Chapter 450 The first battle is the decisive battle
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The biggest difference between fighting in your own home and fighting in someone else’s home is that one party can be unscrupulous, but the other party is determined. I feel sorry for these bottles and jars of myself.
So Ren Duozhong's strategy is to try his best to find An Xuan's main force and engage in a decisive battle with him.
He could not allow these barbarians to wreak havoc in his home. He had seen the virtues of these barbarians a few years ago.
Wherever he passed, the land was really white and clean.
If this happens, even if I defeat An Xuan in the end, what will be left?
Everything was destroyed and not much was left.
Every man was lost.
What is the meaning of such a victory?
Will it take many more years to recover?
I can’t wait, and I can’t afford to wait.
Therefore, early discovery and early decisive battle are the best strategies.
Ren Duozhong is quite confident about the outcome of the decisive battle.
The combat effectiveness of the barbarian soldiers is indeed very good, but they only have more than 10,000 cavalry, and their equipment has always been very poor. Even if they surrendered to Zhebie, Zhebie would only obey his orders, and Zhebie would still be on guard. As for them, good things never come to them.
This was the case when Dayuan Shangzi was strong, not to mention that now Zhebie himself is so poor that he has no choice but to lick the chaff.
The Rendo family has more than 20,000 cavalry under their command. These are well-equipped elite men and horses. They will not suffer against the barbarians. What's more, the Eagle Bandits have agreed to cooperate with the Rendo family to kill the barbarians, although they asked Rendo to The family paid in advance.
This request was very rude, but Ren Duozhong now had something to ask for, so he readily agreed.
Money is really nothing to him now. As long as he can defeat the barbarians and keep his family, this idea is just a drop in the bucket. That is to say, only a Kuhaha like Eagle Thief, who has never seen the big world, would sacrifice his life for a little money.
Ren Duozhong wants a decisive battle, why doesn’t An Xuan want a decisive battle?
For An Xuan, fighting has never been a problem, the problem is his logistics.
In this battle, Zhebie only provided food for more than ten days, and there was only one sentence left: feed on the enemy.
So An Xuan needs to sweep everything to get the supplies he needs on the way forward.
But such supplies are unstable and have great flaws. Once the supplies are cut off, An Xuan is well aware of the moral character of his subordinates.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to control by then.
An Xuan was most afraid that Ren Duozhong would play hide and seek with him and try to clear the country with a strong wall.
In such a vast area, it is not easy to find the enemy's main force, and those places with clear targets are full of high walls and deep fortresses, making it impossible for the barbarians to attack the city. If experienced people go to fight in such a place, they will lose their lives.
So, An Xuan was extremely eager for Ren Duozhong to come out and fight with him.
The two sides coincided.
So three years later, on the banks of the Tuotuo River more than a hundred miles away from Yandu, the two armies met head-on.
There was little rain this spring, and the amount of water in the Tuotuo River was really pitiful. Although the flow had not stopped, a large amount of the river bed was exposed, and the two armies looked at each other across the Tuotuo River.
If there was enough water in the past, everyone could only look at the river and sigh, but now, it is only a stone's throw away. There are tens of thousands of cavalry, boundless.
And the barbarians have no habit of fighting in formations. They just gather together habitually. Looking at the tight military formations, there are only waving flags. An Xuan's Chinese army came down.
The central army of more than a thousand people is An Xuan's trump card. No matter how poor An Xuan is, everyone in this cavalry is wearing armor. Whether it is weapons or protection, they are all the best.
This is just like the Balutu behind Ren Duozhong now.
With the sound of drums, the Rendo family's army began to take the lead.
The Rendo family, which was divided equally between infantry and cavalry, and also carried a large amount of military supplies, began to set up their formation.
Defensive counterattack is Ren Duozhong’s strategy this time.
The infantry formed a tight military formation to lure An Xuan to attack, while the cavalry continued to press and detour on both wings, hoping to completely surround An Xuan's troops.
As long as this tactical strategy is achieved, there will be no suspense in this battle.
"Where are the Eagle Thieves probably now?"
"Clan Chief, Guan Shan said that they will not arrive at the battlefield until at least this afternoon!" Pugu'en reported back: "Guan Shanfa They made a strong oath. Although these people are not very moral, they are still very trustworthy. This is one of the reasons why they have been able to survive. Since it is said to arrive at noon, it must arrive at noon. "
"These damn thieves want to take advantage. At noon, the war is probably in its second half!" Ren Duozhong raised his head and glanced at the rising sun in the east.
"Clan Chief, at that time, it was also the most critical time. The appearance of these support soldiers was enough to destroy the enemy's fighting spirit!" Pu Guen said with a smile.
Ren Duozhong thought so, and An Xuan was certainly not stupid. What's more, he was now accompanied by Xiang Jun, the senior general of Zhiqiuyuan from the Beiting Protectorate, and his assembled subordinates.
"Faced with infantry wearing armor and fighting in close formation, the cavalry doesn't have much to do!" Xiang Jun pointed to the layers of infantry formations opposite. It has to be said that the Rendo family The quality of the infantry is good. After all, it is not easy to form a relatively neat military formation against the cavalry in such a short period of time. "Unless it is absolutely necessary, there is no need for the cavalry to challenge such a military formation!"
An Xuan laughed: "This is natural, I am being stupid again, but it seems that he wants to use the cavalry to drive me away , I have to touch this stone."
"The cavalry came out on both sides, and the infantry formation slowly advanced!" Xiang Jun said: "I have to say, the idea is good, but I am very doubtful. Can their infantry maintain such a neat military appearance as they advance forward?"
"I want to attack his left wing first!" An Xuan said with a smile: "It's just fighting outside. , forcing his right wing not to make a wider circle to take my retreat."
"Keep moving to the left and lead the Rendo family's cavalry to follow me. This is like a whirlpool in the river. It will not be very big at first, but as the amount of water increases, the suction force of this whirlpool will become larger and larger. In the end, both sides They will all involuntarily invest their maximum strength to enter!" Xiang Jun said with a smile: "The Renduo family's infantry formation will have to invest in troops, and their formation will collapse on its own."
An Xuan looked at Xiang Jun and said: "At this time, the Eagle Bandit appeared!"
"Exactly so!"
"General Xiang, after such a battle, our soldiers and horses will... I am afraid that more than one-third of the casualties will be lost!"
"But it was the enemy's main force that was annihilated!" Xiang Jun's face became solemn: "General An, the first battle is the decisive battle, and we won this battle. There won’t be many hard fights next. Think about it, even if you go south from the North, more than this number of people will freeze to death and starve to death on the way. If we don’t fight anymore for your children, all the sacrifices in this battle will be worth it. It’s worth it!”
"No more fighting for the sake of the children!" An Xuan murmured, picked up the huge mace that had been stuck beside the horse, raised it high, and shouted sternly: "For the sake of the children, fight, fight!"< br>
(End of this chapter)