Chapter 197 Iron Horse Jin Ge
At dusk, in the She River, about a thousand soldiers from Tiel and Luo tribe divided into several formations and took turns to the Sui camp at the entrance of Xichuan.&{}...{} They rushed forward in turn, shot arrows from afar, and then retreated quickly, even if they completed an attack. Facing the super longbow of the Sui army, these Tiel and Leopard cavalry were very cleverly dispersed and no longer rushed straight to the Haogou, but only shot with their superb riding skills.
The longbowers of the three camps in Sui Camp faced the sparse cavalry formations of Tiele and Luo cavalry, and did not waste the volley of arrows covering the attack. They only waited for them to rush in before aiming and hitting back. Both sides fought back and forth, and they fought tepidly.
Seeing the knights under the tent shooting arrows from a distance, and then turned around without looking back. Gu Luo completely gave up his plan to stay here. His morale was already depressed, and he could not defeat the Sui army even if he stayed here. Now, he began to think about how to withdraw his troops smoothly.
An excellent general, an essential condition is to know when to go up and when to retreat. Just as the most basic condition for an excellent soldier is to obey orders, an excellent general knows how to lead his soldiers to advance and retreat. Gu Luo is a tough and outstanding among the generals of Tongluo, but this time, he was still careless after all. He thought it was just to deal with the Xi people, but who could have expected that at this time, a Sui army suddenly headed north. Moreover, this Sui army actually used the favorable terrain of Songshan Rivers to lay a lineup as hard as a turtle shell, in this river valley. Tongluo's cavalry could not use their best wings to surround side attacks, and then break through the center, and even the one they were best at immediately shot. They were completely restrained by the longbows of the Sui people, the three camps in the pocket, as well as the trenches, horse-resisting horses, and wooden fences.
Until now, Gu Luo did not think that the Luo cavalry was worse than the Sui army. It was just that the commander of the Sui army was quite cunning and occupied favorable terrain. In such a terrain, the Luo warriors were like facing the strong city of the Sui people in the Central Plains, and siege was exactly what the Warriors in the Mobei were the most not good at. If the Sui people were braver and dared to go out to fight, Gu Luo firmly believed that even the Sui people were twice as powerful as their own troops. The Luo warriors could defeat them by horses.
Unfortunately, the Sui people were too brave. In any case, they just stayed in the turtle shell and didn't come out.
After the last round of temptation, Gu Luo had confirmed that the Sui people would not come out. Since that's the case, it would be meaningless to stay here. He has now decided to retreat to Mobei. Although he retreated to Mobei at this time, this time the troops would not only be rewarded, but also consumed a large amount of money and food in vain, and more than a thousand soldiers were also lost. However, with these 20,000 Sui people here, he did not dare to attack the Xi people again. Although he was unwilling to admit it on the surface, he was already a little afraid of these Sui people.
Although most of the cavalry in his hand are new recruits and auxiliary soldiers, many of them are his direct subordinates. They are the guarantee of his status in the clan. If these soldiers are thrown here, then he, the third son of the Luo clan leader, will be unlikely to have the power to speak in the clan in the future.
As the patriarch's father, how old his brothers are getting older, his brothers are still competing for inheritance. Although Gu Luo feels that he does not have the opportunity to seize the inheritance, if he has enough strength, no matter which brother becomes the new patriarch, his status in the clan will not change. But if he lacks strength, he may be swallowed by his brothers and not even left with bones.
Even though his son, whom he always liked, died under the arrow of the Sui army, Gu Luo still had the intention to retreat.
"Retreat the troops in the middle of the night." Gu Luo called all the centuries and thousands of commanders who were leading the army, and he made his decision.
听到骨罗决定退兵,同罗将领们心中都是松了一口气.这样的仗他们从没有打过,死了上千号儿郎,可却连隋人的毛都没摸到一根,估计隋军根本就是零死亡.这样的仗怎么打,既然打不了,那大家当然不希望继续留在这里,早退早安心.
However, after breathing a sigh of relief, everyone couldn't help feeling depressed. When they came, they were as powerful as the momentum and progressed smoothly. The Ahui clan, the largest tribe of the Xi people, was defeated in one battle. When it was time to harvest, they encountered the Sui army. The more than 10,000 Xi people captured in the early stage, now all became corpses of the Sui people. These were originally the spoils of everyone. And if it weren't for these Sui troops, they would have more Xi people prisoners of war, as well as a large number of cattle, horses and livestock. Now they were all ruined, and they had to retreat in a hurry.
In the middle of the night, the scouts sent to monitor the Tiel people rushed back to report, and the Tiel people had indeed retreated.
The Tiel people's retreat was quietly carried out. They did not light the lights or make noise, and the camp was still there, but nearly nine thousand people slowly retreated from the camp in turn and disappeared into the darkness.
Hearing this news, Wei Zheng, who was standing on the tower, relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, most of the Sui camp was empty at this time. The Sui army was moving faster than the Tieler people. Not long after the sky was dark, Yi Feng had already personally launched the battle, took away the chariot battalion and two infantry battalions, and took away nearly 10,000 people in one go. There were only more than 10,000 people left in the camp, and there were auxiliary troops such as the logistics camp engineer corps. Wei Zheng was really worried that these Tieler people would not act as expected. If they refused to retreat and wanted to stay and continue to attack, it would be troublesome. Wei Zheng sighed inwardly, and the Tieler people were really decisive.
However, although the Tielites retreated decisively, Wei Zheng could not let them retreat so easily.
Yi Feng led nearly 10,000 people to take a detour to catch the Tielite people's retreat, but he had to stop the Tielite people, but he had to walk a hundred miles more than the Tielite people. Even if he marched urgently, he would have to be at least three days in such snow. Wei Zheng had to buy time for Yi Feng and delay Tielite people for more than three days so that they could not exit the Shehe River before Yi Feng blocked the valley entrance.
"Please ask General Shan and General Qin to lead the cavalry battalion out of the camp, and be sure to hold these Tiel people back and not allow them to withdraw their troops easily."
The sound of the trumpets, and thousands of troops stepped on the ground like thunder. As the camp gate opened, the cavalry, who had been nourishing and replenishing their strength for a long time, finally got the opportunity to go out.
However, there was a cavalry in front of the cavalry battalion. This cavalry was led by the eight hundred Xi cavalry led by Kedu, the young leader of the Ahui clan. Su Zhi led a thousand Xi cavalry to encircle and block it with Yifeng. Kedu selected eight hundred young and strong people from the Xi people who fled to the Sui camp and formed a Xi cavalry. Shan Xiongxin and Qin Shubao received military orders. Their cavalry were responsible for the slow retreat of Tieler people, and Kedu volunteered to lead the eight hundred Xi cavalry as the vanguard of the cavalry battalion.
The young Kedu looked at the Xi warriors, and his heart was filled with excitement, "It's time to take revenge and blood hatred. The damn Tongluo people killed more than 10,000 of us brothers and sisters. Now we want to leave. How can we allow it? The blood debt must be paid for blood. Every Tongluo people who are stained with the blood of the Xi brothers and sisters in their hands must not let them leave here alive. Draw your sword and let us fight for the tribe!"
"Avenge, avenge, avenge!" The eight hundred Xi cavalry roared in unison.
Gu Luo, who had just evacuated the camp, soon heard the noise in the Sui camp behind him, and he stopped the war horse and turned around and looked back.
"Wai Jin. The Sui people found out that we had withdrawn their troops." A detective came to report.
Gu Luo was not moved when he heard the news, but instead smiled, "What did the Sui people react?"
"The Sui people's camp gate has been opened, and about three thousand cavalrymen are coming out to gather, seemingly preparing to pursue us."
When Gu Luo heard that the Sui cavalry came out of the camp, he was not surprised but happy. Although this retreat was decisive, it was a decision in his helplessness. In fact, he was still very unwilling to accept it. He did not admit that the Sui army was stronger than him, but he just believed that the Sui army occupied the territory. He hid in the camp and refused to fight. In such a terrain, the Tongluo army was not suitable for attacking solid camps and could not retreat. But if the Sui army dared to go out to fight, he would really be reluctant to seek it.
Gu Luo dismounted, and the generals of Luo also showed joy and dismounted one after another.
"The Sui people really thought that our withdrawal was afraid of his failure. It was so arrogant."
"Then let these cowards of Sui people see what cavalry is!"
"Fuck them to death."
A group of Tieler generals shouted, "Faced with the strong camps of the Sui people, they were helpless and were passively beaten. But if they were talking about cavalry wars, who would they be afraid of?
"Well, don't scare these Han cowards back again. Si'an!"
"I'm here!" A strong man with blond hair, blue eyes and white skin stepped forward to respond.
"You lead the headquarters' thousand-person team forward to fight."
"I will beat the Han people to kneel down and beg for mercy."
"No, you only want to defeat but not win. Tell them here. I want to eat all these Han cavalry." Gu Feng said coldly. He had observed that although the Sui army had a population of 20,000, there were very few cavalry. If he took the opportunity to eat this cavalry, there might be a chance in this war.
Qin Qiong held the reins of the horse in one hand and the lance in the other, leading nearly 700 cavalry in two regiments, and arranged in two cavalry formations with the 800 Xi cavalry led by Kedu. Behind them, Shan Xiongxin, the leader of the cavalry battalion, personally led the third regiment of 1,000 cavalry in the back. Yi Feng decided to lead the troops to detour to intercept the Tielite people, Shan Xiongxin and Qin Qiong asked for battle, wanting to follow him to fight. However, Yi Feng did not bring this cavalry battalion of nearly 1,800 cavalry, but brought the infantry battalion of the chariot battalion, but instead
They were kept. At the beginning, Shan Xiongxin and Qin Qiong were a little puzzled, but Yi Feng's explanation was that the elite cavalry needed to slow down the Tieler retreat speed. Yi Feng did not intend to let the two-legged infantry chase the four-legged Tieler cavalry, as it would be easy to be bitten back. The chariot battalion was slow to move and suitable for formation and blocking, but not suitable for chasing the enemy. Therefore, Yi Feng finally kept the cavalry and gave them the important task of delaying Tieler withdrawal.
The Huaihuang cavalry regiment had only three capitals, and the first battalion had no more than 1,800 cavalry, which was less than a thousand people than the infantry battalion with nearly 3,000 people. It was obviously very dangerous to use 1,800 cavalry to pursue the 9,000 Tiel cavalry, even if the eight hundred Xi cavalry was supplied, it was a dangerous task. Fortunately, the task given to them was to delay them, not to let them fight hard.
However, Shan Xiongxin and Qin Qiong were not afraid of Tieler people. They were even very happy with this order. Finally, they no longer had to hide behind and watch the longbowmen perform. They finally had the opportunity to fight and make contributions. Before Yi Feng left, looking at the excited appearance of the two, he had to repeatedly warn that they should not underestimate the enemy and fight hard, and just hold the enemy back.
When the enemy retreats, we chase them, when the enemy garrisons, when the enemy is tired, when the enemy advances, we retreat. Yi Feng gave the two sixteen-character strategy to make them cautious.
Qin Qiong carried two horn bows and put them in the bow bag on the side of the saddle. In front of the saddle was a pair of gold maces given by Yi Feng, and the word "Yi Feng" was engraved on it. He was invincible and was invincible. He was a set of navy blue full-body armor newly equipped only by battalion-level officers. The armor was extremely gorgeous, with gold-inlaid jade inlay, and the dark red cloak and bright red helmet tassels. When this outfit came out, it was like a torch in the dark night, which probably attracted all the enemies' gaze. However, there is no doubt that the defensive performance of this limited edition armor is excellent. So far, in the entire Huaihuang Army, only ten generals have received such armor personally. In addition to being a bit too gorgeous and dazzling, this armor is actually lighter than his fish scale armor, more comfortable to wear, stronger defense performance, and convenient movement.
Seeing the Tieler people in front left a thousand-person team behind the palace, and after the brigade continued to move forward, Qin Qiong's heart became more and more enthusiastic. One thousand Tongluo cavalry wanted to defeat the Sui Xi cavalry of 2,500 cavalry?
The two cavalrymen got closer and closer, and Qin Qiong held the horse spear in his hand tightly, his heart full of fighting spirit.
Before Qin Qiong could issue an order, the other wing's Kedu had already issued an order to attack without any haste.
After the 800 Xi cavalry with red eyes burst into a roar towards Yun Xiao, they raised their scimitars, kicked the horse's belly, and rushed towards the Thousand Tieler Cavalry formations that were lined up behind the palace to fight. They were not afraid at all, they were just revenge.
Seeing the Xi cavalry taking the lead in attacking, Qin Qiong had to wave his hand, let the flag bearer and trumpet beside him wave the flag and blow the horns, and then launch a charge.
Kedu led the eight hundred Xi cavalry to advance like a rush. When the rapid war horses charged forward, they brought the snow on the ground to fly up, forming snow mist. The heavy sound of horse hooves rumbled in the valley, like bursts of spring thunder.
In the rapid galloping, the oncoming wind whistled in my ears, the wind was neighing, the horse was roaring, and the Xi knights were waving their sabers and screaming.
The Tiel cavalry also began to gallop, and the two cavalry were like two collapsed snow waves, rushing towards the middle at both ends of the narrow valley.
Chapter completed!