In a sense, Liu Ling's heart is hard, cold and ruthless.
Zhao Dayin had a vague guess that the prince deliberately delayed the attack until the evening when the Khitan people's defenses were at their lowest. But he would not speak out or tell anyone his guess. As the prince's most loyal subordinate
Next, he knew that some words would rot in his stomach.
He just couldn't figure out where Liu Ling found the other two armies.
Zhu Sanqi and Luo Xu, why did these two people suddenly appear in Cangzhou? Why didn't the Supervisory Yuan receive any news? Or was it that the Supervisory Yuan received the news but even hid it from himself, the commander? Chen Ziyu
She is the stall owner of the Third Department, but can she really control the entire Third Department?
Zhao Da shook his head and forced himself not to think about this problem. In any case, this victory was achieved. Compared with the results of the battle, the losses were not too great. Less than 10,000 Cangzhou defenders died, and nearly 10,000 people were killed under the city.
Thirty thousand Khitan corpses. And outside the city, after four lines of cavalry clashed wildly, the Khitan losses were at least 50,000 people. Coupled with the fire in the south of Cangzhou and the killings, the Khitan losses totaled more than 50,000 people.
One hundred thousand people.
Isn't such a glorious victory worth celebrating?
Zhao Da made himself look as happy as possible, with a smile on his face.
The Khitan people were not completely defeated. The 300,000 elite Khitan wolf cavalry and the company camp stretching for dozens of miles could not be completely destroyed by the cavalry of less than 40,000 in the four groups. Although Yeluji was defeated by Liu Ling
The cavalry chased them all the way, but finally returned to the Khitan camp. The general returned, and with famous generals and ministers like Yelu Zhen and Han Zhigu sitting in the battle, although the Khitans were killed and retreated, they still did not retreat.
A complete defeat.
Although the Khitan's 200,000-strong army was caught off guard, Yeluji decisively abandoned the camp under Han Zhigu's persuasion and ordered the army to retreat thirty miles in echelons. The rear group blocked the attack of the Han cavalry, and those who evacuated first
The army set up a defensive line and then withdrew. When the Han cavalry faced the Khitan wolf cavalry that had formed a formation, the advantage was actually gone.
In the evening raid, the Han people used all their cavalry troops, but the total number was less than 40,000. Although the Khitans were defeated miserably, they still had no less than 100,000 cavalry.
If you go head-to-head, you won't have an advantage.
Therefore, after the Han cavalry burned the Khitan camp to the ground, they covered each other and retreated into Cangzhou City. The infantry brigade led by Yang Ye had already entered Cangzhou from the south gate. Now, under the rising dawn moon, seven or eight people had gathered in Cangzhou City.
Ten thousand troops. Although the total strength is still much lower than that of the Khitans, it is still much stronger than before when they only had five thousand troops.
Under the moonlight, Luo Xu, the commander of the Huben Army, and Zhu Sanqi, the commander of the German army, and Liu Ling entered Cangzhou City together.
When Zhao Da welcomed them into the city, he saw these three people entering the city chatting and laughing, and he suddenly felt infinite emotion in his heart. If the Khitan people had not come, these three people would have been beaten to death, right?
Although Zhu Sanqi ostensibly surrendered to His Highness the King of Han, because the Han army went north to fight against the Khitans, Jizhou City was still in Zhu Sanqi's hands, and he still had more than 30,000 capable soldiers. Even if he lost the battle for hegemony in the Central Plains
Although he has the strength, he still has the capital to stand proudly as a prince. As for Luo Xu, his loyalty to the Great Zhou Dynasty is unshakable. Even if he knows that his strength cannot stop His Highness the Han Dynasty from unifying the Central Plains, he will inevitably
Will not shrink back and escape.
It happened that the Khitans who were supposed to be killed by a thousand cuts came, but they temporarily brought three people who were destined to be enemies together.
Luo Xu's eyes kept scanning Liu Ling's six thousand Shura camp cavalry, and the unconcealed shock in the deepest part of his eyes stimulated his heart. Although he had been defeated by Pei Zhan before, it was because he was outnumbered.
He had always been conceited that the strongest cavalry in the world was not in Daliao or Xixia, but in Zhou Dynasty. But when he saw the terrifying and abnormal fighting power and such strict military discipline of Shura Camp, he finally felt surprised and panicked.
It turns out that Tiger Knight and Jingqi are not the only ones in the world, nor are they the best in the world.
He didn't know, and he didn't dare to imagine, what would be the consequences if the Tiger Knight Jingqi under his command and the Shura Camp under Liu Ling had a head-to-head confrontation?
From the moment he saw the combat power of the Shura Camp, he began to re-examine his own heart, and he also began to re-examine the Han King Liu Ling. He had studied Liu Ling's military use, and it could be said that he was impressed by Liu Ling's ability to adapt to circumstances and his foresight.
The world's overall view is highly respected. Now, he felt another enviable ability of Liu Ling, which was training troops. Being able to train cavalry like Shura Camp was enough to be admired.
The horror of the Shura Camp is not only the combat power of the cavalry, but also the bloody nature of the horses. How are these horses trained? They are tall and full of animality, are they still horses?
Luo Xu had to admit that he was not as good as Liu Ling.
Zhu Sanqi was even more shocked. He had seen the combat effectiveness of the Han army and the powerful firearms. Today, he saw the tenacity and ruthlessness of the Han army. All the five thousand Han troops defending the city were killed.
Take a half step back. With this kind of spirit, if you look at Zhou's current army, I'm afraid you won't be able to find one.
If it were him who could command less than ten thousand people to resist hundreds of thousands of Khitan troops, he didn't think he would stand on the city wall forever.
Although the broken battle flags flying at the top of the city belonged to the Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, Zhu Sanqi knew that the spirit represented on the flag belonged to the Han people. Liu Ling's army told the story with blood and life
He, what do you mean by Han people?
Zhu Sanqi bowed deeply to the neatly arranged corpses of Han soldiers.
Luo Xu was moved, followed Zhu Sanqi, and also bowed to the ground.
Zhu Sanqi stood up, looked at Liu Ling and said: "From today until the Khitans retreat, Zhu will only obey the orders of His Highness the King of Han. Any soldiers under Zhu who disobey His Highness the King of Han's military orders will be killed by Zhu."
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Luo Xu thought for a while and then said: "The tigers and warriors are fine cavalry, at the disposal of His Highness the King of Han!"
Liu Ling had no pretentious politeness: "The most taboo thing in the battle between the two armies is to give orders to multiple gates. Since the two generals are willing to listen to my orders, I will not refuse. When I kill the Hulu, I will make amends to the two generals.
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The three of them climbed up the city wall and saw that the Khitan camp outside the city was still in flames. This fire burned the Khitan camp and dealt a huge blow to the Khitan people. Although they did not complete the battle, they moved back in one fell swoop.
Decline. Now the combined military strength of the three parties is less than 100,000, which is less than half of the Khitans. But now those gathered in Cangzhou City are the best of the best. With the advantages of people and geography, the war against the Khitans will be overwhelming.
It has been reversed.
"In chaos, there will be no collapse, and there will be a way to advance and retreat."
Luo Xu looked at the lights further away and sighed: "Although we are hostile to the Khitans, we have to say that their army is indeed very strong."
Zhu Sanqi also said: "If it were my men and horses who were suddenly attacked, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to retreat as safely as the Khitans. I have fought with the Khitans many times before, and every time, the combat power shown by the Khitans was...
It’s impressive. The strength of his country and the strength of his soldiers really deserve the praise of the Protector.”
Luo Xu said: "General Zhu does not need to be modest. He used tens of thousands of remaining troops to resist Pei's 400,000-strong army. General Zhu has already put Luo to shame."
Zhu Sanqi knew that there was no provocation or contempt in Luo Xu's words, so he was not angry. He looked at the direction where the Khitan people were gathering outside the city and asked: "Defender, you said that if we attack again at this time, we will succeed."
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Luo Xu thought for a while and said: "Our army has been fighting hard for a long time, and the Khitan people have also been on guard. I'm afraid it will be difficult to make any further progress. However, General Zhu's idea is really unexpected. If there is another one in his hand,
A new force will attack at night, and there is no chance that the Khitans will be defeated."
Liu Ling said: "I'm afraid the Khitans won't even be able to get off their horses tonight."
Hearing this, the two of them were startled for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
The famous Khitan wolf cavalry did not dare to dismount and sleep. This kind of achievement is enough to be proud of. Especially, the Khitan troops who came to attack Cangzhou this time had just withdrawn from the Qilian Mountains, and they were all experienced.
The veterans of the war are the elite divisions of the Khitan army. It is already a great achievement to defeat such an army and retreat. The Dangxiang people have been confronting the Khitan people in the Qilian Mountains for more than two years, but once
There has never been such a glorious victory. I don’t know how much the generals under his command will be scolded if Wei Mingxiao, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, knows about the victory of the Han people in Cangzhou. And what will those party generals do?
How can I slander His Majesty the King in my heart?
The three of them had laughed enough, and Liu Ling suddenly calmed down and said, "The Khitans are worried about us going to attack at night again, but I am worried about whether the Khitans will attack at night."
Luo Xu and Zhu Sanqi immediately understood what Liu Ling meant, and at the same time they also admired the King of Han's temperament of winning without being arrogant. Looking at the discipline shown by the Khitans when they retreated, it shows that there must be outstanding people in the army.
The general is in charge. With such a general, he would not be able to think of a strategy to counterattack when the Han army is victorious. If the Han army here in Cangzhou is really dazzled by the victory, maybe the Khitan people really
He turned defeat into victory.
Just as Liu Ling expected, the Khitans launched a night attack on Cangzhou at night.
Now there are still many Han troops outside the city who have not entered Cangzhou City. Taking advantage of the Han army's victory to relax their guard and take advantage of the thick darkness of the night to launch a cavalry raid, the Han army would have been in chaos. If Liu Ling hadn't sent people to the city
They laid an ambush outside and ordered the three armies not to remove their armor, fearing that the Khitan night attack would really succeed.
That night, the two sides fought again outside the city. Because the Han people were prepared, the Khitan people returned without success. However, the battle was not tragic. The Khitan people withdrew when they saw that the Han people were prepared, and the Han people did not.
They dared to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly. The Khitans withdrew after leaving more than a thousand corpses, while the Han army was in a tight formation to be on guard against the Khitans leaving and returning. Early the next morning, the Han troops who had been on guard all night were sent off to rest, while the Khitans were in
A camp was built again ten miles north of Cangzhou, and the two sides began to enter a confrontation.
In fact, the biggest result of the Han army's raid on the Khitan camp was the burning of more than a dozen Persian trebuchets. The powerful trebuchets were too difficult for the Han army to resist. Take a look.
The dilapidated Cangzhou city wall shows how powerful the trebuchet cannon is.
Now that the big weapon has been burned, the Han army's taboos have become less taboo. (To be continued)
