Chapter 573: Taking on the Battle

The Liao River is like an invisible boundary. The Eastern Expedition Army is in the west and the Donghu people are in the east. The troops deployed by both sides are not too many. In Wusumit's view, the current actions of both sides are only limited to grabbing territory, and it is far from the time to use knives. For the Eastern Expedition Army, it is not strong enough, and the west bank is big enough. As for the Donghu, it is not energetic. If Thorpe does not completely complete the reform of the entire Donghu, he will not raise the knife.

As Thorpe's die-hard supporter, tens of thousands of cavalrymen of the Wusu tribe are now basically concentrated around Helin as Thorpe's strong backing. And Thorpe returned to the Wusu tribe, nearly 10,000 prisoners of war of the Yan army and the first right to go to the Hetao Plain to cultivate land and open up wasteland.

The elite cavalry of the tribe will now serve as a sharp blade in Thorpe's hands, so the troops who can go to the Hetao Plain can only be the remaining troops. Tens of thousands of prisoners are divided into several tribes, and each group of prisoners is guarded by 500 to 800 cavalrymen.

Wusumit was not worried that the Yan army would rebel. These Yan army prisoners of war were special. Due to the agreement between Yan State and Donghu, these people would be repatriated at the latest in five years, and would not really become slaves of the Donghu tribe. There would be no despair if there was hope. These people were naturally very peaceful. The prisoners of war were still managed according to the original organization of the Yan army, with sentinels, soldiers, and lieutenants, but General Gao Jie was confined in Helin.

The Donghu people who managed them only needed to do one thing, not to force these Yan army prisoners to hurry, to let them live for the Donghu people to complete the reclamation and settlement work in the Hetao Plain, and not to cause any trouble.

So although these people were prisoners of war and their daily work was not easy, they had a full stomach and could see hope. So far, they have been very calm. With their efforts, the Wusu tribe now has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and the earliest opened up has sown seeds. This autumn, the first harvest will be obtained.

Seeing the green crops, Wusumit saw the hope for the future of Donghu.

Scouts of the Eastern Expedition Army were found on the east bank, and they have advanced to the control area of ​​the Wusu tribe. A few days ago, the two sides even had a conflict, killing five but escaping one. This information was sent to Wusumite as soon as possible.

Is the Eastern Expedition Army intending to cross the river to the east? This question troubled Wusumite. According to the current strength of the Eastern Expedition Army on the west bank, they should not have this ability. But the place where the Eastern Expedition Army scouts were found was Tengri, which was the first place developed by the Wusu tribe, but also the farthest direction.

There were also different opinions in the tribe. Now Thorpe's great cause of integrating the various tribes of Donghu has reached the most critical moment, and there is no room for any mistakes. The entire Wusu tribe is on high alert. It is really impossible to transfer extra troops to Tengri. Everyone's opinion is that these Eastern Expedition scouts are most likely to spy on intelligence. As for using force, the Eastern Expedition Army should not have the courage to do so. It is also very simple to say that even if they take it down. They can't eat it. Tengri is more than 200 miles away from the Liaohe River, and it is closer to them.

Wusumit hesitated for several days, and finally made a decision. He did not mobilize his own troops, but instead selected two hundred cavalrymen from the other several tribes closer to Tengri to go to Tengri. In this way, the number of Tengri's troops would exceed one thousand cavalrymen, and even if the other side wanted to make any moves, they did not have the strength to do so.

Wusumit thought very carefully, but he thought too long. When he made a decision and sent out the order, the garrisons began to gather their men and set out for Tengri. After a while, it took less than half a month. And Wusumit also misunderstood the motives of Xu Yuan of the Eastern Expedition Army. Xu Yuan had no intention of occupying Tengri at all. As Wusumit thought, even if he occupied it, he would not be able to swallow it.

What Xu Yuan wanted was the thousands of prisoners of war.

These people were originally excellent soldiers. After he took them back, even if they could not become qualified soldiers, they would be the best farmers to cultivate the land for the Eastern Expedition Army.

While Usumit was still hesitating, Xu Yuan and his 1,000 cavalrymen were already very close to Tengri.

Alun, the leader of the 500 cavalrymen of the Donghu Wusu tribe stationed in Tengri, smelled a sense of uneasiness in the air in the past few days. Since the scouts of both sides came into contact and fought, he immediately reported it to the tribe, but he never received a reply. In recent days, after the scouts went out for patrol and did not return, his nerves were infinitely tense.

The scouts did not return, which could only mean one thing, that they had encountered the enemy and had been eliminated by the enemy.

But whether this was a deliberate revenge by the opponent or a large-scale attack by the enemy, Alun was not sure, but as a veteran on the battlefield, he was still prepared for everything. He did not send out scouts again, but instead led hundreds of cavalrymen under his command to meet them, leaving only a few guards in the entire Tuntian camp.

He was not worried that the Yan army would rebel, but he was a little worried that if the enemy really attacked and the battle broke out here, would the Yan army be instigated? The Eastern Expedition Army was also a Yan army. Rather than taking this risk, it would be better to take the initiative to meet them.

In the cavalry battle, Allen did not think that he would lose. Even if the opponent had more people than him, there was nothing to be afraid of. Now, no matter how slow the tribe was, it should make a decision. No matter what, some reinforcements would gather here.

It must be said that Allen's decision was not wrong, except that he misjudged the comparison of the fighting power between the Donghu and the Eastern Expedition Army. Last year, the Donghu defeated the aggressive Yan army in one battle. In addition to the victory, the Donghu people also developed great self-confidence and believed that the Donghu Iron Cavalry was invincible.

But too much self-confidence will turn into arrogance. After the war, the upper echelons deliberately concealed the fact that the three Hukeler tribes in Tieling were defeated by the Eastern Expedition Army. Of course, they did not want to cover up the joy of the great victory because of this.

When Xu Yuan unexpectedly learned that his target actually took the initiative to lead the army to meet him, he was half surprised and half happy, just like someone delivering a pillow in time when he was taking a nap, which was too considerate.

A series of battle orders were immediately issued, and the 1,000 cavalrymen who followed Xu Yuan across the river instantly split into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, and surrounded the Dui Lun tribe in front.

Xu Yuan was as confident as Allen about the combat effectiveness of his troops. More than 80% of the 1,000 cavalrymen under his command were Xiongnu cavalrymen. The Xiongnu cavalrymen were not inferior to the Donghu cavalrymen. Now their equipment was far superior to that of the Donghu cavalrymen, and their number was twice that of the other side. If he still couldn't win such a battle, then Xu Yuan could really find a rope to hang himself.

Gongsun Yi was also very anxious. As a former general of the Gongsun tribe, his position in the Eastern Expedition Army was no longer comparable to that of Gongsun Aman, the former patriarch of the Gongsun tribe. Aman was not reused under the command of Helan Xiong of the Eastern Group Army. It seemed that the Eastern Expedition Army had honored him. Unlike him, he actually held real power in his hands. Moreover, Xu Yuan also said that when the First Army was fully organized, he would ask the governor Gao Yuan for consent to set up an independent cavalry regiment in the First Army, and the choice of the regiment leader would be between him and Luo Lei.

An independent cavalry regiment is directly under the jurisdiction of the military department, and naturally it is not in the sequence of the two divisions. In terms of rank, although he is the head of a regiment, his status is no worse than that of a division commander, and because they are all cavalry, their field combat capabilities are even stronger than that of a division commander. As for the size of a regiment, Xu Yuan also told him that there would be at least 3,000 cavalrymen. If he could command 3,000 cavalrymen, it would be a very pleasant thing. In the past, the Gongsun tribe had only 400 to 500 cavalrymen with all its strength.

His heart was burning at this time. He joined the Eastern Expedition Army earlier and adapted to the system of the Eastern Expedition Army earlier. Compared with Luo Lei, he naturally had the upper hand, but Gongsun Yi also knew his disadvantages. If it comes to personal bravery, Luo Lei, a guy from the Buyi tribe, is indeed better than himself.

But to lead the troops in battle, what is more needed is brains and connections. Gongsun Yi feels that he is much better than Luo Lei. What he has to do now is to show his ability to be better than the other party in front of Xu Yuan.

When the three-headed snake flag unique to the Wusu tribe of the Donghu appeared in front of him, Gongsun Yi immediately became excited.

The cavalry of the First Army of the Eastern Expedition saw the Wusu tribe, and Alan of the Wusu tribe naturally discovered the other side. At first, he was shocked. He did not expect to encounter so many enemies, which was exactly twice as many as his own. Although he was a little shocked, he had no intention of retreating, especially after seeing that the other side was actually divided into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, he was no longer worried. After all, the Central Plains people were not good at cavalry combat. They did not know that the best way to fight cavalry was to concentrate all their strength to carry out the group attack. Now the opponent was divided into two groups, and the strength of each group was equal to his own, which gave him the opportunity to defeat them one by one. Cavalry combat was not as slow as infantry combat. It only took a few breaths to charge back and forth several times. With the ability of his subordinates, he was enough to break up the opponent's formation, turn around, and deal with the enemy on the other side. After the opponent separated, the distance between the two sides was enough for him to complete the attack.

Allen only took a few glances and decided to attack the slightly advanced Eastern Expedition Army.

Gongsun Yi was even more excited when he saw that his opponent had chosen him. He shouted loudly and issued orders. The Eastern Expedition Cavalry began to reorganize their formations, but they were not in a cone formation for charging, but in a half-moon formation.

Seeing the opponent's formation, Allen was stunned and ecstatic. With such a formation, a charge from him would be enough to break through the opponent's formation.