Chapter 45: Calmly Drinking and Dominating the Crowd (Part II)
Mberek stood on the watchtower.
Enemy troops all over the mountains filled his field of vision.
Like a cloud, it covered half of the ground to the south and spread out on the snow.
His legs were so weak that he couldn't support his body, he almost forgot to breathe, and he was trembling nervously.
He'd never been on the battlefield before.
It's just that the Han army was recruited into the army when it passed through Yanqi. Because his family is a local clan, and he is the son of the patriarch.
The last time he fought with the Black Khans, he was right behind. I only heard that the Black Khan people defeated the Han army in front, and then they were arranged to drag the corpses.
The battle took place on the riverside, and when Mberyk arrived on the battlefield, only the corpses that had been stripped of their clothes, had been decapitated, and left on the ground. Blood stained the land red and flowed into the river.
Resisting fear, Mberek and a group of companions buried the body away from water sources and rivers. After two days, all the bodies were buried under a thick mound of earth, and the fear of war disappeared unconsciously.
Dead people are nothing but that. War is all there is to it.
It's just that he doesn't dare to think so now. The enemy's position is like the sand and dust that inevitably blows from the desert every year. Like a wall or a mountain, the blue of the sunny day suddenly turned yellow, and there was no one to be seen three or five steps away.
Can you really beat it? There are overwhelming enemy troops in front, and on this side, there are only 10,000 people.
The horn of the news whined, and the sound came from the sky.
Huge house-like heads floated over the Han military camp. Four ghost faces, joy, anger and sorrow, looking east, west, north and south. That's where the sound of the trumpet comes from, like the howl of a ghost's face.
For two days in a row, the huge ghost head rose from the camp of the Han army, but every day was still as terrifying as the first time.
Mberyk silently recited a few words of the Buddha. Then the mood settled.
He had already heard that it was a monster made by the Han people, and it could go to heaven with people.
The fear did not diminish, but it turned to the body of the omnipotent medicine master Wang Bodhisattva who the Han people said was in the present world.
With the sound of the trumpet, from the city to the camp, it boiled like water in a pot.
The soldiers, who were still in the camp, were driven out by the sound of the trumpet, assembled in the camp, and then rushed to their respective posts.
The camp at the foot of Mbyrek, with more than 2,000 troops, picked up bows, crossbows, knives and guns, but had no intention of leaving the village, but guarded the gate more tightly.
The drums of the battle were heard only in the Han military camp to the south.
Knock, knock, knock shake people's hearts.
The gates of the camp were wide open, and they were not afraid to face the enemy in front of them.
The first to come out of the camp were the cavalry, and after leaving the camp, they dispersed on both sides and set up positions on both flanks. More than 1,000 people who came out of the village did not ride horses, but walked out of the village.
Different from the previous cavalry, the Han army foot soldiers who came out of the village carried long broadswords, carried huge heavy crossbows, and the helmets on the top were as red as blood, without a sound, only the armor on the body made a soft sound with the pace, accompanied by the drum beat.
A hundred paces away from the camp, the straight line spread out horizontally and turned into a horizontal formation to meet the enemy.
Whether it was a cavalryman or a foot soldier, all of them were armor, shining in the light.
Behind them, huge catapults were set up on the inside of the Han barracks, just like on the side of Mbezhek. The camp hoarded a lot of stones and stones from the river. Once the enemy army comes to attack, it can come in handy.
In just a quarter of an hour, the Han army had completed the formation out of the camp. In the face of the mighty enemy army, be ready for battle.
Only such an army can prevail over that group of madmen. Mberzek thought to himself.
His uncle took a team of clansmen to rescue Gaochang, but he didn't come back, but in front of the Han people, hatred and hatred didn't dare to come out even a little.
However, at this time, Mberzek only wanted to cheer for the Han people. Not only because he was here in the Han army now, but also because the Black Khan had also killed his grandfather, uncle, and many other relatives. The Black Khan people left much more hatred in the Western Regions than the Han Chinese. Han Chinese are not hostile just because they believe in Buddhism. When they see the temple, they will also go to the pillar incense instead of peeing on the head of the Buddha and Bodhisattva.
'To win. ’
Mberzek silently muttered......
The morning mist cleared, and the snow on the ground reflected the sunlight, and the sky and the earth suddenly became brighter.
Holding a clairvoyant mirror, Wang Sunsin was observing the enemy troops to the south from behind the array.
The Black Khan people on the opposite side saw that they were out of camp and lined up, and they also changed the steps of their actions. More and more cavalry appeared in front of the formation, and then lined up laterally. The cavalry did not wear armor, not only iron armor, but also leather armor, only a robe, but they all seemed to carry bows and arrows.
Is this going to ride and shoot?
Wang Sunsin had inquired from the Uighurs about the tactics of the Black Khans these days, and it seemed that there was a tribe that was very good at mounted archery. He was the first to go into battle, harassing the enemy with his bow and arrows, and wielding his scimitar if the enemy was outstretched.
If it does come, it will be a good dish delivered. Wang Sunchen is just disrespectful.
But it doesn't seem that simple.
In the field of view of the clairvoyant, the generals on the opposite side were galloping back and forth in front of the cavalry in formation, as if to boost morale. On the other side, there is a cavalryman facing this side, even in the clairvoyant mirror, it is very blurred, but the movement is very similar to holding the clairvoyant mirror to observe.
The clairvoyant mirror is the most in the hands of the officials and soldiers, but it has leaked a lot of information. Whether it is a party member or a Khitan, the generals have a clairvoyant mirror in their hands. It is not uncommon for General Black Khan to have one or two stalks in his hand, which may have been sold by the Great Food Merchant, or it may have been the loot seized from the scouts in the past few days.
However, Wang Sunchen is not afraid of being observed, he still has a pair of eyes in the sky, which is not comparable to the Black Khan Army, which can only see people from the ground.
The Black Khan people are also commanded by the sound of trumpets. After a long trumpet, the cavalry began to move forward, not directly ahead, but began to disperse and outflank, turning to the camps on the ground in the rest of the directions. With their strength, they were enough to divide the troops and encircle them without weakening the attack on the Song army's military formation.
Thousands of cavalry galloped across the snowfield, stepping on the broken jade chaos, towards the flanks of the city. After they dispatched, the regular army, which was originally hidden in the rear, was exposed. It's the same iron armor, and it's the same that reflects the sun. Although the style was different from that of the Han army, and similar to the elite of the Uighurs, it was not inferior in numbers to the Han army under Wang Sunsin.
At this time, a bamboo tube was thrown from the spaceship. Wang Sunsin took the bamboo tube from the hands of his own soldiers, read the report inside, and only held the note in his hand.
Thirty-three thousand. Iron armor six thousand.
It won't be very accurate, and it's normal to fluctuate up and down by a tenth. However, estimates of the number of enemy troops are capped. At least 30,000 will not be a problem. Except for some of the enemy troops stationed in the rear battalion, everything else should be here.
This is not supposed to be for war. Let an army of 30,000 travel five or six miles early in the morning to come and fight, and a smarter general would never do this. And if you want to attack the walled fortress, you can't start the battle and first walk a long way in armor. The key is to set up forward camps. This is the common understanding of all the generals who participated in the siege.
Only as soon as they get out of the village, they will go to the siege, otherwise the time wasted will be the blood of the soldiers. And once this can be done, let the Black Khan army set up camp in the vicinity, and the battle enters the rhythm of the attacking side. At that time, if you want to turn the situation back, it will be several times more difficult than now.
In any case, it was impossible for the Black Khans to set up camp near the barracks.
Wang Sunsin squinted his eyes and observed his opponent. Judging from the rhythm, the commander over there is indeed a commander who is good at the military formation. Even if you put it in the Western Army, you are a qualified general.
Originally, the unarmored cavalry was in front, and it seemed to be used as a tool for pathfinding, but it soon became an outflanking division. At the same time, at this time, the armored cavalry was transferred up, and even the men and horses were dressed in tightly fitting armor, and they had already set up the posture of charging first.
Wang Sunsin raised his hand, so that everyone's eyes were focused on him.
It's just that he was about to give the order, and the armored cavalry on the opposite side did not move, but the light cavalry, which had already rounded to the flank, began to charge. It was not towards the two camps at the east gate and the west gate, but thinking about the elite soldiers under the banner of Song Zishuai who were unaware.
The armored cavalry in front had begun to start slowly, and the cavalry in the rear of the flanks had rapidly shortened the distance.
There are still three hundred steps ahead, and one hundred steps left behind the side.
Then eighty steps.
Wang Sunsin only looked at the front, completely unconcerned about the incoming enemies from the flanks and rear. Not only him, but also the officers and soldiers under his command also focused their attention on the front.
There are only fifty steps left.
The rolling torrent washes everything on the shore, whatever it is, it will be washed away in the current.
The enemy army is rushing in front of you. Only fifty steps apart, as long as two more breaths, he could rush behind the Song army's formation.
But the next moment, the torrent met the embankment and was firmly blocked from the way.
The soldiers who were still sprinting seemed to have hit an invisible rope, and the soldiers in front even flew forward into the sky at once, and then fell. The cavalry of the Black Khan Army that followed after that were all blocked and could not move forward.
The wails of men and horses sounded in front of the formation, and I don't know how many cavalry archers were inexplicably tripped and fell to the ground. The cavalry, rolling in the snow, suddenly became the target of shooting. The ones who screamed the hardest, for a moment, all became hedgehogs, and then fell silent.
"You need to take a look under the snow." Wang Sunsin smiled from the bottom of his heart.
Wang Sunsin did not like to walk on roads covered with snow, not to mention that the roads were difficult to walk, and the danger was hidden under the snow. No one knows whether the next step will be a pit or a raised masonry.
Except for the front of the fortifications on all sides, and a few deliberately left roads. Around the barracks, hundreds of thousands of horse traps were dug within a hundred paces and in a dozen days. It was only slightly larger than a horse's hooves, but it was as dense as a honeycomb.
It's a pity that the generals on the opposite side are very smart, if the armored cavalry comes up first, they will directly kill these elites.
The heavy cavalry in front slowly stepped forward, and the war horses all walked in small steps, cautiously probing, and slowly pressed towards the Han army camp.
Wang Sunchen straightened his back on horseback, and the small tricks were useless.
After all, we still have to do it head-on.