In order to avoid alerting the main force of the enemy cavalry prematurely, they chose a place to ambush the enemy cavalry. There were some sparse forests with scattered trees to the south to block them. At this time, they came out of the mountains. They were in a low-lying terrain, and their view was blocked by the woods.
Not like south of the woods.
Logically speaking, Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou, Guo Zhongxiong and others were accompanied by elite guards when they broke out south at night. Even if they were intercepted by the Red Guards cavalry, as long as they had not been killed on the battlefield, or
Having been captured by the Chihu people, as long as they have the opportunity, they should still want to escape as far as possible towards Yingzhou and Yanmen.
If Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou, Guo Zhongxiong and others were forced to retreat to the north bank of Huihe River for some reason and had to flee westward, they would be targeted by the Chihu people at this time, and there should be more cavalry chasing them.
There are not only two teams of hundreds of riders.
It should be some Yuhou or the commander of the Xuanwu Army or the Xiaosheng Army. The Chihu people know that he is an important figure, but they can't recognize who it is?
Xu Huai had never had a good impression of the Western Army's arrogant and arrogant Duyuhou and Duyuhous who had high self-esteem.
With two teams of hundreds of people riding, it would be extremely difficult for them to eat it.
If it were just to drive away two groups of hundreds of cavalry pursuers, the possibility of them being exposed would be too high.
Once the enemy cavalry is surrounded by the main force, they will be forced to fight back to Shuozhou in advance, and it will be difficult to achieve the purpose of gathering together and attracting more defeated troops.
The Xiaosheng and Xuanwu armies combined had five to six thousand cavalry, and there were tens of thousands of horses in the army. However, whether they were horse infantry or cavalry, they crossed the frozen Hui River from the battlefield south of Datong City to Yingzhou.
Escape in the direction of Yanmen is much closer than escaping from Shuozhou to Lanzhou.
And Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou, Guo Zhongxiong and others regarded the people in Tongbai Mountain as enemy bandits, so how could they possibly think of breaking out of Shuozhou?
They would only order these elite cavalry and horse infantry, which were more elite than ordinary infantry, to surround them and flee south.
For a whole day, Xu Huai and the others did not see many defeated soldiers fleeing west on horseback on the battlefield on the west flank.
If Xu Huai led 300 cavalry to fight a small group of enemy cavalry between Huairen and Jincheng at this time, how blind would the Chihu people have to be to ignore their existence?
If he didn't attack on horseback and three hundred men dismounted to fight, how could Xu Huai have the confidence to think that they could drive away the two hundred-man cavalry teams instead of being entangled by the two hundred-man cavalry teams of the Chihu people and unable to escape.
More and more red cavalry are coming to surround?
They had just taken advantage of the rout to lead more than 20 red cavalry into the encirclement and ambush them. Although in order to avoid being exposed too early, they did not let the ambushing troops around them.
They were dispatched, but the number was three times that of the enemy.
What's more critical is that the twenty or so enemy cavalry chose the wrong direction to break out, and almost ran into them. Otherwise, without the pursuit of war horses, it would have been impossible to kill five or six enemy cavalry.
Of course, an attack by a large number of cavalry will inevitably arouse vigilance, but Xu Huai, Wang Ju, Wang Xian and other seven people rode horses around the sparse forest to conduct reconnaissance. Even if they were discovered, there was no need to worry too much.
At this time, the river area on the north bank of the Huihe River between Huairen and Jincheng was full of defeated soldiers like frightened birds, and it was not impossible that no one fled westward on horseback.
Xu Huai couldn't make up his mind for a moment, so he rode with Wang Ju, Xu Xin'an, Wang Xian, Zhu Er, Yan Xiaoyi and others to the sparse forest. Seeing that no enemy was riding over to see them, he left one person behind the forest to watch.
Horses, they got into the sparse forest and headed south to touch the clouds, and soon saw people and horses on the south side of the forest.
The distance was only more than four hundred steps, and the sky was clear at this time. Surprisingly, Liu Yan and another victorious army named Chen Yuan, the Marquis of Yu, were fleeing from east to west with great difficulty, surrounded by more than a hundred soldiers.
Liu Yan and Chen Yuan led the soldiers with well-equipped troops and a neat lineup.
Judging by the color of their armor, most of these soldiers were personal guards of Liu Yan and Chen Yuan, and some were deserters gathered along the way who were still capable of fighting. After fleeing for almost a day and a night, these soldiers were still
Being able to keep the lineup in order can be said to be an elite in every battle.
Of course, no matter how elite they are, there are limits. If the casualties are not taken into account, the two teams of captive cavalry will definitely be able to take down the remaining soldiers of Liu Yan and Chen Yuan with double their strength.
However, if the leading general was really so reckless, he would probably be beaten with a sheepskin bag by his subordinates if he didn't get scolded and drunk at night.
The two hundred-man cavalry were divided into six teams and surrounded Liu Yan and the others from the front, back, left and right. If they had the opportunity, they would rush forward and shoot, but if they didn't, they would stick close to them. At the same time, they would drive away other broken soldiers from approaching.
In this case, Liu Yan, Chen Yuan and the others were escaping westward at a speed not much faster than a snail. They might not be able to enter the Jincheng territory if they walked for another day and night. And when they were exhausted, the cavalrymen could easily capture them.
Annihilate.
"Liu Shizhong may have died in battle or been captured..." Wang Ju said with a frown.
As the son of Liu Shizhong, Liu Yan is one of the few capable generals in the Xiao Sheng Army, and he leads the only cavalry in the Xiao Sheng Army. When they break out south at night, Cai Yuanyou and Guo Zhongxiong may fight with them.
They left separately, but Liu Yan would definitely lead the cavalry to guard Liu Shizhong's left and right sides.
Liu Yan actually appeared to the west of Huairen at this time. He and Chen Yuan were accompanied by more than a hundred armored soldiers and only a dozen horses. It can be seen that they were separated from the main force.
Liu Shizhong is naturally more evil than good.
"You and Niu Er go back immediately, gather the defeated troops and deploy them as bait on the north side of the gully. Our troops
Along this ditch, there is an ambush in the woods!" Xu Huai squatted in the withered grass and told Xu Xin'an and Yan Xiaoyi, asking them to go back and quickly adjust the ambush, "I, Qi Shu, Wang Xian and the others will do our best to give you
Give it half an hour, don’t use too many cavalry, at most a hundred cavalry will ambush, and everyone else will dismount and fight!”
Xu Huai didn't want to expose all 300 cavalrymen yet. At this time, it would be meaningless to eliminate one or two hundred more cavalrymen.
Besides, if you really want to lead two hundred captive cavalry into an ambush and kill them forcefully, without considering the surrounding enemy cavalry coming to reinforce after hearing the news, how can their casualties be reduced?
"There is a blood feud between the Liu family and my Wang family, and Liu Yan is not a good person. It's okay if he just helps me by the way. Why take the risk of attracting the main force of the captives and cavalry?" Wang Xian said reluctantly.
Although the Liu family did not directly participate in the Jiao Zhao Incident, Liu Shizhong's brother Liu Shidao framed Wang Ju in Jingzhou and was imprisoned shortly after the Jiao Zhao Incident. Apparently, he and Cai Qing had exchanged views with each other at that time; when Cai Qing was in charge of the Western Army (Jingyuan)
He even returned to the central government to be promoted to Privy Envoy and promoted the coalition to attack Yan. The Liu family, headed by Liu Shizhong, were all staunch supporters.
Otherwise, it would not have been possible for Liu Shizhong to serve as the governor of the capital twice.
"The country hates the family. Which comes first and which comes last? Are you so stupid that you can't figure it out?" Wang Ju reprimanded.
"Even if the country's hatred is cleared up, the Liu family is the most vigorous instigator of allied troops to attack Yan. It will be difficult to atone for their sins by killing everyone in the Liu family!" Wang Xian said angrily.
When the Wang family was forced to move to another place incognito, Wang Xian started to remember around that time. He still had a profound memory of the initial hardships, and he had been vaguely aware of the persecution of the Wang family since he was a child.
Comparatively speaking, he remembers this family feud more deeply than Xu Huai.
"Rescuing Liu Yan at this time may prove to be asking for trouble in the future, but at this time there is still a fighting force among the defeated troops, guarding the southern foot of Jingong Mountain, whether it is against the pursuit of the Chihu people.
, it is too important to gather more defeated troops and calm people's hearts," Xu Huai briefly explained to Wang Xian, "When the Red Guards soldiers and horses arrived at Bianjing City, the imperial court issued an edict to the Qinwang of the world, Jianghuai, Jiangnan
Not to mention the small size of the Jinxiang Army, the combat effectiveness is by no means expected. The only thing worth looking forward to at present is the Western Army. Liu Yan and Chen Yuan, two generals, are relatively knowledgeable and dare to fight, and they have also had contact with the Red Husbands.
, after they fled back, when the imperial court issued an edict to recruit King Qin's troops from Jingyuan, Huanqing, Fuyan, Xihe, and Fengxiang, the role that Liu and Chen could play might be stronger than 10,000 elites!
If you can't accept it, it's enough for you and Xin'an and the others to go back and send the message, and for me, your father, Yan Xiaoyi and the others to harass the enemy cavalry..."
"I just can't stand the Liu family, but I'm not timid," Wang Xian said.
