Chapter 4 (42) Southern Turkistan

Although it is said that since the moment when Zhao Jun was trapped in Mogan, all departments began to prepare for a breakthrough, but because there were no clear instructions and orders from the camp, the preset planning of the various departments was not uniform, so after the Yanshan camp suddenly announced the plan to break out, the entire Mogan camp immediately fell into an almost crazy tense busyness. Even if the officers and men of the whole army knew that this was a matter of the highest priority of life and death, they could all deal with it carefully and carefully with the spirit of 120,000 points, and from the time the order was issued to the time of breaking through the siege, it would take less than 24 hours to complete the reorganization and mobilization of tens of thousands of troops, the reorganization and reorganization of tens of thousands of horses, the change of guard movements, the supply of military supplies, and so on. Fortunately, this lone army is the elite of Dazhao, and has always been well-trained, although the situation is urgent, the morale of the army has not been dispersed and sluggish, and the top and bottom work together to make every effort, and by the time of the intersection of Youxu on the 21st, they have finally barely completed the preparations for breaking through.

At dusk, the red sunset has half-sunk below the endless horizon, the endless grasslands are shrouded in the blood of the sunset, and the golden red clouds in the sky chase the dying sunset, like a scattered straggler fleeing to the west. On the darkening sky, a few tiny black dots were slowly circling and moving. It was a few prairie eagles that came out in the evening in search of food. I don't know why, these flat-haired beasts who often haunt the battlefield didn't patronize a war horse lying down outside the Zhao military camp today. The war-horse, which was lying in the grass, had its nose wide open, and gasped for breath, and suddenly struggled to its feet, staggered two steps with one of its front legs, and fell again. It opened its large, painful eyes and looked sadly at its owner, who was a few paces away. Its owner curled sideways in the barley. It was a recently dead outpost, one arm and half of his shoulder had been torn off by something, and the huge wound, the blood-soaked shards of his leather armor and cloth robes revealed red muscles and white bones. He stared vacantly at the few blades of grass in front of him with his mouth open, his unenlightened eyes. In the green grass that fluctuates with the night wind, the tip of a crossbow arrow is faintly revealed......

Streams of cooking smoke rose one after another in the two camps facing each other across the grassy beach, fluttering and dispersing with the wind; Countless cowhide tents loomed in the mist-like white smoke.

In the camp of the Zhao army, there was a sudden sound of earth-shaking war drums, and the thunder rolled over the ground and swept over the grass, startling a group of tired grass chickens and miscellaneous birds, all flapping their wings and dancing in the air.

With the sassy war drums, the side door of the gate in the south of Mogan Village was opened, and three strands of soldiers poured out at the tide price, and the winding black dragon gradually approached and finally merged into one. These Zhao soldiers had bows and crossbows and cavalry, and in the shouts of killing that shook the ground and the mountains, they lined up the formation and rolled towards the camp of Tu Quanci. In the blink of an eye, in front of the camp of the Turpents, there were already shouts and cheers, weapons fighting, miserable howls, and screams, dense rockets and crossbows, and a torrential rain. Here Zhao soldiers are still from the camp in a steady stream of columns, the sound of killing over there suddenly blazing, hundreds of Zhao soldiers have broken through the gate of the village and rushed into the enemy village, the firelight is shaking and the figure is shaking, and someone on the wall of the village is shouting:

"Kill! Kill all these dogs! ”

"Kill! One by one"

The high-spirited Zhao Jun outside the village shouted in unison, opened the gate and rolled in like a flood.

Shang Cheng stood in front of the second wave of 2,000 soldiers. In the afterglow of the setting sun, there was no expression on his iron-cast resolute face, just a pair of bloodshot eyes, staring unblinkingly at the Tu Exhaust camp that was already on fire everywhere. Although his expression was calm, his heart had already shrunk into a ball, and he almost had to cut a breath into several parts; The fingers clutching the reins also spasmed and twitched. To put it mildly, he has fought a lot of battles, at most with more than 1,000 soldiers, and the scene he has seen is not much inferior to what he is looking at, but commanding such a large-scale group battle is still groundbreaking for him, and he can't do it at all, "Mount Tai collapses in front and the color remains the same, and the elk is in the left and the eyes are not instantaneous." In addition, there is still a heavy burden on his body, and he wants to open a bloody way home for tens of thousands of troops, and he is even more worried about his breathing, what is the true character of a calm and calm general, he has already been thrown away 108,000 miles, but he just grabbed a heart that almost jumped out of his chest, thinking desperately, calculating, and judging......

Behind him, one group after another of Zhao Jun's infantry cavalry was still gathering, and one after another the large phalanx was still expanding, forming, and advancing......

A brigade commander rode in from behind, rolled his saddle and dismounted his crossarm and reported: "Sima, the three thousand cavalry under his command have been assembled and reorganized!" Please give the order! ”

Shang Cheng glanced at the brigade commander on horseback, nodded slightly, and said, "Stand by in place." ”

"Yes!"

The brigade commander had not yet left his horse, and several heralds had already urged his horse to bypass the front procession.

"Report to General Sima, Xizhai Gate has been taken!"

"General Shang, Dongzhai Gate has been taken! The Land Rover Captain of the 2nd Battalion of the C Brigade was killed in battle! ”

"Shang Sima, there are many enemies in the south, and they are fighting very hard, our brigade commander asks the general to send troops to support immediately!"

The corners of Shang Cheng's eyes jumped, staring at the last herald and asking, "How many enemies are there?" ”

"There are more than a thousand enemies! They are all big tent soldiers, holding a group to guard the gate of the wall. There were only more than 700 of us, and we didn't rush away after three times, Captain Yao was killed in battle, and Lvshuai Shao was also ......"

Shang Cheng shouted without thinking about it: "Wu Dun! Behind him, a battalion lieutenant with a bare backbone and only wearing a captain's iron armor ran over on his feet: "General, you called me?" ”

Shang Cheng didn't look at him either, raised his whip and pointed to the south, and said, "Give you two battalions of cavalry to help Brigade Marshal Shao take down the Nanzhai Gate!" Move fast and take it before enemy reinforcements come in! ”

This Wu Dun is a lieutenant who has just been promoted after Shang Cheng arrived in the Yanshan Middle Army, he dares to fight and kill but does not understand the rules of the army, and after getting Shang Cheng's order, he grinned with two missing front teeth: "The general finally remembers my big man Wu." He didn't salute with Shang Cheng, ran back with a big blade and sat on horseback, the big knife slashed left and right, and the tiger roared, "Brothers, come with me and kill the dogs!" More than a thousand horsemen shouted in unison, and they rushed into the camp of the Turretz.

Shang Cheng stopped talking, and only sat up straight on horseback and looked in the direction of Nanzhai Gate. At this time, the blood-red sunset had already faded, and the vast night had not yet completely covered the earth, and the two stars shining with pale cold light echoed each other in the iron-blue sky. The walls that stretched out on both sides became extremely clear in the light of the clusters of fires. He listened carefully to the flickering shouts and killings, and nervously calculated and judged the current situation. The east and west sides are not important, Nanzhai Gate is the key! The Nanzhai Gate must be opened to ensure that the next series of actions will be carried out smoothly! The nearest fortified fortress to the south is less than five miles away, ready to receive reinforcements, and must firmly control the Nanzhai Gate before they arrive! But there are more than 1,000 tent soldiers there, can Shao Chuan and Wu Dun do it? Do you want to squeeze out some more people to send over?

He was still anxiously waiting for news to make a judgment, and Sun Zhongshan came to remind softly: "General, there is also a fight in the east." ”

Shang Cheng let out a "hmm", turned his head and glanced in the direction of Sun Zhongshan's finger, only to see a ball of fire flickering in the dark and dreary east flickering, and he knew that the two brigades of men and horses who were feint to the east to attract the enemy had already started. This is his suggestion to Xingying in order to ensure the smooth breakthrough of the army, after the breakthrough in the south begins, the east side also bluffs, so as to confuse the reconnaissance judgment of the Raiders, so that they can not respond in time, and after dark, even if they understand the direction of the Zhao army's breakthrough, they must be careful and careful if they want to assemble the movement.

After thinking about it, the herald of the Nanzhai Gate just now came back, gasping on horseback and shouting: "Tell the general, the South Gate has been defeated!" One by one"

"Good!" Shang Cheng couldn't help but cheer and was about to speak, when the herald continued: "Captain Wu was killed in battle, Brigade Marshal Shao was seriously injured, Captain Lin temporarily commanded on behalf of Brigade Marshal Shao of Nanzhai Gate, and asked Sima to send someone to replace him immediately!" ”

Shang Cheng's face flashed a layer of Qi, thought for a moment, and said, "Immediately send Shao Lushuai to the back for rest and treatment." Captain Lin is a fake brigade commander, and there are all departments at the south gate, regardless of officers and non-commissioned officers, all under the command of Captain Lin! Captain Lin, everything is carried out according to the original plan! After speaking, let the herald repeat it, see that there was no negligence or omission, and admonished "Let Captain Lin hurry up and arrange it immediately", and with a gesture of his hand, he called the two brigade commanders who had been waiting for the order in the whole team, and ordered, "It's your turn." Go ahead and prepare. Then he sent someone to pass the news of the successful tearing of the hole to the army behind, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. A large stone hanging over his heart finally fell to the ground, and a smile appeared on his tense face. Only then did he realize that before he knew it, his underwear had already been wet with cold sweat, and he was blown by the cold grassland night breeze, and his vest and chest were cold for a while.

Since then, the war has been going smoothly. From two o'clock in the evening of the 21st to the beginning of dawn on the twenty-second, less than four hours, three of the four Tuqi camps along the Heishui River to the south were successively flattened by the Zhao army, and by the third quarter of the time, the first battalion of Yanshan, which was the tip of the whole army's sword, had advanced to the last line of defense of the Tujici.

Along the way, attacking forts and plundering villages, even ambushing and interception, several battles were won clean and beautiful, and the morale of the soldiers was also very high. Seeing that he had almost jumped out of the enemy's protective circle, and the way home had become smooth and smooth, he was happy in his heart, and he didn't feel tired or tired from fighting repeatedly.

But Shang Cheng became more and more frightened the more he fought.

According to the military intelligence report forwarded by the camp, there should be more than 20,000 enemies in the south, half of whom are large tent soldiers. But after this battle, except for about 2,000 big tent soldiers in the first camp, there are not necessarily 2,000 big tent soldiers in other places combined, and where did the 5,000 big tent soldiers go? Could it be that they were all transferred to the east? Is this possible? Why did the Turbulents dare to conclude that the direction of Zhao's breakthrough must be to the east, not to the south? If they didn't go east, where did they go?

Zhuma stared at the last camp that had begun to fight, and a spark suddenly flashed in his heart: Could it be that this way over, it turned out to be the Tu Tu people who lured the snake out of the hole and lured the enemy deeper?

This thought flashed in his mind, and he broke out in a cold sweat on the ground!

Fooled one by one!

What frequent transfers at night, what defensive omissions, what loose in the south and tight in the east, are all fake! It's all a trap deliberately laid by the Turpents!

He grabbed the reins and shouted: "Pass my order: Bundle up the team and return to the army immediately!" The horse whip designated Sun Zhongshan, "You! Take a hundred soldiers, immediately rush back, notify the team behind, and immediately withdraw to Moganzhai! Tell Xiao Shuai and Guo Shuai that no matter what the price is, Moganzhai must be snatched back! ”

Before he could finish his words, several horses had already galloped in from the north, and the heralds on horseback were all covered in blood and wounded by arrows, and they were galloping and shouting loudly: "Where is Shang Sima?" Where is General Shang? Camp Emergency, Camp Emergency! ”

Shang Cheng already knew that something was going to happen, but with the hope of what happened, he greeted him and shouted: "I am!" ”

"Xiao Dashuai has an order! Yanshan Zhongjun ,...... Return now! Half of the leading herald was covered with blood, and he wiped the blood from his eyelids with his hands, and no one could see it clearly before he shouted, "The army has been overwhelmed...... Exhausted, surrounded, surrounded! The camp is besieged! General Shang is coming back to ......"