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Even if Huaidong invested 50,000 troops and horses in the hinterland of Jingxiang, it could not completely change the balance of forces invested by the two sides on the entire Jingxiang battlefield. The real killer was Chaishan's soldiers and horses thrusting into the hinterland of Jingxiang, which would completely defeat the enemy's forces in the hinterland of Jingxiang.
Jingxiang’s military deployment.
Even if a few enemy generals such as She Wenzhuang, Chen Zhihu, and Su Tingzhan could see through the Huaidong Army, they would not be able to adjust the deployment of troops and horses on the northern and southern fronts in time to deal with the current crisis.
No matter how many enemy troops there are, once they are in disarray and fall into uncontrollable panic, their ultimate fate will be to be easily dispersed and eaten by the Huaidong Army with a careful plan.
The defenders of Suizhou City were like this, and the reinforcements from Shicheng were like this.
After Su Tingzhan received Xiangyang's request for reinforcements in Shicheng, he sent deputy general Suo Chengdong with 3,000 cavalry to advance to Fancheng at noon on the 20th.
On the 21st, at midnight, Suo Chengdong led his troops to the Longzui Mountain area, about 30 miles southeast of Fancheng. At that time, it was less than 20 miles away from the Baihetan camp set up by Azig on the outskirts of Fancheng.
Suo Chengdong only needed to add more force to join Azig's troops at Baihetan, but he did not expect that Huaidong cavalry had already entered on the other side of Longzui Mountain.
Before noon on the 19th, Sun Zhuang led five thousand cavalry from Lishan, bypassed Suizhou City, galloped westward without stopping, and entered the eastern foot of Longzui Mountain only half an hour earlier than Suo Chengdong.
Sun Zhuang's troops had the advantage, but they could travel 400 miles in two days; Suo Chengdong's troops were at a disadvantage, but they could only travel 200 miles in one day and one night. It can be said that they were not at a disadvantage overall.
However, the most important thing is that Suo Chengdong was focused on assisting Fancheng and did not consider that Huaidong had other ambushes in Jingxiang territory, and did not even send out sentries on the other side of Longzui Mountain. Cao Ziang and the others rushed to Shicheng to assist Fancheng.
The strength of the troops, the timing of departure, and the route of march were accurately judged in advance, and a large number of scouts were deployed along this route to monitor the movements of Shicheng reinforcements at any time.
Suo Chengdong was unaware of the Huaidong reinforcements coming from the east; while Sun Zhuang knew before entering Longzui Mountain that he would encounter 3,000 enemy cavalry at Longzui Mountain. Either fight, give in, or wait until nightfall.
After bypassing the Azige Baihetan camp and entering Fancheng and Huang Zuyu, the initiative for Zhou Bin to join forces was in Sun Zhuang's hands.
Although Chen Jige has gathered reinforcements from Xinye, Zhongyi and other cities, and has gathered more than 8,000 soldiers and horses at Baihetan on the north bank of Han River, his vision is firmly attracted to Fancheng. From Baihetan to the north, there are countless
The ten-mile-wide gap allowed Sun Zhuang to sneak through and enter Fancheng after nightfall to join Huang Zuyu and others.
The scouts of the Huaidong Army were scattered on the hilltop of Longzuizui, which was not very dangerous, and were monitoring the two small groups of enemy scouts entering the western foothills from the south. The two small groups of enemy cavalry came very quickly, and they also quickly entered the ditch at the western foothills of Longzuishan Mountain.
Walk over; almost ten miles away, there is the main force of Shicheng's reinforcements led by Suo Chengdong. Three thousand horsemen dispersed and galloped, and were restrained in the valley formed by the east bank of the Han River and the southern foot of Longzui Mountain.
The valley to the west of Longzui Mountain is very open, almost ten miles deep; Longzui Mountain itself is far from steep. The western slopes are all gently undulating hills, with sparse and dense woods and long periods of desolation.
Flooded and dry fields covered with wormwood.
Three thousand cavalry galloped past, almost filling a space of nearly ten miles in radius, which was even more spectacular than ten thousand infantry passing through.
It's just that this group of enemy cavalry didn't realize that at the east foot of a long ridge across from them, five thousand generals of the third brigade of the Huaidong Cavalry Battalion were seizing the time to rest and restore their strength in the woods.
When setting off from Lishan, Sun Zhuang commanded 5,000 men and 8,000 horses. He walked hurriedly in front to rush for time, and walked slowly behind to consider the possibility of encountering the enemy and save energy. Even so, by this time,
More than a thousand horses were also run away and wasted.
At this time, horses with insufficient physical strength need to be further singled out.
When cavalry fights, they need to be dispersed more than infantry. Especially when attacking the enemy cavalry in the wild, the formation will be more dispersed, but the physical requirements for the horses are higher. In order to ensure sufficient impact, two sharp knife teams must be temporarily drawn up.
Think of it as a striker.
"Should we fight these turtle grandsons, or should we give these turtle grandsons a chance to escape to the new wilderness?" Sun Zhuang stopped at the dragon general Chen Daozi and other generals and came over to discuss countermeasures.
When the true strength of the Chaishan ambush is exposed, once the enemy soldiers in Baihetan realize that there is simply not enough time to recapture Fancheng, they are likely to flee directly to Xinye in the north.
Everyone knows that no matter how brilliantly the battle of Jingxiang is won, it is impossible to completely annihilate the enemy forces in Jingxiang territory without letting even a single fish slip through the net. However, Chen Daozi and other generals were unwilling to allow the three thousand enemy cavalry in front of them to escape.
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"Hit him, mother," said Chen Daozi, who cut his hand downwards and answered simply, "These turtles have more than 6,000 horses out of 3,000 cavalry. They are unwilling to defeat them!" He didn't care much about how many enemy soldiers he killed or injured.
, he coveted the more than 6,000 war horses in front of him.
"I know you are a turtle who is greedy for war horses," Sun Zhuang scolded Chen Daozi and said, "You don't want to defeat the enemy soldiers in Baihetan. You just defeated Shicheng to help the enemy. You have no time to fill the battlefield to capture
horse?"
Tang Xitai, who rushed to the rescue with Sun Zhuang, asked: "Is it possible to defeat the enemy forces on Baihetan? Azig built forts on both sides of Baihetan mainly to prevent Huang Zuyu and others from counterattacking from Fancheng in the west. He only dug in west of the riverbank.
The trench is long and the defense on the east side is relatively weak; they never thought that we would have more soldiers and horses coming from the east..."
"If Huang Zuyu can leave Fancheng and attack Baihetan, he should be able to catch these turtles unprepared and eat them in meat cakes," Chen Daozi said while rubbing his hands. "But the enemies of Shicheng are about to pass through right away. We simply can't."
There is no time to send people to Fancheng to inform Huang Zuyu to send troops."
"It's not that we can't fight," Sun Zhuang said, stroking his chin with a messy beard, "let's let the enemies in Shicheng pass first, and we'll attack from behind. After defeating them, we can take the broken troops and attack Baihetan together.
Enemy stronghold..."
Sun Zhuang leads all light cavalry, and it is very dangerous for light cavalry to attack a well-defended fortress.
No matter how weak the defense of the enemy's fortress is, even if it is just a fence, it can be effective as long as two more lines of resisting horses are set up in front of the fence and a spear formation with infantry behind the fence, supplemented by large shields and crossbows.
Block the direct impact of the cavalry.
Once the speed of the cavalry is suppressed, it is extremely difficult to break through the infantry formations and camps, and the casualties are unimaginable.
Since the enemy camp at Baihetan is seventeen or eight miles away from Longzui Mountain, Sun Zhuang wanted to let the three thousand stone city enemy cavalry pass through Longzui Mountain first. He would then lead his troops to attack the enemy army from the rear and defeat it.
However, they chased and killed the defeated troops, causing them to attack the enemy camp in Baihetan. Even if Baihetan built a defensive formation, they would not be able to meet the impact of their own defeated troops first; and they followed the routed troops, rushed into the enemy camp in Baihetan, and defeated them in one fell swoop.
The enemy troops outside Fancheng were defeated, so that Huang Zuyu of Fancheng was not required to cooperate.
Of course, there are dangers in doing this. If we can't run down more than ten miles in one go and directly rush into the enemy camp on Baihetan, the camp will fail; even if we can evacuate in time and break away from contact, the casualties will be difficult to control.
"Hit him, damn, you can't give Huang Zuyu all the credit for the battle, blind man Zhou has taken over both of them." Chen Daozi said, he became excited, and the two blood marks on his face jumped, looking particularly ferocious and fierce. Obviously,
If they entered Fancheng as planned to join Huang Zuyu and Zhou Xiazi, even if they successfully defended Fancheng and blocked the front line of Fancheng, their military achievements would be much inferior. How could he be willing to do so?
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Baixi is a stream that flows from the Nanqiu Mountains of Zaoyang to the Han River in the south. It twists and turns for more than ten miles, with fertile fields on both sides. Because there are white calcium stones on the riverbed in the upper reaches of the stream, it is named Baixi. This river merges into
During the Han River, the river beaches on both sides were two miles wide. However, it was already early winter, and the stream was thin. The surface of the stream with flowing water was only a dozen feet wide, and the water depth was no deeper than a horse's belly. The rocky beaches on both sides were covered with green grass.
Headless wormwood and reeds.
This is the case for rivers in the world. If there are no constraints from natural cliffs and artificial embankments on both sides, the river water in the plain areas will overflow to both sides of the plains without restraint. The further downstream, the wider the river beach, making the water flow slower and causing sand accumulation.
The more serious it is, the shallower the water level will be.
The upper reaches of the Han River are sandwiched by steep hills and mountains on both sides. The narrowest point in the upper reaches is only more than a hundred feet, and the water depth is more than ten feet. After reaching Xiangyang, the river is only five or six hundred steps wide, and the channel is still nearly three feet deep after winter. However,
Further downstream, especially after Zhongyi, the river banks on both sides suddenly opened up, increasing more than seven or eight times. On the one hand, the river water spread out, on the other hand, the water flow slowed down, and the sand accumulation was serious, causing the water depth to suddenly become shallower.
If a warship with a capacity of one or two thousand stones wants to sail in, it must be careful to avoid hitting the underwater sand. The Baihe River is such a small tributary, and it is even more unbearable.
Instead of fighting Huaidong's attack on Fancheng at the iron pile wharf, Azige withdrew to the mouth of the Baihe River, eleven or twelve miles east of Fancheng, burning the wormwood and reeds on both sides of the river beach, and building two bases on the east and west to wait for reinforcements to come.
Convergence.
As Tang Xitai said, Azige mainly prevented the Huaidong Army in Fan City from leaving the city to counterattack, so they dug a long trench in front of the west base to increase defense; the east base was much simpler, with only tree fences as a camp to receive the water from the Han River.
Reinforcements arrived from the east bank. In addition, Azig built two pontoon bridges on the water more than ten feet wide at the mouth of the river to connect the east and west camps.
The naval forces in Nanzhang, Zhongyi, Xinye, Zaoyang and other places as well as Baiyangguan are closest to Xiangyang. Although the garrison is small, they make up for it. The reinforcements that rushed to Baihetan and Azig crossed the river from Xiangyang City on the south bank.
The total number of soldiers and horses that came was eight thousand.
At this time, there were still 3,000 reinforcements from Jingmen entering Xiangyang City. They were under the control of deputy general Tong Ruilin. They sent reinforcements from the pontoon bridge and across the river to the iron pile wharf to attack the Qiaodu area south of Fancheng.
Azig stood on the watchtower of the Dongtan camp, and Shicheng's three thousand reinforcements had entered his field of vision. At this time, the three thousand reinforcements slowed down and spread out in the field, almost filling his field of vision. He called Azig
Ge breathed a sigh of relief and said to Shen Haobo, the prefect of Xiangyang: "There is no reply from Leng Zilin in Wuyang yet, but when three thousand reinforcements from Biyang arrive tomorrow, we can attack Fancheng..." In his opinion, recapturing Fancheng
, it will only be a matter of time before the food supply is restored.
Shen Haobo also thought so: with the reinforcements from Shicheng and the reinforcements sent by Tu'an from Biyang, the total number of troops that Azige can mobilize in Xiangyang will reach more than 18,000, and he will be able to attack the walls of Fancheng and launch a counterattack, at least possibly
Capture the relatively weak bridge crossing area first to prevent the Huaidong attack enemy from jumping over the wall and knocking down the bridge head and burning the pontoon bridge.
According to reports, two days and one night had passed since the fall of Fancheng. Azige and Shen Haobo still wanted to save the Han River floating bridge connecting Xiangyang and Fancheng.
Seeing that the Shicheng cavalry outpost had arrived in front of the camp, Azig ordered the camp gate to be opened in preparation for the Shicheng reinforcements to enter the east base. At this time, several people from the west base came over the pontoon bridge and rushed to the watchtower at the entrance of the camp.
He saluted Azig and said: "The king of Ruzhou has an urgent message that General Nahe needs to read..."
There was no reply from Wuyang, but Chen Zhihu in Queshan sent a letter to Xiangfan?
Azige asked his bodyguard to bring Chen Zhihu's letter to the watchtower. He opened it and looked at it. He found it ridiculous. He handed the letter to Shen Haobo and said, "The King of Ruzhou is really worried. He actually said that Huaidong is in Luzhou."
Tens of thousands of our elite troops have already entered Jingxiang, and they want us to immediately divide our troops and retreat to Xiangyang, Xinye, and even Zaoyang. They want me to destroy the pontoon bridge. Mr. Shen, do you think it's ridiculous?"
Shen Haobo received the urgent letter sent by Chen Zhihu's express horse. Before he could read the letter, he saw a commotion at the rear of the Shicheng reinforcements who were heading to the east base.
The commotion at the rear spread quickly like the ripples caused by a stone thrown into a river. The Shicheng reinforcements were marching, spreading out several miles in depth. Almost in the blink of an eye, the commotion spread throughout the front line, and dozens of horsemen fought desperately.
The horsemen were running towards this side, and when they reached the camp, they shouted in panic: "There are attackers approaching from behind. They are all cavalry, and the number is unknown..."
Shen Haobo did not catch the urgent message sent by Chen Zhihu for a moment. Chills ran down his spine and to the top of his head, and his blood was frozen. He could not move at all. He was so frightened that he grabbed his throat and could not even utter a single word.
Azige's face was ashen and pale with shock. His mind went blank for a moment and he stood there in a daze. He didn't expect that Chen Zhihu's guess in the letter would be verified in the blink of an eye...
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Although the Shicheng enemy cavalry at the front was alert, everything was slow. Sun Zhuang and his troops had slowly approached their rear and spread out a conical attack formation three or four miles away, waiting to accelerate their charge. On the right wing, there were even more Chen
Daozi led three battalions of cavalry to bypass the northern foot of Longzui Mountain and keep an eye on its right wing. Their purpose was, first, to defeat the enemy cavalry in front, and second, to drive the enemy cavalry to the east fortress of Baihetan...
"All generals and soldiers have orders. The Hugou who killed my father and fellow countrymen is right in front of us. Today we will avenge blood and make military exploits. We will kill the enemy without mercy." Sun Zhuang said word by word, "For the glory of Huaidong, pull out all the weapons."
knife……"
The Huaidong light cavalry all wore standard sabers. The three thousand generals who dispersed to prepare for the final attack all drew their sabers upon hearing the order. Under the shining of the winter sun at noon, the white blades shone with light and merged into a light-like light.
ocean.
Sun Zhuang pulled out his sword. Under the sunlight, nearly three thousand swords glowed like sparkling lights among the wormwood and shrubs. Chen Daozi and the others were at a high place. Although they were far away, they saw that
There was a bright light, and no other prompt was needed to know that Sun Zhuang had ordered the attack over there.
"Pull out your sword." Chen Daozi drew out his sword and made a stabbing motion forward. As a command to attack, the two thousand cavalrymen behind him also clamped down on the horse's belly, slowly accelerating towards the panicked enemy cavalry in front.
Approach quickly.
The closer they got to the enemy, the faster the horses galloped, and soon the sound of hoofbeats flowed like a storm through the western foothills of Longzui Mountain, following the slope of the terrain, and gushing out towards the plain area at the east entrance of Baixi River.
Although Suo Chengdong was a brave general who had experienced bloody battles, he was in the front line and noticed something unusual at the rear. At this time, he galloped to observe the enemy's situation. At this time, he saw two large groups of cavalry attacking from behind and from the right wing. He was suddenly frightened.
Bloodless. When I first noticed the abnormality, I thought it was a small group of enemy soldiers approaching to harass me. I didn't expect it to be their larger cavalry force.
The light cavalry advanced at full speed, as fast as lightning. The distance of three or four miles seemed far away, and the cavalry came to cover them up in the blink of an eye.
Seeing the dust raised by the Huaidong cavalry running in the field, forming a huge dust barrier that closed the entire Longzui Mountain, rushing over like a flood line, Suo Chengdong knew that he had no decision to make at this time.
Give it enough time to communicate and make adjustments.
Suo Chengdong knew that the situation was over. Surrounded by dozens of soldiers, Suo Chengdong rode westward. As he walked, he ordered the cavalry on the roadside: "Go north, go north..." His voice was hoarse and filled with despair.
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At this time, Suo Chengdong could still think that the Huaidong cavalry was coming from behind to defeat the soldiers and then attack the Baihetan camp. Therefore, Suo Chengdong, surrounded by the soldiers, walked west, hoping to defeat the Huaidong soldiers.
Before the cavalry came after them, they took a step back into the camp, but at the same time ordered their men to flee north.
Suo Chengdong's reaction was not wrong at all, but it was a pity that his hasty and panicked order would only cause greater panic. Some people obeyed the order and fled north, but more soldiers and horses saw Suo Chengdong beating their horses and
When leaving, they all subconsciously fled towards the Baitan River, hoping to avoid entering the camp first and fleeing to cover up the enemy in the rear. Some people heard the order to go north and some subconsciously fled to the west. In addition to the cavalry on the periphery who could run quickly, more
A large number of cavalry can only cause chaos on the plains on the east bank of the Baihe River.
Behind the rear, there were also a few bloody warriors who fought against the Huaidong cavalry, hoping to buy some time for the friendly troops in front to escape. However, the two to three hundred cavalry behind the rear failed to increase their horse speed, and Huaidong was stabbed like a sharp knife.
The Eastern Cavalry charged in.
The sword swung sideways along with the momentum flew through the air like lightning, without any extra effort in slashing. When the blade touched the enemy knight's body, even the tough leather armor and thin iron armor would be broken at the moment of contact, leaving him naked.
, the exposed neck is as fragile as the crops in the field, easily cut off completely, and blood spurts out, like a fountain emerging from the ground...
The two to three hundred enemy cavalry were unable to raise their horses and come at any speed. They could not even block the momentum even slightly, and they were completely defeated.
Occasionally, some people escaped from the sword in front, but they could not escape the follow-up sword... Three thousand cavalry rushed towards them like a flood. Not even a single person was left alive among these two or three hundred cavalry, but the horses stopped in a scattered manner.
On the battlefield, he seems to be used to blood.
Although Azig ordered the camp gate to be closed, the Shicheng cavalry were rushing towards the camp, one after another, unable to stop them, and there was no chance to close the camp gate - the east fortress was only more than 300 steps wide in depth.
, the cavalry in front fled in, and before they had time to dismount, the cavalry behind them rushed in, pushing the cavalry in front towards the river beach, unable to contain the momentum at all.
Azig had two thousand soldiers and horses in the east base, but he asked hundreds of cavalry to rush in and rush in. The two thousand soldiers and horses in the east base were also rushed to pieces...
"General, we can only go to the south bank. It's too late to do anything." Shen Haobo grabbed the red-eyed Azig and asked him to escape to the south bank of the Han River instead of crossing the Baihe River to Xilei.
The main force of Huaidong's cavalry was still six or seven miles away from the camp, but for six or seven miles outside the camp, the cavalrymen who were fleeing were scrambling to be the first to flee, and were killed and defeated. Don't say that there was no chance to close the camp door, even if the camp door was closed,
The fence will be knocked down first by these ruthless cavalry. Two to three thousand soldiers and horses in the camp will be in chaos, and a rout will soon form...
"No!" Azige yelled unwillingly. His arms were full of divine power and he swung Shen Haobo's body five or six steps hard, almost being stepped on by a frightened horse.
Azig pulled out his sword and hacked the two panic-stricken soldiers around him to death, shouting: "Why are you panicking! Cross the river and go to the west base!"
"The mouth of the Baihe River is too shallow, and there is no way for the enemy troops to blockade the pontoon. A large number of broken troops rushed directly into the west base, bringing the west base into chaos, and Fancheng will soon follow suit." Shen Haobo.
He rushed to stop Azig. If he didn't die in the chaos, he would have had to flee immediately to the bank of the Han River and retreat to the Han River by boat.
"Anyone who disturbs the morale of our army will be killed without mercy!" Azige stabbed Shen Haobo, who was going crazy.
When Shen Haobo was dying, he still refused to believe that Azig had killed him like this. Azig left Shen Haobo's body, which was still bleeding out, and led more than a hundred soldiers to kill the rebels in the camp, cutting out a
Passing the blood channel of the pontoon bridge, I wanted to retreat to the west bank and lead the 6,000 soldiers and horses of the west base to establish defense.
The camp gate was too small, and more cavalry could not squeeze through the camp gate. The troops behind them were all fleeing, and they could not turn around and rush towards the gate, so they could only go straight to the fence wall on the east side.
The fence wall quickly collapsed, forming a large gap for the Huaidong cavalry to directly attack the east fortress. However, just as Shen Haobo judged, the soldiers and horses in the camp were quickly defeated. The defeated soldiers had nowhere to escape, and the two pontoon bridges were too narrow.
A large number of broken troops were driven directly down the river mouth.
In the chaos, even waist-deep shallow water will drown people. Countless people fell in the river and failed to get up. They were stepped on and suppressed by the defeated soldiers behind them, and countless people drowned. But there were also countless people.
He waded through the shallow water, trying to escape to the west base to avoid the enemy from behind.
Because everything happened so quickly, even though there were 6,000 soldiers and horses on the west base, there was no way to stop the defeated troops from rushing ashore. Azig led the guards to retreat to the west bank, taking the lead in killing the defeated troops.
They were not allowed to rush into the enemy's west base defensive formation, but more defeated troops rushed ashore. When Azig understood that the situation was lost, the front troops of the Huaidong Cavalry Battalion had already occupied the pontoon bridge to cover themselves and rushed over after the defeated troops.
More Huaidong cavalry rode on horseback, stepping on the corpses floating in the river, wading over, and directly charging into the defensive formations on the west bank. Azig did not even have the chance to retreat to the bank of the Han River...
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The weather was fine. Although Baihetan was eleven or twelve miles away from the east gate of Fancheng, Sun Zhuang led his cavalry to attack the east bank of Baihetan. Huang Zuyu and Zhou Bin stood in front of the east gate tower and saw that they were looking at them. When the enemy troops came east
When the bank collapses, everything becomes clear.
"Master Gangzi is so damn cruel!" Gao Hu couldn't help shouting excitedly.
Huang Zuyu was also so excited that he was trembling when he spoke. He tried hard to calm down and said to Zhou Bin who came from Qiaodu: "Go to the south of the city immediately and counterattack the enemy soldiers at the iron pile dock and bridgehead. Take advantage of their chaos and kill them before they retreat."
South Bank. I will lead my troops to attack Baihetan..."