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Hua Mulan took the battle report, opened it, looked at it, and said to the surrounding generals and school officials: "The Western Route Army of the Southern Dynasty is attacking Hulao Pass, and Hulao Pass is only about forty miles away from Xingyang. You said that General Shen Qingzhi of the Southern Dynasty learned that Xingyang was captured by our army. With the news of the capture, does he still have the intention to attack Hulao Pass?"

Veteran Guo Sheng said: "Marshal, if I were Shen Qingzhi, I would immediately lead the army to withdraw to Yingchuan, and then report the news to the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and attack our army with the Chinese and Western armies. Of course, it is not ruled out that Shen Qingzhi is here." After getting the news, return to the division to counterattack Xingyang as quickly as possible. If they can capture Xingyang and defend it before the main force of our army arrives, with the material reserves in Xingyang city and the ability of the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty to defend, our army wants to attack Xingyang in a short time. I'm afraid it won't be easy to break through, but if we are flanked by them, our army will be in danger!"

Hua Mulan frowned. She was worried that Liang Yi might not be able to defend Xingyang City with only three thousand cavalry in his hand. Lead the main force to block the attack of the Southern Dynasty army before it arrives?

No matter whether Shen Qingzhi will lead the army to counterattack Xingyang or not, Hua Mulan still decided to send a cavalry to reinforce. She immediately called Wei Jing and said: "Take [-] cavalry to Xingyang as quickly as possible. When attacking a city, you must not enter the city to participate in the defense, but stay outside the city to harass the Southern Dynasty army, so that they cannot attack the city with all their strength."

"Yes, Marshal!"

At this time, the Southern Dynasty army outside Xingyang City formed a formation under the command of Shen Qingzhi, and Shen Qingzhi even sent people to the city to insult him, trying to anger Liang Yi and let him lead the army out of the city to fight.

After Liang Yi was scolded, he was enraged, and ordered the cavalry to assemble and prepare to fight out of the city, but was persuaded by the lieutenant general: "General, calm down, the enemy is just bullying the general, who is young and impatient, and wants to provoke the general out of the city to fight. Look outside the city." Is the Southern Dynasty army a formation? They have 5000 people, and you can only bring 2000 troops out of the city at most. They set up an formation with seven times as many troops. If you have too few troops, you will definitely be trapped in the formation and cannot get out!"

When Liang Yi saw that there was really a formation outside the city, he broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately put an end to his plan to lead troops out of the city to fight.

Seeing that the sun was rising gradually, and the guards in the city had no signs of leading troops out of the city to fight, Shen Qingzhi, who was in the army formation, couldn't hold on any longer. He frowned and said to the generals: "I heard that this soldier The vanguard general Liang Yi is a 20-year-old young general. He was insulted so that he would not go out of the city to fight. It seems that it is impossible for me to break the city before the main force of the army arrives! The order was sent, and the whole army retreated to Yingying. Sichuan!"

Shen Qingzhi didn't procrastinate, and directly led the army away.Now time is running out, if you procrastinate, you are likely to be chased by the dry army cavalry. With his current strength, if he is arranged in a formation, even if the enemy cavalry has three or four thousand cavalry, he will not be afraid, but once the enemy cavalry chases after him, he will not be afraid. Coming up will not give him time to set up the formation, and if the opponent's cavalry only keeps harassing on the periphery without really attacking, the soldiers will not be able to maintain the formation after a long time, and will eventually collapse.

Liang Yi did not lead troops out of the city to pursue them, but he sent a scout team to monitor and reconnaissance the Southern Dynasty army.

"Come here, go and report to the Marshal that the Southern and Western Route Army is retreating in the direction of Yingchuan!"

Immediately after receiving the order, the courier headed eastward. Within a moment, the courier encountered [-] cavalry led by Wei Jing on the way.

Wei Jing received the news from the messenger that the army of the Southern Dynasty was retreating towards Yingchuan, and after thinking about it for a while, he ordered: "Order the whole army to turn south, and let's go after the Southern Dynasty's West Route Army!"

The lieutenant quickly stopped him: "You can't do it, the general. The general's mission is to lead troops to support Xingyang, not to chase the Southern and Western Route Army!"

Wei Jing didn't take it seriously, "The Nanchao army has withdrawn, and our army's mission no longer exists! I am the chief general, and now follow my orders, and follow me to change lanes to pursue the Nanchao army!"

The deputy general had no choice but to lead his army to follow Wei Jing and take a shortcut to the south to intercept and kill the Southern Dynasty army.

Wei Jing led his troops to intercept and kill the Nanchao West Road army was not impulsive, he had thought about it, because he and the [-] cavalry under his command were in a very good position. If he led his troops to the south to intercept but walked in a straight line, as long as he was fast enough, he could lead his troops to the front of the Southern Dynasty army, so he had enough time to set up an ambush on the way before the Southern Dynasty army withdrew to Yangdi, the Yingchuan government.

After marching for half a day, Shen Qingzhi called Liu Yuanjing, who was in charge of the rear, to ask, "Did the cavalry catch up?"

"Going back to the general, I only found some dry army cavalry following behind to scout our army's movements. I haven't found a large group of dry army cavalry chasing up yet!"

Shen Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief. He is a veteran. He has fought many battles with the former Qin Dynasty and the Later Zhao Dynasty. He knows how powerful the barbarian cavalry is. It was the constant harassing outside, disturbing the peace of the soldiers. After a long time, the soldiers couldn't bear it and collapsed, and the escape began. As long as the first person escapes, it will definitely form a large-scale rout.

When there are more barbarian cavalry, they will concentrate on charging without any scruples. When the force is not overwhelming, even if they are arranged in a powerful defensive formation, they will not be able to stop the opponent's cavalry from rushing like mountains and seas.

Although the Qianguo cavalry is not the same as the barbarian cavalry, the tactics of the Qianguo cavalry are more organized than the barbarian cavalry, and they know how to cooperate with the team better.

At dusk, Shen Qingzhi originally wanted to order the army to stop and camp, but he felt uneasy when he thought that the army was still within the attack range of the Qianjun cavalry, so he did not order the soldiers to stop and camp.

The generals were a little puzzled, and Liu Yuanjing reminded: "General, it's getting late, should you tell the soldiers to stop and camp?"

Shen Qingzhi said: "We are not out of the attack range of the cavalry of the army. I am not at ease. I have ordered the soldiers to stop and rest for half an hour to eat dry food, drink water, go to the toilet, feed the horses, and prepare torches. After the time has passed, set off and continue to set off, hold up the torches and hurry on the road after the sky darkens, and march through the night tonight, we must stay out of the attack range of the cavalry!"

"This... yes!" Liu Yuanjing originally wanted to persuade Shen Qingzhi that driving at night might not be safe, but seeing Shen Qingzhi's resolute expression, he had no choice but to agree.

The soldiers of the Southern Dynasties stopped to rest for half an hour, and continued on the road after solving a series of problems such as eating dry food, drinking water, going to the toilet, feeding horses, and preparing torches.

The sky darkened, and under Shen Qingzhi's order, they lit torches and marched overnight.

It is 120 li from Xingyang to Yangdi, the prefecture of Yingchuan. According to the normal marching speed, it is between [-] and [-] li a day, but if you travel overnight, you can reach Yangdi in the middle of the night.

As the seat of Yingchuan, Yangdi is a county with high walls and thick walls. Once the army reaches Yangdi, Shen Qing's heart will be much more at ease.

There are two roads from Xingyang to Yangzhai, one goes through Chonggao County, the other goes through Yuanling County, and Wei Jing took three thousand cavalry to go to Yuanling County. With his cavalry marching at full speed, he arrived in Yangdi just after dark. Guanyin Mountain to the north of Zhai.

The east and west roads pass through the left and right sides of Guanyin Mountain, and converge into one road south of Guanyin Mountain, extending to the outside of Yangzhai City.

Wei Jing had never been here before, but despite the fact that it was clearly drawn on the map, he led his troops all the way, and kept sending people to ask the local people for directions along the way, and there were road markers as guides. Arrived at Guanyin Mountain before.

3000 troops set up an ambush in the forest on the west side of Guanyin Mountain. Wei Jing fed the soldiers and fed the horses, and sent people to control the two surrounding villages to prevent the people in the village from leaking the news.

In the middle of the night, when Wei Jing and the [-] soldiers under his command were fast asleep, there was a sound of horseshoes coming from a distance. Not long after, the sentinel came to report: "General, the guard sentry stationed ten miles away has returned!"

"Bring him here quickly!" Wei Jing ordered immediately.

A burly man in armor quickly walked over to Wei Jing and bowed down on one knee to report: "General Qi, the Southern Dynasty and West Route Army has appeared, and you can see them marching here holding a lot of torches in a while!"

Wei Jing quickly ordered to wake up all the soldiers. The soldiers who had marched long distances all day during the day had recovered their physical strength after sleeping and resting in the middle of the night. , water, toilet, and after the horses have finished eating and drinking, put the horse's mouth on the cage to prevent them from neighing.

The officers also gave each soldier a wooden stick to hold in their mouths before attacking to prevent them from speaking, and ordered no one to take it off without permission, otherwise the military law would be enforced.

In less than a moment, a long dragon of torches appeared in the northwest direction, and the long dragon of torches stretched out for more than four miles.

Before Wei Jing left early, he made the deployment. He, the deputy general, and the army Sima each led 1000 people to attack the front, rear, and middle divisions of the Southern Dynasty Army.

Almost all armies march in a long snake formation, and the cavalry is mostly deployed in the front and rear. If you want to deal with this long snake formation, the easiest way is to limit the mobility of the front and rear cavalry, so that the enemy The army cannot respond from the beginning to the end, and then concentrate its forces to attack the central part.

Generals who understand the art of war formation are of course very clear about this. If they do not understand the art of war formation and ambushes without rules, they may not only fail to defeat the advancing enemy army, but will be used by the opponent to use the power of a long snake formation to make the opponent The front and rear of the cavalry echoed back and forth to strangle.

Chapter 711

The cavalry in Shen Qingzhi's hands is not too many, but there are not many. There are two thousand cavalry, but the horses are not very good, the endurance is not good, and the explosive power is not good. These horses are bought little by little from the north, because in the past Both the Northern Wei Dynasty and the current Qian State imposed an embargo on war horses to the Southern Dynasties. The Southern Dynasties could only buy some better horses through smuggling, and they could also buy some cart horses through normal channels. Horses are simply as difficult as climbing the sky.

It is not that there were no cavalry in the Southern Dynasties, and there were quite a few of them, but the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was always unable to improve. In addition to the lack of horses, there were other reasons.

First of all, the horses trafficked from the north are not suitable for the climate in the south, and many of them get sick and die. It is also a common phenomenon that the physical fitness is reduced due to the climate.

Secondly, the south lacks superb horse training and horse breeding skills.Horses are the same as humans. If you want to make it run faster and have stronger endurance, you must train it systematically and use precise food formulas to help it grow. Even if it is born to be the king of running, if you don’t know how to train And raising it, it is also a horse that can only pull carts.

Third, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry has a lot to do with the cavalry's riding skills.Northerners have many opportunities to get in touch with horses, while southerners have few opportunities to get in touch with horses. Northerners have a good foundation and foundation in riding in the army, while most southerners have almost no experience in riding horses. They want to use such soldiers to train a How easy is it to have a cavalry with superb riding skills?

During the march, Shen Qingzhi also arranged the troops into a long snake formation, deploying two thousand cavalry at the front and one thousand at the rear.

"General Liu, what time is it now? Where are we? How long will it take to reach Yangdi?" Shen Qingzhi opened his eyes and saw that the army was still advancing, so he asked Liu Yuanjing beside him.He fell asleep just now, and he didn't know how long he fell asleep.

Liu Yuanjing replied: "Returning to the general, when we first arrived at Zi, our army has arrived near Guanyin Mountain, and we will reach Yangdi in an hour. When we arrive at Yangdi, we will be completely safe, even if Yangdi can't hold it , we can also retreat to Xuchang, with the city defenses of Yangdi and Xuchang, as long as we prepare enough food and grass, our army can hold off the dry army for more than half a year!"

Shen Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, he thought for a while and said to Liu Yuanjing: "Actually, I am not worried about not being able to stop the attack of the dry army, but worried about not being able to cooperate well with the Central Route Army! The emperor personally marched in the Central Route Army. Thousands of soldiers and horses, but most of them are infantry. Once you encounter the main force of the army in the wild, I am afraid it will be difficult to retreat! General Liu, you have been operating in Henan for many years, and you should have your own news channel. I hope you will use all your means to monitor every move of the main force of the army, and once Hua Mulan moves east to attack our central army, she must report in time, we cannot let her attack the central army without any scruples!"

Liu Yuanjing promised: "The last general will obey!"

The two of them felt something was wrong while they were talking. They instinctively felt that there was danger around them, because they had traveled all the way before, and although the insects would disappear wherever they went, the distant insects could still be heard, but in the There seems to be no insect chirping here, and Guanyin Mountain is not far to the left. There should be a large number of insects on the mountain. The distance is so far, so there is no insect chirping.

"General Liu, order to stop the advance and prepare to defend on the spot!" Shen Qingzhi immediately gave the order decisively.

"Obey!" Liu Yuanjing agreed with clasped fists, and immediately ordered the herald to deliver the order.

However, at this moment, Wei Jing didn't give them enough time to set up their formation. He gave the order to attack at the best time, and the three cavalry who were ambushing in the woods on the slope of Guanyin Mountain rushed out from the front, middle and back.

The cavalry cavalry nearby didn't hold up the torches, thinking that there was no time at all, and the opportunity to fight would have been lost by the time the torches were fired, so Wei Jing's order to everyone before was to rush down as fast as possible, and use cavalry to shoot first. , and then charge directly at close quarters, until the opponent's long snake formation is broken into several sections, then turn around and continue to charge.