Chapter 306: Ambush and defeat the Turks on all sides A big victory shocked Nan Chen
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"What did you say, Hucker? Our army's logistical baggage is lost? Who robbed it? How many centaurs? Prince Jieli asked, grabbing the centurion named Hucker in the chest.
"Lord Wang, General Tadley, who was in charge of the baggage escort, was killed by an enemy general who made a double move, and our army was outnumbered, and all the baggage and grain were lost. The general did not know who the name was, and the general's cavalry all used crossbow arrows to shoot our army from a distance, and the general could not be rescued and could not resist the general, so he had to flee back to the report. ”
"Strategist, isn't this ---, Tang Army already prepared?"
"There are mountains around Dingxiang City here, and it would not be surprising if an ambush army was hidden. But Li Jing's men and horses are surrounded by our army on both sides, where did the enemy troops attacking from behind come from? Dalit asked Jieli, and when he didn't answer, he turned his head and asked Hucker, who had seen the enemy: "The enemy general doesn't know, and this army doesn't blame you, but the enemy's armor is the same as the Tang army in the city?" Can you see the flag of the opponent's army? ”
"Report to the military division, the last general forgot to say that the enemy army is indeed wearing clothes and armor completely different from the Tang army in the city, and most of the soldiers are green clothes and green hats. Although the enemy army raised the banner, the general did not know it. Hookel replied weakly.
"The armor of the green hat and the green hat? Isn't it the standard combat uniform of the Hedong Jin Army? And the Jin army is the best at using crossbow arrows! Jieli suddenly shouted, a look of shock on his face.
"If you look at it from the map, this road must be from Yanmen County to the Yanmen Jin Army Xue Wanchun, but I don't know who the brave general who made the double gong is." Dalit said, looking at the map and analyzing. Because the Jin army here can only be the Yanmen Xue Wanchun Division, but what puzzled Dalit was that the Jin army actually sent troops to help his sworn enemy Li Yuan Tang Army? Didn't the people of the Southern Dynasties always protect their strength and play with knives to kill people?
"Military Division, Yanmen Xue Wanchun's troops have been dispatched, isn't it cutting off our army's road to retreat to the grassland, how to withdraw the troops?" Jieli anxiously asked the seemingly calm Dalit.
"Humph! It is not easy to cut off the retreat of our army, this place is close to the desert, although it is a mountainous and hilly landform, but there are many ravines, how can they all be blocked? His Royal Highness can order the Tiger Division General Takhan to attack the Jin army, confront it head-on, attract the main force of Xue Wanchun's Jin army, and our Eagle Division can return to the grassland from here for a day. Dutley said, pointing to a map of the location between two mountains.
"My Eagle Division can return, but how can the Tiger Division get rid of the current enemy army? As soon as my Eagle Division withdraws, won't his Tiger Division be attacked on his back? Jieli asked rhetorically.
"Your Highness, there are no less than 50,000 people in the Tiger Division, plus 50,000 cavalry of the Tooth Tent Forbidden Army with you, and there are no less than 1,000 brave generals, which is enough to break through the current blockade of the enemy. The Tang army in Li Jing's headquarters in the city was all foot soldiers, how could they dare to go out of the city to fight? With his tiger division to contain the Jin army, the 30,000 horses of our Eagle Division can get out of danger safely. ”
"Hmmm! According to the strategy of the military division, Ben Shuai sent someone to give an order to Takhan and let him return to attack the Jin army. ”
"Slow! Your Highness can make it clear in the order that our Eagle Division is responsible for resisting the Tang army rushing out of Yanqiu Mountain and Dingxiang City, and let it just open the way and rush to kill. ”
"Good! It was still the military advisor who was thoughtful, and the commander personally went to Yanqiu Mountain in the east of the city to give an order, so as not to be suspicious. ”
"So much for the best! It can be agreed to return to the army tomorrow night. ”
Jieli nodded, and took the horsewhip out of Dalit's tent.
"Humph! The military situation is urgent, and the division has to go out to protect the commander, may the immortal heaven bless my tiger division. Dalit muttered to himself alone in the tent, all kinds of signs that the Hedong Jin Army and the Tang Army had joined forces, and the intention to encircle and kill him was too obvious.
"Military division, we have found that tens of thousands of enemy cavalry are coming to the west of Dingxiang City, and we will be able to arrive tomorrow morning at the latest." A detective broke into the account to report to Dalit.
Dalit's body shook violently after hearing the report, and if any more soldiers came from the west of the city, it would just block the road to return to the desert. An extremely dangerous intuition hit his heart, and he hurriedly shouted hysterically to the pro-army outside the account: "Go and catch up with His Highness Jieli, the battle of the breakthrough is advanced to the night, if you miss it, it will be difficult for my army to get out, go and ---"
In the Jin army camp in Yanmen, north of Dingxiang City, Xue Wanchun was holding a banquet to celebrate Qin Qiong's victory in the first battle, and the soldiers in the camp were all happy.
After three days of hard waiting, the main force of the Turkic rear army finally entered the encirclement preset by the Jin army in Yanmen. The main general Xue Wanchun and the deputy general Qin Qiong were extremely excited when they saw this, and it happened that another group of more than 5,000 Turkic horsemen under the mountain was escorting baggage and siege equipment to pass under the mountain. Qin Qiong couldn't hold back any longer, and after Xue Wanchun's consent, he led the army to attack like a tiger in the mountains. After a short battle, Qin Qiong killed a Turkic general in front of the battle, obtained a first-class shot, and at the same time killed more than 2,000 Turkic escort cavalry, dispersed 3,000 and captured nearly 2,000 war horses, and countless various food and other materials.
"Brother Shubao, today's first battle is a big victory, although there are not many Tartars killed, but our army suddenly appears behind it, it will definitely disturb its military morale, come to the younger brother to pay a cup to the elder brother."
"Thank you, General Xue! This battle is also the happiest battle since Qin joined the army, and the depression in his heart dissipated, come, do it! Fan Hu and Lian Ming beside him raised their glasses at the same time, and everyone drank happily.
"General Xue, now our army's intentions are exposed, if the entire Turkic Tatar army retreats, our army will have to withstand the attack of more than 100,000 Turkic cavalry, and the pressure is not small!" Qin Qiong put down the wine glass and said.
"Huh! Brother Shubao didn't know that now Li Yuan, the Tang Duke of Jinyang, has been attached to the lord, and the Tang Army under his command has now become one with our army, regardless of each other. The general order obtained by this commander was to relieve the danger of Xiang Li Jing's army and kill as many enemies as possible. General Shangfeng's order did not allow our army to completely annihilate the Turkic Tartars here, just to defeat them and return to their hometown in the desert. In addition, the mountains and ravines in the north of Dingxiang City are numerous, and we and tens of thousands of horses have no time to set up troops to block the enemy at every mountain ravine leading to the desert. Come, you and I have another drink. Xue Wanchun explained with a smile.
"In this case, our army can set up more archers on the slopes on both sides of this road, and set up a large array of ten ambushes for the invading Tartars, so that 100,000 of their troops will come, and 10,000 troops will return for a great victory." Qin Qiong raised her glass and said proudly, and drank all the wine in the cup.
"Good! Brother Shubao's calculation is the best, when he sets up ambushes at multiple points in a row, intercepts layer by layer, and shoots the Tartar cavalry as much as possible with the advantage of bows and crossbows in our army. Good! This banquet will end here, please Uncle Bao and Brother immediately arrange this ten-sided ambush plan, so as not to take advantage of the Tartars to break through without me. ”
"The last will obey." Qin Qiong put down the wine glass, got up and bowed, and then took the two generals to arrange the bill.
"Qin Qiong has both civil and military skills, and has the talent of a general, so it is better to be some!" Xue Wanche saw Qin Qiong's account, put down the wine glass and said to himself.
"Is there any news of General Yulin Shang's apprentice?" Xue Wanchun asked the military captain outside the account.
"Marshal, General Shang's 30,000 horses have arrived nearby, and they can be here early tomorrow morning." The off-the-books Chinese army responded.
"Hmmm! If the Tartars don't run tonight, General Shang Shifu will be able to catch up with this feast. Hehe! ”
When the night is not enough, the moon and stars are scarce, and the northern land is like day.
Nearly 100,000 Turkic cavalry lined up like a long snake that meandered for more than ten miles, completely ignoring the rain of arrows on the mountains on both sides of the narrow mountain path, just burying their heads in the impact of their lives, all night, until the sky was light. A mountain road less than ten miles long was covered with the corpses of Turkic cavalry and war horses, and the scene was extremely tragic and unbearable to look at. Even the moon in the sky has hid in the clouds several times, as if it can't bear to watch this human tragedy. In the end, the remaining remnants of less than 20,000 remnants led by the Tiger Division's commander Takhan broke through the siege and fled into the depths of the desert.
The sky was already bright, and the Yanmen Jin army checked the results. In this battle, countless ordnance and horses were captured, and as many as 80,000 Turkic Tatar heads were captured, which can be described as a hearty victory. However, the 30,000 elite cavalry led by the Turkic Jieli prince escaped by detour and escaped unscathed, which was also the biggest regret of this battle. In the end, Master Shang and his apprentice were only one step away from catching up with the big battle.
Li Jing in Dingxiang City couldn't help but sigh after learning the report of the victory of the Jin army in Yanmen, and felt sorry for the Jin army's Yulin reinforcements being one step late and causing the Turkic Jieli prince to escape.
"Marshal, the limelight of our army's battle was all won by Xue Wanchun's department, and the 80,000 Tartar heads he won were enough to be called a rare victory, which was enough to shock the imperial court. It's a pity that we have served as a foil, and we have no credit. Duan Zhixian said dejectedly, and the generals who returned to the mansion couldn't help but sigh when they heard it.
"Don't worry, the generals don't worry, I believe that the king of Jin Chitose will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and I am here to contain the main force of the Turkic Tartars for 3 days, and hold their respective positions, which is the first merit, and no one can erase it." Li Jing's eyes were full of perseverance, he didn't believe that Xue Wanchun, the general of the Jin army, would be greedy for his 150,000 Tang army. After hearing this, the generals no longer complained, and they all nodded in agreement with Li Jing's words.
Of course, the most angry thing is that the master and apprentice who came from Yulin to assist, the long-distance march for several days in a row, in the end it was still one step behind, and he failed to catch up with the big battle, only caught up with the commander Xue Wanchun's department to clean up the battlefield, except for killing some undead Turkic wounded soldiers, no benefit was obtained at all. The upright master and apprentice spewed fire outward, galloped to the hill alone, and looked up to the sky in the distance and roared.
The Turkic Shabalu Khan originally wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in the Great Sui to send troops to plunder the Sui and occupy the land of the empty counties in the northern Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop, but he didn't want to face the external enemy. This completely disrupted the original deployment, so that it caused a major defeat, not to mention the lives of tens of thousands of elite cavalry, and also caused the northern Turkic tribes to fall into a great recession.
When the news reached Jinyang, Li Yuan and other old Jinyang departments were all happy;
When the news reached Luzhou, Pei Shiju and Liu Wenjing were angry, they looked at each other and smiled, and they both said that they could finally sleep peacefully;
When the news reached Luoyang, it seemed that Yang Er had expected it a long time ago, and he didn't show surprise, but just a very coping "um" while eating watermelon. This made Xiao Li Er, who was about to jump and cheer when he got the news, suddenly deflated and had no ideas.
However, this great victory over the Turks inspired the people, but among the people, they rushed to tell each other and could not help but rejoice.
Whether it is in Luoyang or Chang'an, or in the remote Donglai and Zhuo counties, the whole country celebrates like a festival. There are even literati and writers who wrote this victory into poems and articles to praise it, which also led to a round of positive service to the country.
The Imperial Palace of the Tran Kingdom.
After getting the news of the Great Sui's victory over the Turks, Empress Chen finally remembered the previous dynasty again, but the hundred officials in front of him were all depressed. The news of the Turkic defeat made the civil and military officials of Chen State feel the strength of the troops of the Great Sui Dynasty in the north, which made the queen of Chen State and all the civil and military officers feel panic and suffocation.
"Zhuqing, after the Sui court won this great victory, the people celebrated and the morale of the army was greatly boosted, will they take advantage of the situation to attack my Chen State?" Empress Chen asked with some panic.
"Your Majesty, now that the Sui Court is in full swing, there are more than two million soldiers to fight, and they are extremely well-equipped. In addition, Yang Guang, the king of the Jin Dynasty, never returned to Beijing to claim the emperor, but stayed in the eastern capital Luoyang for a long time, so it can be seen that he intended to attract the victorious soldiers to the south to commit my Da Chen. Yuan Xian replied.
"Your Majesty, after Hua Gongyi, the general of the Great Sui Jin Army, quelled the rebellion in the Central Plains Prefectures, and then integrated the officers and troops stationed along the Yangtze River of the former Great Sui, this is a great threat to our Great Chen River defense, and it must be guarded against." Prime Minister Kong Fan came out of the class and said.
"Oh? There is it all. What is the progress of our army's dispatch to Shanyang City, which was discussed last month? Why hasn't there been any news to me for so long? ”
"This~" Empress Chen suddenly asked about the matter of sending troops to Jianghuai Shanyang City that had been discussed, and the ministers immediately looked at each other silently, and no one was willing to take the initiative to say it.
"Huh? Why didn't Kong Xiangguo say it? Is it possible to fail again? Empress Chen felt that the expressions of the ministers were strange, and they all wanted to speak and couldn't help but ask Prime Minister Kong Fan.
"Back to Your Majesty, our army's attack on Jianghuai Shanyang City has been defeated, and the general Xu Zijian is now retreating to Jinkou on the south bank, looking across the river from the Jianghuai Jin army in Jiangbei." Kong Fan replied with a weak heart.
"Huh? How did you retreat to Chrysostom to garrison? What about the two cities in the north of the river? After hearing Kong Fan's words, Empress Chen couldn't help but ask in shock, and the fat on his face couldn't help but tremble.
"Your Majesty, the old minister does not dare to deceive Your Majesty, the two cities of Jiangdu and Jiangyang on the north bank of the Yangtze River have been captured by the Jin army of the Han Tiger Department who attacked from Xuyi, and now they are not owned by my Chen State. General Wu Ying, the general who guarded the city, was seriously injured and is still being healed. Fortunately, most of the soldiers defending the city of our army fled back to the south bank, and the loss of the soldiers was not large. ”
"Why don't you see General Wu Ben Xiao Moke? Where are the others? ”
"Your Majesty, General Xiao Moke was ambushed when he passed through Gaoyou Lake on the way to attack Shanyang City, and the 20,000 soldiers of the pioneer battalion were damaged, not to mention, he himself was captured by the Jin army in front of the battle, and his life and death are unknown." Minister Jiang Zhongban replied.
"Alas! originally wanted to take advantage of Yang Guang's lack of time to take advantage of it. But I didn't want to steal chickens and rice, and I lost the two cities in Jiangbei. In this way, I, Chen Guo, will lose a fulcrum for attacking the Sui Court. ”
"Your Majesty, although our army has accidentally lost two cities, our Great Chen State still has the Yangtze River moat to rely on, and now the rivers everywhere are heavily defended, and we are not afraid of fighting with the army of Sui Tingnan." Jiang Zhong Kuan relieved the main road.
"Kong Xiangguo, what my Da Chen can rely on is this river defense moat, now the Sui court has a million soldiers, my Da Chen has to defend, you can send an order to the state capitals, within a month, recruit young people from all over the country into the army, help defend the river defense fortresses everywhere, and don't make mistakes."
"Yes, Your Majesty is wise, and it should have been like this a long time ago." Kong Fan complimented.
"Okay, Zhuqing, go back! I'm a little tired. Empress Chen couldn't stop yawning, and waved his hand to signal the civil and military officials to retreat. He also got up from the dragon chair with the support of his attendants, and turned into the back hall with his heavy body.