Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

The reason why Tongguan is difficult to capture is that the mountain is high and the road is steep, and there is only a long and narrow valley between two mountains. Dodging, there is almost no room for retaliation.

This is the reason why Anguo soldiers failed to pass through the customs twice.

Pei Lin ordered people to tie up a lot of straw men, and found thousands of cows and donkeys, tied the straw men to the backs of the animals, and then drove them out in batches, and drove them to the pass in the dark, and then lit firecrackers, and the cattle were shocked. Terrified, he ran desperately into the valley, resulting in a battle of thousands of troops galloping.

The Xirong army guarding above the valley heard the movement and thought that the An army was coming, so they threw arrows and stones into the valley desperately.

After the first round of arrow rain and stone rain was let go, Anjun began to drive out the second batch of cattle to continue to break through.After such a few rounds, the stones of the Xirong garrison at the top of the mountain were almost consumed. After all, the stones take up space and the number is limited.

When there were no more stones rolling down the mountain, An's army finally launched an attack.The soldiers are all wearing armor, which has a certain defensive effect on bows and arrows. As long as there are no stones, there will be much fewer casualties when rushing over.

Before the pass, the An army did not hesitate any longer, and bombed the gate of Tongguan with the gunpowder that had been prepared long ago.This time Pei Linzhi didn't spare the gunpowder. In order to reduce casualties, he bombed several times in succession, and finally blasted the impenetrable Tongguan Pass.

This battle was fought from night to dawn, and the defenders of Tongguan saw that the general situation was over, so they threw away their helmets and armor and fled towards Tongguan County behind them.

Pei Linzhi did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, because to the west of Tongguan was the flat Guanzhong Plain, and what he would face in the future would be the brave cavalry of the Western Rong, and every battle would be a fierce battle.They need to be well groomed and have a good march plan before attacking in an all-round way.

Tongguan fell, and the news spread to Chang'an, and the country suddenly exploded.Tongguan is only more than three hundred miles away from Chang'an, and infantry can reach it in a few days at most.If it is cavalry, it will be faster, and it will arrive in two or three days.

In other words, the An army has approached Chang'an. If Tongguan county falls, Chang'an will be in danger!

Emperor Yuan Tan of Xirong urgently summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures, and issued a gold medal to summon the main force attacking Tuyuhun to retreat. At the same time, he sent the most brave general of Xirong, Mu Kun, with [-] soldiers, to intercept the An army in Tongguan County.

According to the information obtained, the number of Xirong cavalry is about [-]. The men of Xirong grew up on horseback since they were young. All of them are brave and good at fighting, and everyone is a soldier.

And Anguo's cavalry totaled less than [-], which was really not enough compared to Xirong's cavalry.Pei Linzhi did not dare to take it lightly, and had already made complete preparations, even Xiao Yu participated in it.

Three days later, the An army marched outside the city of Tongguan to confront the Xirong army.

The An army called out to the Xirong army in Tongguan city, but the Xirong army refused to go out of the city to fight.

Pei Linzhi discussed with Xiao Yao and other generals: "The Xirong army in Tongguan is different from that in Shangluo County and Hanzhong. Those places are mostly mountainous and mainly infantry. The Xirong army here is mainly cavalry. They are not good at defending the city, and they are not willing to defend the city. Defend the city. If they refuse to fight, they must be waiting for reinforcements. Calculating the time, the reinforcements should arrive soon."

Xiao Yao's tone was a little annoyed: "The cavalry arrived here from Chang'an, and they must have arrived in these two days. I knew we should have come to attack the city earlier."

Pei Linzhi waved his hand: "It's okay, even if we come a day or two earlier, we may not be able to capture Tongguan City. We might as well rest up and fight again. The reinforcements rushing here from Chang'an must be exhausted, but it is a good opportunity for us."

As expected, on the second day, Mu Kun led [-] cavalry to arrive aggressively.The defenders in the city breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the reinforcements arrive, and hurried out of the city to meet them. Of course, they were mainly worried that the reinforcements would arrive in a hurry and would be too tired and would be attacked by the security forces.

Pei Linzhi didn't have much interest in sneak attacks. The Xirong cavalry had many and brave cavalry, but how many cavalry he had were all baby bumps, so he couldn't take risks at will.

Since then, the confrontation between the two armies has settled down.

The original Tongguan defenders were 3 people, and a small part was lost in the Battle of Tongguan. With Mu Kun's reinforcements, the number was less than [-], mainly cavalry.

The An army has 10 soldiers and only less than [-] cavalry. In terms of strength, it can be said that it has no advantage, because the combat power of one cavalry is equivalent to two or three infantry.

Therefore, Pei Linzhi did not take the initiative to launch an attack, but waited for the opponent to take the initiative.

Mu Kun is the most valiant general in Xirong. His strength alone can be equivalent to a hundred people. He is the number one god of war in Xirong, and he has never been defeated.So this time, facing the [-] An army, I am also very confident, because the cavalry has an obvious advantage. Once they charge into the battle, dealing with the infantry is as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

The Xirong reinforcements arrived at noon. After a short rest, they began to blow the horns, beat the drums, and prepare for the battle. It seemed that they didn't pay attention to the fatigue of several days of running around. They planned to make a quick decision and rest after the battle. .

Pei Lin ordered the cavalry to line up in front of the formation, and when the enemy was about to enter the range of the bed crossbow, he ordered the cavalry to withdraw quickly from the north and south sides.As soon as the cavalry of one's own side withdrew, the bed crossbow hidden behind the cavalry and the shield appeared.

The improved bed crossbow not only has a long range, but also fires multiple arrows at once, which can hit a target three miles away.

And the bed crossbows are still going up in turn.When the Xirong cavalry was still some distance away from the boss of the An army, they suffered the first wave of bed crossbow attacks. Many galloping horses were hit by arrows to the end, and the cavalry on horseback fell to the ground, and some were broken directly. neck.Some fell off without incident, but couldn't escape the galloping horseshoes from behind, causing heavy casualties.

As soon as the horses in front fell, the rhythm behind them was disrupted, and many horses were tripped to the ground by the horses in front.

But tens of thousands of cavalry continued to rush up. The advantages of the bed crossbow are long range and high lethality, but it also has obvious shortcomings, such as being too heavy, slow to install, and not flexible enough. After two or three rounds, the Xirong cavalry is close. The crossbow can't keep up with the speed of the enemy's travel.

When the enemy approached, the bed crossbow was quickly withdrawn and replaced with a crossbow gun. The crossbow gun had a longer range than ordinary bows and arrows, and had greater attack power, and it was much more flexible than the bed crossbow.

After a few rounds of gunfire, they were within range of the Xirong cavalry. The Xirong people rode on horseback, bowed their bows and set arrows, and finally launched a formal attack on the An army.

Pei Linzhi shouted: "Shield!"

Immediately, some shieldmen raised their shields to block the bows and arrows from the Xirong cavalry.

At the same time, Pei Linzhi shouted again: "Array!"

The infantry behind the shields began to line up one after another. A dozen people formed a unit. Some held shields, some held bows, some held swords, and some held two-foot-long spears, ready to deal with the Xirong soldiers at any time.

The cavalry who had withdrawn to both sides also began to actively attack from the left and right wings.

When the Xirong cavalry rushed to the front of the Anjun formation, thousands of Xirong cavalry had already been damaged. This was unexpected by Mu Kun, because it was so different from the Anjun they had been in contact with for many years. Never seen it before.

And soon, Mu Kun also discovered that the combat power of this An army was much stronger than the An army he had abused before!The soldiers were well-trained, and they advanced and retreated in an orderly manner. They were obviously the weakest infantry that he despised the most, but they were as sharp as the spears in their hands, and could knock down the extremely brave Xirong warriors to the ground at any time.

This formation was decided after repeated discussions between Xiao Yu, Pei Linzhi, Xiao Yao and others. The Xirong cavalry is brave and is a typical offensive opponent. If the attack power of a single player is too strong, the defense will be weak.

The single infantry is weak in all aspects, but the victory lies in the flexibility of the infantry, which can unite as one and make up for its own shortcomings with coordination and brains. It is very suitable to use this small and flexible formation to deal with cavalry. It can not only attack, but also Also defend.

Mu Kun thought that as long as the cavalry and An Jun were in close contact, they would be able to form a huge crushing force, which made An Jun frightened and fled one after another. Unexpectedly, he kicked a piece of iron in the first confrontation.

The situation was the opposite of what he had expected, the enemy had not lost much, but our side had already lost thousands of elites.

Mu Kun saw his morale crumbled and the defeat was certain, so he quickly called for money to withdraw his troops and suspended the war.

Pei Linzhi did not take advantage of the victory to pursue. The enemy was cavalry, and they could not stop them from escaping.When counting the battlefield, he found that his own casualties were only one-tenth of the opponent's. Pei Linzhi let out a long breath. It seems that this formation really worked!