Soon after the tactics were decided, the entire escort army started to move. After all the materials were prepared, the entire escort army left 5,000 people to guard the base camp just in case, while the remaining 20,000 people marched towards the target location in a mighty manner. go.
The target point this time is a small lake. Although the lake is not big, it is the only water source within a hundred miles of Yunzhou County from the southern grasslands outside the country.
By the time the army arrived at its destination, it was already the sixth day after the news came.
According to the intelligence, Hegel's tribe will lead a large army to invade Yunzhou County early tomorrow morning. Based on the distance calculation, they can reach here at most the day after tomorrow.
After having people explore the entire terrain of the water source, Ding Hongguang ordered all the infantry to find another place to station, leaving only the cavalry troops to garrison here.
This is not a place suitable for defense, and there are only a few of them, so they only need to leave a cavalry unit with sufficient mobility. If they can't be beaten, they can still run away, and the opponent can't catch up.
In this way, of the nine thousand cavalry of the ten armies, seven thousand were left stationed nearby, and the remaining two thousand left with the army to adapt to changes.
The remaining 13,000 troops erased the traces they brought and found a hiding place to hide.
If it was really difficult to hide on weekdays, there was nowhere to hide in the open grassland, but it happened to be snowing, and there was a vast expanse of white everywhere. This time they came out even more so to hide themselves with white cloths, looking for a place to hide. A white cloth was covered in a remote place so that no one could find them unless they stepped forward to check carefully.
Time passed, and on the second day after the escort arrived at this water source, the Hegel tribe, which had completed its gathering, came towards Yunzhou County with 50,000 cavalry.
And arrived near the water source the next day.
Gebatu Hegel looked at the white scenery in the distance and frowned. He turned to a man next to him and asked, "Gelsang, are you sure there is a water source nearby?"
When the army is dispatched, it must be familiar with the road sections in order to facilitate the supply of the army, so Gebatu found a "local" whose tribe was closest to Yunzhou County to be a guide.
This guy's tribe had secretly traded with the four major families in Yunzhou County before, so he was quite familiar with the surrounding area.
Upon hearing this, Gesang immediately swore and swore to his chest, "Great Khan Gebatu, rest assured that every word Gesang said is true. You can swear to the Immortal Heaven!
That water source must be nearby, but it's snowing heavily now, so it's hard to find. If it were normal times, the pearl-like lake would have caught our eyes long ago! "
Gebatu believed what Gesang said so confidently. He also believed that the other party did not dare to deceive him. He looked around, used his years of experience in the grasslands to make a distinction, and then asked Gesang next to him for some details. Finally, he Batu set a direction and the army moved towards the southwest.
As expected, the direction that Ge Batu, who had lived on the grassland all year round, was heading was exactly where the water source was. In just a quarter of an hour, the army could already see the lake surface reflecting the crystal light in the distance.
The movement of the 50,000-strong army had already alerted the 7,000 guard troops stationed nearby, and they had quietly moved around behind...
Seeing the surface of the lake, Gebatu breathed a sigh of relief after confirming the real existence of the water source. No wonder he brought out 50,000 people and all the tribe's combat power. If he died of thirst on the road because he couldn't find the water source, then he would die of thirst on the road. It's really laughable.
As for the ice on the lake, it's not a big deal, just break the ice.
This boundary has not yet entered Yunzhou County, so Gebatu was not very vigilant. After seeing the lake, he immediately let the army move towards the lake and began to station to prepare to replenish the water bags. Moreover, it was getting late, and it seemed that tonight Stationed here.
When nearly 50,000 cavalrymen dismounted one after another, smashing ice, setting up tents, and replenishing water sources, they did not notice that the hunter who had been waiting for a long time showed a ferocious smile.
A cavalry force of 7,000 people quietly came out and launched a surprise attack on them when they were unprepared!
In the camp, Gebatu looked at the ground around him with a somewhat confused expression. He lowered his head and knelt down to pick up a piece of black ash and look at it.
This is a trace left by someone who cooked something here. It seems that this trace was left recently, otherwise it would have been blown away long ago.
With a buzz, an incredible idea appeared in his mind. Gebatu's face changed drastically in an instant. He turned around and saw that the soldiers around him had dismounted and started to prepare to camp. Even though he wanted to shout and ask everyone to get on their horses again, but At this point it's too late!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
On the originally silent distant horizon, a roar rang out. Anyone familiar with this sound could immediately tell that it was the sound made by large horses galloping together.
At this moment, not only Gebatu realized that something was wrong, but the Hegel cavalrymen who were doing other things also realized the danger. They immediately remounted their horses if they were close, and quickly ran towards their horses if they were far away.
However, it was too late.
In such an emergency, only a few people returned to their horses. Before most of them had time to return to their horses, the cavalry of the escort battalion had already rushed towards their camp!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Mount up! Mount up!"
The entire Hegel camp was in chaos. Those who had mounted the horses quickly approached Khan Gebatu who was shouting loudly, and the others who had not yet mounted were desperately looking for horses.
They knew that if they were unable to mount their horses when facing the cavalry, they and others would just become fish on someone else's board and be slaughtered by others.
Really unable to find their own war horses, some people just grabbed a random horse to use, which also made the already chaotic camp even more chaotic.
In this chaotic situation, the cavalry of the escort army cut into their camp as if a red-hot knife had cut into cheese!
Bang bang bang!
Ahhhh!
The powerful momentum of the war horse knocked away objects blocking the front. Wherever the war horse passed, the one-meter-long bladed cavalry sword in the hands of the guard battalion cavalry only needed to tilt the blade outward and place it on the horse's side. Wherever it passes, everything nearby will be cut with a long wound by the cavalry sword carrying momentum!
No matter you are wearing leather armor or iron armor, all living beings are equal in front of this cavalry sword made of fine steel. You can only end up being cut open in a burst of fine iron.
Usually, the angle at which the cavalry places their cavalry swords corresponds to the neck position of a normal person. The defense here is already weak, which leads to the terrifying sight of scattered heads everywhere when the cavalry passes by!
"rush!"
The person commanding the cavalry this time was Guan Ning, the deputy commander of the escort army. After his own side penetrated Hegel's camp, Guan Ning led the cavalry in a semicircle to change direction, and pointed his command knife at the re-entering camp. The gathered Hegel troops issued an order!
Immediately afterwards, the cavalry of the escort battalion followed him again and headed towards the Hegel tribe's camp!
After they dug through Hegel's tribe again, Hegel's tribe had gathered a group of cavalry of about 3,000 people and charged towards them.
Guan Ning looked back at the camp behind him that had been penetrated by his own troops again. Although he suffered heavy losses, a certain order had gradually been restored. Knowing that there was no chance, he gave the order to retreat.
The seven thousand escort cavalry immediately retreated towards the distance.
Hegel's tribe alone was left with corpses all over the ground, countless casualties and a mess on the ground.
Seeing that they were about to run away, Gebatu was too late. Even if he allowed one of his own men, Wanhu, to lead the three thousand cavalry that had been organized to chase them, even if he could not entangle the opponent, he still had to figure out where these thousands of cavalry were. It’s a good place to fight back.
The other is to prevent the other party from coming back and raiding them again.
He himself stayed in place and continued to organize the camp and gather warriors.
In this way, under the leadership of a Wanhu, the three thousand Hegel cavalry that had just gathered chased in the direction where the escort battalion cavalry left.
Although there are few people, they are not trying to annihilate the enemy or fight the enemy head-on. They are just monitoring. Wanhu, who was appointed, is still confident about this.
Guan Ning soon noticed the cavalry following behind him. He thought for a moment and came up with a plan. He called one of his subordinates to give him some instructions. After his subordinates left, he immediately turned around and led a group of subordinates to lead the "guests" behind him. "They went around in a circle...
