The imperial army was silent. The breeze blew by and the flags were flying. The silence was a bit depressing.
The afterglow of the setting sun fell down, falling on the nervous faces of every soldier in the army. Many people swallowed nervously, and their hands holding their weapons tightened. The cavalry were not infantry. Once they charged forward, it would be difficult to block them.
"Dong dong dong!"
Fortunately, the war drums soon sounded, shaking all directions and dispelling the tension in the soldiers' hearts.
Immediately afterwards, two cavalrymen rushed out from the left and right wings of the imperial army, like two giant dragons galloping and roaring, and rushed towards the Hanzhou Army. On horseback, the soldiers drew their swords one after another, and the sword blades reflected the sunlight and shone brightly.
, a chilling air suddenly broke out.
In front of the Hanzhou Army, Dong Wu reined in his horse and stared at the charging cavalry with a bit of coldness in his eyes.
Five generals came to Dong Wu on horseback. They stood side by side and looked ahead. One of them said: "Master Dong, how do we fight?"
Dong Wu glanced at his five subordinates, then stared at the charging imperial cavalry and said: "We only have one division of soldiers, and it is definitely not possible to fight head-on. Then we will use the King of Han's bullfighting tactic to disperse one by one.
Run, lead the imperial army in pursuit, then divide the troops into battalions and teams, and eliminate the opponent in motion. In terms of cavalry and shooting, the imperial army is definitely no match. When the time comes, use wolf pack tactics to launch a counterattack and eat 20,000 people."
"clear!"
The five regiment leaders solemnly clasped their fists, pulled their horses away one after another, and returned to their own units. Everyone already understood the cow tactic and the wolf pack tactic and knew what to do.
Soon the army was on the move, running from five directions in a chaotic and orderly manner that no one was afraid of.
Dong Wu ran with one of the groups and fell behind the group to press the formation.
The soldiers deliberately slowed down and waited for the enemy to catch up. They drew their bows and started to take action. Dong Wu even shouted: "Don't worry, everyone spread out. I will take aim at the wild goose formation!"
The troops of a regiment spread out quickly, like a wild goose flying with its wings spread out. This formation ensures that the troops are fully deployed and do not crowd together.
Once the formation was complete, the soldiers drew their bows and fired again. Each of their movements was skillful, as if they were not affected by the jolting of the war horses. The arrows were fired fiercely, quickly and quickly.
Many people in the court army who caught up fell off their horses and took out their repeating crossbows. However, the court's repeating crossbows were the first generation products and were not improved by Qin Huaidao later. The range was slightly shorter than that of bows and arrows, and they were out of reach. He looked at each one.
The crossbow bolt fell, and the morale of the Hanzhou army was greatly boosted. They kept their distance and fought while running, constantly bleeding the imperial army.
At the top of Minzhou City, Xue Zhi was a little nervous when he saw this scene. A division with less than 10,000 people dared to fight against the imperial court's 20,000 cavalry. Where did he get the courage?
After seeing the wild goose formation, Xue Zhi was even more shocked. Wouldn't it kill him faster if his troops spread out? He also deliberately slowed down. What was he doing?
But Xue Zhi soon discovered that something was wrong. The Hanzhou Army cavalry always kept a certain distance from the imperial army. Their bows and arrows were very accurate. They knocked down hundreds of people in a short time. What was even weirder was that the imperial army's continuous crossbows could not hit the Han Dynasty.
The state army was led and beaten.
However, the imperial army was superior in numbers. Seeing people coming up from both sides, Dong Wu shouted: "Divide again!"
The wild goose formation suddenly changed drastically. One regiment was quickly divided into five battalions, and everyone ran in one direction. The chasing imperial army had only two choices, either to concentrate its forces and attack one battalion, or to divide its troops.
Concentrating troops to attack one battalion has a high chance of winning, but there is also a great risk. The other four battalions may fight back to the main camp. There are no other cavalry in the main camp and cannot stop them.
In desperation, the imperial army could only divide its forces to pursue them.
The Hanzhou Army was like a cell fissioning, constantly dividing its troops, and finally turned into a small team as a combat unit, leading the imperial army to scatter in all directions, covering the mountains and plains, gradually moving away, leaving only corpses on the ground.
Xue Zhi was a little confused when he saw this scene. Shouldn't the cavalry charge at each other after getting into a stance? How could they fight like this? It seemed a bit unusual.
The young general from before came over and said excitedly: "Uncle, look, thousands of the imperial cavalry fell down in just a short time. On the other hand, the reinforcements were unscathed. What kind of tactics they used, I have never seen it in the military books."
The grassland overlords of later generations had not yet been born, so people of this era were naturally unfamiliar with light cavalry tactics, not to mention that they also incorporated bullfighting tactics into it.
"I have never seen this kind of fighting method, but it seems very useful. Maybe it was a tactic invented by King Han. Don't forget that King Han is a figure like a god of war. He has never been defeated, so his troops are naturally not weak." Xue Zhi said with emotion.
"After this battle is over, my uncle recommends me to go to the King of Han. I want to learn the art of war from the King of Han. It's amazing. You see, the court seems to be chasing people, but in fact it's no different from rushing up to die. It's just for fighting like this.
It won't take long for them all to die. Looking at the reinforcements, the losses will be almost negligible."
Xue Zhi nodded, signaling to stop making noise and observe carefully.
After all, it was behind the general door that he gradually saw some tricks and his eyes sparkled.
Not long after, the reinforcements led the imperial army away and disappeared from sight, leaving only corpses on the ground.
"Why didn't the imperial army withdraw its troops when they suffered such heavy losses?" the young general continued to ask curiously.
Xue Zhi also couldn't see through this. Any general with some experience would find that all of his own people died. If they continued to chase like this, they would not be able to kill them, so they would inevitably withdraw their troops. After thinking about it carefully, he said: "Perhaps they think they are chasing one side.
You have a chance to win, so you don’t want to miss the opportunity.”
The young general raised another possibility: "Uncle, could it be that a certain aristocratic family sent an unlearned person to lead this cavalry, hoping to win a big victory to prove his ability?"
"It's not impossible. Go and tell your elder brother that the imperial cavalry is far behind. Rush out of the city and destroy the imperial army's catapults and siege equipment before returning quickly. Don't be reluctant to fight."
"Understood!" The young general hurriedly went to give the order.
Not long after, the city gate suddenly opened wide, and a cavalry of two thousand people rushed out of the city, roared away, and charged directly at the imperial army. The leader was a young general, wearing chain mail, with bright eyes, and holding a horse in front of him.
, reflecting the sunlight, cold and sharp.
"kill--"
The soldiers roared and slapped their horses, speeding up the charge.
When the imperial army saw that Minzhou dared to send cavalry out of the city to fight, they immediately panicked and quickly arranged for spearmen to come forward and swordsmen to stand behind to try to block the cavalry attack.
The leading general showed no intention of slowing down and rushed towards the Chinese army, assuming a fight-to-the-death stance. When he was about to rush forward, he suddenly changed his appearance and rushed to one side.
Two thousand people drew an arc, like a river that suddenly turned and rushed straight towards the catapult being set up next to it.
The imperial army suffered the disadvantage of not having cavalry. The infantry was slow and had no time to stop them, and they did not dare to step forward to stop them. There was no formation, and the infantry who rushed up randomly were looking for death in front of the cavalry.
"Kill!" The leading general took the lead and rushed forward to kill.
The people in charge of the catapults were all craftsmen and auxiliary soldiers, not the main combat arms. How could they have the courage to stop them? When they saw the charging cavalry, they turned around and ran away, wishing they had lost a pair of wings.