Volume 10, Chapter 810
Chapter 810
Shangguan Yuanrang accepted Liang Qi's assignment and agreed to lead five thousand soldiers as bait to lure the enemy.
Liang Qi specially allocated most of the vehicles in the army to Shangguan Yuanrang and asked him to take the vehicles away. He also specially ordered more torches to be tied to the four corners and body of the vehicles. This would make the army look several times stronger. . In addition, the five thousand soldiers also went into battle lightly, each carrying two torches.
After preparing everything that should be prepared, Liang Qi pulled Shangguan Yuan Rang close to him and carefully warned: "Yuan Rang, once the Huan Army's large group of troops comes to attack, do not engage in battle with them, and immediately retreat to the direction of Death Valley, all vehicles Even if it is abandoned, there is no need to take away the baggage and provisions in the car..."
Shangguan Yuanrang raised his eyebrows and asked: "Are you giving all the things from our army to Huan Jun?"
Liang Qi smiled and said, "It's just temporarily stored with Huan Jun. We will get it back in the future."
When the Huan Army is completely wiped out, not only will all of our own supplies be recaptured, but the Huan Army's supplies will also become our own.
Shangguan Yuanrang came to his senses, nodded, and responded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"The vehicles should be kept as horizontal as possible on the road to block the enemy's cavalry. During the retreat, if the enemy's pursuit is too tight, some of the brothers can be separated to stay behind." Liang Qi said in a low voice.
His intention is obvious, to sacrifice a small number of people to weaken the majority of the people. This is also Liang Qi's consistent tactical thinking.
Shangguan Yuanrang disagreed with this point, but he did not argue with Liang Qi. He waved his hand and said, "I know what to do. If there is nothing else to explain, I will leave."
Liang Qi watched Shangguan Yuan Rang get on his horse. He took a deep breath and said seriously: "Yuan Rang... you must be more careful."
Shangguan Yuanrang chuckled and said, "You'd better take care of yourself! Don't let me lead the enemy troops into Death Valley and be surrounded again."
Liang Qi nodded seriously this time and said, "Yuan Rang reminded me of that."
It was very rare to see such a humble Liang Qi. Shangguan Yuanrang couldn't help but look at him a few more times, then shook his head, slightly arched his hands on the horse, then turned the horse's head and led the team away.
The team of five thousand wind troops included thousands of vehicles. Each vehicle was tied with two rows of torches. Even the horses pulling the carriages were not idle, with varying numbers of torches stuck on their bodies. The whole team was not large in number, but it was extremely long. When they walked to the mountain road, they could not see the side at a glance. It really looked like a long flaming dragon.
When Feng Jun approached about ten miles away from Huan Camp, Huan Jun spies saw this scene.
It was too dark and they couldn't see anyone. They could only see the torches clearly and confirmed that the number of enemy troops was also calculated based on the torches.
Xu Qing is a human being but not an immortal. How could he have calculated that there were guides from the Mo Kingdom in the Feng Army? It was even less likely that the main force of the Feng Army coming from behind was actually only 5,000 people. § Qing gave an order, Huan Jun The top and bottom moved together, and the first one to be killed was 100,000 people. As the front army, they were led by the Huan Army generals Cao Hou and Li She. Xu Qing led the remaining 50,000 Huan Army to the rear, and then supported the front army in the battle.
Let's talk about Cao Hou and Li She. After leaving the camp, they led a hundred thousand Huan troops to march like an overwhelming mountain to meet the wind army coming from behind.
The infantry below was already fast enough, but Cao Hou still thought it was slow. Soon after leaving the camp, he took 10,000 cavalry and rushed out first.
In Cao Hou's view, the Feng army had just gone through a fierce battle and had traveled a long way. They were already tired and vulnerable when they arrived on the battlefield. Li She had the same idea as Cao Hou. Seeing Cao Hou's rush, he was afraid that all the credit would be taken away by Cao Hou, so he hurriedly followed.
The cavalry was much faster than the infantry. After running wildly for less than half an hour, the cavalry at the front retreated one after another. Seeing this, Cao Hou urged his horse to rush forward and asked: "Why don't you leave?"
"Report to the general, ahead... ahead..."
The cavalrymen stared ahead and stammered.
Cao Hou waved his arm to brush the dust in front of him, and looked forward. Well, he saw lanterns, torches, and pitch pines on the mountain road in the distance. There were so many people that he could only see clearly the front of the team. Before reaching the end of the team, a rough estimate showed that the opponent's strength was at least 80,000.
Sure enough, he is the main force of the Feng Army! Not only was Marquis Cao not surprised, he actually grinned. The enemy army was marching now, and the mountain road was narrow and the queue stretched for several miles. Although there were many people, they could not concentrate. Isn't this an excellent opportunity for the cavalry to charge?
He sat on the horse, looked up and laughed loudly, and murmured: "It's my turn to make a contribution this time!" As he spoke, he shouted to the soldiers around him: "The mountain road is narrow and rugged, and the wind army cannot form a battle formation. The situation is not favorable. My cavalry is extremely advantageous, brothers, follow me and charge forward to defeat the enemy!"
"kill--"
At this time, the Huan cavalrymen were also very high-spirited and confident, shouting in unison with great momentum.
Cao Hou no longer delayed, took off his long sword from the victory bridge in the saddle, pointed forward, and shouted: "Brothers, charge!"
Wow - he gave the order, and more than ten thousand cavalry swarmed up and killed him along the mountain road.
The cavalry commanded by Cao Hou was fast enough, and Feng Jun's intelligence was not slow either. Tianyan and Diwang's spies immediately reported back to Shangguan Yuanrang the news of the approaching Huan cavalry.
After hearing this, Shangguan Yuanrang pondered for a moment and asked the spies: "How many enemy troops have come?"
"General Yuan Rang has more than ten thousand riders!"
"Only more than ten thousand riders?" Shangguan Yuanrang asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Yes, so far, we have only observed more than 10,000 cavalry. As for whether there are infantry following behind, we have to wait for the brothers in front to send back the news."
Shangguan Yuanrang nodded and stopped asking questions. When he came, Liang Qi had already told him that as long as he found the enemy coming, he did not need to resist and should retreat immediately. However, the intelligence he got now showed that the enemy only had more than 10,000 cavalry, far from the main force of the Huan army. It was meaningless to lead only more than 10,000 cavalry into the Death Valley, and it would destroy his own plan.
At this time, Shangguan Yuanrang did not dare to give the order to retreat. He thought for a moment, and immediately summoned more than a thousand Feng troops, and piled more than a dozen vehicles loaded with food and supplies in the middle of the road as a barrier, preparing to resist the Huan cavalry for a while, and then make a decision whether to go or stay after getting accurate information.
Although Shangguan Yuanrang acted impulsively, he was a veteran of the battlefield after all. At the critical moment, he could also show the calm style of a general and his meticulous side.
Although the main force of the Huan army was indeed dispatched, Shangguan Yuanrang didn't know about it. He was frightened and retreated hastily just by seeing more than 10,000 cavalrymen. That was something that only an incompetent and mediocre general would do. Qi had so many generals under his command, and he chose Shangguan Yuanrang instead of others. This was also for his reasons.
Before the Huan cavalry rushed to the front of the Feng army, the Feng army had arranged vehicles to serve as barricades. More than a thousand Feng soldiers stood behind the vehicles, with arrows on the strings and swords unsheathed, ready for battle. The 4,000 Feng soldiers behind them were on standby, ready to be dispatched by Shangguan Yuanrang at any time.
Boom, boom, boom - the sound of the cavalry's hooves was getting closer and closer. Soon, Shangguan Yuanrang could feel the ground shaking caused by the cavalry's galloping. He took a deep breath and shouted: "Shoot!"
With an order, more than a thousand Feng soldiers shot the arrows in their hands.
As the arrows were shot, people shouted and horses neighed a hundred meters away, and the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground became one.
The soldiers of the Feng army hurriedly drew out the second arrow, raised their bows and shot again. Basically, every round of arrows they shot would always cause chaos on the opposite side. Unfortunately, their number was too small, and the cavalry's charge was too fast. When the Feng army finished shooting five rounds of arrows, they looked forward and saw more than a dozen war horses rushing out of the dark black curtain. Some of the war horses were empty, and some of the war horses were sitting on Huan soldiers who were hit by several arrows.
The armor of the Huan army was made of leather like the Feng army, and was dark brown. It was mixed in the night, and if you didn't rush to the front, you really couldn't see it.
In just a short time, several Huan cavalry rushed to the front of the carriage. Several knights wanted to lift their horses to jump over the carriage, but the arrows of the Feng army arrived before the horses jumped up.
Puff, puff—the arrows were shot at close range with great force. Half of the arrows were embedded in the horse. The horse rushed forward and hit the carriage. There was a rumbling sound. The knight on the horse was ejected directly from the horse and crashed into the crowd of Feng Army. The Feng Army soldiers who were hit by them had their sternums broken, and the cavalrymen of Huan Army also had their skulls broken.
However, the impact of the cavalry was too great. Even if they were hit by people, they caused chaos in the Feng Army camp. This is exactly the terrifying part of the cavalry.
More than ten riders fell to the ground, and more cavalry rushed out from behind. When one rider was shot down, several riders followed immediately, and they kept killing.
Boom!
Soon, another rider hit the Feng Army's vehicle. This time, the force was even greater and fiercer. Even the Feng Army who was holding the carriage behind was shaken and staggered back.
The Feng Army vehicles were all made of wood. How could they withstand the repeated collisions of war horses? More than ten carriages could be broken at any time.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Shangguan Yuanrang ordered to quickly use vehicles to build a second line of defense in case of emergency. At the same time, he raised the three-pointed double-edged sword, waved his arm to transform it into spirit, and then shouted, asking all the soldiers in front to get out of the way. He urged the warhorse to rush over. When he arrived in front of the vehicle, the warhorse's four hooves left the ground, jumped up, jumped over the vehicle, and rushed out.
As soon as he came out, two riders came to kill him. Two long spears shot at his chest. Shangguan Yuanrang did not dodge or block. He waved his hand and slashed in the air. A narrow and long spiritual wave shot out. With a puff, the two cavalrymen were both cut in half by the spiritual wave. The lower half of the body was still hanging on the saddle, and the upper half of the body had fallen to the ground.
Shangguan Yuanrang chopped down two riders with his sword without stopping. He swung his sword again with his backhand. A cavalryman who was about to pass by him could not dodge and was hit on the forehead by the sword. His helmet and head were cut off in half, and his body fell off his horse.