Chapter 800: Bumpy Road (1)
I have been walking in the snow for two days, and the red flag has long ceased to flutter, and it has been frozen to the point that it has to be lowered to clear the snow on it every once in a while.
The heavy snow made the march difficult, but it also had some benefits, and the traces of the desert army's march were clearly visible on the snow. Jiang Anyi looked at the messy hoof prints on the ground with a solemn expression. A scout hurriedly carefully examined the hoof prints, and carefully crushed the horse manure that had fallen on the ground, and only reported to Jiang An Yiyu after a while: "The snow covers the horse's hooves in two, and the horse manure has not yet been frozen, and it is estimated that this group of desert troops passed two quarters of an hour ago." Looking at the hoof prints and rut marks on the ground, the number of people is about 20,000, and there are 500 vehicles. ”
Jiang Anyong leaned closer and said, "Brother, these wolf cubs must be going to rob the baggage, otherwise how can they go with us." 20,000 people, what a big piece of fat, brother, let's catch up and destroy them. ”
Jiang Anyi coldly reprimanded: "There are only generals in the army, and they are frivolous. Seeing his younger brother's face and answer "yes", Jiang Anyi was angry and funny, and continued to say with a straight face: "Order, find a shelter to rest." ”
Towards the end of Shen, when it was time to set up camp, the scouts led the army to the camp that had been found in advance. This is an east-west valley, the cold wind is blocked by the north slope, there are some trees at the bottom of the ditch, which are cut down as fuel, more than 100 cauldrons are boiled, fried soybean flour and dried meat are poured in, and they are boiled into a pot sticky, and no one cares about complaining when there is hot food in the stomach on a snowy day. The sky was overcast, and the smoke from the fire was torn to pieces by the wind, so there was no need to worry about exposing the station.
The army marched without tents, and each man carried a bundle of thick linoleum, which he lay on the ground while sleeping, and put some hay for the horses, and nested with the horses to keep each other warm. People can carry food with them, and the forage and beans for feeding the horses have to be transported by horse-drawn carts, and nearly 1,000 cars are surrounded at the outermost, which is a simple car village.
After eating, Jiang Anyi convened a meeting of generals above the fifth grade, and the topic was the desert army that was discovered, and everyone almost unanimously agreed to eat this desert army. Jiang Anyi calculated the itinerary, he had already walked one hundred and sixty miles in two days, and he was only seventy miles away from the baggage team, so he should be able to arrive a day ahead of schedule if nothing else, even if he went to attack the Mo army tonight and delayed a little time, it would not affect the rendezvous between the army and the baggage team.
For a while, it was the Mo army that attacked the Zheng army, and of course the opportunity to avenge the revenge with one arrow could not be missed. Jiang Anyi not only thinks about revenge, there are not a few soldiers who have frostbitten their hands and feet in the past two days, and if they can snatch some furs and clothes from the desert army, they will suffer less frostbite; There are also horses, there is a shortage of horses in the army, if you can replenish some horses, the speed of the army can be increased, and the combat ability can be improved a lot; There are also prisoners, it is difficult to transport materials in the snow, the servants are also born and raised by their parents, and it is really hard to carry the burden on the cart in the ice and snow, but the captives can't treat them as human beings, what kind of tiring and hard work might as well let them do it, Jiang Anyi clapped his hands and decided, attacking the desert army at night.
Judging from the hoof prints left behind, this group of desert troops should not be far from them, estimated to be within twenty miles. Jiang Anyi and the scouts compared on the map and found three locations, all of which were located in mountain recesses to avoid the wind and snow.
It is the responsibility of the scouts to determine the specific location, and in the past two days of marching, Jiang An Yiduo dealt with the scouts, and admired their various strange skills, no wonder the saying goes, "Three hundred and sixty lines, the line is out."
"Champion", no matter what you do to the extreme, it's amazing.
Seeing the scouts wearing sheepskin jackets on their bodies, their bodies were white, and they were one with heaven and earth, Jiang Anyi became interested and said with a smile: "Zhao Biao, I'll go with you, how about it?" ”
Zhao Biao is the captain of the scout, the captain of Zhaowu of the sixth grade, he looked at Jiang Anyi seriously, and said: "It's okay to go with the skills of an adult, but you can't ride that black horse, and although the skill of an adult is high, you have to obey my command when you go outside." ”
Jiang Anyi nodded again and again, and said, "Okay, it should be." ”
Three locations, divided into three groups, each group of five people, Jiang Anyi accompanied Zhao Biao to the southeast, 17 miles away from the station, is a willow leaf-shaped col, the grassland people call it Buqicha, used to be the grazing land of several small tribes, the Zheng army went north, the herdsmen withdrew with the desert army, and this place was deserted. Buqicha is large enough to easily accommodate tens of thousands of people, and it is very likely that the 20,000 desert army will stay here.
The snow stopped, the wind was strong, the snow was a foot deep, the horses could not move quickly, and the seventeen miles of the road took most of the hour. Quickly picked up into the mountain pass, Zhao Biao signaled to leave the horse, left one person to watch the horse, and led everyone to walk forward. Zhao Biao is over forty years old, short in stature, but agile, like a snow rabbit jumping forward on the snow, and he can't find his whereabouts without paying attention.
Jiang Anyi learned from the same thing, only to find that it seemed simple but not easy, and there was a mess behind him, far from being as smooth as others, and the traces left were very shallow. Lao Wang beside him taught Jiang Anyi a few tricks to sweep away the traces, with a true qi foundation, Jiang Anyi learned quickly, Lao Wang praised in a low voice: "Adults are really smart, I Lao Wang practiced for a long time to learn, and adults will understand as soon as they hear it." ”
Zhao Biao led everyone around in a big circle, came to the south downwind, and then quietly climbed to the top of the slope. Jiang Anyi finally had the power to use force, his spiritual sense spread out, the sound of breathing ten zhang away couldn't hide from his ears, and the secret whistles hiding in the snowdrifts were found by Jiang Anyi one by one. Afraid of startling the snakes, Zhao Biao signaled Jiang Anyi not to alarm them, but quietly retreated, and it was already certain that the Mo army was stationed in Buqibu.
There was no suspense in the battle, 40,000 light cavalry against 20,000 sleeping desert soldiers, and won a complete victory, killing nearly 5,000 desert soldiers, capturing more than 8,000 people, and more than 6,000 desert cavalry broke through and fled. Cleaning up the battlefield, Jiang Anyi was pleased to see that nearly 10,000 war horses had been captured, as well as more than 400 carriages full of grain, grass, arrows, herbs and other materials.
The interrogation of the prisoners learned that this group of Mo army was going to plunder the Zheng army's baggage, and the Mo people got the news that Zhenbei City was transporting supplies, and sent 100,000 soldiers and horses to detour south in three groups. From the mouths of the captives, it was learned that the brigade of desert cavalry was half a day ahead of them, only twenty miles away from Zheng's baggage team, and was ready to attack before midnight tomorrow.
At this moment, the ugly time is approaching, there are still two hours before the hour, seventy miles away, and it should be too late to deliver the letter. Jiang Anyi sent all the scouts except for Zhao Biao and other fifteen people, hoping to be prepared through the baggage team, and the 80,000 desert people could not be taken lightly.
Sending off the scout team, Jiang Anyi divided the 40,000 light cavalry into two teams, one team guarded the prisoners, supplies, and guarded the camp, and the other team was personally guarded by him
He led the rescue of the baggage team. The task of guarding the prisoners and supplies was handed over to Jiang Anyong, Jiang Anyong was full of reluctance, and Jiang Anyi scolded: "Do you think it is easy to guard the camp? More than 6,000 desert cavalry escaped just now, and they will definitely tell the other desert troops. The movements of the 80,000 desert army are unknown, and it is possible to attack the baggage battalion, or it is possible to attack here with a counterattack. There are nearly 10,000 desert captives here, and a large amount of supplies, like a powder canister, which may ignite and explode at any time, if you think it is easy, I would rather you go to the rescue of the baggage camp, and I will lead people to defend here. ”
Jiang Anyong's face flushed, his brother was the main general who went to meet the baggage camp on the order of the marshal, and it was his duty to rush to the aid overnight, and the marshal had the order to arrive at the baggage camp after everything would be commanded by his brother, so his brother couldn't help but go. Jiang Anyong said solemnly: "Please rest assured, the general will definitely guard the camp and not let the indifferent people take advantage of it." ”
Jiang Anyi patted his younger brother on the shoulder and said, "After I leave, you will move the camp to a high place, and use vehicles as walls around it, build trenches with snow, and water to douse them. Let the indifferent captives do it, there is no pity, if there is resistance, it will be killed. He buried the corpse in the snow, it was cold enough that he would soon freeze in the snow wall to block Mo Qi. ”
"If the desert cavalry comes to attack on a large scale, you can keep it, and if you can't keep it, you will burn the vehicle along with the grain, grass, and materials, and shoot the prisoners, you will lead the crowd to break through and join me, don't defend it, do you understand?" Jiang Anyi had a serious face and a stern voice, glaring at his younger brother.
Jiang Anyong was a little distracted, this demeanor was like teaching himself to read and read with a bamboo branch in his hand in Pingshan Town, his heart warmed, and he said with a smile: "Brother, I know, don't worry, I'm not a child anymore, I have fought more battles than you." Jiang Anyi reached out to twist his brother's ears and said, "When you grow up, your wings are stiff, and my brother can't talk about you." ”
The brothers looked at each other and smiled, although the cold wind was biting, it was difficult to hide the warm current in their hearts.
At that time, Zheng Jun was stationed at the heavy station, and four or five miles away, Jiang Anyi heard the sound of horns and fighting. Zhao Biaochi came and said: "There are about 60,000 people in the desert cavalry, and they are attacking the baggage battalion. ”
Jiang Anyi breathed a sigh of relief, the desert cavalry launched an attack on time, and it was not in vain, and if there were 60,000 desert cavalry here, it would mean that An Yong would only need to face more than 20,000 desert cavalry at most. The 20,000 light horsemen had marched for two hours in the snowy night, and Jiang Anyi was exhausted, so he ordered a short rest when he heard that the baggage camp could still hold on.
Kun Bo looked at Zheng Zhai surrounded by a snow wall, and couldn't help but be irritable, he received the news that Buqicha was attacked by Zheng Jun at the end of the ugly end, and after thinking about it again and again, Kun Bo decided to send 20,000 people to collect the remnants of the army, and act at the opportunity; The main force of 60,000 men launched an attack on the Zheng people's baggage camp, striving to break through the camp earlier and then counterattack the Zheng army in Buqicha.
When he learned that Zheng Guo had sent troops from Zhenbei City to escort the baggage to join the southbound Zheng army, Kunbo took the initiative to lead his army south to attack. Fighting with the Zheng army, Kun Bo fought bravely to kill the enemy in every war, and was defeated by the Zheng army several times, and the strength of the army under his command was greatly reduced. Lan Qitao asked him to expand his men and horses in the name of attacking the Zheng army's baggage in the south, and if he could win, the Zheng army in the south would be slaughtered due to lack of supplies, so he made a great contribution to compete with Li Man again.