Chapter 158: Retreat as Advance
There is always a fine line between courage and stupidity. There is nothing wrong with this sentence to describe the current Ao Fang. Because just after he separated from Ah San, he led 10,000 elite horsemen alone, and it took a day and a night to finally block Ji Qingchen and his 2,000 men and horses by a stream.
And when he blocked Ji Qingchen by the stream, he didn't wait for Ah San's 10,000 iron guards. Because of the mistakes of the two slaves who raised eagle harriers beside Ah Sang, Ah Sang lost Ji Qingchen and his party.
Now there are only Ao Fang and 10,000 yellow flag elite cavalry left to face Ji Qingchen and the 2,000 cavalry beside him.
There was a stream between Ao Fang and Ji Qingchen, and the two sides looked at each other quietly across the stream.
The number of people and horses on both sides is unequal, and the difference in strength is very large, but Ji Qingchen is still calm and confident when he looks at Ao Fang, and a faint smile appears on his gentle face, and Ao Fang is very nervous when he looks at Ji Qingchen, he is a little afraid to look at Ji Qingchen's smiling face.
"You're Aofang?" Ji Qingchen asked.
"Yes." Ao Fang replied, trying to keep himself calm.
"Who are you?" Ji Qingchen asked.
"It's my cousin." Ao Fang replied, seeing that Ji Qingchen didn't mean to speak again, he opened his mouth and asked, "You are the king of Northern Liao?" The Governor of Northern Liao of Dayan? β
"Yes." Ji Qingchen replied, seeing Ao Fang's somewhat confused eyes, "Don't you believe it?" β
"Faith." Ao Fang replied, "It's just different from what I thought." β
"You shouldn't have come!" After being silent for a long time, Ji Qingchen sighed and said.
"For what?" Ao Fang asked.
"This place is not suitable for you Beirong people, there is only one fate for the Beirong people here, that is, death, and you are no exception." Ji Qingchen said, his tone was very tactful, but he couldn't hide the domineering in his words.
"It's worth dying with the King of Northern Liao of Dayan." Ao Fang replied, at this moment, he finally regained a little self-confidence and dared to go toe-to-toe with Ji Qingchen.
"Why hasn't Ahsan come yet?" Ji Qingchen asked.
"You don't need the princess to make a move, Ao Fang is enough alone." Ao Fang replied.
Actually, Ao Fang's heart was very puzzled, because he had blocked Ji Qingchen here for two hours, and with the speed of Ahsan's cavalry, two hours was enough for her to rush here!
"I'm afraid I'm lost!" Ji Qingchen replied with a smile, "You don't have to wait for her, give the order to attack!" β
Ao Fang didn't move, he had already known that Ji Qingchen was a resourceful person, and he had twice killed 50,000 elite horsemen in Beirong with conspiracy and trickery, so now when Ji Qingchen showed such a generous side and took the initiative to attack, he was a little unsure of what Ji Qingchen wanted to do, so he didn't give the order to attack easily, but quietly stared at Ji Qingchen and his two thousand cavalry.
He felt that now that Ji Qingchen was already facing him, sooner or later it would be the meat in his meal, and he didn't need to attack the other party in a hurry.
"If you don't give the order to attack, this king will have to leave!" Ji Qingchen said. Seeing that Ao Fang was still unmoved, he led two thousand cavalry to gallop and disappeared by the stream, disappearing from Ao Fang's sight.
Ao Fang looked at Ji Qingchen's distant figure, and did not order the pursuit, nor did he order the army to follow Ji Qingchen's steps, because he had an eagle harrier, and he could find him when he wanted to find Ji Qingchen. What he needs most now is to determine the location of Princess Ahsan, and then find a suitable opportunity to kill Ji Qingchen in one fell swoop.
Just now, he didn't dare to give the order to attack the army, but he felt that the time was not ripe enough.
Because there is still a stream between the two sides, although the stream is not deep or wide, if you want to rush across the stream and rush into the camp of Ji Qingchen's cavalry, this will invisibly lose the impact of your own war horse, which will weaken the strength of the attack, and will make Ji Qingchen, who is guarding the opposite bank, wait for work and pick up a big bargain to give himself a heavy blow.
"General, what shall we do now?" Just as Ao Fang was pondering, one of the generals beside him asked, he was a little dissatisfied with Ao Fang's caution just now.
"Let the army rest for two hours, and then continue to track Ji Qingchen's traces." Ao Fang ordered in a cold tone, how could he not know the thoughts of the generals around him, but he knew that he couldn't blame these generals, after all, Ji Qingchen, the king of Northern Liao in Dayan, was in front of him, so he let go of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for meritorious service, but it was uncomfortable to be anyone, let alone the yellow flag that was famous for his brilliant military exploits?
The generals beside him were ordered to let the cavalry dismount and rest.
And Ao Fang stood quietly by the stream, recalling the conversation with Ji Qingchen just now, pondering for a long time, he recalled the conversation with Ji Qingchen just now, word by word, and then came back to his senses and walked into his tent, simply had a little meal, and lay down to rest.
Because by recalling the conversation with Ji Qingchen, he finally found a flaw in Ji Qingchen's words, and also regained a self-confidence for himself.
Two hours later, Ao Fang woke up and led the army to continue to pursue Ji Qingchen's traces.
He originally thought that he did not attack when he met Ji Qingchen this time, and it might take a day or two to meet him next time, but what he didn't expect was that when he led the army out of ten miles, he met Ji Qingchen and his two thousand cavalry at the bottom of a small hill.
"Prepare for battle!" Ao Fang saw from a distance that Ji Qingchen's two thousand cavalry had already dismounted and were resting, so he immediately issued a military order, he felt that now was the best time to attack Ji Qingchen.
"Prepare for battle!" Hearing his order, the 10,000 cavalry with the yellow flag, led by ten commanders, rushed towards Ji Qingchen and the 2,000 cavalry beside him in the form of ten phalanxes.
"Get on your horse and get ready for battle!" Seeing that Beirong Ji Qingchen killed him, Li Changzheng, who was still resting, jumped up and turned over on his war horse, and issued a military order to his companions around him.
Brush!
The two thousand Dayan cavalry who were sitting on the ground resting received the order, turned over on their war horses in an instant, and drew their swords against the yellow flag cavalry who rushed towards them. And Ji Qingchen also stepped on the Xiying War Horse slowly and methodically under the service of Zuo Zongquan, walked to Li Changzheng's side, and quietly watched the Beirong cavalry rushing towards him.
"Bend the bowβ" Li Changzheng shouted. The 20,000 cavalrymen sat on horseback, drew their bows, mounted their arrows, and aimed them at the Beirong cavalry who rushed towards them.
"Kill-" The Beirong cavalry is still charging!
Six hundred steps β
Four hundred steps β
Three hundred steps β
"Shoot the arrows!" When there were only three hundred steps left between the two sides, Li Changzheng decisively ordered. The sound of "whoosh-" burst out, and two thousand feathered arrows shot at the Beirong cavalry like a long wind and waves.
Yes!
The dense rain of arrows shot at the camp of the Beirong cavalry, and the Beirong cavalry who rushed to the front was hit by an arrow, fell off the horse with a plop, and was trampled into a pulp by the war horses of the companions who rushed up behind him, and only let out a miserable scream. And at the end of this rain of arrows, the Beirong cavalry that rushed to the front fell 500 people.
"Shoot the arrows!" Li Changzheng continued to shout. The 2,000 cavalry continued to bend their bows and arrows, and the second wave of 2,000 feathered arrows shot at the oncoming Beirong cavalry.
Yes!
There were terrible screams again, one after another. The Beirong cavalry, which rushed to the front, fell again. These two arrows shot nearly a thousand Beirong cavalry at once, and at the same time stopped the pace of the Beirong cavalry's charge.
However, Ao Fang, who was watching the battle on the other side, saw such a scene but did not think so, and just said to the guards beside him, "Keep attacking!" β
Because he thinks that the other party only has 2,000 people now, what can he do if he shoots 500 people at a time like this? How many times can they have such a chance? So he was confident enough to shoot the third round of arrow rain on the other side, and his army would be able to rush into Ji Qingchen's cavalry camp.
Sure enough, just as Ao Fang expected, when Li Changzheng gave the order to release the arrows for the third time, the Beirong cavalry had already rushed to a distance of nearly a hundred paces ahead of them. For cavalry, a distance of a hundred paces can be reached in just a few breaths, and it is probably very difficult to shoot an arrow at such a distance, because when your arrow is fired, the opponent may have rushed in front of you, and the scimitar has already cut your throat.
But when Ao Fang was puzzled, Li Changzheng continued to give the order to release the arrows, and the two thousand Yanguo cavalry still raised their bows and arrows, aimed at the Beirong cavalry who rushed forward, and shot a fatal arrow.
At a distance of one hundred paces, facing the Beirong cavalry that was charging intensively, for Dayan's archers, the Beirong cavalry in front of them was their live target, so when they shot the feather arrows in their hands, two thousand feathers broke out and roared to meet the huge body of the Beirong cavalry.
Yes!
Yes! Yes! Yes! Immediately before the battle, there was a terrible and mournful scream. More than 1,000 of the Beirong cavalry, who rushed to the front, fell under the hooves of their horses.
"Rush over and kill these cowards!" Seeing his companion within sixty paces of arrows overturning his horse, trampled into flesh by his companion's hooves, a commander who was at the forefront of the charge roared angrily.
"Kill!" With only sixty paces left between the two sides, the Beijon cavalry roared at the shouts of the commander and rushed towards the enemy in front of them.
Sixty Steps β
Forty steps β
The Beirong cavalry had already raised the scimitar in his hand and aimed it at the Yan cavalry in front of him, and the cavalry on both sides could even see the burning hatred and proud battle intent in each other's eyes at such a distance that was getting closer and closer.
But when the commander who rushed to the front couldn't figure it out, at such a close distance, he heard the order from the commander of the Yan cavalry, "Release the arrow!" β
"Don't thinkβ" the captain shouted, there were only thirty paces left between the two sides, how could he give the other party another chance to shoot this arrow, so he urged his horse fiercely and killed the enemy in front of him.
But at the moment when his war horse jumped high this time, he felt that his body suddenly had a tendency to fall, and he wanted to tighten the reins, but he found that it was too late, because a big pit appeared in front of him, and he fell into the pit with the war horse.
The Yan cavalry and the Beirong cavalry were dusty in front of the formation.
Suddenly, there was a mournful neighing sound from the horses, and the knight on the horse also shouted, "Trapped-"
Before his words fell, he heard the sound of "plop-" and "plop-plop-", and the Beirong cavalry, who was rushing to the front, suddenly fell into the big pit in front of him.
"Shoot the arrowsβ" Li Changzheng continued to shout.
"Whoosh-" The two thousand cavalry shot their feather arrows one by one, shooting at the Beirong cavalry in the pit, and at the Beirong cavalry who rushed towards the trap pit.
The formation of the Beirong cavalry who charged at once was in chaos, and the people turned on their backs.
"Damn, you've been tricked!" Ao Fang, who suddenly saw this scene, suddenly came to his senses, and he gave an order to the guards around him to stop the attack.
Woowoooooo
The desolate horn sounded, and the charging Beirong cavalry heard the order, held the pace of the charge, and retreated to their camp. And the Beirong cavalry, who fell in agony and wailed in front of the battle, and the Beirong cavalry, who fell into the pit and were still struggling and groaning, were abandoned by their companions.
"How many men have we lost?" As the army retreated, Ao asked a commander of a thousand soldiers.
"The soldiers lost more than 3,000 men, and the commander of the thousand soldiers lost two in battle." The commander replied.
"Hmph-" Ao Fang snorted coldly, rode forward, and said angrily to Ji Qingchen in front of the formation, "The king of Northern Liao has a good plan, Ao Fang has been taught!" β
"This time it's just a lesson for you, don't follow this king in the future, don't let their current miserable situation be the treatment you will receive next time." Ji Qingchen snorted coldly.
This time he didn't give Ao Fang a good face, and after saying this, he ignored Ao Fang, who was already angry, and calmly disappeared from Ao Fang's sight with two thousand troops.