Chapter 52: Raid Behind Enemy Lines
For the bow of the Yongwu Battalion, Xue Dayi thought it was reasonable, but it was unexpected, which was also the consensus of the soldiers of Yanze Province.
Such a result seems abrupt and far-fetched, not understood, but only those who have struggled to survive in the recklessness can feel and understand.
Xu Zhen did not give them special treatment because of the submission of the Yongwu Battalion, and the order forbade it, without exception, many of the brothers of the Yongwu Battalion also did not have any dissatisfaction and complaints.
Due to the delay of three days in the group fight, Xu Zhen did not dare to delay any longer, and led the brothers all the way to the road, and soon left the county of Jiedan and entered the boundary of Zhangye.
Gao Heshu led a group of scouts, scattered around, monitoring a radius of two miles, alert like a falcon Rouran people have excellent eyesight, and their sense of crisis is also extraordinary, often killing enemy scouts during the march, and the large army has not yet entered the war zone, and the Rouran scouts have already won a lot!
Although Qin Guang and other brothers in the brave martial arts camp were not convinced, they were well versed in the way of survival, just like the martial arts masters hidden in the market.
Xu Zhenxin knew the nature of these people, but he just sent Zhou Cang to communicate more, because Zhou Cang and others were also born in the reckless, regardless of their heart, experience, and conduct, they were similar to the brothers of the Yongwu Battalion.
Zhangye was originally the land of the Xiongnu king, Zhangye County was set up in the Han Dynasty, the first year of Tang Wude was renamed Ganzhou, Zhangye County was the state, and the jurisdiction of Dan and Zhangye was deleted, so the city of Ganzhou was the heart of Zhangye, and the border barrier collapsed if it was lost, and the door was wide open.
Xu Zhenbu marched for two days, and finally approached Zhangye County, Rouran scouts kept sending back alarms, and the fighting between scouts became more and more fierce and frequent, which shows that the enemy army in Zhangye County has discovered Xu Zhenbu's intention.
When approaching the county seat for ten miles, Gao Heshu's scout battalion had already explored the situation of the enemy army, and Tuyuhun was led by Wang General Tu to attack the city with 8,000 foot soldiers, and 3,000 elite cavalry to block the periphery.
Although he Li was born in the family of Tiele Khan, he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and after returning to the sage, he was placed in Zhangye, which is its native land, and how could he let the Tugu Hun wild captives trample on it, and he was well versed in the essence of grassland warfare, and after encountering a surprise attack, he brazenly led the troops to resist, and the soldiers were brave and fearless of death.
Qi Bi He Li is trying to pursue the rest of the Gang, but there is an urgent report from Ganzhou City, so the troops are divided to save, led by Xue Wanjun, the general of Zuotun Wei, leaving only part of the army to guard Zhangye City, but under the division of troops, the strength is not good, and the vain attack again, trapping Qi Bi He Li in Zhangye City, attacking every day.
The grassland tribes are good at riding and shooting, but they are not good at attacking the city, but Tuguhun loves the Tang system, and imitates it everywhere, although it is a monkey and a crown, but it is not a toddler in Handan, not only imitating the style of the Tang Dynasty, but also building a royal city, and the foot soldiers are also well trained, and then got the Murong Hanzhu behind-the-scenes co-ordinating professor, in order to open the gate of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop, but also use the wood at the foot of Qilian Mountain to build more siege equipment, and even put Zhangye City in a situation where it will be tilted!
After Murong Hanzhu and Geerhe father and son joined, they were not xenophobic, but they ordered him to lead his troops to attack the city, but he didn't expect Murong Xiao to be like a different person, he must take the lead in every battle, although he did not knock down the city, but he won the hearts of many soldiers, and Murong Hanzhu made suggestions, cutting down the wood in the mountains to make cars, and collecting stones by the river to grind cannons, and actually lost as much as seventy or eighty percent of the troops of Qi He Li!
The situation was critical, Xu Zhen no longer hesitated, only in the afternoon he ordered many brothers to eat and sleep enough, and after late at night, he would run long distances, and when dawn broke, the delicate time for the enemy to make food, that is, suddenly attacked the rear of Tuyuhun and caught him off guard!
The brothers were not in the first battle, and there was no fear of cowardice in their hearts, but if they rushed to kill and fight, there would be casualties, and the camp was also solemn and solemn, Xu Zhen did not mobilize much, and after packing up, he came to Li Mingda's camp.
The little girl knew that Xu Zhen was going to fight hard, and she was reluctant and worried, but she remembered that Caesar stayed in Xu Zhen's camp every night, and Xu Zhen had a faint fragrance on her body, but she didn't give a good face on the surface.
Xu Zhen settled Li Mingda and the others, and ordered Kaisa to escort him closely, so he led the troops away with peace of mind.
The night was dark, the autumn wind was already cold, Xu Zhen didn't dare to fight with open fire, a thousand people groped in the dark night, completely relying on the guidance of the Rouran scout camp.
There was still a long time before dawn, and he was not worried about not being able to arrive in time, so that he could leave some time for the brothers to rest and recuperate.
Gao Heshu accompanied a group of scouts, and Qin Guang allocated dozens of scouts to uproot Tuyuhun's scouts and secret posts along the way, and when the east was slightly bright, he was already approaching the Tuyuhun camp!
The only regret is that I can't get in touch with the defenders of Zhangye City, otherwise I will definitely be able to fight inside and outside!
When the first rays of morning light came out, a group of wild captives came out of the camp to replace the brothers who were on duty at night from the watchtower.
These watchtowers were built under the auspices of Murong Hanzhu, more than three zhang high, distributed at the entrance of the main road of the camp, there are a total of five, monitoring the mountain pass roads in all directions, and the layout of the entire camp is in sight!
The firewood talked loudly to each other, as if they were still excited about how many Tang soldiers they had killed yesterday, and then they split up and climbed up to the top of the high watchtower.
But when they climbed to the pavilion on the top of the building, their eyes suddenly widened, but their pupils contracted sharply, and a red figure was reflected in the pupils, followed by a flash of cold light, numbness and coldness in their necks, and then they saw the blue sky, because their heads began to fall down!
Xu Zhen wiped the blade of the knife on the body of the wild captive, slid down the pillar of the watchtower, the brothers rode out from the high slopes and mountains on both sides of the road, gathered under the watchtower, Xu Zhen stepped on the Qinghai horse, pointed at the enemy camp in front of him with the long knife in his hand, Zhou Cang and Qin Guang launched a silent charge with soldiers and horses!
The iron hooves rumbled, and the guards of the enemy camp reacted immediately and hurriedly sounded the alarm, but they were soon completely engulfed by the cavalry like a torrent of steel, mixed with the mud on the ground!
"Kill!"
Xu Zhen roared like an angry tiger, the brothers shouted in unison, and the enemy was defeated like a receding tide!
The tents of the camp were as fragile as paper paste under the impact of the cavalry, and the enemy soldiers who had just begun to prepare for cooking had not had time to put on their armor, and they had already been trampled to the ground by the war horses, and instantly became the souls of the dead under the sword!
He hurriedly got out of the camp tent, but found that the entire camp had already been in chaos, and the ** cavalry fought a bloody way, and then began to disperse, chasing and killing the Tuyuhun brother without armor like chopping melons and vegetables!
"Defense! Counterattack! Counterattack! ”
He shouted loudly, but he didn't have time to pierce his armor, revealing a puff of curly chest hair, grabbed his iron thistle bones and rushed towards a cavalryman of the brave battalion!
His body was extremely burly and tall, and the iron thistle bone in his hand was at least thirty-four pounds, and he lowered his head to avoid the cavalry's long lance, and the bone duoer smashed on the horse's front hooves!
"Click!"
The front hooves of the war horse were smashed into two pieces, the flesh and blood flew sideways, neighing and falling forward, the huge momentum made the horse slide a long distance before stopping, the brother of the brave battalion just got up from the ground, the lance subconsciously swung out, but he was shocked, the lance had already been knocked away, and the bones full of iron thorns instantly filled his vision!
The brother's head was smashed to pieces like a watermelon, and the red and white were sprinkled all over his body, but he just snorted coldly, and turned and killed again!
Xu Zhen took the brothers to scatter left and right, and after killing a thorough, he turned back, gathered dozens of horses, and soon rushed to the center of the camp.
Qin Guang saw that his brothers were smashed by the enemy leaders one after another, and he was furious, and he slapped his horse up, waving the double swords in his hands, and went straight to the front!
"Bell!"
As soon as it was handed over, Qin Guang's sword in his left hand was knocked out by Gu Duo'er, and even his fingers were scraped off by Gu Duo'er's iron thorns! Qin Guang was in pain, and hurriedly reined in his horse, but he was not afraid, and rushed towards the disciples again!
Tu Fierce's eyes lit up, and he seemed to admire this **, but for him, smashing the enemy's head, together with the dignity of the enemy, trampling into mud is the greatest respect for the enemy!
Qin Guang killed all the way, the enemy was a rout who had never been armoured, he didn't expect the enemy to be so fierce, and he was furious when he suffered a loss, and he saw that he had a long lance upside down along the way, and hurriedly threw his right hand sword at the blade, and when the other party separated the flying sword, he drew the long lance and stabbed it straight in!
With a strange scream, the iron thistle bone duo swung out, knocking Qin Guang's long lance to the side, and then a bone came horizontally, and the huge horse's head suddenly smashed half of it!
Qin Guang followed the war horse to the ground, and hurriedly rolled to the side, he was sure that the vain warrior would definitely follow, and subconsciously used the blade of the long lance to provoke muddy water, but his body moved back half a foot, and the futile man stagnated slightly, and the bone Duoer smashed at Qin Guang's feet!
The face was expressionless, like a killing machine, and he chased after a few steps, and then turned his head towards Qin Guang!
"My life is at stake!" Qin Guang was frightened, seeing that Gu Duo'er was about to smash his chest, but a sharp sound of breaking the air sounded behind him, and an iron arrow shot out at the extreme, and it sank into the chest of vain!
"Ah!!h
The vain roared like a fierce beast, but Gu Duo'er lost his strength, Qin Guang took the opportunity to roll to the side, his legs bounced suddenly, jumped high, and swung the lance with all his might, and his vain head fell to the ground!
At this time, he felt weak, and when he turned his head to look, he saw Zhou Cang holding a huge repeating crossbow, and the two looked at each other, without extra eye contact, or even any gratitude, because the battle drowned them again like a tide!
Qin Guang took a few quick steps, killed three or four enemies, took the horses and returned, stuck his head with a long lance, clashed horizontally in the camp, and shouted loudly: "The enemy leader has been killed!" ”
When the wild army saw that the head of General Wang was cut off, the more chaotic it became, the morale of Xu Zhen's troops was greatly boosted, and they rushed left and right again!
However, at this moment, a roar was heard from the depths of the enemy camp, and then feathered arrows rained down from the sky!