Chapter 718： Victory in the first battle!

When Lu Zheng used his troops, he expected that the Northwest Army would inevitably break through the encirclement in a hurry, and the direction of the breakout could only be to separate and advance. Dong Jialin quickly approached Qi Biao, and the two armies were brought together so that they could maximize their effectiveness. power,

Therefore, Dong Jialin's choice of breakthrough direction is not suspenseful, and it is also human nature. Therefore, Lu Zheng placed a heavy ride in the front, and as soon as the two sides met, Dong Jialin fell into a passive position.

However, Lu Zheng still underestimated the strength of the Northwest Army. Even though Dong Jialin was relying on nepotism, he was also a valiant general. When the attack was blocked, Dong Jialin was not chaotic and immediately adjusted the deployment. The horns in the army became more relaxed. Dong Jialin’s cavalry. Withdraw slowly, and the two sides disengaged.

Immediately, Dong Jialin quickly turned his horse's head and charged directly north. The Nanfu Army cavalry in the north and Dong Jialin's Northwest Army contacted. Even though the opponent was surrounded on all sides, the disadvantages of the two sides were immediately exposed as soon as they fought.

The cavalry in the northwest came and went like the wind, with fierce temperament. Once they launched, they attacked quickly, and their cavalry shot almost hit a hundred shots. The two sides contacted each other. After a round of cavalry shooting, Lu Zheng's two thousand men and horses were killed or injured more than half! Such a heavy injury is almost equivalent to the battle damage of a heavy cavalry to a light cavalry.

Standing on the top of the hill, Lu Zheng watched this battle from a distance, and immediately ordered the other parties to speed up the attack, encircling from all sides, and quickly squeezing the space of Dong Jialin's movement. As a result, Dong Jialin was surrounded by enemies on all sides. As Lu Zheng’s encirclement quickly closed, The fierce flames of the northwest cavalry only weakened slightly.

In fact, in terms of military strength, Lu Zheng had an absolute advantage. Lu Zheng used more than 20,000 men and horses to besiege Dong Jialin's 5,000 men and horses, almost four times as many. Lu Zheng had a good idea of ​​the chance of winning in this battle, and felt that he could win it no matter what, and the win was very beautiful.

But now, judging from the casualties of both sides, Lu Zheng is four times as many as his opponents, and the casualty rate is about the same. In other words, if Lu Zheng wants to destroy Dong Jialin, he might also lose five thousand cavalry. This is too costly for Lu Zheng. !

Lu Zheng hesitated slightly, and the situation on the battlefield changed rapidly. At the moment of life and death, Dong Jialin exploded with an extremely powerful desire to survive. He forcibly shifted the battle formation of the Northwest Iron Cavalry, relying on a mountain pack to stabilize his position. There was a backing behind the mountain bag, which was not conducive to the cavalry battle. Dong Jialin then let the cavalry approve heavy armor and organized 500 heavy armored cavalry to stand in the forefront, and then let the archers with ox-horn bows shoot at Lu Zheng’s army. It is a meat shield and a longbow is a sharp weapon. This is a typical infantry and heavy cavalry coordinated tactics.

Lu Zheng watched the thousands of northwest cavalry turn from rangers into fortresses. The rapid conversion of offensive and defensive cavalry made him unbelievable... The northwest cavalry turned out to be so terrible, Song Naifeng could really train heavenly soldiers!

Lu Zheng's casualties rose sharply. Under these circumstances, Lu Zheng could only retreat with gold, allowing his cavalry to monitor from a distance, waiting for the opportunity, adjusting the deployment, and thinking of a solution.

Fortunately, Yue Feng was fully prepared for this battle. He immediately asked the lieutenant to set up the four hard ballistas. The heavy arrows on the ballistas shot, the arrows made a terrifying whistling sound, and an arrow broke a hundred steps away. Enemy armour. In addition, Celebrity Yue Feng brought the kerosene over, poured it out on the mountain bag, and set fire on all sides, trapping Dong Jialin's army in the fire with the raging fire.

The fire burned and billowing smoke was rolled up. Dong Jialin had just stabilized his position and was about to quickly break through the encirclement with a heavy rider. Lu Zheng used such a ruthless trick that he couldn't help but yell at him.

There was no way, Dong Jialin gave up his plan to move on. He sent out the generals and let everyone break through the encirclement. The direction of the breakout was to the northwest, which was tantamount to retreating directly to the direction of Bingzhou.

He gave the order and the cavalry quickly dispersed. A group of tens of hundreds of cavalrymen, Dong Jialin's cavalry was split into dozens of small groups, and these small groups were fleeing northward in their own way.

Lu Zheng once again ordered the cavalry from several sides to press on. The two sides launched a desperate fight on the vast wasteland. This battle was extremely tragic. Dong Jialin's tactics gave up the cumbersome battle of the battle, which seemed to be nothing. There are no rules, but they are well versed in the essence of guerrilla warfare. After the cavalry is dispersed, the power of the encirclement is greatly weakened.

What's more important is that the Nanfu Army is a new army, and facing a target at the same time, they can quickly focus on the target and attack decisively. However, once there were dozens of targets, there was a situation of losing one's attention to one another. Taking advantage of the gap of the Nanfu Army, some of the Northwest Cavalry began to jump out of the encirclement.

Of course, the price Dong Jialin paid is also huge. Don’t mention anything else. After such a dispersion, they will have no offensive power. The next situation is the rhythm of the dog chasing rabbits. Dong Jialin is also ruthless enough to escape. After going out, he simply gave up all his men and horses.

This battle lasted for a day and a night, and Lu Zheng instantly swallowed five thousand people from Dong Jialin. When Dong Jialin retreated to the vicinity of Luoyang, he only followed two hundred horses...

Limited by the constant communication, Qi Biao only received the news the day after the battle, that is to say, the 10,000 horses arranged by Yue Feng at Yanzikou hadn't moved at all!

Counting this battle, Yue Feng's 30,000 cavalry also injured 3,000 people. This is a huge casualty, which can be said to be heavy. Fortunately, Yue Feng has captured thousands of good horses. As long as there are horses, Yue Feng's cavalry will be able to replenish them very quickly!

The casualties were high, but the morale in the army was extremely high. In this battle, the soldiers of the Nanfu Army were encouraged, because they defeated the indomitable Northwest Army.

Once upon a time, the Northwest Iron Cavalry was really like a **** in everyone's mind, but as for the cavalry, no one had never heard of the Northwest Iron Cavalry and Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

But today, this time, the cavalry of the Nanfu Army defeated the Northwest Iron Cavalry, and they were in an extremely disadvantaged situation. Picking millets from the fire won the battle. It is conceivable that this battle caused a sensation. How huge it is.

The news spread on the first day, and no one in the world would dare to believe it. It was not until Dong Jialin returned to Bingzhou two days later that the scene of tears was seen, and everyone believed that Dong Jialin's defeat was absolutely true.

Qi Biao redeemed his merits, quickly turned his soldiers around, and returned his focus to the place where the two sides were fighting. At this time, all he saw were the devastated bodies that were too late to bury them.

Lu Zheng and his Southern Army had already run away without a trace. After Qi Biao rushed into the air, he couldn't help but yelled at him, saying, "Shame, it's a huge shame! My Northwest Army was actually killed by the South The army was defeated, and my army of 100,000 went south, and even let Lu Zheng's children take corn out of the fire. This is simply a shame on the general's face!!"