Chapter 21: Unexpected Changes
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When Du He and Xue Rengui arrived in Dongying, Hou Junji had already retreated. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Mo Dao Army has invincible strength, but speed is the biggest drawback. Come to think of it, if the Modao Army has the same speed as cavalry, then what else in the world can resist their existence?
The Modao Army was able to resist Hou Junji's tidal attack, but to prevent them from retreating and escaping, they would be powerless and could only watch.
Du He looked at the camp that had lost Xue Yantuo's shadow, looked at the messy Dongying, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Escape so fast......" But he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, knowing that he was advancing and retreating, he was a famous general. Hou Junji's timely retreat to minimize losses was undoubtedly the wisest decision.
Hou Junji's tactics were very clever, first striking the east and attacking the west, but seeing that he could not do anything on the front, he immediately changed his tactics, attacked the east and attacked the east in one fell swoop. If it weren't for the existence of Fang Yiai, in the face of Hou Junji's terrifying power, their front camp would be attacked from both sides, and thus fall into a situation of defeat.
But the appearance of Fang's bereaved love completely dispelled Hou Junji's hope.
Hou Junji's tactics are a fast word, which is lightning fast, so that Du He has no ability to react. In fact, Hou Junji did it, Du He didn't expect Xue Wanche to be defeated so quickly, Dongying was so vulnerable in front of Hou Junji, if it weren't for the killer trick of hiding Fang's love, now he is afraid that he will really fall into the danger of being caught in the front and back.
However, there are only facts on the battlefield, and there are no ifs.
After the fact, everyone is Zhuge Liang, and no matter how much it is a hypothesis, it is meaningless.
Fang Yiai blocked Hou Junji's offensive, which means that Hou Junji's "fast" failed.
Duhe is not an idiot and fool, and it is impossible for him to do nothing in this precious time that Fang Yiai has earned. As soon as he made all the preparations and led his troops to attack, it was not easy to leave at that time.
A decisive retreat is the only option.
The attack was swift and the withdrawal was decisive......
Hou Junji is worthy of being a famous general in history.
Hou Junji retreated, and Xue Yantuo's soldiers and horses in the front camp also retreated at the same time.
Du He didn't pursue, not because he didn't want to, but because Hou Junji didn't give him this opportunity.
Hou Junji was defeated, but this guy minimized the defeat, and the small ones made them win, and they almost couldn't feel the joy of victory.
Du He rearranged the armament and arranged for the colonel to clean up the battlefield.
Luo Tong, who was in charge of the front camp, suddenly ran in front of him out of breath and exclaimed: "General Du, General Du, look, look, Hou Junji's camp seems to have a strange ......"
Du He was shocked when he heard this, raised his eyes to the north, and really saw the direction of Hou Junji's military camp a few miles away, half of the sky was red, and there were faint signs of firelight.
"I can't see it clearly here, go to the lookout, I can see it clearly...... "Luo Tong's eyes were also blank, and he didn't know why.
Du He suddenly had a thought in his heart, and hurried to the lookout platform set up by the front camp, and looked out on the three-meter-high lookout, Hou Junji's military camp in the distance was indeed surrounded by a sea of fire, and the fire was monstrous, stretching for more than a mile.
Xue Rengui, Fang Yiai, Xi Junmai and others who heard the news will come together.
"What's going on?" Like Luo Tong, the three generals Xue, Fang, and Xi were also at a loss.
Du He said with a very happy smile on his face: "Although I can't be sure, I think it's time for us to attack." ”
This statement startled the generals who heard it.
Luo Tong said worriedly: "Will this attack be a little risky, when the chief administrator appointed us as the vanguard, he repeatedly told us not to engage in field battles with Hou Junji." If we attack rashly, if we fall for Hou Junji's tricks, it won't be good......"
Xue Rengui nodded and said, "It is not impossible to set fire to the barracks and lure our army into battle. ”
Du He smiled mysteriously and said, "What you said is not unreasonable, but this can't be Hou Junji's trick." Hou Junji thinks very highly of himself, he will not think that this battle will be lost to us at all, and he will not think about what will happen after the defeat at all. Now that they had just retreated, and had not yet retreated to the barracks, they thought of this strategy of winning in defeat, and it was impossible to implement it at this time. If I'm not mistaken, it was Qi Bi He Li who attacked Hou Junji's military camp...... He Li asked me to send out a night attack on Xue Yantuo's army, which was followed by Hou Junji, and according to the calculation of time, the two sides coincided exactly ......"
All the generals knew about how he led the troops out of the camp, but his task was not clear. As a general, there is no need for Du He to report his decision to his subordinates. So none of them knew the purpose of Qi Bi's outing.
At this time, when I learned it, everyone's eyes lit up.
This bold night attack is undoubtedly a clever tactic.
United, Xue Rengui was the first to react: "The general is saying that when General Qibi He Li, who had successfully attacked at night, returned and found that the battle was fierce, he chose to attack Hou Junji's army village independently?" ”
"Not bad...... Du He said confidently: "General Qibi He Li is a famous general of a generation, and he has his own opinions. Hou Jun gathered heavy troops to attack our army's village, and the rear must be empty, and the attack at this time will have a miraculous effect. If you don't attack now, you will ...... when you wait."
When there is no continuation, it will be disturbed.
Du He decisively gave the order to attack, "Luo Tong, Xue Rengui, Xi Junmai, you each lead the cavalry of your headquarters and kill the enemy with me." Fang Yiai, Tuoba Wushuang and other generals will hold the camp steadily, and there can be no slack. ”
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As Du He said, it was Qi Bi He Li who attacked Hou Junji's camp.
After the successful night attack, he returned to the barracks, and on the way, he saw the barracks in flames, and the sound of killing was everywhere, and he immediately understood that Hou Junji was leading the army to attack the camp, and all kinds of ideas appeared in his mind. At first, he planned to wave his army to attack Hou Junji's back road from behind, so that Hou Junji could not take care of the end of the army, so as to relieve the siege of the military camp, but soon Qi Bi He Li gave up this foolish idea.
He Li is a wise and resourceful general, he once served as a general under Hou Junji, and he knows Hou Junji's power and his combat style. Hou Junji generally does not fight, watching the battle in the rear, and when there is a loophole in the opponent, he will personally lead the troops and horses, tear apart the loophole of the opponent, and directly put the enemy and death, which is still fresh in his memory is the battle of Gaochang against the Western Turks.
In that battle, Hou Junji led 30,000 light cavalry to pursue 800 li, facing the 80,000 brave and warlike Western Turkic cavalry. He asked Zhongsun Zhi, the pioneer of a hundred battles, to meet the enemy with 5,000, and then let other generals lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to support him on the left and right, while he himself led 5,000 elites to watch the battle in the rear.
The battle was unfavorable at first, but then Hou Junji seized the flaw in the left flank of the Western Turks and stormed the opponent's left flank with 5,000 troops. The opponent's 20,000 left flanks were defeated in the face of Hou Junji's attack, and they directly became scattered sand. The turmoil on the left flank affected the whole army, and Hou Junji was like a wolf staring at its prey, tearing a small flaw into a fatal wound, making the opponent's entire army unorganized.
The next 30,000 tired soldiers who rushed for 800 miles were like dogs, and the 80,000 strong soldiers of the Western Turks, who were famous for their bravery, were defeated.
He Li was almost certain that Hou Junji was leading his soldiers and horses to stare in the dark, waiting for Du He to reveal his flaws. Once he attacks Xue Yantuo's rear army, Hou Junji will definitely not ignore it and attack.
He Li has this self-knowledge, he knows very well that he is not Hou Junji's opponent. It's not that he is cowardly and does not dare to fight. It's the fact that he doesn't want to make meaningless sacrifices. His soldiers made a big circle, launched a surprise attack, fought for an hour, and then circled back to the same place, with little physical strength left.
was not Hou Junji's opponent in the first place, and if he was strong in this situation, he would be wiped out.
So, he thought of the allusion to besiege Wei and save Zhao, the place where the enemy must be saved.
He is not Zhuge Liang, he can calculate that Du He can repel Hou Junji, and with the idea of forcing Hou Junji to retreat, he led his troops to attack Hou Junji's military camp.
Hou Junji transferred the army to the front, and this military camp was precisely the weakest point.
The attack of Qi He Li caught the defenders off guard, and the soldiers and horses in the barracks were only 3,000, not more than 4,000 people in Qi He Li, and they had the advantage of surprise attacks, completely pressing the defenders to fight, and most of the camp was captured by Qi He Li.
In order not to leave useful things for Hou Junji, and not to put his efforts on encircling and suppressing the remnants of the defeated soldiers, it is the current urgency to burn the camp.
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Hou Junji packed up the remnants of the army and returned to the camp, his expression depressed as if he was to death.
In fact, in this offensive and defensive battle, compared with the number of casualties, Duhe may not have an absolute advantage.
Although Xue Yantuo's side, in the front camp and the east camp, they all paid a certain price because of the fierce offensive and defensive battles. However, his attack directly crushed the entire eastern camp, and because of the timely retreat, the main army did not suffer any damage.
Strictly speaking, this battle was a draw, and Du He saw through Hou Junji's attack and killed Hou Junji's offensive strategy in the front camp. And Hou Junji immediately changed the main attack point to Dongying flexibly with color, and disabled the guards of Dongying. Du He's killer move made Hou Junji work in vain, but Hou Junji's timely retreat made Du He unable to expand the results.
It was a wonderful battle between the tip of the needle and Maimang.
However, he was repulsed by Duhe, which is a fact.
He has been in his life without a single defeat, but today he was defeated by a junior, who is still his enemy of life and death, how can he swallow this breath?
Especially when it was planted in the hands of Fang Yiai, it made him as disgusting as eating a fly.
Du He is so famous, it's not a shame to lose.
But Fang Yiai, a little famous, let his attack come back with a feather, which is really unacceptable.
What made him even more depressed was that this defeat was completely sent by him.
The Modao Army has a strong offensive and defensive ability, but this offensive and defensive ability is based on the premise of consuming speed. His cavalry could have avoided the current situation by attacking from elsewhere instead of being entangled with it.
But after a hundred battles, he accidentally made a mistake that could not be forgiven, and underestimated the enemy.
He thought about how to save face, and when he raised his eyes, his eyes were straight, and the place where his military camp was located was full of fire.