Chapter 23: The Iron Rider and the Golden Drum (8)
[One day a day these days, I'm sorry to everyone. Now things are finally over, and tomorrow will be back to normal updates. 】
"Retreat so fast!"
Nearly ten miles away, the city was only a palm-sized shadow near the horizon, and the army surrounding the city was even more indistinguishable. It's just that although the array of thousands of troops and horses outside Xingluo Jiecheng is difficult to see, the trend of their gradual withdrawal from the city can make Han Gang, Zhiyuan, and Blind Medicine and others on the Lima Mountain Road see clearly.
"It seems that the planned plan is not working." After looking at it for a while, Han Gang turned around and said to the blind medicine.
Blind Medicine nodded yes with a gloomy face. He originally wanted to atone for his sins, but who would have thought that the main force of Yu Zang Huama was not in Weiyuan Fort, but under Xingluo Jiecheng.
Due to the relationship with the front, Han Gang and Blind Medicine did not know much about Yu Zang Huama's retreat from Weiyuan Fort. Whether it was what Han Gang heard from Wang Weixin the day before yesterday, or from the sentinel sent by Blind Medicine himself, it was only vague information that Yu Zang Huama had divided his troops after leaving Dalai Valley from the east, one of them besieged Weiyuan Fort, and the other part of his troops was attacking Xingluo Jiecheng.
Judging from reason, the importance of Weiyuan Fort is far above the Xingluo Junction City, and it is impossible for Yu Zang Huama to use the main force to attack a ruined city and let go of the fat of Weiyuan Fort.
However, now a few people are looking at the military situation under the Xingluo Junction City from afar, as long as they know a little about the military, they know what kind of level the number of soldiers and horses on the besieging side of the Lu Dao is. Not to mention the number of more than 5,000 people, no matter who looks at it, it is undoubtedly the main force of the Yu Zang family.
Compared with the strength of the Yu Zang family, the strength in the hands of the blind medicine is very pitiful, and the warriors in the clan he brought out are less than a thousand. If it was a surprise attack during the opponent's siege, he might be able to win a big victory that shook the court like he did when he dealt with Dong Yu. But when Yu Zang Huama has already retreated, trying to catch up and sneak attack will only make people laugh.
Whether it is the great victory of Tuo Shuo or the great victory of Guwei, the trick to win is to take advantage of the enemy's surprise attack. This time, Han Gang and Blind Medicine originally thought of estimating the repetition, first annihilating the enemy army besieging Xingluo Jie City, and then turning back to gather and annihilate the main force of Yu Zang Huama under Weiyuan Fort City. Han Gang is not a fortune teller who can predict the prophet, where could he have expected that the main force of Yu Zang Huama would abandon Weiyuan Fort, but actually attack Xingluo Yucheng.
Looking at the past from the perspective of the mountain road on which Han Gang was based, he couldn't tell whether Yu Zang Huama's army was a victorious return to the division after breaking the city and plundering, or a helpless retreat under the unfavorable siege of the city. Two different situations have the most direct impact on his next move.
Blind Medicine was also a little confused, and asked Han Gang: "Jiyi, what should I do now?" ”
Without sufficient intelligence support, any strategic planning is just empty talk. Han Gang is essentially a cautious character, and the sharpness he shows on the outside is only because he has calculated all the possible consequences in advance, so that he does not hesitate to act.
Before learning more information, Han Gang would not risk falling into the enemy formation by mistake, "Send someone to follow and investigate first." We will also move forward, but be aware of possible ambushes on the side of the local road. ”
"No!" Blind Medicine nodded in agreement, and then passed Han Gang's order.
A dozen capable sentinels rushed out of the team and hurried east. Soon, on the mountain walls on both sides of the valley, the rumbling footsteps of thousands of horses as they marched forward were echoed again.
"Ji Yi ......" was moving forward with the Chinese army, and Zhiyuan, who had been silent, called Han Gang, and stopped talking.
Han Gang knew what Zhiyuan wanted to ask, and he didn't mention Zhiyuan's question in front of him or the blind medicine, because this was already an obvious matter, and there was no need to waste saliva. His voice lowered: "If Yu Zang Huama is not stupid, he should have discovered us." ”
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Yu Zang Huama is not stupid, on the contrary, he can become the youngest patriarch of the Yu Zang family in recent decades, and he can stand out from more than a dozen competitors, not only because he is the son of the previous patriarch, but also because his vision and talent overwhelm all opponents.
On the more than a dozen avenues and trails leading to Xingluo Yucheng, Yu Zang Huama laid out enough sentinels from afar, and released dozens or hundreds of rangers. The fish that slipped through the net with the star node pointed them out the geography, and every passage that allowed them to be attacked was firmly blocked and monitored.
Relying on the intelligence network arranged in advance, Yu Zang Huama found the team led by Han Gang and Blind Medicine, who came straight from the trail, at the first time. Thousands of horsemen can't even count this number even in Guwei City, and the closest tribe only has the blind medicine of the Qingtang Department who separated from their brother.
When he heard about this emergency military situation from the sentry agent who rushed back, Yu Zang Huama only scolded Ye Lizheng for two words of 'waste', and immediately gave up the victory that was close in front of him. For he knew best what kind of virtue he led the soldiers were. Once he has breached the city, it will take more than half a day to sweep away the remnants of the city and at the same time to recover the troops who have rushed into the city to start*. This gap is enough for him to never recover.
It is not difficult to guess what kind of intentions the reinforcements who came to Xingluo Yucheng by taking the trail are. It's not that no one proposed to Yu Zang Huama that the plan should be planned and an ambush would be set up to annihilate this support army. But this proposal was vetoed by him, the temporary ambush can not be perfectly hidden, if the ambush fails, he will fall into the encirclement of two or even three sides - whether it is Weiyuan Fort or Xingluo Jiecheng, the strength of the defenders in the city has not been reduced much, plus the blind medicine of the new army, the cooperation of several parties is enough to annihilate the thousands of troops brought by Yu Zang Huama this time.
The two very different qualities of prudence and boldness are perfectly integrated in Yu Zang Huama. He dared to go south from his hometown in Lanzhou to Wushengjun and pass through the Dalai Valley, because he believed that Mu Zheng had enough vision to see clearly who was his biggest enemy now. But he wouldn't risk guessing what kind of strength a cavalry thousand-man team would have.
The battle flags that had been flying high under the Star Luo Castle were put away, and the low morale could be felt from the silence of the march. The fruitless ending made it extremely difficult for the Tibetan soldiers who had been fighting for several days to accept. After working so hard, I couldn't get anything back. Yu Zang Huama could clearly feel that his prestige in the clan was declining step by step.
"Retreat to the Great Lai Valley......" Yu Zang Huama was about to continue, but from the Xingluo Yucheng that he had thrown behind him, there was a majestic drum beat.
In the past few days, the war drums of the Song army, which had done nothing, were finally sounded for the first time. The roaring cheers were like a slap in the face, which made the Tibetan soldiers who retreated from the city embarrassed.
The defenders in the city of Xingluo Jie dared to go out of the city to pursue!
Yu Zang Huama looked back at the city that was still in the hands of the Song people, and was secretly taken aback. In his annoyed and angry mood, he remained silent, "Go to the Dalai Valley first to ensure the back road." ”
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Qiao Si lightly carried the leather reins and led a small detachment of less than 100 horsemen, hanging the army behind the Tubo palace from afar. A pair of sharp eyes under the thick eyebrows, staring closely ahead, the western thief used the army behind the palace.
Just half an hour ago, the Tubo people had just withdrawn, and the head of the only cavalry in Xingluo Jiecheng heard from Wang Sunchen what he was thinking, "What...... Pursuit? ”
Qiao Si understood that Wang Sunchen would not use two legs to chase four legs, so it would be easy to be bitten back, so if he wanted to move, he could only use him, a cavalryman. But under the hard battle, Qiao Si just wanted to sleep well now, and had no intention of pursuing more merits. And with a team of only a few dozen horsemen left, to chase the enemy army a hundred times their size, this is clearly looking for death.
Qiao Si's face turned a little pale, and he tried to dispel Wang Sunchen's order, "Wait, this may be a trap for the western thief......"
"Originally, I was close to breaking the city in one step, Yu Zang Huama first evacuated the people, and then set a trap to do?" Wang Sunsin asked rhetorically.
“…… Does the ban know why Yu Zang Huama retreated? ”
If it is because the reinforcements are coming, of course, they have to go out of the city to catch up for a while, as long as they can disrupt the withdrawal of Yu Zang's family, the reinforcements behind are enough to leave half of Yu Zang's hemp tent corporal. But if it weren't for the reinforcements coming, what would be the reason for Yu Zang Huama to retreat, which Qiao Si wanted to understand.
"It's because I don't know the way that I want to take a look." Wang Sunsin said like a curious child, and seeing the caves in the mountains was like going in to take a look. He actually thought very clearly, no matter what reason Yu Zang Huama retreated, it was enough for his side to make his actions difficult to go smoothly, "Staring at the soldiers of the Yu Zang family." If they ignore us, keep an eye on it. If they chase and kill in turn, then just run away. Don't fight hard, the camera acts. Stick him to me! ”
Qiao Si couldn't resist Wang Sunchen's order - violating the order before the battle was an unforgivable crime in military law - if Wang Sunchen turned his face, he really had to try military law.
Fearful, Qiao Si had to take the order, and with the accompaniment of war drums, he led the only remaining seventy cavalry under his command out of the city to pursue. And what surprised Qiao Sisi was that Wang Sunchen also came out with his own soldiers.
Wang Sunchen's two war bows were stored in the bow bag, and the two iron slips were inserted in front of the saddle, and a body of fish scale armor was the standard configuration of a military minister with official qualities. Qiao Si believed that seeing this pair of armor might be like a magnet to attract back the western thieves who had gradually left.
The distance of 100 zhang seems to be far away, but in fact, it is close to the two cavalry teams, as long as the western thief has the heart, turn the horse's head back, and rush to the front in a few breaths.
Qiao Si held the spear in his hand tightly, he couldn't learn Wang Sunchen's relaxed demeanor, he gritted his teeth and straightened up:
'It's a big deal, let's fight for this life!' ’