Chapter 316: The Expedition of the Hetao (3)
"You mean, instead of forming a formation on the grassland, the beggars are confined to the fence to defend it?"
"Yes, General Wen. Our scouts had already pressed thirty paces outside the enemy's Dazhai gate before they were forced back by the enemy's bows and arrows. ”
"Is this beggar for your neighbor stupid? How dare you play defense with this fence? It's just that Ben is going to think too much. ”
After saying this, Wen Yang quickly collected his emotions: "Order, the whole army will arrive close to the enemy's Dazhai and set up camp ten miles south of the village. When our army is encamped, the whole army must not dismount, and always guard against the enemy's sneak attack. ”
"No!"
On November 7, Wenyang's army arrived at the winter camp of the beggar department, and the beggar department held out of the camp. Wen Yang ordered the Han army and the alien coalition army to also set up camp. And then......
"Captain Li, how long will it take for your engineer battalion to build more than ten trebuchets?"
Li Xiang, who was at the end of the crane in the Fairy Mountain School, was also in his twenties at this time. Although he has the title of captain on his head, he has always been unhappy. This guy made trouble with Guan Yi several times under the pretense that he was a student of Guan Yi, hoping to transfer to the ranks of the soldiers. But they were all ruthlessly rejected by Guan Yi.
In Guan Yi's words: the role of sappers on the battlefield is no worse than that of soldiers. Do it well, and you can make great achievements!
No, it's time for the sappers to shine again.
"General Qiyu Pingbei, the last general brought five hundred craftsmen with the army this time. It is not difficult to build a trebuchet, but the difficulty is that the area is full of grasslands and lacks large trees. I can't say it, but the general will have to take people into Helan Mountain to carry timber. Therefore, it takes about ten days before and after. ”
"Good, then you quickly take people to the logging. Do you need someone to protect me? ”
"Of course, the last general's subordinates are all craftsmen. In addition, General Wen, during the period when the last general entered the mountain, he also asked to assign personnel to prepare stone bullets with cement. ”
"Well, I don't need you to remind me of this, Ben will know."
It can be said that due to the golden finger of the traverser, the war mode of this era has changed to a certain extent. Gone are the days when the numerically superior side occupied the camp and left the numerically inferior side with nothing to do. Therefore, the strategy of begging and blessing the neighbor to rely on the big camp to hold on was doomed to failure from the beginning.
And it is different from the original Zhou Aiming camp outside Yixian County, where there were only soldiers. In addition to the strong men, there are now more than 200,000 old and weak women and children, as well as millions of cattle and sheep in the camp of the beggar department. This is not a barracks at all, but an oversized living quarter.
Of course, this can't be said to be stupid, who made the information channels of this era very closed. Besides, for the beggar and your neighbor, if you go out directly to fight in the field, you don't need to say much if you lose, even if you win, it is estimated that it will be a miserable victory. On the grassland, the tribe is less strong, and even if the Han army does not come to the second expedition, the beggar department will not be able to hold this place.
Therefore, rely on the camp to hold on, and use the men and animals in the camp to consume the enemy's small strength. It is the only option for begging and blessing your neighbor.
It's a pity that there were already counterweight trebuchets in this era......
On November 17, the Han army, which had completed the construction of the trebuchet, laid out its heavy weapons in a row, and only bombarded it twice, and the entire camp of the beggar department was completely chaotic.
"Hey! How did I not know that the Han people actually had such a thing? ”
For a super camp that spans more than forty miles, the damage caused by dozens of stone bullets falling is actually negligible. But if you want to die, it's not a barracks here, and the people inside are completely undisciplined. Look at the panicked women yelling everywhere, the animals in the enclosure frantically, and even many well-dressed young men who stepped on their horses and prepared to charge. The beggar only felt a sense of despair.
Moreover, it is different from the city of the Han people with a city wall, as long as the city gate is closed, the people in the city will not be able to mess around no matter how panicked. The camp of the beggars was nothing but fenced off. It can be said that there are loopholes everywhere. Beggar Youlin is convinced that with the deepening of the Han army's stone projectile throwing, it will not be long before many people will disperse.
"Hey, I miscalculated. Tell the order, blow the horn, let the warriors all gather towards the big tent, and rush out when the whole team is finished! ”
"It's long overdue! Come on, blow the trumpet! ”
……
Hearing the horns in the big tent opposite, the corners of Wen Yang's mouth pulled up a range: "Herald!" ”
"Command, General!"
"Order, Bald Hair Department, Tuoba Department, Murong Department, Fuqu Department, Tiefu Department, Nan'an Qiang, and Burning Dangqiang ...... Wait for the cavalry to move forward and line up. Deal with the first wave of enemy charges! Tell their leader that they were going to have to fight for at least half an hour before they could retreat. If they retreat first before the time is up, they will immediately unite with the Begging Department to kill these thirteen tribes! In addition, when retreating, it was necessary to retreat from both flanks of our cavalry formation. Those who dare to collide with our army's formation will be killed! ”
"No!"
"The order is that our cavalry form a second line behind these alien cavalry. Ben will be in the center, Xuan Xu (Li Zhen) is on the left, and Ziyang (Beigong Xiong) is on the right! ”
"No!"
After giving two orders, Wen Yang turned his head: "Mr. Zhong Shen, please stay in the rear and watch Wen Yu defeat the enemy." ”
"Hehehe, the general is really as the big Sima said, not only a fierce general, but also a handsome talent. In this battle, the enemy must be defeated! ”
To the south is the Wenyang Formation, and to the north is the Begging Department to gather soldiers and prepare to fight to the death. And the many interracial coalition forces sandwiched in the middle, that is uncomfortable!
"How can the Han people do this? How can we rush to the front? ”
"That's right, we have so few soldiers, how can we block the other party for half an hour?"
"Bald chief, your clan has the most soldiers here, you can find a way to get out!"
I? What can I do to get out?
"The only way to do it now is for us to move forward and approach the camp of the beggar department. In this way, although we will be attacked by bows and arrows, the cavalry of the beggar division lacks distance and cannot rush up. also lacks width, can't spread the formation, can only line up to die! ”
"Good! And almighty, you say it well! Everyone hears it, hurry forward! ”
"Hey, there's no way around it, sons, follow me!"
"Huh~~~!"
As the bald tribe took the lead, a dozen other tribes followed. Then he quickly strangled with the vanguard of the beggar department who rushed out of the gate.
Both sides are fighting for survival, and the tragedy on this battlefield is actually a little stronger than the great battles of Han and Wei and Han and Jin. All of a sudden, bone arrows chirped, scimitars flew, blood splattered, and broken arms flew sideways......
At first, the vanguard cavalry of the beggar department was not very numerous, so the bald department and others felt that they were able to deal with it easily. However, as more and more young men from the beggar tribe entered the battlefield, the alien alliance gradually felt the struggle.
"General Pingbei! Please be kind and let the sons and daughters step back and take a break! We promise that as long as the Han army lasts for half an hour, we will definitely go into battle again! You don't know, those beggar mongrels rushed out like crazy, and the knives didn't look like they blinked. Our casualties are truly devastating. ”
"The messenger will go back at once and tell your leader that you will not want your casualties. It would have been as long as you held on for half an hour. When the hour comes, Ben will immediately signal you to retreat! ”
"General Pingbei!"
"Huh?! Doesn't the messenger want to live? ”
In the end, it was the killing god who singled out the killing in all directions before, Wen Yang's words were still very deterrent, and the thirteen alien tribal alliances, although the casualties were extremely heavy, they still fought honestly for half an hour.
Seeing the interracial alliance fighting hard, Wen Yang didn't demand too much from them in terms of time: after all, these thirteen clans still can't be wiped out, otherwise the reputation of the Han will be gone.
Therefore, as soon as half an hour arrived, the Han army in the rear struck the cymbals on time. Hearing the signal, the bald department and other coalition troops immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly retreated towards both sides of the Han army's array like a tide.
"Tie the power, hurry up and call the troops to re-array, don't pursue."
"No, Father Khan, it is to drive these defeated soldiers to attack the Han army at this time! Follow me, boys! ”
"Huh~~~!"
Young people are brave, but the reality is cruel. The cavalry of the beggar army was greeted by the neatly arranged cavalry of the Han army. As well as countless riding crossbows.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Countless crossbow arrows shot out quickly, and the beggar who rushed to the front suddenly became the target of the fire, and in an instant, the whole body was filled with dozens of crossbow arrows, and he was already dead of anger while still on horseback.
"Draw your bow, draw your sword, assault!"
"Huh~~~!"