Chapter Seventy-Six: Guan Xing's Clever Tactics to Stop the Enemy
Huo Yi frowned, he never thought that the Jiangdong Army was in such a defeated situation, and there were still people who could carefully consider the situation, this move disrupted his deployment a lot, and after thinking about it carefully, he was extremely worried in his heart, because Guan Xing, who was responsible for intercepting the enemy of Yiyang, only had more than a thousand military horses in his hands, and the Jiangdong Army was rushing in his direction at the moment, if it collided head-on, it would be that the Jiangdong Army only had more than 10,000 remnants, and it was not something that Guan Xing could stop.
Huo Yi was a little anxious in his heart, if Guan Xing died in battle, it would be difficult for him to explain to Guan Yu.
Thinking of this, Huo Yi ordered in a cold voice: "Hurry up and report to General Wang Chong, his horse team is fast, let him gallop to help General Guan quickly!" Then send an order to the whole army, accelerate the advance, and gallop to the aid of General Guan! ”
"Whoa!" The herald behind Huo Yi immediately urged the war horse and moved.
The speed of the rest and recuperation is extremely fast, and most of the foot soldiers under Huo Yi's command are from the mountains, but they are very good at trekking through mountains and rivers, but whether Guan Xing can stop the remnants of Jiangdong is a hidden worry in Huo Yi's heart.
Thirty miles northwest of Linxiang City, Guan Xing's military horses had just arrived here, and the scouts accompanying the army were dispatched to investigate the military situation. Guan Xing surveyed the surrounding terrain, but found that there was an extremely narrow place on the official road, with mountains on both sides, and the front of the valley was the Hunan water flow, and the end was a good area for ambush.
Guan Xing is still young in the end, some teenagers have a heart, but when he sees such a place, he is extremely happy in his heart, and immediately sends military horses to camp, and more than 100 rangers are sent to reconnoiter everywhere, this is the tradition of the Huo family's army, every place he goes, whether it is camping or temporarily staying. Scout rangers will be assigned to detect the enemy situation in all directions, in case they are caught off guard by a surprise attack.
Guan Xing has been following Huo Yi for a long time, although some children have tempers on weekdays, they are also extremely strict. And such a good habit obviously gave Guan Xing a chance to live.
Guan Xing's men and horses had not yet built the camp, and they ran back from the rear from a dozen rangers, and the chief who was in front turned over and dismounted: "General! Spot the enemy forces! About more than 10,000 people, from Linxiang City along the pipeline in the place where our army is looking. In about half an hour, it will be here! ”
Guan Xing was shocked, the Jiangdong army was not as his brother-in-law expected, and he was desperate to defend Linxiang City in a panic, but he was extremely smart to go to Yiyang and join forces with Yiyang's 3,000 troops and horses.
Guan Xing looked at the surrounding military horses, his own men and horses are only more than 1,000, if they are hard to carry it, they will inevitably lose and lose, and they don't even have time to wait for the arrival of the righteous brother's army, although General Wang Ping's more than 10,000 people are only more than 50 miles away from here. But it takes time to come here, you just need to hold on!
Thinking of this, Guan Xing had a bottom in his heart. Stall. But he doesn't have to carry it hard, his brother-in-law used to tell himself that the battle array is ever-changing, and the only thing that remains unchanged is people's hearts, and if they can grasp the changes in people's hearts, they can figure out the psychology of the enemy. So knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent. Win all battles.
The psychology of the enemy, Guan Xing looked at the night, how did the Jiangdong Army feel at the moment? After thinking for a moment, Guan Xing seemed to think of something, and ordered loudly: "Stop camping." Everybody go and find the rocks, and fill the valley with stones! Let's go find a big wood! ”
The sergeants didn't know what this half-grown general was going to do. It's just that the general's order has been deeply rooted in the hearts of every soldier of the Jingnan Army, but he honestly followed Guan Xing's order, carried stones everywhere, and a few soldiers cut down a big tree and carried it in front of Guan Xing.
Guan Xing looked around at the terrain of the valley mouth, pointed to the official of the valley and said: "Split, erect it at the valley mouth!" ”
The soldiers didn't know what Guan Xing was going to do, but they obediently did everything well.
A few more rangers ran back: "General, the enemy army is less than fifteen miles away from here, and the pace of the march is not slow, and it will be there in about a quarter of an hour!" ”
Guan Xing nodded, and then saw that there were already a lot of stones in the valley mouth, but he smiled coldly: "The armies listened to the order, and each looked for a place to hide on the mountain walls on both sides!" Crossbowmen prepare their bolts! All the armies should have torches, and everyone should have them, and if they did not have torches, they should find branches and tie some of them. ”
Guan Xing slowly walked to the big wood standing at the mouth of the valley, took out his sword and cut his palm, endured the pain and stained the sword with blood, and slowly wrote on the side of the big tree that was split, "The Jiangdong Army is destroyed here", six big characters.
Turned around and went up the mountain, hid behind the rocks with the sergeants, and ordered: "When I shout, the crossbowmen of the armies will shoot the enemy, and the sergeants will light torches and shout 'The Jiangdong army will be destroyed here' to deter the enemy!" ”
"Whoa!" The sergeants answered.
Guan Xing nodded with satisfaction, hid behind the rocks, and didn't speak again, because from a distance, he had already seen the light of the torch flashing at the far end of the official road.
All the sergeants hid their bodies and quietly waited for the arrival of the Jiangdong Army.
However, it was said that Huo Yi, Wang Chong, and Wang Ping all received the messenger from the scouts, and they rushed to Guanxing, and everyone was very anxious, you must know that Guanxing only has more than 1,000 people, and if it is a frontal battle with the Jiangdong Army, it is conceivable that the result is that there is no military heart, and more than 10,000 people against 1,000 people, the result is also no suspense.
Han Dang led more than 1,000 military horses to go, among the current generals of the Jiangdong Army, there is no doubt that Han Dang is the most courageous, and it is most appropriate to take Han Dang as the forward, Ling Tong is leading the headquarters of the people and horses to act as the middle army, and the rear army is the military horses of the various departments led by Song Qian, with more than 2,000 people and horses in a month.
Han Dang traveled all the way, to the northwest of Linxiang City more than 30 miles, here is the official road to Yiyang, but at this moment the official road is blocked in a valley, the mountain road is full of stones, you must know that the official road is paved with rammed earth, such a situation is indeed impossible to happen, and there is a big tree erected at the mouth of this valley even more strangely.
Han Dang led the military horse forward, and the torches shone on it, and it was indeed red and bloody with several big characters "Jiangdong Army is destroyed here"!
Han Dang couldn't help but shudder, and urgently ordered the guards on his side to inform the generals behind him, and after a while, all the generals came on horseback, and when they saw this big tree, they did have different reactions.
"This is the virtual plan of the Jingnan Army, I don't believe it, he Huo Yi can be clever to the point of being able to set up an ambush here?" Zhu Huan said coldly.
"No, no! This is the strategy of the battle of Sun Bin Maling, and it is also to set up a tree in an open place, attract the enemy to come and see, and then shoot him with crossbow arrows! Ling Tong said in a deep voice.
"Huh? You are not the only one who has read the book of war, who doesn't know that this is the plan, but where is this Jingnan Army? Zhu Ran is also the way.
Ling Tong was about to speak back. But I heard a roar like an ape and a tiger roaring in the valley: "Release the arrow!" Shoot the arrows! ”
Ling Tong instinctively roared, "Stand back!" After speaking, a soldier on his side took a shield in his hand and covered it in front of him.
"Whoosh...... Sou...... Sou...... Sou! "The sound of countless arrows breaking through the wind came like a ghost's roar.
"Ahh Yes! Caught off guard, Han's soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and several Jiangdong Army generals were even more embarrassed and retreated one after another.
The headquarters of the official road is narrow, but in front of so many military horses, it still seems very narrow, and as soon as the front army retreats, the Chinese army, which is already very close, does not know what is ahead, and collides with the front army when it advances.
On the side of this official road is a tributary of the Xiangshui River, and many sergeants were squeezed into the water. Although most of the Jiangdong soldiers were familiar with water, they were extremely embarrassed for a while.
When the generals of the Jiangdong Army retreated to a stone's throw away, Zhu Huan shouted loudly: "The former army is a shield!" Don't panic! Stay in formation! "This is how to stabilize the military formation.
"Have you ever seen how many people there are?" Zhu Huan turned his head sideways to look at Ling Tong.
Ling Tong shook his head: "The night is too dark, I don't know." ”
"Assault!" Zhu Huan said coldly.
Just as he was about to give the order, he heard a voice in the valley: "Get up! In an instant, countless torches were erected on both sides of the mountain wall, suffocating Zhu Huan's order to attack. The valley was densely packed with torches on both sides, and how many people must have been! Zhu Huan subconsciously looked at the military horses on his side, with these frightened bird-like soldiers under his command, as soon as the other party's men and horses rushed over, didn't they disperse immediately?
Zhu Huan slowly looked at the generals of the Jiangdong Army beside him and asked, "How is this good?" ”
Although Han Dang was extremely brave, he was also an extremely stable figure, and said slowly: "It's better to retreat and go to Yiyang from the bypass, the other party's valley is full of stones, and the enemy army can't quickly assemble down the mountain to pursue." ”
Zhu Huan nodded when he heard this: "I mean so, I order the rear army to change to the front army, and the rear army to the front army, and retreat quickly!" ”
Since a herald went down to give the order, the Jiangdong army gathered in a panic and hurriedly retreated.
Guan Xing gathered his troops, went down the mountain, pursued for a while, and quickly retreated back to the valley, fearing that the Jiangdong army would find out that he was actually a fox and a fake tiger.
But it was said that the Jiangdong army was running wildly all the way, but the more Zhu Huan thought about it, the more wrong it became, although the enemy army was extremely numerous, but why did the arrows only shoot dozens of people, and did not hurt our army fundamentally, this is completely inconsistent with the steady temperament of the Jingnan army, could it be that the number of enemy troops is not large, but just want to scare us away?
Zhu Huan was just about to let the scout go to find out, but at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves behind the Jiangdong army sounded, and he heard a loud shout: "The king of the Jingnan army is rushing here, who dares to fight with me!" ”
Zhu Huan complained bitterly in his heart, but Han Dang jumped out of the horse, holding a treasure knife and went straight to Wang Chong: "General Humu will lead the army first, and I will block him!" ”
Zhu Huan didn't say much, and just wanted to leave with the military horses, only to see a large army coming from the north, and the general led by him shouted loudly: "Wang Ping of the Jingnan Army is here, and the thief army is leaving!" ”
Zhu Huan was anxious, how can this be good, our army is off. But at this moment, there is only one battle, and it is too late to run again. The generals of the Jiangdong Army are also well aware of the truth, Ling led the men and horses of the headquarters to Wang Ping, and Song Qian also followed, one of the two ran to Wang Ping, and the other ran to Huo Liang, and the sky was dark.