Chapter 1509: A Great Strategy
Forty miles away from Louchong.
Eight thousand soldiers were retreating from Juncheng towards Lou Chong.
These eight thousand people are all soldiers of the Gaoqin tribe.
As the only important place that the Gaoqin tribe needed to defend before, Yin Zhi deployed heavy troops in Juncheng.
Nine thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry.
Afterwards, they forcibly recruited 5,000 men from the Li people who were building the bridge, 4,000 of whom had already gone to support Qingyi.
The thousand cavalrymen had already retreated to Lou Chong ahead of them.
With the withdrawal of these 8,000 people, there are now only 2,000 people defending Juncheng.
If they were not afraid that the thousand Li troops would open the city and surrender as soon as they retreated, they would not have left a thousand of their own people to guard Juncheng.
Although the ordinary soldiers did not know the situation, the leader Tug understood that the one thousand troops left behind were basically staying there to die.
As their army retreats, the enemy will definitely attack Juncheng.
Those two thousand men could only hold back the enemy temporarily. Under the enemy's continued attack, Juncheng would be breached sooner or later.
And those two thousand people basically ended up being wiped out.
"Ugh……"
Tuge looked back in the direction of Juncheng and sighed in his heart.
What a great situation!
They seized the initiative and inflicted heavy damage on the enemy.
The remaining battle should have been a life-and-death struggle!
However, who could have imagined that they would encounter such great resistance when attacking Shangqing Road.
From the moment they attacked Shangqing Road, they suffered successive casualties and were defeated in every battle.
And the defeat became more and more outrageous as time went on.
In just less than half a month, they inexplicably went from having the upper hand to being defeated.
He didn't even know how those people in front were leading the army!
So many troops, so many elite soldiers, and yet the fight turned out like this!
A bunch of losers!
While sighing, Tug cursed in his heart.
In Tug's mind, all the leading generals in front are good-for-nothings!
Including the great general Yin Zhi!
Just when Tug was filled with anger, a messenger came riding quickly.
"Report..."
The messenger's voice was drawn out.
Listening to the messenger's voice, Tug suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
Soon, the messenger came to Tuge and said, "General Tuge, General Yu'a sent me to report that a large number of enemy cavalry bypassed Louchong and rushed straight to our troops!"
"what?"
Tug's face changed and he asked angrily, "How many troops are there in the enemy army?"
The messenger replied: "Not sure, but at least more than 5,000! The enemy will arrive soon, please make preparations quickly..."
Their one thousand cavalrymen have already entered Louchong City.
However, not long after they entered Lou Chong, they discovered that a large group of cavalry were heading straight to the north and south of Lou Chong.
But soon, Yu'a realized that the enemy was not trying to capture Lou Chong, but was targeting the 8,000 troops led by Tuge!
Therefore, Yu'a quickly ordered him to come and report the news, so as to prevent Tuge and his men from being attacked by a large-scale cavalry of the enemy without any preparation.
After finding out the situation, Tug felt something was wrong.
The enemy's cavalry were already approaching them.
They had no time to retreat to Juncheng, nor could they reach Lou Chong.
If they were not prepared, five thousand cavalry would be enough to easily kill their eight thousand men.
However, the surrounding terrain is relatively open, suitable for cavalry charges.
They have no defenses at all now.
Tug took a deep breath and shouted, "Pass the order down, all the troops will immediately form a spear formation! Three thousand troops in the front camp, two thousand troops on each wing! This general will personally lead a thousand troops in the center to coordinate!"
Take over!
Fortunately, they still have some time!
They can also form a spear formation to resist the charge of enemy cavalry!
As long as they block the enemy's frontal attack, they will still have a chance to wipe out the enemy's cavalry unit when the follow-up troops arrive!
Under Tug's command, eight thousand troops immediately took up their positions and launched a defense.
The shield-bearing soldiers stood in front, and behind them were rows of spearmen and archers holding long spears.
Tug clenched his fists tightly and made up his mind that as long as the enemy dared to charge, he would make them pay a heavy price!
He wanted to let the enemy know that he was not the group of good-for-nothings who attacked Shangqing Road!
If the enemy wants to eat up these 8,000 people, they must be prepared to suffer heavy losses!
Under Tug's command and dispatch, the gun formation quickly took shape.
By the time Jia Yao and his troops arrived, Tuge had already led his troops into a complete gun formation.
Faced with the gleaming spears, the cavalrymen under Jia Yao's command reined in their horses.
Faced with such a complete array of guns, just rushing forward foolishly would be tantamount to committing suicide.
"Mrs. Jiayao, this is a bit troublesome!"
Li Gu frowned.
When encountering such a complete battle formation, the cavalry's assault advantage would be greatly weakened.
If they fight head-on, they will definitely be able to defeat this enemy force.
But it’s hard to say about the casualties!
If they really defeat the enemy, at least half of their 7,000 troops will be lost.
Previously, they could try the method they used to defeat the enemy's blocking forces in Duyang.
However, before this, the enemy only relied on supply vehicles to block the attack and did not have time to form a battle formation, and did not have many shields to cover them.
But the enemy now is equipped with shields, spears, bows and arrows.
The enemy's battle formation was like a tortoise shell covered with spikes.
Even with their rain of arrows, they were afraid that they would not be able to cause much damage to the enemy.
Each of these cavalrymen only carries a few dozen arrows. Once the arrows are used up, the enemy's tortoise shell still cannot be opened. How can they break the formation then?
"It's a bit troublesome."
Jia Yao nodded slightly, with a slight smile on his lips, "But it's just a little troublesome!"
"Ok?"
Li Gu's eyes lit up, "Madam, do you have a way to break the formation?"
"nonsense!"
Jia Yao glared at Li Gu with a smile, "Do you think the Northern Huan Dynasty and the Central Plains Dynasty fought for so many years for nothing?"
Before Yun Zheng, the problem of scarcity of war horses in the Central Plains dynasties had never been effectively solved.
Even if there is no shortage at a certain period, there will be a shortage of war horses after continuous wars.
This kind of spear formation was an effective battle formation used by the Central Plains dynasties to fight against cavalry.
Beihuan has been fighting with the Central Plains Dynasty for so many years. If it didn't have a way to deal with this kind of gun formation, Beihuan would have been destroyed by the Central Plains Dynasty long ago!
"What's your plan, ma'am?"
Li Gu instantly perked up.
Any good ideas?
Jia Yao smiled.
She did have a few ideas in her mind.
First, he ordered his men to light hay on fire at the upwind side and pile green branches on top, so as to choke the enemy with thick smoke.
Second, send people to cut wood, find ropes to tie the wood together, put them on the war horses, and tie hay to the horses' tails and light them, then use the horses to charge into the formation and open a gap.
However, both of these methods are relatively time-consuming.
She now wants to try another approach!
If this method succeeds, perhaps this enemy force can be wiped out as quickly as possible.
Jia Yao thought for a moment and immediately ordered: "Select a hundred archers with superb archery skills to serve you! Also, find someone to collect some hay for backup!"
