Chapter 747: Crazy Counterattack (7)
Now that the enemy has arrived, the spies are busy. They had to report to Gao Tang the movements of the enemy at every moment. And that's what Gao Tang needs.
"How many of them came?" Gao Tang asked a spy.
"According to the villain, there are at least 100,000 people coming from the north." The spy arched his hand.
"So many people? Revisit. Gao Tang said.
"It's the general." The spy answered, turned and left.
The spies left, but Gao Tang frowned, pondering in his heart, and secretly thought: "The total number of Baishan and Pingdu is only 20,000, that is, 20,000 to 50,000. This is not easy to do, especially Pingdu, there is no danger to defend! No, you have to transfer 10,000 people. ”
Thinking of this, he immediately ordered Li Jun in the center to send another 10,000 men as soon as possible.
Thanks to the swift signal corps, the journey was not far away, and the news arrived quickly. Li Jun did not dare to delay, and immediately sent 10,000 people north to help.
On the very day that these 10,000 people arrived in Pingdu, more than 70,000 horses of the Tatars also arrived. He came out of the plains of the border. In this mountainous Pingliang Prefecture, Pingdu is the only flat place here.
The Tatar army was very high-profile, and did not make any cover for the attack at all. That's why the spies were able to find out so much about the situation of the Tarslaves.
Gao Tang personally supervised the battle of Pingdu, and there was a danger in Baishan that could be defended, let alone 50,000 people, even 500,000 people might not be able to fight it.
But the land of Nabai Mountain is the only place in the north that enters Pingliang Prefecture. So the Tarnus had no choice but to choose here.
Gao Tang saw that it was not good, and the Tatar slaves mainly put the forces of the feigned attack on Pingdu. So he hurriedly ordered another 10,000 people to be transferred from Baishan. Only 10,000 people left over there would be enough.
The Tatar army was not in a hurry to attack, and they set up camp five miles outside the Pingdu River. Looks like they want to fight a long game.
Gao Tang naturally understood what the Tatar slaves meant, that is, to involve their military strength here. But the Tatars were able to divide the army here a lot, and from this point of view, they were not feints, but really attacked, and if they attacked they were earned, and if they could not attack them, they could achieve their strategic goals.
"It seems that this Tartar slave is not simple. Sure enough, he is good at fighting. But luckily, we guessed their intentions. Gao Tang was in the big tent and said to a few small generals.
Several young generals were waiting for Gao Tang's instructions on how to fight.
But at this time, Gao Tang did not seem to be in a hurry to arrange the battle plan, because he found that the Tatars had no intention of attacking immediately. Then we'll wait.
At this time, news came from Chen Cheng in the southeast that another powerful Tatar army in the east was approaching.
Gao Tang read the news and knew that this was one of the sneak attack armies. However, the Lijiazhuang office in the west did not get any news.
Gao Tang thought to himself: "Maybe it will take a certain amount of time for the Nanu army to go around to wash the face." Or maybe they didn't have any plans to attack from the west. ”
For this point, Gao Tang also sent spies to the north to inquire about the news. As long as you see the Tarnu army, you will hurry to report it.
Chen Cheng's news also shows a problem, that is, it seems that the Tatar slaves here are going to attack. So he hurriedly arranged a plan for the battle period. Quite simply, entertain the Tatar army with artillery and muskets.
Sure enough, the next day, just after dawn, the Tatars began to attack. Kashiwa Mountain and Pingdu attacked together.
On the other side of the Cypress Mountain, it was easy to close the entrance to the valley and lay down the cannons and muskets, so that the Tatars could not attack it. And the Tatar army over there didn't seem to want to really attack, but just pretended.
But Pingdu is different. The Tarslavs here are real attackers. Their archers led the way. Close to the distance, start to fire ten thousand arrows.
And the high-bullet side has long been on guard, and in front of the musketeers is a row of strong tall shields. The shield was specially made with a fist-sized hole in the middle of the shield and was used to shoot at the musketeers.
So, they took refuge behind the tall shields and shot at the Tartars through the holes.
A quarter of an hour passed, the Han army was unscathed, and the Tatar army died in large numbers.
Gao Tang stood on a tall military vehicle and saw this scene, and sighed in his heart: "This firearm is powerful!" ”
The Tatars immediately retreated temporarily.
Gao Tang muttered to himself: "General Ben sees what tricks you still have, use them as soon as possible!" The next step is your best cavalry! ”
Sure enough, after an hour's pause, the cavalry finally went into battle. These cavalry were fast and armed with powerful crossbows. It's tough.
"Then the general will entertain you with cannons. Immediately ordered the artillery men to prepare. As soon as the Tarnu cavalry came into range, they immediately opened fire. Gao Tang said.
"Yes, General." A small soldier went down quickly.
Gao Tang said to another soldier: "You go, let the musketeers be behind the cannons, and shoot the cavalry that has not been hit by the shells." ”
The second round of fierce fighting began, and although the first round of Tarnu's bows and arrows was powerful, the Han army had already made a relative defense against the Tarnu's bows and crossbows. Therefore, the end result was that the Han army did not suffer the slightest loss.
The Tarnus beat the war drums, and a platoon of cavalry stood in front. Then came a long horn. I saw that the platoon of cavalry rushed out at the same time, like a beast out of the slaughter, unstoppable.
And the artillery on Gaotang's side has already been loaded with shells.
Boom, boom.
The sound of bows and arrows of the Tatar cavalry and the artillery of the Han army suddenly resounded for nine days.
I saw a cannonball fall into the ranks of the Tatar cavalry. A few fierce neighing of war horses were heard, and more than a dozen cavalrymen fell to the ground one after another.
However, the speed of the cavalry was really fast, and in the blink of an eye, a large number of cavalry were close at hand.
Gao Tang was fighting against this Tarslav cavalry for the first time, and he couldn't help but be surprised by this lightning speed. As the distance got closer, the bows and crossbows of those cavalry increased in power.
I watched as several gunners were killed by arrows coming from the gaps in their shields. This other gunner is almost going to fill the position. However, the distance of this cavalry is close, and the artillery has to adjust its range. Gao Tang immediately ordered to lower the gun head and continue firing. He also ordered the musketeers in steel armor to step forward and stop the Tatar cavalry that was rushing over.
The cannon that lowered the head of the gun directly bombarded the rushing Tatar cavalry, and another piece of war horses fell to the ground. But the Tarnu cavalry was undaunted, and continued to charge forward, shooting the powerful crossbow at the same time.
The musketeers had to go up to the front of the artillery. For a moment, loud gunfire rang out across the plain.
The Tatar cavalry couldn't help but attack with great speed, and the bows and crossbows in their hands were also very accurate. I saw that more than a dozen musketeers were hit by bows and crossbows. The dozen or so bodies suddenly flew backwards.
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