Shangguan Yuanrang accepted Liang Qi's assignment and agreed to lead five thousand soldiers as bait to lure the enemy.
Liang Qi specially allocated most of the vehicles in the army to Shangguan Yuanrang and asked him to take the vehicles away. He also specially ordered some people to tie more torches to the four corners and body of the vehicles. This would make the army look several times stronger.
.In addition, the five thousand soldiers also went into battle lightly, each carrying two torches.
After preparing everything that should be prepared, Liang Qi pulled Shangguan Yuan Rang close to him and carefully warned: "Yuan Rang, once the Huan Army's large group of men and horses comes to attack, do not engage in battle with them, and immediately retreat to the direction of Death Valley, all vehicles
Even if it is abandoned, there is no need to take away the baggage and provisions in the car..."
Shangguan Yuanrang raised his eyebrows and asked: "Are you giving all the things from our army to Huan Jun?"
Liang Qi smiled and said: "It's just temporarily stored with Huan Jun. We will get it back in the future."
When the Huan Army is completely wiped out, not only will all of our own supplies be recaptured, but the Huan Army's supplies will also become our own.
Shangguan Yuanrang came to his senses, nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"The vehicles should be kept across the road as much as possible to block the enemy's cavalry. During the retreat, if the enemy's pursuit is too tight, some of the brothers can be separated to stay behind." Liang Qi said in a low voice.
His intention is obvious, to sacrifice a small number of people to protect the majority. This is also Liang Qi's consistent tactical thinking.
Shangguan Yuanrang disagreed with this point, but he did not argue with Liang Qi. He waved his hand and said, "I know what to do. If there is nothing else to explain, I will leave."
Liang Qi watched Shangguan Yuan Rang mount his horse. He took a deep breath and said seriously: "Yuan Rang... you must be more careful."
Shangguan Yuanrang chuckled and said, "You'd better take care of yourself! Don't let me lead the enemy troops into Death Valley and be broken out again."
Liang Qi nodded seriously this time and said, "Yuan Rang reminded me of that."
It was rare to see such a humble Liang Qi. Shangguan Yuanrang couldn't help but look at him a few more times, then shook his head, slightly arched his hands on the horse, then turned the horse's head and led the team away.
The team of five thousand wind troops included thousands of vehicles. Each vehicle was tied with two rows of torches. Even the horses pulling the carriages were not idle, with different numbers of torches stuck on their bodies.
The entire team was not large in number, but it was extremely long. As we walked along the mountain road, we couldn't even see the side. It really looked like a long flaming dragon.
When the Feng army approached about ten miles away from Huan camp, the Huan army spies saw this scene.
It was too dark and they couldn't see anyone. They could only see the torches clearly and confirmed that the number of enemy troops was also calculated based on the torches.
Xu Qing is a human being but not a god. How could he have calculated that there were guides from the Mo Kingdom in the Feng Army? It was even less likely that the main force of the Feng Army coming from behind was actually only 5,000 people. Xu Qing gave an order, and Huan
The army moved together, and the first one to be killed was 100,000 people. As the front army, it was led by the Huan Army generals Cao Hou and Li She. Xu Qing led the remaining 50,000 Huan Army to the rear, and then supported the front army in the battle.
Let's talk about Cao Hou and Li She. After leaving the camp, they led a hundred thousand Huan troops and marched like an overwhelming mountain to meet the wind army coming from behind.
The infantry below was already fast enough, but Cao Hou still thought it was slow. Soon after leaving the camp, he took 10,000 cavalry and rushed out first.
In Cao Hou's view, the Feng army had just gone through a fierce battle and had traveled a long way. They were already tired and vulnerable when they arrived on the battlefield. Li She and Cao Hou had the same idea. Seeing Cao Hou's haste to rush, he was afraid that
All the credit was taken away by Cao Hou, and he hurriedly followed.
The cavalry was much faster than the infantry. After running wildly for less than half an hour, the cavalry at the front stopped one after another.
Seeing this, Cao Hou urged his horse to rush forward and asked: "Why don't you leave?"
"Report to the general, ahead... ahead..."
The cavalrymen looked ahead and stammered.
Cao Hou waved his arm to brush the dust in front of him, and looked forward. Well, he could only see the lanterns, torches, and pitch pines on the mountain road in the distance. There were so many people that he could only see clearly the front of the team.
Before reaching the end of the team, a rough estimate showed that the opponent's strength was at least 80,000.
Sure enough, it was the main force of the Feng Army! Far from being surprised, Marquis Cao actually grinned. The enemy army was marching now, and the mountain road was narrow, and the queue stretched for several miles. Although there were many people, they could not concentrate. Isn't this exactly what the cavalry wanted to charge?
Great opportunity?
He sat on the horse, looked up and laughed loudly, and murmured: "It's my turn to do the meritorious service this time!" As he spoke, he shouted to the soldiers around him: "The mountain road is narrow and rugged, and the wind army cannot form a fighting formation. The situation is not favorable.
My cavalry is extremely advantageous, brothers, follow me and rush over to defeat the enemy!"
"kill--"
At this time, the Huan cavalrymen were also very high-spirited and confident, shouting in unison with great momentum.
Cao Hou no longer delayed, took off his long sword from the victory bridge in the saddle, pointed forward, and shouted: "Brothers, charge!"
Wow - he gave the order, and more than ten thousand cavalry swarmed up and killed him along the mountain road.
The cavalry commanded by Cao Hou was fast enough, and Feng Jun's intelligence was not slow either. Tianyan and Diwang's spies immediately reported back to Shangguan Yuanrang the news of the Huan cavalry's attack.
After hearing this, Shangguan Yuanrang pondered for a moment and asked the spies: "How many enemy troops have come?"
"General Yuan Rang has more than ten thousand riders!"
"Only more than ten thousand riders?" Shangguan Yuanrang asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Yes, there are only more than 10,000 cavalry observed so far. As for whether there are any infantry following, we have to wait for the brothers in front to send back the news."
Shangguan Yuanrang nodded and stopped asking questions. When he came, Liang Qi had already told him that as long as he found that the enemy was coming, there was no need to resist and he had to retreat immediately. However, the intelligence obtained now showed that the enemy only had more than 10,000 cavalry, which was far from the Huan Army.
As the main force, he only led more than 10,000 horses into Death Valley, which was meaningless. On the contrary, it ruined his own plan.
At this time, Shangguan Yuanrang did not dare to issue an order to retreat. He thought for a moment and immediately summoned more than a thousand Feng troops and piled more than a dozen vehicles carrying food, grass and baggage on the road as a barrier, preparing to resist first.
The Huan cavalry waited for a while, waiting for accurate information before making a decision on whether to go or stay.
Don't underestimate Shangguan Yuanrang's actions, but after all, he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and at critical moments, he can still show his calm general style and meticulous side.
Although the main force of the Huan Army was indeed dispatched, Shangguan Yuanrang didn't know it. He was frightened and retreated hastily when he saw more than ten thousand cavalry. That is what an incompetent mediocre general can do. There are so many generals under Liang Qi's command
, he did not choose anyone else but Shangguan Yuanrang, and there was a reason for this.
Before the Huan cavalry could rush to the Feng Army, the Feng Army had already arranged their vehicles to act as resisting horses. More than a thousand Feng Army men stood behind the vehicles, with their arrows on strings and their swords unsheathed, ready for battle. The four thousand Feng Army soldiers behind them were waiting in place.
, ready to be dispatched by Shangguan Yuanrang at any time.
Boom, boom, boom - the sound of the cavalry's hooves was getting closer and closer. Soon, Shangguan Yuanrang could feel the ground shaking caused by the cavalry running wildly. He took a deep breath and shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
With an order, more than a thousand Fengjun shot out the arrows in their hands.
As the arrow shot out, people a hundred meters away heard shouts of horses and the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground.
Sergeant Feng hurriedly drew out a second arrow, raised his bow and shot again. Basically, every time they fired an arrow, they always caused a sound of chaos on the opposite side. Unfortunately, their number was too small, and the cavalry charge
It was too fast. When Feng Jun finished shooting five rounds of arrows, he raised his eyes and looked forward. Dozens of war horses had rushed out of the dark curtain. Some of the horses were empty, and some of them had people sitting on them who had been hit by several arrows.
of Huan Jun.
Huan Jun's armor was the same as Feng Jun's. It was made of leather and was dark brown in color. It was blended in the night. If you didn't rush close, you wouldn't be able to tell.
In the blink of an eye, several Huan cavalrymen rushed in front of the carriage. Several knights tried to lift their horses and jump over the carriage, but before the horses could jump up, Feng Jun's arrows arrived.
Pu Chi, Pu Chi - the arrow shot at close range was so powerful that half of the arrow did not even enter the body of the war horse. The war horse jumped forward, hit the carriage, made a loud noise, and the knight on the horse was ejected directly from the horse.
, bumped into the crowd approaching Feng Jun, and the Feng Jun's sternum was broken by the collision, while the skull of Huan Jun's cavalry was also broken.
However, the impact of the cavalry is too great. Even if it is hit by people, it will cause commotion in the wind army camp. This is the scary thing about the cavalry.
More than ten cavalrymen fell to the ground, and more cavalrymen rushed out from behind. One cavalryman was shot down, and several more cavalrymen followed immediately, killing them continuously.
Boom!
Soon, another rider collided with Feng Jun's vehicle. This time, the force was stronger and fiercer. Even Feng Jun, who was holding the carriage behind, was shaken and staggered backwards.
The vehicles of the Feng Army are all made of wood. How can they withstand the repeated impacts of war horses? More than ten carriages may be broken at any time.
Shangguan Yuanrang saw that the situation was not good, and ordered to quickly build a second line of defense with vehicles to prepare for emergencies. He raised the three-pointed two-edged sword, waved his arm to spiritualize it, and then gave a loud shout to let the soldiers in front
They all got out of the way, he urged the war horses, rushed over, and when he got in front of the vehicle, the war horses lifted their hooves off the ground, jumped up, jumped over the vehicle, and rushed outside.
As soon as he came out, two cavalry came towards him, and the two spears fired at his chest. Shangguan Yuanrang did not dodge or block, he waved his sword and slashed out in the air, and a long and narrow spiritual wave shot out. He only heard a thud.
, two cavalrymen, both were cut in half by Lingbo. The lower half of the body was still hanging on the saddle, while the upper half of the body had fallen to the ground.
The two cavalrymen were slashed with swords. Shangguan Yuanrang did not hesitate, and swung the sword with his backhand. A cavalryman who was about to pass by him was unable to dodge, and was struck on the forehead by the blade. Half of his helmet and head were cut off, and the body turned over and fell from the horse.