Turbulent Times Chapter 1275: Wolf is coming
Yang Su looked at Li Zixiong's surprise attack on the Far East Army's side with an extremely ugly face, and his plan failed.
There is a fight on the battlefield, and the side that retreats first is likely to cause a complete defeat. Naturally, Wang Junlin will not let go of this great opportunity, but the problem is that Yang Su has dead soldiers! After more than a thousand dead soldiers were killed, the Far Eastern Army's pursuers were dragged abruptly, and the main force successfully withdrew to the rebel camp.
Although the rebel army suffered heavy casualties, no less than 40,000 were killed and injured in the fight for most of the day, but they had sufficient strength, with more than 100,000 left.
Killing so many people, even if the enemy stands still, the energy is almost exhausted, let alone fighting, so seeing that the rebels have already returned to the camp, and the attack on the camp is different from the field battle, the casualties will be greater, so Wang Junlin Ordered the Far East Army to retreat and return to the camp for repairs.
After this battle, the Far East Army had about 55,000 people, the rebel army had more than 120,000 people, and including the 20,000 Youzhou cavalry that Wang Junlin had never known before, there were 60,000 elite soldiers , accounting for half of the total force of the rebels.
So when he came back and calculated carefully, Wang Junlin found out that although they killed nearly 40,000 people today, most of them were bandits organized and instigated by Yang Su, and there were tens of thousands of dead soldiers alone.
"Yang Su wants to use these rogues to consume our troops." Wang Junlin frowned. He felt distressed at the death to injury ratio of several to one.
Actually, the most casualties of the Far Eastern Army in this battle were the 20,000 Youzhou cavalry led by Li Zixiong's sneak attack on the flanks. Half, and Luo Shixin led 5,000 people to face-to-face with 10,000 cavalry from Youzhou, and 600 to 700 people died.
Calculated in this way, the frontal Far Eastern Army killed nearly 30,000 to 40,000 rebels, but actually only killed about a thousand people.
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Next, for three days in a row, the Far Eastern Army and the rebels confronted each other. During the period, there were night raids, and there were frontal field battles like the first day. However, after fighting for a lifetime, Yang Su, who has extremely rich experience in warfare, personally dispatched the command Next, although the rebels still suffered serious casualties, not to mention the continuous consumption of the Far East Army's strength, Yang Su's consumption in the direct line elite was not too large.
Wang Junlin gathered a hundred or more officers to convene a battle meeting to renegotiate the battle plan. In view of the lax discipline of the rebel bandits, he finally decided to use night raids to win.
Of course, with Yang Su on guard, it is not that simple to succeed in a night attack, it requires careful planning and calculations.
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Day four, night.
The direction of the two cavalry battalions of the Far Eastern Army, the Tiger Camp and the Cyclone Camp, was terrified all night. The battalion launched an attack, but whenever the rebels were ready, the opposite side died down and silently.
Several raids overnight exhausted the rebel army. At the fourth watch, the drums of the Far East Army camp were loud again. I ignored them all, and buried my head in a deep sleep. Sure enough, the Far Eastern Army, which was thunderous and rainy, fell silent again after beating a drum. There was no sign of going out to fight.
"The strategy of exhausting soldiers!" Yang Su was not as anxious as Wang Junlin imagined, and sneered inexplicably in the commander's account: "Such a pediatric combat technique, dare to use it again and again. But , that’s fine, otherwise I would lose too easily, and how could I lure that Yang Hao out of the city.”
"Zixiong, Li Mi, Bodang, the three of you will gather all the elite under your command on the right wing close to Luoyang City, and listen to my orders at any time. No matter how the Far East Army attacks at night, you are not allowed to support without my order." Yang Su After thinking about his plan carefully, he felt that after the night attack last night, the time should have come, so he decisively issued an order.
Yang Su is old and has a plan in mind, and he has arranged it. Needless to say, Li Zixiong is a general who doesn't need to worry about him. He didn't need to worry too much, so he climbed onto the soft couch under the service of his own soldiers, and went to sleep on his own.
In the early hours of the morning, when it was about to dawn, and because it was cloudy, the sky became darker and darker. The light rain finally stopped. Wang Junlin appeared on the command platform of the Tiger Camp, looked at the opposite camp of the rebels, and smiled. Said: "It's almost done, beat the drum for me."
Give an order, and the drums sounded again, but this time, the rebel camp on the opposite side did not respond in the slightest. Wang Junlin laughed and said, "It's done, send a signal, and order the cavalry of Luo Shixin's Cyclone Battalion to launch immediately." Attack."
According to the plan, Luo Shixin led the Whirlwind Battalion in a big circle overnight to the direction of Luoyang City, the right wing of the rebel camp.
As soon as Wang Junlin finished speaking, a red firework specially made by the Fanyang County Salt Field shot up into the sky.
The next moment, the ground seemed to tremble. It was the astonishing effect caused by thousands of horses galloping at the same time. of people.
At this time, the more than 10,000 cavalrymen of the Tiger Battalion led by Yuchi Jingde beside him were also ready to go. The cavalrymen who had slept beautifully all night were full of energy and were ready to attack at any time. At this time, the infantry battalion responsible for sneak attacking and disturbing the enemy in the first half of the night was resting.
When the ground trembled, Yang Su got up from the bed, and said to the soldiers in a dignified but calm voice: "Has the Far Eastern Army started to attack? Send the order and everything will go according to plan."
But a soldier rushed into the tent and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, the enemy came from the direction of Luoyang City. Now they have broken through our right wing. General Wang Bodang has to lead his own troops." Welcome up.
"From the direction of Luoyang City, it cannot be the officers and soldiers in Luoyang City." Yang Su's face changed slightly, which was somewhat different from his plan, "What about the left wing, what's going on in the direction of the Far East Army on the left wing?"
"There are also cavalry from the Far Eastern Army in the front, but we are the first to be attacked from the right flank from the direction of Luoyang City." The guards replied immediately.
"The soldiers and horses in the city are all under the surveillance of our people. If we agreed to join hands with Wang Junlin to attack the camp, it is impossible for us not to know about it, and because of the enmity between Yang Hao and Wang Junlin, it is impossible for the two to join forces. "
"So, these cavalrymen on the right wing are also the Far Eastern Army, and they went around last night."
Come to a conclusion in an instant, Yang Su immediately said decisively: "Order the last two thousand dead soldiers of the Chinese army to go to the right wing, replace Wang Bodang's troops, and let Wang Bodang quickly approach the Chinese army."
After the personal soldiers took the order, they ran away immediately. Yang Su never asked about the fighting situation between the bandits and the Far East Army from the beginning to the end.
Of course Yang Su could imagine that most of the rogues were not vigilant and exhausted, plus it was night, and with the rogues' discipline, no matter how many rogues there were in this situation, the outcome was already doomed. He just wanted to consume more soldiers of the Far East Army.
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Luo Shixin raised his saber on his horse and slashed down violently, cutting off a rebel general standing in front of him. Warm blood splashed on the cold steel armor, and a faint fishy smell ran down his face. The crevice on the nail penetrated into his nostrils, stimulating his sense of taste.
"Kill!" He yelled loudly, holding the knife in his right hand, and stabbing the spear in his left hand into another rebel cavalry who was rushing forward. Come. At this moment, he only had one thought in his mind—to kill all the enemies in front of him.
It's just that the right wing is the elite led by Wang Bodang, and when they rushed into the camp, the opponent was prepared, and the fight was not smooth. He began to slaughter the soldiers, but was also held back by the dead.
Luo Shixin was no longer a young fierce general who only knew **** with his head covered. He was immediately replaced by Wang Bodang's elite. When he discovered the abnormality of the rebel army, he decisively sent someone to report to Wang Junlin.
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The left wing of the rebel camp facing the Far East Army camp is completely in disarray. There are more than 80,000 rogues here. The rogues fell into a state of absolute relaxation. When Yuchi Jingde led more than 10,000 cavalry from the Tiger Battalion into the camp, these rogues didn't even have time to react. It was not high in the first place, and it was difficult to organize an efficient counterattack and block in this state.
Yang Su stared blankly at the burning Zuoying, seeing the 80,000 bandits being cut into pieces, helplessly hacked to death, or being trampled by the enemy's horses, although there was anger in his eyes, but But there is no pity.
At this time, in his camp of the Chinese army, nearly 40,000 elite descendants and more than 17,000 Youzhou cavalry have all assembled together. Wang Bodang, who had lost thousands of talents and escaped with the help of the dead, had just led his troops to the Chinese army.
"My lord, it is Luo Shixin's Whirlwind Camp of the Far Eastern Army who attacked from the right. Although the two thousand rogues in the past were dead soldiers, they were weak in battle and couldn't last long." Wang Bodang said solemnly.
"Zixiong, you send 2,000 people to support the right wing. No matter what, you must block Luo Shixin for me. It's not yet dawn, and it's not the time for us to approach Luoyang City." Yang Su gave Li Zixiong a serious look. The order was given.
Li Zixiong knew that it would be difficult for these two thousand people to come back, but he also knew that the only cavalry under his command to hold Luo Shixin back was the most correct decision. He was weak, so after a little hesitation, he sent a captain to lead two thousand cavalry to the right.
At this time, the left battalion of the rebel army camp had been completely broken and disabled, and the more than 10,000 Tiger Battalion cavalry led by Yuchi Jingde all rushed into the camp, blocking everyone in front. The rogues were killed one by one, but there were too many people, more than 80,000 people, and the size of the camp was not small, so it was difficult to kill the Chinese army in a short time.