Chapter 148: VI. The Battle of Shabokou (3)

If it weren't for the fact that he still gave up 5,000 men, then he would probably fall directly into the abyss of defeat, because at the same time as he was advancing with all his might, Gao Dingbian had already led the Tuqi cavalry to cover from the rear, and Lu Mingxian's 8,000 cavalry had been directly inserted into his right flank.

It didn't take long for the Cerlie to discover a terrible reality - although Lu Mingxian's army was small in number, their course of action was clear, that is, to dismantle the chain of command of the Cherlie's army, even if it was only a small force.

Cheelel understood the gap between himself and Heza, that is, he was the only leader in his army, all orders were given by him, and if his troops lost clear command, then they would become a skirmisher, while Heza had three commanders of similar rank to himself, so he could divide his troops into four units, and without prior consultation, he could cooperate with excellent command skills to complete the attack on the enemy.

Under Lu Mingxian's continuous attacks, the right flank of the Cheer army was shattered. In fact, not a single army was defeated by Lu Mingxian, but Lu Mingxian succeeded in cutting off most of the right-wing troops from the central forces. The right flank of the Cheer Army, which had lost contact, began to be chaotic and disorderly because of the lack of timely command. However, Lu Mingxian did not fight these troops who were beginning to be confused, but launched an almost frenzied attack on the central forces of the Cheer Army.

This was very risky, because once the right flank troops of Chereel recovered from the chaos of the surprise attack, then they were more than capable of encircling and annihilating Lu Mingxian. However, Lu Mingxian still continued to attack, he believed that Gao Dingbian's troops must be nearby, and he would definitely not sit idly by and watch the chaos of the enemy's right flank and miss the fighters in vain, so as long as he continued to expand the chaos of the Che Lie's army, then he would be able to achieve greater results.

In the face of the enemy's frantic attack, Cheerje had to intervene - if Lu Mingxian was allowed to mess around like this, then his own troops would be completely disorganized.

It is ridiculous to say that Che Erlie's interception operation was the first head-to-head duel between the two sides after the start of the Battle of Sha Bokou, and the previous actions of both sides seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding.

It wasn't until the head-on duel with Lu Mingxian's department that Cherlie really understood why his right flank was beaten like this - all the 8,000 cavalry under Lu Mingxian were Turkic troops, and they completely inherited the usual fierceness and ferocity of the Turkic cavalry, and at the same time, under the command of Lu Mingxian, they also had the advantages of group combat that the cavalry team of the Silk Country was good at, plus Lu Mingxian had a certain talent for breaking through the defense, which made its combat ability extremely strong, if it wasn't for the personal command of Che Erlie, It may not be able to resist it.

Lu Mingxian launched four fierce attacks in a row, but failed to break through the soft defenses of Che Erlie, but he himself lost many soldiers, so he decided to abandon the head-on duel and began to retreat to the northwest.

Lu Mingxian temporarily disarmed the offensive posture, but his actions had a great effect: he succeeded in disintegrating the right flank of Cheelle and forcing Cheelle to intercept it himself, so he succeeded in slowing down the movement of Cheellet's army. As a result, the cavalry troops of Gao Dingbian had already covered up, and without much effort, they routed the already scattered right flank troops of Cheelje, and bit the tail of Cheelje's central troops.

The pursuit continued until nightfall, during which time the losses of the Cheer Lie army were not very large, and only the rearguard suffered heavy casualties. After nightfall, under the cover of night, Che Erlie escaped from the pursuit of Gao Dingbian. At this time, he knew that his previous plans had failed, and his plan to take the opportunity to attack the tribe of Heza in search of freedom from the entanglement of the enemy army was no longer possible (the enemy army in hot pursuit would no longer give him this time). The only way to do this is to withdraw from the enemy's control as soon as possible, reorganize the battle plan, and collect the remnants of the enemy's crushed forces for another battle.

In the darkness of the night, Chereel turned his army to the north, and that night he again encountered Lu Mingxian's troops, but in the darkness of the night both sides misjudged each other's intentions, and after a brief confrontation, both sides left the battlefield.

By the early morning of the next day, when the sun showed up again, Cherli had already traveled nearly four hundred miles with his troops, and it was impossible to catch up with him unless the pursuit of the Gaoding side was completely correct.

But Chereel's heart was not completely relieved, he knew that his son Temon was not a lord who would give up so easily, and although he had suffered a terrible loss, he could not satisfy Temon's appetite, and he had to be vigilant at all times.

After a night of rushing, the formation of the troops was already somewhat scattered, and while Cheerel continued to retreat northward, he sent a large number of heralds and began to adjust the posture of his troops.

As a result, the news that came back surprised him - the soldiers of the seven divisions on the left flank, including Mychir, Dulon, and Wahara, were gone!

Che Erlie's heart couldn't help but tighten: he knew that the leaders of these seven tribes were people from both ends of the head, and in order to ensure that they would not defect, he pulled all the men of these tribes into his army to obey orders, and placed them in his own troops to strictly guard in case anything changed. In the previous combat operations, these seven troops were quite hardworking, mainly because there were a lot of loot to plunder, but now he was ambushed by the enemy army without a clue, in order to escape from the encirclement, he racked his brains and tried his best, but he did not notice that his control over the army had declined, especially the attitude of these tribes was also quietly changing. Needless to say, these seven troops must have taken advantage of the darkness to quietly break away from their own troops and defect to Hesa!

Immediately shrink the troops and reorganize them, Cheelle immediately ordered that although the total strength of these seven tribes was only more than a thousand people, he could not let other tribes follow this practice, otherwise his combat forces would be disintegrated, and it would be impossible to turn the tide of the war again.

The army marched north, and it was past noon, but fortunately the enemy did not follow, which was a bit unexpected by Cherlie—if the seven men and horses had joined Hesa, they would have told what they were doing.

At this moment, there was a report from the horse, and the men and horses of the seven departments rushed up from behind.