Chapter 194: Li Ru's Strategy
The sneak attack is no stranger to Zhang Huang.
I remember that during the Battle of Jizhou, Zhang Huang always regarded himself as a general, galloping on the huge battlefield of more than 100,000 people.
I think Dong Zhuo and Li Ru may also have this in mind, so they placed him in this team for surprise attacks.
What surprised Zhang Huang was Zhang Ji, as one of the later "Tigers of the Troubled Han", this nominal cheap uncle seemed to have shown his ability during this period, so he was mentioned by Dong Zhuo as a general who led an army alone.
"Embroidered cubs, don't leave the team without permission!"
When preparing to attack, Zhang Ji did not forget to whisper a word of advice to Zhang Huang, and then put on the general's helmet.
This care made Zhang Huang slightly stunned.
It stands to reason that the relationship between him and Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew is just for outsiders to see, but looking at Zhang Ji's serious seriousness and worry, Zhang Huang faintly has an inexplicable illusion: it seems that Zhang Ji really regards him as a beloved nephew at this moment, or rather, at this time, he mistakenly regards Zhang Huang as his real nephew Zhang Xiu.
It's a strange feeling......
Zhang Huang shook his head laughingly and laughingly, no matter what Zhang Ji's intentions were, his kindness could still be passed on to Zhang Huang. After all, in the chaos of the battlefield, once a cavalryman breaks away from his team, then he will only be swallowed up by the tide of infantry, and poked all over the hole by the spear in the latter's hand.
"Got it, uncle." Zhang Huang replied jokingly.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ji was shocked when he heard this, turned his head and looked at Zhang Huang with complicated eyes, and then nodded silently with a little embarrassment and nostalgia.
Zhang Huang felt that there might be a story in this that he didn't know, but it was not easy to ask in detail, after all, he was just pretending to be an identity, and the two were not familiar with each other in essence.
"Up!"
Noticed a secret signal from the Chinese army's main front. Zhang Ji took a deep breath, and after a deep sigh, he took the lead in rushing out. Subsequently, Zhang Huang and the 1,000 cavalry also rushed out of the formation, and with the help of the empty field on the periphery of the left flank, they stepped up their sprint and gradually increased the speed of the war horse under their crotch.
As for the target, it is undoubtedly the main formation of the Chinese army where Han Sui, the commander of the Xiliang rebels, is located.
Some people may be surprised, could it be that in front of the army of about 40,000 under Han Sui, Zhang Ji and Zhang Huang's 1,000 cavalry can actually play a miraculous effect?
You must know that Han Sui is not an easy character to deal with, even if Cao Cao replaced Yuan Shao as the overlord of the north and the Central Plains in history. is still particularly jealous of Han Sui, who is in Liangzhou.
What the? Ma Teng father and son?
Hehe, Lao Tzu is rude and reckless, and his son is brave and unscrupulous, even if this father and son with impulsive personalities are added together, they will not be Han Sui's opponents.
It is undeniable that Ma Chao also has the qualifications to become the overlord of one party, and there is no shortage of force and fame, but unfortunately there is not enough equipment, a guy like him who is more ambitious than the sky, ruthless and can't be a man, is destined to be the one who is unjust. is worthy of being hailed as a copy of Lu Bu, and he did almost nothing after taking refuge in Liu Bei. Depressed. (In history, it was Ma Chao who first opposed Cao Cao, and then Cao Cao killed Ma Teng, so there is no such thing as Ma Chao and Han Sui joining forces against Cao in the romance to avenge his father.) The fact is that Ma Chao gave up his father Ma Teng, who was still under the supervision of Jingshi Cao Cao, for the sake of his power. and told Han Sui that he would treat the latter like his father, but on the condition that Han Sui give up Yan Xing, who was almost equivalent to his righteous son. Yan Xing is a fierce general whose strength is better than that of Ma Chao, and he is brave and good at fighting. )
It is undeniable to say that Han Sui is the most capable hero in Liangzhou. It's hard to imagine that he will be defeated by Li Ru's small detour and sneak attack.
No, before Zhang Ji and Zhang Huang's 1,000 cavalry completely broke out of the defense line of the left wing general Xu Rong, Han Sui had already noticed the abnormal movement of this team.
He just couldn't figure out Li Ru's thoughts. Because at this time, the front armies of the two armies were still fighting, and it was not clear who had the upper hand at all, and neither of the left and right flanks of either side was dispatched. At this time, Li Ru couldn't wait to sacrifice this thousand-strong cavalry, and put on a posture of wanting to sneak attack Han Sui's own formation in a roundabout way, which really made Han Sui feel a little incomprehensible.
It is no exaggeration to say that Han Sui does not need to arrange any steps at all, as long as the teams of Zhang Ji and Zhang Huang really dare to kill in front of them, the 40,000 soldiers of the Liangzhou rebels are enough to drown this ridiculous strange army.
If it were someone else, I'm afraid Han Sui would have laughed and mocked the other side for having no plan, but this time he was facing Li Ru, who assisted Dong Zhuo from a clan that was not valued by the Dong family in Longxi since he was a child, and gradually became a local magnate who was in awe of the surrounding Qiang and Han peoples.
"Marshal, the enemy seems to want to sneak up on our army!"
Beside Han Sui, a Huang Zhongyi couldn't help but remind.
Han Sui's guards were all composed of Hu people and Qiang people, who not only protected Han Sui, but also acted as the eyes and ears of Song Yang, the "King of Pinghan", and monitored Han Sui's every move.
"I can see it." Han Sui glared at the man dissatisfiedly, feeling really uncomfortable.
After all, although he and Bian Zhang were the main and deputy commanders of the entire Liangzhou rebel army, they did not have the slightest freedom, and a small guard could question their judgment.
Just like this time, if Han Sui didn't say that he was ugly, most of those Huangzhong Yicong would think that he had the meaning of "releasing water". Otherwise, why did he still not have any response when the enemy's sneak attack was about to come?
"There are 35,000 of us here, what tricks can a thousand cavalry come up with? Compared to this matter, I care more about the reason why Li Ru did this. …… Li Ru is a strategist among the Han people, and he is an extremely powerful figure in my opinion, and he will never be untargeted! ”
In the end, Han Sui still had to explain to the guards around him to reassure them not to be impatient.
As soon as those Huang Zhongyi heard that the enemy this time was a great Han strategist named Li Ru, the dissatisfaction on their faces immediately receded a little. "Han strategist", this word is still very important to foreigners. Because in their understanding, "Han strategists" are a group of strange people who can come up with a lot of conspiracies and tricks as long as they use their brains and turn their pens, and they can kill you no matter how many people you have.
For a long time, foreigners generally thought that the Han people were intelligent, cunning, and insidious, not to mention the group of "Han strategists". For example, this time, Song Yang, the king of Pinghan, coerced Han Sui. It's nothing more than trying to take advantage of Han Sui's excellent resourcefulness.
It is worth mentioning that Han strategists have always been very popular among foreigners, even after hundreds or thousands of years, even if they can't mix in their own country, as long as they keep in mind a few tricks like the thirty-six tricks, they can mix well on the grassland. Of course, there is almost no trust and recognition.
Far away, this is the general attitude of foreigners towards the Han strategists, who are born strong and look down on the weakness of the Han people, but they are afraid of the plans of future generations.
Han Sui responded with no move, and Li Ru also saw it in his eyes. He wasn't surprised. After all, this person has seen through their previous intention of "bringing disaster to the east", where would they mobilize the army because of a mere thousand light horsemen?
And what Li Ru is currently designing is to use Han Sui's excellent wisdom to lead him into a trap step by step.
"The left can go up." Li Ru reminded Dong Zhuo in a deep voice.
Dong Zhuo naturally did not doubt Li Ru's judgment, and immediately nodded, gave orders, and ordered Xu Rong, the commander of the left wing, to lead the three thousand infantry to press.
"Right-wing again?"
The left flank of Dong Zhuo's side was the right flank of Han Sui's side, and Han Sui frowned unconsciously as he watched the gradual advance of the three thousand infantry on the opposite side.
It stands to reason. Because the current middle battlefield, that is, the front military headquarters of the two armies, is still in a state of stalemate, and it will be difficult to distinguish the winner for a while and a half, therefore. Li Ru wanted to open the situation from the flank, which did not surprise Han Sui.
But the question is, Li Ru has been putting pressure on his own side on the south side one after another, what is the purpose of this?
Han Sui quietly glanced at Dong Zhuofang's right wing, which had not moved at all. There stood Hu Zhen, the general under Dong Zhuo, and the 2,000 light cavalry he led.
"Striking the West?" The curvature of Han Sui's mouth rose, and he suddenly felt that the young strategist opposite seemed to underestimate him a little.
"It's too much to take for granted, my strength is three times yours......"
Snorted. With a wave of his right hand, Han Sui issued an order: order the right flank to step forward and fight Xu Rong's 3,000 infantry head-on.
As Han Sui said, the numerical advantage was reflected, you must know that his right flank had only 5,000 troops, while Xu Rong on the opposite side only had 3,000 infantry, which was nearly twice the difference, so that Dong Zhuojun, who was originally showing the momentum of attack, stopped his pace suddenly after colliding head-on with the infantry policy of the Xiliang rebels. Even, it was exposed that the situation of being counterpressed by the Xiliang rebels was exposed.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Han Sui stared at the battlefield on the south side for a long time, and then invested another 3,000 troops, so that the pressure on the opposite Dong general Xu Rong increased from 5,000 to 8,000 at once.
The investment of troops this time was simply immediate, and in less than a moment, the 3,000 infantry led by Xu Rong was faintly showing a rout.
Seeing this scene, the solemnity on the faces of those Huang Zhongyi beside Han Sui was suddenly replaced by the joy of imminent victory.
However, Han Sui's faint words were like a basin of cold water that extinguished the joy in their hearts.
"Don't be too happy, the real target of the Han strategist on the other side is on the north side!"
As soon as Han Sui's words fell, suddenly Hu Zhen, the general of the right wing under Dong Zhuo, led the two thousand cavalry to charge.
"Sure enough!" Han Sui clenched his fists with some excitement, and immediately ordered his cavalry to start charging as well.
It is no wonder that in this era, after all, the world generally believes that the only types of troops that can sanction the cavalry are cavalry, like what uses the spear array of infantry to deal with cavalry, unless a general with a certain big heart and courage, he will never dare to use this trick of killing the enemy by killing one thousand and losing eight hundred.
"Huh?" Suddenly, Han Sui felt a little surprised, because he found that the cavalry of Dong General Hu Zhen, their speed of charging was a little weird.
It's like sprinting with all your might from the start.
This is definitely a strange phenomenon, you must know that although the advantage of cavalry is speed, in fact, cavalry gradually increases speed during the sprint, and will only sprint with all its strength when it is about to get close to the enemy. Because the all-out sprint consumes the physical strength of the war horse, if you sprint with all your strength from the beginning, it is difficult to ensure that the war horse has enough physical strength to break out of the encirclement. And if a horse runs out of strength on the battlefield, then the cavalry is useless.
Han Sui didn't believe that Li Ru would not understand this. But for some reason, Hu Zhen did launch an all-out sprint a few miles away from the left flank of the Xiliang rebels. It is no exaggeration to say that if Hu Zhen did not slow down, then when they encountered the Hu Dao Rong cavalry sent out by Han Sui, they would be directly chiseled through by the Hu Dao Rong cavalry because of the serious attenuation of the speed of their own war horses, or even completely defeated.
"What the hell was he thinking?" Han Sui's eyes rolled slightly, staring at Dong Zhuojun's home formation, although it was impossible for him to see his opponent Li Ru in such a chaotic battlefield.
"Ahh An exclamation interrupted Han Sui's thoughts.
Han Sui subconsciously looked at the battlefield, and then his face suddenly turned pale. Because he found. Hu Zhen's 2,000 cavalry did not go towards the Hu Daorong cavalry sent by Han Sui, but suddenly changed the direction of the charge and crashed headlong into the middle of the battlefield.
With the speed that had been raised to the limit early, Hu Zhen and the two thousand cavalry chiseled through the Xiliang army in the middle of the battlefield in the blink of an eye.
The Xiliang Army in the middle battlefield was in an uproar, and was killed by Dong Zhuojun's generals Duan Xuan and Hu Zhen for a while, losing their armor and being embarrassed.
In just a moment, the situation on the battlefield in the middle lane was already biased towards Dong Zhuo's side.
At this time, Hu Zhen did not delay at all, and in the Xiliang army that cut through the middle battlefield, he immediately killed horizontally to the battlefield on the south side. Obviously, he planned to repeat his old tricks and assist his colleague Xu Rong on the battlefield on the south side to flank the Xiliang rebels on both sides.
Tricked!
Rao is Han Sui's face was also a little ugly. He never thought that Li Ru on the opposite side would not play cards according to common sense at all. After making Hu Zhen shake a shot, he directly entered the middle battlefield.
However, even so, Han Sui was not worried, after all, Li Ru's approach was a double-edged sword, don't look at Hu Zhen's measures will directly lead to the defeat of the Xiliang rebels on the middle and south roads. But in the same way, because Hu Zhen took the initiative to avoid, there was no obstacle for the rebels' Hu Daorong cavalry on the north road. It can directly attack Dong Zhuojun's main formation.
After all, the defeat on the local battlefield is nothing, as long as Hu Daorong cavalry overturns the banner of Dong Zhuojun's own formation, then it undoubtedly means that Han Sui will win the final victory in this battle.
In a hurry for quick success, the young man opposite is still tender......
After thinking about it for a while, Han Sui's mood improved a lot.
But then, he discovered something that made him feel very stunned. He found that the banner of Dong Zhuojun's main formation had moved.
The banner of Dong Zhuojun's own formation will move, and Han Sui is not surprised at all, because his Hu Dao Rong cavalry is about to kill Dong Zhuojun's main formation. Han Sui was stunned that Li Ru really dared to move the banner on the battlefield.
I already knew that the flag of the first army was absolutely cohesive on the battlefield, and its appeal was even stronger than that of the commander of the first army, and it was by no means easy to move, otherwise it would give the enemy a chance to take advantage of.
Like this time.
"I'm so young and I don't know if I'm alive or dead!" That unexpected surprise made Han Sui's face show a lingering wild smile.
He never thought that Li Ru would be so stupid as to use the way of removing the military flag to avoid the attack of Hu Daorong's cavalry.
At this time, as long as he ordered his soldiers to shout "the enemy has been defeated", those Dong Zhuo's soldiers who were still fighting hard looked back and couldn't see their own military flags, and their morale would fall to the bottom in an instant.
"Summoned ......"
Han Sui, who was full of joy, turned his head and gave an order to Huang Zhongyi beside him, but before he finished speaking, the smile on his face suddenly froze. For he found that a cavalry had taken advantage of the rout of the rebels on their right flank and had made a detour to kill them from the south.
As the leader, a general, wearing armor and a general's helmet, holding the reins in his left hand and the spear in his right hand swept back and forth, not seeking to kill the enemy, but only to rush away from the Liangzhou rebels who were blocking the way.
And the young lieutenant general on his side, who seemed to be above the main general in martial arts, held the horse's belly between his legs and let the horse sprint, with a sword in his left hand and a gun in his right hand, he actually killed many Liangzhou soldiers in the process of sprinting.
"This ...... When?! ”
Han Sui asked himself secretly, he really couldn't figure out when this cavalry came over.
Suddenly, he was shaken.
Because he remembered at this time that this cavalry had already been dispatched when the front army of the two armies was fighting, but at that time, Han Sui suspected Li Ru's motive for doing so, and ordered his subordinates to deploy and not move.
Immediately afterwards, Li Ru successively dispatched the left flank and the right flank, and there were many tricks, so that Han Sui's attention was subconsciously attracted to it, and he never made an accurate response to this cavalry of only 1,000 people.
Li Ru...... Could this be his real killer move?!
Han Sui, who also thought that the victory was in his hands, was stunned to find that in fact, he and Li Ru were in roughly the same situation, both in the embarrassing situation of being approached and coerced by an enemy cavalry in their own formation, the only difference was that Dong Zhuojun had achieved absolute superiority in the two local battlefields of the middle and south roads, while he did not.
Han Sui, who was a little stunned by the rapid changes on the battlefield, couldn't help but have a sentence in his mind repeatedly.
Turn your hands into clouds, cover your hands for rain!
He finally realized that Li Ru's wisdom may be beyond his reach.
"Block! Stop that cavalry! ”
Han Sui hurriedly gave the order.
But it is a pity that he only began to pay attention to the existence of Zhang Ji and Zhang Huang at this time, and it was too late, with the speed of the war horse sprinting, Zhang Ji and Zhang Huang took the lead in the main formation of Han Sui's army, and the monstrous killing intent was directed at Han Sui.
"This madman ......"
Han Sui unconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of Dong Zhuojun's main formation, and now that he had understood, he was eager to see Li Ru at this moment, and wanted to see what kind of attitude this madman was looking at at the moment.
What kind of madman would be to use as many as 8,000 men as bait and a mere 1,000 cavalry to lead the victory of this war?
"Die before anyone, right?" Han Sui gritted his teeth fiercely.
At this moment, Han Sui, who was furious, was eager to mobilize all the remaining forces to block the thousand cavalry, because he knew that as long as his side held on for a moment, the Hu Dao Rong cavalry that had rushed to Dong Zhuojun's main formation would cut off Li Ru's head and give it to him.
But he didn't dare to gamble, because he was a person who cherished his life very much, otherwise he would have committed suicide and martyrdom when he was held hostage by the Hu people, and how could he be the commander of the rebel army.
Now, there is no need to care about Dong Zhuojun's main banner, because Li Ru used his wisdom to skillfully play a time difference, with the advantage of only a moment ahead, he had the upper hand in Han Sui's battle, so that Han Sui simply did not have enough time to operate this matter.
"Withdraw!"
Han Sui gave the order to withdraw the troops with a black face.
He could only do this, because if he didn't leave at this time, once Duan Xuan in the middle and Xu Rong on the left flank were killed, the Xiliang rebels would usher in a complete rout at that time.
Rather than this, it is better for the strong man to break his wrist and leave an army behind the palace, and ensure as much vitality as possible for the coming day. (To be continued......)