"Report!"
"General, the spies from the front reported that the Blue Army has seen our troops approaching the border and has gradually withdrawn from the battlefield ahead. The Blue Army's command camp has opened its doors."
"Our army can easily enter."
When the old general Cheng Bushi heard the news, he immediately laughed and said: "Huo Guang, this little kid is really careless. I evacuated as soon as I came. I'm afraid!"
Said.
Cheng Bushi, the old general, was about to lead the army into the blue army camp ahead.
he thinks.
The Blue Army only had more than 4,000 people. When this little guy heard that he was coming, he must have been frightened, so he gathered his people and defended the commander's camp.
so.
Only then could he barely be able to fight against Cheng Bushi's eight thousand elite soldiers.
But walking.
Cheng Bushi suddenly noticed something was wrong. Huo Guang had just beaten up Li Guang, and his morale was at its peak.
How could you be afraid of yourself?
so.
Cheng Bushi immediately shouted: "Listen to my order, the whole army stops advancing, and the spies will go to check the situation ahead to see where the enemy's soldiers and horses are ambushed?"
When the order is given.
The well-disciplined team led by Cheng Shishi immediately stopped advancing.
Spies were also sent out to investigate the situation ahead.
However, the spies who were waiting to return reported information that there were no blue army troops in front of them for defense.
Some brave spies even visited the original base camp of the Blue Army, but still did not see any Blue Army troops.
like.
It was as if everyone in the Blue Army had evaporated out of thin air.
After learning the news, Cheng Bushi became even more doubtful. The front was supposed to be the Blue Army's base camp, so why was there no one there?
so.
Cheng Bushi did not dare to let the army advance, for fear of making the same mistake as Li Guang.
To know.
It would be very embarrassing if veterans like them couldn't defeat a young man.
At this time.
Cheng Bushi's adjutant said: "General Cheng, since there are no Blue Army members in the Blue Army camp ahead, let's send people over first and occupy it first."
"As for where the Blues went."
"We will investigate specifically later, it will be fine."
However.
Regarding the adjutant's words, Cheng Bushi just scolded lightly: "Confused, this Blue Army camp is obviously a hole dug for me by that kid on purpose!"
"Back then, when I was fighting against the Huns, I encountered a group of Hun soldiers who liked to lie in wait underground."
"It looked like no one was there."
"When you relax your guard, I'll come right out and fuck you."
"This kid may not have adopted this method."
Hearing Cheng Bushi's explanation, the adjutant immediately flattered him and said, "So that's it. General Cheng really has a keen eye and extraordinary wisdom!"
"snort!"
Cheng Bushi just snorted lightly, with no expression on his face.
He is different from Li Guang.
General Cheng, who runs the army strictly, always has a serious expression on his face.
The army did not dare to advance, so it had to stay where it was.
Although the team is strictly disciplined, they still have to eat, drink, and poop, and when it's meal time, they have to set up a pot to cook.
During this process.
Cheng Buzhi felt like he was facing a formidable enemy and kept reminding the team to stay on high alert to prevent the blue army from suddenly coming out of the jungle at this time and catching them off guard.
But it was later proven.
General Cheng was overthinking everything.
The Blue Army didn't take any action, as if they completely disappeared under their noses.
"Strange, where did Huo Guang go with the Blue Army?" Cheng Bushi muttered to himself. The spies sent out did not find out the movements of any Blue Army troops.
This is obviously unreasonable.
Facing an empty Blue Army camp.
Even if Cheng Bu Shi's eight thousand soldiers and horses were captured, it would be meaningless.
While he was pondering this information, a messenger suddenly came to report the news, saying: "General Cheng, it's not good, our army's base camp has come to report that all the blue troops have appeared to the west of our army's base camp and are attacking with all their strength! "
"The general ordered us to quickly return reinforcements, aiming to attack from both inside and outside."
"It's so convenient to block the retreat, attack from inside and outside, and completely annihilate the Blue Army!"
After hearing the news, as the commander of these eight thousand cavalry, he immediately understood why the Blue Army abandoned the base camp and disappeared directly.
At first.
Cheng Bushi was still afraid of the eight thousand cavalry he led.
But now I know.
Even if the Blue Army was afraid of themselves, they completely ignored their eight thousand cavalry. At some point, they passed through their own team and penetrated to their base camp without anyone noticing.
Just over 4,000 people.
How dare you attack the 29,000 troops led by the general!
It's really outrageous.
It is said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. How could Huo Guang be afraid of his mere eight thousand cavalry?
Cheng Bushi sighed secretly, and then ordered: "Give me the order to assemble the team, change direction, and go back to support the main force."
"promise."
This highly disciplined team immediately changed its marching direction after Cheng Bushi's order was given and quickly returned to the base camp where General Wei Qing was located.
On the way back to help.
The adjutant asked Cheng Bushi out of curiosity: "General Cheng, why don't you think the general will attack with all his troops at the beginning of the exercise and destroy the Blue Army?"
Hear this.
Cheng Bushi raised his eyebrows and said: "What else could be the reason for this? I just want to leave some opportunities and give his nephew some room to develop!"
"Wei Qing has become a general. With the rank of military general, this is the highest level."
"This means that His Majesty will not be able to give him a bigger reward later. In this way, Wei Qing wants to give his nephew a stage to display his abilities through exercises."
"After all, the Emperor of Han is also watching this exercise!"
Hearing this, the adjutant nodded quickly and said, "Oh, that's it. I mean, with the general's strength, he could have wiped out the Blue Army of only 4,000 people long ago, but he insists on delaying it until now."
Everyone has witnessed the general's military abilities.
Even the old general Cheng Bushi admired him.
certainly.
Not counting Li Guang, Li Guang was naturally arrogant and had always looked down upon anyone except his own grandson.
Eight thousand cavalrymen rushed back to the base camp quickly.
But at this moment.
A dark cloud appeared in front of him, blocking his sight.
Cheng Bushi was confused about where the dark clouds came from in the sunny weather.
Only when they got closer did they realize that the black clouds were caused by the blue army wearing the same dark iron armor as them, charging towards them.
"An enemy attack is an enemy attack. Take precautions to deal with the enemy's surprise attack. Hurry!"
Cheng Bushi was the first to react from the shock and immediately put the troops into a defensive state.
From this point.
You can see the benefits of strict discipline in the army.
After the general spoke, the team immediately lined up and began to welcome the impact of the blue army.
Eight thousand versus four thousand and five.
No matter how you look at it, the advantage lies with Cheng Bushi.
only.
The Blue Army had a special advantage of one to ten. The Blue Army, which appeared to be four thousand and five thousand, actually came with a huge numerical advantage of nearly forty-five thousand cavalry.
How should the eight thousand cavalry respond to this in a hurry?
besides.
The Blue Army also has a weapons advantage. The list given by Huo Guang states the right to possess advanced weapons.
For example, Cheng Bushi was still using crossbow arrows.
And Huo Guang is already using grenades that haven't been made yet.
As long as you hold the wooden handle and throw it out within the reach of human beings, everyone near that area will be included in the elimination process.
After all the rules and regulations are added up!
Don't look at the lack of blue soldiers.
But in terms of setting, it is an army with huge advantages.
Cheng did not know that eight thousand cavalry seemed to be a large number of troops.
But after facing the blue army, it was like paper, and was consumed in one impact.
With the elimination of weapon superiority and the principle of interchange, one Blue Army cavalry replaced ten of Cheng Bushi's cavalry. This one-sided approach made even Cheng Bushi angry.
I was so angry.
"Damn it!" Veteran General Cheng Bushi knew the blue army regulations, so after greeting him in his heart, he quickly told the cavalry to retreat and disperse without giving them a chance to exchange.
The exchange is that one can be exchanged for ten according to the proportion!
But if there are not ten people within the range, it cannot be replaced.
Same reason.
Those inexplicable weapons thrown by the blue army will not cause so much damage as long as there are few people in the range, so the loss of the cavalry will naturally be reduced to a minimum.
One thing to say.
The old general is indeed an old general.
With many years of combat experience, he finally found a point that could be exploited.
then.
The earliest and most traditional way of cavalry combat began.
This way it is.
Mounted shooting!
That's right, the cavalry's fighting method during this period was not charging, but riding and shooting.
Therefore, it is also called cavalry.
With the old general Cheng Bushi deliberately keeping a distance, the two sides chased each other and shot each other with arrows.
But for Huo Guang.
The biggest bad news is that Cheng Bushi leads more cavalry than Huo Guang, and both sides shoot more arrows at each other.
Although there is no arrow.
But Huo Guang still hurriedly pulled Liu Chedong, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, to hide in Tibet to avoid being eliminated by arrows.
Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was a little tired of this situation and said: "Huo Guang, this is your attack. Doesn't it mean that you are going to draw out the firepower? How can you fight like this?"
Huo Guang also felt bitter at this moment.
no way.
I don’t know the old general this time, but he is still awesome.
No wonder he is said to be an undefeated general.
So quickly, a way to deal with the Blues' advantage was found.
After Huo Guang sighed in his heart, he said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have another clever plan, that is, you can bear witness for me later!"
"What? Testify?" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a little confused at this time and didn't understand what Huo Guang was talking about.
And this time.
Huo Guang had already run away and ordered his troops to cut down the trees, cut them into several pieces, and then bury most of them in the ground.
Wait for these things to be done.
He ordered his troops to retreat and no longer engage in roundabout battles with Cheng Bushi's cavalry.
When Cheng Bushi saw the Blue Army retreating, he immediately believed that the other party was trying to escape, so he immediately ordered his troops to pursue the Blue Army in pursuit of the victory.
It’s said in the Art of War books.
It is not advisable to pursue a victory because it is easy to be ambushed.
This point has a lot of historical experience and lessons.
pity.
The biggest failure of human beings is that they often fail to learn lessons from lessons. If you make a mistake once, you will make a mistake twice or three times.
The Blues retreat.
Cheng Bushi quickly sent out cavalry to pursue him, and soon they came within two hundred meters of where Huo Guang buried the tree trunk.
this distance.
For the cavalry, it takes a few seconds to charge.
But Huo Guang ordered the troops to stop retreating at this time, and General Cheng Bushi also ordered the troops to stop pursuing.
Anyway.
Just to fight a war of attrition with Huo Guang.
This is why cavalry and archers became the mainstream arms during this period.
You run away from me, you run away from me.
The main focus is a harassment tactic.
But at this moment, Cheng Bushi didn't realize the seriousness of the matter. Huo Guang estimated that the opponent's cavalry and archers were already in place, so he arranged for people to light torches and let his cavalry light the tree trunks.
At the same time, he did not forget to say one word in cooperation, saying: "Prepare the flying thunder, release!"
Flying thunder?
No.
Moreover, the tree trunks were freshly cut and they were all live trees, so how could they possibly be lit?
What Huo Guang did was a process.
He used tree trunks in place of flying thunderbolts, heartless cannons that had not yet been built.
now.
Huo Guang closed his eyes and imagined that Cheng Bushi's cavalry troops were already perishing in the sea of fire under the violent bombardment of flying thunder cannons.
After a while.
He suddenly opened his eyes, found Lin Yaoqing who had been following him, and said, "Go and tell General Cheng that the battle is over and all his troops have been sacrificed."
"ha?"
Lin Yaoqing, who was already confused by the act of lighting the tree trunk alive with a torch, was even more confused at this moment.
Doesn’t the army fight well?
Why were they all suddenly killed?
When Huo Guang saw that he was not moving, he immediately glared at Lin Yaoqing and said, "Go, what are you doing here?"
no way.
For Lin Yaoqing.
He could only obey Huo Guang's orders.
then!
Lin Yaoqing had no choice but to cup his hands and say, "No."
The words fell.
Lin Yaoqing rode his horse, turned around and rushed towards where the old general Cheng Bushi was.
At this moment.
He was ready to be whipped.
This way.
Huo Guang asked his cavalry to stop firing arrows. After Lin Yaoqing rode over, they also stopped firing arrows.
The cavalry and archers on both sides did not continue fighting.
Just a moment later.
Lin Yaoqing, who clearly had a slap mark on his face, rode over with an aggressive General Cheng. As soon as he came up, he asked: "Huo Guang, tell me, why did I suddenly die in battle with the remaining 6,000 cavalry!"
Cheng didn't know how angry he was now.
It is even worse than the old general Li Guang who was "captured alive" before.
But Huo Guang was at this moment.
He didn't pay much attention to what Old General Cheng said. He just stared at the red slap mark on Lin Yaoqing's face and frowned and said: "I said General Cheng, they said that the two armies are fighting. If you don't kill the envoy, why are you beating me now?" Where are the people?"
Cheng didn't know that the old general was already angry.
Hearing Huo Guang's words.
He immediately cursed: "You scoundrel, you are the ultimate scoundrel. Do you know what war is? Just these dirty methods and confrontation drills, it seems that you can do the same. On the grassland battlefield, people like you are the black sheep, and you lose." The war is all your fault!"
General Cheng didn't even care about his face at this moment and yelled at Huo Guang!
pity!
Huo Guang didn't care much.
After all, it’s normal to be unhappy when you lose!
He quietly waited for General Cheng to finish scolding him.
Feeling relieved and breathing smoothly.
Huo Guang then turned around and shouted to the rear: "Your Majesty, you heard it. It was the old general who insulted me, but I didn't say a word in return!"
(End of chapter)
