Regardless of whether the two sides in a war are strong or weak, it is always a game played by both sides.
When Jiang Yiqu looked at the three thousand horsemen on the opposite side spread out horizontally amidst the high-pitched horns, he was already ready for a fight to the death.
But Zhang Chong had no intention of fighting with these abandoned men and led the yellow smoke directly past Jiang Yiqu's camp.
When the assault cavalry passed by Jiang's formation, none of Jiang Yiqu's subordinates dared to draw their bows or strings. They had already been frightened to death by the cavalry regiment, which was like a yellow tide and thunder.
And Jiang Yiqu didn't have any clues. He just watched the Taishan Army's cavalry rushing past with a complicated expression.
At this time, the main force of the new Qinghe Army had marched another half mile, but this distance did not prevent them from seeing the smoke and dust rising behind them.
Shen Pei already knew that Jiang Yiqu, for whatever reason, did not stop the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry. Suppressing his resentment towards Jiang Yiqu, Shenpei knew that he could no longer march at this time, otherwise the soldiers would not even have time to put on their armor after being attacked.
So the judge called the trumpet and prepared to gather his troops in formation. But in a hurry, this formation is not so easy to arrange.
In desperation, Shen Pei could only order Shen Rong to lead two battalions of cavalry to intercept Taishan's army in order to buy time for his own side to form their formation.
The two battalions of cavalrymen of the Qinghe New Army were not full, with a total of only five or six hundred cavalrymen. They were all created by the destruction of homes and difficulties in Xiajin before the trial and distribution.
But now these cavalrymen can only be driven by military orders and kindness, and they are like moths flying into the flames.
When the cavalry of the Qinghe New Army rushed towards them, the sentinels who were riding suddenly in the Taishan Army also grabbed their swords and rushed forward. The cavalry of the Qinghe New Army are not as sharp as the sudden cavalry of the Taishan Army, and they do not have the sprint distance, so in a single encounter, only one or two of the seven or eight can survive.
If there is a choice, the judge will naturally not do such a stupid thing, but there is no way, who made the original Jiang Yiqu unable to stop the Taishan Army at all.
The cavalry of the Qinghe New Army quickly collapsed and retreated from both sides.
But their sacrifice was worth it. At this moment, the Qinghe New Army had reorganized their formation and was ready to fight.
So when Zhang Chong arrived with the Sixth Battalion of Assault Cavalry, this was what he saw.
On a plain, four large formations were laid out in darkness.
The first formation was originally divided into three small formations. After seeing the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry coming, the small formations on both sides began to move towards the middle one.
The training of the Qinghe Han Army must be very rigorous, so even in a high-pressure battlefield environment, the three formations at the head of the first row quickly transformed into a long horizontal formation.
Zhang Chong knew at a glance that this was used by the Han army to resist the frontal impact of the cavalry. The opponent's plan was to increase the number of fronts and increase the depth of the formation to consume the speed of the cavalry's impact.
After the first formation, there was a dense gathering of crossbowmen.
Generally speaking, although crossbowmen are not placed in the first formation, there are very few of them like the Qinghe Han Army. Because at this moment the crossbowmen were at least a hundred steps away from the first horizontal formation.
In other words, these crossbowmen will not be used in the first wave of the Taishan Army's attack. It is more likely that they will not be used until the first row of the sudden cavalry and the Han Army are anxious.
The enemy's general, Jian Fei, is a bit vicious.
In fact, when Zhang Chong attacked and captured the Yellow Turban Army's camp on the north bank of Qingshui last night, he already knew that the leader of the Han army in this battle was called Shen Pei.
Regarding the top military commander in Qinghe, the flying army of Taishan Army has a lot of detailed information.
Knowing that this person has trained a new army and a good brigade in the past six months should not be underestimated.
But the communication of words is never as intuitive as pictures. Zhang Chong already had a certain understanding of the combat power of this new Qinghe army. After all, the ordinary Han army could not defeat the Hebei Yellow Turbans like this, but when he really saw the performance of this new army, Zhang Chong was still shocked. .
Zhang Chong was shocked by the speed of his formation changes, the strictness of his formation, and the viciousness of his troops.
At this moment, next to Zhang Chong, Feilong General Li Hu was also observing the formation and said in deep thought:
"Commander Qu, this Qinghe Han army looks a bit hard to fight."
Ma Wu beside him also nodded in agreement.
However, Xu Huang, the commander-in-chief of the Flying Tiger Army, volunteered:
"Commander Qu, please allow me to lead my troops to dismount and fight on foot. Our troops are engaged in iron-armored warfare. We will dismount and fight on foot to form an array to squeeze the opposite line of troops. The enemy cannot stop it."
Ma Wu asked for orders, Xi Shen and Li Fu also asked for orders.
Zhang Chong thought for a while and said to the generals:
"There's no rush, let's dry them out first. The initiative is in our hands. In short, this time they will shed their skin even if they don't die."
After saying that, Zhang Chong issued the first military order of this battle:
"The whole army dismounted to rest and eat with water."
Soon, the three thousand assault cavalry were like this, and Shi Ranran dismounted and reorganized at a distance of only five or six hundred steps from the Qinghe Han army's formation.
This calm and even provocative scene naturally fell in the eyes of the Han army's judge.
At this moment, the trial matchmaker has laid out all the cards in his hand.
Before the expedition, the new army he had in hand consisted of ten battalions of infantry and three battalions of horsemen, totaling 6,500 actual troops. However, after the two battles before and after, although they achieved great victories, the loss of troops was not low.
At this moment, the staff of each battalion head in the hands of the judge are still there, but the number of people in each battalion is different. The larger ones still have a full complement of 500, but the smaller ones only have more than 300 people.
The ones that suffered greater losses were the original three battalions of cavalry. Originally, these three battalions of horsemen were reserved for Shenpei, and they were all guests of his own tribe. Logically speaking, the losses should not be huge.
But in the original first battle, when they were chasing the Yellow Turban Army stationed in Linqing, only the cavalry had the mobility to travel long distances into the field.
So after that battle, although they won a great victory, half of the cavalry force was lost.
Thinking of this, Shen Pei felt secretly angry.
He thought:
"If I still have a thousand cavalry, how can I let others show off their power?"
But he looked at the two or three hundred remaining cavalry under the banner, and seeing their dejected looks, he could only sigh helplessly.
Just when Shen Pei was resentful, something unexpected happened in front of him.
However, Xu Xun, the cavalryman who had been stationed on the left side of the formation, suddenly flipped over his saddle and mounted his horse, and directly led more than ten cavalrymen from the left side to attack the Taishan Army who was sitting and resting.
Xu Xun is a Qinghe hero, a ranger who travels up and down the river. His face is more important than his life. The provocative behavior of the Taishan Army undoubtedly angered him, so even though he only had a dozen or so cavalry under his command, he still rushed forward with great enthusiasm.
And Xu Xun's behavior also caught the outermost Taishan Cavalry by surprise.
No matter what the Han army thought, these Taishan troops were really disarmed and resting.
So when Xu Xun rushed over with more than ten elite cavalry, they were all a little panicked. Some were putting on their armor randomly, some were about to get on their horses and prepare to fight, and a few subconsciously tried to dodge, but were kicked to the ground by Pao Ze from behind.
Looking at the panic scene in front of him, Xu Xun grinned, and then suddenly lost his center of gravity and fell down.
However, an arrow hit Xu Xun's mount right from the front left, causing him to fall straight onto his back.
When the cavalrymen who were charging saw their general falling from their horses, they panicked and tightened their reins, narrowly avoiding Xu Xun.
When Xu Xun got up, he suddenly rode as fast as lightning. The horse in his hand swept the outermost Han cavalry and knocked him off his horse. Then he picked up the horse and slit the throat of the Han cavalry.
Then Xu Xun's soul was still undecided, and then he was lifted off the ground.
Then, his remaining soldiers watched as their leader was strangled under the creaking nest, and then disappeared from the formation. What just happened? Where has our master gone?
But over there, the Taishan Army's assault cavalry in the front row saw everything that had just happened, and then they burst into cheers, and the three armies shouted in front of the formation:
"Zhao Zilong, mighty."
"Zhao Zilong, mighty."
Obviously, it was our Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong who just captured Xu Xun on horseback.
At this time, Zhao Yun had already led Xu Xun and rushed to Zhang Chong's big banner. Seeing his brother-in-law looking at him in surprise, Zhao Yun was full of pride, then he threw Xu Xun to the ground, cupped his fists and said:
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"Commander Qu, the Han general provoked me, and I have captured him."
At this time, Zhang Chong knew what happened. His brother-in-law was a real tiger, and he went to capture the general on horseback. Although he was a little worried, Zhang Chong could not displease his brother-in-law, so he smiled and said to the generals beside him:
"Look, this is our Zhao Zilong, full of courage."
From then on, there was a courageous person in the army, who was called Zhao Zilong.
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The capture of Xu Xun had a huge impact on the morale of the Qinghe New Army.
Because Xu Xun is one of the thirteen battalion generals in the army, he knows the reality of the army very well. Now that he is captured, doesn't the enemy know all about his own plans?
Many generals couldn't help but call Xu Xun a waste, a loser and a fun-loving person.
But now that the matter was over, even though they knew that their own military information would inevitably be leaked, they still did not dare to rearrange their military formations while the cavalry was watching eagerly outside.
In order to make up for it, the Chinese army's reviewers had no choice but to quietly change one of the original traps and replace it with elite soldiers.
Just when Shen Pei thought that the Taishan Army would launch an attack soon, Xu Xun was tied up and sent back on a horse.
When Xu Xun was pulled in front of the judge, the judge saw that Xu Xun's nose and ears had been cut off, and he was very frightened.
Trying to focus his eyes on Xu Xun's forehead, Shen Pei said indifferently:
"Is the tongue still there?"
Xu Xun suffered this serious crime and was crying, shouting:
"Yes, yes. Captain Guo, the Taishan dog thief is too cruel. You must avenge me."
The judge took a deep breath and asked again:
"What did you tell me?"
Xu Xun was stunned at first, then panicked, and kept kowtowing:
"Guowei, I didn't say anything."
As soon as this was said, no one present believed it. Didn't you say? You've been tortured so badly, why don't you say something? Didn't you say you could come back?
Seeing such a loser like Xu Xun, Jiao Chu, Zhao Rui, Zhang Qi, etc. all showed contempt on their faces.
Xu Xun also realized that something was wrong and kowtowed even harder, saying he would spare his life.
He thought he could survive if he begged for mercy, but he misjudged the strong character of Shen Pei.
In order to ascend to the throne, this person was able to kill even the old Taiwei Duan, which shows his character.
So Xu Xun heard a voice as cold as ice:
"Since you didn't say anything, why did you want to spare your life? Since you wanted to spare your life, didn't you just say what you shouldn't have said?"
Xu Xun didn't know that his being low and petty became an excuse to kill himself. He opened his mouth wide and tried to look at his colleagues around him, hoping that a few of them would say a few words to him.
When his eyes glanced at Shen Rong's face, Xu Xun finally spoke:
"Arong, save me. You know me."
Shen Rong was in a very difficult position. He and Xu Xun had a close relationship. When he received a letter from Shen Rong in the clan, inviting him to go to Xiajin to form a troop, it was he who took Xu Xun together to build the current cavalry framework, so He really couldn't bear to see Xu Xun die.
So, Shen Rong took the right step and interceded with Shen Pei.
But I heard the judge said coldly:
"As a camp general, it is already a capital crime for you to go out without orders. And if you are humiliated between two formations and vent our military spirit, it will be even more fatal. Come here, drag Xu Xun to the formation. Front, beheaded.”
As soon as these words came out, Shen Rong, who had just stepped out with his right foot, retracted his right foot again, and could only watch Xu Xun being dragged away like a dead dog.
Then Xu Xun never imagined that he would end up like this despite his dedicated efforts for the Shen family. Suddenly he shouted loudly:
"Shen Pei, you are a pig. If you can't kill Taishan's army, you will kill your own people. I shed blood and performed meritorious service for Shen. I attacked Linqing earlier. If I hadn't attacked over a long distance, how could I have won such a great victory? You are killing Zhongliang." Ah.”
Xu Xun was dragged along, howling loudly like a cuckoo crying for blood.
At this moment, Xu Xun was ecstatic to find that his good brother Shen Rong suddenly ran over. He burst into tears and was about to say:
"My good brother~"
They saw Shen Rong pull out a short dagger from his belt, stab it directly into Xu Xun's mouth, and then cut off Xu Xun's tongue with one gouge.
Grabbing his tongue, Shen Rongfu returned to the team, leaving Xu Xun wailing and rolling on the ground, as if he never expected this to happen.
Shen Rong's performance greatly exceeded the expectations of the camp generals present. Originally, they regarded Xu Xun as amusement. But the behavior of Shen Pei and Shen Rong's two uncles and nephews directly sent chills to the generals.
Soon, Xu Xun was dragged to the front of the formation, and then his head was displayed in the eyes of the officials in front of the formation.
For a time, the three armies of the Han army in Qinghe were purged.
……
Zhang Chong naturally didn't know what he did casually, but instead caused such a farce to the Han army.
But he didn't care, he just wanted his subordinates to rest more quickly.
Another hour passed. At this time, the sun was about to rise, and the Taishan Army was now at the back of the sun. It was a good time to launch an attack.
After all the battalions had rested for such a long time, the soldiers and horses were full and full. This was the time for a successful attack.
So, Zhang Chong wore the strongest mirror armor and walked to the front of the army.
At this time, Xu Huang was holding a big axe, wearing a basin collar armor, and was already lined up there with his armored soldiers fully armed.
Zhang Chong looked at the Han army's front formation five hundred steps away, put his sword on Xu Huang's shoulder, and said solemnly:
"You, Xu Huang, are in charge of this battle. I'm here waiting for your victory."
Xu Huang struck the ax with his axe, then got down on one knee and said:
"The last general, Xu Huang, will be the first to win this battle for Qu Shuai!"
Zhang Chong laughed loudly, looked around at the warriors, and then shouted:
"Then let the Yellow Turban comrades who died tragically watch below to see who can avenge this blood revenge for them!"
Five hundred iron armors make the clouds full of strength:
"Wei!"
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