Chapter 804: Tripping Horses

Wang Meng and Deng Qiang and other generals got together and seriously discussed the next offensive plan, after all, after some fighting, they had already realized the strong combat effectiveness of the main cavalry of Yan State, so they no longer dared to attack hastily and haphazardly, so as not to pay the heavy price again.

Zhuge Xiong looked at several generals, and first sighed: "The main cavalry of the Yan army is really strong, if it weren't for the rapid withdrawal of our army, it would have suffered heavy losses!" ”

Of course, this is not because the Wudang Flying Army is timid to avoid the battle, but because the Wudang Flying Army uses the crossbow as the main means of attack, and is not equipped with a long weapon for close combat, and the only protective sword is simply not enough to resist the impact of the main cavalry of the Yan State, for this reason, it can only fight with the main cavalry of the Yan State in a long-distance battle, and the long-range attack power of the main cavalry of the Yan State is naturally not the opponent of the Wudang Flying Army at all, for this reason, The casualties of the Wudang Flying Army were minimal.

And the other few soldiers and horses, although they are also equipped with bows and crossbows and other distant offensive weapons, but this is not their main battle weapon, besides, ordinary arrows will be killed by the enemy cavalry in front of the enemy at most three shots, so in addition to the 10,000 cavalry under the command of Zhuge Xiong, who have been carrying out long-range attacks, the remaining Jin cavalry had to fight with the main cavalry of the Yan State in close combat, thus fighting a lose-lose ending.

Wang Meng, Deng Qiang and other generals, after listening to Zhuge Xiong's emotion, all nodded in approval, through this cavalry battle, they all recognized the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the main cavalry of Yan State, and felt that in the case of equal strength. With a frontal attack alone, it is impossible to defeat the main cavalry of the Yan State, of course, if the follow-up charioteers and infantry can arrive, it will be a different situation.

Deng Qiang frowned, and said: "The more than 100,000 troops led by the king will arrive on the south bank of Yishui to join our army in a short time, Murong Ke must know this, so the army of the Yan Kingdom will definitely build a pontoon bridge and cross Yishui immediately." Our army can take advantage of the time when the army of Yan has crossed half of the men. Suddenly launch an attack, in this way, you can double the advantage of troops, and wipe out half of the cavalry of Yan State in one fell swoop. After speaking, his eyes were full of happy anger.

"That's right. General Deng was right. Our army can take advantage of the opportunity of half of the Yan army to cross the easy water. Launch a surprise battle, in this way, even if you can't completely annihilate the Yan army. It can also annihilate most of it, and besides, the men and horses led by the king are not far away, no matter what, the victory must belong to our army. Wang Wu said loudly.

When Zhuge Xiong and Wang San heard this, they also loudly agreed, but Wang Meng did not express his approval.

"General Wang thinks there's something wrong." Deng Qiang looked at Wang Meng and asked softly.

Wang Meng frowned, and said with a straight face: "Murong Ke is the number one general of the Yan Kingdom, since he wants to lead all the soldiers and horses to cross Yishui, how can he not be fully prepared, I am afraid that our army will not be able to take advantage of the surprise attack!" ”

When Deng Qiang and the other generals heard this, they all glanced at each other, they all recognized Wang Meng's worries, but they didn't know how Murong Ke would be fully prepared.

"General Wang, no matter what, our army can't let all the main forces of the Yan Kingdom cross the Yishui, and the opportunity to hit the Yan army so hard must not be missed." Deng Qiang, who was eager to atone for his crimes, made up his mind to severely damage Murong Ke's main army, and at the same time, it was also to avenge the fact that his army was surrounded by Murong Ke and suffered heavy losses.

"General Wang, no matter what foolproof strategy Murong Ke makes, as long as the main cavalry of our army presses up, he will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom." Wang Wu said confidently, obviously, he supported Deng Qiang.

Zhuge Xiong supported Wang Meng's concerns, while Wang San was silent and did not say anything.

"Report, General, the army of Yan has begun to cross Yishui." At this moment, the scouts in front came with the news that the main cavalry of the Yan State had crossed Yishui.

Wang Meng and other Jin generals heard this, they all subconsciously raised their heads and looked in the direction of due north, although due to the distance, the things they saw were very blurry, but they could still see the number of black spots that appeared on the north bank of Yishui, and the gradually increasing black ones were naturally the Yan cavalry who crossed Yishui.

"The army of the Yan Kingdom has begun to cross Yishui, and our army should immediately prepare for a surprise attack." Deng Qiang still insisted on his opinion.

"Yes! Our troops and horses have been resting for nearly half an hour, and they are completely ready to attack again. Wang Wu also said loudly.

Wang San thought for a moment, and said: "No matter what, our army can always give it a try, and we shouldn't just watch the main cavalry of the Yan Kingdom calmly evacuate Yishui." ”

"If all the generals feel that they should attack, I, Zhuge Xiong, will not be afraid to fight." Although Zhuge Xiong was a little worried, he did not want to leave the impression of cowardice on other generals, so he also loudly expressed his willingness to participate in the war.

Seeing that all the generals expressed their willingness to attack the retreating main cavalry of the Yan State, Wang Meng naturally did not want to oppose it vigorously, after all, these generals were all direct generals under Hua'an, and they were not under his command, but the rank was slightly smaller, and he did not have the right to give orders in principle.

"General, the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom has already crossed half of the men and horses of Yishui." A subordinate general reminded loudly.

Wang Meng looked at the several generals beside him and said softly: "Murong Ke crossed Yishui, he will inevitably prepare in advance to prepare for the attack of our army, and the generals must be extremely careful, and must not blindly pursue, and let our army suffer big losses again." ”

When Deng Qiang and other generals of the Jin army heard this, they all nodded in approval, and immediately led their soldiers and horses to attack the main cavalry of the Yan State on the south bank of Yishui.

Although the strength of the Yan cavalry is very strong, it is still very sure to deal with half of its men and horses, Deng Qiang and other Jin generals, and is ready to attack with all their strength to inflict heavy damage on the Yan cavalry under Murong Ke.

The Jin army suddenly launched a large-scale attack, and such an action was naturally quickly discovered by the retreating Yan soldiers, and seeing the Jin cavalry surging and killing, the Yan cavalry accelerated the speed of evacuation.

"Fourth brother, the Jin army really took advantage of the opportunity of our army to cross Yishui and launched an attack on our army, fortunately, the fourth brother was prepared, otherwise, half of our army's men and horses would be in danger." Murong Ba looked at the main cavalry of the Jin army who was killing from the south direction, and said with emotion.

Murong Ke looked up in the direction of due south, smiled slightly, and said softly: "Immediately order the soldiers to speed up the crossing of Yishui, as long as they reach the north bank of Yishui, our army will be safe." ”

"Fourth brother, rest assured, there are so many horse ropes, the cavalry of the Jin army must not be able to move an inch, besides, I have ordered the three thousand crossbowmen of the rear of the palace to be deployed on the shore as the last line of defense for our army to block the attack of the Jin army." Murong Ba said loudly.

Hearing this, Murong Ke nodded with satisfaction, and rode his horse towards the north bank of Yishui.

The cavalry of the Jin army, led by Deng Qiang's army, launched an attack on the Yan army that was crossing Yishui at the fastest speed, and soon arrived at the position where Murong Ke's army set up a stumbling horse.

Because the Yan army camouflaged the tripping horse rope, the galloping Jin cavalry couldn't find the mixed horse rope that was almost level with the ground, and rushed over at full speed.

The Deng Qiang Legion, which suffered the greatest losses, rushed to the front, because Deng Qiang was eager to atone for his sins, and wanted to greatly damage the Yan Cavalry Legion, so as to avenge the revenge with one arrow.

"Hiss...... After a violent sound of horses, the Jin army horses that rushed to the front were all knocked down, and the Jin soldiers on horseback were naturally all thrown off their horses and injured a lot, even Deng Qiang was thrown to the ground.

The subsequent cavalry did not understand what was happening, and they also fell down a lot, and suffered many casualties

"General, General, how are you?" Seeing Deng Qiang fall heavily on the ground, the subordinate next to him shouted anxiously.

Deng Qiang got up from the ground, stroked his injured forehead, and said loudly: "Keep attacking, the whole army will continue to attack." After saying that, he stepped on his horse and continued to run forward.

Under Deng Qiang's orders, the cavalry continued to pursue.

"Neighing......" There was another neighing sound of horses, and Deng Qiang and his subordinates were all thrown off the horse and fell into the mud.

"General, General." The general got up and helped Deng Qiang, who was lying on the ground.

Deng Qiang stretched out his hand to push away his generals, and shouted loudly: "Murong Ke, this kid has two hits, and he actually buried so many stumbling horses on the road of our army's attack, don't think about it, there must be a mixed horse in front of him." ”

"General, the Yan army has arranged so many mixed horses, and our cavalry is simply unable to move an inch!" A ministry general said.

"Yes! General, our army's war horses have been injured a lot, and many of the soldiers have been injured, if we continue to advance, there will definitely be more wounded war horses and soldiers. Another general said loudly.

Hearing this, Deng Qiang thought for a moment, and said loudly: "Let the soldiers dismount, attack the Yan cavalry on foot, and after speaking, hold the spear in your hand tightly and kill in the direction of the Yishui bank." ”

When the soldiers under his command saw Deng Qiang dismount and attack on foot, they all jumped off their horses and killed Murong Ke's retreating army on foot.

War horses are very easy to be tripped by tripping ropes, but soldiers who attack on foot can also be tripped by ropes, but due to their slower speed, it is easier to spot the mixed horse ropes on the ground, and after being tripped up, the injuries will not be very serious, and they can quickly get up and continue to attack.

The less than 20,000 cavalry of the Deng Qiang army abandoned their horses and launched an attack on the Yan army on foot, which surprised and encouraged the soldiers and horses of the Jin army that followed, and they followed suit.

For a time, more than 100,000 cavalry of the Jin army gave up their war horses and killed them on foot to the south bank of Yishui, where the army of Yan was located, and the momentum was extremely spectacular and majestic.

Seeing that all the cavalry of the Jin army launched an attack on foot, the three thousand Yan State archers in charge of the palace were stunned, such momentum made them feel a cold chill all over their bodies. (To be continued......)