Chapter 1415: The World of the Han Banner (105) The Great Detour (Part 1)
As Guli said, Guanjiao Ridge is not big, but it is stuck on the main road to Wuguan, which just separates the two parts of the Chu army. The straight line distance between the two sides is not far, but it is enough to create a short-distance vacuum. The Hun cavalry led their war horses, and the mouths of the war horses were chewed, and the hooves were wrapped in thick cotton cloth, stepped on the ground, and quietly whispered. Each soldier had a small stick in his mouth to avoid making any unexpected sounds.
They quietly advanced along the path under Yangjiao Ridge. Wherever they could see was the brightly lit Chu army camp, which was a camp of infantry with tens of thousands of people. Not far from them, there was a camp of cavalry. Attacking the stationed infantry was not a good idea. For more than ten years, many of the tactics of the Han army have now become the general rules of every army on the mainland, such as camping.
It is no longer a simple fence or a whistle tower, but a trench that is digging out of the barracks. Some are bright, some are dark. Attacking such a camp is not much different from conquering a city. Without huge casualties, it is difficult to rush into the barracks unless they have a large number of long-range weapons, such as artillery. But this thing is too heavy and the cavalry cannot carry it.
Go to fight that cavalry? This is an option, but Guli only has 5,000 cavalry in his hands, and the opponent has 10,000 cavalry. Just by counting the number of people, Guli is not afraid of the other party. The problem is that once a war starts with the opponent, the Chu cavalry and infantry can form a response.
This is Guli's adventure strategy to travel through this vacuum, join forces with Agu Huaien, and jointly attack the Chu army's cavalry, and defeat the opponent before the opponent's infantry could form effective support.
Qu Wan divided the entire army into five parts, two fronts and two backs, and the middle is the central army camp. The distance between them is only fifty miles apart. As Agu Huaien said, this is a typical turtle formation. Each part cooperates with 10,000 cavalry to deal with the harassment of the Han army. Now Qu Wan’s mission is not to find a way to suppress these two Han cavalry. But how to find a way to bring this army back to Chu. So as long as the Han cavalry does not take the initiative to attack the Chu army, Qu Wan will not provoke them. When he arrives at Wuguan, the army gathers together and only 10,000 cavalry. It is impossible to shake the 200,000 Chu army with tens of thousands of cavalry. At that time, he only needed to concentrate on dealing with the enemy defending Wuguan.
Qu Wan was not thinking about it. The two cavalry leaders of the Han army were also trying their best to break Qu Wan's attack. Ten thousand cavalry could not cause much fundamental damage to Qu Wan, but they could attack the opponent's soldiers' attacks, delay the opponent's advance, and give Wuguan more time to prepare for defensive operations.
Agu Huai'en hid in the darkness with his cavalry. Like Guli, he was filled with wood and horses, keeping silent. Beside him, Aguyong's eyes shone with excitement. For him, this was a real battle.
He looked up at the moonlight in the sky. The time agreed with Guli was almost here. According to the agreement, when the moon was midnight, he would take the lead in attacking. If Guli could not arrive on time, his assault would become a slash again and he could only leave with one touch.
"Father, the time is up!" Aguyong reminded on the side. Agu Huaien once again looked up at the moon in the night sky, or this night was destined to be bright red.
He turned over the horse, pulled out the scimitar from his waist with a choke. With his movements, thousands of cavalrymen all drifted off the war horse. He spit out the crossbar in his mouth, reached out to take away the war horse's chew, and a big flag stood up under the moonlight.
"Strike!" Agu Huaien pointed to the front of his sword, held the horse's belly with his legs, and the war horse neighed, and rushed forward.
The assault of thousands of cavalrymen is already a great achievement to be able to hide above this distance. Now they are still several miles away from the opponent's cavalry camp. This distance is enough for the Chu cavalry to make the correct response. The Chu army along the way is only prepared to deal with the attacks of the Han army without removing their armor and horses without removing their saddles.
The sound of the running hooves of five thousand war horses was enough to shake the earth. The Chu cavalry camp in the distance immediately rang out, and the entire camp suddenly became bright. The gate opened wide, and cavalry rushed out from the camp and began to arrange arrays outside the camp. Behind them, more cavalry began to emerge from the camp.
There are no defensive measures in the trenches outside the cavalry camp, because these defenses will also limit the reaction speed of their own cavalry while defending the enemy.
At the same time, there were also loud police sounds in the Chu infantry camp several miles away. The drum beats of emergency gathering sounded. The soldiers raised their weapons, rushed out of the barracks, and began to line up in the barracks. Unlike the cavalry, after they lined up their ranks and came out of the barracks, they had to go out of the camp through the narrow passage outside the barracks before they could set up their teams, and they had to beware of being impacted by the Han cavalry at this moment, so the time required was a long process.
If the Han cavalry attacks, the cavalry will first drag it down, and then the infantry will line up and approach slowly. The purpose is not to annihilate the enemy, but to scare the opponent away.
There were tens of thousands of cavalry soldiers in the cavalry camp, so the generals of the Chu army were not worried.
When Agu Huaien rushed to about a distance from the opponent, the Chu cavalry also started charging. He was ready for attack within such a short distance. This Chu cavalry was quite good.
"Kill!" Agu Huaien pointed to the front of his sword and took out the crossbow on his waist with his other hand. A long time ago, he was very disdainful of using these tricks when fighting against the enemy cavalry. He thought that this was only used by cowardly and useless guys. He prefers to use a knife to directly cut the opponent's throat.
However, as he gets older, his concepts have begun to change. If he can kill his opponent at a smaller price, why not? His son Aguyong is a copy of his youth, but now with his spare time, his son can start to adopt the simplest method. It simply means direct effectiveness, and it also means that the possibility of saving his life on the battlefield is greater. Large-scale cavalry battles, from generals to soldiers, the chances of death are not very different. It is amazing that there are more personal soldiers around the generals, but you will never imagine that you will shoot a cold arrow from somewhere.
This is true during the day, and the risk of cavalry fighting at night is greater, or a small pit on the ground is enough to make you fall into the abyss. Fighting at night is often not killed by the enemy, but death caused by one's own mistakes. Therefore, large-scale cavalry night battles are rarely occurring.
The two torrents collided with each other, and countless torches lit on both sides shone through the battlefield. The camp behind the Chu army was even brighter. The moonlight in the sky was very good today, but it minimized the unknown danger. As for the rest, it could only depend on everyone's luck.
Agu Huaien couldn't help but curse in his heart when he saw his son rushing to the front of the team. His son was an alien to the traditional Donghu people. This was attributed to him being a graduate of the cavalry department of Jicheng Comprehensive University. Sending his son there was also a manifestation of the Donghu people's sincere resignation to the Han Dynasty. His son did not like the traditional Donghu scimitar, but he loved the heavy scimitar. Agu Huaien knew that scimitar was the king of the Han Dynasty Gao Yuan fighting before.
At that time, my son admired the King of Han very much. When choosing his own weapon, he chose this one without hesitation. The sword that was slashing with great strength was extremely powerful, but also put forward extremely high requirements for the user. If the power was slightly worse, this heavy guy would not take long to exhaust the user's strength. Among the Han cavalry, it seems that only King of Han, who is not human, can use this weapon. But now, he has added his own son.
When the slashing saber was swung, Agu Yongxing felt a stream of blood rushing to his head. Every time he swept across and slashed, his opponent's weapons, heads, and war horses would fly in front of him. Relying on his personal courage, he actually broke through the dense impact peaks of the Chu army and broke a road against the trend.
The result of the two sides colliding with arrows, which was not surprising to everyone. The Han army had the advantage of the battle. The excellent weapons, excellent cavalry and riding skills, and better fighting ability allowed the Han army to get a perfect start in the early stages of the war. They cut deep into the Chu cavalry, and wherever they passed, blood flowed into a river.
However, the Chu army was obviously not a soft persimmon, not to mention that their strength was twice that of the Donghu Independent Cavalry Division. Soon, the Chu army stabilized the situation and allowed the Donghu Independent Cavalry Division to stir up the wind and rain inside. However, they slowly squeezed inward on the periphery, fighting against the Han army's Donghu Cavalry Division or the Huns Cavalry Division. The most important thing is to squeeze their combat space, so that they have no room to move, and minimize their advantages. In the end, what remains is the competition of courage and the crushing of the number of people.
Agu Huaien could already feel that the army was trapped in the sticky mud. When he looked up and saw his son, his distance was also much closer, which meant that his charge momentum was greatly resisted. In the distance, countless torches were approaching here, and that was the infantry of the Chu infantry camp began to approach here.
Chapter completed!