Chapter 342 Invincible (Please Subscribe)
In September, which is the crisp autumn season, Jia Huan personally led 10,000 cavalry to the frontier fortress to fight.
He left the Beijing camp quietly without making much noise.
This was Jia Huan's initiative, saying he wanted to give Biansai Hu Qi a big surprise.
This time, his idea was to rely on the Great Wall defense line to conduct external operations. He could conceal it for a while, as long as he could achieve the suddenness of the first battle.
No one is a fool, and he is still commanding thousands of troops!
Jia Huan's men and horses marched very fast. Not only the 5,000 cavalry, but also 5,000 mounted infantry, their maneuverability was quite good.
As for the logistics, it is the responsibility of the follow-up personnel from the Beijing camp!
Now he is also cruel and takes out all the 1.5 million taels he just obtained.
As the military expenditure for the second batch of troops in the Beijing camp, Jia Huan's troops included 10,000 infantry and cavalry, as well as 15,000 troops.
Sent out 25,000 cavalry in one breath, now I am very determined!
After paying a huge price, I naturally want to gain enough results!
If anyone performs poorly on the battlefield, no matter what his or her status is, he or she will not be able to get away with it.
Among them, Jia Huan and his 10,000-step cavalry are naturally the most anticipated.
The capital is not far from the northwest frontier, and it took almost ten days to reach the destination.
When we got there, the environment here was indeed quite harsh.
Fortunately, the current season and weather were quite good. After a few days of rest to get used to it, Jia Huan immediately led five thousand cavalry out of the camp and disappeared directly into the vast wilderness.
And the leader of this frontier army happens to be Wang Ziteng!
He was very dissatisfied after hearing the news and felt that Jia Huan disrespected him as a general.
That is, when he first arrived, Jia Huan came to see him immediately to say hello.
Since there is action now, why don't you inform us in advance and inform us of the specific battle plan?
As the saying goes, if there is no first place in literature, there is no second place in martial arts!
Whether you can fight or not depends on your performance during the war. You can't hide it from anyone at all.
However, since Wang Ziteng took charge of the overall situation at the frontier, his performance has been quite satisfactory, which makes people not satisfied at all.
It is clear that the army is not inferior in numbers and its combat effectiveness is not bad, but it is blocked by the barbarians behind the city wall and dare not go out. According to today's terms, it is embarrassing.
Naturally, his reputation among the border troops is not much better!
None of the frontier soldiers would really take Wang Ziteng seriously, unless he showed sufficient ability!
For this reason, Wang Ziteng was quite sensitive to the general's reaction. Once something was wrong, he would immediately accuse him of disrespecting himself.
In fact, he is not wrong to doubt this!
Judging from Wang Ziteng's performance, Jia Huan really doesn't like him!
In addition, he wanted to get off to a good start and felt that the five thousand cavalry under his command was enough. Naturally, he would not say hello to Wang Ziteng, let alone report the battle plan in advance.
With Wang Ziteng's extremely cautious behavior, he would definitely not agree to Jia Huan's risky plan.
Instead of arguing with Wang Ziteng about the feasibility of the plan and wasting time and energy, it is better to act alone and give Wang Ziteng a small shock.
It just so happened that Jia Huan's department was directly affiliated with the Beijing camp, obeyed the orders of the emperor and the cabinet, and was not controlled by the border troops, so that Jia Huan could go out boldly with confidence.
Three days later, nearly 10,000 Huqi who were besieging a pass on the Great Wall were suddenly attacked in the early morning.
In a burst of crazy shouts and fighting, this Hu Qi was defeated by force, and then he was hunted down and finally the entire army was destroyed.
The battle lasted for a full morning, and the pass that closed the city gate remained motionless, with no intention of opening it. They just watched the fierce fighting outside the pass.
Even if a large number of riders dressed as cavalry rushed to the pass and shouted loudly for the friendly troops on the wall to attack together, it did not cause the slightest disturbance.
Damn, he is so stubborn!
This Daqian cavalry that achieved a great victory in a sneak attack was naturally under Jia Huan.
It's not difficult to carry out a sneak attack. You just need to kill all the enemy's scouts spread out, and then wait for a suitable time to launch a fierce charge.
The Huqi camps outside the Great Wall were not so well-defended!
After spending another afternoon cleaning the battlefield, Jia Huan saw that the Great Wall Pass still had no intention of letting go, so Jia Huan was too lazy to pay any attention to it.
Leaving behind hundreds of cavalry to escort the captives' loot, he took the remaining four thousand cavalry and disappeared into the night.
Two days later in the early morning, the same tactics worked again!
Jia Huan first led his sharpshooters to kill all the scouts near the enemy's camp.
Then, when the sky is getting dark, he personally leads the charge into battle!
The iron spear in his hand swept left and right, and the Juma blocking the road was directly thrown away, and then he took the lead and rushed into the camp group that suddenly became chaotic.
"Kill, kill, kill, don't let these gangsters go!"
The spear is invincible and almost no enemy can be defeated in one attack.
He was accompanied by three hundred of the most elite and bravest cavalrymen under his command.
While acting as a personal guard, at the same time as a charging arrow at critical moments!
Whenever they find signs of Hu Qi gathering in a camp that is on fire and in chaos, they immediately rush over and wreak havoc.
The battle lasted from early morning to noon, and another Huqi team of ten thousand people was annihilated!
This time, many scouts appeared at the corresponding Great Wall pass, watching from a distance and not daring to approach.
It wasn't until the battle was almost over that some scouts had the courage to step forward to check the situation.
"I am Jia Huan, the commander of the Beijing camp, and I have been ordered to participate in the battle of the frontier fortress!"
Jia Huanchong said to the cautious scout: "This time our sneak attack was successful and we annihilated Hu Qi's army of 10,000 people. Please inform your generals immediately and jointly clean up the aftermath of the war!"
The scout did not dare to neglect, and repeatedly confirmed the identity of Jia Huan and his party, and also witnessed with his own eyes the Hu Qi camp who was killed and bleeding like a river, and then hurriedly returned to the pass.
Not long after, the guard of the Great Wall Pass hurried out with thousands of troops.
When he saw Jia Huan and the generals around him, he smiled so warmly and kindly that he wished he could enshrine them as his ancestors.
This guy's ability is not obvious yet, but he is quite good-mouthed, which made Jia Huan look at him differently, and his attitude is quite kind.
"You should also participate in cleaning up the battlefield!"
Jia Huan was quite generous and said proudly: "Do you have a share in seeing me!"
Anyway, the bulk of the loot is already firmly in his hands, and he and his subordinates don't like the remaining scraps at all, so it's not bad to be a favor.
The pass guard is very grateful!
Not daring to continue talking nonsense in front of Jia Huan, he directly took his subordinates and happily ate some of the leftovers left by Jia Huan's troops.
"How are the casualties?"
Two Hu cavalry troops of ten thousand people were annihilated in one breath, and Jia Huan's troops suffered many casualties.
"General, our casualties in this battle are over 600!"
Soon after, one of his generals came forward to report, with a serious look on his face: "The rest of the soldiers are all exhausted and have lost the ability to fight anymore!"
"You don't need to remind me, I can see it!"
Glancing at this guy angrily, Jia Huan said helplessly: "The available manpower is still not enough. Let's go back now. I guess the enemy is already on guard!"
Hearing this, all the generals who were following him breathed a sigh of relief.
They were really afraid that Jia Huan would become addicted to sneak attacks, so they continued to attack with only three thousand cavalry left.
One bad thing is the tragic end of the entire army being wiped out.
At present, they have successfully annihilated two teams of ten thousand people in a row. They have gained enough from the battle and there is no need to continue fighting.
Even if we annihilate a few more troops of 10,000 Hu cavalry, the accumulated military exploits will be just like that.
Not to mention, they have to guard against the northwest frontier army taking credit. Who knows what kind of situation they will be in after they suffer too many casualties?
Jia Huan is not very clear about his subordinate's thoughts.
But I also know that the high morale of the younger brothers has begun to decline now, and there is no need to continue working so hard.
Twenty thousand cavalry were lost in one breath. It is estimated that the Hu cavalry outside the wall were also injured.
The opponent only gathered a hundred thousand cavalry in total. After the previous losses and the current casualties, the number of remaining cavalry was only over 60,000.
Such a large number of cavalry does still have a deterrent effect on the Great Wall defense line, but it is no longer comparable to what it was at the beginning. Jia Huan's purpose of coming to the northwest this time has actually been achieved.
No one expected that he would make great achievements as soon as he arrived!
When the news reached the ears of several frontier army bosses, they were all extremely surprised.
After repeatedly confirming that the news was true, one can imagine the shock in my heart.
Especially Wang Ziteng, he was not only shocked, but also deeply depressed and unhappy.
If he had known Jia Huan's plan to lead 5,000 cavalry in successive sneak attacks, and if he had commanded his border troops to cooperate, he would definitely have taken the credit.
He might even be able to take advantage of this great achievement to gain the position of cabinet minister!
Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now!
That bastard Jia Huan is so disrespectful. It's really annoying.
I don’t even think about how he led his frontier troops to fight against the Huqi outside the Great Wall.
I'm afraid that if he knew about Jia Huan's battle plan as soon as possible, he would firmly oppose it, right?
Perhaps in order to ensure Jia Huan's safety, he was held close to him to prevent him from acting rashly!
Anyone can make things better with the benefit of hindsight. What did he do before?
In short, when Jia Huan returned to the camp with more than 3,000 cavalry and hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, the entire frontier army system was shocked.
As the saying goes, hearing is believing but seeing is believing. With so many cattle, sheep, and horses as trophies, even a fool would not believe that Jia Huan bought them with his own money.
As soon as the big boss of the border army didn't care about his face, he immediately surrounded Jia Huan.
Their attitudes were indescribably cordial and friendly, as if they and Jia Huan had been old friends for many years.
Even Wang Ziteng calls him "good nephew" enthusiastically, as if he has a close relationship with Jia Huan.
Jia Huan didn't show any dignity at all. He was carrying people in a sedan chair. It wasn't like he didn't understand the ropes.