Chapter 7 Leading the way

Yanbei adopted Guo Jia's suggestion and summoned Wuhuan rangers to disperse all parties in Liaoxi County, and only Su Fuyan received a feasible military order from these Northern Barbarian riders, and was ordered to cut off the connection between Feirucheng in the north and Yucheng in the south; The rest of the riders of the Wuhuan tribe were all in the wild, relying on horses to raid all parts of the country, and the Quartet invaded the grain road of western Liao. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

That is to say, many Wuhuan riders are accustomed to the life of Xi Tianmudi, if they really teach the Han army riders under Zhao Yun and Tai Shici to do these things, they can only rush to a specific destination at most, and return quickly after completing the mission.

These Wuhuan people completely regarded these as Wuhuan subject countries, although Yanbei only let them carry dry food for two days, but this did not delay the farthest Wuhuan small tribe cavalry of more than 200 people after two days to touch the boundary of Yuyang County, and rushed to rob the cattle and sheep from the four surnames of Liaoxi leisurely.

Yan Bei had gradually come to know the real role of the Wuhuan people in his hands.

Disrupt the enemy and demoralize the enemy...... The overwhelming array of black riders on every road in enemy territory will make any enemy army feel that they have nothing to hide from under close surveillance.

But what hard battles are these armies of tribes counted on for him?

Most of the Wuhuan kings and those tribal lords have some fierce and fierce Wuhuan warriors in their hands, but except for a very few real elites...... The actual combat effectiveness of the Wuhuan army, which often numbered 100,000, was not much stronger than that of the Han army.

Even if the Wuhuan cavalry was able to overturn the Han cavalry with the same armor, when the Han army set up a military formation, they could easily defeat them.

When Gongsun Fan, who was guarding Linyu City and ran away with a bite of Yanbei, learned that the back road was cut off by a small number of Wuhuan cavalry, and the enemy was scattered all over the county, the morale of the defenders in the city was as low as Guo Jia expected.

Although he had tried to block the news, the panic spread like a wildfire on the grassland in the city of Linyu on the second day...... Linyu couldn't hold it.

Gongsun Fan was unwilling to sit still, but following his brother Xiongxiong in Liaoxi for nearly ten years made him unwilling to retreat to Feiru.

He decided to send most of the troops to ambush in the north of the city on the night of the third day, and personally led a small group of cavalry out of the city to attack the Yanbei camp, even if it was just to burn a camp wall and a dozen military tents, he did not want to leave in disgrace.

In the middle of the night, the soldiers who slept on the sleepers were awakened by the sound of horses' hooves, and Gongsun Fan dared to go out of the city and attack the camp in this situation, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Dian Wei, who was heavily armored and holding an iron halberd, opened the curtain of the tent, and said to Yan Bei, who was awakened by the urn: "General, the enemy cavalry is attacking the camp!" ”

"Gongsun Fan is so bold!" Yan Bei irritably ripped off the burqa covering his body, grabbed the pillow ring knife and clamped it under his armpit, sat up from the couch on the ground, scribbled the hood and got up with a gloomy face and stepped out of the tent, a column of night sergeants raised torches to wake up the robes in the military tent, and the fierce soldiers carried swords and crossbows to rush out, and followed the commander to the battle position that had been practiced countless times, Yan Bei held the ring knife and roared loudly: "Follow me to resist the enemy!" ”

No one expected Gongsun Fan to dare to attack the camp tonight, but Yan Bei was surrounded by the most brave and skilled soldiers in Liaodong County, and these warriors with the banner 'Yan Zhao' and the Feather Banner Medal would no longer be alarmed by any situation. In fact, in the days leading up to the enemy's attack on the camp, they had been waiting for the rest of the day, and they had prayed in their hearts how many times they hoped that the enemy would be able to go out of the city and fight.

They were separated from agricultural production, and these professional samurai had land rents and their own armor in Liaodong County, and those fields did not even need to be cultivated by their families, and the county soldiers were responsible for working for them, even the Yanzhao warriors who had the least land had a field pawn to support. The amount of their land is determined by the bravery of the battle.

A night attack would have alarmed many armies in the world, but they had been trained to fight at night since the beginning of their army, and they had practiced the same situation many times, and they had been through the same situation many times...... No one feared, for their camp was strong enough and their warriors were brave enough!

The presence of Yanbei greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers in the battalion, and as the sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer, the warriors climbed the wall of the fortress and set up their bows and crossbows, and followed the orders of the generals to launch a counterattack on the attacking enemy.

Guo Jia, who was with the battalion, squinted his head out of the military tent with one eye, and his palm, which was hidden in the tent, holding the long sword, was slippery.

He was awakened by the roaring orders of the battalion commander and the sound of the clash of armor pieces as the sergeants lined up, and the remorse in his heart was beyond words. He should have thought that there would always be accidents in the war, and he should have brought the rangers he had befriended in Yingchuan to Yanbei's tent together, so that when the melee came, he would have someone by his side to protect him.

At this time, when the night battle is fighting, it is a question whether the soldiers can distinguish who is who, and who will take care of his safety!

Needless to say, Guo Jia, who was facing the battle for the first time, was nervous, but when he looked around the situation in the camp, he found that it was not at all what he imagined, two warriors in armor and halberds were still standing at the door of his tent, as if the battalion where troops were dispatched everywhere had nothing to do with them, and even one of the sergeants bowed his head to say hello when he saw Guo Jia open the tent curtain, as if he was normal: "Guo Changshi, the enemy has attacked the camp." ”

His demeanor and tone are exactly the same as the sentence 'Guo Changshi, go back to the tent and rest' when he went back to the military tent to sleep at night!

I really didn't expect that the guards who wilted on weekdays and occasionally begged him for a drink could be so in danger when the war came, Guo Jiaqiang nodded calmly and slowly, the hand holding the sword was slightly loosened, and he walked out of the tent with steady steps.

It's easy for him to look at the topographic map to point out the country, or use the available information to determine the enemy's mistakes, but it's really not his forte. What's more, if you haven't experienced a battle formation, it is normal that there will inevitably be a moment of panic in your heart, but although no one said anything to comfort you at this time, seeing that the battalion sergeant and general Zuo Jun looked as usual, and his heart gradually calmed down.

At this time, Guo Jia saw Yan Bei, who was surrounded by guards not far away, walking towards this side, beckoning to him, and hurriedly walked over.

"The general is calm and relaxed, and he has a strategy to break the enemy?"

"I'm afraid you're walking around the camp, behind me." Yan Bei yawned, his eyes were a little red but he didn't look panicked, he just pointed behind him with some sleepiness and said, "Gongsun Fan Dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and his ability can't break through my camp." ”

While the two were talking, hundreds of horse-leading riders gathered around the gate of the village, and more than ten horsemen paced to the front of the horses' hooves, and the open jaw holding the iron spear turned over and dismounted and said loudly: "General, the attackers of the camp are more than 600 enemy horsemen, carrying firearms. Now that our cavalry has been assembled, do you want to go out of camp to engage it? ”

Zhang Jaw will inevitably feel a little embarrassed when facing Yanbei, even if he has been deliberately avoiding Yanbei on the way to the expedition recently, but now Zhao Yuntai Shi Ci has led his troops to send troops to Fat, and the cavalry in the camp only has Gao Lan's subordinates He is the only one who asks for orders from Yanbei.

Speaking of which, Zhang Jaw is grateful to Yanbei in his heart, although he is demoted to a military marquis, and there are many fewer officials. But in fact, the cavalry general of the Yanzhao warrior is not much lower than the status of the foreign lieutenant in the army, Gao Ran was his superior in the past, and it is just to lose the freedom of the lieutenant and have more control.

Yanbei nodded, looking at the west wall not far away, although there were a few faint fires on the wall, but the soldiers fought back with a strong crossbow on the wall to fight back the rider's bow and arrow rain, obviously the situation was not dangerous.

"Junyi, you will go out of the camp from the east gate, slowly approach the enemy cavalry on the periphery, and when the drums are beaten in the camp, you will rush up, and then the captain will attack with the foot soldiers." Yan Bei said this, and then ordered: "If the enemy army is dispersed, just drive it to the north of Linyu City, there is no need to pursue too far, and it is the most important thing to rush into the city." ”

Yan Bei knew that there were thousands of enemies in Linyu City, and there were only 600 enemy horsemen at the moment, so he was worried that the enemy would set up an ambush on the side of the road...... Gao Shun, a subordinate of LΓΌ Bu, once set up an ambush in the Central Plains to defeat Bao Xin's cavalry.

With such an experience, Yanbei is on guard.

Zhang Jaw got the order, no longer said, hugged his fists and promised to turn over his horse, and commanded the cavalry from the east gate of the village with a whistle.

Yanbei took Guo Jia and Dian Wei and his entourage of guards to approach the western wall, which was under heavy attack by the enemy, and asked Gao Ran, who commanded the battle: "Ah Xiu, how is the situation?" ”

"The enemy army is only burning my camp, it seems that they have been disrupted by the general's arrangement, and tonight is just an outlet for evil spirit." Gao Ran smiled and didn't pay attention to Gongsun Fan, who was constantly shooting with bows and horses outside the city, and asked Yanbei: "Do you want to attack at the same time with a ballista and a crossbow to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop?" ”

"Wait a little longer, Zhang Jaw has already led the cavalry out of the camp, and later the golden drums will beat in unison to defeat them." Yan Bei was very much looking forward to the crossbow of Wuhan Iron and Steel, he wanted to see the power of these big men's fierce projection weapons, and said to Gao Ran: "I guess that the enemy army has prepared to retreat to Feiru as Feng Xiao expected, and we can enter Linyu City tomorrow morning." ”

Gao Ran chuckled, squatted for a moment and raised his spear and said, "Push the ballista, wind up!" ”

When the camp was built, the crossbow cart of Wuhan Iron and Steel was placed on the west side of the camp together with the wooden fence, which was to prevent the attack of the enemy. However, because the cart was set up too early at that time, only six ballistae could attack the enemy on the western wall, where the enemy cavalry was gathering troops to attack, but this was enough for Yan Bei, Gao Ran and others.

They just wanted to see the power of the Wuhan Iron and Steel ballista made by Liaodong Tiewu.

With Gao Ran's order, the six ballistae with large shoulders and round waists pulled the crossbow strings with great difficulty, put the eight-foot spears on the carts, and pulled the trigger with the command, and the spears were projected with a whistling sound, and together with the crossbowmen on the wall, the arrows rained down into the scattered formation of the enemy cavalry.

The rain of arrows from the crossbow could only pose a slight threat to the enemy riders, but the spears fired by the six ballistas were far more deterrent than the crossbows, and although three arrows missed, the other three spears pierced the enemy's horses accurately, and even one spear burst out to kill the cavalry after killing.

Then, the noisy gongs and drums rang out in unison in the camp, and the crossbow army under the opening of the Zhaimen Cave burst out under the command of Gao Ran.

Behind the enemy cavalry, the sound of horses' hooves tore through the darkness, and the open jaws wielding iron spears took the lead!