Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 944 Is it yours or mine

   Just as Huangfusong began to rectify the order of the Chinese army, in the back camp of the Wuhua Camp, there was a frantic sound of warning golden gongs!

  Huangfusong reacted immediately, couldn't help but shuddered, and said sharply: "What are you waiting for? Quick! Go up to the sentry tower and have a look!"

The high sentry tower does not use a zigzag staircase, but a vertical ladder that goes straight up and down. Huangfusong really wanted to go up to see clearly, but after all, he was old and his legs were inconvenient, so he also The only thing he could do was ask the guards around him to check what happened in the back camp instead of him.

Several personal guards hurriedly boarded the sentry tower of the Chinese army, looked towards the direction of the rear battalion, their expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly shouted down: "The rear battalion is attacked! The rear battalion is attacked! The number...well, two thousand The left and right cavalry are attacking the rear battalion!"

   "What?!" Huangfusong's heart suddenly rose.

   What the hell!

It's not that Huangfusong thinks it's unbelievable that the cavalry circled the back. After all, there is a flat river here, and the attack from the back is just a little more walking. It's just that Huangfusong is puzzled, how did the Xiliang bandits come so many cavalry ? !

After all, war horses are not iron knives and guns, and they can’t be produced in a blacksmith’s shop by working hard for a few days and nights. Huangfusong, who had fought head-on with Li Jue, Guo Si and others, calculated that the surrounding area of ​​Chang’an plus the original The horses of Xiliang bandits are at most about 3,000, and Li Jue and Guo Si need to send some cavalry to defend Ma Teng and Han Sui in the west...

  When Huangfusong thought of this, his face suddenly lost some color. Judging by the current appearance, Ma Teng and Han Sui may have fallen to Li Guo!

   That's why there are so many cavalry!

   And now on this flat ground, the cavalry is the king of the battlefield!

  When a war horse weighing more than 2,000 catties (made in Chinese) gallops towards you, how will ordinary people who have not received sufficient training react?

  The rear camp, most of them are auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands!

   Careless!

  I was careless, if only the food and grass from the rear camp were put in the middle army...

  But in this world, there is no medicine for regret.

"General! General! If the rear camp is lost, and if the rations are destroyed, the morale of the soldiers will inevitably be ruined! General! Help the rear camp quickly!" The guards who followed Huangfusong actually understood some basic principles, hurriedly Said.

   It is a minor matter if the equipment is destroyed. Once the food and grass are burned, it will be a catastrophic blow!

   It’s been three days’ journey from Zheng County to here. If there is no food and grass, it will undoubtedly fall into a dilemma. Even gods can’t make food for such a huge army!

  Once there is no food, the morale of the army will be scattered!

This kind of thing does not need to be reminded by the guards at all, Huangfusong is also clear in his heart, but when he is about to order the cavalry on the two wings to quickly return to the rear camp, he suddenly finds that the cavalry on the two wings to which he belongs has obeyed his previous order The order was entangled with the Xiliang cavalry who attacked Li Jue...

   "General! What should we do?" Everyone looked at Huangfusong, waiting for his order.

   Yes, what should I do?

The cavalry on the side and the front are fighting together, not to mention whether they can get out, but the cavalry who are already in the fighting state turn abruptly and expose their backs to the enemy. This danger is more terrifying than facing the enemy head-on. Minute!

   But if they are left alone, can the auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands in the rear battalion be able to withstand the cavalry raid? Once the military equipment and food and grass needed by these armies are damaged, how many days can they support the army?

"Beat the drum! Order the front battalion to go out to meet the enemy! Order the central army to move to the rear battalion! Order the two-wing cavalry to leave the battle as soon as possible and go to the rear battalion to rescue!" Huangfusong gritted his teeth, regardless of the infantry of the central army. The status quo has completely stabilized, so we can only give it a go!

The infantry is on flat ground, even if they form a battle formation, they still do not have much advantage against the cavalry. The initiative is still in the hands of the cavalry. It is to be the party that is either defeated or ultimately dragged down.

However, Huangfusong can't care about it now, he can only abandon the original idea of ​​fighting Li Jue's cavalry after the adjustment is complete, and hastily dispatched the infantry of the front battalion to line up, in order to win more for his own army and cavalry In some time, we can rescue those food, grass, equipment and other military supplies in the rear camp...

   But doing this is almost tantamount to selling the soldiers of the front battalion to the cavalry unit of Li Jue who came first!

   But what if you don't?

  Huangfusong's current move is also the most correct way at the moment, but the most correct way does not necessarily mean the most effective, nor can it save many chaotic situations in the rear camp.

If it is said that when Li Jue came with the cavalry before, the auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands of the rear battalion could still hope that the soldiers in front could block the Xiliang cavalry attack, but now, when the main combat troops are all defeated by Li Jue When the cavalry was attracted, Ma Teng, who came directly from the rear to the rear battalion, almost instantly destroyed the meager hope left by these auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands.

The Qiang cavalry led by Ma Teng are first-class experts, whether it is cruising, riding and shooting, creating chaos, or even driving away the crowd, because these things have always been their old profession, and they don't even need Ma Teng to order one more order. In other words, there is almost a smooth flow between actions.

The surging Qiang cavalry did not rush into the rear camp directly, but followed the old routine, first suppressing with bows and arrows, and then using rockets and torches when they got close, and even shooting and throwing some improvised igniters everywhere. Let the chaos in the rear camp become more intense.

   Those auxiliary soldiers who were already trembling barely managed to maintain order at first, but when the fire started everywhere, various materials were ignited, and thick smoke began to billow, they could no longer control it.

The collapsed civilian husbands were in the back camp, screaming and screaming, running around aimlessly, crying and chaotic, some ran wildly to the gaps on both sides, some climbed up the wall of the village regardless of whether it was under the wall or not. They jumped down when they had antlers, some got under the truck and trembled with their heads in their hands, and some got back to the nest where they rested and pulled some broken branches and leaves to try to cover the hole of the nest...

When a person breaks down emotionally, maybe he only needs to yell loudly to calm him down, but when tens of thousands of people collapse at the same time, it is not enough to solve the problem with just one or two yells. At that time, even the auxiliary soldiers who were originally somewhat orderly were mobilized together, and they dropped the weapons and blades they were holding in their hands one after another, and the big guys turned around and ran away together.

  Many people’s thoughts coincided with one word, why don’t they just run away anyway? Can't outrun a four-legged war horse, can't it outrun the dwarf next to him?

By the time Ma Teng tore off the antlers to resist the horse and charged into the rear camp, there were not many soldiers who dared to resist head-on, and there were chaotic ones full of Huangfusong's auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands who fled in a panic, and some even covered their heads. Blindly bumped into Ma Teng's gun!

More and more fires were rising, and the smoke filled the surroundings, blocking people's sight. Only the screams of the Qiang Qingqi who kept rushing in were heard, and the people around them were dying in agony. Shouting, all of these are constantly increasing the uneasy mood of the crashing crowd.

In the next moment, the Ma Teng and Qiang cavalry who rushed into the rear camp had dispersed, and threw all kinds of fire in their hands towards the mountain of grain, grass and luggage in Huangfu Song's rear camp, and some generals did not carry much. The kerosene can also hit the truck, and suddenly a flame rose!

  The fire is going to burn all these substances, naturally it cannot be done in a short time, but since the fire has already risen, it is only a matter of time.

   And Huangfusong still wanted to **** this time again, to save some supplies from Vulcan's hands...

  Ma Teng saw the banner of Huangfusong's army moving here, so he raised his spear and shouted: "Press it up! Drive them forward!"

  Qiang cavalry echoed almost frantically, and then rushed forward with Ma Teng, driving away the scattered civilians in the rear camp, and headed towards the army that Huangfu Song had finally assembled!

When Huangfusong ordered to kill the headless peasants who charged into the army formation, and finally broke through a **** path, when they approached the rear camp, Ma Teng had already turned the horse's head with the Qiang cavalry, and finally threw it out. A wave of arrows, then raised smoke and dust all over the sky, circled in a circle, gathered together with Li Jue's cavalry, and walked away...

  Thick smoke like black ink filled the sky and earth, covering the originally clear sky with gloom, just like Huangfusong's mood at this moment, icy cold.

  Li Jue took advantage of Huangfusong's negligence to divert the tiger away from the mountain to attract the attention of most soldiers, then used Ma Teng's Qiang cavalry to attack the rear battalion and burned the food and grass. Although the tactics were simple, they were very effective.

  Although in this short battle, Li Jue and Ma Teng also damaged some cavalry, the casualties were second to none, mainly due to the severe damage to the horses, but compared with Huangfusong, it was insignificant.

  This battle, from the early morning battle to the sunrise, although it only lasted two or three hours, it gave full play to the advantages of the cavalry battle, disrupting, breaking, destroying, and evacuating, neatly and heartily.

The most important thing is that Li Jue and Ma Teng did not expect to swallow Huangfusong's army in one gulp, but took advantage of the cover of darkness like a poisonous snake. It took a heavy bite, and then retreated into the grass, waiting for the prey to die of poison.

   "... the whole army!" Huangfusong looked at the mess in front of him, let out a long breath, gritted his teeth, and burst out a word from between his teeth, "Withdraw!"

   It is impossible not to withdraw.

Most of the materials have been burned, without the support of food and grass, the morale of the army will disperse, no matter how high the prestige of Huangfusong is, he can't take this prestige temporarily and use it as food and grass in this wilderness, so he can only take advantage of it When it is still under control, evacuate quickly, and at the same time send a fast horse back to Zheng County to raise supplies, food, grass, etc...

  However, being targeted by Li Jue and Ma Teng, how could it be possible for Huangfusong to return so easily?

More than two thousand Xiliang cavalry, like a small pack of wolves following a large herd of cattle and sheep, interspersed back and forth, cutting continuously. The first team just stopped, and the latter team followed one after another. Taking turns leading the cavalry, they defeated Huangfusong's broken troops little by little, and ate them in bites, like continuously bleeding on the huge body of Huangfusong's troops. Every time an additional wound was added, Huangfusong's The army was weakened by one point, and every time a part of flesh and blood was cut off, Huangfusong's army was reduced by one point...

  It's not that Huangfusong never thought about using the remaining thousand cavalry to fight an ambush battle, but from Xinfeng to Zheng County, the terrain is flat, so where can there be any ambush?

   What's more, if even the little cavalry on hand is lost, what hope does Huangfusong have for making a comeback?

The journey of nearly three days is like walking in hell. Every step forward, blood and flesh must be sacrificed, and life must be used to pave the way. Finally, he breathed a sigh of relief. However, when he set off from Zheng County, there were nearly 20,000 troops including auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands. Now there are less than 2,000 people left. With no food and grass following the collapse of the army's morale, even Huangfusong was unable to integrate. In fact, not too many people died on the spot, at most four or five thousand people, and the others basically fled while taking advantage of the chaos. It was damaged again. On the other hand, those Southern Huns also fled at night when they saw that the momentum was wrong. Now there are only about a thousand horses left...

   "This old man..." Li Jue and Ma Teng stood together, looking at the smoke and dust rising in the distance, and clicked, "...It's his fate..."

  Ma Teng laughed loudly and said, "Children have a good appetite! Why, even these newcomers, do you want to eat them?"

  Li Jue gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice: "If it wasn't for the fact that there is still a whole army to deal with... Humph... How could these soldiers who came to help be seen by someone!"

Although Li Jue said it hard, in fact Li Jue also knew that this level was considered the limit. Huangfu Song ran for his life all the way, and he and Ma Teng chased and killed them all the way. Horses, but now both manpower and horsepower have been consumed to a minimum level, and it is somewhat powerless to face the new batch of reinforcements.

  Although these new reinforcements may not have much combat power, the problem is that their own side is also exhausted. Huangfusong was chasing and fighting all the way, relying on his momentum. If he was fighting with this part of the new army with complete physical strength, let alone if he hit an iron plate, even if he knocked a nail, he would not be able to do it. It's hard to say that the good situation can be reversed...

As a veteran horse thief in Xiliang, he naturally understands the principle of accepting as soon as he sees a good one on the battlefield, so Li Jue swung his spear, turned his horse's head, and said loudly to the soldiers behind him: "My lords, these three days, kill me!" Are you happy that the local chicken and the dog are running away all the way?"

  The Xiliang cavalry laughed, and some even blew their whistles, shouting, "Happy! Happy!"

   "Just be happy!" Li Jue also laughed, "I'll ask you again, who owns this Guanzhong site?"

   "It's ours! It's ours!" The Xiliang cavalry roared in unison.

  Li Jue nodded in satisfaction, and continued to ask: "What if someone dares to stretch out his mother's claws?"

   "Chop his mother!" Xiliang cavalry brandished their knives and guns, shouting loudly!

"Hahahaha..." Li Jue looked up to the sky and laughed, then spun the spear a few times in the air, pointing to the west, "Okay, now we have killed enough and played enough...Let these Kanto monkeys die, Let's continue playing next time... Let's go, let's go home to eat meat and drink..."

   "Oh, oh..." Xiliang cavalry cheered in unison, and then started to return behind Li Jue.

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  (end of this chapter)