The Feihu Ridge surprise attack can be said to be a textbook-level classic battle in which Zhao Muyun applied the concept of modern warfare in ancient times.
The two sides have equal numbers and combat capabilities.
However, the Tatars had the advantage of geographical location and guarded the only way from Shuozhou to Weizhou.
If Zhao Muyun used a strong attack to break through, the result would be predictable. Not only would he fail to break the Tatar blockade, but the more than 5,000 men under his command would also be wiped out.
But Weizhou had to be saved.
If the 10,000 Hedong troops in Weizhou City were defeated, it would be a devastating blow to the entire Hedong Province.
The loss of Weizhou would also create a huge gap in Yanyun Road.
King Zhelan's cavalry took advantage of the situation and marched straight into Yanyun.
The Northern Di Chanyu would also seize this opportunity, mobilize an army of 200,000, and rush through Weizhou into Yanyun Road like a tide.
Yanyun Road only has one or two important checkpoints.
If it is breached, the Northern Di cavalry will be able to gallop across the vast plains of Hebei Road.
This is a situation that the Dayin court and the current Emperor Yongchang do not want to see.
Therefore, Weizhou cannot be lost.
Zhao Muyun, who was recommended by Pei Lun, the governor of Hedong Province, to serve as the captain of seven prefectures, could not afford to make any mistakes in Weizhou.
At this moment, Zhao Muyun has become the focus of special attention from both the government and the public.
Some people hope he wins, but more people hope he fails, and fails miserably.
Once Zhao Muyun loses, he will definitely be beaten back to his original form.
It seems that he is now a captain of seven prefectures, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers.
However, the higher the position, the more cautious one becomes.
Zhao Muyun is already at the center of public opinion, and I wonder how many people are staring at him!
In his previous life, Zhao Muyun was in the special forces. He only wanted to make meritorious deeds and kill the enemy to serve the country. He had no contact with these intrigues and didn't care about them at all.
But now, in this position, these factors have to be taken into consideration.
The battle of Feihu Ridge was also nearing its end. After being attacked by Zhao Muyun, the commander of the guards of the Northern Di Chanyu, Subuchi, and his 5,000 soldiers and horses, had their chief general captured and their entire army annihilated.
Of the five thousand Tartars, more than two thousand were burned to death or suffocated to death, two thousand were beheaded by the troops led by Du Wei, Zhong Dahu, and Yin Ji, and the remaining one thousand who fled eastward were massacred by the cavalry led by Wu Shangzhi.
At this point, Subuchi, along with 5,000 Northern Di soldiers who came to aid King Zhelan and to encircle and attack the reinforcements from Hedong Road, died at Feihu Ridge.
In the Feihu Ridge valley, smoke and dust filled the air, and corpses were scattered everywhere.
Countless Tartar corpses were scattered on the ground.
The Tatars led by Jochi were completely defeated.
In this battle, Zhao Muyun applied the tactics he knew and mastered in his previous life to the extreme.
Night raids, roundabout maneuvers, decapitation operations... and so on.
"Over 2,000 Tartars were beheaded, including 23 bronze-armored Tartars, 54 iron-armored Tartars... 1,800 leather-armored Tartars!"
"We seized two thousand suits of armor and one thousand three hundred scimitars!"
"The rest of the baggage is too numerous to count."
"Our army lost 214 people!"
The officers in the army quickly summarized the losses and spoils of war and immediately reported the battle situation to Zhao Muyun.
The Tatars fought desperately, and given their extraordinary combat power, it still cost the Dayin soldiers a lot to capture them.
However, it is believed that Zhao Muyun's victory in this battle was quite brilliant and dazzling.
Just ask, among these generals and military governors, how many of them could use 5,000 soldiers and horses to defeat the 5,000-strong Tartar army.
It did not cause any significant losses.
"All armies, quickly clean up the battlefield, seize the spoils, and rest the soldiers!"
"Arrive outside Weizhou City before sunset today."
Zhao Muyun issued the next combat mission to the chief officers of each department through his entourage.
The achievement of annihilating the 5,000 Tatars at Feihu Ridge was impressive.
But the real fierce battle was the decisive battle with King Zhelan.
King Zhelan was no ordinary man, having risen from a cavalryman with only thirteen sets of armor to the supreme ruler of the grasslands on the southern foothills of the Daqing Mountains.
In the Battle of Shuozhou, Zhao Muyun forced King Zhelan to retreat because he had King Zhelan's family in his hands.
But such grassland heroes are more cohesive and threatening.
Under Dayin's coercion, King Zhelan chose to preserve his family and clansmen and gave up the fruits of victory that were about to be achieved. He even returned the city that he had conquered with so much manpower and effort without hesitation.
King Zhelan's act of abandoning his territory for his relatives in Beidi has deeply rooted in the hearts of the 100,000 tribes south of the Daqing Mountains.
The following battle of Weizhou was the real challenge for Zhao Muyun to take up the post of Pinglu Commandant and Commander-in-Chief of the Seven Prefectures.
An hour later, the smoke and dust in the valley of Feihu Ridge became thinner. Du Wei, Zhong Dahu and Yin Ji led their troops and swept away the remnants of the Tartars like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
Wu Shangzhi led 550 armored cavalrymen and indiscriminately killed the surviving Tatar soldiers on the battlefield.
After the Battle of Black Camel Mountain, he became very low-key.
Wu Shangzhi, who knew how to raise horses and was familiar with the habits of war horses, became the cavalry commander under Zhao Muyun and became more and more calm.
A few months ago, he was just an ordinary soldier at the Yanqingdun Beacon Tower.
However, Zhao Muyun's arrival changed his fate.
As the Wuhuan cavalry suffered losses in the Battle of Yinzhou, Zhao Muyun was eager to establish a cavalry unit of the Dayin people themselves.
Among the nine old brothers from Yanqingdun Beacon Tower, Lao Li and Lao Zhang were immersed in being cooks, so Zhao Muyun asked them to form a cooking camp.
Tang Yanhai and Wang Tiezhu, as scouts, were in charge of the scout camp and became Zhao Muyun's eyes and ears.
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