Chapter 17 The Death of Monan (2)
Shangguan Qingcheng nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.
Seeing that Shangguan Qingcheng had no intention of stopping, Li Maozhen said strangely: "They have more than 200,000 soldiers, and you have less than 70,000 elite cavalry here. Is it inappropriate to attack Yankou?"
Shangguan Qingcheng didn't have much words, but only responded to Li Maozhen's word: "War."
This reaction is obviously very consistent with Li Maozhen's temper. She raised her eyebrows and gave a thumbs up, "I appreciate your courage. Since that's the case, I'll rush for you!"
An hour later, the wolf-fang army arrived at Luoyankou.
This is not a steep mountainous place.
The wasteland extends two giant hillsides, one left and one right in front, and the highest place is less than twenty feet. However, the mountain is extremely wide, so it forms a natural and favorable terrain. The middle passage is very spacious, exceeding a hundred feet. The entire landform is shaped like a geese wing, so it is called Luoyanpo.
The north slope is close to the river and the south slope is close to the mountains, so it is impossible to bypass - of course, if you are willing to walk a hundred miles more, you certainly don’t have to pass through Luoyankou.
But that would be a waste of opportunity.
Nowadays, Shatuo cavalry has gathered on both gentle slopes. At first glance, it is powerful, with no less than 50,000 each. In the giant passage in the middle, there is no end in the infantry battle formation, with guns and halberds like forests, and there are even more trapped horse pits in front of the formation.
Obviously, the Shatuo people's defense system is very complete.
Li Maozhen frowned and said, "If the troops are divided to attack the cavalry on the gentle slope, the opponent will have a good location. Once the offensive is blocked, the infantry in the passage will surround him, and the army will fall into a quagmire; if the troops are concentrated to attack one of the gentle slopes, it will be even more unfeasible and will be attacked from behind by another cavalry;
"If the infantry army formation is strictly defended in the attack channel, the cavalry on both wings will kill and cut off our army's battle formation from the flanks... No matter from any aspect, the opponent's army formation is very strict, without breakthroughs or weak areas."
She glanced at Shangguan Qingcheng, "The other party has many great monks, and our number is not superior. It seems that they are the shaman envoys of the Khitan. As long as the other party does not want to fight to the death, it will be difficult for us to defeat him in a short time."
Li Maozhen's analysis is very reasonable, and the battlefield looks like this in her eyes.
But this is not the battlefield in Shangguan Qingcheng's eyes.
She said: "It seems to be strict. In fact, it is a hasty formation, and there are not enough preparations, and there are flaws everywhere."
Shangguan Qingcheng concluded: "One blow can be broken."
She raised the long spear in her hand, pointed to the center of the passage, and shouted softly: "Wolf Tooth Army, go forward!"
Nearly 70,000 wolf teeth troops gradually accelerated.
Li Maozhen was disturbed by her head. She couldn't understand why the same battlefield looked completely different in the eyes of the two. After thinking for a while, she could only attribute this to the difference between the military generals and the military generals.
Seeing that Shangguan Qingcheng had decided to fight, Li Maozhen did not hesitate and took the great monk behind him to fight down the team of shaman envoys above Yankou.
The wolf-tooth elite cavalry, who was running to the speed of the battle, when Shangguan Qingcheng raised his hand and clenched his fists, the power of the battle formation burst out, and the aura of a sharp spirit burst out, and the general's formation was once again wrapped into a huge sharp arrow.
Shangguan Qingcheng actually rushed directly to the infantry formation in the passage without caring about the hillsides on both sides.
Not only were Li Maozhen and others stunned, but even the Shatuo cavalry on the hillside were in a stir, with even more ridiculous and sarcastic whistles sounded in the middle.
The infantry formation was built up with layers of defense, and the horse pits in front were enough to resist the cavalry's charge.
The Wolf Tooth Army had several ways of fighting, but Shangguan Qingcheng chose the worst one.
This is the view of the Shatu people.
They soon stopped watching this.
Amid the sound of horse hooves shaking, when the Wolf-Tooth Army rushed to the horse pit, Shangguan Qingcheng raised his hand and countless sacks filled with sand and soil flew out of the military formation, like flying locusts.
The sandbag that flew out of the monk's hands, after Shangguan Qingcheng's guidance and the blessing of the power of the battle formation, fell into the trap of horse pit.
When a cavalry rushes to the battlefield, the most feared thing is to trap a horse pit. Any experienced cavalry general will prepare a way to deal with it when he is about to fight with the infantry.
Li Maozhen had long told Shangguan Qingcheng about the size and depth of the trapped horse pit, so she was prepared.
If it is an ordinary cavalry, they will turn in front of the trapped horse pit. The soldiers will throw the sandbag into the pit. When the tunnel is filled, they will come back and rush over.
The military formations of famous military generals do not need such trouble.
The raindrop-like sandbags fell into the pit one after another. As soon as the tunnel was filled, the cavalry's horse hooves stepped on it. The whole process was flowing without any delay.
The screams rang out from the gentle slopes on both sides.
These Shatuo cavalry who were preparing to wait for the Wolf Tooth Army to be delayed and rushed down the hillside were stunned by this scene.
In the infantry formation in front of the passage, there were despairing wails.
Shangguan Qingcheng raised his long spear flat: "Break the formation!"
The power of famous military generals: break the formation!
The Shatuo infantry formation that had no horse pit hindered the Wolf Tooth Army had no subsequent means of defending against the impact of the elite cavalry. After the arrow rain was blocked by the battlefield formation field, the Wolf Tooth Army, carrying the power of the battle formation, rushed into the flock of sheep like a tiger.
Those spears and halberds cannot threaten the battle formation in front of the famous general's domain.
Wherever the Wolf Tooth Army passed, the weeds of Shatuo infantry were crushed flat.
At this time, although the Shatuo cavalry on the hillsides on both sides rushed down, they could not bite the tail of the Wolf Teeth Army.
If they forcibly pursue, they will only knock the infantry companions who have a chaotic formation and trample to death.
The Wolf Fang Army broke through the formation, and the Shatuo Infantry Array no longer existed.
There were only a group of scattered soldiers and brave men running.
This group of stragglers did not survive for too long.
Because after the Wolf Tooth Army came out, it quickly turned a big turn and killed it back.
The infantry soldiers who noticed the Wolf Tooth Army's counterattack were the first to turn around and escape.
Just as he rushed down from the hillside, he wanted to attack the Shatuo cavalry on the flank of the Wolf Fang Army when the infantry formation blocked the Wolf Fang Army, the formation was dispersed by the fleeing infantry companions.
This shocked them.
No matter how they cut and slashed their infantry companions, they could not stop the other party from dispersing; no matter how they roared and cried, they could not stop the Wolf-Tooth Army from rushing into their chaotic formation and killing them to the ground like chopping melons and vegetables.
Only then did Li Maozhen understand why Shangguan Qingcheng said that Shatuo's army was full of flaws everywhere.
More than 200,000 Shatuo cavalrymen who were defended by the terrain were simply defeated by the Wolf Tooth Army.
In the face of absolute strength, any idea of both offense and defense is just a mirror.
When there are flaws on the battlefield, famous generals will seize the flaws; when there are no flaws on the enemy, famous generals will also create flaws for them.
This is the power of famous generals.
The remaining battle was just the wolf-fang army everywhere, chasing the Shatu people who were defeated.
The terrain on the hillsides on both sides was beneficial to the cavalry's charge at the beginning, but now it has become a demonic obstacle that makes Shatu's defeated soldiers unable to run fast.
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For Qi training monks, killing an ordinary person is as simple as crushing an ant to death; for military generals, there is no military formation led by the generals, but just a group of lambs to be slaughtered.
For Shangguan Qingcheng, who led the Wolf Tooth Army, the world's military formation can be defeated in one battle.
The deterrence of famous generals is not limited to battle formations or battlefields.
To destroying a country is just a small task for famous generals.
A generation of famous generals and the power of the war gods can make neighboring countries tremble and make the four barbarians surrender.
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The battle lasted until afternoon, and more than 200,000 Shatu people were killed.
The wolf teeth army was very efficient because Shangguan Qingcheng issued a military order, and then it would change later.
There are more than 200,000 people, and it will take a long time to kill them, let alone the pursuit of the wasteland.
The Wolf Tooth Army did not accept prisoners, and they were not many, so they had no time to divide their troops to guard the prisoners; and these Shatuo people were not enough to make the Tang Dynasty believe them any more.
However, the incident has come.
Li Maozhen and others were fighting against the Shaman envoy, so they were unable to monitor the world. When the Wolf Tooth Rangers noticed a large number of enemy troops, the sound of thunderous horse hooves soon came into the ears of the Wolf Tooth Rangers.
What came was the Khitan army that was surrounded by the spirit cavalry led by Yelu Xie Nichi as the core, with a number of up to 300,000!
"General, what should we do?" Zhao Nianci, deputy general of the Wolf Tooth Army, came to Shangguan Qingcheng's horse immediately and asked about the military orders anxiously.
Of course her anxiety makes sense.
The wolf-fang army broke through Xiazhou and rushed to Shatuo. After a great battle, although the victory was fast, the pursuit lasted for a long time. Now the soldiers are very tired. Even if the power of the generals exists, the power of the battle formation will be greatly reduced.
Now, the Khitan forces are encircled by 300,000 new forces, how can they face less than 70,000 wolf-fang troops?
Shangguan Qingcheng immediately stood at the highest point of the gentle slope, his vision widened. His eyes passed the heavy grass slope and he had already seen the Khitan cavalry rising like a tide.
She glanced at the battlefield under her feet and suddenly realized that the battlefield in Luoyankou was specially selected by the Khitans for the Langya Army.
Such a vast terrain, without the assistance of infantry, and the array of pure cavalry at the spacious entrance of the passage would be untenable.
If the Wolf Fang Army separates two gentle slopes, the Khitan cavalry only needs to occupy the valley entrance passage to cut them into two pieces; and if they only occupy one gentle slope, it is an isolated island in the vast ocean.
If less than 70,000 elite cavalry still occupy the valley, they will not be able to withstand the attack of the Khitan army no matter what.
Only when the infantry sets up defenses and sets camps in the valley entrance passage, can the cavalry have a foundation to rely on and can attack and defend.
The fallen geese mouth is simply not something that the Wolf Tooth Army cannot defend.
Attacking and breaking the enemy seems too difficult for the tired Wolf Tooth Army.
This is a dilemma of life and death.
It was because Zhao Nianci saw through this that he showed anxiety.
Famous generals are not undefeated.
But Shangguan Qingcheng did not hesitate.
She said: "Jiangying Array."
The front arrow formation is naturally an offensive formation, and an indomitable offensive formation. There is no way out and no room for retreat. If the attack is frustrated and you want to change the formation and defend it, it is simply a delusion.
These four simple words were spoken from Shangguan Qingcheng's mouth. Although they were calm, Zhao Nianci felt its weight.
Her eyes suddenly turned red, and she gritted her teeth and said, "The last general will take the order!"
Chapter completed!