Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 109
Han Sui was about to launch a night attack. He had never used this move before, and he couldn't find any good opportunities to use it. Before he went to the Sanfu area in the Eastern Expedition, he used Xiliang iron cavalry to trample it all the way, because It has an absolute advantage in mobility, so there is no need to carry out night raids, just kill all the way during the day, and then you can grab whatever you want, basically there is no Who can pose a real threat to him.

But now there is no way to use cavalry. In fact, it does not mean that cavalry cannot be used at all. It is just that when both sides are in formation, on this relatively long and narrow battlefield, the defender can easily arrange a better Due to the defensive formation and the sandy terrain, the power of the cavalry is almost completely incapable.

But if it is a night attack, maybe you can really use the cavalry, because even if the cavalry cannot run fast on the beach, they are still faster than ordinary soldiers, and what is needed for a night attack is a large number of cavalry with amazing speed. To attack the opponent's camp with momentum, if the opponent is not prepared for defense, relying on the huge body of the cavalry itself can cause considerable damage to the opponent.

So Han Sui decided to send his elite Xiliang iron cavalry to attack Sun Jian's camp on the river beach at night. After night fell, Han Sui began to secretly deploy the army. Han Sui's night attack plan was very much in agreement. The hard work during the day made them extremely uncomfortable. They felt that Sun Jian was fighting back and forth with him. He must take advantage of this opportunity at night to give Sun Jian a good time. Check out the color.

Han Sui's night attack schedule was in the second half of the night. He was still a little worried that Sun Jian would make some preparations in advance to prevent him from leading the army to carry out a night attack. The soldiers' defensive capabilities must have also dropped a lot.

Han Sui was very satisfied with his night attack plan. As for whether to lead the army in person, after repeated consideration, Han Sui gave up this idea. After all, the night attack itself was too dangerous and he didn't want to go. Take too much risk and solve the problem steadily, why go out of your way?
And waiting for the middle of the night is actually quite difficult, especially for these Xiliang cavalry who participated in the night raid. In fact, night raids cannot be carried out at any time, nor can anyone do it. You must know that no matter whether it is a human or a war horse, there is a relatively fixed biological work and rest time, and the work and rest time must be forcibly changed when carrying out night raids.

Soldiers are sometimes a little easier to control, just let them go to bed earlier, but the horses may not be so easy to control, some horses can't sleep before that time, sometimes they are forced to fight at night, They may not be willing to obey the command. Even if these war horses are forced to obey the command and participate in the battle, there may be many unexpected situations during the actual battle.

In fact, Xiang Yu will also encounter these problems when conducting night raids, but he has a lot of experience in night raids, and usually prepares a day or two before deciding on a night raid. There is really no way to prepare so long in advance , and will also make some preparations on the day of the night attack to maximize the combat capabilities of soldiers and horses in the night attack.

Han Sui, on the other hand, was not as well prepared as Xiang Yu for the night attack. Of course, in his opinion, there was no need to make such preparations. He did not believe that Sun Jian's troops could defend against the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under his command in the second half of the night. Assault charge.

This night was the waning moon, which happened to be a half-circle moon. Han Sui thought that such a moon phase was also very suitable for launching an attack, so he waited until the middle of the night, and he personally watched the cavalry under his command rush out of the tent.

The number of this wave of cavalry is neither too many nor too few. According to Han Sui's estimation, it is enough to deal a heavy blow to Sun Jian's camp. The power must be insufficient, just like the moon tonight, which is exactly halfway there, no more and no less. Han Sui thinks that this kind of moon phase represents the success of success.

The Xiliang cavalry sent by Han Sui was divided into two groups, one from the left and the other from the right. The two cavalry would take a long way first to avoid Sun Jian's defensive post as much as possible, and then they would attack in the dark. Quietly attacking Sun Jian's central army from both sides, Han Sui thought that even if Sun Jian wanted to deploy defensively, he would definitely focus on deploying in a large area in the middle, so he is now deploying offensively in this way If not, Sun Jian would definitely not be able to defend himself.

At the beginning, Han Sui's cavalry divided into two groups was very smooth. They advanced according to the pre-arranged route and made sure that their whereabouts were not leaked. Then they also circled around smoothly, and then separated The attack was launched from both sides. At the beginning, Han Sui's cavalry were still able to run.

They found that for at least a long section of the road, the horses would not be particularly affected when they were running, and they could even charge, but the good times didn't last long, and such areas were not very far away. When they approached Sun Jian's camp At that time, these cavalry found a terrible thing. Many war horses seemed to be stuck in the mud in the river beach, making it difficult to move forward, and the problem was becoming more and more serious. Not only the war horses could hardly run, Many can't even do ordinary walking.

The depth of silt and river sand in some places is obviously not right, like someone dug a good trap specially, and then waited for them to come out of the net. The reason for saying this is because of the naturally formed silt and river sand under normal circumstances The pits are usually not enough for the whole horse to sink into it with both hooves or even all four hooves. However, the situation here is that many pits are very deep, and it is like this in a long area. When the horse first enters this area, It won't be a big problem.

But as it continues to run, the four horseshoes or two or three of them will continue to sink deep into it. The more it runs, the deeper it sinks, and the harder it is, the harder it is to break free. This is just like us falling into quicksand. It is the same as in the middle, but because the weight of the horse is greater, it is more difficult to break free after falling into it.

These Xiliang cavalrymen of Han Sui were all in a huge panic at this time, and then something that made them panic even more happened. The light of the torch was originally the Xiliang iron cavalry who came to carry out a night attack, but now it changed from a hunter to a prey.

Sun Jian's soldiers kept rushing out, killing all Han Sui's cavalry, and most of them were captured alive. Only a small part saw the situation and ran away quickly, and escaped along the way they came. .

At dawn the next day, Han Sui learned that the night attack troops he had sent out, not only failed to deal a heavy blow to Sun Jian, but nearly wiped out his entire army, a stream of old blood almost coughed out from his lungs .

If the daytime battle yesterday was acceptable to Han Sui, but the wave of heads sent by the night attack this night really hurt him a bit.

However, although he was a little angry, Han Sui was able to calm down quickly and try to make the most correct decision, and the most correct decision was to withdraw the troops as soon as possible, and then defend with Yunwu City as the boundary.

Although Sun Jian ate some of his cavalry, it was nothing more than that. As long as Han Sui defended the city well, Sun Jian still had nothing to do.

So Han Sui finally ordered to retreat, and then left some troops to defend here, while he led another group of troops to rush to the east gate of Yunwu City to have some calculations with Dong Zhuo.

(End of this chapter)