As Li Mangtang expected, Jiang Wei was indeed making preparations to respond.
After receiving the report from the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, he not only sent soldiers to form strong crossbow formations on both sides of the pontoon bridge, but also ordered the camp to be dismantled.
In the original plan, the Han army wanted to raze the camp when they returned from their retreat. Now, they want to use local materials and use the planks of the camp to make rafts.
Naturally, a hastily made raft must be crude and unstable.
At least the huge and heavy war horse cannot carry it.
But Jiang Wei couldn't care about that much anymore.
In the Hexi Corridor, where livestock swarm, even if war horses are abandoned, they will still be able to reproduce after a few years.
But the big Han people with a small land and few people could not bear the loss of too many soldiers.
But he really didn't have much confidence in how many Han troops these rafts could bring back.
Because the Wei army occupied the entire Mingsha Mountain-Quwu Mountain Wei army's defense line, the Han army only occupied this camp. According to common sense, the ambush on the other side had already started, and the camps along Mingsha Mountain and the Wei troops garrisoning at various locations should also have
Come and recapture the camp and completely trap the Han army here.
However, today, they are still in the same defensive posture as before.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
The only explanation is that Deng Ai and Fei Yao transferred some of the soldiers who originally guarded this place to the other side of the river, so that the remaining soldiers could only defend and were unable to attack from a flanking attack.
Therefore, Jiang Wei was extremely anxious.
To set up an ambush against Wei, the number of cavalry alone was nearly 10,000. In addition to the infantry transferred back from the defense line, how many cavalry could Zhang Bao escape with?
........
Just do your best and obey fate.
Zhang Bao, who had been hit by random arrows from the Southern Huns cavalry along the way, heard the screams of the Shaodang tribesmen falling off their horses from time to time behind him. Looking back from afar, he saw Fei Yao's tribe struggling to come, and he couldn't help but sigh quietly in his heart.
Although the Shaodang tribe also began to fight back with bows and crossbows, it was of no use due to the huge military disadvantage.
However, in a short journey of more than ten miles, they lost more than a hundred riders again.
The only good thing is that the morale of these Shaodang tribesmen did not collapse, or they ran out of the formation to surrender to the Wei army and beg for their lives.
Thanks to the fact that the Wei State suppressed rebellions many times in Liangzhou and massacred the Qiang and Hu tribes many times in the early years, they felt that surrender would be a dead end, and following Zhang Bao might give them a chance to survive.
Moreover, when they were deported to the Han Dynasty by Qiang King Mangzhong, their families were resettled by the government in building houses, dividing acres of land, and setting up pastures. Even if they died in battle, there was no need to worry about the orphans, widows, and mothers dying of starvation and freezing.
In this way, no one has any other thoughts.
"Mingdi! Send a message!"
When he was young, the horse was galloping in front of him, and he suddenly turned his head to give an order to the bodyguard beside him.
He had vaguely seen the Xiliang cavalry in front of him, which was half surrounded by the Southern Huns cavalry. He also knew that the time had come to decide whether he could return whole body. If he could break through the Southern Huns cavalry that surrounded the Xiliang cavalry, he could drive to Dahe.
At the pontoon bridge, they crossed the river with the help of Han infantry; but if they could not fight a bloody road, they would have to die to serve the country.
"Spear!"
"Hold a spear!!"
When the shrill cry resounded across the sky, he held his horse high and called to the Shaodang tribe to change their spears, and charged away again to the death.
"Uh~heh!"
"Oh~~ha!"
The Shaodang people's charge whistle came as expected.
They also knew that the pontoon bridge was just ahead, and that this was a battle between life and death, so the whistle was still full of fearlessness and determination. Even though there were only less than a thousand people left, the momentum was obviously much weaker.
The Southern Xiongnu cavalry in front had also seen them long ago and had already prepared to surround and kill them.
In their eyes, the heavily arrayed Xiliang cavalry were too elite to fight hand-to-hand; but the Shaodang tribesmen who had been maimed and chased all the way were like the scarred prey in their eyes.
The moment to deliver the fatal blow.
And they don't need to worry for the time being, the Xiliang cavalry behind them will wait for an opportunity to kill them.
For some unknown reason, after hearing Ming Di's message, the Xiliang cavalry drove their horses back to the pontoon bridge.
With the buffer of distance, they, who are known as the horseback people, do not need to be afraid.
However, they once again chose the wrong time.
Not long after the army was formed, the Shaodang tribe was indeed not as elite as the Xiliang cavalry, but the art of war said: "Don't stop when you return to the army"!
In the face of the returning troops who were determined to die, how could they, who were trying to preserve their strength, be able to surround and kill them?
"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
Zhang Bao held his horse in front and roared into the Southern Xiongnu cavalry formation that came to encircle and kill them. He was invincible and seemed to be in a deserted land. The Shaodang people who followed him were also working hard and bravely.
Unstoppable.
After only a few dozen breaths, they broke through the encirclement.
Geinnan's Hun cavalry, who were on their backs, once again remembered the private instructions of Liu Bao, the Xian King of Zuo.
Therefore, when Fei Yao arrived with the fine cavalry from Guanzhong, he almost lost his mind and rode his horse to cut off the heads of the several southern Xiongnu captains...
Even if they are several times stronger than the enemy, they can't contain the Xiliang cavalry, but they can't even stop a single remnant of the cavalry!?
This is clearly a lazy fight!
According to military law, he should be punished!
But after all, he has been in the military for decades, and he knows that this situation is not the time to pursue the matter.
In the fighting just now, more than 600 of Guanzhong's elite cavalry were lost. Without the help of these barbarians to strengthen their momentum, he would not have been able to kill the Han army here.
At least, let them rely on riding and shooting to chase and kill...
Quietly giving himself a reason to suppress his anger, Fei Yao's horse speed did not slow down. He just shouted when he passed by the Southern Huns cavalry, "Follow me!"
"kill!"
This time, with the vanguard in the battle, everyone in the Southern Huns cavalry was highly motivated.
But neither they nor Fei Yao had a chance.
But he said that Li Tangmang, who had led his troops back after hearing the message from Mingdi, stopped about a mile away from the pontoon bridge. He asked all three hundred horsemen to dismount, tear open their shirts and think inside, blindfold the horses and use the reins.
Three or five horses are tied together.
Afterwards, the three hundred cavalrymen walked back across the pontoon bridge.
And he led the remaining two hundred cavalry to drive the empty-saddled war horses to speed up. When the speed reached enough to charge, he stabbed the horses' butts deeply with spears or halberds, causing the horses to hurt and run forward wildly. They were
Charge from behind.
Yes, it imitates Tian Dan’s Fire Ox to break the enemy.
Zhang Bao, who came out of the formation, could see it clearly. He immediately steered his horse's head and led the Shaodang tribe to avoid the cross-flow of war horses.
However, the Southern Huns cavalry and the Guanzhong elite cavalry coming in tandem could not be avoided at all costs due to their blocked vision and the extreme speed of their horses.
After all, if a galloping cavalry suddenly turns or changes formation, it is seeking death!
Therefore, the choice they faced was either to be knocked to the ground by the blindfolded and crazy war horses and then trampled by countless horse hooves, or to fight to the death.
"Shoot the horse!"
"Shoot the horse!!"
The generals at all levels in the Wei cavalry formation shouted orders eagerly, asking the soldiers to shoot the horses to death with arrows.
However, there were three hundred war horses running madly in front of them. How could they shoot them all in such a hurry?
