Chapter 585: Clever Tactics
Two days later.
The Wind Roar army was stationed fifty or sixty miles away from Taozhuo's legion, waiting for news from Master Sada.
Yifeng and Shuli led Hun Jian Zhenwu and Huang Chengyu and others to stroll outside the barracks, looking at whether the figure of Master Sada appeared in the distance.
"Do you think Master Sada will be caught by Tao Zhuo?" Hun Jian asked from behind Yifeng.
"What are you worried about, Master Sada turned out to be the junior brother of King Duoman, and his cultivation strength is amazing, and he has also killed many generals of the Great Martial Legion in the combat group, and in the battle of the Demon Eye, I have seen him kill no less than five generals of the Thundering Legion." Shingo replied from the side.
"So powerful?" Hun Jian nodded.
At this time, Yifeng turned around and said, "Senior Brother Hun Jian, please send two thousand monks to meet him along the mark left by Senior Brother Sada. โ
"In case ยทยทยทยทยทยท exposed" Hun Jian was a little worried.
Yifeng shook his head and said, "The news that we came here is estimated to have been known for a long time, and if it is exposed, it will be exposed." I'm worried now that Senior Brother Sada has fallen into the hands of Tao Zhuo, and the task assigned to him is not completed, and if it is completed, then he has important secrets.
"If Tao Zhuo sets out his words and sets a trap in advance, it will be very bad for us and Beizong Temple. Don't forget, there are still four or five thousand Taoist soldiers under Tao Zhuo's hands, if you arrange any magic circle, the Kado ravine is a lesson from the past. โ
Hun Jian nodded and said, "Okay, Buddha, I know, I'll arrange it now." โ
He turned and walked towards the barracks, and in a short time two thousand horsemen galloped out of the barracks and headed northeast in a hurry.
After a while, Hun Jian returned to Yifeng's side and said, "Buddha, everything has been arranged, the two thousand monks led by him are both the nephews of Master Sada, and they are very familiar with the secret marks left by Master Sada. โ
Yifeng nodded and said, "Okay, Senior Brother Hun Jian, you have worked hard. โ
Hun Jian still asked with some concern: "Buddha, when I went back to the barracks just now, I saw that several other monks were discussing the Iron Floating Slaughter and the Divine Arrow Cavalry of the tribal cavalry, do we still need to refine the tactics of the Divine Arrow Cavalry against the tribal cavalry?" I've always felt that tripping horses are not so reliable. โ
Yifeng slowed down and thought as he walked. At this time, Huang Chengyu next to him saw this and said: "In the war books I have read, the best tactic for cavalry in the grassland is to use a tripping horse, tripping the cavalry, which is equivalent to causing them to lose half of their combat effectiveness, and then we take the opportunity to rush up and kill with a large force, and we can receive the miraculous effect of the attack." โ
Yifeng looked at Shuli and asked, "Fourth Senior Brother, what do you think?" โ
Shuli pondered for a while and said, "Logically speaking, this is no problem. But I think that now we do have two problems that cannot be ignored: first, in the face of the most majestic and powerful war horses on the steppe, I am afraid that the ordinary tripwire does not have enough tenacity, and it is better to use a stronger and tougher iron cable, but there are not many such weapons in our army, and even ordinary ropes have to be tied to weapons and food by baggage battalions.
"Second, we don't seem to have any experience in this kind of stumbling tactic, how fast are the Iron Floats and the Divine Arrow Cavalry, how fast are their horses, how much force is the force of the charge, how many soldiers and horses do we need to pull the rope, and how long does the rope need to be so that the tripping horse has enough strength to trip their horses?
"In addition, the tribal cavalry legions have been fighting on the steppe for hundreds of thousands of years, have they ever encountered such a tactic against them, and do they have any countermeasures to deal with it? For example, when they encounter a tripwire, the cavalry behind them can immediately shoot the tripstring off, or use their long-handled swords to reach in front of the horse and cut it? Does the tripwire really have a restraint effect on cavalry? None of these have been encountered by us, and we don't have much experience. There must be other more effective and reliable methods. โ
Yifeng listened to Shuli's words and fell silent. At this moment, suddenly a horse rushed behind him, and everyone turned their heads to see that it was a monk of ten thousand monks, his face was flushed, he stopped behind Yifeng, hurriedly dismounted and ran to Yifeng, and said to him eagerly:
"Buddha, the dozen or so cavalry who broke away from the team that I caught just now turned out to be not Taozhuo's cavalry, they lied!"
Yifeng stared at him and asked, "Then whose soldiers and horses are they?" โ
The monk said: "It is a deputy general of the tribal cavalry corps, a subordinate called Nusan Ha, the main general of the tribal cavalry corps will defend the northern border of Anzhou against the invasion of the giants of the northern ice field, and he will not dare to come here to destroy the Buddha without the imperial order of Emperor Wu, so the 100,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the two states of Angon all the year round are led by Nusan Ha, this time he led 50,000 tribal cavalry to come here to help Tao Zhuo destroy the Buddha, 10,000 Tiefutu, and the three major archery archer cavalry brigades of more than 3,000 soldiers and horses are under his command!" โ
Shuli's eyes flickered and he asked, "What else have you found?" โ
The monk glanced at Shuli and said, "Just now there was a cavalryman who wanted to confess, and he told me that their cavalry was specially trained, and when they charged, they all charged with the Iron Floating Cavalry, and the means of tripping horses had already been cracked by the Iron Floating Slaughter!" The war horses of Tiefutu are not only covered with iron armor, but also have a sharp and slender knife edge tied to the horse's legs, which is tied to the front like an armguard, and any stumbling rope can be cut by this sharp and tough knife edge! Our tactics are simply useless! โ
Yifeng and Shuli's faces became very ugly, and the two walked forward in silence, everyone didn't know how to speak, and held them tightly.
Yifeng's heart suddenly became very heavy, the wind roaring army was only 70,000, facing 50,000 wolf-like tribal cavalry, heavy armor, superb archery, superb equestrianism, can't fight, can't run, now Yifeng finally knows why the tribal cavalry can stand shoulder to shoulder with Xiliang Iron Cavalry, this kind of strong cavalry legion, is too terrifying.
Moreover, he also miscalculated the situation on the battlefield, no matter what the combat strength of Tao Zhuo's Right Shence Legion was, only these 50,000 tribal cavalry could not be easily matched by the Wind Roar Army, and a rash attack would only put the Wind Roar Army into a great battlefield disadvantage.
At this moment, there was a sudden collapse at the feet of Yifeng, and he only cared about what he was thinking, and he did not look at the road, which did him no harm, but a brilliant plan suddenly appeared in his mind, and he was overjoyed.
He jerked his head up, turned away, looked at everyone, and said excitedly, "We were all wrong!" โ
Yifeng's words made everyone scratch their heads, Shuli glanced at Yifeng, instantly understood, and suddenly showed a smile.
Yifeng said to them excitedly: "We have never been to the grassland before, and we have looked at the endless grassland along the way, and there is already an impression in our hearts that frames our thoughts, that is, we have always thought that this grassland is flat, even if there is a small soil slope, it is very inconspicuous, a large green grassland, you can't see it from a distance, but in fact, this grassland has large and small soil pits!" It's not as flat as we imagined it to be in the lake! โ
He looked at them and said excitedly, "So, the tripping horse rope is not good, so use something they can't avoid, and that is the dirt pit!" No matter how powerful the Iron Float is, their horses are all running on the ground, and as long as we dig a pit, they will not be able to form an effective charge! โ
Shuli couldn't help but nod and praised: "That's right, we not only have to dig the soil pit, but also disguise, cover the soil pit with those weeds and artemisia, etc., lure them over, and catch them off guard!" โ
Yifeng's thoughts flowed well, and he said: "When their Tiefutu falls into the pit, our best way to attack is to bombard them with these nearly two hundred artillery pieces that we have pulled from the northwest all the way, which is the most effective and powerful blow to the tribal cavalry!" โ
Huang Chengyu frowned and asked, "Then how can we lure them over?" โ
Hearing this, Shuli's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but show a sly smile, showing his extraordinary talent for war, and said: "As Yifeng said just now, sometimes we look like a flat grassland, but in fact it may be a small dirt slope overgrown with weeds.
"We can use this as a tactic, use a small dirt slope, dig the earth pit on the side of the breakthrough, and then use a small group of soldiers and horses to attract the tribal cavalry from the other side. But when we reached the top of the hill, our soldiers and horses immediately bypassed from both sides, avoided the dirt pit, and quickly withdrew, while the tribal cavalry pursued, because the dirt slope blocked the view, and could not see how our soldiers and horses were descending. This grassland is so big, this kind of small dirt slope will definitely not be difficult to find!
"For the cavalry, the direct downhill speed will be faster, and the impact will be stronger, they must have been used to this way of riding, they just want to quickly pursue our soldiers and horses, but they just need to rush down directly, and they will be greeted by the pit we dug!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone was amazed.