Chapter 542: Two Generals
Mi Wei was overjoyed when he saw this, and was about to order the burning of grain and grass, countless soldiers rushed out of the carriage, and there was only one layer of grain and grass on the carriage, and the soldiers hid under the grain and grass.
The grain transporters who fled in embarrassment also showed a hideous face, and resolutely returned to the team to use the weapons in their hands and began to kill the enemy.
Mi Wei was shocked in his heart, knowing that he had fallen for the other party's plan, and hurriedly shouted: "Retreat!" ”
The soldiers who came out of the carriage were extremely elite, wearing strong armor, holding a ring-headed knife, and the cavalry clashed, without falling behind, just like Gao Shun's foot soldiers fought the cavalry of the Jizhou army before, in a short time, the cavalry also had no way to take these soldiers, not afraid of knives and guns, not afraid of bows and arrows.
These soldiers also did not attack the cavalry on the horses, constantly slashing and killing the horses, the horses were injured, and ran like crazy, and the cavalry on the horses were constantly jolted off the horses, and then became the ghosts of the infantry.
Rushing out of the encirclement, there were less than a hundred of the two hundred cavalry left, and the losses were heavy, which can be said to be the largest loss of the Xiliang cavalry since the engagement, and it was in the case of a sneak attack.
Mi Wei's face is like ashes, the loss of so many cavalry at one time, is the influence of the Mi family in the Xiliang army, I am afraid it will be difficult to change the fate of being punished, he is not afraid of punishment, the most afraid is Jia Rong's blame, following Jia Rong for many years, he actually made such a short-term mistake, I feel ashamed to think about it, the generals who followed Jia Rong at the beginning, now have a place in the army, and he has the support of the Mi family's strong financial resources, and he has also served as Jia Rong's personal guard commander, with such qualifications and family background, he has not made any contributions, Even he secretly wondered if he was not a talent for commanding the army.
Mi Wei quickly passed back the situation on the battlefield, and the cavalry wandering on the battlefield was doubly careful, and would not make a move without absolute certainty.
got a small victory, Yuan Shao was overjoyed, looking at Tian Feng's eyes were not as unhappy as before, talented people will always have a bright day, Tian Feng has an upright personality, repeatedly offended Yuan Shao, and once made Yuan Shao a little resentful of him, but after this victory, Tian Feng's violation in Yuan Shao's cognition has also become an upright character, not afraid of power, and became a hero for a while.
However, Tian Feng's strategy is also from Xu You's strategy when he was in the county, and he is naturally not clever, under Xu You's operation, this credit seems to have vaguely become Xu You's, and when he was in the county, the Jizhou army did save some defeats because of this strategy.
Not only Mi Wei, but also more than 2,000 cavalry wandering on the battlefield, they were repeatedly frustrated by Tian Feng's tactics of one kind or another, and the loss of cavalry reached 500 for more than ten days.
Jia Rong was secretly frightened, ordered the cavalry to take back, and sent Yan Xing Ma Teng to the battlefield, there has been no big battle recently, if you can't win from a small conflict, what is the face of the Xiliang army, it was caught off guard before, plus after Veran who had suffered under such a strategy before, let the commander of the army deal with it on the battlefield by himself, and test the general's battlefield adaptability.
Since Yan Xing defected to the Xiliang Army, his military exploits are indeed limited, after all, this person was a man under Han Sui back then, and his status in the army was not valued.
Ma Teng and Yan Xing each led 500 cavalry to the battlefield to find the field from the Jizhou army.
Yan Xing first observed the topography of the Jizhou army's grain road, as well as the situation of the Jizhou army when the grain and grass were transported recently, and obviously found that there were soldiers in ambush in the carriage carrying grain and grass, and it would definitely have a miraculous effect if they were rashly killed, and then the grain soldiers relied on the carriage to inflict heavy damage on the cavalry.
There are soldiers in the carriage, how to deal with it, Yan Xing thought hard, this battle is of great significance to him, after joining the Xiliang Army, he has always been not famous, and he has not had much contact with the generals of the Xiliang Army, he had also thought of various strategies before coming, and the strategies given by Jia Rong were also decent.
If you can achieve a big victory this time, you will definitely be able to leap to the upstart among the generals.
Carriages, grain and grass, ambush soldiers, heavy infantry, Yan Xing's mind kept flashing things that were crucial to affecting the battlefield.
Suddenly, he seemed to grasp something, and his face showed a thoughtful look, and then he shook his head slightly, denying the plan.
In the blink of an eye, another three days passed, and this time Jia Rong issued a death order, each team carried fifteen days of dry food, and once the grain and grass ran out, the army would be withdrawn immediately.
Ma Teng tested with fifty cavalry, and sure enough, as the intelligence said, there were hundreds of soldiers hiding in the grain and grass, and they hurriedly collected their troops and were in a wait-and-see state again.
The speed of the cavalry is fast, once the situation is found to be wrong, withdraw the army, these mud legs, can not catch up at all, before the victory can be won, probably because the generals of the Xiliang Army are too contemptuous, in the rush of victory, many generals lost their previous judgment, in the face of the enemy, just think about happiness and enmity to lead the cavalry to kill, this kind of general is very irresponsible, do not take the lives of soldiers as a thing, in Jia Rong's cognition, destined not to become a general.
As a general, when cherishing the life of each soldier, understanding the strengths of each soldier, and being able to give full play to their strengths when fighting, of course, this is the most ideal general.
The previous Mi Wei obviously failed to do this, relying largely on the powerful lethality of the cavalry, rather than his own ability to command the army.
In order to ensure the victory of the war, Ma Teng brought his son Ma Chao over, as a fierce general on the battlefield, Ma Chao alone can greatly mobilize the vitality of the soldiers, a brave general, the role of the battlefield is also not negligible.
Each transport team of the Jizhou army is well defended, which makes Ma Teng have a feeling that he can't speak, does Yuan Shao need so many people for each transport team, so can the consumption of soldiers along the way be paid, Ma Teng can wait, he has half a month, enough to wait until Yuan Shaojun is negligent, and then send a fatal blow.
On this battlefield, as long as Ma Teng does not take the initiative to attack, it is obviously very difficult for the Jizhou army to capture their traces, the Euphorbia is the first to climb the dead and then the awesome, there is no war horse, it is always two legs, how to catch up, relying on the speed of the cavalry is hard, and it can also exhaust them to death, Ma Teng did not worry about the Euphorbia and the first deceased.
Yan Xing carefully looked at the transportation team in front of him and ordered his cavalry to get ready.
When the grain transport team was closest to Yan Xing, Yan Xing gave an order, and a hundred cavalry were dispatched, constantly shouting to kill the grain transport soldiers.
From the face of the grain transporter, what they saw was frightened, of course, the cavalry was so strong when they rushed to kill, who was not afraid, the general of the grain transporter hurriedly organized the soldiers, there were soldiers hidden in the grain and grass cart, they were also characters with hole cards, how could they be frightened by the momentum of the Xiliang army, in the shouts of the generals, the soldiers gradually stabilized, before they won many big victories in the cavalry, although this grain transport team, there is no precedent for defeating the cavalry, according to the orders above, it must be able to establish miracles.
The grain transporters stabilized one after another, looking at the cavalry rushing to kill, the horror on their faces turned to firmness, as soldiers, they all wanted to make meritorious contributions, and people went to high places.
Under the order of the general, all the grain transporters scattered in a hurry and fled in all directions, but when they fled, they kept reviewing the scene behind them, waiting for the soldiers in the grain and grass cart to come out, and then return to help.
Yan Xing sneered, a hundred cavalry suddenly reined in the war horse, quietly looked at the grain and grass cart not far away, and looked at the faces of the fleeing soldiers also contained a hint of sneer, just their appearance, everyone can see that they have a problem, you run away is running away, and the head is constantly reviewing what to do, when any deserter escapes, he will also take care of what is behind him.
The cavalry stopped, and the general of the grain transport team had a feeling of being caught off guard, because the cavalry was still far away from gathering grain and grass carts, and he did not dare to give orders without authorization, and the other party must have known about his own methods.
"Kill!" Yan Xing ordered.
A hundred cavalry, instead of rushing to the grain and grass, but went to chase and kill the fleeing foot soldiers in all directions, how these foot soldiers were the opponents of the cavalry, for a while, the wailing was endless.
The general's face turned pale, if it continued according to such a scenario, the soldier's pretending to run away would become a real escape, how could a two-legged one run over a four-legged one, and he suffered a loss in the battle, Yan Xing's move also grasped the weakness of the Jizhou army.
The general was in a hurry, and shouted loudly: "Come to me!" At this time, the general was still near the grain and grass cart, waiting for the command.
Relying on the grain and grass cart, it is equivalent to having a defensive line, and the cavalry will never dare to step forward easily, and the opponent's cavalry will definitely not step forward if they guess the ambush in the grain and grass cart, and they will definitely not come forward, and they will save the defeat of Fang Cai.
With the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, more than 100 cavalry were killed on the left, and they also kept roaring, beating horses and galloping, heading towards the grain truck, holding a jar in their hands, and when they were not far from the grain and grass cart, the general gave an order, and all the jars were thrown to the grain and grass cart.
A rocket ignited the entire grain and grass team, and under the infection of fire oil, a raging flame soon ignited, and the five hundred cavalry, under the leadership of Yan Xing, stared at the grain and grass team in all directions, for fear of missing every detail.