198 fire attack ambush
Tuan Heng led the 50,000 Xiliang army, and it was about to withdraw to Xiliang. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt turned out that the Liao army that was following and harassing like flies did not appear again, which made Tuo Xianheng have the illusion that those Liao troops who were following had given up harassing his army.
Because the territory of his own country is in sight, as long as he passes through this large forest, he will be his own Xiliang country. At this time, the Xiliang Army led by Tuan Heng relaxed its vigilance.
When Tuuman Heng led the Xiliang army into the depths of the woods, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, because this batch of woods was too dense, and it was still early spring, and the woods were full of dead branches and fallen leaves.
He hurriedly ordered the troops to stop advancing, and he wanted to order the troops to withdraw from this forest and take a long detour back home. At this time, his generals were not happy, they thought that they needed to hurry back to the country for reinforcements, and the soldiers were exhausted because of the hurry, and then they took a long detour to return home, not to mention the waste of time, and the soldiers were also miserable.
Besides, if they were worried about the Liao army attacking and ambushing with fire, they set off from Xiliang Kingdom to Fengting City, and they also took this road, if the Liao army wanted to ambush, they could have ambushed here a long time ago, why did they have to wait until they retreated back to China to set up an ambush here? What's more, the Liao army is now insufficient, and it is difficult for them to protect themselves, so it is impossible to divide their troops to set up an ambush here.
Tuanheng saw that the soldiers did not want to take a long detour to return to China, so they could only return to China from this original road, after all, this road is the most convenient and fastest way to return to China. If you are afraid of an ambush and turn back from this road, you will take a long detour, not to mention the waste of time and the physical strength of the soldiers, and it is difficult to guarantee that you will not encounter an ambush by the Liao army if you take a long detour.
Of course, for the sake of safety, Tuanheng also sent 5,000 vanguard troops to pass through this large forest first, if the first 5,000 vanguard troops did not encounter the Liao army ambush, it means that this road is safe, and Tuanheng will lead all the troops to pass again.
Han Jiangxue led an army of 30,000 people, which had been designed long ago, and was ready to ambush the army that Tuanheng retreated back to the country on this road.
Hanjiangxue designed an ambush and was also very careful and thoughtful. First of all, Han Jiangxue ambushed his main force on the periphery of the woods, and secondly, he sent 2,000 Liao soldiers to hide on both sides of the road in the woods.
Because if there are too many troops in the woods, it is easy to be discovered by the vanguard troops sent by Takutsuki Heng to explore the way. It is more difficult to conceal 30,000 people, but it is much easier to conceal 2,000 people. Besides, the main task of the 2,000 Liao soldiers sent by Han Jiangxue was to set fires, so there was no need for too many soldiers and horses.
According to Han Jiangxue's strategy, he sent 2,000 Liao soldiers to hide on both sides of the woods, and first let go of the 5,000 vanguard troops sent by Tuanheng to explore the way. When he saw that his vanguard passed through this forest unharmed, he thought that there was no Liao army ambush in the woods; In this way, he can lead the main force of the Xiliang Army into this forest with confidence.
As long as Tuanheng led the main force of the Xiliang Army into this forest, Han Jiangxue ordered the Liao army ambushed around the woods to start setting fire and burning the woods, as long as the woods were ignited by the fire, the main force of the Xiliang Army that entered the woods would be burned by the fire and suffered heavy casualties.
Of course, once the Xiliang army led by Tuan Heng encountered a fire attack, he must have fled in a panic, so that the main force of Hanjiangxue ambushed on the periphery of the woods could easily wipe out these Xiliang troops who escaped from the sea of fire. As for the vanguard troops who have already come out to explore the way first, there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses, so it can't affect the overall situation.
Of course, even if the main force of the Xiliang Army led by Tuan Heng is excluded from the vanguard force of 5,000 soldiers and horses, there are still more than 40,000 troops, and these soldiers and horses are lined up at least dozens of miles away, so Tuan Heng leads the main force Even if the middle army enters the woods ambush area, the troops behind him may still be outside the woods, so that these troops must be ready to retreat when they see the fire in front, but waiting for these troops is the Nighthawk, and Mu Rong led the 20,000 Flying Eagle Army with one arrow.
Nighthawk, Mu Rong arrowed according to Han Jiangxue's order, as long as they looked at the fire in the woods in front of them, they led the Flying Eagle Army to storm the rear army of Tuanheng and led the Xiliang Army.
Takumi Heng sent 5,000 pioneer troops to explore the way through this dense forest. Seeing that there was nothing out of the ordinary, Takumi Tsuneshi commanded the army to begin passing through the woods, but just in case.
He divided the army he led into two parts, the first was the middle 25,000 troops passing through this forest, and he himself led the 20,000 troops behind the outer hall of the forest, and did not immediately follow in. In other words, Takutsuki's arrangement was to let about half of the Xiliang army pass through this forest, and only when the front half of the troops passed through the woods safely, he would personally lead half of the troops behind the palace to pass through the woods.
Takumi Heng is also an old fox with rich combat experience, and he also considered that even if he was ambushed, he would not be wiped out.
The 2,000 Liao soldiers who were ambushed on both sides of the woods, they saw that half of the Xiliang army had entered the woods, and if they did not launch a fire attack at this time, these vanguard troops who had entered the woods would have to walk out of the woods.
Because of Tuanheng's arrangement, it was impossible for the Xiliang Army to enter the ambush area of the Liao army's fire attack, so the Liao army, which was ambushed on both sides of the woods, began to launch a fire attack on the Xiliang army with rockets.
Thousands of rockets were fired into the dead branches and leaves on both sides of the Xiliang Army, and suddenly the entire forest burned into a raging fire. After these ambushed Liao troops lit a forest fire, they quickly withdrew. After all, the fire is merciless, and if they don't evacuate in time, they themselves will be surrounded by the fire and buried in the fire.
Suddenly attacked by fire, these Xiliang troops were suddenly in chaos, and they could only retreat, or break through to the front. However, there were raging fires burning on both sides of the woods, and it was not easy for the Xiliang Army who had entered the woods to escape for their lives.
However, fortunately, Tuan Heng arranged for the Xiliang army to march in two parts, so that half of the Xiliang army in front of him was surrounded by fire, and the 20,000 Xiliang army he led behind the palace escaped the ambush of the fire attack.
Tuan Heng looked at the raging fire in the woods in front of him, and he could only lead the Xiliang army behind him to retreat, at this time, Nighthawk, Mu Rong led 20,000 flying eagle troops with an arrow to rush over from behind.
There was a fire in the front, and the back was attacked by the Flying Eagle Army, and suddenly Tuan Heng led these Xiliang troops into chaos, after all, now he led the 50,000 Xiliang army to be divided into three sections.
The 5,000 soldiers and horses of the vanguard have successfully passed through this forest, but the 5,000 soldiers and horses are greeted by Han Jiangxue and the 30,000 Liao troops, who are waiting for them to throw themselves into the net.
As soon as the 25,000 Xiliang troops in the middle entered the woods, they were ambushed by the Liao army, and now they were surrounded by fire, and these Xiliang troops suffered heavy casualties and were too busy to take care of themselves.
The 20,000 Xiliang troops behind Tuan Heng personally were killed by the Night Hawk, and Mu Rong led the Flying Eagle Army with an arrow. Because Takumi Heng led an army of 50,000 people, and the middle section was cut off by fire, they couldn't care about each other.
Han Jiangxue led nearly 30,000 Liao troops to attack only 5,000 pioneers of the Xiliang Army, these Xiliang troops were outnumbered, and they had already had no fighting spirit, so it didn't take long for the 5,000 Xiliang Army soldiers and horses to be wiped out by almost the entire army.
After Han Jiangxue eliminated the 5,000 vanguard soldiers and horses of the Xiliang Army, the fire in the woods began to extinguish at this time, but most of the 25,000 Xiliang troops surrounded by the fire had already been buried in the fire, and their remaining remnants were less than 10,000 people, and these remnants had just escaped from the sea of fire, and they had no fighting spirit at all, so Han Jiangxue led the Liao army to quickly eliminate these Xiliang troops.
At this time, Han Jiangxue led the Liao army to take advantage of the victory to attack the remnants of the 20,000 palaces led by Tuo Xianheng. Tuan Heng led 20,000 Western Liang troops were originally inferior to Nighthawk, Mu Rong led 20,000 flying eagle army opponents with one arrow, and now Han Jiangxue led the Liao army to join the flanking attack.
It didn't take long for Tuo Xianheng to lead the Xiliang army behind the palace, but he was also defeated. Seeing that the situation was dangerous, if he didn't escape, he might also be captured, so he took less than 5,000 Xiliang troops and hurriedly broke through the siege and fled to his own Xiliang country. (To be continued.) )