Chapter 504: Mutual Suspicion
Hedong and Hexi are different, the Jin army in Hedong is chasing and killing the forbidden army of Wei in groups of three or five, Wei Feng's order is limited to twenty miles, this is no way, in his southeast direction, there is an army of 90,000 people marching towards Ji.
Although the laughter of the Hexi Jin army gradually stopped due to the fact that the heavy cavalry in armor fell to the ground one after another, they were still indulged in the sea of joy.
Everyone is smiling, some are responsible for guarding, some people are collecting the Wei people's horses, and some people are touching and digging on the corpses, of course, the most exciting thing is to pick up the heavy armor worn by the old soldiers, and ride the fat and strong horses of the Western Regions!
Wei Feng also returned to the west bank of the river with his personal guards and Xu Dao, and Xian Enzhuo immediately handed over a horse lance and said excitedly: "General, this time it's a big deal, look at this horse and this lance, they don't have anything in our army!" β
Wei Feng took the horse lance, waved it a few times, and in the sound of the whirring wind, it was really full of toughness, the weight was appropriate, and the martial arts were strong, and it was better to use it for cavalry charges than to use a big saber, because the jab not only saves strength than chopping, but also is more deadly!
Jiang Xuan also took it and said: "General, the equipment of the heavy cavalry is complete, and even the horses of the Wei people have been prepared, we might as well form a heavy cavalry, the reason why the Wei people are so embarrassed is that the usage is wrong, stealing chickens does not become a counter-erosion of rice, and the heavy riding is used on the knife edge, which can play a decisive role!" β
"No!" Wei Feng shook his head without thinking: "Cavalry should be fast and light, if the heavy cavalry is sharp, how can it be compared with ballistas?" Even if our army has ballistae in hand, why should we take advantage of their shortcomings? But it's a pity that these horses and equipment are discarded. In this way, after taking the thistle, Ben will form a Xuanjia Heavenly Army, limited to 3,000, holding a lance, people wearing bright light armor, horses wearing light armor, dedicated to the battle array assault, selected by the cavalry, classified into the general's personal guard! β
Moment. Everyone's face showed a look of eagerness!
In fact, Wei Feng has long wanted to form a Xuanjia Heavenly Army like Li Shimin. Impact and maneuverability at the same time.
"Zizhi Tongjian" has a cloud: King Qin Shimin selected more than 1,000 elite horsemen, all dressed in armor, divided into left and right teams, each battle. Shimin was handsome by Xuanjia as a striker. Take advantage of the attack. Everything is destroyed, and the enemy is afraid of it!
Li Shimin's use of the Xuanjia Army was mainly based on flank assault, ambush and frontal assault, the so-called flank. It may not be the flank of the enemy's formation, it may also be the weak link of the enemy's army, or after a detour to the enemy's formation, through the frontal troops to engage the enemy, when the enemy's sharp spirit is frustrated, Li Shimin leads the Xuanjia Army or assaults the weak link of the enemy's formation, or a roundabout, front and rear flanking attack, often giving a fatal blow, causing the enemy to collapse, and the frontal assault, with the Xuanjia Army as the vanguard, the army as the continuation, directly impact the enemy's formation, the enemy's formation is chaotic, scattered, and finally achieve the goal of annihilating the enemy.
Compared with Li Shimin, Wei Feng's means of defeating the enemy with cavalry are too monotonous, what he lacks is the soul of an army, and the armor and horse lance can spend time and spend a lot of money to manufacture, but the crux of the problem is that before today, Wei Feng did not have a strong impact of war horses, Mongolian horse breeds are hard-working, the requirements for forage and the environment are not high, easy to raise, and the endurance is strong, the only thing lacking is the explosive power of the horses in the Western Regions, and the more than 100,000 war horses that Wei Feng captured before are all Mongolian horse breeds, because Qin, Yan, The horses of the Three Kingdoms of Wei are all Mongolian horse breeds or related to them, which is also the fundamental reason why he has not formed the personal guard into the Xuanjia Heavenly Army for a long time!
Now, all the conditions have been met.
"General, General, catch a big fish!" Wei Feng's thoughts were suddenly interrupted, and he couldn't help but look back, and several guards tied up a young man and sent him over.
The man was full of stinking and unyielding, but his eyes betrayed the fear in his heart.
Wei Feng wrinkled his nose and asked in disgust, "Who are you?" β
"Humph!" This man snorted angrily: "Lone is the Great Wei Dynasty Youzhou Thorn History, Governor Hebei, Liaoyou Zayi Military, Heir Wei Wang, Wei General Tuoba U!" β
"Oh?" Wei Feng asked with interest, "You are the heir of that dead ghost Tuoba Yi?" β
"Exactly!" Tuoba puffed up his chest and glared at Wei Feng angrily!
In his eyes, since he didn't escape, Luo Weifeng had no physiology in his hands, so it was better to die with full momentum, so that the news of his death would be transmitted back to Pingcheng, and Tuoba Jue should be exempted from the crime of defeat, maybe he could be given another gift and posthumously, and he could get a good reputation if he died.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Tuobayu's words came out, there was a crisp snap, and his cheeks suddenly swelled with hot pain, and he was slapped in the face.
Li Zhu scolded: "What the fuck are you birds? It's you Mabi! King Wei and General Wei are the titles you deserve? You're not a little bold, hehehehe~~"
After Li Zhuyin laughed a few times, he arched his hand to Wei Feng: "General, hand over this little beast to the brothers for repair, and the last general will teach him to obediently remove the titles of King Wei and General Wei!" β
Wei Feng waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, first wash Tuoba in the river, summon the pursuing brothers, pack up and return to the camp as soon as possible, Feng Bao and Gao Tande should also come." β
"Yes!" Several guards dragged Tuoba to the river like a dead dog, and the whole army also entered a tense busyness.
After a short time, the pursuing cavalry returned one after another, after bringing the captured materials and the corpses of the fallen soldiers, the army galloped quickly to the west, according to a rough inventory of corpses and heads, the forbidden army escaped more than 2,000 horses, and the servants and heavy cavalry were all wiped out, which announced that since then, Wei will forever lose the ability to take the initiative to attack, but what is more gratifying for Wei Feng is that he still obtained 5,000 good horses from the Western Regions, so that he can also form his own Xuanjia Heavenly Army!
In the plains, especially in areas where fighting is likely to occur at any moment, the movement of the army is generally to form one or more phalanxes to avoid the danger of being cut in two in the event of a surprise attack by the enemy.
The reinforcements of Yan and Goguryeo were divided into two military formations, separated by five miles on the left and right, giving people the feeling that the well water did not interfere with the river water.
The Goguryeo army of 40,000 people, light cavalry of 3,000, although with some of the equipment provided by the Yan people, but more than 30,000 foot soldiers are still dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and the weapons are also uneven, even inferior to the Goguryeo army that Wei Feng had come into contact with before.
It's not surprising to think about it, in the first battle of Pyongyang, most of Gao Tandeok's main force was annihilated, and the losses were so heavy that they could not be recovered in a few years, not to mention, in the past, Gao Tande could easily obtain supplies from Silla and Baekje, but now, these two countries were almost wiped out by Weifeng, which is equivalent to cutting off Goguryeo's financial resources!
The Yan army is 50,000 people, there are 30,000 light cavalry, including 5,000 forbidden troops, the forbidden army of Yan is far less powerful than Wei, this can not be helped, the continuous war and palace coup d'Γ©tat, so that most of the forbidden army of Yan is consumed in internal fighting.
After Feng Baqin led the forbidden army of 5,000 halls, 12,500 horsemen on each wing marched forward with 20,000 foot soldiers and grain and grass on each wing.
Although the Yan army has declined, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the difference between it and the Goguryeo army is equivalent to the difference between the court official army and the peasant army!
Luxian County is about 100 miles away from Ji, the distance is appropriate, and it was originally an ideal place to store grain, but Feng Ba was afraid, afraid that Wei Feng would cut off the grain route, so he brought enough grain and grass that could be eaten for three months.
Feng Ba glanced at the Goguryeo army beside him, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, Gao Tande not only rejected the proposal to join forces in one place, but also did not even enter the gate of Dragon City, obviously because he was deeply jealous of himself.
In fact, Feng Bao can also understand, if the strength of the two sides is equal, it is easy to say, but Goguryeo is too much to be on the table, at first Feng Ba still had the intention of sincerely cooperating with Gao Tande, but when Gao Tande led the army to Longcheng, he immediately felt cold, he couldn't imagine that this kind of army with incomplete armor and mainly foot soldiers could also be pulled out to fight, which was obviously a waste of food!
Wu Yinti also glanced at the Goguryeo army, turned around and arched his hand: "Heavenly King, although Gao Tande is not in good shape, when the time is ripe, it can be pulled to be used as the first to use, please rest assured that Gao Tande is not afraid, and the minister is eighty percent sure that he will not be able to come and go, but the minister is uneasy that there is no trace of the Jin army, and the Jin army set off last night, according to common sense, it should have arrived a long time ago." β
After the camp was allocated, Feng Ba had also been thinking about this problem, the more the Jin army did not come, the more uneasy he felt in his heart, and he always felt that there was a trap waiting for him in front of him, so he dispersed the scouts and put the whole army on strict alert.
Feng Ba has been the king of heaven since he was proclaimed, and his majesty is increasing day by day, at this time, his eyebrows are tightly twisted, and his eyes are flickering and he is looking around.
"Huh?" Feng Bao suddenly turned his head to look, and a scout came and quickly got into the military formation.
The scout came to the front and said, "Heavenly King, there is a battlefield trace fifteen miles to the northwest, with tens of thousands of corpses, judging by the weapons, armor and bloodstains, it should be the Wei army, and it died about an hour to an hour and a half ago!" β
"Oh?" Feng Ba's expression changed, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes: "Could it be the ambush soldiers who sneaked in by the Wei people?" β
The scout didn't answer, he knew that he wasn't asking himself, and sure enough, Wu Yinti took it and said, "Please ask Heavenly King Rongchen to ask him a few words."
Feng Ba nodded slightly.
Wu Yinti asked again: "Have you ever explored the surroundings carefully?" Is there any trace of the enemy? Where is there an ambush? β
"Return to the Heavenly King and the Great General!" The scout arched his hand: "The battlefield is along a nameless river in a north-south direction, there is a forest on the west side of the river, and there are hills ten miles east of the river. β
Wu Yin Ti sighed slightly, and said: "Heavenly King, if the minister is not wrong, or the Lord of Wei openly refuses to come to help, in fact, he secretly lurks to collect the profits of the fisherman, and General Wei found out the Wei people, and set up an ambush to lure them, this is not far away, and there is no trace, it is better to go over and take a look, in order to judge the losses of both sides, what does the King of Heaven think?" (To be continued......)
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