Chapter 1440: Riding Battle on the North Road
Wen Chou looked at the blood all over the ground, still howling miserably, the wounded soldiers who were dying on the battlefield, and Jiang Qi''s body that was carried close by the soldiers, and the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily.
? Wen Chou and Jiang Qi did not have any major conflicts. It was just that Jiang Qi favored people from Jizhou, while Wen Chou emphasized being loyal to Yuan Shao. Apart from this difference, there was no grudge between the two people.
Wen Chou ordered Jiang Qi to pursue the Zhengxi troops in order to hold them back. It would be best to confirm where the main force of the Zhengxi army was and then engage in a decisive battle. Of course, it would be best to lure him and Jushu to their location. But now it seems that this plan not only failed to be implemented, but also allowed Jiang Qi to get himself involved.
Wen Chou thought that he would never encounter such a situation again after defeating Gongsun Zan, but he did not expect that such a scene would appear in front of him again today.
This is an experience that Wen Chou is ashamed of.
Unexpectedly, the cavalry in the expedition to the west seemed to be stronger than Gongsun Zan’s white horse Yi Cong!
Why is this happening?
Wen Chou vaguely had an answer in his mind, but he quickly rejected it. No, how could the cavalry in the expedition to the west be stronger than the white-horse Yi Cong who had been fighting for many years?
not to mention…
Since the death of Qu Yi, his heavy shields, crossbows and large swords, this extremely weird military unit, has lost its inheritance. No one knows how to continue training, and no one knows what the secret is. The military unit that had made great achievements in the war just disappeared.
never mind.
Wen Chou shook some distracting thoughts out of his mind and then focused on the battlefield. After the Zhengxi cavalry killed Jiang Qi, they fled westward. If he did not pursue him, it would mean that Jiang Qi''s death was worthless, and it would also cause serious damage to the morale of the soldiers; if he pursued him, he would inevitably be followed by those who followed him. When the troops advance, the infantry are out of touch and unable to cooperate in combat.
Catch up!
Wen Chou ordered the pursuit, but he didn''t want to and was unwilling to wait any longer.
?In the past few days, Jushou kept telling him to be cautious, to be cautious, to take steps step by step, to play steadily...
Yes, Wen Chou is willing to listen to Jushou''s suggestions, but there is a prerequisite: these suggestions must be effective!
?However, Jiang Qi''s body was lying there now. How could Wen Chou continue to follow Ju Shuo''s plan?
My current cavalry has a numerical advantage. If I can use the cavalry on hand to bite Zhengxi, then whether it is to achieve some partial victory, or to kill one or two Zhengxi generals, then Jiang Qi''s death It''s worth it.
??Staring at the Zhengxi battle flag that appeared in the distance, Wen Chou waved his sword and ordered: "Spread your wings! Speed ??up! Chase the enemy chief!"
“Ha! Kill, kill, kill!”
Wen Chou''s cavalrymen responded with a roar, knelt down, and kicked the horse''s belly with their feet to increase the horse''s speed again. Most of these cavalrymen were from Jizhou, and their riding skills were pretty good. After many years of fighting against Gongsun Zan, they could be said to be veterans on the battlefield. Therefore, they quickly raised their horses to the limit, and tightly Biting Gan Feng''s tail, he rushed over.
Gan Feng looked back, roared, and urged his men to speed up again and try to distance themselves as much as possible, but because many horses, including the Wuhuan people, had been running for most of the day, and they had also gone through a fierce battle. , so now the physical strength is very low. If Gan Feng and Nan Lou were not skilled in men and horses, they would lie down as low as possible to reduce wind resistance and reduce the power needed for the war horse to gallop. At this time, I am afraid that the speed of the war horse would have been even worse...
“Blow the trumpet!” Nanlou said to Ganfeng.
?Gan Feng shook his head, "No! Wait a minute!"
“You madman!” Nanlou shouted, “Yuan Bing is about to catch up!”
“Hahaha!” Gan Feng laughed, “I’m a **** lunatic! Do you know it now? If you have the **** strength, you can’t run many miles!”
?Nanlou was furious and said "Hey", but he didn''t say anything else. Instead, he lowered his head, raised his buttocks, and got as close to the horse''s neck as possible, rising and falling with the horse''s back.
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and Yuan Jun''s cavalry couldn''t help but start shooting some of the Zhengxi cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry who were lagging behind. Although the arrows were fired against the wind, it was somewhat of a lottery, but if they touched too many, it would always be a good thing. It was written that people with low luck could not pass the ROLL and were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.
“General!” the guard beside Wen Chou reminded loudly, “Be careful of ambush!”
Wen Chou snorted and said: "There is nothing as far as the eye can see here. Apart from that forest, is there any ambush?" As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of a horn sounding from the woods, and a black-like cavalry came from behind. Jumped out of the woods!
"There really is an ambush!" Wen Chou was startled at first, but then he looked carefully and laughed, "How can these few people be regarded as an ambush? Come here, give the order, and the left wing will come forward! Defeat the enemy!"
?Suddenly, Wen Chou''s cavalry troops separated from the left wing and headed towards the Hun cavalry that sprang out from the woods.
Tu Gilai stood upright on his horse, raised the battle ax in his hand, and roared loudly, boosting the morale of the Southern Huns. The Huns quickly changed their formation, and did not rush directly to Wen Chou''s main formation, but towards Wen Chou''s main formation. The outside began to pull, and the left wing that had seduced Wen Chou gradually deviated from the original pursuit route.
To tell the truth, Tu Guilai would definitely not do it if he wanted Tu Guilai to risk his life to attack Wen Chou''s troops. This has nothing to do with whether there is an alliance or not, nor does it mean that Bald Geese came to disobey orders. The main reason is that the Xiongnu and Yuan Jun cavalry really cannot directly confront each other...
Looking at the equipment and weapons on the body, the gap is indeed quite large.
Although the Huns have mixed up some equipment and weapons with Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west over the years, they are still much worse than Yuan Shao, who was born in Brother Hao. In addition, the Huns still go to war in the same old way. There are all types of people in the family, some young and some old. Anyway, those who can mount a horse and shoot a bow can be regarded as soldiers to the Huns. Therefore, in terms of overall combat effectiveness, it is actually better than the orthodox Yuan army. There is a certain gap between soldiers and soldiers.
?However, for the Huns, if they want to involve and separate Yuan Jun''s formation and lead Yuan Jun''s left wing in a circle, they can accept it easily and happily.
?Tu Gilai let his men shoot while looking at the edge of the battlefield sideways. Unknowingly, Wen Chou''s left wing was getting farther and farther away...
“The left wing has broken away, King Nanlou, you can blow the trumpet now!” Gan Feng shouted with a loud smile.
“Haha, blow the trumpet!” Nanlou immediately ordered.
The low horn sound echoed on the battlefield. Liu He, who was hiding behind the small slope, quickly ordered people to set up a large flag on the top of the **** to Wen Chou''s right, and ordered people to beat the war drum to meet the sound of Nanlou''s horn. , reveal one''s position.
??The rumbling war drums resounded throughout the fields, covering up all sounds, and seemed to represent endless murderous intent.
Wen Chou suddenly frowned.
There are troops marching to the west again!
This is not a good thing!
When Wen Chou was young, he was promoted to captain because of his outstanding military prowess. Later, after Yuan Shao arrived in Jizhou, he relied on his good martial arts skills to fight on the battlefield and walked between life and death several times before he reached his current position. Now he has become an important cavalry commander under Yuan Shao, and is in charge of almost more than half of Yuan Shao''s cavalry troops. Even senior officials who are related to Yuan Shao and usually have a higher level of respect will always call him General Wen when they meet. Today can be said to be Wen Chou''s first battle with the troops conquering the West. In Wen Chou''s heart, it may not be that he did not have a good fight to once again prove his own ideas.
But after the left wing was dragged away, something like this happened again on the right. Wen Chou, who had been subconsciously preparing to send the right wing, suddenly felt a jump in his heart and immediately became alert. After thinking for a long time, he finally raised his head high. Arms raised, fists raised: "Stop the whole army!"
Wen Chou stared at Liu He''s formation on the right wing, squinted his eyes and thought about it for a long time. He felt that it was inappropriate to continue the pursuit regardless of the threat from the flank, and then dividing the troops again was not a good idea, so he decided to wait for a while and let Jushou will follow up later.
“Send the order! Let the left wing stop chasing and come back!” Wen Chou ordered.
“Wei!” The messenger on one side immediately agreed, then rode his horse to look in the direction of the left wing.
?Different from the strategic game system, when the distance between each other reaches a certain level, the order from the central main formation cannot be transmitted immediately.
??When Wen Chou''s messenger rushed to the left wing with all his strength, he saw a scene that frightened him inexplicably.
??The Wen Chou left-wingers who were pulled far apart before are now in trouble at some point!
At this moment, Wen Chou''s left wing troops had unknowingly ran far away from their main formation. Therefore, although the sound of fighting was deafening, Wen Chou thought that the left wing troops were fighting with the Huns. , some sounds were natural, and I never thought that Zhao Yun was not targeting Wen Chou himself, but the separated flank of Yuan Jun!
Zhao Yun''s strategy from the beginning was not to eliminate or defeat Wen Chou in one fell swoop, but to weaken and reduce his troops as much as possible. Therefore, the strategy discussed with Liu He and others also adhered to this plan, first defeating Wen Chou''s advance troops. Jiang Qi, if Wen Chou chases after him, then just pull out part of it like he is doing now, and then encircle and eat it; if Wen Chou insists on chasing without dividing his troops, that would be even better. The back stab has always been the one with the highest bonus...
?Of course, if Wen Chou is very cautious and doesn''t reveal any flaws, it doesn''t matter. Anyway, he has achieved certain results by killing part of Yuan Jun''s vanguard. What''s more, General Fei Qian of Zhengxi just wanted to delay, so Zhao Yun''s side would not lose no matter what.
Although Wen Chou did not recklessly step into the traps in front of Liu He after seeing Liu He and the Wuhuan troops, the left wing that had been separated before was surrounded by Zhao Yun and Tu Gilai. The losses were heavy.
"This..." Wen Chou''s messenger reined in his horse and was a little confused. The people and horses in front of them were in chaos. On such a chaotic battlefield, the flags were intertwined. The messengers could not find the command system of the left wing for a while, let alone pass the order...
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
??Several Zhengxi scouts wandering around the periphery discovered these three lonely Yuan Jun messengers, and immediately rushed over to kill them while bending their bows and shooting arrows without saying a word.
The horse of one of the messengers was shot, and he screamed in pain, looked sideways and ran away. The other two messengers saw that something was wrong and did not care to continue to send orders, so they quickly turned around and hit their horses. run.
"kill-"
The two armies fought against each other, and countless soldiers were injured and fell off their horses at every moment. The huge bodies of the war horses collided with each other, making a deafening muffled sound. The cavalry on the horses flew up due to inertia, and rushed forward with their teeth and claws bared. Even in mid-air, they still widened their eyes and tried hard to find something to cut. Kill the opponent.
"kill!"
Zhao Yun''s spear flashed, shook off a spear, and cut the neck of the Yuan Jun cavalryman. The Yuan Jun cavalry groaned and fell off the horse, and immediately tripped another Yuan Jun cavalry behind him. The horse neighed and fell out. The Yuan Jun cavalry on the horse screamed strangely and rushed towards Zhao Yun!
Zhao Yun didn''t even bother to take a second look. He retracted and drew his spear, hitting Yuan Jun''s chest and abdomen. Yuan Jun''s strange screams suddenly stopped, and he fell to the ground obliquely, disappearing in the air. Under the horse''s hooves.
The spear flashed again, swinging away the knives and spears that were stabbed and slashed, and then the red tassel bloomed, hitting a Yuan Jun in the chest. When he shot back, the sharp tail of the spear just passed through the neck of a Yuan Jun war horse. The irregular spear tail opened a huge blood groove on the war horse''s neck, and blood spurted out like a fountain. The war horse hissed, turned sideways, and fell to the ground.
The Yuan Jun cavalrymen on horseback were considered very skilled. They jumped up in time, and when they were in the air, they roared and chopped off the head of a Zhengxi cavalryman with a knife. However, before he could celebrate his victory, a spear struck out. It flew towards him, pierced his abdomen, and knocked him out of the air.
??The war horses galloped like the wind, the swords were swung like lightning, blood spattered, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the screams were mixed with the roar of the horses'' hooves, and could not be heard without interruption.
The captain who commanded the left wing of Yuan''s army roared angrily, slashed and stabbed with the sword in his hand, and killed three Zhengxi soldiers in a row. His bravery immediately attracted the attention of the Zhengxi cavalry, and they all adjusted their horses in unison and headed directly towards him. He bumped into him, raised his sword and gun at the same time, and slashed and stabbed him!
???Yuan Jun''s captain tried his best to block the attack and was in a state of embarrassment.
??At the moment when the two sides met, a Zhengxi cavalryman suddenly jumped up from his horse and rushed towards the captain of Yuan Jun. The captain of the Yuan army turned pale with fright. He quickly stopped his hand and slashed at the Zhengxi cavalryman.
“Poof!”
Although Captain Yuan Jun struck the Zhengxi Cavalry on the shoulder and the sword was deeply embedded in its torso, the Zhengxi Cavalry still relied on inertia and bumped into Captain Yuan Jun, and the two fell off their horses together. go!
Lieutenant Yuan Jun fell off his horse, and blood was flowing from his thigh. He was inexplicably horrified. All he could see were the legs of the galloping horse. There were swords and spears stabbing above his head, even though he was slashing with the sword crazily. Blocked, but in a moment, he had a few more injuries on his body. If he hadn''t been a captain, the armor on his body was relatively solid, I''m afraid he would have died and fell in a pool of blood.
"Captain! Mount your horse quickly!" A Yuan Jun cavalryman jumped down and gave way to his horse.
Captain Yuan Jun gritted his teeth and grabbed the reins of the horse, struggling to get on the horse. But before he could take a breath, he looked up and saw an extremely bright blood-red flower blooming in front of him!
The subtle changes in the battlefield here attracted Zhao Yun''s attention. After picking and killing more than ten Yuan Jun cavalry, Zhao Yun rushed to the scene. Unfortunately, before the captain of Yuan Jun could sit firmly, Zhao Yun shot him in the chest, and then he shot towards the chest. After flying for a while, it hit the ground with a thud!
Although the equipment of Yuan Jun''s cavalry is not much different from that of the Zhengxi cavalry, the Zhengxi cavalry is better because of its more exquisite riding skills and more tacit cooperation. Therefore, in the chaotic battle and the small teams fighting independently, it gives Yuan Jun''s cavalry It caused great harm.
?Especially after losing the command and control, many Yuan Jun cavalry could only fight alone based on personal experience. Gradually, with the cooperation of the Zhengxi cavalry, they were killed and consumed bit by bit.
Although Zhao Yun charged ahead, he was protected by a large number of personal guards. In addition, Zhao Yun''s own martial arts was very strong. Therefore, although he went in and out of the enemy''s formation, he encountered almost no real danger. At the same time, he also had enough time to adjust. Formation, directing his men and horses to fight in the most advantageous way.
Under Zhao Yun''s command, the Zhengxi cavalry switched smoothly, like a rake, and like a sharp long knife, dividing Yuan Jun''s cavalry, then breaking and eating them bit by bit, at the same time It also reduced its own casualties.
Yuan Jun’s cavalry began to disintegrate. At this moment, the Huns who arrived showed 200% of their courage and strength, biting Yuan Jun’s cavalry that collapsed like vicious wolves. Because the load of the Huns'' cavalry was smaller than that of the Yuan''s cavalry, many of the Yuan''s cavalry could not escape. They were overtaken by these Huns one by one, and then fell off their horses after being chopped down.
On the battlefield, at this moment, the balance of victory and defeat, after Yuan Shao''s left wing completely collapsed, began to gradually tilt towards Zhao Yun''s side...
(End of this chapter)