Chapter seven hundred and eighty seventh light cavalry night attack
At night, Li Wujun led an army of 20,000 to arrive about thirty miles away from Yongnian County. A small river blocked the way. At this time, there was a faint sound of horse hooves ahead. Li Wujun waved his hand to signal the entire army to pause, and said to General Dong Yue.
: "Bows and crossbows blockade the wooden bridge!"
Dong Yue immediately led 3,000 soldiers to squat down by the bridge with crossbows in hand, and pointed the crossbows at the other side.
Not long after, someone from the other side shouted: "Your Majesty, it's us!"
It was the voice of his cavalry leader Yang Zhanlin. It turned out that his cavalry had returned. Li Wujun immediately ordered: "Withdraw the crossbowmen!"
The crossbowmen retreated, and not long after, three thousand cavalry came over the bridge. Yang Zhanlin urged the horse forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, General Han does not allow us to enter the city. We have no choice but to return because we have to humble ourselves."
Li Wujun was surprised, "Could it be that the enemy troops have already entered the city?"
"Probably not. When I came over, the enemy troops were still dozens of miles away.
Li Wujun was puzzled and turned around to ask Luo Sinan, his military advisor: "Commander, what's going on?"
Luo Siman was a skinny old man in his fifties, who was a civil servant and was very cunning and insidious. It was Luo Siman who advised Li Wujun to kill Li Weiyue. Li Wujun refused to accept the court's invitation and established himself as a vassal town. It was also Luo Siman's suggestion. It can be said that Li
Wu Jun obeyed Luo Sinanyan and trusted him very much.
Luo Sinan stroked his goatee and said: "I feel strange, why did Guo Song suddenly come to Hebei? Even if he came to Hebei, he should have taken Xiangzhou, but he took Mingzhou instead, which shows that Mingzhou has internal support!"
"Could it be that Han Yuan has secretly surrendered to Guo Song?" Li Wujun said angrily.
"Who is Han Yuan? How could Guo Song take him seriously? If I guessed correctly, the Cui family of Qinghe should have used Mingzhou as a certificate of surrender."
"The military advisor is talking about Cui Hao?"
Luo Siman nodded, "Besides him, I can't think of any other reason."
"I understand, Han Yuan has a close relationship with the Cui family, that's why he..."
Speaking of this, Li Wujun suddenly became furious, "It's a shame that I trust him so much and continue to let him serve as the governor of Mingzhou, but he treats me like this. I can kill him!"
Luo Sinanyin**: "I have told the prince a long time ago that these big families think they are superior to others and always look down on the feudal town. The Cui family of Qinghe does not even buy Tian Yue. How can they still be loyal to the prince?"
Li Wujun's face heated up, and he waved his hands and said, "It's meaningless to talk about this now. Military advisor, tell us how we can deal with you, Guo Songjun?"
"I have already said that the Jin army entered Hebei from Fukouxing and occupied Mingzhou. It is not only a thorn in our side, but also a thorn in Tian Yue's back. Our two armies should unite and attack Mingzhou together.
, only by attacking from the north and the south can we win, otherwise our army alone may not be their match."
"The military advisor wants me to withdraw my troops now?" Li Wujun said with some dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty, a man can bend and stretch. We are here to rescue Mingzhou. Since Mingzhou has surrendered, the meaning of our rescue is gone. Retreating does not mean that Your Majesty is showing weakness."
Li Wujun was a little disapproving, "This is my territory. If I give it up without a fight, wouldn't it make the world laugh at me if it spread? No matter what, I still want to give it a try."
Luo Siman knew Li Wujun very well, and he was notoriously stubborn. He would not look back on anything he decided until his head was broken and his head was bleeding.
Helpless, he had to offer another idea: "Your Majesty, it's okay if the enemy army enters the city. If they don't enter the city and go north and want to fight us, we might as well use the cavalry to sneak attack. If they succeed, the army can attack across the board. If they fail, the cavalry can
With a high-speed withdrawal, we can also evacuate the battlefield, I wonder what your Majesty wants?"
This compromise plan is acceptable, Li Wujun said happily: "That's it!"
Guo Song's army had already passed Yongnian County. Instead of entering the county, they went directly north to prepare to fight the main force of Li Wujun's army, which was not far away.
At this time, night had fallen. Guo Song found a place to stay by a river and ordered the soldiers to rest where they were. He also sent 500 scouts to patrol around. At this time, their only cavalry was the 500-cavalry scout team.
After entering June, the weather got hotter day by day. The soldiers no longer needed to carry sleeping bags. They spread a thin blanket on the ground and fell asleep. But tonight they didn't even spread a blanket and fell directly to the ground.
Fell asleep.
The soldiers were a little exhausted from the continuous high-intensity march, and soon fell asleep.
Marching Sima Liu Qiang was a little worried, so he went to Guo Song and said: "Your Highness, the enemy has three thousand cavalry. I am worried that they will attack at night."
Guo Song nodded, "I can understand your worries, and I have also considered this possibility, but we need to find a best-of-both-worlds response to keep the soldiers up all night. It is obviously unrealistic. I thought twice before letting the soldiers work together."
Person A falls asleep and stays in queue while sleeping. I think this is the best way."
Guo Song pointed to the distance and smiled: "Liu Sima can look at the formation in detail, two thousand Modao troops, then spear infantry and then peripheral crossbow soldiers, a big pocket, I am looking forward to the arrival of the enemy cavalry.
"
Liu Qiang felt ashamed and said: "Your Highness has made all the arrangements, but you are too worried about this humble position."
Guo Song said calmly: "There is nothing to be ashamed of. You are a marching Sima. You should see more and learn more. If you encounter similar situations in the future, you can also make reasonable suggestions."
"I understand my humble position. Thank you for your teaching, Your Highness!"
At the third watch, three thousand cavalry gradually approached the Jin army's station. When they were still two miles away from the station, a patrol guard hiding in the woods discovered them. Three gunpowder arrows shot into the sky and exploded in the sky.
The red flames were dazzling, and the cavalry leader Yang Zhanlin knew that he could not sneak up on him, so he immediately waved his sword and shouted: "Kill!"
"Kill--"
The three thousand cavalry shouted, their horses' hooves beat on the ground, and they sent out rolling muffled thunder, sweeping towards the Jin garrison like a fast and furious sea tide.
‘Dang! Dang! Dang!’ The rapid bell rang, and the sleeping soldiers were awakened one after another. They got up. Many soldiers were still confused and had not fully woken up.
The general rode on his horse and shouted: "The enemy is coming to kill us, and we haven't woken up yet!"
Only then did the soldiers wake up and quickly lined up. They had been prepared in advance. The formation was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, the formation was completed. Two thousand Modao troops were at the front, with ten thousand infantry on each side, and another eight thousand.
The infantry serves as outer security to prevent the enemy's main force from coming from the north.
The distance of two miles is only a charge distance for the three thousand cavalry. In an instant, the three thousand cavalry arrived. A few dozen steps away, only a flash of cold light was seen. These were two thousand Mo Dao, standing like a dense forest.
up in the air.
Yang Zhanlin was shocked. He thought that the enemy army was in chaos, just in time for him to rush in. Unexpectedly, the enemy army was lined up neatly and ready, as if they hadn't slept at all at night.
"Mo Dao!"
A dozen soldiers running in front screamed in fear.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Yang Zhanlin shouted repeatedly, but it was already too late. Once the cavalry formed a charging formation, it would take at least a hundred steps of buffering distance to change direction. As for turning around and escaping, it would require the rear to go first and retreat layer by layer. There is an extremely tacit understanding.
With the best training and long-term cooperation, even the most elite cavalry of the Jin army could not do this and could only change direction diagonally in just a few dozen steps.
The cavalry crashed into the Mo Dao forest like a violent storm. Countless soldiers and horses were pierced by the sharp Mo Dao. The blood spurted, the horses neighed, the desperate shouts, and the screams of the pierced bodies.
A cry of pain echoed.
At this time, the 10,000 spear infantrymen on each side quickly closed together to form a hemisphere, surrounding the enemy army like a closed cloth bag.
Another eight thousand infantrymen with spears ran quickly and formed a square formation at the front to guard against the sudden arrival of the enemy's main force.
"Strangle!" Guo Song gave the order coldly.
'Woo--' The horn sounded, and the huge bag formation began to shrink. More than half of the cavalry in the formation had been killed or wounded. They were like headless flies scurrying around. Behind them was the Mo Dao formation that was killing everyone.
In the other three directions, there were cold spears, mercilessly stabbing them off their horses.
The soldiers were so frightened that they jumped off their horses and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
The leader Yang Zhanlin has disappeared. He rushed in front of the team. It is estimated that he was pierced by Mo Dao in the first wave of attack. Without the leader, the soldiers completely lost their fighting spirit and even lost the confidence to break out of the siege.
, more and more soldiers chose to surrender.
At this time, Guo Song issued an order, "Accept surrender!"
.........
Li Wujun's army was ten miles away. When the shouts of death rang out, Li Wujun did not hear the promised horn sound. He felt really uneasy and immediately led his army to retreat to the north bank of Ming River, which was thirty miles away.
They waited until dawn, but did not find any cavalry retreating. Li Wujun asked uneasily: "Commander, what is going on?"
Luo Siman sighed and said: "It stands to reason that no matter how fierce the battle is, there will always be some news. There is only one explanation for the current situation. The entire army of three thousand cavalry was destroyed. Otherwise, I don't know how to explain it."
"Ah!" Li Wujun was stunned for a moment.
At this time, a spy Pegasus reported back, "Reporting to your lord, the main force of the enemy army, about 30,000 people, is already ten miles away and is heading this way!"
Li Wujun was frightened, and he immediately ordered: "The whole army retreats!"
At this time, he could no longer care about his face and led an army of 20,000 people to flee north in panic. The military adviser was right. They were no match for the Jin army if they fought alone. They had to join forces with Tian Yue. If the two armies attacked from the north and south, they might still have a chance of victory.