In the afternoon, there was a hill covered with trees five or six miles south of the ambush site. Li Zixiong was riding a horse and standing on a high ground with a solemn expression. Behind him stood more than a hundred personal guards, each holding a combat weapon. , are all in full armor, and not far from them are splendid war horses. In the two low-level areas in the north and south behind the hill, there are five cavalry teams of thousands each. They hold weapons in their hands and quietly wait for the order to attack.
Among these ten thousand Sui cavalry, half were Youzhou's elite troops. The other half are the original Turks, Xianbei people, Khitans, Mohe people, Xi people, and Lin people. The reason why there are such "minority" soldiers is because as early as the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern periods, the kings of the Northern Kingdom continued to fight through wars. Interrupted the process of the rise of various ethnic groups in the Northeast, and captured a large number of people from various ethnic groups in the Northeast to replenish the Northeast; especially during the reign of Gaoyang of the Northern Qi Dynasty, more than 100,000 Khitan people were moved inward, causing Youzhou to be in a Han state. The situation in which Hu people are mixed and there are more Hu people than Han people is far more complicated than that in Liangzhou.
Although these "minorities" are proud to be the people of the Sui Dynasty, they live a life combining farming and animal husbandry, and their behavior is no different from that of the Han people, but the bravery in their hearts has not disappeared. In the eyes of these "minority" soldiers, they are the descendants of invincible heroes; it is their honor to be the people and soldiers of the world's overlord.
The damn "Northeastern aliens" should tremble under their swords and obediently offer gold, silver, money, food, and women to the Sui Dynasty; but this Khitan dog killed more than 10,000 border residents, kidnapped countless women and children, and stole countless treasures. It was all caused by the incompetence of the soldiers in Yingzhou. If they were in charge of the frontier, the Khitan dogs would only be bullied. How could anything happen like today?
The Khitan dogs came to visit Shu and dared to invade Liaozhou again, which was a good reward for them.
Everyone has this mentality, so the soldiers are not afraid of the arrival of the Khitan dogs, but are happy.
The Sui army waited in a state of tense preparations for about two moments, and finally heard thunderous shouts of men and horses neighing from the north; at the same time, the soldiers felt the ground shaking slightly, and these elite soldiers suddenly The son then judged that this was the vibration of horse hooves caused by a large number of cavalrymen galloping...
Li Zixiong looked north and saw a black line appearing on the distant horizon. This black line slowly became thicker and larger, and gradually rushed towards the infantry phalanx in the south.
"The Khitan dogs are finally here!" Li Zixiong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the chaotic Khitan cavalry appeared. He had been waiting in formation and concentrated on waiting. For the Sui soldiers wearing iron armor, it was a double test of physical strength and will. .
Then, he looked at the area one mile in front of the infantry phalanx, with a cruel smile on his face. When he heard that the Khitan army was going south, he "opened his arms" in front of Kaiyuan Town. The area is set as the cemetery of the Khitan army.
The central and northern part of the Lengji Mountain gap where the Liao River passes through is extremely steep, but it is the best place to set up an ambush. However, when the Khitan army passes by, they will definitely send out scouts to investigate. Therefore, Li Zixiong ignored all others and gave up that key point. , but set up a rolling wooden stone array in the central and southern areas that seemed dangerous but not dangerous, to kill the enemy's rear troops and cut off the enemy's retreat.
As for the cemetery of the enemy's front and center troops, they are in the "arms".
On the northern sides of the "arms" from the pass to here, the state soldiers controlled catapults, crossbows, and fire fields to give the panicked Khitan army another hard blow, turning the enemy group into frightened birds; the central and southern sides were surrounded by More than 30,000 local people beat gongs and drums and made noise to their heart's content. The folk hunters and young men in the middle were responsible for shooting arrows to clear away the stragglers on both sides, once again attacking the morale and will of the Khitan soldiers who had turned into frightened birds. At the same time, it also prevents the enemy general from stopping to reorganize his army.
Three trenches were dug in the area two miles before the infantry phalanx to reduce the pressure on the infantry and the impact of the enemy cavalry.
At this time, many generals breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the chaotic Khitan army surging forward. Li Zixiong's arrangements in the front are actually auxiliary soldiers and civilians. Even if these people wear armor, their combat effectiveness, willpower and psychological quality are far inferior to those of real soldiers; facing the fierce Khitan soldiers, just oppression The coming momentum will make them collapse. If the Khitan army commander did not charge forward, but directed the army to attack the gentle mountains on both sides, this would be fatal to the Sui army and Liaozhou.
"We'll definitely win!" Li Zixiong let out a long breath as he watched the Qi Bone Army charge forward without stopping.
As he expected, the Khitan army had all turned into frightened birds. As long as they continued to the front, what awaited them next would be a series of nightmares.
"General manager, this move of yours is too dangerous!" Yan Xun looked at Li Zixiong with sweating profusely. If He Duoluo was more stupid and reckless, and killed both sides without hesitation, the outcome of the war would be great. Reversed, once the people in front are killed by the Khitan army, they will definitely flee in all directions. The fear they bring and the momentum of rushing into the battle will not only make all the previous arrangements in vain, but also be killed by the traps ahead.
"I have no choice." Li Zixiong said with a smile: "Our soldiers are inferior to others, but we want to defeat more with less and easily annihilate the invading enemies. How can we achieve our wish without a dangerous plan?"
"However, we won the bet in the end." When Li Zixiong said it at the end, he laughed, and his laughter was full of unspeakable heroism.
All the generals felt deep admiration in their hearts; Li Zixiong, the general manager of Youzhou, had always made great contributions as the leader of the partial division in pacifying Yang Liang's rebellion, but he was more of a follow-up to orders than anything else. As for autonomy, the leaders of the war were generals such as Yang Su and Yang Ji. Afterwards, he was more like a civil servant who could distinguish right from wrong and rewards and punishments. Therefore, the soldiers had some doubts about Li Zixiong's commanding power and commanding ability.
Until this moment, no one believed that Li Zixiong had a strong heart and calm commander-in-chief hidden under his elegant appearance. In this case, I am afraid that Yang Lun, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Road march who did not arrive at the battlefield, may not have done a better job than Li Zixiong, right?
"Get to your positions and prepare to fight!" Li Zixiong looked at the rolling Khitan army and ordered without looking back.
"General, I obey." All the generals turned their horses and ran towards their respective military formations.
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"Boom!" As Li Zixiong and his soldiers were looking forward to it, groups of Khitan cavalry who had just rushed out of the ambush circle rushed into the trap area. They felt that the ground suddenly softened, and the ground around them cracked, but it was The ground they stepped on was covered with a layer of wooden boards. There was only a thin layer of soil and turf on the wooden board. At this time, the horse's hooves stepped on it quickly, and the wooden board suddenly shattered, revealing a hole about two miles long, three feet wide and deep. A pothole about two feet long.
The Khitan cavalrymen and horses fell into it, and suddenly they fell on their backs and screamed repeatedly. Soon you can see blood arrows shooting out. It turns out that the pit is full of dense wooden thorns. The cavalry fell in, and even their men and horses were pierced by the wooden thorns and turned into meat skewers. Even Khitan soldiers who were used to seeing life and death couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts when they saw their companions die like this.
There were more than one such trap. At this moment, the Khitan knights who were fighting hard did not know what was happening in front of them and just rushed forward. This made the cavalry in front fall into it without exception. In the trap, when their corpses filled the first trap, the following cavalry continued to charge forward, stepping on the corpses of their companions.
Some war horses' legs were stuck in the gaps between the corpses and could not be pulled out for a while. However, under the inertia of the high-speed impact, the body continued to move forward. When the war horses were crawling on the ground due to broken legs, the legs on the horses' backs were The soldiers were either thrown forward or caught in the stirrups, fell to the ground with the horses, and were trampled to death by the following cavalry.
But the luck of the subsequent soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the trap was limited. When they got out of the first trap and ran about two feet, they fell into the second trap, and then the third trap, continuing to repeat the previous tragic events. Things.
However, before the third trap was filled, the Khitan cavalry finally stopped.
"Send some people to explore the road and mark all safe places." Da Heduoluo looked around with a gloomy expression and ordered.
Except for the rear troops who were smashed to death by rolling logs and rocks on the shore of the Liao River, there were not many soldiers who were burned, shot, or trampled to death in the "arms". The cavalry who fell into the trap at this time seemed to have also died. It wasn't much, but the most powerful thing about this series of ambushes by the Sui army was the blow to their morale.
The real scary thing is not grinning and yelling, but the silent and unknown danger; the Khitan cavalry are not afraid of the enemy in front of them, but this kind of situation where they don’t know where the enemy is and a large number of people died inexplicably , the heavy psychological damage and blow to morale are even more terrifying than those on the frontal battlefield.
Even the great Hoduluo, who had killed countless people, felt palpitated by the ferocity of the enemy's troops who were nowhere to be seen. He felt that there were traps and ambushes everywhere. But fortunately, the soldiers had stopped. As long as they stopped and quieted down, he could reorganize his formation and meet the challenge.
"Chief! Sui soldiers appeared in front." At this time, the soldiers in front rode their horses to report.
"Go and have a look!" Hearing the words, Da He Duoluo rode out and saw a Sui Army infantry phalanx not far ahead. I hadn't noticed it before. It was the Sui Army soldiers who were climbing up in silence. On the ground, when they saw that the Khitan army had stopped advancing, they all stood up and raised their flags. The battle flag with the word "Sui" in the middle was very eye-catching.
After watching for a while, Da He Duo Luo breathed a long sigh of relief. According to intelligence, Li Zixiong led 10,000 elite troops to aid Liaozhou. Including the Liaozhou garrison and state soldiers, there were only about 25,000 people. Excluding the 6,000 garrisons in Tongding Town and Tongyuan Town that defended Goguryeo, Li Zixiong The number of troops that could be mobilized was only 20,000 at most. Judging from the momentum at the front, the Sui army used at least 10,000.
The infantry phalanx in front of them has up to 7,000 people.
Judging from this, the Sui army has been mobilized in full force. As long as they defeat this army in the best possible time, they can take advantage of the great victory and turn back to deal with the Sui army behind them. Otherwise, they will be trapped in a pincer attack from both front and rear. Dilemma.
Thinking of this, he immediately drew his sword and shouted: "Order the whole army to let the warriors form a combat formation as soon as possible."
"Woooooooooo..." The horn sounded to reorganize the formation, and the Khitan soldiers took action one after another, forming formations with their companions nearby.
But how could a veteran general like Li Zixiong give the Khitan army a chance to breathe? Seeing that the Khitan army was in a state of chaos with soldiers looking for generals and generals looking for troops, he raised the horse in his hand and roared: "Order the cavalry to attack."
"Dong dong dong dong!" The war drums were beating loudly, and two Sui armies rode out from behind the hill. The northern one bypassed the hill and went straight to the Khitan rear army; the southern one went straight to the middle of the enemy's left wing. .
As the cavalry came out, the Khitan soldiers were horrified, like headless flies, swarming into a ball. They all tried their best to move toward the center and crowded into the crowd; the noise, yelling, and crying suddenly resounded through the sky.
"Father, the Sui army's cavalry is coming." Da Hemohui shouted.
Da He Duoluo bit his lip so much that it bled. He was also worried about the Sui army's cavalry, but after assessing the Sui army's soldiers, he hoped that this was only a slight possibility or did not exist. But the more you fear something, it just happens.
The cavalry of the Sui army appeared, and there were no less than ten thousand people. Their soldiers were also cavalry, but they were all in chaos. They were crowded with people and horses and hid to the right, hoping that they were not the first to come into contact with the Sui army. , how does this allow him to face it? How to ride against a rider?
Da Hemo would be so anxious that he would shout, "Father, what should we do now?"
"Dahe Shun, lead the elite troops of our headquarters to meet Xiangji and buy me time to organize the army." Dahe Duluo has a direct army of about 3,000 people. This army is led by his brother Dahe Shun. It was the only relatively organized army at that time.
"Yes!" Hearing this, Dahe Shun returned to the center of the cavalry formation and ordered his soldiers to turn their horses to face the fine cavalry of the Sui army coming from a distance.
Da He Duoluo tried hard to calm down. Seeing that the Sui army behind him was about to attack, he no longer had a complete army to fight. He knew that the possibility of reorganizing the army on the battlefield was zero, so he ordered: "Order the soldiers to withdraw to On the hillside on the right, rebuild the formation."
He had rich combat experience and knew that after the Sui army in the rear left rear broke into the rebel army, it would cause a unilateral massacre. Moreover, the infantry phalanx directly in front has already pressed forward. The infantry in front are wearing iron armor and holding spears, which happens to be the natural enemy of the cavalry.
Their cavalry had lost the impact advantage of the cavalry. If they were to fight the Sui army's spear array, their thin leather armor would not be able to prevent the spear thrusts, but their swords could not break the Sui army's helmets and spear thrusts. Impenetrable to thick armor.
For the current plan, they had to cut off their arms to survive and block the Sui army with random soldiers from the front, left, and rear. The soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the battlefield quickly formed formations, gathered their horses to attack, and then broke out from the weak points.
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