Wei Zeng and Zhang Leng did not stop after annihilating 10,000 iron-blooded warriors, and quickly retreated to the east of the river.
At this time, both the South and North Routes of the Jagged Army sent people to outflank the coalition's rear route, hoping to cooperate with the main force of Bai Zheng in the middle to eliminate the coalition forces in Hexi.
Wei Zeng's strategic goal has been achieved.
As long as Guanluo River can resist the Iron Blood Army's attack, the Iron Blood Army's deployment will definitely be disrupted, and then the coalition forces will be able to seize the opportunity to gain some advantages.
Although there was no problem on the southern route, the northern route was captured by Udli.
Before Zhang Leng could fully enjoy the joy of victory, he eagerly led his troops north to support him.
Because the land west of Hexi has been lost, if Hedong is lost again, then the Power Sect's uprising will completely fail.
Zhang Leng would never allow such a thing to happen.
However, Wei Zeng could not escape and go north, because Bai Zhengzheng and 20,000 people who came for support, totaling more than 40,000 people, were storming the Guanluohe defense line.
Bai Zhengheng lost 10,000 soldiers in the first battle because his general Hu did not obey his command.
Because the coalition forces immediately retreated after their victory, Bai Zhengheng's encirclement was not completed after all.
After hearing the news that Wu Deli had invaded Hedong, Bai Zhengheng decided not to give the coalition forces a chance to breathe, and broke through the Guanluohe defense line in one fell swoop, leaving the coalition forces to defend their tail.
Facing Bai Zhengheng's attack, Wei Zeng led 30,000 people to defend, and after several days of hard fighting, he finally defended Guanluo River.
A few days later, I heard that Sajiali was supporting Hedong and that Wu Deli's attack had been stopped.
Wei Zeng's heart that had not been able to let go for days could finally be at peace.
There were only 10,000 Yanbei rebels defending the southern front.
Days of hard fighting put a lot of pressure on the people on the southern front.
Fortunately, the Iron-Blooded Army on the southern front has no special characteristics, and the generals' operations are quite satisfactory.
Although the southern defenders are working hard, they are not in danger for the moment.
Wei Zeng ordered Gu Chayi's cavalry to go south to support, allowing Gu Chayi to take the opportunity to kill the enemy.
Guchayi's cavalry did not return to the east of the river, but went south when they were in the west of the river.
On the way south, they encountered 10,000 iron-blooded troops.
These ten thousand people were the troops sent by the South Road Iron Blood Army to support Bai Zhengheng.
They did not expect that the enemy troops had already come to kill them before they reached the designated place.
These ten thousand people were composed of 6,000 infantry, 3,000 crossbowmen and 1,000 cavalry.
After encountering Gu Chayi's army, they immediately formed a formation to resist.
After careful inspection, Gu Cha found out that these ten thousand people were not Bai Zhengren's iron-blooded warriors, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Gu Chayi immediately decided to use the advantage of the cavalry to teach this iron-blooded army a lesson.
Six thousand Zhantu Rangers divided into left and right groups and circled around the enemy's flanks, and then began to shoot arrows to kill the enemy.
Gucha personally led three thousand heavy cavalry and was the first to shoot arrows at the enemy.
Facing Guchayi's cavalry, this army composed of heavy infantry was completely in a state of being beaten.
Although the crossbowmen's heavy crossbows could compete with the cavalry, the tug-of-war cavalry on both wings deliberately avoided the crossbowmen's shooting range and killed and wounded the 6,000 heavy infantry.
The three thousand men led by Gu Chayi were all wearing heavy armor.
Facing the enemy's crossbowmen, as long as they were not hit in the vital points, they would not lose their combat effectiveness.
The iron-blooded army generals saw that the enemy was only using guerrilla warfare to consume their combat effectiveness, but the plains were flat and the thousands of iron-blooded army had nowhere to hide.
Knowing that failure was inevitable in the long run, the generals of the Iron-Blooded Army ordered the crossbowmen in front and the infantry in the rear.
A thousand iron cavalry launched a counterattack against the Tutu Rangers, and the army gradually moved to the nearest small city.
The dense formation was too damaged by bows and arrows.
During the retreat, these ten thousand iron-blooded troops formed a skirmishing formation.
Gu Chayi's three thousand heavy cavalry were trained by him.
In addition to riding and shooting, these three thousand people were also specially trained to attack with spears and horses.
As soon as Gucha saw that the enemy had formed a skirmish formation, a thousand cavalry were also sent to hinder the Tutu Rangers on both wings, so after a burst of enemy crossbow fire, he launched an attack.
When the crossbowmen saw the cavalry in front of them rushing over, they quickly refilled their arrows and fired at Guchayi's three thousand people.
Facing the enemy's arrow rain, some of Gu Chayi's three thousand heavy cavalry fell to the ground and died, but more people still rushed to the enemy's formation with several arrows inserted into their bodies.
Because of the heavy armor defense, the cavalry hit by arrows did not suffer many casualties.
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The cavalry charge did not give the enemy a chance to fire arrows again.
There was a burst of spear impact, and the entire row of crossbowmen fell down in pieces.
In order to prevent the enemy from being killed by bows and arrows, their formation was relatively loose.
As soon as Gucha broke through the enemy's line and set out, he used heavy cavalry to separate the enemy's formation.
The Iron-Blooded Army general saw that these cavalry were just guerrillas and ordered the crossbowmen to stay behind.
The crossbowmen could not cause any harm to these cavalry.
The Iron-Blooded Army generals already understood that the leading cavalry was heavily armored cavalry, so they hurriedly ordered the soldiers to form a dense formation to resist the enemy's attack.
But it was too late.
Guchayi's three thousand heavy cavalry rushed into the crowd and quickly separated them.
The surrounding Zhantu Rangers also took the opportunity to rush towards them.
For a time, the Iron-Blooded Army was on the verge of defeat.
Generally speaking, the armor of cavalry is relatively thin, in order to increase the flexibility of mounted shooting; the armor of lancers is relatively thick, in order to reduce their own casualties during impact.
Guchayi's three thousand heavy cavalry, which had the characteristics of both archers and lancers, made the iron-blooded generals make a mistake for a moment, and the victory was tilted to Guchayi's side.
Gu Chayi's cavalry divided the retreating Jagged Army into several large and small pieces, and then concentrated their forces to eliminate the scattered enemies one by one.
After a fight, the Iron-blooded Army was finally defeated.
Under the cover of a thousand iron cavalry, the generals of the Iron-blooded Army fled to a nearby city, while the others fled separately.
Guchayi won the first battle when he went south, pursued the defeated enemy for a while, and then led his troops to continue southward.
The generals on the southern route of the Jagged Army were secretly surprised when they heard that the troops heading north to support were defeated by the enemy.
In order to prevent Gu Chayi's cavalry from going south, the generals on the southern route relaxed their offensive on Guanluo River and set up a large formation south of Guanluo River with the intention of annihilating Gu Chayi's cavalry.
After Guchayi's victory, he did not stop and continued to lead his troops south.
His mission this time was to prevent the enemy's attack on the southern front.
It would be great if he could completely defeat the enemy on the southern front.
Having been beaten down by the iron-blooded warriors before, Gu Chayi had been cautious in this battle.
However, winning the first battle greatly increased Gu Chayi's confidence.
Guchayi was determined to completely defeat the enemy forces on the southern front.
As soon as Gucha arrived not far from the enemy on the southern front, he saw an army forming a formation and preparing to fight.
When Gucha saw the enemy troops arranged in a dense formation, with the crossbowmen in front, they were obviously specially prepared to deal with his cavalry.
Gucha heard Wei Zeng say that the dense infantry formation was the nemesis of the light cavalry.
Even the heavy cavalry would suffer a disastrous defeat when surrounded by infantry several times larger than itself.
The way to deal with dense infantry formations is to kill the enemy with bows and arrows, and then counterattack when the enemy suffers heavy casualties and is defeated.
If the enemy forms a skirmish formation, using heavy cavalry to divide and outflank the enemy, and then defeat them one by one, is the way to win.
This is the tactic of the Gucha cavalry.
According to this tactic, Gucha won the first battle.
Now Gucha is planning to repeat the same tactics.
The enemy discovered Guchayi's cavalry, but they did not attack.
Instead, they gradually retreated under the cover of the crossbowmen.
Gu Chayi ordered the Zhantu Rangers to pursue and attack, and he led 3,000 heavy cavalry to wait for the enemy to show a weakness before counterattacking.
The Zhantu Rangers did not suffer too many casualties due to their horse advantage, but the enemy was already well prepared, and the crossbowmen were all on the periphery.
It was difficult for the Zhantu Rangers to approach the infantry, causing heavy damage to the infantry.
Although the enemy's losses were relatively large, the main infantry force was not harmed at all.
The enemy retreated all the way, and Gu Chayi pursued him.
After pursuing for several miles, Gu Chayi realized that something was wrong.
The enemy suffered heavy losses under the attack of the Tutu Rangers, but the enemy's formation never became disorganized.
The reason why the enemy does this is that if they cannot win, they will either retreat to the city and hold on to it, or seek a counterattack.
The enemy is just passively being beaten like this and keeps retreating.
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Why?
As soon as Gucha realized that something was wrong, he ordered the army to stop the pursuit.
In order to annihilate Gu Chayi's cavalry, the commander-in-chief of the Iron Blood Army South Road planned to encircle Gu Chayi from all sides, leaving Gu Chayi with nowhere to escape.
The army in front of Gu Chayi was the bait that lured him into taking the bait.
A large number of Iron Army infantry were ambushed on both sides in front of Gucha Yi, and there were even three thousand iron cavalry on standby, ready to cut off Gu Cha Yi's retreat path.
The commander-in-chief of the South Route of the Iron Blood Army saw that Gucha had stopped attacking and was afraid that Gucha would escape, so he ordered the ambush troops to dispatch.
Suddenly, there were loud shouts of killing everywhere, and there were iron-blooded infantry rushing over everywhere.
Gu Chayi was hesitant just now, but now that he saw the ambush appearing, he immediately ordered the cavalry to retreat.
However, Gu Cha Yi pursued the bait army for several miles, and the enemy troops ambushing on both sides also stretched for several miles.
There were even 3,000 cavalry blocking Gu Cha Yi's retreat.
"Everyone change their spears and rush for me."
Under Gu Chayi's order, nearly 10,000 cavalrymen picked up their spears and charged towards the 3,000 cavalrymen blocking the road.
The scene of tens of thousands of spears attacking together was so spectacular.
The three thousand cavalrymen also had their horses in hand, and they faced the enemy's attack without fear.
Their purpose was to delay the enemy's escape.
As long as the surrounding infantry surrounded them, Gu Chayi's cavalry could not escape the fate of being annihilated.
Therefore, these three thousand cavalry also received death orders, and they must prevent Gu Chayi from escaping at all costs.
The horses clashed with spears.
First, Gu Chayi's men were stabbed to death, and then Anyun's cavalry suffered the same blow.
After the confrontation, the two armies fought together.
The Zhantu Rangers were all light cavalry, and they were no match for Anyun's cavalry in close combat.
Gu Chayi's 3,000 heavy cavalry and the 3,000 cavalry were inseparable from each other.
If it were just a cavalry duel, Anyun's cavalry would definitely fail.
But looking at the iron-blooded infantry swarming around, the stalemate on the battlefield made Gucha feel anxious.
Gu Chayi didn't want to fight, ordered the cavalry to charge forward, and then retreated.
Gu Chayi's handsome flag was attacked by three thousand cavalry, so Gu Chayi's Chinese troops were the last to withdraw.
The Zhantu Rangers who escaped first saw that Gu Chayi's central army was also out of the war, so they picked up their bows and arrows to attack the Anyun Cavalry who were chasing them.
Guchayi escaped before the enemy army encircled him.
Seeing the enemy troops emerging from all directions, Gu Chayi ordered his soldiers to fight back with bows and arrows, and then retreated calmly.
The generals of the South Route of the Jagged Army were unwilling to see the enemy fleeing, but in order to prevent the enemy from retaliating, they ordered the army to retreat and defend the city, and then sent a request for help to Bai Zhengjun
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