Chapter 1970: Ma Mingfeng Xiao Xiao
The Hexi Corridor is a long and narrow strip of land that spreads from the northeastern part of the Seosan Expressway, and is called the Hesei Corridor because most of it is in the Seokai area.
The two mountain ranges are like pincers, sandwiching the Hexi Corridor in the middle, the two mountain ranges are actually not high, but they are undulating and continuous, and have been spreading eastward in Hexi, a narrow tunnel of sixty or seventy miles, the road is not easy to walk, and the mountains on both sides are conducive to ambushes, so the Hexi Corridor has always been a military artery, within the corridor of less than a hundred miles, there are three temporary checkpoints, but after the Northwest Army sent troops, the three checkpoints were easily broken, Dingwu thought about mobilizing troops and horses to block the attack of the Northwest Army with the help of the geographical advantages of the Hexi Corridor, It's just that the sudden rebellion of the barbarians made it impossible to implement the plan, and the weak defense of the Hexi Corridor, under the strong strength of the Northwest Army, naturally could not play any role in blocking it.
After the two mountain ranges spread out in parallel for dozens of miles, the mountains in the south began to sink downward, until they finally disappeared completely, while the mountains in the north continued to spread eastward, spreading out less than twenty miles, and there was a gap about ten miles long in the middle, and then there was a mountain range about ten miles long, as if the giant axe of the gods split a mountain range from it, and the two mountains could not be connected because of the gap of more than ten miles, and they became two mountains geographically.
The mountains are undulating, to the east for dozens of miles, but the mountains suddenly fork, like the tentacles of a snail to separate left and right, each stretching out more than ten miles, between the two bifurcated mountains, a valley is formed, if you look at the topography, it is like a giant dragon crawling on the earth and opening its mouth, so this mountain range is called Panlong Mountain, in fact, it has been out of the Hexi Corridor.
The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Northwest Army are stationed in the valley at the foot of Panlong Mountain, which is often referred to as the dragon's mouth.
The garrison is here, but it is also because there is a huge lake only ten miles to the south, which is a freshwater lake, which can be used to supply water for soldiers and horses.
Set up camp in the mountains, and the tents are scattered.
Heavy snow for several days in a row, the snow on the earth has been quite deep, the east is slightly white, the heavy snow has stopped, as far as the eye can see, the earth is snow-white, quite dazzling.
Ibu's tens of thousands of iron horsemen were so close to Panlong Mountain at this time that they could already see Panlong Mountain shrouded in heavy snow in the distance.
The climate is cold, but Ibu's blood is hot.
He had never commanded so many soldiers and horses, and he never thought that he would have the opportunity to compete with the Northwest Army again, and he would be ashamed of the day before the snow.
Although this is not a grassland, Ibu has enough confidence to defeat the Northwest Army in the field, and the Northwest Army without cavalry is like a tiger without teeth and a wolf without claws.
Although he was defeated in the previous battle, Ibu didn't think that the barbarian cavalry was inferior to the Northwest Army, he always believed that the biggest reason for the defeat of Qiufengyuan was because of An Lei's imminent departure, which led to the loss of control of the entire battle situation, and after the war, he thought countless times that if An Lei and Van Persie acted according to the original plan at that time, the Northwest Army would probably have already rolled back to the northwest, and even Chu Huan's head had already been picked on the saber.
The attack on Wuping Mansion City was delayed, and Yi Bu only felt that it was because of the extremely resolute resistance of the defenders of Wuping Mansion City, and also because the barbarian cavalry was indeed not good at attacking fortified positions, but when it came to field warfare, they were definitely experts.
Now is not what it used to be, Ibu only feels that today's strength is far above the Qiufeng Plain, not only in terms of military strength, but also in morale, the battle of the Autumn Wind Plain, just as a servant army to fight for the Qin State, and now it is to fight for his own clan.
Chu Huan blocked the barbarian army from plundering in the Central Plains, of course, this kind of person deserves death, although this kind of person is scheming, but scheming does not mean any strength.
In the hearts of the barbarians, they do not count the strategy in their strength, so in the hearts of the barbarians, this is the duel, and the victory and defeat have been divided.
With a bloody and fierce atmosphere, tens of thousands of barbarian iron horses can be said to be murderous.
Chu Huan was on the mountainside at this time, facing the morning light, coldly looking at the black and oppressive barbarian iron horse in the distance, and when the black line appeared in the sky, Chu Huan's lips sneered.
The already cold morning breeze has a bitter murderous aura at this time.
Inside the dragon's mouth, the camp tent is like a cloud, spreading out of the dragon's mouth, and it is deserted.
Ibu immediately raised his whip, and he led the brute cavalry day and night, only last night to rest a little, in order to replenish the strength and energy of the men and horses, and before dawn, he led the rested soldiers and horses to pounce like wolves and tigers.
He was going to take the Northwest Army by surprise, and the speed of the march was naturally as fast as possible, but marching in winter, and advancing in the snow, the consumption of physical strength was very huge, and the barbarians were strong and strong, and they might be able to barely support it, but the war horses could not be consumed forever after all.
Ibu saw that although the camp tents in the northwest camp in the distance were continuous, there was no sound, his heart was slightly happy, but a sneer had already appeared on his lips, maybe when the brute cavalry rushed into the northwest army camp, they didn't know whose saber was on their necks, right?
The Northwest Cavalry went to the grassland, and the barbarian soldiers were indignant when they thought that the Northwest people were rampaging on the grassland, and at this time they saw the Northwest Army camp in front of them, and they were already holding swords in their hands, and they were waiting for Ibu to give an order, and they rushed to kill it.
For most of the barbarian cavalry, they did not participate in the battle of Qiufengyuan, nor did they fight with the Northwest Army, they entered the Central Plains from the grassland, burned and killed along the way, the people of the Central Plains under their swords, just like the harvested rice, sabers, people everywhere, the barbarian cavalry liked that feeling very much.
"There are cavalry!" Ibu was about to give the order to attack, someone suddenly shouted next to him, Ibu was startled at first, and then saw a dozen rangers not far away, which was relieved, although the northwest cavalry went to the grassland, but it was natural to leave a small number of cavalry as scouts.
Barbarians are not like stupid people, when Ibu led the troops, he thought of the existence of the Northwest Rangers, he wanted to catch the Northwest Army off guard, of course he didn't want to be detected by the Northwest Rangers in advance, but tens of thousands of barbarian horsemen, even if they wanted to be silent by the wind and snow, it was absolutely impossible to do.
Fortunately, it was precisely because of the wind and snow that Ibu only felt that the Northwest Ranger was too far away from the camp in this weather, and because of this, when he rested last night, he chose a place far away from Panlong Mountain, just hoping not to be discovered by the Northwest Army.
Naturally, as soon as the dozen or so rangers spotted the black-pressed brute horsemen, they turned around and headed in the direction of the camp.
"Catch up with them." Ibu said in a deep voice, and one of the barbarian generals at the front had already roared, and a group of cavalry with hundreds of people followed after him.
The barbarian soldiers are strong and strong, galloping like a tide, and through this ferocity of the tide, the potential of the horses is stimulated.
The dozen or so horsemen were still quite a distance away from the barbarian soldiers, but the tornado charge of the barbarians seemed to startle those rangers, the speed of the horses sometimes depended on the horseman's horsemanship, the rangers were frightened, the speed was slow, and the brute cavalry who rushed to the front had already narrowed the distance, and the two sides could even see each other's faces.
The rangers galloped wildly, the speed was getting faster and faster, and the camp of the Northwest Army was getting closer and closer, and the chasing barbarians wanted to cut off the heads of these rangers with their sabers, compared to shooting the enemy with bows and arrows, they enjoyed the feeling of sabers cutting into the flesh and bones of the enemy, but they also knew very well that at this time they were facing the regular Northwest Army, not ordinary people, and they were now facing a battle, not a slaughter.
The longbow was raised, and the barbarian general had already shouted in a deep voice: "Release the arrow!" ”
The horses did not stop, and hundreds of cavalry had already scrambled to form a long arc-shaped formation, all of which were already bending their bows and arrows, aiming at the dozen or so rangers.
Everyone wants to show their faces at the beginning of the fight.
They were going to shoot these dozen rangers into hedgehogs in order to give the Northwest Army a dismount.
There was no movement in the northwest military camp, and the barbarians had already drawn their bowstrings before they were about to release their arrows, when suddenly there was a mournful neighing sound of horses, and dozens of barbarian horsemen flew out of thin air.
The brute general who rushed to the front, when he flew out, he saw the brute horse who followed him as if he had seen a ghost, the horse lost its front hooves, and flew out of the air, the brute general was taken aback, and looked at the ground in mid-air, only to find that there was a deep trench on the ground that was originally covered with snow, and the war horse of the barbarian soldiers did not make any preparations, stepped on it, how could it not fall?
How can there be a trench here? When the dozen or so Northwest Rangers rushed over just now, how could they be safe and sound?
The barbarian could not understand, nor had a chance to think about it again, for when he fell, the ground collapsed, and there was not only that trench, but also a large pit covered with snow, and in the midst of the great pit, covered with sharpened wood, on which he fell, and a sharp log was plunged from his chest to his back without hindrance, bringing out a rain of blood.
The brute's eyes are violent, and he doesn't blink an eye.
Hundreds of brute horsemen were already in chaos, and they had just rushed wildly, and it was too late to rein in the ditch at this time, and they jumped over the ditch and immediately fell into a pit full of spikes, and those who could not jump over fell into the trench, and the treatment of the trench and the big pit was not divided between each other, and they were all sharp logs inserted in it, but whoever fell into it, no one was spared.
Hundreds of people barely reined in their horses, and when they saw the scene in front of them, their faces were pale and their whole bodies were chilling.
The northwest military camp was still silent, terrifyingly quiet, the barbarian soldiers restrained their horses, and the momentum that was originally like a rainbow was suddenly cut off, Chu Huan was still on the mountainside of Panlong Mountain at this time, looking at the people under the mountain turning over on their backs, and smiled indifferently.
The smile looked calm in the cold winter morning light, and the snow made the light brighter, which seemed to shine the awe-inspiring murderous aura of his upright body.