Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 935 Mantis Catching Cicadas

Tuoba Gelu glanced at Sun Feiyu one after another, then glanced at Zhe Yuxuan, and quickly looked away. It was hard for others to imagine how much turmoil their leader felt in this short moment. .

The White Wolf Legion is still moving in an orderly manner according to the established deployment.

After Sun Feiyu left with [-] cavalry, Tuoba Gelu still had nearly [-] cavalry and [-] infantry under his command.

He divided the [-] troops into three divisions, with [-] cavalry and [-] infantry commanded by Chief of Staff Zhang Hu as the left wing of the army.Zhe Yuxuan also commanded [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to deploy on the right flank, while Tuoba Gelu personally went into battle, sitting in the central army, and commanding the remaining about [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

Zhe Yuxuan knew early on that Tuoba Gelu was young and strong, and the generals of the Dangxiang Ba Clan had always been like this, so although Tuoba Gelu was quite resourceful, when fighting, he liked to take the lead.Among the nine legion commanders, Zhan Xiongwu is similar to him in charging into the battle. Even the other legion commanders are known as "brave", but when they become legion commanders, they rarely wear the clothes themselves. Go into battle, unless you are in a desperate situation.Therefore, Zhe Yuxuan didn't really believe these rumors at first, but he didn't know the rumors were true until he came to the White Wolf Army.It is also rumored in the army that there is a company of hundreds of cavalry in the personal guard camp next to Tuoba Gelu, all of them are brave and fierce, but they are selected from the whole army.It's just that Zhe Yuxuan hasn't had a chance to see it yet.

In order to prevent being detected by the scouts of the Song army, they could only hide in Caijiapo and wait patiently before the Song army got into the trap.Zhe Yuxuan still has some impressions of Caijiapo. On the plain of Mapingchuan, it is relatively a good place for Tibetan soldiers. In order to irrigate the wheat fields, the local government organized a ditches more than ten miles long to divert water from the Yellow River. , although the ditch is very narrow, there are two rows of poplars and willows planted beside the ditch. It is July at this time, and the local people have already been notified by Tuoba Gelu to the local government to send people to coordinate compensation, so in the fields , the army was hiding in the wheat field, and the Song army was not in front of them, and they did not have binoculars like the senior generals of Xiangfu Kingdom, so it was difficult to find them.

At the beginning of the morning, the White Wolf Army quietly entered Caijiapo.Because Caijiapo was too close to the place where Zhang Shouyi and the temporary camp of the Song army confronted each other, it was only [-] or [-] miles away, and the Song army might notice any movement. The scattered into Zhuangzhong.Naturally, the few people in Zhuangzi had already been evacuated overnight by the government.Previously Tuoba Gelu had sent several marching staff officers to inspect the terrain and map out the hiding places of each army, so as soon as the battalions and companies of the White Wolf Army arrived, these staff officers would guide them to their positions.

It took more than half an hour until the formation of the left, middle and right armies was completed.

The location of the ambush is so close, although it is forced by the terrain, but as long as the goal can be achieved, it will definitely surprise the Song army.The Song army might have sent spies to scout out this place before the provocation a few days ago. Suddenly, the soldiers descended from the sky. If the generals were a little weaker in mental will, they would be frightened out of their wits.

It's just that he didn't feel it when he was talking on paper, but when it came to actual action, Zhe Yuxuan felt how difficult it was to hide it from the enemy.It is almost impossible for an army of 8000 people to complete the formation without pushing and making noise.With so many troops, no matter how well-trained the troops are, in a completely unfamiliar place, there will always be some people standing in the wrong position and there will be a little confusion.Especially for the horse army, no matter how well trained the war horse is, it is still just a beast after all. There are many unexpected factors that will frighten the war horse.

But Tuoba Gelu led the White Wolf Army to do it.Although there must be some luck in this process, Zhe Yuxuan knew that this was inseparable from the strict military discipline awareness developed by the formation training advocated by His Majesty.

Besides, Zhe Yuxuan wondered if Tuoba Gelu had thought about what to do if the Song army found out?At least for now, this possibility does not exist for the time being.

Fourteen miles away to the east, Zhang Shouyi also intended to cooperate with their actions. Fourteen miles away, Zhe Yuxuan could still faintly hear the sound of war drums beating.

This is Zhang Shouyi leading people to fight that Song army!
You don't need to see it in person, Zhe Yuxuan can imagine the scene of arrows raining down and blood flying everywhere when he closes his eyes.

In order not to make the Song army suspicious of defeating Zhang Shouyi, Zhang Shouyi only brought more than 3000 people, nearly a thousand fewer than the Song army, and he will definitely fight the Song army in a real bloody battle. I don't know how many people there will be People will die from it.Zhe Yuxuan didn't feel sympathetic to these soldiers, but he suddenly had a feeling of hurting his own kind.Those soldiers were just pawns between him and Zhang Shouyi, and standing on the Guangxi Plain, in the midst of the entire White Wolf Army formation, Zhe Yuxuan had never felt so distinctly that he also looked like Tuoba Gelu a chess piece.

For most of the soldiers of the White Wolf Legion, the sound of war drums faintly coming from the east, and the billowing dust can make people feel comforted at first, and there is even an excitement of approaching the battlefield, but soon, It becomes something that eats away at people's patience.

A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, half an hour...an hour...

There is no hourglass for timekeeping here, let alone a clock, time just passes silently.Zhang Shouyi and Wang Jing seemed to be addicted to the battle with Song Jun, and they didn't see defeat for a long time, which almost made people wonder if they won the battle by accident!

It's just that the possibility of this is so small that it can be ignored.

More people worried that Zhang Shouyi and Wang Jing were entangled by Song Jun, and they were completely trapped, but Zhe Yuxuan knew that this was actually almost impossible.Zhang Shouyi and Wang Jing are not that kind of incompetent people!
Waiting until the sun rose high, guessing that it was already the right time, Zhe Yuxuan saw a dust dragon running towards the west.

"Here we come!" He couldn't help cheering in his heart, and straightened up.

All the soldiers did not need to be reminded, they cheered up one after another. The impatient cavalrymen were already stroking the fur of their mounts, and they were about to jump on their horses as soon as they were given an order.The cavalry had to rush out first to stop and entangle the Song army, and then the infantry set up an encirclement circle, and cooperated with the cavalry in a battle formation of long spears to encircle and kill all the Song army.It took a long time to wait before, but once I saw the defeated soldiers, it was as if someone had opened a big hole in the hourglass. Just now I saw the dust rolled up when the defeated soldiers retreated, I felt like I blinked my eyes, and immediately You can clearly see the defeated soldiers fleeing westward in a hurry.There were about five or six hundred cavalrymen of the White Wolf Legion and about a thousand infantrymen, with their battle flags tottering, they fled towards them in a panic.Immediately afterwards, they saw the Song army who followed closely behind them, with a number of about [-], who kept roaring and shooting arrows, chasing after them.

If it's acting, Wang Jing's acting is really good.The fleeing Xiangfu army deliberately failed to get too far away from the Song army, and Wang Jing was extremely ruthless in doing things, and even had the style of a general. They fell down, and then the cavalrymen who were chasing at the front of the Song Army stepped on them.

Seeing Wang Jing's 'defeat' so embarrassing, the soldiers at the back kept being shot down and trampled into mud by the Song Army cavalry at the front, Zhe Yuxuan felt like a drum beating in his heart, but at this moment he didn't know what to do. He didn't have the slightest intention of being unbearable, but he just hoped that Wang Jing would continue to perform this good show well and not ruin the big event.

Sure enough, Wang Jing did not disappoint everyone, let alone forget his mission.Beside him, several Zhiqi still carried Zhang Shouyi's brigade flag and rushed straight towards Caijiapo. Behind him, more than 4000 Song troops were attracted.

The generals of the Song army may also be eager to make contributions. It seems that they are determined to wipe out the Xiangfu army led by Wang Jing. They are divided into three teams, chasing behind them all the way, and the other two galloping from both sides, trying to double-team' The army led by Wang Jing who was defeated and fled.

This made Tuoba Gelu, Zhe Yuxuan and others half relieved, such chases were commonplace in wars.Once one party loses in a war, the victor will chase after him in order to maximize the results of the battle. It is not uncommon to chase for hundreds of miles, and it is not uncommon to chase and kill thousands of miles, because this can kill the defeated Enemy beheaded and killed.If it was a long-distance chase, most of the defeated would be wiped out, but at this moment it is only a dozen miles away!

In a blink of an eye, Zhe Yuxuan felt that Wang Jing almost rushed in front of him!
Then, he heard the sound of horns resounding through the sky!Immediately afterwards, there was a deafening shout of killing!Almost subconsciously, he jumped on the horse, shouted, and rushed out with [-] cavalry and [-] infantry on the right side.

At the same time, Tuoba Gelu in the middle and Zhang Hu, the chief of staff of the left wing, also led their respective troops to attack the Song army.

Then, from a distance, Zhe Yuxuan saw Wang Jing turn his horse's head abruptly, shouting something loudly, and lead the cavalry back into the Song army formation.The infantry who had originally fled for their lives panted and turned around under the yelling of the officer, forming a formation and annihilating the Song army together with the ambush.

And Song Jun, who had been chasing and killing Wang Jing's subordinates, seemed to be stunned by this sudden change, and it took a while before he responded, quite unaware of what was wrong, and killed the White Wolf Army.But everyone knows that this is a battle that is won or lost.

The Song army who had been chasing and killing Wang Jing had long since lost their formation. They were blocked by Tuoba Gelu and Wang Jing, and then led by Zhang Hu and Zhe Yuxuan to penetrate from the two wings. Surrounded by the infantry of the White Wolf Legion, they were split into three parts in an instant, surrounded by each of them, and each fought independently.

(End of this chapter)