readx; The fire dragon that swept the rebels to pieces in an instant was none other than the 4,500 light cavalry of Li Dingguo, the general of Dingnan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Seven days ago, Li Dingguo led this elite army that had experienced a hundred battles to leave Chongqing, abandoning the three roads up the river and choosing the straightest path on the map to go straight to Chengdu. Although the terrain of the hills in central Sichuan is undulating, and it is not easy for the cavalry to cross, it is not a problem for this Qin commando that has ambushed Gao Yingxiang, the "King of Chuang", crossed the desert and grassland, and rushed thousands of miles to attack the Ordos Department, and has just crossed the Xiajiang Road into Shu.

By abandoning three well-known roads, the movement of this force went unnoticed by the rebels. At the same time that Yu Chongming received the report of the remnants of the army yesterday, in fact, Li Dingguo's ministry had also arrived at Longquan Mountain. For today's decisive battle, they have been lying in ambush here for a day and a night.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible. On the way to the march, Li Dingguo had repeatedly discussed with the three battalion commanders under his command, Jin Tongwu, Gao Wengui, and Wang Guoxi, and analyzed the situation of the enemy and us very thoroughly.

There is no doubt that in terms of the overall strategic situation, the officers and the army are now in the initiative position. The rebels could not capture Chengdu for a long time, and the fatigue under the old city of the division was already apparent; The officers and troops took advantage of Chongqing's great victory, and their morale was booming. Coupled with the rush in the middle and the surprise, it is very likely that the main force of Yu Chongming will be defeated in a battle.

However, in terms of specific tactics, the officers and soldiers are also facing many difficulties. First of all, the situation of the defenders in Chengdu is unknown, how long they can hold out, and how much combat strength they have left, are unpredictable by Li Dingguo and others.

In fact, in terms of troops, the officers and troops are still at a disadvantage. If you don't count the Chengdu defenders, because Dou Mingwang and 500 soldiers were left in Yiling to prevent thieves, Li Dingguo's army is now 4,500 people. According to the intelligence from all sides, especially from the captured native soldiers, it was learned that the army of Yu Chongming was at least 30,000 people, which was the elite force of Yongning Tusi, and its combat effectiveness was much higher than Fan Long's 10,000 people.

Of course, the Qin soldiers were not afraid of the large number of enemy soldiers, because they had absolute confidence in their cavalry battles. Outside the city of Chengdu is an open plain, which is the most conducive to the use of cavalry. Although there are cavalry among the native soldiers of Extravagant Chongming, first, the horse breed is not good, and second, the training level is far inferior to the Qin soldiers, as long as the tactics of "flying kites" are repeatedly consumed, they will definitely be able to defeat the opponent.

However, Li Dingguo also considered that the native soldiers were good at mountain warfare, and at least if they couldn't defeat them, they could still escape into the mountains. After all, this is Sichuan, and Qin Bing's familiarity with the geographical environment is definitely not as good as that of the native soldiers. If you just beat Yu Chongming away, Sichuan is full of mountains, and it will be difficult to encircle and suppress it. Therefore, this battle is not only to relieve the siege of Chengdu, but also to annihilate as many enemies as possible, which is a bit more difficult.

So Li Dingguo came up with this clever plan. He personally led more than 100 elite cavalry as bait, and spent a whole day repeatedly provoking and teasing the rebels, making the rebels exhausted and impetuous; It was not until the sun set and the sky became dark that the rebels were led to the predetermined battlefield: the foot of Longquan Mountain.

Here, Jin Tongwu, Gao Wengui, and Wang Guoxi have already set up their positions. Due to the lack of troops, this battle had to kill and wound as many enemy troops as possible, the Qin soldiers did not put on a "spear" formation commonly used in cavalry charges, but put the entire team horizontally, try to maintain the widest front, and take advantage of the suddenness of the attack to inflict maximum damage on the enemy in the shortest time.

Sure enough, Xuan Chongming and his five thousand cavalry didn't expect that there was still an ambush in the official army, plus the sky was dark, and when they rushed to the foot of the mountain and found the cavalry array on the opposite side, the distance between the two sides was less than 100 steps.

At this time, the Qin soldiers suddenly lit up their torches together, and a fire dragon that stretched for several miles suddenly appeared at the foot of Longquan Mountain. Under the beating and shining of the firelight, the rebels couldn't see how many men and horses there were in the official army, and the incident was sudden, and they were already frightened before the battle.

How could Li Dingguo miss this critical turning point on the battlefield, he immediately turned his horse's head and launched a counter-charge against the rebels amid the earth-shattering shouts of thousands of light cavalry behind him.

The weapons used by the Qin light cavalry battalion were long-pole broadswords and spears, and they first hung their weapons on the bird's wing rings, and when they charged to within a distance of dozens of paces, they threw out the torches in their hands one after another. The rebels were already a little panicked, and in order to avoid these torches falling from the sky, they even collided with each other, and the formation was in chaos.

That is, in the blink of an eye, the soldiers of the Qin soldiers had either raised their broadswords or spears forward, and rushed into the rebel formation. Because the front of the Qin soldiers was very wide, it was like a big pocket, and it wrapped the thousands of cavalry of the rebels in it at once. Until this time, the rebel infantry was still far away more than two miles west of the battlefield, and they had no idea that there was already a fierce battle on this side.

Cavalry duel is the most important thing to do. And now the combat effectiveness, physical strength, psychology and other aspects of the two sides are not at the same level, and the level is high. In less than half a meal, the extravagant Chinese army has been rushed to pieces. He himself relied on his divine strength, and he could not retreat from the battle, and he also killed and injured more than ten Qin soldiers; But his subordinates were miserable, the Qin soldiers were like hammers smashed on tofu blocks, and the native soldiers often didn't have time to parry, they were picked off their horses with a single shot, or cut in two by the Qin soldiers who galloped past them.

Just when the local soldiers here were killed all over the field and the blood flowed like a river, the gate of Chengdu, which had been closed for two months, was suddenly opened, and thousands of white pole soldiers, under the leadership of Qin Liangyu and Ma Qianxue, also shook their spirits and fought hard to kill the camp of luxury Chongming.

The White Pole Soldier is a unit unique to the Stone Pillar Toast. The reason for this peculiar name is that the weapons they use are all long poles made of hard ash wood, with bladed iron hooks at the head and iron rings about an inch thick at the end. When facing the enemy, depending on the actual situation, you can either use the iron hook of the rod head to hook it, or turn the long rod around, and use the hard iron ring as a sledgehammer, which can be said to be a combination of sharp and blunt weapons. Therefore, since the white pole soldiers became an army, their combat effectiveness has been quite strong, and they are second to none among the toasts.

At this time, the main forces of Yu Chongming pursued the officers and soldiers, and the rest were some second-rate troops. They didn't expect that the white-pole soldiers who had been defending the city for so many days would suddenly come out of the city, and the commander was not there, so they were in a mess for a while, and they wanted to close the camp gate in a panic.

But it was too late. Most of the white pole soldiers were infantry, but there were also more than 100 cavalry, and they pounced on the rebel camp gate like arrows from the string. The first female general is Ma Qianxue, seeing that she rushed to the door for a few feet, her legs were lucky, and she said coquettishly: "Get up!" ”

The horses under the seat felt sensed, raised their heads and neighed, soared into the air, and flew directly from the camp gate!