Chapter three hundred and seventy-fifth one victory and decline
There are less than 20,000 tribal barbarian cavalry, and there is also a standing force of 10,000 cavalry that is hidden behind. These are the total assets and lives of Hululuomen in this battle. Compared with the 70,000 cavalry of Li Zhengfang's tribe, it is certainly less, but,
The 20,000 tribal armed forces were all veterans who had been fighting for many years, and the 10,000 standing cavalry rarely showed up, so Hululuomen did not feel pressure to stop the Zhongshan Army on its own.
Because this is the Zhongshan Army, not the Han Army. The biggest reason is here.
Hulu Adu, Ada, Hu Keli, Wuzhu, the commander of ten thousand cavalry, Huqi from the tribe, and the generals of the standing army all gathered in front of Hulu Luomen.
Although the Zhongshan Army's formation was activated, it was still advancing at a snail's pace. Although they were only three miles apart, it seemed that time would never pass without a stick of incense.
The Hu people were brave by nature, and they regarded them as cowards despite the prowess of the Han army, not to mention the cowards of the Zhongshan army. Hulu Adu burst out laughing, and the look of disdain on his face was almost written directly on his forehead.
"Contempt" is the word. Seeing the Zhongshan military camp rolling in, but no army took the lead, he asked Xiang Hulu Luomen: "Master, which troops do you think they will send over to fight the front line?"
"Adu, I've thought about it in the future. Of course the southerners will send cavalry. Do you need to say that? Is it possible that the southerners are going to use this turtle shell to attack our formation?" Ada is also a member of the Hulu Department, but he is not
A servant of the Hulv clan.
Hulu Adu was dissatisfied with Ada's preemption and even called him stupid. He glared at him and said in a low voice: "Of course I know it's the cavalry. The question is, who will Li Zhengfang send to lead the troops?"
"Ada said nothing, he didn't know about this issue.
Hu Luluomen ignored the quarrels of his subordinates. He pondered and said: "Li Zhengfang's cavalry is nothing more than the Gao'an Department and the battalion of Han cavalry. If they are to lead the battle... it should be Gao'an."
"Gao An's general is defeated. Although he is brave, he has nothing to worry about. He doesn't have many good soldiers, so he is not afraid even if he rushes through. If we can devour the Han cavalry in one gulp, then Mr. Li's turtle shell will be at our mercy.
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The reputation of the Zhongshan Army was too bad. When they first entered the war, Hu Qi killed them three times and they were unable to stand. They retreated directly to Beiling City. They lost their battle halfway. This made Li Huizu's third plan, which had been brewing for a long time, impossible.
A major counterattack ended in defeat.
A few months have passed, and the Zhongshan Army has changed its name in Hu Qi's mouth, "Southerners". This is a unique contemptuous name given by the grassland people to the Central Plains people who did not know how many years ago. The combat power and image of its army are in Hu Qi's mouth.
It can be seen in the eyes.
At that moment, Hulu Luomen asked Wu Zhu to return to the standing army. He deployed and dispatched the 20,000 tribal armed forces that were still lacking, and quietly waited for the forward troops of the Zhongshan Army to charge into the formation. However, after waiting for two quarters of an hour, he still disappeared.
When some cavalry came out to fight, and when they were confused, they saw a sudden loud banging of drums in the Zhongshan Army. Then the chariot camp speeded up, looking straight in the direction of Hu Qi and pressing forward. The cavalry in the front had already retreated to the left and right.
Even Hululuomen could see the heads hiding behind the grain trucks!
"What's going on? What kind of fighting method is Mr. Li doing?" Hu Lu'adu asked in surprise.
There was no probing, no vanguard, and the whole army just pressed forward. This style of play was unprecedented, and it shocked Hu Keli and the others to stare blankly.
However, Hulu Luomen raised his riding whip contemptuously and shouted to a cadre general: "What are you still doing? No matter how he beats him, we will go to the cavalry first! Pass the order. Hulu A will not follow me here."
Forward, the rest of your troops should ignore his central army and just bite the cavalry on both sides!"
Li Zhengfang is by no means a timid person, but is familiar with the art of war. On the plains of the vast plains, the Zhongshan Army has 5,000 grain trucks that need to be escorted. If they are marching in a normal state, even if they can protect the grain trucks, they will inevitably be fooled.
The riding disturbs the peace.
Now, there are five thousand grain trucks, which are eight moving formations, with car camps in a circle outside and square inside. The camps are connected and can be immediately assembled into a large formation when necessary. There is a round open space in the middle. If Hu Qi
I was lucky enough to break into this area, and arrows were fired from all directions, killing as many as I could!
The army gathers in the chariot camp and uses bows and crossbows to control the enemy. The barbarian cavalry will not be able to get close.
Even in order to maximize his combat power, he brought a powerful bed crossbow with him when the army marched out. A wooden cart pulled by two oxen was used as a base, and the bed crossbow was placed on it, with its legs fixed, and it was used during the march.
Then he moved. If time had not been urgent, he would have reported to Peiping and requested that the regular crossbows not be mobilized.
Li Zhengfang made the most complete preparations for his plan. He believed that he would not lose this battle, let alone lose.
Ridicule is ridicule, and the Hululuomen was indeed caught off guard by Li Zhengfang. The sound of fighting between the cavalry on both wings had already sounded, but in front of the Chinese army, the Hululuomen could really cope with the car camp, but there was a kind of rat pulling the tortoise.
——The feeling of having nowhere to eat.
But we can't keep retreating like this. Hulu Luomen felt that the morale of the soldiers was declining and couldn't go on like this. Even if he lost some soldiers in a fight, it was better than just sitting around. After making up his mind, he immediately made an immediate decision and kissed him.
He led his own tooth soldiers to pierce the Zhongshan Military Vehicle Camp in front of him like sharp arrows.
Seeing the noble man taking the lead and leading the elite tooth soldiers to kill the southerners, the men and horses under Hulu Adu also became energetic and quickly gathered together to rush towards the Zhongshan Army along with the banner.
Hululuomen didn't just charge in and out rashly when his brain got hot. He fixed his eyes on the junction of the two car camps, thinking about rushing in from there. He didn't know that it would be a dead end.
But before he could get closer, he heard an order from the general of the Zhongshan Army on the opposite side. Immediately, there was a vibrating sound of bow strings in the Zhongshan Army formation, and the arrows and crossbows were rained down like a heavy rain, rushing towards the ground.
Before the dozens of tooth soldiers at the front could react, they were knocked to the ground and turned upside down.
The arrow fell on the team behind Hululuomen, and the screams of falling horses were heard. "Charge, keep charging!" There were no undead people in the battle. Hululuomen didn't worry about the casualties of dozens of tooth soldiers.
He raised his arms and yelled at the soldiers to rush into the Zhongshan army's formation at all costs.
During the charge, two arrows hit Hulu Luomen, but they were deflected by the fine armor on his body and did not cause any damage to the inside.
The Zhongshan Army in the first column on the opposite side didn't know whether they were afraid of Hu Qi's scimitar or because they were confused. The soldiers who were lying behind the car and firing arrows suddenly turned around and ran back. Seeing this, Hu Qi, who was charging, couldn't help cheering.
Hululuomen also secretly breathed a sigh of relief: The southerners really didn't need to be beaten.
"Whoosh, whoosh..." Arrows like dark clouds also rose from the Huqi formation.
When they were still twenty or thirty steps away from the Zhongshan Army's train, almost all the tooth soldiers thought they had put away their short bows and took out their scimitars, maces, and iron bones. The Zhongshan Army who had retreated suddenly appeared again.
.At this time, they were not holding crossbows, but sharp spears.
The slow and scattered arrows also became more orderly and dense, and Hululuomen's face turned blue. He knew that the Zhongshan Army's "show of weakness" before was to lure him into taking the bait.
We have rushed to this distance, and even if we retreat, we can't retreat.
The dense arrows caused the charging Hu Qi to fall to the ground like wheat being cut. Hululuomen also had three arrows stuck in his body, and a crossbow bolt pierced the armor on his shoulder.
But the pain in his body was incomparable to the severe pain in his heart. Tooth Soldiers, Tooth Soldiers, the Tooth Soldiers at the forefront of the charge suffered a big loss. I underestimated the enemy, underestimated the enemy!
"Hahaha, good fight, good fight!"
Li Zhengfang was stroking his beard and laughing at the observation deck in the formation. The retreat of the Hululuomen in front of the Chinese army caused a chain avalanche of Hu cavalry who were already dominant on both wings. Hu Keli, Ada and others suddenly ran away when they saw the Hululuomen.
Not knowing what was going on, Busy also retreated. They were the dominant party, so it would be easy to retreat.
The rolling car camp was still moving forward slowly. The Zhongshan Army won the first battle and did not let the cavalry pursue it. Instead, it continued to advance slowly and methodically.
The Hululuomen withdrew seven or eight miles in one breath like a bereaved dog, directly retreating to Wuzhu's standing Ten Thousand Cavalry. When they saw that there was no trace of the Zhongshan Army behind them, they breathed a sigh of relief.
After counting the troops and horses, it was found that half of the seven or eight hundred tooth soldiers were lost, and even the tooth generals were broken in. Including the losses of Hulu Adu's men, there were a thousand fewer people in a while.
Ada, Hu Keli and others withdrew their troops and came to the permanent place of 10,000 cavalry. After hearing what Hulu Luomen said, they also took a breath of cold air. The loss ratio was too great. Hulu Adu only had five or six thousand cavalry, including Hulu Luomen.
The number of tooth soldiers at the gate was less than 7,000, which was suddenly reduced by one-sixth.
"What should we do? Your Majesty has an order. If the master does not eat Zhongshan's army, he must also cut off the Han army's food route..." Hulu'adu's face no longer had the previous ridicule, but a look of despair.
"No matter what, let's retreat to the Beiti River first. Mr. Li is a tortoise and can't run fast. Let's do it again in the afternoon. If it doesn't work, we can check it out in the evening -"
The rolling cavalry galloped towards the Beitihe River following Hulu Luomen's order. In the afternoon, more than 20,000 Hu cavalry approached the battle again, only to find that the Zhongshan Army and even the cavalry had withdrawn into the open space in the car camp.
Already.
As night falls, a deep breath emerges by the Beiti River.
He couldn't stop the Zhongshan Army's advance! He failed, and he who failed could not fail again.
The stars have already adorned the sky at night. There are bonfires everywhere by the Beiti River, and the horsemen have begun to cook. They haven’t had a bite of hot food all day long, and many people’s attention has shifted from failure to the bubbling iron.
On the pot.
Hululuomen was thinking about tonight's night attack. Should he fight or not? He couldn't make up his mind. He had been fighting with the Han army for so many years, except for the small group of Han soldiers he encountered in the battle of Huaiyuan.
There are so many large car camps.
"What's going on?" Hululuomen, who was deep in thought, was awakened by the sudden noise. Could it be that the Han cavalry had sneaked in?
"Sir, the people below accidentally set fire to the grass next to them when they were cooking. They have already put it out..."
——The people below accidentally set fire to the grass nearby while cooking;
——The people below accidentally set fire to the grass nearby while cooking;
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Ya Bing's words kept echoing in Hululuomen's mind. The stunned Hulluomen's eyes became brighter and brighter. He grasped the key point, grass, grass all over the ground, weeds -
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He got the point——
"Blow the trumpet and gather the generals! Mr. Li, Li Wugui, I will make you rely on the turtle——"
