Just when Huangfu Song began to reorganize the order of the Chinese army, in the back camp of Wuhua Camp, the sound of crazy warning golden gongs suddenly sounded again!
Huangfusong reacted immediately, couldn't help but shuddered, and said sternly: "What are you waiting for? Hurry! Go up to the sentry tower and take a look!"
The tall sentry tower does not use zigzag stairs back and forth, but vertical ladders that go straight up and down. Huangfusong himself really wanted to go up and have a clear look, but after all, he was old and had many inconveniences in his legs and feet, so he couldn't.
He could only ask the personal guards around him to check what happened in the back camp on his behalf.
Several personal guards hurriedly boarded the Chinese military sentry tower. When they looked in the direction of the rear camp, their expressions changed greatly. They shouted at the bottom: "The rear camp was attacked! The rear camp was attacked! The number... Well, two
About a thousand cavalry are attacking the rear camp!"
"What?!" Huangfusong's heart suddenly lifted.
What a hell!
It wasn't that Huangfu Song thought it was incredible that the cavalry would circle back. After all, this was a flat plain, and attacking behind would just take them a little further. It was just that what Huangfu Song was puzzled about was how the Xiliang rebels came with so many cavalry.
?!
After all, war horses are not iron swords and guns, and cannot be made by working hard for a few days and nights in a blacksmith shop. Huangfu Song, who had fought head-on with Li Jue, Guo Si and others, had calculated that the surrounding areas of Chang'an and the original
The horses of the Xiliang bandit soldiers can only be about three thousand at most, and Li Jue and Guo Bang still need to send some cavalry to defend Ma Teng and Han Sui in the west...
When Huangfu Song thought of this, his face suddenly lost some color. Looking at his current appearance, it was hard to say that Ma Teng and Han Sui had already fallen in love with Li Guo!
That's why there are so many cavalry!
But now on this level land, the cavalry is the king of the battlefield!
When a galloping war horse weighing more than two thousand kilograms (made by Han Dynasty) rushes towards you, how will ordinary people who have not received sufficient training react?
In the rear camp, most of them are auxiliary soldiers and civilians!
Too careless!
I was careless. It would have been better if I had sent the food and fodder from the rear camp to the Chinese army...
But in this world, there is no regret medicine.
"General! General! If the rear camp is lost and the soldiers' rations are destroyed, the morale of the soldiers will inevitably deteriorate! General! Help the rear camp quickly!" The personal guards following Huangfu Song actually understood some basic principles and hurriedly
said.
The destruction of equipment is still a minor matter. Once the food and grass are burned, it will be a catastrophic blow!
It has been three days of walking from Zheng County to here. If there is no food and grass, we will undoubtedly be in a dilemma. Even gods cannot produce food for such a huge army!
Once there is no food, the morale of the army will be shattered!
This kind of thing did not need to be reminded by the personal guards. Huangfu Song knew it well in his heart. However, when he was about to order the cavalry on both sides to quickly return to support the rear camp, he suddenly discovered that the cavalry on the two flanks he belonged to had already obeyed his previous orders.
He ordered and got entangled with the Xiliang cavalry who attacked Li Jue...
"General! What should we do?" Everyone looked at Huangfu Song, waiting for his order.
Yes, what to do?
The cavalry on both sides are fighting together in front and side. Let’s not talk about whether they can escape. Simply speaking, the cavalry who are already engaged in the battle turn abruptly and expose their backs to the enemy. This danger is even more terrifying than a head-on confrontation.
point!
But if left alone, can the auxiliary soldiers and civilians in the rear camp withstand the cavalry raid? Once the military equipment, food and fodder required by the army are damaged, how many days can they be able to support the army?
"Beat the drum! Order the front camp to move out of the camp to meet the enemy! Order the middle army to move to the rear camp! Order the cavalry on both wings to break away from the battle as soon as possible and rescue the rear camp!" Huangfu Song gritted his teeth, regardless of the fact that the infantry of the middle army had not yet arrived.
The status quo has been completely stabilized, so I can only give it a try!
If the infantry is on the ground, even if they form a battle formation, they still do not have much advantage against the cavalry. The initiative is still in the hands of the cavalry. Even if they forcefully charge into the formation, if they cannot withstand the impact, the infantry will often be defeated.
It is to become a party that is either defeated or eventually brought down.
However, Huangfu Song couldn't care anymore. He could only abandon his original idea of fighting Li Jue's cavalry only after the adjustments were complete, and hastily dispatched the infantry of the front battalion to form an array, in order to gain more opportunities for his center and cavalry.
In some time, we can rescue the grain, grass, equipment and other military supplies in the rear camp...
But this approach is almost equivalent to selling the soldiers of the front camp to Li Jue's cavalry troops who came first!
But what if we don’t do this?
Huangfusong's current move is also the most correct approach at the moment, but this most correct approach does not necessarily mean the most effective, and it cannot save much of the chaotic situation in the rear camp.
If when Li Jue attacked with his cavalry before, the auxiliary soldiers and civilians in the rear camp could still hope that the military formations in front could block the attack of the Xiliang cavalry, but now, when the main battle troops are all defeated by Li Jue
When the cavalry was attracted, Ma Teng, who came directly from the rear to kill the rear camp, almost instantly destroyed what little hope these auxiliary soldiers and civilians had left.
The Qiang cavalry led by Ma Teng are all top-notch masters whether they are cruising, riding and shooting, causing chaos, or even driving away crowds. Because these things have always been their specialty, Ma Teng is not even required to give an additional order.
In other words, the movements are almost as smooth as a fish in water.
The surging Qiang cavalry did not directly rush into the rear camp. Instead, they followed the old routine and suppressed them with bows and arrows first. When they got close, they used rockets and torches. They even fired some temporary ignition objects everywhere and threw them everywhere.
The chaos in the rear camp became even more intense.
The auxiliary soldiers, who were already fearful, could barely maintain order at first, but when fire started everywhere, various supplies were ignited, and thick smoke began to billow, they could no longer control it.
The collapsed civilians were in the rear camp, howling and screaming, running around aimlessly, crying and scrambling in a chaotic mess. Some ran to the gaps on both sides, and some climbed up the wall, regardless of whether there was anything under the wall.
If there were antlers, they jumped down, some got under the baggage cart, held their heads and shivered, and some got back into the hole where they originally rested, and pulled some branches and leaves in an attempt to cover the entrance of the hole...
When a person has an emotional breakdown, perhaps he only needs to yell to calm him down. But when thousands of people collapse at the same time, one or two shouts cannot solve the problem. When these civilians accompanying the army begin to collapse in disorder,
At this time, even the auxiliary soldiers who were still somewhat orderly were also mobilized together, and they all dropped the weapons and blades they were holding in their hands, and everyone turned around and ran away together.
Many people have the same idea, why not just run? If you can't outrun a four-legged war horse, why can't you outrun the short guy next to you?
By the time Ma Teng pulled off his antlers to resist the horse and charged into the rear camp, there were not many soldiers who dared to resist head-on. Huangfu Song's auxiliaries and civilians were all in chaos and fled in panic. Some even had their heads covered.
The blind man bumped into Ma Teng's gun!
More and more fires were rising, and the smoke was everywhere, blocking people's sight. They could only hear the screams of Qiang Qingqi who kept rushing in, and they could only hear the painful death of the people around them.
Yelling, all of this is constantly increasing the uneasiness of the collapsed crowd.
At the next moment, the Ma Tengqiang cavalry who rushed into the rear camp had dispersed, throwing all kinds of fire in their hands towards the mountains of grain, grass and baggage piled up in Huangfu Song's rear camp, and some of them would not carry much.
The can of kerosene also hit the baggage train, and flames suddenly rose!
Naturally, it is not possible for a fire to burn out all these substances, but since the fire has already started, it is only a matter of time.
And Huangfusong wanted to seize this time again to save some materials from the hands of the Vulcan...
When Ma Teng saw the flag of Huangfu Songzhong's army moving here, he raised his spear and shouted: "Press up! Drive them forward!"
The Qiang cavalry responded with an almost crazy cry, and then rushed forward with Ma Teng, driving the scattered civilians in the rear camp towards the military formation that Huangfu Song had finally assembled!
When Huangfu Song ordered the civilians who were attacking the army to be headless and brainless, and finally broke out a bloody road and approached the rear camp, Ma Teng had already turned the horse's head with his Qiang cavalry, and finally ejected
A wave of arrows, then raised up smoke and dust all over the sky, circled around, gathered together with Li Jue's cavalry, and walked away...
Smoke as thick as black ink filled the sky and the earth, darkening the originally sunny sky. It was like Huangfu Song's mood at this moment, which was as cold as ice.
Li Jue took advantage of Huangfu Song's negligence and diverted the tiger away from the mountain to attract the attention of most of the soldiers. He used Ma Teng's Qiang cavalry to attack the rear camp and burn the grain and grass. Although the tactics were simple, they were very effective.
Although this was a short battle, Li Jue and Ma Teng also injured some cavalry, and the casualties were secondary, mainly due to the serious damage to the horses, but compared with Huangfu Song, they were insignificant.
This battle, from early morning to sunrise, although it lasted only two or three hours, fully utilized the advantages of cavalry combat, disrupting, attacking, destroying, and evacuating, cleanly and heartily.
The most important thing is that Li Jue and Ma Teng did not expect to swallow Huangfu Song's gathered army in one blow. Instead, like a poisonous snake, they fiercely took advantage of the cover of darkness.
It bites hard, then retreats into the grass, waiting for the prey to die from the poison.
"...Organize the army!" Huangfu Song looked at the mess in front of him, exhaled a long breath, gritted his teeth, and said one word from between his teeth, "Withdraw!"
It's impossible not to withdraw.
Most of the supplies have been burned. Without the support of food and grass, the morale of the army is scattered. No matter how high Huangfu Song's prestige is, he cannot temporarily use this reputation to serve as food and grass in this wilderness, so he can only take advantage of it.
When it is still under control, evacuate quickly, and at the same time send fast horses back to Zheng County to collect supplies, food, grass, etc. again...
However, how could Huangfu Song return so easily after being targeted by Li Jue and Ma Teng?
More than two thousand Xiliang cavalry, like a small group of wolves following a large group of cattle and sheep, weaved in and out, constantly cutting. The first group just stopped, and the second group followed one after another. Li Jue and Ma Teng
Taking turns with the cavalry, they defeated the troops that Huangfu Song left behind bit by bit, eating them one after another, as if they were constantly bleeding from the huge body of Huangfu Song's troops. Every time a wound was added, Huangfu Song's
The army becomes weaker. Every time a part of flesh and blood is cut off, Huangfu Song's army shrinks...
It's not like Huangfusong never thought about using the remaining thousand or so cavalry to fight an ambush. But from Xinfeng to Zhengxian, the terrain is all flat. Where can there be any place for an ambush?
What's more, if even the few cavalry on hand are lost, what hope does Huangfu Song have of making a comeback?
The nearly three-day journey was like walking in hell. Every step forward required sacrifices of blood and flesh, and life was used to pave the way. When the smoke and dust of the soldiers and horses sent out by Zheng County to come to the rescue rose in the sky, Huangfu Song
Finally, I breathed a sigh of relief. However, when I set out from Zheng County, the large army that included nearly 20,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilians now had less than 2,000 people left. With no food and grass, and the morale of the army collapsed, even Huangfu Song
None of them were able to integrate. In fact, not too many people were actually killed on the spot, only about four to five thousand people at most, while the others basically took advantage of the chaos to flee. Even the cavalry that Huangfu Song desperately wanted to save were killed in the battle.
On the one hand, some were lost on the way, and on the other hand, some of the southern Xiongnu cavalry also fled at night when they saw that the momentum was not good, and now there are only about a thousand cavalry left in total...
"This old man..." Li Jue and Ma Teng stood together, looking at the smoke and dust rising in the distance, and clicked their tongues, "...he is lucky..."
Ma Teng laughed loudly and said: "Zhiran has a good appetite! Why, do you even want to eat these new ones?"
Li Jue grinded his teeth and said in a deep voice: "If there wasn't another army that needed to be dealt with... humph... how could these soldiers who came to help be in someone's eyes!"
Although Li Jue said he was tough, in fact Li Jue also knew that this level was already the limit. Huangfu Song fled all the way, and he and Ma Teng chased him all the way. Although the killing was quite satisfying, even if it was one person and two people,
Horses, but now both manpower and horse power have been consumed to a minimum level, and it is somewhat powerless to face the new batch of reinforcements.
Although these new reinforcements may not have much combat power, the problem is that our own side is also exhausted. Huangfu Song was chasing and fighting fiercely all the way, relying on the strength of one breath. If he and the newcomers have complete physical strength
When troops are fighting, let alone if they hit an iron plate, even if they hit a nail, it's hard to say whether the situation will be reversed...
As a veteran horse thief in Xiliang, he naturally knew how to give up when he was ready on the battlefield. Therefore, Li Jue swung his spear, turned his horse's head, and said loudly to the soldiers behind him: "My sons, in these three days, we will kill
Aren't you happy that the chickens and dogs are running away all the way?"
The Xiliang cavalry laughed one after another, and some even whistled and shouted: "Happy! Happy!"
"Just be happy!" Li Jue also laughed, "I ask you again, whose Guanzhong territory belongs to you?"
"It's ours! It's ours!" Xiliang cavalry roared in unison.
Li Jue nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask: "What if someone dares to stretch out his claws?"
"Chop him off!" Xiliang cavalry waved their swords and guns and shouted loudly!
"Hahahaha..." Li Jue looked up to the sky and smiled, then turned the spear in the air a few times and pointed to the west, "Okay, now we have killed enough and played enough...leave these Guandong monkeys a dog.
Fate, let’s continue playing next time… Let’s go home, eat meat and drink wine…”
"Oh oh oh..." Xiliang cavalry cheered in unison, and then started to return behind Li Jue.
Ma Teng also followed Li Jue, leading the group of people to the west. Although he was also smiling, something seemed to flash in his eyes...
