Chapter 662: Wind and Snow (14)
The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the day of murder and arson. This night, not only that, but also mixed with countless drifting snow, the snow borrowed the wind, the sky was full of demons dancing, it was difficult to reach a few feet away, the water dripping into ice outside, inside the big tent, even if the firewood was burning, the biting cold still penetrated the tent, drilled through the felt carpet, making the Donghu soldiers shiver.
Compared with the soldiers who were armed to the teeth to conquer the Eastern Army, the Donghu people were too poor, although there was no lack of fur, but the exposed faces and hands were frozen to the point of cracking and bleeding, and chilblains were the biggest problem faced by the Donghu soldiers.
Tongwan City Buli is not the main force of the Eastern Army, and the commander of the Eastern Army is also stationed in the vanguard city dozens of miles away, shoot people and horses first, capture thieves and capture the king first, Yan Qi is the idea, he wants to concentrate on attacking the vanguard city, as long as he takes Gaoyuan, the battle of Hetao will be decided, if it is too much to divide the troops and attack everywhere, it is impossible to take these strongholds when the spring flowers bloom tomorrow.
Since the Tongwancheng side is not the focus, the Donghu soldiers stationed here to monitor do not have much will to fight, and more importantly, the Donghu soldiers are still convinced that they are invincible in the field, and the Eastern Army is shrinking within the city wall, and they still have the strength to fight, but if they dare to go out of the city to fight in the field, it is to seek death.
Now that the Donghu army is strong, the Eastern Army will naturally not rush out of the city to challenge. With this level of thought, the vigilance of the Donghu general Aziz stationed here was naturally reduced to the minimum, although the sentinels were also dispatched, but it was only of a conventional nature, and most of the watchtowers in the camp were concentrated on the opposite side of Tongwang City, and it was really difficult to say how much role it could play in such a winter.
Although the Donghu people are brave, but the Lord encountered a war with the Central Plains, seven or eight out of ten battles were won, but if you really want to talk about the intrigues on the battlefield, anticipating the enemy's opportunity, they are difficult to see the back of the Central Plains people. When Gao Yuan decided to fight this battle with the Donghu people in the Hetao. All of them revolved around this strategic purpose, and Yan Peng began to prepare from the first day he entered Tongwan City.
One of the most important things is to dig a tunnel from Tongwan City to more than ten miles outside the city, and the excavated earth is used to strengthen the city wall and cover the roofs inside the city. A group of soldiers were wielding hoes and shovels, digging through the dirt to open a passage to send the Donghu people to hell.
This passage has reached the rear of the Donghu camp, where there is a pine forest.
Luo Weiran stood at the end of the tunnel, and in front of him, only the last thin layer of dirt remained. He drew his knife, took a deep breath, and thrust it into the wet dirt in front of him, with a thud. The knife slid through with ease, and with a twist of the wrist, a large cloud of dirt fell off, and a cold, piercing chill pierced in from outside the cave. Luo Weiran couldn't help but fight a cold war.
Accompanied by this cold war, it was his incomparable excitement that turned his head to look at a soldier beside him. "Good job, worthy of digging a grave for half a lifetime, this tunnel route is measurable and extremely accurate, after this battle, I ask for credit for you, and from now on, you are the battalion commander of the special battalion directly under my division headquarters, the first army has a special brigade, we can't lag behind."
"Thank you, Commander!" The soldier's eyes lit up, lifted the shovel, and the hole was gouged in three or two strokes, this guy named Wu Hai had been engaged in the disgraceful cause of tomb robbery in the first half of his life, but he didn't expect that his profession would shine in this war, and this tunnel, which stretched for more than ten miles, was the masterpiece of the year when he led a group of soldiers.
Luo Weiran drilled out of the hole with a cat's waist, and the chill instantly enveloped his whole body, but with the cold, it was extremely hot in his heart, not far in front of him, through the gap between the pine forests, he could clearly see the lights in the Donghu camp. Between the two sides, there were only a few hundred meters apart.
The soldiers of the Eastern Army came out of the hole one after another, and formed a neat formation behind Luo Weiran.
"Clear the pine forest, watch out for the spies." As soon as he came out of the cave, Luo Weiran's first order was to ensure the secrecy of this operation.
"Clean up the weapons."
"Liu Yimin, after the attack is launched, you lead your troops to only pounce on the horse shed of the opponent's cavalry battalion, no matter what method you use, I will disperse the horses for me, I want to make their cavalry have no horses to ride, I want to take a look, these Donghu people who claim to be invincible in the world, without their war horses, their feet fell to the ground, and they are still unusually fierce."
"Yes!"
"Kong Ergou! You lead your troops to attack the big tent of the Chinese army, and you don't have to worry about the rest, if you can kill Aziz with one blow, the first merit of this battle is yours. ”
"The rest of the troops, after rushing into the other party's camp, immediately set fire to me to create chaos, the commander of the Yan army in the city saw the fire, and immediately led his troops to kill, two sides of the attack, we want to break Aziz, so that his 3,000 cavalry, 5,000 foot soldiers will be given to me under this unified city." Luo Weiran said solemnly.
"Yes!" Many generals bowed together.
This time, Luo Weiran brought out a total of 5,000 soldiers from the city, and it took Luo Weiran an hour just to crawl out of the cave and assemble.
Looking up at the sky, Luo Weiran slammed down with his big hand, "Departments, attack!" ”
Countless arrows pounced out from the pine forest, hundreds of meters away, in an instant, from the pine forest, local materials, cut down the bowl mouth thickness of the pine tree, just hastily cut off the branches, there are ice chips on it, it was carried by the soldiers, pounced on the fence in front of it, when countless tree poles hit the fence heavily, several miles long fence collapsed, five thousand soldiers of the Eastern Army suddenly burst out with an earth-shattering shout, down the mountain like a tiger into the camp of the Donghu people.
In an instant, the entire camp fell into chaos, fires broke out everywhere, the sound of killing shook the sky, one by one the camp tents were overturned, set on fire, and countless Donghu soldiers who were awakened from their sleep were stabbed and cut to the ground before they could figure out the situation.
Liu Yimin's troops were like a sharp spear, straight to the opponent's cavalry camp, and the Donghu cavalry was indeed brave and fast, and when Liu Yimin arrived, there were already many soldiers rushing to the front of the horse corridor, and they were about to pull out their horses to fight.
"Crossbow!" Liu Yimin broke off his drink, and countless crossbow arrows shot head-on the horse corridor like rain, and the screams of people and the neighing of horses immediately rang out.
"Kill it!"
Liu Yimin took the lead and rushed into the corridor, slashing the railing of the corridor with a knife in his hand, and then rushed into the corridor, stabbing the knife for a while, and the horses immediately startled, and in the neighing, they rushed out with the collapsed railing.
"Drive the horses and rush forward!" Liu Yimin shouted loudly, and more than 1,000 people to which he belonged chased after the startled horse, following all the way.
On the Tongwan City, Yan Peng, who had been very nervous in his heart, finally saw the sudden fire rising in the Donghu camp, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Open the city gate, open the city gate, the second army, the whole army will attack!" ”
The gates of the city were opened, and the five thousand soldiers who had been prepared in the city shouted and killed, took a step, and frantically rushed to the flaming camp in the distance.
"Quick, the sooner the better, don't care about the formation, spread your feet, forward, forward!"
Aziz woke up from his sleep, his big tent was naturally much better than ordinary soldiers, the double-layer big tent was warm enough, and the firewood inside the big tent was as warm as spring, so he also slept soundly, in his opinion, this battle was easy for him, and he only needed to contain the Eastern Army in Tongwan City.
Therefore, he was suddenly attacked, he rushed out of the big tent barefoot, looking at the fire burning from the back camp, his heart couldn't help but be at a loss, this is around the city, a horse and a flat river, where it is impossible to hide soldiers and horses, when the camp is stationed, there will be routine search and sentry every day, how can the eastern army that attacked the camp come out from his rear.
Standing barefoot in front of the big tent, hearing the thunderous shouts of killing, the galloping sound of startling horses, seeing the sky-high firelight, and seeing that the camp in his own camp was already like a pot of messy porridge, he couldn't help despairing, and turned his head to look at the lord of Tongwan City, where countless torches were rushing all the way, rushing towards him.
Finished! Aziz thought desperately.
"General, it's down, the whole camp is down!" When the Zhengdong army from Tongwan City stabbed through the Donghu camp from the front, the form was already irreversible, and Aziz's personal soldiers finally controlled some war horses, and rushed up to send the lost Aziz to the horseback, escorting him to break through to the outside, although at this time the horse was not even equipped with a saddle, but for them, whether there was a saddle or not, the difference was not big, at this time it was not a battle, but an escape.
Aziz had just fled, Kong Ergou killed the Chinese army tent first, and when the soldiers came out of the Chinese army tent in disappointment, Kong Ergou paused in frustration, this dog slipped away so fast. Looking at the soldiers under his command, he roared angrily: "What are you still doing here, go and kill the enemy, if you can't catch Aziz, then catch more dogs and dogs, it's better than empty-handed!" ”
When the sky is twilight, this Donghu camp that was still majestic yesterday has become a ruin, green smoke curling, has not yet risen, it has been blown away without a trace by the wind, the entire battlefield, the Donghu people are lying in ambush, the soldiers of the Eastern Army are cleaning the battlefield, the wounded Donghu soldiers are all mended with a knife, only the good and undamaged will be strung together by a rope, and after the battle is over, they are the best coolies, for Luo Weiran, who has been a coolie, to return the way to the other, There seems to be an invisible pleasure. (To be continued......)