Although the overall situation was dim, as if it was a dark night, Xu Huai couldn't see whether it was possible for him to make so many efforts to slightly reverse the direction of history, but for now, it was better than they expected.
The worst-case scenario is slightly more optimistic.
Xu Huai and others initially expected that the main generals of the Xiaosheng and Xuanwu armies would follow Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou, Guo Zhongxiong and others to break out of the encirclement in the direction of Yingzhou and Yanmen. Only the stragglers who were desperate would think of escaping to Jingyuan via Xishan.
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The Western Army generals and their families were all in Jingyuan and other places. At this time, they were killed by the Red Husbands like a lost dog. They were all frightened. Even if they were rescued by Shuozhou, they would definitely want to return to Jingyuan and other places. Xu Huai could not
I don't expect them to stay in Shuozhou, let alone imagine that they can obey Shuozhou's military orders.
Saving Liu Yan and Chen Yuan can be said to be an unexpected blessing.
Liu Yan and Chen Yuan, as senior generals of the Western Army, were in their prime at this time. Their strong temperament, tempered by years of fighting with the Party members, had long been engraved in their bones. At this time, they had not been obliterated by the intrigues and intrigues of their official careers like those of Liu Shizhong.
Lost. Their hearts are not filled with calculations of gain and loss, and they still know shame and integrity.
As the backbone of the main fighting faction, they really want to regain Yanyun's old county, and have the ambition to open up new territories and make contributions. At the same time, they fight bravely, and they are also strict in self-discipline when leading the army.
His prestige among the soldiers is extremely high, which is unmatched by Ge Huaicong and others.
Liu Yan and Chen Yuan still had fighting spirit at this time. If they came forward, they could directly gather the stragglers who fled towards Shuozhou, and even restore a certain amount of combat effectiveness and participate in the battle.
Not talking about the overall situation in the future, just between Yun Shuo and me, the situation in front of me is actually much better than Xu Huai had expected.
Sure enough, Liu Yan and Chen Yuan quickly summoned more than a dozen military officials, and they all agreed to urgently reorganize the infantry of the three capitals, follow Liu Yan and Chen Yuan, and cooperate with Shuozhou soldiers and horses to rely on Jingong Mountain to contain the enemy.
The remaining soldiers of the Western Army fled westward to create more relaxed conditions.
"Now we will set the mountains and forests on the left and right on fire to defeat the panicked remaining soldiers, knowing that we still have men and horses here and insist on fighting against the miscellaneous dogs!" Chen Yuan clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.
The northwest is mountainous. Chen Yuan and Liu Yan have long been accustomed to relying on the mountains to fight against the Party and Xiang people. The tactics of fortification and shallow attack were the first to be perfected and matured by the Western Army, and were used on a large scale in the battle against the Party and Xiang people. As long as the Jingong Mountains are
There were supplies, the generals were not hungry, and they knew that Shuozhou City was not far away and Tongbai Mountain was blocked by soldiers, so they were not afraid of being besieged in Jingong Mountain.
As long as the mountains and forests here are ignited and the flames shine through the night sky, more stragglers fleeing to the west will know of their existence, and it is possible to gather more soldiers and horses.
Knowing that Shuozhou was prepared and had fire starters in the valley, Chen Yuan, who had been angry enough for the past few days, did not want to waste a moment and hoped to do something to relieve the deeper fear in his heart.
Suppress it.
"Okay, I will leave the matter of burning the forest to the two military princes and their men. Killing the Hugo just now was not enough. At this time, before the main force has gathered around, I will lead the men out of the mountain and fight again. Maybe in the sky
Before it gets dark, we will pick up some soldiers and gather them in the mountains!"
As long as the remaining soldiers of the Western Army have good morale and are still capable of fighting in the mountains, they can still do more things at this time. Xu Huai wanted to lead 300 cavalry out of the mountains to touch the red cavalry before dark.
Xu Huai asked Xu Xin'an to take out a map of Jingong Mountain, handed it to Chen Yuan and Liu Yan, and said,
"This is the topographic map of Jingong Mountain. If the bandits attack the valley quickly and fiercely, we will not be able to fight back to meet you. There are several wild trails often used by hunters and medicine farmers to take a detour to Shuozhou. In addition,
Xiao Linshi was very clear-headed and knew that the Chihu people wanted to completely annex the land and population east of the Xianbei Mountains and would not tolerate the Khitan royal family and people like him surviving in the world. Therefore, Huairen, the defender of Jincheng
, even if we don’t want to attract the attention of the Red Hu people at this time, their surrender to the Red Hu people can be ignored, and we ask the two military princes to make good use of it..."
On the one hand, restricted by ancestral laws, and on the other hand, the level of education of current warriors was generally very low. Most of the middle and low-level generals and officers of the Dai Viet Forbidden Army did not have the ability to lead troops independently. This made the Dai Viet army unable to fight externally.
, relies extremely heavily on arrays.
In the early years, the Dai Viet Imperial Court organized personnel to compile the "General Essentials of the Military Scriptures", which was subsequently supplemented and supplemented in order to strengthen the cultivation of military talents of civil and military officers. The military examinations held every three years also attached great importance to policy theory, but these were only for
Intermediate and senior generals have requirements.
The requirements of the Dai Viet imperial court for middle and low-level generals and military officials were only to be able to understand flag signals and to be able to lead their soldiers into formations to advance and retreat.
Once a tight formation is broken up by the enemy, it often means the beginning of a rout.
As for the truly elite military in the world, or the army that fights hundreds of battles, the education level of its grassroots military officers will certainly not be very high, but one battle after another has actually allowed them to accumulate a wealth of experience at the tactical level.
, thus having the ability to independently command a small group of troops in combat.
As long as the elite soldiers and horses are fully mobilized and prepared before the battle, and the war intentions and combat missions are communicated to the middle and lower-level military officials, they will not be afraid of being scattered to a certain extent, and the soldiers can maintain good performance in fierce battles.
morale and fighting will to ensure better implementation of combat intentions.
Although the Xiaosheng and Xuanwu armies as a whole are far from reaching this level, Xu Huai believes that even if Liu Yan and Chen Yuan are forced to separate from them, they are still capable of commanding a small group of soldiers and horses to maneuver in Jingong Mountain.
Combat.
"As long as Chen Yuan leads his troops to burn the forest, I will follow you out of the mountain!" Liu Yan said.
Liu Yan also has his arrogance. There are only more than 300 remnants of the Western Army in the valley, and Chen Yuan can lead them alone. If he does not want the Liu family to become the eternal sinners of Dai Viet, how can he sit comfortably in the mountains?
What's more, only by fighting out of Jingong Mountain can we know the battle situation in Yingzhou direction at the first time.
"Okay!" Xu Huai knew that at this juncture, the remaining soldiers of the Western Army still only recognized the Liu family. Liu Yan was willing to act with them. It would save them a lot of trouble when encountering routed soldiers and deserters.
At this time, Xu Huai hoped to attract as many red cavalrymen as possible on the battlefield on the west flank. Of course, he would no longer hide his clumsiness at this time. All three hundred men and horses mounted their horses to fight. However, he still asked Zhu Zhi to accompany Lu Xiong to stay in the valley.
Accompany Chen Yuan to lead the remaining troops of the Western Army in action.
The fundamental purpose of Xu Huai doing so much at this time is to hope that the remaining soldiers of the Western Army led by Liu Yan and Chen Yuan can support Wang Zhen to come forward to preside over the battle of King Qin, or to gather more soldiers and horses of King Qin under Wang Zhen.
In order to exert a greater positive influence in the Hehuai War.
At this time, Lu Xiong and Zhu Zhi were more representative of Wang Zhen, so Xu Huai certainly wanted them to stay with the remaining soldiers of the Western Army.
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The sun in the cold winter in the North is very thin and cannot bring much heat to the earth.
It was a little better at noon, but after noon, the weather became extremely cold, and water dripped into ice.
When the three hundred Tongbai soldiers galloped out of the valley, a large group of captives were still resting by the woods to the south, leaving only two teams of scouts patrolling outside the valley entrance.
Seeing a large group of cavalry galloping out of the depths of the valley, even if the Chihu people hoped to attract the Shuozhou cavalry to the open area to the south and use their superior force to encircle and kill them, there was no reason to retreat from the mouth of the valley easily?
Two groups of soldiers and scouts drew out their carved bows and rode forward from the flanks.
"The first generals in the capital obey my order, dismount their horses, form formations on both wings, and load their divine arm crossbows!" Xu Xin'an was responsible for commanding the front army, reining in his horses and ordering the generals to dismount and fight.
Although Xu Huai no longer concealed the fact that there was a large group of cavalry ambushing Shuozhou in Jingong Mountain, it was impossible for him to use such a small number of cavalry to fight against the Chihu people in the open snow.
They cannot afford the expense and do not have the qualifications.
Shuozhou's biggest advantage currently lies in its infantry shield weapons.
Even though these three hundred soldiers and horses have been practicing cavalry warfare for a year, most of them had some basic knowledge of cavalry and archery before, but they gave up their greatest advantage and went to play with the Red Husbands, whether it was cavalry vs. charge or pursuit of free fire.
Aren’t you making yourself unhappy?
They did not have the capital to fight for consumption. At this juncture, the cavalry had to be used as horse infantry.
Besides, unless they retreat directly to Shuozhou, they will have to fight closer to the edge of the southern foothills of Jingong Mountain, move in and out on horseback, and dismount and form a formation when encountering the enemy. This is their more correct tactical choice at this time.
At this time, there were two prisoners of the fierce wave. They wanted to rely on their superb riding skills to quickly approach, shoot out one or two people, and then retreat, showing off their skills.
However, what greeted them was the volley of dozens of divine arm crossbows.
One person was shot off his horse on the spot, while the other escaped with five or six crossbow arrows stuck in his back.
The two groups of cavalry scouts quickly realized that if they wanted to restrict the Shuozhou cavalry from leaving the valley, they would undoubtedly be asking for humiliation. They quickly distanced themselves southward and stopped easily entangled.
"A forest fire has been lit over there. Xu Huai obviously wants to attract us all over so that more defeated troops can flee towards the west mountain!"
After Yue Hailou received the letter, he and Nayan Molihu led a group of cavalry to meet up. At this time, the Shuozhou soldiers and horses who were watching Gushan slowly galloped out of the valley entrance, frowning and saying to Nayan Molihu
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"Our top priority is to annihilate as many of the defeated troops who fled between Huairen and Jincheng as possible to prevent their conspiracy from succeeding!"
"Didn't you say that this Xu Huai is particularly hateful? If he becomes a traitor, he will be a serious problem for me?" Mo Lihu stared at the mouth of the valley with a gloomy expression. Xu Huai and Wang Ju were tall and strong, one thousand fourteen to five hundred steps apart.
, he could still vaguely see Xu Huaizheng waving his whip and pointing in this direction, licking his chapped lips and saying, "Now that we have finally caught the opportunity for him to show his face, how can we give up so easily?"
"Xu Huai is too slippery. He can only lead his elite soldiers and horses to entangle us at the southern edge of Jingong Mountain. We cannot lure them out of Jingong Mountain. No matter how many soldiers and horses we gather, it will be difficult to achieve success!" Yue Hai
Lou said.
"Then it depends on whether Cao Shixiong's attitude is firm enough and whether his actions are fast enough!" Yan Moli suddenly said calmly, "This Xu Huai is in Shuozhou and Xishan, and there are only a few people in total. If Cao Shixiong had really made up his mind a long time ago,
Be loyal to the Khan and give him three days to attack the Western Mountains and block the way for this so-called future disaster to escape southward..."
