Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Battle (6)

"Send a signal to inform Mao Anfu that we have arrived at the battlefield."

Shan Qiu gave the order.

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"The pikemen are in front, forming a quadrangle formation, the sword and shield soldiers are behind, and the archers are ....."

Shan Qiu gave orders one by one and made the final preparations before the war.

Li Xun's face was tense, and he was studying the command strategy of the battle of single revenge, in the previous battle of Yingzhou, Li Xun was just a coercion, but now, he has really become the core, and he is on the front line of the war.

Jiang Daxiong was holding a Qinglong Yanyue knife weighing more than eighty catties, right next to Li Xun, his eyes were fixed ahead, he was on the battlefield for the first time, there was no tension and fear on his face, but there was some faint excitement.

A quarter of an hour later, Mao Anfu led more than 2,000 cavalry to the high ground, but he did not stop to join forces with Shan Qiu, but crossed them and disappeared into the night.

Shan Qiu immediately ordered someone to convey the order of the metropolitan governor Ma Wu to Mao Anfu, if Tubo divided his troops to pursue the people in the rear, he didn't have to care.

Li Xun asked: "Brother Mao is ready to hide in the dark and attack Tubo from the side?" ”

Shan Qiu nodded and said, "You are right, Mao Anfu has been fighting for nearly an hour, and the men and horses are very tired, so you can take some rest for the time being, and then fight." ”

It turns out that this is the case, otherwise it is very advantageous to lead the cavalry to charge in a condescending position.

Li Xun sighed: "Five thousand cavalry, in less than an hour, is actually a loss of more than half, thousands of lives!" ”

Shan Qiu shook his head: "Every time you say it is so serious, Mao Anfu's loss should not be big." ”

"How so?"

Li Xun asked puzzledly, there are only about 2,000 people left around Mao Anfu, if the others didn't die in battle, where did they go?

"When Mao Anfu led the army to retreat, the army was neat, and there was no panic, it can be seen from this point that Tubo did not occupy much of the upper hand, Mao Anfu can still advance and retreat in a disciplined manner, and evacuate safely, it is now night, the cavalry led by Mao Anfu is not good at night fighting, and when the battle with Tubo is fierce, there should be many people who are lost, so the advantages and disadvantages of the battle situation cannot be judged simply from the number of people."

Shan Qiu explained to Li Xun very patiently, he knew that Li Xun led the army alone for the first time, and lacked experience in battle, of course, this is also because Li Xun's personality has been recognized by Shan Qiu, if it is not, the war is approaching, and Shan Qiu will not waste so much talk with him.

Li Xun glanced at Shan Qiu gratefully, and after his explanation, he greatly increased his knowledge of war.

Sure enough, then from time to time there were scattered cavalry gathered towards Shan Qiu's side, nearly 2,000 people, Mao Anfu's deputy Jiang Or was also among them, Shan Qiu asked Jiang Or to lead people to rest a few miles behind, and then fight.

On the Tibetan side, after assembling the team, they also marched towards the side of Shan Qiu.

Tubo general Zade's face was pale, he led 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry to raid, but he did not expect to be attacked by the other party's initiative, a fierce battle, he had an absolute advantage in numbers, he was almost beaten into a defeated army, if it were not for the five thousand night wolf army in his army, good at night fighting, and stabilized the formation at the critical moment, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, even so, a battle down, the casualties were more than 3,000 people, several times with the other party.

"General, the Jin army has set up a formation on a high ground three miles away, with about 4,000 people."

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"General, the combat effectiveness of this Jin army is very strong, if it is attacked, I am afraid our losses will be not small."

Adjutant Akea leaned in front of Zad and whispered, "It's better to stay put, and after dawn, I'm making plans." ”

Another adjutant general, Daang, also said loudly: "No, if you stay until dawn, the generals are likely to expose their whereabouts, and then they will fall short, who will be responsible for this responsibility?" ”

Zade glared at him viciously, gritted his teeth and said, "My task is only to attract the Jin army from Zhike County to come to support, and other things are not my turn to worry about." ”

"Akea, you lead five thousand cavalry, make a detour, and pursue the people of the Jin Dynasty."

"The last general commands."

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"Daang, you lead the infantry of your headquarters, attack me, and take the Jin army high ground as soon as possible."

Daon was stunned for a moment, and said: "General, wouldn't it be easier to let the cavalry charge in front, and then the infantry of the last general will cover and kill?" ”

Zade said coldly: "What should General Ben do, I don't need you to say more, go ahead quickly to prepare for the attack, if you can't capture the Jin Army Heights within an hour, don't blame me for not remembering the old feelings." ”

Daang's face was pale, he looked at Zade, reluctantly obeyed the general's order, and went to gather the military horses of his headquarters.

Looking at Daang's back, Zade's eyes were full of murderous intent, this person was pulled up by himself, without himself, how could he have today's status? Looking at his words and deeds just now, it is obvious that he has secretly taken refuge in Ge Wa Yi, how can such a person who forgets his righteousness stay by his side and cause trouble?

Daon led more than 8,000 infantry, lined up in a neat formation, and began to advance towards the Jin army's high ground.

"It's strange that the other party didn't charge with cavalry to open the way, but only sent infantry to come?"

Li Xun said in surprise, the two armies are fighting, unless there is no cavalry, if there is cavalry, it is generally the cavalry that charges first, taking the lead, intending to disperse the opponent's military formation, and then the infantry charges to cover up, but now, only the infantry of Tubo is seen coming towards this side, and no cavalry is seen.

Shan Qiu said: "There is no need to care so much, we just need to act according to the orders of the Grand Governor and hold on to this place." ”

Single hatred is good at defending, and Mao Anfu is good at attacking.

Daang is not a wine bag and rice bag, if he charges with such a dense team, the loss must be very large, so when he reached a mile away from the Jin army's high ground and was about to enter the effective range of the opponent's archers, Daang immediately ordered to divide the 8,000 infantry in his hand into four teams, each team of 2,000 people, spread out, and charge towards the high ground from four directions.

The battle on Li Xun's side has begun, although it occupies the high ground and has a certain geographical advantage, but the temporary battle did not bring anything to stop the enemy, after paying the price of thousands of people, Daon led the people to finally rush to the high ground, the two sides were short of arms, and a fierce battle broke out suddenly.

The two sides fought for more than an hour, Mao Anfu and Jiang Or led the cavalry to kill back, and the Tubo infantry in both directions were defeated, and then, Zade also led 4,000 cavalry to support, helping Daang stabilize the situation, and the two sides fought together, and they couldn't tell the winner for a while.