Chapter 163: Two Battlefields
Kekiseki.
"General Yu, he put on a humble makeup and went into the city to investigate the enemy's situation, there are nearly 3,000 defenders in the pass, and the main will be Han Juzi. But the defenders were lax, the soldiers were unsuspecting, and Han Juzi also drank and had fun all day long, thinking that our army could do something here. ”
In a hidden hill outside Kei Pass, Cao Xing was listening to the report of the commander sent out to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, while his three hundred cavalry were recuperating in the mountains. Some were feeding the horses, some were maintaining their weapons, but all of them were silent, three hundred people, three hundred war horses, but they did not make any extra sound.
"Damn, three thousand people, even if they are all pigs, it is enough for us to cut them for a while, not to mention that they are not pigs. Gao Shun, this kid has a good fate, he went to Huguan, but he left such a damn place for me, and the next time I see him, I must let him compensate me! When Cao Xuan heard the number of defenders in the city, he immediately complained.
"General, if you think that the enemy army gathers in the city, our army is really not easy to do, but our army can completely lure the enemy out and then find an opportunity to annihilate it......" The chief who reconnoitred the enemy's situation saw Cao Xing's face look embarrassed, thought about it carefully, and stepped forward to suggest to him.
"Draw it out...... ...... introduction" Cao Xuan muttered to himself: "But, how can this be introduced?" ”
Although Cao Xing is also a battle-hardened battle, he has fought too many battles with the Xiongnu and Xianbei people, and it is okay to defend the city, as for the siege......
"General, we don't wear any armor, we dress like horse thieves. It only takes one or two people to ride up to the city gate and show their heads, and some of the defenders will be drawn. Then he ...... "The chief will not say anything more here."
"Good way! Kill the soldiers who came out to patrol them and are afraid that they will not continue to send people out of the city? At that time, when there were fewer people, I would eat them in one bite, and when there were more people, I would get out of the way. Hum! Cao Xing saw that he had a way. Grunted excitedly.
"General, we can also attack their military food transport, we have three hundred cavalry, even if they are escorted by thousands of soldiers, they will not be the opponent of our army's iron cavalry." The chief suggested again.
These 300 people are the "broken barracks" that Han Fei wants Gao Shun to train, which is different from the "trapped camp". The soldiers of the "Broken Army" battalion can fight immediately and down, but because the trainer is Gao Shun, the combat on this horse is not skilled. But anyway, that's also cavalry.
Even if it's 2,000 soldiers, what can it be?
Cao Xuan didn't expect that the things that made him helpless were not a problem at all in the hands of this chief, and he didn't forget to say to this chief while being happy: "Zhai Ming." Dude, you can! Wait until you get back. General Ben personally recommends you to the lord! ”
Cao Xing didn't forget what Han Fei told him to find talents among his subordinates, and when he saw that this person had some ability, he immediately made a promise.
"Thank you, General!" Zhai Ming knew that although Cao Xuan had only been in the army for a short time, he could speak well in Han Fei's place, and he was also valued by Han Fei, otherwise. Nor can he be directly appointed to such a position. To be able to get such a promise from Cao Xing, I am overjoyed.
The handsome bird kicks the high branches. A soldier who doesn't want to be a marshal is a good soldier!
"Since you came up with the idea, you are responsible for luring the enemy!" Cao Xing simply didn't bother the two masters, and said very simply.
Not long after, two men dressed in variegated leather robes and riding war horses appeared at the south gate of Keiguan, carrying bows on their backs and knives at their waists, pointing at the gate of Keiguan.
The actions of these two men quickly attracted the attention of the defenders, and some soldiers immediately reported the matter to the city gate officials. The city gate officer looked at the city wall for a long time, thinking that it was nothing more than horse thieves wandering around, but he was still not sure of the identity and intention of the two men, so he sent two soldiers to interrogate them.
The two riders did not panic when they saw the soldiers running towards them, but slowly took off their bows from their backs, drew an arrow from the quiver hanging on their horses, put it on the bow, pulled the bowstring, and glanced in the direction of the defending soldiers, only to see their hands loosen. There was a "bang" of the bowstring, and the two soldiers at the head fell to the ground. The rest of the soldiers saw that they had a long arrow stuck in their throats.
The two riders were moving too fast. The soldiers were not unseen, but they did not have time to react. However, the death of two of their comrades gave them time to react, and they quickly formed a formation, with the soldiers with round shields in front and shields against the vital points, the rest of the soldiers in the back, and the archers also taking off their bows and arrows, ready to return fire.
But the two riders didn't want to give them a chance to fight back, so they urged their horses to rush to their sides, and while rushing, they still let out a "Huh!" in their mouths. Scold! The ground shouted.
The speed of the war horse was obviously faster than that of a human, and four or five small round shields could definitely not protect eighteen soldiers. When the two riders rushed to the flanks of the soldiers, the bows in their hands rattled continuously, and seven or eight more soldiers fell to the ground and died under one arrow.
The actions of the two riders frightened the remaining soldiers, and they ran towards the city gate with a shout, throwing their weapons and shields on the ground as they ran, lest they should delay their escape because of these things.
But the two riders did not chase after him, but sat on their horses and laughed wildly towards the city, and made a few insulting gestures to the wall, and then turned their horses' heads, urging the horses to slowly and swagger away.
The guards and city gate officers at the south gate of Jiguan were stunned, but two of them killed the two of them in an instant, that was twenty, one to ten! But then the actions of the two riders made them feel ashamed and humiliated, and after weighing their own strength, the city gate official still chose to report to his superiors.
After receiving the report, Han Juzi, the commander of the garrison of Keiguan, immediately determined that the two riders should be horse thieves wandering nearby. After all, running is not something that ordinary people can use so accurately!
Although Han Juzi was very surprised by the horse thief's archery skills, how could he not have some means if he wanted to come and dare to provoke trouble, and among the many horse thieves, it was normal for one or two of them to have better archery skills. So he sent a team of 100 people out of the city to investigate. Just in case, Han Juzi also asked them to bring ten cavalrymen.
After this hundred soldiers left the city. Following the direction pointed out by the city gate officer, following the traces left by the two "horse thieves", he chased towards the east. But it's unfortunate. When they reached ten miles south of the city, they were completely overwhelmed by the rain of arrows coming from all sides. A hundred people, under the rain of arrows of three hundred cavalry, did not even have a chance to resist, and were shot.
Seeing that the enemy soldiers were dead, Cao Xing immediately asked his men to clean up the battlefield and leave some traces. lest the enemy troops coming from behind be unable to find their way.
Han Juzi in the city was also a little strange after not seeing the soldiers out of the city report for a long time, so he sent another 500 soldiers out of the city. In his opinion, as long as it is not encountered by a large army of horse thieves. Five hundred soldiers were enough to deal with the small group of horse thieves, and the large group of horse thieves would never be able to hide from the scouts of their own army. The five hundred defenders also came out of the south gate and pursued them in the direction indicated to them by the city gate officer. Ten miles from the city, they found a stain of blood. The leader of the team is quite cautious. Immediately send the five soldiers back to the city to report the news. And he chased down the bloodstain with the rest of the soldiers.
But what he didn't know was that the five soldiers he sent back were shot and killed by the scouts left behind by Cao Xing after running less than two miles, and none of them returned to Keiguan.
The five hundred defenders chased the blood trail for another ten miles, and suddenly, a "boom" was heard, and the team of more than twenty soldiers at the front of the team suddenly sank as if they had stepped on quicksand, and at the same time raised a huge cloud of dust.
The soldiers of the Yuan army were stunned, and they suddenly stopped. Wait until the smoke clears. Only then did they find that a pit about three zhang long, more than one zhang wide, and two zhang deep had appeared in front of them. There were also dozens of sharpened sticks stuck in the pit, but at this time they were full of soldiers from the defenders.
Qu Chang, who led the team, also rushed to the front of the pit at this time, and when he saw the tragic situation in the pit, he couldn't help but have bloodshot eyes, and thirty or forty defender soldiers were pierced by wooden sticks, some of them were dead, but some were still alive, and they were moaning. These soldiers, who were still a little angry, did not fall down at the beginning, but were squeezed down because the soldiers behind them did not have time to stop. With the predecessors as mats, it is not considered to die immediately.
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and find a way to save people! The defender shouted at his men.
But his wish soon became an extravagant hope. Just as the defenders untied their belts and knotted them into ropes to save them, the sound of horses' hooves rumbled.
The defender Qu Chang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly looked up, only to see a group of "horse thieves" in leather robes appearing around them, rushing towards them.
"Enemy attack!" The Qu Chang's face changed drastically, and he shouted loudly. He never thought that this voice was the last shout in his life.
The "horse thieves", however, did not give the soldiers time to prepare, and they began to fire their arrows at the defenders who had gathered at the edge of the pit. Long arrows roared into the crowd, splashing bright red blood flowers, which were very bewitching.
Qu Chang, the defender, became the first target of the "horse thief" because he was standing up straight and shouting, and in his body, Sen Ran stuck in seven or eight arrows, fell in a pool of blood, and he did not close his eyes until he died, because he did not understand where these "horse thieves" came from?
And why?
The horses were fast, and the riders on these horses were already approaching the pit after shooting three or four arrows, and the riders abandoned their bows and spears, and waved their spears as quickly as the horses rushed into the crowd, and the surviving defenders fell to the ground like chopped logs.
The battle ended in less than a quarter of an hour.
Looking at the corpses of the defenders all over the ground, Cao Xing spat disdainfully. He jumped off his horse and wiped his spear with the clothes of the defenders.
"Returning to the general, all the 500 enemy troops were annihilated, and none of them slipped through the net." Zhai Ming, who has become the "think tank" around Cao Xing, ran over quickly and said.
"It's not fun at all."
Cao Xuan felt that the resistance of these defender soldiers was really not worth mentioning, such a battle, compared to the record of his lord Han Fei, was a little too bright, and he couldn't take it, it was not a great achievement!
Cao Xuan complained a few words, then turned around and asked, "How many of our brothers have been injured?" ”
The defenders were so vulnerable that Cao Xuan didn't even think that these soldiers could inflict many casualties on his men. And the truth was just as he thought, only to hear Zhai Ming reply: "Our brother only has a dozen minor injuries, not even a single serious injury." We also have a lot of medicines, which will not affect the battle later at all. ”
"General Ben knows that these guys are just some piece of rubbish." Cao Xing is used to seeing a strong army, especially the existence of the "trapped camp", at this moment, seeing these defenders again, the two are really not comparable, they are not on the same level at all, how can they be put in their eyes!
Cao Xuan said to Zhai Ming: "Now there are two thousand four hundred people left in the city, and it is estimated that at least one thousand people will come out again." Let's let us go first and see the situation. Also, Zhai Ming, you tell the scouts to pay attention, and if they find that the enemy is out of the city or there is a grain truck, they must report it immediately. ”
Although Cao Xing was a little proud of the results in front of him, he did not get carried away. Although, a thousand people, they can deal with it, but it is inevitable that there will be casualties. If Han Fei knew that he had made such an unwise move, he would have to scold him to death! Even the innocent casualties of a soldier were not something that Han Fei could tolerate.
He knew that Han Fei cared about the soldiers very much.
Moreover, he knew even more that Han Fei put in a lot of effort every day to train these soldiers.
"Whoa!" Zhai Ming nodded in response.
In Huguan, Gao Shun and 500 soldiers (200 "broken army", 300 "first dead soldiers") had already taken advantage of the night to attack the city, and the four of them worked together, so that the 2,000 defenders in Huguan were defeated by surprise. Then the matter was simple, Gao Shun ordered the soldiers to inform the people in the city not to hide the rout privately, and on the other hand, he asked people to count the grain, grass and ordnance in the city. Anyway, the city gate has been blocked, and those who are blind in the dark are not afraid of anyone escaping.
"General, what should we do with these grains, grass and ordnance?" A man with a scruffy beard and dressed as a bandit asked Gao Shun. If someone says it's a bandit, absolutely no one will doubt it.
Gao Shun didn't wear any good clothes, this time they were pretending to be bandits, and as for the clothes, they were all bought from the people in the nearby cities. He also deliberately took care of his subordinates, so that those who had a concurrent accent spoke as little as possible, and even if they wanted to speak, they had to come to their own ears to speak.
In any case, Huguan is still the sphere of influence of the coalition forces, and if it is really rumored that they did it, I am afraid it will ......
Gao Shun looked around and saw that they were all his brothers, so he commanded softly: "The general's meaning is that these weapons will be taken away by Lao Tzu in a cart in the city." As for the grain and grass, they can bring as much as they want, and the rest is all for the poor people in Guanzhong. (To be continued......)