Chapter 40: Stop the Night Cry
Getting closer and closer to Majia Village, Li An and the others could already hear the wailing and roaring from the village, needless to say, there must be a conflict in the village.
Li An knew that most of this was the murder of the Fan army in the village, so he immediately decided: "Kunxiong, Feiyu, you outflank from the left, Shouyu, Erniu, Guangsheng, you outflank from the right side, and wipe out the village Fan army." ”
"Yes."
The five led four teams of men and horses to outflank the left and right, while Li An personally led his team of men and horses to run towards Majia Village from the front.
A cold wind blew through the treetops, blowing a few withered leaves off the trunks, and the leaves fluttered and fell slowly and slowly on the crimson snow.
Nearly 100 corpses were lying or lying on their stomachs on the snow, and next to them were the soldiers and horses of the Tibetan soldiers who were indifferently patrolling, and when they found that they were still dying, they stabbed them down with their scimitars in their hands.
This tragic scene reminded Li An of White Wolf Village and his relatives again, and aroused great hatred in his heart.
"Huhuhu......"
Li An mercilessly pulled out the short spear on his back and threw it at the soldier in front of him, piercing the soldier in the chest, taking a few steps back and falling to the ground to his death.
"Bow and arrow ready, not a single one is left."
Li An asked his nineteen warriors to shoot the soldiers with bows and arrows, while he himself threw short spears on his backs in succession, quickly killing and wounding the soldiers of the Tibetan army, and then, holding the spears in his hands, killed them.
There were not many soldiers of the Fan army who raided Majia Village, the total number was only a few dozen, and they were scattered in various positions in the village, so they could not organize an effective resistance at all, and under the encirclement and strangulation of the five men and horses under Li An's command, the whole army was quickly wiped out, and Li An and his party of 100 people did not have a single casualty.
"Li Shaolang, more than 50 people in the Fan army were completely annihilated by us, and we didn't even have a single wounded."
Zhang Guangsheng has never fought such a happy battle, and the excitement in his heart can be imagined.
Li An was not happy, glared at Zhang Guangsheng sideways, and corrected: "The people here have been slaughtered nearly 100 people, how can we say that we have no casualties, let the warriors work hard and bury all the corpses of the people in Majia Village." ”
Everyone received the order and began to act separately, while Li An paced, thinking about the gains and losses of this battle.
According to the previous expectations, in order to reduce casualties, the warriors should try to use bows and arrows to eliminate the Tibetan army, of course, Li An and Kunxiong, Feiyu and several other powerful captains can rush to the front, this operation shows that this method is indeed very applicable, the warriors are indeed at the cost of zero casualties to eliminate all the Tibetan soldiers and horses, as for Li An rushed Zhang Guangsheng, it is to let everyone not be complacent, not to have the idea of underestimating the enemy.
And this operation, also exposed some shortcomings, that is, the warriors can not cooperate well, often ten arrows, at the same time to shoot at a soldier of the Fan army, greatly reducing the efficiency of destroying the enemy, in addition, the newly selected warriors are still not skilled enough in the use of skis, the problem of going straight is not big, once the turn often needs to stop, otherwise it will fall, these need to be trained slowly, and the battlefield is the best training ground.
After disposing of the corpses of the people of Majia Village, Li An left a small flag of the Hengye Army, and then led his men and horses to continue to march north, looking for a good opportunity to destroy the enemy.
Within a few days, Li An and his entourage of 100 people, within a radius of 100 miles north of Anbian City, attacked the Tibetan soldiers and horses everywhere, and each time at the cost of zero casualties, completely annihilated or severely damaged dozens of Tibetan troops, so that the soldiers of the Tibetan army were terrified when they heard the name of the Hengye Army, and even the crying children of the Tibetan army tribe were so frightened that they did not dare to cry when they heard about the Hengye army.
Li An's 100-strong Hengye Army was haunted in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River, which greatly dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Tibetan army, so that the Tibetan army no longer dared to loot villages on a small scale.
Ten miles outside the south gate of Anbian City, Li Tagu, the leader of the Fan army, paced back and forth in the big tent, at this moment, his mood was unusually irritable, Li Tianlong's old revenge for being killed by the Tang army had not yet been avenged, and the soldiers and horses in the rear were beaten by the small troops of the Hengye army, and the losses were no less than a thousand people.
This feeling of suffocation made Li Tagu extremely bored, and he couldn't wait to immediately lead his troops to break through Anbian City and slaughter the entire city, thinking that his fierce general Li Tianlong would take revenge, and then, he waved his army north to annihilate Li An's small army.
But he knew that Anbian City was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and with a powerful general like Guo Ziyi stationed there, it was very difficult to break through the city, and the men and horses in the rear were attacked, and they were too busy to take care of themselves, and they couldn't effectively reinforce the direction of Anbian City.
Of course, what worries Li Tagu even more is that there is news of the Tang army's reinforcements, according to scouts, Yunzhong garrisoned in Yunzhong County has dispatched 7,000 soldiers and horses to approach the upper reaches of the Sanggan River, in addition, an elite cavalry from Shuofang has also arrived in Shuozhou, and it is estimated that it will arrive in Ulzhou within a few days.
The gradual approach of the Tang army's reinforcements made Li Tagu feel extremely nervous, he was originally confident that his soldiers and horses, the strength of field combat was above the Tang army, and the Tang army with less than 30,000 soldiers and horses was not afraid at all, but through the continuous attack of Li An's less than 100 troops, he felt that the strength of his tribal cavalry might not be as good as the Tang army, so naturally he had no confidence to fight a decisive battle with the Tang army's reinforcements.
Li Tagu immediately made a decision to withdraw gradually, and he demanded that the tribal masses scattered in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River immediately retreat in the direction of Yanzhou, and return to the Raoledu Governor's Mansion via Yanzhou.
In order to ensure that the Tang army reinforcements did not catch up, Li Tagu asked to leave 10,000 soldiers and horses behind, and another 10,000 horses to escort the tribal people, and the plundered Tang people, livestock, and property quickly evacuated.
And Li Tagu and the 5,000 elite cavalry under his command also immediately gave up attacking Anbian City, and pulled out the camp to the north, preparing to join the 10,000 tribesmen and horses behind the palace to block the pursuit of the tribesmen and horses by the Tang army reinforcements.
In the mansion of Zhang Qiqiu in Anbian City, Zhang Qiqiu, the envoy of the Hengye Army, and Guo Ziyi, the general of the army, were reading the instructions sent by Wang Zhonghe.
Wang Zhongsi asked Zhang Qiqiu to hold on to Anbian City, and never let the Tibetan army break through the city, as for repelling the main force of the Tibetan army, he would personally lead his elite cavalry and the soldiers and horses captured in the clouds to attack the main force of the Tibetan army.
Obviously, Wang Zhongsi no longer expects the Hengye Army to play much of a role, after all, after the battle of the cemetery, the main force of the Hengye Army has been completely wiped out, and the remaining few hundred people are simply insignificant, and it would be good to be able to hold the city.
As for Li An leading 300 Hengye Army to break through the 5,000 elite troops of the Tibetan army, in Wang Zhongsi's opinion, it was just a fluke, such an opportunity could not be encountered every time, if he wanted to break the main force of the Tibetan army, he had to rely on the elite cavalry under his command and the main force of soldiers and horses guarded in the clouds.
Guo Ziyi read Wang Zhongsi's latest instructions, his expression was a little displeased, as a general, he naturally hoped to lead the troops to fight and make meritorious deeds, and the Fan army showed signs of evacuation, if he held the city, he would obviously miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for meritorious service.
"General, the counterattack is about to begin, can we only do this and watch."
Zhang Qiqiu also looked helpless: "There are only a few hundred people left in my Hengye army, even if all of them go to battle, how much effect can they play, the commander has an order, we just do it." ”
The rash battle led to the annihilation of the main force of the Hengye Army, which was always a piece of Zhang Qiqiu's heart, which made him feel weak in his heart, and he did not dare to disobey Wang Zhonghe's order in the slightest.
Although Guo Ziyi wants to fight very much, but the military order is like a mountain, as long as Zhang Qiqiu does not let go, he will not disobey the order to fight, after all, he is in his forties, and he is no longer an impulsive hairy boy.
"General, Li Shaolang, they have returned to the city."
Zhang Qiqiu was overjoyed when he heard this, looked at Guo Ziyi beside him, and said excitedly: "Li An, this kid fought too beautifully, and he attacked back and forth within a radius of 100 miles, which made the Fan army frightened, and greatly increased the military prestige of my Hengye army, let's go, let's go and have a look." ”
After speaking, he strode out of the main hall, preparing to personally welcome the victorious return of Li Ang and his party.
As the soldiers and horses of the Tibetan army had been evacuated, Li An and his party of 100 people entered the city from the direction of the south gate with a swagger, and just entered the city, a hundred warriors were warmly welcomed by the soldiers and civilians in the city.
The impressive results they have achieved within a radius of 100 miles in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River have long been spread in Anbian City, and there have even been many sets of exaggerated versions, such as invulnerability, walking like flying, and other rumors, which are too numerous to mention.
"Big brother, the people in the city are looking up to us and looking at this enthusiasm."
Li Kunxiong took the boiled eggs that the people forced over, and smiled from ear to ear.
Li An smiled lightly and whispered: "Let the warriors puff up their chests and feel this feeling of being admired." ”
Since they have won a great victory, there is naturally no need to refuse this simple enthusiasm from ordinary people, which can somewhat inspire the warriors and make them feel that their efforts have not been in vain.
"Big brother, ahead."
Li An looked up and saw that Zhang Qiqiu, the envoy of the Hengye Army, and Guo Ziyi, the general of the army, were coming.
"General."
Ang Lee bowed.
Zhang Qiqiu's face was full of warmth, he held Li An's hands, and praised: "Li Shaolang rushed back and forth within a radius of 100 miles, and the fighting army was frightened, greatly increasing the prestige of our Hengye army, this record is enough to go down in history." ”
"The general has won the award, but it's just a little fight, and it can't be put on the stage."
Despite the limelight, Ang Lee felt that it was better to keep a low profile.
Guo Ziyi casually looked at the neatly arranged warriors, was stunned, and blurted out: "A hundred warriors, there are actually a lot of them." ”
Zhang Qiqiu also saw clearly, five rows of warriors, each row was twenty people, one no more and one no less, which surprised him greatly.
Li An smiled indifferently, he didn't want to continue to show off his results, paused for a moment, and said softly: "General, don't mention the past again, let's think about how to act next!" ”