The Battle of Puzhou Chapter 233 The Danger of the East Qin in the Hukou Stream
Hu Shao looked at the phalanx of the Southern Qi infantry who were waiting for a long time, and after pondering for a long time, he said to Mo Duolou Invincible: "Attacking the Southern Qi head-on is not good for us, obviously Wei Ran has already prepared, you can make a detour to the north, inform He Basheng, and let him attack the southern camp of the Southern Qi together." ”
Now the Southern Qi is obviously prepared, outside the camp to stop the cavalry charge of the fortifications, he led the army to come and there is no large equipment to break through the Southern Qi camp, now the only way to take advantage of the numerical disadvantage of the Southern Qi, relying on Qingzhou Xianbei front and back to flank the attack, to attract the attention of the Southern Qi army.
However, a frontal assault on the Southern Qi army could not bring turmoil to the Southern Qi army, and naturally it could not make He Batsheng aware that reinforcements had arrived.
Thinking of this, Hu Shao called the Xianbei soldiers who had sent the message before, and ordered him to return the same way to inform He Basheng that he wanted to launch an attack at the same time as Southern Qi.
The Xianbei soldiers cautiously returned to the place where they crossed the river, and just as they were about to take off their clothes and jump into the lake, they were caught by the Nanqi soldiers who were ambushed here.
It turned out that Wei Ran had asked people to wait here for a long time, no matter which side of the reinforcements was, they would definitely find a way to inform He Basheng that they could defeat Wei Ran's army by attacking back and forth, so Wei Ran had been guarding here.
Looking at the Xianbei captive in front of him, Wei Ran tried to ask about Hu Shao's plan, but the Xianbei people were indeed quite backbone, and they refused to say anything anyway.
Seeing this, Wei Ran drank: "Come on, serve well, if you still refuse to speak, then kill it." ”
Duan Weiyang saw the guards on the left and right dragging out the Xianbei captives, and couldn't help but say: "King Qin, the matter is not known yet, how can you say kill and kill?" ”
Wei Ran smiled lightly, then flicked his sleeves and said to Duan Weiyang: "It's nothing more than informing He Basheng that the reinforcements have arrived, and it's just an appointment to break through when to break through." At the moment, He Basheng will definitely not receive the information, but Hu Shao will definitely launch an attack on time, and I will deliberately release less troops in front of the camp, so that most of the Eastern Qin cavalry will directly rush into the camp, and then come to catch turtles in an urn. ”
When it came to the time agreed with He Basheng, Hu Shao really did not hesitate, and Hu Shao's whole army took the initiative and forcibly attacked the Southern Qi camp.
However, this time Hu Shao also made preparations, and the camp for Wei Ran was not strong at all due to time problems, so Hu Shao used the method of charging in batches and began to gradually test the traps of Southern Qi.
may be because He Basheng has begun to attack the Southern Qi according to the plan, Hu Shao obviously found that the strength of the Southern Qi is not as good as yesterday after several attempts, and he is overjoyed at the moment: "The strength of the Southern Qi is not enough, it seems that General He Ba has involved the main force of the Qi army." ”
In fact, Wei Ran also had a little bitterness in his heart, although He Basheng's camp was easy to attack and difficult to defend, which created a great convenience for him to raid the camp that day, but when he really wanted to besiege it, he found that even if the Eastern Qin army only attacked one side, the defense line on the other side of him did not dare to slacken.
Therefore, the situation of the southern camp is overstretched on the one hand, he is deliberate, on the other hand, he is also forced to helpless, although he is completely sure that he can repel Hu Shao's reinforcements, but he does not dare to lure the enemy too deep, so as not to let He Basheng, who is a turtle with a shrunken head in the camp, see the clues.
And Yu Wenzhi, who has been closely monitoring behind Hu Shao, is also very entangled at the moment, Hu Shao's army has now attacked the Southern Qi military camp on a large scale, and he is thinking in his heart whether this is the best time to attack.
This place is still located in the plain, Hu Shao's army has not yet entered the Southern Qi camp, at this time, if you lead the army to steal from behind, it is very easy for them to escape.
In fact, this is also the reason why Wei Ran must put the Eastern Qin army into the camp, and it is also to cooperate with Yu Wenzhi's actions, but the two have not discussed this matter closely before, and everything depends on the judgment of the commanders of both sides.
After all, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and if everything is set to death, then it is extremely unfavorable for combat.
On the one hand, Wei Ran ordered the front army to begin to retreat gradually, and on the other hand, he moved the elite troops forward from the direction close to He Bathing without a trace, and at the same time ordered the soldiers on the east and west sides to start throwing filth into He Bathing's camp on a larger scale through the arrow tower.
It's also ridiculous to say, these days He Basheng can't even cook food, the entire military camp is full of filth from the Southern Qi army, it can be said that the stench is everywhere, and ordinary people can be dizzy from being smoked after staying outside for a long time.
Wei Ran rarely used this disgusting tactic, but he felt that since He Batsheng had killed Zhang Gui, he couldn't let him live so comfortably.
He Batsheng later simply moved the camp to a place far away from the arrow tower, but in this way, it was far away from the southern camp, so even if the southern camp had shouted at this time, He Batsheng still couldn't realize that the reinforcements had actually begun to attack the southern Qi.
After a fierce battle, Hu Shao finally conquered the outer camp of the Southern Qi Dynasty and rushed into the military camp of the Southern Qi Dynasty.
Hu Shao had the intention of cutting off Wei Ran's handsome banner at the moment, so that he would definitely be able to shake the heart of the Southern Qi army.
At this time, the Southern Qi army did not panic after being breached by the camp, and Duan Weiyang led the cavalry to start fighting Hu Shao.
The Tianxiong cavalry is a well-known elite, and the two sides fought on the battlefield in an instant, although the Eastern Qin Dynasty has the advantage of cavalry, but in front of the well-equipped Tianxiong army, there is no way for a while.
After Hu Shao stabbed down a Tianxiong soldier with a shot, he was about to kill the others, but the Tianxiong soldier who was stabbed down quickly got up from the ground and cut Hu Shao's mount with a knife.
Fortunately, at this time, Mo Duolou Invincible was not far away, and hurriedly turned back to rescue, after separating the fatal blow of the Tianxiong Army soldier to Hu Shao with a knife, followed by a backhand knife, slashing the soldier to the ground.
Hu Shao was afraid for a while at this time, and after glancing at the corpse on the ground, he scolded: "This Wei Ran is really willing to spend money, the equipment is so well-equipped, ordinary people will definitely die under one shot, and such a Southern Qi cavalry is only slightly injured." ”
Mo Duolou Invincible also reacted, and found that although he had a numerical advantage, it took a lot of time for several people to besiege a Qi soldier, and the Southern Qi cavalry was not only well-equipped, but also burly and powerful, in addition to being equipped with sharp lances, but also equipped with crossbow arrows, which were pulled apart and suddenly cast cold arrows, which often made the Eastern Qin cavalry unable to defend against it.
However, every time Wei Ran saw the death of a Tianxiong cavalry, his heart was dripping blood, the elite cavalry of the Tianxiong Army, also known as the wolf tooth cavalry, was an elite army built by Wei Ran with the strength of the whole country, the total number of people was only 5,000 people, of which 3,000 people stayed in Jiankang Jingkou, Wei Ran only brought these 2,000 elite cavalry this time.
The cost of each cavalry is worth the cost of five cavalry of the Qin army, and the loss of one is the income of ordinary people for twenty years, so elite, not only because of the excellent equipment, but also because the selection of soldiers is also quite strict, first of all, the height must be enough, to fight to more than six feet five, and secondly, the hand can also open a hundred catties of bows, but also smart enough, basically people who have read a little bit of books, only in this way will the military order be implemented more to the end.
The annual salary of a soldier on the Wolf Tooth Cavalry is basically equivalent to that of a Wupin Beijing official, and with such an expense, the combat effectiveness cultivated is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary cavalry.
Duan Weiyang's command of the wolf's tooth cavalry is also quite handy, not only because Duan Weiyang is of Xianbei bloodline and is good at horse warfare, but also because he is brave, not only superb martial arts, but also under the cavalry phalanx of the Southern Qi Dynasty, he has created a small cavalry phalanx of seven people, which is enough to be ten for one.
However, Wei Ran has enough financial resources to raise such a force, and he has to thank Zhang Zemao for his overseas trade, which is a later story.
Yuwen Zhi saw that the Eastern Qin army had already entered the Southern Qi camp, so he no longer hesitated and led the army to outflank the Eastern Qin army.
At this time, Hu Shao and the others finally repelled the attack of the wolf's tooth cavalry, and were about to continue to go deeper, when they suddenly found that the situation was wrong.
Wei Ran saw that a flag was suddenly erected on top of the arrow tower in the distance, and at the same time, the flag kept shaking from side to side, and immediately knew that Yuwenzhi had already sent troops.
At that time, another purpose for building such a tall arrow tower was here, to observe the movement in the distance.
At this time, Wei Ran asked people to take down the handsome flag and replace it with an ordinary Wei character flag.
The soldiers of the Arrow Tower immediately began to change a kind of flag.
Someone on the Wolf Tooth Rider noticed the change in the flag, and then immediately notified Duan Weiyang, Duan Weiyang glanced at the arrow tower, and immediately said: "It seems that it is time for the whole army to retreat." ”
The wolftooth rider quickly retreated to the Shuai Qi, and then set up a formation in front of the Shuai Qi.
Just when Hu Shao didn't know why, countless earth-shattering crossbow chariots suddenly launched in the tents on both sides.
Hu Shao was shocked at the moment, knowing that he had fallen for Wei Ran's plan to lure the enemy deeper, so he immediately said: "It's not good, the whole army retreats." ”
But at this time, it was too late, Yu Wenzhi's vanguard troops had already blocked the exit when they came, and the unwise move of not tearing down the fence when they broke through the camp at first was exposed at this time, and the fence behind them became an obstacle for the Eastern Qin cavalry to break through.
Seeing the Western Qin troops in the rear who had already besieged themselves, Hu Shao's heart was shocked, and he repeatedly confirmed in disbelief: "Are you sure it's the Western Qin troops?" Not the Southern Qi ambush? ”
The subordinate did not dare to slack off, and immediately said; "There is no doubt that it is indeed the Western Qin troops, and the leader is Yu Wenzhi."
At this time, Hu Shao couldn't care about anything else, and immediately passed the news to Mo Duolou Invincible and asked him to retreat.
Mo Duolou Invincible was deep in the enemy formation at this moment, and the rise of the killing was suddenly receiving the order to retreat, and he couldn't believe it for a while, and hurriedly said: "I heard me right, right?" Wei Ran was close at hand, why did he retreat? ”
It turned out that at this time, Wei Ran had already moved to the Shuai Banner, and he happened to look at Mo Duolou Invincible for a while, and said left and right: "I heard that Western Qin has surrounded us, and while the number of people surrounded is not particularly large, it is the king to kill it quickly." ”
Mo Duolou's invincible expression at this time was almost no different from Hu Shao at the beginning, and he was all shocked.
Then he hurriedly let the army begin to retreat in an orderly manner, at this moment, the crossbow carts on both sides also began to operate, and in an instant, the long lance flew sideways, Wei Ran actually cut off the long lance and put it on the ballista, and suddenly the screams were endless, the Eastern Qin army suffered heavy losses, and Mo Duolou's invincible war horse was also shot dead.
And Hu Shao was a little lucky, his 2,000 cavalry was in the rear, not within the firing circle of Southern Qi, but when he saw this scene on the periphery, he was also heartbroken, these are the elite cavalry of Eastern Qin.
In the face of Yuwenzhi, who was pressing step by step, Hu Shao made a quick decision and launched an attack on Yuwenzhi's Western Qin army when Yuwenzhi's foothold was not stable.
At this time, Yuwen's army was still in formation, so he had to meet the brave and win on a narrow road, and began to order his subordinates to fight Hu Shao to the death, and Hu Shao was not allowed to break through.
Hu Shao led 2,000 people to rampage through the Western Qin army, intending to fight a bloody way, but Yu Wenzhi's rear army gradually arrived, and the number of Western Qin began to show an overwhelming trend, and Hu Shao was gradually surrounded by the Western Qin army.
Watching the subordinates around him fall to the ground one by one, the young Hu Shao said in despair: "Could it be that I am going to die here today!" ”
Before the words fell, suddenly the formation was pulled apart, and after Mo Duolou Invincible led the remnants to kill the encirclement of Southern Qi, he tore apart the encirclement of Western Qin with Yu Wei in one fell swoop, and responded to Hu Shao.
But despite this, there are only more than 3,000 people left in one place now together, almost all of them are injured, at this time the Nanqi wolf tooth cavalry is also eager to try, if Hu Shao breaks through, then the wolf tooth cavalry will directly launch a pursuit.
The Eastern Qin cavalry in the formation began to gradually fall into despair, and they were now exhausted after fighting fiercely for most of the day, and even more difficult to hold the weapons in their hands.
Yuwen shouted at this time: "Hu Shao, Mo Duolou is invincible, it is not too late to surrender at this time." ”
Hu Shao spat in the direction of Yuwen Zhi and scolded: "Rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished, you eagle dogs of Yuanshan, Yuanshan killed the first emperor, and you and others helped to abuse, it is shameless!" ”
Yuwen Zhi's face turned cold suddenly, so he no longer kept his hand and ordered the whole army to press it.
Wei Ran climbed the arrow tower at this time and began to appreciate the confrontation between the east and the west.
Duan Weiyang said at this time: "Won't King Qin make a move?" ”
Wei Ran shook his head: "The Eastern Qin army is exhausted, Yuwen Zhi is not an ordinary person, if he can't even take this point, he will be my opponent in vain." ”
But then Wei Ran's expression suddenly changed drastically, because a large force was coming from the rear of Yu Wenzhi, Wei Ran immediately said: "Order the whole army to prepare for battle." ”
Duan Weiyang also discovered the abnormality at this time, and hurriedly said: "The thief army actually has reinforcements!" ”