On August 28, Zhao Ziliang left 3,000 soldiers and horses of Mo Heji, the king of Shiguo, to guard the city of Rose, and he led 2,000 Tang troops and more than 20,000 people from the ten tribes of the Western Turks to set off to Baishui City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the day of the march, Zhao Ziliang got the news from the direction of Baishui City, more than 10,000 people of the Great Food Army stationed in Sogdia and Tocharian were marching towards Baishui City under the leadership of the leading general Daoud, which was only a hundred miles away from Baishui City.

After reading the letter sent by Wei Meng, Zhao Ziliang said to the marching Sima Chen Qing: "General Chuanben will order, the whole army will speed up, and we will rush to Baishui City to camp late at night today!" ”

"No!" Chen Qing agreed, and immediately sent heralds to convey the military orders to the leaders of the various departments.

After the whole army accelerated its march, Zhao Ziliang sent someone to call Wang Can while riding his horse and asked, "Is there any news from Chu Ge?" ”

Wang Can shook his head and said, "General, there is no news from Chu Ge's side for the time being!" ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't make a sound when he heard this, flicked his horsewhip, and rode his horse to speed up and run forward.

At this time, in the middle of the medicine killing water, Chu Ge was leading a thousand Tang army elite cavalry to ambush on the back of a sand dune on the east bank of the medicine killing water, although it had begun to enter late autumn, the temperature of the desert at noon was already very high, and the soldiers were sweating from the scorching sand.

No one made a sound, the horse's mouth was tied up with ropes, and the thirsty soldiers took out water bags from time to time to play with their mouths and poured two mouthfuls of water to quench their thirst, and the water that was drunk soon flowed out through the sweat glands.

At this time, the dull sound of horses' hooves appeared in the ears of Chu Ge and all the Tang army soldiers, Chu Ge climbed the sand dune, showing a head from the top, looking around, only to see a Tang army scout horse galloping quickly, and then look at the rear of the Tang army scout, nothing, he turned his head to look down, his hands propped up, and the whole person slid down the sand dune.

The scout galloped to the bottom of the sand dune, and Chu Ge just slid down, when he heard the knight panting and reported to him: "General Chu, the big cannibal has appeared!" ”

Finally waiting, Chu Ge immediately asked, "How far is it from here, how many men do they still have?" How's the morale? ”

Scout said: "It is not more than fifteen miles away, the number of troops should not exceed 1,200 people, there are more than 800 horses, the morale is low, the opponent's marching speed is extremely slow, it should be a serious shortage of water and food, and no one has to carry the military flag!" ”

Chu Ge listened to the report and said: "The Great Food Army generally has very few infantry, they are all cavalry when they come to attack Sogdia and Shiguo this time, and it is impossible for the infantry left in Henglus City to escape the pursuit of our army, it seems that their four hundred horseless people should have lost their horses in the desert, or killed and eaten their horses because of hunger, so we have to deal with the eight hundred cavalry of the Great Cannibal first, now they are sleepy and short of horses, and when they arrive at the river to drink, we will immediately attack!" Where are the rest of the Scouts? ”

"Captain, they'll be back soon!"

Sure enough, not long after, I saw more than a dozen horsemen slowly moving towards this side, and these scouts moved this way while clearing the horses' hoof prints along the way to prevent the Great Food Army from discovering their tracks.

After Chu Ge listened to the report of the captain of the scout cavalry again, he felt more confident, he ordered everyone to prepare for battle, and without an order, no one was allowed to attack without authorization, and no one was allowed to make a sound.

Although it was only less than fifteen miles, the Great Eater walked for about three hours, which shows how slow the Great Eater Army was marching at this time, and it also proved that they were short of water and food, otherwise the marching speed of the army would not have been so slow, unless the time was deliberately delayed.

At this time, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and the big cannibals came to a distance of two miles from the medicine killing water, and the cavalry of the Great Food Army at the front were already dizzy with thirst at this time, and a white line appeared in their blurred vision, they rubbed their eyes, trying to see clearly what the white line in front of them was, and soon, the white line became a river, and they even heard the sound of the river flowing.

The big cannibal immediately shouted excitedly: "Water, water!" We've arrived at the Yaozhishui River, and we've been saved! ”

When the other cannibals heard this figure, they all ran towards the river with all their might, and those who couldn't run accelerated their pace, and then, most of them shouted excitedly, many of them lost their weapons and armor, and some even disliked the slow walking of the war horse, and jumped off the war horse and ran directly to the river.

Chu Ge lay on the sand dunes and stretched out his head to observe for a while, and then waved his hand to the bottom of the back of the sand dune, and the Tang cavalry below the back of the sand dunes led their war horses to slowly climb up the sand dunes.

The big cannibal, who had already been so thirsty that he almost died, abandoned his vigilance to the clouds after seeing the river at this time, where was there a governor at this time, his eyes were dizzy, his lips were chapped, and the skin on his face was roasted by the sand, and when he heard that he had arrived at the bank of the Yaozhishui River in front of him, he immediately ran towards the river regardless of his image, and several of his personal guards had to hold back their thirst and follow closely.

When most of the big cannibals arrived at the river and were drinking water and playing, Chu Ge immediately waved his hand, and he took the lead in turning over and getting on the horse, and the other Tang generals also got on their horses, he took out his spear, and the Tang generals also took out their long weapons.

"Soldiers, our many days of hard work have finally come to fruition today, victory is just around the corner, rush down with me, kill the big cannibal, and then go back to Whitewater City to eat meat and drink wine!"

All the officers and men of the Tang Army kept raising their weapons and shouted back to the camp: "Good, good, good-"

"Kill-" Chu Ge pointed his spear forward, rode his horse and galloped under the dunes, and the soldiers of the Tang Army on the left and right sides also rushed down the sand dunes together, and rushed towards the big food army who was drinking water by the river two miles away.

Chu Ge rode his horse with a spear and roared: "Said, General Ben has been waiting for a long time, accept your life!" ”

Said, who was drinking water, saw Chu Ge's familiar figure, and was so frightened that he immediately turned over and swam to the middle of the river, and his personal guards also got on their horses and rushed to the river.

The big food army who was drinking water by the river and playing heard the sound of shouting and killing from the side and back, and everyone was suddenly shocked, turned their heads to see, and a large number of Tang cavalry rushed down from the low sand dunes behind the side, and these Tang cavalry rushed down the sand dunes, and the speed became faster and faster, and the originally very loose formation quickly completed the assembly of the whole team in the process of rushing down the sand dunes, and formed a neat, well-trained and well-equipped elite cavalry in the process of running at high speed.

In the blink of an eye, a vicious attack dragon formation appeared, and while the big cannibals were still panicking, the Tang cavalry lined up in a neat ten columns to kill the big cannibals, at this time, most of the big cannibals were looking for their war horses, and some people swam into the river for fear.

Although this is only a light cavalry, its impact is not something that these frightened big food troops can resist, one by one the big food army stood on the sand and picked up weapons to fight against the charging Tang cavalry, but they soon found out that they were wrong, they were either pierced through the chest by the Tang cavalry with spears and strung on the barrel of the gun, or their heads were cut off, or they were knocked into the air by the rushing war horses and died.

Under the leadership of Chu Ge, this cavalry of the Tang Army was like a harvester with high efficiency, and wherever it passed, the soldiers of the Great Food Army fell like wheat, and the clever soldiers of the Great Food Army had already rushed to the middle of the river before the Tang Army had yet to kill, although the river was flowing rapidly, the chances of survival were still much higher than staying in place.

Chu Ge learned Zhao Ziliang's cavalry tactics, he commanded this cavalry very handily, and led them to kill two back and forth by the river, and there was only one corpse left by the river, and some of the still alive Great Food Army scattered and fled, but they were chased and killed by the Tang army.

After the battle, the captain in charge of cleaning up the battlefield came to report: "General Chu, the corpses and prisoners have not found the Said Said you mentioned!" ”

Chu Ge said angrily: "Alas, let this damn Said run!" ”

After losing his temper, Chu Ge ordered: "It's getting late today, after cleaning up the battlefield, we will camp here, and escort the captured horses, weapons, and armor back to Baishui City early tomorrow morning!" ”

"No!"

Whitewater.

The day after Zhao Ziliang led the army to arrive, Wei Meng led the army back from the south, the army was loose, the soldiers were a little tired, and many of the soldiers had knife marks on their armor, and it seemed that they had engaged the Great Food Army led by Daoud at the airport.

Wei Meng immediately came to see Zhao Ziliang after settling down his soldiers and horses, and reported: "General, the last general has already fought a few battles with the Great Food Army, the scale is not large, just delaying time and testing their combat strength, the combat effectiveness of this Great Food Army is stronger than the combat effectiveness of the Great Food Army led by Yide, they are now seventy miles away, and it is estimated that they can arrive here tomorrow morning!"

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll wait here for work!" You go down and rest first, and come to the evening to discuss things!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Ziliang was studying tactics to deal with Daoud, and Wang Can walked in with a happy face to report: "General, Chu Ge is back!" ”

"Let him in!"

"No!"

Chu Ge quickly walked into the big tent and saluted Zhao Ziliang: "See the general, the last general is back!" The last general was incompetent, failed to catch Said, and let him run! ”

"Oh? Let's talk about the specifics! ”

"No!" Chu Ge immediately explained the entire ambush and battle process in detail.

Zhao Ziliang listened and asked, "So Said only took dozens of his own soldiers to swim to the other side of the river and ran?" ”

"Yes, the scouts have investigated beforehand, and there are about 1,200 people in the Great Food Army that have passed through the desert, and after the battle, we counted the corpses of the enemy and found that the difference between the number of corpses and the number of scouts was only a few dozen!"

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "Forget it, just run, these people who often haunt the desert are very ghostly, and it is really not easy to kill them at one time, you go down to rest first, and tomorrow I will face the 10,000 food army commanded by Daoud!" ”

"No!" (To be continued.) )