Chapter 364: Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat
Zhang Zhongwu's heart was full of happiness.
The war has developed to this point, and although it has cost him a lot, it has all been worth it. It is conceivable that his tens of thousands of foot soldiers in Zhuozhou, more auxiliaries, and minfu will be wiped out after this battle, but what does it matter? He, Zhang Zhongwu, mastered Lulongjie Town, relying not on these people, but on the 20,000 elite cavalry in his hands.
After many years of fighting against the Khitan, Zhang Zhongwu developed a large and elite cavalry force, an innate advantage that could not be matched by any other Jiezhen, because he could get more and better horses close to the water.
Organizing large-scale cavalry to intersperse and detour is his forte. As for the other foot soldiers, if they are lost, they will soon be able to make up for them, and as for a strategic place like Zhuozhou that is impossible for him to give up in the eyes of Li Ze, Cao Xin and others, in Zhang Zhongwu's view, it doesn't matter.
After many years of fighting outside the mouth, Zhang Zhongwu has never cared about the gains and losses of one city and one place, just like the battle in front of him, as long as he killed Li Ze, wouldn't the things he lost return to his arms soon?
Shi Zhuang, Wang Sili's main force, is now attacking Zhuozhou frantically on the north bank of the Juma River, right? If they knew that the main force of their cavalry was heading straight for Yi County, I wonder how they would feel?
Do you continue to move forward, or do you withdraw your troops on the spot?
I hope they can come back to help, so that their strength in Zhuozhou can still be preserved.
"Report!"
Ahead, a sentry officer with a small flag on his back flew upstream, rushing up the ranks of cavalry rushing forward until he was in front of Zhang Zhongwu.
"Jieshuai, Li Zebu of Yi County, has left the county seat of Yi County and has now arrived in Baima Township." The officer clenched his fists on his horse.
"White Horse Township!" Zhang Zhongwu couldn't help but be a little stunned, suddenly attacked, Li Ze would never retreat, because his retreat represented his defeat in this battle, so Li Ze would definitely fight him in a decisive battle, for this, Zhang Zhongwu was convinced.
But he originally thought that he was going to fight a tough battle, although the city wall of Yixian County was not tall and steep, it was just a rammed city wall, but for the defenders, it always depended.
Li Ze actually abandoned the city and chose to fight with him, which made him stunned and couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Li Ze Xiaoer, I really don't know how thick the sky is! The whole army was ordered to turn to Baima Township. Zhang Zhongwu laughed: "Just in Baima, destroy this dynasty food!" ”
The sound of the bull's horn resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the cavalry team turned slightly and rushed towards the White Horse Township.
Ten miles away from Baima Township, the galloping cavalry slowed down and began to reorganize the formation, under the long-distance attack, this cavalry was also slightly tired, before the battle, they also needed to rest and pull back.
The whole team slowly advanced towards White Horse Township, and only the sentinel horse accelerated forward.
Zhang Zhongwu glanced back at the direction of Matouzhai with some dissatisfaction, his left army, the cavalry of a full 5,000 men and horses, has not caught up yet, and their opponent is Zhang Zhongwu who has not seen it at all, but a divine army of 3,000 people.
"How did Pan Feng do it?"
Zhang Xing, the protector of the Chinese army, said with a smile: "Jie Shuai, after all, the Shence Army is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and the combat effectiveness is always a little bit, but there is no need to worry, probably General Pan does not want the soldiers to have too many casualties, so he chose to slowly draw it, after all, they are just the disease of mustard ringworm, and the one opposite us is the fierce enemy!" ”
"Although Li Ze Xiao'er doesn't know the height of the sky, he dares to argue with me in the wild, this arrogance is much stronger than his old man." Zhang Zhongwu said with a smile.
"Since Wenda, this son has swept across the sea in one fell swoop, occupied our Yingzhou, and defeated Wang Feng, but he seems invincible, and his arrogance has probably been cultivated in this way." Zhang Xing said with a smile.
"Those pieces of shit!" Speaking of Zhu Shou, Wang Feng, Zhang Zhongwu is not angry, if they are stronger, why do they have to make a hard detour like now? It has long been hard against the hard ground and directly run over it.
Even though the speed was slowed down, the distance of ten miles was still a blink of an eye for the cavalry, and when Zhang Zhongwu saw Li Ze's camp, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
"Is it a battle against the water, a ruin? The courage is commendable, and this son really impresses me. The horse whip halberd pointed to the Wuwei army that still looked a little shadowy in the distance, Zhang Zhong Wudao.
Li Ze is indeed camping against the water, and behind him is the Yishui River.
He chose a U-shaped strip to camp in, and his battle stood on the highest embankment, and under the embankment, there were three thousand pro-Wei Yicong and Min Rou's Chengde wolf riders.
Liang Han's 3,000 armor soldiers set up camp on the left, Wanfu's 3,000 armor soldiers set up camp on the right, but in the middle were a thousand Mo swordsmen led by Li Han and 2,000 auxiliaries under his jurisdiction.
The three foot soldiers stood in a zigzag shape, Li Hantu was at the forefront, and the three armies happened to seal the entrance to this U-shaped zone.
Li Ze's tactical intent was obvious, that is, to use the dense camp of armor to resist the onslaught of the massive cavalry, consume their troops, and then use his cavalry to fight a decisive battle with Zhang Zhongwu.
In fact, at this time, any strategy and tactics are in vain, because your intentions, the opponent can be clear at a glance, and in the end, it is the combat effectiveness and courage of both sides.
Choosing this place made Yishui River a natural protective barrier for Li Ze's left and right wings, he didn't have to worry about Zhang Bu attacking him from the left and right wings, Zhang Zhongwu could only charge from the front if he wanted to defeat him.
In this battle, Li Ze's armor was destined to be subjected to the most severe test.
In front of the U-shaped seal, there are some large trees that have been cut down horizontally, some large and small pits dug in a haphazard manner, and of course, there are some tripwires nailed down irregularly, and there are some thistles densely covered in the wild grass. Among the three infantry phalanxes, there are countless crossbow carts and crossbows, and this time Li Ze brought hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows.
Li Ze wanted to fight Zhang Zhongwu in a decisive battle with White Horse Township, not out of the mood. At this time, he had to stand up to attract Zhang Zhongwu and urge Zhang Zhongwu to fight to the death. The reason is very simple, if he is trapped in Yi County, and Zhang Zhongwu can't attack it for a while, it is very likely that he will drive most of the cavalry to bypass Yi County and enter Dingzhou, or even drive the horse straight into Zhenzhou Zhaozhou, and play the strategy of redeeming with himself, it will be miserable.
Even if he has defeated Zhuojun and Jicheng, can the wealth of these places be compared with Zhenzhou and Zhaozhou? In the sub-strategy, it is inevitable that you will suffer the loss.
Only when he stands up and carries it hard with the other party, so that Zhang Zhongwu sees the opportunity to win Wuwei in a battle, will he entangle with himself at all costs.
Do you really have no chance of winning?
Of course not.
His own soldiers are far superior to their opponents in terms of armor and equipment, and the cheap and easy-to-use plate armor made by Wuyi's hydraulic punch has been equipped on all soldiers, and even the auxiliary soldiers under Li Han's command are now all wearing armor, which were originally stored in Yi County as supplementary materials, but now they are coming in handy.
Needless to say, the loot that came back from Chang'an was that he got nearly 2,000 Mo knives from the Chang'an Treasury. The craftsmanship of this thing is not known to the craftsmen of Wuyi. Of course, now that thousands of craftsmen have been brought back from Chang'an, it will naturally be in the future.
Long-range weapons have always been the direction that Li Ze focuses on, and if they can destroy the enemy at a long distance, it is naturally to shoot and pull down from a distance, and it is not easy for archers to practice, so let's use strong crossbows, arm crossbows and other things to play covering shooting. In Li Ze's infantry team, the proportion of crossbows is extremely high. This time, when I came out of Yi County, I brought all the crossbow machines, ballista cars and crossbow arrows in Yi County.
And now, they are in the camp of three foot soldiers.
The ballista shoots at a distance of four hundred paces.
The crossbow shot from the arm at a distance of two hundred paces.
Then, it was carried by the steps.
More than 10,000 people and horses, quietly standing on the bank of the Yishui River, the flag was waving in the wind, the river hit the embankment and made a loud sound, and the birds in the sky did not dare to fly over this land at this moment, made a turn on the side, and immediately flew away from it.
The invisible evil aura, the murderous aura, is slowly diffusing and slowly condensing.
Li Han was wearing heavy armor, his tall body was like a door panel, and he was holding a Mo knife weighing dozens of catties, tilting his head to stare at the cavalry figure in the distance.
For him, more or less, it doesn't make much sense, cut it, and it's over.
There was a little itch on his neck, he couldn't help but pull open his collar armor and scratch it, there was a red rope tied around his neck, and there was a small bag underneath, which was given to him by Yan Jiu before this expedition. According to Yan Jiu, this was the peace charm he went to the temple to ask for him.
He laughed hesitantly, when did he and Yan Jiu rely on the gods and Buddhas, all along, they relied on their fists! But he still carefully stuffed the pouch back and put it on the meat, which Yan Jiu personally brought to him.
On the left, Liang Han was a little nervous and a little sad.
Most of the generals on the opposite side he knew, and most of them fought side by side, but time passed, and when they met again, they were already opponents who drew their swords. I don't know if those past friends of wine and meat will die under their own knives today, or if they will die under their knives.
On the right wing, Wanfu's palms were full of sweat. He had never faced such a large cavalry attack team, and in his opinion, the armor soldiers in front of him, after this battle, were afraid that there were very few who could survive, and even he, the possibility of being able to go back was extremely low.
But as long as this battle is won, he can be regarded as opening a glorious door for his family. His eldest son is now one of the staff members of the Wuwei Festival Town Government and is a civil servant, and his second son is now in front of Li Ze and is a member of the pro-Weiyi group. The probability of survival is much higher than that of yourself.
Die to win!
Wan Fu glanced back at his back, although he couldn't see where his son was, he knew that his son must be looking at him at the moment. He spat twice into the palm of his hand, rubbed it twice, and lifted the spear in his hand.