On September 20th, the battle that took place on the unnamed plain north of Xiangyuan and south of the Nangou River was the largest cavalry decisive battle of this era. Two armies known for their cavalry battles fought on this unnamed plain.
Two charges were launched. The first was the Hedong cavalry commanded by Zhou Dewei. They used 3,500 cavalry to attack the 6,000 cavalry on the opposite side, hoping to overwhelm the opponent with the Black Crow Army's cavalry combat capabilities.
It has to be said that the Black Crow Army's world-famous reputation is not given in vain. Under the leadership of Zhou Dewei, their assault order made the Huaiyue Allied Forces into a passive position. When it came to the experience of killing immediately, they were completely absent.
The Huaiyue Allied Forces, which were mainly composed of grassland herdsmen, were below the carriages, but in terms of bravery, they were above them.
Jie Li surrounded the Black Crow Army with nearly twice as many troops, but found that the opponent's desperate spirit should not be taken lightly, especially the arrows of the former army led by Zhou Dewei himself. Although they suffered heavy losses and the speed of the attack was faster,
It was getting slower and slower, but it still moved forward without hesitation, with such ferocity that even the cavalry of our own team, which had always been strictly ordered, could not stop its retreat.
Therefore, upon contact, Jie Li gave up the idea of ​​surrounding it and constantly mobilized cavalry teams to block it from the front.
The second charge was launched by the Yan Army. Under the leadership of the military commander Zhao Ba, the Zhaozhou Army's ten thousand cavalry appeared on the battlefield and launched an attack on the Black Crow Army cavalry. The timing of their attack was just right, hitting right at the
At the critical moment when the Black Crow Army was dividing its forces, Zhou Dewei, who had already rushed into the cavalry formation of the Wyoming Alliance and fought bloody battles, looked back and saw this scene. He could only let out a long sigh of despair. He couldn't understand when the Yan Army had such a
Massive cavalry!
What Zhao Ba used was a jujube and poplar tree handed down from the old Zhao family. It is said that it took Zhao Yuande seven years to make this long tree. He personally rushed to the front line and fought until he was in front of the Black Crow Army.
He could see the horrified face of the Black Crow Cavalry in front of him. He tightened the spear under his arm. The spear head pierced directly into the chest of the Black Crow Cavalry. The tip of the spear was blocked by the wings and did not go deeper. It just entered.
Three inches of flesh - this depth is enough to be fatal without damaging the weapon, which is a characteristic of the long spear used for cavalry combat.
Feeling the moment when the tip of the spear entered his body, Zhao Ba pressed his right shoulder down gently, and the pole burst out with extremely strong toughness, forming an upward arc. The Black Crow Cavalry on the opposite side was immediately tilted by this huge force.
The bullet flew out, spraying a mist of blood in the air.
As Zhao Ba took the lead, a torrent of Zhaozhou Army cavalry rushed in behind him. The front row cavalry fired three crossbows according to standard tactics, shooting down a large number of Black Crow Army cavalry. Then they dropped their crossbows and fired
The lance struck at the Black Crow Army ahead.
The use of lances is different from that of long spears. The lances used by cavalry are more similar to disposable weapons. Once the lance hits the target, the cavalryman holding the lance must let go immediately, otherwise he will be injured by the force transmitted back from the gun barrel. There are many
Recruits who have just learned how to ride a horse may even have their elbows, wrists and other joints knocked off during training.
Of course, there are also many sergeants with strong cavalry skills who can use lances multiple times. They often choose to attack at the enemy's throat. The shock here is not strong, and the tip of the lance will pierce directly from the back of the neck. At this time, only the wrist is needed
With a shake, the lance can be pulled out of the neck. There are very few sergeants who can use lances in this way, so most cavalry are equipped with a lance and a saber on their shoulders. This saber is what will continue next.
The main weapon in combat.
The effect of the Zhaozhou Army's ten thousand cavalry charge is undoubted. No matter how elite the Black Crow Army is, they cannot stop this raging torrent. In fact, defeating the small with more is the normal state of battle. In the nameless plain north of Xiangyuan, this is also the case.
Nothing more than that.
Zhou Dewei led more than ten personal guards to rush left and right, but they were surrounded by Yan Army cavalry, and they could not break out. At this moment, a large group of Black Crow Army had already abandoned their weapons, dismounted and surrendered to the Yan Army. At this point, Zhou Dewei had already surrendered to the Yan Army.
Know your own fate.
Zhao Ba Xieli, surrounded by the sergeants, arrived at the foot of the hill where Zhou Dewei was trapped. Zhao Ba laughed and asked, "Is that Zhou Dewei up there?"
Zhou Dewei looked at his opponent dozens of steps away from the post, clasping his fists in greeting: "That's Zhou Dewei, and the opposite ones are Zhao Tongzhi and Yelu Tongzhi?"
Xie Li was not good at words and ignored him. Zhao Ba replied with a smile: "It's a certain two people named Zhou. Please hang up your hands. His Highness is very magnanimous and may have forgiven you."
Zhou Dewei sighed: "I have heard that Hebei is rich, but I didn't know that there were so many knights. I was defeated unjustly. But since I have received the king's title, how can I beg for submission? There is no need to say these words of Zhao Tongzhi. I only have one thing to say.
, I sincerely request the two generals to submit to His Majesty the King of Yan for your approval. The officers and soldiers from Hedong are all elite soldiers and may be useful. I hope your army can treat them well."
Zhao Ba looked at each other and nodded. They actually understood what Zhou Dewei meant. Zhou Dewei, Li Sizhao, and Li Siyuan were all the same. They had received titles from feudal states and were already among the kings. Even if these people surrendered,
, I'm afraid the final outcome will not be too good. How many people in the country can really tolerate this kind of people? What's more, the person in front of me is the king of Jin, and he is also Li Cunxu's enemy. If
If you really treat him kindly, how should you deal with Li Cunxu, a pro-Yan faction from Hedong?
Zhou Dewei smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness." He turned the head of his spear and stabbed it into his throat. The world-famous leader of the Hedong Army died here. The dozen or so guards behind him did not say a word and waited.
After Zhou Dewei committed suicide, they all dismounted from their horses, kowtowed to his body three times, and all killed themselves beside him.
Xie Li moved slightly, Zhao Ba sighed, and ordered the corpses of Zhou Dewei and the bodyguards to be buried and sent to Gaoping to report their merits.
After Zhou Dewei's death, the infantry of the three kings' coalition still in the encirclement had no fighting spirit. The nearly 20,000 soldiers all disarmed and surrendered to the Yan army. So Zhou Kan, who was back in Xiangyuan, gave an order and the army marched north towards the Yan army.
Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan of Shiyu launched a general attack.
In fact, the more than 20,000 people commanded by Zhou Dewei are the most elite part of the Three Kings Alliance, including not only the elite cavalry of the Black Crow Army, but also the elite soldiers under Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan. Moreover, in the Lao Hedong Army, Zhou Dewei's men fought
He had outstanding strength and had always been the main force of the Hedong Army. Otherwise, King Liang would not have directly named him King of Jin and asked him to take over Li Keyong's title. Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan would not have acquiesced.
Zhou Dewei's defeat directly declared the failure of the Three Kings Alliance. The fate of Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan, who were blocked in Nangou River, was already doomed.
After spending most of a day to solve the problem of dividing the spoils of the Yan Army's Pingqiu Camp, Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao added two to five from the baggage left by the Yan Army in Xijiayan Village - of course, leaving a lot for Zhou Dewei.
After the partition was completed, the two found that something was not right. There was a spy report that the main force of the Yan army appeared in Xiangyuan and surrounded Zhou Dewei.
The two of them didn't believe it at first, but the detective reports kept coming, and the final result was that the Yan army that showed up said it had reached one hundred thousand. Whether they believed it or not, at least in the Nangou River channel
At the southernmost point, more than 20,000 Yan troops were waiting in formation, which became an undoubted fact.
This shows that the Yan army has separated the two of them from Zhou Dewei.
In the face of a formidable enemy, the slight suspicions and petty grievances between Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan had long been put aside. The two joined forces and attacked the Yan army vigorously, trying to open a bloody road to join up with Zhou Dewei, who was cut off from the other end.
Naturally, there was a lot of fighting next. Although the Yan army blocking the way seemed to be the Hu tribe outside the pass and could not be considered the main force, Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan's troops were not their most elite troops at the beginning of the war.
Then he transferred his elite troops to Zhou Dewei's command to pursue Zhou Kan and Zhao Zaili, and attack Xiangyuan.
They continued to fight until the dusk of the next day, and no one knew how many people were lost. They were both red-eyed after killing, and the battle came to an end for the time being. For no other reason, the Yan army directly abandoned Zhou Dewei's handsome flag Wang Zhu.
In front of the formations of the two armies, a large number of mid-level and senior officers of the Black Crow Army were escorted to the formations of the two armies, shouting to Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao, urging them and their subordinates to surrender.
Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao had no choice but to retreat sadly, directly back to the Shiyu camp, and defended at the Shiyu mountain pass.
Li Sizhao also wanted to send people back to recruit new troops and prepare for a good fight with the Yan army here, and at the same time, he wanted to send people to the rear to quickly push for food. However, Li Siyuan's idea was different from Li Sizhao. He did not want to fight.
Li Siyuan was thinking about Zhou Dewei's territory. Since Zhou Dewei was dead, the vast land around Jinyang should have a new claim. He believed that he should be regarded as the natural successor of this territory. No matter from the old Hedong Army era or
Counting from the time when the three kings were ennobled, he should have a place in Hedong. Since the two states of Zelu and Zezhou that were originally enfeoffed could not be regained for the time being, it was an acceptable choice to replace them with Zhou Dewei's Jinyang.
If you want to completely take over Zhou Dewei's Jinyang, you must get the support, or at least no objection, of the military chiefs who were stationed in Jinyang after Zhou Dewei. Li Siyuan thought that with his prestige in the old Hedong Army, he would not be able to do this.
It's too difficult, but it's not very easy either. The best way is to get Li Sizhao's approval. With Li Sizhao's approval, all problems will naturally be solved.
It is not easy to persuade Li Sizhao. Li Siyuan wanted Jinyang, and the same was true for Li Sizhao. Jinyang was the place where the Tang Dynasty flourished. It was also known as the Northern Capital along with Dongdu and Xijing. How could Li Sizhao not know the importance of Jinyang when he had been fighting in the east of the river all his life?
Sex? Zhou Dewei is the strongest among the three kings, and he was personally granted the title by the emperor. It is enough that he can occupy Jinyang. Now that you, Li Siyuan, have not even secured your own territory, why should you fight with me for Jinyang?
The two of them didn't talk to each other. They were so angry with each other that they stopped talking about it for the time being and went back to camp.