Chapter 199: Closing the Door and Hitting the Dog
Generally speaking, playing cavalry in front of the nomads in Mobei is no different from playing with a big axe in front of Lu Ban and playing with a big knife in front of Guan Gong.
Although the Xi people are also nomadic tribes, they are different from the pure nomadic Tiele tribe and Luo tribe in Mobei, the territory of the Ahui clan is not an endless prairie, their territory is in the river valley between the mountains and the water, and the Ahui tribe of the Xi tribe has always been a semi-nomadic and half-fishing and hunting tribe. Even because of the close proximity to the Han people who farmed in the Central Plains, the Xi people gradually began simple farming. Such a tribe is indeed inherently deficient in playing cavalry warfare with the Tongluo people.
But at present, the eight hundred Xi warriors resolutely and without hesitation launched a charge towards the Tongluo cavalry in front. The blood of more than 10,000 people who had died tragically had already stained their eyes red, and they were like the stabbed wild boar in the forest, even if there was a tiger in front of them, they dared to go up and fight hard. What's more, with nearly 2,000 Han people riding behind, they feel full of confidence.
The style of play of these crazy Xi warriors is very simple, that is, regardless of the impact of a qiฤ, impact, and impact, repeated rush kills, and rush kills at any cost. This is completely the same way of playing, not dodging or dodging straight at the person and bumping into it, and even jumping directly on the other party's horse when the two horses rush past each other, jump on the opponent's back, and drag the other party off the horse, regardless of the iron hooves that fly like flying. Such a lifeless way of fighting made the Tongluo cavalry a little surprised, and then fearful. After leading a thousand cavalry halls, he shouted before that he wanted to teach these taunts a hard lesson. When he received Gu Luo's order to let them only defeat and not win, Si'an, who was still very reluctant. At this time, I was very depressed, how could these weak taunts suddenly rush over like crazy wild boars.
At this time, the two regiments of cavalry led by Qin Qiong also rushed up quickly, but the fighting style of the Huaihuang cavalry was different. They are not as mad as the ridiculous suicidal attacks. Rather, like a seasoned Tieler. Galloping on both sides of the battlefield, with a recurved horn bow in his hand, and from time to time he took a cold shot and put an arrow, and the Tiele cavalry, who were already a little tired of dealing with those ridiculous madmen, were even more wolfless. Often they managed to avoid a Xi madman, but they were immediately plotted by a Sui army. The Tiele cavalry, who had beaten Xi Ren to flee like pigs not long ago, was frightened by Xi Sui's cavalry at this time, and moved left and right.
The Tiele people can't stop it.
Originally, riding was the strength of the Tiele people. But now this cavalry battle has made Si'an extremely uncomfortable. It's just powerless, and it's as annoying and disgusting as if it's stuck in the mud. Looking at the subordinates who were constantly being thrown off their horses, and the subordinates who were shot by the cold arrows of the Han cavalry. Dodging left and right to hide from the wolf's unbearable subordinates, Si An screamed and cursed in his mouth, and finally couldn't help but wave his hand and gave the order to the trumpeter to retreat.
The horn sounded. For the first time, the Tiele cavalry felt that the horn of retreat was so pleasant. It's so wonderful. They immediately turned around and ran, not at all entanglement with those madmen.
After Gu Luo left Si An to lead a thousand cavalry, he led the team to go not fast, he was waiting for Si An to escape back according to the plan, and then he could lead his troops to turn around and kill back, luring this cavalry out and eating it in one bite.
"Thanks, Captain Si'an has been defeated." A scout darted. On the horse panting and pouting.
Gu Luo frowned slightly, this Si An can't act. A thousand Tongluo warriors faced two or three thousand Han Xi cavalry, how could they retreat so quickly, this was obviously suspected of fraud. If the Sui people were more timid, they might not dare to come up. Just thinking like this, there were already horses' hooves thundering, and in the distance there were already broken cavalrymen, who were rushing to flee without even formation.
"It's good, this looks really like it's running away without support, and it's very wolf-bรจi, those Sui people will definitely be fooled." A commander of a thousand was smiling and praising Si'an's deceitful performance, and a few others were echoing.
Gu Luo had vaguely seen the banner of the Sui army advancing behind Si'an's defeated army.
"That's not right!" Gu Luo suddenly felt that something was not quite right, and Si An and their acting were too realistic. They didn't even have any intention of stopping, they kept rushing this way, as if they wanted to keep rushing into their team.
The Sui Xi cavalry chasing behind was also very fierce, and some of the Tiele cavalry that fell behind were cut down from time to time.
"Damn, Si'an is really defeated." A strange thought suddenly popped into Gu Luo's mind, and he didn't believe it himself when it came to him, but he soon became firm in this unbelievable thought. This almost intuitive thought alerted him, and he shouted in a deep voice, "Meet the enemy!" โ
The last rays of light in the sky were swallowed up by the vast twilight.
Lead clouds hung low, and iron-gray shadows dominated half of the sky, and night came.
The mountains are reckless, snow-capped, and in the dim twilight, it seems like a bloated elephant running in a herd. At the mouth of the river where the river joins the Lok Ma River, a little orange flame is lit, and it stands out in the snow. Then there was the second, and then the third, and the countless torches, like stars hanging upside down in the sky, illuminating the east mouth of the river as if it were day.
"The Tongluo people haven't left Sichuan yet!" Zhang Jin said excitedly reported to Yi Feng, who was covered in wind and snow, "I led people into the valley for thirty miles, but I haven't seen the Tongluo people, they are trapped in the Shehe River, they are entangled by the cavalry battalion, we succeeded, really succeeded." โ
Starting from the camp in the middle of the Shehe River, the wind and snow rushed for one hundred and eighty miles, Yi Feng led nearly 10,000 people to finally go around to the east of the Shehe River, one hundred and eighty miles away, Yi Feng They only took two days and two nights, this speed, in such a season, in such a snow, the movement of tens of thousands of people, can already be called extremely fast. They hurried all the way, fearing that the cavalry battalion would not be able to hold back the nine thousand Tongluo people, so they would let them run away from Sichuan. Fortunately, they had not yet completed the eighty miles of the river, or even fifty miles. Yi Feng's infantry battalion and chariot battalion walked 180 miles in two days, but the opponent's full cavalry did not complete 50 miles in two days. It's a little hard to believe.
"We haven't won yet, we're only halfway there." Yi Feng was also very excited in his heart, but he didn't show it in front of the generals. He tried his best to suppress his excitement, but smiled slightly, "I know that the brothers are also tired, but it is not time to rest yet, we have walked ninety-nine steps, and we are just short of this trembling, and we must not fail in success." To cheer up the brethren, we must build a fortified camp overnight to block the mouth of the valley. This time, we will annihilate all these arrogant Tiele people. โ
"After victory, everyone is rewarded!" Yi Feng said loudly again.
The drivers of the chariot battalion began to drive the chariots to their designated positions, forming two hundred chariots in a row. He took the lead in establishing a car camp at the mouth of the Higashi Valley of the Shehe River. Two hundred chariots formed a rectangle. There was a camp gate on the left and right sides. After the Che battalion was erected, in this vast snowfield, the Huaihuang Army already had the capital to fight against the Tiele people. Even if the Tiele cavalry suddenly rushed over from the middle of the river at this time, with this chariot battalion, they would be able to stop them. However, it was not enough to have a chariot battalion, and more soldiers began to shovel snow and dig in front of the chariot camp with shovels, shovels, and pickaxes, and build the first trench, and everyone had a clear division of labor. Some shovel snow, some dig soil. Others use baskets to carry earth. The snow was poured directly into the cauldron and boiled, and the excavated soil began to pile up behind the ditch to pierce the first breastwork. There were also many soldiers who began to stand on the horses and set up gun fences. Some soldiers were sent to cut trees and trees nearby, and some were even sent to break the ice and fish, and the mouth of the river was busy but well organized.
As long as this camp is built, then these thousands of Tiele people will be imprisoned and unable to fly.
On the slopes on both sides of the valley mouth, a group of men and horses had already climbed the mountain and began to build a camp fence and establish a longbow position there.
Under the banner of the White Tiger, Yi Feng immediately looked over, and Wang Bao, Dou Jiande and other generals stood behind.
"The Tongluo people are afraid of death, and we can't even think of it, we have already blocked the valley mouth first and put them in a cage." Dou Jiande looked at Yi Fengdao with admiration. When Yi Feng decided to quietly divide his troops and march quickly to block the Tongluo people, he was very surprised in his heart, thinking that this was quite a risky move. The infantry made a detour of 180 miles, but blocked the cavalry who could get out of the valley only 80 miles, and it was too late to look at it. But Yi Feng did it, this young commander, every time, it was always hard to believe at first, but in the end, he always managed to do these things that others thought were impossible at the beginning. When the Mobei cavalry went south and others felt that they should hold on to the wilderness, the commander decided to lead the army north. When they saw the Xi people's envoys for help, many generals thought that they should rush to the rescue, but Yi Feng chose a river valley that was very beneficial to the Huaihuang army on the way far away from the Xi people as a battlefield, and successfully made the Xi people have to retreat after leaving thousands of corpses. Originally, the matter had been considered a success when it came here, but Yi Feng took a risk again, he took half of the men and horses, leaving only a not strong army in the camp, and then led the army to hurry to close the door and beat the dogs.
This is a very risky act, and it is not a big deal if you can't get the Tiele people out of the valley first. But if the Tiele people knew the reality of the camp in the Huaihuang Army Valley, it would be dangerous to turn against the army and attack the camp back. One is not good, not only can you not beat the dog when you close the door, but you may also be broken by each one. Now the Tiele people have not yet left the river, and there is no human figure even thirty miles away from the valley mouth, and some people even wonder if these Tiele people are already attacking the camp in the middle of the river. However, Dou Jiande believed that even if the Tiele people really turned back to fight the camp, the camp would definitely be fine now, otherwise, they should have received an urgent report earlier.
"This is thanks to the sled cart that the commander came up with, and the horses' hooves are equipped with nails before we set off, although it is said that we are marching in the snow, but the running is quite smooth. Otherwise, how could it be possible to run this 180-mile journey with 10,000 infantry in two days. โ
Huang Junhan, the commander of the chariot battalion, praised that it was extremely difficult to march in the snow, especially his chariot should be even more difficult. But before Yi Feng set off, he asked the chariot battalion to bring a batch of supplies, and before this rapid march, Yi Feng asked the engineer battalion to give the chariot battalion, as well as the four-wheeled carriages of the baggage battalion, to carry out a simple modification, but to add two wooden strips, and actually brought the chariot here safely. And those simple sled cars easily transported a lot of armor, equipment and food for the soldiers.
"I think this snowboard is not bad, knee-deep snow, but with two skis tied to your legs and two sticks in your hand, it is very easy to come all the way, much easier than walking." Lai Cheng also said with a smile that the two skis on his feet had not been removed yet, and he lifted his feet and shook them as he spoke. He is in a very good mood now, he was originally the deputy general of the chariot battalion, just now, Yi Feng split the chariot battalion of nearly 5,000 people, and organized one into two. He, the deputy general, was immediately promoted to the battalion general of the second chariot battalion, and his subordinates were in charge of nearly 3,000 men and horses and 100 chariots, and he was in a good mood. It turned out that the tank battalion had two hundred tanks and nearly five thousand people, which was indeed quite large. After the split, a battalion had only 100 tanks, a battalion with five regiments and 10 teams of 50 teams, each team had two tanks, each tank had two more than the original, and one tank was equipped with 25 sergeants, with one tank as a squad, a team with two squads, and five groups below, a total of 25 people. There are two groups of crossbowmen, five people in each group, two groups of ten people. A heavy infantry group, five people. There are five people in a sword and shield group, and five people in a spearmen group, five people in the spear group, the team leader is the commander, two are drivers, and two are deputy drivers. They were responsible for directing the chariots during the march, and if they stopped marching and formed a battle formation, the five men of this driving group fought with spears to protect the chariots. In this way, a combat team has two squads, each with twenty-five people, and one team is still the standard fifty people. The entire chariot battalion, like the infantry barracks, had a full strength of 3,000 men, but it was actually nearly 2,800 people. This kind of configuration makes the chariot battalion one of the main battalions, which also makes the Huaihuang Army have two more main forces of the chariot battalion after four infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion, with a full seven main battalions.
"After annihilating this Tongluo army, will we continue to go north?" Dou Jiande asked. (To be continued......)