"Wei State actually developed a new type of cavalry..."
Shangdang Shou Feng Ting stroked his beard and looked a little unbelievable.
If the person who said these words was not General Baoyuan, Feng Ting would simply not believe such a thing.
You know, that's cavalry, not infantry!
Wei's infantry is very strong. This is a well-known fact in all the countries in the Central Plains. Therefore, even if it is heard that Hua Chang and Hua Can, the two cavalry generals under Bao Yuan, led their troops to attack the Wei army's infantry square, except for some mistakes and their tactics failed.
Feng Ting was not surprised that he could not break through the defense line composed of Wei infantry.
Because the Wei infantry has always been strong, and since it was so strong in the past, it is not unacceptable that the Wei infantry can block the charge of their Korean cavalry today.
But Wei State has developed a new type of cavalry... What is this?
You must know that it is not that the cavalry of Wei State is not strong, but that there is no so-called real cavalry at all - Wei State has no experience in cavalry.
I remember that decades or hundreds of years ago, the most powerful troops of the Wei State were chariots and infantry. However, when the chariots were defeated by their Korean cavalry, the powerful first-generation Wei Wujun was completely annihilated in the "Battle of Shangdang".
Pride is all that remains of the infantry.
According to rumors, the Wei State has also secretly trained cavalry in recent decades, such as the hunting cavalry battalion of the Dangshan Army, the heroic cavalry battalion of the Junshui Army, etc. However, in Feng Ting's view, these Wei cavalry are at best on horseback.
The infantry on board did not understand tactics such as post-war infiltration, sneak attack and harassment. Objectively speaking, they can only be regarded as tactical cavalry. "Note: Treating light cavalry as tactical cavalry, it is not difficult to understand the level of Wei cavalry from this."
However, more than ten years ago, in the Song Dynasty, which was not yet destroyed at that time, a cavalry bandit calling itself "Dangjun Youma" appeared. This cavalry actually attracted the attention of South Korea.
Why?
Because from the "Dangjun Yuma", Feng Ting and other generals saw the shadow of their Korean cavalry.
It is not difficult to guess that the Dangjun Youma were most likely a cavalry force formed by the Wei State after imitating the Korean cavalry. Although the Wei State did not admit this at the time, in the eyes of discerning people, Wei State's denial was just a cover-up.
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Think about it, how can a cavalry bandit with no foundation be able to raise thousands of horses? You know, if all the cavalry in the Wei Kingdom are added together, there are thousands of horses. This is a question.
Around Dang County at that time, only Wei State had this strength, because although Sanchuan County at that time was not as surrendered to Wei State as it is now, the relationship between them was pretty good. Therefore, Wei State often took advantage of Sanchuan County.
Acquire war horses.
Therefore, it can be concluded that Dangjun Youma is a cavalry army secretly formed by the Wei State to imitate the Korean cavalry in order to accumulate cavalry experience.
I remember that at that time, South Korea was worried for a while because of the existence of wandering horses in Dang County. After all, Wei State was backed by Sanchuan County and was the only country in the Central Plains that had a source of war horses. This meant that if Wei State developed a cavalry army,
It is bound to pose a threat to South Korea.
Unexpectedly, before South Korea could find a way to hinder the development of Wei's cavalry, a dramatic scene happened: Wei Wang Ji Si broke the agreement with Xiong Tuo, the king of Chu Yangcheng, and abandoned Dang County in order to gain access to the entire Song Dynasty.
Yuma defined them as "the rebels who sneak attacked Chu's friendly forces".
In this way, Wei's only cavalry that attracted South Korea's attention died.
Although in the eyes of many politicians from various countries, Wei Wang Ji Si's transaction was not a loss. On the contrary, it could be said to be a huge profit. Thousands of cavalry were exchanged for the territory of the Song Kingdom, although it also left some future troubles, such as , which caused Xiong Tuo, the king of Chu Yangcheng, to hate the Wei State deeply and began a ten-year local war against the Wei State.
However, after some generals, such as the Korean generals, learned about this, they all laughed at King Wei's short-sightedness, because King Wei personally ruined the hope of Wei's cavalry, so that after several years, no one from Wei appeared. A true knight.
The real cavalry general mentioned here does not refer to a certain cavalry general who is simply appointed as a general, but refers to a cavalry general who is good at infiltration, guerrillas, harassment, and sneak attacks, such as the great thief "Qi Kou Huan Hu". He led a few hundred cavalry, and escaped from the Chenggao Army and the Shangshui Army. Later, he even calmly left and fled to Song County after a surprise attack on Shangshui County. To this end, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun organized many The infantry army failed to catch this guy. - This is what is called a real cavalry commander.
However, a country like Wei, which has very little cavalry experience, has now formed a heavy armored cavalry that is hard to understand. It killed the Korean cavalry and abandoned their armor. If you didn't see it with your own eyes, it would be hard to believe. .
"That Wei Cavalry...what do you call it?"
After listening to Bao Yuan's story, Feng Ting pondered for a moment, frowned and asked.
Hearing this, Bao Yuan's eyes flashed with a strange color, and he said thoughtfully: "Yuma, Shang Shui Yuma!"
"Youma?" Feng Ting was stunned when he heard this, frowned and asked: "It and Dang County Youma..."
"I don't know." Bao Yuan shook his head and said: "Maybe he just inherited the designation of Yuma. At least, I didn't see any shadow of our Korean cavalry in this Yuma Wei cavalry... I believe that the Wei state must This kind of information is blocked."
"So..." Feng Ting stroked his beard and pondered for a while, then frowned and said, "What a terrible situation... Changping actually fell into the hands of the Wei army."
The "Changping" in his mouth refers to the "Hunshi City" - a few years ago, there were still alien tribes called "Di people" living in Shangdang territory, the Duan family and the Yun family, including those in the north of Changzi City. The names of these lands or cities came from the names of these foreign tribes. During this period, Wei and Han also successively renamed these lands according to the customs of the Central Plains.
Hearing Feng Ting's words, Han general Jin Yao's face was full of shame.
Why? Because the strategic significance of Xuushi City is also very important: from Xuushi City, you can reach Gaolang by taking the southwest road. And on the southwest mountain of Gaolang, there is a county called "Gaodu". Here is The granary of Tianmen Pass; and taking the narrow valley road in the southeast direction from Xuushi City, you can go around to the back of Mengmen Pass.
what does that mean?
This means that while the Tianmenguan army under the command of Han general Baoyuan blocked the return route of King Su's army, King Su's army also cut off the retreat of Tianmenguan and Mengmenguan.
The terrible thing is that the grain and grass transportation routes for the two passes must pass through Xuushi City.
In other words, as long as King Su's army defends Xuushi City, Tianmen Pass, and Mengmen Pass, the Korean army will not be able to get another grain of food.
Of course, the premise is that King Su's army can hold on. After all, based on the current situation, Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass still have sufficient food reserves, but King Su's army has run out of food. This is also true.
This was the reason why Zhao Hongrun and his Su Wang Army felt very embarrassed - they had clearly occupied such an important strategic location, but due to the lack of food and grass, they could not hold on for long to expand their victory.
"I have sent someone to inform Gong Zhongpeng and Tian Ling who are stationed at Mengmen Pass, telling them to be careful and be on guard against Wei Gongzi Run sending troops to attack the rear..."
Perhaps sensing the accusation in Feng Ting's words, Bao Yuan explained in a muffled voice.
Hearing this, Feng Ting was slightly surprised and asked: "Are Gong Zhongpeng and Tian Ling also planning to send troops to besiege Wei Gongzi Run?"
Bao Yuan shook his head and said: "Mengmen Pass has no time for him to pay attention to at the moment. You also know that in Shanyang outside Mengmen Pass, there is another son of King Wei, Wei Gongzi Ji Jiang. Although this son is wise and cunning, he is not as clever as Wei.
Young Master Ji Run is very brave and has a high prestige among the Wei army (Shanyang Army) there... In recent days, Wei Young Master Ji Jiang has stormed Mengmen Pass. To be honest, "Gong Zhongpeng" and "Tian"
The situation of the two Lings is not optimistic. For the time being, they are unable to send troops to cooperate with us in besieging Wei Gongzi Ji Run."
Feng Ting nodded when he heard this, and said with emotion: "A few days ago, I received a letter from Handan. According to Mr. Lihou, the situation of our army in several battlefields in this battle is not optimistic... Shangdang
Not much to say here, on the other side of Hedong County, Wei General Jiang Bi’s mad dog has already reached Taiyuan County; and in the eastern part of Hedong County, “Dangyin Hou Han Yang” was blocked by Wei General Wei Mu.
, it was difficult to advance troops, and the only sneak attack was ambushed by the Wei Wu army led by Wei general Shao Hu, causing heavy losses..."
"Lord Han Yang?" Jin Yao was surprised, probably because he didn't expect that the fighting situation in Handan was worse than that in Shangdang County.
After thinking about it, Jin Mao frowned and said, "Master Feng Ting, does Handan intend to increase its troops?...I mean those three."
"Who are the 'Yanmen Shou', 'Shanggu Shou' and 'Beiyan Shou'?" Feng Ting glanced at Jin Fu and asked with a half-smile.
For some reason, a look of unknown meaning flashed across Jin Mao's face, and he said as if he was mocking himself: "If those three people can join the battle as soon as possible, I believe it will be easy to defeat the Wei army..."
"It's difficult." Feng Ting shook his head and said calmly: "The plateau in the north is not stable, and those three are needed to take charge... Furthermore, if the war situation is so bad that even those three have to be dispatched, it will not look good on us.
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As soon as he finished speaking, Bao Yuan sneered and said mockingly: "Perhaps it's not that we don't look good, but that Mr. Lihou doesn't want those three to leave the north, right?"
Thinking of this, Bao Yuan was secretly angry because two of his three colleagues were loyal to Han Wangran, but because of the domestic struggle for power, they were ordered by Li Hou Han Wu to station troops in the northern border of South Korea to resist the invasion of the northern plateau.
Alien.——This is obviously a disguised form of exile.
Feng Ting glanced at Baoyuan, said nothing, and changed the subject: "In short, before Handan decided to reinforce, my Shangdang County side was the key to this battle, involving several Wei armies... and now the key is
The key is the hundred thousand soldiers and horses of Wei Gongzi Run...Bao Yuan, you are the commander-in-chief of all the armies in this battle, and I am the chief garrison of Shangdang County. Even if Wei Gongzi Run runs amok in my Shangdang County, you
My face doesn’t even look good…”
"..." Baoyuan was silent for a moment, and finally nodded slowly.
In the next two days, Feng Ting's army built a military camp in Danshui on the north side of Xuushi City to consolidate defense facilities.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun sighed sadly, because he knew that Feng Ting's army chose the smartest, but most difficult tactic for King Su's army - to hold on.
Seeing that the cold winter was approaching and the rations in the army were getting less and less, Zhao Hongrun was very worried and anxious.
Because he knew very well that when he led his troops to retreat south, they would definitely be blocked by Bao Yuan, Jin Mao, and Feng Ting.
With tens of thousands of Korean cavalry blocking the evacuation, you know what it would be like if you think about it.
"...In this case, let's simply crush Feng Tingjun's camp first!"
A certain King Su, who was forced to a dead end, secretly felt cruel in his heart.