The most arrogant in history

Chapter 207 The decisive battle at Sishui Pass.

Ye Kun was secretly shocked. Are Niu Yeliang's soldiers so powerful?

The troops from Yizhou and Yangzhou suffered setbacks on two fronts!

As for General Shangwu, he was just a general of miscellaneous title, and Ye Kun did not think highly of him. Five cows and ten sheep were good things.

After lunch, dust filled the sky on the north side of Panchangling, and a large army was coming from the direction of Luoyang.

Ye Kun saw clearly through the telescope that it was Niu Yeliang's troops, and immediately issued an order:

"Crossbowmen and spearmen, go down the mountain to meet the enemy. Form a column and fight while retreating. Lure the enemy to the front of the pass! Light the signal smoke and notify the two wings and the rear army!"

The defense on the mountain has been completed, and Ye Kun is not afraid.

The enemy was cavalry, numbering about two thousand men, but the cavalry had no advantage in fighting on the mountain and had to dismount and climb the mountain.

The troops immediately went down the mountain to deploy defenses, laid down their arms and prepared for battle.

Shangguan Jifu was worried, so he slid over along the zipline and fought side by side with Ye Kun.

Ye Kun said, "Fourth brother, stay here to command. I will lead a group of elite soldiers and go around. When the enemy army retreats, we will seize their horses. Otherwise, we will be at a disadvantage if we don't have any horses here."

"No, you command here, and I will lead the troops to encircle the enemy's rear."

"Don't outflank the rear, just cut it off in the middle. We don't need too many war horses, just grab a few dozen and it will be enough. If we can't win, retreat. We will use space to trade time. The five-mile mountain road is deep enough to eat up most of the enemy."

"Uh, what does it mean... to trade space for time? What do you mean by a five-mile depth?" Shangguan Jifu was confused.

When the Great Ding Kingdom was at war, they did some research on the front-line contact surface, but they had not formed a complete theory on the concept of depth.

For example, in the famous Battle of Changping in history, the two sides almost stretched out their front lines, faced each other, raised their spears and pointed at each other. Once the battle started, the winner was decided in a short time.

The person who was most skilled in the application of depth strategy was Han Xin.

The ten-sided ambush formation used to eliminate the King of Chu, Xiang Yu, is a great depth strategy.

Xiang Yu was invincible, but he was trapped in the deep base of Han Xin's army and was ultimately unable to break out. He was forced to commit suicide at the Wujiang River.

Ye Kun smiled: "It can be understood as forming a column corridor and letting the enemy enter the corridor. We will fight and retreat in the corridor, extending the length and delaying time, so that the enemy will be surrounded all the time, and the soldiers will be tired and consumed."

Shangguan Jifu was also very smart. He nodded and said, "I understand. I will divide the team into two columns to leave a retreat route!"

"Fourth brother is smart. Go ahead and be careful of the enemy's strong bows and crossbows."

Ye Kun nodded.

Shangguan Jifu touched his helmet and headed east with three hundred elite soldiers.

Within the time it took to burn an incense stick, the enemy troops had arrived at the north slope and formed a line.

On the big flag at the gate of the formation, there was a huge word "Cai" embroidered on it.

Ye Kun was dressed in full armor, holding a spear, standing on the hillside and shouting:

"You followed Niu Yeliang, aided the tyrant, bullied the royal family, and exploited the people. Your crimes are unforgivable! The princes of the world, raise a righteous army, and will definitely clear the world and rebuild the country. If you surrender early, you can avoid death. If you dare to resist, you will die without a burial place!"

The general leading the troops at the foot of the mountain glared and yelled: "Little kid, who are you? How dare you say such outrageous words!"

"I am Ye Kun, the governor of Dongba County, and one of the eighteen princes!"

"A petty official on the frontier who has seized a tiny piece of land dares to call himself a vassal?"

The enemy general at the foot of the mountain laughed and said, "Wei Dingshan of Jingzhou and Gongsun Zhang of Yizhou were both defeated by our army and fled in disarray. How dare you, an unknown person, attack the imperial army?"

Ye Kun said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, if you have the courage, go up the mountain and fight!"

The enemy general sneered and waved his hand behind him: "Beat the drums, the front troops dismount, march to the mountain, recapture the pass, and throw Ye Kun into the deep ravine!"

Dong Dong Dong Dong——!

War drums sound.

The enemy's front line of one thousand men dismounted and began to attack the mountain.

Ye Kun waved the flag: "Release the arrows, aim and shoot!"

The archers on the left and right shot arrows in an orderly manner, fighting and retreating.

The opponents were all lightly armored soldiers and had almost no defense against Ye Kun's powerful crossbow.

Feather arrows flew out and there were screams.

Ye Kun fought a war to lure the enemy and did not shoot many arrows in the early stage.

It would be no fun if you fired too many arrows and drove back a wave of enemies.

The enemy general thought that Ye Kun had few bows and crossbows and limited manpower, so he continued to attack the mountain: "The shield army will lead the way and attack! The rear army will reinforce, all of you go up the mountain!"

Ye Kun's archers fought and retreated according to the pre-planned plan.

Retreating all the way to the pass, Ye Kun waved his flag and shouted: "Brothers, there is no way to retreat to the rear. If we don't fight to the death now, when will we fight?"

"Kill--!"

The lurking heavy armored soldiers rushed out together, and the archers cooperated and began to counterattack.

Fifty hundred archers from all around fired a volley of shots, killing the enemy and causing them to scream in agony and be routed.

The enemy general then realized that he had fallen into an ambush and ordered a retreat.

Ye Kun's heavy armored soldiers and archers were chasing closely.

"Where are you going, thief? Leave your life behind!"

Shangguan Jifu had completed the deployment and was coming on foot with five hundred elite soldiers.

The enemy general panicked and met Shangguan Jifu, who shot him down!

The general was killed, and the remaining enemy troops became even more panicked. They fled in all directions, crying and howling.

Shangguan Jifu led his troops in pursuit, all the way to the foot of the mountain, where he robbed more than 700 war horses before withdrawing his troops.

Ye Kun was overjoyed and chased down the mountain:

"Fourth brother is brave and good at fighting. He killed the enemy general. This time, we two brothers can be proud in front of the princes of the world!"

In this battle, one enemy general was killed, thousands of armored soldiers were beheaded, and a large number of war horses, weapons, bows and arrows, and armor were seized. This should be considered the greatest victory of the coalition forces so far!

Shangguan Jifu chuckled and said, "It was because Brother Dalang used his military skills like a god that I was able to kill the enemy general by chance!"

The two men laughed, ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up, and interrogated the prisoners.

According to the prisoners' answers, the enemy general who was beheaded was Cai Feilong, a famous general from Pingliang, one of the Four Dragons and Eight Tigers under Niu Yeliang. He led Niu Yeliang's Light Cavalry Left Camp, an elite force of his own!

Ye Kun smiled and said, "No wonder this grandson is so arrogant, it turns out that he is Niu Yeliang's elite and a famous general!"

Shangguan Jifu also smiled and said, "Let's report our military achievements first and exchange them for some food and grass rewards."

Ye Kun nodded and looked at the captured warhorse.

They are all tall and strong horses from Xiliang, good breed.

However, the stirrup technology was not yet mature, so a cowhide ring was used instead of the stirrup, and there were no horseshoes.

Ye Kun ordered his soldiers to slide over a batch of stirrups and saddles from the other side of the deep ravine to equip the captured war horses.

So, Ye Kun also had his own cavalry on the north side of Panchangling.

News from Yique Pass and Dagu Pass continued to arrive.

Gongsun Zhang was blocked at Yique Pass, and his subordinates lost 3,000 soldiers and horses. They could not move forward, and the stalemate had lasted for five days.

After Wei Dingshan captured the three large strongholds before Dagu Pass, there was no further progress. He fought with the enemy every day and consumed each other's resources.

Ye Kun was very disappointed with Wei Dingshan and Gongsun Zhang.

This world is just a makeshift team.

If Wei Dingshan and Gongsun Zhang are strong and break through the pass, Ye Kun will be able to join them, attack Luoyang, and gain unprecedented merit and enormous wealth!

Within two days, the leader Xuanyuan De sent a commendation order:

"Ye Kun and Shangguan Jifu killed the enemy general Cai Feilong and shocked the Central Plains. The princes discussed and nominated Shangguan Jifu as 'General Liefen' and Ye Kun as 'General Taofen', and rewarded the three armies with cattle and wine!"

The dung-digging general?

Ye Kun cried out in bad luck!

As soon as this group of messengers left, the next group of messengers arrived: "Report to General Ye, General Shangguan, the leader of the alliance has ordered the troops in the southwest to withdraw and go to Sishui Pass for the decisive battle!"

Ye Kun and Shangguan Jifu looked at each other.

We finally captured Panchangling, but now we want to withdraw our troops and head to Sishui Pass for a decisive battle. Isn't this nonsense!