Chapter 935: Rescue
In terms of the combat power of the army alone, in fact, Huofeng's army is not as good as that of the Youwang.
I have to say that Youwang has won the hearts of some people, and the original Youwang also likes the feeling of being a 'good person' and 'Mingjun' by chance.
The people who were willing to succumb to the Turks would have succumbed long ago, and they would not have been following King You's hard work until now.
For this alone, the whole people under the command of King Youwang are soldiers, and they would rather die than give in. are all determined to die, what are you afraid of?
In addition, after experiencing the first wave of high-intensity sieges of the Turks, it was enough to make these people grow rapidly and become qualified soldiers, and then the Turks changed the attack to a siege, which also gave the king of Youwang time for further training.
Let a qualified soldier become a qualified army.
It can be said that in many aspects, the current army under the command of Youwang, in addition to the types, methods and experience of combat, can barely be regarded as elite in other aspects.
On the other hand, Huofeng, don't look at her on the throne for a while, and she has also fought some battles in the east and west.
But in fact, the army under his command has not fought any hard battles, aside from supporting the defense of Jizhou and Jizhou, Huofeng's army is basically confronting Xiao Jiaowen, friction and small-scale wars are not nothing, but there has never been a decisive battle-level battle.
Xiao Jiao's concubine is less than the elite, and the fire phoenix is better than the soldiers, the two are relatively compared, there is a little bit of comparable, no one dares to act rashly.
It's just that in this way, Huofeng's army can't be effectively trained, and with ordinary training alone, it can't train a qualified army, and the elite that the current team relies on is not so much called an elite, but ...... Zealots?
After all, he is not afraid of life and death, but the number of people is definitely not too much.
Just such an army, let alone 20,000 cavalry, even if it is only 10,000, one charge over......
Well, Huofeng really didn't dare to bet.
Otherwise, wouldn't the military spirit that had been easily built up in the previous big victory collapse in an instant?
In the camp, Ye Xiaozhu's shoes with indifferent and strong camouflage were removed, revealing a little tired.
Can't compare to others, she is from an average background, and in many ways she is inherently incomparable, don't look at her existence, it seems that she makes everything stable in her small country, and she is constantly leading troops to drive in person, but who knows the pressure behind it, which is equivalent to saying that when she grows up to now, Huofeng can be said to be running at full capacity, constantly learning to improve herself, and constantly racking her brains to maintain stability, for fear that something will go wrong.
If it weren't for his unique ability to discriminate and perceive, I'm afraid that life would be even more difficult, because in that case, it would be difficult to even be credible to distinguish those around him.
No matter what the original intention was, now that the family has a big business, the responsibility on his shoulders is naturally heavier, it is nothing to lose a war, where does the war come from, even if Zhuge Liang in the romance is about to become a demon, it is not a hateful end.
But Huofeng didn't dare to be defeated, it seemed to be sitting on the territory of the hinterland of the Central Plains such as Luoyang, but because of this, it was easier to face enemies on all sides, and the half-hung army under his command, once it was completely defeated by the Turks, it would basically be over, and now if there is a barrier, dare to confront the Turkic cavalry, it is really defeated, believe it or not, I will tremble when I see it later, and I have to run away if I make a slight move?
In that case, how can Jizhou be guarded, when Jizhou is lost, just wait for the half of Yuzhou to die.
However, the vigorous retreat also made Ashina Huqin see the paper tiger of Huofeng more and more clearly, and he didn't dare to fight me at all. But if you think about it the other way, if you can lead the army to defeat him when the soldiers under your command are so unbearable, doesn't this show the ability of Huofeng even more?
Ashina Huqin was even more excited.
In fact, Huofeng's retreat is not just a question of whether to fight or not, but this move is actually more in line with the form. Huofeng never thought that he would become the main force against the Turks, not to mention that he didn't have that much strength, even if he did, he was not interested, he really didn't die in war.
At the beginning of the fight, Huofeng put on a posture of pressure and persecution, the purpose was to attract a part of the Turkic army, so as to achieve the effect of reducing the pressure on the Youwang's side, so that it would not be crushed and eliminated so quickly, so as to share the pressure for herself in turn, who made Jizhou hers now.
retreated again and again, and the previously recovered northern land of Jizhou was spit back, if you talk about the impact, it is the people who were forced to leave their homeland and heard about the recovery and boldly ran back, what the result is, needless to mention.
Seeing that he could return to the city that was first defended by retreating a few dozen miles, Huofeng was also much more relaxed, but at this time, Ashina Huqin not only gathered all the troops that were looting outside, but also suddenly launched a night attack.
In addition to some of the troops who have returned to the city first, there are still 80,000 troops left under Huofeng's command, such a number is not stationed together, and the method of joint operation is still adopted, and there is a little rule in the chaos, in short, it is to limit the advantage of the Turkic cavalry.
In Huofeng's mind, she relied on the large number of people and the camp tent to defend it, and the Turks should not forcibly attack the Liangxia Liang camp when they damaged it, but she still underestimated Ashina Huqin's determination to get her, as well as her disregard for the lives of the soldiers in the Xialiang camp.
The rest of the Xialiang camp during this period of time is simply not too 'comfortable', and there is no more suitable task for looting everywhere than them, some small people can still turn the sky upside down, robbing money, robbing women, robbing women, it's so unhappy.
But I have to say that this way is also the fastest way to restore morale, otherwise this kind of thing was very common in ancient times.
Morale was restored, and then the Turks pressed again, and the Xialiang battalion, which had scraped together 20,000 people, launched a strong attack on Huofeng's camp as a vanguard after nightfall.
The joint operation method of the fire phoenix can indeed restrain the advantages of the cavalry to a certain extent, but there must be a mistake in the hundred secrets, and the fire phoenix, which has been tightening the clockwork, has a trace of negligence, that is, the distance between the camp is inevitably slightly longer.
20,000 attacking 80,000 defenders, no matter how you look at it, it is a fantasy, and it is impossible to win. But what if you only attack the outermost individual camps?
Supplemented by the suppression of the Turkic salvo, the outer camps began to be in a hurry, and you can see the Turkic cavalry in the distance, and Huofeng really does not dare to act rashly, at least it is impossible to transfer troops to support the peripheral camps that have nothing to do for the time being.
And if the transfer from the middle makes the troops empty in the middle, how can they rely on the geographical advantages created by the camp to give full play to their advantages? In the final analysis, the distance between the camps and the camps can still run horses, but the camps on both sides are effectively attacked by archery and throwing, so as to achieve the effect of restraining the cavalry.
If the number of people is not enough, the frequency of attacks will inevitably decrease, and the power will naturally decrease, wouldn't it be a self-defeating martial arts?
But he couldn't ignore it, thinking about it, Huofeng could only grit his teeth and abandon the camp on the other side, and transfer the army to the other side to support.
Who would have thought that after a while, the Turks would retreat, and after a while, they would start attacking again from the abandoned camp. Then the news of the urgency came again......
Continue to tune? When is this a head.
Huofeng didn't know how he survived this night, and in the end, he had no choice but to shrink, abandon all the camps on the periphery, and concentrate the core, so that he could easily resist the attack of the Xialiang camp and the Turkic salvo, but then although the Turks no longer attacked, they set fire to all the camps outside, and the fire burned all night, and no one dared to rest in peace in this situation.
On the second day, the Turkic cavalry galloped back and forth from a distance, constantly harassing with arrows, and although the number of people was small each time, it also made people nervous and vigilant.
Ashina Huqin still abandoned the way that the two armies were camped dozens of miles apart, and they were entangled to the death, completely nailing Huofeng's army here, making it clear that they would not stop if they were not taken. Even if Huo Feng wanted to retreat, it would be impossible.
It's okay for two days a day, but stay until three, four, and five days...... On the tenth day, it is true that the Turkic Xialiang battalion only had more than 5,000 left, but how can Huofeng's side be better? Not to mention the dead and wounded, the mental head is almost gone, who can stand being harassed day and night and stay vigilant, the military spirit is already chaotic.
It's not that Huofeng hasn't thought about asking for help, but where can he ask for help?
Own rear? Those tens of thousands of foot soldiers are okay to defend the city, pull them out to rescue, and they must be surrounded and rescued. Once defeated, even the cities in the rear will be lost. Then Huofeng's army will be completely alone, and it will be destroyed sooner or later.
Looking for the Ghost King? People themselves are still surrounded.
Zhou Shaoyu? Okay, the people only brought more than 10,000 troops, and they were blocked by 50,000 people who lost their power, plus the distance, even if they had the heart, they didn't obstruct it, at least it was five days later, and more than 10,000 troops, no matter how elite they were, it was just a drop in the bucket.
What to do?
Before Huofeng could come up with a way, the Turkic attack reappeared.
In fact, this is nothing, make good arrangements, let some people be on guard, but after every attack, the Turks will put on a big attack, sitting on the war horse from a distance and watching, how can this make people feel at ease, what if a lax attack really comes?
It stands to reason that the Turks will also get tired if they do this way, after all, they need to rest if they are human.
But don't forget that the Turks can rest even on horseback. God knows if they're ready to storm or sleep peacefully. Anyway, Huofeng can't afford to gamble.
But now that I can't afford to gamble, I have to gamble, and if I continue to be on guard with the whole army, I will collapse, and there should even be a desertion incident.
Gritting his teeth, Huo Feng finally ordered half of the soldiers to return to the camp to continue resting.
And the soldiers were more or less accustomed to being harassed day and night, and after confirming that this time it was still a regular harassment, the already sleepy half of the soldiers really fell asleep.
Huofeng is also a little lucky, fortunately, it is still just an attack, if it is......
With a clarion call, tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry troops in the distance suddenly made a big charge, and unexpectedly, they really all attacked!
Caught off guard, really caught off guard. The soldiers who were urgently awakened could be described as in a hurry, and the panicked mood spread throughout the camp.
Not long after, the gate of a camp was broken, setting off a bloody storm, at this time, the panic began to change to panic, and there was a great possibility of getting out of control.
"Your Majesty, break through and retreat, if you don't retreat, it's too late!"
Many generals and officials accompanying the army began to persuade each other.
If it weren't for knowing that these people were indeed loyal, Huo Feng hated not being able to kill people directly. Breakout retreat? It's simple. There are still dozens of miles away from the city in the rear, how can two legs be compared with other people's four legs, is it possible that he escaped on horseback with hundreds of people and left everyone else? Then she, the empress, must have done it.
"No need to mention it, fully equip the armor, I will personally come forward to supervise the battle, those who are afraid of war, behead!" Huo Feng Liu raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily.
The appearance of the fire phoenix is indeed effective for the improvement of morale, coupled with the elite around the fire phoenix, it has also eased the situation, but since Ashina Huqin has launched a general attack, how can he easily retreat, not to mention that he has broken through a camp, and the strength of the fire phoenix has been further reduced.
"Kill ......!"
Surprisingly, there was a sound of fighting from a distance, Ashina suddenly turned his head, only to see smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and he didn't know how many troops there were in the blur, but just looking at the posture and the faintly visible flag, there should be a lot of people.
After seeing the largest Vermilion Bird Banner and the Zhouzi Banner clearly, Ashina Huqin's pupils suddenly shrank!
Zhou Shaoyu's army? How did it end up here!
What does this mean? It means that the stubborn power has been defeated, or even the entire army has been wiped out, otherwise, why didn't the slightest news come, but let Zhou Shaoyu kill here quietly?
To do this, it can only show that Zhou Shaoyu's army is far more than what it looks like on the surface, otherwise how can it be so neatly killed by the stubbornness?
In other words, behind the smoke and dust, there are at least thirty or forty thousand troops!
Unwillingly looking at the fire phoenix camp in front of him, Ashina gritted his teeth in anger, and ordered with difficulty: "Collect the troops and retreat!" ”
How else can it be done? Sandwiched in the middle of the dumplings?
At this time, there were only more than 2,000 people left in the Xialiang battalion, and the Turks didn't care at all, turned over their horses, and abandoned these people without saying a word.
The sudden change made Huofeng a little too surprised, I thought that at least it was a hard battle, and the final result was not good, and even I had to be sad, how could I think that Zhou Shaoyu's soldiers would fall from the sky!
He was just about to order the complete extermination of the remaining Xialiang battalion that had fled, but the messenger sent by Zhou Shaoyu arrived immediately, and the content could not be simpler.
Hurry up the retreat!
Nonsense, I really thought that Zhou Shaoyu brought a large army, not to mention the extra army, even if it was the army brought by Li Xiuning, they didn't follow, Zhou Shaoyu had so many 10,000 under his command, and the reason why the smoke and dust were rolling was not because of the large number of people, but because of the deliberate drag of branches.
Thanks to the high sun in recent days, the ground climate is relatively dry, otherwise wouldn't it be clear at a glance? Where can you still bluff.
However, this method can't deceive for long, and when the situation is clarified, Ashina Huqin is bound to come back, why don't you hurry up and retreat at this moment, and wait for death?