Chapter 311: Battle of Iron Mountain (5)
The two-hour break was coming soon, and Jieli was also thinking about how to break through Li Junxian's so-called defense hole. From the front, it is very difficult to attack, because on the front, Li Junxian has pressed all his forces on the front. And if you attack from the front, you will probably have to suffer huge losses, which is unacceptable to the Turks. This is related to the follow-up troops of the Tang Dynasty, so the biggest headache for the Turks is that they want to eliminate Li Junxian, but they can't lose too much. If the losses are too great, then the next battle with the second batch of Datang troops will be miserable, so Jieli is now in a strategically disadvantageous situation. Li Junxian also saw this, so he chose to delay tactics, anyway, once his reinforcements arrived, it would be half of his victory.
"Khan, let's attack from the flanks! They have their backs to the mountains, and we can't attack from behind, so we'll attack from the flanks. I'm willing to take a team of 10,000 people to attack from the flanks so we can win. The commander of a Turkic contingent said.
Jieli looked at the situation and nodded.
The captain of 10,000 people led his light cavalry of more than 10,000 people from Li Junxian to make a detour to Li Junxian's left, wanting to attack Li Junxian from the flank. He seems to be very smart, especially walking from a distance, and he doesn't want Li Junxian to see his plan. Because if Li Junxian knew, then I am afraid that Li Junxian would be prepared. Now he's attacking from the flanks, so he wants to have a surprise effect. If it is discovered by Li Junxian, I am afraid it will have no effect.
"Turkic warriors, wrap the horse's hooves in sheepskins and don't make a sound." The Turkic captain said.
The Turkic cavalry, of more than 10,000 people, quickly wrapped the horse's hooves, and they set off from the side of the Turks and went directly around to Li Junxian's left. However, Jieli Khan looked at the position of the leader of the Turks, and his brows furrowed.
Jieli Khan saw that Li Junxian was actually changing formations after those cavalry set off. Li Junxian's special guards immediately moved a part of the crossbowmen to his left, and then set up the bows and crossbows to meet the enemy. Apparently. Li Junxian knew that the Turks wanted to sneak attack from his flank. But Jieli didn't think about how Li Junxian found out that he was sneaking up from the flank, because Jieli thought that he was secretive, and the captain of 10,000 people was also a very shrewd person!
Dugumou, the person in charge of guarding the flank, was mobilizing his soldiers, asking them to prepare their bows and crossbows, and then said: "Everyone is ready, most of the Turks may attack from here, everyone prepare me to meet the enemy!" ”
And one of the soldiers whispered: "How can General Li know that the Turks are attacking from the flank?" ”
"General Li is a contemporary Zhuge Liang, as long as he pinched his fingers, he could know where the Turks were attacking from." Another soldier said.
Although Li Junxian gave these soldiers literacy education, simple literacy education could not enable the soldiers to establish a scientific concept. Even, if you learn science, you don't necessarily don't believe in religious superstitions. There are many scientists in foreign countries who are believers in God. So science and religious superstition are not contradictory.
The Turkic captain of 10,000 people came to Li Junxian's flank with his cavalry, and then a Turkic scout told the captain of 10,000 people: "General, the Han people have already defended, and they are waiting for the battle with bows and crossbows in their hands." Shall we charge over? ”
"Let's see!" Said the captain of the Turkic 10,000 people.
The Turkic captain came four hundred meters in front of the Dugu soldier, which was almost the limit range of a hand-held crossbow, so he was not afraid that the Han people would take the opportunity to release arrows. This Turkic captain was born as an archer, so his eyesight was very good, and he was able to accurately see some of the situation of Li Junxian's army from 400 meters away.
The so-called condor shooter is a kind of archer of the grassland people. This kind of person not only has great strength in archery. He can shoot arrows far with a hard bow. In addition, the archery is very accurate and will not miss the target easily. And the eagle is a bird of prey that is very difficult to shoot down on the grassland. Many steppe peoples are proud of eagle shooting. When Changsun Wuji's father, Changsun Sheng, came to the steppe and shot down two eagles with an arrow at a time, which made the Turks very respectful. Later, Changsun Sheng also completed the mission of the envoy because of the respect of the Turks. So. Anyone who can become a Condor Archer is a Turkic hero.
"Two thousand, all armed with bows and crossbows. That said, their crossbows were not affected by the snow. On the contrary, it is still very normal. And, how did they find out that we were sneaking up from the flanks? We should be doing it very secretively, how could they possibly know? The captain of the 10,000-strong condor who was born as an archer thought in disbelief.
However, when the Turkic captain looked up at the huge hot air balloon, and then saw several figures standing under the huge air bag, he immediately understood.
"Good! It turns out that with this thing, all the movements of our Turks can't hide from you, it seems that if we want to defeat you Han people, we must first defeat your. Said the captain of the Turkic 10,000 people.
"General, are we still charging?" A Turk next to him asked.
The Turkic captain snorted: "Charge? Are we going to die? The Han people have been prepared for a long time, and we are afraid that it is impossible for us to rush over. When the time comes, it will just be a loss for no reason. If the losses are too great to break through, then I'm afraid my head will fall off. Wasn't that guy like that just now? ”
I have to say that Jieli made a stupid move just now, that is, he wanted to behead the defeated captain of 10,000 people. But this went to make many people feel uneasy, because the Han people are too powerful, so it is not easy to fight. In this case, many Turkic generals had the idea of seeking no merit but no merit. In this mind, these Turks have developed inertia, which is very disadvantageous for the Turks who are engaged in a general war.
The Turks quickly retreated, and anyway, the plan had already been seen through by the enemy, so it would be a fool to attack again. Now is not the last resort, there is no need to fill it with human life for no reason. So the Turks retreated very shrewdly, otherwise the head of the captain of 10,000 people would be in danger.
When Dugumou saw the Turks withdrawing, he immediately said; "Looks like this hot air balloon is pretty good! All the actions of the Turks cannot be hidden, so that we can arrange our troops much more smoothly, and we are not afraid of any secret actions of the Turks. (To be continued......)