Chapter 588: Attack and Defense (7)

Although the two sides were in a mess at this time, and it was not clear who was superior and who was inferior for a while, Meng Tian was very clear in his heart, the cavalry of the Qin army was definitely not the opponent of the Dai army, but now the Qin army could still support it for a while, but it would not be long before the Qin army would definitely be defeated by the Dai army.

Now there are only 3,000 cavalry left in the Qin army's array, even if they are sent to no avail, although Meng Tian can't see clearly how many troops are left in the Dai army, but it is certain that Gao Yuan must still have quite a strong force in his hands, and he will never play all the cards.

In fact, before the cavalry of the two sides fought, Meng Tian did hesitate a little, whether to recruit the cavalry back to continue the defense, and not to fight hard with the cavalry of the Dai army, but the speed of the cavalry was too fast, Meng Tian hesitated a little, and the two sides had already entered the battle, and at this time, it was obviously unwise to recruit the cavalry back, so Meng Tian gave up this idea.

However, at this time, Meng Tian did not regret his hesitation just now, because even if he recruited the cavalry back to continue the defense, the result would not be any better, because the Dai army could still use the previous tactics to defeat and erode the morale of the Qin army by constantly harassing and containing the Qin army.

If it is only against this generation army, it will not have much impact, and the Qin army can use this tactic of shrinking and defending, and when the reinforcements arrive, the situation can be reversed. Although the Qin army had sent a cavalry army to participate in the battle, the combat effectiveness of the Qin cavalry was already weaker than that of the Dai army, and the lack of experience in fighting on this kind of melee battlefield, so although the cavalry army joined, it was still powerless to change the tide of the battle.

As a result, under the brave attack of the Dai army, the Qin army was forced to retreat, although it was not completely defeated by the Dai army, but as long as people with a little actual combat experience can see that the Qin army has been at a significant disadvantage, if there is no major accident, the defeat of the Qin army is only a matter of time. And Han Teng had already sent someone to ask Meng Tian what he should do, and whether he should invest more troops to stabilize the situation on the battlefield in front. Therefore, at this time, even if the cavalry is withdrawn, it is useless to defend with all its might.

It can be said that the current Qin army is in a very unfavorable situation on both fronts and fronts, and if it is on an ordinary battlefield, the Qin army can almost be said to be defeated and cannot be changed. However, now the Qin army does not have no chance of turning the tables, because the Qin army still has reinforcements, and the Dai army has basically invested all its troops, so as long as the Qin army can maintain the battle situation, no matter how passive it is, as long as it remains undefeated, and when the reinforcements arrive, it can turn defeat into victory.

And it is not impossible for the Qin army to drag down the battle situation, firstly, the Qin army still has a large number of chariots, which can be used as fixed defensive weapons; The second is that the Qin army now has 1,500 Kuafu warriors, although the number of this army is not large, but it is an army that can change the situation on the battlefield of Renhe, and the Dai army still retains five or six thousand troops, I am afraid that they are also worried about the Kuafu warriors, but they just have to choose an appropriate time to send this army out. Therefore, now Meng Tian is waiting or looking for such an opportunity.

Meng Tian first sent someone to suggest to Han Teng that he should not invest troops on the battlefield again, but use the tactics of fighting and retreating to defuse the fierce attack of the Dai army, and gradually wear down the spirit of the Dai army, and wait for the Qin army to retreat to the main formation, and then use the chariots arranged in front of the formation to carry out a comprehensive defense, so that even if the situation cannot be saved, at least it can be maintained until the reinforcements arrive.

After stabilizing Han Teng's side, Meng Tian began to refocus on the battlefield in front of him.

At this time, the large battlefield in the rear of the Qin army was actually divided into two battlefields, the battlefield on the left was smaller, and each side sent about 2,500 cavalry troops to fight, while the scale of the battle on the right was several times larger, and the number of people on both sides participating in the battle reached about 7,000. However, after a period of fierce fighting, the Qin army in these two battlefields was already at a significant disadvantage, and if they did not send reinforcements in time, they would both be defeated by the Dai army.

Now the Qin army still has about 20,000 troops, the cavalry army is about 3,000 people, and the Dai army is about less than 6,000 cavalry left, but because the Dai army is arranged in the back woods, the Qin army cannot accurately estimate the strength of the Dai army.

However, the battle situation at this time could not tolerate Meng Tian's hesitation, because the Qin army in the front battlefield had been defeated and retreated, and it was less than a hundred steps away from the main formation of the Qin army, so it was necessary to send reinforcements to the rear battlefield as soon as possible, otherwise it would be very dangerous to wait until the two cavalry armies were defeated by the Dai army, and then the Dai army would take advantage of the victory and launch an attack on the main formation of the Qin army.

Therefore, Meng Tian immediately ordered the remaining 3,000 cavalry troops of the Qin army to attack and reinforce the small battlefield on the left, and at the same time dispatched 10,000 infantry troops to support the large battlefield on the right.

It can be said that Meng Tian's method of using troops is indeed a careful arrangement, because Meng Tian does not know how many men and horses are left in the army, so he does not dare to lightly send the soldiers of the Kuabu clan to the battlefield, after all, this is the last trump card of the Qin army, and when to play it, it must be carefully considered.

In the case that the Kuafu warriors could not be used, Meng Tian did not use the method of evenly distributing the reinforcement army, but reinforced all the remaining 3,000 cavalry troops of the Qin army to the small battlefield on the left, so that in this local battlefield, the Qin army would gain an absolute superiority in strength, which could not only immediately change the situation of the battle, but also achieve victory on this battlefield. On the big battlefield on the right, Meng Tian sent 10,000 troops to fight, the purpose was to maintain the situation, as long as the Qin army could hold on undefeated, and after the victory in the other battlefield, it would be able to get more powerful support.

At the same time, after the Qin army sent reinforcements, it was also to see how the Dai army would respond, and then make different arrangements for the response of the Dai army, after all, the Qin army still retains 1,500 Kuafu warriors, which is a force that no one can underestimate.

In a short period of time, it is indeed very difficult for Meng Tian to make such a thoughtful and comprehensive arrangement, and Meng Tian has already made adjustments to the Qin army, and it depends on how the Dai army responds.

―――――――― the dividing line ――――――――― dividing line―――――――― Han Teng returned to the front of the formation, at this time, Qin Junjing retreated to a distance of less than fifty steps from the main formation behind him, and was still gradually retreating, and Cao Wuxian, who took over the command of Han Teng who ran to the rear formation in front of the formation, immediately asked: "Lord, how is the situation in the back?" ”

Han Teng shook his head and said, "The situation is not very good, the cavalry of the Dai Army is too powerful, the Qin Army is not an opponent at all, now Meng Tian has even sent infantry to reinforce, and the Dai Army still doesn't know how to deal with it, how is the situation here?" ”

Cao Wushu said: "It's not very good, now the army has increased its strength, and it has almost done its best, we can't resist it, if it wasn't for Lord Huo to bring people up to fight it just now, I'm afraid we would have been defeated, now the situation is a little more stable, but I'm afraid it won't last too long, on such a battlefield, relying only on the strength of Lord Huo alone, it won't play much role, do you want to continue to retreat?" ”

Han Teng said: "Then continue to retreat, order all the chariots to be ready, and they will soon engage the Dai army." ”

At this time, Mu Tuoshan said: "What about the warriors of the Kuafu clan? Haven't moved yet? ”

Han Teng nodded and said, "Meng Tian still left them in the formation now, and he didn't make a move. ”

Cao Wushu said: "What is Meng Tian doing, why is it that at this time, he has not used the warriors of the Kuafu clan, when will he wait for the grate, if he doesn't use it on his side, it is better to give us five hundred people on our side, and he can also push the Dai army back, he won't do it on purpose, deliberately let us suffer a big defeat, so that the Dai army is consuming our strength?" ”

Han Teng said: "Meng Tian does this, naturally there is a reason for him, the Meng family has always been loyal to Qin, and he has won the hearts of the army, and he will never risk the interests of the Qin State, since I handed over the soldiers of the Kua Father Clan to him to command, I must believe in his ability, not to mention that there are bears on the side of the Kua Father Clan, if Meng Tian is really unfavorable to us, they will definitely not care, we still do a good job on the battlefield here, retreat is retreat, but it can't be turned into a rout." ”

Cao Wushu immediately agreed, and hurriedly assigned personnel to direct the retreat of the Qin army.

At this time, on the battlefield in front, the representative army has indeed gone all out, because the strength of the Qin army on both wings was contained by the reinforced representative army, and the representative army in the large camp can also not consider the defense of the two wings, the army of this era has dispatched more than 40,000 troops, and the cavalry army has reached 8,000, although the space on the battlefield is limited, so many troops cannot be fully invested in the battlefield, but Jiang Huan Wu divided the whole army into three groups, took turns to attack, and always maintained the pressure on the Qin army and the sharpness of the attack.

Therefore, the Dai army's attacks were round after round, continuous, and launched a fierce attack on the Qin army, and the Qin army only had 20,000 troops, and it was simply unable to resist the attack of the Dai army, and was defeated and retreated by the Dai army, and the battle line advanced from fifty steps in front of the Dai army's position to only fifty steps away from the Qin army's array.

And Jiang Huanwu and Zhao Xuan also went out of the camp of the Dai army with the army, personally commanded and supervised the battle on the front line, and pressed the Qin army step by step, constantly squeezing the Qin army.

Because at this time, Jiang Huanwu also knew that the reinforcements of the plateau had already launched an attack behind the Qin army, and now the Dai army had formed a two-sided attack on the Qin army, so at this time, no matter which side could make a substantial breakthrough, it would be able to inflict a devastating blow on the Qin army. In addition, no matter which side exerts more pressure on the Qin army, the pressure on the other side will be less, of course Jiang Huanwu will not pin his hopes on the plateau, and naturally he will also command the Dai army to attack the Qin army desperately.