Chapter 545: The bet was won
When the Tatar battalion began to have civil strife, Liu Juntao also received the news that the night was not received, Liu Juntao immediately laughed, and immediately led his troops to attack, preparing to solve the Tatar army's tens of thousands of main forces in a war.
But then, Liu Juntao's heart suddenly tightened, realizing that this was most likely a trick by the Tatars.
After all, the Tatar army in front of him has been here to block the soldiers of the Tiance Army for so long, and Liu Juntao has never been able to send troops and horses south, which shows that the leading general of the Tatar army is a difficult guy and is by no means an ordinary opponent.
Could such an adversary cause such low-level civil strife?
Liu Juntao had a big question mark in his heart.
Zhou Zongsheng and Sun Xu next to them were also hesitant, and the two couldn't make up their minds for a while, so they discussed it in a whisper.
And Liu Zi'an, the minister of intelligence, said: "Governor Xian, the news sent by the lowly general's department does not receive at night, and the news obtained by the spies of the intelligence department has been compared, and a situation has been discovered. ”
"Oh? Let's talk about it! ”
Liu Zi'an said: "Governor, there is a fire in the Tatar camp, and it seems that the forage field in the Tatar camp is also on fire, and the fire is spreading towards several horse farms in the Tatar department. ”
Huang Wu, the head of the inspection department next to him, also added: "And now there are slaughters in the Tatar battalion, and the two teams of men and horses under the lowly command have always been watching nearby, and they have also captured more than a dozen escaped routs. After interrogation, it was found that there was indeed a civil strife in the Tatar camp, and it seemed that the Maori generals who had surrendered had rebelled! ”
Hearing this, Liu Juntao's eyes suddenly lit up and asked, "Is the news reliable?" ”
Huang Wu pondered for a moment and said: "These tongues were not caught together, nor were they interrogated together, and there was no contact, there should be no collusion, so this news should be true!" ”
Speaking of this, Zhou Zongsheng and Sun Xu were all excited to hug their fists and ask for battle, and Liu Juntao also slapped the table and said loudly: "It's done!" Pass the order: the Long Xiang Army, the Tiger Army, and the Changshui Army will attack immediately! This time the chance to win is so big, let's take a big gamble! ”
Not long after, when Liu Juntao led the Long Xiang Army and the Tiger Ben Army to arrive outside the Tatar camp, the fierce battle in the camp was nearing the end, and the Tatar commander-in-chief Weng Leng was mobilizing troops and horses at this time, and all the soldiers and horses that could still meet the battle were concentrated in the south of the camp, ready to fight to the death.
At this time, Liu Juntao had already ordered the general Zhou Zongsheng to lead the officers and men of the Changshui Army to make a detour and go to cut off the back road of the Tatar army.
When Liu Juntao looked at the Tatar camp filled with black smoke, and then looked at the 30,000 or 40,000 Tatar soldiers and horses in front of him, his heart could be described as extremely happy.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Liu Juntao was basically sure that the Tatar army had really broken out into civil strife!
"God help me! God bless you! ”
Liu Juntao said with a laugh, and then ordered the Long Xiang army to line up and take the lead in attacking the iron cavalry of its subordinate while the 30,000 or 40,000 Tatar iron cavalry in front of him had not yet reorganized the formation.
At the same time, Liu Juntao ordered the general Sun Xu to lead the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army to attack together, detour from the right flank of the battlefield, and directly attack the Tatar battalion to occupy the grain and grass of the Tatar army.
At this time, the Tatar camp was in flames, and Liu Juntao could only look forward to grabbing as much as he could, and then the 30,000 or 40,000 Tatar iron horsemen in front of him were completely chaotic!
"Pass the order! Whole army, attack! ”
Liu Juntao gave an order, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the two armies set off in formation, divided into two huge phalanxes, like two burly giants, in the sound of majestic war drums, they killed with their heads held high.
At the same time, the face of the chief general of the Tatar army, Weng Leng, was extremely ugly, and at this time, Wen Leng had already seen the strategy of the Tiance Army, which was to fight his tens of thousands of troops to the death!
But in the face of the current situation, Weng Leng knew very well that he had no other way than to lead his troops to fight to the death.
Now even if it is too late to retreat, there are at least 20,000 or 30,000 elite iron horsemen in the Tiance army, once he leads his troops to retreat, it will be a great chaos of the collapse of the whole army, and the Tiance army can completely chase and kill all the way and bury all the blood of these tens of thousands of Tatars here.
Instead of that, it's better to fight with all your might!
Thinking of this, Weng Leng made up his mind and led more than 30,000 Tatar iron cavalry to charge, and the army went straight to the Longxiang army to kill, not paying attention to the tiger army formation that was killing the Tatar camp.
Iron horses galloping, iron hooves rolling!
In the wilderness, even if these more than 30,000 Tatar iron cavalry are all terrified, even if the establishment of these more than 30,000 Tatar iron cavalry has been chaotic, even if the Tiance army suddenly kills and morale is greatly boosted, once they charge, the power of these more than 30,000 Tatar iron cavalry is also daunting!
Seeing this, Liu Juntao immediately ordered Bai Yuxing, the guerrilla general of the left battalion, to lead his troops to resist and block the charge of the Tatar army at any cost.
Then, Liu Juntao ordered Tao Jixin, the guerrilla general of the right battalion, to lead his troops to respond, and the soldiers of the Longxiang army to fight to the end with 30,000 or 40,000 Tatar iron cavalry!
"Fire!"
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
For a time, the artillery, thunder thrower and divine machine artillery wagons of the Long Xiang army opened fire one after another, and the dense firepower suddenly enveloped the area of two miles in front of the large array.
Immediately afterwards, the vanguard of the Tatar Iron Cavalry rushed within a mile with huge casualties.
"Bird Hands Ready!"
"The enemy forces are three hundred paces apart!"
"Two hundred steps!"
"One hundred and fifty steps!"
"One hundred steps!"
"Eighty steps!"
Liu Juntao's raised right hand swung down suddenly, and almost at the same time, Bai Yuxing, the guerrilla general of the left battalion, also gave the order to open fire.
I saw a long white dragon suddenly rising in front of the phalanx of the left camp of the Longxiang army, and the firepower like a storm swept down a large area of the Tatar iron cavalry in an instant, eliminating a thick layer of the front section of the Tatar iron cavalry array.
Not only that, but the thousands of bird-gunners from the left battalion of the Longxiang army, as well as the thousands of bird-gunners from the right battalion, took turns to shoot, forming a huge barrage within a hundred paces in front of the Longxiang army's large array, and all the Tatar iron horsemen who rushed in were all killed.
However, as the number of Tatar iron cavalry rushed up more and more, the advance of the army also continued to advance, and soon rushed within fifty paces of the dragon army's large array.
However, rushing here, the Tatar Iron Cavalry Army could no longer take a step forward, and at this time, the soldiers of the Tiance Army also used a part of the Divine Machine Gun Carriage and the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, and immediately increased the firepower of the entire army several times, and the Tatar Iron Cavalry Army suddenly suffered heavy casualties.
Weng Leng, who was leading the army to charge, listened to the huge roar in front of him, and looked at the rising gunpowder smoke in front of him, and his face suddenly appeared with extreme despair.
Weng Leng has already understood that this battle is over, and he and these Tatar iron horsemen around him are destined to die here!
At this moment, Weng Leng heard the thunderous cheers of the soldiers of the Tiance Army in front of him, and looked back suddenly, only to see that his battalion had raised the battle flag of the Great Ming Sun and Moon Jintao, and the soldiers and horses of the Ming army had occupied it, and this battle was lost!
Liu Juntao looked ahead and laughed, while Weng Leng shouted like crazy: "Run!" Flee back! Go back to the tribe and leave a trace of blood for the Tatars! ”
The surrounding Tatar iron horsemen looked at the urn with wide eyes as if they had seen a madman, and suddenly a cannon hit, just turning the urn and the war horses under the seat into a blood mist.
The nearby Tatar horsemen all screamed, and then the entire army of the Tatar horsemen began to scatter and flee in all directions, like a chaotic swarm of bees in the wilderness, fleeing in large numbers towards the north.
Liu Juntao immediately ordered the iron cavalry soldiers attached to the Long Xiang army to pursue and drive all the Tatar troops to the north.
At the same time, Liu Juntao ordered the general Sun Xu to immediately extinguish the fire in the camp, save as much baggage as he could in the camp, and immediately eliminate the remnants of the enemy in the camp.
About half an hour later, the remaining 20,000 or so Tatar troops fled northward, fleeing all over the mountains and wilderness.
Behind the army, thousands of iron cavalry attached to the Long Xiang army were in pursuit, constantly killing some outdated Tatar iron cavalry.
Suddenly, an army of more than 10,000 iron cavalry appeared in the wilderness ahead, and the general Zhou Zongsheng led his troops to arrive, directly blocking the front of the Tatar army.
I saw that under the order of the general Zhou Zongsheng, more than 10,000 iron cavalry soldiers of the Changshui Army immediately launched a charge, and the soldiers rushed into the Tatar rout as if they were in a no-man's land.
At this time, the remaining more than 20,000 Tatar soldiers were like a large group of lambs to be slaughtered, wailing and begging for mercy in vain, and under the joint strangulation of the soldiers of the Changshui Army and the iron cavalry of the Longxiang Army, they fell on the battlefield one after another and became fertilizer in the land.
The next day, Liu Juntao led the officers and men of the three armies to rest in the Tatar camp for a night, and also counted the results of the battle.
In this battle, the various units of the Tiance Army lost a total of 496 soldiers, most of whom were killed by the Longxiang Army.
In this battle, more than 13,400 Tatar iron horsemen were beheaded, most of which were captured during the subsequent pursuit, and in the fierce battle, the main general of the Tatar army, Wengleng.
Staff General Sun Xu led his troops to occupy the Tatar battalion, the fire in the camp was already very large, most of the grain and grass carried by the Tatar army had been burned, and the soldiers of the Tiance Army only captured 1,000 stone of grain and grass.
However, many horses were captured, more than 9,000 horses were captured in this battle, and more than 28,000 Tatar soldiers were captured, and the remaining Tatar iron horsemen took advantage of the chaos to flee or were killed by their own companions in the civil strife.