Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1234 Feelings before the battle

  Hedong.

  The sky is high and the clouds are light.

  Guan Qiuxing led an army of more than 20,000 troops, marching northwest along the west bank of Fen River.

  Of course, it is said to be one hundred thousand.

  In this era, many people can’t even write one, two, three, four, let alone tell the difference between 20,000 and 100,000.

  A lot and really a lot, the difference is just such a concept.

   There are tens of thousands of people, and there is nothing wrong with this sentence. If you don't have much intuitive concept for tens of thousands of people, you can refer to the train stations in big cities every year during the Spring Festival travel in China.

On the terrain where the plain and the plateau meet in Hedong, starting from Anyi and extending back and forth for a distance of three or four miles, the entire army is in the shape of an egg, slightly larger in the north and narrower in the south. The difference in their advancing speed also presents layers like egg membrane, egg white and egg yolk, slowly moving towards Pingyang.

Stretching in front is naturally the scouts and sentry troops that spread out, bringing back the intelligence of the scouts in an endless stream, while the infantry of the former army followed behind these scouts, and then they could act as guerrilla forces at any time A small part of the cavalry, the left wing of this part of the guerrilla force is also infantry, and for the right wing, the number is much smaller than that of the left wing, because not far to the right of Wuqiuxing is Fenshui, and Pingyang Located in the northwest, it is only natural to focus on the left wing.

Of course, according to the normal requirements of the Han army, the left and right wings should be equipped with rangers, so that the fan of the army can be fully unfolded, and there is no need to worry about the risk of being attacked by the enemy's flanks. To gather together, we can barely gather a cavalry of about 1,000 people, and we have to allocate about 200 as scouts. If it is divided into left and right wings, it is simply too thin to be used at all. Therefore, It can only be arranged according to the formation of complete infantry. As for the thousand cavalry, it will be used as a supplementary force for the front army and the middle army, just in case.

In the military system of the Great Han Dynasty, there has always been a distinction between main soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, usually one to one, but Wu Qiuxing can't do it either. If the private soldiers of the gentry are included, at most they can only Reluctantly, it is one to two.

This is also a kind of helplessness. After all, the original pawns in the Sili area have been damaged a lot, especially when they need to fight frontally. The trained pawns cannot be replenished in a short time. In addition, Hedong has always been in Fiji. Under the hidden surveillance, even the recruiting is carried out secretly, let alone large-scale soldier training. Therefore, adding the two together, it is not easy to gather more than 5,000 regular soldiers. up.

  The army advances, ups and downs, and when the army slowly moves forward, the banners stretch into pieces. The banner of the Chinese Army advanced over this field, and scouts came over from time to time to report the surrounding situation. Guan Qiuxing was dressed in military uniform, sitting firmly on the horse, and issued some orders from time to time to adjust the pace of the army.

  Testing frictions and small-scale fights have already appeared since yesterday.

According to the feedback from the scouts at the front, there is also a small number of rangers in Beipingyang located in the northeast of Hebei Province. When Wu Qiuxing led the army to move forward, this part of the rangers left camp and left. Cruising in front seemed to be looking for flaws in Wu Qiuxing's army, which really made Wu Qiuxing very unhappy.

However, unlike the hundreds of rangers in Beipingyang, for the tens of thousands of troops who are strictly prohibited from marching slowly in the queue, especially under Wu Qiuxing's strategy of preferring to slow down all the way, and not willing to show flaws, it only made Wu Qiuxing unhappy. , and cannot cause much damage to the army.

  Guan Qiuxing's goal is very simple, which is to rely on the current number of troops to press down on Pingyang in an upright manner, forcing the defenders of Pingyang to fight in the city, and the outcome is certain. Anyway, whether it is the small number of northern cavalry cruising in front or the guards in Pingyang City, the relative number is less than that of Wu Qiuxing. Therefore, as long as there is a battle, Wu Qiuxing can use his troops generously The above advantages, direct attack, even if the opponent is brave, on such a relatively wide battlefield, it is enough to besiege the opponent, and the soldiers will eventually consume him to death on the battlefield.

At the end of the day, according to the news from the scouts in front, there are still no soldiers coming out from the direction of Pingyang City, and the soldiers of General Zhengxi are still entrenched in the city. Is to do some other action.

  Wu Qiuxing exhaled slowly, his expression relaxed a lot.

This made Guan Qiuxing look down on Pingyang's generals. Since the troops are scarce, at least they need to fortify the walls and clear the fields to have a chance of survival. Even if it is necessary to destroy the farmland and crops outside the city, he should not hesitate, otherwise it will be considered safe. Zhuang He, what's the use of not being able to save the city?

   What's more, if the attack time is prolonged, wouldn't the Zhuanghe left outside the city become Wuqiu Xing's military rations?

   It's just that the damaged scouts who retreated from the front from time to time became Wu Qiuxing's only very uncomfortable place. Zhengxi cavalry is indeed too strong. The scouts under him are not opponents at all. From time to time, they are defeated again and again in small-scale conflicts. Although the damage is not very big, the left The accumulation of the three right and two casualties is quite disturbing.

   Guan Qiuxing looked at the sky, although it was still early, he still gave the order to set up camp. It is about forty or fifty miles away from Pingyang, which is exactly a day or so away. Of course, there is no problem in walking more, but for the sake of safety, it is also in line with the art of war...

  ……………

  Sharp whistle sounded outside the sparse woodland.

   "Found it! Here it is!" A team of Wuqiuxing cavalry scouts shouted excitedly, pointing at the grove ahead.

In the past few days, the cavalry scouts in Bingbei really made Wu Qiuxing's cavalry suffer a lot. As a result, in the back, Wu Qiuxing's scout team became bigger and bigger, from the original team of five and ten people to three. Forty people, and in the end spontaneously turned into a hundred or so people gathered in one place, trying to use the large number of people to arrest those Bingbei scouts who had crippled them before.

   This group of hundreds of cavalry ran into the northern cavalry in front of a grove.

  The cavalry led by Guan Qiuxing waved their sabers excitedly, kicked the horse's abdomen to speed up, and shouted: "Go! Go! We have too many people! Kill them!"

   "This is the **** one that has been following us, right?"

   "Damn, I can finally vent my anger!"

More Wuqiuxing cavalry saw that their side had the upper hand, and finally felt that they could feel proud, so they all drew out their swords one after another. And a lesson for the northern cavalry...

   More than ten cavalry and the northern cavalry were obviously defeated, so they rushed out from the sparse grove and galloped wildly.

  The horseshoes were flying, and the two sides fled and chased at the same speed.

  Gu Qiuxing's cavalry shouted excitedly, fully venting their grievances in the past two days.

  Normally speaking, the main task of a scout is not to kill the enemy, but to spy on the news and at the same time cover the opponent's scout from infiltrating. If the two sides are fighting, they usually leave as soon as they touch it.

But on the one hand, the quality of the cavalry that Guan Qiuxing acted as scouts was somewhat uneven. On the other hand, they were suppressed by the northern scouts in the past two days, so they were a little bit carried away after finally gaining the upper hand. In addition, both sides were rushing their war horses, and their speed was not slow, and they chased the cavalry in the north for seven or eight miles without paying attention.

   "Woo..."

The sudden sound of horn horns obviously startled Wu Qiuxing's cavalry. When he followed the sound, he realized that a cavalry formation appeared from the flank at some point, and they were charging forward in formation. Above this group of cavalry, a three-color flag was flying impressively!

   "Damn it! It's the cavalry from Zhengxi!"

"What should I do…"

   "Run!"

   "Turn around and attack!"

  Different voices rang out chaotically, making Wu Qiuxing's cavalry at a loss. After galloping forward for a certain distance according to the inertia, Wu Qiuxing's cavalry rushed in from the flanks!

Zhang Lie shouted loudly, led the queue, and formed a formation of arrows. He didn't care about the sporadic arrows. At the moment of contact, he raised his sword and slashed. go down!

   Blood waves burst out on the front line immediately!

The cavalry confrontation, especially this small-scale battle, was very fast-paced. Even Zhang Lie only remembered that he had cut less than ten knives in total, and he had already smashed through Wu Qiuxing's cavalry formation and divided it into two. Half.

Zhang Lie, who rushed past Wuqiu Xing's formation, while shaking off the blood on the saber, subconsciously glanced at the blade in his hand, saw a small gap on the blade, and frowned involuntarily. Left over from the skull of some unlucky fellow?

   Or was it the damage from a knife fight with a certain guy?

   This short battle, the loss of the Bingbei cavalry was as insignificant as the wear and tear of the sword in Zhang Lie's hand, and what was left was a wreck covered in blood and corpses...

   "Quick, be quicker! Clean up the battlefield!" Zhang Lie put the sword back into its sheath, and raised his voice to order, "Let's put some more bait and see if we can catch another big fish!"

  ……………

  The sudden large-scale loss of the scout line in front, Wu Qiuxing didn't get the news until the sun was westward and the camp was erected in sevens and eights. This sudden unexpected situation forced him to dispatch the only cavalry series in his hand to investigate the location of the incident.

  Such a sudden attack surprised Wu Qiuxing. He had also imagined and calculated the combat power of the Zhengxi cavalry, but he never thought that his cavalry was so fragile and the gap between the two sides was so obvious.

Although the number of scouts dispatched to the front was small, there were three or four hundred riders, and now there are only a hundred or so left, and the rest have been damaged this afternoon, like a huge blister exposed to the sun, Although it looked bright and colorful on the surface for a while, after a long time, it shattered with a "pop"...

  Pingyang City still has cavalry?

   How many cavalry are there?

  Will it pose a threat to your pawns?

Although the information obtained by Guan Qiuxing from the east of the river shows that the land of Pingyang does not have many troops, and it is still possible to defend the city in the city, and it is absolutely impossible to divide the troops to meet the attack, but the current situation, just Like a loud slap on Wu Qiuxing's face, it made him feel a little burning pain.

   What should I do if the only remaining cavalry formation of more than a thousand people on hand cannot resist or even contain it?

   Guan Qiuxing did not expect such a situation, just as he did not expect the attack of the Zhengxi cavalry to be so swift and fierce. Before he could make deployment and response, the dust had already settled. Seeing those own cavalrymen who fled back in panic and panic, Wu Qiuxing could only bear it again and again. He just arrested a few cavalry leaders and gave them twenty lashes each. That's all.

   Afterwards, people have to send some good wound medicine behind their backs, and comfort them with gentle words, lest these people feel resentful...

Ugh.

   Tired.

  According to the military law, if such unreasonable damage to soldiers is to be held accountable, it is normal to be beheaded, but the problem is that if even this cavalry officer is beheaded, wouldn’t there be no commander?

It is the first time for Guan Qiuxing to fight against the soldiers of Zhengxi, and it is also the first time he has seen the powerful attacking power of the cavalry of Zhengxi. Only then did he understand why Wang Yi clearly assembled a team, but he still dared not go north. .

   This is a formidable opponent.

   is also an insidious opponent.

  The little friction between the scouts before was actually laying the groundwork for this afternoon's round, like a killer hiding in the dark night, taking advantage of Wuqiu's surprise, he came up and stabbed him.

  Although it was not fatal immediately, it covered Wu Qiuxing's eyes.

   "Come here! Send an order! Strengthen the camp patrol! Set up double the sentry!" Wu Qiuxing frowned and ordered, "Also, please come to the Chinese military tent to discuss matters..."

Guan Qiuxing was still a little puzzled at first, saying why this Zheng Tai was so incompetent, he brought three or four times as many troops to attack Shanjin, but was killed and ran away with his head in his arms. Now he understands a little bit. , as long as the fighter is selected properly, it is indeed possible to do it.

   Zheng Tai's defeat was not entirely due to Zheng Tai's incompetence.

Now, Wu Qiuxing must be vigilant at all times, and must not step into Zheng Tai's old path. He called Zheng Tai to come here to inquire in more detail and understand what happened at the beginning, so that he could prepare in advance and make a decision. Corresponding precautions, if Pingyang's Zhengxi general wants to repeat the old trick, he must be unable to eat it!

  (end of this chapter)