Chapter 252

Magic Moon Lake is one of the three major horse thieves in the northern desert of Western Qiang. At its peak, there were more than 4000 troops and horses, located more than 1000 miles southwest of Jinxiang ridge.

At this time, the Allied forces of the invaders fought. The second leader of the magic Moon Lake led 1800 elite horse bandits to the Songyang lake to meet, which means that there are more than 2000 elite left in the magic Moon Lake stronghold.

If after the soldiers and horses of Yequ mountain were recruited into the remnant bandits of Jinxiang mountain, and the nearly 5000 horse infantry troops had made preliminary achievements in training, they might be able to fight in the magic Moon Lake, but at this time, the bandits ordered the remaining soldiers and horses of the small thief stronghold to gather in the magic Moon Lake and Guhuo mountain, which means that there may be 4000 or more elite horse bandits in the magic Moon Lake they are about to attack.

Although they have five thousand horsemen, they can not be used as the main force; And the soldiers and horses of Yequ mountain have incorporated more than 500 elite cavalry from jinxiangling. How can we fight this war?

After reading the letter sent by Hu Junhu and Lingying, fan Dachun and others understood the first dynamics of Zhu Kou, and watched Chen Hai waiting for him to make a decision.

On a piece of yellow velveteen paper, Chen Hai outlined the geographical orientation of heishanzhai, jinxiangling, magic Moon Lake and Guhuo mountain, and supplemented the main terrain according to the descriptions of fan Dachun and Deng tong'er.

In the depths of the vast desert, in addition to a few oases, there are not all vast sand seas, but more Gobi desert and barren stone mountains, but the ups and downs are small, and there is no barrier between large forests and rivers. Therefore, it is a world of cavalry.

"Do you want to send someone to take the spirit eagle to the magic Moon Lake to reconnoiter and find out how many soldiers and horses there are in the magic Moon Lake?" Deng tong'er suggested.

Chen Hai shook his head and said, "anyway, there are more soldiers and horses in the magic Moon Lake than expected. It will be very difficult to attack the stronghold again. If you rashly pass the Lingying sect, you will actually let the thieves know that their details have been leaked."

"What about that?" asked fan Dachun, "retreat to the black mountain stronghold?"

Fan Dachun's courage was not so small when he won two victories in a row. It was still a good choice to retreat to the black mountain stronghold and wait and see the situation.

Even if Kong Peng and other bandits and internal thieves of the Western Qiang state succeeded in overthrowing the Ye royal family, they still have six or seven thousand troops and horses to defend and can't fight with elite horse thieves. After seeing Chen Hai's various means, fan Dachun believes that they have no problem sticking to the black mountain stronghold, which is strong in the city and dangerous in the land.

"We didn't appear when the spirit eagle. We took a rest here for three more days. However, you directly led 500 elite to ride to the magic Moon Lake, and then hurried east to the black mountain stronghold. We met at the stone moon gorge," Chen Hai said to fan Dachun, pointing to a barren mountain stone gorge between the black mountain stronghold and the magic Moon Lake on the humble map, "As long as the bandits gathered by the magic Moon Lake are unwilling, let us guard the black mountain stronghold, then we will meet the bandits in Shiyue gorge."

"Fight with horse bandits?" fan Dachun and Deng tong'er looked at Chen Hai in disbelief.

They thought about all kinds of possibilities, but it was by no means what they could imagine that five or six thousand barely capable Ma Bu troops and three or four thousand elite Ma bandits would fight in the flat rocky desert.

"Calculate the time, the Ma Bu army can arrive at Shiyue gorge one day in advance to rest, and the pursuit is arrogant," Chen Hai said with his fist clenched. "We may not have no chance to win this war!"

"Even if there is a chance to win, is it better to defend the black mountain stronghold?" fan Dachun asked puzzled.

"The bandits can order many small and medium-sized bandit strongholds to gather in moyue lake and Guhuo, which means that the horse bandit forces in the north of the Western Qiang country will be completely united," Chen Hai said. "We will guard the black mountain stronghold for the time being, but let the thieves contact internal and external official thieves to successfully steal the Western Qiang country. At that time, 70000 troops and horses will attack the black mountain stronghold. What's our chance of winning?"

Listening to Chen Hai's words, fan Dachun and Deng tonger took a breath. They thought it was the same. They thought that the past habits of the bandits were really going to have to give up their old nest. They should also order the left behind soldiers and horses to rush to Yequ mountain with their accumulated property for many years to meet the main force. Where can they enter other people's nest with their property and be controlled by others?

Now that this anomaly appears, it is very likely that, as Chen Hai said, the aggressors should be completely united.

This is no surprise. As long as Kong Peng, the black mountain's Wu Zun, can convince all the aggressors that the subversion of the Western Qiang state will succeed. After the success, all the aggressors will be granted the title of glory, flowers and wealth, so that they can give up some small interests in front of them and unite more closely.

In that case, only the horse thief forces in the north of the Western Qiang state have gathered more than 30000 elite horse thieves. In addition, they have succeeded in subverting the Western Qiang state, and it will be difficult to estimate the soldiers who finally attack the black mountain stronghold with potential. It will be difficult for them to defend the black mountain stronghold again.

Fan Dachun and Ning chaner also carried two thousand kilograms of stone mistletoe honey when they set out, in order to keep the war horse strong enough after crossing the sand sea for more than a thousand miles and avoid being caught up and besieged by thieves in the depths of the vast sand sea before arriving at Shiyue gorge.

Two thousand catties of stone mistletoe honey is worth a lot. It is not human clothes to carry with the army. Instead, it is mixed with horse material and fed to the war horses to ensure that the war horses can pass through the vast sand sea and have sufficient physical strength.

Fan Dachun led his troops to the periphery of the magic Moon Lake. The sentry confirmed that the thief soldiers gathered outside the magic Moon Lake were far more than 2000 left behind in the magic Moon Lake. Without hesitation, fan Dachun led his troops to the southeast to escape.

As Chen Hai expected, there are more than 4000 bandits gathered in the magic Moon Lake. They are strong and strong. How can you let the troops of Yequ mountain retreat calmly?

At that time, three or four thousand riders from the magic mountain lake rushed out of the stronghold and chased out with their tails, like a black cloud, across the sand sea and rolled their seats to the southeast. At the same time, the bandits also sent a large number of reconnaissance riders to search for the enemy's tracks in the direction of Jinxiang mountain.

On the night before that, Qushan soldiers and horses attacked heifalcon cliff and jinxiangling stronghold. Both cavalry took the lead, and the main force of the horse infantry delayed two to three days to reach the periphery of the stronghold. This time, seeing that fan Dachun and hundreds of elite cavalry had just approached, the bandits of the magic Moon Lake fled in a hurry. They guessed that the main force of thousands of horse infantry must also drag a large number of siege equipment on the way to the magic Moon Lake.

Chen Hai and fan Dachun really want to lead five or six thousand troops to defend the stronghold. The bandits of the magic Moon Lake will not rush to attack. After all, the bandits are not good at attacking the city and pulling out the stronghold. However, the five or six thousand weak soldiers compiled by Chen Hai from slaves and prisoners dare to enter the vast sand sea. No matter how timid and uneasy the bandits of the magic Moon Lake are, how can they escape back to the black mountain stronghold?

The reconnaissance sent by the bandits of the magic Moon Lake found the figure of the horse infantry of Yequ mountain the next day. At the same time, it also found that more than 5000 horse infantry selected by Yequ mountain from prisoners and slaves threw a large number of siege equipment and food materials into the vast desert a day ago and fled to the black mountain stronghold in the south.

The main forces of the bandits in the magic Moon Lake still stare at the five or six hundred cavalry under fan Dachun's headquarters. When they get the reconnaissance report, they can confirm that the two armies of Yequ mountain want to meet and fight and retreat, and withdraw to the black mountain stronghold to resist the stronghold.

The stronghold city of black mountain stronghold is beyond recognition, but the stronghold wall is intact. How can the bandits of magic Moon Lake allow five or six thousand troops of Yequ mountain to retreat to black mountain stronghold calmly?

Fan Dachun appeared at the time point outside the magic Moon Lake, which was deliberately arranged by Chen Hai. At about the same time point, Chen Hai led 5000 horse infantry on the route from Jinxiang ridge to the magic Moon Lake. Moreover, it was also the closest to the geographical location of Shiyue gorge at that time, less than 300 Li. In this way, when the play led the snake out of the cave, the 5000 horse infantry abandoned large equipment, surplus food and baggage, and only needed to run south for a day to enter the preset battlefield.

When the magic Moon Lake reconnaissance found the main force of the horse infantry, it was not far from the stone moon gorge. At this time, hundreds of magic Moon Lake reconnaissance riders were watching. Chen Hai led his department into the stone moon gorge, which was more like preventing the hundreds of enemy riders from attacking the horse infantry from the flank.

Fan Dachun and his 600 elite riders did not run away all the way, but slowed down the pace of chasing soldiers as much as possible with the help of the rugged stone ridge and sand dune terrain from magic Moon Lake to Shiyue gorge, so as to give the Ma Bu army more preparation time. They didn't arrive at Shiyue gorge until the morning of the third day to meet the Ma Bu army led by Chen Hai.

Shiyue gorge is located in the depths of the vast sand sea. The gorge is like a long and narrow crescent moon. The narrowest part is less than two or three hundred meters, and the wide valley is only one or two miles.

The stone ridges on both sides of the Shixia are not very high, ranging from about one or two hundred to three or four hundred feet, but they are extremely rugged, which can limit the elite horses of the bandits and thieves to cut into the Macedonian long gun array from the flank at high speed.

In addition to 20 teams of 100 people, all of them hold five meter long iron spears and form four Macedonian spear arrays mixed with archers. They are divided into the front, rear, left and right corners of Shiyue gorge, leaving a gap in the east-west direction for the entry of the sword shield array. They leave narrow channels on both wings, which can restrict the enemy's encirclement, but they can let more than 600 horses of Yequ mountain quickly out of the array and engage the enemy from the flank.

Even in the array, six stone throwing crossbows have been assembled, and hundreds of stone bullets have been stacked neatly to one side.

The bandits of the magic Moon Lake almost laughed when they saw the Ma Bu army in Yequ mountain holding a super long iron spear that was far higher than the height of normal people. These super long iron spears and spear rods are temporarily lengthened, that is, a large number of Populus euphratica wood rods are re cut and tied together with ordinary iron spears. Only such super long iron spears, apart from the simplest stabbing, do not carry out more complex tactical actions at all. What can they do?

The bandits of magic Moon Lake also saw that the super long iron spear would limit the impact of cavalry. At this time, they arranged more than 2000 people to raise their swords and shields and dismount to fight.

In the eyes of the bandits of the magic Moon Lake, the horse infantry in Yequ mountain are not even as good as the servants of the Western Qiang state. Two thousand elite dismounted and fought, enough to make these unknown cheap slaves fly with blood and flesh, leaving more than 1000 horses to prevent the 600 elite horses LED by fan Dachun from killing out of the array.

When more than 2000 bandits in the magic Moon Lake came up with knives, shields, halberds and spears, Han wendang, who was responsible for commanding the two spear arrays at the front, waved the command flag and ordered the first five columns of the spear array to stick their soldiers together and push forward with their spears held flat.

The bandits of the magic Moon Lake have never seen this kind of war method, especially the more than 2000 horse bandits who dismounted and fought. At this time, they realized that they were not facing the spears of the soldiers in the forefront, but the spear wall formed by the close stacking of the soldiers in the first four to five columns of Yequ mountain was pushed layer by layer and wave by wave to their relatively loose and conceited battle array