The horse spear clamped under the arm pierced the current enemy's neck, and then twisted the body's vertebrae, sweeping unstoppably to the left, sweeping the two enemy soldiers on the left off their horses; holding a shield and guarding
Niu Er in front of Xu Huai's horse was like a fierce tiger, waiting for the opportunity to leap forward. The heavy shield came down like a mountain, smashing the head of an enemy soldier who had been dismounted into a rotten watermelon. Wang Zhang's spear was as fast as
The lightning struck another enemy soldier in the chest.
Xu Huai placed Chang Shuo, whose long blade was dripping with blood, in front of his horse, sat upright on the saddle, and looked at the battlefield on the left and right.
The dozens of enemy soldiers in front of him had been wiped out, and more than two hundred cavalry on the flanks successfully suppressed hundreds of thousands of cavalry in the narrow and shallow depressions on both sides of the post road, and then retreated to the hillock behind him.
The purpose of this is to increase the distance and use tactics of repeated pulling and impact to compress the enemy's formation in the shallow depression into a more crowded formation, making it impossible to expand, rather than rushing to cut and unravel the enemy's formation.
This is the combat mission that Xu Wuqi, Xu Xin'an and others are responsible for leading four hundred elite cavalry.
Under the favorable conditions and battlefield environment created by the cavalry on both wings, the four hundred elite cavalry were like a torrent flowing thousands of miles away, speeding up along the hillside. The knights urging the horses either held spears in their hands or raised their arms high.
The long sword, amidst the urging sound of the horn, let out an earth-shattering roar and shout, and charged against the crowded and chaotic enemy charge.
The sharp edge of the spear penetrated the enemy soldier's body; the brave knight stepped on the stirrup, half stood up, leaned forward, and slashed the enemy soldier's head and neck to the side and front with his long knife, urging the war horse to engage with the enemy soldier.
The riders bumped into each other fiercely, without any fear, avoiding...
No need for crossbows, just a direct battle of blood and flesh, irresistibly destroying the enemy's will to resist, cutting and unraveling the enemy formation. This will also make it easier for the winged cavalry who retreated to the valleys on both sides to rest for a while before reentering the battlefield.
Take part in the final slaughter.
We cannot give the main enemy force in the valley on the west bank of Qinshui River a break.
Therefore, they needed to defeat and destroy the Eight Hundred Cavalry as quickly as possible so that they could have relatively sufficient time to regroup and enter the edge of the valley on the west bank of Qinshui River to hold back the main enemy force and prevent it from escaping across the river.
Only in this way, after the main force of the defending army arrives at Qinjingyi, can they quickly enter the valley on the west bank of Qinshui River for a decisive battle after a short rest.
Xu Huai led his guards back to a raised area on the hillside, dismounted, inserted the horse's shaft into the mud beside the saddle, and took off the long bow made of eucalyptus wood from the saddle.
Xu Huaigang tied the quiver diagonally behind his back. When he saw a dozen enemy cavalry trying to attack from this side, he took arrows and nocked them to shoot at the enemy cavalry.
The bowstring vibrated and the arrow flew out. Xu Huai took another arrow in his right hand and placed it on the string.
Each of Xu Huai's movements does not seem to be very fast, but all his movements are as smooth as clouds and water. He shoots enemy soldiers and their horses accurately and hard with a high frequency of less than two breaths and one arrow.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Huai shot a bag of feather arrows empty. The five riders at the front were each hit by two arrows. They fell to the ground in an ugly posture, and the seats under their crotches were also hit by four or five arrows.
, neighing in fright and moving down the slope to avoid the situation. The remaining riders panicked and tried to avoid the frightened horse, but also crouched and hid behind the horse's neck to avoid the arrows. No one dared to attack again.
Although the terrain in the post road and the shallow depressions on both sides is low, the soldiers sitting on the saddle have a wide view.
There were also some brave cavalry among the Yunzhou soldiers. Seeing that the front formation could not withstand the impact of the main force of the Yiqi battalion, they knew that retreating indiscriminately would make the formation in the shallow depression zone more crowded and chaotic, and it might even happen at any time.
After the collapse, the general just desperately drove the cavalry on the flanks to attack the slopes on both sides, hoping to free up more space.
The cavalry on the flanks also knew very well that if they wanted to avoid being involved in complete chaos, they could only desperately launch another attack on the slopes on both flanks.
However, in addition to Xu Huai retreating to a high ground to watch the battle at close range, the elite wing cavalry battalions on both wings, in small groups, after establishing a certain distance, once again launched a counterattack from a high position, crushing the enemy and expanding to both wings.
Array space attempts.
The fierce fighting on the flanks lasted three rounds, and the chaotic enemy formation completely collapsed under the strong charge of the main force of the Yiqi Battalion. The next step was to completely divide and disintegrate it...
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The setting sun hangs in front of the peaks in the west, coating the clear blue sky with brilliant colors of red or gold.
Zhang Xin, Yu Gong, and Ling Jian led more than a thousand soldiers of the former battalion to Qinjingyi. Yu Gong and Lingjian were responsible for the rest of the soldiers and took over the task of storming Qinjingyi. Zhang Xin rushed to Xu Huai's side.
He reined in his horse and stopped on a hillock, looking at the battlefield where corpses were strewn across the field.
The battle at the outpost has ended, and the nearby villages are actively allocating their young men to serve as laborers according to their numbers. At this time, mules and horses are dragging enemy corpses back from the battlefield and piling them into the open space in front of the post yard.
Others were responsible for cutting down miscellaneous trees and piling them into four huge fire piles in front of the post yard. After lighting them, they threw enemy corpses directly into the fire piles and burned them.
When the guards in the post courtyard saw this scene, their last will to resist collapsed. The soldiers of the former battalion formally attached themselves to the wall and stormed in. The guards surrendered one after another.
The most critical thing at present is to entangle the enemy troops in the valley on the west bank of Qinshui River and prevent them from retreating to the east bank of Qinshui River.
In defending Gong County, although the casualties of the soldiers guarding the mausoleum were quite heavy, the morale of the soldiers at the bottom was completely aroused. After more than a month of harassment and guerrilla warfare in Gong County, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers at the bottom also improved greatly.
progress.
Ling Jian, Yu Gong and other generals from the lower ranks were even more enterprising. After arriving at Qinjingyi, without Xu Huai's persuasion, Zhang Xin, Yu Jian, and Yu Gong all took the initiative to suggest that the soldiers of the former battalion go there overnight.
The river valley on the west bank of Qinshui River was opened up, trying to occupy favorable terrain on the flanks of Qinshui River Crossing tonight, forming an attack on Qinshui River Crossing, forcing the enemy to not dare to cross the river easily.
In the setting sun, Xu Xin'an and Yu Gongxian each led 500 cavalry as the vanguard and marched eastward along the post road.
The Yiqi Battalion achieved a complete victory in this battle, but in order to defeat the Eight Hundred Cavalry as soon as possible, they engaged in the most intense and close-quarters flesh-and-blood fighting. There were also nearly two hundred casualties. The dead were cremated on the spot, and their ashes were packed
The altar was transported back to Chushan for burial. More than a hundred injured soldiers were moved to Qinjing Post to recuperate. The remaining 300 cavalry and soldiers of Ling Jian's command set up camp in front of the post, waiting for the assistance of Deng Gui, Liu Shiwang, Han Wende and others.
King Jing Zhao Tuan led the middle camp army and a part of the rear camp army to join Qinjingyi.
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As the main force defending Datong at that time, Yunzhou Fanbing had a lot of war horses even though their combat effectiveness was not worth mentioning. However, since Xiao Qian and Li Chulin surrendered to the Chihu people, Yunshuo and other places have been completely Chineseized and used for farming.
And among the Tibetan people who made a living by handicrafts, the young men and horses were recruited to supplement the shortage of soldiers and horses. The 30,000 soldiers and horses who followed Xiao Qian south this time were still mostly infantry.
Xiao Qian, Yue Hailou, and Cao Shi led their troops to withdraw from the north of Zhiguanxing. They did not expect that the tomb-defending army would cross the river before them and go north.
Even though they were worried that there would be troops crossing Taiyue Mountain to kill, they thought it would be the Western Army crossing the Yellow River and entering the east, west and south of the river.
And they also determined that the Western Army's main attack direction after crossing the river should be to go north along the Fen River and directly break the siege of Taiyuan. They only need to capture Qinshui County in advance to ensure the safety of the west wing of Shangdang Heights, and they can then
The two states of Lu galloped wantonly and attacked the city.
As long as the Western Army heading north along the Fen River cannot capture Hanxin Ridge and there is no danger of their retreat being cut off, there is no need to rush northward.
After various considerations, Liu Jinzhong's 5,000 troops who entered the upper reaches of the Fen River to fight in the mountains and river valleys were naturally mainly infantry, with only 800 or 900 cavalry.
And because the cavalry troops did not need to participate in the siege, they were deployed outside the camp. After receiving Qinjingyi's message, they were able to assemble and rush for reinforcements as soon as possible.
Therefore, after the 800 cavalry were annihilated, Liu Jinzhong only had more than a hundred cavalry around him. The more than a hundred cavalry who fled back hastily were killed into frightened birds, and they no longer had strong combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
At that time, Liu Jinzhong could not even send out reconnaissance cavalry.
He could only watch helplessly as several highlands adjacent to the valley on the west bank of Qinshui River were occupied by hundreds of cavalry who were chasing after them.
On the one hand, I don’t know how many soldiers and horses came to kill Qinjingyi. On the other hand, the 800 cavalry were surrounded in less than two hours like cutting melons and vegetables. The same was true for the thousands of soldiers who hurriedly retreated from Qinshui City to the camp.
The people were in panic, and no general was willing to lead his troops to retake these highlands. They only said that it was going to be night, and the chaos of foot and cavalry at night would be even more detrimental to them.
However, someone proposed to withdraw to the east bank overnight, use the Qinshui River to separate the enemy troops, and wait for reinforcements.
Although Liu Jinxiao was not a famous general, he also knew that when people were in panic and did not know the details of the enemy, as long as the leading troops crossed the river, once the enemy's hundreds of cavalry launched a night attack, their military morale would be completely destroyed.
If they are lost, thousands of men and horses will be reduced to pigs and dogs to be slaughtered.
Attacking halfway across the river is not only an extremely dangerous action for crossing the river in front of the enemy, but retreating across the river under the enemy's nose is actually even more dangerous.
Even if the enemy's troops were insufficient and unwilling to take the risk of launching a strong attack at night, they arranged for the tribes to cross the river and retreat eastward, so that there would always be one unit responsible for the rear.
And these soldiers and horses are destined to be eaten up. Who is willing to lead the troops to stay and rear?
Crossing the river at night is unrealistic.
Because they only wanted to attack the city, they entered the valley on the west bank of Qinshui River and mainly built camps around Qinshui City. Most of the ferry on the southeast side of the city was exposed. Now they can only build a few more camps on the west side and southwest side of the crossing overnight, and
Collect more boats to build a pontoon bridge on the Qinshui River.
They could only cross the river if they ensured that all generals could cross the river quickly and were not afraid of the enemy's daring to seize the pontoon bridge to pursue them.
Or if the reinforcements arrive quickly enough, they can find out the details of the incoming enemy in time, and annihilate the incoming enemy in the valley on the west bank of Qinshui River. This is the real best option...
