Chapter 136: The battle of life and death is generous
After the 50,000 cavalry of the Gupta Dynasty retired and returned to the camp, Mengla. Gupta purged an army of 200,000 troops, with 5,000 elephant cavalry as the vanguard, followed by more than 40,000 cavalry, grain and grass in the middle, and more than 100,000 soldiers at the bottom, and the army left for the city of Harappa on the same day. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Such a formation arrangement, it can be said that it has both offense and defense, Mengla. Gupta thought to himself, even if your Qin army wants to come and sneak attack, I'm afraid that you won't get any cheapness.
After the army marched for half a day, until the sun was waning, the former army visited Malay and reported that the Qin army had rushed to Liuya Mountain first, and set up camp on Liuya Mountain.
Mengla. Gupta thought to himself, so it seems that this group of Qin troops is trying so hard to prevent themselves from going to Harappa City. The more they obstructed, the more they proved that the city of Harappan was very easy to capture at this time, and they had to rush to the city of Harappan as soon as possible.
Mengla. After Gupta got the report, he came to check it out in person, only to see that although this Liuya Mountain is called a mountain, it is actually just a tall dirt slope. The Qin army has indeed occupied Liuya Mountain, and the camp is solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
If he leads a large army to Harappa City, he must pass through Liuya Mountain, and it seems that he must uproot this Qin army barracks. Otherwise, when his army was advancing, this group of Qin troops was condescending, and they took advantage of the situation to kill, and they specially burned their own grain and grass, but they had to be guarded against.
It's just that this Qin army camp is built on a mountain, if he sends a large army to attack, he will inevitably raise his head and attack, and the Qin army's bow and crossbow are extremely powerful, so wouldn't the sergeants he sent become live targets and be shot by them?
Besides, the Dragon Elephant King Qin Feng is not in this group of Qin troops, for the sake of these thousands of Qin troops, tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed or injured, this deal is too cost-effective. Moreover, there are too many casualties among his own soldiers, and even if he rushes to Harappa City at that time, if the troops are insufficient, it is a little difficult to say whether he can capture Harappa City!
At this time, a Gupta Dynasty general next to him said: "Marshal Mengla, you see that this mountain is not big, and it is expected that there will be no water source on the mountain. It's better for us to besiege and not attack, and when he runs out of water and food, then all their soldiers will be so hungry that they can't walk, aren't they still allowed us to cut and kill at will?"
Mengla. Gupta shook his head and said, "The enemy's purpose is to delay our army in order to give the Harappan defenders a chance to prepare. If our army besieges but does not attack, will it not be in the hands of the enemy?"
Mengla. Gupta paused and said, "Let's wait for tomorrow to let the five thousand elephants charge!" Although the Qin army's bow and crossbow are powerful, our army's elephant riders are wearing heavy armor, and they should be fearless of their bows and crossbows. As long as the elephant cavalry disrupts the enemy's military formation, and the 200,000 army is then covered and killed, there is no reason for this few thousand Qin troops to be invincible"!
After saying Mengla. Gupta asked an army of 200,000 to camp ten miles away from Liuya Mountain, and after resting for the night, the army prepared to crush the thousands of Qin troops in front of him in one fell swoop with the momentum of Mount Tai early the next morning.
Mengla. Gupta this deployment is indeed the weakness of the Qin army. If you want to deal with elephant cavalry, you must have a hundred giant crossbows of the Qin army. However, the Qin army only had 4,000 cavalry, and there were no 100-man giant crossbows, let alone 100-person giant crossbows, even foot crossbows were not carried. Mengla. If Gupta used five thousand elephants to ride and kill the Qin army's military array, Qin Feng really had no way to deal with it.
In the early morning of the second day, before dawn, the 200,000 troops of the Gupta Dynasty set out. With 5,000 elephant cavalry as the vanguard, more than 40,000 cavalry followed, and more than 100,000 soldiers were at the end of the formation. The 200,000 army drove mightily to Liuya Mountain, and the smoke and dust were all over the way, and the momentum was monstrous.
Qin Feng and the others stood on the Liuya Mountain and saw the Gupta Dynasty army so imposing from a distance, and they were also quite surprised. At this time, the atmosphere of the Qin army was a little dignified, with 4,000 Qin troops against 200,000 enemy troops, no matter who wanted to come, there was no chance of winning. What's more, the five thousand elephants in its front line, for these four thousand Qin troops, compared to the hundreds of thousands of troops behind them, the pressure is a little greater.
Qin Feng looked at the five thousand elephant horses that were gradually approaching, and thought to himself that if he wanted to stop and delay these 200,000 enemy troops, he must first deal with these elephant horses. Otherwise, they would rush into battle, and it wouldn't be long before the Qin army camp would fall apart. Then more than 100,000 enemy troops swarmed up, not to mention delaying the enemy army, these 4,000 Qin troops were afraid that none of them would survive.
Qin Feng thought for a moment and ordered in a deep voice: "A thousand Iron Eagle Swordsmen listen to the order!" I order you to go down the mountain to stop the enemy's elephant cavalry, and the rest of you will follow me to shoot the enemy's feet with crossbows!"
"Hey!" A thousand iron eagle swordsmen answered the order in unison, turned over and got on their horses one by one, led by Sima Zhi, and went down the mountain to stop the enemy's five thousand elephant horses.
Let's talk about the Gupta Dynasty army commander Mengla. Gupta and the others, seeing that the Qin army only sent a team of 1,000 people to block their 200,000 troops, their eyes widened as if they didn't believe it.
With an army of 200,000 himself, not to mention 5,000 elephants to ride, even if the Qin army has 4,000 men and horses, it must be a mantis arm as a car and a mayfly shaking a tree. And these Qin troops actually sent only a thousand people to block the 200,000 army, is this a broken brain? Or are you crazy about losing your heart?
Others were speculating about Qin Jun's intentions in a daze, and the coach Mengla. Gupta saw Sima Zhi at the head of the thousand Qin army, but he was full of anger. He beat his horse and walked forward dozens of zhang, waved his horsewhip lightly and pointed at Sima Zhizhi and said: "The young general of the Qin army, I know that this commander intends to kill you, so I have come to send you to death?"
Sima Zhi smiled contemptuously when he heard this, and scolded: "Incompetent erectors, they will only be quick to speak!" The master will let you see how your 5,000 elephant riders are dead!"
Mengla. When Gupta heard this, he was furious, so he stopped talking nonsense and gave an order: "Elephant rider warriors! The glory of my Gupta dynasty needs to be defended by you! The dignity of our army needs to be upheld! Elephant Rider Warriors, everyone charge together! Crush the thousand Qin troops in front of you one by one, and trample them all into pulp! Capture that Qin Jun young general alive, Ben Shuai wants to pick his skin and eat his meat! Knock him to the bone and cramp! Crushing bones and ashes"!
Sima Zhi saw that the enemy's five thousand elephant horsemen began to charge in a big way, and he did not show any fear, but turned around and laughed: "Sharp soldiers! The enemy army has 200,000 troops, are you afraid? The enemy army has 5,000 elephants to ride, are you afraid"?
Hearing this, the Iron Eagle Swordsmen of the 1,000 Qin Army laughed wildly: "Captain Sima, what did you say?" Who have we Qin Jun been afraid of? Who have we Iron Eagle swordsmen feared"?
Sima Zhi's face was grim: "Okay! Iron Eagle Swordsmen! There are hundreds of thousands of Qin people behind us, and we need your lives to protect them! We have our generals behind us, and we need your lives to protect them!"
"Iron Eagle Swordsmen, the bloodline of our hundreds of thousands of Qin people needs the blood of the enemy army to nourish us! The glory of our Qin army's sharp soldiers needs the corpses of the enemy to pile up! The glory of our Iron Eagle swordsmen needs the heads of the enemy to forge them!"
After Sima Zhi finished speaking, he took out the Qin sword, raised his hand and ordered loudly: "Iron Eagle swordsmen, follow me to kill!" Kill all these 5,000 elephant riders and add glory to our Qin army"!
A thousand Qin troops knew about this battle, and they shook 200,000 enemy troops with 1,000 people, which was extremely dangerous, but they did not have the slightest fear. One by one, they took out the Qin swords, raised them high, followed Sima Zhi, and rushed towards the oncoming enemy five thousand elephant horsemen.
This thousand Qin Army Iron Eagle swordsmen, when they were charging with their swords, sang in a deep voice one by one: "Blood will not be shed, and death will not be suspended!" Qin has a sharp soldier, who competes with him"!
This song was tragic and majestic, resounding in this desolate Tianzhu battlefield, and even the rising sun was frightened by the Qin army's singing, as if he didn't dare to poke his head out.