In Yuan Xie's opinion, using such a tiger and wolf warrior to deal with such an opponent who can only be regarded as a combination of foot and cavalry is more than enough.
According to intelligence, although the reinforcements of the Han army arrived in Lingwu, there were only 50,000 troops and horses in total including the reinforcements. Yuan Xie did not believe that Chun Yuliang would have the courage to put all 50,000 troops in Huangshawan.
Although Huangshawan is the gateway to the east of Lingwu, it is not enough for Chun Yuliang to ignore it. It is impossible not to leave enough soldiers and horses to guard Lingwu.
Therefore, by hitting more and hitting less, Yuan Xie becomes more confident.
"I've been seen through." Lying on the hillside, Yu Xi smiled bitterly.
In fact, he had been mentally prepared for being seen through. After all, he couldn't regard Yuan Xie as a fool, especially since Yu Xi also lived in Chang'an and even had contact with Yuan Xie when he was young. Of course, he knew that this guy was also a member of the Yuan family.
The leader of this generation.
The Yuan family was a royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but they had kept a low profile for a long time. They had always relied on marriage to maintain their relationships with several major families. On the contrary, not many of their own children were outstanding. It was only in Yuan Xie's generation that young people emerged.
This man could bear the hope of reviving the family and be entrusted with important tasks by Yang Jian. His ability was certainly beyond doubt. Yu Xi certainly did not expect him to lose the courage to move forward just because of a shot of arrows.
At this time, all eyes were focused on Yu Xi.
The officers and soldiers of the Han army were in high spirits.
It is common for them to defeat more with less, so no one is afraid. What's more, they all know that the army led by Chun Yuliang is right behind them.
"The cavalry is mounted and ready to fight. The infantry is divided into two wings to cover. Another thousand people are dispatched to dig trenches at Lijiawan on the west side." Yu Xi gave the decisive order. After being tempered by the fire of war again and again, he became more and more mature.
The more you have the style of your father.
He does not intend to defend here. After all, the strength of the two sides has very obvious advantages and disadvantages. Yu Xi is not so excited that he thinks that he can stop the enemy with a hill of no more than a hundred feet. Even if he can really stop it, it is destined to be
A bloody battle in which both sides suffer losses.
This is not necessary.
After all, whether these desolate places can be defended or not actually does not have much significance other than military matters. Similar to the key places in Huangshawan, there is not nothing behind them. Yu Xi is more inclined to fight and go, and gradually
Yuan Xie was led to the more suitable main battlefield that had been planned, and then the main force of the army led by Chun Yuliang would naturally come to deal with him.
I am here to fight a blocking battle. The so-called blocking battle is to exchange space for time. As long as I can do it, that will be fine.
"Promise!" The generals agreed loudly.
Yu Xi took three steps and then two steps to get on his horse: "Let's go!"
A large flag with the word "Han" had been erected behind him, followed closely by a general flag with the word "Yu". The two flags were flying side by side, guiding the Han cavalry to gallop forward through the valley.
Seeing the Han cavalry rushing out of the valley like arrows from a string, Yuan Xie couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
As a descendant of a grassland royal family, he knew that the enemy's cavalry was dispatched when he felt the trembling of the earth. The Han army sent cavalry as a vanguard to fight, which made him feel mixed emotions.
The cavalry was once a weapon used by the grassland peoples to traverse the Gobi and deserts and finally conquer the south. It was relying on the cavalry that the northern peoples were able to trample the Han people in the south and make them bow their heads. But now the powerful cavalry is obviously no longer the northern people's.
proprietary.
Since the Han army captured the northwest, they have been working hard to form cavalry, and the Han army's cavalry also has the feeling of being a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers. The original northwest war against the Turks was brilliant. Later, the Han army and Yang Jian
In the decisive battle that broke out in Shangluo to determine the ownership of Guanzhong, it was Li Xingchen who led the Han cavalry into the battlefield in time, which turned the Han army around and finally led to Yang Jian's rout.
Yuan Xie, who understood the whole story of the Battle of Shangluo, just wanted to scold those Beizhou officials who had abandoned the northwest. If it weren't for their incompetence, the Han army might not even be able to get out of Qishan now!
But now this is a reality that cannot be changed. Isn’t what Yuan Xie has to do now is to capture the northwest and not give the Han army any chance to obtain war horses? Otherwise, the Han army, which has cavalry and a large number of advanced equipment, will really
difficult to defeat.
The Han cavalry jumped into sight, and with it appeared the two flags, highlighting the identity of the visitor.
"Yu?" Yuan Xie frowned.
Among the generals of the Han Dynasty in the northwest, only the Yu family had the surname Yu. To be precise, they were Yu Yi and Yu Xi, father and son.
Didn’t Yu Yi pass away from An Ding?
Then the only possibility that appears in front of you is Yu Xi.
But shouldn’t this guy be mourning for his father?
And if Yuan Xie remembers correctly, Yu Xi should be under the command of Xu Deyan. Even if it is used to seize love, it should be in Xiaoguan and should not appear here.
What does this mean?
Could it be that Xu Deyan led Xiao Guan's Han army to come to support?
There are also 50,000 Han troops in Xiaoguan, plus the defenders in Binzhou and other places around it. It is no problem to collect 70,000 to 80,000 troops. Even if the defenders are left behind, they can also mobilize 40,000 to 50,000 troops to support them. In this way, the Han army
There may really be 40,000 to 50,000 troops blocking Huangshawan. After all, if reinforcements do arrive, this will only be half of their total number.
Yuan Xie's heart was pounding, but the battle in front of him still had to continue.
Without Yuan Xie's orders, the crossbowmen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty had already started firing arrows.
But God didn't seem to show much respect. The strong wind roared in and blew all the arrows to pieces.
After all, this is the northwest, outside the Great Wall, a place where strong winds have blown rocks all over the ground. When the wind was low just now, the arrows were still effective, but now they have become just decorations.
"God treats you well." Yuan Xie sneered, "But it depends on how you deal with a certain cavalry when two thousand cavalry rush out!"
Before he finished speaking, he had already waved his hand.
The Northern Zhou cavalry rushed out from the flank.
Most of these cavalrymen were purebred Xianbei soldiers. They had already become impatient when they saw their infantry advancing slowly. Now that the enemy's cavalry had the courage to charge forward, they were even more dismayed.
Filled with righteous indignation.
Do you really think that the Xianbei people have changed to vegetarianism?
A full five thousand Xianbei cavalry were divided into two teams and surrounded them from the left and right sides. The number of people in each team was actually almost the same as the number Yu Xi led.
However, Yu Xi did not panic. He had been tempered by the flames of war for many years, and he had seen big scenes. He had already done crazy things such as charging into tens of thousands of Turkic troops after running in the snow. How could he still be afraid of this?
Moreover, Yu Xi had no intention of actually fighting with the enemy.
He blew a whistle and turned the horse's head first, followed closely by the Han cavalry.