485 Qi Wei was surrounded, and the cavalry fought

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"Drive, drive! Sigh! ”

"Zilong, where are we now?"

Li Zixiao reined in his war horse, looked at the surrounding terrain, and asked Zhao Zilong, who was following behind.

"General, we have just passed Baisha City, and further north is Longmen Pass, which has been controlled by the thieves at this time, and to the east you can enter the Wushi Mountain, Shaomu Mountain, and Song Mountain.

Anyway, this area is surrounded by mountains, the terrain is complex, and there are many checkpoints, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Dengfeng City in the east is still in the hands of North Korea.

After the thieves occupied Luoyang, they did not continue to go south except for the Longmen Pass and Dagu Pass, which were occupied by troops to ensure the barrier in the south of Luoyang.

On the one hand, they are afraid of us, and on the other hand, they are afraid of the complex terrain here. ”

Zhao Zilong introduced the terrain of this area to Li Zixiao at this time, his face was full of joy, and it was difficult to hide his excitement.

Zhao Zilong has always hoped to have the opportunity to follow Li Zixiao to fight, but unfortunately, since the end of the Northern Expedition, Li Zixiao's has turned into a period of strategic recuperation.

During this period, Li Zixiao focused on local governance and consolidated his Jiangbei base area, and he had no intention of fighting a big war, and the surrounding situation did not give him a chance to fight a big war.

The only time Qi Wei sent troops was when Qi Wei entered Ruzhou City, and at that time, Zhao Zilong took the initiative to invite Ying to be a flag general in Qi Wei's 'Western Expedition' Legion.

In the past nearly a year, Zhao Zilong's performance under Qi Wei can only be regarded as decent, and it is not too eye-catching.

This is mainly because Qi Wei's strategic deployment is mainly based on defense, while Zhao Zilong prefers to take the initiative to attack and is not good at defense.

This time, Li Zixiao rushed to Ruzhou City, led the elite of the 4,000 White Dragon Army to the north, met Qi Wei, and personally ordered Zhao Zilong to accompany the army.

For Zhao Zilong, in fact, Li Zixiao has always valued him, but after all, he is too young, brave, and belligerent is a good thing, but frivolity and lack of experience are also his biggest flaws.

Because of this, Li Zixiao asked him to be transferred to Qi Wei's subordinates, just to polish Zhao Zilong and let him accumulate combat experience.

When Li Zixiao saw Zhao Zilong again this time, he obviously felt that he was much more mature and stable.

Li Zixiao will not forget that when he saw Zhao Zilong for the first time, he patted Zhao Zilong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Boy, work hard, and when you grow up, you will be the real Zhao Zilong of this general, charge into battle for this general, and chase the enemy." ”

How do you know, Zhao Zilong raised his head and shouted arrogantly: "No, Zilong don't be Zhao Yun, I want to be Huo Quai, seal the wolf Juxu, and follow the general to expand the territory." ”

At that time, after Li Zixiao listened to Zhao Zilong's bold words, he was also slightly stunned at first, then laughed, touched Zhao Zilong's head, and said, "Okay, ambitious." ”

Li Zixiao was also misled by later film and television works, and at the same time, Li Zixiao also liked Zhao Yun very much, so he casually said that he hoped that Zhao Zilong would become a loyal hero like Zhao Yun in the future.

However, Li Zixiao was wrong, Zhao Yun in this era was not very famous, and he was far from reaching the object of love of all young men in later generations.

In this era, the objects of worship of all military generals are Wei Qing, Huo Quai, and Yue Fei.

Thundered!

After Zhao Zilong introduced the terrain in front of Li Zixiao, there was a shock from behind, and the four thousand troops of the White Dragon Army also followed.

"According to what Xu Wei said before, Qi Wei's plan is to capture Dagu Pass first, and then attack Yanshi, first send scouts to investigate the situation at Dagu Pass, and see if Dagu Pass has been captured by Qi Wei."

Li Zixiao pondered for a moment before ordering.

"Yes, the subordinates will arrange it." Zhao Zilong responded.

At this time, more than 30 miles away from the northeast of Li Zixiao, there was a mountain that was not high, but famous, called Wushi Mountain.

The altitude of Mt. Goushi is not high, but it is only 308 meters, but in the long history, it is very famous, and it is even called 'Immortal Mountain', and there are many legends left in history.

Among them, the legend of the famous Queen Mother of the West was once in the mountain of the monks, because her surname is the mountain, so the mountain is called the mountain, later referred to as the mountain.

The other is the crown prince Jin of King Zhou Ling, also known as Prince Qiao and Prince Jin.

And this time he mentioned the Wushi Mountain, not because of his legend, but because at this time, the more than 8,000 soldiers of the 'Western Expedition' led by Qi Wei were trapped on this Wushi Mountain.

Under the Gou Mountain, it was surrounded by countless armies, and as far as the eye could see, a group of men and horses surrounded the Gou Mountain, surrounding this place like an iron bucket.

At this time, Qi Wei stood on the top of the Wushi Mountain, watching the people and horses under the mountain who were constantly arriving and gathering the surrounding people, and sighed deeply.

"Hey, this battle, my mistake, I didn't expect Xu Wei to be accurate, Li Zicheng's attack on the Tiger Prison Pass is fake, and it is true to set up a trap with us!

He really looks up to Lao Tzu! In the short period of half a day under the mountain, it is estimated that at least 30,000 people have gathered, Li Zicheng is determined to eat us! ”

Qi Wei's face was pale, his eyes were fixed on the mountain, and he blamed himself in his heart.

However, at this time, he didn't have time to blame himself, he was thinking more about how to break out and keep his team.

"General, I have asked the soldiers to build fortifications halfway up the mountain according to your orders, and the artillery battalion has also selected a gun position."

At this time, Qi Lin walked behind Qi Wei and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, I'm tired." Qi Wei responded and continued to ask, "How long can our grain last?" ”

"General, we haven't lost much food along the way, we have brought half a month's ration, all of them, if you save some food, you can last more than twenty days.

In addition, what the general said is right, on this Wushi Mountain, it is the source of raw water, and we have found the mountain stream of that water source, and our biggest problem is solved. ”

In a situation like Qi Wei and their besieged situation at this time, what they are most worried about is the water source, followed by food.

Without food, they can still survive for a few days, but without water to drink, they will not be able to hold on for two days.

When the time comes, Li Zicheng's rogue army under the mountain only needs to be patient and surround them, and after a long time, they can be dyed of thirst.

As for the breakthrough, Qi Wei himself felt that there was little hope, if he could break through at this time, just now before Li Zicheng's rogue army completed the siege against them, he had already led people to break through.

From the moment Qi Wei realized that he had stepped into the trap set by Li Zicheng, he decisively led his troops towards Wushi Mountain, instead of rushing south to break through.

In this case, Qi Wei believes that Li Zicheng will never let him easily break through the siege south and escape back to Ruzhou City, and the only thing here that allows him to see the way to live is this Wushi Mountain.

As long as they occupy the Wushi Mountain, they can defend on the heights, and the possibility of surviving is far stronger than Qi Wei leading the army south to escape.

With the sharpness of the musketeers and artillerymen of the White Dragon Army, they relied on the fortifications, and Li Zicheng's army of rogues wanted to climb this mountain, they had to pave the way with corpses.

Fortunately, it was discovered in time and responded in time.

Otherwise, when Qi Wei led his troops to attack Dagu Pass, he would be outflanked by Song Xiance, a general under Li Zicheng, and he would not be able to escape here.

"I don't know if General Han Tong led the cavalry battalion to get rid of the pursuit of the thieves at this time?" Qi Lin said worriedly.

From the moment Qi Wei decided to go up the mountain and hold on, he handed over the 'Feiyu' cavalry battalion directly under him to Commander Han Tong.

Because, Qi Wei can lead the infantry, musketeers and artillery up the mountain, but he can't take the cavalry up the mountain, and the cavalry can only be used as infantry when they go up the mountain.

And the only chance among them to escape before the army of thieves completed the siege was the cavalry battalion.

At the same time, Qi Wei also hoped that Han Tong could escape back to Ruzhou City with the 'Flying Feather' cavalry battalion, and then Xu Wei would be able to know the situation on their side.

Then Xu Wei led the army north, and maybe there was a chance to help him break through.

Hearing Qi Lin's worries, Qi Wei was actually very worried, but he still said confidently: "Don't worry, Han Tong's ability to lead troops is good."

Moreover, I have confidence in my cavalry battalion that our 'flying feathers' are not comparable to the improvised cavalry of the thieves.

Han Tong will be fine, let's take care of ourselves now. ”

At this time, more than ten miles southwest of Wushi Mountain, two huge cavalry teams were chasing.

Running in front was the more than 2,000 flying feather cavalry battalions led by Han Tong, and the cavalry chasing behind was as many as six or seven thousand, which was the cavalry team of the thieves, and the leader was Liu Tichun.

Whoosh!

Just as the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion was retreating, they did not forget to use the crossbow in their hands to shoot at the thief cavalry behind them.

The nearest group of thieves and cavalry who chased them fell to the ground with arrows.

It's a pity that the cavalry of the thieves is not the kind of elite cavalry of the Tartars, and the ability to ride and shoot is simply a luxury for them.

Most of them were infantry for a month, barely having any previous experience as cavalry.

If it weren't for Li Zicheng's capture of a large number of war horses from the palace of King Fu in Luoyang, plus the fact that he had more than 2,000 cavalry in his hands before, this allowed him to gather a cavalry team of less than 10,000 people.

For Li Zicheng's more than 100,000 horses at this time, only 10,000 cavalry, and a group of wild road cavalry, is already very stumbling.

There's no way, the cavalry, in the era of cold weapons, is equivalent to the existence of armored soldiers, not that if you have silver, you can afford it.

"Old Han, there is a narrow road ahead, and we can't allow our cavalry to pass through in a big way!"

At this time, Huo Gang approached Han Tong and reported.

"So, we have no choice?" Han Tong said in a deep voice.

"There's no way, these deflated calves are chasing too closely, I guess they will catch up before we pass the narrow road in front."

Huo Gang said helplessly.

"In that case, let the trumpeter blow the trumpet of attack, and then you and I will each lead one part, separate in front, and reflexively kill back from the two wings, and if you don't win this battle, you will die."

Han Tong said in a deep voice.

Han Tong didn't expect to encounter such a situation, the terrain in this area is complicated, and they have already taken the retreat route that was not originally planned.

So much so that when they walked to such a narrow passage, perhaps the infantry could easily pass through, but their cavalry was more troublesome.

Han Tong had no choice but to give the order, the order to reflexively attack.

In this battle, in fact, Han Tong didn't want to fight, he originally planned to preserve his strength, and after returning to Ruzhou City, he would join forces with Xu Wei to fight again.

But now, the reality of the situation forced him to fight.

Toot toot!

As the White Dragon Army's unique military horn sounded, all the soldiers of the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion immediately knew that these attack horns.

Then, Han Tong and Huo Gang, who were running in the front, suddenly turned to the left and right, and the two cavalrymen beside them were each waving two flags, which were the flags of the four cavalry teams under them.

Then, the four teams of flying feather cavalry that followed them closely behind immediately followed the direction of their flags.

At this time, if you look down from above, you will find that this high-speed galloping cavalry suddenly separated to the left and right, drew two arcs, and reflexively killed back.

And Liu Tichun's pursuing cavalry behind him was also galloping at high speed, and the cavalry led by Han Tong and Huo Gang in front suddenly turned left and right, and he didn't see it at all.

He was still leading his troops forward, and by the time he found out, the entire cavalry had already rushed forward a lot.

At this time, Han Tong and Huo Gang, who were separated from the left and right, came over from their left and right wings with horses.

At this time, the two cavalry led by Han Tong and Huo Gang, like a pair of big pincers, pinched into the thief cavalry led by Liu Tichun from the left and right.

Such an emergency turn and reflexive killing back is not something that any cavalry can do, and if you are not careful, it is easy to create chaos in the cavalry ranks.

"What? How dare they kill it back? Liu Tichun was instantly shocked.

Liu Tichun never expected that the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion, which had fled all the way, would take the initiative to turn around and kill back at this time.

Along the way, Han Tong commanded the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion to retreat, even though they had been pursued by the enemy's cavalry, their opponents never dispersed.

It is not so much a rout, but an orderly retreat, and it is precisely because of this that Han Tong can still launch a counterattack at this time.

It is very difficult to achieve an orderly retreat, defeat without dispersion, and retreat without chaos.

At the same time, this is also the most difficult criterion for testing whether an army is a strong army.

Anyone can fight a good battle, but if you can be in adversity and retreat, you can still be orderly, and there are really not many such armies in ancient China.

It is clear that now the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion, has done this.

And at this time, after Liu Tichun was frightened, he also immediately issued a combat order, because whether he admitted it or not, the cavalry of the White Dragon Army really turned around and killed him at this time.

"Kill me!" Liu Tichun roared angrily.

However, what made him very helpless was that the two flying feather cavalry led by Han Tong and Huo Gang did not kill him from the front, but attacked from both wings, which made him a little passive.

A cavalry battle was to be fought at the foot of this not too vast mountain.

Moreover, it was a disparity between 2,600 cavalry and 7,000 cavalry.

(End of chapter)