Chapter 598 Two thousand versus sixty thousand

Chapter 598 Two thousand versus sixty thousand

On a dawning morning, 60,000 Wei troops suddenly filed out of the camp while taking advantage of the heavy fog.

With the entire army neatly dressed, their crossbows cocked, and their swords unsheathed, they did not go straight to the Han army's camp. Instead, under the cover of heavy fog, the entire army divided into three groups and quietly retreated toward Yanzhou.

Fei Yao was extremely pragmatic. Even if Gao Rou firmly opposed it, he still could not change his determination to retreat. Even because Gao Rou's opposition was too fierce, Fei Yao directly sent people to put Situ under house arrest to ensure a smooth retreat.

"TMD, Gao Situ drank too much, and he still defended no matter what the situation was... As long as he knows about Ma Di's record, he will understand that there is no point in defending in front of him."

Fei Yao looked at the hazy Han army camp in the distance and ordered the soldiers to withdraw quietly while muttering dissatisfiedly.

Over the years, Ma Di relied on frontal attacks, but under their noses, he destroyed one natural barrier after another in Kansai. At present, the danger in Kanto is far worse than that in Kansai, so Fei Yao will not stay and die.

Instead of fighting Ma Su under the city of Hulao Pass and losing all the troops in vain, it is better to withdraw the entire army to Yanzhou and rely on the home field advantage to slowly wear out Ma Su.

This time, Fei Yao seized the opportunity very promptly. The day before, because there was no suitable pasture outside Hulao Pass, the Han army's cavalry retreated into the pass and let their horses rest on the banks of the Yellow River.

The Han army had ten thousand cavalry, each equipped with one man and two horses. Grazing such a large number of horses is obviously not something that can be solved in a day or two.

And it happened to be a heavy fog in the morning, blocking the view. Under Fei Yao's deployment, the entire army was armed with a night attack configuration, and then quickly began to retreat along the road before the Han army was aware of it.

Along the way, Fei Yao was terrified, fearing that Ma Su would discover him in advance and the entire army would be ambushed. If he was ambushed in this situation, his entire army would definitely be annihilated.

"Damn old man Tian, ​​if he hadn't had to go up and do it himself, we would have had enough cavalry to cover him..."

Looking at the large troops marching cautiously, Fei Yao still couldn't help but curse Tian Yu. If he hadn't sent away all the Youzhou Cavalry, he would have been so scared to retreat.

But after scolding, Fei Yao couldn't help but sigh. At this moment, as a person from Guanzhong, he had been fighting against the Shu army since the Battle of Liangzhou, and he could hardly see the hope for the future.

Once upon a time, the Wei Dynasty was so powerful that half of Kansai belonged to them. At that time, he could use cavalry and human sea tactics against Ma Su. That was their most prosperous moment.

On the other hand, Xi Shu at that time had few soldiers and a serious lack of cavalry, which was all supported by Ma Su's Longwu Yi. If they had been as cautious as they are now, they probably wouldn't have had so much trouble.

It's not like now, being suppressed by the enemy's cavalry on their own home court. So much so that when Fei Yao withdrew his troops, he didn't have enough cavalry to serve as scouts!

Fei Yao led his army to retreat all the way until noon. Fortunately, although we were on tenterhooks all the way, we did not encounter an ambush by the Han army.

This means that Ma Su didn't notice it, at least they were safe.

temporary……

However, just when Fei Yao felt that he was about to be regarded as Cheng Gao, smoke and dust suddenly rose from behind. A group of Han cavalry has already caught up with them through the flying dust!

"It's broken! Did Ma Su react so quickly?" Fei Yao's expression suddenly changed, and his heart suddenly sank.

When he was retreating, he made arrangements by hanging a few sheep on the drums to maintain the sound of war drums for a long time. But obviously, Ma Su was not fooled by his arrangement, and still caught up with him immediately.

"This is a bad thing... The whole army is ready to fight!" Fei Yao gritted his teeth and quickly ordered the whole army to prepare to resist the Han army.

Soon, the Han cavalry was pursuing them, led by their old rival Ma Su.

"At any rate, TM has caught up with me. If Fei Yao doesn't capture you alive today, I swear I won't be a human being!" Ma Di was obviously a little angry, because he was almost deceived by Fei Yao.

If Liu Yin hadn't noticed something was wrong and felt that Wei Jun's war drums were beating a little too frequently today, he would have really let Fei Yao run away.

Fortunately, although Longwu Yicong is a heavy cavalry, he can still go into battle without wearing armor. So the whole army disarmed and followed Ma Su in pursuit. At least they caught up with the Wei army before they retreated to Chenggao.

However, although Ma Su caught up with Wei Jun, he did not take action immediately. After all, the Wei army has already prepared its formation, and if they rush into the formation now, they will probably suffer heavy losses.

"The whole army listens to the order and patrols around here, threatening the Wei army's front as much as possible and delaying it here!" Ma Di snorted coldly, turned around and ordered to the generals.

At the same time, Fei Yao also discovered that although Ma Su was catching up, he did not have many troops. There are only two thousand cavalry under his command, and they are not wearing heavy armor.

This is obviously an opportunity. If we can take this opportunity to forcefully escape from the battle, we may have a chance to escape.

But... the fear of Ma Su for many years has been engraved in his bones. Faced with this situation, Fei Yao began to be unsure of his decision.

If they fight on the spot, they will definitely be defeated when the main force of the Han army catches up. But if he forcibly breaks away now and Ma Su suddenly rushes into the battle, his losses may be even greater.

And if they were to escape by force, they would naturally have to stay behind. And the unit under his command is the Hebei Army. If he really wants to keep someone in the rear, he will have to negotiate extra.

"What should we do..." Fei Yao's eyes flashed with hesitation, and finally he chose to hold a meeting to discuss it.

The current plot is not a favorite of Kansai. If you want to divide the troops into the rear, you have to see what the generals want.

The confrontation between the two sides began to stalemate. The Wei army did not dare to move, while the Han army was also unsure of the opportunity to attack.

The two sides faced off here for an hour. Under the sunshine at noon, the soldiers on both sides were a little tired.

But at this time, Ma Di discovered that gaps had begun to appear in the Wei army's formation. Although many of the soldiers were still highly vigilant, their movements had begun to slacken unconsciously.

"It seems that the whole morning's march has exhausted the Wei army..." Ma Di touched his chin, pondered for a while, and suddenly turned to Ma Zhong.

"You lead 300 cavalrymen and make a detour towards the Wei army's right wing, and see how they react!"

Ma Zhong was a little surprised by this, but he immediately accepted the order. He was riding a horse, holding Ma Su's banner and leading 300 Longwu Yi followers, and began to make a roundabout in front of the Wei army.

The reaction of the Wei army made Ma Di overjoyed. After the front army saw the movement of the Han army's cavalry, its army formation began to unconsciously shift to the right!

"Very good! Now! All troops attack!"