707th Night Raid 1
On the back of a low hill only thirty miles east of the Turkic army's camp, no less than 40,000 cavalry and three cavalry of the Zhao army gathered here. The barracks here are continuous, the flags are fluttering, and there is a lively scene of people shouting and neighing everywhere, and in the largest tent in the middle of the barracks, several generals and colonels wearing the armor of the Zhao army gathered together.
The first burly man was crouching in front of the sand table on the central round table, carefully examining the map and checking the deployment of the Turkic army with the generals around him.
"General, there's news from Blue Capital City!" There was a chiseled footstep outside the door, followed by the sound of the guards.
"Come in quickly!" The burly man who was looking at the sand table answered without raising his head.
The curtain was lifted, and a guard hurriedly rushed in and handed the thin bamboo pipe in his hand to the strong man. The strong man hurriedly took it, carefully opened the seal, and after a closer look, a touch of joy suddenly appeared on his face.
"General, is there any news from the lord?" In the tent, a man with a slightly dark face asked urgently. The rest of the dozen or so generals, whether Han or Turkic, all looked at the Han led by him, waiting for his answer.
These people were none other than the cavalry team that Zhao Jun had been hovering outside the Blue Capital City. And the big man who is the leader is not an outsider, it is Li Chenfeng, the general of Zhao Junzhen's army. Because in the battle to defend the city, the cavalry trapped in the city could not function at all. After all, cavalry can only be most effective if it relies on war horses. Therefore, after Zhao Xun's last great victory, he learned that Xue Jian's army was coming, so he gathered some of the cavalry left in the city with the cavalry outside the city, stationed outside the city, and waited for the opportunity.
"Haha...... I have good news for you, this evening, our army defeated the siege team of the Turkic army. Because of the appearance of the earth-shattering thunder, the Turkic army was not only unable to fight at night, but also the whole army was terrified. Therefore, in order to prevent the Turkic army from withdrawing tomorrow, the lord ordered us to launch an operation tonight to launch a night attack on the Turkic army camp and break the enemy in one fell swoop. Li Chenfeng, the general of the town army, straightened up and said to the rest of the people with a smile.
"Really, that's great, we've been waiting for days, I'm suffocated, and today I can finally do it." Du Wei Tang Niu said with a laugh.
Li Chenfeng said with a smile: "Okay, let's all sit down, let's have a good discussion." Although we can act, although we have a great advantage, to be prepared against the defenseless, to be at ease. However, don't forget, the Turkic army outside the Blue Capital City was 200,000 when they came. Combined with the forty or fifty thousand slaves recruited in the previous two days, the total number of troops outside the city was 250,000. In this battle, we must win, and there must be no accidents. Therefore, if you are well prepared, you can be safe, and you should not be careless. ”
"Yes, General!" Everyone responded in unison.
Li Chenfeng said again: "Feng Yu, you are in charge of the detailed information of the attack and defense of the Blue Capital City. What is the general situation of the Turkic army outside the Blue Capital City now, in detail. ”
A lean man stood up, saluted Li Chenfeng, and said: "For several days, the Turkic army has been attacking day and night, but they do not occupy the geographical advantage, second, they do not occupy the advantage of armor and equipment, and third, they have no siege equipment. Therefore, during these days, the Turkic army suffered heavy casualties. At present, there are no more than 100,000 capable soldiers of the Turkic army, and some of them, including slaves, are only 1120,000 people. ”
"In addition, they have been attacking day and night for three days, so the entire Turkic army is already exhausted to death. Especially in today's battle, the appearance of our army's earth-shattering thunder suddenly made the morale of the Turkic army fall to the bottom in an instant. The fatigue of many days then broke out, so tonight the Turkic army must be asleep like pigs. ”
"In addition, the Turkic army has another weakness, that is, they are not good at camping. Their barracks are not as tight as our Zhao army in the field. Moreover, his subordinates had sent people to observe that their defenses were almost non-existent, except for a very low wooden fence, and the only thing that was there were some patrols and rangers. However, they were guarding against the Blue Capital City in the south, so the defenses on the left and right sides were not very tight. And in the past few days, there have been no troops on the left and right flanks, so they have almost no defense on the left and right. Coupled with the siege of the Turkic army day and night in the past two days, they are even more unbearable at this moment. ”
"Excellent! You guys did a good job, this is really God bless my Da Zhao! After the war, General Ben will definitely ask for credit for you! Li Chenfeng said with a laugh, obviously, he was in a good mood at the moment.
Looking at the generals who were all excited, Li Chenfeng cleared his throat and said: "This battle is related to the peace of my Great Zhao in the north, and it is related to the overall situation of my Great Zhao, so I don't need to say more about the importance, you yourself know it in your hearts." Therefore, there must be no negligence in this action, and this general will not tolerate negligence. If something goes wrong with someone, then go and ask the lord for guilt with his own head. ”
The generals' faces tightened, and they all nodded in understanding.
Li Chenfeng continued: "This time, Xue Jian Khan of the Turkic Army personally led an army of more than 200,000 troops, which is menacing and powerful, and my Great Zhao army and the three soldiers are in the land of the Blue Capital City, even if they do their best, they are only a hundred thousand troops now. Coupled with the first attack of the Turkic army half a month ago, the Turkic army has already sent 300,000 troops. The advantages of the two sides are very obvious. ”
"But the result? There are only tens of thousands of soldiers of our army in the blue capital city, and they first destroy more than 100,000 of the enemy's vanguard army, and then break Xue Jian's plan to attack the city. Now, the Turkic army has been frightened and retreated to the camp outside the blue capital, while we have gathered more than 40,000 cavalry troops. Ladies and gentlemen, we are here to sit and watch the infantry brothers fight hard in the Blue Capital City, which is only fifty miles away, and sit back and watch them fight bloodily. Now, it's time for us to fight. ”
"Among the Turkic battalions, the Turkic army has been consumed to only 1230,000, and now the ratio of troops between the two sides is still far inferior to the enemy. However, we have a lot of advantages, and we will win this battle! ”
"Divine Machine Camp Xu Feng!"
"The last general!" A lieutenant dressed in a different color from the other generals came out.
"Tonight's operation, the Shenji Camp is very important, are you ready?" Li Chenfeng asked in a loud voice.
Xu Feng, the captain of the Shenji Battalion, said in a deep voice: "All the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion have already been prepared, waiting for the general's order at any time!" ”
"Good!" After listening to Xu Feng's answer, Li Chenfeng stroked his palms and applauded, and said loudly: "Since this is the case, then there will be no problem." Go down at once and gather your men together, and let them prepare to assemble. In addition, all the horses must be wrapped in cotton cloth under their feet to facilitate their actions! ”
"Yes, General!" More than a dozen generals stood up in unison and gave up their orders.
A crescent moon hung in the gloomy sky, and a faint black cloud obscured the crescent moon that emitted this faint silver-white moonlight in the sky, making the whole earth slightly dim. It seems that even God is helping Zhao Jun, and the night when there was originally a glimmer of moonlight gradually darkened, this is a good time to attack the camp.
As the sky darkened and time passed, in the place of Zhao Jun's camp, it suddenly changed from silence to extremely busy, and countless torches were lit, illuminating the surroundings transparently. The soldiers put on their armor, mounted their horses, sharpened their steel swords, and under the leadership of officers at all levels, they walked out of the resting tents and began to form a formation in an orderly manner.
There was no impassioned speech, no pre-battle agitation, and every soldier knew the situation at the moment, and he also knew the battle situation in Blue Capital City today, and he knew what they were going to do. The eyes of every soldier burned with a light of madness and bloodthirstiness, and the time of meritorious service was tonight.
Among these Zhao soldiers, many of them were from the land of the state. They were harassed by the Turkic army, and they already hated the attacking Turkic army. If the other party can be completely defeated this time, then not only can you take revenge, but also let the people of Zhao in the entire Xiazhou, Bingzhou, and Dingzhou get peace for a lifetime.
Among them, 8,000 heavy armored cavalry are the vanguard, which is the knife for breaking the camp, they are an extremely sharp arrow cluster, which plays the role of tearing apart the Turkic army camp and the possible interception army, and mixed in this arrow cluster is a thousand Shenji battalion soldiers, and behind their war horses, they carry earth-shaking thunder. Once in battle, they will play an incalculable role with the heavy cavalry.
Li Chenfeng personally led 30,000 light cavalry, who wore Jianyi plate armor and only strengthened their protection in some key places. These light cavalry were far inferior in shock power to heavy cavalry, but they were far more mobile. Except for some of these light cavalry, most of them were soldiers of the Zhao army. As we all know, these Turks are very strong in riding and archery. They will follow behind the heavy cavalry, extend their victory, and drive and annihilate the enemy.
According to the plan, after the cavalry action, the infantry and young men of the Blue Capital City and the three acropolis will go out of the city to participate in the battle in order to achieve the greatest effect. In addition to being able to capture the hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers, what made Zhao Xun more concerned was the hundreds of thousands of horses and livestock in the Turkic army camp. Don't forget, when the Turks attacked, they came on horseback. However, when they attacked the city, they fought on foot. Therefore, most of the war horses of the more than 200,000 troops were stored in the camp.
In addition to war horses, most of the food of the Turkic army was livestock. These animals only need to move with the army, grazing and feeding the army. For these things, Zhao Xun is naturally extremely hot-eyed. Seriously, these war horses and livestock are nothing in the steppe tribes, and they will not have an extremely significant effect, at most they are daily needs. However, for Zhao Di, this is an important factor in improving the people's living capacity and food production.
Taking advantage of the night, the advance cavalry of the Zhao army sneaked to the right flank of the Turkic army camp very smoothly. Sure enough, as reported by the probe, there are indeed not many spies of the Turkic army here. And a small number of patrol soldiers were also quietly killed by the Zhao army knights who came in advance.
At the same time, in the Blue Capital City and the three acropolises, sixty or seventy thousand Zhao army soldiers, three warriors and young men of the Blue Capital tribe gathered behind the city gate, waiting for the movement outside the city.
The horses and hooves of the cavalry of the Zhao army were wrapped in thick cloth, and their mouths were titled, and only a very slight sound was made along the way. Fearing detection, they were slow and just beat their horses and walked slowly. However, they found that their worries seemed to be unnecessary, and the Turks did not notice that some of their sentries had been killed, so the journey was very smooth.
Looking at the dark Turkic army camp in the distance, Li Chenfeng's eyes flashed with excitement.
Tonight is the time when your Turkic army will return from a great defeat! In the past, your Turkic army invaded my Dayan border many times, and now, it is finally about to be changed. Now, it is my Great Zhao State that governs the southern Han region. And my Great Zhao State is not as weak as Da Yan, and the situation of your Turkic army committing crimes will become history from now on.
Li Chenfeng took a deep breath of the slightly cool air at night, waved his hand suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Tang Niu, the soldiers in front have already swept all the horses, you take the heavy cavalry, charge!" Break through the enemy camp! ”
"Yes, General, the last general commands!" Tang Niu's face was flushed with excitement, he turned over and got on his horse, and with a wave of his hand, eight thousand heavy armored soldiers mixed with the Shenji Battalion followed him and rushed forward.
"Warriors, charge me! Good man, make a contribution today! Camp Divine Machine, light the torches and be ready at any time! At this time, there was no need to hide, Tang Niu, who was close to the Turkic army camp, shouted, and the eight thousand heavy armored cavalry rushed towards the Turkic army camp under his leadership with a loud "boom" sound, like an iron stream.
The deafening sound of violent horses' hooves was heard far away in an instant, and the earth seemed to tremble slightly.
"Hussars, go, follow! Destroy the enemy, all at this moment! Li Chenfeng waved his hand, and with more than 35,000 light cavalry, he followed behind the heavy armored cavalry and also launched a charge, and he coldly ordered in his mouth: "Release the rocket!" Burn the enemy camp and deliver a message to the foot soldiers of Blue City! ”
The light cavalry that had been prepared for a long time drew their bows and arrows on their horses, shooting rockets one after another, and countless fiery red tracks crossed the sky, instantly illuminating the surroundings, and the black night sky was torn apart, and what appeared in front of everyone was the sleeping Turkic army camp.
Outside the camp, there was no earthen wall, no trench, only a low, unprotected fence!
The loud sound of "booming ......" made the entire Turkic army camp lively in an instant, but it was followed by a rain of fire and arrows and the cold killing machine of the heavy cavalry. Many Turkic soldiers rushed out of the barracks in a panic, but then they were rammed by the heavy cavalry of the Zhao army, and they were immediately trampled into mud......
In the Blue Capital City, Zhao Xun and the others, who had already been prepared, also saw the situation outside the city.
"My lord, the Turkic army camp is on fire, and General Li has already begun to act." On the wall of Landu City, Zhang Yuanjing said with a little excitement.
"Nangong Hao, you led the infantry in the city to fight, and this time you must annihilate the Turkic army outside the city. Remember, the horses and livestock in the Turkic army camp are especially important, these are our trophies. It must not be driven or burned by Xue Jian Khan, and it must all be accepted. Zhao Xun ordered in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, my subordinates will complete the task!" Nangong Hao said excitedly. After being pressed and fought by the Turkic army for many days, now, it is finally about to turn over.
"Boom ......" Several violent explosions sounded from the Turkic army camp, which immediately blew hundreds of Turkic troops who had just crowded into pieces, completely repelling the night patrol soldiers who were preparing to intercept them. At this moment, the only army in the Turkic army camp that did not rest and could still fight was crushed by the fighting spirit. For the earth-shattering thunder, the Turkic army was already terrified to the bottom of their hearts.
"Someone! What's going on out there? Xue Jian, who had just been awakened, suddenly roared. He was already unhappy because of the war, but now he was woken up from his sleep, how could he be in a good mood.
"Report ...... Great Khan, something is wrong, Zhao ...... Zhao army attacks the camp! One of his own soldiers rushed in from outside the tent and shouted in panic.
"What do you say? Raid on the camp? Zhao Jun? Right now? Xue Khan's face suddenly changed greatly, and he asked urgently. Obviously, he still hasn't figured out that Zhao Jun has been killed in the camp, "What's going on?" Make it clear? Who's resisting? ”
"I don't know what's going on, Great Khan, all of a sudden Zhao Jun is in the camp. The Zhao soldiers and horses that attacked the camp came in from the right side of the camp, and there was no defense in the camp. Now the camp is full of enemy cavalry, and the Zhao army is equipped with the same weapons as yesterday evening, and the soldiers have no intention of ...... the territory at all" The pro-soldier didn't know what was going on, but the noisy camp and the fires everywhere had already made him a little panicked, and he hurriedly told him the news.
At this moment, Xue Jian Khan finally heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves and a deafening explosion outside the big tent. At this time, he finally understood that the Zhao army had been killed in the camp. Immediately, Xue Jian Khan jumped up violently, grabbed the golden knife beside him and opened the tent. In the darkness of the night, the entire camp was completely chaotic, there were fires everywhere, and there were constantly disheveled soldiers fleeing in all directions.
What made Xue Jian's heart drip blood was that there was no one in the area at all in the camp, and they were all scattered and fleeing. And now it seems that the left and rear sides of the entire camp have become a sea of fire, and the Zhao army is bypassing the Chinese camp to attack and kill on the left.
"Not good! Damn it! Xue Jian Khan suddenly scolded angrily, if the left side is attacked by the Zhao army, then, except for the south, the rest will be dead. In the south, it is the Blue Capital City, which naturally cannot be a way to live. Even, he believed, Blue Capital City would definitely send foot soldiers to attack.
"How so? Damn! All the people on duty tonight should be damned! Xue Jian Khan roared bitterly. He knew that his plan to attack the Blue Capital City this time had completely failed, not to mention, and even that he would be defeated and lost in this battle. Now, he deeply hated the officer on duty tonight, and the situation was like this.