Wei Gao's army had just prepared to set up camp after retreating ten miles.
A Tanma galloped over and reported to Wei Gao: "Commander, there are about 19,000 enemy troops chasing our army.
They are suspected of being a Thracian army." , the leader of the army is Batannicus, who is now six meters away from our army.
Here, before the three thousand cavalry ordered by the commander could disperse, the Thracian army descended from the high ground and approached our army.
Since he did not receive the commander's military order, General Li Su was leading his troops to retreat and join our main force, and there was no way to detect the horses.
Go deep into the front to explore the main movements of the coalition forces."
"Oh" Wei Gao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, looked at the other generals around him and asked: "Generals, what do you mean by the coalition?"
The commander of the left army thought for a while and said: "Commander, could it be that Batanicus had a conflict with other leaders of the coalition and was kicked out?"
The commander of the right army immediately rejected this statement: "This is impossible.
Even if there is a conflict between them, the situation has reached this point now.
The other leaders of the coalition will not drive out the Thracian army, let alone let them leave.
Could it be that they We are not afraid that the Thracian army will turn against them after they surrender to us.
I think it is possible that Batannicus was hunted too hard by us and did not want to escape anymore, so he simply brought his own troops to fight us to the death."
Wei Gao nodded and said: "This possibility is not impossible.
Do you have any other ideas?"
The commander of the Chinese army said: "Commander, I think this may be Charlie's conspiracy, using the Thracian army as bait.
If we turn around and fight the Thracian army, with the strength of the Thracian army, as long as we They insisted on clinging to us for half an hour, and Charlie was able to arrive with the main force of the coalition forces.
At that time, we lost our maneuverability and could only watch ourselves being surrounded by the coalition forces."
When the other generals heard the assumption made by the commander of the Chinese army, they suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
Not to mention, it was very possible.
Wei Gao held it and clapped his hands unconsciously.
After pondering for a moment, he immediately ordered: "Send orders for the whole army to continue to retreat ten miles, and send elite scouts to detour to the enemy's rear to detect the movement of the main coalition forces.
If there is any situation, report it to the commander immediately."
I want to see if it’s Batenicus’ motivation or Charles’s conspiracy.”
All the generals clasped their fists and responded to the order: "Yes" Half an hour later, Wei Gao's army retreated ten miles, and the scout horses from behind came to report that the Thracian army was continuing to pursue this direction.
However, the scout horses that detoured to the enemy's rear for reconnaissance had not yet sent any news.
Wei Gao thought for a moment.
After that, he again ordered a large-scale retreat of ten miles.
More than half an hour later, the Thracian army was still far behind, but the distance between the two armies had increased to fifteen miles, but there was still no news from the detective horses who detoured to reconnoiter the enemy's rear.
Wei Gao was in a dilemma, whether to continue retreating or to turn around and attack the Thracian army.
The art of war is as it is said.
Knowing oneself and the enemy will lead to victory in every battle.
If you don't know the enemy's strength and movements, and you only guess, there is a half chance that you will be wrong.
Once the main force of the coalition forces is not far behind the Thracian army, he will lead his army to turn around and attack the Thracian army.
Once he is entangled and waits for the main force of the coalition forces to arrive, his 20,000 light cavalry will be in danger.
Wei Gao thought that Charlie was not an unintelligent person, nor was he a man who acted on impulse.
Maybe Batannicus was acting on impulse, but Charlie definitely wouldn't.
Did he just watch nearly 20,000 Thracian troops being eaten without caring about his thoughts?
Here, Wei Gao ordered: "Send the order, the army continues to retreat."
The soldiers were confused about Wei Gao's order, and even the generals were full of doubts, but they still faithfully carried out Wei Gao's order.
The army continued to retreat.
After retreating for another five miles, Tan Ma, who detoured to Thrace to conduct a large-scale rear reconnaissance, finally received the news, "Commander Qi, at a position nearly twenty miles away from the rear of the Thracian army, it has been more than two meters away."
The coalition cavalry of 10,000 people has been hanging behind them unhurriedly.
The 20,000 cavalrymen are composed of light cavalry and heavy cavalry."
When Wei Gao and the generals heard this, they finally felt relieved.
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The generals all admired Wei Gao for not making a rash decision to turn around and attack the Thracian army under such circumstances.
The commander was still calm.
Angry.
"Twenty thousand light and heavy cavalry."
Wei Gao became confused and turned to ask the commander of the Chinese army: "How many cavalry does the coalition have?"
The commander of the Chinese army replied: "According to the intelligence analysis obtained by our scouts and detailed operations, the combined number of the Allied light cavalry should not exceed 13,000.
The Frankish heavy cavalry previously had about 10,000 people, but has gradually suffered losses in recent days. , and the number is quite large.
The existing heavy cavalry with steel armor should not exceed 8,000, so the 20,000 light and heavy cavalry are likely to be the total number of all the coalition cavalry."
After hearing this, Wei Gao's mind began to spin rapidly.
Now the coalition forces have been divided into three groups.
All those at the rear are infantry.
There are estimated to be 60,000 to 70,000 of these troops, still in place, and 20,000 light and heavy cavalry in the middle.
They have already followed.
The Thracian army at the front is less than fifteen miles away from here.
Keeping retreating is definitely not a long-term solution.
Keeping retreating will reverse the situation.
Now that the coalition forces are taking the initiative to divide their forces, it seems that they can find a way to separate them.
But what if we buy enough time for each defeat?
Wei Gao immediately shouted: "Come here, bring the map."
A guard quickly brought the map.
Wei Gao spread it out and found the current location of the army.
His fingers kept moving on the map, as if he was considering the marching route.
After a long time, Wei Gao stopped, raised his head and said to Li Su: "General Li, your father is a master of cavalry tactics.
You must have learned a lot from your father.
During this period of time, you have led troops in battles, and you are very good at using cavalry tactics."
Bold and careful, calm and skillful when commanding, now I have a mission Leave it to you, the coalition forces have been divided, we will also divide the troops, divide the 20,000 people into two parts, I will lead 10,000 light cavalry and continue to retreat forward, doing everything possible to lead the Thracian army and the 20,000 coalition cavalry far enough away , you take all the heavy cavalry and the remaining light cavalry, about ten thousand people, to go around this road.
Attack the enemy's infantry in the rear.
They have no cavalry in the rear, so there is nothing they can do to you.
Moreover, they may not have thought that we would take a long way to attack the infantry in the rear, so the defense of those coalition infantry should be very lax. , your task is to defeat the enemy infantry.
If at that time Before Charlie realizes that the rear infantry has been defeated, you can lead your army back to attract the attention of the 20,000 coalition cavalry and lure them away.
If they cannot be lured away, we will exchange news and remember not to get entangled with the enemy cavalry.
Fight, strive to retreat with one blow, and do not give the opponent a chance to fight at close range."
At this time, Li Su fully understood Wei Gao's tactical intentions.
He cupped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Commander, I will understand what the Commander is thinking."
"Okay, get ready now and take people out immediately."
"yes"
Li Su took away 3,000 heavy cavalry and 7,000 light cavalry, leaving 10,000 light cavalry behind.
Wei Gao watched Li Su lead his army away and then turned around and returned.
At this time, a horseman returned from the rear to report. : "Commander, the Thracian army is less than ten miles away from our army."
Wei Gao thought for a moment and ordered the commander of the Chinese army: "Immediately send people to clear the traces left by Li Su's troops when they left.
They must be flawless and no one can see the slightest trace.
Otherwise, our strategy will not succeed.
Instead, It will bring danger to Li Subu.”
The commander of the Chinese army agreed: "Don't worry, Commander, I will personally lead people to handle this matter."
"Yes."
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Wei Gao nodded, and then ordered the commander of the left army: "Lead your three thousand troops to stay here, and when the Thracian army approaches, attack immediately, but you cannot fight for a long time, you must retreat with one blow.
The purpose is not to kill many enemies, but to let the enemy see the opportunity to entangle us.
Instead of retreating and going back, I took the remaining people and slowly continued to evacuate.
I must remember that we cannot be chased and surrounded by the 20,000 coalition cavalry.
Before the battle, we must send out scout horses to monitor the surrounding situation.
Once we find two coalition forces, Ten thousand cavalry troops are quickly reinforcing us, so we must retreat immediately, do you understand?"
The commander of the left army cupped his fists and said: "The general will finally understand."
The Thracian army quickly caught up under the leadership of Batannicus.
The commander of the left army immediately led his army to attack.
The Western Qin army did not rush into the enemy's formation and kill them, but just rode horses around the Thracian army.
When the enemy's formation is loose, they will organize a dense arrow formation to charge, and then quickly break away from the enemy's formation, without giving the Thracian army a chance to fight.
Less than half an hour into the battle, the cavalry from the front came to report that 20,000 coalition cavalry were coming quickly from the rear.
The commander of the left army immediately ordered the entire army to withdraw.
To make up for the time spent fighting, the Thracian army suffered little loss, only losing more than a thousand men.
However, this made Batannicus very angry.
He was about to entangle the Western Qin cavalry.
He did not expect the opponent to be so fast.
Just slip away.
Next, Wei Gao divided his 10,000 cavalry into three groups, and asked these three cavalry to take turns to turn around and go back to fight the Thracian army.
However, when the Thracian army was about to entangle them, reinforcements from the allied cavalry in the rear were about to arrive.
Get away in time when you arrive.
Just like this, they kept turning around to attack, retreat, attack again and retreat again, leading the Thracian army and the 20,000 coalition cavalry seventy miles away.
After setting up camp that night, Charlie felt a little uneasy.
A question came to his mind: why did the Western Qin army only send 3,000 troops to each battle?
What about the others?
Could it be that they divided the entire army into multiple armies and took turns to fight?
Trying to eat up the Thracian army in this way "Comer" A commander came over and saluted: "Your Majesty" Charlie ordered: "Immediately send someone to sneak into the enemy camp to investigate.
I want to know how many people there are in their camp."
"Yes, Your Majesty":