The Han army had already fled deep into the camp. Only dozens of slow-legged soldiers were still running forward desperately. Gao Zhong laughed when he saw this, and then he chased after him. He wanted to drive these soldiers forward.
Gao Chong enjoyed the fun of cat and mouse. Soon he led his men across more than a dozen collapsed tents. He was about to step forward to kill an enemy soldier who saw blood, but he was still in his sight. The fleeing officers and soldiers suddenly disappeared.
He suddenly felt something was wrong in his heart, and was about to call his men to stop, when suddenly the deputy general on the side pointed forward and exclaimed: "Second King, look."
Gao Zhong looked along and saw that he had come to an open area, which was suitable for cavalry to fight back and forth, but it would be better if there were no rows of horses resisting them.
He saw that there were three or four rows of resisting horses in front of him and on both sides, and he couldn't help but take a breath.
After rejecting the horse, a large group of Han soldiers were waiting with guns and shields. Behind them, there were crossbowmen who were setting their bows and arrows. Behind the crossbowmen were a large number of swordsmen and shieldmen, all looking at themselves angrily.
Looking at this scene, Gao Zhong didn't know that he had been tricked by the Han people. He shouted in panic: "No, I've fallen into a trap. Get out quickly, get out quickly."
However, almost all the more than a thousand cavalrymen rushed in. It was not so easy to change direction. The Yi soldiers were so close to each other that they immediately huddled together when they turned around.
Everyone knew that they had fallen into the trap and wanted to escape quickly. However, how could the Han army, which had been planning for a long time, let them escape easily.
Just when the Yi soldiers were in chaos, a young general from the Han army opposite, holding a sword in his left hand and a flag in his right hand, raised his command flag and shouted with determination: "Fire the arrows."
With an order, the Han army's crossbowmen fired arrows. In an instant, dozens of Yi soldiers were hit by arrows and fell from their horses. The Yi soldiers in the front group quickly raised their shields to defend. ,
After a while, another hail of arrows came. Even if there were dozens of shields to cover them, they were attacked on three sides and there were still many people hit by arrows.
The attack by the Han army made Gao Zhong even more panicked, and he kept urging his troops to retreat. The Yi soldiers clashed fiercely, and many of them fell off their horses and trampled on themselves.
When the Han army saw this, their offensive became more fierce. The crossbowmen rained down arrows and continued to harvest people's heads. The other soldiers threw their short spears, spears, and halberds one after another, leaving patches of blood among the barbarian soldiers.
Seeing that he could not get out of the camp for a while, Gao Chong quickly ordered the front troops to shoot arrows to fight back. However, the Yi soldiers knew that they had been tricked and were already frightened. Not many people followed the order to fight back. Everyone wanted to escape from here as soon as possible.
Seeing that there was nothing he could do, Gao Chong sighed loudly and ordered his personal guards to protect him and fled out of the camp. He encountered tribesmen blocking the road along the way who either pushed them away or killed them, and finally managed to find a way out.
Seeing that the Yi soldiers were only running away and had no intention of fighting, the Han army immediately launched a full-scale attack to pursue the enemy soldiers. The sound of killing was so loud that the Yi soldiers panicked and ran away without choosing their way.
"Second King, have a drink of water."
The panting Gao Zhong took the water bag handed over by the deputy general and took a swig. His smoking throat was moistened, which made him feel much less tired.
Gao Zhong looked at the people lying or sitting around him and asked worriedly: "The Han army has not caught up with them, has it?"
In fact, the Han army only retreated after chasing for a mile or two outside the camp. After all, they would not be stupid enough to use infantry to chase the cavalry. However, the deputy general still solemnly replied: "Don't worry, second king, the Han people have not caught up."
Hearing this, Gao Zhong felt relieved, and only then did he have time to take a closer look at this remote valley. The group of them ran for dozens of miles towards Xindao, and now they still don't know where they are.
"The scout hasn't come back yet?"
The deputy general shook his head: "I haven't seen anyone come back yet."
Gao Zhong sighed, thinking that the morale of the soldiers was low and hundreds of people were injured, so he said feebly: "Forget it, the messengers will rest here first and wait for the scouts to come back before making plans."
In the Dingjiacun camp, the Han army is cleaning the battlefield. In the command tent, the four leading generals Liu Yin, Xu Hui, Dong Xuan, and Lu Shun are all present. They are talking happily about today's results. Liu Yin is still sitting at the bottom left. A young man in black didn't say a word, he just looked at everyone with a smile.
"Sima, the results of the battle have been calculated." The military official came into the tent and reported.
Liu Yin smiled and said, "Read it."
"In this battle, more than 300 Yi soldiers were killed, 96 were captured, more than 200 horses, more than 100 pieces of leather armor, and a total of more than 400 swords, guns, bows and arrows were captured. More than 70 of our troops were killed and one was wounded. More than one hundred and fifty people.”
"Okay, what a great victory, Sima, everyone, what a great victory." After hearing the battle report, Dong Xuan couldn't help but stood up and shouted happily.
Although Xu Hui was also smiling, he was an experienced man. He pulled Dong Xuan's arm, pulled him back to his seat, and shouted with a smile: "I heard you all, please don't yell."
Liu Yin waved his hand to ask the civil servants to retreat, and said with a smile: "No problem, thanks to your help, I can give the rebels a heavy blow today."
After saying that, he stood up and walked to the young man who had not said a word, bowed and thanked him: "This battle is also thanks to Shu Qi's intelligence. If we didn't know that the Yi cavalry came before the battle, how could we be here today?" victory."
It turned out that the young man in black was actually Wu Que. After he and his spies learned that the Yi people would send cavalry to Anshang to harass them, they sent someone to notify Feng Chong and asked him to change his route to avoid collision, and rushed back to the Dingjiacun camp in person. Report military information.
After Liu Yin learned about it, he quickly discussed it with everyone, and then decided on this plan to lure the enemy. He didn't want the enemy to fall into the trap due to their arrogance and carelessness. However, the rebels were all cavalry after all. The road was blocked at the beginning and they could kill a large number of enemy troops. But later, when the road became clear, most of the Yi cavalry escaped from the camp.
Although everyone felt a pity, they also understood that it would be difficult to annihilate the enemy's nearly 1,500 elite cavalry with more than 2,000 people. Today, being able to defeat nearly 500 barbarian cavalry was already a great victory.
After the victory, Wu Que was naturally happy, but he was always calm and restrained, but he was not as happy as Dong Xuan, Lu Shun and others.
When he saw Liu Yin coming up to express his thanks, he quickly stood up and returned the courtesy: "Why should Liu Sima be so polite? This is a matter of personal responsibility. We are both officers and soldiers, so we should help each other to the best of our ability."
Liu Yin stood up and nodded in response: "Well, what Shu Qi said is absolutely true. As long as I wait and work together, we will be able to defeat the rebels." After that, he asked again: "I wonder where Shu Qi will go next?"
Wu Que replied: "Que wants to return to Anshang City to resume his duties. Presumably the Lord of the Palace will leave soon."
Hearing this, Liu Yin said, "Yes, the Lord Fu should be coming soon."
"In this case, I'll rush back to Anshang overnight if I wait for a while. I apologize that I won't be able to celebrate with you all."
Liu Yin understood Wu Que's mission, and immediately said with a smile: "Shu Qi just goes back, don't worry about me."
"Sima, although our army has won a great victory in this battle, many fortifications were destroyed in order to lure the enemy, so they must be repaired more quickly." Everyone congratulated each other a few more times, and the mature and steady Xu Hui suddenly said.
This time, in order to lure the barbarian soldiers into the camp, Liu Yin and the others raised the previously well-fixed antlers from the mud outside the camp so that the barbarian soldiers could easily move them away and destroy them.
As expected, the Yi soldiers fell into the trap and were overjoyed that the antlers had not yet been fixed. This made them relax their vigilance and be lured into the camp.
In order to win, these ten layers of antlers can be discarded, but there will be a bigger battle in the Dingjiacun camp, and the antlers will be needed to prevent the enemy from easily entering the camp gate.
After Liu Yin pondered for a moment, he said: "It doesn't matter, the other fortifications have basically been completed. Tomorrow we will concentrate our efforts on repairing the antlers. I believe it can be completed before the enemy's brigade arrives."
Xu Hui also knew that this was the best way. He nodded and said nothing more. He was a man of few words. Now that he had decided on a strategy, he should work hard to implement it.
Xu Hui had made up his mind to focus all his energy on the fortifications tomorrow and urge his men to repair the antlers.
"Sima, the celebration banquet has been prepared." Just as everyone continued talking, a guard came into the tent and reported.
Liu Yin nodded and smiled: "Okay, I'll have dinner first, gentlemen, please follow Yin to celebrate with the soldiers."
"No." Everyone stood up and responded.
