Chapter 580: Replacing Soldiers with Water (3)
Countless Hu people crying in the vast flood and shouting for their mothers, the sound of horror comes and goes, in these two waves of the big waves, I don't know how many people have been swept in, the soldiers and horses of the Tatar Department are all born and raised in the steppe horseback people, the number of baths on weekdays is very small, let alone swimming, where have you seen such a thrilling flood? Therefore, these Tatar soldiers are basically all landlubbers, and as long as the water is not topped, they will have to wait for death.
At this time, the water potential is uneven, not everywhere can overflow people's heads, but the huge momentum can even break the tents in the Tatar battalions, and the pull of the undercurrent also makes people unstable, the sheep and horses in the Tatar battalions are constantly neighing in the water, and those Tatar soldiers cry out for help in the water, these sounds are accompanied by the huge sound of the water, forming a huge sound on the earth, which is deafening.
After two successive waves of floods, there were no such huge waves in the follow-up, and the water level also receded briefly, and suddenly rushed to the lower reaches of the Yuma River according to the terrain, widening the course of the Yuma River in a very short time, but this inverted force was a terrible disaster!
The Tatar soldiers who survived in the first and second waves felt that they were swept up by a tremendous force under their feet, and even the earth and even the stones were pulled up, and the sheep with the army could not stand at all, and even the war horses fell into the water, and as for those soldiers, the 200,000 landlubbers had no ability to save themselves in this flood.
Except for a few people who clingd to the wooden flagpole or pull the floating horses to struggle to survive in the waves, the others can only wait for death in the water, and gradually disappear into the waves.
At this time, some of the night rafts in the flood to observe the situation of the Tatar Department were also pale, these night not collected are Liu Juntao's carefully selected soldiers, without exception can swim, but in the face of the monstrous flood, everyone's hearts are full of fear.
Liu Juntao is also one of the few people who can swim among the generals of the Tiance Army, this time Liu Juntao found that Hu Dexing succeeded, he immediately mobilized the various departments of the Tiance Army, and the army was divided into four parts: the east sent people to use wolf smoke, horn arrows and other means, immediately notified the officers and soldiers of the Changshui Army who had already prepared for the eastward march, and asked the general Zhou Zongsheng to lead his troops downstream to capture the Tatar soldiers and livestock such as sheep and horses that were washed downstream by the water; In the west, the soldiers of the Eagle Yang Army led by the staff general Yan Hu attacked and killed the Tatar cavalry who escaped from Ascension; In the north, Liu Juntao personally dispatched and led the soldiers of the Longxiang Army to attack on a raft, and the rest of the soldiers and horses continued to stay in the camp.
At this time, there is still a lot of water surging along the Yinma River, but after these three waves of impact, although the follow-up water power is still endless, it has been gentle, Liu Juntao stood in the camp at a high place, used a clairvoyant mirror to identify the opportunity, and immediately ordered: "All departments set off immediately!" ”
Liu Zian and others have always opposed Liu Juntao's personal dispatch, after all, the water is monstrous at this time, but it is not as good as usual, if you are not careful, you will be swept away by the water, so everyone is against it, at this time, seeing that Liu Juntao is ready to lead his troops to attack, Liu Juntao directly shouted: "Duxian, you really want to go out!" ”
Liu Juntao laughed, jumped onto the improvised raft, and while beckoning the officers and men of the Long Xiang Army to set off as soon as possible, he said to everyone: "It's okay! The battle is almost over, and the Tatars are finished, so I have to go and see what happened to me, or I will regret it for the rest of my life! ”
When everyone heard this, their hearts were relieved and they laughed.
Rafts were constantly being pushed into the water, and at this time a great flood came, knocking down a dozen escort soldiers, and rushing into several corpses of Tatar soldiers, who were swept here by the flood!
Seeing this, Liu Juntao did not panic, waved his big hand, and shouted: "All soldiers, follow me to attack!" ”
The officers and men of the Longxiang Army led by Liu Juntao and the soldiers of the Yingyang Army who attacked were not all dispatched, but concentrated on those who knew how to water.
In this way, Liu Juntao's Longxiang army has less than 10,000 soldiers, that is, more than 8,000 people. And the soldiers of the Eagle Yang Army also dispatched more than 7,000 people.
Liu Juntao led more than 8,000 people to drive hundreds of rafts, either with poles or oars, to the direction of the Tatar camp in the north, and when they encountered the Tatar soldiers and horses struggling in the flood, they didn't have to fight at all, these people who were not dead were all in the water and called for help, and they had no ability to resist at all.
These hundreds of rafts kept shuttling in the great water around the Tatar camp, constantly bringing countless prisoners, sheep and horses to the shallow water, where their own generals Sun Xu and Chen Ziping arranged for people to respond, and then continued to transfer the enemy.
Only Liu Juntao did not return to the city with twenty rafts, and searched all the way for the Tatar commanders and important generals.
Soon one of the captives exclaimed, "Great Khan! Sweat! Over there! ”
Liu Juntao was also overjoyed when he heard this, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a middle-aged man with a grown figure holding a wooden block floating in the water, and the beard and hair were rolled up by the water to cover his face.
Seeing this, Liu Juntao ordered the helmsman oarsman to drive the raft over, and after several rafts approached, Liu Juntao laughed and pointed at him with the long knife in his hand, and said, "Uketu Khan! Now that this has happened, why don't you call for help? ”
The captives around Liu Juntao had someone to help translate.
Xiao Lai's face was pale and full of anger, he looked up at the long knife in Liu Juntao's hand, and asked with a roar, "You are Liu Juntao?" ”
"Bastard! Ning Beibo's name is also what you, the Hu slave chief, can call directly! ”
The guards beside Liu Juntao scolded loudly, Liu Juntao waved his hand disapprovingly, and said with a smile: "That's right." ”
Xiao Lai gritted his teeth, stared at Liu Juntao for a long time, and finally sighed and said, "This battle is your luck!" The devil also helped you and sent this torrent! Otherwise, even if you can win this battle, you will lose your troops and generals, and it will never be easy to win! ”
Liu Juntao immediately laughed when he heard this: "The devil sent it? Do you think this is a flash flood sent by the devil? ”
"Isn't it?" Xiao Lai's eyes widened, and his heart suddenly skipped a point: "Is it ......?"
Liu Juntao said with a smile: "I put this flash flood by me!" ”
He stared at Liu Juntao underwater for a long time, and finally understood, looked up to the sky and screamed, miserable, and then suddenly let go of the plank and let the current wash him away.
At this time, several soldiers of the Tiance Army were ready, and suddenly cast a fishing net and brought the net up. Curled up in the fishing net, his eyes closed and not opened, Zhang Mai praised: "Yes, there is a bit of wind and bones!" Take it back to the city to take a good look at it, this slave chief is going to be sent to Beijing to sacrifice prisoners! ”
After catching the Great Khan of the Tatar Department, Liu Juntao looked at the surrounding water, and he had no intention of continuing to patrol, so he commanded his men to return to the Tiance army camp on a raft.
Although the soldiers of the Tatar Department were all landlubbers, the sheep and horses in the camp naturally knew water, and as long as they were not drowned by the first and second waves, they would have life, so the raft team not only rescued more than 58,000 people from various Tatar tribes, but also captured countless sheep and horses.
After this water attack, only the staff general Zhou Zongsheng's department had a skirmish, that is, when the flash flood was covered, the fastest opportunity of thousands of Tatars, under the leadership of a commander of ten thousand fled to the dry land where the flood did not reach, but most of them lost the will to fight, after encountering the soldiers of the Changshui Army, they only fought a few rounds before they collapsed, abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
The general Zhou Zongsheng killed more than 800 enemies, brought back more than 4,000 prisoners, and then continued to patrol the dry land and the edge of the flood, and when he saw anyone climbing ashore, he caught it and sent it back to the camp.
The general Yan Hu's department also made great gains, and successively captured tens of thousands of people, as well as tens of thousands of horses and sheep.
A few days later, the water around the Yuma River gradually receded, but the Yinma River was still full of turbidity, and I don't know how many corpses were floating in it, including people, horses, and sheep.
The soldiers of the various units of the Tiance Army seized the time to count the prisoners and captures, and a total of more than 60,000 Tatar soldiers and horses were captured in this battle, and the rest of the horses were drowned or missing, and the 200,000 troops of the Tatar Department were wiped out in the first battle.
And the sheep, horses, herds and various materials are also piled up in the camp of the Tiance Army, because there are too many of them, the heavy soldiers of the various departments of the Tiance Army are not clear for a while.
At this time, the flood around the Yuma River still did not completely recede, and even after the flood receded, the grassland would be muddy, and the army could not continue to advance northward, so Liu Juntao ordered the army to temporarily stop going north.
After capturing and annihilating the 200,000 Tatar army, the hundreds of thousands of people in the tent of the Tatar Khan are already turtles in the urn, and the surging flood will make it impossible for those Tatar troops to scatter and flee, and can only sit and wait to be captured by the soldiers of the Tiance Army.
After a few days, the officers and men of the Tiance Army were completely rested, and the follow-up supplies and baggage were also transported in batches, plus the hundreds of thousands of livestock captured in this battle, it can be said that the officers and men of the Tiance Army ate meat almost every day, and they were already a little tired of eating.
The only thing that made Liu Juntao a little worried was the more than 60,000 Tatar soldiers captured in the army, and after the initial panic, these prisoners began to make frequent troubles, constantly making trouble under the pretext of making trouble, and even a few prisoners suddenly attacked and killed a guard soldier, which made Liu Juntao furious.
The generals of the various armies were also furious, these prisoners captured in this battle had saved their lives, but they were so desperate and crazy that they wanted to make trouble, they were simply looking for death!
In the face of the commotion of more than 60,000 Tatar prisoners, Liu Juntao also decided to gather them directly, and immediately summoned the generals of all departments of the Tiance Army to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss the matter.