Chapter 1438 The Battle of Hengling
"Empty trucks? Why? The Zhengxi troops have run out of food and grass? Then if there is no food and grass, why are you still stationed at Hengling? Waiting for the next batch of food and grass?"
When Wen Chou heard the news that the scouts had returned, this was his first reaction.
The human brain is a very interesting thing. In the brain, tens of billions of nerve cells collide and intertwine with each other, and micro-currents are stimulated between countless nerve tentacles, and then relying on these micro-currents, people can complete various information exchanges and thinking.
During the Han Dynasty, due to the lack of information, when people received a new source of information, their first reaction was often not to reject it, but to accept it, and there were very few doubts. Not to mention anything else, it''s like a brick house called a beast with a bad reputation in the later generations. Didn''t it also have a strong reputation in the early years? Otherwise, there would be no such thing as a qigong master rampaging up and down and making many high-level people fascinated.
For Jushou, the reason why counselors can become counselors is that when encountering problems, they are not only responsible for asking questions, but also responsible for answering these questions, so Wen Chou can throw the problem over in one go, but Jushou can''t stare at it Zhu Zi goes back to the previous sentence, you ask me, who am I going to ask...
There must be an explanation.
Why did the men and horses who conquered the west abandon these baggage carts?
Normally speaking, useless things are naturally thrown away, but the question is are these things really useless? Baggage carts are not disposable items, even if some are broken, they can still be used after repairing them, and as a defensive position in Hengling, don''t these carts just come in handy?
Then there must be some other reason why the Zhengxi troops lost these baggage carts, or in other words, what kind of benefits can the Zhengxi troops gain by discarding these baggage carts?
Ju Shou frowned and thought about it carefully, looking for the relevant connection with this matter that violated conventional cognition...
"It''s broken!" A light flashed in Jushou''s head, "Zhengxi is going to retreat!"
"What?" Wen Chou froze for a moment.
Ju Shou changed his slow speaking speed before, and said eagerly: "Zhengxi is going to retreat! We have been hit by his plan to slow down the army! Normally, when the food and grass are finished, the baggage cart can still be used! If the empty baggage cart is discarded, it will be a waste of time. It shows that Zhengxi does not intend to continue to adjust grain, and secondly, because carrying a baggage cart will inevitably slow down the marching speed! Therefore, Zhengxi''s troops will definitely retreat!"
As for whether Hengling''s troops to conquer the west will make a surprise attack like the southern front, Ju Shou has also considered it, and the strategic arrangement for this period of time is aimed at this. From Lingqiu to Changhe, from Changhe to Yijing, it looks empty, but in fact, there are not only deep defenses, but also nearly 8,000 cavalry in Wen Chou''s hands that can maneuver flexibly!
And Chunyu Qiong didn''t have many cavalry in his hands!
This is the biggest difference.
Ju Shou also sincerely hoped that Zhengxi troops would charge into this circle without hesitation, so that Jushou could tighten this pocket little by little, and eat all Zhengxi soldiers and horses in it!
However, now that Zhengxi troops are showing signs of retreating, this is the last situation that Jushou doesn''t want to see.
Catch up?
Only the cavalry can catch up with the cavalry! A cavalry who is out of the cover of infantry is like a long sword drawn out of its sheath. Although it is sharp, it is easy to break if it is not careful.
Do not pursue?
Then it means that the Zhengxi troops successfully used only a dilapidated Hengling position to deceive and drag Wen Chou and Jushou for nearly ten days!
In this way, can uncle bear it?
In the big tent, Wen Chou and Ju Shou looked at each other, and there seemed to be a strange atmosphere...
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Jiang Qi was so anxious that he could fly to Hengling without waiting for this moment. He kept urging his subordinates to speed up. Sweat was still dripping from Qi''s forehead, and the back of his shirt was soaked in sweat unknowingly.
"General!" The guard beside Jiang Qi somewhat understood what Jiang Qi was thinking at the moment.
However, the comfort of the guards did not relieve Jiang Qi much of his troubles, on the contrary, it made him more anxious.
When the strategic goal set by the leader fails to be realized, how many leaders will stand up and say that this is a problem in his consideration? I am afraid that most of them will directly say that there is a problem with the execution ability of the subordinates, right?
Otherwise, so many companies in the future will not ask their subordinates to read and read the book about sending letters as a soldier, and they have to write some impressions after reading it...
On the thirty-six postures of sending letters?
So if the expeditioners really retreat, who will be responsible for delaying the army?
Wen Chou or Ju Shou?
What a joke, it must be Jiang Qi who brought the "false" news!
Of course, if Zhengxi''s troops didn''t retreat, Jiang Qi would also be in trouble. Asking him to take the cavalry with less than a thousand people in his headquarters, to deal with Zhengxi''s cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry, and to hold back Zhengxi''s troops, isn''t that **** it? What is courting death?
However, Jiang Qi had no choice but to bite the bullet and head towards Hengling. Near noon, the scouts sent to Hengling came back, saying that the Zhengxi troops in Hengling really retreated!
Really retreated?
Jiang Qi asked again and again.
The scout nodded repeatedly, and even indicated that he had gone to Hengling, and urinated in the defensive position where the Western troops had been conquering...
Speaking of which, these men and horses who conquered the West are indeed like Ju engaged in speculation, they are a good-looking guy!
The people led by Jiang Qi immediately cheered, but Jiang Qi''s heart sank. He regrets very much now, regretting that he didn''t make a braver move at the beginning, maybe he could pierce the tiger-skin posture put on by the Zhengxi troops at that time, and maybe he could return triumphantly...
Damn it, Jiang Qi felt a little hot on his face, and while ordering someone to report to Wen Chou quickly, he led his troops to Hengling.
Just when Jiang Qi was less than ten miles away from Hengling, Jiang Qi caught a fleeing Wuhuan man. Under coercion and lure, the Wuhuan man finally spoke up and said that the troops who marched west began to retreat last night. Yes, he was just greedy for some items discarded by the Zhengxi troops, so he kept them secretly, planning to hide some and pick them up later, but he was discovered by Jiang Qi''s people...
Jiang Qi asked several times carefully, and after confirming again and again that the Wuhuan man was not lying, he was taken to Wen Chou in the rear. In fact, Jiang Qi was too careful this time, Zhao Yun really did not arrange this Wuhuan person, and if it was really arranged, the Wuhuan person might not be able to play such an effect.
"General..." Jiang Qi''s guard asked, "What should we do now?"
"What to do?" Jiang Qi ordered, "Naturally follow the trail to catch up! Otherwise, General Wen will blame him, and it will be another crime of indulging the enemy!"
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When a dog sees a swaying, coquettish buttocks dangling in front of its eyes, whether it is a serious prey or not, it will always make the dog feel an irrepressible excitement, which will stimulate the dog''s instinct to chase the prey .
people are the same.
"Hurry up and inform General Wen that we found some Wuhuan troops on guard in the west of Hengling, and they are killing them! After the battle is over, we will catch up immediately!" Jiang Qi despises the fighting power of the Wuhuan cavalry, and is rude. At first glance, the number of their own family is also superior, and naturally there is nothing to hesitate to retreat, and the battle immediately started.
"All cavalry, line up, prepare to charge..."
Jiang Qi''s cavalry general roared.
"Whooooooooooooooooooo..."
The Wuhuan people also shouted, and the voices of both sides echoed between the battlefields.
On this piece of land on the west side of Hengling, suddenly a storm surged, and the soldiers on both sides seemed to be rushing out of two streams of water, whistling, jumping, roaring, and were about to collide!
The roar of the galloping horses became louder and louder, until it finally drowned out the shouts of the soldiers.
Jiang Qi''s heart suddenly beat violently, because he found another puff of smoke rising in the distance, **** it, there is an ambush in Zhengxi!
"It''s been tricked!"
This was Jiang Qi''s first thought after being stunned.
"Retreat?"
This was Jiang Qi''s second thought.
It was too late, the speed of the troops was already close to the limit, and the Wuhuan people on the opposite side were also very close, there was not much room to turn around, so we had to hedge first, otherwise the loss would be even greater!
"Help?"
This is Jiang Qi''s third thought.
I have a thousand fine cavalry, and I can still gain a certain advantage against a group of poorly equipped Wuhuan cavalry. Although the smoke and dust are rising in the distance, it will take at least one or two hours to reach the battlefield, and if Wen Chou is in the rear Can catch up, then...
If it really doesn’t work, wait until the West Zheng troops arrive at the battlefield and choose to break through. At least in this way, they won’t be called timid and cowardly again, delaying the military plane or something.
"Immediately inform General Wen that you have encountered the main force of the cavalry that conquered the west, and come to the rescue! Quick, quick..." Jiang Qi turned his head and ordered loudly to the orderly behind him. A messenger led the order, and immediately accelerated suddenly, first ran obliquely from the formation, then turned his horse''s head, left the group, and ran back on the way.
"The rear team speeds up, moves closer to the central army, and forms a conical formation!" Jiang Qi waved his spear, and ordered loudly, telling his men to start preparing to charge and collide.
Yuan Jun cavalry is accelerating.
Nanlou, who was in command of the Wuhuan cavalry, saw that Jiang Qi on the opposite side gathered his troops together, gradually forming a dense conical formation with both offensive and defensive capabilities, and couldn''t help but admire in his heart.
It can be said that Yuan Shao''s cavalry unit, which has fought against Gongsun Zan for many years, is quite good. It can change formations while running at high speed, and the soldiers do not appear flustered or disorderly. This already shows that these soldiers have trained well. Su, you can even call it an elite soldier...
If it wasn’t for seeing the cavalry of Zhengxi, Nanlou might feel afraid of the current Jiang Qi’s men and horses, but now, huh, huh.
"Spread out in the center! Wrap the wings!" Nan Lou gave the corresponding order.
To deal with the centrally concentrated conical charge, either use a stronger central cluster to resist, and knock off the opponent''s sharp arrow head-on, and the conical attack will naturally disintegrate, but such a choice represents a lot of consumption and cost. sacrifice.
Another method is like Nanlou, where the center is soft, and then the two wings tear off the flanks of the conical array. If the steps of the cone can be disrupted, it is also a successful corresponding method. Anyway, Nanlou didn''t intend to eat up Jiang Qi''s troops with his own strength, he just needed to hold back.
"Accelerate! Accelerate..." Jiang Qi roared hoarsely.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, with a difference of one hundred and twenty steps.
Jiang Qi waved his spear, and was about to order his soldiers to shoot arrows. He opened his mouth, but he didn''t shout out, because he saw that the Wuhuan people were already one step ahead, and shot long arrows all over the sky!
"Damn it!"
Jiang Qi suddenly remembered that he had forgotten an important thing!
This group of Wuhuan people followed the Zhengxi troops!
So the arrows in the hands of these Wuhuan people are no longer the bone arrows that stick to their bodies and can’t even break through armor, but fierce and sharp spike arrows!
"Raise your shield!" Jiang Qi finally roared out.
Long arrows fall from the sky!
The Wuhuan people expanded their two wings, providing sufficient space for shooting. The Wuhuan people who had obtained the arrow upgrade, with the blessing of the original archery, threw three arrows in just a few breaths! Some Wuhuan people were more proficient in archery and even shot five arrows!
The long arrows that suddenly appeared in the sky above the two armies, they were like a huge black cloud, flying in the air, making piercing screams, and the sharp voice echoed on the battlefield, like the **** of death screaming in the soldiers'' ears , This kind of voice penetrated directly into their hearts, and the fear of death made Yuan Jun''s cavalry tremble all over.
Bone arrowheads and well-crafted spiked arrowheads with barbs are two completely different concepts. When the howling rain of arrows came, they were still defending this group of Wuhuan people according to the previous standards. Jiang Qi''s Yuan Jun cavalry immediately suffered a dull loss.
The screams and wailing of soldiers, the sound of corpses falling to the ground, the hissing of war horses, the sound of falling down, the dull sound of horses'' hoofs trampling over flesh, and the crackling of long arrows hitting shields, all intertwined and mixed together immediately, **** And scary.
Jiang Qi was extremely angry, his ability to think gradually retreated under the steaming blood, and gave way to the killing instinct of animals. He wanted to kill this group of damned Wuhuan people, and he wanted to make those Wuhuan people who dared to hurt his subordinates pay a price. Double the price!
"Full speed ahead..." Jiang Qi turned his head and shouted, "Full speed, cross the arrow array..."
Jiang Qi led Yuan’s cavalry, under the rain of arrows, stepped on the bodies of casualties, ruthlessly drove the horses, and almost flew towards the Wuhuan people...
(end of this chapter)