Chapter 266: Biao Biao Han Wind
The cold wind was blowing in the grassland at night. For the Xirong people who were accustomed to it, they hid in felt tents, let their horses gather together to keep warm, and blocked the wind vents along the way.
The discussion in the Khan's tent has also come to an end, and no better solution has been discussed. At the moment, it is decided to station in the grassland outside Yantang Pass and wait for the opportunity to let the other party take the initiative to seek a fight.
Wool carpets were laid, boots sewn from cowhide came and went, and the brazier set up reflected the tribal chiefs and captains in the tent toasting each other and eating lamb.
Xianyu sucked the grease from his fingers and stared at the flames in the brazier. From time to time, he asked Wei Luo Jingbin about the Xia King of Yan Kingdom.
"Whether the other party is cheating or is really on the way here, it already shows that the Xia King of Yan Kingdom has temporarily solved some conflicts in the Central Plains. It is rare for a person with the number of ten to have such ability."< br>
"Khan does not need to be praised like this. In my opinion, this man is so happy with his achievements and is so aggressive in military affairs. The Yan State is not rich to begin with. He has been fighting for years, and the people have suffered. The land of the Four Wars in the Central Plains has been taken at this time. There is no benefit to the Central Plains. On the contrary, he will scatter his troops to defend other countries and bring about his own destruction."
Listening to the words of his Wei adviser, Xie Yu drummed. Those big eyes nodded heavily and raised the silver bowl: "It makes sense."
As he spoke, a soldier from the king's tent opened the curtain and came in. He knelt on the ground with one knee and cupped his hands to report: "Khan, According to reports from the scouts lurking outside, troops and horses at Yantang Pass are being mobilized."
Here, Xieyuzai narrowed his eyes, Luo Jingbin stroked his beard and closed his eyes, and most of the captains and captains in the tent stopped drinking. Eating meat, they all looked at the bodyguard who was speaking.
Naturally, the Xirong people in the grassland were just like the surrounding countries in terms of information, and they all had special scouts. At this time, the army was stationed for rest, and scouts were arranged to monitor Yantang Pass. However, during the day, the other party's cavalry came for reinforcements, and the scouts did not dare to get too close, so they had to Monitoring from a distance, there are scouts almost every six or seven miles. If you can detect movement at this time, it means that the soldiers and horses in Yantang Pass have left the pass.
Just out of seclusion like this?
What the hell is the other party planning at night?
Hearing that the soldiers and horses of the Yan State were mobilized and even left the customs, everyone in the tent instantly felt the pressure falling on their shoulders. Don’t look at the fact that most of the commanders and captains of the Xianyu Department in the tent were commanders of the army. After many battles, but he was about to face King Xia of Yan State, who had outstanding martial arts skills, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
“You think there’s something wrong with choosing this time to come out?” Khan Xieyu put down the silver bowl and looked at the people in the tent.
He was able to raise an army to clear the emperor's side, defeat Yanjing in one battle, and then directly attack the Central Plains the next year, break through Luyang, and enter the Wei Palace. People who can achieve such a record will have to let others figure it out no matter what they do. Is there any deep meaning in it?
Waging war has been a major event since ancient times. Choosing to march in the dark, but letting the scouts see it, the first reaction of the Xirong generals in the tent was to attract the attention of their main force.
"Since they are coming, the Khan must not avoid fighting, otherwise the tribal warriors will think that the Khan is timid and will affect the morale of the army." Luo Jingbin's voice was light, as if he was confident, but in fact he wished that both sides would kill him and leave the fields littered with corpses.
On one side is the Xia King of Yan State who often defeats many with less, and on the other side is the Khan of the Grassland, with more than 100,000 cavalry.
For a moment, the heroes on both sides of the world and the grassland were all pawns on his chessboard.
"Dear warriors of Xirong, my staff is right. We were driven off the city wall that day. If we avoid the battle again, our tribesmen will think that the glory of the warriors of Xirong is no longer there."
Xie Yu stood up, his burly body standing like a hill in front of everyone: "Now we are in the grassland. This is the pasture and battlefield of our Xirong people! No matter it is night or day, the galloping horses will never stop!"
The captains and captains of all the tribes in the tent dropped their wine bowls and meat-cutting knives, stood up one by one with their knees up, and pressed their fists on their chests.
"Khan, don't worry, our warriors will trample the bones of the Yan people under the horse's hooves!"
Xianyu nodded and slowed down: "I like you very much for being unruly and unruly. But be careful, the eagle also has a time to land, and the wolf has a time to gnash its teeth. The Yan people have many infantry, try to cut them apart and defeat them on this grassland!"
These chiefs and captains in the account are all famous warriors from his tribe or other tribes. They have followed him and their fathers to annex many tribes, and have sufficient combat experience.
"Haha, don't worry Khan, Baylor will command the tribal warriors to present the head of the Xia King of Yan Kingdom to you!"
"We may not be able to attack the city, but we must Fighting on horseback on the grassland, the people of Yan will wait for death!"
"Huzan will take back the shame of that day for Khan!"
Xie Yu is very satisfied with them! Although he cannot fight blindly, he still has enough momentum to go to the battlefield: "But you still have to be careful. The general of Yan who broke out of the pass that day had superb equestrian skills and extremely rare archery skills."
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Thinking of the general of the Yan State who was stationed on horseback and drawing his bow that day, wearing a red cloak with continuous armor, the look in his eyes from a distance on horseback, and the magic arrow that shot several miles with one arrow, when he thought about it at this time, he would feel a sense of aura coming from his body. A shuddering chill.
Seeing that all the tribal warriors under his command stopped talking, he raised his hand and waved, telling everyone in the tent to go back and prepare.
“This time we have brought almost all the warriors from the Xianyu Department, and we have enough troops. However, we cannot underestimate the Xia King of the Yan Kingdom. He can fight beautiful battles in the north and the Central Plains. There must be something we need to learn and be wary of."
"Yes!" The Xirong tribal generals in the tent were excitedly gearing up, their eyes showing fierceness.
After defeating the King of Xia of the Yan Kingdom from the north to the Central Plains, who has been victorious in consecutive battles, what else can get such an honor?
Xieyu Khan finally had a smile on his face.
"Okay, my warriors, go and get ready... trample under the horse the King of Xia of Yan State who claims to be invincible!"
The night is like running water.
The stars in the sky converged their light at this moment, and on the dark grassland, only the dense and dull sound of horse hooves stretched on the ground.
One hundred and twenty thousand cavalry, which is an unimaginable scale, is like countless torrents leaving the huge camp and extending to the east. Along the way, scouts constantly communicate with each other to keep the news from each cavalry team regular. After all, it is in the dark, which has great disadvantages for the cavalry.
The moment the huge torrent of cavalry advanced eastward, fighting suddenly broke out.
On the field below a grass hill more than 80 miles away from Yantang Pass, two thousand Xirong cavalry first encountered a battalion of two thousand Youyan soldiers and horses, with their shields raised high and arrows flying in the night sky. , falling into position nailed to the shield, or to the ground.
In the layered infantry phalanx, there are also arrows for the opponent's cavalry to fight back. Under the leadership of the school captain and the cavalry supervisor, they do not get entangled with the opponent's cavalry, and keep the formation and the opponent's two thousand cavalry pulling each other. The arrow fired back, and then began to move backwards.
Far and near.
On the front more than ten miles from the north to the south, there are still several units of the Youyan army that have encountered the Xirong vanguard cavalry. Since the formation of the army, the Youyan army has served as the main force in several major battles in the Central Plains. Even if new recruits join the attacking army, the elite survivors of the prisoners will be organized into formations. Veterans will lead the new recruits. They are skilled in formation and tenacious in combat.
They relied on iron-wrapped shields to block the Xirong cavalry's cavalry fire in the dark night, and shot arrows at each other as they walked. If you look down from the sky, you will find that these Youyan troops are approaching a fixed point in tacit agreement.
It seems that they want to attract the Xirong people there.
Over there, Anuhu's two thousand slave soldiers, Qin Qiong's three thousand Tang army, and Li Dian's five thousand county soldiers are all on standby here.
With 20,000 Youyan troops to attract the opponent's main force, only one person can do it, and that is Jia Xu next to Su Chen.
"Zhongshu Ling, if the opponent's main force catches up and outflanks Zhang Yi's 20,000 men from behind, this battle will not have to be fought." Su Chen was riding on the back of a big black horse, and the horse was anxious. He swallowed his tongue, feeling a little uneasy.
"The dark night chosen by the king is exactly what Xu thought. To defeat a hundred thousand cavalry, the king needs at least three hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and the king does not have any at hand unless he recruits soldiers from all the counties in the Yan Kingdom!" Jia Xu's old man was also sitting on horseback. He had fought with swords and swords all his life without causing any harm. He lived to the end of his life and there were no more scenes that could scare him.
“However, if you want to defeat, the night is the most convenient 'weapon'. The larger the army, the more obvious the disadvantages of fighting at night. For light cavalry, the power of arrows is greatly weakened, unless the Xirong barbarians have Wei Qing and Zhou Yafu are capable of commanding an army."
Su Chen stroked his mount's mane and looked at him with a smile: "What's next?"
"First. Defeat the group of cavalry in front of you." There was a hint of sadness in Jia Xu's plain words. At this point, more than two hours had passed since the Youyan troops of the fifth battalion had left. The sound of horse hooves and people's shouts gradually began to sound in front of them, spreading towards this side. It seemed that they had reached the designated position. Ying Youyan's military formation suddenly launched a counterattack, and the archers continued to draw their bows and shoot flatly into the darkness.
On the left and right, there are one or two battalions of Youyan troops stationed four or five miles apart, forming a front line from south to north.
Along the way, the quivers of the Xirong cavalry, which were constantly chasing and harassing, almost ran out of arrows. The commander-in-chief named Bailer came to the front line in person and ordered the cavalry without arrows to attack Yan. Military array.
For a while, the front line was already fighting.
The shouts of killing are like the rolling tide, the spears are stabbing like a forest, hanging out pieces of flesh and blood, the roars and screams of people, and the sounds of gold and iron clashing, are heard in the crowd. Boil vigorously.
“The Xirong barbarians are killing the people in the north. How can you, your parents and your relatives at home, endure it any longer!”
Zhang Yi's voice resounded through the array. Facing the oncoming cavalry, You Yan's soldiers stabbed at the opponent frantically on a front line composed of a forest of spears.
The twenty-mile-long front line abandoned bows and arrows, and the Xirong light cavalry rushed towards them with spears and scimitars. What they encountered were countless iron spears piercing the flesh and blood, the war horses neighed, and the Xirong people above were miserable. Yelling, some Xirong cavalry crashed into the forest of spears desperately, and the heavy horse bodies and human corpses smashed the forest of spears around. Some were shot over by the archers of Youyan Army during the charge, and were immediately knocked off their horses. The tribesmen trampled on him with their horses.
In the middle of the two thousand Youyan formation, more than twenty Youyan cavalry rained into the front array, and the front row was dented inward in an instant.
"Go up and level the line!" Zhang Yi rode on horseback, urging the horse to walk back and forth for a few steps under the general's banner, making the horse gallop and shout loudly.
The general shouted along in the queue, and his subordinates rushed up to attack, picked up the shields on the ground and blocked the gap again. More and more Xirong cavalry ran into them——
After falling off their horses and smashing the front line, the surviving Xirong soldiers got up from the ground, grabbed their knives and rushed towards the gap, and were then pushed back by Youyan soldiers holding their shields.
The two sides attacked and defended at the first contact, pushing and slashing toward the opposite side frantically. On the cold windy grassland, there was a hell of blood gushing everywhere within sight.
The regular five hundred cavalry deployed by Youyan Army also had to join the battle at this time.
The total number of infantry and cavalry on both sides exceeds 30,000. The twenty-mile line is full of people fighting, cavalry rushing into the formation, and rangers wandering around.
Suddenly there was a sound of horns, and on the west side of the battlefield, dozens of torches lit up. A large number of cavalry broke through the darkness and spread like a tide. The Huzan tribe replaced Bayler's cavalry and brought The light cavalry without bows and arrows were replaced, while another cavalry that was bound to drag the tribe wanted to bypass the battlefield and attack the rear of the line.
Su Chen glanced at the news sent back by the scout and handed it to Jia Xu. Then he raised his hand. Qin Qiong only took an iron gun because he didn't have a horse, and led three thousand men under Zhang Yu to the right wing of the battlefield. .
This team of 3,000 people was composed of soldiers surrendered by the State of Wei. Before leaving, a large number of bows and crossbows were deployed, and three governor cavalry were specially dispatched. After nearly two months of training and education, they were officially It's time for a calibration.
Less than half an hour after arriving fifteen miles away from the right wing of the battlefield, the ground beneath our feet began to shake in the wilderness.
Six thousand light cavalry from the Bituo Division pushed across. Under the cover of the light cavalry on both sides with bows and arrows, the two thousand cavalry in the middle bravely launched preparations for a breakthrough. They tried their best to make hoarse shouts, like raindrops. They rushed towards the front of the Tang army's array, and when they faced them, in addition to the forest of spears, they were shot out by crossbows. Many Xirong cavalry were shot to death on horseback while they were charging, and then sideways Falling to the ground.
The dead people were not conspicuous among the two thousand charging cavalry. What came next was a dense formation of spears. The Xirong cavalry who rushed forward had their hard leather jackets pierced directly by the spear points. , the horses were penetrated by spears, and the men stood up screaming and neighing. The Xirong Qingqi above, including their men and their horses, crashed into the dense mass of spears. Several spearheads penetrated the flesh and blood and penetrated from the back, killing all the leather jackets on their backs. The thorns are pulpy.
This 3,000-man army did not have an advantage in terms of numbers. It took a short time to form an army, and the formation was not coordinated and fast.
In the end, the mighty Bi Tuo tribe cavalry tore through the formation and rushed in through the gap in the array. In just over twenty breaths, there were only a few cavalry rushing towards Yan Guozhong's formation. .
After running for several miles, they faintly saw what seemed to be a royal flag standing in front of them. The Xirong cavalry excitedly raised their weapons and galloped on their horses. Before they could get closer, they were swung by Li Xuanba who was coming towards them. The man and the horse were shot to the ground.
"Haha... just this, it's not enough for me to hit." Li Xuanba carried two hammers and patrolled around Wang Qi, glancing around from time to time, "Why don't you kill a few more and come in!" ”
To the west he looked, beyond the fighting lines, there were dense scouts constantly going between the lines and on the field, and the large banner that was slanting to control the Khan was standing thirty miles away.
In the biting night wind, he was riding on horseback, watching the news coming one after another. Next to him were two commanders of ten thousand cavalry, and Luo Jingbin.
"Twenty thousand people forcibly nailed the warriors of my tribe there. The army of King Xia of Yan State is indeed not simple. I heard that there are four more armies like this. If he expands Man Bian, I may not dare to fight against him easily."
This sentence was said to Luo Jingbin. It seemed that Xianyu was not going to go well at the beginning. The Bayler tribe sent nearly 15,000 people. The cavalry was forcibly blocked by the opponent, and now the army that must be dragged forward was sent to replace the attack, but the opponent was also firmly nailed in place.
As the war progressed, messages continued to be sent back from the front. Xianyu Khan, who was sitting on his horse, had a bad look on his face, "And the Yan cavalry has not appeared yet. What do you think?" Are they behind us?"
"Khan, no need to guess, the other party must have attacked from behind."
The old man got off the horse with a smile and stretched his legs on the ground: "I have used this trick many times!"
Such tactics of outflanking are indeed not uncommon. However, his words The Yan cavalry in the middle was now more than thirty miles away from the direct rear of his king's flag.
In the dark night, the rising and falling figures stretched out into a vast area, and the iron hooves almost shook the earth.
Indistinctly, amid the sound of galloping horse hooves, the advancing figures began to separate.
Nearly twenty miles away, at the front of two long cavalry dragons, there was a young general riding a maroon horse, wearing a red military uniform and crotch armor. His voice was high and firm, and he drew his sword.
"Charge with me -"
Looking down from the night sky, two groups of running cavalry were like two giant arms, separated on the left and right, and hugged forward.
Xirong formed a rear formation to prevent being outflanked. Xianyu had already deployed nearly two cavalry here, and there were also more than 10,000 light cavalry arrayed on the left and right.
Guarding this place are Ye Shali and Kuidangnu, the chief commanders of the two tribes. They are both chief commanders, but their strengths are different. The former has ten thousand cavalry, while the latter has eight thousand cavalry.
The strength of the tribe has always spoken in the grassland, and the two of them were naturally led by Yesha Li. He asked Quedannu to immediately lead his eight thousand cavalry to stop the two enemy cavalry.
However, he didn't know where they could intercept the cavalry who were charging ahead. Quidannu reluctantly led his tribe's light cavalry over and started shooting at the opponent without even drawing his bow. The cavalry on the opposite side broke through the darkness and crashed into each other like ramming chariots.
Quedannu only shouted twice before a young general rushed towards him and cut off his right arm with a sword. His handsome face stained with blood, in the middle of the fight, he raised his sword and pointed forward, shouting. : "Kill!"
——Seal the wolf to live in Xu!
The White Horse Yi Cong and the String Controlling Wolf Cavalry were running fiercely at this moment, filled with murderous intent and no one dared to stop them. The oncoming Quedannu tribe was instantly overwhelmed by the opponent's embrace and momentum like an iron fist, and their formation was scattered. Some were knocked over and trampled to pulp by horses' hooves.
The cloak was flying, and Lu Bu waved his halberd. The air wave from the halberd's edge could knock people off their horses. His eyes were faintly bloodshot, and he was like a ball of flames that went straight into the opposing cavalry formation.
——The unparalleled flying general!
On the parallel side, white horses and white robes galloped wildly. Zhao Yun held a green sword in one hand and a gentian spear in the other. He gritted his teeth and roared: "Kill!"
——Seven in and seven out!
The rushing cavalry formation of Xirong's rear formation tore two huge holes, and the towering banner in the distance was faintly visible. The two Yan State cavalry were like two wild dragons in the night, crossing the grassland and heading towards The direction of the Great Wall surrounds it.
Xianyu Khan broke into a cold sweat when he heard the news.
"Where are the cavalry in my rear formation?!"
(End of this chapter)