Chapter 351: The Unlucky Turks
It is also strange that the Turks are unlucky, the vertical and horizontal war horses galloped, chased and killed the Murwei people for more than an hour, the foot power of the war horses has been almost consumed, and suddenly killed 30,000 fresh troops, what is this concept?
It's like driving a small truck, seriously overloaded, and trying to race with others, how is this possible! I can't get up quickly, I'm in a hurry! What's the most uncomfortable? It's obviously a sports car, but it can't run Wuling! I was also sprayed in the face with a bow and arrow, and I couldn't catch up with him, and I couldn't run away!
Don't say anything about dismounting and fighting, the nomads have been riding horses and grazing for many years, so they are the same as the dwarfs on that island! Dismount and can't run fast, which is one of the reasons why they can't attack the city, it's difficult to quickly climb the siege ladder.
Ashina and Simo desperately wanted to defeat Yelu Chu, and then go to save their own people, but Ye Lu Chu and the others were not stupid, seeing that reinforcements were coming, they immediately rose up and began to fight hard, dragging the enemy in front of them to death, so that Ashina and Simo couldn't get out.
What is the biggest loss of the Turks? The loss is that they don't have a unified command, and they don't have smart generals, Ashina and Simoteng can't make a move, they can only fight with a team of 1,000 people, and the 10,000 teams can fight separately, and they can't support and cooperate with each other, which gives Wei Chi Jingde and others a chance to break through.
The battle lasted for more than an hour, Ashina and Simo finally defeated Yeluchu's men and horses, and were able to get out, he looked around, only to see his own men and horses lying everywhere on the ground, and faintly visible in the distance, under the red yellow flag, the cavalry was still chasing and killing, and his own cavalry, in vain, followed behind, like a horse race, always second!
Feeling the tiredness of his body, as well as the clear and audible rough breath of the war horse under his crotch, Ashina sighed and gave the order to retreat very wisely.
In the grassland, there is this good, you can flee in all directions, and if you want to catch up, it is very difficult, after all, there are fewer people to catch up is to deliver food, and it is not cost-effective to chase so many hundreds of people if there are more people.
The order to retreat was given, and Ashina and Simo didn't care, because he knew that after these soldiers escaped, they would naturally find their way home, after all, no one was more familiar with the grassland than them.
This is like the battle of Guandu back then, Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of horses fled, but not many really died, after all, Sun Liu did not have so many people to chase and kill. And the soldiers' hometown is in the north, so they will naturally flee back to their hometown. This is also why it was Cao Cao who won in the end, after all, his population base was there, and it was not suitable to pull up a team.
The Turks fled, and Wei Chi Jingde and the others could only watch, not to mention that the war horses had been galloping for more than an hour, almost to the limit, and they kept chasing and shooting, and they also had no strength.
"Haha! Joyfully! It's a pleasure! Xun Xiang pulled up his mask and looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Count these raccoons and run fast!" Wei Chi Jingde shouted as he stared into the distance.
The Turks belong to the Central Asians, and they were originally forged slaves of the Rouran tribe! That is, the iron, and then the soft decay, the Turkic people slowly developed, in the process of integrating many tribes of the steppe, so they have the common denominator of the white race and the yellow race, but also retain a lot of Central Asian characteristics, such as a tall nose bridge, with eagle hooks, and deep eye sockets, so Wei Chi Jingde called them monkeys.
"Don't brag, old black! If you don't run, it's us who should run! Xun Xiang did not hesitate to reveal the short.
"Nonsense! How could a certain family escape! Wei Chi Jingde's eyes widened and said.
"Hey, hey!" Xun Xiang smiled and didn't argue with him, after all, after so many years of friends, knowing his competitive character, he still had to save face.
The two of them were happy, Yelu Chu wanted to cry without tears, 50,000 troops went on the march, how high-spirited, now there are only a few big cats and kittens left, and the most gathered around them is only 5,000, and they are all injured! Even if the others come back, it is estimated that there will be no more than 10,000, and how many will survive in the end is still unknown! It's really not one in ten!
was greedy for a while, and didn't communicate with Zou Yu at all, and now that he was rescued, he didn't know whether to thank them, or resentment that he shouldn't be tempted to send troops.
Wan Yan Lie's heart was not so uncomfortable, although the Yan people also suffered tens of thousands of casualties, he thought that he deserved to die, because Zou Yu promised that within five years, the Yan people only need to protect the local area, and there is no need to fight abroad!
The merits of this expedition were not small, and the thought of the reward he was about to receive made his heart feel hot.
The people of the Tatar tribe are not afraid of death, in their lives, freezing to death, starving to death, being bitten to death by wild beasts, bitten to death by poisonous snakes, this is very normal, the tribe did not die some people that year, death is just to live, what must be experienced, just like illness, normal!
After the war, the Turks were killed 70,000 and captured 30,000, but most of these 30,000 were wounded, and 30,000 intact war horses were captured, and the rest were killed, and those who could eat were eaten, and those that could not be eaten were made into jerky, who let Zou Yu have salt now!
According to the last statistics, there are really more than 10,000 people left in the Murwei people, but most of them are disabled, as for the small tribal coalition army he made, they are almost completely dead, and some may have escaped, but there should be a small number, after all, the Turks are surrounded by a circle.
After thanking him, Yelu Chu left without looking back, and he asked Wei Chi Jingde and others to take the talk, but Murwei suffered heavy casualties and was unable to continue the attack.
Wei Chi Jingde and the others didn't care so much, they agreed with a smile, repaired for a day, and set off on the third day, although there were only 16,000 intact people left, Yu Chi Jingde and Xun Xiang discussed, or continued to go to the Yinshan Turkic court, and did not seek to fight, but only dragged some Turks.
Wan Yanlie led the wounded soldiers and captured them, returned to Youzhou, and at the same time transmitted the battle situation here to Jinyang, and then Jinyang passed the news to Li Jing.
Of course, Wan Yanlie couldn't ask for it, so he immediately took someone back; Although Li Jing didn't know the battle situation here, he still deduced Jieli Khan's plan through clues, so he was not in a hurry to move forward, but just tried his best to devour the people and horses who came to delay. After all, this time I didn't think that I could eliminate the Turks, weaken them, and capture some more people, and the strategic goal had already been achieved.
Li Jing is not in a hurry here, Su Dingfang still has some small troubles, and he was ordered to take 30,000 cavalry to coerce Liang Shidu to send troops, and Liang Shidu just wanted to recapture Honghua, so he asked his younger brother Liang Luoren, plus Diaoyin Li Zhengbao, Xin Lu'er, with 50,000 troops, to kill Honghua.
It's just that Liang Shi miscalculated the battle situation, because Zhang Ju, He Sui and others surrendered, he thought he was killed, thinking of his arrangement in Honghua, he estimated that Su Dingfang should have lost a lot of people, so he held on in Honghua.
Su Dingfang also guessed some, so he deliberately showed weakness to the enemy, and deliberately arranged for most of the soldiers to defend the city.
Honghua is the first checkpoint of Liang Shidu to the outside world, the two Wu forts are like a pair of horns, in the front, and in the middle is Honghua City, so when he wants to attack, the first one to face is to face the Honghua City in the front.
Fortunately, the east and west city walls were bombed at that time, and Liang Luoren was facing the north gate, which was also their main direction of attack, so the repaired city walls on the east and west sides did not have to worry about them breaking through in a short time.
Zhi Sili led 30,000 cavalry to defend Wubao, and Liang Luoren and others began to attack day and night, but they were very disappointed, many times it was clear that the city was already in danger, but they just couldn't take it.
Of course they didn't know that this was done by Su Dingfang on purpose, not only to paralyze them, but also to train and train the selected soldiers, although these soldiers were selected and relatively strong, but compared to their own soldiers, they were still far behind.
Commanders have a common problem, that is, they believe that the soldiers who have survived a hundred battles are the most elite soldiers, so Su Dingfang arranged for them to defend the city in turn, except for weapons and armor, such as crossbows, which were not provided to them, just to cultivate their will to fight.
Su Dingfang did a lot of similar, in addition to the personnel, even the arrows were gradually reduced, just to create an illusion that Liang Luoren could be captured.
However, Liang Luoren and the others are not fools, and they still noticed that something was wrong for many days, but it was already a little late at this time, and there were tens of thousands of dead and wounded.
"You can't fight anymore, there are definitely more than 10,000 people in Honghua City! Even I suspect that there are tens of thousands of people in Wubao. Liang Luoren said with a somewhat ugly face.
"Impossible! It's just a partial division here, they attacked Wubao, and the city, where did so many men and horses come from? If it's really as you say, why don't they go on the offensive? Obsessed with thought force asked rhetorically.
"It's because they're partial teachers that they've been dragging us along! If you want to capture Wu Bao and the city, even if it is a sneak attack, there are at least forty or fifty thousand people! It's definitely not the more than 20,000 people that the scouts say. Li Zhengbao said.
Knowing the answer, it would always be easier to push it back, but they didn't guess the gunpowder. So the estimation is somewhat wrong.
"Even if they hide their men, they have to fight! They just want to delay time, as long as they keep attacking, tomorrow they will attack on three sides, and I will let the cavalry defend the rear for you. Stubbornness's face was cloudy, and then he gritted his teeth and said. He knew that the men and horses of Jinyang were attacking Dingxiang and the grassland, and the order he got was to besiege Wei and save Zhao, so he was absolutely not allowed to retreat. fought with Zou Yu once, but he knew that Zou Yu was difficult, and he also knew the strength of Jinyang's soldiers and horses.
"That's alright!" Liang Luoren and Li Zhengbao glanced at each other, and then reluctantly agreed.
"General! The Turks are clearly sending the brothers to death! As soon as he lost his thinking power, Li Zhengbao complained.
"What's the solution? I originally came to retreat from the enemy, so why don't you just go back? Liang Luoren said angrily.
"It can't be all our siege, the Turks are watching, right? If the last general is concerned, he will drag it out, and he will not care about the life or death of the Turks. Li Zhengbao said indignantly.
"I don't care if I live or die? You know, it's on your doorstep now. Liang Luoren asked with a glare.
"This..."Li Zhengbao couldn't help but speak, it is true, Honghua has already been defeated, and if he doesn't fight back, he can't wait to hit Shuofang.
"Besides, we are already weak and do not rely on the Turks, and sooner or later we will be destroyed." Liang Luoren said sullenly.
"General, the last general said something that shouldn't be said, we are so aggrieved! Don't look at everyone in a high position, but they are afraid every day, for fear that they will be killed one day! Li Zhengbao looked at Liang Luoren's face and said cautiously.
"What do you want to say?" Liang Luoren asked with a frown.
"Great General, have you thought about the future? The Turks have not been as strong as they used to be in recent years! Li Zhengbao asked tentatively.
"Yes, general, the first army attacked Youzhou and other places, lost the troops, and returned with a feather; provoked Zou Changfeng to retaliate, and he could only shrink back, I heard that he was anxious and angry, and he was angry to death! This time the Turks were beaten like we asked for help, and it seemed to the last general that it would be difficult for Jieli Khan! Xin Lu'er nodded violently.
"You want to persuade so-and-so to surrender?" Liang Luoren looked at the two and asked.
"Your subordinates are thinking about you for the sake of the general, this is called making plans early!" Xin Lu'er hurriedly said.
"Yes, General, now that you have soldiers and horses in your hands, if you make plans early, no matter who it is, you will definitely be a high-ranking official! If you wait until the soldiers come to the city in the future, this is difficult to say. Li Zhengbao said helpfully.
"Who are you lobbyists for?" Liang Luoren sat down and asked.
"No, absolutely not!" The two hurriedly shook their heads at the same time and said in unison.
"Really?" Liang Luoren looked at him with suspicion.
"It's absolutely true, subordinates can swear!" Xin Lu'er looked serious and raised her hand to heaven.
"Yes! The two subordinates just want to follow the general and have a hope in the future! Li Zhengbao also reassured.
Hearing that the two of them hadn't taken refuge in others, Liang Luoren's expression eased, after all, no one wanted anyone under them to betray, but the words of the two of them also made his mind lively. Although Liang Shi is his cousin, he doesn't trust him, and he, the nominal general, doesn't have many troops in his hands at all.
Of course, what really moved him was the sentence of high-ranking officials, there is a way to be an official for thousands of miles only for money! Thinking about it, even if he took refuge in others, it would be better than now, and the only thing that worried him was that he didn't know what treatment he would give.
"Do you think it's better to choose someone if you really want to take refuge?" Liang Luoren hesitated for a moment, looked around at no one, turned around and asked in a low voice.
Seeing that Liang Luoren's heart was moved, Li Zhengbao couldn't help but smile, and also lowered his voice slightly: "From the point of view of the last general, there are three people who can win the world today!" Li Yuan in Guanzhong; Xiao Milling in Jiangnan; Zou Changfeng in the north! ”
"Xiao Mill is too far away! Zou Changfeng is not an emperor, just a prince! Do you want me to take refuge in Li Yuan of Qi State? That's why you said him in the first place, right? Liang Luoren frowned and thought for a while and asked.