One hundred and twentieth chapters see victory (1)
After the black-clad cavalry crossed the north hill, they continued to gallop towards the Jin army. While running, their formation spread toward the two wings, just like a huge black hawk spreading its wings and was about to launch a striking attack.
Although it was a plain, the terrain was not a completely regular piece. The black-clad cavalry made an arc along the undulation of the terrain, and detoured from the northwest to the northeast, and finally rushed to the high slope where the central army of the Jin army was. A distance of three or five miles passed instantly as the war horses ran at full speed. After dozens of breaths, everyone had already vaguely seen the raised gun spear blades, and the ferocious and bloodthirsty faces.
Zhu Sheng was right, the number of enemy cavalry was no less than three thousand. Judging from the rhythm of their bodies rising and falling when they rode horses, and the momentum they changed their formations, they were undoubtedly elite.
The eight hundred cavalry of the central army of Jin were originally preparing to use the final blow to the bandits of Changshan, so the people and horses all stopped and waited for the fight. But facing the enemy who was completely unexpected, many soldiers were a little panicked. Lu Yao heard a commotion in the team behind him, and the sounds of people whispering to each other like the wind. Some war horses even neighed anxiously, and four hooves stepped on the ground. That was the reason why the knight's nervousness was transmitted to the horse.
"General!" Chen Pei rode his horse close to Lu Yao and shouted. The sudden number of enemies was huge, and most of the Jin army's troops were still entangled with Changshan bandits, and our team had only 800 cavalry. At this time, whether to fight or retreat, it seemed that it was not a good choice. However, the enemy cavalry was about to come up, and Lu Yao, as the main general, had to react immediately!
Lu Yao ignored it and stared at the enemy cavalry rushing towards him with all his attention.
When the enemy cavalry appeared just now, his surprise was no less than others, and his face turned a little pale until now. But he quickly recovered from calmness. He raised his hand and touched the forehead, and the blood vessels on the forehead beating slightly. It was the heart pulsing violently, pumping the hot blood into the brain. The more nervous the environment was, Lu Yao always felt that his thinking was more agile and judgmental.
The mountains in Dai land were stretched and the terrain was complex and changeable. Only the hundreds of miles of radius with the capital and county as the center was flat. At this moment, the place where the two armies fought was located in the westernmost section of the plain area. The remaining veins of the mountains gradually became flat here, forming upward hills, which extended several miles or dozens of miles eastward, and gradually disappeared into the wilderness.
These soil hills are neither very high nor steep, and you can climb over effortlessly without climbing. Although the soil hills are full of trees and weeds, they are not dense enough to hide soldiers. Therefore, the generals including Lu Yao did not pay much attention to this terrain. However, Zhu Sheng should not neglect to inspect the continuous soil hills.
In fact, it is impossible to use the few scout cavalry to cover the entire battlefield. How to use the scout's troops most effectively and identify where you need to focus on investigation and where you only need to pay a little attention, relying on the general's eyes. Zhu Sheng is very talented in reconnaissance in front of the enemy. In the past few days, he and his spies were running day and night, conveying the information from all over Dai County into Lu Yao's hands like a stream of information, no matter how big or small, no omission was left.
He is definitely a qualified scout team leader, but why did such an enemy cavalry know nothing about it before the attack?
Unfortunately, Zhu Sheng had fainted and could not answer Lu Yao's questions. He was hit by two arrows behind him, one hitting his shoulder blade and the other on the rib side. The blood gushed out of the horse's back red. Two personal soldiers carried him off and were tearing open his armor and bandaging him.
"General! The enemy is approaching, what should we do?" Chen Pei asked loudly again.
At this moment, Chen Pei, who was once the governor of the Chengdu King, had the most experience in combat. He knew very well that what he was facing was not just the problem of the enemy being too many.
Although Lu Yao's central army soldiers were all elite, some of these soldiers were surrendered by the Jisang bandits, and a considerable number of them came from the local recruitment of Dai County, from the Hu tribes or horse thieves gangs in Dai County. No matter where they came from, they were in a hostile position with the Jin army in just over a month or even a few days ago. These soldiers had no agreement with the court, nor had they made any contributions to the frontiers and had the idea of martyring the horse and corpses. The reason why Lu Yao was able to drive Ruyi was because of severe punishment, generous rewards, and continuous victory.
Such an army cannot be compared with the regular army that has experienced long-term training and kindness. These soldiers are accustomed to victory and can only accept victory. Once they cannot see the hope of victory, they may collapse at the last minute... This is true for the Central Army, and the troops of Ding Miao, Xue Tong, Liu Xia and others who are fighting on the front line, are the same!
Chen Pei had already seen Liu Fei, who was a little far away from Lu Yao, made a few hidden gestures to his subordinates. Obviously, the giant bandits under Ji Sang's former command did not intend to die for the country. Chen Pei's own subordinates exchanged glances with each other and were already full of uneasy. Chen Pei didn't know whether Lu Yao knew the current problem, but on this occasion, he could not tell Lu Yao bluntly... If he did that, I was afraid that the soldiers would no longer have the intention to fight.
I finally got rid of the tragic days of being trapped in the Jisang bandits. Will I die in the northern border? Chen Pei was anxious.
Lu Yao suddenly burst into laughter.
So that's it, so it's it. I, Shao Xu, Hu Liuniang and others, calculated the situation of the terrain in a lot of effort, but who would have thought that there would still be a mistake? Tuoba Luguan was able to intervene in Daijun when confronting Yilu... Did he underestimate Luguan or overestimate Yilu's ability? There is indeed no divine plan in this world. No plan can count all variables. It must adapt to the ever-changing actual environment and continuously adjust. The process of adjustment is that the process of continuously investing resources according to changes in the situation. If the more resource investment is invested, the more effective side will surely win, without exception.
Now it is time to invest resources again. As a soldier, what is his most effective resource? Lu Yao himself knows best that is his perseverance and his strong desire for victory!
Lu Yao turned around and bowed to Shao Xu: "If Mr. Shao hadn't reminded him, he would have been framed by Murong Longcheng."
The enemy cavalry was still a little far away, but the shouts of killing came with the wind and poured in. Even the generals were panicked, let alone the pure literati Shao Xu. Shao Xu's face almost turned blue, he held the reins tightly and replied barely: "General, why are you talking about Murong Long City at this time..."
Lu Yao looked at Shao Xu and laughed to the sky.
Everyone was shocked and suspicious, but he was satisfied, as if everything was in his palm: "Shao Gong, Murong Long City is really a powerful figure. His profound behavior was unpredictable. I could not understand until now. He was aggressive in his army to fight with our army here. In fact, the decisive battle was false. The goal was to push all the troops in Changshan who did not obey him on weekdays to a dead end. Before the decisive battle, this man pretended to be an envoy to write a letter in person, and in the letter he had carefully expressed his intention to be close to the court. But this intention was still false. If we listen to his lies and attack with confidence and boldness, then the current cavalry surprise attacked and destroyed our army in one fell swoop."
"If I expected it was right, this cavalry was definitely not the local soldiers of Dai County, but the subordinates of Tuoba Luguan. They were not hiding near the battlefield, but set out in the early morning and drove from the depths of Yanshan Mountain in the north of Dai County, which made the whistle detectives along the way unable to react!" Lu Yao had taken the iron-ridge spear from his rider and danced a little, and the iron spear made a buzzing trembling sound. He looked around at the generals around him and continued: "Luckily, because of Shao Gong's reminder, our central army team has always been raising energy and has not been put into combat. This has completely failed the plan of Murong Longcheng. Not to mention, we came to Dai County to deal with the Tuoba Xianbei... This battle is just right, and we will win!"
After saying that, Lu Yao called several personal soldiers and asked them to cover Shao Xu, Hu Liuniang, Zhu Sheng and other unbearable fighters retreated to the rear. Then he raised his breath and shouted loudly: "He Yun!"
He Yun responded and immediately stepped forward: "Here!"
When Lu Yao was still the leader of the army under Sima Teng, He Yun was his subordinate. Since the defeat of Daling, He Yun has been born and died with Lu Yao, but he has been unable to count the number of times. Although the enemy is coming at this moment, He Yun's face has not changed and he has not taken the black cavalry seriously at all.
Lu Yao asked, "Let me ask you, during the Jinyang War two years ago, I defeated the troops of Qiao Xi, the champion general of the Huns in Qi County and killed Qiao Xi. How many of us were there at that time? How many of the Huns were there?"
He Yun replied loudly: "Our army is less than a hundred cavalry, and Qiao Xi's troops are less than 6,000!"
"After killing Qiao Xi, I annihilated all the troops of Shile, the general of the Huns in Tuanbai Valley. How many of us were there at that time? How many of the Huns were there?"
"Our army is only six hundred, and the Huns are ten times more powerful than our army!"
"Let's talk about the Battle of Yecheng. When I killed Ji Sang outside Jianchun Gate, how many of us were there? How many of Ji Sang were there?"
"Our army has only dozens of cavalry stomped in formation. Jisang's army broke into Ye City. The thieves are in a turbulent manner, which is more than a hundred times more powerful than me!"
The Huns once established a powerful Hu regime that competed with the Han Dynasty, driving Hu'er from thousands of miles of northern borders to be like a lackey. After hundreds of years of prestige, they had long been deeply imprinted in everyone's heart. Thinking of the general in front of him who had defeated the Hun army with fewer and defeated the Hun army in succession, the nervousness of the soldiers suddenly eased a lot. When the soldiers from Jisang's old subordinate heard these words, they felt ashamed, and suddenly remembered the incredible failure that day. Thinking that Lu Yao was invincible after entering Dai County, many people suddenly became confident.
But Lu Yao laughed: "As long as the soldiers are strong and brave, and the top and the bottom are united, a few elite cavalry are enough to kill the generals and hold the flag. What's more, there are 800 iron cavalry at this moment? He Yun, are you willing to follow me to make contributions on the battlefield?"
He Yun said excitedly: "Those Xianbei people came here for a long distance and looked fierce, but in fact they were afraid they were half tired. I was only worried that they could not withstand the impact of our iron cavalry and told me not to kill them!"
"Worrying to be unhappy in killing?" Lu Yao glanced at He Yun sideways, waved his spear and drew a semicircle behind him: "Then you have to agree to your brothers first, don't kill all the enemies, leave a few for you!"
Chen Pei laughed and said, "Brother He family, it's okay to leave three or five, but it's not enough... The men also want to behead and make a fortune. After this battle, everyone is counting on promotion and wealth!"
The troops said yes, and their morale suddenly rose.
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I've been busy like a mad dog these days, and I'm sick. I don't have time to write during the day and at night, but it's difficult to adjust my condition. I hope I'll get all the work I have at hand next week and make up for the arrears.
I sincerely hope that everyone will patiently watch this story with me.
This Pujiewen has written 700,000 words. In fact, my initial outline was 600,000 words, but now I have run to 3 million words... I can still support it now, and I am surprised. The only troublesome manuscripts have been completely exhausted. I saw a codec software on Weibo yesterday. I was really envious. Why are there no software for historical military literature?
Chapter completed!