Chapter 34 Attacking Unpreparedness
Liu Cun and Wang Qi, who received the urgent report, did not care about the infantry who were crossing the river, and immediately rushed to the south on horseback, and under the guidance of two scouts, rode their horses up the gentle slope ahead.
Yan Shen, who was stationed on the horse, saw Liu Cun and Wang Qi coming, and hurriedly dismounted, and reported loudly to the two yellow turban teams three miles away from the guide:
"The thief master seems to know some art of war, and the chaotic situation was quickly controlled by him, and he made six thousand people to discharge two squares to block in front of our horse army, covering the yellow turban thieves and old and young in the city to flee westward, and now the number of people who have fled is nearly three thousand, and there is a steady stream of people pouring out of the city gate, based on the calculation of the strength of the yellow turbans, after setting up a phalanx of six thousand people, the rest are probably the old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are not many people who can fight, so the subordinates infer that the crowd that is constantly fleeing west is estimated to be the people in the city who are being coerced."
Wang Qi looked ahead: "That's right, it seems that the 6,000 people lined up in front of you are the main force of this group of Yellow Turban thieves, but unfortunately our infantry can't be transferred, and the cavalry is too small, otherwise we will definitely leave the 6,000 thieves in front of us." ”
The generals were as unwilling as Wang Qi, but the five thousand infantry under his command had not yet crossed the Yishui, and they could not come within an hour, and the six thousand Yellow Turban troops in front of them would not be stupid enough to give them so much time, at most they would wait for another half an hour, and after the Yellow Turbans in the city were withdrawn, the six thousand Yellow Turbans in front of them would definitely retreat to the complex mountainous area several miles to the west, and even if the infantry arrived, they would be helpless.
Wang Qi has a calm personality and will not risk his precious 500 cavalry without being sure, and in his opinion, it is also a great achievement to be able to recover Andong City without a fight.
Liu Cun observed for a long time, and suddenly put forward his opinion: "It seems that we can't leave all of this yellow scarf, but there is still a chance to eliminate him." ”
Everyone was in high spirits, Liu Cun pointed to the front and said loudly: "The formation of the six thousand enemy troops is a bit strange, the front and rear teams of each phalanx are very open, almost all of them are spearmen, only a small number of archers are arranged on the inside of the left and right wings, I speculate that the purpose of their formation is probably to facilitate the alternate cover retreat, not to fight with us, and there is no determination to fight hard, therefore, our five hundred cavalry can completely attack the enemy's flanks, do not need to get too close to them, and use the range advantage of the new cavalry bow to shoot and kill the enemy, As long as the enemy's formation is out of order, the five hundred cavalry can quickly assemble, form a conical attack formation, and kill from the enemy's flank or other weak points, gouge through him, and if they do a good job, they may be able to completely defeat and form a one-sided cavalry slaughter. ”
Everyone was excited, and they all looked at Wang Qi, the only one with experience in cavalry command.
The more Wang Qi thought about it, the more reasonable he became, with the excellent armor and excellent war horses of the five hundred iron horsemen under his command, even if he didn't make much money, there would be no loss, so he decisively asked Liu Cun loudly: "As the commander of the whole army, you can only command the overall situation, and you can't participate in the war, as long as you agree, I will immediately lead five hundred brothers to kill him, if you don't agree, I'd rather not do it." ”
"Yes, my lord, you are the commander of the army, and the brothers need adults to command the whole situation! Let this little thing be left to your subordinates and brothers. The shrewd Yan Shen looked at Liu Cun with a pleading look on his face, and he could see that he had long wanted to ride a horse and fight.
Liu Cun reluctantly agreed, and the surrounding brothers cheered, and Wang Qi and Yan Shen immediately flew on their horses and rushed down the hill.
The five hundred cavalry quickly formed a formation, slowly came out under the leadership of Wang Qi and Yan Shen, and immediately turned into a trot after moving forward for dozens of steps, and then slowly accelerated faster and faster, completing two beautiful arc turns in the middle of the march, like a huge scimitar stabbing at the enemy's right flank.
Liu Cun on the low slope looked admired, and couldn't help but sigh to the brothers around him: "Lord Wang is really experienced, the reason why he didn't let me fight was because he was worried that I had no experience in cavalry and warfare, and I wouldn't be able to command but would get in the way, so that the brothers under his command would be at a loss!" ”
Qin Yi, the captain of the personal guard, smiled, he also had no experience in cavalry, so he could understand Liu Cun's feelings.
Xu Sheng, who had already recovered, was stunned for a long time after listening to Liu Cun's words, and after thinking about it carefully, this was indeed the case, but seeing the majestic and murderous heroic image of the five hundred cavalry team, he became more and more restless in his heart: "My lord, if we don't command, let's just fight behind the five hundred brothers?" ”
Liu Cun's heart moved, he looked back at Xu Sheng and a dozen brothers with blazing eyes, and then turned to the dusty battlefield in front of him, and was pleasantly surprised to find that Wang Qi led five hundred cavalry to shoot only twice, and the right flank phalanx of the Yellow Turban had already been in great confusion, and even the unattacked phalanx on the left flank had also begun to panic.
Liu Cun immediately realized that he was overcautious, and found that he had not only overestimated the strength of the Yellow Turban Army, but also overestimated the military capabilities of the Yellow Turban generals.
Xu Sheng and Qin Yi had already seen their hearts shake, and the war horses under their crotches seemed to feel the strong fighting intent emanating from their masters, and they also became frequently restless.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the formation of the right flank of the Yellow Turban, which had suffered several blows, completely collapsed, and most of the more than ten flags that had been held high fell down, and the five hundred cavalry led by Wang Qi suddenly changed direction, like a sharp knife suddenly inserted into the rear of the enemy's phalanx, and killed at full speed towards the only yellow banner held high.
Liu Cun, who was full of blood, could no longer care about Wang Qi's request, and ordered more than ten young disciples to stand by, pulled out the spear "Xuanguang" inserted in the ground, and roared with his legs, and the male war horse man under his crotch stood up and rushed to the front battlefield with a long neigh.
Xu Sheng and Qin Yi roared in unison, rode their horses and raised their guns to chase quickly, and soon caught up with Liu Cun, who was approaching the battlefield in an arc, one left and one right closely followed Liu Cun's sides, increasing the speed of their horses and rushing towards the wide passage where hundreds of cavalry had killed.
Liu Cun, who was sprinting at high speed, bowed his body slightly, and stabbed the spear in his hand at the enemy in front of him, and the sharp three-edged spear head drew a dark blue afterimage like arc light, easily cutting the neck of the Yellow Turban infantry commander, and piercing the shoulder blade of a person behind him with an unstoppable momentum.
Liu Cun on the horse only made a slight effort to take advantage of the momentum, and then lifted the huge humanoid into the air, and the excited Liu Cun roared and swept with a gun, and even the people and horses rushed into a burst of blood rain, and instantly passed through the entire battlefield.
When Liu Cun, Qin Yi and Xu Sheng rode out of the arc to turn around and fight again, the cries of "the enemy will give the head, and those who surrender will not be killed" came and went, and the sound of horses' hooves on the battlefield full of corpses roared endlessly, and the remaining more than 3,000 yellow turban soldiers had already knelt down, and hundreds of cavalry were still chasing the fleeing enemy soldiers in all directions, and the enemy chieftain had stayed firmly on the top of the long knife held high by Wang Qi.
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