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At the trumpet-shaped mountain pass, Duan Xuan's army was slowly advancing outward.

At the front was a row of sword and shield soldiers, who together pushed out the heavy wagons and joined them into a wall, followed by four thousand archers, whose bows were as full as the moon and whose arrows were ready to be struck.

Hundreds of paces away, more than 10,000 cavalry were fanning out, eyeing each other, ready to charge at any time.

In front of the army, Luo Zheng stood on his hips, his eyes scanning at Duan Xuan's army who rushed out of the mountain pass.

After watching it for a long time, he muttered: "Impeccable." ”

Jia Xu bowed his head lightly and said: "Duan Xuan is also a general, much more cautious than Yang Ding, and does not take the enemy lightly, so the layers of formations are pushed outward, with swords and shields to support heavy vehicles to form a wall, and with archers to shoot the formation, it can indeed effectively prevent cavalry raids." It seems that it is impossible to defeat Duan Xuan's army in Shankouzi. ”

Luo Zheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, the terrain of this mountain pass is special, it is good to defend and not to attack, wait until you get to the wilderness, see how Duan Xuan is still preparing for the surprise attack of this general, unless he shrinks and does not move, otherwise there will be no flaws." ”

Jia Xu nodded again and again: "General Gaojian, since this is the case, why not let the soldiers unload their armor and rest." ”

Luo Zheng was as good as a stream, and immediately ordered the army to retreat several miles away, unload his armor and rest, and only ordered Yan Xing to lead 3,000 cavalry, always wandering around Duan Xuan's army, so that he did not dare to act rashly, and he had to form a formation to defend himself at all times. So that the soldiers did not have time to rest.

On a hill at the mountain pass, Duan Xuan straddles the horse solemnly. The generals around him arched.

A general swept around, and said with an ugly face: "Luo Zheng is really cunning like a fox." This is clearly to bite our army to the death, as long as our army moves, these damn cavalry will pounce. ”

Duan Xuan's face was also difficult to see, and he instantly thought of what Luo Zheng's idea was.

Originally, there were 5,000 cavalry, and they could also protect the flanks so that they would not be so passive.

But at present, the 5,000 cavalry was broken by Luo Zheng, and only less than 1,000 remnants were left. It is no longer possible to use the baggage vehicles to defend itself, and once it is attacked by the cavalry, it is very easy to be defeated.

This is the difference between infantry and cavalry, and on the battlefield, it is always the cavalry who holds the initiative.

In the face of the cavalry's endless tactics of attack, the only thing the infantry could do was to form a formation to defend themselves, or to defend the pass according to the danger.

This is not to say that infantry is inferior to cavalry, but that it plays a different role.

Cavalry is good at field warfare, once it is in the wilderness. The cavalry can give full play to its strong mobility, relying on its strong mobility to attack and assault, attack when it is weak, and retreat if it wants to be strong. There is no disadvantage, and the infantry will suffer a great loss.

If you encounter more complex terrain, or you have to be strong. Cavalry is greatly restricted, while infantry can rely on favorable terrain for defense or resistance. Make the most of your strengths.

However, it is thirty miles from here to Chencang. All sides are flat wilderness.

Such terrain can undoubtedly give the cavalry the greatest advantage.

"Command the army, camp on the spot!"

Duan Xuantie's face was blue, and he ordered in a deep voice, not daring to act rashly.

No one would doubt that as long as they made a big move, the three thousand cavalry on the flanks would pounce on them like a pack of vicious wolves, tearing bloody holes in the most vulnerable parts of the army.

In the evening, seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, Yan Xing led three thousand cavalry to flee away.

Duan Xuan didn't dare to be careless, and sent scouts to investigate, only to know that Luo Zheng's army was on a river beach in the northeast, and the distance was about ten miles.

For the infantry with a large amount of grain and heavy baggage, it will take at least half an hour for the army to set out of camp.

"General, it's not a way to go on like this!"

A general hurriedly said: "You have to find a way to get close to the water source, otherwise it will not take more than three days at most, and the army will mutiny." ”

Duan Xuan's face was ugly, how he didn't know this.

Water is more important than food and grass, and if you don't eat for a day, the soldiers may be able to withstand it, but if you don't drink water for a day, absolutely no one can stand it; If you don't drink water for two days, even an iron man can't stand up.

And there is no water source, and you can't eat in your mouth.

"Wait one night, let's talk about it tomorrow morning!"

Duan Xuan waved his hand, the sun was about to set now, and there was nothing he could do for the time being.

It is impossible to send troops to fetch water, dozens of scout scouts not far away are staring, sending troops to fetch water, only to deliver food to Luo Zheng, only to survive the night, and wait until dawn tomorrow to find a way.

"Alas!"

The generals sighed and went to settle their troops.

The next morning, before dawn, I heard the sound of a desolate trumpet in the distance.

Duan Xuan hurriedly put on his stomach armor and rushed out of the tent, and saw the cavalry in the distance, which was black and oppressive, slowly approached, and when the sky was completely bright, tens of thousands of cavalry had already surrounded the large battalion in a fan shape, and the distance was only more than three hundred steps.

Tens of thousands of cavalry stood silently, only the sound of war horses was connected, which was particularly harsh in the wilderness.

Suddenly, I saw a whirlwind rush out of the riding formation, sweat and blood under the crotch, the snow-white hair did not have any variegation, like a white shadow rushed over, not Luo Zheng who else came.

"Where is Duan Xuan?"

Luo Zheng reined in his horse and shouted.

Duan Xuan climbed the outpost tower in front of the camp and shouted, "Luo Zheng, what do you mean by this?" ”

Luo Zheng glanced up, immediately laughed three times, and said in a long voice: "General Ben has no other meaning, I just want to give you a way to live this time, it depends on whether you want to live or die." ”

Duan Xuan endured the anger in his heart, and shouted in a deep voice: "What is a way to live, and what is a way to die? ”

Luo Zheng said loudly: "It's very simple, the way to survive is to open the camp gate and surrender to the general." As for the dead end......"

After saying this, he paused, and said in a cruel voice: "General Ben has made you ten thousand soldiers and horses never return to Chang'an!" ”

"Too much deception!"

Duan Xuan shouted angrily: "General Ben wants to see how you make it impossible for General Ben's army to return to Chang'an!" ”

Luo Zhengchang smiled: "Duan Xuan, don't die with a hard mouth. Now your 5,000 cavalry has been broken by this general, and you have more than 10,000 foot soldiers left. How can you escape the pursuit of the general Ben in this wilderness? If you surrender to the general, you can also ensure that you continue to enjoy wealth. If not. This Chang'an Ancient Road is the place where you and your army are buried. ”

Duan Xuanqi's face was pale, but he was powerless to refute.

The current shape is indeed a bad plan, without the containment of 5,000 cavalry, in the face of Luo Zheng's more than 10,000 cavalry, the 15,000 foot soldiers under his command really can't escape the pursuit of Luo Zheng's army, and they don't dare to move lightly at all.

Moreover, there is only half a month's grain and grass in the army, and if you can't get food and grass supplies, you just wait for the food army, and the army will have to mutiny.

Look at the more than 10,000 cavalry surrounding the camp. Duan Xuan couldn't help but feel sad.

Even if there is grain and grass, what can be done, it will not be transported to the camp at all.

Moreover, the most urgent issue at the moment is how to solve the problem of water sources as much as possible.

The terrain near this mountain pass is quite high, and last night I ordered the soldiers to dig a well in the camp to get water, but after digging nearly five zhang, there was no water from the ground. If no more water sources can be obtained, it will take another day at most, and the army will inevitably mutiny.

In front of the big battalion, the generals of the army also turned blue when they heard this. I felt a deep helplessness in my heart.

Duan Xuan forcibly suppressed the boiling anger in his heart, lowered his posture and said: "Shengping and I are both from the old department of Xiliang, why bother to be so aggressive. As long as Shengping Ken led the army back, General Ben promised not to raise troops to attack Xiliang again. How is it? ”

"Hahaha!"

Luo Zheng laughed three times, and then muttered: "In the past, in Luoyang, a certain and Zhongming also had some old friendship. General Ben really didn't want to push him too far. However, at the moment of state affairs, how can General Ben abolish state affairs with personal feelings? For the sake of the past. If Zhongming surrenders to the people, I will not dare to wait slowly. If the loyal man refuses to surrender. Then there was only one war. ”

"That's it!"

Duan Xuan sighed: "The matter has come to this, why should General Ben be afraid of a battle!" ”

After that, he ignored Luo Zheng, ran down the sentry tower quickly, and ordered all departments to assemble a large army.

"Hey, fuck it!"

Luo Zheng waved his arm hatefully, turned the horse's head, and ran back to the main formation.

I wanted to persuade Duan Xuan to surrender, so that not only could he avoid casualties among the army under his command, but also could do his best to get more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under Duan Xuan's command.

In the continuous sound of the bull's horn, Duan Xuan's camp immediately boiled, and a group of foot soldiers quickly assembled in the camp under the shouting and leadership of the military academy, the tents were put away, and all the baggage was loaded onto the cart.

Soon, a group of sword and shield soldiers took the lead in rushing out of the camp, and they were lined up on the military ground in front of the camp, followed by a team of bows and arrows behind them and pulled out their longbows to shoot their feet, in case Luo Zheng's cavalry took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

It took more than half an hour for the army to rise and move slowly northeast.

The sword and shield soldiers were in front, the archers followed closely behind, holding down the formation, the pikemen on both sides to protect the two wings, and the rear formation was 2,000 sword and shield soldiers, and the army of 15,000 formed a huge circle to protect the grain and heavy vehicles in the middle.

At this time, Luo Zheng's 10,000 cavalry had retreated to more than two miles away, and only Yan Xing led 3,000 cavalry to go around to the other side of the mountain pass, biting unhurriedly in the rear of Duan Xuan's army from the flank and rear direction.

In front of the cavalry formation.

Jia Xu put up a pergola and watched for a while, and immediately turned his head to Luo Zheng and said: "General, Duan Xuan didn't take the avenue, but moved the camp to the northeast, which is to move the camp near the water source." ”

Luo Zheng said 'um' and said, "This is expected, if there is no water source, Duan Xuan's ten thousand soldiers and horses will have to be disbanded in three days at most." Only by moving the battalion to the vicinity of Suwon can we wear down our army. ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Duan Xuan wants to fight a war of attrition with our army, so don't even think about it." When the army travels, the army can only bring half a month's worth of grain and grass at most. If the grain and grass can't be transported, Duan Xuan can only survive for half a month at most. ”

Luo Zheng nodded happily and said, "Even so, Duan Xuan can't be allowed to move the camp to the water source safely. Duan Xuan didn't think that if he used swords, shields and archers to protect the front formation, and then used spearmen to protect the left and right wings, the general would have nothing to do with him. The quick horse sent an order to Yan Xing, there was no need to raid Duan Xuan's main formation, but he could ride through the rear formation, shoot the spearmen on both wings and the mules and horses guarding the cart of the Chinese army with bows and arrows, and put some blood on Duan Xuan as much as possible. ”

"Order!"

A herald had already responded to the order and rode away.

After a while, the 3,000 cavalry that had been biting the flank of Duan Xuan's army immediately divided into two, and 1,500 cavalry each quickly rushed up from the rear formation, went around to the two wings of Duan Xuan's army, and separated them by about eighty, and opened their bows and arrows together.

By the time he had finished shooting two rounds of arrows, he had already rushed through the two wings of Duan Xuan's army.

The two cavalry roared, and immediately went outward, and when they were behind them, they caught up again and fired arrows.

In the terrible screams, the spearmen on both wings continued to fall from arrows, struggling and howling.

There were also animals such as mules and horses that were protected by the Chinese army, and the horses and horses pulling the cart were injured by bows and arrows, and they screamed and jumped to riot, and the soldiers in charge of driving the cart dragged the cattle to death, their faces turned white, and they scolded their mothers angrily.

Originally, in the process of cavalry charging, bows and arrows were almost useless.

Even the most skilled shooter is difficult to shoot at the target when the horse is running fast.

Unless it is a marksman like Zhao Yun, he can be almost unaffected by the war horse.

However, more than ninety percent of the cavalry, where can there be such archery.

However, at present, Duan Xuan wants to move the camp to the vicinity of the river five miles to the northeast, and the sword and shield soldiers want to protect the front and rear formations, and the spearmen on both wings are completely exposed. Moreover, because of the lack of necessary protection and the formation being too dense, it was necessary to protect the chariots and horses of the Chinese army, which could not be avoided, and it was impossible to retreat, and unfortunately became a live handle for the cavalry to practice archery.

No matter how bad the archery skills are, in the face of such a dense formation, the hit rate is not much worse.

The two cavalry were separated by seventy or eighty paces, and they kept coming back to shoot arrows, which soon caused a lot of casualties to the spearmen that Duan Xuan used to protect the two wings, and the originally dense military formation seemed to have been combed by a comb, and it became much more sparse.

The cattle pulled by the Chinese army were injured by bows and arrows, and they were even more irritable and uncontrollable.

In the Chinese army, Duan Xuan's eyes were about to split, and he almost wanted to crush his steel teeth.

This is too fucking cunning, Duan Xuan has never met such a cunning opponent, and there is a strong urge to vomit blood in his heart, Xiliang Iron Cavalry is brave and good at fighting, because he has always been accustomed to charging from the front, and breaking the resistance and will of the enemy army with the momentum of decay, when has he been so shameless and inferior.

Luo Zheng can also be regarded as a veteran general of Xiliang, why the cavalry under his command does not look like the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in his impression at all.

In Duan Xuan's opinion, the cavalry under Luo Zheng's command could not be regarded as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry at all, because the Xiliang Iron Cavalry would never use such shameless and obscene tactics, and would only hide in the distance and harass with arrows, but they did not dare to rush forward for a decisive battle.

However, it is undeniable that it is this shameless tactic that makes Duan Xuan feel helpless deeply.

This is like cutting meat with a blunt knife, and if there is no effective countermeasure, the final result can also be 15,000 troops being constantly bloodletted, which will eventually cause irreparable and catastrophic consequences. (My novel "Prancing Horse Xiliang" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......) R1292