Chapter 1415: Han Banner World (One Hundred and Five) Great Detour (Part 1)

Guanjiaoling, as Guli said, is not big, but it is stuck on the main road leading to Wuguan, just separating the front and back parts of the Chu army. The straight-line distance between the two sides is not far, but it is enough to create a short-distance vacuum. The Xiongnu cavalry led their war horses, whose mouths were tied with bits and their hooves were wrapped with thick cotton cloth. They stepped on the ground quietly, and each soldier held a small stick in his mouth to avoid making any accidental noise.

They advanced silently along the path under Yangjiaoling. As far as they could see, there was the brightly lit Chu army camp, which was an infantry camp of tens of thousands of people. Not far from them, there was also a cavalry camp. Attacking stationed infantry is not a good idea. The Han Dynasty has risen for more than ten years, and many of the Han army's tactics have now become the general rules of every army on the continent, such as camping.

&nb: Pig: Pig: Island: Novel 3w.osp; It is no longer a simple fence or sentry tower, but a trench that goes back and forth outside the barracks. Some are open, while others are hidden. Assaulting such a camp is not much different from conquering a city. It is difficult to break into the barracks without paying huge casualties, unless they have a large number of long-range weapons, such as artillery. But this thing is too heavy, and the cavalry can't carry it at all.

Going to fight that cavalry is an option, but Guli only has 5,000 cavalry, while the other side has 10,000 cavalry. In terms of the number of people, Guli is not afraid of the other side. The problem is that once the war with the other side begins, the Chu cavalry and infantry can form a response.

This is the risky strategy that Guli wants to take, crossing this vacuum, joining forces with Agu Huai'en, and jointly attacking a Chu cavalry, and defeating the other side before the other infantry has time to form effective support.

Qu Wan divided the entire large army into five parts, two in front and two in the back, with the central army camp in the middle. The distance between them was only 50 miles. As Agu Huai'en said, this was a typical turtle formation. Each part was equipped with 10,000 cavalry to deal with the harassment of the Han cavalry. Now Qu Wan's task was not to find a way to wipe out the two Han cavalry, but to find a way to bring this army back to Chu. So as long as the Han cavalry did not take the initiative to attack the Chu army, Qu Wan would not provoke them. When they arrived at Wuguan, the army would close. A mere 10,000 cavalry could not shake the 200,000-strong Chu army with tens of thousands of cavalry. At that time, he only needed to concentrate on dealing with the enemy defending Wuguan.

Qu Wan did not think about it. The two cavalry leaders of the Han army were also trying their best to break Qu Wan's fighting style. 10,000 cavalry could not cause much fundamental damage to Qu Wan, but they could hit the opponent's soldiers and slow down the opponent's advance, giving Wuguan more time to prepare for defense.

Agu Huai'en hid in the darkness with his cavalry. Like Guli, people held wood in their mouths and horses held their mouths in silence. Beside him, Aguyong's eyes flashed with excitement. For him, this was a real battle.

He looked up at the moonlight in the sky. The time agreed with Guli was almost up.

According to the agreement, when the moon was in the middle of the night. He would take the lead in launching the attack. If Guli could not arrive on time, his assault would become anticlimactic and he would have to leave at the last second.

"Father, the time is up!" Aguyong on the side reminded him. Agu Huai'en once again looked up at the moon in the night sky, or this night was destined to be bright red.

He turned on the horse and pulled out the scimitar from his waist with a choking sound. With his movements, thousands of cavalrymen rushed up to the warhorse, spit out the crossbar in their mouths, reached out to take the warhorse's bit, and a large flag stood up under the moonlight.

"Attack!" Agu Huai'en pointed the scimitar forward, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and the warhorse neighed and rushed forward.

The charge of thousands of cavalrymen could be hidden at this distance secretly, which was a remarkable achievement. Now they were still several miles away from the enemy's cavalry camp. This distance was enough for the Chu cavalry to make a correct response. The Chu army, who had been marching all the way, did not take off their armor or saddles, and was always ready to deal with the attack of the Han army.

The sound of the galloping hooves of five thousand war horses was enough to shake the earth. The horns of the Chu cavalry camp in the distance immediately sounded long, and the whole camp suddenly became bright. The gates were opened, and cavalrymen rushed out of the camp and began to line up outside the camp gate. Behind them, more cavalrymen began to pour out and line up.

There were no defensive measures inside the trenches outside the cavalry camp, because these defenses would limit the reaction speed of their own cavalry while defending against the enemy.

At the same time, in the Chu army infantry camp a few miles away, the alarm was also loud, and the drums of emergency assembly sounded. The soldiers picked up their weapons, rushed out of the barracks, and began to line up in the camp. Unlike the cavalry, after they lined up, they had to go out of the camp through the narrow passage outside the camp before they could deploy the team, and they had to be on guard against the attack of the Han cavalry at this moment, so it took a long time.

If the Han cavalry attacked, the cavalry would hold them back first, and then the infantry would line up and slowly approach. The purpose was not to annihilate the enemy, but to scare them away.

There were 10,000 cavalry in the cavalry camp, so the Chu army generals were not very worried.

When Agu Huai'en rushed to the distance of about a li from the enemy, the Chu cavalry also began to charge. They were able to make all preparations for the attack in such a short distance. This Chu cavalry was quite good.

"Kill!" Agu Huai'en pointed his long sword forward, and with his other hand, he took out the crossbow on his waist. A long time ago, he was very disdainful of using these tricks when fighting with enemy cavalry. He thought that only cowardly and useless guys would use them. He preferred to use a knife to directly cut the opponent's throat.

However, as he got older, his concept began to change. If he could kill the opponent at a lower cost, why not use it! His son Agu Yong was a replica of him when he was young, but now under his unremitting advocacy, his son began to use the simplest method. It simply means direct and effective, and it also means that there is a greater possibility of saving lives on the battlefield. In large-scale cavalry battles, from generals to soldiers, the probability of death is actually not much different. At most, there are more personal soldiers around the generals to support and protect them, but you never think that a cold arrow will be shot from somewhere.

This is the case during the day, and the risk is even greater when cavalry fights at night, or a small hole on the ground is enough to make you fall into the abyss. In night battles, many times, people are not killed by the enemy, but die because of their own mistakes. Therefore, large-scale cavalry night battles rarely occur.

The two torrents collided with each other, and the countless torches lit by both sides illuminated the battlefield. The camp behind the Chu army was even brighter. The moonlight in the sky today was very good, which reduced the unknown danger to the minimum. As for the rest, it depends on everyone's luck.

A Gu Huai'en saw his son rushing to the front of the team, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart. His son was an outlier to the traditional Donghu people. This was because he was a graduate of the Cavalry Department of Jicheng Comprehensive University. Sending his son there was also a way for the Donghu people to show their loyalty to the Han Dynasty. His son did not like the traditional Donghu scimitar, but loved the heavy saber. A Gu Huai'en knew that the saber was the favorite weapon of Gao Yuan, the king of the Han Dynasty, when he fought before. His son admired the King of Han very much. When choosing his own weapon, he chose this one without hesitation. The large-scale saber was extremely powerful, but it also put forward extremely high requirements on the user. If the strength was slightly weaker, this heavy guy would exhaust the user's strength in a short time. Among the Han cavalry, it seemed that only the non-human King of Han could use this weapon. But now, with his son.

As the saber swung, Agu Yongxing felt the blood rushing to his head. Every time he swept and chopped, the opponent's weapons, heads, and horses flew in front of him. Relying on his personal courage, he actually forcibly opened a path through the dense shock wave of the Chu army.

The result of the fierce collision between the two sides, arrow against arrow, was as expected by everyone. The Han army had the upper hand. The excellent weapons, superior cavalry armor and riding skills, and superior fighting ability made the Han army get a perfect start in the early stage of the war. They cut deeply into the Chu cavalry, and blood flowed wherever they passed.

However, the Chu army was obviously not a soft persimmon. Moreover, their strength was twice that of the Donghu Independent Cavalry Division. Soon, the Chu army stabilized the situation and allowed the Donghu Independent Cavalry Division to stir up trouble inside, while they slowly squeezed inward from the periphery. The most important thing in fighting against the Han army's Donghu Cavalry Division or the Xiongnu Cavalry Division was to squeeze their combat space, leaving them no room to maneuver and reducing their advantages to the minimum. In the end, what was left was the competition of courage and the crushing of numbers.

Agu Huai'en could already feel that the troops had a feeling of being trapped in the sticky mud. He looked up and saw that his son was much closer to him, which meant that his charge momentum was greatly resisted. In the distance, countless torches were approaching here. That was the infantry of the Chu infantry camp beginning to approach this side.

Guli, you should show up! Agu Huai'en said in his heart that if Guli didn't arrive in a stick of incense, he would decide to evacuate. (To be continued.)