When thousands of horses were galloping, the Korean heavy cavalry that Li Hou Han Wu had placed his hope on, the cavalry at the front of the team, for some reason, fell down one after another. Countless horses screamed and suddenly fell to the ground, throwing away the knights on the horses. go out.
The heavy cavalry in the rear team did not know what was going on and could not stop the charge at this stage of the charge. Countless Korean heavy cavalry opened their eyes wide in horror, but they were unable to do anything. They could only watch the horses under their crotches. Rushing over, he was tripped by Tongze's horses and even Tongze himself, and then he was thrown away.
What is even more miserable is that these heavy cavalrymen who were thrown away by their horses were trampled heavily by Tongze behind them before they even realized what happened. They were vomited by their horses. Blood.
"Stop charging! Stop charging!"
The generals in the heavy cavalry realized that the situation was not good and shouted at the top of their lungs.
Unfortunately, their screams were not as loud as the roar of thousands of horses galloping. Even though they shouted warnings at the top of their lungs, there were still countless heavy cavalry in the rear who rushed forward without knowing where they were. While trampling on the bodies of friendly troops, they were also knocked down by the bodies of friendly troops. Team after team, row after row, they went forward and succeeded each other. The tragic scene was like a hell on earth.
"The rear troops stop! The rear troops stop!"
In the center of the heavy cavalry force, Sima Shang, one of the ten heroes of Beiyuan and acting governor of the county, had even thrown away the helmet on his head at this moment. Like the generals under his command, he was shouting at the top of his voice and heartbroken. Watching the heavy cavalry under his command go to death one by one - at this time, he didn't even have time to think carefully about what trap the Wei army had set there, so that the heavy cavalry under his command were actually attacked like this. Waiting for a devastating blow.
After a full stick of incense, the heavy cavalry collided with each other, and the tragedy of trampling each other gradually stopped. At this time, looking at the battlefield, the area where the Wei army had laid the horseshoe pit trap was already covered with the corpses of the Korean heavy cavalry. The place of accumulation looked like a mountain of corpses.
What is both tragic and ridiculous is that it was precisely because this mountain of corpses acted as a buffer that the heavy cavalry in the rear were spared.
"..."
There was silence on the entire battlefield.
Countless Korean heavy cavalry stood on horseback, looking blankly at the mountain of corpses in front of them, which was made up of the corpses of their fellow soldiers. Their expressions were dull. Their minds were in chaos at the moment, and they couldn't understand what had just happened. What's up.
"..."
Looking at the mountain of corpses, acting county governor Sima Shang opened his mouth, but could not speak for a long time.
In the mountain of corpses that appeared in front of him at this moment, there were actually many Korean horsemen who were lucky enough to be alive, or who had not yet breathed their last. They were wailing and screaming, mixed with the screams of war horses.
The invincible heavy cavalry, which once easily destroyed Donghu's hundreds of thousands of cavalry in Yuyang County, placed hope in this battle and was hailed as the biggest trump card in defeating Wei Gongzi Run, actually on this battlefield. , before even touching the hem of any Wei soldier's clothes, he suffered devastating casualties.
"This loss... four thousand? Five thousand? No, Taiyao is more..."
After swallowing his saliva, Han General Sima Shang had sweat pouring from his forehead.
At this time, at the main position of the Korean army, Lihou Han Wu, who had clearly seen the tragic scene from beginning to end, turned pale and was sitting precariously on his horse, as if he could not bear the tragic blow.
At this moment, his mind was filled with the same question: Why? Why? Why?
The rest of the Korean soldiers and generals on the battlefield also had earth-colored faces. Even Yuyang guarding Qin Kai, Shanggu guarding Mashe, and even Beiyan guarding Leyi, they didn't know what to say at this moment.
The entire battlefield showed a strange dead silence.
At this time, at the Wei army's main formation, Wei Prince Zhao Run put his hands on his eyebrows, looked at the frontal battlefield in the distance, and let out a long sigh with complicated emotions.
Today, Korea's heavy cavalry was designed so easily, causing thousands of heavy cavalry to die on the spot, and more heavy cavalry to be injured. From a profit point of view, this is certainly a happy thing, but as a soldier "Heavy cavalry lover", Zhao Hongrun also felt unspeakable bitterness in his heart.
Among all the arms, Zhao Hongrun preferred heavy cavalry the most. He sincerely believed that the indomitable and invincible momentum of heavy cavalry when charging is the romance of a man. This view has actually been recognized by many Wei generals, such as The leader of the Yuma Army, Ma You, is actually aware of the shortcomings of heavy cavalry, but this does not hinder his love for heavy cavalry.
However, as a lover of heavy cavalry, in order to win this battle, Zhao Hongrun had to expose the shortcomings of heavy cavalry without reservation and directly knock this powerful unit off the top of the cliff. For this, Zhao Hongrun felt very sad. .
He murmured: "Although the epiphyllum is beautiful, it disappears fleetingly..."
"Your Highness?"
Zong Wei Chief Lu Mu looked at Zhao Hongrun in surprise, completely unable to understand why His Highness, who had been in high spirits just now, looked so lonely at the moment.
Next to him, Zhai Huang, the deputy general of the Shangshui Army, asked Zhao Hongrun for instructions: "Your Highness, do you want to take the opportunity to counterattack?"
In Zhai Huang's view, the Korean army on the battlefield at this moment has obviously been confused by the "heavy cavalry broken halberd" incident. Even if it is called six gods without masters, it is not an exaggeration to say that there is chaos. In this case, the Wei army turned around and An attack is very likely to severely damage the Korean army and expand the victory.
"..."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun looked at the battlefield with complicated emotions.
In his eyes, the small horseshoe pit successfully trapped the Korean heavy cavalry and caused more or less casualties to nearly 10,000 Korean heavy cavalry. But having said that, after all, it was a full 20,000 heavy cavalry. Even though Half of them were casualties, and the other half were heavy cavalry. In fact, they could still cause a devastating blow to the Wei army.
Of course, the premise is that the heavy cavalry soldiers can recover from such a huge setback.
After thinking calmly, Zhao Hongrun said seriously: "The Korean army on the opposite side still has nearly 10,000 undamaged heavy cavalry. If we continue to fight, even if we can win this battle, I believe our army will suffer a lot of casualties." ..." After a pause, he added: "Our army has already taken advantage of it today, so we should not ask for more. Let's call it a day. Before the Korean army recovers, the entire army will retreat."
This is a beautiful statement, but it can be summed up in one sentence: take advantage and run away.
As Zhao Hongrun said, the Wei army has taken advantage of them today. If they don't run away now, are they still waiting for the Han army to come to their senses and vent their anger?
So, under Zhao Hongrun's order, the Wei army took away all the corpses of friendly soldiers they could and retreated silently.
It seems ridiculous to call tens of thousands of soldiers and horses retreating silently, but in fact, the Korean soldiers and generals on the battlefield at this time were still staring intently at the pile of corpses of their Korean heavy cavalry. The mountain of corpses formed had no time to take care of the Wei army.
Only a few of them, such as Beiyan Shou Leyi, noticed the Wei army's withdrawal.
Regarding Wei Jun's bastard behavior of "taking advantage and running away", even Beiyan Shou Leyi, the general who was once jokingly called the interviewer, could not help but show a bitter look on his face at this time.
Considering that his Korean army suffered such a tragic defeat today, he could only watch the Wei army leave.
What else?
The 20,000 heavy cavalry on which the public had pinned their hopes were almost half destroyed before they even touched the hem of Wei soldiers' clothes. How could the Korean army have any morale at this moment?
Within a short time, all Wei troops withdrew from the battlefield.
At this time, at the Korean army's main formation, Li Hou Han Wu did not even notice this.
It wasn't until a slightly cold breeze passed by, and the coldness penetrated into the skirt of his clothes, making him tremble all over, that he finally woke up. After glancing at the battlefield with a gloomy expression, he suddenly asked in surprise: "Wei, where is the Wei army? "
"..."
From the side, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, let out a long sigh and said with a complex expression: "The Wei army... just evacuated."
As he said that, he looked at the direction where the Wei army had just evacuated with complicated eyes, and secretly smiled bitterly in his heart: Mr. Wei Run, Mr. Wei Run, you are really ruthless. You set up a trick to trap and kill nearly 10,000 of our troops, not to mention the cavalry. , not even leaving us a chance to fight back.
Suddenly, he had an idea and thought of something: Wei Gongzi Run had obviously expected that Sima Shang's 50,000 heavy cavalry were in the Julu area.
This thought flashed through his mind, and he had no time to think about it, because the Marquis of Li, Han Wu, beside him, was furious at this moment, insulting Mr. Wei Run with extremely unpleasant words - some of the words, it was hard to believe that they came from Li. From the mouth of Hou Hanwu, a great nobleman who ranks below one person and outnumbers ten thousand people in Korea.
But thinking about it, it’s no wonder that Li Hou Han Wu was so angry, because he was bound to win this battle before. Even in the face of this victory that he thought was unmistakable, he also threatened the Wei army and the Wei army on the opposite side. Gongzi Run showed his magnanimity and calmness.
However, the facts proved that he was just as big a fool as a certain Song king, and he gave up victory in vain.
I believe that after the story of this battle spreads, I don’t know how many people in the entire Central Plains will laugh at him secretly, interpreting his self-confidence at that time as arrogance and ignorance, making him a laughing stock for people all over the world.
Compared with the casualties of nearly 10,000 heavy cavalry under the command of Han general Sima Shang in this battle, which was ridiculed by the world, this is the most taboo thing of Han Wu, because it will greatly shake his current status in South Korea, and it is even possible that The flaw was caught by Kang Gong and Han Hu, and he returned to the temple.
Because after coming back to his senses, the first thing Li Hou Han Wu thought of was to defeat the Wei army and wash away this shame - no matter how tragic the price was, this battle must be won. Only in this way can he cover up his previous stupidity. Behavior.
But what made him furious was that after the Wei army had taken advantage, they retreated quietly. This eliminated the possibility of his marquis Han Wu saving face. How could this not make him angry?
"Chase me! Chase me!" Angrily swinging his horsewhip, Li Hou Han Wu shouted sternly: "Stop the Wei army before they retreat to Julu! We still have tens of thousands of heavy cavalry, and they are no match for us!"
However, hearing the angry voice of Lihou Hanwu, the Korean soldiers and generals in the formation looked at each other. Even when Lihou Hanwu found that no one responded to him and turned his head angrily, they subconsciously lowered their heads and avoided the latter. sight.
"You, you..."
Li Hou Han Wu was shocked and angry. His face, which had turned pale due to the battle situation, turned red with anger. He cursed angrily: "Are you all scared out of your wits by the Wei army?!"
The soldiers in this position lowered their heads and remained silent. To be fair, they were not scared out of their wits by the Wei army. It was just that in this battle, the heavy cavalry that relied on the public's expectations fell into the sand and did not cause any casualties to the threat. The situation resulted in nearly 10,000 casualties. These heavy casualties chilled their desire to win.
Just when Li Hou Han Wu was furious, Dangyin Hou Han Yang secretly pulled the corner of the former's clothes and reminded him in a low voice: "Li Hou, you have lost your temper."
"..." Li Hou Han Wu was shocked when he heard this and fell into silence.
At this time, Dangyin Hou Han Yang took the opportunity to persuade: "As Li Hou said, the Wei army just used conspiracy and tricks to gain a slight advantage. If there was a normal confrontation, they would not be our army's opponent at all. But this is over now. , I believe that the cunning Wei Gongzi Run has led his army back to Julu at this time, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to catch up. Rather than running away in vain, it is better to come here today and return to the camp to discuss countermeasures and plan for the long term."
After Li Hou Han Wu took a deep look at Dangyin Hou Han Yang, he nodded silently.
After taking a breath, he ordered in a slightly hoarse voice, as if his heart was filled with despair: "Today... let's stop here. Ask the soldiers to clear the battlefield, and then withdraw the troops."
"Lihou Yingming." Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, cupped his hands and clasped his fists. Then, seeing that the soldiers and generals in the formation were still stunned, he coughed and shouted softly: "What are you still standing there for? Didn't you hear what Marquis Li said?"
After hearing this, the soldiers in our formation woke up from a dream, and there were several musicians who sounded the golden instruments to signify retreat.
Leaving behind the soldiers who were still cleaning the battlefield, Li Hou Han Wu had a sullen face and led Dangyin Hou Han Yang and others back to the commander's tent in the Yuyang military camp.
After a while, Yuyang guarded Qin Kai, Shanggu guarded Mashe, Beiyan guarded Leyi, and acting county guard Sima Shang also came to the commander's tent one after another. After all, they wanted to summarize the reasons for the defeat in this battle.
After all the generals had arrived, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, glanced at the Marquis of Li, Han Wu, who was sitting on the main seat. Seeing the distraught expression on the latter's face, he knew that the Marquis of Li had not yet woken up from the huge blow of the battle. , so he chaired the meeting on behalf of Han Wu, because he was the deputy general appointed by Han Wu, the Marquis of Li.
He turned to look at Sima Shang and asked: "General Sima, have you found the reason why the heavy knight fell for no reason?"
In the tent at this time, apart from Lihou Hanwu, the one who was in the worst mood was Sima Shang, the newly promoted general. After all, the casualties of nearly 10,000 heavy cavalry made even Lihou Hanwu feel distressed, let alone him.
After hearing the inquiry from Dangyin Hou Han Yang, Sima Shang had a sullen face and said in a tone that seemed to be holding back his anger: "I found it. The cunning Wei army dug many deep pits as big as horseshoes on the battlefield. As for the heavy cavalry under my command, when they were charging, the horses' hooves accidentally got stuck in a hole and were unable to escape. They broke the horses' legs and threw the cavalry on their backs, which caused... this tragedy."
"As expected." Dangyin Hou Han Yang nodded when he heard this: "Wei Gongzi Run, it seems that this time he came for the heavy cavalry under General Sima."
Hearing this, all the generals in the tent turned their heads to look at Dangyinhou Han Yang and Beiyan Guard Leyi, with a hint of contemplation in their eyes.
Even Li Hou Han Wu was attracted by what Dangyin Hou Han Yang said.
"Coming for a certain subordinate's heavy horse?" Sima Shang frowned and asked in confusion: "How do you say this?"
After that, before Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, could answer, he thought of the answer himself and said in shock: "Marquis Dangyin means that the reason why Wei Gongzi Run accepted the challenge is to frame my subordinate Qi Qi?"
"Otherwise, how can we explain why the Wei army secretly dug so many holes on the battlefield?" Dangyin Hou Han Yang sighed, feeling a little weak in his heart.
Just like Li Hou Han Wu, in fact, he had pinned his hope of defeating Wei Gongzi Run on the 50,000 heavy cavalry under Sima Shang. However, he did not expect that Wei Gongzi Run had seen through their intentions long ago and was just using their tactics to defeat him. They cooperated with them until the last moment when the heavy cavalry arrived on the battlefield, and then they showed their fangs, allowing them to experience firsthand how fragile the seemingly unbeatable heavy cavalry was once targeted.
"What Marquis Dangyin said..." Shanggu Shou Ma She stroked his short beard on his chin and said with a frown: "It does make sense, but how did Wei Gongzi Run know that our country had formed a heavy cavalry, and that this heavy cavalry Is it in the Julu area?"
After hearing this, Yuyang Guard Qin Kai also nodded and said: "Looking at the behavior of the Wei army on the battlefield today, it is indeed as what Marquis Dangyin said. Wei Gongzi Run already knew about General Sima Shang's heavy cavalry, but... where Has any flaw been exposed?"
While the generals were discussing, Beiyan Shoule glanced at Lihou Hanwu, who was sitting in the main seat and was unconscious, and said calmly: "It's possible that the war letter leaked something."
After hearing this, Li Hou Han Wu looked gloomy and asked displeasedly: "What do Beiyan Shou mean by this? Does Beiyan Shou think that it was me who told Wei Gongzi Run about the secret?"
Facing Lihou Han Wu's hidden anger, Beiyan Shou Leyi said matter-of-factly: "Lemou didn't mean that. Lemou just felt that with Wei Gongzi Run's wisdom and strategy, it was very possible to follow Lihou's letter of war. What did you guess... Although according to Le Mou, Wei Gongzi Run has a group of spies who are good at gathering information, but when our army surrounded Julu a while ago, the deserted suburbs outside the city were filled with patrolling cavalry from the Shanggu Army. Logically speaking, the chance of Wei Jun spying on General Sima’s heavy cavalry is very slim..."
"This Le Yi is really..."
Shanggu Shou Mashe secretly smiled bitterly. He could not deny that Beiyan Shou Leyi's point of view was indeed very possible, but if it was revealed at this time and brought up when Lihou Hanwu was full of anger, wouldn't this add fuel to the fire?
Thinking of this, he quickly smoothed things over and said: "We have all read the war letter written by Marquis Li, and there are no flaws. How could Wei Gongzi Run see any clues in this war letter? I think... , it may be that the Wei army's careful work has discovered the heavy cavalry under General Sima..."
Hearing this, Li Hou Han Wu's face brightened slightly.
At this time, Ma She, the guardian of Shanggu, took the opportunity to change the subject and said: "Now that the matter has come to this, it is useless to worry about where Wei Gongzi Run learned about General Sima's heavy cavalry. The top priority should be to consider it. Yes, how to prevent...a situation like today."
After hearing this, everyone in the tent was silent.
In fact, there is nothing to summarize about today's defeat. It is simply that they did not expect that Wei Gongzi Run on the opposite side had already guessed the existence of the "Daijun Heavy Cavalry". Due to the unequal information, they fell into the hands of the Wei army. Trap - after all, when two armies are facing each other, no one will be idle digging holes on the battlefield, right?
Therefore, in summary, apart from concluding that "Wei Gongzi Runguo is really cunning", there is actually nothing more to gain.
Ever since, the topic has gradually shifted to the entire strategy.
Among them, Shanggu Shou Ma She said with emotion: "Today Wei Gongzi Run was well prepared and unprepared, causing our army to suffer huge losses and achieving his intention of going to war. I believe that in the future, he will probably resume his previous defense... Bitter Winter It’s getting close, I’m afraid there won’t be any chance.”
Hearing this, all the generals in the tent nodded in agreement.
Previously, they were very puzzled by the fact that Wei Gongzi Run suddenly changed his tactics and agreed to a decisive battle in the wilderness, but now their confusion was solved. Wei Gongzi Run led his army out of the city to fight, purely to ride with Sima Shang's command.
But this kind of calculation cannot be repeated. When their Korean army is already on guard, will Wei Gongzi Run still go out of the city to fight?
It is no exaggeration to say that if they had not fallen into Wei Gong Zirun's trick today, in fact, no one present thought that they would lose this battle.
I believe Wei Gongzi Run also knows this.
Therefore, under this situation, it was almost impossible for the Wei army to leave the city to fight.
If the Korean army wanted to force a battle, then the only option was to attack the city. However, in the siege battle, since the threat of heavy cavalry was almost non-existent, the generals had no confidence.
Therefore, everyone in the tent was very confused.
Waiting for the next day, the Korean army roughly calculated the number of casualties in yesterday's battle.
Among them, nearly 5,000 heavy cavalrymen under Sima Shang's "Daijun Heavy Cavalry" were killed, 6,000 heavy cavalrymen were injured, and 8,000 war horses were damaged, a shocking figure.
The powerful heavy cavalry was actually defeated at the hands of a small horseshoe pit, and the defeat was so miserable. This caused an immeasurable heavy blow to the morale of the Korean army.
In the next few days, the Han army was busy licking their wounds and taking care of the wounded soldiers, while the Wei army, as Ma She, the guardian of Shanggu, had judged, stayed in Julu City.
Just like that, the battlefield on Julu's side received the first light snow of the year.
The arrival of this snow meant that Daijun's heavy cavalry had suffered a defeat at the Wei army's side and could only temporarily withdraw from the war.
Of course, this does not mean that the "Battle of Julu" will enter the Cold War stalemate.
After all, Prince Wei Zhao Run is a person who is used to secretly making small moves to gain an advantage.