Heavy riding indeed. Horses wear armor, people wear armor, long lances are silver, and hooves are thundering! In the gloomy night, the 2,000-heavy cavalry rushed towards the main formation like a killing god rushing out of an Asura ghost!
It turned out to be an armor outfit! Shi Le's heart thumped, secretly saying something was wrong. When attacking at night, Han Shao will use heavy armored cavalry. It is difficult to see things, and with heavy burdens, the people and horses cannot move flexibly, and it is difficult for the heavy cavalry to avoid possible camp defense traps. But what about now? The fire bombs thrown from the city head dispelled the night, and also exposed his army to the enemy.
Except for the chariot formation, there is nothing to stop the heavy armored cavalry. What's more, the soldiers who were caught off guard and just stepped out of the camp
Like cracked brocade, the black torrent rushed into the army formation. Invulnerable to swords and bullets, arrows are hard to hurt, apart from being smashed and torn apart, there is no way to fight back! However, this was not the end. After the heavy cavalry, there were light cavalry with bows and crossbows, followed by infantry with spears in their hands, lining up to encircle and suppress them. Destroy the formation, disturb the enemy, clean up, all in one go!
Hearing the screams in his ears, Shi Le gritted his teeth. Where does he still not understand? Everything is the enemy's trick to lure him into the bait!
The Ximen Cave opened, I was afraid that there would have been an ambush hidden long ago. The 3,000 light cavalry he sent by himself were not able to guard against it at all, and were wiped out. Then the enemy took Simon as the base, and sent troops at night to attack from the front. Smash his army and disrupt his establishment. Night raids are no better than daytime raids. Once attacked, even if the Chinese army can remain in chaos, the soldiers below will also bomb their camps. There are many soldiers under him who can fight, but the cooperation is not tacit, and there are even guys like Wang Mi's descendants and rogues who see the wind and rudder. Once you are in a mess, you will collapse!
How to do? Lead a cavalry, bypass the heavy cavalry, and rush to the west gate? As long as they can capture the west gate and enter Yecheng, they can break the enemy's layout and gain the upper hand. However, the thought was just a flash, and it was left behind by Shi Le. What you can think of, will the other party not think of it? I am afraid that Simon's empty assumptions are also the bait to lure him into the bait.
"Let the Chinese army raise the flag to lure the enemy, and we withdraw!" Shi Le led the way without hesitation.
The commander flag of the Chinese army is the courage of the army. Once the commander flag falls, the army will be defeated. But today, the situation is different. The enemy's heavy cavalry has torn apart the army formation, and the rout is only a matter of time. Once the troops are defeated, these 100,000 horses will be immortals, and they will not be able to gather them. The only way is to keep the elites around, retreat first, and then slowly gather the remnants after dawn.
Therefore, the banner of the Chinese army is no longer important to him. Might as well use it to hold the enemy back and buy some time for yourself.
Following the military order, thousands of cavalry turned their horses and rushed out under the cover of the chaotic soldiers.
The long lance in his hand swept across, the blade light flickered, and the blood flowers flew. Within ten steps, it instantly turned into a piece of white ground. However, Yi Yan did not stop and continued to charge forward. Beside him are five hundred elites, each holding a long lance and wearing a bright light armor. The soldiers who followed were dressed in plate armor and armed with sabres. Although they were all invincible, their combat power was far inferior to the vanguard.
But for the enemy in front of him, it was enough.
The 2,000 armored riding equipment, thanks to the appearance of plate armor hammer forging, was able to be equipped. Even so, I don't know how much food was spent. Such elite soldiers are naturally used on the blade.
Ambush the enemy light cavalry, and then charge all the way into the enemy line. Even if only a small centaur was dispatched to attack Simon, this was a huge camp of tens of thousands of people. It is not easy to defeat an enemy camp of this size with a mere 2,000 heavy cavalry.
However, none of Yi Yan's elite soldiers backed down. Blood splattered on the face, frost condensed the armor, like an arrow from a string, they went straight to the enemy's army! The previous firebomb has been extinguished, and the enemy's commanding flag, like a solitary lamp in the black tide, swaying and undulating. How can we get close to the central army and kill the enemy chieftain
Chang lance held it horizontally, Yi Yan grabbed the horse's belly, and stopped the horse abruptly: "Shi Le is no longer in the central army."
The people around him were shocked: "Have you escaped? Are you still chasing the handsome flag?"
"No need. Pierce through the enemy formation!" Yi Yan said coldly.
Want to use the handsome flag to lure the enemy, let them spend time chasing, or even deviate from the direction. Good idea. But the reason for the heavy cavalry to enter the battle is not to be a mere commander, but to destroy the enemy camp!
Therefore, Yi Yan made a decisive decision and changed the direction. The two thousand heavy cavalry continued to rampage, breaking through the densest front of the enemy camp, and they fought each other from beginning to end.
After killing a bloody road, the light cavalry behind him caught up, expanding the torn army formation. The infantry in the rear disperse the chaotic troops in an orderly manner, beheading the enemy who has lost the ability to resist. In a blink of an eye, the camp was torn into several pieces, and the mess became a pot of rotten porridge. The civilians have long been running away, and the enemy soldiers who attacked the city have completely collapsed.
It's just that it's not so easy for these people to leave Yecheng. There are also 20,000 elite soldiers hidden in the three Wu Forts nearby. As long as the troops are defeated, they will go out of the city to encircle and suppress them. There is nothing easier than besieging and besieging the defeated soldiers. Even if Shi Le broke out of the siege, he probably wouldn't be able to collect many remnants!
From the third watch to the dawn, when the first ray of morning sun appeared in the sky, a team of soldiers and horses rushed into the city.
"General Yi, have you captured the stone thief?" Ge Hong also hadn't slept all night. Although his eyes were bloodshot, his expression was extremely excited.
This battle was so much fun! With only 30,000 soldiers, the enemy's army of 100,000 was defeated! And most of them were captured and defeated soldiers, and the battle losses were minimal. Even if the Shangdang offensive and defensive battles were fought back then, they may not have been able to fight so heartily.
After this battle, the thieves were afraid that they would not be able to advance northward for several months. Whether it is Sizhou or Jizhou, there is a great buffer space. If he could kill Shi Le, he would be able to get rid of the troubles of his confidants!
However, on the opposite side, Yi Yan shook his head: "Shi Le fled. There are so many people in the middle of the night, I'm afraid the soldiers and horses sent by Wubao will not be able to stop him."
He fought against Shi Le not once or twice, and he knew that this thief was cunning. The night attack was already a mess, and it was even more difficult to stop him from escaping.
Hearing this, Ge Hong was slightly disappointed: "In this case, I am afraid that the tiger will return to the mountain."
Shi Le's old camp is in Yanzhou, so I'm afraid he will go back to his division. Now that the drought has not subsided, the most important thing is to keep the people safe and support the people, and there is no spare energy to pursue and even conquer Yanzhou. To get rid of such a dangerous person, it is hard to say that after a few months, you will have to face a strong army again.
"It doesn't matter. It would be better if he escaped back to Yanzhou." A sharp light flashed in Yi Yan's blue eyes.
Ge Hong was stunned, did the staff have other plans
Yi Yan didn't say much, reached out and took off the pocket on his head. After a night of fierce battle, the filthy blood had already soaked through the red tassels, and the bloody water had fallen to the ground along the jet-black iron armor.
To decide the outcome of a battle requires the right time and place, as well as a lot of luck. And Zhang Canjun and him never put their victory or defeat on illusory luck. It was also a traitor, this time it was the thief's turn to see Xinling's tactics.
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Schiller's response was swift. Before the enemy's heavy cavalry broke through, he led his henchmen out of the battlefield. Unexpectedly, there were still ambush soldiers hidden in several Wu Forts near Ye City. As a result, one retreat was not enough, and after retreating for thirty miles in a row, and circumventing the siege twice, the troops and horses were able to escape the snare.
When the sky was bright, Shi Le's complexion was as deep as water when he looked at the team with less than 10,000 people around him.
"General, the enemy has set up so many ambushes, it may not be able to gather the remnants..." A confidant said with a sad face.
How could Shi Le not understand? This night attack completely destroyed the courage of the army, and he abandoned his commanding account again. It is conceivable to imagine the chaos of the final defeat. The worst thing was that there were still ambushes around Yecheng. Losing the establishment and courage, let alone resisting those defeated soldiers, I am afraid that in order to escape, they will even abandon their weapons. Wouldn't it be easy to contain it
This time, the brigade will inevitably be intercepted. And those stragglers who fled alone are even more headless flies, and they cannot be expected to come back and return to the team. After the first battle, nearly 90 percent of the horses were destroyed, and Rao Shile had never suffered such a big defeat!
No, not right. He had indeed experienced a defeat on this scale, and he was also under the command of Bingzhou soldiers and horses.
Shi Le clenched the reins tightly in his chest, "Don't wait, go back to the old camp first!"
The most important thing now is to preserve this elite. When he returned to Yanzhou, he recruited the hustlers and refugees again, and after a few months of training, he became an army again. However, this is always the case.
How can we keep our strength and not be easily defeated by others? On the way back, Shi Le pondered. Since he started raising troops two years ago, he has seen countless soldiers and horses. There are those who are brutal like Wang Mi, some who are brave like Liu Cong, and some who are as strong as iron barrels like Bingzhou. But no matter which one it is, if you want to truly stand your ground, it is not the soldiers, but the territory. Just like Liu Yuan's capital in Pingyang, just like Liang Feng in front of him occupied Bingzhou.
Without a territory, it is like duckweed on the water, it will never be able to gain a foothold. Even if soldiers can be recruited, a major collapse will be scattered. It seems that the top priority is to manage Yanzhou well.
It is necessary to cultivate the fields and grow grain, to recuperate, and to make those people believe in him and vote for him, instead of just looting. There are also scholars... Shi Le's eyebrows wrinkled slightly, he didn't like those aristocratic families, and he hated the Sima Clan even more. But what about the prostitutes? Are there also people available? There are also refugees and people. Countless times of opening warehouses to put food, killing officials and breaking the city, let him know what those poor people who are barely clothed and hungry, want.
If you can use the shu clan to manage the people, it is not impossible! There are also miscellaneous hus scattered in the two states of Henan and Yan, and they should all be collected in the account. Jin people can cultivate and manage government, but they still have to use Hu in the army. Only in this way can they stabilize their foundation.
Countless thoughts flew in Shi Le's mind. The defeat did not let him lose his courage, on the contrary, it sobered his overheated mind. Stockpiling grain is an important means to resist drought, but it must also be considered in the long run. This defeat has damaged a lot of troops and horses, and relatively relieved the pressure on grain supply. If he asks for help from the Han state, maybe Liu Yao will give him some food and grass because of his hijacking of Bingzhou.
As long as this year of disaster is passed, there is always a chance to turn around.
Without the cumbersome army, the return journey was several times faster. With the only soldiers and horses and the baggage of the rear team that had never fallen, Shi Le hurried back to Yanzhou.
As soon as he got off his horse, he saw a servant galloping towards him and said loudly, "General, I'm overjoyed! Someone has found the old lady!"
Shi Le was shocked. Not caring about following behind him, three steps and two steps, rushing towards the tent!