Chapter 699: The Killing Movement (1)
After several encounters, the Great Food Army suffered losses repeatedly, with as many as 7,000 dead and wounded, which made the arrogant Great Food Army how could swallow the evil breath in their hearts, not to mention that the officers and soldiers below were extremely uncomfortable, that is, Mohammed Suben Hussein, a cautious man by nature, was also blinded, how could he let the ** of the "rout" go away, and the troops were chasing after him, and under this chase, he had already rushed out of the eight miles, and the meandering Amu Darya River was close in front of him.
The Amu Darya, the longest flow in Central Asia, the river with the largest amount of water, is one of the two major water sources of the Aral Sea, originates from the mountain glacier in the southeast of the Pamir Plateau at an altitude of 5,000 meters, the total length is more than 5,000 miles, the flood season is extremely long, from the beginning of spring to the beginning of March, the river water carries a large amount of sediment, so it appears turbid, similar to the water of the Yellow River, there are many direct flows along the way, the terrain changes are complex, there are both mountains and valleys, there are plains and deserts, the river often overflows, and the river diversions happen every time, As a result, there are many lakes and deep valleys and numerous impact plains throughout the basin, and oases abound where rivers pass, and the Surhan Valley is one of the most famous places.
The Surkhan River Valley is located at the junction of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan today, surrounded by mountains, the valley is flat, more than 200 miles of fertile land, the raging Amu Darya River flows through the middle, the whole valley is divided into two large blocks of almost equal size, since ancient times, it is one of the famous summer pastures of the generation in Central Asia, its terrain is wide from east to west, and narrow from north to south, especially there are peaks at both ends of the front and back, and there are roaring Amu Darya rivers in the middle, the road in and out of the valley is just a dirt road along the river three zhang wide,, It is not easy to enter and exit, and it is a strategic place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
"Into the valley!"
At the time of the spring flood, the water volume of the Amu Darya River was extremely abundant, the waves on the river surface of dozens of zhang wide were rolling, the turbidity waves were monstrous, and people and horses could not cross at all, and Li He obviously did not have this plan, and after leading his troops to the river, he did not try to cross the river, but turned the head of the horse, roared loudly, and led the crowd to go straight up the river, galloping towards the Surhan River valley less than three miles.
"Chase, catch up, the Tang people are trapped to death, they can't escape!"
Muhammad Suben Hussein has been a general on the Eastern Front for a long time, and he has a good understanding of the topography of the Eastern Front, especially the Surhan River Valley, when he had not yet made his fortune, he had come here to graze, since he knew that the terrain in the valley was wide, it was not suitable for ambushes at all, and the exit at the northern end was far more dangerous and narrow than the entrance from the south, and it was difficult for men and horses to walk, once they entered the valley, it was not so easy to get out, and it was a good opportunity for revenge in front of him, and Muhammad Suben Hussein was not willing to let go, shouted wildly, and urged the troops to chase after him.
"All stopped!"
Mustafa Ibn Yangyuan, the governor of the Eastern Province of Great Food, was also one of the fierce generals of the Western Front, in the early years, he led the army to fight fiercely with the Eastern Roman Empire, and was promoted to the governor of the Eastern Province a few years ago, and he was not very familiar with the terrain and landforms of the Eastern Front, and had never been to the Surkhan River ValleyAt this order, the terrible sound of the horn suddenly became loud, and the galloping hundreds of thousands of soldiers slowly reined in the galloping war horses and quietly stopped less than a hundred feet away from the valley mouth.
"Order: All departments are lurking, no one is allowed to move without an order, and those who violate the order will be killed! Also, send a signal to General Li to turn around and hit him, and you must beat the thief hard! ”
The main force of the Great Food Army stopped at this time, and the ** officers and soldiers who were ambushed everywhere were all a little dumbfounded, wearing camouflage, Lin Chengbin, who was hiding on the top of the highest mountain in the river valley, also looked extremely cold, and after observing silently for a while, he put down the monocular in his hand, gritted his teeth, and gave an order in a low voice.
"The whole army obeys the order: turn left and kill me back!"
As soon as Lin Chengbin's order was reached, his own herald shook two small flags, and passed the order to the various departments in the language of the flag, and without counting, on the top of a mountain peak on the flank in front of Li He's department, three trees that were not too big shook silently a few times, and then fell down quietly, as soon as he saw this, Li He's face instantly turned cold, just because he had understood the order from the news tree, his heart was inevitably a little fluctuating, but it would never affect his determination to act according to the order, and he roared without hesitation, He made a sharp turn in his troops, made a bend in the valley plain, and resolutely killed the horse pistol.
"Kill, entangle the Tang people!"
Muhammad Suben Hussein also noticed the fact that his main force did not follow into the valley, but he didn't care, the left and right valleys inside and outside the valley were only hundreds of paces, just a charge, the main force could rush into the valley in time, at this time, although there were some surprises ** brazenly killed back, but also refused to show weakness, shouted and waved the army to meet the past, and instantly strangled with **.
This is the second time that the two cavalry have fought each other, in the previous battle, because of the lack of strength, the big food cavalry can barely fight a draw with the **, but at this time** is no longer polite, a kill will come back, it is to launch with all its might, just a face-to-face impact, it has been Muhammad Suben Hussein's department was killed in a mess, the entire cavalry array was on the verge of collapse in only an instant, if it were not for Muhammad Suben Hussein led the pro-guard army to forcibly block the assault momentum, I'm afraid that the whole team will have to break up, Rao is like this, and the Great Food Cavalry has only the ability to parry and has no power to fight back.
"Report, Lord Governor, the Tang people are dying and counterattacking, Lord Hussein is leading his troops to fight hard, and the casualties are getting heavier, please send troops immediately, so that the Tang people don't get away!"
Being attacked by ** so strongly, Muhammad Suben Hussein was a little unbearable, and seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, he had to send a herald out of the valley to ask for help.
"Attack!"
Mustafa Ibn Yang is a very decisive person, previously taking advantage of the gap that Muhammad Subn Hussein's troops chased into the valley, he has generally understood the terrain and topography of the valley from the mouth of the army guide, and he also feels that it is difficult to hide the ambush soldiers on the flat land within a radius of more than 100 miles, even if there is, in front of his own army of tens of thousands, it will not play a very good role, in his opinion, the reason why ** fled here, nine times out of ten is because the terrain is not familiar, this will fall into the ground, but out of caution, He still didn't rush to send troops into the valley, but wanted to wait to see how ** reacted, and when he heard about **'s brazen counterattack, Mustafa Ibn Yang's heart had already settled, and he decided that ** was finding that the road ahead was no longer passable, so he turned around and worked hard, so he no longer hesitated, and with an order, hundreds of thousands of troops rushed to the mouth of the valley and rushed into the valley at high speed.
"Withdraw, withdraw!"
After killing for a long time, Li He's department had already occupied the absolute upper hand, killing Muhammad Suben Hussein's department in pieces, seeing that more strength could completely defeat this enemy cavalry, but seeing that the smoke and dust were rising in the direction of the valley, countless white-robed cavalry were frantically killing, Li He did not dare to fight anymore, roared, killed the surrounding Great Food Rebellion Army, and led his troops to the north end of the valley.
"Sons, the Tang people have nowhere to escape, catch up and kill them all!"
As soon as he saw that his main force had arrived, Muhammad Suben Hussein secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and a wave of resentment also surged in his heart, just because of these two battles, the losses he suffered were too great, not counting the losses of Giyad bin Salisa's troops, just the more than 20,000 people under his command had lost more than 8,000, almost half of the total strength, but the results of the battle were few, and there were only less than 800 ** blood-stained yellow sand, and the battle loss ratio of ten to one was too shocking, Muhammad How could Suben Hussein swallow this evil breath, he refused to let ** escape, and roared and waved his troops to chase after him.
The plain in the valley of the Surhan River is long and narrow from north to south, only less than ten miles wide from east to west, and is divided into two by the Amu Darya, but the north and south are nearly eighteen miles long, and the terrain is extremely flat, there are no shrubs and forests, only green grass, horses stepping on it, the speed is amazingly fast, the two sides chase and flee, but in about half an hour, they have rushed to the place near the exit of the north end, and at this time, the main force of the Great Food Army has all entered the valley.
"Boom ......"
The narrow and narrow length of the river valley is long and narrow, but it is only less than twenty miles of land, under the full sprint of the galloping war horse, that is, the foot of most of the hour, with the gradual contraction of the mountains on both sides, the narrow terrain is not only narrow, but narrow, at this time, the speed of the ** forward rush has to gradually slow down, which gives the chase of the big food army from behind the opportunity to cover up, just when the distance between the two sides is close to the distance of 100 steps, a series of loud bangs suddenly sounded at the mouth of the valley at the south end, At the same time, a huge yellow smoke rose into the sky, and the earth shook like a pendulum, and all the officers and soldiers of the Great Food were stunned by this sudden loud noise, and they all looked back at the place where they came, and everyone's faces were full of shock and dazedness, and for a while they forgot to chase and kill again.
"Quick, quick!"
Under the huge shock, ** naturally also suffered some impact, many war horses were almost out of control because of it, and the speed of galloping inevitably slowed down because of this, but ** soldiers did not look back to look at the place where they came, under the supervision of officers at all levels, they rushed forward with strong control of horses, and rushed all the way towards the valley mouth......