Chapter 186: An Inch of Mountains and Rivers, an Inch of Blood
This kind of wet mud shield, in fact, to put it bluntly, has no technical content at all, that is, it is made of a thick wooden board to make a shield, and then wrapped in a thick layer of mud, and after this layer of mud is dried, it is wrapped in another layer, and when it is dry, there is another layer. The last layer of mud www.biquge.info kept being wet with water to keep it wet.
General Han's method of cracking is also very simple, no matter how powerful the "explosive arrows" of your Tuliao people are, at most the armor can't prevent it, I made a wooden shield as thick as the city wall, it should be able to defend it. This method seems simple, but after the Han army paid huge casualties, the Han generals carefully observed the fatal wounds on the wounded soldiers, and came up with a countermeasure.
After this kind of wet mud shield was made, one weighed 200 catties, and ordinary soldiers could not carry it at all, so they could only be loaded on a wheelbarrow and pushed by the cart. Or when defending the city, it is placed at the head of the city, and the soldiers can well resist the damage of the fragments blown up by the "explosive arrow" as long as they hide behind this huge wet mud shield.
The reason why this wet mud shield can achieve such a good effect in resisting "explosive arrows" is that it can effectively prevent the fragmentation of "explosive arrows". Another major reason is that this shield is easy to make, the materials are widely sourced, and there is no technical content in the production process, so ordinary soldiers can help to make it in large quantities. Of course, this kind of shield also has great disadvantages, that is, it is too heavy, huge, and not strong, and it is easy to break. Therefore, it cannot be used offensively at all, and can only be used when defending.
After Liu Lai's Han army had this kind of wet mud shield, it was difficult for the "explosive arrows" of the Tuliao people to inflict a large number of casualties on the soldiers defending the city. Therefore, the siege strength of the Tuliao people also dropped suddenly, allowing the Han army to smoothly drag the war into a stalemate stage.
The current situation is that every time the Tuliao people attack a city of the Han army, they will consume a lot of "explosive arrows", and the killing effect is not as good as before. The Han army's wet mud shield was often destroyed after being used once. But it doesn't matter, anyway, the material of this shield is mud and wooden planks, which can be used locally at any time, and as long as the weather is fine, a large number of new shields can be made in three days.
Seeing that this "explosive arrow" was no longer as invincible as a few years ago, Ashina Wolf Qing, the commander of the Eastern Liaodong Route Army, was also really anxious, and found Hong Xiangqing for several days in a row, and the two were in the tent, chattering and discussing the matter. After discussing it a few times, I couldn't come up with a good way to deal with the wet mud shield. But this Hong Xiangqing is a capable person in the end, and he can judge things from the overall situation and abandon local trivial matters. Hong Xiangqing decisively suggested that the wolf Qing should start to fight steadily, build a large number of siege equipment, and cooperate with the "explosive arrow" siege, and stop relying solely on the "explosive arrow" siege.
This wolf green marshal patted Hong Xiangqing's suggestion and applauded him directly, and immediately handed over this matter to Hong Xiangqing. Hong Xiangqing also intends to do a good job in this village and make a great contribution, so that he can gain a firm foothold among the Tuliao people, so that he can seek greater fame and fortune in the future. The Tuliao people and Hong Xiangqing have their own place, but the unlucky ones are only those ordinary people.
The Tuliao people are very clumsy, and they don't know how to make siege equipment at all, so this work, of course, has to be handed over to craftsmen and temporarily forcibly recruited people. Under the whips and butcher's knives of the Tuliao people, the captured Pingzhou people were forced to work day and night without any rest. As for eating, don't think about it at all, anyway, people have a batch of deaths, and then catch a batch and come back. Hong Xiangqing, how many lives have you killed in vain for your own fame and fortune! Go to the fame and wealth you brewed, and go to the founding heroes you brewed. Don't worry, the way of heaven is good, the retribution is not happy, let's wait and see.
The Tuliao people have invaded the south so far, and every time they capture a city, they will inevitably loot on a large scale, the men will be caught to work, and the women will be used by the Tuliao soldiers to vent, and then killed as military food to eat. Every inch of soil on this Pingzhou land has now been soaked in the blood of the people of Pingzhou.
Hong Xiangqing saw the tragic situation of these ordinary people one day, hid in the tent and bluntly said that he was guilty, and then the next day, he continued to happily give advice to the wolf marshal, continued to work hard to realize his ambitions, and continued to work hard for his fame, wealth, and history.
Who cares about the cheap lives of the ordinary people? It's just talking, pretending to shed a few tears, and that's it. Just like Li Deyi at the beginning, his father was arrested to be a people's strongman, and no one cared if he died, and his bones could not be recovered.
Human life is at stake, haha, whose life is also shared, isn't it?
On the frontal battlefield, under the powerful offensive of the army on the eastern road of Tuliao, the Han army was forced to tighten its defense step by step, and in this way, in the end, it only barely held a few large cities without losing. Under the joint efforts of the Han generals, Xiao Chengcheng, Zhang Jianshoe, and other good ministers and fierce generals, the Han army held several big cities, supported each other, and fought each other. After several setbacks in the attack, the Tuliao East Road gradually became a stalemate with the Han army.
At this time, although the Han army barely held several large cities, it had lost most of the territory of Xuhuai Province and could only barely be trapped in the central and eastern regions of Xuhuai Province. This place is a basin surrounded by mountains, and the people of the time called it the Hanzhong Basin. The Han army was uncomfortable, and the Eastern Route Army of the Tuliao people was not much better, and the Han army fought viciously repeatedly, and the newly attached troops were almost completely lost, not to mention, even the Tuliao people were proud of it, and they thought that they were invincible in the world, and they also lost almost 10,000 horses.
The most wonderful battle fought by the Han army was when the Han generals personally led their soldiers to meet the Tuliao elite cavalry.
In this battle, General Han violated the common sense of the art of war, went to the village with his back, put on a dilemma with no way out, and put him to death and survive, which successfully stimulated the soldiers' desperate desire to survive.
In this battle, 50,000 Han soldiers fought against the newly acquired Jiping soldiers and 20,000 Tuliao elite cavalry of 40,000 Tuliao people, and the fight was quite tragic.
In this battle, the Han soldiers worked hard, dared to die first, and finally defeated the morale of Jiping and surrendered, not to mention, even the 20,000 Tuliao elite cavalry were also beaten back.
The process of this battle is also thrilling, Hong Xiangqing is aware of the art of war, before the war he saw the Han army back to the underwater village, and laughed, saying that the Han army is a self-defeating place, a general is incapable of exhausting the three armies.
In order to grab this great achievement, Hong Xiangqing personally led Jiping to take the lead and fought with the Han army, but the battle lasted for a long time, and the two sides were difficult to distinguish the victory and defeat. When the Han generals fought fiercely between the two sides for half a day, they suddenly feigned defeat and retreated, and led the army to retreat to the river. Hong Xiangqing made meritorious service and vowed to capture the Han army general alive and led the army to chase after him. Unexpectedly, when the Han army retreated, they deliberately dropped a large number of flags, property, and baggage to lure Jiping to surrender and pick it up.
General Han's move was obviously not a temporary idea. He had sent scouts in advance, conducted close reconnaissance, and even ventured to observe the periphery of the Jiping camp for the sake of safety. After arriving close and carefully observing the Jiping soldiers, the Han generals were convinced that these Jiping soldiers were not happy with the Tuliao people, but they were forced to surrender because of the strong strength of the Tuliao people.
The treatment of these thistles is obviously much worse, not to mention one meal a day, and there is no oil and water at all, just eat the most inferior coarse grains, barely mix a full stomach. The armor they wore and the blades they held in their hands were all of inferior quality, and the good ones had already been snatched away by the Tuliao people.
A group of soldiers and horses who are not well fed, clothed, and have been oppressed by the Tuliao people suddenly encountered a large amount of property, and it was abandoned by the enemy when he was defeated and retreated, what do you say they will do?! Of course, before the Tuliao people rushed up, he picked it up first, and he could pick up a little more! It's full of flags, armor, food, weapons, and even a silver coin!
From the moment the Han army was defeated, Jiping's surrender was completely chaotic. Boom, these more than 30,000 Jiping soldiers were like crazy, and began to compete for what the Han army had fallen. Hong Xiangqing, who was commanding operations in the army, had not yet figured out what was going on, and found that he suddenly could no longer command his soldiers, because even the personal guards and heralds around him were busy bowing their heads to pick up things, money, flags, uniforms, and food to eat. Hong Xiangqing, who was familiar with the art of war, saw this situation, and the cold sweat on his forehead came down at that time.
It was only at this time that Hong Xiangqing realized that he had been tricked. General Han is worthy of a generation of famous generals, his ability and knowledge are far beyond Hong Xiangqing, this battle from the beginning of the fight, when Hong Xiangqing was still observing the Han army, Han generals were already designing traps for him. Now, when Hong Xiangqing reacted to the plan, it was already too late, and it was over.
This Hong Xiangqing is also a single, worthy of his own fame and fortune, and can kill hundreds of people. At the critical moment, when it was not good, Hong Xiangqing didn't say a word, turned around and fled! Since all the soldiers were busy picking up things with their heads down at that time, for a while, no one really found out that their general had fled.
Seeing that Jiping's surrender had been hit, the Han generals immediately sent two thousand light cavalry and rushed directly into the camp after Jiping's surrender, replacing all the flags with the banners of the Han army. Then on the front, General Han personally led the army, regrouped the team, beat the drum and charged, and launched a counterattack.
Hong Xiangqing, the main general of Jiping's surrender, had already sneaked away at this time, the army had lost its command, and all the soldiers were busy bowing their fortunes, so they didn't have time to organize a decent formation.
With only one round of charge, the Han army completely defeated Jiping's pawns. The Ji Ping soldier who reacted wanted to flee in the direction of the camp, but when he looked up, grandma! How can our rear camp be planted with the banner of the Han army! Now the old nest has been destroyed, brothers, run for your life.
Nearly 40,000 Jiping soldiers were killed by the Han army, but in an hour, they were completely swept away, leaving only one Hong Xiangqing, who fled in embarrassment like a dog, and went back to find his Tuliao master to complain and plead.
On the side of the Tuliao people, the person in charge of this battle was the vanguard general, Ashina Hashiqi. He originally took 20,000 cavalry under his command, watching the excitement from the side, and he was watching it with relish. Especially when he saw that the Han army had left a lot of wealth and goods, he couldn't help but be moved, and hesitated whether to go over and pick up some ready-made cheap.
Ha Shiqi was hesitating, and General Han led the army back again. This time, the horse pistol directly beat the 40,000 thistle soldiers and scattered and fled.
Ha Shiqi rode on a horse, and when he saw the Han army sweeping away Jiping's pawns like wolves, he couldn't help but shiver, and said secretly in his heart: "I don't mean that there are such fierce generals in the world!" ”