His camp tent was set up high, so he could almost see the entire battle situation.
I saw a group of fully armed cavalry not far away from the east, cutting through the battlefield on the east side like an extremely sharp arrow.
These cavalry first threw torches, then fired arrows, and finally used spears or long knives to harvest heads along the way, showing that they were well-trained and prepared.
Even though it was only June, the leaves, branches, and trunks were still green, but in the hot weather, hundreds of torches still lit up the woods. The fire spread, flames shot into the sky, and bursts of thick smoke were blown by the southeast wind. The blow was so loud that the Yi soldiers could not open their eyes, making it even more difficult to resist the charge of the Han army.
The Yi soldiers had been marching for many days and had never encountered an enemy attack. In addition, they were only taking a temporary rest at this moment and there were no well-arranged sentries.
Under such carelessness, when Feng Chong led the cavalry to attack, most of the people were sleeping soundly. It was too late to find the Han army approaching, so they had to watch the Han cavalry rush into the camp.
Most of the Yi soldiers had no time to put on their armor, and even in the panic they had no time to grab their weapons, let alone form a formation to face the enemy.
In fact, the Yi soldiers were not good at forming formations to meet the enemy. Now that they were attacked, they were even more panicked and found it difficult to gather to resist the enemy.
The enemy's behavior was almost entirely flawed in Feng Chong's opinion. He easily found the weak points and led the knights straight to the enemy camp to kill them.
However, there were many Yi soldiers after all. At first, he was trapped in the enemy camp, and he could only lead his soldiers and horses to rush and kill outside the enemy army.
However, the enemy's dozen or so tents were too eye-catching, and no one could stop them from rushing in. Feng Chong suddenly became more courageous, and led his soldiers to charge towards the barbarian tent.
Gao Ding dressed up and left the camp and saw that the Han army was charging towards him with almost no one blocking it. Along the way, the soldiers fled in all directions. There were also people who tried to resist, but they were killed under the collision of the opponent's horses and were completely defeated.
Seeing this situation, Gao Ding was filled with anger and his eyes were gnashing his teeth. Just as his bodyguard was pulling his mount, he got up and got on his horse, raised his long sword high and shouted loudly: "My king is here, please don't panic. Come closer to me quickly."
After all, Gao Ding has great prestige in the Soyi tribe. As soon as he appeared, the surrounding Yi soldiers suddenly had a backbone and gathered towards him.
At this time, the unattacked barbarian soldiers on the west side of the camp, led by the general, also gathered towards the tent. In a short time, more than a thousand people and horses gathered up and down the hillside.
After issuing repeated orders, the gathered Yi soldiers hurriedly formed three military formations. With the support of these troops, Gao Ding finally felt relieved.
Feng Chong also noticed the changes in the Yi soldiers. Seeing that the enemy troops on the hillside had formed a formation, he immediately led his subordinates to change direction and kill from the front of the enemy formation to the west.
The enemy troops numbered in the thousands and had gathered into a formation. Feng Chong would not be stupid enough to attack the strong formation of the Yi soldiers with only 500 light cavalry.
He came here just to harass the guerrillas, not to fight to the death with the barbarian soldiers.
Of course, today's sneak attack caught the Yi soldiers by surprise, and even the enemy's Chinese military headquarters was almost exposed in front of them. This unexpected surprise naturally made Feng Chong extremely surprised, and made him want to rush into the enemy's military headquarters. .
If this attack can kill the enemy general or even Gaoding himself in one fell swoop, it will simply be God's favor. Even if all five hundred cavalry are used up, it will still be worth it.
However, since nothing can be done at this moment, the best choice is to give up the offensive purpose of killing the enemy's commander's tent, or return to the original combat intention.
As a cavalry commander promoted by Yang Qinghui, Feng Chong understood this. He led his soldiers to charge from east to west, only attacking near the edge, but not attacking deep into the enemy camp. In this way, the Yi soldiers It was even harder to resist, so Feng Chong led the troops to fight a bloody path. Of course, most of the blood belonged to the Yi soldiers.
After about half an hour, the Yi soldiers finally came to their senses. Under the command of their generals, they finally gathered into a group and began to fight back.
Seeing that the effect of the sneak attack had been exhausted and most of the enemy troops gathered in circular formations, Feng Chong immediately gave the order and led his troops to turn from west to southeast.
The Yi soldiers did not dare to pursue them, so they could only watch Feng Chong and the others leave.
"Hahaha, it's great, this battle was a great one." After leaving the enemy camp and running for seven or eight miles, Feng Chong couldn't help laughing when he saw that he was now safe.
All the sergeants were also infected by the hearty laughter and laughed loudly. In an instant, the entire team was filled with the joy of victory.
Although Banwu Mountain is not a tall mountain, for some reason there is always dense fog covering the entire mountain half of the year. This is why the surrounding people call this mountain Banwu Mountain.
The location here is hidden and the distance is moderate, which is ideal for setting up a temporary stronghold. When his scouts found out about such a treasure place, Feng Chong decided to use Banwu Mountain as a garrison for his guerrilla operations without saying a word.
Hundreds of cavalrymen rushed back to Banwu Mountain happily like the wind. They would not station troops on the mountain. Instead, they found a large mountain col and set up a temporary camp. There happened to be a spring flowing from the mountain, so no one would Worrying about water sources.
"Chang Qu, the results of the battle have been verified."
As soon as he returned to the camp, Feng Chong couldn't wait to ask people to check the results of today's raid on the barbarian soldiers. Although it can be seen from the outside that the results of this battle were great, after all, he still had to do a real check to make sure. Don't worry, what's more, these results will be recorded in the merit book as the basis for future rewards.
The visitor unfolded the slip in his hand and replied: "Nine of our troops were killed, 26 were slightly injured, and no one was seriously injured. The number of rebels killed and wounded should be 700 or 800. One of the rebels' tents was burned and other baggage was useless, and they were seized. Sixty-four swords, eleven bows, and five pairs of leather armor.”
After listening to the report, Feng Chong thought that the result of this battle was very satisfactory, but he was still a little sad when he thought about the loss of nine brothers.
However, as a soldier, although he has not yet developed a heart of stone, he is no longer too sad about his sacrifice. After all, these brothers who are loyal to the country will be properly accommodated, and their families will also receive key care from the government.
Not to mention that today's battle is the first battle. After a big victory, it is natural to reward the whole army to boost morale.
So he sighed softly and said calmly to the visitor: "Let the funeral arrangements for the sacrificed brother be settled smoothly."
"promise."
While Feng Chong and the others were drinking, eating, and celebrating, the atmosphere at Gao Dingjun's side seemed very gloomy. Everyone looked depressed, and there were voices lamenting and grieving all over the camp. The wounded soldiers couldn't help but howl, which made all the barbarian soldiers feel melancholy.
Not only were the low-level soldiers feeling depressed, Gao Ding was also furious at this moment. He had originally sent Gao Zhong to lead the cavalry to attack, but he did not expect that the official cavalry came first and killed him by surprise.
The battle damage has been counted just now. More than 300 of his men were killed, 400 to 500 were injured, and a lot of food, grass and baggage were burned.
In fact, Gao Ding could still bear this loss, but the morale he had managed to build up with good wine and meat was greatly reduced because of this battle. This was what made him most angry.
However, he was still angry. As the commander-in-chief of an army, Gaoding tried his best to stabilize his mind. There was no point in worrying too much about this defeat. What was more important was how to deal with what happened next.
After the official cavalry retreated, he gathered his troops, treated the wounded, and built a camp. It was impossible to march again today, so he decided to stay where he was and rest for the night.
