Chapter Ninety-Three: The Sound of the East and the West (Part II)

Seeing that the big cannibals on the other side were up again, Li Wei waved his hand, and the whole army rested.

This tactic has also appeared in history, Liu Bei and Cao Cao Hanzhong fought a battle, they used this tactic, and finally won. But Li Wei only used it as a fuse, and the goal was to strike at the west, and the goal was to lay an ambush for the east and west, and then to strike the east and the west.

Went around in a few big circles.

Of course, it has to be well coordinated. Now that he came suddenly, the Great Cannibal Army was in a weak position, so it achieved an effect that made the Great Cannibal tremble. Once reinforcements come, even if you break the drums of war, it may not be useful.

And in a stalemate on the Wuhu River, he does not have the upper hand.

Two, there are not many soldiers who can be water-based, especially the Tang Army, which are all brought from Guanzhong and Qinghai, and there are less than one in ten people who can be water-based, and even if they haven't been in water for a long time, I'm afraid there will only be some. The same is true of the Great Cannibal, but the Great Cannibal is heavy on trade, has a regular navy, and even uses it to storm Byzantium and Sicily, and the proportion of soldiers who know how to water may be larger than in their own army.

The skills of navigating boats, the skills of their own men are even worse, or only a few soldiers in the middle of the river can do some. But the Great Cannibal should have a lot of soldiers who are good at piloting ships. Once there is a stalemate, there are some large merchant ships on both sides of the Wuhu River, not sea ships, nor ships of the Yangtze River, but there are also dozens of tons of carrying space, which has evolved into a water war, and they have to fight.

I don't know if the other party has seen it.

Therefore, this battle is extremely important.

The soldiers returned to the barracks giggling.

They did not know the emperor's strategy, but such tactics relaxed the tense nerves of many soldiers. The soldiers in the middle of the river, in particular, developed a natural fear of the big cannibals.

At this time, two wet scouts swam across the Wuhu River and were brought to his side, and they attached the most importance to scout Li Wei. Not only were the most courageous and clever soldiers selected when they were chosen, but they were also divided into many categories, and the rewards were very rich, almost exactly according to the story of Sun Tzu's use, and even more than that.

A scout reported: "Your Majesty, Salem, the governor of Dashi, has personally led 30,000 troops out of the city, and it is possible that he will be able to reach the Wuhu River in less than two days." The Eastern Front made some transfers today, and 1,500 soldiers moved to the central line, leaving less than 3,000 men, and some of the soldiers of the Great Eater. The general who led the troops was the Great Food General Bashav. ”

Li Wei frowned, the biggest advantage is that Bashaf's talent is very mediocre, which provides an opportunity to cross the river and wins time. But Salem is coming a little fast, and it's better to give it another day.

But it's not bad, let the two scouts go down to rest, send someone to inform Li Jinxing who came with baggage in the rear again, and inform the East Route Army to act immediately.

Each section of the third line is exactly 50 miles apart, a relatively safe distance, which can not only respond to each other, but also divide the troops.

Fifty miles away, running by horse, it took less than an hour to deliver the letter to Luo Wuquan.

Luo Wuquan, Xue Ne and Xin Chengsi immediately got up.

Wait for this order.

All the soldiers were ordered to get up, but unlike in the middle lane, all of them got up quietly, and as soon as they were a little louder, they were immediately reprimanded by the captain.

Then the raft was carried out, but not from the front door of the camp, but from the back door. The terrain chosen is also selected in advance. The terrain is somewhat special, there is a water willow bush on the side, which is not very lush, but in the night, it can play a sheltering role. On the other side of the river is a low hill called Guaegg Mountain, the highest of which is no more than 50 meters high, which is not too treacherous. The area is not large, with a radius of two or three miles. On the right side is the place where the Tang army camp is facing, and the big cannibal is used as the location of the camp. It turns out that this place is still a ferry, called Xiangliudu. In addition to setting up a battalion opposite Xiangliudu, because Guaegg Mountain is easy to obscure the line of sight, there is a small army stationed on Reaction Egg Mountain as a sentry post.

With the help of the tent of the large camp, the raft was quietly carried into the sand willow bushes. The work of the raft is very simple, and it cannot be regarded as a normal raft, and the bottom is made of thin wooden strings, and a thin layer of plates is laid on top, and the side plates are also inlaid, much like a small flat boat. But it's not a boat, the workmanship is rough, and it is estimated that it won't take long to get into the water, and it will fall apart. The load capacity is also small, only able to carry more than ten people. The advantage is that it is fast to make, the weight is light, and two or three soldiers can carry it away.

Looking at the other side of the river by the moonlight, Xue Ne said regretfully: "It's a pity that the fog is too light. That year, I went to Nanzhao with His Majesty, and when I attacked at night, the fog was so thick that I could hardly see the five fingers on the opposite side. ”

"Don't think about it, here, there won't be a few fogs a year." Luo Wuquan said.

When he came, Li Wei repeatedly told him about the various conditions in the area, including the weather. When you reach the lower reaches of the Wuhu River, the terrain is flat and empty, and the water on the surface volatilizes quickly, and it is difficult to have heavy fog throughout the year. Not only that, but because there are very few rainy days, the sky is bright every night. Using the Night Raid tactic will not work well in this area.

But after all, it was March, when the spring fog was thick, and there was a faint layer of mist on the river. A bright moon sprinkled a hazy luster onto the earth. It makes the opposite view seem a little unreal. In the distance, the dogs raised by the people of the village barked a few times. There was silence all around, except for the rustle of soldiers stepping on the ground, and the jumping of fish in the Wuhu River.

Come to the river and drop a few hundred small rafts. After the teams gathered, Luo Wuquan said in a low voice: "Good man has made great achievements, it is at this time, if anyone retreats, please go back immediately, there is still time." ”

The latter is said to some of the soldiers selected by the countries of the river. Not only to be fierce, but also to be able to row. What else should I do? More than half of the people in the Tang Dynasty were landlubbers, and the width of the Wuhu River was not as wide as the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, but it was also the largest river in Central Asia, nearly a thousand meters wide. I don't even know how to ride a boat, even if it's the smallest small raft. So 1,500 people were selected to come, and their main duty was to control the boat. Of course, if they survive this battle, they will become the backbone of the river region in the future.

Although they were selected carefully, Luo Wuquan was very uneasy about their courage. After saying that, he deliberately glanced at them.

No one flinched.

"Okay then, the first battle starts with us!" Luo Wugong waved his hand.

Push the raft quietly into the water.

Ten men in each boat, armed with weapons and some simple tools, four men in the boat, four in shields and two with horned bows, ready to launch the first wave of fire when they reached the shore. A large number of supplies and war horses were left in the barracks, and some rafts and some felled wood were also placed, but because the time was advanced by a day, not many rafts were made, and there were not many rafts left. All of this was left for the rear army to deal with, and at present, the large battalion on the right was completely empty.

Five hundred small rafts lay quietly on the surface of the river. The Wuhu River became a moat for the Tang army's attack, but there was an advantage, and when it reached the lower reaches, the river flowed slowly. The raft lowered the river, slightly off-angle, and did not move again.

And let all the soldiers tie up one more thing.

The lifebuoy made of animal skins was made of a leather bag in Yaozhou, and Li Wei made a bag for soldiers to swim in. Then the seafaring began, and the river transport continued to kill people every year. Li Wei wanted to make lifebuoys and swimsuits. However, he thought of plastic foam and sponge, and could only shake his head. These two things cannot appear in this era. I had to give up.

Later, when I went to the navy, I thought of one more thing, when Yuan and Mongolia conquered the Japanese kingdom, the whole army was wiped out. Then I saw the ball I used to shoot the bow, so I thought of replacing it with an animal skin. But the performance is very poor, the air leakage is serious, and the cost is high. However, with this thing, once the fleet sank in the wind and waves when going out to sea on an expedition, the soldiers had an extra capital to save their lives.

It is not suitable to be placed on a sea ship, even if it survives in the sea, how can someone be sent to rescue it? But it is suitable for the army, a large number of people float on the sea, no matter how strong the wind and waves, there are always many people who can survive.

The wind and waves at sea are very sudden, and they can stop quickly, and then as long as people are sent to send ships to rescue them in time, at least more than half of the soldiers can be rescued. Even if only a small half of the people were saved, it also reduced the possibility of total annihilation.

After this thing appeared, it also tried to promote it to the people on the ship, but due to various limitations and understanding, the promotion was very slow.

I used it today.

Helplessly, there are too few people who know how to be watery, and the Wuhu River is very wide, even if the river flows slowly, once the other party reacts, under the trebuchet throwing, it is determined that a raft will be overturned, or a soldier will fall into the water. Then there is a good chance that *** will be drowned in the Wuhu River. With it, there is a capital to save your life. So a batch was made, one for each person, tied around the waist. Seeing that the soldiers were ready, Luo Wuquan, Xin Chenghei, and Xue Ne glanced at each other, and Luo Wuquan shouted again: "Up!" ”

The herald quietly passed on the order.

Stepping onto the raft, the five hundred rafts were divided into three teams, three platoons, ten small platoons, and fifty squads, forming a matrix, and quietly rowing towards the opposite bank.

At first the paddling is not very powerful and does not move fast, but it is absolutely quiet.

Gradually, we reached the center of the river.

Everyone was a little nervous, not to mention the soldiers in the middle of the river, they almost lost the courage to fight after several defeats. The Tang Dynasty army was also in a nervous mood, went ashore, white knives in and red knives out, maybe not afraid. But on this vast river, I always feel unsteady.

A southwesterly wind blew, blowing some intoxicating breath and blowing away the mist above the river.

A sentry standing guard on the top of the mountain on the opposite side was awakened by the gust of wind, leaning on the fence, and rubbed his eyes in disbelief when he looked at it. Looking at it again, I saw a great shadow on the dusk of the river, as if it had suddenly emerged from hell, and drove quietly towards this direction.

He was frightened by the sight in front of him, his legs trembling, and the hairs on his body stood on end. After a long while, he came back to his senses, picked up the horn at his waist, and put it to his mouth and blew it.

The loud sound of a horn pierced the quiet night sky.

"Quick!" Luo Wuquan heard the sound of the horn and gave an order.

All the soldiers followed this command, and all of them paddled desperately. The rafts brought up waves on the calm river, and then spread into countless ripples, turning into small stars, broken and bright.

But no one spoke, only the sound of the waves breaking.

Luo Wu looked at it, and there were still about three hundred steps away from the riverbank, and he couldn't help shouting again: "Quick!" ”

This has become the biggest weakness of the Tang Dynasty, standing on the raft, even a fierce general like Luo Wuquan has less confidence in his heart.

The trumpets sounded one after the other. Finally woke the Great Cannibal from his sleep, and the first reaction was the Great Cannibal Army encamped on the Melon Egg Mountain. The raft moved forward for more than thirty steps, and he could already faintly see a figure moving in the Great Food Barracks.

After a dozen or so paces, the torches could be seen lit. A dozen or so steps closer, a few figures walked out of the barracks, wearing armor as they went.

Drink again: "Quick." ”

Soon it was only two hundred paces, and finally I saw the Great Eclipse army begin to assemble. But Luo Wu turned his head to see that because of nervousness, the formation of each raft was disordered, and shouted: "Don't worry, the enemy has no time to prepare trebuchets." ”

The fire captains on the various rafts quickly passed on the words, which relieved the nervousness of all the soldiers. The reason why I chose to cross the river in the middle of the night and chose this terrain was to seize the opportunity and prevent the big food trebuchet from exerting its lethality.

The oars brought up layers of white waves, some of which were so strong that the raft seemed to leap up.

Except for passing Luo Wu's orders, no one spoke. This sense of silence puts a heavy strain on the Great Cannibal. In a panic, the organization was disorganized, some picked up scimitars, some took bows and arrows, and some pushed out trebuchets. Farther away, the main barracks of the Great Food also woke up and lit torches. In addition to the sound of shouting, there was also the neighing of horses, approaching Guaegg Mountain, and the shadows of each low mountain fell down, obscuring the view. But by listening, I also knew that the big cannibals over there were ready to mount their horses to support Guaegg Mountain.

A hundred steps.

Some of the Great Eclipse soldiers began to raise their bows and run towards the river. Some of the big food soldiers pushed out the trebuchet and walked out of the camp gate. But the big food trebuchet is very similar to the original Tang Dynasty trebuchet, and this night's accident made them not have time to prepare in time. Luo Wucheng visually measured the number of enemies again, and there were only about two or three hundred people. Turning his head, he shouted: "There are few enemies, and the landing has been successful." ”

Repeated puffing. At this time, the first rain of arrows fell, but because of panic, only a few dozen big cannibals released the arrows in time. Dozens of arrows burst through the air, most of them landing on the surface of the river, and only a small half landed on the raft, but they were obscured by the shields. Then a second rain of arrows fell, still without casualties. Until a third, denser rain of arrows fell, hitting a river soldier who was paddling. screamed together and fell into the river. The raft also swirled on the river because of the uneven force.

Luo Wu shouted: "Pay attention to protect the oarsman." ”

As the order was delivered, two more waves of arrows fell. Three soldiers were wounded, two fell into the water. Then, several huge stones fell, one of which hit a raft, and there was a scream, followed by the shouts of a Tang soldier: "The boat is dripping." ”

"Don't panic, row! The soldiers in front, release the arrows. ”

At this time, the nearest batch of rafts was only about 30 steps offshore. The two archers had also prepared their bows and arrows, and when they heard Luo Wucheng's order, they opened their bows, and hundreds of arrows rained down more densely towards the shore. In just one wave, a small half of the Great Food Soldiers standing on the opposite bank fell. The remaining soldiers saw that the situation was not good, shouted and fled.

The raft where Xin Chengji was located was in the front, and shouted, "Quick." ”

With the four oarsmen behind them, there were only a dozen steps from the shore, and the slope of the river was gentle, and the riverbed was all sand and gravel. Xin Chengsi couldn't wait, threw down the lifebuoy, jumped into the water in one step, stepped on the waist-deep river, and ran to the shore. With him taking the lead, the soldiers who arrived close to the shore rushed off the raft one by one and rushed ashore. Seeing that the Tang army had rushed to the shore, the comrades in front were fleeing backwards, and the big food soldiers who were preparing to drop the third wave of stones at the gate of the camp also had to flee backwards.

One by one, the rafts sailed to the shore, and except for a few hundred soldiers who were left to tie the rafts to the sand willows on the shore, the other soldiers rushed up the mountain of melons. After crossing the low melon egg mountain and hearing the sound of horses' hooves not far away, Luo Wuquan, Xue Ne, and Xin Chengsi immediately divided the army into three groups, and rushed out of the mountain forest, so that the soldiers stopped.

In the dim moonlight, a tall horse appeared in front of him, followed by a large number of panting infantry. The Great Food Army was not what Li Wei imagined in Luoyang, his cavalry was very brave, but the number of horses was limited, and it was also mixed with the infantry army. In particular, the puppet soldiers used in the occupied areas were mainly infantry. The situation is very similar to the Tang Dynasty, but don't underestimate it, it is this kind of army, which is vertical and horizontal, and its combat effectiveness is very strong.

They didn't come hard, they all lay down in the woods. Seeing the appearance of a leading general, he stopped the fleeing big food soldier and asked. After a brief inquiry, and with a drink, several hundred horsemen rushed towards this side. The three teams of Tang soldiers still did not move, filling this mountain forest with a silent atmosphere of death.

But because Li Wei attracted the attention of the Great Food Army in the middle lane, almost all the generals who could fight well were concentrated in the middle lane. The commander of the Great Food Army on the East Road was very poorly qualified, and he thought that the enemy faced by the Great Cannibal was still the same as before, so he led his men to raise a small triangular shield and rushed towards the mountains and forests.

Until he was only nearly thirty steps away from the mountain forest, almost at the same time, Xin Chenghe, Xue Ne, and Luo Wu shouted: "Release!" ”

Dense bolts of arrows shot out.

Immediately, the screams of many soldiers and the screams of war horses were heard. But closer to the mountains and forests, Bashav shouted again: "Rush." ”

Trying to take advantage of the advantage of the cavalry, they forcibly rushed to the mountains and forests to kill. Break through the damage of the bow and arrow, and let the infantry that follows snipe.

The rain of arrows did not stop, and some people rushed into the forest, but when they entered the mountain forest, although because of the stony low mountains, the mountains and forests were sparse and the trees were very short, which somewhat reduced the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. Then, the infantry and cavalry tactics that had been practiced many times appeared. There were no carts, but there were hooked sickles and horse axes, but this large axe was mainly used to cut down the mountains and forests as a fence. Now it's used as a tool to cut off the horse's legs.

There were constantly big food cavalry rushing into the mountains and forests, and they also killed and injured the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, but they were gone one by one and never returned, Bashav looked around and saw that only half of the five hundred cavalry brought over were left, and his heart was empty. He hurriedly ordered: "Withdraw." ”

This shout of withdrawal caused a little confusion. If it is another branch of the military, it is very likely that he will succeed, as long as he turns the horse's head and cooperates with the infantry, he can delay the fighter. With this army in check, even if the river was crossed, it was impossible to build a simple fortification. Then the situation is going to be very dangerous.

But today Ba Shaofu encountered a group of fierce generals. Xue Ne wanted to make a name for himself, but Luo Wucheng, as a Khitan, let Li Wei mention him as the commander of the East Road, and live above Xue Ne, who Li Wei personally trained repeatedly, and was grateful to Ling, and wanted to prove himself. Xin Chengji is a rough man, but the emperor has always been very good to him, knowing that he has nothing but to play with his life. Although the three of them are not very old, their courage makes up for the lack of age.

Seeing that the big cannibal wanted to retreat, he shouted almost at the same time: "Rush." The first continues to shoot with a bow and arrow, the second with a spear, the third with an axe, and the fourth with a knife. ”

With an order, the Tang army took the initiative to divide into three ways and killed. The big cannibal caused a small confusion because of Bashav's order, the people in front were turning around, and the people behind were still rushing forward one after another, just as the Tang army came out. This caused even greater casualties, especially a group of large food soldiers who turned around, because they turned sideways and had no shield protection, and they were hit by arrows one after another. Bashaf himself was hit by an arrow and fled backwards in pain.

"Chase!" Luo Wuquan shouted again.

After chasing down, the Great Eclipse infantry behind also followed at this time, and someone was organizing a defensive formation, but the retreat of the Great Eclipse cavalry also caused chaos. Xue Ne had an idea, looked at the soldiers around him, there happened to be several soldiers in the middle of the river, and asked, "Which one of you can speak Persian." ”

Language has become the biggest headache. Not only were few of the Tang soldiers able to listen to and speak Dashi and Persian, but many of the soldiers did not even know the language of the Hanzhong region. And the soldiers in the Transoxiana region may not all speak Dashi and Persian, and even the Tang Dynasty may not be able to understand it.

"Me!" A middle-aged man with a full mouth and beard replied.

"You shouted to them, our Tang Dynasty led hundreds of thousands of troops to Khorasan to restore the country for the Persians, so that the Persian soldiers would not resist."

"Whoa." The beard answered, and shouted as he ran.

"Shouting again, surrender without killing, it will make them go home. Those who resist will be killed. ”

"Whoa."

Shout again.

There were also some clever river soldiers in the army, and when they heard the bearded man shouting, they followed suit. Because of the geographical relationship, the people of the Transoxiana region are very close to the Persian people, especially the countries bordering Persia such as Kang and Anguo.

Dozens of soldiers in the river were shouting in a hurry, and some were still firing arrows, but in front of them were the cavalry that had been defeated and retreated, which made them have scruples. When his cavalry retreated, the Tang Dynasty army was not far away, and because of the impact of the cavalry, the troops were panicked. A few were firing arrows, and most were hesitant, hesitating with bows and arrows in their hands.

"Shout again, never surrender again, never forgive."

"Whoa."

He shouted again.

Seeing that the Tang army was approaching with great ferocity, and listening to the shouting, some soldiers actually put down their bows and arrows. None of the infantry who lagged behind were really big eaters, almost all of them were Persian soldiers. In this way, the damage to the Tang Army is less.

"Kill!" Xin Chengsi had good physical strength and was the first to rush in the army.

The sword fell, and the head of a Persian soldier was cut off. Seeing that he was so fierce, many soldiers immediately laid down their weapons and surrendered with their heads in their hands. And the soldiers also fled. It was useless for Bashav to keep yelling.

"Kill!" The three-way Tang army, like a tiger descending from the mountain, rushed into the enemy army. The few soldiers who continued to resist were almost like the waves splashed by the stones in the lake, and soon fell silent.

Luo Wuquan gave another order: "General Xue, you lead your men to guard the prisoners and escort them to the enemy camp to carry supplies, General Xin, we continue to rush to the enemy camp." ”

Xue Ne was very reluctant, but still reluctantly responded.

He stayed, counted the prisoners, and then ordered them to return, and also moved the weapons, food, and tents of the enemy's camp on the east road to Guadanshan. Build a strong camp on the mountain of Guaegg Mountain as a bridgehead for the future.

Luo Wuquan and Xin Chengsi continued to cover up.

The battle continued until dawn, and finally ended. In this battle, more than 700 Great Eaters were killed, 1,000 and 2 were captured, and less than 800 Great Eaters escaped. But in this battle, there were only 500 real food soldiers, and the rest were all Persian puppet troops, and the generals were mediocre in talent, so the gap between the two armies could not be tested. After arriving at the enemy camp, he did not pursue again, but took advantage of the bright light before dawn to carry the supplies of the enemy camp back, and carried them back with the prisoners, and captured more than 200 horses, led all the horses, and did not let go of the wounded horses, put the supplies, and returned to Guaegg Mountain. The others burned out.

The supplies were put down, and the captives were again ordered to participate in the construction of the fortifications. The trench was too late to be dug and the trees were cut down and put on the trees to be used as fences.

This battle has just begun, and the big cannibal will not easily let go of this thorn in the eye, and the next thing is the real vicious battle.

Everything, Li Wei did not see, but could imagine an approximate. In order to cooperate, he also made a series of arrangements. It was the same as last night, but earlier, only after half past three o'clock, when the trumpet sounded again. At this time, the battle of Guaegg Mountain was about to begin.

Buzarif made the immortals want to die, and there was no choice but to take turns to rest and let half of them get up. However, the Tang army suddenly initiated a change, and with the help of the luster of the moon that was about to fall westward, it could be seen that the Tang Dynasty army was divided into three roads, separated by three miles on the left and right, and carrying small rafts. Anyway, this kind of small raft is rough in workmanship, which is not guaranteed to be durable, but it can be manufactured quickly.

Buzarif was very puzzled, could it be that the Tang Dynasty army had an advantage in strength and wanted to attack in three ways?

It seems like a good idea. In order to defuse it, all the soldiers had to wake up, and the trebuchet, bow and crossbow and the battalion were divided into three ways to block it. But after the Tang army was divided into three routes, the raft was put into the river, but there was no movement again. However, unlike last night, this time they did not return to the tent, and the Tang troops on the left and right sat quietly by the river. Anyway, I rested in the evening, slept enough, was energetic, and sat by the river one by one chatting.

Listening to the scout's report, Buzarif didn't know what the Tang army wanted to do, and when he was wondering, he saw Bashav fleeing with a group of defeated soldiers, throwing away his armor and abandoning his armor.

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