Chapter 342: Night Attack on Li Dao's Camp
This time, Guo Yan walked in front bravely, and then unsurprisingly, they met Tai Shici, who had defeated Xu Rongxi's Liang cavalry with infantry. Guo Yan is not a believer in evil, and when he saw Tai Shi Ci's banner, someone told him who Tai Shi Ci was, but he relied on the cavalry under his command to be the elite of Xiliang and directly charged towards Tai Shi Ci's phalanx.
10,000 Xiliang light cavalry faced Tai Shici's special combat team and began to charge from two or three miles away, and then continued to accelerate, five hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, when two hundred steps Guo Yan and the others clearly saw that the enemy's archers were ready to launch, Guo Yan sneered, is this the infantry phalanx that defeated Xu Rong? Is Xu Rong old and confused, and that Zhang Xiu, known as the best marksmanship of the younger generation, Zhang Ji usually boasts of his martial arts, but it is really a shame to be defeated by such people who have no battlefield experience. In Guo Yan's opinion, such a long distance wasted the first arrow that was most likely to kill the enemy!
However, at the next moment, a rain of arrows struck, and all the uncaring Xiliang soldiers suffered a big loss, and they were hit by arrows one after another, the first wave was 3,000, and then the ??????????????? In the second wave, the third wave, when some of the Xiliang cavalry approached the infantry phalanx with their superb horsemanship, the cold and shining Mo sword soldiers attacked. The uniform pace and sword-wielding action gave the Xiliang cavalry a long insight.
Poof, poof, slap, slap, swords and arrows into the flesh, rows of cavalry fell from their horses. The entire cavalry phalanx of the charge was completely disrupted at once.
The cavalry in front fell off their horses, the horses were frightened and scurried around, and the rear ones crashed into their own men, and then they were shot by the archers.
Guo Yan himself was also hit by an arrow, and escaped from Modao's hands in embarrassment under the protection of his own soldiers, but when he turned to leave, he was also hit by an arrow in the butt of the war horse under his crotch.
Fortunately, Guo Yan escaped from the range of the Divine Arm Bow, but most of the unaware Xiliang soldiers kept catching up, and then continued to mess up.
When these Xiliang soldiers who caught up found that something was wrong, they hurriedly began to flee from both wings.
Then Tai Shici's two wings of two thousand heavy cavalry attacked, they rushed up to the Xiliang light cavalry that scattered and fled with a short spear to serve, and then brandished a spear and began to chase and slaughter, because these light cavalry had not had time to accelerate, so there was no speed advantage over the heavy cavalry, and in the face of the heavy cavalry armed to the teeth, these Xiliang soldiers who were used to life and death were also blinded. These heavy cavalry swept both sides like open wings, and then the Mo sword soldiers strode forward, and the divine arm archers suppressed them from a distance, and they actually crushed the Xiliang cavalry on the opposite side as if they were ordinary infantry.
Guo Yan, who fled far away, was frightened, and now he understood that Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji's 10,000 people would not be able to stop Wei Xuan's 30,000 people no matter what, so he did not hesitate to order the remaining Xiliang soldiers who could still listen to the command to retreat quickly. Their superiority was evident when they retreated, and when he saw him, he was ashamed, because the 10,000 cavalry went to meet the enemy's 15,000 or so infantry violently, and they were attacked head-on, and they lost nearly 2,000 men in just a moment's effort, and if he hadn't run fast, it would have been even worse. There are only 15,000 people here, but Wei Xuan has 30,000 people and the cooperation of catapults, how can Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji's 10,000 people stop it.
When Guo Yan met Li Wei and told Li Dao what happened to him, Li Dao was unbelieving, he felt that it was very likely that Guo Yan was ambushed by Wei Xuan, 30,000 people ambushed 10,000 people, Guo Yan naturally wanted to flee in embarrassment, and the loss of troops was inevitable.
So he chose an open place, let Guo Yan and his men retreat in the direction of the camp, and waited for Wei Xuanjun in the room, he wanted to see if the soldiers of Wei Xuanjun had three heads and six arms.
Of course, Wei Xuanjun didn't have three heads and six arms, but when the four or five thousand Mo sword soldiers strode forward with Mo swords held high in the wilderness, Li Dao was also stunned for a while. And the flanks of the Modao soldiers are heavy cavalry, and Li Dao is also a knowledgeable person, of course, he knows that if it is a position fight, this kind of heavy cavalry has a very obvious advantage over light cavalry. That is to say, Wei Xuan's men and horses are completely prepared for positional warfare, so they should give full play to the mobility advantage of the light cavalry and make a detour to the rear to plunder the grain route of Wei Xuan's army.
Li Wei then ordered the infantry to continue to build a camp to delay Wei Xuan, and on the other hand, he discussed with Guo Yan, and the two prepared to bypass the ??????????????? tomorrow This infantry phalanx went to the rear to look at Wei Xuan's other teams, if it was ordinary infantry, then don't blame them. If you can't say it, you will use the cavalry to storm for a while. As long as Wei Xuan's rear is in chaos, no matter how powerful Wei Xuan is, he will have to withdraw his troops.
It's just that that night Li Dao and Guo Yan got the news that Zhang Liao sent troops from Hedong, and there were more than 10,000 cavalry, which were the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry in Wei Xuan's army, Li Dao and Guo Yan both breathed a sigh of relief, if the Son of Heaven chose the time to go north and then a day or two later or get in touch with Wei Xuan in advance, they would meet Zhang Liao when they couldn't chase it, although Li Dao was confident that he could defeat Zhang Liao's 12,000 heavy cavalry by uniting with Guo Yan, but the Son of Heaven might cross the river north and go north, and it would be impossible to chase after him when he got to Hedong.
Since Zhang Liao is here, the advantage in the number of his own cavalry is not obvious, because Guo Yan saw more than 2,000 cavalry in Tai Shi Ci's camp, plus Zhang Liao's 12,000, which is 14,000, and his own cavalry on the front line is 20,000, and he was killed by Tai Shi Ci for a while and lost 2,000, counting Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji, there are only 20,000. The infantry side was even more at a disadvantage. Li Dao and Guo Yan discussed overnight that they would defeat the frontal Wei Xuanjun before Zhang Liao rushed to the battlefield.
The next day, Li Dao and Guo Yan did not send light cavalry to attack the rear, because Zhao Yun's troops were also soon approaching the Lintong battlefield, and the number of Zhao Yun's cavalry also exceeded their expectations, with 6,000 light cavalry and 2,000 heavy cavalry. In this way, Li Dao and Guo Yan had to immediately transfer all the troops originally used to watch the Son of Heaven to the front line. Only by concentrating forces will it be possible to defeat Wei Xuan. However, Wei Xuan did not give them a chance.
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That night, near Lintong, just after the third watch, Li Dao's camp suddenly burst into flames, and then there was an overwhelming shouting of killing. Then there was the rumbling sound of horses' hooves in the east, and Li Wei knew that it was Zhao Yun's cavalry that had been dispatched. Li Wei immediately sent someone to the north to inform Guo Yan. Although the two reconciled, in fact, they still guarded against each other in their hearts, and the camp of the two people had been together for three or four miles, and now they suddenly encountered the enemy's night attack, and the two sides had to get in touch as soon as possible.
When Li Dao ran out of the military tent, a lieutenant had already come to his side and whispered: "Taifu, Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji are reversed, the fire outside the camp was set by them, and they are holding torches to release rockets at our camp. To the east is the Taishi Ci Division, and the cavalry speed at night cannot be too fast in the face of the kind of broadsword that specializes in restraining cavalry, so it is best for us to stick to the camp and not go out. ”
Li Wei nodded: "Go and inform Guo Yan and let them hold Zhao Yunbu, and when I repel Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji, the two anti-bone boys, I will naturally be able to resist Tai Shici's attack." ”
In Li Wei's opinion, Duan Xuan and Tai Shici combined were only 25,000 people, and he had nearly 20,000 people in the camp, so there should be a chance to have a barracks and fences as barriers.
Four miles to the north, Guo Yan's big camp, Guo Yan was woken up by the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, he, like Li Wei, thought that it was Zhao Yun's light cavalry who went to fight, and mobilized all the defensive forces to the east of the camp, but Zhao Yun seemed to be waiting for his infantry, and he was not in a hurry to attack when he arrived at the battlefield.
When Li Wei sent a herald to ask Guo Yan for reinforcements, Guo Yan was very disdainful, even if Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji rebelled, plus one of Tai Shici's headquarters??????????????? There were only 25,000 people without losses, and there were 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry in Li Wei's camp. In the end, it's still selfish, pointing to the soldiers who have lost others.
However, Guo Yan also understood that once the three divisions of Wei Xuan's army besieged Li Dao, Li Dao was defeated and he could not stop Wei Xuan alone, and when he was hesitating to send reinforcements to support Li Dao, the sound of horses' hooves was also heard in the northwest direction.
When the scout said that it was Zhang Liao's heavy cavalry that appeared in the northwest direction, Guo Yan's face was a little unpleasant, because Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses were about the same as him, and the number of cavalry was about the same, and now Zhang Liao's 12,000 people were purely extra. The point is that this kind of heavy cavalry can't do anything against the tall city walls, but it can be directly attacked against the improvised barracks and fences. And your own archers have no way to hurt them quickly, and once such heavy cavalry attacks, it will be a heavy blow to your morale.
Just as Guo Yan feared, Zhang Liao's heavy cavalry attacked before Zhao Yun, and they came to the fence with the arrows of the Xiliang soldiers in the camp, threw their short spears, and then began to use sabers and spears to destroy the fence prepared. Zhang Fei took the lead in coming to the west of Guo Yan's camp, since he was promoted to Zhonglang General after making great contributions in the battle of Nanyang, Zhang Fei returned to Hedong and sighed with Guan Yu many times, if Liu Bei was still in the three of them, he should be able to lead an army alone, Liu Beibei did not want to be a vassal of General Zuo, and chose to support Yuan Shu and Tao Qian, but was driven out of the territory by Lu Bu.
Guan Yu witnessed Wei Xuan's expulsion of the Southern Xiongnu for three months, and the entire state was chased and regained its vitality, and his hometown Hedong was even more prosperous, so he naturally had a lot of emotion.
In today's raid on Guo Yan, Guan Yu's task is to block the north, and Zhang Fei is responsible for the main attack on the west gate, which makes Guan Yu, who has always been proud, a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, Wei Xuan's main energy in the next step is Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and they will naturally have a lot of opportunities to go to the battlefield when they are riding in the tiger and leopard.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu slashed at the grazing fence in the northwest direction, which made Guo Yan panic.