Zheng Pu was not afraid of death, but he would not die in vain.
Therefore, this time he defended Dahu with a disadvantaged force. The reinforcements he was waiting for were not the Jufu tribe.
It’s not that the Ministry of Finance is untrustworthy.
But the Banzhen barbarians were infantry, and it was difficult for them to rush to rescue.
In any case, Hu Zun and Guanqiu Jian were not fools, and they would naturally be wary of Ju Fubu coming to rescue them. Moreover, the Wei army had more than 16,000 infantrymen, so they had enough troops to deploy.
In this way, even if the Jufu tribe defeated the Wei army's pre-deployed troops, they would not be able to come to the rescue in time.
Furthermore, after two or three years of military service, the generals who supervise the expedition can more or less gather some soldiers who are willing to die in the army, so that they can become the hope for a decisive victory at the critical moment of the war, or be the first line after defeat. vitality.
Hu Zun and Guanqiu Jian were not surprised either.
If they saw from a distance that the Jufu tribe defeated the intercepting soldiers and rushed to the rescue, they immediately thought of "failure or success" and personally led the dead soldiers to break into Zheng Pu's formation, they might not be unable to succeed.
Then Zheng Pu would not close his eyes until the dawn of reinforcements arrived!
Therefore, Zheng Pu's hope of rescue and victory fell on the powerful Xiliang cavalry.
In other words, only the Xiliang Iron Cavalry can handle this important task.
First, they are familiar with the terrain and can react quickly.
On the other hand, the number of cavalry on both sides of Han and Wei is about the same, so it is the army that can best take advantage of the Han army's stronger field combat capability and has the best hope of quickly defeating the Wei army and driving them back.
Zheng Pu's plan of asking Jufu to wait for an hour and a half before leaving the camp for a fierce battle was based on a rough estimate of the time it would take for the Xiliang cavalry to defeat Wei's Wuhuan cavalry and return to the rescue, so that Jufu would use the Wei army's final reserve force. They were only restrained so that the Xiliang cavalry could march to the camp without any hindrance.
The Xiliang cavalry lived up to his expectations.
To be precise, Xu Zhi lived up to his expectations.
However, it is said that since Tang Mang disappeared, the Xiliang cavalry has now been divided into two groups, with Zhang Te and Xu Zhi each supervising 1,500 people, but Xu Zhi has always been the leader and Zhang Te is the deputy.
This has nothing to do with strategy or talent.
It was because Zhang Ten was from Youzhou and his geographical attributes made the cavalry more sympathetic to Xu Zhi.
In other words, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which has been famous for a long time, has its own unruliness and stubbornness, and cannot tolerate a person who is not from Liangzhou to become the most powerful governor.
In this regard, in order to prevent the cavalry from becoming disengaged or losing their spirit, Zheng Pu had no choice but to go with the flow.
It just so happened that he had no intention of keeping Zhang Te in the cavalry for a long time.
That is a kind of "unused talent".
It is precisely for this reason that after Xu Zhi and Zhang Te learned about the deployment of this battle and that they would be the decisive factor, they discussed it in detail before the battle, and finally fell on the important task of defeating the enemy. Xu Zhi, who was even more recognized by the cavalry.
It is an imitation of the strategy of "Tian Ji racing horses".
The two of them still commanded 1,500 cavalry each, but the cavalry commanded by Xu Zhi were carefully selected, and they were all veterans who had experienced at least two battles.
Moreover, when the two men divided their forces and marched against each other in the north and south, Zhang Te specially carried the banner symbolizing the general to lure the Wei army's Wuhuan cavalry to pursue them with their elite troops.
Well, he is from the team that goes south to Yiju County.
The route is to go south to the Nishui River Valley and then to the Jingshui River Valley to make a false impression that Liu Yin and Wang Ping's troops are joining forces to go north to besiege Linjing County, and to contain Xiahou Xian's troops, who are in charge of two thousand Wuhuan cavalry, or in Qi Xue Ti's tribe in the county did not dare to send troops to reinforce Hu Zun and Guanqiu Jian.
Although this is unlikely, it should be done just in case.
When the Wei army, led by Hong's troops, fell into the trap and sent out two thousand Wuhuan cavalry to come in person, Zhang Te had no intention of fighting with them; instead, he stopped and walked along the way, seemingly looking for a fighter opportunity, but in fact he was not. It's delaying time.
Xu Zhibu is different.
When heading north along the Nishui River Valley, he urged the soldiers to move hastily, as if they were afraid of being overtaken by the Wei army.
Guanqiu Xiu, who also led the pursuit of two thousand Wuhuan cavalry, did not dare to pursue too hastily because he was worried that there would be an ambush ahead of the Qianghu tribe and Haoyou private soldiers invited by the Han army from Yuezhi City. He hung far behind, keeping the two armies about ten miles apart.
Yes, Guanqiu Xiu.
As a general of the Wei State and a wealthy family in Hedong Wenxi, Luoyang Cao Rui's favor for the Guanqiu family was not limited to Guanqiu Jian alone.
When Cao Rui decided to form this Wuhuan cavalry, Guanqiu Xiu led one of them.
However, his bravery could not compare with Qian Hong, so he was given the post of recorder and leader of the army, but his reputation was not obvious.
When he was supervising the troops before leaving, Guanqiu Jian also gave some instructions in private.
He claimed that this time the Wei army had the advantage of infantry, not cavalry, so he only needed to lead troops to monitor the Xiliang cavalry, and not to fight with them, so as not to add uncertainty to the battle.
He kept this in mind and was extremely cautious when marching north.
Unexpectedly, he was too cautious and put himself in crisis.
Xu Zhi, who planned to defeat this Wuhuan cavalry division, sent more than a hundred cavalrymen who were good at shooting to stay at the rear of the team when the governor's army went north, and frequently killed Wei's cavalry scouts. Seeing Guanqiu Xiu, the governor's troops seemed to be He was a little timid and didn't dare to push too close to fight, so he took the risk and walked through a very narrow mountain gap.
At that time, Guanqiu showed off continuously and did not launch a surprise attack when the Xiliang cavalry passed through the gap in the mountain and could not see each other head to tail.
After Xu Zhibu had passed through, he was hesitant about whether to continue chasing after them.
If he pursues, his troops will also have to pass through this narrow mountain gap, and they will inevitably run the risk of being ambushed by the Xiliang cavalry who have already passed through. However, if they do not pass through, they may not be able to continue to monitor the whereabouts of Xu Zhibu, so Peter decided to take a detour. Opportunity to attack Hu Zun or Guanqiu Jian's tribe.
After much thought, he sent more than a hundred cavalry scouts to investigate.
Rather than his headquarters being ambushed, he was more worried about the outcome of the war being reversed due to his own scheduling errors.
Not to mention, the Wuhuan Tuqi who came with him this time had long been dissatisfied with him.
As a world-renowned cavalry, the Wuhuan Tuqi cavalry thought that what he did was because they thought they could not compete with the Xiliang cavalry, so they marched so cautiously, thinking that he was questioning the Wuhuan Tuqi's combat power!
In any case, he does not have the status of Xiahou Xianxian, nor is he as brave as Qian Hong to convince the crowd, so in the eyes of Wuhuan Tuqi, his prestige will be greatly reduced.
But it's okay.
The adventurous journey went smoothly, and the Han army seemed to have no intention of ambush.
More than a hundred cavalrymen who first passed through the gap in the mountain were sent back one after another to report, claiming that the Xiliang cavalry were still walking north.
Therefore, he used two hundred horses as a group to slowly cross the gap in the mountain.
However, when the two thousand cavalry under his command passed by and continued to hang behind the Han army for four or five miles north, the powerful horns of the Xiliang cavalry in front suddenly sounded passionately!
