Chapter 0916: Prelude to the General Offensive
"Even if he waits a little longer, Han Sui may not be able to throw the remaining forces into the left flank battlefield. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Xu Shu said anxiously, "We still attack the right-flank battlefield as soon as possible and quickly reverse the situation on the battlefield." ”
Huangfu Li retorted: "It's too early to attack, Han Sui has discovered our true strength, and he will immediately withdraw to Chang'an." The battle in Guanzhong dragged on again and again, and the consequences were unimaginable. ”
"Alright, alright, don't fight." Li Yi stopped, waved his hand and said, "Give Gao Changgong an order, ask him to lead the six thousand cavalry of his headquarters to attack the middle road, block Ma Chao and Yan Xing, and help the baggage battalion send ordnance to Huang Zhong's army." ”
"Hit the middle lane?" Xu Shuxian was surprised, "The lord decided to wait a little longer?" ”
"Wait a little longer." Li Yi said, "Since the battle is decided or lost, then Han Sui can't be given any chance, especially not let him retreat." ”
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The southeast side of the battlefield.
The Northern Xinjiang Army advanced step by step.
As he was getting closer and closer to the enemy's main formation, Yue Fei was worried that he would be counterattacked by the enemy's reinforcements, so he commanded the army to change the formation again, and more than 10,000 people formed a huge "Pin" zigzag battle formation and fought hard.
Hua Xiong led 5,000 men and horses to attack in front, and Yue Fei and Li Le each led 5,000 men and horses to follow closely behind, in order to ensure the safety of the army both offensively and defensively.
Xia Zhao, Liang Xing and Ma Wan couldn't see reinforcements for a long time, so they had no choice but to do their best to supervise the army to block it. The fighting between the two sides became more and more intense.
Xia Zhao was scarred in the fierce battle, and was finally cut down to the ground by the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang due to lack of strength.
Xia Zhao's guards swarmed up in an attempt to save Xia Zhao. But when the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang saw that it was a big official who fell to the ground, how could they give up, and one by one they stared at the blood-red eyes, roaring like a beast and rushing desperately.
Xia Zhao endured the pain in his heart, used his hands and feet together, and struggled to climb behind his guard. A soldier from Northern Xinjiang took advantage of the chaos to take out a crossbow and aimed it at Xia Zhao and pulled the trigger. Three crossbow arrows pierced Xia Zhao's thigh, pinning him to the ground and unable to move, and blood suddenly scattered and spurted.
Xia Zhao couldn't stop screaming, screaming desperately, but no one could grab his body and save him back. Xia Zhao watched helplessly as one soldier after another fell around him, his sanity gradually lost, his body gradually crooked, he fainted, and then he was captured by the Northern Frontier Army.
After capturing one of the enemy's generals, the morale of the northern frontier was greatly shaken, and the attack became sharper.
Gao Gan covered his face with his hands and fell on the back of the horse in pain.
Xia Zhao was gone, and thousands of soldiers fell on the battlefield. Originally, they could have been immortal, in the woods more than a mile away from the battlefield, they and their 50,000 troops had been on standby, ready to rush up to save them at any time, but they did not give the order to attack. I watched them die under the knife of the Northern Frontier Army, I was so cruel, so cruel that I almost didn't know myself.
"Han Sui, this liar, he killed Xia Zhao and killed our soldiers." Liu Shao, Deng Sheng, Zhang Nan and other generals of the Yuan army could no longer hold back the anger in their hearts and scolded loudly.
Han Sui once ordered Cheng Yin of the Xiliang Army to lead the army to attack the middle road in front of Liu Shao. If the Northern Xinjiang Army suffered a crushing defeat in the middle, Yue Fei, Hua Xiong, Li Le, and others would not dare to lead the army to attack wildly, taking into account their own rear roads, so that the crisis on the right-wing battlefield could be greatly alleviated.
Who knew that as soon as Liu Shao turned around, Han Sui reversed his word and asked Cheng Yin to support his Xiliang army.
This is a big battle between life and death, and it is incredible that Han Sui actually deceived his allies.
"General, let's attack, it'll be too late if we don't attack." Deng Sheng shouted loudly at the top of his voice.
"What's it called?" Gao Gan suddenly straightened up and scolded angrily, "You don't have long eyes, do you? Xia Zhao is gone, who is facing the enemy on the battlefield now? It was Liang Xing who played with the horses, and it was the cavalry of the Xiliang people. Han Sui may not care about our life and death, but doesn't he also care about the life and death of Liang Xing and Ma Wan? ”
"Then why did Han Sui go back on his word and let Cheng Yin support the left-wing battlefield?" Zhang Nan glared and roared angrily.
Gao Gan shook his head, tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and said: "Maybe the Northern Xinjiang Army increased its troops on the left flank, and the Xiliang Army suffered heavy losses, so Han Sui temporarily changed his plan. ”
"General, leave Han Sui alone, let's attack." Deng Sheng couldn't listen at all, "As long as we encircle and annihilate the Northern Frontier Army in front, we will win this battle." ”
"No...... Gao Gan whipped down with a volley, and shouted murderously, "Whoever dares to disobey the order, I will kill him." ”
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Mid lane on the battlefield.
Gao Changgong and six thousand cavalry suddenly appeared on the east side of the middle battlefield, protecting Yue Fei and Hua Xiong's retreat.
The emergence of this large army quickly changed the unfavorable situation on the battlefield in the middle.
At this moment, Yan Xingzheng was leading his army to attack Huang Zhong's flank, and he bore the brunt of the attack and was met by Gao Changgong. Yan Xing's five thousand Xiliang elites had been fighting bloody battles for a long time, losing thousands of people, and were exhausted, and this time they gave Gao Changgong a thunderous blow, and they were immediately defeated and retreated in embarrassment.
Ma Chao was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered Ming Jin to retreat and quickly rendezvous with Yan Xing.
Gao Changgong ordered the army to stop the pursuit, protected the two wings of the phalanx, and the soldiers of the baggage battalion who followed behind the army drove thirty carriages and rushed into the battle formation at the fastest speed, sending long arrows and other ordnance to the formation.
Huang Zhong staggered out of the battle formation with a spear and with the support of Wang Shuang. Seeing Gao Changgong looking at him with a grin, he couldn't help but be so angry that he secretly scolded twice, and asked with a smile: "Why did you kid come?" Did you fall asleep by the river? ”
"I wanted to help you, but my lord didn't allow it." Gao Changgong jumped off the warhorse, looked at him for a moment, and asked with concern, "Is the injury serious?" Can it still be supported? ”
"I can't die." Huang Zhong said, "Two of the four lieutenants died, and only Wang Shuang and Yang Pei remained. ”
The infantry of the Northern Xinjiang Army consisted of 8,000 men in one army, divided into four divisions of 2,000 men each, and was commanded by four lieutenants.
Gao Changgong was taken aback and asked, "The loss is so big?" What about Yang Pei? ”
Huang Zhong said with some sadness: "Yang Pei was hit by an arrow, and now he is lying in the carriage and commanding in the center." ”
Gao Changgong asked again: "How many people can continue to fight?" ”
Huang Zhong thought for a moment and said, "About 10,000 people." The wounded soldiers were sent back to the city first, and the bodies of the fallen soldiers were temporarily placed on the battlefield. ”
Then he turned around angrily, pointed to the Xiliang cavalry who were reorganizing in the distance, and roared angrily: "Lao Tzu will immediately counterattack and slaughter Ma Chao and Yan Xing, the two rebels." ”
"Okay, withdraw immediately, let's kill it." Gao Changgong flew on his horse, raised his hand and shouted, "Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet, attack, attack ......"
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Han Sui was a little excited, his right hand holding the horsewhip trembled slightly, and he asked anxiously, "How many people, how many people?" ”
"At least five or six thousand cavalry." The scout said excitedly, "We saw the banner, it was the army of Gao Changgong, the general of the expedition to the north. ”
"Lord, this should be Li Yi's last strength." Yang Fuxi said with a smile, "Lord, we can attack." There are so many people in Li Yi's hands. ”
Han Sui looked up at the battlefield in the distance and pondered.
"My lord, the Northern Frontier Army in Hedong only has 50,000 horses at most to rush to Guanzhong, this will definitely not be wrong." Yang Fu said, "Now we have found Gao Changgong's army, Sun Li and Murong Han's cavalry on the battlefield, and Hou Junji's army is in the Maoling area, so the cavalry in Northern Xinjiang is about 30,000. It seems that Hebei has mobilized all the troops that can be mobilized to the battlefield in Guanzhong. ”
Yang Fu shook his head with a sigh and said, "If you add the cavalry of Zhang Liao in the Heavenly Dome Desert, Hebei has already recruited 50,000 cavalry outside the Saiwai, which can be said to be doing its best. ”
Han Sui counted with his fingers, but his face was still full of doubt.
"Lord, before the decisive battle, Li Yi didn't know that we secretly transferred Ma Chao and Han Yi from Xiliang back to Guanzhong, he just heard some rumors." Yang Fu saw that Han Sui still couldn't make up his mind, and hurriedly said, "According to Li Yi's algorithm, the maximum number of troops we can throw on the battlefield is about 70,000. As for how many troops Yuan Shao can invest on the battlefield in Guanzhong, Li Yi's guess will not be too much. Because he would not have thought that Yuan Shao would actually transfer troops from Nanyang to the north, and secondly, Gao Gan would be stationed in Tongguan and Taolin Fortress, and after calculation, the number of troops that Gao Gan could invest on the battlefield in Guanzhong would never exceed 50,000. In this way, Li Yi gathered 100,000 horses and horses to fight a decisive battle with 120,000 of us, and the odds of victory were very high. ”
Han Sui closed his eyes, pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked, "There is no news from the Qiang people yet?" The scouts haven't found their army yet? ”
Yang Fu said with a look of contempt: "Lord, Ma Yu sent someone to find it, and I also sent someone to find it, but ...... Nine times out of ten, these two bastards ran away. ”
"Even if they were to run, they wouldn't run too far, and the scouts should be able to spot them." Han Sui shook his head and said, a hint of worry appeared in his eyes.
"Our scouts can't go deep into the southeast of the battlefield." Yang Fu explained, "Part of the grain and grass of the Northern Xinjiang Army is transferred from the Weishui River to Baiqu and then sent to Wannian City, so on the road from Qingge Ferry in Xiatai City to Wannian City, there are small groups of rangers of the Northern Xinjiang Army everywhere, and our scouts can't pass at all." ”
"Find a way to find it." Han Sui said, "Even if they want to run, they will run west, so you must find them in the direction of Gaoling as soon as possible." ”
Yang Fu said disapprerovingly: "Lord, the deployment of the Northern Xinjiang Army has been fully exposed, we only need to throw the main force on the right flank battlefield now and deal a fatal blow to the Northern Xinjiang Army, we will win this battle, what are we looking for the Qiang people to do?" ”
"Go find it." Han Sui waved his hand vigorously and said undoubtedly, "Found it, let them return to the battlefield immediately."
Yang Fu hurriedly agreed, and then asked, "Lord, when will we launch the final blow?" ”
"Let Ma Chao and Yan Xing attack first, and entangle Gao Changgong in the middle of the battlefield." Han Sui said in a deep voice, "Tell Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi again, be sure to hold off the Northern Frontier cavalry." Ordered Li Kan and Cheng Yin to slow down the pace of the attack, and try their best to surround Xu Da's army on the left flank battlefield and not let him have a chance to escape. ”
"Order Gao Gan and Liu Shao to launch the final blow immediately after the middle battlefield enters the melee." (To be continued.) )