Chapter 1308: War Breaks Out Again

In the Taishou Mansion in Fushi City, after Huangfu Chaobo arrived, he immediately summoned everyone to discuss matters. On the throne, Huangfu Chaobo first listened to Pang Shanmin's report on the situation of the cities in Shangjun controlled by the Tang State. There are currently six cities controlled by the Tang State, and there are eleven or twelve cities within the entire Hetao. , but among these cities, Shuofang City is still in the hands of knights, while other cities are basically controlled by various tribes, large and small...

After the internal affairs report was completed, Tian Yu reported on the training situation of the troops and horses. Now the troops and horses of each school under Yingyang Army have been reorganized, and Liu Bao's 10,000 Huns cavalry have also been organized according to Huangfu Chao's command. Bo's request recruitment completed.

"General Liu, how is the intelligence gathering north of the Great Wall going now?" After Huangfu Chaobo listened to the report on the training of the troops and horses of each unit, he asked Liu Bao among them;

The reason why I asked Liu Bao was because Huangfu Chaobo told him when Liu Bao left Luoyang that his purpose of coming to Shangjun this time was to recruit 10,000 Huns cavalry, and the other purpose was to use his Huns Identity, find out the situation in the Hetao area north of the Great Wall and prepare for the army to send troops.

Upon hearing this, Liu Bao immediately stood up and introduced to Huangfu Chaobo in detail the information he had sent people to find out in the past few months. The reason why Huangfu Chao Expo ordered Liu Bao to be responsible for inquiring about the information was actually because Liu Bao was a local snake. Before he surrendered to Jiangshan, he controlled the two cities of Fushi and Qiuci, but he was finally framed by Fazheng. He was captured and surrendered in desperation.

The area within a few bends of today's Hetao area is a place where miscellaneous people gather, just like the previous Wuyuan and Shuofang counties. In addition to the Huns, there are also people from various tribes such as the Yuezhi, Qianghu, and Xianbei people living here. There are forty or fifty tribes of various sizes.

According to the information collected by Liu Bao's people, in addition to the two large Xianbei tribes with more than 10,000 people, the smaller tribes only had a few hundred people. For example, Liu Bao only had 5,000 people at the beginning. Although he controlled Fushi and Qiuci, he also ruled several small tribes in and around the two cities he controlled.

After listening to Liu Bao's detailed explanation, Huangfu Chaobo and everyone had a basic understanding of the situation in the cities north of the Great Wall. The next step was to discuss how to send troops.

After half an hour of discussion, Guo Jia and Pang Tong came up with a plan to send troops. In fact, Shangjun now has more than 50,000 soldiers, including nearly 40,000 cavalry or mounted infantry. The foreign tribes among them are actually a huge pressure.

Therefore, the strategy of the two men was also very simple. First, the cavalry would rush in quickly, huddle all these tribes and their allies in the city, and then use infantry to capture them one by one. This method was rough but very simple.

After everything was prepared, on September 6, Huangfu Chaobo began to lead the army to dispatch troops from Fushi and began his road to pacify the cities in Shangjun in the Hetao Work Area.

It was also on this day that the two coalition forces of Zongheng Tianxia and Zhao Zilong also began to send troops towards Duyang City. According to the agreement between the two families, Zhao Zilong dispatched 10,000 cavalry, 5,000 infantry, and 5,000 soldiers. Zongheng Tianxia had just dispatched nearly 30,000 troops.

Two days later, the army arrived at Duyang City. At this time, Zhang Jijun's defenders in Duyang City had already closed the city gate, and then sent people to send the news to Wancheng.

Only three days after the war started, Wancheng's reinforcements appeared to the west of Duyang. The soldiers and horses were exactly what several people had guessed. One ship consisted of 10,000 Xiliang iron cavalry and 10,000 Wancheng infantry.

When Zhang Jijun's reinforcements were about to arrive, the two coalition forces immediately made preparations for the battle according to their previous agreement.

The 10,000 Zongheng Tianxia Army formed in a circular formation with five thousand sword and shield soldiers in front and five thousand crossbowmen behind. The five thousand cannon fodder players from Zilonghui formed a larger circular formation and combined these Ten thousand soldiers surrounded the center. And the 15,000 coalition cavalry led by Qian Zhao,

Then hide in a mountain forest ten miles west of Duyang. Just wait for the Xiliang cavalry to fall into the trap, and the coalition cavalry will appear on the flanks of the Xiliang cavalry, taking advantage of the Xiliang cavalry and the infantry army to be entangled. Fight out when the time is right and annihilate as many Xiliang Iron Cavalry as possible.

As expected by several people, after Zhang Xiu led 10,000 Xiliang cavalry to Duyang, he attacked the infantry phalanx arrayed to defend him, although he quickly eliminated the outermost player defenses. However, the Xiliang cavalry had also lost their original vigor. When they faced the five thousand sword and shield soldiers who dominated the world's army in the west, they were already a little weak.

At this time, the crossbowmen in the circle began to show their power, and five thousand crossbow arrows were poured out at the Xiliang Iron Cavalry at a time. Round after round, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which had slowed down, was like peeling an onion. , dodging layer by layer and falling down. Facing the overwhelming crossbow arrows, Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment. On the one hand, he was surprised by the large number of crossbowmen on the opposite side, and on the other hand, he was surprised by the lethality of the crossbow arrows on his cavalry.

Zhang Xiu, who quickly reacted, immediately ordered the cavalry to retreat, away from the effective attack range of the crossbows. Unfortunately, at this time, most of the Xiliang cavalry were almost in front of the sword and shield soldiers, and it was already very difficult to evacuate smoothly.

At this time, a large number of cavalry suddenly appeared in the south of Duyang. This news frightened Zhang Xiu. Now he could only gather 2,000 cavalry around him, and the rest of the cavalry were all caught up in the battle with the enemy's infantry, and there was no time to withdraw and line up to meet the enemy.

In desperation, Zhang Xiu ordered the cavalry to retreat while leading the 2,000 cavalry around him to fight against the 15,000 cavalry on the opposite side, hoping to buy time for his cavalry to retreat.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry was strong, but had to face nearly ten times the enemy cavalry. After Zhang Xiu had fought a round of battles with the coalition cavalry, he had to give up the idea of ​​fighting again, because although he had killed 2,000 cavalry on the other side, he only had 1,000 cavalry left, and dozens of miles west of Duyang, there were 10,000 of his own infantry rushing in this direction.

If he continued to fight with the coalition cavalry, he might be able to annihilate more cavalry, but his cavalry would also be exhausted, and the 10,000 infantry would also be completely destroyed. At this time, the coalition forces had no intention of turning back to fight Zhang Xiu again, and directly attacked the thousands of Xiliang cavalry who were in a melee with the infantry.