Battle of Pacifying Youzhou (14)
The man who had previously carried the soldier and was called General Dong looked on incredulously.
"Marshal, no, that can't be! Our Great Feng army of 150,000 is on the Xuanshan Plain, defended by Dagan troops, with less than 3,000 cavalry. How could they possibly annihilate our Great Feng army of 150,000?"
Even if they were defeated and the infantry was gone, there were still 20,000 cavalrymen there. How could they possibly not be able to send out a few to report the news?
"That's right, Marshal, with an army of 150,000, how could not a few people escape?"
An old general, sitting at the very front of the main tent below the commander's seat, spoke slowly with a complex expression.
"Jiang Xihe and Ma Anfeng, one of these two may have committed treason."
Dong Jiang turned around and said in a panic.
"Father, this is no laughing matter. There's still no news. How can you say such a thing?"
The generals also spoke.
"Yes, Marquis of Dongyue, you can't just say things like that!"
"Those two are pillars of our Eastern Border Army, with the potential for even greater achievements, and they belong to the noble families of our Great Feng. How could they possibly betray their country?"
Marquis of Dongyue, a military commander Great Feng in Land of Cangshui, was a highly respected figure in Great Feng, just like Wang Hanying, who defended the border for the country. It could even be said that if the court had not transferred Qin Xiaosheng from the Northern Border, this man would have been the commander of Great Feng this time.
At this moment, the Marquis of Dongyue's face turned somewhat gloomy, and he spoke in a deep voice.
"Besides this situation, tell me what other way you can annihilate my 150,000- Gan Army of Great Feng, whose cavalry is several times larger, and on a plain."
Don't forget how we annihilated the 80,000- Dagan vanguard army and still managed to wipe out more than half of the Zhenyou Cavalry."
After the Marquis of Dongyue finished speaking, the generals were speechless and had nothing to say.
They knew better than anyone how they had succeeded. Without Peng Chang and Luobu providing Gan Army with information on routes, plans, and motives, how could they have fought so smoothly?
In fact, if the two hadn't changed the direction of their advance at the last minute, misleading the army, they wouldn't have been able to inflict such heavy losses on the Zhenyou Cavalry.
Even Qin Xiaosheng was momentarily at a loss for words to answer the Marquis of Dongyue, because it was indeed the truth.
If they were to deploy their troops and face off against Dagan's army and Wang Hanying head-on, even Qin Xiaosheng couldn't possibly defeat Dagan's 80,000 vanguard troops and 40,000 elite cavalry with just 30,000 soldiers.
Impossible. They're not fools, nor are they useless; otherwise, they wouldn't be sitting in these positions, guarding the country's borders and commanding thousands of troops.
But now is not the time to think about these things. Qin Xiaosheng's eyes sharpened as he scanned the room and said loudly.
"Alright, there's no use saying all this now. It's only 40,000 defenders, and you're already throwing yourselves into disarray?"
Orders were given to the Qingcang Army to move out and engage the Right Wing Gan Army. They came from Hanshan Prefecture and were mostly infantrymen; judging by the time, they should have just arrived.
They won't have much time to rest; they're exhausted and weary. Now is the time to wipe them out."
The Qingcang Army said solemnly.
"As you command, I will annihilate the entire army of Hanshan Prefecture and enhance our military prestige."
During the battle between the two armies, in the midst of the fierce fighting, some distance behind the Great Feng army, a figure lay prone on the ground, looking at the tens of thousands of elite cavalry in front of him with shock in his eyes, just as he was about to get up.
"Call out"
An arrow had already lodged itself in his forehead; his face still held the look of shock from before, and his body collapsed limply to the ground.
Before the cavalry, Lu Bu lowered his Dragon Tongue Bow, his expression unchanged, and simply looked at Chen Gong beside him.
"Gong Tai, we've had at least eighty or a hundred scouts along the way. Now we're behind Great Feng, and the battle has already begun. When do we attack?"
Chen Gong shook his head and said softly.
"Feng Xian, there's no rush. The Zhenyou Cavalry and You Ran Cavalry haven't moved yet, nor has the Great Feng Iron Cavalry. It's not the right time yet. What we need to wait for is for the Great Feng Iron Cavalry to be fully deployed, so that the Wolf Cavalry can roam freely."
When the time comes, you will lead 30,000 Wolf Cavalry to attack and gallop across the battlefield; Zang Ba, Hao Meng, and Cao Xing will lead the remaining cavalry to exert pressure from behind but not move, also to prevent the Great Feng army from retreating and to intercept them.
"No need to rush, everything has been discussed and agreed upon. Now we just need to wait for His Your Highness's signal."
Lu Bu nodded, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
"Okay, wait."
On the main battlefield, the shouts of battle were deafening, rising and falling as if trying to pierce the clouds.
On the right flank of the battlefield, Zhang Liao led the Hanshan Prefecture army and the Huben Army like a torrent towards the Qingcang Army Great Feng.
The soldiers at the forefront of the Dagan force were all heavily armored, wielding long spears, and with fierce eyes; they were the Huben Army.
The two armies clashed, and a fierce collision erupted instantly.
The heavily Huben Army surged forward seemingly unstoppable. Zhang Liao swept his spear horizontally, a cold glint flashing across the enemy ranks, instantly felling a large number of them.
With each swing of Zhang Liao's spear, a spray of blood appeared, as he led the Huben Army and Dagan troops to tear a gap straight through the Qingcang Army.
Wang Hanying, standing atop the city wall, gazed at the battlefield ahead, observing the situation of the vanguard and Zhang Liao on the right flank, a flicker of excitement in his eyes.
"Your Highness, it's time for the cavalry to move."
"Report! Marshal, the 40,000 Qingcang Army on the right flank are already at their breaking point."
"Report! To the Marshal, the Dagan of the cavalry has moved! Twenty thousand You Ran Cavalry to the right flank, and forty thousand Zhenyou Cavalry have left the city and are charging straight towards our Dongyue Army on the left flank."
When he heard that the cavalry had moved, Qin Xiaosheng's eyes narrowed, and he was somewhat puzzled, but he still quickly made arrangements.
"Sufeng Cavalry to the right flank, and dispatch 10,000 central troops to support Qingcang Army... Also, tell Marquis of Dongyue to stop Zhenyou Cavalry at all costs."
After Qin Xiaosheng finished speaking, a general below asked somewhat hesitantly.
"General, are we really going to use the Dongyue Army to stop the Zhenyou Cavalry? Why not send out the Immeasurable Iron Cavalry?"
After this man finished speaking, the generals still in the tent all paused for a moment.
They all knew what it would cost to send the Dongyue Army to stop the Zhenyou Cavalry. The Dongyue Army had no cavalry. Even if the Dongyue Army had 20,000 elite Cangshan heavy armor soldiers, compared to the 40,000 Zhenyou Cavalry, it would still be a matter of sacrificing lives, with too many casualties.
Logically speaking, no one would arrange it this way.
At this moment, no one said anything. Their gazes secretly turned to a man in golden armor standing to the side, the commander of the Immeasurable Iron Cavalry, Huangfu Sheng. Just the name Huangfu was enough; no one dared to say anything.
Qin Xiaosheng remained expressionless and said softly.
"No need to say more, the Immeasurable Iron Cavalry won't be moving now, and their target isn't the Zhenyou Cavalry. Go!"
After the arrangements were made, almost all the generals in the main tent had led their troops away, leaving only a few people. Qin Xiaosheng looked at the deployment with great confusion.
"However, the 40,000 reinforcements are indeed quite powerful, but with just these, do you, Wang Hanying, dare to gamble everything and launch a full-scale attack?"
"Are you so confident that your 60,000 vanguard troops and 40,000 flank troops can break through our defenses, or do you think the Zhenyou Cavalry can break through the Dongyue Army's defenses and disrupt our central army's deployment?"