Chapter 0190: Ghost of the Night (Third Update)
Scout Pegasus reported that the vicinity of Fuli Mountain was safe and sound, and the road was unimpeded.
"Let's camp near the Fuli River today. Tomorrow morning we will cross the river, and tomorrow afternoon we will be able to reach Changli City. Gongsun Wen said to Gongsun Yu.
Gongsun Yu was in a bad mood, waved his hand casually, and let him do it.
The entire Liaoxi County has a population of just over 80,000, of which the four western counties account for three-quarters, and Yangle County, which has the largest area and accounts for almost half of the entire Liaoxi County, has a population of only 20,000. The entire Yangle County is vast and sparsely populated, and many places are dozens of miles uninhabited.
Fuli Mountain is in Yangle County, close to the subject country of Liaodong, deserted, is surrounded by heavy mountains, beautiful mountains and clear waters. The Fuli River flows through Fuli Mountain, flows into the White Wolf Water, and then into the sea.
Because they were about to arrive at the border of Liaodong's vassal country, and they could return to Changli City tomorrow, the soldiers were in a relaxed mood, talking and laughing. In the camp by the river, the campfire burned until midnight.
Gongsun Yu was in a very bad mood, and couldn't withstand the persuasion of Gongsun Wen and several subordinates, so he got drunk.
He was in pain.
He is the best at fighting in the Gongsun family of the country, and he is definitely indispensable to the fact that the Gongsun family of the country can have the status and strength it has today. However, because he is a concubine, he can never be recognized by the family. This is a deep-rooted concept of the Han Dynasty, and Gongsun Yu has no way to change it. However, what Gongsun Yu couldn't understand was that the family even asked him to give up the position of army commander.
Out of loyalty to his family, he willingly relinquished his position as coach. But then things turned out more than he expected.
The eldest Gongsun Han and the third Gongsun Zhang are such learned people, they have their own understanding and way of doing things, and their solutions to various things are too far from the ideas of Gongsun Yu and his gang. The simplest thing is that Gongsun Yu hopes that his tribe and soldiers will be a little richer, and they will be able to distribute and enjoy the spoils of war independently.
However, Gongsun Han and Gongsun Zhang firmly grasped the right to distribute the spoils, and in addition to distributing the most basic living necessities that could maintain the soldiers of the army, they collected all the surplus and used it centrally. Who can accept this? Contradictions arise from this.
Then there is the question of the command of the army. After Gongsun Yu gave up the position of coach to the boss Gongsun Han. He soon became an ornament, and his words had no weight, and some of his old subordinates in the past also switched to Gongsun Han and Gongsun Zhang, which gave Gongsun Yu a great impact.
As time passed, all kinds of contradictions accumulated, and they finally quarreled. Last year, Gongsun Yu led his troops to the north alone, and was active in the Yangle area of Liaoxi County, becoming more and more estranged from the Gongsun family of the subject country, and he looked like he was separated.
Gongsun Yu was disappointed, everyone is a father. How can you be so indifferent and ruthless. Whose fault is it?
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Tonight's moon is like a semi-circular piece of white jade, warm and aura. It hung high in the air, spreading a soft light all over the entire Fuli Mountain.
At the foot of Fuli Mountain, 10,000 iron cavalry and 15,000 infantry troops lined up in hundreds of huge phalanxes. The soldiers stood silently in the night breeze with solemn expressions.
Zhao Yun bowed his hand to Li Yi, turned around and got on the horse, and galloped away.
The infantry army immediately began to move.
Li Yi rode on the white dragon horse. Silently watching them leave, until the last infantry warrior melted into the darkness, he was still watching motionlessly.
This battle will not be easy, as they will have to fight against 50,000 enemies. Li Yi felt very depressed in his heart. Last time, he led 5,000 elite cavalry to attack Tuhe, but in the end he failed to complete the work, which made him a little regretful.
Although he was confident in the sneak attack, he was nervous. I was a little worried, and at the same time, I couldn't help but be excited and excited, because this was the first time that Li Yi commanded two arms of infantry and cavalry to fight on the same battlefield.
Li Yi believes that his soldiers are very strong in combat. There must have been no problem in defeating the Liaodong rebels, but he was afraid that his soldiers would suffer huge casualties as a result of this battle.
Gongsun Yu's troops are all composed of the Hu people belonging to Liaodong, although they are not regular cavalry, but in terms of the courage and martial nature of the Hu people, their combat effectiveness is still quite strong, at least stronger than the 50,000 Yellow Turban Army.
Between the tribes of the various tribes on the steppe, you often fight me, I fight yours, sometimes, the defeated tribes are annexed and annihilated, but sometimes, the defeated tribes escape. Many of these tribes chose to go south, came to the area ruled by the Han people, and chose to join the Han people, so there is a saying that they belong to the Hu people.
These Hu people are attached to the local Han people, and naturally they will inevitably dispatch the strong people in the clan to become the mercenaries of these Han people. Moreover, among the major powerful families in Liaodong, there are not a few such soldiers, especially the subject states of Liaodong, because the subject states of Liaodong were originally set up to accommodate the Hu tribes such as Wuhuan and Xianbei.
Most of these soldiers were herdsmen and slaves belonging to various tribes of the Hu nationality, who lived in various prefectures and counties in eastern Liaodong and submitted to the Han court for many years, and some tribes had been engaged in agricultural production while grazing cattle.
Because these Hu tribes did not need to invade the Han Dynasty again, nor did they need to fight with other Hu tribes, so as time went by, slowly, these tribes despised traditional military training, changed once a year to once every few years, or even gave up completely. Therefore, most of the Hu people have not undergone any formal training, nor do they have any cavalry combat experience, at best, they can ride and shoot. Compared with the combat effectiveness of the Hu people outside the country, there is a big gap.
Of course, some of the Hu people who have been in the country for a short time are still very powerful.
Regarding Li Yi's plan, Tian Feng and Jia Xu both gave warnings. Such a large-scale attack, with more than 80,000 people participating, will certainly not end in a short time. Once the sneak attack drags on, and when the enemy recovers and organizes an effective counterattack, the battle situation may fall into a stalemate. At that point, it's hard to say whether you'll win or lose.
Li Yi is also worried about this.
Dian Weize immediately stepped forward and shouted softly: "Lord, lord......"
Li Yi quietly exhaled, as if he wanted to throw away all the uneasiness and tension in his heart.
"Let's go." Li Yi said loudly.
Li Yi rushed into the darkness with Dian Wei and Tian Yufei.
An army of 10,000 cavalry and 500 personal guards began to be activated.
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On the bank of the Fuli River, in the camp of the Liaodong rebels, the huge horn suddenly broke the silence of the whole night, and the desolate and rapid horn sounded throughout the night sky.
Like a boulder dropped on the surface of a quiet lake, the quiet rebel camp suddenly boiled like a frying pan.
To the west of the riverbank, as far as the eye could see, a surging army of iron cavalry rushed over like a tide, with an earth-shattering roar.
Gongsun Wenfei generally rushed out of the big tent. He was stunned, his mouth wide open, his eyes wide. He didn't know how such a large army of cavalry could suddenly appear in this deserted place, and he suspected that he was dreaming.
He nervously shouted at the top of his lungs, "Block...... Get on the horse and block the ......"
The horses of the Hu people were tied around the tents, and the soldiers could turn over their horses and join the battle when they rushed out of the tents.
A quick-moving soldier had already jumped on his horse, but then realized that he had no weapon with him; Some of the soldiers were still scrambling to get dressed; More soldiers were sleepy-eyed, confused and unaware of what was going on.
From the patrol soldier blowing the alarm horn to the cavalry army attacking the camp rushing out of the darkness, it was only a moment. At this time, the cavalry army attacking the camp was at most three hundred steps away from the Hu camp, and the soldiers in the camp had no time to gather their troops, let alone block the attack in formation.
Gongsun Wen kept screaming and shouting, waving his hands desperately outside the big tent like a madman, but no one listened to him, and the camp was already in chaos.
Gongsun Yu was still lying on the mattress, snoring loudly. He was shaken by several guards and woke up in a daze.
"General, the enemy has attacked the camp, attacked the camp."
Gongsun Yu didn't know what they were talking about, and just wanted to sleep again.
One of the guards pulled him up from the ground and shouted into his ear: "The enemy has attacked the camp." ”
Gongsun Yu woke up suddenly, his eyes wide and round. He heard an earth-shattering roar outside the tent, and a huge jumble of shouts, and felt the ground tremble beneath his feet, shaking more and more intensely.
Gongsun Yu suddenly understood. He shouted, rolled over and leaped to his feet, and rushed out of the tent in a few steps.
Gongsun Yu saw a fire, a burning fire, it was a fiery red flag, it was hunting and dancing wildly in the night, dazzling and eye-catching.
His heart was instantly cold, and fear pierced his body like a sharp sword.
"Youzhou Army!" Gongsun Yu shouted, "That's the Youzhou Army!" ”
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The sound of drums and horns filled the night sky.
Youzhou Iron Rider is galloping, accelerating, and roaring. The cavalry army used the guard battalion as the arrow, and more than 10,000 cavalry roared and killed in a wild goose charging queue.
Speed, now it's all about speed.
The rebel camp was built along the river, about three miles long and three miles wide, and without speed, it was difficult to imagine being able to rush to the end.
The cavalry warriors shouted loudly, and their whole bodies were lying on the horseback, and their bodies rose and fell rhythmically with the horses, as if they were part of the horses.
The speed of the war horse is getting faster and faster, and the wind is galloping.
The enemy camp is getting closer and closer.
One hundred steps.
The soldiers in the enemy camp were frightened, panicked, and ran around aimlessly. Some of the soldiers had already jumped on their horses and turned around and fled. At this time, the Hu soldiers did not have the courage to kill the enemy, nor did they have the time and strength to organize resistance, and the wisest way for them to do now was to run as far as they could.
The Hu people all grew up in the war and have been in war for a long time, so of course they know it, so they don't need to be greeted, everyone gets on the horse and runs.
To the north is the Fuli River, so everyone has fled east and south. (To be continued.) )