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Chapter 376 Your Uncle Is Your Uncle After All III

Yangqu County is located between Xiurongchuan and Taiyuan Basin, with many mountains and few rivers, criss-cross gullies, surrounded by mountains in the east, west and north, and low in the south.Deploying an army here is enough to block Jinyang's way to Xiurong City.

Back then, the Erzhu clan was thrown by the Tuoba clan into Xiurongchuan as watchdogs. If the Yuan clan hadn't lost Guozuo, the scope of Erzhu clan's southward activities would never have exceeded Yangqu County.

It was precisely because of the chaos in the six towns that the Yuan family was unable to control the situation that Er Zhurong could get involved in Jinyang, and it was also because of the change of control of Jinyang that Er Zhurong had the foundation for his rise.This is also why Er Zhurong dared to advance the army to Luoyang.

At the Fenshui Ferry, five miles southeast of Yangqu City, Dou Tai led 9000 men on foot and horse, and lined up on the west bank of the Fen River.Er Zhuzhao's five thousand cavalry were stationed on the east bank of the Fen River.The two armies faced each other across Fenshui.

The position where the two armies confront each other is the closest to this section, but even so, it is also tens of feet wide (more than 100 meters), and the water depth is relatively shallow, and there is no place over people's heads.A person can probably take a breather by jumping in the water, and some places can allow tall people to show their heads.

Here, Dou Tai on the Fenshui River had already ordered people to build a pontoon bridge. After Er Zhuzhao arrived, he did not cut off the pontoon bridge, but just wiped out a group of troops from Dou Tai's side who came to build the bridge, and then both armies lined up Waiting for the opponent to attack.

Looking at this posture alone, it is a bit like the scene of the Chu-Han struggle when Han Xin and Long Qie faced each other across the water. The high probability is that whoever crosses the river first will lose.

Among Er Zhu's army, Er Zhu Rong looked from his brother Er Zhu Zhongyuan to Gao Huan's army on the other side (they didn't know that the person in charge of the opposite side was Dou Tai), and seemed to be in deep thought.

"What do you think, Uncle Clan?"

Er Zhuzhao asked in a deep voice.

Erzhu Zhongyuan is considered to be a more intelligent person in the Erzhu family. This time he came with Er Zhuzhao to help out with ideas, and he can barely be regarded as a "military adviser".After all, one person counts short, and two counts long.

"I watch the enemy formation, mostly infantry."

Erzhu Zhongyuan said a correct nonsense, after all, Dou Tai only has one thousand cavalry under his command, this is all obvious.

"That's true. But across the river, the cavalry can't show their strength."

Er Zhuzhao said in a deep voice.Strategically, he is far behind Bill Zhurong, but his tactical level is still very good.If someone guides him to fight, he can display his great strength.

"Gao Huan's army came from afar, and they had only been in Jinzhou before, so they were not familiar with the terrain of Jinyang. In the upper reaches of Fenshui, there was a place where the river was extremely shallow, and they could barely cross the river.

Now it's the autumn harvest, and the river is gradually drying up. Tonight, I will take a thousand fine riders, detour from the shallow water, and sneak attack the Gao Huan army camp.

When the camp on the other side is on fire, you immediately lead the main force across the pontoon bridge.Gao Huan's army camp was in chaos, so they would not be able to avoid going to the pontoon bridge, and they would be able to defeat the enemy by then. "

Hearing Er Zhu Zhongyuan's suggestion, Er Zhu Zhao asked with a strange face: "Why don't we just detour with the whole army?"

"Five thousand cavalry, the attack on the camp in the middle of the night is too noisy. I am afraid that Gao Huan's army will notice it if they are far away. Only by attacking east and west can they be caught unawares."

Er Zhu Zhongyuan explained, and Er Zhu Zhao nodded slightly, deeply agreeing.The right time, right place, and harmony between the people, the right time and the right time for both parties, Er Zhu's familiarity with the terrain has taken advantage of the good location, and at a critical moment, the whole team united as one to take advantage of the harmony. Er Zhuzhao thought about it with his limited pig brain, and felt that This wave has great hopes of winning.

"So, then we will camp here now to confuse Gao Huan's army."

Er Zhuzhao muttered, and then ordered to camp on the bank of Fenshui, and sent troops to closely monitor the movements of Gao Huan's army.

……

Er Zhurong's troops camped by the Fenshui River, and Dou Tai had no choice but to camp when he saw this.He had a bad premonition in his heart, because judging from the current situation of "impact", Er Zhurong's army should stick to the city.In other words, send troops to solve the crisis in Jinyang.

However, now the opponent's entire cavalry team is up and down, neither defending the city nor taking the initiative to attack, which is really puzzling.

While ordering the infantry to set up camp, he sent out scouts to investigate the surrounding situation. In the evening, Dou Tai knew several useful news.

The first news is that the scouts have turned the surrounding area to the southeast and northwest, confirming that Yangqu must be attacked here, and there is no possibility of detours.This is also to be expected.At the same time, Dou Tai was even more afraid of Er Zhurong's military talent.

Er Zhurong sent a vanguard to block Yangqu, which can be said to be four or two thousand pounds, blocking the way of Gao Huan's army going north at once.It's fine if this old man doesn't make a move. Once he makes a move, he can stop the bleeding immediately.Even if he despises Er Zhurong's ability to control others, Dou Tai has to admire Er Zhurong's natural talent for fighting.

If the first news made Dou Tai a little uneasy and helpless, then the second news made him greatly relieved.

The scouts reported that there was no trace of Er Zhurong's army around Yangqu County. All in all, the army on the other side of the river was a lone army, and at least they would not be able to wait for reinforcements for the next two days.

"Tonight, the enemy may attack the camp."

Dou Tai said to himself.

On the first night of the confrontation between the two armies, the arrangement of the camp was not so perfect, and the success rate of attacking the camp was also the highest.Dou Tai divided the army into two, and ambushed [-] infantry and [-] cavalry near the pontoon bridge, led by Modolo Loanwen.

Five thousand infantry were left in the camp, ready to guard against danger.

That night, Mo Dolou was a little bored waiting by the pontoon bridge, but found that Erzhu Rong's camp on the other side was brightly lit, and there was no strange place to be seen except the heavy security.

This made Modolou's heart flutter.According to his prediction, Erzhu's army is all cavalry, and the mobility of the cavalry should be used. Tonight, the moonlight is like water, and night raids are normal.

At this moment, he saw the big campfire from a distance, and there was the sound of shouting and killing, and his heart sank!
"General, the camp has been attacked, should we go to reinforce it? If we go late and the camp is destroyed, it will be too late for regret!"

The deputy general persuaded.

"How did the enemy attack the camp? There is obviously no movement on the side of the pontoon bridge."

Modolo asked in confusion.

"General, Fenshui is dry now, not every place can't cross the river. Perhaps the people of the Erzhu family are familiar with the terrain here, found a place where the river can be crossed and crossed directly, and then attacked the weak spot of the camp. place.

If we don't save them, I'm afraid that when the time comes, we will be held accountable, and we will all commit the crime of slowing down the army. "

The deputy general said eagerly.

I have to admit that what the deputy general said made a lot of sense.

Modolo was silent. He was mainly worried that once he withdrew, there would be no guards on the pontoon bridge, which would spoil the food instead.But there were fewer people left, and they couldn't stop the enemy.There are too many people left, and it will not be able to play a role in rescue.

Things on the battlefield often need to be predicted.You can predict the opponent's prediction, but the opponent can also guess you thoroughly, and your prediction is exactly in the opponent's hands.

Something like that is like gambling.

Should the team guarding the pontoon bridge go straight to the enemy camp on the other side, or stay where they are, or return to their own camp to rescue Dou Tai?
For a while, Modolo's credit text fell into the chaos of thinking.

After thinking about it, from a purely military point of view, attacking the enemy camp now is the most risky choice, but it also has the highest success rate.It's just that once it fails, the consequences will be unimaginable. Maybe, well, it should be said that it will definitely be punished by military law.

If you stay here all the time and sit back and watch the big camp be broken, maybe Dou Tai will die in the big camp.When the time comes, how will I explain to Gao Huan?Either they murdered their colleagues with ulterior motives, or they were mediocre and didn't know how to use soldiers.

As for bringing troops back to aid, no matter whether there are military achievements or not, at least Dou Tai will appreciate it, and someone will help to say good things when the time comes.Sometimes, even many times, the ability is second, and the attitude is the first.

"In this way, I will give you 500 people, and you guard the pontoon bridge. I will bring the others back to the camp."

Modolo said to the lieutenant general.

He has no foundation by Gao Huan's side, and returning to aid Dou Tai this time can be regarded as accumulating a network of contacts.Even if you make a mistake, you can still use the words "concern leads to chaos" to cover it up.

……

When Modolo returned to the camp, he happened to see Dou Tai commanding his soldiers to put out the fire.This time Erzhu's army cavalry came aggressively and set fire everywhere.Thanks to Dou Tai's preparation, he didn't let those people succeed.

When the fire was almost set off, Erzhu's cavalry withdrew gracefully and calmly, it can be said that they came and went like the wind.Dou Tai didn't leave any organized cavalry in the camp, so he couldn't pursue the fleeing cavalry team, and felt a little regretful in his heart.

"Aren't you supposed to be guarding the pontoon? What are you doing back at the camp?"

Dou Tai asked with a frown when he saw Modolo loaning a thousand cavalry back to the camp.

"Since the big campfire was seen from a distance, 500 people will be left to guard the pontoon bridge, and the rest will come back to support General Dou."

Modolo said without blushing.

After thinking for a while, Dou Tai understood what the other party was worried about.This incident really cannot be blamed on Modolo Loanwen, it can only be said that he made a mistake in dividing his troops. He should let Modolo Loanwen guard the camp and guard the pontoon bridge by himself.

If that's the case, Modolo only needs to fight, and naturally there is no need to consider other things.

"Forget it, you have nothing to do here, go ahead and guard the floating bridge."

Dou Tai waved his hands in disbelief, but did not blame Modolo for disobeying orders.

The subordinate violated the military order to rescue you, and you accused him of rebuking him.Then the next time you encounter this situation, they will stick to the military order and watch you being killed without lending a helping hand.As long as there is still a little bit of emotional intelligence, people will not say anything to criticize Modolo at this moment.

Dou Tai is naturally the same, he only blames himself for making mistakes in judgment.

"By the way, I only saw your cavalry team, where are the infantry?"

Dou Tai suddenly remembered this, and asked in doubt.

"The pawns are running slowly, they are still behind, and they should be almost there now."

Mo Dolou replied, and the surrounding area became quiet at this time, and there was the sound of fighting in the distance.

"It's broken, I fell into Erzhu's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain!"

Dou Tai's complexion changed drastically, he hastily asked Mo Dolou to order all the cavalry under his command, while he gathered the infantry in the camp.After arraying, slowly head towards the direction of the pontoon bridge.

Not long after leaving the camp, I saw a "fire dragon" made of torches in the distance, rushing towards me, and under the moonlight, the broken soldiers began to "penetrate" the sparse cavalry. The infantry formation behind the cavalry was rushed to pieces.

Dou Tai's heart sank to the bottom, and he yelled at Modo Lou Wenwen: "We have been tricked, and it is too late to rectify it now. All the cavalry will charge with me, and the brave will win when we meet on a narrow road!"

Things have come to this point, it's too late to make any mistakes, the only way to survive is to fight a bloody path!

Woo!Woo!Woo!
The desolate horn blew, and the two cavalry collided with each other, causing them to be turned on their backs, and each of them suffered casualties.

Bows and arrows are useless now, and it is even difficult to identify friend or foe. Dou Tai fights all by feeling, and he doesn't know if he has killed the cavalry under his command.

And those infantry lines were scattered by the rout, and Erzhu's cavalry had more cavalry, which had already penetrated Dou Tai's cavalry team, fighting and colliding in the infantry formation.

At the critical moment of the battle, Dou Tai found that there was a sudden chaos behind his infantry line. It seemed that a cavalry began to attack the back of the army formation. When it was fragrant, Dou Tai could no longer see his own infantry.

"General Dou, don't go back to the camp, go south with the cavalry, and lead Erzhu's army into the ambush circle!"

Mo Dolou yelled at the top of his voice, waking up the dreamer with a single word!

At this moment, the infantry has lost its organizational system, and it will take time to regroup and a chance to breathe.

However, at this moment, Dou Tai and the others were fighting with thousands of cavalry, and the chance of winning was extremely slim due to the outnumbered enemies.Dou Tai didn't even understand how he failed until now, and he needs to slowly review the game through various information after returning to the camp.

But in any case, at least you have to be able to escape yourself.

It was too late for Mingjin to withdraw troops, Dou Tai and Mo Dolou borrowed their horses and ran away. The cavalry under his command watched the commander leave and ran along with them. Those who had no time to run were surrounded by heavy siege, unable to tell the difference between east, west and north , and was quickly picked off the horse.

……

On both sides of the Fen River in the northwest of Yangqu City, Er Zhuzhao sent troops to resist the vanguard Dou Tai sent by Gao Huan. This army had a mixed infantry and cavalry team of about 9000 people.

Erzhuzhao adopted Erzhu Zhongyuan's strategy, Mingxiu plank road to cross Chencang secretly, and his division crossed the river from a shallower river, attacked Dou Tai's camp, and attracted the main force of Dou Tai's army to return to the camp, while he himself led the main force of cavalry across the pontoon bridge in one fell swoop, instantly killing everyone Defensive pontoon defenders.

Then Er Zhuzhao led the cavalry all the way to Dou Tai's camp, and encountered Dou Tai's infantry on the way back to the camp due to lack of cover.With mental calculations and unintentional calculations, the infantry team was instantly killed and fled in all directions.

Er Zhuzhao, who has entered the best condition, continues to do the tasks he is most familiar with.You don't need to use your brain to think about how to fight, just kill the enemy in front of you.When the last man in Dou Tai's hand encountered him, Er Zhuzhao took advantage of the chaos and loosening of the opponent's infantry formation by deserters and chose to break the formation directly.

It just so happened that Er Zhu Zhongyuan arrived with a partial division and appeared behind Dou Tai's infantry. Under the front and back attack, Dou Tai and Modolou had no time to return to the camp, and fled back to the camp outside Jinyang with a limited number of cavalry. Annihilated to describe.

The disastrous defeat of the vanguard shocked Gao Huan who was sitting in Qixian County. He hurried to the camp to deal with the two defeated generals, Dou Tai and Modolou Daiwen.

(End of this chapter)