Chapter 672: Ran Min Ambushes
Murong Ke nodded, and said with a straight face: "Immediately send an order, let Cao Fu and Zhang Jin feint to attack Changshan County, contain Su Hai's soldiers and horses, and the main force of our army will immediately pull out the camp and pursue in the southwest direction, and Ran Min must not be allowed to have a chance to breathe." ”
"Fourth brother, I'll arrange it." Murong Ba responded, turned around and left the big tent of the Chinese army.
Soon, the 100,000 soldiers of the Yan army's battalion were ready, and with only Murong Ke's order, they could launch a fierce pursuit in the direction of the Wei army's retreat.
"Fourth brother, the soldiers are ready, do you want to set off immediately?" Murong Ba walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and asked loudly.
Murong Ke frowned and thought for a while, and said, "It's time to fight with Ran Min, let's go, go out and have a look." As he spoke, he walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and Murong Ba followed closely behind.
After walking out of the big tent of the Chinese army, Murong Ke walked straight to the high platform and climbed to the high platform in a few steps.
Standing on the high platform of the camp, Murong Ke looked down and saw that the cavalry under his command was preparing to go, and the soldiers were holding torches and silently looking up at him.
Murong Ke knew very well in his heart that after three consecutive days of defeat, the soldiers under his command suffered a lot of casualties and their morale was extremely low, but these soldiers were all elite cavalry of the Great Yan Kingdom, and he believed that as long as the necessary encouragement before the battle was carried out, the soldiers under his command would definitely be able to restore their high morale, so as to defeat Ran Min in one fell swoop.
At this time, it was the best time to carry out pre-war encouragement, and it was necessary to immediately encourage the soldiers under his command in order to restore the morale that had been lost in three days.
Murong Ke looked at the soldiers in the audience and shouted, "Soldiers." Our army has been defeated in nine battles for three consecutive days, this is not because the soldiers are incompetent, nor is it that Ran Min is invincible, but the general deliberately did it, this qiē is the pride of the general, in order to completely destroy the main force of the Wei army in the last battle. ”
The soldiers of the Yan Army in the audience were all taken aback when they heard Murong Ke's words, these three days. They have been defeated repeatedly. He had long been terrified of Ran Min's army, and had doubts about defeating the Wei army, but at this moment, he listened to Murong Ke's words. They just understood. It turned out that this qiē was just a ploy of their main general. For this reason, there was more confidence in the victory over the Wei army.
Seeing that there was a slight commotion in the audience, Murong Ke waved his hand. signaled the soldiers to silence, and continued: "Soldiers, although Ran Min's martial arts are high, he is a horseman, as long as the soldiers work together, victory will definitely belong to our army." ”
"The general is mighty, the general is mighty." The soldiers of the Yan army in the audience raised the torches in their hands and shouted loudly, obviously, their morale has risen greatly, and they have the strength to face the elite beggar guards of the Wei army.
Seeing that the morale of the soldiers under his command was restored, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of Murong Ke's mouth, and continued: "Soldiers, this general has formed an elite iron rope cavalry for half a year, with the efforts of these iron rope cavalry and the soldiers of the whole army, even if Ran Min has three heads and six arms, he will not want to escape the pursuit of our army, and my Great Yan Kingdom will definitely dominate the world." ”
As soon as Murong Ke finished speaking, five thousand iron rope cavalry walked through the passage in front of the stage in turn, the well-equipped cavalry equipment, and the bursts of metal impact made by the shaking of the iron cable, all gave people an unstoppable momentum, which shocked all the soldiers under his command, and believed that with this kind of weapon, Ran Min would definitely be defeated.
"The general is mighty, the Yan army is mighty, and the Great Yan country is mighty." The morale of the soldiers under his command suddenly became even higher, and the soldiers shouted slogans.
Seeing that the morale of the soldiers under his command had been completely stimulated, Murong Ke was greatly satisfied, and immediately ordered: "Fifth brother, you immediately personally lead 20,000 cavalry first, and the main army will march later, remember, Ran Min's retreating troops will definitely set up an ambush on the retreating road, if you encounter a dangerous place, don't be careful, so as not to fall into an ambush." ”
"Fourth brother, don't worry, I know." Murong Ba answered, turned around and went to prepare.
Soon, Murong Ba personally led 20,000 Yan cavalry, left the Yan army camp, and rode his horse to chase in the direction of the retreat of Ran Min's army.
After making some preparations, Murong Ke led the main cavalry and followed in a mighty manner, ready to fight to the death with Ran Min's elite army at any time.
Just when the main force of Murong Ke's 100,000 Yan army was pursuing in the direction of Ran Min's retreat, in the direction of Changshan County, Cao Fu and Zhang Jin, who received Murong Ke's order, also launched an operation.
Of course, because the strength of their two soldiers and horses is not strong, they do not have the strength to attack Zhending City, but the existence of their two soldiers and horses really makes Su Hai like a thorn in his back.
At this time, Su Hai had received an order from Ran Min to lead a large army to join him, so as to jointly deal with the main cavalry of the Yan army, but at this time, Cao Fu and Zhang Jin's soldiers and horses had already occupied Jingcheng City and Lingshou City, if he carried out Ran Min's order and led the main army to reinforcements, then the entire Changshan County may be occupied by Cao Fu and Zhang, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
Su Hai wanted to immediately lead the main army to crusade against Lingshou City and Jingcheng City to destroy these two enemy forces, but this could not be completed in a short period of time, and if these two enemy forces relied on the city to defend it, it was difficult to say whether they could break the city smoothly, so Su Hai felt distressed.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Su Hai convened his generals to discuss this matter, and all the generals believed that the enemy army was close at hand, and they must not rashly transfer the main force of soldiers and horses to other places, so as not to capture Zhending City by the enemy, and once Zhending City was captured, most of the grain and grass in the entire Changshan County would be returned to the enemy, which was an unbearable loss for the Wei army, which was short of food.
Su Hai thought about it again and again, and felt that what the generals said was very reasonable, so he decided to put his troops on hold for the time being, and sent his henchmen to reply to Ran Min, telling him the shape of Ran Min Changshan County, and asking Ran Min for further instructions.
In the southwest of Anxi City, Ran Min and his three thousand cavalry lay in ambush for most of the night, and in the early hours of the morning, the Yan cavalry still did not chase after them, which made many beggar guards a little impatient.
However, during the period of ambush, except for a small number of sentries in charge of sentry, most of the remaining soldiers rested on the trunks of trees to conserve their bodies and energy.
"Your Majesty, our army withdrew overnight, maybe the Yan army hasn't found out yet, but I'm afraid that before noon, the Yan army won't chase after you." A subordinate general guessed.
Ran Min shook his head and said softly: "Don't be careless, I believe that there are scouts of the Yan army around Anxi City, and when our army has just withdrawn, the scouts of the Yan army will definitely report the news to Murong Ke immediately, and Murong Ke will definitely send cavalry to pursue him immediately after learning the news, according to the time calculation, the fastest, at this time, the Yan army cavalry can arrive here, and it is impossible to exceed noon at the latest." ”
"Your Majesty, a large number of torches were found in the distance, and it seems to be the cavalry of the Yan army." Just then, a sentry came to report.
Ran Min nodded when he heard this, and said softly: "Murong Ke's movements are really fast, and he actually chased after him at the first time, how many soldiers and horses are there in the Yan army?" ”
"Back to the emperor, judging from the number of torches, there are 20,000 troops." The sentry replied truthfully.
Ran Min smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said: "The Yan army has 20,000 troops, and the main force is estimated to be not far away, our army only needs to defeat 20,000 horses, which can make the Yan army fearful, thus greatly reducing the speed of the Yan army's pursuit." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll go and prepare immediately." The generals responded, and then ordered the soldiers under their command to step on their horses and prepare to launch a surprise attack on the 20,000 horses of the Yan army.
After a short period of preparation, the 3,000 begging guards who had refreshed their spirits had already set up an attack formation, and as long as the Yan cavalry entered the ambush circle, they could immediately launch a surprise attack on the Yan army.
Murong Ba, who was leading the army to gallop, did not realize the danger, he listened to Murong Ke's advice, and should be more careful when encountering dangerous positions, but the ambush places of the Wei army in front of him were all roads with a flat river, and there were no high mountains on both sides of the road, only sparse trees, such terrain could not be called dangerous at all, so naturally it would not arouse Murong Ba's vigilance.
The reason why Ran Min chose the ambush location of his cavalry here was to let the Yan army's pursuers relax their vigilance, so as to facilitate his large-scale annihilation of the Yan army and let the Yan cavalry suffer relatively large losses.
When Ran Min and his begging guards were ready, Murong Ba and his 20,000 cavalry had already rushed into the ambush circle, and the 500 cavalry in the vanguard had even crossed the ambush circle and reached outside the ambush circle.
"Your Majesty, the cavalry of the Yan Army has entered the ambush circle and can launch a surprise attack." A subordinate reminded softly.
Ran Min nodded and ordered loudly: "The troops are divided into three ways and immediately attack the Yan army." ”
"Kill ......" The begging guards suddenly came out of the ambush position with a shout, and launched a surprise attack on the Yan cavalry who entered the ambush circle in three ways.
The three-way army rushed into the slender ranks of the Yan army like a tiger descending from the mountain, making the Yan army's position chaotic all of a sudden.
After all, at this time, the cavalry of the Yan army was marching and was not ready to meet the battle.
Murong Ba never dreamed that Ran Min and his cavalry would set up an ambush here, which was a big surprise.
"General, our army was ambushed by the Wei army, so do this? Retreat now! A general of the Yan Army said loudly.
Murong Ba looked at the beggar guards in horror, rushed into the formation of the Yan army under the personal leadership of Ran Min, and wantonly killed the unprepared soldiers, and was greatly frightened in his heart, the most terrifying thing was that Ran Min had already raised the weapon in his hand to kill him.
Murong Ba knew that he was not Ran Min's opponent, and if he reluctantly responded to the battle, he would inevitably end up with the same fate as Tuoba Invincible. (To be continued......)