In fact, the Temujin cavalry did not only rely on such a tactic as Mangu to fight the world, the flexible use and ingenious cooperation of light and heavy cavalry is the real reason why the Temujin cavalry is invincible in the world, although the Junzi Army formed by Deputy Director Tao personally set the target on the cottage Temujin cavalry from the beginning, but to be honest, only learned the skin, failed to learn the essence, but the scoundrel to the extreme Mangu tactics are almost trained, but the hand-to-hand combat ability is quite ordinary, can not achieve light and heavy cavalry skilled cooperation, The combination of near and far can directly and quickly destroy the enemy, and the attack power is far inferior to that of the real Temujin cavalry.

Of course, Deputy Director Tao did not want the Junzi Army to be on guard in close combat, two reasons determined that Deputy Director Tao could not do this, one is that the Xuzhou army has not yet obtained a piece of horse-producing land, and the war horses are all captured and purchased, and they cannot afford to lose so many war horses in close combat; The second is that without obtaining the horseland and forming a sufficient number of cavalry, the Xuzhou Army could not expose the secrets of the stirrups and horseshoes, so there was no way, and Deputy Director Tao could only let the Junzi Army continue to deviate from the department, and as a result, this deviation was almost ten years.

Although I only learned the fur, but this fur is enough at present, in front of the Mangu gangsters suddenly used by the Junzi Army, even if it is a horseback nation, the Wuhuan cavalry is completely caught off guard, and there is almost no power to fight back in the face of the stormy bow and arrow of the Junzi Army, and it has become a group of moving arrow targets, one after another were hit by feather arrows, wailing and falling off the war horse and dying on the spot, with many dead and wounded but unable to fight back.

In the end, there are many Wuhuan cavalry, and no matter how many casualties there are, the number of casualties is more than ten times that of the Junzi army. Therefore, although shocked by the superb horsemanship of the Junzi Army, the Bandun team still pursued the Junzi Army reluctantly, narrowed the distance with the Junzi Army at any cost to start a close battle, and completely drowned the more than 1,000 scoundrels to the extreme Han cavalry with numerical superiority.

In this way, it is natural to fall into the arms of the Junzi Army, relying on the terrifying endurance of the Mongolian horse and the protection of the horseshoe against the war horse, the Junzi Army rode the horse to the fullest, turned back and released the arrows as much as they wanted, and wantonly abused the Wuhuan cavalry with the archery skills that had been practiced for nearly ten years, and the feathered arrows were like having eyes. Whistling and hitting enemies behind him with precision and accuracy. The Wuhuan cavalry shouted, but said that there was no way to close the distance between them and the Junzi Army, and they could only be beaten in front of the Junzi Army's feather arrows, and they were consumed by the Junzi Army little by little. Little by little, he was led deep into the hinterland of Jizhou by the Junzi Army. The soldiers, who had to rely on their legs clinging to their horses, began to get tired. Warhorses of other breeds lacking stamina began to foam at the mouth, and Mongolian horses without the protection of horseshoes began to wear out rapidly. Some older horses with older teeth have also had cracked hooves.

Finally, Badun began to find out that something was wrong, more than 70 miles of charging and pursuing, his team was not only seriously disjointed, but the physical strength of soldiers and war horses also began to decline seriously, and even Badun himself, who was famous for his bravery, charged down with the horse's belly for dozens of miles, and was so tired that his legs were sore and his waist was stiff, while the enemy cavalry in front of him seemed to be able to do witchcraft, and they were always alive and vigorous, and there was no sign of physical decline, so were the soldiers, and the same was true for the war horses.

After perceiving these circumstances, Bunton didn't care about avenging his only son, and hurriedly shouted: "Stop, stop, stop for me!" Beat the gong, stop the charge, raise the flag, and everyone will come closer to me! ”

The Wuhuan cavalry, which was originally formed in the form of a tribe, should not have fully implemented the order issued by Bunton soon, but this time it was okay, the Wuhuan cavalry, who had been tired enough, heard the Mingjin signal set up by the Han army, and quickly reined in their horses, panting and began to move closer to Bunton, and many people scolded and scolded the Han cavalry for being cunning, and only let go of arrows and did not dare to engage in battle. However, the friends must have known the results of the Wuhuan cavalry's actions--the gentleman's army, which had run faster than rabbits, quickly turned around and killed again, and without saying a word, it was covered with bows and arrows, like a leper dog that had just escaped from the pursuit, and immediately turned back and bit the pursuer.

"Is there such a scoundrel cavalry team in the world?" Badun was convinced, so he could only shout: "Shoot the arrow on the spot!" Let these Han dogs see the archery skills of our steppe knights! ”

The Wuhuan soldiers of the Badun tribe first began to shoot back, driving the Wuhuan cavalry of other tribes to compete with the Junzi army in archery, but unfortunately the Junzi army was never interested in frontal consumption, and soon withdrew from the range of the Badun team, and returned to the rear of the Badun team, and went there to clean up the single and disjointed Wuhuan team, and the Badun was also immediately angry, yelling: "Rush up and kill them!" ”

The charge of the Wuhuan cavalry began again, and the result was still the same as usual, the gentleman's army ran away again, and the direction of escape also pointed to the north of the Badun team, and the Gentleman's army continued to entertain the mangu, while constantly turning back and shooting arrows to kill the pursuers, while pretending to avoid the interception of the rear army of the Badun, leading the Badun team to fly in the direction of the north-west, and the Badun army was in chaos in this huge roundabout circle. The chaos is even more out of formation, and the soldiers will not be able to find the general, and they will not know that there are soldiers under their command there.

At this time, the Junzi Army also led most of the Badun team to a plain area with relatively many woods and hills, and Deputy Director Tao, who had soaked his bones in a comfortable life, was also a little physically exhausted, and immediately ordered a signal to let the soldiers blow the horn as soon as he entered this area, and as a result, as soon as the horn sounded, a large number of Xuzhou cavalry rushed out immediately after the woods and hills, and under the leadership of Zhao Yun, he shouted at full speed to kill the Badun team, and launched the most regular cavalry charge. Deputy Director Tao himself hurriedly led the Junzi Army to a safe place and reined in the war horse, slackened down and gasped for breath to rest, muttering: "I didn't expect that I would be lazy after a few years of happiness, I should have known that I shouldn't have gone around this big circle, and I should have directly introduced Hu Gou into the encirclement." ”

Deputy Director Tao asked the Junzi Army to deliberately go around this big circle, but it was not for nothing, and after a rapid charge of eighty or ninety miles, the soldiers and war horses of the Wuhuan cavalry were already so tired that they were drenched in sweat and foaming at the mouth. The team itself is already chaotic, there is no resistance in the face of the impact of the Xuzhou fresh army, and it was easily defeated by Zhao Yunjun in a moment, and there is not much strength left to escape, and the Xuzhou cavalry under the command of Zhao Yun is to wait for work, the men and horses are full of physical strength, and they are extraordinarily brave in the rush to kill, and the knives and knives are bloody and the guns are red, and the Wuhuan team is turned over on their backs, and the corpses are all over the field. The Wuhuan cavalry, who were physically exhausted, dismounted and surrendered. The defeat was a foregone conclusion.

Seeing this scene, all the generals of the Junzi Army asked for orders to join the battle group and expand the results of the battle as much as possible, but Deputy Director Tao ordered the Junzi Army to rest on the spot. Restore the physical strength of soldiers and horses. Deputy Director Tao summoned the generals of the Junzi Army to the front again. He asked, "When I decided to go around in circles, who among you was against it?" ”

Gao Zhong and Chen Ning stood up and cowered to admit that they had objected to Deputy Director Tao deliberately going around in circles to consume the enemy's physical strength. also asked Deputy Director Tao for guilt, but Deputy Director Tao shook his head and said: "Wrong, I don't want to cure your crimes, but to reward you, the two of you will each be added to the first rank, and you will be rewarded with three catties of gold and silver, and thirty horses of silk." ”

"Huh?" Gao Zhong and Chen Ning both froze, and hurriedly said together: "Lord, the last general and others have no military exploits, how can they receive such a heavy reward in the future?" ”

"You objected to me deliberately going around in circles to consume the enemy's physical strength, and that is the credit." Deputy Director Tao said solemnly: "You are right, I am wrong who temporarily decided to change the established tactics, this time our purpose is to lure the Hu people into the ambush circle and let the ambush soldiers clean them up, but in order to consume the enemy's physical strength and expand the results of the battle, I deliberately ordered you to bypass the ambush circle and go south, so that the enemy ran more than 20 miles, but although my goal was achieved, it can only be said that my luck was good, and then I lured the enemy back into the ambush position,"

"If the enemy doesn't pursue us again later, then we're in big trouble." Deputy Director Tao analyzed: "If the enemy is not re-lured into the ambush circle by us, then our ambush soldiers can only give up the ambush and pursue the troops directly, it is difficult to achieve great results, and it will also make more enemies take the opportunity to escape, so your advice is the most correct, we should lure the enemy directly into the ambush circle, and we should not be overjoyed and make a detour." This time, I was greedy for merit and took risks, and took the battlefield fight as a child's play, and almost made a big mistake, and I and you must keep this lesson in mind, and if you think that I have any decisions in the future, if you think it is wrong, you should put it forward directly as today, as long as it is right, I will only reward and not punish. ”

"The lord's rewards and punishments are clear, and the last will be convinced." The generals of the gentlemen's army clasped their fists together and saluted, praising Deputy Director Tao's humility and generosity, while Deputy Director Tao wiped a cold sweat again, regretting his greed for merit and taking risks and temporarily changing his hexagram, and also kept this lesson firmly in his heart - Deputy Director Tao didn't want to be like Yang Changshi, who only relied on luck to eat all day long.

Of course, it is not a good thing to rely on luck to eat and fight, but sometimes luck is indeed more useful, relying on Deputy Director Tao's unplanned roundabout consumption, the team that relies on the horse charge is on the verge of collapse in terms of physical strength, even if it is to escape with all his strength, it can't be fast, Zhao Yun's new force can even easily outflank it, and divide an army to block the way of Badun, and chase the Wuhuan Brigade on both sides, wantonly slashing and slaughtering, and at the same time, it is unfortunate for Badun that he himself is not only in this brigade, The nondescript golden armor on his body was as eye-catching as a firefly in the night, and he was closely watched by Zhao Yun from the beginning.

In the melee, Zhao Yun, who was in white robe and white armor, was like an arrow from the string, rushing straight to the gold-armored pigtailed Badun himself, and the Wuhuan soldiers who stopped in front of him were like waves cracking, and they fell to the ground in front of Zhao Yun's silver spear, screaming and screaming endlessly, and when he hurriedly turned back, Zhao Yun had already rushed to the front, and Badun hurriedly returned to the horse to fight, but the knife in his hand had not yet been raised, Zhao Yun had already shouted a spear and stabbed out, and the anti-scale spear hit Badun's chest accurately like the wind. Suddenly pierced the golden armor that Badun didn't know where to snatch it, and went straight into his heart, piercing through his chest, and Badun and his son died on the battlefield in the same day.

Badun died, the Wuhuan army composed of loose tribal alliances also completely collapsed, was chased by the Xuzhou cavalry like a duck out of more than 30 miles, was cut by the Xuzhou cavalry array countless, physical strength fell off the horse or even people with horses directly fell down thousands, a large number of Wuhuan soldiers because they were really unable to run and escape, rolled their own saddles and dismounted, knelt in front of the Xuzhou army and shouted surrender, the Xuzhou cavalry who had been ordered by Deputy Director Tao was merciless, or directly slashed over and stabbed to death, Or just trample to death on horseback - even without the order of Deputy Director Tao, the Xuzhou cavalry would not have time to contain these Wuhuan prisoners.

If it weren't for the commander of the Wuhuan soldiers, Su Fuyan saw the opportunity quickly. Finding that the situation was not right, he immediately threw down the looted food, property and women, and led the rear army to flee north, so the more than 20,000 Wuhuan cavalry that Bandun brought to Jizhou may be completely wiped out in one day, but not many of the more than 20,000 Wuhuan cavalry were able to escape from Jizhou, first that night, several leaders of the Wuhuan tribe killed each other in order to fight for the rest of the Bandun tribe, and many people died in the fire, and then the next day. The gentleman's light cavalry and 4,000 Xuzhou cavalry caught up with the defeated Wuhuan again. Again severely damaged the remaining Wuhuan cavalry, and pursued all the way to the Zhangshui River, the Wuhuan team hugged their heads and fled, and finally fled to the north bank of Zhangshui with less than 5,000 men and horses.

It's not over yet. Su Muyan fled back to Youzhou with the remnants of the defeated army. In the Quanzhou area. He was attacked by the Youzhou Army Xian Yu Auxiliary Division, which had already surrendered to Deputy Director Tao, and Su Muyan was captured by Xu Miao's team under Xian Yu's auxiliary subordinates, and most of the rest were annihilated. There were less than 1,000 Wuhuan soldiers who escaped from the sticky water, and then they were chased by the Xian Yu auxiliary team, coupled with the hostile tribes taking advantage of the fire to rob, so the more than 20,000 Wuhuan cavalry that Badun brought to Jizhou to kill people and set fires, in fact, few of them really escaped alive.

By the way, Zhang Xing, who was sent by Yuan Shanggongzi to contact with Badun, was also captured by the Xuzhou army on the battlefield, and because he was Yuan Shang's subordinate and was escorted to Deputy Director Tao, although Zhang Xing also desperately kowtowed and begged for mercy and expressed his willingness to surrender, but when Deputy Director Tao was condolences to the women of Zhangwu who were abducted and invaded by the Wuhuan soldiers, he inadvertently knew that it was Zhang Xing who led the way into Zhangwu City, causing the people of Zhangwu to suffer, and as a result, Deputy Director Tao was of course furious, and immediately ordered Zhang Xing's five horses to be tortured to death, There are also more than 3,000 Wuhuan prisoners captured by the Xuzhou Army, who were also ordered by Deputy Director Tao to be executed, and none of them remained!

After a rare killing, Deputy Director Tao led the cavalry team to return to Nanpi and returned to the camp, and the first order given by Deputy Director Tao was to let people send the heads of Badun and Zhang Xing to Yuan Shang's camp together, and he also personally wrote a letter to Yuan Shang, the third brother-in-law who was once close, the letter was written very briefly, only one sentence, "Since you dare to collude with foreign races and lead the Hu people into the customs to kill the people of the Han Dynasty, then between you and me, from now on, we will never be righteous!" ”

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Deputy Director Tao underestimated the thickness of his third brother-in-law's face, and after the Xuzhou envoy sent the heads of Badun and Zhang Xing to Yuan Shang together with the letter, Yuan Shanggongzi was shocked, not only did he not feel guilty at all, but he didn't think about what to surrender quickly to atone for his previous sins, but hurriedly ran to Nanpi City to ask for advice from the trial, and the trial was not a good thing. I went to Youzhou to ask for help in person. ”

"Leaving Nanpi?" Yuan Shang was shocked: "I left Nanpi, what should I do with Nanpi?" ”

"I'll guard Nanpi." The judge said confidently: "The lord left 20,000 defenders for his subordinates, and the rest of the army can be taken to Youzhou, the city of Nanpi is strong, and the grain of the river and the Bohai Sea is gathered here, the grain and grass are quite sufficient, and the army and the people are also interested in the Yuan family, and the people are enough to stay in Nanpi, which is enough to drag the main force of the pottery thieves for a long time, waiting for the lord to lead the soldiers of Youzhou to come to the rescue." ”

"Then wouldn't it be better for us to guard Nanpi together and wait for reinforcements from Youzhou?" Yuan Shang asked.

"Lord, if you don't go to Youzhou in person, Jiang Qi and Zhao will not send us reinforcements." The judge replied: "Jiang Qihe used the excuse that the old lord had an order to stay in the army to guard the border and refused to send troops to Youzhou, making it clear that he wanted to preserve his strength and wait for changes, and he might even have the intention of waiting for a price to sell, so if we just ask for help, they will definitely not send troops, as long as the lord you go north to Youzhou as the only descendant of the Yuan family, you can contact the old department of the old lord of the organization, and force Jiang Qi and Zhao to send troops to rescue, and the lord you can also take the opportunity to regroup and make a comeback." ”

"But if you don't want to go north, then we really have no hope." The judge said with a wry smile: "Because with the current strength of our army, it is impossible to repel the pottery thief and repeat Jizhou, no matter how strong our camp outside the city is, it will be broken by the pottery thief sooner or later, and when the main force of our army outside the city is greatly injured, the pottery thief has blocked the four gates of Nanpi, and you can't do it even if you want to break through." When the lord is completely trapped in Nanpi, there will be no reinforcements on the Youzhou side. So the lord, you can only leave Nanpi and go to Youzhou to make a comeback. ”

"Also, we can't go together." The judge added: "If you don't leave one person to defend Nanpi and contain the main army of pottery thieves, then the main force of pottery thieves will inevitably chase into Youzhou, so that the lord you don't even have time to catch your breath, so you must stay in Nanpi and buy time for the lord to defend the city." ”

"Then when I arrive in Youzhou, will it be dangerous?" Yuan Shang asked worriedly: "Jiang Qihe recruited them, will he take the opportunity to harm me?" ”

"Please rest assured of this." The judge comforted: "Jiang Qi and Zhao are both old generals in Jizhou, loyal to the old lord, and their subordinates are also our old men in Jizhou, even if they don't want to come to save Nanpi, they will never dare to hurt the lord." Otherwise, not only would they be morally unjustifiable, but Han Yan, Yan Rou and Liu He would definitely not agree to it. ”

"That's good!" Yuan Shanggongzi made up his mind, stomped his feet and said: "Nanpi here, please entrust you to Zhengnan!" I'll go to Youzhou, organize my father's old ministry there to regroup, and then come south to save you! ”

The next night, in the case that there is still the strength of a battle, Yuan Shanggongzi suddenly led more than 20,000 troops to retreat north, and the Xuzhou army, which had not had time to completely surround Yuan Shang's army, was caught off guard by this, and it was too late to rush to pursue and intercept, and failed to stop Yuan Shanggongzi who was fleeing on a red rabbit horse. When the news came back to the Xuzhou camp, Deputy Director Tao could only smile helplessly and said, "It's bad, the war in the north, I really don't know how much time it will take to end this time." (To be continued......)