Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 943 Is it a victory or a defeat?

  In the distant sky, a gray line began to appear, and the sky also changed from pure black to dark gray.

At this time, it was also the most sleepy time for the soldiers on duty all night. The soldiers on the sentry tower yawned, and from time to time wiped away the uncontrollable tears with the back of their hands, and leaned obliquely on the wooden pillars of the sentry tower. Shaking and struggling to support himself, he would not fall asleep.

For some reason, the soldiers suddenly felt that the sentry tower seemed to be shaking. At first, they felt that they were too tired, so they could not stand still, but as they grabbed the wooden pillars of the watchtower, they found that even the wood began to shake together. , even the sand on the wooden boards on the sentry tower was trembling and jumping slightly...

   This is no hallucination!

  The soldiers on the sentry tower suddenly broke out in a layer of cold sweat, and were blown by the early morning night wind, they couldn't help but shudder!

   Suddenly raised his head and looked to the west, the soldiers found groups of cavalry figures in the faintly discernible sky, suddenly appearing in the distance of sight. It was also at this time that the soldiers heard the muffled sound of horseshoes.

   Needless to say, all the cavalry in this area were wrapped in thick cloth on the horseshoes, and they didn't hear the dull hoofbeats in the morning wind until they got close! These cavalry are like ghosts in the dark night, coming to harvest the last batch of flesh and blood when the daylight is coming!

   Huangfusong wasn't negligent, after all, he was a veteran on the battlefield, and based on years of rich experience, no matter whether it was marching or camping, there was no big problem.

Leaving aside the infantry, the cavalry alone, normally speaking, a cavalry can march 80 miles a day. If it goes further up, it is not impossible, but it will inevitably lose horsepower. He didn't have much physical strength to support the battle, so this distance happened to be a relatively safe figure, but Huangfusong never expected that Ma Teng's three thousand cavalry who came from Wuzhangyuan turned out to be one man and two horses!

Although it is said that horses run empty will consume some physical strength, but it is much better than carrying weight, just like the famous marathon runners may not be able to run better than ordinary soldiers in the army in cross-country races with heavy loads .

Normally, Xinfeng has a county seat, a city wall, and a favorable location. Even if Xiliang soldiers want to resist, fight, and play tricks, they will all be deployed near Xinfeng City Pool, so whether it is Huangfusong or today The soldiers in the camp, in fact, psychologically felt that there was still some distance from Xinfeng, and it was still a safe place.

But now, from Huangfusong to the ordinary soldiers in the camp, none of them thought that this battle would come so quickly, as if they had just bent down to pick up a knife and gun, and the enemy's knife was already at the head cut down!

   Now those exhausted war horses were left behind. When Li Jue led the cavalry to the front, the soldiers in Huangfu Song's camp were not prepared at all!

   Now not only the pawns on the sentry tower of the five-flower-shaped camp found the cavalry, but even the pawns in the camp on the left and right wings also found these cavalry.

The Xiliang cavalry suddenly appeared in front of their eyes as if they had fallen from the sky, and their horses had already increased their speed enough. These veteran Xiliang soldiers fell silently on the horse's back, hiding their bodies on the horse's neck Later, on the one hand, it reduces the wind resistance to reduce the burden on the horse, and on the other hand, it also reduces the risk of self-exposure.

   Battle!

horse!

   Run!

   Teng!

  The spears and knives in the hands of the Xiliang cavalrymen gleamed coldly, like a raging tide, rushing directly into Huangfusong's camp!

Once there are thousands of troops, there are quite a lot, especially the cavalry, which naturally occupies more space. In a hurry, there is no way for the soldiers on duty on the sentry tower in Huangfusong's camp to calm down and pay attention. Counting the numbers in detail, I just feel that these patches of black shadows are leaping from a distance, and they seem to cover the sky and cover the earth!

Before the soldiers on these sentry towers recovered from their shock, the Xiliang cavalry who attacked had quickly approached the camp, and when they got closer, the sound of horseshoes could finally be heard more clearly, like thunder Generally, it starts to roar, and the specific point where the horseshoe landed can no longer be distinguished, but the rumbling sound forms a large continuous area, shaking the legs and feet of the soldiers on the sentry tower and starting to weaken.

  The soldiers on duty finally reacted, and with the shrill shouts, the warning gongs rang together!

   "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

More shrill shouts followed, and with the piercing sound of the gong on the sentry tower, the soldiers and generals who were sleeping soundly in the camp, and even the auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands in the rear camp were all alarmed , or from the tent, or from the nest, or simply woke up from the field, and suddenly became a mess.

Some soldiers picked up their weapons and rushed out of the tent, some looked left and right to find the weapons but didn't know that the weapons were always under their feet, some blushed and shouted frantically, and some turned pale I just want to retreat into a darker corner...

  Personal soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, and civilian husbands are mixed together, and each responds differently to each other. Such a large camp is like a hornet's nest in a frying pan in an instant, and it becomes chaotic with a "buzz".

Huangfusong also reacted, and quickly rolled over from the bed, before he even had time to put on his clothes, he ordered loudly: "Drop people to watch over the civilians, so that they don't get confused. At this time, those who disturb the morale of the army, Kill them all! In addition, summon all the military leaders and order them to immediately organize soldiers to defend on the spot! Order the cavalry on the two wings to attack immediately! Inform all generals that this general order is not to retreat. If there is any violation, the whole team will be executed!"

  The soldiers around Huangfusong immediately promised loudly, and then rushed out to deliver the order, while Huangfusong, surrounded by the rest of the soldiers, strode out of the tent!

At this time, Huangfusong finally understood that the Xiliang bandits had no intention of retreating at all, they were clearly just retreating again and again to relax Huangfusong's military spirit, and now they are waiting for Huangfusong to set up camp on the flat ground When the timing is right, attack suddenly!

  These Xiliang thieves have galloped for a hundred and twenty miles, aren't they afraid that their horses will lose their strength?

   Unless one person and two horses change trains before the battle?

  But where did the Xiliang thieves get so many war horses?

   Could it be...

   "Damn it! What are these scouts doing? They can't even find the Xiliang bandits when they get close!" Huangfusong was so angry that he couldn't help cursing. When he got out of the big tent and was blown by the cold wind, he suddenly felt a little chilly, Huangfusong couldn't help wrapping the cloak tighter.

  Huangfusong didn't expect Xiliang soldiers to attack here. Could it be that the so-called equestrian masters in Hongnongwu Fort, or Hu Qi of the Southern Huns could have predicted it?

Therefore, after being tired all day, these scouts rested at ease after conducting a survey of the surrounding area for thirty or forty miles, especially when it was approaching dawn, that person would automatically and consciously run out to blow cold wind?

Now the Wuhua camp on the field looks majestic, but in fact it was originally an open land with a flat surface. These Xiliang cavalry originally used the dark night to cover up the smoke and dust, so that the soldiers in Huangfusong's camp could not detect it. Now, as the sky gradually brightened, the attacking Xiliang cavalry finally clearly appeared in the eyes of the soldiers in Huangfusong's camp.

  The horses that mentioned the speed limit were almost galloping close to the ground. After a short hit of four hooves on the ground, the tall Xiliang horses seemed to fly over the flat ground with their four hooves in the air! Whether the cavalry from Xiliang hid behind the neck of the horse, or huddled beside the saddle, mixed with the smoke and dust all over the sky, they rushed up!

  The men in Xiliang, since the Warring States period, basically sang the songs of Lao Qin, not mourning the war, but joyful about it. The short-lived Qin Dynasty's twentieth-level military merit title provided a relatively equal starting point for every man who was willing to fight hard. These Western Qin people, and even some Qiang people who were close to the Han area, were used to fighting at the edge of the knife. Licking blood, taking heads to gain fame, until the Qin Dynasty was replaced by the Han Dynasty, until the people's lords were flooded, until Xiliang became a place that the gentry did not want to go...

  After Wang Mang, people in Xiliang basically never lived in peace. As the distance from the central court became farther and the gentry's half-abandoned attitude towards Xiliang, the people on this land, whether they were Han or Qiang, were farther and farther away from a stable life. In recent decades, it has become more serious. The ability of the central government to control is weakening day by day. , Han Sui et al.'s simple alliance.

   But no matter what, these men in Xiliang still advocate force and are used to swords and guns!

Under the order of the battalion generals, Huangfusong's archers began to gather together, ready to suppress and shoot the Xiliang cavalry, but before these Xiliang cavalry arrived in Chang'an, they were already horse thieves following Li Jue. The premonition and judgment of danger far surpassed that of ordinary militiamen.

Although the Wuhua camp was beautifully built and magnificent, there were still some gaps between the camps. The Xiliang cavalry was fast, and it was often because the front camp on this side had just gathered a group of archers to prepare to attack. It was found that these Xiliang cavalry had already walked obliquely from the gap between the camps to the other side, and rushed to the cavalry camp on the side...

Huangfusong's Chinese army camp began to gather all kinds of spearmen, sword and shield players, and archers, and began to prepare for the battle, but was thrown by the Xiliang cavalry who rushed around from one side and threw a lot of arrows. The torches that came in immediately caused another chaos in the queue. Several unlucky tents were stained with flames, and they burned in a blink of an eye, emitting puffs of black smoke.

   "Stand up the bastards! Defend on the spot! Don't mess up!" The general in the Chinese army camp yelled loudly, "Go and cut down the burning tent! Don't let it burn to the neighboring tents!"

  Huangfusong was not affected by these fireworks at all, and he still stood firmly in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, standing under his battle flag. When he was attacked suddenly, Huangfusong didn't panic, but was worried about other people panicking. When he saw the soldiers in the cavalry camps on the left and right sides of the Wuhua camp finally moved slowly, he started fighting with Xi It was only when the Liang cavalry fought that they let out a long breath.

   This situation is stable.

   Only the cavalry can hold back the cavalry.

  Ordinary soldiers might not be able to tell how many Xiliang soldiers had come from the smoke and dust, but how could Huangfusong, who had been in the army for decades, not be aware of it? Regardless of how powerful the Xiliang cavalry was, it was actually no more than 2,000 cavalry!

   And under his own hands, there are also two thousand cavalry!

As long as you can survive the panic of being attacked suddenly, as long as your central army stays still, and the cavalry on both wings are dispatched, then the two thousand cavalry in Xiliang will be restrained by your own cavalry on the left and right. On the one hand, they have to face the gradual assembly of complete pawns head-on, then there is only one ending, that is, it is like hitting a pebble with a stone, and it ends in a disastrous defeat!

So now, what Huangfusong has to do is not hastily lead the infantry that has not yet formed a complete formation to face the Xiliang soldiers, but rely on the protection of the camp to stabilize the panicked infantry, and finally fight Xiliang The cavalry battled it out.

  But these soldiers in front of Huangfusong now made him somewhat annoyed.

When encountering this kind of attack for the first time, some panic is inevitable, and Huangfusong can understand it, but since he has already stood up, and the banner of the Chinese army has not changed in the slightest, these damned soldiers are like headless chickens Running around, how long will it take to calm down?

  Huangfusong frowned and shouted in a deep voice: "The supervisory team is out! Pass a certain general's order! All soldiers stand in place, waiting for the general to be organized! Anyone who dares to disrupt the army will be executed immediately!"

   Those who were selected to be in the supervisory team were all old soldiers on the battlefield, and most of them were slightly related to the Huangfu family. When they heard Huangfusong's order, they immediately agreed, and then drew out their swords and began to sort out the chaotic situation in the Chinese army camp.

  Although the order was somewhat restored, Huangfusong still frowned and sighed slightly.

  My Chinese army camp still has some veterans who have been on the battlefield, but it has also become such a panic...

  If he was commanding those soldiers who had undergone long-term training, he should have calmed down and formed an array at this moment. After all, the loss in Tongguan is too great, and the supplementary Minzhuang is still somewhat inferior, alas...

  If there were more of the original old soldiers, and now the troops are integrated, maintaining order may not be so slow and laborious...

  Huangfusong shook his head, put some negative thoughts behind him, and continued to order and direct loudly, constantly gathering soldiers.

   Even so, with only two thousand Xiliang cavalry, it is impossible to have any good results! When the infantry formed an array, and then the cavalry on the two wings packed in the middle, these Xiliang cavalry had no room to gallop. They would either fight recklessly, or break through and escape. No matter what, they should be invincible of the land

   It can't be said that after this battle is over, the Xiliang thieves will have no more cavalry to use. That's fine, let the Xiliang thieves smash the last bit of the cavalry's wealth here, it's better to hold back when they attack Chang'an!

   "Come here! Send an order!" Huangfusong shouted decisively, "Order the two-winged cavalry to entangle the Xiliang bandits, wait for the Chinese infantry to gather, and then defeat them in one fell swoop!"

  (end of this chapter)