Chapter Eighty-Four: The Beginning of the War
In the early morning haze, Gongsun Xu saw that a black line appeared on the horizon in the distance, and the black line was constantly getting thicker, and thousands of Wuhuan military horses continued to expand in Gongsun Xu's pupils.
Compared with those generals who were a little nervous, Gongsun Xu's face was very calm.
In Gongsun Xu's opinion, it is nothing more than five thousand Wuhuan soldiers, and he can't set off any storms on his side.
Although Gongsun Xu did not take the 5,000 soldiers led by Nanlin to heart, he also passed on the order in an orderly manner.
Gongsun Xu told the heralds around him: "Order the soldiers on the watchtower, let them report the enemy's march route at any time.
The shield-bearer stands his shield, the archer prepares to shoot, and the trebuchet loads the projectile and waits for the final order.
Sent an order to General Han Yu that as long as the army of Xiangping City leaves the city, after releasing some of them, they will directly use trebuchets to cripple the rest, so that they cannot come out of the city to create chaos for us.
The part of the cavalry that was released should be wiped out as much as possible. ”
Gongsun Xu knew in his heart that Nanlin's reinforcements chose to dispatch at this time, and they should have exchanged information with Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun in the city.
If it is not surprising, Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun will definitely send cavalry to meet Nanlin and carry out harassing attacks on them, once a situation of flanking before and after is formed, it will have an adverse impact on Gongsun Xu's subsequent arrangement.
This time, the focus of the attack was not Qiu Liju's team in Xiangping City, but the reinforcements from Nanlin's side, and Gongsun continued to prepare to win with one blow and completely cripple Nanlin's troops.
The way to play some of the cavalry in the city was told to Han Yu by Gongsun Xu in advance, and the idea was actually very simple, that is, he wanted to consume some of the cavalry in Xiangping City.
It is a matter of time before Xiangping City is broken, and it will be able to cripple the cavalry in Xiangping City, and Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun will have no escort if they want to escape, and it will definitely be in his pocket at that time.
Gongsun Xu turned his head and said to Zhao Yun beside him: "General Zhao Yun, you and Gongsun Da will lead your cavalry to prepare, don't think about it over there in Xiangping City, there is Han Yu to command there."
When the enemy on the side of the reinforcements in Nanlin has not broken down, you must not attack, and everything must wait for the orders of the Chinese army. When the Chinese side orders the cavalry to charge, you can charge, and you must obey the orders of the Chinese army. ”
After Gongsun continued to arrange, his eyes were firmly fixed on the team on the other side of Nanlin, but in his heart he missed the telescope of the future generations.
If you can have a high-powered telescope at this time, it will be easier to win the war. But what! With the current level of technology at the end of the Han Dynasty, the telescope can only be thought about, and it is impossible to realize it at all.
Nanlin led a mixed force of 5,000 cavalry and infantry, and they continued to advance in the direction of Gongsun Xu's army.
As the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements, Nanlin put all the cavalry in front, and even put his fifty heavy cavalry at the forefront, and Nanlin constantly gave orders to let his samurai heavy cavalry start to accelerate three hundred meters away from Gongsun Xu's army.
The other cavalry began to accelerate after the heavy cavalry had accelerated for a period of time, and began to charge at the position where Gongsun Xu was.
Nanlin's style of play was very simple, the heavy cavalry began to accelerate the charge from 300 meters away, and even the most elite troops of the Han army could not resist this charge.
The hoplites were invulnerable, and their weakness was only the eyes of the armored riders. Under that kind of telling movement, the enemy simply could not resist these hoplites.
These hoplites rushed into the enemy's camp, and the enemy's battle formation was largely rendered useless. What kind of formation of shield soldiers plus pikemen, under the charge of heavy cavalry, is a scum.
Just when the cavalry of the Nanlin Front Army reached more than 300 steps away from the Gongsun Continuation Battle Formation, the two rows of light cavalry in front quickly separated to both sides, flashing a wide road, and fifty heavily armored men began to accelerate.
When the fifty hoplites began to accelerate, the earth began to tremble faintly, as if thousands of horses were galloping......
Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun stood on the city wall and looked at the Han army below and the reinforcements in the distance, and they kept communicating.
The two of them didn't expect that the Han army's besieging of Xiangping was so strong, and in the face of the imminent front and rear attack, there was no chaos at all, and all the soldiers maintained a posture of being ready for battle.
Qiu Liju saw that the reinforcements were about to confront the Han army, he called his cavalry commander Qiu Duo, beckoned the attendant on his side to bring a large bowl of wine, he solemnly said to Qiu Duo: "This time out of the city will be a hard battle, the glory and hope of the Qiu family are pinned on you, I hope you and Lord Nanlin will flank the enemy army before and after, bravely kill the enemy, and use the enemy's blood to achieve your future glory."
Qiu Liju originally wanted to personally lead his troops out of the city and Nanlin to attack Gongsun Xu's team, but Zhang Chun did not agree with his approach, after all, Xiangping City needed him and Zhang Chun to be in charge.
The most important reason is that Qiu Liju is not completely at ease with Zhang Chun, a fool, in case he leaves Xiangping, this fool wants to monopolize Xiangping, and he can't restrain Zhang Chun at all.
Qiu Duo is Qiu Liju's nephew, and he is also the most warlike cavalry general under Qiu Liju's command.
Although Gongsun Xu's soldiers look very neat, but the traces of the new run-in together are quite heavy, it should be the newly brought together troops, as long as Qiu Duo and Nanlin cooperate well, there should be no problem in breaking these Han troops.
Even if these Han troops were brave, Qiu Duo and Nanlin were able to withdraw unscathed.
Qiu Duo solemnly took the wine given by Qiu Liju, raised his hands above his head, and said loudly: "My nephew will definitely not live up to my uncle's love, and when I and my soldiers break the enemy army, we will come back and drink with my uncle."
After Qiu Duo finished speaking, he craned his neck, drank all the spirits in the big bowl, nodded heavily to Qiu Liju, turned around and strode towards the city.
Qiu Duo walked down the city gate tower and saw seven hundred cavalry standing solemnly under the city gate, and there was a hint of fortitude on his face.
Stepping on his horse, he led seven hundred elite horsemen to stand at the gate of the city, and shouted, "Open the gate."
Seeing the city gate open and the drawbridge falling, Qiu Duo shouted loudly: "Warriors of Wuhuan, rush out with me, kill the enemy happily, and let those Han dogs see what a real cavalry is."
Qiu Duo shouted as he urged his mount under his crotch and began to rush out of the city gates.
The seven hundred Wuhuan Iron Horsemen waved the weapons in their hands, as if they were a torrent of steel, and rushed directly out of the city.