Chapter 28: Ambush on All Sides (1)
Song Tie, the vanguard of the Huangfu Song Army, led 8,000 iron cavalry to kill first, and saw that the Yellow Turban Army had already set up a formation, and was a little annoyed, originally thought that the Yellow Turban Army would fall into chaos because of Zhang Jiao's death, and he had 8,000 cavalry, which could take advantage of the chaos and kill the Quartet, if he could defeat the Yellow Turban Army by himself, it would be a great achievement, but now it seems that it will not succeed.
Song Tie observed the formation of the Yellow Turban Army, and after a little thought, he ordered: "All obey the order, divide into two wings, five thousand on the right flank to impact the enemy's left flank, and three thousand on the left flank to impact the enemy's right flank, don't fight hard, let's go around to the rear of the Yellow Turban Army to gather, cut off their retreat, and wait for the arrival of General Huangfu's main force!" ”
Zhuang Shaoyou watched the cavalry of the official army split into two on the horse, and its three thousand people rushed in his direction, and he was slightly stunned, but immediately laughed again, and said to Luo Jie, the general of the cavalry battalion of Zhang Liang beside him: "General Luo, this officer and army forward general is still a little smart!" If it rushes into the army, even if it can inflict heavy damage on the Yellow Turban Army, it is estimated that these tens of thousands of cavalry will have to be explained here. Three thousand cavalry dare to come and attack themselves? You're so confident! Let's see who is stronger! ”
General Luo was worried, the officers and soldiers were strong and strong, with three thousand horses, and his own side was less than two thousand cavalry, and the horses were losing fat so badly that it was probably difficult to resist.
Zhuang Shaoyou glanced at Roger and said: "General Luo, don't worry, you let your cavalry protect the two wings of my cavalry battalion, and later my cavalry battalion will set up a three-section arrow array to shoot at the officers and soldiers, and the formation of the officers and soldiers will be greatly disrupted, and then we will charge together and defeat this wave of cavalry in one fell swoop!" ”
General Na Luo was slightly stunned, but remembered Zhang Liang's order, as long as Zhuang Shaoyou was monitored, don't let him run away, as for the military command, Zhuang Shaoyou was fully responsible, so he agreed. Zhuang Shaoyou saw that Roger agreed, so he ordered the cavalry battalion to set up a three-section arrow array to block the officers and soldiers.
Zhang Yan of the army was very happy when he saw that the cavalry of the official army was divided into two and headed towards the left and right wings, especially at the right wing Zhuang Shaoyou, who had to face 3,000 cavalry, he was very happy, the cavalry of the official army was all well-trained elite, the soldiers were strong and strong, not like the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, which was poor and thin, and it was not a grade at all. That Zhuang Shaoyou's cavalry battalion is slightly better, but it is not enough to compete with the three thousand officers and soldiers, it is best that Zhuang Shaoyou can die in the chaotic army, so that the charm girl is his own!
Zhang Liang saw that the official army divided the troops to attack the two wings, and immediately frowned, originally expecting the official army to charge the army, outflank the two wings, and completely annihilate this cavalry, it seems that the wishful thinking is not going to work, there are 50,000 people on his side, and it is not difficult to block the 5,000 cavalry, but the place where Zhuang Shaoyou is on the right wing is less than 2,000, how can he stop the 3,000 cavalry of the official army? I'm a little worried, but I'd better keep my mind in check and deal with the enemy first.
The crimson red tide of the officers and soldiers came overwhelmingly, divided into two torrents and violently collided with the two wings of the Yellow Turban Army, and the Zhuang Shao Ranger Battalion blocked the officers and soldiers with an arrow array, and the men and horses of the officers and troops rushed forward suffered heavy casualties, after losing 500 cavalry. Seeing this, the lieutenant in charge of the command immediately ordered his subordinates to divide into two ways to attack the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, and soon collided with Roger's cavalry battalion.
Zhuang Shaoyou smiled slightly when he saw this, and shouted loudly: "All the cavalry battalions obey the order, and charge the outermost cavalry of the official army with a three-stage formation!" With that, he took the lead with Zhoucang and Qinling to rush towards the more than 1,000 officers and troops on the outside, and formed the first 100-man team of Zhoucang and Qinling to attack the official army, and the follow-up cavalry was originally arranged in three columns, and also formed three waves of sharp cones with the heart of each column as the sharp arrow, and continuously penetrated into the official army formation.
This is a new tactic of light cavalry invented by Zhuang Shaoyou through the study of the "Taigong Art of War", which combines the three-stage arrow formation with the three-stage assault, greatly shortens the time for changing the formation, and after half a month of training, it has achieved initial results, and can quickly change from long-range strikes to close-quarters charges.
Zhuang Shaoyou's as a sharp arrow cut off the more than 1,000 cavalry of the outer officer army, and the three assaults behind quickly followed up the scattered officers and troops to scatter even more, and the more than 1,000 officers and troops in a quarter of an hour were already like plows sweeping holes, they were rushed to pieces, and they could not form an army.
Seeing this, Roger's confidence was greatly increased, and he commanded his subordinates to beat the water dogs, Zhuang Shaoyou quickly assembled the team, formed a three-stage formation again, and rushed towards the inner side of the thousand officers and soldiers, the inner officers and troops attacked four hundred Roger's cavalry, and soon gained the advantage, and when they were about to be defeated, Zhuang Shaoyou and the cavalry battalion rushed to the end.
Seeing this, the captain who commanded this road observed the officers and troops on the outside, and was shocked, he never expected that the officers and troops on the outside would be defeated so quickly, so he immediately summoned his cavalry to turn around and try to break through to the outside. But Zhuang Shaoyou would not give him such an opportunity, and Zhou Cang Qinling took a hundred Xiliang good horses as a sharp arrow and stabbed into the heart of the official army, cutting the official army in an instant, and the follow-up troops plowed again, and the three thousand cavalry of the left wing of the official army completely collapsed, leaving only more than a thousand cavalry to flee in embarrassment.
Zhuang Shaoyou led the cavalry battalion to chase and kill for a while, while collecting troops and resting, on the other hand, he ordered the cavalry battalion to quickly collect the equipment and arrows and other useful items of the officers and soldiers, in short, everything that could be taken away was taken away, and it is estimated that there will be no place to supply for a long time in the future.
Roger was very shocked by Zhuang Shaoyou's command ability and the elite of the cavalry battalion, and his heart was very impressed, but he was still a little jealous, seeing Zhuang Shaoyou's subordinates snatching the spoils of war with a white face, he was a little displeased, but he didn't say it, after all, it was all up to Zhuang Shaoyou to win, and General Rengong also let himself obey his command, as long as he monitored it well, so he didn't care anymore.
Zhuang Shaoyou patted his horse and walked towards Roger, and said with a smile: "General Luo, thanks to General Luo's cooperation, I can defeat the official army, General Luo has made great contributions, when I blocked the official army just now, my men spent a lot of arrows and weapons, so I collected more, and now there are more than 1,200 good horses left in the official army, they are all General Luo, I don't want one, how?" ”
Roger was first surprised when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed, these days, a good horse is worth more than a person, and there are two-legged people everywhere! He chooses some horses who can ride horses and can fight with a little training, but there are not many good horses that can go to war! In particular, the forage of the officers and soldiers is sufficient, and the horses of the cavalry are well fed, which is much stronger than their own old, weak, sick and disabled!
Originally, I was worried that Zhuang Shaoyou would rob his job after following General Rengong, if he got these more than 1,200 good horses and expanded his strength, then he would stabilize Zhuang Shaoyou! Moreover, his cavalry battalion can be regarded as a shotgun for artillery, and his strength has increased greatly, and General Rengong will pay more attention to himself, but why should Zhuang Shaoyou give it to himself for such a good thing? Is there some conspiracy? I couldn't make up my mind for a while.
Zhuang Shaoyou looked at Roger with a smile, as if he had seen through his thoughts, and said: "General Luo doesn't have to worry, the little brother is just a newcomer, he just wants to lead his own team, and he doesn't want to rob General Luo's job, so these 1,200 horses should be regarded as a meeting gift for General Luo, and I hope that General Luo will smile and take care of the little brother in the future!" ”
When Roger heard this, most of his doubts were solved, and he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly sent two hundred-man teams to collect the horses.
Zhuang Shaoyou smiled, and he was also very proud in his heart, he had never seen the dirt bag in the world, you will know what this sugar-coated cannonball tasted like later! Although these 1,200 horses are good, they are not familiar with the soldiers, so they can't fight right away, but they are a burden, and this Roger has to spend a lot of effort to look at it, and when he runs away later, there will be less resistance, isn't it?
Besides, after a month and a half of feeding in his cavalry battalion, the weight of the horses has increased a lot, and he is very familiar with the soldiers, has the same heart, and can exert strong combat effectiveness. To Roger, horses are more important than people, but to himself people are more important than horses.
Not only because these soldiers are well-trained, but also because they get along with them day and night, like brothers, and they never give up on themselves when they were facing the confrontation in the camp just now, and they dare to fight hard with themselves in the face of Zhang Yanjun, who is twenty times larger, and when they face the division of Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, they stand up in time to support themselves, which makes them very moved, so they can't give up on them even if they get any big benefits!
In the battle just now, due to the proper tactics, the long-range attack first disrupted the formation of the officers and soldiers, and then the three-stage assault to defeat the officers and troops, but there were Roger's people on top, so the losses of the cavalry battalion were not large, dozens of people were killed in the battle, and more than 100 people were injured, basically all of them were slightly injured, but even so, Zhuang Shaoyou was still sad for a while, and dozens of brothers who got along with each other day and night left like this.
However, the 800 cavalry under Roger were not lightly damaged, more than 300 were killed, and the rest were slightly wounded, and now 200 people were assigned to collect the horses, and there were less than 300 people left to monitor Zhuang Shaoyou. Zhuang Shaoyou was overjoyed, ordered his subordinates to arrange their equipment and bandage their wounds, rest on the spot, and then began to think about how to run.
The battle on the right wing of the Yellow Turban Army Zhuang Shaoyou has just ended, but Zhang Liang on the left wing is fighting fiercely, five thousand red tides fiercely hit Zhang Liang's army, and for a time it was a bit of the upper hand, but Zhang Liang quickly stabilized the formation, mobilized troops and horses to surround the officers and soldiers, and after the two sides fought for a while, Song Tie, the forward general of the official army, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately summoned his men to break through to the outside, Zhang Liang's army chased and killed, and finally more than 3,000 officers and soldiers rushed out of the encirclement and went towards the rear of the Yellow Turban Army.
Zhang Liang hesitated, and wanted to send Zhuang Shaoyou to pursue, but he was afraid that the meat bag would hit the dog, and there was no return, so he had to give up and ordered Zhang Yan to divide a part of the troops and horses to guard against the officers and cavalry in the rear.