King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 95 Attacking Liaodong (6)

On the way to Xiangping, Yan Rou was at the front and Yan Zhi was at the back. The two brothers were in front of and behind, and the entire army could react to the enemy coming from the front or from the rear.

"Master Captain, we only have 3000 soldiers and horses, and the Lord sent us to attack Xiangping City. This is too unrealistic. The current Xiangping City must have at least [-] troops stationed there!" complain.

Yan Rou said unhappily, "Hmph! What do you know? You can understand the general's wisdom later. Besides, I volunteered to send troops to Xiangping for the vanguard. I have followed Yuan Jie for a long time, but I haven't made any achievements. Now Yuan Jie gave me the military power, so I should find a way to repay it...... Why are you so many? Just do what he wants, and I will do it for him!"

The little school next to him immediately flattered and said, "The captain must have a bright future with the lord! The villain will also serve with all his heart by the side of the captain..." Yan Rou nodded in satisfaction.

"Report! My lord, there is a valley ahead, and there is nothing abnormal in the valley!" Tan Ma came to report, telling the terrain ahead of the army.

Yan Rou nodded and said, "Well, let's go on." Then he thought about it for a while, and told the people around him, "Go to the back and tell Lord Yan Zhi that the army is going to pass through the valley, so you have to move forward quickly, and ask him to take good care of the rear. Ambush, don't get confused."

The little school beside him nodded yes, and hurried to the rear army to report.

Yan Rou knew that the deep valley in front of her was the first place to go, but she had to go to Xiangping. Although Gongsun Du ordered the city to be closed tightly, there were still some who were willing to ambush. It's convenient, it seems that Yan Rou still has some confidence in the 3000 soldiers and horses she brought.

The army quickly entered the valley, halfway through, Yan Rou looked around, frowned and said, "Oh? It's spring now, and the valley is so quiet!... Huh! Something's wrong! Tell the army to guard the flanks, Get out of the valley quickly!" Yan Rou gave an order, and the 3000 army moved forward quickly.

Seeing that the former army was about to see the exit of the valley, suddenly a horn sounded, and there was a lot of shouts and killings around. , Even the stones fell down one after another.

Yan Rou and Yan Zhi hurriedly rectified their troops, defending and moving forward slowly. Fortunately, Yan Rou had already made preparations in advance, and there were not many casualties. They were about to reach the mountain pass, but the former army hadn't reached the valley pass yet. Yan Rou had already seen the dust in Guwai.

"Stop advancing!" Yan Rou yelled, and it spread throughout the entire army in a short while. The army stopped advancing immediately, but the arrows around did not stop. The army was still struggling to hold on, and people fell to the ground non-stop.

A messenger hurriedly ran up to Yan Rou, "My lord, Master Yan Zhi from behind asked you why you didn't stop, and you were about to go out of the valley!" The messenger also didn't understand what it meant for Yan Rou to fall to the ground. Bows and crossbows attack them, but our own army can't get any advantage.

Yan Judao: "Hmph! I care about the ups and downs of the sand and dust outside the valley, and there will always be a large army waiting for us outside! Now I finally understand that this Gongsun Du will imitate Yuan Jie and ambush us in the valley, and then a cavalry attack us outside the valley." In short, the soldiers we brought with us are all infantry. Even if most of them escaped from the valley, we defeated the infantry against the cavalry, and even wiped them all out...Hmph! Gongsun Du, you really are It's a good idea to play!"

Yan Rou stared, and told the messenger, "Tell Yan Zhi what I just said at the back, and let him lead the soldiers to rush up the mountain for me! Hmph! They have been attacking up there for a long time, and if they don't come down to fight us hand-to-hand, they must be outside." A lot of people were ambushed, and on the mountain, it is not necessary to let Yan Zhi lead people to rush to the north mountain, I will go south!" Yan Rou gave an order, and the messenger immediately ran back.

Yan Rou jumped off the horse, pulled out her knife and shouted, "All soldiers, follow me to kill the mountain! Suppress the rebels! Kill..." After finishing speaking, Yan Rou held the knife and braved the bows and arrows flying down the mountain. The block rushed out towards the south slope.

After being infected by Yan Rou, the soldiers under him shouted loudly, raised their knives and shields and went up to meet them. The soldiers on the mountain saw that the people down the mountain had been ambushed by their own side, and they dared to go up. They were shocked. , Immediately speed up the speed of drawing the bow.

Encouraged by Yan Rou and Yan Zhi's example, the army quickly rushed up the hillside. Since Gongsun Du's ambushing army was all archers, they kept drawing bows and shooting arrows just now, and their physical strength was huge. As soon as Zhi's army met, they lost their strength within a few swings of the knife machine. After a while, Gongsundu's army on the mountain was defeated by the soldiers rushing up.

And at this time, the army outside the valley has been waiting for a long time, and there is a lot of shouting and killing in the valley, but no one rushes out. They are a little sleepy after waiting. Gongsundu heard that there are 3000 pioneers When I came to Xiangping, I really thought of Li Lin's method of ambushing his own vanguard. He wanted to repay him with his own way, and he also made a big deal, dispatching 5000 troops, 2000 inside the valley, and 3000 outside the valley. They were all cavalry, and Gongsun Du also withered out most of the cavalry that could be deployed in Xiangping City.

The cavalry outside the valley saw that there had been no movement in the valley for so long, and some couldn't wait. The general leading the troops said to the side, "Hmph! Why haven't the enemy troops in the valley rushed out yet?"

The side said humanely, "General, the enemy's strength is too weak, and our bows and arrows have already told him to lie down in the valley?"

The general who led the troops said, "Hmph! You haven't fought like Li Yuanjie's soldiers. Li Yuanjie's soldiers are all very brave, and they can win more with less. What's more, there are only 2000 people in the valley, while the enemy army has 3000. No matter how weak they are, we didn't set up obstacles at the entrance of Taniguchi, so they can't escape alone?... Huh! It's definitely wrong, maybe the enemy army is confident in its own strength, and our soldiers didn't ambush them Already, they turned to us to turn against customers, and ordered the whole army to enter the valley and kill!" The general ordered, and the army immediately began to move forward.

But just a few steps away, there was a commotion in the rear, and the general shouted, "What's going on behind? Go and have a look!"

After a while, the messenger ran back and shouted, "General, a large number of enemy archers appeared behind our army. Just as our army was about to move forward, they suddenly rushed out. Our army was unprepared, and many fell down after a shower of arrows." !"

The general was shocked when he heard this, "Hey! We have been tricked by the enemy. They are here for us. It seems that Yan Zhong must have been killed and defeated! Hurry up! Send the order, the rear army will change to the front team, we are all cavalry , quickly break through!"

Gongsundu's army immediately stopped caring about the neighbors in the valley, turned around quickly, and rushed to Li Lin's soldiers behind him, wanting to break out of the siege.

And behind them, Xu Liang had been waiting for a long time, and the messengers had come to report, and there was already shouts of killing in the valley, but Li Lin had ordered that Xu Liang could only lead the army to fight out unless the army outside the valley took action. , Do not disturb the people and do not allow active attacks.

Xu Liang was extremely anxious. He didn't know how the battle in the valley was going. Finally, he understood the enemy troops outside the valley. Xu Liang heaved a sigh of relief and quickly ordered his soldiers to implement the plan originally planned by Li Lin.

The enemy troops outside the valley are all cavalry, and the terrain outside the valley is flat, so a charge of the cavalry is infinitely powerful.Even if Li Lin sent Tai Shici's elite cavalry to attack, there must be a lot of casualties. How could Li Lin dare to trade at such a loss, so Li Lin asked Xu Liang to shoot in two stages from a distance, and the archer hit it .

Xu Liang looked at the enemy army that had been slowly repaired, and was moved to charge towards the ovary camp, with a slight sneer on his face. It stands to reason that the cavalry charged, and his side was still archers and infantry. Xu Liang should hurry up and bring his own soldiers They retreated, but Xu Liang's soldiers remained unmoved by the menacing thousands of cavalry.

Gongsundu's cavalry was in front of the enemy army as soon as they saw it, and the enemy army was all infantry. It seemed that there was no need to break through for a while, and they might be able to defeat the enemy army. Instead, they calculated Li Lin.

Xu Liang still looked at the cavalry rushing towards him with a sneer, and calmly directed the archers to release arrows. The cavalry on the other side was rushing and only heard the whine of the horses. The soldiers on the horse fell off their horses one after another, and were transferred into the pit. They were pierced by the spike-like wooden stakes inside, and even if they did not die, they would fall almost as badly as they fell off the horse. Even if it was really awesome , They didn't die, but there was a large group of cavalry behind who hadn't had time to brake, and they were all kicked to death by the horses, while the arrow rain on the opposite side continued, killing and wounding the enemy in the same way.

Xu Liang looked coldly at the large number of dead and wounded enemy troops in front of him, and said to himself with a sneer, "Hehehe, these enemies are so focused, they just care about the situation in this valley, even I dug such a big hole behind them I don’t even know a single trap!”

Xu Liang saw that the cavalry in front had almost fallen, so he raised his hand and shouted, "Stop shooting arrows, and the soldiers behind are on!" With an order, the soldiers behind leveled the spears in their hands that were more than three meters long, and lined up their lines , and killed the enemy.

These spearmen were also specially trained by Li Lin to deal with the cavalry. Horses are produced in Liaodong, and the prefects of each county have at least two to three thousand cavalry. If they were placed in the south of the Yangtze River, they would be a large number. , not to mention that Gongsundu controlled the three counties, and there must be a lot of cavalry under him. If the real cavalry were fighting, both sides would be fighting to the death, and no one would get much benefit. In addition, Li Lin was not as rich as Gongsundu.

So Li Lin trained a spear formation of 3000 people. Once the formation was formed, it moved like a big hedgehog. Well, this means that there are spears guarding the front, rear, left, and right, east, west, north, and south.

(End of this chapter)