, he was the emperor of Shangqing, and he had to trap the Jin soldiers and sell the reason for courage.
Yang Feng took a group of rangers who were also wearing armor and leading troops, roared out, and after receiving Dian Wei to return to his own army formation, he once again entered the cavalry of the Baibo Army that had begun to disperse, and worked together with Zhai Hao's cavalry to break and chase down the rout.
Soon, after the cavalry of the White Polish Army left more than 100 corpses and the heads of their own cavalry generals, they barely got rid of the pursuit of Zhai Hao, Yang Feng and others, and the remaining cavalry of the White Polish Army were like frightened birds, unable to fight again, and they all slapped their horses away from the battlefield and fled away in embarrassment.
Yan Xing did not move, has been overseeing the battle situation, at this time saw the White Wave Army cavalry troops retreat, but behind the White Wave Army and other cavalry also arrived one after another, he was afraid that Zhai Hao, Yang Feng and others, the pursuit was too deep, but by the other soldiers and horses of the White Wave Army from both sides cut off the way back, or directly outflanked, so he began to order the horn to be blown, and a group of cavalry began to slowly turn around and retreat.
Yan Xing and the others began to retreat, while the Baibo army gathered three or four thousand soldiers and horses, and in turn began to pursue Yan Xing and the others.
Because he saw that Yan Xing and the others were only a thousand people, and the number was far less than his own, the little marshal of the Baibo Army who led the troops also ordered to pursue them at full speed, and it was bound to leave behind these Xiliang cavalry who ran to his territory to show their teeth and claws, killing and wounding soldiers.
But Yan Xing's side was all cavalry, and the speed was obviously much faster than that of Bai Bo's army, which had most foot soldiers, so although Bai Bo Xiaoshuai ordered the foot soldiers to spread their legs with all their might, they still couldn't catch up with Yan Xing's cavalry.
The cavalry of the Baibo Army had just been defeated, and the remaining remnants of the cavalry could not effectively entangle and delay Yan Xing's cavalry, and they were often killed and scattered by Zhai Hao and a group of light cavalry before they could get close.
In this way, the two sides chased and retreated, coming in the direction of Jiuji Mountain.
During this period, the little marshal of the Baibo army who led the troops also chose to stop the pursuit because he really couldn't catch up with the enemy cavalry and was worried about the enemy's ambush, but once stopped, those Xiliang cavalry would go and return, and rely on horsepower, suddenly returned to the surroundings of their own foot soldiers, and shot with bows and arrows from a distance, threatening their own retreat, and there was also a majestic looking, bearded like a halberd three times and twice into the Baibo army formation that wanted to retreat, and then slapped the horse and withdrew, and so on and so on, and killed and injured a lot of Baibo army's foot soldiers.
As a last resort, Bai Bo Xiaoshuai, who was so angry, could only order to continue the pursuit, thinking in his heart that only after driving the enemy army to the foothills of Jiuji Mountain, the foot soldiers defended according to the danger, and only by virtue of the terrain could they block the entanglement and rush of the Xiliang cavalry.
When the Baibo army pursued and drove the Xiliang cavalry to the foothills of Jiuji Mountain, the formations of both sides were long and loose on the narrow mountain road.
Seeing that the terrain was dangerous, Bai Bo Xiaoshuai was afraid, and at the same time, he also saw that the Xiliang cavalry was limited by the terrain and could no longer threaten his retreat in a roundabout way, so after leaving a small number of soldiers and horses, he began to order other Bai Bo foot soldiers to turn around.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the sound of trumpets suddenly sounded in all directions, and from where they came from, a large number of crossbowmen also appeared, and a large number of crossbowmen appeared on the cliffs on both sides, and powerful crossbow arrows quickly shot towards the crowd of the White Polish army.
"There's an ambush!"