Chapter 176: Camp Matadi
There is a cloud in the art of war: if you attack it unprepared, you will do everything.
Whether it is the Khitan wise man Yelu Shilu, the Yaoyuan Hero Yelu Shidi, or Murong Ba, who has the reputation of the god of war, they would never have imagined that under such circumstances, the Tang Army would dare to take the initiative to attack.
Before dawn, the night was thick.
At about a quarter of the hour, the gate of Juyong Pass was quietly opened, and Zhu Li rode a red rabbit horse and walked out of the gate first.
Subsequently, countless Yue riders rushed out, and these horses, without exception, were all chewed immediately, and their hooves were wrapped in thick cloth, and they quietly touched the camp of Di people forty miles away.
Juyong Pass, located in the southwest of Jundu Mountain, from Juyong Pass, marching along Jundu Mountain, is to advance in the northeast direction, and the large camp of the Di people is stationed in the northeast of Jundu Mountain.
The Di people coalition army would never have imagined that the losses of the two sides in the previous war were so great that the Tang army dared to attack at night.
With a mental calculation or not, although there are a lot of patrol guards of the Di people, no one thinks that anyone will really come to attack, many people are clustered at the horns of Dazhai, huddle together to keep warm, and even some people can't stay sleepy, and they fall asleep without heart and lungs.
Next to Zhu Li, there are Li Hanzhi on the left, and Gao Siji and Gao Mian on the right.
Four generals lined up, when there is still an arrow away from Dazhai, at the same time pick up the bow in the hand, the feather arrow is wound, in the dark night, on the tower on both sides of the walled gate, there are two Khitan warriors cruising in each side, with the sound of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" breaking the air, a total of four people, should fall down with the arrow.
Without waiting for the corpse of the Khitan warrior to fall to the ground or fall from the tower, Zhu Li had a double-edged spear in his hand, riding his horse like lightning, and flew out first, and when the Khitan warrior fell to the ground from the watchtower and made a loud "poof" sound, Zhu Li had already led people and horses to the front of the walled gate.
No matter how fast the red rabbit is, galloping at full speed, it is no exaggeration to say that it is not much worse than the feather arrows that take off and gallop.
A horse volley, a spear in the sky, and when the other patrol warriors of the Di people heard the sound and looked at it in shock, what caught their eyes was a Tang Army general, like a flying god general, stepping on the red cloud and falling from the sky.
I saw that the man, with a steel spear in his hand, was erected high, showing the momentum of splitting Huashan, and smashed it fiercely at the wooden door of the camp.
The gate of the camp was shattered in response, and from top to bottom, with the splitting of the steel spear, the gate was directly split in half.
The god of the falling heavens will carry his spear like a fly, and the gate that has been split in half will be lifted aside, and then he will shout: "Brothers, rush, don't fight, try to set fire." ”
"Nuo" with the man's loud shout, in the darkness suddenly sounded the sound of rushing to the sky, before the sound fell, I saw countless cavalry, rushed into the village, almost killed people on sight, and set fire to tents and wooden frames.
At this time, those patrolling Di warriors suddenly understood what was happening, and almost instantly turned pale, and exclaimed in panic: "Oh no, it's out of the water, the enemy is attacking." ”
"Enemy attack, run."
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Wolves rushed to the ground, chickens flew and dogs jumped, and all of a sudden, everyone hugged their heads and scurried, and no one stepped forward to intercept them.
Because Zhu Li and other four generals took the lead, under the vertical and horizontal steel spears, spears flying, and iron rods dancing wildly, all those who were touched by them were all soulless and killed
On the spot, such a ferocious killing completely frightened the courage of the Di warriors.
The hustle and bustle, panic, and horror continued to spread, instantly enveloping the entire Di camp.
As soon as they rushed into the camp, these Yue cavalry soldiers immediately lit the torches that had been prepared long ago with the fire folds.
While slashing and killing the Di warriors who were missed by the four generals in front of him, he set fires everywhere.
There were the warriors of the Di people, who woke up from their dreams, and shouted in a panic, and before they could even put on their trousers, they rushed out with a scimitar, and as soon as they rushed out of the tent, they were greeted by either cold spears or merciless long knives.
When he tried to break out of the tent and run out to kill the enemy, there was already a sea of fire all around, and they only cared about avoiding the fire, where did they still have the heart to attack.
There is no wind and three feet of waves on the sea, above the Liaoyuan, it is a long wind hitting the cage, usually the breeze is slow, not to mention the middle of October, it is even more windy, the wind helps the fire, the fire helps the wind, the fire of the whole camp is getting more and more intense, and the flames soon turn into several crazy fire dragons, raging and sweeping the entire camp.
A horse is killed, and the description is a little unfamiliar, but in the face of this person, a spear, two guns, and a stick immediately greet him like floating light and lightning.
Poor Di Jiang, before he even had time to say a word, he was stabbed with three holes in his body, and finally under Li Hanzhi's stick, even people and horses turned into minced meat.
Zhu Li and the others did not love to fight, if someone intercepted them, they would kill them directly, and if no one intercepted them, they went all the way north, frantically riding horses and setting fires, and the impact was very happy.
This kind of commotion lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, and was finally stopped by Jeruhadi, Jerushlu, and others, who had risen up after hearing the news.
These Di leaders, their faces were very ugly, they saw Zhu Li and others, and rushed directly to the depths of Dazhai, they hurriedly organized people and horses, chased down, and couldn't help but chase, in the depths of Dazhai, the northernmost part of the camp, there were countless cattle and sheep, which was the military food of the army.
The army on the grassland, they are all driving cattle and sheep to go out, the inherent grain and grass is very little, all rely on cattle and sheep to support, if these cattle and sheep are affected by the fire, or even flee and lost, then this southward journey, it is foreseeable, will be defeated without a fight.
Jeruzara was the last to walk out of the big tent, and he saw Murong Ba, Bara and others, as if they were burning their butts, leading the army to chase away, only Yelu Shidi and the third brother Yelu Shilu were still there, so he wondered: "It is really incomprehensible that the Tang army dared to choose this time to raid." ”
When Yelu Shidi and Yelu Shilu heard this, they also frowned, and the former said very incomprehensibly: "Their men and horses in this night attack have killed more than 10,000 people, and they are rushing all the way north with this little manpower, what do they want to do, do they still expect to return to the Guannei?" ”
Yelu Shiluhu suspiciously: "Could it be that the Tang army wants to destroy our military rations?" ”
This reason, even he himself is not very sure, you know, even if the cattle and sheep are all killed, the meat is still left, the Khitan and Tuhun people, it is completely possible to make the dead cattle and sheep into jerky to support more than a month, it is not a difficult thing.
"No matter what, since the cavalry is dispatched to attack the camp at night, we will let them come and go and eat more than 10,000 men and horses." Jerod said ruthlessly.
Although Zhu Li and others attacked the camp at night and killed a lot of Di warriors, too
Many tents were burned, but the number of warriors who died was still a small fraction of the nearly 100,000 Di people in the military camp compared to the surviving warriors.
This is also the basis for Yelu's bottom to say so, anyone who is raided by someone in the camp, I am afraid that the mood will not be good, not to mention, the Tang Army's sudden attack this time, a few of them, none of them even thought of it, it is too embarrassing for them.
Embarrassed and angry, both Jerushidi and Jerushul wanted to find a place from this wave of cavalry who went out of the pass and attacked at night, and as soon as Yelushad's proposal came out, it was immediately approved by Jerushalu and Jeruzara.
Since everyone had no opinion, the three of them immediately gathered their men and horses, followed behind Murong Ba and Ba La, and chased them all the way.
The camp of the Khitan coalition army is indeed very large, and it took more than an hour from entering the gate of the Dazhai camp to Zhu Li and others completely breaking out of the entire military village.
Although it took a lot of time to kill people and set fires, there are also reasons why Dazhai is too big.
This night attack was not done in vain, just by burning the camp tents of the Khitans, there were tens of thousands, dispersed countless cattle and sheep, and scared away a group of war horses, which was very beautiful.
However, although it was a surprise, the number of Yue cavalry was still reduced by thousands of people, there was no way, the clay pot would inevitably fall by the well, and the general would inevitably die in battle, and it was already a miracle to rush out of the 100,000 military camp tent and reduce the number of 1,000 people.
However, this casualty is negligible compared to the losses of the Khitans.
Zhu Li alone killed hundreds of people, Gao Siji, Gao Mian, Li Hanzhi and others also killed a lot, not to mention that there were Yue cavalry guards who killed themselves, so after calculation, a night attack, the Khitan and Tuhun coalition forces, at least more than 10,000 people were reduced.
As soon as he rushed out of the camp, Zhu Li didn't say a word, immediately waved his hand, ignored the chasing soldiers behind him, and rode all the way to the north.
Murong Ba and Polla chased out of the camp, and they couldn't even eat the dust left by Zhu Li, so they could only vaguely know that the direction of the Tang army's escape was the north, and this situation made their faces very ugly.
The two of them almost didn't hesitate for a minute, and directly led their subordinates to chase down the traces left by Zhu Li, and the people behind them, Yelu Shilu, Yelu Sara and others, had nothing to say, and chased down the traces of Murong Ba and others.
Outside Juyong Pass, it is in the territory of Fuzhou, and the closest is Fushui, Zhu Li and others fled to Fushui, and immediately turned their heads to the east, along the Fushui River, tracing the river, and running towards the middle of the Jundu Mountain.
Murong Ba and Ba Ra chased after Fu Shui, hesitated a little, they didn't know what Zhu Li's intention was in doing this, and they waited until Yelu Shidi and Yelu Shilu arrived, and then Murong Ba said to Yelu Shidi worriedly: "Yu Yue, my subordinates suspect that Zhu Li is deliberately going around in circles, and the target seems to be our camp." ”
The train of thought of the God of War is really extraordinary, this kind of roundabout running away and shooting back the horse has been done by many people, and it is not to blame Murong Ba for thinking so.
When everyone heard this, their expressions tightened, Yelu was very decisive, and he also trusted Murong Ba's judgment very much, and almost did not hesitate to say: "I and Shilu led the troops back to Dazhai to defend Dazhai, you continue to chase me, since they dare to come out, don't think about going back." ”
"No." Murong Ba, Bara, and Jeruzara immediately surrendered their hands to the order.