Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 43 Cuiping Pass

The sound of screaming and killing filled the entire river plain, and the originally quiet wilderness became a Shura field. With the advantage of maneuverability, the cavalry urged the horses under their crotches to continuously launch fierce attacks on the Tiannan Army group that was divided into countless small pieces, but the most painful thing for the Tiannan Army was the nomadic archers who had already concentrated in formation. After occupying the absolute advantage in numbers, they methodically formed bow and arrow attack groups one after another, hiding behind the besieged comrades-in-arms, and using waves of arrow rain to destroy the soldiers of the Tiannan Army who were struggling to resist the culling of the assault cavalry, while the Mott cavalry The strong archer in the middle even concentrated his strength to shoot and kill the marked Tiannan officers according to the requirements during the training, which stabbed the Tiannan Army's front line that was already on the verge of collapse. After losing the command of the officers, the assembled defensive circles were quickly broken through and killed by the Mott cavalry, and became the souls of the sword. Under such circumstances, surrender seems to have become redundant, and the Tiannan Army One side seems to have no such awareness.

As the battle situation progressed, countless soldiers of the Tiannan Army were consciously oppressed like a river bank. The Tiannan Army, which has a unified command, can no longer form a complete defensive circle by its own strength, and the nomadic cavalry seems to have fully understood this. Whenever the Tiannan side tries to form a defensive circle, it will always be attacked by several times the nomadic cavalry. The frantic charge until the opponent's attempt is defeated.

Little by little, the battle situation turned in favor of the Northwest side. The Tiannan Army soldiers who had given up hope of breaking through the siege also fully demonstrated their tenacious side. Even in the face of the overwhelming Northwest Army, they did not flinch. , making full use of the flexible characteristics of the infantry formation to form various small attack formations, but the number of enemies is too large. When the living beings disappeared under the enemy's weapons and horseshoes, the two division leaders also realized this. There is no longer much suspense in the battle, and the defeat of one's own side is only a matter of time, and tenacious resistance will only increase casualties in vain.

When the southern army finally made up their minds to abandon the main forces that had been completely encircled by the enemy, and organized some troops to break through the eastern defense line and prepare to retreat to the Longmen Mountain Pass, they discovered that the black cavalry from the eastern mountain pass was already ready to go. Before the Tiannan Army, which had broken out of the encirclement, had time to react, the 10,000 Tubu cavalry had already rushed westward in an overwhelming momentum, and the two commanders exchanged words with each other. With a wink, knowing that the enemy's arrangement obviously wouldn't give him any hope, he pulled out the saber at his waist almost at the same time, and went forward first, meeting the surging tide, and was immediately beaten into pieces Bloody flowers, only a Tubu cavalryman who raised his sword and danced wildly felt that he had an extra spoil under his sword.

This battle known as the "Battle of Xiangshuitan" made the army in the interior of the empire feel the power of the transformed nomadic cavalry under Li Wufeng's command for the first time. Although the opponents were only two incomplete divisions, But anyone knows that these two incomplete divisions are the first division and the second division of the first army of Tiannan Lang's family. At this juncture, the fighting strength shown by these two divisions is still worthy of their titles. Even in the case of absolute disadvantage, facing the nomadic cavalry who has the absolute advantage in number, morale and mobility, they still fight to the death. Until the last breath, he defended the honor of Tiannan soldiers with blood and life.

In this battle, the excellent performance of Mott's No. 1 and No. 20,000 Cavalry Team, which broke through the enemy's defense line first, was also highly affirmed by Liang Chongxin, the commander-in-chief of the Kansai Theater, and reported it to the Northwest Military and Political Festival as soon as possible. The Dushifu asked for a commendation, and this battle also defended Liang Chongxin's position in the Northwest Army.

What satisfied Liang Chongxin and Li Wufeng the most was not actually winning Bashan and Cuiping Pass, they were most concerned about being able to completely annihilate the first and second ace armies of the Lang family in the Tiannan First Army Unreservedly eliminating Lang Yongquan's two trump cards is completely different from defeating and defeating. As long as the original incomplete First and Second Divisions have a general framework and a large number of experienced officers and veterans, they only need to send the reserve soldiers one by one. In addition, a complete division can be reproduced again, and now it is wiped out, not only completely cut off the resurgence of these two divisions, but also greatly affected the morale of the Tiannan army, and the subsequent impact of this Power is unlimited.

The Battle of Xiangshuitan announced the beginning of Northwest forces' official involvement in the Central Plains campaign. Later historians spoke highly of this battle. In other battlefields other than the Li Grassland, the characteristics of the nomadic cavalry were perfectly demonstrated in this battle. It took five hours to run non-stop from Kunlun Pass to Xiangshuitan for more than 200 miles, without causing any damage to the enemy. The opportunity to respond, and Liang Chongxin also made full use of the information transmission of the Gu family in Bashan, calculated the time accurately to the extreme, cleverly seized the moment when the Tiannan Army came out of the mountain to rest and launched a surprise attack, succeeded in one fell swoop, and wiped out 30,000 Tiannan elites people.

After the war, the tactical instructors of the Northwest Military Academy all agreed that the commander's grasp of time and the capture of fighters in the Battle of Xiangshuitan played the role of the intelligence system to the greatest extent. The full use of the characteristics of nomadic light cavalry and the brilliant results and strategic significance of this battle, this series of unique features are enough to make this battle into the history of the war as a classic battle, and Liang Chongxin himself showed in this battle His calm mind and forward-looking vision not only successfully wiped out the two divisions, but also laid a good foundation for the smooth development of a series of subsequent battles. This also marked the beginning of the collapse of the Lang family's forces in Kansai. .

"Hey, old man, look over there, why are there so many people coming this way?" An officer standing on the edge of Cuiping waved his hand to cover his forehead, staring into the distance, looking puzzled. Watching a large group of caravans running from the west.

Almost everyone followed the captain's gaze to the west, and sure enough, a large group of cavalry swarmed towards the gate, as if they were robbed by bandits.

"Order the closed people to go forward and check to see what's going on? Close the gate first, and don't allow them to approach the gate! Wait until the inspection is clear." Although the east and west sides are under the control of our own army, but The cautious officer still cautiously ordered the door to be closed and asked a small group of soldiers on duty under the tower to check and see what was going on.

"My lord, I have already asked clearly. These businessmen said that they encountered our Tiannan Army in the Longmen Mountains and were attacked. They heard that we were defeated. They felt that the situation was wrong, so they ran back first." After checking and understanding the situation, the soldier shouted under the tower.

Surprised, the officers on the city tower quickly went downstairs to open the city gate and brought a few businessmen to him to question carefully. After narrating, the officers were shocked and frightened. They did not expect that the Northwesters had already invaded Bashan, and even the first and second divisions that had just passed here had also suffered setbacks. What should we do? When he heard that the remnants of the First and Second Divisions had retreated to the Cuiping Pass they were guarding, the officer didn't care much, but thought about how to report the details to Lujiang's commander, and asked Lujiang to send more troops as soon as possible. There is only one wing stationed here, how can it resist it?

Called the former Lujiang police stationed in Cuipingguan who were responsible for daily inspections in Guanzhong, and found out that these people are indeed Bashan merchants who often travel between Lujiang and Bashan~IndoMTL.com~ The officer did not keep a few people behind, and ordered them to take the goods away. While negotiating, they saw a group of people swarming along the mountain road. It seemed that the outfit was exactly what those merchants said was the first one who had lost the battle. The second division, although everyone looks tired, but the marching formation is fairly orderly, but the words are quite angry, cursing, yelling that there are pursuers thirty miles behind, and the sergeants should close the door and open the door quickly , let them enter the customs.

Although I was a little puzzled as to why these defeated soldiers came so quickly, seeing the arrogance of the other party seemed to be the greatness of the First Legion, especially when some people looked familiar, the officer didn't think much about other things. , ordered the sergeant to open the door, but these people were so anxious that they filed in without even saying hello, and those familiar faces seemed to still show expressions of struggle and resistance, standing still. In the heart of the officer on the Guanlou, there was a sudden movement, but his awakening came too late, and the defeated soldiers who were still pouring in suddenly turned into a demon king who bought people's lives, with knives flying and blood raining everywhere. Before even the surprised expression on his face disappeared, he fell into a pool of blood.

Cold sweat rushed down the back of the officer, and there was a loud bang in the officer's mind. He was fooled. This is clearly a trick of the enemy, but it is too late. Even these patrolmen dare to cooperate with these Northwesterners to deceive I, the furious officer chopped several people to the ground without explaining by the patrolman, and then called the troops upstairs to quickly go down to block the city gate, but this was already a remedy for the past, and the soldiers of the Northwest Army who roared in had already The gate was firmly stuck, and the garrison, who had already reacted, knew that life and death were at stake, and rushed up desperately, trying to squeeze out the soldiers of the Northwest Army who had just entered the pass. The two sides fought fiercely before closing the gate.