Chapter 448: Chapter 449 Yuezhi Cavalry
After hearing the report that Gaoliu County sent 30,000 troops to help, Lian Po personally went out to meet them.
Bater explained his purpose to Lian Po. Seeing that the Yuezhi cavalry was so elite, Lian Po happily welcomed everyone into Kanghou Pass.
"Now 300,000 troops are closing Kanghou Pass tightly, among which 100,000 Qin elite soldiers are the key to the opponent, and the rest of the troops are newly surrendered troops.
If we defend Kanghou Pass with all our strength, we will have no advantage against the Qin elite soldiers who are good at attacking cities. Now it is best to defeat 50,000 cavalry and more than 100,000 newly surrendered defenders first, and the 100,000 Qin elite soldiers will have no advantage at all." Lian Po gathered the main generals of Kanghou Pass, Zhao elite cavalry, and Yuezhi cavalry at the general's mansion to discuss with them how to find the next step.
"I think we should lead the army to Dai. Dai surrendered to us two years ago and is also part of our Zhao. We rely on Dai to gather the people of Zhao and fight against Qin for a long time. I believe that those noble families who surrendered to Qin will gradually discover the brutality of Qin and join us. Then we will invite the king back from Yan. Zhao will still be a first-class power in the world after restoration." A Zhao general said.
Everyone was silent when they heard this. No one from the noble families of Zhao dared to stop the footsteps of Qin. Let a vassal state that nominally surrendered to Zhao resist. I am afraid that the people of Dai would be more willing to see the Qin army come.
"Dai has never sent troops to fight against Qin. How can it be willing at this time? Besides, Dai's land is barren and the population is sparse. It is difficult for us to resist the Qin army if we occupy Dai. Now the best way is to defend Kanghou Pass... But it is basically impossible for us to defend Kanghou Pass with our strength!" said the guard of Kanghou Pass.
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Everyone bowed their heads and kept silent at this time. Lian Po sat in the main seat and looked at everyone below, his eyes on Bater.
"I wonder if General Bater has a good plan?" Lian Po asked this mainly to give the Hua family face. They sent people from afar to rescue, you can't treat them as outsiders.
"I think that in order to reverse the situation and stop the expansion of Qin, we must defeat the Qin army. Otherwise, if the Zhao army continues to flee like this, even if Dai wants to send troops to fight against Qin, it will be too late. So many people have a smooth journey out of Kanghou Pass. It is basically impossible for these people to escape. No matter what, we must fight with Qin." Bater said easily.
Although Bater is only the ninth level of the Xiantian Realm, he is the weakest in the conference hall, but his confidence is unmatched by everyone present. Many people are a little unhappy when they hear Bater say this.
"Fighting with Qin? How can Qin's 100,000 elite soldiers be defeated so easily? If our last 20,000 elite cavalry are lost here, then Zhao will be finished. Let me see that we should go directly to Yan to find the king. Then everything will be decided by the king." A Zhao general said.
"I think what General Bater said makes sense. Even if we want to escape to the grassland to Yan or other places, we must not abandon the people fleeing outside the pass. In this way, we must persist for more than half a month. Zhao's elite cavalry is not good at defense, and the Qin army is behind our army. If we attack them unexpectedly, Qin will definitely not defend." Lian Po said.
Lian Po's prestige in the army is still very high. When he said this, others stopped talking. At this time, if we want to stop the Qin army, we must fight a battle. Being driven out of our country like a dog is a shame for a soldier.
"Well, tomorrow, General Bater, you will lead 30,000 cavalry to entangle 50,000 Qin cavalry, and Zhao's 20,000 elite cavalry will quickly break through the 100,000 Qin elite soldiers and teach the Qin army a lesson." Lian Po said.
"General Lian, I don't think it's wise to attack the Qin elite soldiers directly. If we feint to attack the Qin elite soldiers, and then actually attack the opponent's 50,000 cavalry, and then break through the opponent's more than 100,000 auxiliary soldiers in one fell swoop, then the remaining 100,000 Qin elite soldiers will not be able to escape unscathed when facing our 50,000 elite cavalry alone.
If the Qin auxiliary soldiers are defeated at that time, and the Qin elite soldiers come to help, then we will have a chance to find a breakthrough and wipe out all the Qin troops in one fell swoop." Bater said easily.
Everyone opened their eyes wide when they heard this, and looked at Bater like a fool. If the Qin army was so easy to deal with, how could Zhao be so bad? The Hua family would not have sent a fool general!
"Oh! General Bater's words make sense, but even if the 50,000 cavalry of Qin are not elite, they are not so easy to defeat. Even if the more than 100,000 auxiliary soldiers of Qin cannot defeat the elite cavalry charge, they can resist one or two by forming a chariot formation." Lian Po explained patiently.
"It is difficult to break through with 100,000 auxiliary soldiers. We can take advantage of the momentum of their 50,000 cavalry's defeat and drive their fleeing cavalry to their rear army. Most of the Qin cavalry are surrendered soldiers and must not be willing to fight a decisive battle. It should not be difficult to defeat them." Bater said.
When the generals of Zhao heard this, they all felt that what Bater said made some sense, but could the war really go on as they thought?
"Then, if General Bater is allowed to command the battle tomorrow, how will General Bater fight this battle!" A Zhao general in the foundation-building realm looked at Bater and asked deliberately.
"Tomorrow, the Yuezhi cavalry will be the first to go out, and they will only be used to monitor the Qin army. As long as the enemy army does not have more than a thousand people and horses chasing the Qin army beyond a thousand meters, the Yuezhi cavalry cannot take action.
When the Qin army is 10 miles away from Kanghou Pass, the Zhao cavalry will definitely attract the attention of the Qin elite soldiers. General Lian will make a show of a decisive battle, and Bai Qi will definitely let 50,000 cavalry hold back the Yuezhi cavalry.
The 20,000 Zhao cavalry should make a show of quickly chasing the Qin cavalry. The 50,000 Qin cavalry will definitely stay away and be unwilling to fight a decisive battle with the Zhao cavalry. At this time, the 20,000 Zhao army will quickly split into multiple teams, leaning on both sides of the Qin elite soldiers, squeezing the space of the Qin elite soldiers and slowing down their movement speed." Bater said, and everyone listened carefully.
"The Yuezhi cavalry will send 10,000 cavalry to stop before the Qin elite soldiers and the Qin cavalry, and wait for the 20,000 Yuezhi elite soldiers to break through the enemy's 50,000 cavalry formation. Do not let the fleeing cavalry join the Qin elite soldiers, control the fleeing direction of the 50,000 cavalry, and press on their rear army.
Wait for the 20,000 Yuezhi elite cavalry to completely kill the 50,000 Qin cavalry, chase the entire Qin cavalry chaos to kill the enemy's rear army, at this time, 10,000 Yuezhi cavalry quickly came to the rear of the Qin army to prevent the enemy from escaping, wait for the 20,000 Yuezhi cavalry to break up the more than 100,000 Qin rear army, and chase all the Qin defeated troops to rush to the 100,000 Qin elite soldiers.
At this time, 20,000 Zhao elite cavalry broke away from the entanglement of the Qin elite soldiers, quickly joined the Yuezhi cavalry, and drove the defeated troops to break through the Qin elite soldiers formation."
Bater said so, and several Yuezhi cavalry corps representatives nodded after hearing it. All arrangements were very meticulous, so they should be able to defeat those enemies at a relatively small cost.
All the Yuezhi cavalry captains and above have studied in the "Hua Family Military Academy" in Huacheng. Sand table exercises are their compulsory courses. The terrain of Kanghou Pass is simple and most suitable for cavalry combat. They have learned about the strength of Qin this afternoon, so they have this plan for tonight.
"If it is the Qinglong Corps of the Hua family, today's plan is okay. General Bater is going to use Zhao's elite cavalry as an auxiliary to defeat 300,000 Qin troops alone! If he wins this battle, General Bater will surely become a famous general of the time!" A Zhao general said sarcastically.
The battlefield situation changes rapidly, and Bater actually planned everything. After using 20,000 cavalry to quickly defeat the required cavalry, then defeat more than 100,000 Qin auxiliary troops, and then defeat 100,000 Qin sharp troops. Everyone listened as if they were listening to a story.
"General Bater's plan is very detailed, but it will require a high level of combat power for the Yuezhi cavalry, and the speed must also be very fast. In a short period of time, joint command will drive the defeated army to the target. General Bater is confident." Lian Po actually spoke up to agree with Bater's tactics at this time, and many people looked at him in surprise.
"The Yuezhi Cavalry Regiment does not have a foundation-building realm. If they encounter multiple Yuezhi cavalry at the foundation-building realm, the loss will be huge. If the Qin State has a foundation-building realm self-destruct in order to block the attack of the Yuezhi cavalry, General Lian needs to send a foundation-building realm to block one or two of the Yuezhi cavalry." After Bater said this, many people wanted to refute but did not speak.
A cavalry regiment of 30,000 people actually let the Qin army, which has an absolute advantage in manpower, send out multiple foundation-building realms. Do you think the foundation-building realm is not afraid of karma! Let's say that in Bai Qi's heart, your 30,000 troops may not be worth the life of a foundation-building realm general, and you are afraid that the opponent's foundation-building realm general will self-destruct!
"Okay, tomorrow we will use General Bater's tactics to fight against the Qin army. All the troops must strictly follow the tactical plan and actively cooperate with the Yuezhi cavalry to quickly break through the Qin army." Lian Po stood up and decided.
No one expected that the tactics against the Qin soldiers would be so easily determined. The guards of Kanghou Pass will not participate in the battle tomorrow, and the elite cavalry of Zhao will only make a feint attack tomorrow. Since General Lian has decided so, let's fight! Anyway, the Yuezhi cavalry can't defeat the Qin army, and it's not them who will suffer the final loss.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhao reported that the Qin army was still 30 miles away from Kanghou Pass, and the guards of Kanghou Pass had prepared supplies for the city. Although Lian Po agreed to take the initiative to fight the Qin army today, he couldn't pin all his hopes on the Yuezhi cavalry. Last time, although the Yuezhi cavalry followed the Hua family to the outside of Handan City, they never took action from beginning to end. Compared with other legions in Gaoliu County, they were not well-known.
Bater sorted out the equipment and led the entire Yuezhi cavalry out of Kanghou Pass. They walked south for about 25 miles and saw the 50,000 cavalry legion of the Qin army.
The Yuezhi cavalry was skilled in probing attacks. The Yuezhi country practiced archery, and more than 3,000 of them were very good at archery. After several probing attacks, the Qin cavalry lost hundreds of people. They had no choice but to press the army and try to drive the Yuezhi cavalry to the south, and attack the opponent together with 100,000 Qin soldiers, but how could the Yuezhi cavalry do as they wished.
Bater instantly divided the Yuezhi cavalry into teams of thousands, and each team used bows and arrows to attack the Qin cavalry from all sides. The Qin cavalry was no match for the Yuezhi cavalry in shooting. They watched their casualties increase while they could not catch up with the enemy's scattered teams. They could only divide the 50,000 cavalry into dozens of teams to counter the interference of the Yuezhi cavalry.