In every battle, there will always be various fighter planes appearing continuously. Some are real fighters, and some are fatal death traps. If the general can keenly judge the fighters and traps, he can distinguish the priorities and control the war. initiative. For example, Murong Shijie reversed the priorities and was confused by the sudden appearance of the "thief army" and wanted to annihilate them in Putao City. As a result, he used 5,000 elite soldiers to consume the "thief army"'s energy, physical strength, and arrows. In the end, the city was lost and nearly 4,000 elite soldiers were strangled by three "thief armies". But he always had the belief that as soon as the ambush arrived, he could rely on more than 20,000 fresh troops to outflank the "thief army", and then kill this exhausted "thief army" that was about to run out of arrows.
But after Mai Tiezhang captured Putao City and annihilated the remaining enemies, he arrogantly led his army and prepared to sneak away. This strange move caught Murong Shijie off guard and he was stunned. When his ambush came, Mai Tiezhang, who was well prepared, fled without hesitation.
In fact, all this is caused by the asymmetry of intelligence.
If it is a pure horse thief, perhaps it is led by Han Liu. This "thief army" may be deceived and may enjoy the fruits of victory in Pu Tao City. However, Mai Tiezhang's true identity is a general of the Sui Dynasty. He has the title of commander-in-chief. Zi, how can you not know that intelligence comes first?
Long before he was ready to capture Murong Shijie's army, he sent out scouts to monitor every move in Shanshan City. As soon as Murong Shijie's 20,000 main force left, his scouts followed closely, and he even contacted Murong Shijie. Shijie knew exactly where he hid his 20,000 soldiers. After roughly guessing Murong's plan to lure and annihilate, he used the plan to lead the entire army to kill Pu Tao City.
Now that he has successfully completed the task of cutting off the enemy, he naturally did not wait foolishly for Tuyuhun to ambush and kill him. So he retreated without hesitation and evacuated towards Peacock Lake.
Faced with such a slippery and easy-going opponent, Murong Shijie almost exploded with anger. He led his army in hot pursuit, trying to completely annihilate this bandit army.
On the one hand, he wanted to express his hatred for Pu Tao City. On the other hand, this bandit army has finally gathered together. If we miss this time, we will never have the chance to gather together and annihilate them next time. Moreover, the bandit army has been fighting for another whole morning, and the physical strength and energy of the whole army are weak. In the period of , on the other hand, our 20,000 ambush troops were at their peak in all aspects; although both the enemy and ours were cavalry, the thieves' horses came from afar to attack Putao City, and after a morning of galloping, their horse power was not as good as that of his ambush troops. They won't be able to run for long before the gap between the horses will appear and slow down. As long as he catches up with the enemy, he will be able to kill these hateful horse thieves.
Only in this way can these Tuyuhun warriors be free to go north to deal with the mighty and powerful front of the Sui Dynasty.
More than 20,000 Tuyuhun cavalry led by Murong Shijie pursued all the way to the northwest. Not only did Murong Shijie's eyes turn red, most of the soldiers were also anxious. More than half of the 20,000 cavalry were from the edge of Qinghai. The Tuyuhun soldiers knew that the Sui army might attack the plateau at any time. How could they not worry about their parents, wives and children at home? Therefore, they hope to win a quick victory and return to a defense area closer to Qinghai and closer to their relatives.
The army pursued for more than thirty miles, and suddenly Peacock Lake was in sight. To the left of the army was a forest that stretched for dozens of miles, and to the right was a tributary of the Peacock River that was more than ten feet wide. In the forest, 10,000 Sui soldiers armed with crossbows The army and the slave soldiers have been waiting for a long time. The general Xue Shixiong stood on the high hill and stared at the oncoming bandit army and Tuyuhun soldiers with cold eyes.
The place Xue Shixiong chose to ambush happened to be the bottleneck area between the forest and the river. The farthest distance between the cavalry and the forest was less than fifty steps. The beach on the other side of the river was covered with stones of different sizes as sharp as knives. Once the horses and war horses entered, On the river beach over there, you can't even imagine reaching the sharp stone beach that is several miles wide.
At this time, Xue Shixiong felt that the earth was shaking. With his rich experience, he could judge that the two armies, which were almost connected end to end, were only five or six miles away from them at most.
"Ready the crossbows!" Xue Shixiong gave the order, and the orderly soldiers immediately passed the flag, and the five thousand Sui soldiers hiding in the woods immediately raised their crossbows.
In just a moment, the black bandit army ran past the ambush circle, and the Tuyuhun cavalry also rushed from the east like lightning, passing in front of them like a tide.
When Tuyuhun's army was halfway through, Xue Shixiong shouted sharply: "Fire the arrows!"
The sound of the rapid rebound of the bowstring suddenly sounded, and thousands of arrows were fired in the forest. The arrows shot like a storm at the galloping Tuyuhun cavalry. Thousands of horses and cavalry fell to the ground one after another. The horses neighed miserably and the soldiers wailed. The cavalry in front realized that something was going on behind them, and they reined in their horses one after another in an attempt to slow down their speed. However, the cavalry following closely wanted to escape from the ambush as quickly as possible, so they all tried their best to run forward, and the long dragon-like army had different speeds in front and behind. , the two sides collided fiercely, and the Tuyuhun cavalry suddenly fell on their backs and became a mess.
Before the Tuyuhun cavalry could react from the chaos, the Sui army's second round of crossbow arrows poured out again. Ten thousand crossbow arrows were fired violently, and large areas of the Tuyuhun cavalry were hit by arrows and fell from their horses.
Murong Shijie, who was in the front, calmly responded to the challenge, quickly commanded the soldiers to turn around and return, and soon led 6,000 elite cavalry towards the forest where the Sui army was ambushing. Xue Shixiong saw that the enemy troops were coming too fast, and there were many lush trees blocking them. , it would not make much sense to shoot again at this time, and he immediately shouted: "Evacuate!"
The ten thousand ambush troops retreated deep into the forest without hesitation. The lush forest was full of shrubs and vines, which was extremely unfavorable for cavalry operations. Murong Shijie just turned his horse around and rushed out of the woods just to scare off the enemy. He had no real intention to pursue them.
The Tuyuhun cavalry had already passed through the narrow area. Although there were still many forests ahead, the field of vision suddenly widened and the cavalry quickly moved away from the forest where they could easily be ambushed.
But at this time, a neat cavalry formation appeared two miles ahead. The square formation was very neatly arranged, and about five thousand cavalry blocked their way.
Those were the five thousand elite cavalry from Gaochang Kingdom who came to help in the battle. At this time, Xue Shixiong arranged for them to be on the front line of the war. As the commander-in-chief, Prince Qu Wentai of Gaochang also knew that Xue Shixiong had given them the most difficult task to fight. But if Gaochang Kingdom If you don't show some sincerity, what qualifications do you have to get the support of the Sui Dynasty? So Qu Wentai knew clearly that this was a brutal and bloody battle, but he still gritted his teeth and accepted the task.
Murong Shijie drew out his sword and shouted loudly: "The whole army attacks!"
The Tuyuhun cavalry suddenly launched into action, with thousands of horses galloping towards the Gaochang Army's formation like a tidal wave breaking through a dike.
Qu Wentai was at the forefront of the cavalry formation. He shouldered the important task of holding back the Tuguhun cavalry and creating opportunities for Xue Shixiong and Mai Tiezhang.
Seeing the Tuyuhun cavalry getting closer and closer, he took a deep breath, raised his sword high, and shouted loudly: "The whole army is ready!"
His voice was like a loud bell, and the five thousand elite soldiers raised their horned bows and pointed their long arrows at an oblique angle at the Tuyuhun cavalry galloping towards the distance.
Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps... one hundred steps!
"Fire the arrow!" The sword in Qu Wentai's hand struck down hard.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
There was a sharp sound of dense piercing the air, and thousands of arrows formed a dense rain of arrows, which were shot blackly at the oncoming Tuyuhun cavalry. These five thousand soldiers are the trump card of the Qu family. They are no worse than the Tuyuhun soldiers in all aspects. Moreover, when they came to help in the battle, the Liangzhou General Administration issued them a set of light armor, a horizontal sword, a standard spear, and a standard It has a round shield and is on par with Tuyuhun in terms of equipment.
Although the enemy army was already close at hand, this elite division was determined and fired bursts of arrows at the dense enemy army. The Tuyuhun cavalry were also extremely flexible on horseback. They ducked left and right on their backs, or raised their shields high to reduce the damage caused by the arrows. However, due to the dense arrows of Gaochang's army, a large number of Tuyuhun cavalry were still hit by arrows and fell down, or were overturned by their horses.
Fifty steps!
The first wave of nearly a thousand Tuyuhun cavalry had already rushed fifty steps away. Qu Wentai raised his sword and shouted sternly: "Separate the left and right wings and kill them for me."
Two thousand-man warriors leveled their spears, and the dense formation was like a solid piece of iron. The horses moved forward slowly, and the thousand cavalry on each side gradually spread out, like two slender wings, towards the two wings of the Tuyuhun cavalry. Outflank and leave.
The two armies finally met and collided hard like a tidal wave. The second wave of Tuyuhun cavalry came to cover them up, and the second team of Gaochang Army's two thousand soldiers also surrounded them from both sides of the front.
On a three to four mile long battle line, two cavalrymen were engaged in a life-and-death battle. Cold sword lights were flying up and down, sweat and blood were mixed together, and heart-stopping screams could be heard endlessly.
Although the Tuyuhun cavalry is far superior to the Gaoming army, the weapons, equipment and training of the Gaochang army are obviously better than the opponent. From a distance, they use spears to thrust, but in close combat, they use horizontal knives to chop. Although the Tuyuhun people have been riding horses since childhood. Although it was large, it was still firmly blocked in front of the elite divisions who were well-trained and good at cooperative combat.
Suddenly, there was chaos behind the Tuyuhun army. Two cavalry groups of five thousand each came up on the left and right. The Sui army led by Xue Wanshu was on the left, and the slave soldiers led by Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche were on the right.
The two cavalry armies concentrated in a line and attacked Tuyuhun's back from behind.
Attacked from the front and back, the Tuyuhun army was in chaos, and chaos soon emerged.
"Kill!" At this time, Mai Tiezhang's bandit army also completed its U-turn, and came forward in two armies from the left and right sides of Gao Chang's army.
Several large armies joined forces to surround the Tuyuhun soldiers who suffered heavy losses from crossbows and bows. As time went by, the encirclement was completed.
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