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- A cavalry army that does not have a numerical advantage wants to penetrate three lines of defense that are properly spaced and closely connected in one go, especially when two of the lines of defense are both large-scale cavalry. Under normal circumstances, it is no more than a dream.
If you add in the fact that there are nearly 20,000 elite cavalry chasing and killing them behind you, you can probably use the word "death place" to describe the situation.
It was in this extremely dangerous situation that the Dragon Elephant Army, which was charging southward, began to change its formation. The vanguard cavalry, with most of their spears and spears destroyed, slightly gathered their front line. Led by Li Mofan, who was leading the way, everyone drew their swords from their sheaths and started to fight. The cone-shaped formation was obviously to use the fastest speed to pass the 38,000 horsemen of the Y-shaped Longguan Hao clan. At the same time, roughly in the middle of the Dragon Elephant Army's formation, a clear line was stretched out. More than ten thousand strong cavalrymen who slowed down their horses gathered in the rear. The posture spread out a sharp front line with rows of spears and spears.
The former's formation was used more to tear apart the enemy's formation and at the same time hinder the speed of the Beimang cavalry to the greatest extent. The latter's fierce collision with the formation was more of a life-and-death struggle.
The Pubu cavalry of the Huang Song Dynasty, which was not far away but not close enough to bite the back of the Dragon Elephant Army, was personally led by the Beimang general. , the formation also changed quietly. The middle of the cavalry formation was thin and the wings were thick. They suffered the most losses in the battle. In addition, they had previously detoured to the north of the camp to cut off the dragon and elephant army's northward retreat. The cavalry and horses were a little tired. After working hard, They need to take this opportunity to re-gain their momentum, and then join forces with the direct cavalry of the Southern Dynasty Yizi Gaomen to carry out a north-south pincer attack. Once they rush too fast and encounter those who have passed through the Dragon Elephant Army's formation, they will cause an embarrassing situation of collision between their own sides. , but it is easy to restrain each other, so the Huang and Song Pu cavalry were like a torrent meeting the mainstay in the middle of the river, and deliberately gave up a large area due to the north so that the friendly forces could turn their horses around. When the time came, the two cavalry armies would naturally gather together in formation. In an instant, it can become an excellent situation with a thick midsection and two wings. Combined with the horse-rejecting formation composed of infantry in the south, it will definitely be able to cause considerable damage to the dragon-elephant army that has been frustrated again and again.
But the Beiliang Liuzhou frontier army had already shown signs of annihilation. After the Kou Jianghuai cavalry and Wanyan Yinjiang's 20,000 cavalry clashed with each other, the situation took a turn for the worse!
The 20,000 aggressive elite frontier troops of the Southern Dynasty thought it was a simple victory that would bring huge military exploits, but they never thought that after the collision, they would be completely defeated!
Kou Jianghuai and a young general wearing strange red armor are running together, they are unstoppable!
This is true for the two cavalry, and even more so for the ten thousand cavalry behind them!
If Zhongliang, who was hiding beside Wanyan Yinjiang, hadn't come to the rescue, Wanyan Yinjiang would have been shot through the chest by the young man wearing the red armor of the Talisman General!
??????????? If the young man who won the title of Ten Thousand Enemies on the Liangmang battlefield had not been obsessed with fighting, it would have been very difficult for Zhongliang to keep the number two figure in the leading Longguan aristocracy.
But Zhong Liang, who was in the battlefield, also felt frightened.
How could the combat strength of these 10,000 cavalry be equal to that of Beiliangmo and other cavalry? !
The well-deserved main force of the Dragon Elephant Army is almost the same!
Wanyan Yinjiang's 20,000 fine cavalry were like a piece of silk torn apart by a sharp weapon. The battle damage was extremely great. After they were separated from each other, more than 3,000 cavalry were lying down.
This kind of severe damage is simply unbelievable.
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The inexplicable vulnerability of Wanyan Yinjiang's elite cavalry directly caused the popular sentiment of the infantry defense front on the western front of Beimang to fluctuate, because as long as the dragon and elephant army from the north smoothly moved south, there would be a situation of two cavalry armies attacking an infantry army from the north and south. .
This is fatal to the large phalanx where only low-class men are reduced to infantry on the grassland.
In an instant, the situation was reversed, and victory or defeat changed hands!
Nearly 40,000 cavalry troops gathered from several Longguan Yi-shaped high gates. Although they still gritted their teeth to block the Dragon Elephant Army going south, they were naturally more prepared to face a Northern Liang cavalry army that still numbered more than 25,000 people. And lack of strength.
The iron spear of Li Mofan, who had killed no less than thirty enemy riders, had long since broken, and the more than forty halberd pouches on both sides of the saddle had been exhausted. There were more than forty corpses in Beimang's heavy camp, and all of them had skulls on them. They all have a short halberd!
Li Mofan, who was the leader of the cavalry formation, was the first to successfully penetrate the enemy formation, his armor full of blood.
The deputy general of the Dragon and Elephant Army seemed to have more than 25,000 Dragon and Elephant Cavalry behind him. In fact, it was less than 15,000 to be precise, because among them were 10,000 Kou Jianghuai troops who were far less powerful than the Dragon and Elephant Cavalry. people!
Those 10,000 young and strong refugee cavalry troops who had outstanding physical strength and had been recharging their strength from beginning to end. Wherever the spears passed, there were all the fallen corpses of the Beimang cavalry troops.
???????????????????? Kou Jianghuai¡¯s act of subterfuge is precisely thisThe battle that gave the Beimang Cavalry a sense of absurdity from beginning to end was the real key.
In fact, these 10,000 people had always followed the two groups of dragon, elephant and light cavalry on the left wing. From breaking the formation to entering the camp, and now moving south, the battle losses were almost negligible.
At the beginning of the war, the two-winged dragon and elephant army broke the formation too easily, so their identity was not revealed by Beimang.
So on the current battlefield, the Beimang army fell into an extremely embarrassing and funny situation.
The cavalry of Wanyan Yinjiang's tribe in the far south were beaten to the point where no energy was left. From the general Wanyan Yinjiang down to the ordinary cavalry, everyone was in a panic.
Then there is the infantry formation that has not yet completely condensed. The top infantry of the Northern Mang and Southern Dynasty frontier troops, more than 20,000 infantry, have been deployed to surprise the two towns of Fengxiang and Linyao. This infantry hastily left the camp to form a formation. Most of the troops are just wearing light leather armor. After all, they are not the heavy armored infantry that was specifically targeted at the prairie cavalry in the history of the Central Plains. Moreover, the original intention of this infantry was to attack Qingcang City in Liuzhou. How could it be used To resist the frontal charge of the Northern Liang Cavalry? For this kind of infantry and cavalry battle, the Beimang infantry looked extremely raw and immature, both in terms of equipment and quality. Dismounting to fight as infantry is a weakness of the men in the Beimang grassland. They are also unfamiliar with using heavy crossbows and foot bows. Suddenly they are asked to stand still and face the collision of a Beiliang cavalry. That kind of You can imagine the awkwardness and discomfort.
Further to the north, there is the cavalry of the Yizi Gaomen tribe that has already passed by the Longxiang Army. In the far north, there is the direct cavalry of the Pu tribe of the Huang Song Dynasty who gave way to the middle.
The complete line of defense that was supposed to be connected with the branches was in pieces.
Beimang still has the upper hand in terms of military strength, but the morale of the two sides in Liang and Mang is hugely different!
Li Mofan raised his eyes and looked at the Kou Jianghuai cavalry, which was separated by a Beimang infantry formation. That was the real main force of the Dragon and Elephant Army.
The general twitched the corner of his mouth, raised his sword, and twirled it gently.
The more than 10,000 dragons, elephants and light cavalry behind him simply ignored the infantry formation, drew an arc around the edge of the infantry formation, and headed south easily.
After Li Mofan heard a voice, he suddenly turned his head in surprise.
After the head-on collision, there were still 8,000 young and strong cavalrymen left behind. One of the cavalrymen actually crashed straight into the Beimang infantry formation. With his spear forward, he roared: "Liuzhou cavalry! May you die! Die with me." !¡±
Li Mofan, with a cold face, slowed down his horse and kept turning his head to look north.
Is that guy crazy?
The beginning and end of today's war were all due to Kou Jianghuai's careful deployment. From now on, everything was planned by Kou Jianghuai, but the Liuzhou general never let the young refugees die on their own initiative!
You must know that this kind of bold behavior, which is good at making claims and superfluous, will not exclude military achievements after the war. According to the military regulations of Beiliang, it can range from lowering the rank to beheading in public!
In Li Mofan's field of vision, he saw that the horse suddenly tightened its reins when it was about to hit the Beimang infantry's cavalry. The first-class war horse from Xianli Ranch suddenly jumped high!
Cross the first two rows of tilting tilted horses and spear, even people hit the horses into one!
The iron hoofs of the heavily fallen war horse trampled a Beimang infantry to death on the spot.
The knees of the overwhelmed horse were broken, and the Liuzhou cavalryman fiercely thrust out the cavalry, and actually shot three infantrymen in the chest one after another!
After landing, the Liuzhou cavalryman held his gun in both hands and ran forward.
Behind him, the cavalry front line faced the Beimang horse-rejecting formation with cold light shining directly in front. Neither the men nor the horses flinched at all, and they just ran straight into it!
The horses from Beiliang were stabbed to death by sharp spears.
The cavalry faced the infantry formation that was waiting for them. If they wanted to open the formation head-on, the vanguard cavalry in the front row would die. This was a certain outcome. Only in this way could the infantry formation be broken bit by bit.
There is no shortcut except using the lives of cavalry and horses to fill the gap.
Eight thousand Liuzhou riders collide into the formation!
In the end, no one followed the Longxiang Army back south around the formation.
In the first row of the Beimang infantry's horse-rejection formation, on many spears, Liuzhou men and horses were all hanged to death!
Some spears even had two corpses hanging on them.
Under the constant impact, the formation had to retreat backwards.
The huge inertia of the charging horses caused many of the horse-repelling spears to break. Even though many Liuzhou cavalrymen were shot to death by heavy crossbows in front of the formation, many war horses still crashed into the formation arrogantly due to their inertia. At first, Beimang infantry were directly hit and killed in the formation.
Where has this Beimang infantry formation seen such a cavalry charge regardless of casualties?
The originally dense and stable formation was finally on the verge of collapse.
? ?If this infantry formation is the kind of heavy-armored infantry that is born to restrain the prairie cavalry in the Chinese version of the map, and is the kind of heavy infantry formation that reaches the pinnacle of armor and tactics, then under the premise of stacking the formation, refuse to The defense thickness of horses and spears and multiple rows of shields are superimposed, supplemented by the alternating rotation of bows and crossbows. Even if this Liuzhou cavalry disrupts the front line with a fearless attitude, it can only rely on the corpses of the horses that keep falling to the ground to die. It is enough to form a new natural line of defense. At the same time, the entire formation moves back dozens of steps in an orderly manner, and it does not hesitate to exchange lives for buffer time and strategic zones. Then even if the formation cannot be deployed to its initial strength in a short period of time, The extent, but the sustained lethality of the subsequent charging cavalry is still amazing.
"It's a pity that this is not the battle of Miyun Pass, nor is the commander of the Beimang Infantry Army the Xiexi Frontier who has applied the horse-rejection tactics to a superb state.
At this moment, with the horse-gun formation in front broken to pieces, and the Liuzhou cavalryman who was the first to crash into the formation desperately disrupting the formation, the Beimang crossbowmen and infantry behind were completely at a loss, and they didn't know how to deal with it.
The more deadly thing is outside this bloody battlefield.
The Longxiang Cavalry under Li Mofan did not turn around to help the Liuzhou Cavalry. Instead, they went straight south and rushed towards the Wanyan Yinjiang Cavalry who was trying to support the infantry formation.
"The main force of the Dragon Elephant Cavalry, led by Kou Jianghuai and Xu Longxiang in person, galloped northward without hesitation and crashed into the rear of the formation.
Li Mofan no longer turned his head to look at the battlefield where corpses accumulated.
The young Liuzhou cavalry general was no stranger to him. His name was Qifu Longguan. He seemed to be a lucky man brought to Beiliang from Beimang by the young vassal king himself. He first served as a corps commander in the Longxiang Army, and later went to He was promoted to captain in Fuling Army Town. In the first battle of Liangmang at Yapo, it was this captain who disrupted the careful deployment of both sides of Liangmang to lure the enemy deep and then annihilate them in one fell swoop. Chu Lushan and Dong Zhuo, the then king of Nanyuan, were both dumbfounded afterwards, so the young man suddenly became famous outside the Liangzhou Pass. After the war, because the Longxiang Army suffered heavy casualties on the Liuzhou battlefield, and Kou Jianghuai was the nominal general of Liuzhou. , also needed a force of his own direct troops, so Qifu Longguan was transferred from Fuling Military Town to Liuzhou and became one of the three cavalry captains under Kou Jianghuai.
Li Mofan couldn't help but think to himself that this young man was indeed a thorn in his side.
He even planned that if this kid could survive by chance, he would probably not want to be an official. Otherwise, he would shamelessly ask the young vassal king for a favor and at least save this kid's life, and then quietly throw it into his hands. Be a pro-military commander down there?
With the support of the main force of the Dragon Elephant Army, the already shaky Beimang Infantry Formation grew from the earliest to nearly 20,000 people, and there was not even one out of ten!
This is what happens once the infantry is broken by the cavalry.
But out of eight thousand Liuzhou cavalry, there were only three thousand left.
The young cavalryman covered in blood begged to defeat Longguan.
It was the slain god-like Xu Longxiang who bent down to grab him from the pile of corpses, and the two rode back south together.
The three thousand Liuzhou Cavalry, which suffered heavy casualties, retreated under the cover of the main force of the Longxiang Cavalry, which was personally dispatched by Kou Jianghuai.
Under the fierce impact of Li Mo Fan's Longxiang Army, Wanyan Yinjiang's cavalry formation was smashed into sparse formations. In the end, they were unable to form an encirclement with Huang Songpu's main army in the north.
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On the way back south, after the white horse crossbowmen reported back to the army that the main force in Beimang had no intention of pursuing, the Liuzhou army stopped for a while to rest.
Xu Longxiang, Kou Jianghuai and Li Mofan met and stood together to feed their horses.
Li Mofan glanced at the young and strong cavalry of refugees gathered in the distance. After looking away, he looked at Kou Jianghuai with a solemn expression, "This battle can be considered a great victory, right? The expected Beimang barbarian supply camp has been given to us. The battle was gone. As for the exchange of cavalry, it was roughly one for two, which was within the acceptable range. In the end, Huang Laoer's siege infantry was also eaten up in one breath. No matter how you calculate this account, It¡¯s earned.¡±
Kou Jianghuai nodded expressionlessly.
Li Mofan sighed, "You said frankly before that in this battle, the Dragon Elephant Army will be killed first, and then the Refugee Cavalry Army. In addition to blocking Huang Song Pu's march south, it can also be used to train troops. Without delay, we will not be in trouble. In the last battle, those Liuzhou young men held back the Dragon and Elephant Army. But after a hard time with that boy, the last ones died, but too many died. In the end, a total of seven thousand cavalry were lost. Kou Jianghuai, what are you going to do next? You only have so many troops, is that okay?"
Xu Longxiang suddenly said: "Allocate seven thousand dragon and elephant cavalry to General Kou."
Kou Jianghuai shook his head and said, "No need."
Xu Longxiang said in a deep voice: "After seven thousand cavalry are given to you, you don't have to pay them back."?¡±
Kou Jianghuai smiled and said something that made Monk Zhanger confused, "If it were on Guangling Road, let alone allocate 7,000 people to me, I would also take 70,000 people, and I would not return them even if they were killed. But in Guangling Road Here, forget it.¡±
Xu Longxiang couldn¡¯t figure it out, so he didn¡¯t bother to think about it.
Li Mofan smiled knowingly.
The Liuzhou general narrowed his eyes, "We, Jianghuai, have three thousand riders who were born as refugees, which is enough."
Li Mofan asked: "How to deal with that boy? I guess it would be very embarrassing if he reported the truth to the Protectorate!"
Kou Jianghuai said calmly: "Paper can't contain the fire. If you really want Qifu Longguan to survive, you can only report the truth."
Xu Longxiang hesitated for a moment, "Should I tell my brother?"
Kou Jianghuai shook his head and said, "It makes no sense."
Xu Longxiang was silent.
At Liuzhou Sanqianqi, there was a young general sitting alone next to the hoof of a war horse, his head lowered, not daring to let anyone see the tears on his face.
Eight thousand Liuzhou riders, may eight thousand die.
Because of him, five thousand people in Paoze died in battle!
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After the Liuzhou border troops returned to their base, the atmosphere in all the camps was solemn.
" Two urgent military messages for eight hundred miles arrived at Qingcang City in Liuzhou from the Huaiyang Pass Protector's Mansion and the General's Mansion in Jubeicheng.
Kou Jianghuai took two military letters stamped with "Protector of Northern Liang" and "King of Northern Liang" and came to the station of the Three Thousand Cavalry Liuzhou Cavalry. On the school martial arts field, Kou Jianghuai strode onto the high platform and said loudly : "The captain of the Liuzhou Cavalry Army begged to retreat to Longguan and march out!"
The young general came out of the queue and stood still, his face calm.
It¡¯s like being on the battlefield, looking forward to death.
Kou Jianghuai spread out a military document with an expressionless face and read slowly: "Liuzhou captain begged to attack Longguan, greedy for merit and advanced rashly, causing Liuzhou's five thousand cavalry to die in battle, behead him! Beiliang Protector, Chu Lushan!" "
Each of the three thousand Liuzhou cavalrymen showed unbearable expressions, full of grief and anger.
Kou Jianghuai remained motionless, with cold eyes, overlooking the entire school martial arts field.
The young military general who was pronounced to be beheaded was relieved, his eyes were red, he lowered his head and clasped his fists and said: "Begging at Longguan, take the order!"
Kou Jianghuai twitched the corner of his mouth and suddenly asked with a smile: "The Protector of Beiliang, in our Beiliang, is the official senior enough? He is older than the commander of the cavalry and the commander of the infantry. The two deputy governors of Beiliang It¡¯s far worse, right?¡±
All the cavalrymen with refugee origins in the school martial arts field felt confused, especially Qifu Longguan.
Kou Jianghuai took a step forward and began to read the second military message from Jubeicheng, "Since the early days of our Xu family's cavalry army, even if the battalion lacks armor, swords, and horses, it is still an iron cavalry!"
"There are six old cavalry camps in Liangzhou, and there are new cavalry camps in Youzhou last year."
After reading this, Kou Jianghuai paused briefly, "Now there is also a cavalry camp in Liuzhou! Allow the camp flag to be set up on the battlefield to fight!"
Kou Jianghuai clutched the military letter tightly and took another step forward. After exhaling heavily, he said in a deep voice: "The Liuzhou Cavalry has established a new battalion and is going straight to the camp! Begging for victory at Longguan, the Liuzhou Cavalry will The captain was demoted to the commander of the direct collision battalion!"
"As the corps commander, command this battalion! King of Northern Liang, Xu Fengnian!"
Kou Jianghuai looked at the young military general and shouted angrily: "Begging for defeat at Longguan! Take the order!"
Qifu Longguan straightened his back, trembled slightly, and shouted with all his strength: "Qifu Longguan! Dare you not accept the order?!"
????????????????????????????????????????????????????? away from Beiliang's army, as long as they are wearing armor, they never have to kneel even when they meet a general!
Kou Jianghuai put away the two military letters and remembered for no reason the young general's unintentional words during that war.
The Liuzhou general gritted his teeth and said: "Liuzhou cavalry! May the dead die with me!"
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