Therefore, Li Yan simply stood still to the west of Fufeng.
But who would have thought that Han Qinhu was lingering under Qizhou City, unable to get in, and Yu Qingze's requests for help came one after another, which put Li Yan in a dilemma.
If they advance, they always feel that Han Qinhu is deceitful, but if he does not advance, there seems to be no way to tell the court, so Yu Qing then tells his soldiers to give him a hat to avoid war.
You must know that Li Yan's reputation is not very good, because the first person Yuwen looked for after escaping from the capital was Li Yan. What does this mean? It means that His Majesty trusts Li Yan, but why does Your Majesty trust Li Yan?
Then Li Yan must have done something to offend Yang Jian.
Although Li Yan handed Yuwen over decisively, there were inevitably many people gossiping behind his back.
This makes Li Yan feel uneasy, but he still has to bite the bullet and come to support Qizhou, otherwise he will have no way to explain to Yang Jian. Until now, the Li family in Liaodong has not had a few worthy sons and nephews who can stand out.
The only person in the Li family in Liaodong who still supports the entire family, Li Yan must be careful every step of the way.
When he arrived at the gate of Qizhou City, seeing Han Qinhu calmly setting up his formation without even stopping his attack on Qizhou, Li Yan already knew that something was wrong. If the war in Qizhou was really as he said before, then
Anxious, Han Qinhu should take the initiative to retreat at this time to prevent Yu Qingze and himself from attacking from both sides.
But the fact is that Han Qinhu moved forward to attack.
It can't be an empty city strategy, right?
At this point, Li Yan had no choice but to move forward. A rough look showed that Han Qinhu had at least 40,000 to 50,000 troops under his command, while he only had 20,000 troops, even with the 5,000 troops covering his flanks.
The cavalry is only half of the enemy.
Although most of the Han army were new recruits, their numerical advantage was real.
Li Yan can't place his hope on being able to defeat more with less. Although there are not a few people who defeat more with less in history, they can still be talked about by future generations thousands of years later because compared to the vast majority.
There are many battles in which more defeats fewer. These examples of defeating more with less are really rare.
However, Li Yan was a veteran who had been on the battlefield after all. The army spread out diagonally to the rear about a mile away from Han Qinhu's main formation and laid out a hook-shaped formation. The so-called hook-shaped formation was one of Sun Bin's ten formations.
First, it is also a relatively common formation. The left and right wings are bent backward to protect the Chinese army behind the forward and prevent the enemy from outflanking.
Obviously this formation is to facilitate defense and retreat.
In contrast, Han Qinhu's wild goose formation was clearly about to launch an attack.
Before Li Yan's banner could be raised, the sound of drums could be heard from Han Qinhu's formation.
The Northern Zhou army was reorganizing, and its formation changed from a marching snake to a hook formation. It was a critical moment for the change of formation. At this time, it was impossible for the Northern Zhou army to take the initiative to launch an attack.
Han Qinhu obviously seized this opportunity to "strike halfway across".
He didn't intend to talk to Li Yan about morality and kindness, he just wanted to defeat Li Yan with the power of thunder.
One trench-filling vehicle after another appeared first. For these trench-filling vehicles designed to fill in the city moats, the small river ditch seemed to be no threat. The Han army even simply pushed the trench-filling vehicles sideways.
, even in this case, the ditch can still be filled. After all, these trench-filling vehicles are wide enough, otherwise it would be impossible for so many soldiers to pass through at once.
"Kill!" The left and right wings of the Han army took the lead in attacking forward. The wild goose formation and the hook formation, one to attack in a roundabout way and the other to retreat in defense, are natural opponents.
"Fire the arrow!" Han Qinhu ordered decisively.
There were infantry on the left and right wings, and almost all of the central army were crossbowmen. They had also advanced to the edge of the river ditch.
The arrows roared out, and they could even shoot straight forward at such a close distance.
"Fire arrows!" The Northern Zhou army also issued such an order almost at the same time.
Obviously the Zhou people did not intend to sit still and wait for death.
Although there were shields, Han soldiers continued to fall, and the Zhou people who were still adjusting their formations suffered heavy losses.
But for the two armies about to collide, this is nothing.
The sound of horse hoofbeats suddenly sounded, and the Northern Zhou cavalry jumped out of sight from two directions. They have been wandering around the periphery, with more than 2,000 people on the north side and more than 2,000 people on the south side. Firstly, they are sent to detect the movements of the Han army, and secondly, they are also to prevent The Han army still had ambushes on the left and right wings. Now it was obvious that the Han army's attack had disrupted the Zhou people's rhythm, so Li Yan had to mobilize these two cavalry units in advance.
"Kill!" Shields collided violently. The left and right wings of the Han army that advanced had caught up with the left and right wings of the Northern Zhou army that was slowly retreating. The Zhou people no longer retreated, but the Han army was still advancing!
So whether it is not returning or moving forward, if both parties want to achieve their goals, they can only try their best to make the other party fall!
As soon as the war started, it fell into a stalemate!
The Northern Zhou cavalry came very quickly from far to near, and their target was obviously not the already increasingly chaotic battlefield. The soldiers on both sides were completely strangled together. The cavalry rushing in at this time would undoubtedly kill a thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses.
But if the Northern Zhou army wanted to win, it couldn't do more than suffer eight hundred losses.
Therefore, these two groups of cavalry directly aimed at Han Qinhu's handsome flag and rushed over.
The two wings of the Han army moved forward, and the central army was almost directly exposed to the cavalry front!
Han Qinhu looked ferocious as he looked at the enemy who was getting closer and closer.
"Let go!" A row of Han army crossbowmen immediately squatted down after pulling the trigger.
The second row followed up by shooting arrows, and then half-crouched.
Then there's the third row.
After the third row of arrows, the first row has been loaded and the arrows are released again.
Row after row of arrows whizzed across the field, and the arrows passed by the cavalry charging forward, perfectly explaining what it means to be swept away by the autumn wind.
After realizing that the enemy's crossbowmen were already on guard, the Northern Zhou cavalry could only continue to disperse. They were almost there anyway, and they could still afford the price.
There was only a river ditch left between the Han army's central army and the Northern Zhou cavalry, and there were even trench-filling vehicles laid by the Han themselves on the ditch.
From this point of view, it was the Han army's own fault. Without the trench-filling vehicle, it would have been difficult for the Northern Zhou cavalry to cross over directly.
"ignition!"
When the Northern Zhou cavalry was about to use their sabers to kill these damned Southern barbarians, Han Qinhu waved his hand decisively.
Cans after cans of kerosene that had been prepared long ago were thrown directly on the trench-filling truck. Then torches were thrown in.
The fire shot up into the sky and engulfed the trench-filling trucks.
The Northern Zhou generals led by "Lü" hurriedly reined in their horses.
He never expected that the enemy would be so cruel and use this most straightforward method to block the cavalry's path forward.
Looking at the surrounding battlefield, the Northern Zhou cavalry even felt that this was chosen by Han Qinhu specifically to guard against them.