Chapter 180: What kind of brains do you use to fight the war? Let’s fight!
Liu Yu reacted very quickly this time. After receiving the news, he immediately sent Hu Wufu, a lieutenant in charge, to the Shao camp on horseback, urging him to advance quickly and defeat the enemy in front of him. "Back", together with Gou Xi from the south and the north, they attacked the bandits.
After delivering the order, Hu Wufu had to continue supervising the battle and was unable to leave, so he kept crying and sighing.
No one cared about his mood. Tens of thousands of troops marched non-stop, marching eastward, looking for an opportunity for a decisive battle.
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July 18th was a cloudy day with a slight drizzle.
This kind of rainy weather will not hinder the movement of the cavalry, nor will it affect the use of bows and crossbows. It is also very cool. It is really a good weather for fighting.
Li Le climbed up a tree and stood on the trembling branches, looking out at the enemy.
On the distant horizon, private houses are scattered in scattered patterns, and the fields are golden.
A little closer, there is a slope that is not too high. On both sides of the slope are large stretches of barren meadow.
Suddenly, a big flag was planted on the soil slope, flying in the south wind.
Li Le was startled and looked behind the slope subconsciously, his face suddenly becoming solemn.
A silver torrent appeared between the gray houses and golden fields.
There are dozens of people at the front, wearing heavy armor and holding long-handled axes.
The hundred or so people behind them have walking bows in their hands and long knives on their backs.
Behind, the silver torrent became more and more turbulent, overwhelming the sky, and the jungle of spears stretched as far as the eye could see, as if it suddenly grew out of the fields.
The drums continued to sound, and there was a strong murderous intention in the wind.
Li Le twisted his body, and the branches seemed to be overwhelmed and almost disconnected.
"嘘嘚..." The sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded in the grass closest to him.
Before he could react, the weeds as tall as a person were destroyed, and a tall horse appeared in front of his eyes.
One horse, two horses...ten horses, a hundred horses...
As if by magic, groups of cavalry rushed out of the grass.
They did not carry long pole weapons, but they were wearing armor, with crossbows hanging on their waists, and long swords on their backs. Without any pause in their movements, they rushed straight towards the more than a thousand rebel infantry who were forming formation in front.
Before Li Le could react, another tremor of the earth came from the northwest and southwest directions.
He stood on tiptoe and looked around, only to see hundreds of light cavalry coming from both sides, some holding halberds or holding horned bows, in dense formations and with a relaxed attitude, as if they had long been familiar with cavalry fighting. generally.
"Blow the trumpet and advance the troops." Li Le felt anxious. As soon as he said the words, he heard a "chi la" sound, the branch broke completely, and Li Le fell to the ground on his buttocks.
"Get on your horse and fight, quickly!" Li Le ordered loudly, not caring about rubbing his butt.
Someone is fighting faster than them!
Three hundred soldiers dismounted a hundred steps away from the enemy's formation, then divided out 20 people to collect the horses. The remaining 270 soldiers quickly formed a neat queue, holding crossbows, and fired towards Front shot.
The crossbow bolts shot through the air and directly opened a huge gap in the enemy's loose formation.
There was an uproar and commotion in the enemy formation.
Chang Can put the crossbow machine back under the saddle, then drew out his heavy sword and shouted: "Charge the formation!"
Two hundred and seventy people all drew out their long swords and lined up again Form a tight formation, run quickly in small steps, and meet the enemy.
There was no noise in the formation, only the sound of heavy breathing and the clanking of armor leaves. Occasionally, one or two commands came from the officers, who were reminding the soldiers to pay attention to the formation.
Chang Can took the lead and was extremely brave.
Before and to the left and right, people kept speeding up, trying to surpass him.
Although there were less than three hundred people, their momentum was overwhelming and their murderous intent was soaring.
The formation of more than a thousand rebels was first shot by crossbows. They had not yet recovered. When they saw the officers and soldiers on the opposite side abandoning their crossbows and holding swords, they were a little panicked.
"Whoosh!" Scattered arrows were shot out of the array.
The charging soldiers lowered their heads slightly and allowed the arrows to pass by.
They were within fifty paces.
The enemy fired another wave of arrows.
Chang Can rushed at the front, the sound of piercing the air kept ringing in his ears, and not a single arrow fell on him. Behind him, there were muffled groans one after another.
If God doesn’t accept me, what else do I have to fear?
Chang Can had a ferocious smile on his face, quickened his pace, and his breathing became heavier and heavier.
The faces of the enemy soldiers can even be vaguely seen.
They are panicking, they are scared, they are vulnerable.
Twenty steps, ten steps...
Chang Can's face became increasingly flushed. With two or three arrows stuck in his body, he roared, slashed left and right, swung away and stabbed him. The two spears rushed forward and crashed directly into the enemy's crowd.
"Crack!" A pleasant sound of neck breaking sounded, and blood rose into the sky, covering Chang Chan's head and face.
But that didn't stop him.
The smelly blood was like an accelerant, igniting all the murderous intent in his heart with a bang. The long sword slashed through mercilessly, and the broken limbs flew wildly.
The following soldiers swarmed forward and slashed with their heavy swords, directly breaking through the resistance of the rebels like destroying the dead.
After only one round of fighting, more than a thousand people could not bear such a ferocious fighting style and were directly scattered.
Li Le led a thousand cavalrymen to the left and right, fighting repeatedly with the heroic cavalry army. He suddenly heard that the rebel infantry was defeated. He immediately lost the will to fight and asked people to wave flags and retreat back.
The outpost battle started so hastily and ended so quickly, as if it had never happened.
But the corpses and blood on the ground cannot be faked. A short but fierce battle did take place here, with no less than a thousand people killed, and it is now over.
But this so-called end may be just the beginning of a larger battle.
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Li Le hurriedly withdrew to his station. He had no time to count the number of people and said directly to Lu Ping: "Quick, they are coming."
Lu Ping was first surprised, then happy, and asked: "They came so fast. , I thought they would dig deep ditches and high barriers to lure me forward."
Li Le didn't know what to say when he saw Lu Ping's delighted expression.
"What? Something's wrong?" Lu Ping asked with a smile.
"The officers and soldiers are a bit difficult to deal with." Li Le said truthfully: "They have five hundred cavalry, good riding skills, sophisticated equipment, and they dare to fight."
"What?" Lu Ping was a little surprised: "Can the army's riding skills be as good as yours?"
"It's not as good as us, but it's not easy to deal with either." Li Le took a deep breath, without any concealment, nor any disguise or exaggeration. Said: "Our sons are born on horses, and their skills cannot be compared with those of the army. If we spend some time and distance ourselves, I am sure to severely damage or even annihilate the cavalry of the army. But they are good at frontal confrontation. They were very brave in the charge, but if the terrain was not favorable, it would be difficult to control them, so they withdrew."
One is good at frontal charges, and the other is good at guerrilla riding and shooting. Each has its own strengths. Li Le did not lie.
If the site is wide enough, without obstructions such as ditches, woods, or houses, and if the distance can be sufficiently increased to circle, he can kill these imperial cavalry.
But in reality, there is no such an ideal venue. If you rush forward, you will always encounter obstacles, have to turn, lose speed, and then be caught by the cavalry who are good at hand-to-hand charges and crushed with one blow.
To put it bluntly, the horse bandits are good at fighting first-hand battles and like to play horseback shooting like the prairie people. After all, a head-on confrontation between cavalry is a test of courage and organization.
“Where is the infantry?” Lu Ping asked subconsciously.
Actually, he already had the answer in his mind, but he just wanted to confirm it again.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to come back." Li Le said.
Lu Ping was stunned at first, then laughed and said: "It doesn't matter, it's just a bait, if you die, you will die. I want to see, if Shao Xun leads his army to attack, and I am waiting for work, who will it be?" Whoever gets the advantage will take advantage."
After saying that, he looked at Li Le and said, "So the officers and soldiers will arrive in the afternoon. I will let the boys eat some water and recharge their batteries. , wait for the Shao thieves to arrive and capture him in a battle."
"General Lu." Li Le thought for a while and suggested: "When arranging the troops, put the old brothers in front. I'm a little worried."
"Huh?" Lu Ping was a little surprised and asked, "How brave are the officers?"
What Li Le saw in his eyes. The tactics of the officers and soldiers were revealed.
After hearing this, Lu Ping frowned and thought for a long time, and murmured: "Infantrymen carry crossbows and swords, and ride on horseback..."
There are only a few hundred people, but when fighting fiercely, horseback riding on the battlefield is much faster than infantry on two legs.
Lu Ping has fought many battles, and he knows very well that when fighting in the field, the fighter planes are fleeting. If you are targeted by a group of mounted infantry, they will suddenly rush towards you before you have time to adjust. If you crawl in through the gap, you might be in trouble!
"Can we disperse this group of people?" He raised his head, looked at Li Le, and asked.
"I'll try my best." Li Le knew very well whether this was the time to conserve his strength, and said with emotion: "When the war is about to begin, if the officers and soldiers try this trick again, I will spend a lot of money to help you. They dispersed. "
"Okay!" Lu Ping slapped his thigh and said, "It's settled that I will lead my brother to fight. If you win, you will lose. The general insists that I learn from Shi Le, so what kind of brains can I use to fight? Now it seems that it is not that easy to use, so I might as well fight with them."
If you can fight, everything will be fine.
No matter how hard they fight, they have long been used to it. They just run away and leave the mess to the general to worry about.
The two of them had decided on a plan and started working on their own.
Li Le led the cavalry to feed, wash the horses, and find a place for ambush.
Lu Ping went to talk to the generals one by one to readjust the arrangements.
After fighting so many battles, everyone was no longer young. They slowly summed up a set of methods that suited them and improved them step by step.
People will always make progress.
We attacked Yecheng last year and suffered heavy losses.
The performance in attacking Yecheng this year was much better.
Shi Le always said that what they lack most now is time to reorganize their troops.
As long as they have a year or two to retrain, and thoroughly understand the experience they have accumulated from fighting in various places, and transform it into combat effectiveness, then the entire army will usher in a completely new change.
Damn it, Shi Le does have some skills, but what he lacks now is time. The officers and soldiers suppressed them step by step without giving them any chance to breathe. There was nothing they could do.
At midnight, the big flag appeared again in the fields to the west, like a reminder, stuck on a small earth bag.
Under the banner with the word "Shao" fluttering in the wind, densely packed silver warriors emerged, one after another, filling the post roads, villages and fields.
The big flag on the dirt bag slowly moved. More than a hundred riders rode down the high slope, first turning sideways in a circle, as if observing the terrain and enemy situation.
Soon, they rushed over here. The leading general in golden armor was holding a thick horse pole, majestic and full of pride.
(End of this chapter)