Chapter 190: Winning Before I Tried Hard
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After many days of trekking, Long Xiang's army maintained a good marching state, and finally came to a depression thirty miles away from the Huangshui Department. The scouts of the right battalion were scattered in all directions, just waiting for news.
Sure enough, an hour later, a scout hurried back and reported: "Governor, the Huangshui Department is indeed thirty miles away, and there are about five or six thousand people. Our people have not revealed their whereabouts. β
"Haha!" Zhang Jun laughed, pointed at Wang Meng and Zhou Tong with a horsewhip: "Two generals, the governor of Pontus depends on you!" β
Wang Meng and Zhou Tong looked at each other and smiled, and both crossed their hands to lead the order: "Governor, wait for a while, our Longxiang army soldiers will not be subordinate for you!" β
With that, a low trumpet sounded over the vast meadows, followed by the rumbling hooves of horses beating on the bare sandy ground, and the three thousand horsemen swooped down on the Huangshui Headquarters.
In the Huangshui Department, the young leader Jiang De was practicing foot shooting, and the target was a Liang sergeant who was tied to a wooden stake. A fist-sized fruit was placed on top of the soldier's head, and Jiang De was standing thirty paces away, aiming.
Foot archery practice relies on a stable mind and sensitivity to the environment, such as breathing, heartbeat, wind speed, etc., as long as the slightest mistake can be a thousand miles wrong. Today is a nice day with a clear breeze and a very cool breeze. The only thing that made him dissatisfied was that the pawns of the Liang Army kept scolding, he was so chaotic, Jiang De had to aim hard.
He planned to exchange all these captives as meat stamps for scarce supplies, such as tea, salt, ironware, etc., which were all in short supply in the tribe. So it's easy not to cause harm, at most to beat and scold or starve for a few meals.
As for whether Liang Jun would retaliate, Jiang De didn't consider it at all. According to the rules of the plateau, the looted goods are mine, unless you take them back. But in Jiang De's understanding, the Han army could not reach the plateau at all, and they would rather pay a ransom than fight, because it would cost more to fight.
Even if the soldiers and horses of the Han people come, what can they do, will the eagles on my dignified plateau still be afraid of the weak Han'er?
Yelang is arrogant, that's what he said. Jiang De, who has never left the Qinghai Plateau in his life, does not know how vast this world is. He thought he was a plateau eagle, but what he didn't expect was that Zhang Jun had a shuang divine shot - if you eat him, you will not only have to spit it out, but also give interest.
Just when Jiang De lost patience and wanted to shoot this dishonest cool pawn to death, the ground suddenly shook slightly. People who live on horseback all year round are familiar with this situation, and the ground only shakes when a large number of horses pass by, and there is simply no other force near their tribe that can have so many horses. So this means that there is a large cavalry army of unknown origin approaching!
"Enemy attack!"
The sound of piercing roars rang out, and then the gong of the tribe struck, and countless people came out of the tents, stables, and meadows, and with great speed picked up their weapons, threw themselves onto their mounts, and rushed towards the sound of horses' hooves, which was getting closer and closer.
"The head man, there are three thousand horsemen who come, and the sound of hooves is very heavy, and they should all be wearing armor!" An older herdsman lay on the ground, pressed his ear to the ground, listened carefully for a moment, and then got up to report.
This is where the old herders have the advantage, they may not have a strong body and a lot of energy, but they have the most valuable thing - experience.
Jiang De couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that there were only three thousand people on the other side. There are more than 6,000 mouths in the Huangshui Department, of which no less than 4,000 can fight, and if there are only 3,000 people who come to attack, he will not pay attention to them. But what the old herdsman said next "all in armor" really made Jiang De gasp.
Tuyuhun was extremely short of iron weapons, most of the armor was leather, and the weapons were varied, and few were made of steel or good iron. If everyone on the other side is wearing armor, it is definitely not the belongings that the Tuyuhun tribes can save, it must be Han'er who came to the door to ask for the crime!
"Bring me my sword and bow!" As soon as Jiang De stretched out his hand, a servant respectfully offered it. He turned over and stepped onto the war horse brought by the slave, carried the bow and arrow behind his back, raised his sword in his hand, and shouted: "Sons, meet with me!" "Shout out, and come out of the crowd.
The knights of the Huangshui Department also followed, and although the more than 4,000 people did not have any formation, the momentum of the rush was also very huge.
Smoke and dust rose from afar, Zhang Jun reined in his mount and instructed Zhou Tongdao: "Erbu went around behind the enemy and went straight to his camp, in order to rescue the personnel of the Chamber of Commerce, and when everything was completed, he raised a fire to signal." β
Zhou Tong commanded: "No! The Metropolitan Governor can rest assured that his humble duties will definitely not disgrace his mission! β
"Go ahead!" Zhang Jun gave an order, and after the 2,000 men and horses of the right battalion of the Longxiang army disappeared, he then ordered: "The heavy cavalry of the left battalion of Longxiang will seize the high and low formations to meet the enemy!" β
After the battle of Baiyun Dao, Zhang Jun has already tasted the sweetness of attacking back and forth, waiting for work, and this time is naturally no exception. I saw the heavy cavalry slow down their horses, run up a small hill in a neat formation, and then dismount one after another to feed their mounts with water.
Besides, Jiang De led his troops to run far away, but saw that there were only 1,000 men and horses on the opposite side, so he called the old herdsman and asked: "There are only 1,000 enemy troops here, where are the 3,000 men and horses from?" β
The old herdsman was also a little confused, he obviously heard that it was 3,000 horses, why did he suddenly lose 2,000, could it really be that he was old? So he replied stubbornly: "Han'er is cunning, he must have used some suspicious tactics to intimidate us." β
"Hahahaha!" Jiang De laughed wildly, pointed at the Liang army opposite with a horsewhip, and mocked: "Just a thousand people and horses, dare to come here to spread wild, do the people of Liangzhou think that their meat tickets are not enough?" β
As soon as these words were spoken, the knights around them also burst into laughter.
Liang Jun was still a mile away, Zhang Jun turned sideways and asked the guide, "What are they shouting again?" β
The guide looked embarrassed, can't he tell the Metropolitan Governor that they are greeting your ancestor for the eighteenth generation? I had to say hesitantly: "The barbarians on the other side are disrespectfulγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
The generals were furious when they heard this, but Zhang Jun laughed out loud and shouted to the cavalry of the Liang Army behind him: "Brothers, let's scold back!" β
In this way, before the two sides made a move, they first began to curse the street from a distance of one mile.
In fact, the purpose of Zhang Jun's move is very simple, that is, to wait for the fire in the backyard of the Qiang thief, and then wave his troops to cover up the killing, which will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. Jiang De didn't know the reason for this, and thought that Liang Jun was cowardly, so he instructed the next warrior who could speak a few words of obscene Chinese: "You go to the front of the battle to provoke, if there is a Liang general who comes out to answer, take the opportunity to sneak attack and kill him!" β
The Qiang people don't have any rules that the two armies will not fight each other, and they have won everything on the premise, if they can take the opportunity to win the first move, the victory will naturally be greater.
In the Liang army array, I saw a very stout man on the opposite side running out on a horse, standing in the center and continuing to scold, Zhang Jun said: "Who cut this fang for this governor?" β
As soon as the words fell, I heard a loud shout: "Some-and-so!" β
When I looked closely, it turned out that Wang Meng came out with a gun and ran out like a whirlwind. The so-called Huangshui warrior was scolding vigorously, but he saw a general on the opposite side rushing out, and was about to raise the speed of the horse to meet the battle, but unexpectedly, Wang Meng took advantage of the excellent terrain of the Western Regions horse and the downhill swooping terrain, and came to the front in a blink of an eyeγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ».
Wang Meng continued to castrate, and rushed straight to fifty paces in front of the enemy with his gun to carry the corpse of the Huangshui warrior to a distance of fifty paces before stopping, he took advantage of the momentum and forced, and then stuck the gun on the ground, and shouted with his hair open: "Who will fight me again?" β
But seeing that the Huangshui Tribe's array was silent, they had long been stunned by the sudden change. A large part of them didn't even see what was happening, and it was terrible that the best warriors in the tribe were nailed to the ground with spears.
Seeing that no one was fighting, Wang Mengshi turned his horse's head and rode back with such a swagger, ushering in the cheers of the Long Xiang army. Zhang Jun also slapped the other party's chest and praised: "What a fierce man!" β
"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! β
"Da Liang is mighty!"
"The Metropolitan Governor is mighty!"
The soldiers shouted excitedly, and Zhang Jun grabbed Wang Meng's hand and raised it to signal to the whole army, so that the cheers were higher and the morale was greatly increased.
On the other hand, on the side of the Huangshui Department, there is a dead silence. Jiang De narrowed his eyes, staring at the person with the most gorgeous and delicate armor on the opposite side, and said in his heart, he must be the young general of Da Liang. Wait for me to capture him alive and see how arrogant he is!
Just as he was about to raise his hand to give the order to attack, he heard a terrible horn sound from behind, and then more than a dozen bloodied subordinates ran desperately, shouting: "Leader, the Liang army rushed into the tribe, kill people when they see them, and prevent fire everywhere!" β
Jiang De was instantly struck by lightning and was stunned on the spot, and the four thousand knights behind him were also in chaos, some wanted to stay for a decisive battle, some were eager to go home to save people and put out fires, and some simply sat on horseback, not knowing what to do.
After all, Jiang De is still a young leader, he not only lacks military experience, but also has no experience in regular combat at all. In his imagination, war is fought after two sides meet until one side dies or surrenders.
But the development of things so far was completely unexpected by him. Why did you lose before you even started fighting?
The rear burst into flames, and Jiang De's heart was like a knife. If the loss of the old and weak, women and children, cattle and sheep is too great, it will be a catastrophe for the tribes on the plateau. Even if you can barely survive the cold winter, you can't escape the carving up of the surrounding tribes! It was because of this that he made a decision that he regretted for the rest of his lifeγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»
"Withdraw! Remove! β
After the order was given, the orderly retreat did not take place, and the four thousand people were like headless flies, and they scattered in a hurry, going their separate ways, as if they were defeated! Jiang De was dumbfounded, how could he have thought that if the army could not gradually leave the battlefield in an orderly manner when the rear was unstable, there would only be a rout.
Generally speaking, if one of the two armies retreats when they face each other, the rear team should become the front team, and the front team will stay behind and then maintain the formation in batches and slowly withdraw. Since ancient times, I don't know how many famous generals have capsized in the gutter when withdrawing the army, such as the Battle of Weishui half a century later, the ability of the Qin Fujian Emperor in the past, but still collapsed without a fight, not to mention the Qiang herdsmen who have not received strict military training?
"Metropolitan Governor, the Qiang thieves are in chaos!" Wang Meng said.
"What's so polite?" Zhang Jun spoke in a very relaxed tone, this kind of "you will be defeated before I use my strength" like a battle, there is really no fun at all, he immediately whipped his finger and ordered: "The whole army attack!" β
The horn of the charge sounded, and the battle began as you chased and fled. It was not the resistance of the Qiang that caused trouble for the Long Xiang army, but the fact that they were too scattered because they were in a hurry to go home and take a shortcut.
Therefore, the cavalry of the Liang army drove the "sheep" to one place like a herdsman, and when the sound of horses' hooves gradually stopped, more than 4,000 people of the Huangshui Department were surrounded in a very small area by a thousand heavy cavalry of the left battalion of the Longxiang army and a thousand men and horses of Zhou Tong's division who came to support them when there were less than 100 dead and wounded.
The knights of the Liang army held their spears and forced the Qiang people back until they were almost unable to squeeze in before stopping. As for Jiang De, the head of the Huangshui Department, he was also unable to move. All around are dense and shining spear tips, as long as there is a slight movement, a shot can penetrate five or six people.
Zhang Jun only approached under the protection of the guards at this time, looking at the tattered leather armor, rusty weapons, and plateau red on the cheeks of the Qiang people of the Huangshui Ministry, he really had no sense of accomplishment at all. With such an opponent, a thousand people in the Long Xiang army can defeat 10,000. Especially the weapons of the Qiang people, there is no standard weapon at all, it is completely based on personal preferences to create strange shapes, even stone tools!
At this time, a young voice sounded, but Zhang Jun couldn't understand it at all. He followed the sound and saw that it was a young man who was slightly older than himself, so he turned his head and asked the guide, "What is he shouting?" β
The guide smiled bitterly and said, "Governor Dadu, this is Jiang De, the head of the Huanghuang Water Department. He just said, "You are not a true warrior, and you cannot win γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
"Oh?" Zhang Jun raised his interest, asked the soldiers to pull Jiang De out, and said to the guide: "You ask him, did he order to rob my Da Liang's belongings?" β
The guide said a few words in the local dialect of the Qiang people, and Jiang De yelled in response.
The guide nodded to Zhang Jun and said, "Governor, he said that anyone who passes through the Huangshui Department, whether it is a goshawk in the sky or a horse running on the ground, is the property of their Huangshui Department, so how can he say that he is plundering?" β
"Hahahaha!" Zhang Jun raised his head and laughed, it was the first time he had heard such a robber remark. But the bandits' remarks are proportional to their own strength, and it is obvious that the Qiang people do not meet the conditions. He said with a smile: "The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." Tuyuhun is also a vassal of my Great Jin Dynasty, how can you be so ashamed of the people of the mountains and wilderness? β
After the guide translated, Jiang De argued: "I am not convinced, unless you defeat me in a dignified manner!" β
After hearing this, Zhang Jun was also interested, took out the saber he carried, and returned Jiang De's ring head knife to him, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Pontus Governor will play with you!" β