The archers of both countries were positioned behind their own cavalry teams on the right side, about fifty paces away. They both wanted to wait for their own cavalry to break up the other team's team and pick up the lone ones to shoot.??
Han Hucheng pulled the reins with his left hand and rode his horse diagonally toward Cao's archers. The knights behind him also kept their formation and followed.
Cao Guo's archers did not have time to find the target, so they all shot at Han Hucheng's team, and they only had time to fire one round. Han Hucheng and the others stopped all the arrows with a flick of the gun.
Although the horse was lowered, the distance was too short. In just a few breaths, Han Hucheng's team rushed into the ranks of Cao's archers.
The cavalry of the second squadron had completely dispersed Cao Guo's cavalry at this time. The archers of the third squadron tried their best to lower their horses. Some even jumped off their horses, squatted on the ground and opened their bows to shoot.
The group of Shaodian Kingdom scouts who were being chased turned in a different direction and led the pursuers away from the battlefield of the 7th Brigade. They were archers, so they didn't need to fight the enemy's scouts head-on, they just needed to contain them.
It was just a charge, and at least a hundred of Cao's scouts fell. Han Hucheng's side suffered less than ten casualties, but another group of Shaodian's scouts were shot down by the pursuers, who killed more than ten people.
At this time, the whistle of the captain of Cao's scouts was no longer a quick short whistle, but a long whistle. Cao's scouts turned their horses and ran towards Shuanglong City.
Han Hucheng gathered the cavalry of the second squadron, adjusted their formation at a low level, and then chased them all toward Cao Guo's scouts.
The archers of the third squadron waited for another group of Shaodian Kingdom scouts to come over, merged together, and followed their own cavalry team in pursuit.
Although the scouts of Cao State were defeated, they did not panic and slowly gathered together again. Under the command of the captain, the archers in front continued to shoot backwards to suppress the speed of the pursuers; the cavalry in the rear continued to adjust the team.
shape, forming a thick square array behind the archers.
Under the interference of Cao's army's bows and arrows, the speed of the second squadron slowly dropped, and finally all the remaining soldiers of Cao's army gathered together.
Cao's army of nearly 400 men retreated calmly towards Shuanglong City. Han Hucheng chased for a while, but found that he could not make any gains and was worried that enemy reinforcements would arrive, so he stopped.
Han Hucheng asked about the scout team from Shaodian Kingdom, and found out that they were originally the scout team of the 11th Division of Xun Yue, and they had arrived less than ten kilometers away from the wilderness before noon.
Xun Yue's 11th Division took the official road directly west of Shuanglong City, and Teng Yan's 12th Division took the northwest official road, so they would not walk together.
As early as noon, Cao Guodeng's 6th Camp sent 50,000 troops to blockade the west gate of Shuanglong City and build a new camp three kilometers away from the city gate. Cao Jun planned to build company camps along the way to connect Shuanglong City and Shuanglong City.
The water village was surrounded, cutting off Shuanglong City's connection with the outside world.
Cao Guo sent the scouts ten kilometers away to clearly detect the location of Shaodian Guo's reinforcements.
Xun Yue's scout troops had fought many times with Cao Guo's scouts. Knowing that the west gate of Shuanglong City had been blocked, they sent a scout team of two hundred people to the north to look for Teng Yan's 12th Division.
Before the scouts of the 11th Division found the people of the 12th Division, they ran into Cao Guo's scouts. Since they were at a huge disadvantage in numbers and did not want to return to the camp and be discovered by Cao's army, they had no choice but to
Fighting with Cao Guo's scouts in the wilderness.
Han Hucheng was talking with the scouts of the 11th Division when Shui Song came flying over with the main force of the 7th Brigade. Seeing that most of his outposts were still there, Shui Song let out a long sigh of relief.
After receiving the news that the outpost encountered enemy troops, Shui Song was very anxious, worried that his troops would suffer losses. After all, the enemy troops were more numerous, so he immediately came with the entire Chinese army.
After listening to Han Hucheng's report, Shui Song first asked someone to cut off the nose of Cao Jun's corpse, and then sent his trusted aide back the same way to report to Teng Yan.
With more than 100 levels of slashing, he managed to injure less than ten people. This was definitely a feat. Shui Song had accomplished most of his goals in this battle.
Xun Yue's 11th Division was stationed in Kaoshan Town, more than 30 kilometers west of Shuanglong City, and he asked the 12th Division to move closer to facilitate joint operations.
Shuisong left a squadron of cavalry to monitor the wilderness in case Cao Jun's scouts attracted large troops, and led the remaining men to follow the scouts of the 11th Division to Kaoshan Town.
Cao Guodeng went to the commander's tent of the 6th camp. Pingdong Hou Fang Ba sat in the commander's position with a livid face. In front of him knelt a scout captain, who was reporting to Fang Ba the intelligence he had just discovered.
"A new local army of the Shaodian Kingdom has appeared? So, today there are two local troops of the Shaodian Kingdom with different numbers approaching Shuanglong City. Where did they come from?" Fang Ba locked his eyes.
eyebrow.
Cao State and Shaodian State have been fighting for many years, and Shaodian State's regular army and local army can be easily distinguished.
Chief of Staff Liu beside Fang Ba analyzed: "Based on the situation reported by the scouts, it can be inferred that at least two divisions of local troops have arrived outside the west gate of Shuanglong City. The local troops of Yangyuan Prefecture are at most based on the city. It is impossible
In such a short period of time, 20,000 people were organized to participate in the war.
Moreover, the scouts of these two troops are strong. They are obviously the elite local troops of the Shaodian Kingdom. They must have the participation of big nobles. The most important thing for us now is to find out how many Shaodian local troops have come."
"The information given to me by the Supervision Department is that the enemy's 14th Army Corps has stepped up patrols in the area near Tongyuan River in the past month, and the whereabouts of all divisions are unknown.
Now, in the Shuanglong City and Water Village in front of us, there are flags of five enemy divisions: 131, 132, 133, 134 and 137. Half of the enemy's 14th Army Corps was assembled in just over a day. This is very strange in itself.
Could it be said that Shaodian State had already found out the information about our attack early on? Or did it get the information about the joint attack from Qi State?" Fang Ba looked puzzled.
"Our country has also implemented a very strict border blockade recently. We have strictly controlled all the magic communication arrays in the country and the trust eagles in the border areas. It stands to reason that secrets will not be leaked. It is difficult to say about the Qi State.
However, the local army of Shaodian Kingdom has always been recruited in legion units. As long as they appear on the battlefield, they have at least 100,000 troops.
If they have been mobilized to Yangyuan Prefecture in advance, I am afraid that their main force is not far away from us. The time is very unfavorable to us now. If we do not capture Shuanglong City, we will be attacked from both sides." Chief of Staff Liu showed a worried look.
"The Seventh Army will soon complete the landing of 6, and the 50,000 people of the Eighth Army will be able to arrive at the 6th camp tomorrow morning. The two legions of the Qi State are also expected to capture the Xijiang Water Village in these two days.
Even if Yangyuan Prefecture has one more legion, we will still have an advantage in terms of military strength.
If it doesn't work, I can mobilize the first army of Xishengzhou to cross the river, and use this Shuanglong City as a flesh and blood mill, trapping the five divisions in the city, and eating the troops who come to rescue one by one. We Cao and Qi have fifty
Ten thousand troops are in Yangyuan Province, which will be enough to catch Shaodian off guard in ten days." Fang Ba said and then his face turned into a cruel look.
Staff Officer Liu looked at the map carefully, nodded and said: "We are on the offensive. Xishengzhou does not need two legions to defend, but we need to grab all the food in Qingshui County as soon as possible. Xishengzhou's navy alone is unable to support three
Logistics supplies for a legion.
The navy ships from Shanhe Prefecture must also be mobilized. The withdrawal will begin in ten days. Not enough ships will delay the retreat. We must completely evacuate within three days. Any slower and we will become a war of attrition.
Our purpose of sending troops is completely inconsistent with our purpose."
"Okay, you immediately draw up a military order and notify the First Army Corps to immediately assemble and prepare to cross the river. All ships from Xiwangzhou and Shanhezhou will be transferred to the Yingxia City camp.
The 61-65 Division of the Seventh Army will begin to attack westward tomorrow morning. After the Eighth Army lands on 6 at noon, the 66-7o Division will raid the villages and towns near Shuanglong City and transport all the food within a radius of 20 miles back to the camp.
." Fang Ba began to give orders.
Before four o'clock in the afternoon, Teng Yan led the 12th Division of the Second Army Corps to Kaoshan Town.
Daozhong Mountain is the closest mountain to Shuanglong City. Kaoshan Town is at the foot of Daozhong Mountain. It is a castle built on the mountain, guarding the road from Shuanglong City to Qingshui County. There were originally more than 6,000 residents in the town.
There were 500 castle guards. When the war began, all the residents evacuated into Shuanglong City, and the remaining 500 guards defended Kaoshan Town to the death.
When the 137th Division of the Fourteenth Army passed through Kaoshan Town, they left some ordnance behind to prevent being attacked by a small force of Cao's army. After the arrival of Xunyue's 11th Division, the town was filled with soldiers, and the five hundred guards
Became a miscellaneous soldier.
Xun Yue took Teng Yan into the town office and summoned several brigade captains and staff officers from two divisions to study countermeasures.
"General Teng, when will the reinforcements from the four divisions arrive here?" Xun Yue had the highest status among the division commanders of the Second Army Corps and took the main seat.
The Xun family is one of the ten great dukes, and the Teng family is only a second-rank marquis. Although they have the same status in the military, Teng Yan is still very polite in front of Xun Yue.
Teng Yan sat on the right side of Xun Yue, pointed at the map and said: "They are less than half a day behind me and will be able to reach Kaoshan Town tomorrow morning. What are General Xun's plans?"
"I observed that Cao's army built a company camp outside Shuanglong City. He should want to surround Shuanglong City, block the way for reinforcements to enter the city, and forcefully attack the city with superior force.
If follow-up reinforcements arrive, we will have 60,000 people outside. When Cao Jun attacks the city, we will attack their camp from behind, leaving Cao Jun with no choice but to take care of the rear.
If Cao Jun ignores Shuanglong City and attacks us, we will build two large camps on both sides of Kaoshan Town and close to the mountains. If we don't have twice the strength, we can't even think of killing us." Before Teng Yan arrived, Xun Yue had already thought of a countermeasure.
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"This is a very good response. You can advance, attack, retreat or defend. It is a safe strategy. I think this backing town is not big and can't station many people." As long as he doesn't have to be cannon fodder himself, Teng Yan can agree to anything.
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