Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 419 Ji Ling's Prestige 2
It was getting dark, and Cai Mao had already ordered the army to set up camp. Today's marching speed is not bad, at least in Cai Mao's opinion. According to this speed, they can reach Anfeng tomorrow.

Two days ago, Cai Mao received the news that the Huainan army had already withdrawn from Anfeng territory, so Cai Mao was very assured of his safety. After all, this is still in Jingzhou territory, and there is nothing that can threaten him.

In a forest twenty miles away, Ji Ling was leaning against a tree with his eyes closed to rest. He had divided his 4000 troops into four teams and placed them in hidden locations. At this time, he was waiting for news from the scouts.

In fact, Ji Ling was too careful to stay twenty miles away on purpose. You must know that the Jingzhou army only marches for fifty miles a day, and sometimes not even fifty miles. Simply put, if Ji Ling waits here , I'm afraid we won't be able to see Cai Mao's army until around noon tomorrow.

However, it is obvious that Ji Ling cannot wait here any longer. Twenty miles is indeed a long way for the [-] infantry carrying luggage, but for Ji Ling's lightly armed cavalry , at most half an hour. Even, if Ji Ling is brave enough, he will be able to see the Jingzhou army camp in less than half an hour.

"Report,,,,,," a scout rode his horse and roared, when he saw Ji Ling, he immediately jumped off his horse and knelt down and said, "General, the spies ahead are here to report that the enemy army has set up camp to rest. "

"Oh? The camp is set up, haha." Ji Ling opened his eyes and sneered, "Send the order down, everyone mounts their horses, and sends an order to the other three teams to move closer to the enemy's camp. Don't act rashly. Everyone has to wait for me. Signal."

A thousand cavalry immediately got on their horses, everyone looked at Ji Ling, every soldier's eyes were full of fighting spirit, Ji Lingling felt the fighting spirit of his subordinates, and after waving his big hand, he shouted: "Today, our army wants to move Jingzhou. "

"Famous in Jingzhou." Everyone replied, and then, under Ji Ling's command, all the cavalry trotted forward.

Half an hour later, Ji Ling received another report from the scouts that the enemy army was burying pots and making food. At this time, Ji Ling was less than six or seven miles away from Cai Mao's camp. Ji Ling also sent two hundred cavalry to clear the ground along the way However, it is a pity that Ji Ling overestimated Cai Mao. The 200 people he sent out did not meet the enemy's scouts. Simply put, Cai Mao did not send out scouts at all.

"You can't live without committing crimes." Ji Ling sighed: "If you are careless like this, you are just looking for death."

Seeing that it was getting late, Ji Ling ordered: "Everyone, follow me, rush, get the torches ready."

For the cavalry, the distance of six or seven miles is really just a matter of a stick of incense. Now that the enemy army is busy making food, it is the best time to launch a charge. In fact, Ji Lingda can continue to lead the charge. The closer the army is, the closer the distance is, the easier it is to catch the enemy by surprise when launching a charge, but at the same time, the closer the distance, the easier it is for the enemy to find their whereabouts. Ji Ling does not intend to take this risk.

The cavalry's charge needs to be warmed up, which Ji Ling learned from Gongsun Xuna.War horses are very delicate. In addition to taking good care of them in normal times, they also need to be cared for during battles. For example, before charging, it is best to let the war horses have a warm-up process, so that the war horses can show their full potential in battle. combat power and speed.

When it was about three miles away from the camp in Jingzhou, Ji Ling had already ordered to speed up. Three miles away, there was no further delay. According to the current situation, Ji Ling even felt that when his side rushed into the enemy camp, the enemy would still be there. Did not respond.However, just after rushing for a mile, there were bursts of horns sounding from the east.

The soldiers of the Huainan Army all heard that this was not the sound of the horn that their own army should have, which meant that the enemy had already discovered their whereabouts.Ji Ling frowned, and he roared loudly: "Pro-barracks, charge first, and tear the opening."

With this order, half of the [-] soldiers around Ji Ling immediately sped up and rushed away. This was what Ji Ling had ordered in advance. When the large cavalry charged the enemy camp, they must first tear through the defense line of the enemy camp. Otherwise, the rear cavalry would not know where to charge. After all, there must be many obstacles and horse refusals around the enemy camp, which is still somewhat defensive for the cavalry.

The sound of the horn on the east side did come from Cai Mao’s army. Most of the Cai Mao’s barracks were in a relaxed state, except for Wenpin who was camping in the east. His relationship with Cai Mao was really bad, so he ran to the east when camping Come on, Cai Mao is too lazy to care about him.The soldiers in other camps were busy with living and cooking, but Wenpin did not forget to send scouts to investigate the surrounding terrain, and happened to meet the Huainan army rushing from the east.

However, the camp of the [-] Army is not small, and Wen Pin is in charge of such a small area. The warning sound he issued seems to have had little effect, because shortly after the sound of the horn, the [-] soldiers sent by Ji Ling Has been killed in the camp.

Ji Ling's tactics were indeed fine, and the soldiers he sent out carried out his orders very well. What was much simpler than expected was that the three hundred soldiers rushed into the enemy without encountering many obstacles at all. The military camp, however, they didn't go too deep, but cleared a large area around the camp, and some fences and obstacles were removed.

After doing all this, Ji Ling just happened to lead his army to kill them. A thousand cavalry, led by their respective officers, rushed towards the panicked enemy troops.

Cai Mao was waiting for his dinner in the tent. It would be a lie to say that he was not tired after marching for a day. Marching fifty miles a day was a bit difficult for Cai Mao, and it was even more miserable for the soldiers below.Not only Cai Mao was waiting for dinner, but the rest of the soldiers were also staring at the earthen stove eagerly.

It's a pity that before they waited for the rice to be cooked, Ji Ling had already killed in.

The exhausted Cai Maojun had no time to react. They all ran away in a swarm, hoping to escape the enemy's pursuit. No one remembered to take up arms to resist, and no one was willing to resist, because everyone was Escape, in this case, whoever resists is going to die.

Two of the other three teams of cavalry that Ji Ling had arranged in advance also came in, while the remaining team of cavalry went around to form behind the enemy camp. Their task was to intercept the rout and at the same time assist the army to defeat the enemy camp.

The charge of the cavalry is indeed terrifying to the infantry, especially in this defenseless situation, the infantry is only left to be slaughtered, and half of the camp of the [-] troops collapsed in less than half an hour. In Cai Mao's army, there were also brave generals like Wenpin who tried to organize soldiers to form a resistance. However, Wenpin could organize too few people, and most of the soldiers chose to flee.

Seeing that Wenpin couldn't hold on to the camp, he had no choice but to lead the [-] troops he had managed to organize to withdraw from the camp. At this time, self-preservation is of course a wise choice.

Cai Mao thought of running away immediately, he didn't even think about commanding the army to resist. Before the information about the enemy was sent, Cai Mao had already ordered his [-] soldiers to escort him to retreat.

It was getting darker, and the cavalry under Ji Ling's command had already lit torches. Each cavalry had three torches, and the torches were fixed on the racks prepared in advance. Coupled with the moving speed of the horses, the entire camp was filled with Huainan troops. cavalry.Those Cai Mao troops who did not have time to escape from the camp were frightened by the formation. Due to the long distance, they could only judge the number of enemy troops from the number of torches, even though the torches moved a little strangely.

Seeing that the enemy army was on the verge of collapsing, Ji Ling ordered the enemy army to be surrendered. It was dark night, which was not only not conducive to the enemy's resistance and escape, but also not conducive to Ji Ling's side fighting. He had no experience in commanding large troops in night battles. Coupled with the fact that the number of enemy troops is far greater than that of our own, if we are not careful, we may lose a lot of our troops.

"Those who surrender will not be killed, and those who surrender will not die..." Teams of cavalry spread the order to surrender to all parts of the camp, and those Cai Mao soldiers who couldn't run had to stop and choose to surrender. They couldn't run on four legs In addition, after being tired for a whole day, I haven't had time to rest or eat, so I don't even have the strength to escape.

An hour later, Ji Ling was already commanding the army to escort the prisoners and lock them up. So far, Ji Ling has captured more than 8000 prisoners. After counting the results of the battle, Ji Ling realized that his charge only killed more than 600 enemy soldiers. Many people trampled on each other to death.

In other words, Cai Mao's army was completely defeated by himself.Outside the camp, Ji Ling's subordinates were still holding torches to catch the prisoners. Many soldiers of Cai Mao's army finally ran out of the camp, but they lost their way. Many people chose to run into the forest to hide, but Ji Ling didn't intend to let them go. They, these broken soldiers are always a hidden danger, and they must all be arrested.

In the camp, Ji Ling had only a thousand cavalry left beside him. Facing more and more captives, Ji Ling had to tie them all up. There were too many captives, and Ji Ling was afraid that if he didn't handle them well, he would lead to a disastrous defeat. After finishing these, Ji Ling ordered the living to cook again. After fighting for so long, the soldiers are also hungry. If you don't hurry up and eat something now, you don't know if you will have time to eat later.

Looking at the captives who were staring at him eagerly, Ji Ling was not at all merciful. Even though the enemy soldiers were really hungry, he did not order food to be distributed to the captives. After more than an hour, the soldiers who went out to capture the captives all After returning, the thousand cavalry who had been ambushing outside the camp beforehand also rushed over. So far, Ji Ling has captured more than 1000 prisoners in total.

"Hurry up and eat, hurry up..." the officers all yelled at the soldiers who had just returned to the camp: "I'm busy at night, everyone will receive two days of dry food after eating, hurry up, everyone Stop dawdling,,,,,, "

After counting the results of the battle, Ji Ling shook his head and sighed: "One general is incompetent, and the whole army is exhausted. This battle is a bit easy to win. Alas, it seems that you must pay attention to this when setting up camp in the future, otherwise your camp will be destroyed. It will also be kicked off by others.

These Jingzhou soldiers followed Cai Cai Mao, purely looking for death, hum, if you want to blame, blame your bad luck, you can't blame others. "

(End of this chapter)