Chapter 34: Mountains and Clouds (9)

"Want to go? How can it be so easy! ”

Seeing the rabbit sent to the door run away, Han Gang has never been so generous, "Liu Yuan, embellish them and drag the thief's itinerary...... As long as it drags on for a day, after Lintao City receives the news, it will inevitably respond. ”

"Han Jiyi, don't chase after the poor!" Wang Zhongzheng hurriedly stopped it, and there were only more people in the fort, so how could he still divide the army to chase the enemy.

"Don't worry, it's just a delay, not for them to pursue."

"But the war horse is not enough...... Only more than 60 rides! ”

The cavalry in Weiyuan Fort was sent out by Han Gang early in the morning, and the current dozens of horses were all snatched by the brave fighting of Liu Yuan and other generals. Although the Tubo people were defeated and retreated, they still wanted Liu Yuan's troops to pass, and they still wanted to hold back the enemy's footsteps? Just a snack for someone!

"You can use a horse, a stagecoach! Chasing the enemy is not going into battle, delaying is not fighting, whether it is a war horse or not is not a big deal! You can rest assured. Han Gang still insisted on his opinion, ignoring Wang Zhongzheng's opinion.

Horses and stagecoaches are military horses that cannot go into battle to kill the enemy, either because of physique or temperament, and they were defeated when the army selected war horses, but in Han Gang's view, whether it is a horse or a stagecoach, it is no problem to carry people, and it is okay to dismount and fight when you go to the ground.

There is an army in Beijing called the dragoon, and the whole army is a horse man, that is, a marching horse, and dismounts during the battle. Although the dragoons are now unworthy of their name, and there are not even a few riding horses left, there are horse step people's combat methods, and Liu Yuan and others can also understand them.

"Liu Yuan! Do you have any questions? Han Gang asked sharply. Three hundred elite generals, even if most of them are riding horses and stagecoaches, it is enough to be worthy of a commanding cavalry to choose a front, delay the thieves, they should be able to complete it.

"Nope!" Liu Yuan knelt down on one knee, and his fist clenching was as resolute as ever, "The last general will take the order!" ”

As thieves and prisoners who were exiled to Tongyuan, Liu Yuan and the others had no room for bargaining for the orders of the officials. Han Gang can ask a question, which is already considered generous.

Han Gang reflexively explained to Wang Zhongzheng, who was a little angry in his heart: "As long as you can delay it for a day, it's enough." At the speed of sending to Lintao to report the news, tomorrow morning, Wang Anfu will be able to get the news. There are only two places to return to the ferry on the west side of Taoshui from Mabang Mountain, as long as Lintao dispatches cavalry in time to intercept the back road. Of the 2,000 Tibetan cavalry, at least half of them should be left. ”

Wang Zhongzheng's face was worried for a while, happy for a while, and it was difficult to make a decision, but he still shook his head after the last day, "...... Still too risky. ”

If Liu Yuan and the others had some accidents and let the Tubo people kill them again, how could Weiyuan Fort, which was missing three hundred elites, resist it? Isn't it enough to retreat from the enemy, but it is necessary to add icing on the cake!

Wang Zhongzheng was very reluctant in his heart, but he couldn't suppress Han Gang, who was confident.

"Regarding this matter, I know that there is no need to worry. This neighborhood is the territory of the Qingtang Ministry, and Bao Shun Baoyue didn't take all the troops to Lintao...... Han Gang had already sent people to the nearby Fan Department to recruit people, and there would be a response soon. ”

Liu Yuan led his troops out of the city, and the horses in the fort were also taken away by the Guangrui Army. Fortunately, there is a lot of baggage piled up here in Weiyuan, and there is no shortage of saddles among them. Everyone jumped on their horses and whipped up and galloped out.

The first batch of reinforcements from the Tibetan tribe arrived, they were sent by a branch tribe of the Qingtang tribe near Weiyuan Fort, there were only more than twenty people, old and young.

"Han Jiyi, they are a little weaker." Wang Zhongzheng pointed to a few white-headed frosty people, "They are all old like this, how can they draw the bow." ”

"Please also know that Shao'an is not impatient, wait a little longer."

As Han Gang said, soon the second batch of reinforcements also arrived. Now there are a little more people, about a hundred. They are all carrying well-made bow knives in their hands, and the level of production is not bad

With the beginning of the two teams, the following groups of people came one after another, and when the lights were lit in the fort, there were already almost a thousand people from the nearby Fan Division.

"Wang and Gao Er's appeasement in Hehuang has been working hard for many years, and their faith is deep, and now they only need an order from the Marginal Pacification Division to let the Tongyuan Departments hear the scenery."

Han Gang said so, but Wang Zhongzheng saw these Tibetan people, and when he knelt down and saluted Han Gang, Han Jiyi's three words were even more round. Obviously, Han Gang's reputation among the people of Fan is not slightly worse than Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu.

With thousands of horsemen around, Wang Zhongzheng's confidence suddenly grew, "Han Jiyi, but you want to send troops?!" ”

"It's enough to have Liu Yuan dragging in front for the time being."

Of course, the night is inconvenient for the march, but it is the best time for harassment - Han Gang asked Liu Yuan to delay the speed of the march of the Tibetan people, not to give random orders, let alone let them go to death. If he hadn't seen a high chance of success, he would naturally have chosen to accept it when he saw it, rather than annihilate the enemy, as proposed by Wang Zhongzheng.

"It's inconvenient to march at night, and these people need to be put in order. Wait until tomorrow morning to start the pursuit. "Although there are many people, most of the people who come to help are not well-trained soldiers, and they are very vulnerable on the battlefield, Han Gang will not choose to let a plate of loose sand go into battle, "After a while, Wang Junwan should also come back." ”

Wang Junwan, who knows Weiyuan Fort, has served as an official here in Weiyuan for nearly two years, and his official position has risen by two levels because of his merits, but his dispatch has never changed, and he has recently added a part-time job as an inspector. Today, he was sent by Han Gang to inspect the Bird and Mouse Mountain Road, and he brought dozens of cavalry out of Lu early in the morning, otherwise with the important status of Weiyuan Fort, he would not have been able to pull out even a cavalry at the beginning.

Han Gang has no one to lead the army, if these people are allowed to swarm out of the army, they are defeated and flee, he Han Gang is also indispensable, and he has to give them a backbone. But Liu Yuan rebelled, so he could only wait for Wang Junwan to come back.

"What can be done, it depends on Liu Yuan's ability."

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Cross Taoshui from Taoxi, and then bypass Mabang Mountain, and kill Weiyuan Fort. He traveled more than 100 miles in one day, but he returned defeated. Although the two leaders of Blind Wu Qi and Jie Wu Yanzheng are the elite of the headquarters, this trip has also hurt their vitality fiercely.

Walking on the side of the tributaries of Taoshui, the riders and war horses were dejected, and the Tubo army ran up and down for a day and a night, if there was a victory, it could also boost morale. But now, there is no motivation to move forward.

Seeing that the speed of retreat was getting slower and slower, Wu Qi said to Wu Yanzheng, "Let's rest first." ”

Wu Yanzheng felt that this place was too close to Weiyuan Fort, and it was too far from the ferry port to withdraw to Taoxi, "Be careful that the retreat route is blocked, maybe there will be chasing soldiers in Weiyuan Fort behind." ”

Blind Wu Qi had a little luck mentality, "There are not many troops in Weiyuan Fort, so it's no problem to rest for an hour." He sighed again, "Now I don't have any strength, take a break to go fast." ”

As he spoke, he sent the order, but in order to guard against the pursuers, he still sent dozens of sentry agents.

After galloping for a hundred miles, both men and horses were very tired, and finally got the order of the blind Wu Qi, and the Tubo soldiers immediately lay down horizontally, and in the blink of an eye, they were lying all over the valley, and even snoring soon sounded.

Wu Yanzheng saw this scene, also sighed, shook his head, and sat down.

It's only been an hour, so it shouldn't matter. ’

Night fell quickly, and before you knew it, an hour had passed.

Jie Wu Yanzheng and Blind Wu Qi jumped up, kicked the clan soldiers below, and urged them to get up and hit the road.

The soldiers, who had been sleeping in a daze, were woken up, still a little dizzy. Although he didn't dare to disobey the orders of the two masters, his movements were slow and the scene was chaotic.

At this time, Liu Yuan appeared in the valley on horseback, followed by nearly 300 riders. In the shadow of the night, the darkness was overwhelming. Hundreds of tiny lanterns shimmered brightly in the darkness, the eyes of their mounts.

"The Tibetans are too careless." In Liu Yuan's ear, someone whispered, very excited.

Although the Tibetans released sentinels, they approached their main formation because the army was about to leave, and they had lost their role in warning the enemy.

Liu Yuan nodded silently, "It's almost time." ”

When the army sets out on its way, it is at its most vulnerable. After resting, the Tibetans are about to leave, and this is the best opportunity to sneak up on them.

Liu Yuan clenched the spear, and the war horse under his crotch infected Liu Yuan's suppressed excitement in his heart, and snorted briskly. Liu Yuan smoothed the horse's mane, most of the war horses in the Western Army were bought from the Tubo people, and many years of experience allowed him to adjust the war horse he had just snatched, and it was also easy to get started.

Han Gang asked him to stop the fleeing enemy, but he hung the Tubo army from afar and did not go up to fight at all. Liu Yuan led his soldiers, like a hungry tiger, to march in the dense bushes, quietly tailing the prey, waiting for the opportunity to devour the throat with a blow.

In his opinion, Han Gang is one of the most outstanding civil officials he has ever seen, regardless of military affairs, political affairs, courage, and intelligence. But this time, I can't help but look too high at these people in front of me.

The civil officials have always been cautious in their affairs, Liu Yuan is clear, but the Tubo people who attacked Weiyuan today, since they have been defeated and retreated from the city, there is no need to alarm the main force of Lintao City - the two different situations of attack and defeat are very different from the battle of the Tibetan people.

When they were killed for the sake of plundering, the cavalry of the Tibetan tribe, whose morale was high, was definitely a strong enemy, and with the looseness of the military discipline of the Tibetan people, they could even prohibit it. But once they fail to retreat, there will be no strict military discipline to speak of. It's like this scene under the eyelids, it's a plate of loose sand at all.

The spear pointed ahead, Liu Yuan took a deep breath, and blurted out with a loud shout, "Kill!" ”

The sound of hooves shattered the night, and more than sixty horsemen led the way out of the mountain pass and rushed directly into the chaotic enemy army. The two hundred warriors who followed him were only a little slower, and then they howled and rushed into the enemy line, dismounted and rushed to kill.

The sneak attack that caught people off guard disrupted the Tibetan army, which had 2,000 soldiers. Liu Yuan and the others, who had spotted the position of the Chinese army and rushed to kill them, were as easy as chopping vegetables and melons in the chaotic enemy formation like headless flies.

In the darkness, the Tubo people did not know how many Song people rushed into their queue, and they could only hear shouting from the left and right. In a state of confusion, more people chose to flee rather than resist.

The efforts of Blind Wu Qi and Wu Yanzheng to reorganize the team came to naught under this impact. They were scattered by the flow of people, and in the chaos, Wu Yanzheng suddenly heard a loud noise behind him, and turned around sharply, only to see an arc of light reflecting the moon, and slashed straight down towards his head.

Two hours later, a cavalryman stormed into the Weiyuan Fort.

"Win?!"

Wang Junwan, who was about to fight, jumped up first, shocked and angry.

"It's a big win!"

The messenger who was sent back didn't take Wang Junwan to heart at all, and repeated to Han Gang and Wang Zhongzheng, "Killing the enemy general is a great victory!" ”

Wang Zhongzheng's surprise and Wang Junwan's hidden anger, Han Gang saw it in his eyes and sighed secretly, this is really an unexpected result.