Chapter 111: Brand Sword Fang
In order to be able to win this battle, he borrowed 10,000 shackles from southern Xinjiang, these are the special troops of several tribes living in the mountains further south in the Yongchang area, they do not wear clothes, and their bodies are smeared with dyes of various colors, but this does not mean that they have poor defense.
In fact, these fangs have lived in the mountains and forests like wild beasts since they were young, they rarely bathed since they were born, there is a layer of old skin on their bodies, sometimes they are more effective than armor, they are brave in the wilderness like savages, and they are not afraid of death.
The bumpy road seriously limited the action of the Shu army, but for these savage-like soldiers, it was like walking on the ground, and in the first battle, Ding Li's five thousand soldiers and horses were almost defeated, and in the face of these beast-like barbarians, the soldiers were a little frightened.
This was the first time on the battlefield that the brute soldiers had gained an advantage.
After a quarter of an hour of fighting, the Han army had a tendency to collapse, and these savages seemed to know the pain and fear, even if a knife opened a hole in them, blood flowed, as long as they did not die, these savages would attack wildly.
"Lord, the last general is incompetent!" Ding Li returned to the barracks and said to Ye Zhao with a look of shame, this battle was well-equipped and well-trained Shu army, and was defeated by the enemy head-on in the first encounter, even if the other party had many soldiers, but this was not an excuse for failure.
"It's not your fault." Ye Zhao shook his head at the previous battle, he saw it clearly in the watchtower, and saw that Ding Li was depressed, and comforted: "Now what we are facing can no longer be called people, but a group of beasts, or beasts that don't know the pain and fear, if it is replaced by others, including me, the situation will not change in any way." ”
Ding Li was silent, and the generals in the tent were also silent, they were all characters killed on the battlefield, and it was the first time they had encountered this kind of army that didn't know what fear was, Ye Zhao was right, even if he was as proud as Guan Yu, when he encountered such a force, he would feel a headache.
"Lord, the thief army is strong, our army must not be restrained, the minister thinks, when the camp is guarded, wait for the thief army to run out, you can do something!" Huang Quan bowed towards Ye Zhao and said.
Ye Zhao nodded and said: "According to Gongheng's words, close the camp, and if the thief army comes to attack, only force it back with bows and arrows!" ”
"The Han people are nothing more than that!" On the other side, in Meng Huo's camp, Meng Huo is drinking with several barbarian leaders, unlike Jianning, Yongchang, Yuewang, and Yuewang are mainly barbarians, and there are not many Han people, if they are not forced to do so, the Han people do not like to go to that barren land to beg for a living, although the three counties are equipped with Taishou, but it is nothing, especially in recent years, the Han family has declined, and the imperial court's control over the place has become weaker and weaker. A group of barbarian leaders want to raise troops, and these people can only cooperate, otherwise they will be the first to die.
"It's a pity that Duo Silai's soft egg chose to surrender to the Han people!" One of the cave owners said dismissively.
In fact, everyone also knows that this grievance is not Duo Silai, Ba Na Cave is in the territory of Jianning, the last battle, Ba Na Cave is the main force, the impact of successive defeats, Duo Si Lai lost not just a shrine, the warriors in the cave suffered a lot of casualties, plus Meng Shu strategic retreat, but the root of Ba Na Cave is under Ye Zhao's nose, several conflicts and battles, which made Ba Na Cave even worse, and Ye Zhao also cut off the trade with Ba Na Cave.
At that time, Duo Silai asked Meng Shu and others for help, but at that time, the soldiers and horses could not be gathered, and Meng Shu did not dare to go up, for fear of being defeated by Ye Zhao, so he could only give up Duo Silai.
But even so, the surrender of Ba Na Cave still made many people dissatisfied.
"Thirty-six holes, like a plate of loose sand, I think it's time to elect a king to lead my thirty-six caves in southern Xinjiang." A cave master.
When Meng Shu heard this, his eyes lit up, and then he disappeared without speaking, although the Yi people are a big clan in Nanzhong, but Meng Huo is not the leader of the Yi people, even if he wants to choose the barbarian king now, it will not be his turn.
Several cave masters argued a few words, no one could convince anyone, the matter of the barbarian king, it would be over, this is the result that Meng Shu is willing to see, but it is indeed a problem to cooperate and fight together, and there is no way to unify the command, for example, now the group of savage troops from the south of southern Xinjiang cannot cooperate in combat, if they send troops together, those savages will attack together with friendly troops.
However, Ye Zhao has been unable to defend the camp, which also gives a group of barbarian leaders a headache, although the fangs are powerful, but they are not copper-skinned and iron-clad, the bows and arrows of the Han people are powerful, and they will die a lot, they will also be afraid, and they can't send patrols to suppress them like ordinary troops, in a hurry, these fangs will directly attack all outsiders who block them, including friendly troops.
Ye Zhao has been closed all the time, staring at the camp for ten days, and the fangs who were still dancing their teeth and claws at the beginning have become accustomed to this offensive mode after a long time, and have become slack.
"My lord, at this time, those barbarian soldiers are already decadent and have lost their sharpness, but there is a chance to send troops?" On the watchtower, Huang Quan saw that the other party was no longer as violent as before, so he retreated from the watchtower and found Ye Zhao and asked.
"It's pretty much it." Ye Zhao nodded, looked at the generals and said, "But I'm not going to fight only these brutes, Yun Chang." ”
"The last general!" Guan Yu got up and bowed.
"Lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, make a detour and attack the main camp of the barbarian army, they see that we have not come out for many days, the barbarians in front of this battalion are so slack, and the garrison of the main camp in the rear will inevitably be lax, you lead the army to bypass the barbarians in front of the battalion and directly attack the main camp of the enemy." Ye Zhao handed an arrow to Guan Yudao.
"The last general commands!" Guan Yu gave the order to retreat.
"Ding Li, Gan Ning, Guan Hai!" Ye Zhao took out three more arrows.
"The last general!" The three generals stepped forward when they heard this.
"The hour is almost when this group of barbarians attack, Ding Li and Guan Hai each lead two thousand soldiers and horses to go out from both sides, and when the barbarians attack the camp, wait for my order, order together, attack and kill from both sides, Gan Ning led two thousand men and horses to attack the enemy's rear, and the enemy army does not need to return to the camp after the rout, directly cover and kill, and cooperate with Yun Chang to strangle the enemy's main camp." Ye Zhao handed the three arrows to the three of them and said in a deep voice: "In this battle, we must break the enemy army in one go." ”
"Whoa!" The three generals agreed, and each took the order.
A quarter of an hour later, the Southern Barbarian Fangs attacked the city as before, and Ye Zhao commanded the troops to defend the camp.
"If General Guan wants to go to the enemy camp, he needs to make a detour of at least ten miles, even if he marches in a hurry and is not discovered by the enemy, it will take more than an hour!" Huang Quan frowned and calculated, "Lord, General Ding, when will they start?" ”
"There's no hurry." Ye Zhao looked at the fangs who were screaming and pounced, casually stuffed a piece of wooden stick into the mouth of a fang, and said to Huang Quan: "The more fierce the fight here, the more lax the defense of the barbarian army camp will be, give them some sweetness today!" ”
"The meaning of the lord is ......" Huang Quan was a little puzzled.
"Let them break through the walled gate!" Ye Zhao stepped back from the walled wall and said.
"If this is the case, I am afraid that the morale will collapse, and before the three armies can be killed, our army's camp will be broken first!" Huang Quan frowned and said, this fraud is not something that can be played casually, in history, how many frauds finally turned into real failures.
"No, it won't!" Ye Zhao shook his head and ordered the Divine Engineer Battalion to start building a second improvised line of defense behind the wall.
According to the offensive rhythm of the past ten days, in half an hour, the fangs almost retreated, but today, the cave master who was responsible for commanding the fangs was pleasantly surprised to find that the defense of the Shu army camp seemed to be a lot weaker, and from time to time there were fangs rushing up to the wall, although they were quickly driven down, but this group of Shu troops seemed to have reached the limit, and similar things frequently appeared, so that the commander of the cave master couldn't help but have greed in his heart, and wanted to capture the village in one go.
"Click~"
The bolt blocking the gate was suddenly broken, a large number of fangs swarmed in, and the soldiers defending on the wall saw that the gate was broken, and suddenly lost their fighting spirit and began to retreat.
"Kill~" The cave master was overjoyed, and hurriedly rushed in with the fangs, but just rushed into the gate, he saw that there was a low wall behind the gate, and the cold crossbow arrows poked out of the cracks in the fence.
"Put!" The Ling Banner in Ye Zhao's hand waved down fiercely, and a row of crossbow arrows broke through the air, enough to shoot through the arrow cluster of plate armor one hundred and eighty steps away, in such a short distance, the power was even more terrifying, one arrow cluster could pierce the corpses of two fangs, even if the fangs were holding shields, they could not block these extremely penetrating crossbow arrows, and they fell down in pieces.
"Shoot the arrows!" Seeing that a large number of fangs began to retreat, Ye Zhao waved his hand, and an archer who had already prepared quickly took off his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow into the sky.
The sharp whistle sounded throughout the four fields, Ding Li and Guan Hai, who had already been lying on both sides, led the crowd to kill, these fangs attacked very fiercely, but once the morale was damaged, they lost their sharpness, and they fled in a chaotic manner, plus they were frightened, they were even more manic, and even began to attack their own people, and were easily cut off by Guan Hai and Ding Li, and Gan Ning led the army to attack behind the enemy, and a group of fangs were intercepted before and after, and the army was in turmoil, and began to run wildly in the direction of no one.
Ye Zhao rode out, looked at these headless wild people who were chased away by them like flies, shook his head and smiled: "It's really a group of beasts." ”
Even if the Han army is defeated, although it will be panicked, it will not be so crowded together, which reminds Ye Zhao of the wild horses driven by the Hu people on the grassland, Xianbei and Wuhuan all used this way to capture a large number of war horses, and Ye Zhao was not ready to capture, after the fang soldiers were completely defeated, he personally commanded the army to cover from the rear, and constantly commanded the archers to shoot these fang soldiers and drive them to the barbarian camp.