Chapter 161: The First Battle of the Golden Flower
Chapter 161 The First Battle with Golden Flower
Seeing the layout of Jinhua's army, among the Hetao army, Zhou Jilong sneered and said: "It turns out they are just a group of idiots who don't know how to live or die. In today's battle, we will definitely win."
"Oh, why do you say that?" Dugu said with interest.
"Brother, look." Zhou Jilong pointed at the Jinhua army and said: "When the troops are in formation, the infantry should fight according to the danger, while the cavalry should attack from a wide position. The opponent's cavalry is not only short and ugly, but also deployed on the river bank.
Above, the infantry is in disarray. Not only is the team too loose to form an effective combat force, but it also squeezes out the cavalry's sprinting space. This is a complete dead end."
"You still have some discernment," Dugu nodded appreciatively, and then said, "But that's all you have. The army of Huo Liangjin has a total of 50,000 people, and the ones in front are only about 30,000. Besides, we
The cavalry is not displayed. Even if their cavalry is weak, it can still run faster than the infantry, right? Although the opponent is a pustule, you kid is not much better."
Zhou Jilong said with enlightenment: "Brother, you mean they still have an ambush?"
"There's a damn ambush. With fifty thousand against ten thousand, does the other side still need an ambush? Just the strength of the army is enough to make us drink a pot. Get out of here, you should still command the cavalry. Don't
It's a fucking eyesore here." Dugu said unceremoniously. Taking into account the situation on the South Yunnan Road this time, there were only 20,000 cavalry accompanying him. Dugu's vanguard only carried a thousand cavalry. As the previous White Ear Corps
The absolute main force, although Dugu is unparalleled in foot combat, he is lacking in commanding cavalry. Although Zhou Jilong's skill on horseback is not as good as that of Li Xiaositu Lie and others in Hetao, he is much better than himself after all.
.Besides, this kid has a flexible mind and is considered a capable candidate among this group of people.
Turning around, he looked at the nine thousand Hetao elites standing motionless behind him. Dugu raised his head slightly. From a strategic point of view, he had to fight this time. The bright and golden army was obviously preparing to attack Jing in the near future.
State. According to Dugu's observation last night, many people of the Keshui Tribe were ready to retreat at any time. The Keshui Tribe obviously felt that they were no match for the Golden Flower Dynasty, so they never thought about it in the first place.
Decisive battle. If the Jinhua army really marches directly to Nanping, Dugu really can't guarantee that Shui Zheng will immediately lead the people of the Keshui tribe to hide in the jungle. And by then, without the support of these local snakes, there will be hundreds of thousands of people in Hetao.
Even if the army can gain a foothold here, who can get the logistical supplies? Although Ouyang can get some from Old Master Ouyang, it will never be too much. Moreover, this is not in line with the interests of Hetao. Therefore, Dugu must get it first.
A victory to appease the people of the Keshui people.
Thinking of this, Dugu looked at the Hetao army with sharp eyes and resolute expressions. He waved the Yanling knife heavily in his hand and shouted loudly and energetically: "Brothers, today is our first battle after walking out of the Hetao!"
I won’t say more about its importance. I just want to say one thing today: We have fought against Tieying, Tyumen, Rouran, and Kasimbas. None of our brothers is
What a coward! And today, I don’t want anyone to embarrass me, you know it or not!”
"Understood!" Nine thousand infantrymen roared in unison. The momentum of their voice was so majestic that it actually suppressed all the noise on the entire battlefield.
"Okay! Come here, beat the drums for me and my brothers!" Dugu roared loudly. The nine thousand soldiers under his command also roared in unison, and with the passionate drumbeats, they stepped onto the battlefield with murderous intent.
"Kill!" The two armies seemed to be two torrents, and they collided fiercely. However, the Jinhua army was not a level lower than the Hetao in terms of morale and combat effectiveness. Dugu led nine thousand soldiers.
, as if a huge hammer hit the formation of the Golden Flower Army heavily, and then the Golden Flower Army sank in like a sponge.
"Why are the Jinhua monkeys so reluctant to fight?" All the Hetao soldiers were puzzled. They thought that the Jinhua Dynasty could suppress the five tribes in southern Yunnan and make Song Junlin flee in despair.
Ouyang Jingzhong's 200,000-strong army, which has been holding down the Xijiang defense line, should have very good combat effectiveness. Even if it is not good, it should be at the level of the regular army of the empire. Dugu even increased the opponent's strength and classified them as
It's just a little inferior to the strong ones like the Three Northeastern Kingdoms. Who would have thought that this real sword and spear gesture would actually be at the same level as the empire's local garrison. Thinking of this, the soldiers in Hetao were filled with anger. At this level, actually
I also allowed myself to recharge my batteries all night. If I had known earlier, I would have run twenty miles and killed these monkeys in one go before going back to sleep.
There is a good reason for Dugu Yuming and others to call the Golden Flower Soldiers Golden Flower Monkeys. The Golden Flower Dynasty is located in a tropical and subtropical area, which is not only densely covered with jungles, but also has distinct dry and rainy seasons. Therefore, the residents here are generally short and complex.
They are yellowish in color. Compared with the tall and powerful Hetao soldiers from the north, they are at least half a head shorter, and their bodies are too thin. Although this can be a great advantage in the jungle battle,
But in this kind of head-on collision, it is not modest to say that the Hetao soldiers, who are well-disciplined, well-equipped and experienced, are fully capable of dealing with the two Jinhua soldiers.
Military strength is by no means the most important factor in determining victory on the battlefield. This point was already said by Cassimbas during the battle in the wasteland outside the Great Wall two years ago. And Dugu Yuming also made a profound realization to General Huo Liangjin today.
Here comes the true meaning of this sentence. Although there are only 9,000 soldiers in Hetao, the 30,000 soldiers facing Jinhua are actually invincible. In just the blink of an eye, 30,000 Jinhua soldiers were attacked by the Hetao army.
Fragmented.
Upon seeing this, the Golden Flower Cavalry quickly joined the battlefield desperately, hoping to restore the decline of the battlefield. However, what they didn't know was that the commander of the army in front of them was the leading infantry warrior even in the Qingfeng Empire.
Strong general. Even with the strength of the Mandan heavy armored cavalry, he could not get any benefit from him, let alone these golden flower cavalry?
Horses are produced in the north. In the Qingfeng Empire, apart from the Bloody Plateau, the only places where horses are actually produced are Northwest Second Road and Hetao Six Prefectures. Although the climate and geographical conditions in Youyun Sixteen Prefectures are suitable for horse production, the cost of raising horses here is very high.
It is too high, and most of the land here is farmland, so there are not many horses. Therefore, since the fall of Youyun Sixteenth Prefecture and the Second Northwest Road, Qingfeng's cavalry has faced the embarrassing situation of depleting war horse resources. Fortunately,
After all, the Bloody Plateau has not yet broken up with the imperial court, so it is possible to get many fine war horses from here.
In the south, although the South Dian Road area also produces horses, the Yunnan horses are short and slow, but due to their good endurance, they are mostly used for pulling carts and transportation. The Jinhua Dynasty is located further south than the South Dian Road.
Naturally, the horses they produced were not much better. Although the horses ridden by these cavalry were called war horses, they were just better ones selected from these inferior horses. So those whose native places were Hetao or Northwest
When the Hetao soldiers on the second route saw the Jinhua cavalry, their first reaction was: How could the Jinhua Dynasty be so poor that the cavalry ride on mules? When will mules be able to be used as war horses? In fact, the Jinhua Dynasty is not very good at cavalry.
Pay attention, their elephant soldiers are the real assault force. However, because the road in Nanling is rugged, Huo Liangjin did not bring it with him this time.
Facing such a bad war horse, the Hetao soldiers certainly had enough reason to despise them. And the old subordinates who were originally the Dugu Baier Corps were even more angry. They used to be soldiers of the most elite pure infantry regiment in the empire. Their
The purpose of existence is to challenge the most elite armored heavy cavalry of the foreign races outside the Great Wall. But now, even a group of bumpkins riding mules have bullied themselves. How can they not be angry?
Thinking of this, Dugu Yuming waved his hand violently, and a shower of arrows passed by. The Golden Flower Cavalry who was running at the front fell down in a row. Then the ten-foot-long Thorny Dragon Spear was handed out, and countless unlucky soldiers were immediately there.
He was pierced by the dragon-thorn spear. The Mo Dao Shou standing behind him came into battle immediately. Some of the elite and tough Mo Dao Shou could even split these cavalrymen and horses in half with a single blow. And Jin Hua
Luo Yuli, the cavalry general, the deputy general of General Huoliangjin, and the son of Luo Pingjiang, another general of the Jinhua Dynasty, was cut in half by Dugu's sword when he was on the battlefield.
The addition of the cavalry did not have any impact on the overall situation on the battlefield. The only effect was to add another stroke to the glorious record of the Hetao soldiers. The Jinhua soldiers were still defeated when they should have been defeated, and the Hetao soldiers should have been massacred.
The massacre is still going on, and the roles between the two sides have not changed at all. The army commanded by Dugu must be motionless and unyielding when defending, and must be blocked by violent winds and rain when attacking. If here,
Under such circumstances, it would be perfect to have cavalry generals like Feng Jing or Xing Ke to cooperate in the battle. But now, Dugu's own nine thousand soldiers can also complete the task of annihilating the enemy.
Seeing such a situation, Huo Liangjin's old face suddenly became gloomy. He did not expect that his so-called elite soldiers and generals were actually being defeated by Dugu like chopping melons and vegetables. A total of 30,000 soldiers,
Except that it was a decent charge at the beginning, there was no decent resistance later, and the opponent had already disrupted the formation. After thinking for a while, Huo Liangjin still had someone quickly report the news to Park Zhicheng's army behind him.
, and he had to drag out the 20,000 soldiers he regarded as a strategic reserve in advance.
Under the command of Ling Qi, the approximately 20,000 Jinhua soldiers who were still fighting with Dugu began to slowly retreat. At this point, Huo Liangjin still showed the basic abilities he should possess as an army commander.
Although the army was retreating in chaos, it had not yet become an out-of-control situation. The remaining 20,000 soldiers were already in formation, preparing to fight head-on with the Hetao army after these defeated soldiers retreated.
Dugu understood the opponent's thoughts when he first started to retreat. Because the Chinese army was defeated so quickly, the 20,000 soldiers that Huo Liangjin originally planned to use to strangle the soldiers in Hetao had to be exposed.
. But Dugu doesn’t mind. For him, in such a battle, he will still eat 30,000 yuan, and he will still eat 50,000 yuan. Of course, if reinforcements from the other side arrive, that’s another story. Youdao is a warrior with a great reputation.
, behind Huo Liangjin is Jinhua’s number one general Park Zhicheng, who has been able to dominate Jinhua Mitsukoshi for more than ten years, and he still has some abilities.
Although I have never been in contact with Park Zhicheng, I saw that the combat effectiveness of the Jinhua soldiers was so pustular. And Duke Jingnan was a famous battlefield general who had followed Tie Zhen for decades. He could use such pustular soldiers to hold Duke Jingnan firmly.
Being dragged on the Xijiang defense line only shows that Park Zhicheng is indeed very accomplished in the military. If you are going up against this person, you must be careful.
Huo Liangjin looked at the chaotic remnants of the defeated army retreating in front of him with a gloomy face, his eyes almost bursting with fire. But what he was most worried about now was the opponent's hot pursuit and assault. In that case, his 20,000 soldiers
His position will inevitably be moved by the remnants of the army, eventually leading to a complete rout. Therefore, for the retreating troops in the front, he used flags to ask them to retreat to both sides of his rear army. Anyone who was close to the front of the Hou army a hundred steps,
Kill them all without mercy.
When most of the army had retreated, and only three to four thousand people were left, still fleeing in confusion amid Dugu's pursuit, the stone in Huo Liangjin's heart finally fell. This allowed people to organize the remnants of the army, while those behind continued to fight.
On the other hand, he was thinking about whether to make a surprise counterattack and let the other party see how powerful he was. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a firework suddenly went off in the opponent's army. Before he could react, a thunderous burst came out.
The sound of horse hooves sounded in front of him. The cavalryman Huo Liangjin was a little confused at that time.
There are not many cavalry, only a thousand cavalry. But Dugu's timing is very subtle. Although Dugu doesn't know how to use cavalry, he is still very good at grasping the timing of the battlefield. Now it happens that the opponent thinks that the retreat has been completed, and he is most relaxed.
Although there is a distance of three miles in the middle, for the cavalry, it is only a matter of two minutes. The cavalry in Hetao can even make full use of this incentive to adjust the men and horses to the best condition, maximizing
Maximize the impact and explosive power of the cavalry.