Chapter 60: The Battle of the Mud River (1)
That night, the main force of the Huaxia Army, under the command of Hu Zhen, bypassed the defense area of the Wanna Army, and marched to the muddy river thirty miles away from Qingyan Village by moonlight, and at the same time sent a few more prisoners to report to Gunatir, saying that they would choose to fight in the muddy river.
The Wanna Army already knew that the Huaxia Army was going to choose a place for a decisive battle, and did not block its movements, but only sent men and horses to closely monitor the flanks of the Huaxia Army to prevent the Huaxia Army from suddenly running away.
After receiving the information that the Huaxia army was dispatched, Gunatil was in a good mood, and his wounds were no longer painful, and he was able to walk on the ground by himself, and he wanted to personally command the whole army to march towards the muddy river.
But Rasd stopped Gunatir and whispered in his ear: "Great King, in addition to the decisive battle with the Huaxia army, we will also send a detachment of men and horses to do one thing!" β
Knowing that this Rusd had always been resourceful, Gounatir stopped and asked, "What else do we have to do?" β
"King, have you forgotten that the purpose of our coming here this time is to capture Qingyan Village?"
"Ahh My high priest, do you mean that at the time of the decisive battle, you will also send a detachment of men and horses to quietly go to capture Qingyan Village? β
"Yes, the king is really wise and martial, at this time Qingyan Village must be empty in defense, maybe in addition to a little bit of troops, there are some women, children and old people left there to support the faΓ§ade, no matter whether we defeat the Huaxia Army or draw with them in the muddy river, we will take Qingyan Village."
But in fact, what Rusde was thinking in his heart was to disperse the forces of Wanna's army, so that the Huaxia army could create opportunities and create opportunities for his own plans.
In Gunatir's mind, the most disadvantaged of Vanna's 20,000 army was to draw with the Huaxia army, and he never thought that Wanna's army would be defeated, so he didn't take the division of troops seriously.
That night, the king of Wannatu, Gunatir, issued an order to follow the Huaxia army to the muddy river and prepare for a decisive battle with the Huaxia army tomorrow.
Wanna's 20,000 horses, from different tribes, commanded by different chiefs, were chaotic and extremely inefficient when directing transfers. After Gounatir issued the order, the heralds did not even know where some of the horses were stationed, and in the darkness of the night, they could not find it, and it took most of the night to deliver an order to the ministries.
And the departments were disturbed by people in the middle of the night, and their hearts were not happy, and it took several hours to reluctantly act, and they continued to grind until dawn to complete the arrangement.
In the middle of the night, a group of more than 1,000 people led by Gunatir's cronies quietly touched towards Qingyan Village, lurking on the edge of Qingyan Village less than four miles before dawn, only waiting for dawn, when the decisive battle of the mud river started, they suddenly killed and captured Qingyan Village.
The rest of the Vana army advanced to the muddy river but it was very difficult, at most three hours away, the narrow road was crowded with people, the native soldiers rushed and pushed each other, causing a big fight between different small tribesmen, and finally it was Gunatir who ordered to shoot and suppress the dozen and a dozen fights.
In the middle of the night, there was already a Wanna army chasing the Huaxia army into the muddy river, but most of the Wanna soldiers and horses did not appear slowly until dawn, and when the whole army arrived, it was not until noon, and its slowness could be described as a snail crawling.
However, the Huaxia Army was superior and advanced in its establishment, and its operational efficiency was extremely high, and when the order arrived, the commanders at all levels immediately led their troops into action, and in the first half of the night, the whole army rushed to the muddy river, and built positions overnight to prepare for a decisive battle.
But Gunatir was not concerned about his slow action, but was proud, he thought that the noisy army action had covered the more than 1,000 elites he sent to attack Qingyan Village, no matter what, his army had won the battle, and the Huaxia army had no choice but to fail.
However, when Gunatil saw the position of the Huaxia Army, he was taken aback: "How did you dig it like this, what about the people, where are the people hiding?" Did they all run away? β
It turned out that the whole army of the Huaxia Army worked together to dig and build a systematic trench system by the muddy river, and all the personnel were hidden in the trench.
Now except for the sentry post hiding to monitor the movements of the Wanna army, the rest of the personnel are resting according to Hu Zhen's order in order to save physical strength. No wonder Gunatir couldn't see where the brigade of the Huaxia Army was.
Listening to a group of subordinates swearing poisonously on their chests to ensure that none of the Huaxia army escaped, Gunatir carefully observed the position of the Huaxia army.
This is a place where two rivers meet, the position of the Huaxia Army is in the triangle between the two rivers, with its back downstream, and the flanks and backs are two endless rivers, although the back and flanks are difficult to be impacted by the enemy, but once defeated, if the front is closed by the enemy in the upper reaches of the river, there is basically no chance to escape.
Gunatil really couldn't understand why the Huaxia army wanted to build a position in a dead place where there was nowhere to escape, and let it attack by itself?
Looking closely at the positions that the Chinese army has excavated and turned out countless new earth, the length of which has reached three kilometers, Gunatil is even more incomprehensible: if you want to fight, you will fight, why do you dig so many dirt trenches, do these Chinese know that they are about to die, do they want to dig a good grave for themselves in advance?
"Hmph, natives are natives, and it took nine hours to walk in three hours! If such an army does not fail, there is really no heavenly reason! β
When Gunatir was laughing at the Huaxia Army, there were also people in the Huaxia Army laughing at the entire Wanna indigenous army, which was Liang Kunri, the commander of the second detachment of the Huaxia Army.
After constructing a temporary position, the commander-in-chief Hu Zhen ordered the whole army to rest and replenish their physical strength to prepare for the big battle, and many people fell asleep after lying down, but where could Liang Kunri, who was waiting for the big war, still sleep, he kept holding a telescope to observe the probe of the Wan Na army, and sneered from time to time.
"Why haven't you rested?"
Liang Kunri looked back and found that it was Hu Zhen and Su Wenzhen who came, and immediately responded: "I'm standing guard!" β
"Come on, you're standing guard like this!" Hu Zhen sneered, patted Liang Kunri on the shoulder, and asked, "How do you see the situation on the other side?" β
"I thought it was three poles in the sun, and the natives on the opposite side should have arrived to attack, but who knew that it was almost noon, and those natives were still coming endlessly, and I don't know when it would be an end!"
Su Wenzhen shook his head: "Aha, the natives are really what the Chinese here say, they are lazy and lazy, they rob the Chinese if they can't make money, and even fighting is this virtue!" β
Hu Zhen nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then let's just let everyone eat lunch first!" β
"Okay, I'll arrange for the herald to go down immediately, and we'll have lunch first!" Su Wenzhen immediately turned around and ran to order the detachments to arrange lunch.
After a while, the smoke of cooking rose from the position of the Huaxia army, and the fragrance of meat, vegetables and rice wafted into the formation of the Wanna army, making the tribal soldiers with dry lips and hungry smells it, and their hearts are irritable for no reason.