Chapter 169: Annihilation War
Gansu general soldier Yang Jiamo alone led 30,000 officers and troops to Yanchang County, this is not because of how brave he is, he did not put the security army in his eyes at all, he has seen more thieves in recent years, although the officers and soldiers have no combat effectiveness, the thieves are even worse, a group of hungry and dying old and weak, in front of the officials and soldiers are just lambs to be slaughtered, and it is common for thousands of officers and soldiers to beat tens of thousands of thieves all over the mountain. Cao Wenzhao's extermination of Wang Jiayin is the most obvious example, and the actions of Cao Wenzhao, the governor of the three sides, are also a bit of a fuss in Yang Jiamo's view, attacking an extension of only 10,000 thieves, and using 100,000 troops, so there is no need to mobilize the army at all.
The 30,000 officers and soldiers lined up in a long line and marched towards Yanchang County, and the first stop they had to pass through was Ganguyi Town, which was the only way to enter Yanchang.
Yang Jiamo rode a tall horse in the middle of the team, observing the surrounding environment as he walked, and he was still very cautious and cautious when marching and fighting as a general. To ensure safety, he sent his spearhead at the front of the team to carefully reconnoiter the advance.
It is not reckless for him to dare to order the troops to enter the valley of Ganguyi, although the valley of Ganguyi is surrounded by high mountains on both sides, the bottom of the valley is very open and flat, if there is a situation, the team can be assembled into a formation, even if the thieves set up an ambush on the hills on both sides, they can't do anything about the officers and soldiers who are defending in formation, and the numerical advantage of the officers and soldiers can play a role when they rush down.
As soon as the officers and soldiers moved, the news reached the headquarters of the security army, and He Jin was very excited after hearing it, after waiting for so many days in vain, the enemy finally came. In order to keep abreast of the battle situation, he personally went to the entrance of the Ganganyi valley and hid on the hill on the side of the valley to observe the enemy's movements with his warriors.
Some of the new soldiers of the security army were extremely excited at the moment, and at the same time they were also very nervous, and they felt hot all over their bodies. Hiding in the dug bunkers, they did not dare to make a sound, only a few veterans hid under the branches of the trees and secretly observed the situation on the road.
When the sun rose high and the soldiers were already a little impatient, the looking veteran whispered, "Here we are." ”
The atmosphere on the whole battlefield suddenly became tense. He Jin and the soldiers looked towards the bottom of the valley together, only to see that the road at the bottom of the valley was black and oppressive, and the enemy poured in. In front were the sharp soldiers, behind were a large group of men and horses, swaggering along the road at the bottom of the valley, the soldiers carried weapons and moved their legs, some soldiers bowed their heads, looked very tired, and simply used their weapons as crutches. The officials rode on horses, and some looked out at the mountains on both sides, and they were thieves and thieves; Some of them were lying on the saddle and staggering, as if they were about to fall asleep, and some of them were straight and straight, but they looked very powerful.
"Be careful, everyone." Hokkin, who was observing, gave the order. It turned out that the officers and soldiers had sent search troops to the two wings, and they searched and advanced along the hills on both wings, and one hundred and ten officers and soldiers came to the hill where He Jin and them were located with knives in their hands. As he walked, the enemy cut the grass and branches on the hillside with his knife, and kept shouting: "Come out, I see you, I know there are not many of you." ”
The warriors nervously clenched their weapons. He Jin understood that this was the enemy's bluff, but he was also a little worried, so many soldiers were hiding here, if any soldier couldn't hold his breath and fired a gun, as soon as this shot rang out, the enemy's turtle head shrank back, and many days of preparation would be in vain. The abominable enemy was still walking towards the hill, getting closer and closer.
The captain of the guard next to him was so anxious that he was sweating, and moved to He Jin's side and whispered, "You leave first, I'll take people over, and I can put them all down with a knife." “
He Jin waved his hand and whispered: "Don't worry, we are blocked, and we can only fight when the team in front of us starts." You go up and slash with your sword, and if an enemy shouts, it's bad. “
The captain of the guard rubbed his hands on his thighs in a hurry: "Isn't this a living sin, and you can't fight when you see the enemy." “
He Jin stared at the official army without blinking, and said, "Calm down." “
The captain of the guard nervously leaned against Ho Jin's side, deciding that if the enemy approached again, he would take Ho Kim away first.
Everyone present held their breath and stared at the enemy, and everyone thought in their hearts that if there was a spell of "blinding the eyes" mentioned in the commentary at this time, then the enemy would not be able to find everyone.
The enemy is getting closer, and the hearts of the warriors are even more nervous.
Suddenly, the enemy stopped, did the enemy find something? A leader-like officer waved his hand and said loudly: "Let's go, damn nothing, they walked on the flat ground and let Lao Tzu climb the mountain." The other officers and soldiers went down the mountain with him scolding.
Watching the officers and soldiers walk away, He Jin and the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a gentle laughter on the battlefield, and some people felt a cold feeling on their backs, and it turned out that the tense sweat just now wet their clothes.
He Jin sat back in the hidden fortifications, listened attentively to the movement outside, the guards reported the movements of the officers and soldiers from time to time, and after a while felt that the situation was a little wrong, and hurriedly returned to the mountain to observe, the enemy under the mountain was still entering the valley, and most of them were infantry. This was a big departure from what was expected, and the enemy was expected to be led by Cao Wenzhao's cavalry. The idea of the security army was to first cut off the cavalry of Cao Wenzhao, who had the strongest combat effectiveness, in the valley and eliminate them on the spot. The cavalry did not appear, and the enemy directly sent a large group of infantry, seeing that there were tens of thousands of people in this formation, and the fish caught this time was a bit big. He Jin immediately sent someone to report to Zhang Chu, who was commanding in the rear, asking for the next move.
Zhang Chu's order came back, Zhang Chu had already received information from the front, it was the army of Yang Jiamo, the general soldier of Gansu, who came to attack, Cao Wenzhao did not follow, and there were about 30,000 enemies. Let the enemy in, no matter how many people he comes, he will be left behind, and he ordered He Jin to resolutely block the enemy's retreat according to the original plan.
The enemy's long procession stretched on and on, like a long serpent, into the valley, and it was not until evening that the tail of the great serpent was seen. Hokin immediately ordered his soldiers to signal to the front that the enemy had all entered the valley.
After the signal was given, all the people stretched their necks, held their breath and listened to the movement in the distance, their hearts full of anxiety, longing, and nervousness.
Finally, the roar of artillery was heard in front of me.
With the sound of cannons, the breath that was held in everyone's hearts suddenly burst out, a large number of security soldiers emerged on the hills on both sides of the valley mouth, raised their muskets after the fortifications were constructed, and the dense bullets knocked down the enemy at once, the first thought of the officers and soldiers was to assemble to defend, and the crowd in a pile became the best target for artillery, after a few rounds of artillery fire, the enemy's formation was disrupted, and the sober officers and soldiers began to run towards the valley mouth, and the gasoline barrels tied with gunpowder were pushed down the hillside and immediately turned the valley mouth into a sea of fire, A group of officers and soldiers running in front disappeared into the sea of fire in an instant, and the scorching waves forced the officers and soldiers behind to retreat, and the artillery, bullets and fires on the hill next to them sealed the valley mouth to death.
The dozens of miles long mountain road of Ganguyi was crowded with officers and soldiers, who rushed towards the hill where the security army was stationed like a tide, and were hit back by a burst of bullets, and retreated to the foot of the mountain on the other side, where gunfire rang out again, and frightened mules and horses scurried around in the crowd, regardless of whether they trampled on the crowd or not. The officers and soldiers in a desperate situation were ruthless, and under the leadership of the officers, they charged up the hill desperately, trying to break out of a way out, and they were about to rush to the front of the position of the security army, when a rain of grenades was dropped, and the enemy turned into corpses in the explosion.
Zhang Chu took the guards to observe the whole battle situation on a small hill, this time he didn't even have a chance to shoot, the guards took a few guns and asked the officers of the army to fight there, and they didn't let him get close at all. He was so anxious that he had to point fingers to the side, became an observation post, and kept shouting: "Over there! To the right, the one on horseback. "Shots rang out, and officers who wanted to come out and give command were killed. Zhang Chu arranged such groups on each hill, and most of the officers and soldiers who dared to resist were killed, and the officers and soldiers became headless flies.
Zhang Chu saw that the enemy had completely fallen into confusion, and immediately ordered a charge, and the horn of the security army to charge sounded, and the soldiers rushed down from the top of the mountain with muskets with good bayonets, shouting as they rushed: "Kneel on the ground and don't kill." “
Hearing this thunderous sound, the officers and soldiers quieted down, and it turned out that there was still such a way out.
The officers and soldiers knelt on the ground, and the security guards, who had no time to care about them, ran past them, rushed forward and stabbed the scattered enemies who were still resisting to the ground, and then came back to collect the prisoners.
The battle proceeded so quickly that by the time it was completely dark, the security forces had gathered the prisoners together, and the resistance of the officers and soldiers had ceased completely.
Yang Jiamo, the general queen of Gansu, took off his armor and put on the soldier's clothes to get mixed up, but was reported by the soldier and became Zhang Chu's prisoner.
It was a perfect battle of annihilation, with a small number of 30,000 officers and soldiers killed, and most of them taken prisoner. (To be continued.) )