Chapter 802: Erlong Mountain Changed Hands
The coalition forces were thunderous and powerful, and it looked like rivers gathering in the dark night.
For a time, in the camp of the coalition army, the lights were bright, the war drums were rumbling, and more than 300,000 coalition troops quickly assembled, quickly lined up, and moved forward rapidly.
In an instant, the army was ready for battle, and it didn't take much time to assemble it.
The 300,000 coalition troops, forming four phalanxes, began to move forward in an orderly manner.
Han Zhitong rode on a war horse, like a wolf, running quickly, beside him, Wen Zhiming, Zhang Yuting, Wu Jieshao, Wang Zhengwen four generals, followed left and right, four phalanxes behind him, running forward.
It was like four huge carpets, moving rapidly in the night.
Erlong Mountain could not be attacked for a long time, and the Chushu coalition army suffered heavy losses, if it was not rescued in time, not to mention what the battle situation in the mountain road was, the southern slope alone could bury 130,000 coalition troops.
Understanding the changes in the battle situation, no matter Han Zhitong, or Wen Zhiming and others, they dare not take it lightly and underestimate the enemy.
With a little hesitation, the losses of the coalition forces will not be imaginable.
In the hillside, Feng Yi led the Yan cavalry to kill and kill, giving full play to the mobility and combat effectiveness of the Yan cavalry, and the Xuanjia soldiers had no power to parry, and a large number of corpses rolled down the hillside.
In the fierce battle, the Yan cavalry led by Feng Yi was like a heavenly soldier descending into the world, and he was extremely brave, but he always paid attention to the movements of the coalition forces under the mountain.
At this moment, sensing the fire shining in the camp of the coalition army under the mountain, countless coalition troops lined up and moved towards Erlong Mountain, Feng Yi said to the guards beside him categorically: "Evacuate, the whole army evacuates!" ”
Since the previous first wave of shock has achieved its intended purpose, there is no point in continuing to stay!
"Evacuate the whole army, evacuate quickly!"
"Evacuate the whole army, evacuate quickly!"
Bastard, if you want to escape, how can it be so easy, Chen Dongyu gritted his teeth, did not answer Li Dongming's inquiry, and directly led his troops to quickly block Yan Qi.
"Brothers, swear to stop Yan Qi to the death and destroy this group of bastards."
"The whole army is in pursuit!"
"The whole army is in pursuit!"
The Xuanjia soldiers were killed without the power to fight back, and seeing the Yan cavalry withdrawing to block it, it had little effect, after all, the Yan cavalry rushed back and forth, a round of fighting, and basically left the battlefield completely.
At this moment, Chen Dongyu asked the Xuanjia soldiers to block the attack, but the Xuanjia soldiers didn't have time to retract, so they could only watch Yan Qi retreat quickly from the crack, eating a nose of smoke and dust.
Chasing, chasing, Chen Dongyu was unwilling in his heart, and no matter how fast the Yan army evacuated, he led the Xuanjia soldiers to pursue.
This time, Feng Yi led the Yan cavalry to the top of the mountain, but without the slightest hesitation, he rolled down the northern slope directly and headed towards the plain area.
Soon, in the mountain road, Tuoba Yu also led the Yan cavalry to rush out of the mountain road, traveled more than ten miles, and joined Feng Yi's army.
Chen Dongyu arrived at the top of the mountain with the Xuanjia soldiers, and the Yan cavalry had already gone away and fled.
This group of bastards, Chen Dongyu scolded with a hideous face, but he did not take it lightly, and quickly ordered: "The whole army will go south and completely enter the hinterland of Yan Kingdom." ”
Although he paid a heavy price and let Yan Cai escape, he finally took full control of Erlong Mountain, opened the door to break into the north, and made full preparations for the next big war.
However, the resulting situation of the coalition forces was defeated, and in the coalition forces, the atmosphere was not happy, on the contrary, morale became low.
From the generals to the soldiers, everyone wondered if there was any need to continue this war if it was as tragic as it is today.
After a night's rest, in the early morning of the next day, the coalition army crossed the Erlong Mountain and arrived at the northern plain, but at this time, the coalition army did not continue to advance, let alone according to the pre-plan, divided into three forces, and attacked Yan from three different directions.
The army set up camp in the plain north of Erlong Mountain, and the whole army rested, and in addition, the commanders of each army began to discuss the next battle.
The Five Nations Alliance Army has a large number, but attacking the small Erlong Mountain, it will pay a lot of price, if every battle is a tragic cost, the Five Kingdoms Yan Army, has not yet arrived in Luoyi City, 600,000 coalition troops, it is possible to be completely consumed by the Yan Army.
In the handsome tent, the atmosphere was dull and depressing, the generals, their expressions were gloomy, silent in the handsome tent, no one spoke, everyone seemed to be all reflecting, or thinking about something.
Last night, they witnessed the combat effectiveness of the Yan cavalry, and thoroughly understood one thing, at the end of last winter, the Yan army severely damaged hundreds of thousands of allied troops of Wuyue, Cai, and Zheng in Shiyan City, and it seemed that it was not as difficult as imagined.
What's more, this time, the Yan army encountered was not the elite of the Yan army, and it still showed such a strong combat effectiveness, if it encountered the elite of the Yan cavalry, how much the coalition army would pay, I can't imagine it.
After a long time, Han Zhitong coughed lightly, took the lead in breaking the tranquility in the handsome tent, slashed his cheeks, showed a bit of fortitude, stared at the generals, and asked loudly: "How do you see Yan Jun?" ”
The battle of Erlongshan, how many casualties, all the generals are clear, the troops led by Chen Dongyu and Li Dongming on the southern slope suffered extremely heavy casualties, there are more than 70,000 people, in the mountain road, the battle was not clear at all last night, Han Xiaotian, who was in charge of the main attack, and the two of Qiu Lengye, only led half of the army back.
It can be said that in order to capture Erlong Mountain, the coalition army paid almost 110,000 lives, however, on the battlefield, only more than 20,000 Yanqi corpses were left.
The huge difference in casualties made Han Zhitong have a new understanding of the Yan army, and he no longer dared to take it lightly.
Han Zhitong, as a famous general of the Chu State, led the troops to the Northern Expedition, and was severely injured by Yan Cavalry in the first battle, and was fled by the other party, which made the coalition troops dare not move forward, and their cheeks were inevitably hot.
Thinking of the pride and arrogance before the war, I felt more and more embarrassed in my heart, and hurriedly picked up the teacup to hide the embarrassment in my heart!
At this time, Li Dongming took the lead in standing up, clenched his fists and spoke, and said bluntly: "Last night's battle, the last general clashed with the Yan army many times, the Yan army's combat effectiveness is strong, beyond the expectations of the last general, and the other party is cavalry, mobility, impact, horsemanship, daunting, if it weren't for the terrain of Erlong Mountain is not conducive to cavalry attack, last night, our casualties were greater, therefore, the last general felt that the next time he fought with Yan Cai, he must find ways to weaken the impact of Yan Cai!" Otherwise, even if the Xuanjia soldiers are chaotic on the battlefield, they may not be able to stop the Yan army!"
In last night's battle, he commanded 30,000 Shu troops, several of them were all annihilated, in the four-way coalition army, the number of casualties, second only to the loss of Chen Dongyu's Xuanjia soldiers, plus the first contact with Yan Cai, the defense line was broken down by the other party many times, he knew Yan Cai quite clearly.
"Yan Cai's combat effectiveness is geometric, the end will be difficult to determine, but Yan Qi is really cunning, under the snow on the mountain road, it is full of traps set by the other party, traps, last night, the last general led the army, rarely contacted the Yan army, just preparing to break through the mountain road, it will also lose a lot, last night, many coalition troops are going north from the mountain road, even if everyone is cautious and cheered up, they are still injured by the remaining traps, and they lose a lot in vain." Han Xiaotian said.
In the mountain road, he and the troops led by Qiu Lengye are relatively poor, and it can be said that they have been in the calculation of the Yan army from beginning to end, and they have never clashed with the Yan army, so they have lost a lot of people.
Of course, the five main generals did not guess that the Yan army was deployed in the mountain road, otherwise when they were transferred at night, there would be no casualties in vain.
Hearing this, Han Zhitong nodded, shifted his gaze and continued: "Vice General Chen, General Qiu, what do you think?" ”
These four generals all came to the battlefield in person and fought fiercely with the Yan army, and through the battle, they would more or less know the Yan army.
Han Zhitong is ready to brainstorm and find out the flaws of the Yan Army through the mouths of the generals, and make targeted decisions.
"General, the strength of the Yan cavalry is beyond our expectations, the last general feels that if you want to continue the Northern Expedition, you must first get along with the method of cracking the cavalry, otherwise, the main force of the Yan Army in the north will be hard to beat, and the coalition forces will lose more, but they may not win, and in the end, the mighty Northern Expedition may be aborted, on the contrary, the forces of all parties will be eliminated, and the Yan Kingdom will be stronger." Chen Dongyu said angrily, if there was a way to crack the cavalry, he would not have been defeated so quickly last night.
However, even if the Yan army later withdrew and occupied Erlong Mountain, and the coalition army achieved the prior intention, he was still unwilling, after all, before the battle, he planned to severely damage the Yan cavalry and capture Erlong Mountain, but the outcome was the opposite.
Han Zhitong glanced at Chen Dongyu, he was also a little dissatisfied with his performance last night, he sent 100,000 Xuanjia soldiers last night, intending to rescue the Shu army and seize Erlong Mountain, as a result, the Shu army was not rescued, and the Xuanjia soldiers lost more than 40,000 yuan, which was unimaginable in the past, how could the Xuanjia soldiers have lost 40,000 people in a war.
At this time, Qiu Lengye stood up, his view of the problem, but not to Chen Dongyu and the three of them, focus on cracking the method of cavalry, pay attention to the power of Yan Cai, the question he raised, and everyone else, hugged his fist to the generals present, said: "Generals, it is very important to find a way to crack Yan Cai, but have you found that in the battle last night, no matter in the mountain road, Yan Qi rarely showed up, using traps and mountain road defense to block the coalition army, or the southern slope, Yan Qi used rolling stones, stone throwers to hit the coalition army, Yan Jun is trying to make as little direct contact with Yan Qi as possible, don't you think it's strange? ”
Suddenly, the generals became confused, and they didn't know what they were going to express on the cold night of autumn, in a war, both sides did everything to destroy their opponents, isn't it a normal thing?
Although the coalition army was defeated and everyone hated Yan Qi, when everyone was in the position of Yan Qi, they would definitely do whatever it took to inflict heavy losses on their opponents.
Otherwise, if they don't try to hit the enemy hard, they will be hit hard by the enemy next, and in a big war, the truth that only one side can survive when the two armies fight is clear to all the generals present.
However, Han Zhitong did not feel that the Yan army's tactics were normal like other generals, on the contrary, he seemed to smell a trace of strangeness from the words of the autumn cold night, and asked solemnly: "General Qiu, what do you want to say, you can say it directly, maybe it will help the next battle." ”
"General, the last general feels that in this battle, Yan Qi is deliberately draining the coalition army's vital strength!" On a cold autumn night, without the slightest hesitation, he said it directly.