Chapter 10 Ambush of Qilihe County
The commander of the vanguard cavalry of Tibet is Kuo Qile, a brave and tyrannical Tubo veteran, who once followed the previous generation of Tubo Zampu Dusong Mangbuji to conquer the Six Edicts, and made great contributions. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Only experienced veterans can be worthy of the commander of the vanguard cavalry.
The pioneer cavalry of Tubo is different from the pioneer of the Central Plains, the pioneer of the Central Plains seeks stability, opens mountains when encountering mountains, builds bridges when encountering water, and investigates whether there are enemy ambushes along the way, so as to clear the hidden dangers for the follow-up army. And the vanguard of Tibet is asking for one word, fast, flying at the same speed.
Taozhou City is an important border area of the Tang Dynasty and Tibet, which is a military fortress and has excellent city defense. But in less than half an hour, Taozhou fell. It is precisely because of the speed of the pioneer riding that they ride with two horses, and they ride in turn, and the speed is like a storm and lightning. The guards of Taozhou, Fang Gang saw the vanguard cavalry of Tubo, but the vanguard cavalry had already killed the front. They didn't even have a chance to close the city gate, so they directly killed Tubo into the city and occupied the city gate, and Taozhou City fell immediately......
The task of Kuo Jile is different from the vanguard cavalry responsible for capturing Taozhou City, Lanzhou Jincheng is too far away from Jiuqu in Hexi, even if the speed of the Tubo cavalry is fast, it cannot enter the city gate in one breath like the capture of Taozhou City. His main task was to deter Jincheng, so that Jincheng did not have time to deploy troops and horses and arrange the defense of the city. Of course, the most important thing is to restrict the surrounding people from withdrawing from the city, enhance the vitality of Jincheng, and not give the surrounding counties and villages too much time to escape.
They came to the Golden City as far as they could, in order to seek riches. If the march is slow, the people and rich households in all the villages and counties run away, and Jincheng is waiting for the end, where is there any oil and water to be fished?
For some reason, whether it is to capture the city or seek wealth, the requirements for speed are equally demanding!
Only a veteran general like Kuo Jile who has been in a hundred battles can grasp this degree and increase his speed to the extreme while maintaining his basic combat capability.
Seeing Qilihe County in front of him from a distance, Kuo Jile's heart suddenly moved, and he made a gesture to stop urgently. The three thousand galloping Tubo cavalry, the well-trained over-controlled horses slowly reduced the speed of the attack, but the remaining strength of twenty zhang buffered, and the Tubo cavalry had stopped, reflecting good imperial cavalry skills.
"Adjutant General Kuo Le Le , why did you stop?"
The deputy general is the official position of Kudule, and the military system of Tubo is different from that of the Tang Dynasty, and their military organization is exactly the same as that of the local administrative organization, and the whole country is divided into four "such as", each of which is divided into two sub-divisions, a total of eight sub-divisions; Each division is divided into 40,000 households. In addition, there are four other Janissaries divided into four towns by ten thousand households. Each division has a marshal, a lieutenant, and a judge. And in units of 100 people, there are centurions, and above there are 500 commanders, and above are the commanders of thousands, and above are the chiefs of 10,000 households.
"Look!" Kuo Jile glanced at his commander Nato, pointed to Qilihe County, and said: "This should be Qilihe County, I looked at the map before I moved the army." Qilihe County is the richest county in Jincheng, about ten miles away from Jincheng. We are only ten miles away from Jincheng, so let's rest here. ”
Na Tokh said blankly: "Why don't you go to rest under the Golden City, maybe you can intercept a lot of merchants and people?" He licked his thirsty lips, and along the way they met many caravans who did not know about the war, the largest of which was four hundred in size, and all of them were killed cleanly, and the supplies were left behind, waiting for their follow-up troops to pick them up. These materials are their trophies, except for the commission of the Tibetan state, which only belongs to their vanguard army. So he wanted to meet as many caravans as possible so that he could make a lot of money.
"No need!" Seeing that Nato's mind couldn't turn around, Ku Jile shook his head and sighed: "After following me for five years, why can't you learn half a little." Qilihe County is a rich county with a large population. Now that the county is lifeless, there is not a single ghost in sight, and what can't be seen yet? ”
Na Tokh said blankly: "It's gone!" ”
"It shows that we are still slow, a county of nearly 10,000 people, plus the old, weak, women and children, cattle, sheep and livestock, want to run so clean, to say the least, it takes more than three hours." ”
Natokh reacted and whispered, "So here has learned the news of our army's attack three hours ago?" ”
Kuo Jile shook his head and said, "It should be more than that, there are almost no pedestrians along the way." I felt that something was wrong, and I understood everything when I saw this Qilihe County. They learned of our attack earlier than we expected, and let the people of the surrounding villages and counties evacuate first. Even if you kill under Jincheng City immediately, it doesn't mean much. We traveled more than 300 miles, and everyone was tired. There is a saying in Datang, which is called "Enough is enough, just rest here". ”
At the same time at this moment, in the bamboo forest of Qilihe County, Pei Min and Yang Yun were lying in the thorn bushes, watching every move of the Tubo cavalry from a distance.
Pei Min looked at the general at the front with burning eyes, and suddenly there was an inexplicable excitement on his body, feeling that his blood was burning.
Yang Yun looked at the Tubo vanguard army that stopped in amazement, and said anxiously: "What to do, it's completely different from the plan." They actually stopped. Isn't our arrangement a failure? ”
"How so?" Pei Min couldn't stop loosening his fist and clenching it to ease his excitement and said: "This is the real battlefield, soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, this is the truth." We're improving, and so are they. None of those who can command the army are weak. More or less there are some strategies in the art of war, especially in Tubo, who is a soldier of the whole country, and who has relied on military exploits to climb up in successive battles, has very rich experience and can see things that ordinary people can't see from some details. Thinking that they had already sensed the calm of Qilihe County, we knew the news of their attack early, and evacuated the people in the county. When the soldiers are in the city, there is no point in it, it is better to rest on the spot! This insight should not be underestimated, not to be underestimated! ”
Yang Yun had a bitter face, looked at Pei Min and said, "How can Zhongcheng still laugh?" The plan has come to naught, they don't rush in the direction of Jincheng, how can we go behind them and give them a fatal blow? ”
Pei Min looked at Tubo's every move, and said unconcernedly: "The great hero Yue Fei said that the magic of using soldiers is to be single-minded. The enemy has changed, and we have to change with it, so what is there to worry about. ”
Big hero?
Yue Fei?
Yang Yun looked dazed, he hadn't heard it at all.
Pei Min also knew that he had missed his mouth, so he didn't explain, and said in a low voice: "Let's go, change the plan, and hide all the horses before Tubo enters the county, so that the horses' feet cannot be exposed." We waited for the Tibetan soldiers to enter the county to rest and engage in foot combat with them. Hehe, God help us, I thought it would be nice to be able to eat a thousand of them. This time I'm going to eat at least 2,000 of them and give them a head-on blow. ”
Yang Yun couldn't keep up with Pei Min's rhythm anymore, and seeing that Pei Min had quietly withdrawn, he also slowly retreated.
Pei Min returned to the other end of the village, hid all the war horses in the woods at the other end of Qilihe County, and quietly led a thousand and two soldiers to lurk outside the village.
Yang Yun saw that Pei Min had arranged everything, and finally couldn't help asking, "How did Zhongcheng know that the Tubo soldiers would enter the county to rest?" They rest outside the village, don't they do the same? If you don't come to the village, won't you fall short again? He was puzzled, and he lacked enough trust in Pei Min. Although he thinks that Pei Min is better than him, it does not mean that Pei Min is good at using soldiers. After all, he is a scumbag of war, and he is better than him, so he is not capable.
Pei Min smiled confidently: "It's almost noon, and it's going to be the hottest." The Tibetan people live on the plateau, where the living environment is particularly bitter and cold. Their physique is accustomed to bitter cold, so they are not afraid of the cold. Their resistance to the cold is far higher than that of our Central Plains people, but relatively speaking, they are particularly afraid of heat, more than us. The scorching sun is about to reach the head at noon, and the Tubo people can stand to rest under the sun, and there will be ghosts......" As he was speaking, his eyes lit up and he smiled: "Look, the people who are exploring the way are coming!" ”
Yang Yun followed his gaze, and sure enough, nearly ten Tubo soldiers entered the village to explore the way, and the "know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles" flashed in the art of war. Everyone can read this sentence, but there are a few people who can really use it.
After the pathfinders confirmed that there was no one in the county, the Tubo soldiers entered the city one after another as Pei Min thought.
It's just noon, resting for rest, cooking for cooking, and unusually lax in defense.
The corners of Pei Min's mouth unconsciously overflowed with a smile: After all, the Tubo people did not learn the whole picture of their art of war, or they traveled unhindered all the way, and they were quite contemptuous of the Tang army, so they did not have a cautious fortification, but only arranged a few sentry posts.
He waited for a while, and then gave an order: "Go!" ”
Pei Min led everyone to approach slowly, the village was surrounded by fields, and it was very Tibetan. Under the cover of the ridges, they lurked directly at the entrance of the village, and the sentry in Tubo discovered the abnormality, and when they were about to exclaim, a strong arrow passed through the throat.
Pei Min hung his bow and arrow on his back and pulled out the Qin Emperor's sword.
At this moment, most of the Tibetan soldiers who have been running for several days and nights are like dead dogs, lying on the bamboo mats of each family to rest, and nine times out of ten they have lost their clothes and armor, and some have even closed their eyes and fallen asleep.
Even the veteran Kojile couldn't stand the summer weather, so he took off his armor and leisurely poured cold water to heat up by a well.
The cold water of the leylines is extremely refreshing, and the desire to moan out of the wideness and comfort comes out......
Suddenly!
"Kill ——!!!" An earth-shattering roar rang out, and countless birds in the woods, frightened by the noise, flapped their wings and flew into the sky. For a moment, the dust was flying, and the tranquility and serenity of the right people were gone, and they had been completely replaced by chaos and noise.
The wooden barrel in his hand fell to the ground in fright, and he saw countless Tang soldiers come out of the ridges of the vegetable fields and rush into the village fiercely......
Especially the hundreds of people in the front, they have different skin colors, and under the leadership of a young man, they are extremely tough!