Lord of the House

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The biggest advantage of the cavalry is that its mobility is far superior to that of the infantry, its tactics are flexible, and it can outflank the infantry. To tear apart such a solid formation will also pay a heavy price.

Yuanzhou general Cao Teng led a battalion of 2,000 guards, and in the vast and shallow valley ten miles away from the remnant city of Xinyu, he used his bow and large shield to form a formation like a turtle shell, and it was not easy for light cavalry to bite.

Between Xiaozhu Mountain in the north of Xinyu City and the remaining mountains at the foot of Mengshan Mountain, the shallow valley slopes all the way to the Yuanhe River in the south. The terrain is not complicated. Come, the post road on the north bank of Yuanhe River also passes through the southern part of this shallow valley.

This kind of terrain is good for both foot and cavalry. When the enemy soldiers form a formation in a shallow valley like a tortoise shell, Zhao Bao and Chen Daozi made several tentative attacks, so they couldn't make their formation scattered, and naturally they couldn't force their close formation. In the middle of the impact, they can only stay in the periphery to harass, and they are told to stop outside Xinyu City and cannot move easily, which also happens to block the way for the main force of the Chinese army to enter Xinyu City.

Zhang Xiongshan came with more than 2,000 cavalry to further strengthen the front of Yuanzhou's troops in the west of Xinyu City. He also worked hard to completely expel this Huaidong cavalry and began to compete for the low ridge on the north side of the shallow valley.

Zhang Xiongshan also realized that Yuanzhou's cavalry was far from being able to compete with Huaidong's elite cavalry in the wild, but if Huaidong's elite cavalry did not go, the infantry could only form a thick formation to prevent the flank from being attacked. The speed of travel in the open area stagnated.

The only way is to use the surrounding steep valleys, rocky cliffs, and river banks that cannot be quickly passed by horses to deploy troops, drive the Huaidong cavalry northward, and protect the flanks of the post road on the north bank from attack.

At the western foot of Xiaozhu Mountain, the terrain is high and low, but it is not complicated and steep, and its streams are shallow. Zhang Xiongshan used almost all the troops and horses of his 4,000-strong guard battalion, and seized several ridges on the north side of the shallow valley, and then drove the more than 600 Huaidong cavalry, which had been entangled since last night, to the northwest foot of Xiaozhu Mountain. Protect the flank of the main force of the Chinese army entering Xinyu on the inside.

Seeing that the Huaidong cavalry had the intention of shrinking to the north, Zhang Xiongshan was relieved that the Huaidong cavalry had given up their entanglement outside Xinyu City.

The main force of the Chinese army led by Chen Zishou had just arrived at the north bank of the Yuanhe River at the western foot of Xiaozhu Mountain. More than 20,000 troops and horses were rapidly advancing along the road in four columns. The formation was nearly ten miles long.

If it weren't for Zhang Xiongshan leading troops and horses to protect the flank, such a marching team would have been stabbed and worn by the Huaidong cavalry.

The main force continued to march towards the remnant city of Xinyu, and Chen Zishou dispatched another 2,000 troops to the north. Although the remnant city of Xinyu was his destination this time, it was not enough to just enter the remnant city of Xinyu. Huaidong was in Henan. Zhang's troops and horses can come up from Qingjiang County along the Yuan River, or they can come from the north via Yangle, and from the south of the valley road between Moshan and Mengshan. In addition, Huaidong's troops and horses in Ganzhou are far away, but they can also be used. From the avenues of the Ganjiang River and the foothills of the Wugong Mountains to the north, approaching the north bank of the Yuanhe River.

Ganzhou is far away from Xinyu, about 600 miles away, but Yuzhang is only about 300 miles away. Chen Zishou had to guard against the arrival of Huaidong's troops in Yuzhang. In addition to occupying Xinyu City, he also had to build a fortress at the western foot of Xiaozhu Mountain, the remainder of the Moshan Mountain, to block the passage of Huaidong's army approaching Xinyu from the north.

An additional 2,000 troops were dispatched to join Zhang Xiongshan, and there were more than 6,000 troops in the north.

Although it was not an opportunity to fight against the Huaidong elites at the moment, as long as the main force of the Huaidong Army's infantry and cavalry arrived, it would not be a problem as long as they set up camps, built fortifications, dug trenches, and blocked the main force of the Huaidong Army's cavalry and cavalry to the north.

Chen Zishou sat on a high-headed horse, watching the two thousand soldiers and horses go north along Chitugang, and the farther north, covered by the continuous mountains, full of eyes, made Chen Zishou somewhat worried.

"The Huaidong soldiers who entered Xinyu yesterday were only 600 or 700 people, but their entanglement has only shrunk to the north, and there is no sign of retreating. Are the Huaidong reinforcements on their way to Xinyu?" Chen Zishou asked beside him. Deputy General Deng Fu.

Although Deng Fu was dissatisfied with Huang Binghao and Chen Zishou's decision to march into Xinyu without authorization, to contain the main force of Huaidong's troops and horses on behalf of Yan's captives and not be able to cross the river north to participate in the war, the fate of Yuanzhou's army could not be changed by one of his lieutenants, so he could only silently obey Huang Binghao, Chen Zishou, etc. people's decisions.

At this time, he heard that Chen Zishou was worried and thought about his own life and future, so Deng Fu could only offer advice and said, "Zhang Xiongshan should continue to go north and drive this Huaidong cavalry out of Xiatanggou. Huaidong is in Henan. If the main force of Zhang's cavalry comes from the north, we don't want to make it approach Xinyu, we should make use of the terrain of Xiatanggou and Xiaozhushan to build a defense in the north!"

Huaidong's troops in Yuzhang were mainly composed of Zhang Jiheng, the first town division of the Changshan Army, and Lin Fu's Guard Battalion.

Zhang Jiheng is a general of Huaidong who followed Lin Fu's rise in Chongzhou. He is able to conquer and fight well. In the Huaidong Army, he is a general of the commander level and the army level. Zhang Jiheng and Chen Zhu, Zhang Gou, Tang Fuguan, Liu Zhenzhi, etc. They are equally famous, and their troops are also the most capable elites under the Changshan Army. In comparison, Yu Wencheng's newly-edited department in Jiangzhou is not as elite; but seeing that Lin Bie is in Yuzhang and only asks Zhang Jiheng to lead his department to garrison Yuzhang, you can know Lin Bie's trust in Zhang Jiheng and his department. .

In addition, Lin Fu's Guard Battalion was also the first brigade of the Huaidong Cavalry Battalion. Although Huaidong used Sun Zhuang and Li Liang as generals in Luzhou and Xuzhou, and added a cavalry battalion, divided into the second and third brigades of the cavalry battalion, the cavalry battalion led by Zhou Pu was the forbidden cavalry, and the cavalry of the forest. The battalion of the entourage guards was always the most elite cavalry in Huaidong.

Although Huaidong's total strength in Yuzhang was only 16,000, but as long as Lin Fu moved 10,000 elite cavalry from Yuzhang to advance westward, even if Chen Zishou had 30,000 soldiers available, he would not dare to follow him in Xinyu City easily. In the field battle, especially at this time, Yuanzhou's army was unstable, and faced with the elites of the Huaidong Army, it was difficult to have the morale of a battle.

Of course, it is not enough for 30,000 soldiers and horses to defend Xinyu City alone. The terrain around Xinyu is wider than that of Xiayuan. From between Mengshan and Moshan, there is a passage that can be inserted directly behind Xinyu, cutting off the connection between Xinyu and Xiayuan.

If Xinyu does not guard Mongolia and the end, the 30,000 Yuanzhou army may instead trap the elite of Huaidong infantry and cavalry in Xinyu city.

Chen Zishou is also very familiar with the terrain around Xinyu. Shoumeng and Mo, only Xiaozhu Mountain at the southwestern foot of Moshan Mountain is the most suitable. Xiatanggou is also the largest stream west of Moshan Mountain. There are twenty to thirty feet, and as long as you hold the shallow stream upstream, you can only block the Huaidong troops and horses from approaching from the north.

Chen Zishou summoned the commander and wanted to send Zhang Xiongshan to lead his troops to continue northward to the south bank of Xiatanggou. After thinking about it, he said to the lieutenant, "You walk with me!" Galloping away, he wanted to join Zhang Xiongshan, who was supervising the battle on the ridge at the west foot of Xiaozhu Mountain, and personally deploy the defense to the north.

Chen Zishou's cavalry only had more than 200 people, and with the light soldiers running along, more than 600 people scattered to the north, filling the canyon east of Chitugang in an instant.

Just at this moment, several horsemen greeted them with their hoofs raised from the north, and they dismounted their horses as if rolling and said, "In addition to yesterday's enemy, there are signs of enemy soldiers approaching below Xiaozhu Mountain..."

"How many troops are coming to the enemy?" Chen Zishou asked, Huaidong had a few troops in Yangle, and he thought that maybe the garrison in Yangle would come to help after getting the news.

"The number is unknown, they are all cavalry, and the northern foothills of Xiaozhu Mountain are all smoke and dust." The visitor replied.

Zhang Zishou felt a chill in his heart.

Huaidong's garrison in Yangle was only 600 or 700 people, and he was still recruited from the resistance forces. It was used as a local garrison. The combat power was not strong, and there was no large-scale cavalry formation. If it came to the enemy's capital It was the cavalry, and it could only be the second Huaidong elite who came from Yuzhang to reinforce Xinyu.

Come so fast!

Chen Zishou predicted that Huaidong's elite cavalry in Yuzhang would come to Xinyu after receiving the letter, at least not earlier than the six or seven hundred cavalry that appeared in Xinyu yesterday. Huaidong sent the troops to Yuanzhou to discuss the surrender, but he did not expect that Huaidong would send a second cavalry to Xinyu so quickly...

How is this going? Is it a coincidence, or is it that Donghai Fox had long expected in Yuzhang that they would choose to enter Xinyu at this time? Or were the main surrender factions in the Yuanzhou army tipped off to Huaidong? Or when they secretly went down to Yuancheng to gather their troops, they saw the clues in Huaidong's eyes and warned Yuzhang in advance?

Chen Zishou's mind flashed many thoughts in an instant.

Under the nest, there are no eggs.

Although Deng Fu did not agree with Huang Binghao and Chen Zishou sending troops to Xinyu, the situation was already like this, and he could only talk about it after this period.

"I don't have any scouts in the north of Xiatanggou, but the guard station guard deployed on the ridge of the southern section of Xiaozhu Mountain can detect the enemy. I'm afraid it will be too late to enter the south bank of Xiatanggou to defend against the enemy," Deng said. Fu said anxiously, "The number of enemies coming is unknown, but if the news of our army marching into Xinyu is leaked ahead of time, Huaidong's first troops transferred from Yuzhang will be the elites of their cavalry battalion. Hastily formed formations between the hills and valleys west of Bamboo Mountain, fearing that it would not be able to block the onslaught from crossing the pond..."

What Deng Fu said was true. The watch posts on the ridge could see the trail of the incoming enemy with the naked eye. The incoming enemy must have approached Xiatanggou, and Huaidong had six or seven hundred riders in the south of Xiatanggou to protect the river crossing. On the outside, it was too late for them to enter the south bank of Xiatanggou and use Xiatanggou to defend against the enemy.

Although they had 7,000 soldiers and horses north of Yuanhe and at the western foot of Xiaozhu Mountain, they were all scattered among the hills and hills at the western foot of Xiaozhu Mountain, stretching more than 20 miles in depth.

Each team scattered, there are about six or seven hundred or more than a thousand people. The purpose of this distributed deployment is to drive out the six or seven hundred Huaidong cavalry that entered Xinyu yesterday, to prevent them from interspersing in a roundabout way, and to protect the main flank of the Chinese army advancing along the north bank of Yuanhe River from interference.

Before this, this kind of deployment was very effective. After all, they faced only six or seven hundred Huaidong cavalry. Using the terrain of hills, valleys, and rivers to advance or retreat, they could attack and defend, fight or fight, but faced more The scattered deployment of the Huaidong cavalry in large numbers was deadly.

It is very likely that one army cannot wait for other troops and horses to approach and help each other, and it will give the major shareholder Huaidong cavalry to attack and annihilate, giving the opponent a living opportunity to divide and annihilate them.

Usually in this situation, the people and horses scattered at the western foot of Xiaozhu Mountain should withdraw immediately.

After all, there is still a buffer space of 20 to 30 miles. As they retreat, they can gather together and retreat to the north bank of Yuanhe River. Nearly 7,000 infantry can also be gathered. Huaidong was dominated by cavalry, but it was still difficult to overcome the large number of infantry guards who gathered in formation.

But at this time, the 7,000 men and horses scattered at the western foot of Xiaozhu Mountain, not only could not retreat and gather, but also had to prevent the Huaidong cavalry from approaching the north bank of Yuanhe River—because they were on the post road on the north bank of Yuanhe River~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Yuanzhou soldiers The main force of the Mazhong Army is nearly 20,000 people, and they are unfolding in a marching array with a long snake.

The front of the marching formation was still 13 or 14 miles away from Xinyu, and the rear was 13 or 4 miles away, and the formation spread out very quickly.

While predicting the number of Huaidong cavalry coming from the north, Chen Zishou looked back at the Chinese army on the north bank of the Yuanhe River, with a burning heart.

Chen Zishou is also a veteran who has fought for many years. Although his forehead is sweating and his heart is panicked, he is still thinking, knowing that the main force of the Chinese army wants to completely escape into Xinyu City before the Huaidong cavalry kills it. It is definitely too late.

The timing of discovering the Huaidong cavalry was too late. At this time, they had to forcibly enter the city, which would only cause chaos, and the speed would be delayed instead of fast. Retreat was also not possible, and Huaidong cavalry was ordered to bite them in twenty or thirty li before it got dark. At this time, fleeing to the west, before dark, there is no dangerous terrain to break the rear, and the morale of the entire army is already weak.

While Chen Zishou sent someone to order Zhang Xiongshan to delay the attack of the Huaidong cavalry as far as possible at the western foot of Xiaozhu Mountain, he divided the main force of the advancing Chinese army into three sections, the front section immediately accelerated to avoid entering Xinyu City, and the middle section , immediately left the north bank of the Yuanhe River and entered the north, filled in the southwestern foot of Xiaozhu Mountain and formed a defensive formation on the spot, to meet the attack of the Huaidong cavalry that was likely to come later, and the rear section contracted and formed an formation on the spot.

Chen Zishou did not go to join Zhang Xiongshan, but went directly to the west, joined the troops in the rear section, and found the dangerous terrain at the southwest foot of Chitugang to deploy defenses on the spot. Even if Zhang Xiongshan was defeated at the western foot of Xiaozhu Mountain, Chen Zishou would be able to gather 16,000 or 7,000 infantry at Chitugang, in addition to the soldiers and horses who escaped into Xinyu City for defense when all the troops behind him arrived. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter