Chapter 61: Sanlipu Meat Grinder (2)
"My lord, all this grain has been burned?"
A few soldiers who had been ordered to set the fire looked at the sacks of rice on the cart, and no one could bear to burn these precious grains in one fell swoop.
"Burn! If you don't burn it, will it be left to Jiannu! ”
Yang Huan snatched the torch from the hand of a soldier and lit the grain cart that had been poured with fire oil without hesitation. The flames quickly engulfed the grain bag, and the white rice was instantly blackened, and then the smell of burnt hu came to the nostrils.
The Ming army, who was swallowing dry food, was not surprised when he saw the grain cart behind him catch fire, but he continued to swallow the dry cakes that were difficult to swallow, and even some of them already had a rancid taste.
No one dares to say that they will make it back alive, so let's eat more of this last meal, even if it is unpalatable.
It's better to be a full ghost than a hungry ghost.
It was Xiao Bozhi who ordered the burning of the grain and grass carried by the army, and he didn't want it to fall into the hands of the yellow braids.
He judged that most of the grain and grass carried by the Yellow Braids had been consumed since they entered the Kuandian area, so he could not let a grain of grain fall into the hands of the other party.
He even suspected that after Gonggong Wei lured the white flag to Sanlipu, it was likely that he planned to trap and starve the other party to death due to the complexity of the river in the area.
Hundreds of years ago, wasn't that golden vulture trapped in the Yellow Sky? If it weren't for the traitor, then the Golden Vulture might have been captured alive by Han Shizhong.
It's just that I don't know what means Wei Gonggong used to leave Jiannu.
The terrain of Sanlipu is complicated, but it only limits the mobility of the cavalry of the Jin army, so that it cannot give full play to the advantages of the cavalry group operation, but if the Jin army forcibly breaks through the encirclement, regardless of the loss of the breakthrough, I am afraid that the river alone will not be able to retain many people.
However, this is not what Siu Bozhi has to consider.
All he had to think about now was how to get as many of his men as possible to the South Bank.
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Except for the carts carrying the dead and wounded, the rest of the wagons and horses were ordered to lighten their loads, and some of the broken wagons were dismantled to make temporary guards.
The cavalry hurried to feed the bean cakes they had just received to their horses, so as to ensure that the horses had enough physical strength in the upcoming battle.
The infantrymen were making the final preparations under the command of the officers, and they were already familiar with these tasks, but they still did them seriously.
In the battle of life and death, no one dares to treat it sloppily.
The large vehicles were quickly formed into six small vehicle formations according to their respective detachments, each of which was named "Jia, B, Ding, Mao," and each vehicle formation was commanded by a general banner and had jurisdiction over about 100 officers and men. Six small car arrays are interlocked, and finally form a large car array.
There were planks between each carriage, spears, swords, and shields in their positions, and gunmen crouched in groups of four.
This kind of car-battalion formation is the conventional tactics of the Ming army in various towns, and it is also a tactic used by the armies of all dynasties since the Warring States period.
However, the car formation of the Anti-Jin National Salvation Army still absorbs a lot of experience of the Qi family's army, for example, the firearms in the car formation belong to this piece, and there is an obvious shadow of the Qi family's army.
The carts carrying the bodies and ashes of the wounded and dead soldiers were placed in the center of the formation, which was the safest place, but it also meant that if it was lost, the whole army would be destroyed.
The seriously wounded could not move or even speak, while the lightly wounded helped their comrades as much as possible, and some of them could not talk to each other on the side.
Ge Xiaoqi, who was born in a high-ranking post guard, sat in the car and told the busy comrades around him about the deeds of the good man Ding Xiaogong who came out of their guard.
A "death squad" of more than 70 soldiers in double armor is being reviewed by Xiao Bozhi, who will be the first to face the blow of the Jin army as the sharp knives of the whole army.
In terms of weapons, each person has four "grenades" pinned to their waists in addition to a long knife. In addition, the battalion's remaining dozen or so firearms, such as the "Flying Air Strike Thief Earthquake Thunder," will also be operated by them.
Gui Bao was one of these sharp knives, and when the general banner on it asked who was willing to go to the front, he did not take the initiative to stand up, even though the general banner was very sure that these people would be promoted to a higher level after the war.
But when he heard that their children would also be taken care of by the imperial army, and that they could directly enter the imperial army as officers when they became adults, Gui Bao was moved.
He didn't want his son to be jokingly called a "pigtailed cub" by the merchants of Phi Island.
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In order to ensure the best effect of the deployment of troops in the car formation, Xiao Bozhi transferred half of the remaining cavalry to the infantry brigade, and Wei Xuewen was not dissatisfied with this.
This final battle no longer needs the cavalry to charge, they just need to merge with the infantry and form a huge fist to smash into the Jin army.
The sun was setting in the west, and the twilight sun was reflected over the battlefield, emitting a dazzling reflection.
The fifth Jiala of the Jin army was also making pre-battle deployments, and according to the movements of the Ming army, the generals of the fifth Jiala judged that the opponent was preparing to break through at night.
Ezhen Suohun did not want to fight the Ming army at night, because it was too easy to confuse the soldiers and horses on both sides, and due to the limitation of his line of sight, he could not even accurately judge the location of the Ming army.
At night, it was not friendly to the Jin army, but if the Ming army insisted on breaking through at night, Suo Hun had no choice but to deal with it.
Suo Hun is actually commanding with a crime, and the battle of Anping River has caused heavy losses to the third Jiala because of his slowness, how could the third elder brother, the owner of this account, not count with him.
The third elder brother gave him one last chance, if he still couldn't stop the Ming army, what was waiting for him was military law.
For the sake of his old life, Suo Hun had to go all out.
He still made a lot of preparations, and scattered a few horses to the south, this is to prevent the Ming army from suddenly appearing behind him, in that case, his fifth Jiala Ke will be attacked on his back.
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As the red sun set completely, the sky finally got dark.
Suohun on the bank of the nameless river is waiting, and the banner lord Abai and a group of generals in the north are also waiting.
Leng Geli had suggested sending one or two Niu Lu to attack and harass the Ming army, so that the opponent could not complete the pre-battle preparations. This suggestion was not taken up by Abay.
The third elder brother didn't want to pay more unnecessary casualties.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and gradually it is already dark in my sight.
But the Ming army still did not move, they did not ignite, in the dark night, the generals of the Jin army were speculating about when the Ming army would move.
Time passed little by little, and about three quarters of the hour, it seemed that there was the sound of wheels turning in the empty field.
At this time, it is already out of sight.
Neither army could see the other, and both armies remained silent.
The sound of fighting sounded behind the two pillars of incense, and only the sound of guns and crossbows and shouts was heard, but no one knew what the battle was like.
"Onward, onward!"
Lai San's voice was hoarse, because he couldn't see the surroundings, he could only pull the tail of the horse in front of him.
Above the array, arrows rained down.