Chapter 927 Battle with Duan Shao

Chapter 927 Battle with Duan Shao

Thanks to the desperate fighting of Gao Le and others, Duan Shao's Northern Qi army was blocked in the Luoshui River Valley, which laid an excellent foundation for the next stage of the battle.

Duan Shao's tens of thousands of troops were the main force of the Northern Qi army in this east-west battle, and the proportion of cavalry was quite high. Once such an army is formed in an open area, the tactical options that can be adopted will be more abundant and diverse, and because the high mobility of the cavalry makes it easier to advance, retreat, and clutch, it will also double the difficulty of fighting with it.

Now that this large army is restricted to the narrow Luoshui River Valley, it is difficult to fully utilize the advantages of both military strength and military types.

As for Duan Shao's previous tactics of taking turns to attack and defeat the enemy, they did not apply to Li Tai. Because Jin Yong City has been captured, and Li Tai's battle goal is no longer to confine the enemy forces to the Luoshui River Valley, but to eliminate as many of the enemy's effective forces as possible.

If the enemy separates a small group of troops and goes into battle, they can even ignore them and wait until they are out of touch with the main force before intercepting them and directly encircling and killing them. When facing a strong enough opponent, such tactics cannot achieve the effect of weakening the enemy, but instead serve them in batches.

Duan Shao certainly understood this with his wisdom, so after Li Tai led his troops, he led his troops back to the camp. In the next two days, he did not launch another attack. Faced with the provocative invitation of the Wei army outside the camp, Duan Shao Zhan also turned a blind eye.

Of course, Duan Shao has not been idle during these two days. He has been busy calming the hearts of the soldiers and preparing for the next battle. The fall of Jin Yong City, the suicide of Hu Lujin, and the surrender of the enemy by Gao Rui and others. Each of these events can greatly shake the morale of the military. Now that the soldiers suddenly accept all this, it is really difficult to digest.

Duan Shao has been discussing strategies with the generals for several days to make them understand the reality that his army's retreat is blocked and the division is alone. Faced with this situation, no matter how much he complains and worries, it will not help. He can only put aside these distractions in his heart. Xu wanted to fight hard to break through the enemy's blockade and return to the vast Heluo Plain, so that he could try to restore contact with the north and launch a counterattack and siege against the enemy.

All the Jinyang soldiers are also veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. Although they were really psychologically shocked at first, when they gradually recognized the reality, they all inevitably had the desire to fight against the odds. The decisive thought.

In order to break through the enemy's interception in one battle, Duan Shao first used scouts to investigate and confirm the enemy's current troop distribution, and then mobilized all his troops, including Dugu Yongye's tribe who had previously been stationed in Jiuqu City, Yiyang. Join the combat team.

Although Jiuqu City was finally captured while the Wei army was in disarray, but now that Heluo has been lost, there is little point in garrisoning such an isolated city.

The only correct strategy is to invest all available strength in the next battle and break through the enemy's blockade in one fell swoop. Otherwise, once such a difficult opponent as Li Boshan gets into a confrontation, it is very likely that the teacher will be exhausted and his morale will be lost. It is difficult to break out even if you fall.

Time soon came to the morning of the third day. All the soldiers had finished eating and the horses had been fed. Along with the exciting sound of drums and horns, all the troops in the entire Qi army camp were mobilized.

Tens of thousands of people and horses followed each other, filling the entire Luoshui River Valley. Many soldiers walked directly on the ice of the Luoshui River. The banners are like mountains and forests, and the soldiers are like fine grass. The dense formations make people's scalp numb, and they are already timid before the battle begins.

When Li Tai saw the enemy's offensive formation, he couldn't help but gasp. Facing such a tight battle formation, if the infantry and cavalry battle formations were to fill the valley in a tit-for-tat manner, the Wei army would have a military disadvantage here. The battle formation was far less thick than the enemy's army, and it would be difficult to completely defend the entire front.

However, if the battle formation is set up on one side, the valley cannot be completely blocked. Once the front of the enemy formation is outflanked by the enemy, the succeeding troops can go straight out of the valley and advance and retreat freely.

After Li Tai pondered for a moment about this, he ordered his troops to take the hundreds of garrison units currently stationed as the center of the position, and arrange them outward layer by layer to form a triangular battle formation. With the few remaining sand embankments, they formed a decent formation. Completely guard the defense line of the valley, and Gao Le led three thousand fine cavalry to retreat to the direction of Baiting City to stand by. If the enemy breaks out of the valley in organized units, Gao Le can give him a head-on attack.

At the same time, Li Tai asked people to collect grease, charcoal and other fire starters, and temporarily stored them on the battlefield. Later in the battle, he would decide whether to use fire attacks based on factors such as the battle situation and wind direction.

The formations and supplies here have just been prepared, and the Qi army's battle formation has already advanced in front of them, and the battle started instantly. Under the pressure of such a tight and heavy battle formation of the Qi army, the soldiers in the front line of the Wei army who were the first to be attacked by the enemy immediately suffered heavy casualties, and a corner of the triangular battle formation was directly shaved off.

Of course, the Qi army also suffered heavy casualties, but because the soldiers in the battle formation were too closely connected, it was not very obvious from the perspective of looking at the overall battlefield.

Moreover, even if the soldiers in the front formation become timid after seeing the heavy casualties in Paoze, they will be pushed by the rear formation to continue forward. Only forward can there be a way to survive. Once they stop or retreat, even if they are not noticed by the supervising team, they will be killed. He will be trampled to death by the endless stream of robes coming from behind!

There is little room for trickery in such a battle. They can only compete with each other's fighting spirit and consume human lives. The battle will only end if one side cannot endure the suffering and collapses.

Although the Qi army's early advance was relatively smooth, that was because there were fewer enemies in front of the triangular battle formation. However, as the battle line advanced, the Wei army's battle formation was actually squeezed more solidly, and the battle line was lengthened, making it more difficult for the enemy to attack. The area of ​​military contact has also increased, the personnel consumption on the battlefield has gradually increased, and the battle has become more and more difficult.

"Continue to attack, the bandit formation will be broken!"

Duan Shao saw that the enemy formation was compressed into the limited space around Baijia garrison, and most of the river valley had been occupied by Qi army soldiers. The unguarded sand embankments could not be an obstacle, and his mood became hot, while giving orders The troops continued to press forward and arranged a cavalry team to run northeast, preparing to occupy the more open lower reaches of Luoshui River.

However, at this time, there was a loud noise on the battlefield. Li Tai, who had been paying attention to the weather changes, felt the movement of the mountain wind. He felt happy and hurriedly ordered the soldiers in the position to use their arms and trebuchets to attack the enemy position. Throwing cupboards and fire bombs, thick smoke soon filled the enemy formation, and the fire spread through the tight and thick enemy formation. At the same time, the formation also became turbulent.

The twelfth lunar month of winter is already a windy season, and the wind is mostly from the north. The wind sweeps from the open Heluo Plain in the northeast and rushes into the gradually narrowing Luoshui River Valley. This is where the Qi army came from. direction, as the cold wind blew, the fire spread more and more violently.

The weather is also a very important factor in war, and a general must know the secrets of the weather. But sometimes even if you know it, it is difficult to avoid the bad effects of adverse weather.

The wind direction at this time is normal, but if the wind blows back from the south, it will be really dramatic. After all, no dramatic changes occurred on today's battlefield. As the fire spread in the Qi army formation, the originally powerful and thick battle formation suddenly collapsed. These veterans may be able to face the cold and sharp blades. But when faced with the licking tongue of fire, he still couldn't help but panic and ran away.

At this time, Duan Shao could no longer control the collapsing battle formation and the panicked soldiers. He could only lead his troops to retreat towards Jiuqu City before the losses reached the maximum. During the retreat, he gathered his troops and dispatched his elite troops. After the town met the enemy's pursuit.

Li Tai led his troops behind to pursue and kill the Qi soldiers who fled, while trying to create greater panic for the enemy. However, after chasing for several miles, he found that the Qi troops who had hurriedly retreated from the battlefield gradually restored order during the retreat. While Duan Shao was reining in the defeated army, he even did not forget to ambush a group of troops on the way. To ambush the pursuing troops. Li Tai almost suffered a small loss because he pursued too close and lost his sight for a moment.

In this way, the Qi army fled all the way and returned to Jiuqu City to garrison. Although thousands of soldiers were killed in the previous battles and fled along the way, the number of soldiers who successfully retreated to Jiuqu City was still considerable.

When Li Tai was sorting out the results of the battle after returning, he couldn't help but sigh that Duan Shao was indeed one of the most outstanding people among the second generation of the town. Just judging from his control over the army after his defeat, even Li Tai himself felt Feeling a little inadequate. Such a person will not show too much aggression or aggression, but he will rarely suffer a big defeat in battle, so he can be said to be very stable.

The victory of this battle further consolidated and expanded the Wei army's advantages. Although the Qi army retreating to Jiuqu City still had considerable strength, their low morale made it difficult for them to organize and launch a battle of the same intensity as before in a very short period of time, and the situation turned into a stalemate.

The officers and soldiers of the Wei army were overjoyed with the consecutive victories. Of course Li Tai was also very happy. However, when Han Xiong, who had followed the army back to Tongguan, arrived and told him about the various changes that had happened in Guanzhong during this period, he suddenly became confused. It completely ruined his good mood.