Chapter 298: The Battle of Baishan Mountain
When Li Jun received Yuan Xiaojie's report, he scolded angrily, because Baishan Mountain is really not a good place for the Han people, in later generations, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was trapped in this place by the Xiongnu's Mao Dunshan Yu, and finally relied on Chen Ping to bribe the Yan family to escape.
Li Jun really wanted to make the next decree and let Lou Chong act cautiously, but from Gaoque to Chang'an, even if there were carrier pigeons, it would take four or five days, and now it is estimated that the fight has begun on the side of Baishan Mountain, and in desperation, Li Jun had to order the Xiliu Army Yichuan to advance with all his might, even if Lou Chong failed in the end, with the Xiliu Army, the situation in the Hetao would not be eroded.
The feeling of loneliness sometimes comes inexplicably, even in the midst of a crowded feast, it will come uninvited.
A lonely person, his eyes are cold, even if he has a smile on his face, he feels that he is the only one in the world when he is in the city.
Wei Yan was very afraid of this feeling, because since he was deprived of the position of prince in Chang'an, Wei Yan had been in this environment for a long time.
But often at this time, Wei Yan is the calmest, the most sober, only himself in the lonely world, and only he can rely on himself, so at this time, his understanding of the world is also the clearest.
When Wei Yan arrived at Baishan Mountain, he did not take the initiative to attack as Lou Chong explained, but overhauled the fortifications, 10,000 people went to ambush 100,000 cavalry, and he didn't know what Lou Chong thought, anyway, Wei Yan felt that he would not do such a stupid thing.
A layer of rammed earth, a layer of reeds, Wei Yan used the simplest way to make a simple Great Wall, not to mention, when the Great Wall was built, the morale of the Tang army increased greatly, because in the eyes of the Tang people, the Great Wall is their protector, with this Great Wall, the Hu people did not dare to go south easily.
Wei Yan stood on Baishan Mountain and looked at the grass sea in the distance, a white and bright river split the grassland in half, there was the territory of the Northern Liao people, from a distance, the half-green and half-yellow grassland was full of cattle and sheep, and from time to time there were small groups of cavalry of the Northern Liao people wandering in the grassland.
Wei Yan ordered the army to get ready, the Northern Liao people had already come, although Wei Yan brought out a lot of war horses this time, one person and two horses, but the real cavalry was only more than 3,000 people, and the rest were some infantry on horses.
So Wei Yan is not going to fight a field battle this time, but is going to fight a defensive battle.
There is a dense forest growing on Baishan Mountain, and there are a lot of gravel, so there is no shortage of sassal wood and rolling stones, Wei Yan is confident that Yelu Zongkang will leave more blood in Baishan Mountain, and it will not be a problem to retreat, he has so many war horses, and he can run for his life, anyway, it is only two days away from Gaoque.
Yelu Zongkang came to the front of the mountain, looked at Wei Yan, who had already made a defense, and said with a wave of his horsewhip: "Warriors, do you have the confidence to take this mountain in three days?" ”
"Yes, yes, kill all the Tang dogs, and leave no one behind." The generals roared.
Seeing that the morale was available, Yelu Zongkang waved his horsewhip, and tens of thousands of Northern Liao soldiers dismounted and rushed forward with shields, as soon as he came into contact with the Northern Liao people, Wei Yan felt that something was wrong, this is a bit crazy, not like the Northern Liao soldiers he met before.
What Wei Yan didn't know was that this group of people was a group of outcasts, and they had no other way but to move forward and find a way to survive for themselves.
Looking at the precarious Great Wall of Earth, Wei Yan hurriedly ordered: "Tell the brothers, set up a mechanism in the mountains and forests, dig a hole in the ground, and say anything we have to withstand for five days." ”
"The last will obey." The pro-soldier hurriedly agreed.
At this time, Gao Que City, Lou Chong looked at the wolf smoke in the direction of Baishan Mountain, and couldn't help but slam his fist on the wall bricks, Lou Chong didn't want Wei Yan and others to take the initiative to attack, after all, there are 100,000 Northern Liao people this time, and they are determined to die, such an enemy is the most terrifying, the reason why Lou Chong let Wei Yan garrison in Baishan Mountain is to hit the morale of the Northern Liao people, now it seems that the situation is not good, in just two days, Wei Yan's helper has come twice.
At this time, there were anxious footsteps behind Lou Chong, Lou Chong didn't look back to know who it was, except for Yuan Xiaojie, a rookie, ordinary people's footsteps would not be so eager.
Yuan Xiaojie came behind Lou Chong, hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, the last general asks to send troops to rescue Wei Yan and the others back, if they continue to fight, Wei Yan's 10,000 people will not be able to bear it." ”
Lou Chongtou didn't look back and snorted coldly: "This is a war, not a child's house, how can there be immortals in a war, the task of Wei Yan and others is very important, as long as they can hold on to Baishan Mountain for five days, then there will be a big problem with the supply and morale of the Northern Liao people, and then we can be annihilated in one fell swoop, and the military Sima will go back to take care of his own affairs, if it affects the morale of the army, this commander will ask you." ”
Yuan Xiaojie was robbed by Lou Chong like this, he couldn't say anything, he flicked his sleeves with hatred, and went to the baggage camp, in any case, although the power of the military Sima is also very large, but in wartime, it is still Lou Chong, the commander, who has the final say.
On Bai Mountain, Wei Yan was watching the Northern Liao people riding a tall horse to pull out the wooden stakes, and there were many ways to deal with the poorly equipped Northern Liao people, such as the wooden stakes on the ground that were planted deep in the ground by Wei Yan and them.
Many skilled Northern Liao people used poles to lasso wooden stakes and then galloped wildly, hoping to pull out all the wooden stakes that hindered their progress, and the only result was to let their horses turn on their backs.
Then the clever Northern Liao people united four or five cavalrymen, and at the same time attached a wooden stake, and then pulled it outward with great force.
I don't know why, the cooperation of these Northern Liao people was not very good, and the direction of their exertion was inconsistent, causing four or five war horses to fall to the ground together.
This work of the Northern Liao's vanguard team lasted until the next morning, looking at all the wooden stakes that were pulled out, the Northern Liao people galloped and cheered on their horses, Wei Yan couldn't help but feel a little strange, what is there to cheer about, pull out these wooden stakes, there is an earthen Great Wall in front, although the earthen Great Wall on the two battlefields has been damaged, but on the frontal battlefield, they have not yet come to the city wall.
The cheers of the Northern Liao people were as piercing as a magic sound, and Wei Yan decided to end the farce, and Wei Yan got on his horse and rode away.
He was followed by five hundred of the same warriors, and as he charged, they quickened their horses, and this imposing force rushed straight into the oncoming enemy.
The war spear in Wei Yan's hand was raised again, and this time, the spikes of the spear bombarded the chest of the Northern Liao cavalry, and the spear drilled into the body, but it was firmly stuck in the ribs of the Northern Liao man.
He let go of the barrel of the gun, if he didn't let go again, the tail of the gun would hit his body, the war horse roared, and continued to accelerate, Wei Yan gently flicked the barrel of the gun, let the barrel of the gun cross his chest, and pushed the barrel of the gun forward with brute force, and a rain of blood suddenly broke out around him, and the Northern Liao cavalry who was shot was actually torn apart from the middle by his spear.
Wei Yan's army easily tore open the mouth of the Northern Liao vanguard army, and the 3,000 Northern Liao cavalry fled under the blow of 500 Tang cavalry.
Seeing that another army rushed behind him, Wei Yan took five hundred cavalry to stay put, waiting stupidly, Yelu Zongkang saw this scene and sneered: "This group of Tang people is really arrogant, pass on the order, and leave no prisoners in this battle." ”
"No." The herald immediately ran to give the order.
When the Northern Liao army came closer, Wei Yan sneered, took out a gunpowder bullet from his arms, and threw it into the Northern Liao team, and suddenly the Northern Liao cavalry in front of him was blown up on his horse, and Wei Yan shouted loudly: "Go, go back to the mountain, don't fall in love with war." ”
Wei Yan and the others returned to Baishan Mountain, although they defeated the Northern Liao people on the frontal battlefield this time, but the two sides were completely occupied by the Northern Liao people, so that the place where the Tang army could toss and turn was suddenly much smaller, and more than 10,000 people were completely trapped under Baishan Mountain, and the only way back was the forest.
At this time, suddenly the arrows were like flying locusts, but this time it was the arrow rain of the Northern Liao people, these Northern Liao people who were used to shooting arrows on the back of a war horse were really good, more than 2,000 people opened the bow together, and actually formed a rain of arrows in a short period of time.
Wei Yan had no choice but to continue to retreat behind the city wall with the army, and in this way, hundreds of soldiers died in this rain of arrows, and Wei Yan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the whole army had retreated under the Great Wall of Earth.