Chapter 40: Confrontation
Looking at the chaotic situation in front of him, Jiang Cai was a little worried, he couldn't have imagined that Liu Yu didn't even enter the door of Guohua Prefecture, and directly let the army enter the front. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Is that okay?" Similar questions, not only him, but also those former generals and colonels who came with him are the same, war is not child's play, and it is not a matter of winning with a large number of people, although there are more than 40,000 Song troops gathered here, but what is the matter with these people?
At this moment, it was neither Jiang Cai's cavalry nor Ma Ji's old pawn who rushed to the forefront, but a group of miscellaneous cards composed of people from various states. Yes, it's a miscellaneous card, it can't even be called an army, and there is no unified command, so it is gathered in a pile and rushes over.
Jiang Cai has always admired Liu Yu's ability to agitate, most of the people here were fooled by him, don't look at the current momentum, once frustrated and collapsed, he will collapse faster than anyone else, and then he will counterattack his own position, such a consequence, he will not know after experiencing the Jiankang war? Jiang Cai didn't believe it, that is, there was a hidden secret.
"The Tartars have not been idle in the past two days, and there are two thousand new soldiers in Fengzhou, and most of them know about the passage of the monolithic beach, why are there only so many people?" The first news of the spies was received by Liu Yu's Chinese army, which is equivalent to a general pivot button, and then sent to the armies according to the situation, not all of them will know, and Jiang Cai does not know the latest news, because the road ahead is covered by the Tartar scouts, and the scouts of the two sides are facing each other across the border of the two states, but there is no conflict.
"Do you doubt ......" Liu Yu's words made Jiang Cai's heart move, and he couldn't help but look into the distance, but he immediately reacted, it was too far away to even use the clairvoyant mirror, and it was just subconscious.
"Isn't it, when you get to Fengzhou, it will be clear, it was originally the territory of the Yu people, if they don't work hard, who will go?"
Liu Yu said lightly, Jiang Cai responded in his heart, if you didn't play hard, how could people be stupid and blood gushing, this will probably be regretted, but it's too late, once you join the army, it's military law on the neck, either go up and fight the enemy to the death, or run down and be shot to death by the Song army behind, is there any other choice?
Jiang Cai was not worried about the two thousand foot soldiers who had just arrived, but about the ubiquitous cavalry, although they couldn't see every move of the side, but with such a big battle, it was impossible to keep it secret, once they made a move, what would these people in front of them do?
"There must always be someone to attract attention, not that they will also be someone else, after the battle of Dushitan, do you think the Yuan people dare to post it like that?"
It turned out that this was the case, Jiang Cai suddenly understood his plan, the Yuan people did not have many cavalry on this side, and the battle at Dushitan not only reduced their number by a thousand, but more importantly, it thwarted their spirit, and now this practice is a great bait, making them a kind of psychological pressure, dare to attack in front of the Song army?
All this, Liu Yu considered from a tactical point of view, the geographical location of this area is different from the downstream near Dezhou, the terrain from the river to the mountains is narrower, the battlefield space is compressed to a smaller level, until the front of the Hengshanzhai is like a sack that is gradually tightened, so the Song Dynasty will build the city there.
And if he advances to the front line of Fengzhou, he will put himself in a favorable terrain, even if the Yuan people's army comes to attack, he will face the problem of narrow front, too short a battle line, and the number of troops that can be put into it at one time will be limited, and in this way, it is more conducive to the defenders, and only need to hold a few points to form a confrontation with the Yuan people.
Of course, the point is that in such a terrain, the cavalry has no room to play at all, even if the thousands of people in front of them are defeated by them, those cavalry have lost the speed of sprinting, and the cavalry without speed is not another monolith beach in front of Jiang Cai? For a while, his understanding of Liu Yu reached a new height, which is what the other party has always emphasized, 'create conditions if there are no conditions'.
To be honest, when encountering such a big bait, even Jiang Cai himself will drool, that is almost a low-hanging fruit record, the other party is just a group of rabble, I am afraid that even bandits are not as good, as long as a charge, even a bow and arrow are not needed, Ulan Hu has absolute confidence to defeat them.
But its premise is that there is no dazzling bright red color in the back!
"Blow the trumpet and get them out of the stockade." Ulan Hudu did not hesitate to give an order, leaving everyone around him stunned.
"Ten thousand households, Sidin wants to avenge the thousand households of Aruhun, and is willing to be the first part."
Without waiting for the two thousand households to speak, one hundred households immediately bowed down, but unexpectedly, his loyalty and bravery were not exchanged for praise, but a crisp whip.
"Do you want to die? Do you think that none of the tribes of Aruhun can go back? Do you want us to pay everyone for your stupidity here? ”
Ulan suddenly whipped him on the back one after another, scolding bitterly without pity, and the suppressed fire in his heart made him a little crazy, until the other subordinates begged each other, and then stopped his movements in hatred.
At this moment, he missed the vast steppe, where the Mongolian warriors galloped across the world, fighting if they wanted to fight and leaving if they didn't want to fight, or even walking while fighting, which was extremely comfortable. It's like this rotten land in front of him, the long slope stretches from the river to the mountain, only a few hundred steps before and after, it is easy to rush down and it is difficult to come up again, how did the Aruhun Thousand Men disappear, he can even deduce a truth close to the truth, not to mention that there are so many Song people to face now, and the military appearance is even more prosperous.
That red spread all over the entire Youjiang River Valley, and the array of tens of thousands of people was by no means something that his two thousand horsemen could shake, Ulan Hudu was just arrogant but not stupid, and the most important thing at the moment was to bring back the two thousand foot soldiers who had arrived before, so that he could alleviate his guilt in front of Ping Zhang.
Fortunately, the foot soldiers composed of the local natives of the province had the idea of retreating early in the morning, and when the horn of the retreating soldiers just sounded, they swarmed out of the ruined village, and there was not even a complete house in it.
So, the people who had thought that there would be a bitter battle were pleasantly surprised to find that they rushed in without hindrance, and not only did everyone have a sense of happiness for the rest of their lives, but they immediately let out a cry of victory, and in any case, they regained their land from the hands of the Yuan people, there is no doubt about this.
There is another paragraph, which will be made up later......
In this case, the enemy can still organize a counter-charge, which has already shown the quality of this enemy army, but it is too late, the disadvantage is not only in the sudden attack of the opponent, but also in the lack of momentum on the enemy and on me, even if all this does not exist, in a dignified battle, Jiang Cai's part will not frighten them by half a point, because they are a hundred battles who have killed a turn in the 10,000-strong formation.
"Bang", an oncoming Tartar cavalry slashed out the scimitar, and before the knife and gun intersected, Jiang turned his wrist and picked it up, the tip of the spear was accurately pointed at the knife, and the moment the scimitar was knocked away, the head of the spear was pulled back horizontally, and he used it as a long knife, and after the chest of the Tartar was slashed, and after the two horses were staggered, the man snorted and fell down, watching his upper body almost split in half.
A few surviving soldiers pulled him backwards, between the gap between the two Song cavalry, he sadly found that only this impact took away most of his centaurs, and the rest were either injured or frightened.
He wants to go, but only by going inside can he live? The sluggish Aluhun let those personal soldiers drag him until the splash of the horse's hooves wet his face, the chill made him sober up, the way to live is at his feet, as long as he wades through this left river, the opposite bank is their other cavalry, and there can never be so many Song cavalry there, it is absolutely impossible.
With this determination, Aluhun rode his horse into the water without hesitation, and several personal soldiers followed him, trudging hard in the turbulent water, the farther away from the shore, the deeper the river, even if a personal soldier was washed by the current and could not stand steadily, even the man and the horse rolled into the water, but did not let him raise his head, because at this moment it was still within the range of the Song people's bows and arrows.
Ma Ji looked at everything below, and couldn't help scolding, but there was an irrepressible smile on his face, Jiang Cai picked the most appropriate time, and launched a fatal blow at the weakest pass of the enemy, which made the whole plan a great success, and now that victory is within reach, what is the previous hard work.
"Sons, if you can still move, you will rush down to Lao Tzu, and you will make up for it if you are dead or not, don't let the cavalry brothers come to this kind of work."
In the roar of laughter, almost all the foot soldiers stood up, no matter how tired their hearts were in the face of victory, what was the purpose of being a soldier, not just to enjoy this moment.
The cheers resounded one after another on the side of the right river, and by the time as many as five thousand foot soldiers joined the battlefield, Jiang Cai's men and horses had already rushed to the riverside, and the Tartar cavalry who did not die all jumped into the water like their thousand households, trying to find a way to survive in it, and there were hundreds of men and horses floating on the river.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Ma Ji rushed to the river with the people, and gave the order without hesitation, and then, one after another, the screams rang out, the river was no more slower than the land, and the horses ran slower, it seemed that those Tartars were basically waterless, and they would rather be shot to death than jump, and when the screams gradually stopped, there were very few living creatures left on the river, and the rest of the people were running fast and close to the range.
Aruhun, who was the first to cross the river, was almost in the center of the river at this time, and the river flooded his waist, revealing only half of his body and a horse's head, and even his own scimitar, I don't know when it was discarded, and there were only two people left with his own soldiers, like him, desperately struggling in the water, like walking and swimming.
When he saw all this, in addition to hatred and deep fear in his eyes, the number and quality of the Song cavalry were completely beyond his expectations, even if such an opponent was on the flat ground, he was not absolutely sure of winning it. Terrain like Guangxi, for them, the Mongols who rely on cavalry and shooting, there is no use at all, once the kind of hedging just now is formed, nine times out of ten the defeat is their own side, as long as they can survive, they must go back to remind Wanhu and Dashuai, otherwise these subordinates of his, will die in vain.
Jiang Cai jumped off the horse nonchalantly and stuck the big gun on the beach, he knew that the one who fled was the Qianhu of this Tartar cavalry, and it might make the success of this victory slightly less, but everyone standing here had done their best, so what else to ask for, so when Ma Ji came to him, this man covered in blood was actually washing his face with the river water in his hand.
It wasn't until this moment that Ma Ji really understood that their pride was not pretending, they were not pretending to be reserved because they were from the capital, and what was hidden under the killing intent was the heart of a battle-hardened veteran. Jiang Cai stepped on the water, wiped off the sticky liquid on his face and threw it into the river, and when he turned around, he saw Ma Ji grinning and stretching out his hand towards him.
"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life."
"You guy."
Dragged by him onto the beach, Jiang Cai said politely to him, crossed his waist and looked around, most of the cavalry got off their horses like him, ran to the river to fetch water and drink, down all night, and after such an impact, it is a lie to say that he is not tired, and now he is in the excitement period, and when the string in his brain is loosened, he is afraid that he can fall asleep on the ground.
"What's going on?" Ma Ji came to him, certainly not for a compliment.
"There are about 2,000 cavalry, but it shouldn't be too close, if they dare to come, Lao Tzu will dare to eat it, what do you say, old horse?"
"This place is too remote, and there is no village to stand on, so what do you think of moving forward and taking Guohua Prefecture?"
Jiang Cai roughly understood his thoughts, after this battle, the Tartars will no longer be as scattered as before, the most likely is to send foot soldiers like the Song people to seize Guohua Prefecture, they can only shrink in the area of the destroyed Fengzhou, if the speed is fast, they can still wait for work.
Not far away, on the battlefield, the battle was over, and the infantry of the brigade were cleaning the battlefield, and it seemed that they had faithfully carried out the latter's orders, happily mending the knives of the Tartars lying on the ground, and then cutting off their heads, which was a real military feat.
"It's up to you, let everyone work harder for a while, and when they get to the village, they can rest again."
"Hey, okay." Ma Ji rubbed his hands and smiled, as if he was still a little unwilling: "It's a pity that the old boy ran away." ”
"Don't worry about it......" Jiang Cai had already seen his subordinates waving the captured Qianhu flag, a chief officer who had lost all his subordinates and ran back alone, in fact, it was more uncomfortable than dying in battle, what he said didn't care really didn't care.
It's just that before he finished his words, he was interrupted by a burst of singing from the river, and he couldn't understand what he was singing at all, but the female voice was tactful and melodious, but it had a different taste, especially for their big old appetites.
"Brother sends my sister up the river, and the mountains and rivers will not let go......"
When the rough man's voice sounded, Jiang almost stumbled into the water, but fortunately, Ma Ji supported him, and the two looked in the direction where the song came from, only to see that from the surface of the right river, a boat shadow suddenly floated over, saying that the boat may not be suitable, but a bunch of cylinders are tied together by ropes.
"That's the bamboo raft of the Yu people, what are they doing here?"
Do what? Jiang Cai immediately understood, because on the one that appeared first, the girl with a wooden bow in her hand was standing in front of the raft, singing in fluttering clothes, and behind her, supporting the raft with a long penny, her eyes swept over the figure in front of her from time to time, and her mouth sang and sang shamelessly in a voice out of tune.
"Catch up!"
"Kill them."
"Old Shi is good."
......
The unruly cavalry army who were afraid of the world obviously recognized his appearance, and one by one they screamed and added fuel to the fire, and the riverbank that had just fallen silent suddenly boiled again, and Aruhun and the others, who thought they had escaped, fell into the abyss, and it was obvious that those people were not here to help them.
The girl who stepped on the raft was not shy, and when her eyes swept over this side, she actually had a smile on her face, and the oil paint that was originally painted on it had been washed away, revealing her true face and looking a little pretty, no wonder Shi Zhong was soulful and conferred.
When she turned her head, her smile was immediately gone, and there was only unspeakable anger in her eyes, and she gritted her teeth and grabbed a feathered arrow in her hand, and with a few soft "swishs", one Tartar after another screamed and fell into the water, and after a few moments there was only one left, and the raft was getting closer and closer to him, almost crashing into it.
"Bell" sound, the feather arrow hit his back armor, surprisingly did not insert it, but fell down with a light flick, the girl was stunned, and when she was about to find another one to shoot, she was blocked by a hand.
"Let me come."
Shi Zhong pushed her behind him, and when the raft passed by the man, he grabbed the top of his helmet, Aluhun subconsciously wanted to use his hand to dial it, only to feel a cold on his neck, and suddenly there was darkness in front of him, and before his consciousness disappeared, the big man's cruel smile was his last memory.