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In September of the second year of Tianyou, the Yan Army faced huge risks and took advantage of internal operations. It transferred its main force from the Gaoping battlefield to the north and launched the Northern Front Campaign. This campaign assembled the five main forces of Cangzhou Army, Weizhou Army, Yingzhou Army, Zhaozhou Army and Huaiyue Allied Forces.
, and assisted by sixty supplementary battalions, with a total strength of more than 90,000 people, all of whom were secretly deployed on the Xiangyuan battlefield.
Among them, there are 43,000 field infantry and more than 17,000 cavalry. Together with Zhao Zaili's cavalry, which was originally deployed in Xiangyuan, all the established cavalry of the entire Yan army are concentrated here, exceeding 20,000 cavalry in one fell swoop.
!This is the largest cavalry group that the Tang Dynasty could assemble in the past hundred years, and it is also the entire mobile force of Hebei.
The 90,000 Yan Army divided the Xiangyuan battlefield into two fighting areas in the north and south. Among them, the Cangzhou Army, Weizhou Army, Yingzhou Army, Zhaozhou Army, Huaiyue Allied Army Horse Box and 20 supplementary battalions formed the Southern Group, with an advantage of nearly 70,000 people.
The troops set up an ambush circle and surrounded the more than 20,000 people led by Zhou Dewei five miles north of Xiangyuan; the Huaiyue Allied Infantry and the attached forty supplementary battalions formed the Northern Group with a strength of 26,000 troops, at the Nangou River Passage
An interception position was established at the southern end to block Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan's troops from rushing to support Zhou Dewei.
After Zhou Dewei held on to the encirclement for a day and a night, after this day and night of fighting, he has deeply realized that under the Yan army's offensive, he may not be able to hold on for too long. The soldiers of the Three Kings Alliance Army under his command are all veterans.
He was born in the Hedong Army and fought countless tough battles with King Liang's Xuanwu Army. Fighting one against one, Zhou Dewei's confidence was no worse than that of the Yan Army on the opposite side. There was no problem even one against two, but in a battle between large armies, who would give you a chance to fight against each other?
one?
Zhou Dewei had seen the organizational ability of the Yan army before. Thousands of deserters from the Yan army persisted for more than ten miles surrounded by more than 20,000 elites. At that time, he had already admired this army. But this
After a day and night of fair fights, he realized what the real main force of the Yan army was.
The ballistae fired intensively, and the large arrows covered it accurately. Before they could reach the enemy, 30% of the soldiers fell down. Finally, they rushed forward and the white soldiers fought. The first few rows of the enemy were all heavily armored soldiers. The battle formation was extremely compact and extremely organized.
Tight, the rows of iron guns like a forest are distinct and well-proportioned, and the killing efficiency is extremely high.
What frightened Zhou Dewei the most was that the Yan army's battle formations were very well coordinated, and his soldiers risked their lives to rush in. They were often simply surrounded by small-scale formation changes, and in an instant they suffered heavy casualties, or even the entire army was annihilated.
In just one day and one night, Zhou Dewei lost more than 2,000 men, especially the Yan army who was facing him head-on. More than 60% of the losses were caused by them! The banner of this Yan army was the Cangzhou Army. Zhou Dewei heard
I have told them that the general's name is Zhong Shao. He is said to be short in stature, but he is a cruel man who eats human blood. He has commanded dozens of battles, large and small. They fought from Hebei to outside the pass, Bohai Sea, Silla, and back from Liaodong.
After tossing all the way to Ziqing, I didn't expect to meet here. The Cangzhou Army commanded by this dwarf is the number one main force in Hebei Province. It was formerly the Pingzhou Army Front Camp founded by King Yan Li Chengzhong. He is a Khitan, a Bohai, and a New
The Luo people were all conquered by this army, and later they defeated Wei Boya's soldiers cleanly. I heard that on the Ziqing battlefield, General Zhu Youning of the Liang Dynasty also suffered a turtle death at the hands of this Cangzhou army.
The Yan armies in the other two directions are not weak either, the Yingzhou army and the Weizhou army. Needless to say, the Yingzhou army bears the old title of the King of Yan who became famous in the past. The Weizhou army is also not simple. It is said that it has absorbed many of the Wei Boya soldiers.
The remaining ones are quite powerful in combat.
The only area that was not engaged was the east side, where the Yan army left a way out for themselves, but this road was also difficult to walk, and the cavalry of the Huaiyue coalition army was always stuck there.
After this day and night, Zhou Dewei has deeply realized that he cannot continue to fight like this. If he continues to fight like this, he will tie the Black Crow Army cavalry and other infantry in one place, completely unable to use the maneuverability of his cavalry. He can only change the way of fighting.
, bringing out the Black Crow Army cavalry, jumping out of this fixed battlefield, and waiting for opportunities to find fighters can change the passive situation at hand.
Zhou Dewei commanded the infantry with his confidants and ordered the infantry to hold on here. He personally led five thousand cavalry with the Black Crow Army's elite cavalry as the main force and began to charge eastward, preparing to break out first.
When Zhou Dewei's cavalry began to attack to the east, many infantry officers led their soldiers to rush out with Zhou Dewei, but how could they keep up with the cavalry? The Yan army, who was rushed back in the blink of an eye, rushed back to the encirclement.
At this moment, the entire encirclement is truly closed.
Zhou Dewei couldn't bear to look back and urged the cavalry to keep moving forward. He really had no way to rescue the men in the encirclement. Not to mention whether it was feasible to use the cavalry to attack the heavily guarded heavy infantry formation, the Yan army was watching eagerly from half a mile away.
The cavalry told him to give up the idea.
The Yan Army cavalry opened the way for the Black Crow Army cavalry to break through, but it does not mean that Zhou Dewei succeeded in breaking through. In fact, he is still a long way from safety. The two flanks of the Black Crow Army cavalry each have thousands of soldiers.
The Yan army cavalry was running with them in the direction they were going, ready to attack at any time.
Zhou Dewei is familiar with cavalry warfare. He knows that the purpose of the Yan army is to consume his physical strength and morale. When the Black Crow cavalry under his command cannot bear the hunger and thirst, it is the time for the Yan army cavalry to launch an attack. This process may
It will take a few days. During these days, the Black Crow Army cavalry will gradually become exhausted from the tension anytime and anywhere, and will endure hunger and thirst without supplies. The Yan Army will not even allow themselves to rest easily.
——Maybe tonight they will take turns to launch attacks.
Therefore, Zhou Dewei did not plan to escape for a long time. When he was targeted by a cavalry, it was useless to run away regardless. He planned to find a suitable place or a suitable opportunity to fight with the Yan Army cavalry in front of him.
Starting a decisive battle is the purpose of his prominence. If it goes well, this battle can even reverse the overall situation of the war.
The route Zhou Dewei chose was to go east first, and then take the opportunity to go north to get closer to Shiyu. Although he did not think that the Yan army would leave him a chance to meet up with Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan, at least this was a hope and a morale booster.
A good way.
The situation is basically the same as what Zhou Dewei judged. When the Black Crow Army cavalry broke out of the encirclement, the road ahead became increasingly difficult. The Yan Army cavalry frequently approached the Black Crow Army in units of a hundred cavalry on both flanks.
, fired a burst of crossbow arrows at the Black Crow Army group, and then quickly drove away.
The large-angle turning direction of the Yan Army's cavalry was performed perfectly. Their focus was always on controlling the horses and maintaining the formation. As for firing the crossbow, this task was relatively simple. Compared with the Yan Army's "pseudo cavalry"
Compared with "shooting", the Black Crow Army suffers a lot. After all, there are only a few elites who can ride and shoot, and they are scattered in the entire brigade of 5,000 riders. There are very few arrows that can fight back. Most of the time, they only have
Symbolic meaning.
Every time the Yan Army cavalry approached, the Black Crow Army cavalry could only wave their lances and swords to fight, and those who could not fight would use their leather armor to resist. Such a passive situation resulted in five, six, or seven or eight cavalrymen being killed every time.
When a cavalryman falls from his horse, the loss is small, but the accumulated losses are considerable.
The situation is very passive. If this situation persists, the Black Crow Army may not be able to reach Shiyu and the Black Crow Army will be defeated. Zhou Dewei thought about it again and again and decided not to leave. He wanted to start an upright cavalry battle with the Yan Army here.
Zhou Dewei divided the Black Crow Army into two parts, one part was the rear army, with 1,500 cavalry, and the other was the front army, with 3,500 cavalry. The rear army was led by his confidants to entangle and delay the 4,000 cavalry Yan army behind him.
, he personally led the front army to charge towards the 6,000 Yan army cavalry on the left wing, trying to defeat the opponent, and then turned around to deal with the Yan army behind him.
It's a pity that Zhou Dewei thought that the Yan Army cavalry in front of him was already the opponent's entire cavalry force. This hasty decision led to the horrific battle. If he knew that the Yan Army had a cavalry force of tens of thousands nearby, maybe he wouldn't have
They will choose to start the battle immediately, or not choose to break out with cavalry at all - if they are with infantry, they can at least last longer.
When Zhou Dewei stopped and began to reorganize the queue and arrange the formation, the Yan Army cavalry also realized his plan. Countless rockets rose into the sky, exploding dense black clouds in the sky.
Zhou Dewei ignored the enemy's warning and issued the combat order without hesitation. The Black Crow Cavalry was divided into two parts. One part charged towards the enemy in front of them, while the other part stayed to intercept the Yan Army cavalry behind. Zhou Dewei's target was
Zhou Dewei had heard of the black-faced general under the opponent's general "Yelu" and knew that his name was Yelu Jieli. He was the earliest cavalry instructor of King Li Chengzhong of Yan and the chief general of the cavalry team of the Huaiyue coalition.
Zhou Dewei scoffed at this before he ordered the charge. What's the use of summoning friendly troops when they are so far away? When you summon them, the war is over. In his understanding, the "friendly troops" summoned by Yan Jun should and must be
Infantry, it's impossible for another cavalry to come, right? You know, the entire Hedong has been famous for cavalry warfare for decades, and at its peak, there were less than 10,000 cavalry! He really couldn't imagine what it would be like if there were another 10,000 Yan army cavalry.
It’s even more unimaginable what it would be like to have 10,000 cavalry charge.
In fact, Zhou Dewei no longer needed to imagine, he skipped the thinking process and witnessed with his own eyes the scene of ten thousand cavalry charging madly.
The earth-shattering horn sound covered up the thunderous sound of horse hooves. At that moment, the mountains and rivers were shaken, and the color of the heaven and earth changed...
The person who led the cavalry charge was the former Ba Du Cavalry Army Zhenke Envoy, the Du Commander Envoy, and now the Yan Army Zhaozhou Army controlled Zhao Ba. This Hebei general who was good at cavalry warfare now climbed as high as a cavalry general in this era could.
The pinnacle of success - commanding tens of thousands of cavalry to sweep across the wilderness.
At this moment, Zhou Dewei's face was full of despair.