Chapter 214: Starting Again from Victory

The ferocity of the enemy also stimulated the bloody nature of Wei Yan's subordinates, and while they continued to compress the phalanx, the infantry phalanx also continued to walk up from the rear of the team to fight the cavalry alone.

Wei Yan's 6,000 infantry was equipped with 1,500 archers, and now the entire position of the Xiliang soldiers was almost covered by empty bows and arrows, and the chance of the Xiliang soldiers being hit by arrows was very high.

Zhao Yun and several other generals no longer cared about their own formations at this time, and relied on their personal courage to continuously harvest the soldiers near Xiliang to offset the fear caused by the inexperience of their own soldiers.

The Xiliang soldiers were like a beast trapped in a cage that was constantly bleeding, and many people were full of feather arrows on their bodies and war horses, as long as the anger in their hearts was vented, what was waiting for them was the annihilation of the whole army.

When the last few Xiliang were shot off their horses by the archers, the entire valley was already full of blood, and the entire valley was full of corpses of Xiliang soldiers and wounded war horses that fell to the ground!

However, Wei Yan couldn't laugh at this moment, although Wei Xuanzhan repeatedly told him not to underestimate the Xiliang soldiers, he did not underestimate the Xiliang soldiers, and used all the strength of the lion to fight the rabbit.

However, the Xiliang soldiers still relied on their own bravery and determination to fight to the last man, so that Wei Yan paid the tragic price of 700 dead and 1,300 light and serious wounded.

The cavalry of Zhao Yun and Du Peng also paid more than a hundred casualties. This is also the result of the fierce generals of their own side protecting their soldiers in front.

Just imagine, if only one of Du Peng or Wen Ping and Li Yan encountered a ...... on the plain with a thousand cavalry Of course, the gains from persevering after the hard battle are not small, at least all the surviving soldiers have understood a truth, the Xiliang soldiers are very strong, very strong!

But definitely not invincible. However, seeing the corpses all over the valley, Wei Yan still gasped, if he hadn't been cautious again, if he hadn't invited Zhao Yun and Du Peng's two thousand cavalry to participate in the battle, Wei Yan really didn't have the confidence to be able to completely annihilate this team.

If he was surrounded on all sides by pure infantry, Wei Yan might have to pay not 700 casualties or 2,000 casualties, but more than half of the people would be killed, and even the biggest possibility would be that he would not be able to retain the Xiliang cavalry.

All of this is still an encounter in the valley terrain where the cavalry is at a disadvantage, if it is an open plain, Wei Yan does not dare to continue to think about it, it seems that the lord said that he is not too careful when encountering Dong Zhuojun.

The battle paid a huge price, but the harvest was not small, a thousand Xiliang cavalry did not escape a single person, and a thousand sets of armor and weapons became trophies, although they were damaged a lot, and most of them could still be used for repairs.

More than 300 of the 1,000 war horses were killed on the spot, and more than 100 of them were seriously injured and could not be treated, so they could give Wei Yan's whole army a good meal.

And the remaining more than 500 horses can continue to arm more cavalry. Wei Yan knew that his lord, who had a preference for war horses, would definitely smile when he saw so many war horses!

In this way, if you lose 700 infantry on your side, you will have much less responsibility for wounding 1,000 and 5. Wei Tong, who was covered in blood, sat on the hillside and watched Wei Yan and his people clean up the battlefield, and said to Zhao Yun with a grin: "Senior brother, although Dong Zhuojun is strong, the general is too vegetable, otherwise the whole army will not be wiped out." I don't know how Xu Rong and Lu Bu are, I really want to meet them on the battlefield. Zhao Yun shook his head and said: "The courage of the cavalry is important, but how to command his subordinates to change the formation on the battlefield is the key. This Dong Zhuojun Sima was doomed to failure from the moment he entered the valley! He gave up the speed advantage of the cavalry, gave up the impact of the cavalry formation, and entangled with the infantry phalanx in a small space was a taboo for soldiers. It was also Xiliang Bing who was too proud, and underestimated Captain Wei, and it was also Captain Wei's subordinates who were scouts who were able to shield the enemy's scouts, and he personally lured the enemy and performed very well to make the enemy relax their vigilance. As for the general Xu Rong of Dong Zhuojun, who is favored by the lord, he must be an excellent horseman, and that Lu Bulu Fengxian, since he is described by the lord as the first person in martial arts, must have something extraordinary, don't forget that he also has a red rabbit horse now. You must know that when Yun competed with Huang Sima that day, he actually lost on the war horse in the end, if he had the same war horse as Yun, he would lose it. Your war horse is very ordinary, and your strength and marksmanship have not reached the peak, and it may be a matter of a few rounds to meet Lu Bu, so try not to touch him. Wei Tong nodded: "Hehe, I'm not stupid, if I really want to single out Lu Bu, I must at least wait for me to reach the level of senior brother." It's a pity that these Xiliang cavalry, if they are willing to surrender, the combat power will definitely be doubled with a cavalry general like Senior Brother. Zhao Yun was not fluttering, but smiled faintly: "In terms of martial arts, I may be better than Wen Yuan, to say that leading troops, especially cavalry, he is much better than me." This is the original words of the lord, now we have too few cavalry to stay in the Chinese army as a mobile force, if a professional cavalry is formed in the future, Wen Yuan is the best cavalry. "Weitong has no objection, his own brother's ability to recognize people is very admired, Zhang Liao is from Yanmen, Bingzhou, and he naturally has a certain advantage in dealing with the Huns from below.

The news that the vanguard Wei Yan had completely annihilated a thousand attacking Xiliang cavalry reached Wei Xuan's Chinese army, which really greatly boosted morale.

However, Wei Xuan was not carried away by this difficult victory. On the one hand, he ordered Wei Yan to immediately withdraw all the wounded soldiers to Yangcheng for treatment, and at the same time ordered to quickly draw some reserves from Yangzhai to replenish Wei Yan.

As for the captured cavalry, as Zhao Yun expected, in addition to supplementing the losses of Zhao Yun and Du Peng, all the rest were allocated to Zhang Liao.

For the victory of the forward, of course, the battle must be hyped, for this reason Wei Xuan ordered the Yangzhai logistics troops in the rear to mobilize tens of millions of money to the front line, all the fallen soldiers were paid 20,000 yuan, and the wounded were halved.

All the soldiers who participated in the battle received a reward. While Zhang Liao and Wei Zheng were pulling out their camps from their respective garrisons and approaching Yuyuan Pass, Wei Xuan demanded that all arms and horses participating in the battle that day should send some people to each battalion to tell their combat experiences that day.

At the same time, it was required that all generals above the military rank including Wei Yan and others must make a summary of this battle.

Wei Yan stayed where he was for two days, waiting for Wei Xuan's Chinese army to catch up before continuing his advance. When he arrived at the predetermined position, ten miles away from Yuyuan Pass, the replenishment of the reserve troops was also in place.

Of course, in order to ensure the safety of Wei Yan's army, Wei Xuan still sent Zhao Yun and Du Peng to guard Wei Yan's two flanks during the day, and then return to the Chinese army when they camped at night.

Wei Xuan, Zhang Liao and Wei Zheng were on his left and right and behind him for a day. Perhaps because he had suffered a loss, Niu Fu of Yuyuan Pass did not rule out a formed team to come to test before Wei Yan arrived.

When Niu Fu from Yuyuan Pass sent troops to battle again, it was early the morning of the second day when Wei Yan had just arrived, and many of the camp's fences had not even been completely completed.

Niu Fu led 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry to the front of Wei Yan's camp. When the scout saw the gate open, he reported it to Wei Yan as soon as possible, but until he was attacked by Niu Fu on three sides, Wei Yan did not ask for help from Wei Xuan of the Chinese army.

It's not that Wei Yantuo is big, but according to Wei Xuan's requirements, he wants to test the power of the small catapult. A few months ago, Ma Jun brought people to Yangcheng, and some of the results of hundreds of people's hard work for hundreds of days and nights finally came in handy.

Niu Fu is now full of anger, although Wei Yan and Zhao Yun and others teamed up to annihilate Song Tao's department, but there are still scout survivors who have returned to the pass, and when Niu Fu heard everything that happened on the battlefield at that time, he was extremely angry and let go of his pride.

So today, he wants to take advantage of Wei Yan's unstable foothold to give him a dismount. He divided his 2,000 cavalry into two parts and attacked from both flanks while guarding against Wei Xuan's cavalry, while 3,000 infantry launched a fierce attack from the front.

Wei Yan, Wen Ping and Li Yan stood on the temporary watchtower, looking at the murderous Xiliang soldiers, their expressions were also very serious.

However, since the cavalry could only attack with bows and arrows, the wings only had to return fire with bows and arrows before the fence was breached.

But the 3,000 infantry on the front is obviously the elite of Dong Zhuojun's army, except for the contributors, who are basically heavy infantry.

Niu Fu's avenue was two miles away from Wei Yan's camp gate, and it was obvious that Niu Fu also wanted to watch Wei Yan be defeated by his own army for the first time.

However, Wei Yan was destined to disappoint him, Wei Yan, who had won a big victory in the previous game, stood on the watchtower with a blank face, Wen Ping and Li Yan had been urged by him to only deal with the cavalry on both wings.

The entire barracks were closed, and all the soldiers were on standby. The commander who had reached the gate of the camp shouted: "The enemy is three hundred paces away. The archers behind the camp gate all got up from the ground and bent their bows and arrows.

The sword and shield bearer holds his shield on his chest, ready to raise it at any time. Behind them are countless small catapults that have just been assembled or are being assembled.

There were seven or eight people standing next to all the assembled catapults, and they were also very nervous. Su Lie was the commander of these catapults, his palms sweating, and he stood on a makeshift one-man high wooden platform and looked nervously at the front of the camp gate.

"Two hundred steps for the enemy!"

"One hundred and fifty paces from the enemy."

"One hundred steps of the enemy, the archers are ready, put!"

"Raise your shield!" With a series of commands, the atmosphere in the entire barracks suddenly became tense, with all the troops in place and the archers diligently throwing at the approaching enemy.

But apparently the effect was not good, because of the distance and the fact that the enemy wore armor and shields, advanced from 100 to 50 paces, and more than a dozen people were shot and left behind.

The face of the military marquis at the gate of the camp was ugly, and there was no smile on Su Lie's face, because with the three thousand elite Xiliang soldiers, there was a solemn murderous aura.

The enemy's sword and shield men were already close to the fence, and the archers behind the sword and shield men began to shoot at the defenders in the fence.

Su Lie turned around to look at the catapults lined up under him, looked at those equally nervous companions, turned to the periphery of the camp again, and finally gave the first order!