As the saying goes, Ci does not lead the army and does not control the wealth, everything Wei Su and Geng Chao do is to win, so Yang Zhi continued to remain silent as always.

In fact, Geng Chao's ruthless stimulation strategy is like a fierce medicine, and the results are amazing. There was no need to promise any heavy rewards and seals, and there was no need for any rhetorical incitement, the soldiers all threw the honor and disgrace of life and death far away from the clouds, like a group of hungry wolves with green eyes, who only wanted to tear the Turks to the point that there were no bones left.

The battle plan of Wei Su and his old subordinate Geng Chao has almost perfectly become a reality.

Originally, the 100,000 Shuofang army with mixed horses had no advantage over the 100,000 Turkic iron cavalry, but the Turks were caught off guard by the powerful offensive of the Shuo army, and the queen was defeated and retreated for nearly 200 miles. The two sides fought fiercely for a day and night, and the Turks fought from a rout to a standoff between the two armies, and by the early morning of the next day, it had gradually become a counteroffensive. Wei Su also began to gradually shrink his forces, preparing to withdraw to Shuofang. Just as the sky was about to dawn, Geng Chao's raiding legion descended from the sky behind the Turks and joined the battle group like an incomparably sharp bloodthirsty steel knife.

It was the first time for Yang Zhi to experience the battle of hundreds of thousands of horses between the two sides in the Cold Weapon Era, and although he had been mentally prepared, he was still extremely shocked by the crazy battle of flesh and blood. Geng Chao's battlefield experience is not false at all, people are no different from crazy beasts at this time, and life seems so insignificant, so small and fragile. Everyone is faced with a multiple-choice question with no third answer: kill or be killed! If you can choose how to die, I believe that the vast majority of people would rather die under the guns and bullets of their previous lives.

After the raiding legion suddenly attacked from behind, the Turks who were attacked on their backs quickly became disorganized. They have always been advantageous to fight and retreat if there is no advantage, as usual, they are very wise not to fight to the death with the Xia army, relying on the mobile advantage of the cavalry and fighting and retreating, and quickly scattered and fled into the depths of the desert.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Shuofang army regrouped and calmly withdrew to the city. The raiding regiment pursued the fleeing Turkic cavalry in the northeast direction, and did not camp until sunset when it arrived at the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain.

Probably because Great Xia and the Turks rarely had the upper hand in the war for decades, this great battle with roughly the same casualties between the enemy and us was later called the "Shuofang Victory": on March 22, the 25th year of Wucheng in the Xia calendar, the captured general Wei Su led his army out of Shuofang, and fought fiercely with 100,000 Turkic iron cavalry, killing more than 30,000 enemies. The next day, the Turks were defeated and retreated, and the siege of Shuofang was relieved.

The raiding regiment won the first battle, and the loss of men and horses was less than 600, and the confidence of the whole army was greatly increased. It turns out that the Turks are not invincible, and it turns out that we can also chase and fight the Turks like rabbits!

The next day, the raiding legion rushed forward like a swift wind, galloping across the steppe desert as if it were no one. At first, Geng Chao was still very cautious, whether it was to find a Turkic tribe or encounter a Turkic cavalry, he would first send scouts to reconnoiter in detail in each battle. If you are absolutely sure that you can win a complete battle, you will attack decisively, but when you encounter a large force of Turkic cavalry, you will not be busy fighting hard, or you will send a unit to cut it off and attack again, or you will make a detour and then suddenly launch a fierce attack, and then quickly leave the battlefield after each battle.

The grassland in the spring is an endless natural pasture, and the soldiers carry two or three days' rations and meat with their horses just in case, basically eating wherever they go. Except for the replenishment of the horses, all the rest of the booty was abandoned. What made the soldiers feel very happy was that there was no such thing as a prisoner, and Geng Chao's military order was: as long as it is a person, no one will be left!

After Yang Zhi witnessed the tragic extermination of a Turkic tribe of nearly 10,000 people, he couldn't help but put forward his first suggestion to Geng Chao since he joined the army: "General, we can't do this. ”

"Why?" Geng Chao said contemptuously: "It seems that you have walked for nothing in the forty miles that day." ”

"The Turks are animals, we are not." Yang Zhi said stubbornly: "Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, I think I know this truth better than you, but it also depends on the time!" Do you know the origin of the phrase "open on the net"? If we do this, we will only force the Turks to have no way out, and we will only force them to unite as they have never been before, and even the old and young women and children will have to fight to the end, and then our future battles will become more and more difficult to fight. ”

"Behind every big war, there is also a contest of money, food and national strength. According to the current national strength of Great Xia, it is far from enough to launch a full-scale decisive battle against the Turks once and for all, so it must leave a little leeway. We need someone to spread the mighty military might of Bactria in the steppe desert, and more importantly, this space is a heavy burden for the Turks. It is impossible for old and young women and children to take up swords and arrows to fight us, but they have to dress and eat like the Turkic cavalry. ”

Geng Chao was silent for a long time, and said ruthlessly: "I admit that what you said makes sense, but even if the wolf cub is small, it will eat people when it grows up." Decree: From now on, the killing of old and young women and children will be stopped, but all Turkic men, regardless of their age, will have their right hands cut off. I see how they will hold swords and arrows in the future! ”

On the ninth day of the fourth month of the 25th year of Wucheng in the Xia calendar, the raiding army marched all the way to the Wangji River valley at the southern foot of the Kangai Mountain Range, and had already gone north for more than 1,500 miles.

In April, the south of the Yangtze River is already the twilight spring season when the grass grows and the warbler flies and the flowers bloom in spring, but the Wangji River Valley is still only the beginning of the ice and snow. The Turks are nomadic people who live in pursuit of water and grass, and most of the Turkic tribes north of the Kangai Mountains migrate south for the winter, and then there is no longer much military significance in marching north, and it will be more and more difficult for people and horses to obtain provisions. Geng Chao ordered a two-day rest on the spot, preparing to lead the army back south.

The raiding legion went deep into the desert and fought for nearly twenty days and nights, traveling thousands of miles, but did not encounter a single defeat. At the cost of more than 2,000 people, more than 50,000 enemies were killed, and this fabulous brilliant record made the soldiers from top to bottom, including Geng Chao, increasingly arrogant.

Only a very few generals, such as Yang Zhi and Shen Chong, have always maintained a cautious and optimistic attitude. As long as he did not return to Shuofang for a day, the war would not end for a day. The elite Turkic cavalry corps were all concentrated on the front line of Shuofang, and the so-called elite Turkic cavalry among the more than 50,000 enemies was no more than 20,000 at most. There is a way that a good tiger can't stand a group of wolves, and the lone army goes deep into other people's territory to kill the dark, will the Turks let them go back so easily?

Yang Zhi dared to vouch with his head that Emperor Xia was definitely not crazy enough to use this ten thousand elite horses to wipe out the entire Turkic. For Emperor Xia, this was just a test of the combat effectiveness of this new cavalry unit and the maneuver-to-maneuver lightning combat mode. It is undoubtedly very stupid to not know if you have already won a huge bargain and do not know how to accept it when you see it.

Geng Chao, who was almost carried away by the victory, still regained a little sobriety under Yang Zhi's advice, and no longer blindly killed and fought on the way back to the south. In order to comprehensively survey the terrain and prepare for the future cavalry battles of the large corps, Geng Chao decided to take a shortcut road, directly through the mountains of Dharamzadagad, and then return to Shuofang in the southeast. At noon that day, the scouts hurriedly reported that in the mountain gorge thirty miles ahead, a large group of Turkic cavalry suddenly appeared!

Geng Chao asked, "How many people are there?" Is it a large group of skirmishers or a regiment with flags? ”

"It's the Turkic cavalry corps. Judging by their flag, it should be a team of 10,000 people. ”

Geng Chao frowned, and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "The organized Turkic cavalry corps is very strong in combat, and now our army has less than 8,000 soldiers, so it is not suitable to fight hard. The nearby terrain is dangerous, and it is necessary to take a detour as soon as possible, and then make a decision about whether to fight or retreat. ”

"General, I'm afraid it's too late." Yang Zhi said coldly: "The terrain is not conducive to the maneuvering of the cavalry, so if you take a detour at this time, you will only be chased and beaten by the Turks behind your buttocks, so you can only fight hard." When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! ”

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