The mountain fog came as expected in the winter evening. In the military tent in the Goguryeo camp, Ming Lin Dafu, who was standing on the ground, finally gritted his teeth and said these words to Jie Liu.
"Let's not talk about this," Yu Jiliu, who was sitting behind a few tables, lowered his head and held a bowl of hot chicken soup, but did not drink it. "I have people pour water on the fence of the camp to imitate the Han army. I'm already doing it.
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"It's natural."
"How did you tell me about being careful about night attacks outside?"
"The front camp has been vacated. If the Han people really want to come, we may not be able to let them suffer a loss... However, the camp gates are too close to each other, so they cannot dispatch enough cavalry quietly."
"That's good." Yu Jiliu continued to look down at the chicken soup in his hand. "It's good if the cavalry doesn't come."
"Does the Prime Minister have any other instructions?" Ming Lin asked her husband seriously.
"If you want to stop the Han army, the only hope is this camp," Yu Jiliu finally raised his head. "But the passage here is a bit wider, so the troops left behind must be able to defend the camp.
The battalion must be able to attack decisively when the Han cavalry comes out of the camp and hold the Han cavalry back... How many troops does Mo Lizhi think should be retained?"
"At least 10,000 people." Ming Lin answered seriously. "Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to withstand it at all."
"Then leave 10,000 people and evacuate the rest. But after the troops withdraw, don't disperse in a hurry." Yu Jingliu looked at the other party's head with white beard and hair and ordered, as if he had answered his husband before.
He gave orders so calmly. "Once we reach our hinterland, supplies won't be that troublesome. As long as the troops are dispersed and stationed according to their origins, the morale of the military will stabilize... The point is that our old capital Hesheng is on the edge of the Hun River."
The Bone City must be completely repaired and serve as a second line of defense when necessary. If we can survive the thaw in spring, the Han army will be powerless."
"I will try my best to block the Han people here in Zuoyuan." Ming Lin Dafu expressed his position again. "But there should be precautions in Heshenggu City. There is no problem with Zuo Xiang's arrangement... I'll leave it to Zuo Xiang there.
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"That's not the case." Yu Zhengliu put down the soup bowl without even touching it, and then finally raised his head, showing an expressionless face. "I'll stay behind, and Mo Lizhi will take the people back to Heshenggu City!"
Ming Lin answered her husband and was speechless for a while.
"Don't look at me like that," Yu Jiliu continued. "Although this person is full of whimsical ideas, he only does one thing right, and that is to let us read more and learn more things in Han books. Those things
In fact, they all make sense. The Book of Songs says that brothers stay outside the wall to protect themselves from aggression... The country is in danger, and we should no longer treat each other as enemies. This time I will join forces with others to seize your power.
It’s not because I want to deal with you, but because I think my method can save our Goguryeo as much as possible! As for letting you go back, it’s not because I admire you so much, but because you have been Mo Li for many years.
He is more familiar with the situation in the rear and can dispatch all the forces as much as possible!"
After hearing this, Ming Linda's husband ignored his age and his dignity as a Molizhi, and immediately knelt down in the tent: "I swear on the Golden Frog King, after my husband Ming Linda died, he must be Huan."
That nobleman with the surname Yu is in charge of state affairs!"
"I don't believe your oath." The corners of Yu Jingliu's mouth raised, slightly twitching his goatee. "Everyone who believes in your oath has died long ago... But Mo Lizhi, I'm not worried that you will slander us."
Whatever happened to that department, because after this incident, the Chinese people will no longer trust you, Zhong Na Department, and our Huan Na Department and the other two departments will definitely recover."
Ming Lin replied that his husband was kneeling on the ground, not knowing how to answer.
"I will write to my brother and ask him to guard against you and at the same time contribute all the strength of the Huan Department to help you defend Heshenggu City." Yu Jingliu continued. "I believe you will not hide it either.
It’s private...Our so-called country is still too small and weak in front of the Han people. It has been accumulated for hundreds of years, but it only has one Han county commander. Once it fails, the country will be destroyed!"
Ming Lin answered his husband and stood up directly from the ground, not wanting to perform any more: "Then you and I will do our best."
"Yes," Yu Jieliu also sighed. "Just do your best!"
Early the next morning, the Goguryeo people immediately began to withdraw their troops... They did not dare to flee overnight, because they were self-aware. They knew better than anyone else that with the organization of their own army, if they really retreated at night, even if there was no possibility of pursuit by the Han army,
It may automatically turn into a huge rout. But on the other side, even a daytime retreat requires tight defense, because at this time the Han army has no reason not to pursue the initiative.
Among the pursuing troops, the ones the Goguryeo people were most worried about and wary of were the Han cavalry.
After all, once a large-scale retreat on the open road encounters the tall and organized cavalry of the Han army, it will probably be a disaster for the Goguryeo people... Whether it is a direct attack with spears, or it will be carried out with you from a distance.
Regardless of the harassment by cavalry and shooting, the Goguryeo people have no countermeasures at all. They don't even use the cavalry to actively attack. They just follow you along the way and make you unable to rest. I'm afraid it will be unbearable and then collapse directly at night.
This is the power of cavalry...attack power and mobility coexist.
Originally, the Goguryeo people had some countermeasures, such as their dismounted horses. Although they were short in stature, they could travel through the mountains on both sides of the road. And if there really were 10,000 mountain cavalry protecting them on both sides, maybe they could really do it.
Let the Han army not dare to act rashly. But don't forget that in the previous offensive and defensive battles, the Goguryeo people suffered the most heavy losses precisely because of these precious ponies!
Therefore, when the collective retreat of the Goguryeo army had not yet begun, Yu Jiliu had already arranged his 10,000 troops to rely on his own camp... 6,000 inside the camp and 4,000 outside the camp. This is
This formation method made it clear that the goal was to back the Goguryeo camp in an attempt to prevent the Han army from leaving the camp and forming an formation!
That's right! Just as Gongsun Xun guessed that day, the Goguryeo people set up camp at such a close distance in order to allow the remaining troops to suppress the Han cavalry attack when they retreated!
In fact, Yu Jieliu had also made up his mind. As long as the Han cavalry dared to venture out of the camp to form a formation at such a close distance, he would directly order an assault and must block the Han cavalry in the opponent's camp!
We must not allow the Han cavalry to appear outside the camp in large numbers!
Let alone allow the Han cavalry to successfully line up in front of their eyes!
Because once a large-scale cavalry appears on an unobstructed road, not to mention the large retreating troops behind them, even the ten thousand blocking troops of my own who can hide in the camp at any time, I am afraid they will have to fight to the death!
The cavalry can make the final decision!
"The cavalry can make the final decision!" After boarding the high platform, Gongsun Xun saw the scene of the Goguryeo camp opposite, but he couldn't help but sneer. "Let the whole army prepare!"
On the other side, when Yu Zhengliu saw the young general opposite appearing under the white horse flag as he had done a few days ago, he also felt chills and was so nervous that he couldn't help himself.
"Report to the left prime minister..." On the hills on the left and right, sentry horses began to come and go to report back.
"All the Han troops on the camp wall have withdrawn!"
"You can see the Han army gathering behind the camp wall!"
"Cavalry! At least seven to eight thousand cavalry!"
"They tore down their tents, leveled their stoves, and formed an array directly behind the camp wall!"
"There are still three to four thousand infantrymen, leading livestock and other things, crowding in front of the camp wall, not knowing what to do!"
Yu Jieliu looked pale, and the seven or eight thousand cavalry and three or four thousand infantry seemed to be all the previous reinforcements... From this point of view, yesterday he led a group of nobles in the army to seize power, and then forced Ming Lin Dafu to retreat.
Undoubtedly a right move.
But it doesn’t matter whether it is correct or not. Back to the present, can this number of Han troops be stopped by themselves? Look at the opponent’s actions of actively demolishing the tents and leveling the stoves. How can you think of it? It seems like he is trying to learn from the history books of the Han people.
'The Burning Cauldron' story, right?
Taking into account the posture of three to four thousand infantry in front and seven to eight thousand cavalry behind, the Han army's strategy is even more obvious... It is nothing more than to let the infantry advance first and create space for the cavalry behind to form an array.
, then the cavalry attacked from the left and right, breaking through their own camp in one fell swoop, then drove away the defeated troops and pursued the retreating troops.
However, it is useless to just think about it. He must make a decision... When the opponent's infantry comes out later, should he take the initiative to press forward? Or should he stabilize his position and then counterattack with the help of the formed military formation?
Woolen cloth?
The chance of victory only lasts a moment!
However, when Zhengliu finally made up his mind and prepared to launch a defensive counterattack against the three to four thousand Han troops, he still did not see the Han infantry swarming out from the opposite side.
The large troops behind them have already begun to line up and leave the camp!
"The Han infantry carried a large number of axes, ropes, and livestock, and seemed to be preparing to build fortifications..."
"Reporting to the left prime minister, the Han army seems to be preparing their camp walls!"
"Prime Minister Zuo, the infantrymen of the Han army are gathered under the wall of their camp. I don't know what they are doing..."
The news brought back by the sentries watching from a distance on the hill became more and more incomprehensible, and Yu Jiliu became more and more alert and confused. However, before he could think about the matter carefully, the Han army had already begun to release troops from the camp gate.
A small group of troops went to stop the Goguryeo sentry cavalry on both sides to report back!
Time slowly passed by noon, and the Goguryeo army retreated in a meandering way. The front army had already left the camp for more than ten miles, but the rear army was still in the camp. Logically speaking, the most dangerous moment has now come. However, whether it is decided to fight to the death or cut off the rear.
Both the Goguryeo army and the Han army's main formation, which was clearly prepared to risk everything to pursue them, showed no movement. Only at the foot of the hills on both sides, there were still small groups of cavalry chasing and blocking each other.
It was clearly winter, but Yu Jiliu was sweating profusely. While he was worried that the opponent's cavalry would continue to increase in small groups to form a larger force, he was also eager to get information about the opponent from the sentry cavalry, and he couldn't bear it from time to time.
When he looked up and saw the Han army coach sitting on the high platform opposite, he couldn't help but feel confused...
All of this came to an end until a Goguryeo short-legged cavalry fought bloody battles and desperately delivered a sentence:
"Prime Minister Zuo, I see clearly that the Han army is tearing down their own camp walls!"
Yu Jiliu was stunned. He vaguely grabbed something, and then felt a great sense of crisis, but he still couldn't straighten things out... Why did the Han army demolish the walls of their own camp?!
However, it is already too late at this time!
As the rumbling continued, the southeastern camp wall of the Han army, which was originally considered impossible to overcome by the Goguryeo people, was pushed down and ripped open section by section by the Han army itself!
If the entire Goguryeo army were in front of us, they might be able to swarm them in!
However, things were not as they were... The situation at this time was that most of the Goguryeo people were already on the way to retreat, the rear army had just left the camp, and there were only 10,000 people in front of them who were passively letting go.
"I'm so stupid, I'm so stupid!" Yu Jiliu looked at the densely packed cavalry formations behind the camp wall and reacted almost instantly, but it was already too late.
That's right, the Han cavalry was supposed to form a formation in the camp, then break open the camp wall and rush out directly from the camp!
And Yu Feiliu is not stupid, he just has little education... After all, the strategy of forming an attack in the cavalry battalion presented by Lou Zibo is not his original creation, but a classic of the Jin army in the battle of Yanling between Jin and Chu in history.
tactics.
The situation that the Jin army faced at that time was very similar to the situation in front of the Han army. The camp was restricted by terrain, and then the Chu army relied on their numerical advantage to push them to the front of the camp... In those days, wars relied on car formations. If the Chu army had
Within the attack range, if you go out from the camp gate and form a formation, you are afraid that you will be blocked by the Chu army.
As a result, the king of Jin adopted Fan Xuanzi's strategy, put away the tents, leveled the stoves, and then lined up the entire army in the camp. Then he knocked down his camp in one fell swoop and went out to catch the Chu army by surprise.
, the king of the Chu Communist Party opposite was even shot out of one eye.
In fact, when Ming Lin Dafu first tried to suppress the Han cavalry with a small camp distance, Gongsun Xun, Lou Gui, and even Gongsun Fan and Gongsun Yue almost all thought of this allusion.
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After all, "Spring and Autumn" is a classic that scholars of this dynasty must study. Anyone who is a scholar in the Han Dynasty knows this method; after all, the situation in front of him is very similar to the situation in the book.
As for explaining why Lin Dafu and Yu Jiliu didn't know, why they couldn't guess, and why the latter was even shocked by this tactic...then we can only say, who told them to be Goguryeo?!
The crushing of lower civilizations by higher civilizations is so cruel. Even if you rack your brains, you can't even imagine the lousy strategies they have.
The camp wall was pushed to pieces, and Gongsun Xun naturally knew that he could not leave the opponent time to react, so as he raised his hand slightly on the high platform, drums sounded in the Han army camp. Then, the crowd gathered.
Under the unified command of Xu Rong, more than 7,000 Han and Hu cavalry were used, slowly advancing from the white horse flag, passing through the collapsed camp wall, and heading straight towards the enemy's position.
The Goguryeo rear troops on the opposite side had no way to do anything about this. In fact, the Goguryeo military formation, which was dominated by infantry, had begun to waver due to the collective outflow of large groups of cavalry.
The war drums were thundering. As the cavalry commander temporarily appointed by Gongsun Xun, Xu Rongfu saw clearly the situation on the opposite side as soon as he crossed the break in the camp wall. Then he made an immediate decision and urged all the cavalry to gradually accelerate forward and attack the enemy's formation!
"The overall situation has been decided!" Lou Zibolden, who had seen the power of a large-scale cavalry charge, was completely relieved. "The Goguryeo people had no time to react. Congratulations, Shaojun, the overall situation has been decided!"
"Yes, the overall situation has been decided. I don't want to see this grand scene again today." Gongsun Xun stood up with his hands behind his hands and couldn't help but sigh. "It's a pity that Cheng Demou is missing and is not here to enjoy this scene with you and me."
Lou Gui raised his head and laughed.
The distance of more than two miles is just to allow the cavalry to charge forward, but once the cavalry charges up, they cannot be stopped by human power.
Yu Jiliu's face was pale. He wanted to speak several times to ask his troops to react, but in the end he did not make a sound. On the contrary, an idea grew bigger and bigger with the overwhelming Han cavalry on the opposite side -
Everything is useless!
Gongsun Xun sat back on the high platform again, and then watched the scene quietly... If what he had seen with his own eyes in Liucheng before, when 20,000 cavalry attacked 10,000 cavalry, was a bit like flowing clouds, then today's seven or eight thousand cavalry were short of
Accelerating within a short distance to defeat 10,000 infantrymen is a bit like hitting an egg with a stone.
Speed, power, impact, sacrifice, fragmentation... As soon as the formation was connected, the Goguryeo army completely collapsed and then rolled back towards its own camp.
"It's over!"
Yu Feiliu finally said the words stuck in his throat, but he had already sat down on the ground surrounded by several loyal retainers, and then burst into tears.
"Don't worry about these defeated soldiers. We still have thousands of infantry behind us to take over the camp and clean up the mess. The whole army will pass through the camp for me, break up their organization, and then chase the Goguryeo people who escaped earlier!" Xu Rong stood on the horse.
Shouting loudly, he felt his whole body trembling with excitement when he issued the order. As a soldier, he had never thought that one day he would lead seven or eight thousand cavalry to defeat the enemy, but he never thought of this.
The day comes so quickly, and the enemy is so unbearable!
With full of excitement, Xu Rong gave the order and rode straight towards the Goguryeo camp. He didn't even notice that there was an old man with a goatee who was crying bitterly in the pile of defeated soldiers at his feet, nor did he expect that
This man turned out to be the former Goguryeo general who had faced off against him a few days ago.
Of course, even if he knew about it, he probably wouldn't care or stop, because from today on, from the moment when seven or eight thousand cavalry roared out from the Han army camp, everything in Goguryeo would be nothing.
————I am the dividing line that drives straight forward————
"Xu Rong, courtesy name Bo Jin... In the early days, he was a Sima of Xuantu's branch. Goguryeo led an army of 50,000 to attack. Taizu held an army of 8,000 troops in Zuiyuan, with Rong as the supervisor of the front army... After three days of fierce fighting,
The thieves could not be defeated, and the reinforcements of the Han army arrived again. They were about to retreat, so they set up a large camp two miles in front of the Han army camp and blocked the rear with ten thousand people. Taizu then followed the example of the Yanling battle, withdrew the tents and leveled the Zao, and set up a cavalry formation in the camp.
, pushed down the camp wall again, worshiped Rong as the cavalry commander, commanded the entire army of seven thousand cavalry, and marched straight out of the enemy's formation. Rong Hengsheng immediately raised his voice and attacked forward. The traitor Zuo Prime Minister Yu was left to lead thousands of people to meet them, and they were defeated in a battle.
Knowing that things were bad, he knelt down and cried in front of the camp. Rong Guo was left behind and could not see clearly. He did not dismount, but he pursued the defeated troops straight into the camp of the thieves. He was completely trapped in their camp and could no longer dismount. He also led the cavalry through the camp.
If you pass, you will leave the thieves behind.
Taizu stood on the high platform. Seeing Rong like this, he smiled and said to his left and right: "I have been reading history since I was a child, and I have heard of those who were good at using soldiers in ancient times. There is no one like Xu Sima who drove a long way into the enemy's siege!" The army then responded.
Jin Hurong's "Long Drive Sima" is famous in Liaodong!" - "Jiu Yan Shu". Volume 70. Biography No. 20
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