When he received the urgent notification from Song Tianxiong for the first time, Wu Feng immediately had an idea in his mind that he still underestimated Beisang. Unexpectedly, this seemingly prudent guy actually dared to strike first and then tell the story in this situation. He issued a mobilization order for the entire army before getting orders from Chief Luo Bei. This made Wu Feng have to admit that he had made some miscalculations. , he originally thought that although Besang had foresight in advance, he would not dare to gamble his political life on this easily. Unexpectedly, he not only did it, but also did it so thoroughly. He originally wanted to catch him off guard, but unexpectedly, he was hit by a counterattack in his own way. This move substantiated the plan and gave Wu Feng a sap in the head.
But this is fine. Wadeya is not a broad-minded person. Naturally, he has an informant in the eastern expedition. Besang's overstepping actions will naturally reach his ears at the first time. When the time comes, he will arrange it for himself. The chess pieces can then play their intended role. It's just that the problem before us is extremely difficult. The Guards Division is my own head unit, and I have been training it deliberately in the past few years. I wanted them to show their faces and get some training in this battle, but unexpectedly they suddenly... I kicked the iron threshold with my feet, but I was afraid that the threshold would not be broken, but my feet would be injured.
On the one hand, he ordered Mulige and Kamapov to lead the two divisions to speed up the advance and strive to arrive as quickly as possible to meet the trapped Guards Division. At the same time, he ordered Song Tianxiong to organize a defense on the spot and hold on resolutely. He also ordered the 1st and 4th Tengger light cavalry divisions on the southern flank to throw off all ties and accelerate towards the east front, and the 30,000-man Mote cavalry also moved towards the center. Wu Feng knew that the Eastern Front army lacking light cavalry had lost the unexpected opportunity at this time and was already in an extremely embarrassing situation. It could not advance, it could not retreat, and it did not dare to retreat. Without the cover of powerful cavalry, Wu Feng knew that , the Luobei cavalry can use its powerful assault mobility to launch attacks around them at will. The eastern front army seems to have fallen into a quagmire, a quagmire full of thorns. If it moves even a little, it will be pricked black and blue by the surrounding thorns.
This sentence, "Misfortune never comes singly, good fortune never comes alone" is really a classic motto of the Tang people. It was only at this time that Wu Feng deeply understood the meaning of this sentence. Before the order could be issued, two pieces of news from the north made Wu Feng's eyes flash with stars. . The Tubu people unexpectedly invaded the northern territory of the Mote people on a large scale, and even one of them directly intercepted the territory of the Luobi people, and vaguely formed a pincer attack with the Luobi army to attack the northwest army. This sudden turn of events made Li Wufeng simply shocked and inexplicable. If this news only frightened Wu Feng, then another news was like a bolt from the blue. More than 100,000 Sisi Luo troops invaded Yinchuan, and the troops were directed at Ganlan Fortress, while the Kaman people at Jiayu Pass There was also a change that made Fielding, who was sitting in Taixuan Mansion, tense up again.
This series of two blows forced Wu Feng to once again reflect on whether there was really something wrong with his plan for the Western Expedition. The doubts raised by Ling Tianfang when he disagreed with his plan resurfaced in Wu Feng's mind. It has great strategic significance, and the time is not mature. It is very likely to affect the plan of the Eastern Expedition. In Ling Tianfang's eyes, the strength of the northwest has now reached its peak. No matter how hard he tries, it will be difficult to catch up with the wealthy Central Plains and China. In Jiangnan, instead of wasting energy in the northwest, it is better to shrink its defense. If necessary, it can even abandon Northern Luzon and the Western Regions, march into the Central Plains in one go, and fully manage the interior of the empire. It will not be too late to plot the west when its wings are full. It should be said that Ling Tianfang's plan had many advantages. Even Wu Feng was interested in his strategic plan at the time, but after repeated thinking, Wu Feng finally gave up the plan.
Wu Feng's strategic plan is slightly different from Ling Tianfang's. In his view, the Central Plains is important, but it is also necessary to reserve some springboards and bridgeheads in the Central Continent. Wu Feng has many ideas that can be called dreams and does not affect anyone. He didn't want to reveal his thoughts before the time was ripe, or even in the initial stage, but in actual operation, he unswervingly moved forward at his own pace. However, during his first campaign against Luo Bei, he encountered a head-on blow that left him bruised and swollen, forcing him to consider whether his strategy was truly correct.
Shaking his head, Wu Feng found that he was a little impatient now. He actually wanted to deny his long-prepared strategic plan because of such a setback. It seemed that he had really been spoiled by the good luck in the past few years and forgot about it. The cruelty of war has become apparent, and perhaps a defeat is really needed to sober up the hot-headedness of myself and my subordinates. But having said that, it is unacceptable to have Wu Feng pay the price of the Guards Division. At least the Luobei people should be allowed to see the true bravery of the Northwest Army.
Mulig anxiously urged the first and second regiments to speed up. People can't walk faster than horses. Even if the soldiers from Gaoyue are in excellent physical condition, it is impossible to fly across these ten miles. After receiving the coach's strict order, Mulig immediately Feeling the arduousness of the task, even though it was only a short ten miles away, Mulige noticed the change in the situation as soon as the leading troops accelerated their march.
The overwhelming dust coming from the west was clearly an attack by the enemy's light cavalry. Although he knew that the opponent's purpose was to entangle his own side and slow down his marching speed, in this case, Mulige had to change his strategy to let the two sides Two regiments maintained their formation, and an additional regiment was sent to protect the left wing of the advancing troops. However, this not only slowed down the speed, but also failed to eliminate the threat from the left wing.
The Luo Bei Qingqi who took turns attacking were not reluctant to fight. They just used their powerful maneuvering speed to constantly harass the advancing troops from the left wing. Once there was a gap in the advancing troops, they swarmed up and pursued them fiercely, trying to tear open the opening. Fortunately, they were reloaded. The power of the infantry was not something that ordinary light cavalry could break through, but even this put great pressure on the Third Division, which hoped to move forward quickly to complete its mission.
Fortunately, a cavalry regiment of the Fifth Division arrived in time and immediately joined the battlefield, which effectively alleviated the dilemma. After seeing the light cavalry reinforcements from the Northwest Army coming up, Luo Bei's light cavalry seemed to have forgotten their mission and immediately divided into Several clusters firmly surrounded the cavalry regiment that came for reinforcements and quickly launched an attack.
This is a duel with great disparity between strengths and weaknesses. Although the light cavalry regiment of the Fifth Division has been in the army for a long time, this is the first time that they have faced such a face-to-face duel with the opponent's light cavalry without any tricks. , both sides are far apart in terms of combat experience and numbers, and the Northwest Qingqi are also aware of this problem, but they have no choice. Their task is to attract the other party and hold the other party firmly, so that The 3rd and 4th Divisions, tasked with reinforcements, were able to successfully escape the encirclement.
The duel between the light cavalry was extremely fierce. The northwest light cavalry, who was determined to die, burst out with unprecedented fighting power. They slashed with swords and axes, stabbed with spears, fierce horses neighed, and iron hooves flew. A vigorous hand-to-hand battle was just here. It unfolded on the prairie ten miles away from the Guards Division camp.
Every warrior of the Northwest Qingqi has to deal with as many as three or more Luobi cavalry. They can sacrifice their own lives, but they may not be able to complete the task in this way. Because they can only deal with each other and hold the opponent back, there is no other way. Only when they face the law can they reveal their own lives and die together with the other party. As the first batch of northwest light cavalry, the superiority has been fully reflected. The repeating hand crossbow that was first issued played a huge role in the first contact with Luo Bei cavalry. Although it only had three arrows, this When a head-on close-range impact renders bows and arrows useless, it is when this short and powerful hand crossbow exerts its power. Almost every northwest cavalryman will have already fired the arrow when abandoning the hand crossbow.
This sudden blow caused a big loss to the unprepared Luo and Pei cavalry. However, when they entered the melee, the Luo and Pei cavalry fully demonstrated their innate advantages in this regard, including their skilled horse skills and flexible and diverse formation changes. As well as their inherent tacit cooperation and the military strength that was multiple times greater than that of the opponent, they quickly divided and surrounded the northwest cavalry, and strangled them. The miscellaneous spears, iron guns and sabers faced the northwest's uniform sabers, like two violent waves. They got mixed together and stirred up countless blood and fire storms.
Kamapov from the right wing was also under tremendous pressure. Without the cover of the light cavalry, the situation of the 4th Division was even worse than that of the 3rd Division. Fortunately, Kamapov received the secret order from Wu Feng before taking the order. , when you are unable to break through the opponent's defense line, you can give up funds to break through, ensure the safety of the right wing of the Third Division, and escort the Third Division out of the encirclement with all your strength.
Continuous attacks caused gaps in the Fourth Division's right-wing defense line. In order to protect the steadily advancing Third Division's formation, Kamapov had to give up the integrity of his own division's formation and fully protect the Third Division's formation. Right safety. The Luobei people were obviously aware of this weakness, and their attacks on the Fourth Division were like a storm, with each wave getting higher than the wave. The intensive rain-like bow and arrow attacks made the Fourth Division's already somewhat broken front even more fragile. To make matters worse, seeing that the precarious right-wing front could collapse at any time, Kamapov had to grit his teeth and throw out the reserve team of the only regiment in his hand, and forcefully pushed it out in an attempt to disrupt the continuous attacks of the Luobei people.
Unfortunately, this move only had some effect. Although the protruding reserve team played a role in disrupting the enemy's attack wave, they soon became the target of siege. When they broke through the eight positions and returned to their own formation, the four A regiment of more than a thousand people only had less than 1,500 people left, but this also gave the Fourth Division a breathing space.