After Spring and Autumn

In the spring of the following year, Fan Li directly led troops to attack Yiqu. In order to achieve a better strategic effect, he took Li Yan as the commander of the cavalry on this expedition, and asked him to wait half a month before setting off after gathering troops in Chang'an.

Moreover, Fan Li used [-] rural soldiers as the vanguard, with [-] infantry in the rear. The main combat force was Li Yan's [-] cavalry, and at the same time there were [-] reorganized Qin chariot soldiers.

There were nearly 30 soldiers in total. After arriving at the border, the township soldiers attacked first. After the two sides fought several times, each was injured. Yiqu felt that the combat effectiveness of the world-famous Han soldiers was no more than that, so they assembled nearly [-] people.

They are going to take down the Han army directly. In this way, the Han country can also see their combat effectiveness, and take advantage of the opportunity to visit the old land of the Qin country, grab some gold, silver, and beautiful women's food, to supplement the strength of this war. expenses.

After Fan Li got the news, he ordered the rural soldiers in front to fight and retreat, leading the main force of the enemy army into the encirclement. At this time, Li Yan had already made all preparations, and Yiqu's army slowly entered the predetermined battlefield.

The two sides set up a formation. Fan Li set up the formation with [-] infantry as the center. The chariot soldiers were behind, the town soldiers protected the two wings, and the cavalry was on the side, waiting for the opportunity to come out. After King Yiqu saw this scene, he felt relieved. The heart of contempt.

With infantry against cavalry, and there are still such a small number, the difference in strength between the two sides is not too much, and the man and horse in front of him are very mixed, with all kinds of arms, it looks like a motley army.

Moreover, the chariot soldiers were still behind the infantry. This formation looked nondescript, even a little stupid, so he ordered the attack without hesitation, investing more than half of his troops at once, and wanted to rely on a wave of attacks. The Han army defeated.

What he didn't expect was that the infantry of the Han army in front of him, facing the impact of so many cavalry, did not show the slightest fear on their faces. They retreated quickly, and behind them were strange chariots. revealed.

A passage was left between these chariots, obviously to provide a way for the chariot soldiers behind to enter and exit. In order to attract the Yiqu people to attack with all their strength, Fan Li just let people release a wave of arrows, and then stopped.

The tide-like cavalry in front was slightly blocked by the sword rain, and then continued to run wildly, while the infantry in front was waiting in full force, and had already set up their spear formations.

After seeing this scene, the Yiqu cavalry stopped and drew their bows to shoot arrows, but at this moment, the chariot rushed out from the middle, directly forcing the cavalry in front to retreat, and then the cavalry beside them also moved towards this scene. come closer.

The chariot soldiers were given time to adjust, and they retreated slowly. This was obviously a shrinking style of play. King Yiqu frowned and thought about it for a while. Judging from the current situation, the Han army seems not to be so aggressive. Have confidence.

After all, the number was too small, so he gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers to attack again while the rear team followed up. The fighting in front became fierce. The infantry stubbornly resisted the attack of the Yiqu cavalry team and had already retreated to the second camp. line of defense.

At this time, Fan Li did not let the chariot soldiers go out again, but ordered to shoot arrows, but the interval between each wave was very long. He deliberately sold this weakness, hoping that the opponent could use this opportunity to attack with all their strength.

Sure enough, the Yiqu cavalry saw that their attack had an effect, so they pushed forward with all their strength, trying to use this momentum to break through the infantry's phalanx in one fell swoop, while Li Yan led the cavalry constantly swimming around at this time.

When the armies of the two sides were mixed together, Fan Li was not very polite. The continuous rain of arrows fell in waves like rain. At this time, Li Yan led the cavalry and began to slowly move towards the enemy. Evacuate outside.

This blow stunned the Yiqu cavalry. They didn't understand why the bows and arrows of the Han army were so sparse just now, but now they are so powerful, causing them great casualties.

When Yiqu's cavalry was unstable, Fan Li ordered the chariot soldiers to attack with all their strength, while the infantry also changed their defensive strategy, seized the opportunity to form a battle formation, and began to expand the results of the battle.

The cavalry led by Li Yan had already reached the middle of the battlefield, and he immediately started to speed up, attacking directly towards the enemy's rear. All this happened too fast, when King Yiqu reacted.

The cavalry of the Han army was only a thousand steps away from him, and he subconsciously ordered his headquarters, wanting to retreat and avoid the sharp edge of the cavalry of the Han army, but they just made a move.

Li Yan turned around and launched an attack on the main force of the Yiqu cavalry from behind. They had three crossbows on their side, so they didn't have to think about reloading the arrows. They just switched to another one after firing.

These roads are designed to be very light. Although the power is not that strong, they can shoot bows and arrows when they suddenly encounter cavalry while they are marching, which makes the Yiqu cavalry on the opposite side a little flustered.

After the bows and arrows were shot, the distance between the two sides had narrowed. The javelins equipped by the cavalry of the Han army were now at the right place to be used. This power was much greater than that of bows and arrows, but the attack distance was a little short.

After one round, a large part of the cavalry in front had fallen, and there was such chaos in the front and rear of the battle. It was inevitable that the army's morale would be unstable. After King Yiqu realized it, he immediately urged the headquarters to go to the rescue.

Li Yan didn't care about it at all at this time. After tearing open a gap in the enemy's team, he rushed in with his men and met the chariot soldiers in the middle of the battlefield.

At this time, the infantry of the Han army attacked very sharply, and the Yiqu cavalry in front of them retreated one after another, and became more and more courageous as they fought. At this time, if you look from above, the Yiqu cavalry has been directly divided into two sections from the middle.

The Chinese army couldn't bear it anymore, so this battle declared the failure of the Yiqu army. After seeing this scene, the king of Yiqu was so angry that he almost fell off his horse. In desperation, he had no choice but to choose retreat.

But this retreat was a complete defeat, because it was too far away from Yiqu and too close to the border of the Han Kingdom, and the township soldiers guarding the two wings had now begun to outflank it from two sides, and the encirclement had formed.

Now that the king of Yiqu had already withdrawn ahead of schedule, the remaining soldiers were even more hopeless, so some people began to surrender immediately, and some escaped by taking the opportunity. Fan Li ordered the chariot to cooperate with the infantry and cavalry to continue on the battlefield fight.

The purpose of ordering Li Yan to pursue King Yiqu is only one, and that is to show the prestige of the Han army and make Yiqu people fearful.