Chapter 213: The Battle of Ma Yi (I)
"It seems that this Qin Qiong is quite interesting." Li Shimin handed Qin Shubao's letter to the eldest grandson Wuji and Hou Junji, and Qin Shubao asked Li Shimin to wave his troops westward to Shangjun and Honghua County, correspond to him in the north and south, and fight against the Turks head-on, and did not ask for anything else. This is actually an opportunity for them, even if Qin Shubao does not ask them, they will take the opportunity to kill the northern counties of Guanlong, they covet Guanlong for a day or two, the original plan is to take Guanzhong and occupy the entire Guanlong, who wants to be Yang Xuan to contain the troops in Hedong and Daxing, which will occupy a large area of Guanlong in vain, causing the Guanlong family to be a little disappointed in them.
"The prince of the world gives an order, I haven't moved my muscles and bones for a long time! Just use the Turks to practice your hands! "Hou Junji is a genius military talent, but now he is not like history with Li Jing and Xu Shiji to give him guidance, and there is no group of competitors who are not inferior to him, and now Li Shimin's camp is not a few who have real skills except for him, so he has always been proud of himself, and after reading the Three Kingdoms, he is even more bloody, and he has long wanted to be the peerless general who holds military power in his hand and backhands for the clouds and covers his hands for the rain in the book.
"The Turkic army has arrived in the area of Lingwu County, the momentum is like a bamboo, coupled with the surrender of Liang Shidu, the Turkic generals are coming to Shuofang, and if they want to block their footsteps to the south, the best place is Honghua and Yan'an, where the ravines and rivers are vertical and horizontal, even if the Turkic cavalry is powerful, it is impossible to launch a large-scale offensive here, which is beneficial to us. As for the settlement of Pingliang and Huining, Daxing will deal with it! "Taking the land of Guanlong as a breakthrough to the south, the Turks' choice is a little unwise, but it is much more convenient to have Liang Shidu, a person who is familiar with the terrain, to lead the way, but they are sacrificing their own advantages, leaving the flat road and not going to drill into the ravine.
"The Wei Chi Jingde and Liu Hei Valve recruited last time are good, this time bring them to learn more, Yu Chi Jingde, I will take them to Yan'an County, and you take Liu Hei Valve to Honghua County. This time, you are leading the army alone, and you have to discuss it with Zhaoren Gong more in case of trouble. Liu Wenjing just came from Daxing yesterday, he knew that Li Shimin was short of major generals, and Li Shimin was the person he valued the most, plus Li Yuan had recently favored Pei Lian, and he didn't care about him as an elder, so he simply went out of Daxing to give Li Shimin a charcoal in the snow.
Li Shimin left 30,000 horses to garrison Hedong, to be honest, he didn't believe Yang Jun, he was afraid that his army would be copied as soon as the front foot left, and the back foot of the hometown would be copied, so the 30,000 horses left behind took on the task of recruiting new soldiers.
Qin Shubao did not stay in Jinyang for a long time, and went directly to Mayi, although it was impossible to keep the enemy out of the country with this little force in his hands, but how could he resist the footsteps of the Turks for a while, and buy the necessary time for the fortified walls and clear fields in Taiyuan and other places, whether Ma Yi could hold it was not within his scope of consideration, and it was his best choice to destroy the enemy's living force regardless of the gains and losses of a city and a pool, Yang Yichen and Su Dingfang had already set up a position in the north of Zhuo County and waited for the Turks, and Luo Yi also made a detour to Xi to enter the Turkic interior.
In the face of the Turkic offensive, there was neither a city nor a danger to defend, but it had to be defended, and the fleeing people had not yet withdrawn to safety.
Qin Shubao asked the lieutenant general to dig a barrier in front of Mayi City, which was filled with sharpened bamboo chips, and then covered them with branches and soil. The Turks are all cavalry, and there is an open land in front of Ma Yi, there is no natural danger to block it, so you can only find a way to go underground, but the trap can only play a role, and the Turks will be prepared for a loss, Qin Shubao feels that his head is big, there is no cavalry and Turkic soldiers to balance, this battle has some of his headaches, and he is reluctant to use the few carts of things brought from Licheng, this is just the first battle, maybe there will be a more severe situation in the future, and what happened later also proves that Qin Shubao's choice is right. Although the situation is grim, it is far from critical, and he does not intend to defend it for a long time, Ma Yi now has no people, no food, and even the most basic equipment to defend the city is in short supply, this is not an ideal place to resist the enemy.
"The Turks are coming!" When the sun was waning, the Turkic iron cavalry finally set foot on the boundary of the Mayi territory and rushed towards Shanyang, and the smoke and dust that rose from the ground filled the ground for several miles.
"Withdraw all the soldiers!" Qin Shubao said that when the Turks arrived at this point, then at most they could only organize an offensive, and the Turks were not good at night battles, let alone suitable for attacking cities at night.
"Hedong, I'm back again!" The leader of this Turkic force is none other than Hariman, this is the third time he has set foot in the land of the Great Sui, the last time he was blocked by Luo Yi under the city of Zhuojun, and then he was ambushed by a group of men and horses, and fled back to the Turks in embarrassment, but fortunately, Jieli is eliminating dissidents and buying people's hearts, Ha Riman is fortunate not to be asked, which is also thanks to the fact that he was previously named a warrior by Luo Khan because of the credit for the robbery in the south. This time, he was ordered by Jieli to lead 50,000 horses to move freely, after all, he was the one who knew the Great Sui better among all the Turkic generals.
But this time he came to take revenge, the people of Dingxiang County didn't have time to escape, and they were ruthlessly killed, but this was not enough to relieve his anger, especially when he saw that the clothes of those Sui Dynasty soldiers on the city wall were almost exactly the same as those who ambushed them outside Zhuo County, Ha Riman's eyes were red, and the enemies met each other, although this group of people and horses was not necessarily the one who ambushed them, but they were definitely from the same camp, and the Great Sui was very chaotic now He knew it, and the armor belts of the soldiers of all forces were not the same, so they could be separated at a glance.
"Pass the order down and take this city in one fell swoop!" Looking at the dilapidated Shanyang City, Hari is full of confidence, Shanyang and Zhuojun are obviously not at the same level, not to mention that Ma Yi has not seen a single figure since he came out of Dingxiang after several battles, it can be guessed that all the people have fled, and Shanyang and the defenders mean that it is to clean up the aftermath of Baixin who fled, which shows that they don't have many soldiers and horses, and they know that they can't stop their cavalry, so Ha Riman's confidence has skyrocketed!
The front of Shanyang City is open, and there is no problem at all with 50,000 Turkic soldiers and horses in formation, and the Turks rely on the strength of the cavalry, and never think about tactical issues, but just put out a very single line to attack the city, and attack the city in turn.
The atmosphere at the head of Shanyang City was also very tense at this time, the 50,000 horses brought by Qin Shubao almost never fought with the Turks, but they had heard of the Turks' murderous reputation, but seeing it with their own eyes made them have a trace of panic, the Turks were tall and long-armed, and the war horses were taller than the war horses of the Central Plains cavalry, and the 50,000 people lined up in a row was a big shock to them.
"Don't be afraid, the Turks are not good at attacking cities, although they are tall and big, but they only have a brute force, in the words of the prince, they have developed limbs and a simple mind, and they are all good weapons in their hands, don't lose my face of Dasui! Let them see that my soldiers of the Great Sui are the most elite divisions in the world! "Qin Shubao doesn't have Yang Jun's eloquence, let alone the spirit of a tyrant, but he is the spiritual pillar of everyone standing at the head of the city!
"The Turks are attacking!" At this time, the Turks, who had already finished arraying, finally launched an offensive, and the Turks only attacked one city, so the scene of 50,000 horsemen coming straight to the north gate was quite shocking.
"Rush! For the sake of immortality! For the Great Khan! Rush me! All the riches and women of the city belong to you, my most valiant sons! "Hariman learned to drum up his soldiers without a teacher, and he had seen Jieli's oath in the tooth tent, which made him enthusiastic, so he also learned the same.
However, to his disappointment, he saw that he was about to approach the city wall, but he saw that the soldiers in front of him fell down one by one, and the men and horses behind were too late to catch their horses, and they went forward and followed until they reacted, but the barrier was almost filled.
"Look, this is the Tu Zhi cavalry, as long as the method is right, they can be slaughtered without the slightest effort!" Qin Shubao didn't mind belittling the Turks to raise the morale of his own soldiers.
"Mingjin!" Hari saw that the situation was not right and hurriedly signaled to Mingjin, in fact, even if he didn't Mingjin, the Turkic soldiers had already stopped, and in the face of unknown dangers, the Turkic cavalry, who had always been known as fierce, did not dare to rush casually.
Everyone had already returned, and the morale of the frightened danger was suddenly low, and there was no point in rushing any further. Hariman sent men to reinvent the danger ahead, but to his relief, the enemy had only dug a few.
"The enemy is undermanned! There is no danger ahead, how can the people of my steppe be frightened by these things! They have no choice but to use these indiscriminate means, and they are not worthy of being a real warrior at all! Let them see what a true warrior is! Hariman continued to agitate, in the eyes of the Turks, only pure force supremacy, why the Han people also swept the steppe, but could not rule the steppe, is because they rely on foreign forces, simply can not conquer the people of the steppe from the heart, so the Han people can only stay in the Central Plains forever. The steppe will always be the territory of their people on horseback!
"Rush!!" The Turkic cavalry had crossed the ravine where they had almost lost their lives, and the walls were already close at hand! The low and dilapidated city wall seemed to no longer exist in their eyes, and the good sun in front of them was a fat sheep stripped naked waiting to be slaughtered. It's just that the tragedy is repeating itself! The ravine reappeared, and a large number of people and horses died again!
This is actually a ploy of Qin Shubao, digging a few fortifications far away from Shanyang, and then digging a few more within the range of Shanyang's bow and arrows to the city wall, the Turks will definitely send people to investigate if they suffer the first loss, but they dare not enter the range of the archers, Qin Shubao played a very beautiful mental strategy here, the soldiers are bloodless and let the Turks drop thousands of people, and the most important thing is to hit the morale of the Turks and inspire themselves!
The two sieges failed, and the middle sent people to investigate and delay the time, so that it was already dark, and Hariman had to give up and give up the siege, although he was angry, but he did not dare to attack the city in the dark, who knows what tricks the Han people have to use?
Seeing the Turks retreat again, Qin Shubao knew that he could only go here today, but tomorrow the anger of the Turks would not be so easy to bear.
"Order the soldiers to clear the fortifications overnight! Dig some more caves! "Tomorrow, the Turks will definitely explore as soon as they come up, dig holes for the Tibetans, and at the same time send soldiers directly into the fortifications to meet each other, and then pretend to be invincible and withdraw to the city, and when the Turks attack the city and cannot retreat, the soldiers hiding in the cave will take the opportunity to cover up and kill, then they will definitely create the Turks again! Qin Shubao used his wisdom to slowly apply the things in the book and Yang Yun to him on the battlefield, and began to grow towards a famous general!