Falling into a trap

Author: Magic Prince

Chapter 109: Falling into a trap

Han Sui was preparing to launch a night attack. He had never used this move before, and he couldn't find any good opportunity to use it. When he was in the Eastern Expedition to the Sanfu area, he would directly trample them all the way with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, because

It has an absolute advantage in mobility, so there is no need to carry out night attacks. You just need to kill all the way during the day, and then you can grab whatever you want. Basically, there is no need.

Who could pose a real threat to him?

But now there is no way to use cavalry. In fact, it does not mean that cavalry cannot be used at all. It is just that when both sides are in formation, on this relatively narrow battlefield, the defender can easily arrange a better

Due to the defensive formation and the beach terrain, the power of the cavalry was almost completely unable to be exerted.

But if it is a night attack, maybe cavalry can really be used, because even if the cavalry cannot run fast on the beach, it is still faster than ordinary soldiers, and what is needed for a night attack is a large number of cavalry with astonishing speed.

Attack the opponent's camp with great momentum. If the opponent is not prepared for defense, the cavalry's huge body can cause considerable damage to the opponent.

So Han Sui decided to send his elite Xiliang cavalry to conduct a night attack on Sun Jian's camp on the river beach at night. When night fell, Han Sui began to secretly deploy the army.

Han Sui very much agreed with this night attack plan. The hard battle during the day made them feel extremely uncomfortable. They felt that why did Sun Jian have to fight with him back and forth? They must take advantage of this opportunity at night to give Sun Jian a good blow.

Check out the colors.

Han Sui arranged the night attack time in the latter half of the night. He was still a little worried that Sun Jian would make some preparations in advance to prevent him from leading his army to conduct a night attack. If it were to wait until after midnight, even if Sun Jian had made arrangements and preparations, those

The soldiers' defense capabilities must have dropped a lot.

Han Sui was very satisfied with his night attack plan. As for whether to lead the army in person, after repeated consideration, Han Sui gave up the idea. After all, the night attack itself was still too dangerous and he did not want to go.

Taking too much risk, why create extraneous problems when the problem can be solved steadily?

Waiting for the rest of the night is actually quite difficult, especially for the Xiliang cavalry who participated in the night attack. In fact, night attacks cannot be carried out at any time, and not everyone can do it.

You must know that whether it is a human or a war horse, all creatures have relatively fixed work and rest times. When carrying out night attacks, the work and rest time must also be forcibly changed.

Soldiers are sometimes a little easier to control. Just let them sleep for a while in advance. However, war horses may not be so easy to control. Some war horses cannot sleep before that time. Sometimes, war horses are forced to fight at night.

They may not be willing to obey the command. Even if these war horses are forced to obey the command and participate in the battle, many unexpected situations may occur during the actual battle.

In fact, Xiang Yu will also encounter these problems when he conducts night attacks. However, he has rich experience in night attacks. He usually prepares one or two days before deciding to attack at night. There is really no way to prepare so far in advance.

, some preparations will also be made on the day of the night attack to maximize the combat capabilities of the soldiers and horses during the night attack.

Han Sui was not as well prepared as Xiang Yu for the night attack. Of course, in his opinion, there was no need to make such preparations. He did not believe that Sun Jian's troops could defend the enemy from his Xiliang cavalry in the second half of the night.

Assault charge.

This night was a waning moon, which happened to be a half-full moon. Han Sui thought that this moon phase was also very suitable for launching an attack, so in the second half of the night, he personally watched his cavalry rush out of the tent.

The number of this wave of cavalry is neither too large nor too small. According to Han Sui's estimation, it is enough to deal a heavy blow to Sun Jian's camp. If it is more, it may affect the overall mobility, and if it is too few, it will kill

The power is definitely insufficient, just like the moon tonight, it is exactly halfway, neither more nor less. Han Sui believes that this moon phase represents immediate success.

The Xiliang cavalry sent by Han Sui was divided into two groups, one from the left and the other from the right. The two cavalry would first take a long detour to avoid Sun Jian's defensive post as much as possible, and then go out in the darkness.

Quietly, he launched an attack on Sun Jian's Chinese army from both sides. Han Sui believed that even if Sun Jian wanted to make defensive deployments, he would definitely make key deployments in a large area in the middle, so he made offensive deployments like this now

If so, Sun Jian would definitely not be able to defend himself.

At the beginning, Han Sui's cavalry divided into two groups went very smoothly. They moved forward according to the pre-deployed route and made sure that their whereabouts were not leaked. Then they made a large circle smoothly and then separated.

The attack started from both sides. At the beginning, Han Sui's cavalry was still able to run.

They found that at least for a large section of the road, the war horses would not be particularly affected when running, and could even charge. However, the good times did not last long, and such an area did not last long. When they approached Sun Jian's camp,

At that time, these cavalrymen all discovered a terrible thing. Many war horses seemed to be stuck in the mud of the river beach, making it difficult to move forward. Moreover, the problem was becoming more and more serious. Not only were the war horses almost unable to run,

Many of them can no longer even walk normally.

The depth of the silt and river sand in some places is obviously not right. It's like someone dug a trap specially and then waited for them to fall into the trap. The reason why I say this is because the silt and river sand are naturally formed under normal circumstances.

The pits usually cannot allow the entire war horse to sink both hooves or even all four hooves directly into it. However, the situation here is that many of the pits are extremely deep, and they are like this in a long area. When the war horse first enters this area,

There won't be much of a problem.

But as it continues to run, the four horse hooves or two or three of them will continue to sink deeper into it. The deeper it runs, the deeper it sinks. The harder it tries, the harder it is to break free. This is just like us falling into quicksand.

It's the same, but because the weight of the horse is greater, it is more difficult to get out after falling into it.

Han Sui's Xiliang cavalry all fell into a huge panic at this time, and then something even more panic happened. Wave after wave of shouts of death suddenly rose from the surroundings, as well as dense crowds of people.

The light of the torch was originally for the Xiliang cavalry to carry out a night attack, but at this time, it changed from a hunter to a prey.

Sun Jian's soldiers rushed out and killed Han Sui's cavalry to pieces. Most of them were captured alive. Only a small number saw that the situation was not good and ran fast and escaped along the way they came.

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At dawn the next day, Han Sui learned that the night attack troops he sent out, instead of dealing a heavy blow to Sun Jian, almost caused his own army to be wiped out, and a stream of old blood almost coughed out from his lungs.

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If the battle during the day yesterday was acceptable to Han Sui, the wave of kills from the night attack really left him a little bruised.

However, although he was a little angry, Han Sui was able to calm down quickly and try to make the most correct decision. The most correct decision was to withdraw his troops as soon as possible and then defend with Yunwu City as the boundary.

Although Sun Jian killed some of his cavalry, that was all. As long as Han Sui defended the city, there was still nothing Sun Jian could do.

So Han Sui finally ordered his troops to retreat, and then left some troops to defend here, while he led another group of troops to rush to the east gate of Yunwu City to have a dispute with Dong Zhuo.
Chapter completed!