Chapter 355: Ambush the Pursuers
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"Haha, this battle is so happy, it's been a long time since I've been so comfortable." Jiao Ting laughed, his body was covered with blood, and the forty-pound sledgehammer was full of red and white things, and he didn't mean anything. The eighty soldiers who came with him were no better, all blood-stained robes.
Chao Gai said: "Follow me and you won't have too many opportunities to fight, the three military advisors strictly restrict me from taking risks, or let you bring a battalion of soldiers, so that you can often fight." ”
Jiao Ting hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, I know my own affairs, I'm just a pro-soldier, it's not possible for me to lead the troops independently, I'll just follow my brother." ”
Soon the results of the battle were counted, this battle annihilated 450 enemies, all killed, not a single prisoner, to say that although these people were raided, but still desperately counterattacked, our side killed 20 people, wounded 30 people. 11,000 horses were seized, all of them medium-sized horses, of which at least 5,000 were adult horses, and most of the others were foals of one or two years old.
Chao Gai said: "This battle is a great victory, everyone has worked hard. The bones of the fallen soldiers were cremated on the spot, and the belongings and ashes of the dead soldiers were brought back. ”
Yuan Lang said: "Yes, I'm going to prepare, how to deal with the corpses of the enemy, whether to show the heads to the public." ”
"Although it is an enemy, it is a respectable pair, leave the corpse and arrange it, let them deal with it by their own people."
Not far from the racecourse, the soldiers piled up twenty piles of dry firewood, and on the miàn were the bodies of the fallen soldiers.
Chao Gai, Yuan Lang, Jiao Ting, Luo Yun, Jin Ding, and other soldiers. The two Taoist priests took the dust and chattered, the soul returned, the soul returned. The fallen soldiers have ascended to heaven and enjoy endless glory and wealth. However, the chanting of hòu transcends the undead, and of course, this kind of scripture on the battlefield is very short. Originally, the habit of the Central Plains people was to be buried in the ground, and if the battlefield environment permitted, Chao Gai would also let people arrange for the burial of the dead soldiers, but in this case, it was impossible to bury in the hinterland of the enemy country.
Chao Gai said: "Send comrades-in-arms, salute." ”
Brush and brush, everyone saluted, and the Taoist priest lit the fire. The fire burned quickly, and in a moment the dust returned to dust.
There is still an hour before dawn, the men are busy early, the food is very simple mutton hot pot, although the pasture is dominated by horses, but the defenders want to eat, there are thousands of sheep, the men killed many sheep, the mutton is cut into thin slices, hang up dozens of pots, boil boiling water, add ingredients, the soldiers surround the cauldron, put the meat slices in the pot, the meat is very thin, it is cooked quickly, so that the taste is fast, everyone is full, the war is not more than others, the physical consumption is great.
As soon as the sky was bright, the horn of the camp sounded, Yuan Lang personally led hundreds of soldiers to drive the horses forward, Chao Gai took the golden tripod and the rear of the pro-team.
It is not easy to drive horses, especially this kind of tens of thousands of war horses, the horses run up and trample the turf, the dust covers the sky, and the scene is a spectacular mess.
Liu Tang and the others in front found out that the horse team was coming, Liu Tang and the others were overjoyed, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng and the others had green eyes, as if they had seen a wolf with meat.
Guo Sheng said: "My God, this is Ma Hai, overwhelming." ”
Lu Fang said: "It's really 10,000 soldiers without bounds, this can't be more than 10,000 horses, our heavy cavalry team can be well expanded." ”
Liu Tang said: "You two don't think about it, this is to be used as a stallion to expand the horse herd." ”
While chatting, the herald said, and said to Liu Tang: "Battalion Commander Liu, Chao regiment training order, lead your department to get out of the way, Yuan Lang's department drives the horses through, and your department and Chao regiment practice rounds to carry out the task of breaking off." ”
"Yes, we'll prepare." Liu Tang said.
The arduous task came, Liu Tang, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng led three thousand cavalry to bypass the horses and go to the back to fight Chao Gai and others.
At this time, Chao Gai had already asked Jin Ding, who was in charge of the palace just now, to go and round with Yuan Lang.
Waiting for the horses to pass, Chao Gai and Liu Tang and others converged, and stopped after walking forward for more than ten miles, here is a mountain col, the terrain of two mountains and a ditch, the mountain beam in this area is not comparable to the big mountainous area, in fact, it can only be regarded as a slope, there is no problem for people to rush up, but it is difficult for the war horse to rush up, after all, it is not so easy to take people uphill. The col is also very wide, more than 150 meters.
This was the intended place for the ambush, with the light cavalry on the slopes on both sides and the heavy cavalry in the col.
Chao Gai took the map and spread it out on the grass, and the people in charge of the broken general gathered around. Chao Gai said: "The black eagle Cong instigated us to rob the war horses of the Jin people from the beginning, and there is a huge tribe in the southeast of the Wulala Racecourse, called the Donghai tribe, which is a tribe belonging to the four princes of the Jin country. ”
Chao Wei then said: "This Donghai tribe is the elite tribe of the Jin Kingdom, and it produces elite soldiers. This tribe has been seven or eight hundred miles to the south, but this year the grassland locust plague there is more serious, and the cattle and horses can't eat enough, so they have nomadic herding to this area. There are tens of thousands of people in this tribe, and almost all children over the age of ten and men under the age of fifty are warriors. ”
Liu Tang said: "I'll just say that the black eagle of this dog day is not well-intentioned, if you bite the elephant to death, how can a tribe of tens of thousands of people have four or five thousand combat power." ”
Chao Gai smiled: "Don't worry, the nomads are different from our farms, the tribal branches on the Fierce Ox Grassland are very scattered, the same here." The branch of the Donghai tribe is at least two or three hundred miles, and the matter of the Ulala Racecourse has been rumored to be at least today's matter, and they will definitely organize people to come as soon as possible, and it would be good to have a thousand people at most. They have a thousand hard workers to attack from afar, and we have three thousand to work for, and the winner and defeat can be quickly distinguished. ”
"I see, let's hurry up and set up the fortifications." Liu Tang said.
Chao Gai said: "You arrange the fortifications, I will check, the principle is to reduce the casualties to the minimum, although we have an advantage in numbers, but after all, there are more recruits, and there is too little actual combat experience." ”
Liu Tang received the order and began to arrange, don't look at Liu Tang's comprehension is not too high, but it can be regarded as medium, if the three thousand cavalry really hit the enemy and win, they will lose a lot, that is not the result that everyone wants to see, the army is still growing, and fighting a tough battle at this time will leave a shadow.
Makeshift bunkers were built on the ridges on both sides, covered with artemisia grass and the like, and the shooters of the crossbows were at the front, and they were to shoot with precision against the enemy's officer-looking men, although it was not easy to distinguish. This was followed by soldiers with longbows, which were not mounted bows and could only be used for foot combat, so it was still very cost-effective to use them for ambushes. Five hundred soldiers were arranged on each side of the mountain beam, and the other cavalry of the war horses were arranged backwards. A pit was dug in the middle of the mountain, and thirty or forty tripwires were laid in ambush, which were controlled by the mechanism, and as soon as the enemy's cavalry advance entered a part, the tripping ropes immediately rose to block the way for the cavalry to advance and retreat. Bows and arrows were fired on both sides of the mountain beam, and this group of cavalry could destroy half of it, but Hòu Lu Fang led the heavy cavalry to charge, and Liu Tang and Guo Sheng flanked it. Chao Gai led the soldiers to arrange at the end, specifically to catch the big fish that escaped.
"Very well, so be it. It's just that there are more tripping horses, and the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom is extraordinary, and they should be taken very seriously. Chao Gai said.
This time, the task was mainly to grab horses, so the artillery heavy weapons were not brought at all, otherwise the artillery was erected on both sides of the mountain beam, and the artillery was enough to resist the pursuers.
Once the arrangement is complete, the arrangement begins immediately. The cavalrymen were also quite complete, with shovels, axes, and saws with short handles. The work was still very fast, all kinds of tripping ropes, traps, horse rejections, wooden thorns, etc., and I was busy until the afternoon without seeing the enemy coming.
Liu Tang sent several teams of rangers to reconnoiter the situation, and at the same time let Tunu Bear release his eagle as well. Not long after, two eagles were found in the air.
Tunu Bear stared at it with wide eyes and said, "It's not good, they also have scout eagles, bigger than mine." ”
As he spoke, the two eagles looked at each other in the air and began to pinch their eyes, and their feathers flew wildly. The eagle of the Tunu Bear was defeated and fled back towards its master, and the anxious Tunu Bear shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up." ”
But the eagle behind was very close, and although there were many archers on the mountain beam, it was not easy to release the arrows.
At this time, Chao Gai, who was lying in ambush in the nearby grass, rode his horse and bent his bow, and an arrow flew out, poof, and the eagle behind fell in response.
Tunu Xiong said excitedly: "Chao Tuanlian is also a magic arrow." ”
Liu Tang said: "There are many places for Chao Tuan to practice his gods. ”
Chao Gai said: "The eagle of the enemy has exposed us, and I will lead people to lure the enemy." ”
After that, Chao Gai led Jiao Ting, Luo Yun and other personal soldiers to go forward, ran out of three miles, and stopped the war horse steadily. The earth shook to the southwest, and more than a thousand horsemen swarmed in, all dressed in animal skins, armed with scimitars, and carrying curved bows on their backs. There were no flags or trumpets, and I saw the people on Chao Gai's side screaming and screaming.
Chao Wei next to him said: "Here, it's them." Most of them were not equipped with stirrups, so they used to use a scimitar instead of a bow and arrow. ”
Mounted archery was not developed until the Mongol period, and was used as a pre-war appetizer, with only one or two rounds of arrows to kill in one place.
Chao Gai asked, "Are these people fighting in battle?" ”
Chao Wei shook his head: "Although all the people in the Jin Kingdom are soldiers, there are no officers to command the ordinary soldiers, but the warriors in the tribe take the lead, and there is still a difference between fighting with the regular army, so they generally flock to the top." ”
Chao Gai nodded, and motioned for the big guy to get his crossbow bolts ready. Gradually, the number of people was far more than expected to be a thousand, almost more than fifteen hundred.
Sure enough, when the people of the Donghai tribe saw outsiders intruding into their territory, they didn't say anything at all, but just screamed and charged. Chao Gai took the lead with an arrow, shooting an enemy soldier who was running in front of him off his horse, followed by three arrows, shooting a warrior of the Jin Kingdom who was known for his bravery.
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