Chapter 175: King Su Sends Troops
However, his angry roar woke up the nearby Uighur soldiers, who got up one after another to check the situation, and when they saw the enemy soldiers who had crept up, they were instantly frightened, and they picked up their weapons and shouted at the top of their voices: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”
At this time, there was only one left, and the commander of the Hami army held his sword high and shouted at the top of his voice: "Warriors! Kill me! Let them learn how powerful our Hami warriors are! ”
More than 4,000 Hami daredevils, brandishing broadswords and shouting for slashing and killing, had been beaten by the Uighur army in the past few days, and countless siblings had died at the hands of the Uighurs.
The Uighur soldiers never imagined that the Hami army in the city would dare to come down to fight them, and in addition to the fact that they did not know how many people came in the dark of night, they were in a hurry, and their morale was lost, and many of them only rushed to flee, and did not have the courage to organize resistance.
The Uighur commander in charge of commanding the attack was so angry that he stomped his feet when he saw this scene, and it seemed that he was right to take a cautious attitude at the beginning, but it was a pity that he did not persevere, drew the war knife at his waist, and scolded: "What are you panicking about!" A bunch of cowards! Hami has been crippled, and he can't send many people! Give me all back, resist! Damn it! ”
However, who will listen to him at this time, the official flickered and the soldier went to sell his life not once or twice, he was fooled for a long time, and every soldier has an extra heart in his heart, at this time few people organized resistance, most of them fled to the rear camp with their heads in their hands, and shouted while running: "The enemy brigade is attacking at night!" Get out and be on guard! "It exacerbated the panic of the whole team. Anyway, they don't have to be responsible if they lose the battle, this kind of successful attack by the enemy, even if they find someone to blame in the end, they will find the commander of the unit and kill them on the charge of paralyzing the enemy, so as to stabilize the morale of the army, what happens to the small soldiers, it would be good to run back in the chaos, and the general in the big camp will not only not blame them, but maybe he will come out with kind words to comfort them and encourage them to continue to serve the country.
Who also has an account in their hearts, it seems that it is not easy to be an officer.
The commander of the Uighur army personally cut off the heads of the two deserters, but it still did not help, who saw you in the dark of night to enforce military law, and even if you did, what would you do, everyone was running, but I didn't run, you think I am stupid? It's a big deal to run around you.
At this moment, the commander of the Uighur army could only rely on the more than 1,000 personal soldiers around him, and the personal soldiers could not run, and their task was to protect the safety of the main general.
The Uighur commander himself went into battle, drew his sword to block the slash of one of the Hami soldiers, and then flew up and kicked the Hami soldier in the head, and a Uighur soldier behind him saw the opportunity to stab the Hami soldier in the heart.
The Uighur soldier was very proud that he had killed an enemy soldier, but after all, the enemy army was defeated by the commander first, and the head did not know what to count, so he glanced at the commander and smiled with a smile on his mouth.
That Wanfu had been on the battlefield for a long time, so he naturally knew what he was thinking, and slapped his thick hand on the shoulder, and scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, the head is yours." Do a good job for Lao Tzu! "At this time, the most important thing is for the soldiers to use their lives, if you lose this battle, you can't keep your head, so why bother to fight with this little soldier? It's just a good way to motivate him to kill the enemy.
The Uighur soldier's big mouth blossomed, and the beheading of the first level on the battlefield was a great merit no matter which country it was placed in, enough to make a destitute family live a well-off life, and smiled at the Uighur commander, and said, "Thank you, Commander, the villain will definitely work hard to kill the enemy army and serve the commander." ”
Captain Wan, who led the death squad of the Hami army to attack, also went out at this time, rushed to the front of the team, and shouted at the soldiers behind him: "This is their commander's personal soldiers, defeat them and go straight to the camp!" ”
Although there were more than 100,000 Uighur troops in the camp, and if these thousands of Hami troops met them, it would not be enough for people to plug their teeth, but since these 4,000 people dared to come down, they had no intention of going back alive, and they all went straight to the camp These four words, they all have blood gushing, anyway, they will be killed, if they can break into their camp before they die, then it will be enough to blow for a few years in the underworld, it is better than nesting in the city and waiting for people to attack and slaughter like lambs.
These 4,000 Hami soldiers rushed like madmen to the 1,000 personal soldiers of the Uighur army, although the Uighur army's personal troops did not dare to retreat at will, but the enemy suddenly attacked, and they did not know how many people came from the other side.
In addition, in such a short period of time, they did not find that the enemy had a red rope tied to his left arm, and it was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and us in the dark night, and they even injured their own people by mistake, so the situation was not optimistic.
This surprise attack of the Hami army received very good results, and in a very short period of time, more than half of the Uighur army's personal soldiers were eliminated at designated points, and the remaining personal soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and many people began to retreat, although they did not dare to retreat to the camp to be engaged in military law, but the world is so big, why should they go back? Finding a place to live incognito is also a lifetime, why die here in vain?
"Bastard! No refund! The Uighur commander was so angry that he jumped to his feet and cursed, brandishing his broadsword and saying angrily. However, by this time the Uighur army had lost control and was completely undisciplined, and the remnants of the defeated army were scattered and fled, and they could no longer think rationally.
In fact, as long as they calm down a little and think about it, they will know that there will not be too many Hami troops who come out to attack at night, and if they organize defense, it will be difficult for the other party to take advantage, but the army is a very wonderful organization, once all the people are in it, it is as if they have lost the ability to think independently, and they become blindly following the crowd, what if there are many enemies? Everyone else has run away, but I don't run, and I'm not the one who dies in the end. At this time, the bear principle is reflected, it doesn't matter if you can't outrun the enemy, as long as you can outrun you, and after the enemy cuts off your head, they may be very satisfied, and they won't chase me anymore.
With this consciousness that the dead are not dead and poor, the soldiers of the Uighur army began to sprint and compete, each running more vigorously than the other, and with the hundreds of people killed by the sudden Hami army, there were only a few dozen warriors left around the Uighur commander.
"Warriors! Hold on, it's close to our big camp, reinforcements are coming! The Uighur commander shouted with his broadsword, and although he knew that these Hami death squads were sure to deal with the Uighur reinforcements before they arrived, the most important thing at this time was morale, and he could not be discouraged in any way.
However, in the face of an enemy force that was dozens or hundreds of times their size, these Uighur soldiers who had held their posts had long since lost their courage and were simply fighting with the attacking enemy troops with their swords.
Since this was a surprise attack, the most important thing was to be fast, so the Hami army did not talk nonsense with these remnants of the Uighur army, let alone pay attention to the spirit of any soldiers, but swarmed up, and several or even a dozen people surrounded a Uighur army, stabbing him all over the holes. Even the commander of the Uighur army was not spared, he originally wanted to pull another soldier of the Hami army on his back before he died, but the Hami army did not give him a chance, more than 20 pikemen surrounded him, and shot together, in this case, even if the captain's martial arts were high, he could not avoid it, and was instantly stabbed in more than 20 holes, with anger in his eyes, he fell to the ground unwillingly, he once dreamed of being the first to attack the city, enjoying the power and glory unique to the conqueror, but unfortunately it could not be realized in this life.
After solving the harassing troops on the edge of Turpan City, it was time to retreat back to the city according to Di Linazha's order, but the Hami army who came down to command the raid was still unsatisfied, and this time the Falcon army was too unbeaten, and the Wan people were defeated in three times and two times, which should be too unpleasant, so his eyes lit up, radiating scorching flames, and he ordered with excitement: "Warriors! Now that the horizontal and vertical are down, let's play the big one and go to their camp with Lao Tzu to set a fire! ”
These thousands of Hami troops have also come up, and these Uighur troops are obviously not enough for them to chew, and the enemy's large camp is not far from here, thanks to the loud shouting of the defeated Uighur army just now, there is a hint of confusion, and if you take advantage of the chaos to set fire, you may receive unexpected results. The opportunity to make a name for himself is just around the corner, who wants to let it flow away in vain, the Uighur army is so strong, can it be passed tomorrow or two, both horizontal and vertical are one death, simply sacrifice their lives before they die, don't people want to be happy when they live? What could be more enjoyable than a few thousand strange soldiers going straight into the enemy's camp and stirring up the opponent's chickens and dogs?
The faces of these thousands of Hami soldiers also showed excited expressions, and bloodthirsty longing appeared in their eyes, and their blood gushed to urge the commander to order: "Do it, do it." Heng and vertically are dead, and if they can die in the other party's camp, this battle is not in vain. ”
Seeing that the morale was available, the captain of the Hami army immediately began to tremble with excitement on his face, and said, "Okay, then let's have Meng Lang happily today!" Listen to me, everyone is divided into a hundred teams, each team goes to a different place to raid, don't fall in love, just set fire and run, they let us rest at night, let's let them sleep well for days! ”
Although the Uighur army's battalion was a little flustered due to the impact of the rout, it would certainly have some preparations, and if these 4,000 men rushed over in a group, the target would be too big and easy to be discovered, and once they were glued to the Uighur army's troops, let alone set fire, they would be compensated for themselves.
On the contrary, by breaking up the troops into pieces and scattering the attack in a group of dozens of people, not only was the target small and not easy to be detected on the dark and windy night of this month, but it was also able to bloom more and set fire to the Uighur camp, creating more confusion and leaving the Uighurs exhausted and confused, unable to figure out how many people had come from their side, and by the time they had extinguished all the fires, their side would have already left work.
Time waited for no one, and after receiving the order of the commander, the death squads of the Hami army immediately divided into a group of 100 groups of dozens of people, and quickly dispersed under the cover of the vast darkness of the night, and scattered to the Uighur army camp that stretched for dozens of miles, and set fire to their camp everywhere.
For a time, the Uighur camp was in flames, and many soldiers fell asleep and fell asleep with their buttocks burned, and they jumped up in shock and shouted in panic: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! "The ancient communication equipment was so poor that in such a short period of time, it was impossible for the news of the Hami army's night attack to spread to hundreds of thousands of Uighur soldiers, so many Uighur soldiers did not know about it, and they were still dreaming of enjoying themselves after the capture of Turpan in their tents.
After the Uighurs were burned by the fire or the screams of their companions, they immediately took their weapons and prepared to deal with the enemy attacking at night, but they found themselves messy in the wind for a long time, and did not even see a shadow of the enemy.
Not far away, another Hami detachment was very envious and jealous when they saw that their companions had succeeded, and the captain led his men to the edge of the Uighur camp, and the faces of the night patrol soldiers were already clearly visible, just because they were lying in the dark, and the other party was in the light, so it was not easy to find them.
Seeing that the noise over there had not yet alarmed the Uighur army in this area, the captain of the detachment lost no time in ordering: "Quick! Put rockets! If it's too late, the news may come in! Dozens of Hami warriors immediately pulled out rockets and fired several volleys of fire, setting fire to all the Uighur tents and forage here, startling the Uighurs in all directions.
Seeing that he had taken advantage of himself and was not greedy, the captain of the squad smiled and immediately beckoned his subordinates and said, "Okay, this job is beautiful, let's withdraw, let them slowly put out the fire." Then he quickly disappeared into the night with his men. Although the Uighurs in this large camp were very angry, they did not know how many enemy people were coming in the dark night, and they did not dare to chase after them, so they could only call their companions to extinguish the fire, and then strictly defend the key points in the camp to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the chaos to loot. However, the enemy army in their minds had already run all the way back to sleep.
However, there were always accidents, and after a small detachment of the Hami army reached the intended target, the leader of the detachment saw that the Uighur soldiers in the camp did not move at all, and immediately ordered according to the original plan: "Hurry! Rocket! After finishing work, I have to go back to sleep. The death squads of the Hami army took out flints and set fire to the arrows wrapped in oilcloth, and then opened their bows to shoot, who knew that at this time, the Uighur army camp, which was looking very quiet, suddenly flew over several rows of sharp arrows, and the Hami soldiers who were about to be caught off guard shot down a dozen.
It turned out that the Uighur commander in the camp in this area had already learned the news of the Hami army's night attack, and after a short thought, he figured out that this was a pure harassment war. Therefore, he selected hundreds of archers to lie in ambush in the shadows, and when the archers of the Hami army ignited the fire and exposed the target, he could only fire a volley at the bright light outside the camp.
This move is very vicious, the Hami army of this squad never thought that their surprise attack would be powdered by others like this, the captain of the squad saw that the situation was not good, and immediately waved his hand nervously and ordered: "Withdraw quickly!" The enemy is prepared! The remaining members of the squad also knew that the situation was very unfavorable, and after hearing the order of the squad leader, they didn't care about the corpses of their brothers who died in battle, and immediately turned around and ran towards Turpan City.
However, the Uighur commander of the camp did not seem to want to let them go so easily, and sent a few hundred men in careful pursuit, killing a few more Hami soldiers before returning to the camp.
Despite some flaws, the operation had an unexpected effect, not only annihilating the Uighur troops, but also setting a fire to their camp and burning their buttocks, letting them know that the Hami army was not easy to mess with. Therefore, after the death squad that participated in the night attack returned to Turpan City, they were treated like heroes by the defenders of the city, and the other defenders poured each of them a bowl of wine representing the respect of the soldiers and civilians of the city, and these strong men drank the wine in the reverent eyes of the soldiers and civilians of the city.
Among them, several outstanding representatives and the commander in charge of the command was given a glass of water and wine poured by Princess Di Linaza of Shao'an, and they drank this glass of wine with infinite excitement, which is their glory and dream all the time, but they did not expect it to be realized today, even if there will be a more tragic battle tomorrow, no matter what he does, there is today's heroic feat to comfort his life.
When the sky was bright, in Dunhuang, Suguo, Zhu Ao, who had been off the line for a long time, finally re-launched, yesterday he slept in Sun Yunqi's room, although Sun Yunqi was invited to favor in every way at first, but Zhu Hao, who was very worried, was really not interested in that matter, so he politely refused Sun Yunqi. Sun Yunqi could only fall asleep with a trace of unhappiness in the end.
Zhu Ao just squinted for a while, and then couldn't sleep, in order not to disturb his beloved wife's sleep, he quietly got out of bed, put on a dress himself, and looked at the stars outside the window in a daze.
Suddenly, Zhu Ao felt a pair of jade hands stretching out from behind his back, and then gently hugged his waist, and instantly a wave of tenderness surged through his body. Zhu Ao patted his plain hands, tilted his head slightly, and smiled gently: "Queen, why did you wake up so early?" ”
Sun Yunqi hugged Zhu Ao's body tightly, leaned his head on her back, and said very dependently: "Didn't the prince wake up earlier?" The prince has been too busy these days, don't put too much pressure on yourself. ”
Zhu Ao turned around, picked up his beloved wife's pretty face, and said with a slight smile: "This king knows your kindness, but according to the current situation, no matter how big his heart is, I am afraid that he will not be completely free of pressure." Zhu Ao is telling the truth, this time in order to meet the Uighur power, he can be said to do his best, originally this has just been established not long after the Su State mobilized more than 150,000 troops is already the limit, but for the sake of insurance, Zhu Ao squeezed out 10,000 people from all over the country, a total of more than 160,000 troops, in addition to the established more than 50,000 people to guard their homes, to guard against the invasion of the north of Warat, the rest of the 110,000 people were brought by Zhu Ao to fight against the Uighurs, it can really be said that the empty country came out, this is an unprecedented gamble, If you lose, it will definitely not be as simple as losing all your money. Even if he can run back, he doesn't know what year and month it will take to recover, and in the next challenge of Timur, Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen, he will definitely lose.
These 110,000 people are already all the strength that Zhu Ao can bring, and no one more will do, because the task of this conscription is heavy, and the people have begun to complain, and there have even been small-scale riots in some places, but fortunately they have been suppressed, and if they put pressure on the people, I am afraid that there will be a fire in the backyard. And to guard against the north of Warat is at least more than 50,000 people, because the territory in the north is too long, thousands of miles, and there are certainly not enough people.
Sun Yunqi knew that the burden on Zhu Ao's body was very heavy, and as his queen, he couldn't share anything for him, so he felt a little self-blame in his heart, hugged Zhu Ao again, buried his head in his chest, and said quietly: "The concubine hates that she can't go into battle with the prince to kill the enemy, but please rest assured that after the prince leaves, everything in the country will run in an orderly manner." The concubine and the two sisters will also get along in harmony and help each other, and never let the prince have any worries. ”
Zhu Ao put one hand around Sun Yunqi's small waist, and with the other hand stroked the hair on the back of her head, and said gently: "My father often said that a good wife in a family is better than a good appearance in the country, and this king understands the true meaning of this sentence today." I am very pleased to have such a wise queen as you. ”
"Lord Wang........" Sun Yunqi hugged Zhu Hao tighter, and buried his head deeper.
The husband and wife hugged until dawn, after dawn, it was the time for Zhu Ao to swear to go on the expedition, today is the fifth day, although it is not completely ready, but there is only some sweeping work left, let the people behind do it by the way, it will not affect the process of the army.
In the light of the morning sun, Zhu Ao was wearing heavy armor, standing under the banner of a general like a god, and said loudly to the 110,000 elites of the Su Kingdom who were standing neatly below: "Soldiers! As you all know, the Uighurs, who are confident in their strong army, have even committed Hami, a vassal state of our country, with the intention of using Hami as a springboard to attack our country. The Uighurs were a branch of the Mong Yuan, and when the Mongol Yuan entered the Central Plains, how many people were killed, how many bones were made, and how many happy families were torn apart? This king will never let history repeat itself, and today this king will take you and other expeditions to the Uighurs, so that the Western Regions can see the military front of my Ming heroes, and also add a strong stroke to your military merit book! ”
"Chitose! Chitose! Chitose! "The more than 100,000 soldiers below the mountain burst out with a tsunami of excited shouts, wave after wave, the last time they followed the prince to fight the seven divisions of the Western Domain, many of them have made meritorious contributions and lived the life of a human being, this time they are more eager to follow the prince to make greater military achievements, so that they can be closer to the peak of their lives.