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

After listening to Bashaf's account of what had happened, Buzarif knew that he had been hit by a plan.

It is easier to understand why the Tang army suddenly changed its rhythm and came to the Wuhu River lightly and quickly, precisely to cross the river, and its own side was caught off guard, with insufficient troops and insufficient preparation.

But because of Tang Jun's actions in the middle, he was negligent. He had also seen the mountain and the willow bushes on the other side of the river, a terrain that would cause blind spots. So a sentry post was deliberately set up on it. Although the terrain can play a role in some shelter, the river is wide, and if the Tang army crosses at night, it can still be found sooner or later.

But his own troops were insufficient, which confused the Tang army's actions, and he actually transferred the original commander Dugele back, and the soldiers stationed there, besides, the soldiers stationed in Guaegg Mountain were all Persians.

What a mistake. I would have thought that the Tang army could successfully cross the river, after all, I had fewer troops, but I didn't expect that the Tang army would cross the river so easily, and I would defeat myself slightly. It was a small defeat, and the casualties of the real Great Eclipse soldiers were only two or three hundred, and as for the number of casualties of the Persians, he ignored them.

But he is Salem's heavy general, although he has a small defeat, but his head is very clear.

The Tang Dynasty army opened a breakthrough, but they came lightly, and they had to bring their horses to the Wuhu River again, as well as weapons and supplies, to build a simple fortification. I didn't go, but I can imagine that at this moment, the thousands of Tang Dynasty troops on the east road are dividing into several routes, some are transporting supplies on the other bank, some are pulling horses across the river on the other bank, some are guarding prisoners, and some are repairing fortifications. But this is not enough, the Tang Dynasty army came to the decisive battle, and more soldiers had to cross the river, otherwise these thousands of Tang troops would undoubtedly come to die.

In order to confuse, how many rafts can they make these days, even if it is such a rough raft, the rear army has to cross the river, and more supplies and rafts must be prepared. There was also grain, on the south bank of the Wuhu River, and for the sake of victory, Governor Salem implemented a plan to clear the wilderness. Unless you capture the city of Moufu, it will be difficult to find a grain of grain. Or wait until more than a month later, Xia receives it.

Even if the middle army of the Tang Army transferred to the East Route Army, they even carried the raft without regard to the physical strength of the soldiers. If you want to cross the river, and complete the preparation for crossing the river, you will have to wait until noon tomorrow at least. And tomorrow at noon, a large army in his rear also arrived.

However, with this landing site, it gave the Tang army a turnaround and lost most of the role of the Wuhu River.

Therefore, a decision was made to lead the troops to defeat the Tang army that had landed on the shore and take back Guaegg Mountain. However, at present, the Tang army is divided into three ways, which has created some problems for him.

After thinking about it, I made another decision.

Fifteen hundred men remained, divided into three parts to resist. If the Tang army crosses the river, give them a heavy blow, and then retreat to the camp. Defend this camp with a well-laid out camp defense. This won't be very difficult, as long as you stick to it for a day and a half at the latest.

He led other armies and went to Guaegg Mountain to deal with the Tang army.

Then the Tang army has only three roads to choose from, and the army in the rear marched at night in the second half of the night yesterday, and it can only arrive at the earliest in the evening, which is definitely too late. Otherwise, you won't be confused. Either the Chinese army will divide troops to support, and it may not be known whether there are rafts in the camp on the east road of the Tang Dynasty for them to cross, but if there is, there is a time to cross the river and a time to judge, and they are enough to defeat the Tang army on Guaegg Mountain.

Either they forcibly crossed the river, and then ran from the land towards Guazi Mountain to provide support. This is also feasible, the small number of troops left behind by himself cannot prevent the landing of the Tang army. But if you want to catch up, you must first occupy the beachhead, and then lead the horses over. This will delay a lot of time. He also annihilated the Tang army on the East Road and waited for it.

Either the strong man broke his wrist, abandoned the Tang army on this road, and forcibly landed. But the time to set up camp, the time to prepare supplies and weapons, could not be completed until evening. Landing together, clumsy in action. If they are separated, their own middle camp is still there, and the west camp is still there, which cuts off their mutual connection and cannot cooperate.

Thinking of this, a series of orders were issued.

Let the Xiying army not move lightly, and focus on defending the camp. Then send someone to inform Salem with a fast horse, and ask him to send a group of cavalry to support the response. If the Tang army adopts the first strategy and fights a fierce battle in Guazi Mountain, it is important not to let them land on the shore, so that the moat of the Wuhu River can continue to play its role. If the second strategy is adopted, he will stick to Guaegg Mountain, attack inside and outside, and defeat the Tang army in one fell swoop. If the third strategy is adopted, constantly using the advantage of cavalry and constantly harassing, they will not be able to successfully set up the camp and transport supplies and weapons to the south bank. Wait until tomorrow when the army arrives and crush it in one fell swoop.

It is also possible that the Don Army combined more than two tactics.

But in that case, they did not have an absolute advantage in strength, unless the Tang Dynasty army was several times superior to itself in combat effectiveness, which was impossible.

After the order is over, let the subordinates leave immediately. He led the army to quickly pounce on the melon egg mountain.

But this time Buzarif made a mistake. Not only him, but even Salem made the mistake of thinking that once the Tang army attacked the Wuhu River and crossed the river, it would be a battle.

Not really. The goal of the Don Army was only to grab a bridgehead.

This misunderstanding is also caused by the growth history of Big Food. Wherever the Great Cannibal Soldier is pointing, he is invincible. Except because of the seven years of fierce fighting in Constantinople, there were almost never large-scale wars. I also saw the Tang Army's battle in the Western Regions, whether it was the battle of Wang Fangyi Atami or the battle of Li Weiyili Waterfront, it was a quick battle. This is also consistent with the fighting style of the Great Eclipse Army, which is consistent with their previous fighting style with the Transoxiana Turks.

However, in the history of ancient Chinese warfare, the Three Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, or the Chu and Han dynasties competed with each other, and countless classic wars were staged. Some of them are held in the city, but most of them are large-scale field holdings.

Do we have to fight a great battle to cross the river?

Therefore, Buzarif thought that he could easily defeat Luo Wuquan's army on the eastern route. Listening to Bashav's report, the Don army suffered few casualties, could cross the river from midnight, and fought fierce battles, at the moment building fortifications and transporting supplies. The soldier is exhausted and will surely be able to win easily.

Guessed wrong.

In order to rush for time, Luo Wuquan only carried a batch of large food materials, and the rest were burned out. The Great Eclipse was defeated, and he left a large number of weapons and armor, and only picked up the weapons, after all, he didn't have enough weapons with him, and he didn't take the time to peel off the armor. The wounded soldiers were then helped back to the camp. He didn't take the time to return to Hebei and transport the supplies back to Guadanshan. Instead, he concentrated on the rapid construction of a fortification on Guazi Mountain. The second mistake made by Buzarif was to keep treating the Tang Dynasty as an imaginary enemy, so he left a few trebuchets behind. This has won another lease of life.

The mountain is composed of nine small hills of varying heights, the length of a mile of road, and the maximum width is less than 400 meters. If you bring a trebuchet, you can cover half of the area of Guaegg Mountain under the range of the trebuchet, and the Tang army hurriedly captured it, and barely built a fortification, which is considered very good, then there is time to build a trench to hide? If a large number of trebuchets were brought, the sparse trees would not be able to stop the falling boulders from the sky. The hastily constructed fortifications will be halved.

Buzarif left with his army, leaving the remaining 1,500 soldiers in charge of Dugrad.

He was also a good general, and when he gave this order, Bugrev regretted it a little in his heart, if Dugele was left in Dongying, the Tang Dynasty army might have taken Guadanshan, but it would never be so easy. At least you can buy yourself valuable time.

He thought it could.

Seeing him lead the army away, the Tang Dynasty army changed again. The central army continued to divide on both sides. The armies on both sides divided two miles on either side. This point has become a five-way person. Dugele was dumbfounded, if there were more than 10,000 troops in his hands at this time, even if the Tang army was divided into nine routes, the problem would not be serious. But there are only 1,500 people in hand, and the middle battalion must hold on, what should I do about this point?

After only a moment, Buzarif's arrangement was in vain.

After thinking about it, I had to make adjustments again, so that the scouts would return to inform them, and two hundred soldiers would be stationed on the left and right.

But this point, what effect can it have, but it is far from it. Seeing that the Great Food Army made adjustments, Li Wei made changes again. The small number of troops left behind can magnify this weakness infinitely. The middle road continued to divide the troops, and the other four roads also divided the troops, and extended to a place more than two miles away, extending a new two-way army.

At this time, the sky is also bright, and the light morning light rises on the surface of the Wuhu River, which is lighter than the light veil, the river water is blue, and the scenery is very beautiful. However, when Duegler heard the report from his men, he almost went limp, and thought to himself, I don't want to play like this.

In this way, with Zhongying as the center, it stretches out nearly eight miles to both sides. Although the sky is bright, you can't see the changes on both sides, and it's far away, and it depends on the scouts to report, and it will be a waste of time to come and go. After pondering for a while, the newly divided two-way forces moved closer to the middle again, and re-compressed into three roads to ensure that the middle camp was not lost.

Only then did Li Wei order the horn to be sounded.

The Ninth Route Army officially began to cross the river.

True and false. It was the East 2nd Route Army that actually crossed the river. Dugrad kept an eye on the situation and sent someone to inform Buzarif. The Tang Dynasty army in the middle of the three roads rowed the raft to the middle of the river, and the Dashi army had already prepared bows and crossbows, and some put stones on the throwing bags. But the Tang army suddenly stopped. After lingering in the center of the river for a while, he suddenly turned his head and rowed back.

Duegler is inexplicable. But I felt a little chill in my heart, the enemy I encountered this time was far from the enemies of various countries I had encountered before, and he was extremely cunning. Since the army arrived here, the truth and falsehood have been confusing, and I have guessed many times, but I can't guess their true intentions.

Paddled back. Duegler also saw that the Tang Dynasty army had undergone new changes, the army on the west road was running back, and the army on the middle road was running east. Finally, he realized that the enemy took advantage of his lack of troops and constantly divided his troops, and finally crossed the river safely. The place to really cross the river is in the east, and if you cross it, you can support the Tang army in Guaegg Mountain.

But when I woke up, it was too late. The enemy has already occupied the beachhead. Even if you wake up before, it doesn't work. Their own troops are small, the banks of the river are empty, and the distribution of troops is clear at a glance. Hold the East 2nd Road, and there is no way to hold the other roads. On the contrary, because it is far away from the camp, it is possible that the camp will be lost and the whole army will be destroyed.

Sure enough, the scouts came back to report that the enemy had taken over the beachhead. The general trend has gone, and Duegler had no choice but to order, three roads in one, return to the middle camp, and hold the middle camp camp without losing. He also sent someone to inform Dugler and told him to prepare in advance. The Tang Dynasty army has crossed the river, and it is about to go to where you are, and you have to arrange it in time.

The second batch of Tang troops crossed the river again, this time on a large scale, and brought a large number of war horses. Not only that, Li Wei also began to move. Zhang Ren was willing to pull him down: "Your Majesty, don't take any risks." ”

"What kind of adventure is this? And my danger in Qinghai that time? The reason why I want to go over is to take a look at the real combat power of the Great Cannibal. ”

Let yourself be fooled, almost all the elite troops near the Wuhu River are concentrated in the middle. Since Buzarif led his army to Guaegg Mountain, he is the elite of the elite. In this battle, you can see the true combat effectiveness of the big cannibals.

He also said: "After I leave, you stick to the middle camp, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault." ”

Zhang Ren was willing to persuade him, so he had to respond: "Oh." ”

10,000 Tang troops crossed the river, got on horseback, and the rest of the soldiers brought back the raft. The big cannibals had few troops, adopted a defensive strategy, and did not make rafts, so they were taken away and did not give the big cannibals a chance to counterattack Hebei.

This delay has been a long time. The battle at Guaegg Mountain is at its worst.

The mountain was not very long, and in addition to the more than two hundred soldiers who were killed and wounded, the main force was preserved, and more than a thousand prisoners were added. These captives tremble and shout many times, surrender and don't kill, let you go home.

But didn't you really let you go home?

In order not to kill them, in order to go home, he worked extremely hard. While having a hasty breakfast, he kept building fortifications. Luo Wuquan was inspired by Xue Ne, and sent Persian soldiers in the river to persuade them, why do you want to help the big cannibals? Have you forgotten that you are Persians, that your Persia has stood for more than a thousand years and is proud of the others? Now we Datang have come to help you, we have come to help you, we have come to help you, and we Tocharian have also come to help you. How many troops can a Great Cannibal have in Persia? Without our help, even if you Persians have the courage to expel them from the beautiful Sindh, Khorasan and Sestan. So many allies come to your aid, but you are willing to be other people's dogs and slaves?

The captives were ashamed. But a heart settled, and having said so, probably won't kill them.

But time is running out too much.

After simply nailing the felled trees into a rough fence, smoke and dust billowed in the distance, and the great cannibals came.

This was beyond Buzarif's expectations, and he didn't expect that he would come quickly, so he still asked the Tang army to build a fence. It was so rough that it even left a huge gap that a person could calmly drill through. But the wood nailed to it was thick enough to hold back the horses.

Buzarif was full of confusion in his heart, why did the Don army only concentrate on building fortifications, and did not transport supplies and horses from the rear in time?

I didn't figure it out, but I knew that the time was urgent, so I rode a horse and looked at it, and let the more than 12,000 soldiers under my command, as well as the hundreds of deserters who had returned along the way, line up. The terrain is not very harsh, I have seen it before, but I never expected a fierce battle to start here. If you look at it carefully, there are nine low hills, the three highest in the middle, and the four hills on both sides are almost negligible, just four small dirt bags rising from the ground, and because the back is against the Wuhu River, the ground is humid and sparse trees. However, the hills are mainly sandy and gravel, with only a small amount of sandy soil, resulting in the mountain forest is not only sparse but also not tall.

Through the sunlight, you can clearly see the activities of the Tang Dynasty army in the woods.

It's not high, and as a defensive terrain, the effect won't be ideal. Then the number of the Don army was confirmed again.

The advantage of being numerous, as an excellent general, Buzarif can also give full play. So the order was given, so the cavalry dismounted their horses, and the infantry came out in columns, making three teams of 2,000 men each, and attacking on the left, center, and right. More than 7,000 troops were in rear.

Each team of shieldmen, mixed with archers, covered each other, while each wore a scimitar at his waist, ready to strike at any time.

Luo Wuquan is also watching. After looking at it for a while, he said to Xue Ne and Xin Chenghei: "This is a strong enemy. ”

Xue Ne nodded, of course he was a fierce opponent. Otherwise, it would not be a country that is not too big or too small, and it would not have become the most powerful country in the West in just a few decades. Last night's engagement was not the real combat effectiveness of the Great Eclipse soldiers.

It was also immediately adjusted, divided into four, Jiang Sijin, Xue Ne and Xin Chengsi each led a thousand troops to intercept the head-on. The army left behind was reorganized by Luo Wu.

Three teams of men and horses entered the back of the fence and hid behind trees. However, the trees are sparse and do not provide good shelter.

Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, when he reached fifty paces, Luo Wucheng blew the horn.

Three batches of arrows rained out.

But with the exception of a few Persian troops who were slightly confused, the rest of the soldiers calmly covered each other and continued to advance. That's it, Buzarif was still very dissatisfied, and shouted: "Those who retreat will be killed, and those who are chaotic will be killed." ”

After a shout, the Persians did not dare to panic anymore because of his obscenity.

And he shouted, "Shoot arrows." ”

The archers hid behind the shield-bearers and raised their bows and arrows to return fire. Fight back and move at the same time. At a distance of fifty paces, soldiers on both sides were killed by arrows from time to time. At this time, a horse galloped in the distance. The first news was reported that the Tang Dynasty once again divided its troops, and the troops were divided into seven routes, intending to cross the river.

As soon as Buzarif heard this, he understood Li Wei's intention, which was to use the advantage of military strength to make a plan to cross the river. But I also felt that time was pressing. Then he shouted, "Each team will support five hundred more soldiers." ”

Fifteen hundred Great Food Soldiers walked out of the array, divided into three parts, and rushed up.

The soldiers in front fell quite a few people, but finally reached the front of the fence and began a hand-to-hand handover.

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