Jiuxi

Chapter 505 Chapter 503 [Epee without Edge]

On the noisy battlefield, the cavalry of the Feiyu Army turned around in formation. Under the leadership of Li Bingxue, they set off from the rear of the Jingzhou Army's formation and advanced along the east line.

This move immediately attracted Niu Cunjie's attention, and the Jingjun cavalry who had been skimming the formation in the east immediately reacted.

The flat terrain of the West Wind Plain is extremely suitable for cavalry to charge and gallop.

In the stiff wind, Li Bingxue was holding a horse-steed, and under her crotch was a tall, dark blue horse, which made her stand out among the armored knights.

In fact, no matter how she dresses up, she will attract the enemy's attention on the battlefield. After all, in this world, women joining the army are rare, and there are even fewer who can be named generals.

Even in the Jing Dynasty, which did not restrict women from serving as officials, there was no one like Li Bingxue in the army. Although Qingyu Huaijin had such conditions, the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Leize Plain made her completely lose her confidence in continuing to lead the army.

After the rebellion in the capital was put down, the emperor specially approved the expansion of Feiyu Camp into Feiyu Army in order to commend Li Bingxue for his contribution to the Qianli King.

According to the military system of Da Qi, the full strength of an army is 12,000 soldiers, and generals at all levels and the general's personal soldiers are not included.

Although he had the emperor's permission, Li Bingxue could not continue to expand the cavalry under his command because of the lack of enough war horses. The previous expansion of Feiyu Camp from four thousand cavalry to eight thousand cavalry had exhausted the imperial court's reserve of war horses. After all, if a cavalry wants to have sufficient combat effectiveness, it must at least have one person and two horses, and some of the main cavalrymen like Jingjun even have one person and three horses.

Today, the Feiyu Army cavalry is still maintained at 8,000 people. Excluding the two thousand-man teams placed on the central and eastern fronts, there are currently 6,000 cavalry following Li Bingxue.

This number is exactly the same as the Jingjun cavalry on the opposite side. It is difficult not to suspect that this was Qing Yugong's deliberate move.

Perhaps in the opinion of Marshal Jing Chao, the Jing Army's cavalry was enough to stop Fei Yu's army when the forces were equal.

Under the command of Li Bingxue, the Feiyu Army left the Jingzhou Army's formation in a relatively loose four-row column and approached the Yan Army's position little by little.

The biggest weakness of the fish scale formation is the back. The simplest strategy to break this formation is the hammer and anvil tactic, that is, use heavy armored infantry to withstand the turbulent impact of the enemy's fish scale formation, and then use your own mobile troops to circle back to the enemy's rear to launch an attack. An assault, under attack from two sides, is like placing the enemy on an anvil and smashing them to death with a hammer.

To make full use of the hammer-and-anvil tactic, one's own infantry must be able to withstand the front line. Today, the Qing Xu Army almost completed this task perfectly.

At the same time, the cavalry responsible for surprise attacks on the enemy's back must be ferocious enough.

Niu Cunjie was good at the art of war, but he didn't know the weaknesses of his own formation, so he waited until the Jingjun cavalry arrived before going into battle, in order to prevent the Jingzhou Feiyu Army from raiding his retreat.

At this moment, he finally saw Li Tianrun using the Feiyu Army. He immediately boarded the observation car and calmly observed the movements of the cavalry.

Blocking the Feiyu Army's advance was the 6,000 main cavalry of the Jing Army, commanded by Qing Yugong's tiger general Hei Han.

The two cavalrymen fought back and forth on the east side of the main battlefield. It can be seen that the Jingjun cavalry did not use all their strength. They seemed to just want to prevent the Feiyu Army from detouring back to the rear of the Yan Army.

In this case, Heihan did not lead a direct confrontation with the Feiyu Army. When the Feiyu Army rushed over, he immediately led the Jing Army cavalry to bypass it to the northeast. If the Feiyu Army continued to charge forward regardless of , the Jingjun cavalry can take advantage of the situation and bite their tail.

The situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, but the two cavalry were in a stalemate.

Jing Jun intended to preserve his strength, and Fei Yu Army had to consider the threat from the opponent. After many cavalry and archery duels and side-by-side battles, Fei Yu Army still could not get rid of Jing Jun's cavalry, but was gradually led by the opponent. Stay away from the main battlefield.

Seeing this scene, Niu Cunjie finally let go of his hanging heart, and then turned his attention to the main battlefield in the south.

The 10,000-strong former army under the command of Lang Shan was locked in a bitter battle with the Jingzhou Qingxu Army. The 10,000-man left army led by Zhu Zhen had already attached itself to the enemy's left flank, which was the position of the Jingzhou Yangzhai Army. The commander-in-chief of the army was Huo Zhen, the commander-in-chief.

The two fronts were in a tug-of-war at the same time. The Jingzhou Army's defense was very solid, and the formation never showed signs of loosening.

Niu Cunjie immediately ordered: "Instruct Cao An, the commander-in-chief of the right army, to lead his 10,000 infantry to attack the right wing of the Jingzhou Army!"

The herald immediately issued an order, and then he saw Cao An, the deputy general manager of troops and horses on Moyang Road, leading ten thousand troops, forming up from the periphery of the forward army and rushing towards the position of the Heyang Army on the right wing of the Jingzhou Army.

Looking down from above, the Yan army attacked the Jingzhou army in a three-sided attack, and the shouts of killing became more and more intense.

The soldiers on the front line are working hard, while the coach is paying close attention to the situation in the rear.

Time passes little by little, but the Jingzhou Army's Liuhua Formation remains unbreakable.

Niu Cunjie looked solemn. He had long expected the opponent's strength. However, seeing with his own eyes the Jingzhou army's soldiers' tenacious resilience like iron and stone, he couldn't help but feel a little afraid.

The two cavalry are still fighting. The Feiyu Army should not be able to complete its set goal today and cannot touch the weak points of the Yan Army's rear.

Niu Cunjie stood on the lookout car, holding the wooden frame with both hands and his chest rising and falling slightly.

Judging from the current situation, Li Tianrun seems to have no good solution, because the Feiyu Army cannot get rid of the entanglement of the Jing Army cavalry and cannot complete the hammer-and-anvil tactics. If the war continues to be stalemate, the final result should be It means that both sides have paid their dues and stopped fighting, waiting for another day to show off.

But Niu Cunjie had been planning for this battle for a long time and even took a lot of risks. Although the two armies seemed to be evenly matched at the moment, he secretly hid his backhand.

The question now is whether Li Tianrun has a back-up plan?

Niu Cunjie thought in his mind and quickly reviewed the intelligence received during this period. The Jingzhou Army's defenders at Xileng Pass on the Western Front, the Central Front and the Eastern Front had no movement, and there were no reinforcements from the south of the Yangtze River crossing the river to the north. , the only reserve force he could use was the nearly 10,000 defenders in Gaotang City in the south. Thinking of this, Niu Cunjie took a deep breath, turned to look at the waiting herald, and said loudly: "Send the signal."

"Follow the order!"

The herald's face was filled with excitement and excitement.

A burst of extremely majestic horn sound sounded, which temporarily suppressed the noise on the battlefield.

A moment later, a high-pitched trumpet echoed in the distance.

On the northwest and northeast sides of Xifengyuan, flags fluttered forward, and two Yan armies appeared, and then quickly rushed towards the main battlefield.

Roughly judging, the combined strength of the two Yan armies is at least 40,000, which means that the total strength of the Yan army on the West Wind Plain today reaches 100,000. This means that Niu Cunjie mobilized Moyang Road for this battle. All the reserve troops even gave up the defense of part of the small town.

His idea was simple. As long as he could win this battle and severely damage Li Tianrun's main force, he could regain all those small towns after losing them.

The drums in the Yan army's formation sounded again, like a yellow bell and a big Lu, blowing the signal for the Yan army's general attack.

When the reinforcements of the Yan Army appeared, Feiyu Army's intention to intercept them was obvious. However, the Jingjun cavalry was like a piece of candy that could not be shaken off. It neither started a decisive battle with Feiyu Army nor relied on its own excellence. Their riding skills and endurance horses stayed behind, making them unable to intercept the Yan army's reinforcements.

With the arrival of reinforcements, the Yan army's momentum rose instantly, and they launched a fierce attack on the Jingzhou army from three directions.

Niu Cunjie continuously issued orders to adjust his siege formation, and also deliberately left a way for the Jingzhou Army to escape to the south, using the siege of three and one missing to induce the Jingzhou Army to retreat voluntarily.

As long as Li Tianrun makes such a decision, with the two sides now entangled, a hasty retreat will inevitably turn into a rout. No army in the world can face nearly twice the number of enemies in a wide area like Xifengyuan. Terrain retreats calmly.

When reinforcements joined the battle, the pressure on the Jingzhou Qingxu Army, Yangzhai Army, and Heyang Army increased sharply. However, these battle-hardened soldiers still did not fall into panic.

They followed the orders of generals at all levels and continued to resist with strong will and solid formation.

The reports from the three capital commanders Qiu Jixun, Huo Zhen and Zhang Zhan were sent to the Chinese Army at almost the same time, and the contents were very similar.

"To the Commander-in-Chief, our army can hold on and we will never let the enemy troops rush in!"

Li Tianrun had already stepped off the observation car at this time, still maintaining absolute calmness in the seemingly dangerous situation.

"Niu Cunjie has already used the last trump card of the Yan army. It seems that he wants to complete his victory on this battlefield. At the moment, our army is at a disadvantage. After all, the opponent has tens of thousands more troops than us."

Li Tianrun's tone was calm, he looked at a warrior who was standing solemnly in front of him, and said calmly: "I have allowed you and the soldiers under my command to rest for two months. I must have some complaints in my heart, thinking that the governor should not let you idle in the rear. "

This fierce general is Xu Gui, the commander of the Anping Army. He refuses to accept anyone except Li Tianrun. He is a well-known thorn in the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion.

At this moment, he said with a slight embarrassment: "Great Governor, the general has never complained!"

"It doesn't matter anymore."

Li Tianrun waved his hand, and then said: "Now that Niu Cunjie has spread out his troops evenly in three directions, the fish scale formation no longer exists, I just want to ask you one sentence, do you have the confidence to lead the Anping Army to kill them?"

Xu Gui said solemnly: "Even if the general dies on the battlefield, he must still complete the orders of the governor!"

"very good."

Li Tianrun raised his hand and pointed to the north, saying word by word: "That handsome flag of the Yan Army is your target."

"The general will obey the order!"

A ferocious smile appeared on Xu Gui's face, he turned around and strode away.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The sound of the powerful war drums echoed over and over again. Xu Gui led more than 10,000 soldiers of the Anping Army through the middle of the formation and went straight to the rear of the forward Qing Xu Army.

The tiger general, who was nearly forty years old, was holding a spear, grinning as he looked at the battle ahead, and his energetic voice echoed around him.

"Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

All the troops are heading north, upstream!

(End of this chapter)