Chapter 473: A Tragic Battle

Chapter 473: A Tragic Battle

Let's say that they were ordered to make a detour through the territory of the Great Food to attack the Nan Jiyun and Geshu Lige Divisions of the Great Food Caravan and the Powerful Observation Group. *.**/*

The two of them each led 20,000 troops to leave the line city, and infiltrated the territory of Dashi through the edges of both sides of the Huoxun country, and covered the past with a lightning speed of rapid marching.

By the time the Great Food Army and Horse received the urgent report, the two armies had penetrated hundreds of miles into the territory of the Great Food, and gradually approached the Great Food Caravan and the powerful group that followed behind the Great Food Army and Horse.

The Great Food Army is huge, and it is actually quite difficult for such an army to turn around.

Fifteen days later, Nan Jiyun and Ge Shu Lige joined forces in a place called Habard in the rear of the Great Food Territory, preparing to launch a fierce attack on the Great Food Caravan at night, and then captured some Great Food Merchants and powerful people and quickly retreated, so as not to be surrounded by the reaction of the Great Food Army and eat it in one bite.

In fact, at least half of the more than 10,000 people in the big food caravan are domestic soldiers and armed servants, and the merchants are very powerful in the big food, and they all have a large number of domestic soldiers and slaves. And not to mention those big food magnates, there are groups of guards around them.

In other words, the emperor's judgment was slightly different: this army of merchants in the rear was not a flock of sheep to be slaughtered, but a pack of hungry wolves, and it was not so easy to eat them in a short time.

Ge Shu Lige led the main force to lurk in the mountains and forests dozens of miles behind the camp of the great food merchant Jia. And Nan Jiyun led more than 1,000 light horsemen to rush close and inquire about the situation.

Nan Jiyun led the sergeant to lie in ambush on a dirt slope, staring at the camp where the big food merchants gathered not far below. Because it was not a regular army, the camp was naturally scattered and lacked layout and order, probably a family occupied a place, set up a tent, and each family soldier guarded it.

To put it bluntly, this group of big food magnates and businessmen are coming to pick up cheap, as long as the big food army defeats the Chinese army, then they will follow the army into the Central Plains, and they should grab the land that should be occupied.

Nan Jiyun watched silently, and the afterglow of the setting sun gradually dissipated.

In the twilight, the east end of the camp suddenly rose a cloud of smoke and dust, and after a while, a group of fierce soldiers drove dozens of ragged Han Chinese, shouting and entering the camp where the merchants gathered.

The horsewhip exploded, and the whipped Han people screamed in embarrassment and stumbled forward, walking slowly, it was a burst of whips.

Nan Jiyun frowned.

How did his compatriots suddenly appear in the rear of the big cannibal? Could it be a merchant who has traveled far away?

A soldier beside him suddenly exclaimed, "General, it's not good, that's Shi Hu Yanliang, the envoy sent by His Majesty to Dashi, the former governor of Liang, ......."

Nan Jiyun was suddenly shocked, grabbed the sergeant and said in a low voice, "What you said is true? ”

"General, when His Majesty summoned Hu Yanliang and others to a banquet in Liangzhou, the little one was the guard of the banquet, and he had seen Hu Yanliang before. *.**/* I can't be mistaken. ”

Nan Jiyun slowly let go of his hand, and his face immediately became extremely gloomy.

If it was an ordinary businessman, Nan Jiyun might still be able to remain silent. In order to fulfill the emperor's orders, he could not afford to lose the big by being small. But this group of people in front of him is the envoys of the imperial court, and the envoys are bullied and insulted by the enemy country, which is related to the dignity of the country.

After a while, Nan Jiyun gritted his teeth and ordered, "Quickly report to General Geshu, and say that Ben General ordered him to personally lead all the military horses to press, and Ben is going to attack the big cannibal camp after dark, this group of insatiable wolves, as many as they can kill!" ”

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At night, the moon and stars are scarce, and the autumn breeze is cool.

Under the cover of night, Nan Jiyun slowly raised the spear in his hand and shouted, "Sons, rush up with the general, set foot on the camp of the great cannibals, and rescue my courtiers!" Whoever stands in the way will be killed! ”

40,000 Chinese military horses burst out with a thunderous roar, shouting all over the sky and rushing towards the camp where the big food merchants gathered, and when the big cannibals reacted, countless rockets had already pierced the night sky, overwhelming the sky, and then exploded to the ground, igniting the fire raging.

The fire was blazing, and the great cannibal was crying wolf. The Chinese cavalry rushed over to kill the mountain, but immediately the fast-reacting big food merchant Jia gathered the soldiers of the department to meet them. Ge Shu Lige led 20,000 people to fight the Great Cannibal in close combat, while Nan Jiyun led 20,000 Shence troops to launch rockets everywhere and set fire to the Great Food Granary and tabernacle.

After a night of fierce fighting, the Chinese army of 40,000 rescued Hu Yanliang and dozens of surviving members of the envoy group at the cost of more than 1,000 dead and wounded, captured hundreds of major food merchants and magnates, and quickly retreated in the direction of Huoxunguo. In its place, there is a field of ruins and corpses.

Meng Bai, the commander of the Great Food Army, received an urgent report and reported to the Minister of State, Ebule. Ebule was furious and immediately ordered 100,000 troops to turn back in place and chase down the sneak attack team of Nan Jiyun's subordinates, but unfortunately at this time, Nan Jiyun had already taken his men and horses away.

Whether it was the merchants and magnates who were killed or taken captive, they were all the number one people ♀ in the Great Food Country, and many people died after the army, even Ebule felt that he couldn't afford it.

Ebler was furious.

He immediately ordered the army to advance lightly, striving to march into the line city as quickly as possible, exterminate the Chinese emperor's military horses, rescue the captured merchants and magnates, and take revenge at the same time.

In the evening, the Great Food Army roared into the ambush circle that Zhang Xuan had arranged in advance.

Guo Ziyi, who was in the middle of the command, was overjoyed and immediately ordered the soldiers to raise the Kong Ming lantern.

A Kong Ming lantern gradually rises above the night sky, dotted with stars, and it is very beautiful.

Seeing this, Li Siye on the left immediately ordered the army to prepare for battle, while Lei Wanchun on the left gritted his teeth and ordered the sergeant to dig out the dry mine fuse covered with a bamboo pipe and light the fuse.

In the wilderness in front of the Great Food Army Horse, Zhang Xuan ordered Lei Wanchun to bury all the dry mines carried by the army, and there were nearly 100,000 ♀ and 100,000 dry landmines.

It was not enough to have dry landmines, there were also rockets and sky-shaking thunders ♀, and the emperor was determined to let the big cannibals taste the taste of firearms, and used all the firearms in stock.

In Guo Ziyi's opinion, this batch of firearms can be worth 100,000 military horses, and if it is really effective, it can at least kill tens of thousands of food soldiers.

Dry mines began to explode, causing a shock from the Great Eater Army's horses. At this moment, the Great Food Army Horse actually has no room to retreat, only to advance.

Ebu ordered Meng Bai to lead a large army to rush forward, trying to reach the city before dawn. Then the army rushed forward, and under the trampling of the horses' hooves, more dry mines were trampled and exploded, and the sound of explosions shook the earth, and the bright night was obscured by the flying fire and smoke.

The Great Food Army and horses were in a mess, the formation was chaotic, trampling on each other, and countless casualties were imposed.

"Put!" The Mo knife in Lei Wanchun's hand swung down fiercely and slashed at a tree.

On the sky-shaking thunder car that had already lined up in a line, the sky-shaking thunder, which was as black as rain, flew up and fell into the chaos army. The rumbling explosion was like thunder, and the big food army horse couldn't figure out the situation at all, only to see the thunder flying from the sky, and there were unknown explosives on the ground, where was there any military spirit and morale.

Lei Wanchun and Li Siye were just about to rush over from both sides, but they saw a new round of Kong Ming lanterns rising in the direction of the line city.

This is the military order, which requires the two not to act rashly and retreat back to stand by.

This military order did not conform to what was at the pre-war meeting, but Lei Wanchun and Li Siye did not dare to disobey it, hesitated for a long time, and still led the army to withdraw quietly and wait for the changes.

This military order was changed on an ad hoc basis, and it came from Tian Kexin's suggestion.

Tian Kexin actually didn't say anything big, just smiled and said that the big cannibals were attacked by firearms and couldn't figure out the situation, and it was at night, they trampled on each other and became a mess, and they didn't need our army to attack, so they could reduce themselves a lot. Instead of stepping forward to attack and kill, it is better to retreat for the time being and let the Great Food Army mess up on its own for a while.

With such a large army, it will take time to quell the chaos.

Zhang Xuan felt that what Tian Kexin said was very reasonable, so he urgently ordered Guo Ziyi to put the Kong Ming lantern that transmitted the signal.

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All night, the shouts of the place due west shook the sky, and the fire was blazing. It was not until near dawn that there were signs of subsidence.

On the top of the line city tower, Zhang Xuan waved a drumstick and beat the drum to send troops.

Under the city, Guo Ziyi personally led 100,000 main forces to rush forward and enter the battlefield of "infighting" of the Great Food Army and horses.

Although the Great Cannibal messed up all night, the damage was not too big. Ebule and Meng Bai reined in the rebellious army, lightly attacked the ranks, and found that there were fifty or sixty thousand casualties in the escape, although the damage was heavy, but it did not hurt the foundation of the army.

But after tossing all night, the big eater was already tired and haggard. At this time, the sound of the army rushing suddenly came from the left, right, and front directions, and the Chinese army was hunting and hunting, and rushed over the mountains and fields.

"Your Majesty has a decree to capture and kill the Minister of the Great Food Country, Ebule, and be the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!" There were shouts of killing and slogans like this everywhere, and the face of the Great Food Minister Ebule, who was guarded by the soldiers, was pale, he didn't expect that his dignified Great Food Minister marked more than 200,000 heroic and invincible Great Food Horses to be bullied by dogs in Pingyang.

"Allah willing, the Great Food is invincible!" The big food army horse is not a vegetarian, and after a moment of panic, he also divided his troops to meet it in three ways.

Six torrents of steel gradually collided together, and this battle shook the heavens and the earth, making the heavens and the earth lose their color.

From dawn until dusk and sunset, the war continued to stalemate. Both sides suffered casualties and the fight ended in a draw.

Guo Ziyi sat in the rear army, looking a little anxious. The combat effectiveness of the Great Food Army Horse was beyond his imagination, and the difficulty of this big battle made him even more unprepared.

At this point, neither side can relax and retreat, if the defeat continues, the other side will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the army will definitely be defeated. Now it depends on who can grit their teeth and persevere to the end, even if it is by fighting the number of people, they must scoop up this war.

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