C289 (1/2)
”Shoot at me!” Qin Wu shouted, and led the Sahul cavalry to run back. He raised the crossbow in his hand and aimed it at a general of the Janissary Guard and shot an arrow at him. The Saur immediately shot tens of thousands of arrows, and long arrow s flew towards the city wall. Beneath the dense crowd of Arrows, the Gaoguanli s were all nailed to the ground one by one, only leaving behind their mournful howls which resounded through the sky.
The Han Army's Sahul cavalry shot at Gaoguanli's Janissary Guard. If Janissary Guard could not shoot at Saur, she would vent her anger on the soldiers that moved the soil around. As the process repeated, more than a hundred thousand bags of loess had filled the moat, and more than two thousand corpses had been left behind by the soldiers carrying the soil.
”Lord General, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Pan Feng, Yu She, send the emergency report over.” Yang Lin was in the middle of the Big Account s, discussing about attacking Dian Na Yan Wang City with Zhang Banxian and Tian Ji. The military official in charge of the intelligence report suddenly barged in, and passed two spongy silk over to Yang Lin.
Yang Lin opened the spongy silk and looked, his face revealing a smile of understanding, and casually handed the spongy silk over to Zhang Banxian and Tian Que. The two of them hurriedly swept their eyes over the crowd and laughed at the same time, especially Zhang Banxian, who even waved her fist proudly.
It turned out that with the fierce attack of the Han army, the powerful Han strong crossbows and Sawu longbows had caused a lot of casualties for the Gaoguanli. The King Koguryo finally could not hold on anymore and ordered the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince to leave behind soldiers to face off the Han army on the north and west roads to quickly bring the cavalry back to rescue the Wei Na Yan Cheng.
After discovering that the Gauguin cavalry had retreated, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei left Zhao Yun and lead a cavalry brigade to chase after them. As for Pan Feng, Yu She, he left Huang Zhong to deal with the Third Prince's soldiers while he himself and the two large groups of riders followed closely behind.
”Lord General, this is a good opportunity. After eliminating these thirty thousand Gauguin cavalry, our battle against them is almost over. ” Zhang Banxian laughed and stood up excitedly with a face full of smiles.
The Zhang Banxian was right, there were a total of five cavalry units in the Gaoguanli, and Cui Cheng's cavalry unit was completely wiped out. Gao An's cavalry unit surrendered to the Han army, and the Janissary Guard's cavalry unit was trapped in the Wei Na Yan Cheng. If they destroyed the two riders in Third Prince's and his hands, the Gaoguellian would no longer have the ability to maneuver and would only have the chance to take a beating.
”Don't be happy too early, this is over thirty thousand riders. Even if we have several times their strength, they won't fight us head on. It won't be that easy to eliminate them.” was not as optimistic as the Zhang Banxian, the cavalry were not foot soldiers, and this was their own territory, if they fought with him, it would be troublesome.
At the start of the plan, they had hoped that the Third Prince and Fifth Prince would bring the foot soldiers back to the Dian Na Yan Wang City, and then the Han Army would surround them and annihilate the two armies of the Gaoguanli. From the looks of it, they were trying to disrupt the invasion of the city and drag the Han troops within the borders of the Gaoguanli.
”Lord General, you're right. Gaoguellian's goal is to deal with us.” Tian Ji stood up and pointed to the map: ”Xishan is a path that must be passed from the north and west side to Imperial City, and it isn't too far away from there. If you want to enter, you can harass us, and if you want to retreat, you can defend yourself in the mountains.
Tian Ji, who loved geography, had already figured out the mountains and rivers nearby. He spoke with confidence: ”I expect that the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince's cavalry will meet at Xishan, and there are three valleys that cross each other at the same time. There are a total of six passes at the east and south that can enter and leave the Xishan. Therefore, I suggest that once the two troops from Gaoguanli enters the Xishan, we should immediately occupy these six exits and eliminate them among the Xishan. ”
”To divide the troops into six sections is a grave violation of the rules of the military.” Yang Lin frowned, and said with a heavy heart. Our foot soldiers are all newly descended Tribal soldiers. If I want them to resist the attack of the cavalry, I do not have any confidence at all. If they were to attack us all the way, our defense line would definitely be broken through. ”
”Lord General, how could you forget, no matter how powerful these Tribal soldiers are, they are all hunters.” Tian Ji laughed, and pointed to the map: ”Among these six valleys, two of the valley roads are narrow, we only need to send a large group of foot soldiers to get to these valleys and trap the wells, or even break the roads. Gaoguellian will not dare to break through from here. As for the other four mountain entrances, because the valley is wide, they are required to guard them heavily. This place will be the focus of Gaoguellian's breakthrough! ”
Yang Lin stood up, walked a few steps back and forth inside the Big Account, and finally made up his mind: ”Looks like I'll have to fight to the death. Let's do it this way, leaving behind the two cavalry brigade s who are besieging the Wei Na Yan Cheng and the internal city, the rest of the people will stealthily depart tonight and seize the six mountain entrances. At the same time, send a message to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Pan Feng and Yu She, have them block Gaoguellian's escape route, they are not allowed to retreat from the north or west. ”
It was a bright moonlit night, and the thick snow gave off a pale white glow under the moonlight. Although it was already February, the Northern snowfall was still very deep and had no intention of melting. A gust of wind blew from the north, spreading a bone-piercing chill through the vast snowy fields.
A group of cavalry soldiers galloped through the snow, instantly breaking the silence of the snowy night. Groups of birds that slept through the night were awakened from their dreams, shooting into the night sky like Arrows s, looking at the group of night warriors with fear. A few crows even smelled the scent of death, circling a few rounds in the sky before following the group of cavalrymen.