That night, in the Chinese army tent of the Sui army, dozens of generals gathered together, and Zhang Xuan personally presided over the first combat deployment. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Everyone stood in front of a huge sand table, this is the sand table in the north of Bingzhou, mountains, rivers, forests, cities, roads, bridges, everything, Wang Junkuo and Xie Yingdeng stood in the corner of the sand table, looking at the sand table in front of them with complicated expressions, they had long known that the Sui army used a more intuitive map, and it was this kind of map that helped them sweep and win all the way in the conquest war.

Today it was the first time they had seen this kind of sand table map with their own eyes, and the shock in their hearts was indescribable.

Zhang Xuan glanced at them intentionally or unintentionally, and then slowly said to everyone: "According to the scout information I just got, the main force of the Turkic army is located in the area of Xujia Town, which is this area-"

Zhang Xuan pointed to a small triangular black flag planted in the north of the camp with a wooden pole, "This is Xujia Town, about 100 miles away from our camp, and the main Turkic force is also stationed in the camp, and it didn't immediately go south to fight with us, it seems that what are you waiting for?" Before the operational deployment, you can ask any questions first. ”

Zhang Xuan's gaze turned to Wang Junkuo and Xie Yingdeng, this sentence was actually for them, Wang Junkuo groaned and asked, "May I ask His Royal Highness the King of Qi, how much food does the Turkic army still have?" ”

"At present, we do not know the situation of the Turks' grain and grass, but according to the fighting habits of the Turks, they generally carry some cattle and sheep when they go south, the ratio is about one soldier and ten sheep, and we deduce that there should be a million sheep in their military camp, so their march after going south is relatively slow, which is one of the reasons, but our scouts are trying to find out the true information of the other party's grain and grass, and I believe there will be a harvest."

"Thank you, Your Highness, I understand my humble duties."

At this time, Zhang Xuan saw that Xie Yingdeng wanted to speak and stopped, so he smiled and said, "General Xie has something to say, please say." ”

Xie Yingdeng bowed and said: "Thank you Your Highness for giving us this opportunity to understand the situation of the Turkic army, there is indeed a question about the humble position, Ling Senjun had said before that the Turkic army crossed the Fenshui River on a sheepskin raft, but the Fenshui riverbed in Loufan County is narrow, and the amount of water is very small, which cannot be compared with the Yellow River at all. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This question is very good, General Pei also had the same question before, frankly speaking, we don't know if the sheepskin raft of the Turkic army can cross the Yellow River, I'm afraid even their Khan is not very clear, but we consider the problem from the worst side, we should treat the Turkic army as having the ability to cross the Yellow River, all our deployments are based on the premise that the Turkic army can cross the Yellow River, if the Turkic army can't cross the Yellow River, it will be a surprise for us." ”

Xie Yingdeng suddenly said, "Your Highness has explained thoroughly, and you have fully understood it." ”

After a pause, Zhang Xuan smiled again: "We still have a rear hand, it's too early to talk about it, in a word, we try to think it out as much as possible, make careful decisions, and would rather work a little more than let the Turkic army retreat north." ”

After speaking, Zhang Xuan smiled again and asked, "Do the two generals have any other questions?" ”

Wang Junkuo and Xie Yingdeng shook their heads together, indicating that they had no questions, and Zhang Xuan asked the other generals, "Do you have any questions?" ”

None of the generals present expressed their position, in fact, they had discussed several rounds before this, and everyone's questions were explained one by one, and today was just a chance to give the generals of the Tang Army a chance to solve their doubts.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhang Xuan said, "Since there is no doubt, let's enter the stage of military deployment.......

At this moment, a soldier outside the tent hurriedly reported: "Your Highness, the scouts on the periphery have found a large group of Turkic cavalry!" ”

Everyone was taken aback, but Zhang Xuan calmed down and said, "Come in and report!" ”

A captain on duty walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and said: "A scout has just arrived to report that a large group of Turkic cavalry has been found along the Fenshui coast in the northwest direction, about 10,000 or so, and is rushing towards our battalion, and it is estimated that it is only ten miles away from us. ”

Wang Junkuo's face suddenly changed greatly, their big camp was in the west, but it had not been built yet, the cavalry could jump over the low wall and kill into the big camp, he hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi, you must go back immediately to prepare for the battle." ”

At this time, there was a rapid alarm bell in the distance, coming from the direction of the Tang camp, it seemed that the Tang camp had discovered the enemy's situation, Zhang Xuan nodded and said: "You go back immediately, first dismantle the big tent, don't face the battle, it is enough to block it with bow and crossbow shooting, and our army will come to support immediately." ”

Wang Junkuo and Xie Yingdeng saluted Zhang Xuan and hurriedly went out of the tent, and Zhang Xuan said to Hu Benlang's generals Qian Jie and Shao Yiming: "The two of you can each lead 10,000 cavalry to deploy in the north and south respectively, and use the large battalion to raise fire as a signal to flank the enemy army in the north and south." ”

"Obey!"

The two saluted and hurried away, and then Zhang Xuan said to Li Pingjiang, the Huyalang general who was standing aside: "General Li can lead 5,000 cavalry to the Tang camp, I estimate that the Tang camp can't stop the enemy cavalry, you can take the initiative to meet the battle." ”

Li Pingjiang nodded silently and took the order to leave.

Fang Xuanling next to him said: "It is also possible that the Turks attacked the east and the west, and transferred us to the west, but they killed us from the east." ”

"The military advisor has a point, we need to strengthen the defense in the east."

Zhang Xuan agreed with Fang Xuanling's concern, and immediately ordered: "Pass my order, and the army will immediately dismantle the account." ”

The most important thing in conducting defensive battles at night is to prevent the enemy from attacking the camp with fire, so when the outlying scouts discover the enemy's situation, the first thing they do is to tear down the big tent, without which the fire will not burn.

All the generals went out of the tent to prepare for the battle, Zhang Xuan's face gradually darkened, just now in front of everyone, especially Wang Junkuo and Xie Yingdeng, he restrained his anger and did not attack, but his heart had already ignited anger.

This is a serious dereliction of duty on the part of the scout army, and the Turkic camp in Xujiazhen is obviously to confuse them and let them deploy the army calmly, but in fact, the Turkic army has already been dispatched and launched a sneak attack with unknown circumstances, so how can Zhang Xuan not be extremely annoyed.

Fang Xuanling saw the lord's annoyance, and he hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, please calm down, it may not be a problem of scouts, it is impossible for our scouts to not even find out about the dispatch of 10,000 people, this cavalry must have been deployed before we came." ”

Zhang Xuan gradually calmed down, Fang Xuanling's words were very reasonable, it was indeed impossible for his scouts to make such a low-level mistake, so he nodded and said, "Repel the enemy's sneak attack first, and then slowly reflect on it!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Xuan turned around and walked quickly outside the tent, Fang Xuanling slowly walked to the sand table to think about the cause and effect of this Turkic sneak attack, what is the intention of the Turkic army?

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In the dark night, a Turkic cavalry of 8,000 people is rushing to the Tang camp, this cavalry belongs to the guards of the Luo Khan, the Luo Khan has a total of 50,000 guards, they are different from other troops improvised by the herdsmen, they are professional soldiers, they are drawn from the elite soldiers of the steppe departments, equipped with excellent armor, they also carry out night combat training, laying the foundation for today's night attack on the Sui army camp.

A volley of rockets flashed in the air, from far to near, this is the peripheral Sui army scouts continue to warn the battalion, at this time, the earth began to tremble, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves rolled in the ground, the first to bear the brunt of the Tang army camp.

The camp has not yet been built, the camp wall that has just been rammed is only seven feet high, the trench has been dug up, but the antlers have not yet been buried, especially the mud wall has not yet dried, which has brought huge hidden dangers to the defense of the Tang army camp.

30,000 Tang Army soldiers have all been mobilized, Wang Junkuo and Xie Yingdeng also rushed back to the camp, the two acted separately, Xie Yingdeng led 5,000 cavalry from the south out of the camp, ready to intercept the Turkic cavalry from the periphery, 5,000 soldiers were responsible for collecting tents, packing up grain and grass, and Wang Junkuo led 20,000 soldiers to set up three bow and crossbow arrays in the west of the camp, and would use a powerful arrow array to shoot the Turkic army that came from the sneak attack.

But the time was still too short, the cavalry of the Tang army had just left the camp, and the 20,000 crossbowmen had not yet completed the formation, and the Turkic army had arrived.

I saw that the overwhelming cavalry army was rushing from the west, less than a mile away from the Tang army camp, and the black-pressed Turkic cavalry rolled up the yellow dust in the sky, and the fierce murderous aura was like an oncoming storm.

The Turkic cavalry could no longer stop, and the stop of the cavalry in front meant death, only the impact of righteousness, desperate to rush over, whether to die or live can only be resigned to fate.

Seeing that it was too late to deploy the arrow array, Wang Junkuo immediately shouted: "Prepare to shoot!" ”

Dozens of thick antlers sounded at the same time, and a low trumpet echoed above the heads of the Tang soldiers.

20,000 Tang soldiers raised their bows and crossbows together, and 20,000 arrows aimed at the overwhelming Turkic cavalry, the Turkic cavalry got closer and closer, and the forward cavalry finally entered one hundred and fifty steps.

"Shoot!" With Wang Junkuo's order, the sound of bangzi suddenly sounded, and 20,000 arrows rose into the air, as if a black cloud shot towards the galloping Turkic cavalry, including nearly half of the bows and arrows that could not be shot, but Wang Junkuo had no time to set up the formation, so he could only let the bow and crossbow arrows shoot at the same time.

Despite this, it still brought great casualties to the Turkic cavalry running at high speed, although the Turkic cavalry raised their shields to meet each other, but under the dense arrows, the cavalry was still unable to defend themselves, and hundreds of Turkic cavalry galloping in front fell to the ground one after another.

Not only did the arrows bring casualties to the cavalry, but the overturned horses also brought great obstacles to the running Turkic cavalry, and in the dark night, the horses behind were tripped and the cavalry was also overturned to the ground, causing chaos.

But the Tang army's bow and crossbow still did not stop the Turkic army's wild run, the Turkic cavalry had already rushed into a hundred steps, at this time, Xie Yingdeng saw that the situation was critical, and he could not block the impact of the cavalry with the bow and crossbow, he swung his knife and roared, "Kill!" ”

"Kill—"

The 5,000 cavalry roared in unison, killing the running Turkic army from the south, and the Tang cavalry rushed into the Turkic ranks from the side.

The 5,000 Tang army only blocked the impact of part of the Turkic army from behind, but the thousands of Turkic cavalry in front had already killed in front of the camp, and hundreds of war horses crashed into the wall and rushed directly into the barracks.

But the Turkic cavalry continued to fight fiercely with the Tang army.......

(To be continued.) )