Chapter 52: Triggering the Fuse
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The tooth general Dewey is Lu Yanhong's confidant, and he has made great contributions to the expulsion of his predecessor Jie Du envoy Niu Xuan, and has won Lu Yanhong's appreciation, and this time he was ordered to Suizhou to carry out a top-secret mission, which stems from Lu Yanhong's trust, and he is also 120,000 careful.
There are bandits in Guanzhuang Town, Dewey is very clear, and this bandit defeated the foreign army and the foreign town soldiers who went to encircle and suppress, Dewey also knew, including the letter of Tan Mingxiao, the magistrate of Wuling County, he read it, and had a general understanding of the bandits in Guanzhuang Town, in general, Dewey felt that this bandit had a certain combat effectiveness, but it was by no means as fierce as rumored, it was nothing more than being able to seize the opportunity to give the opponent a blow, and the ability to take advantage of the opportunistic tricks was good, as for really facing the strong tooth army, face-to-face fighting, I'm afraid there is no one who can't win.
According to Lu Yanhong's request, when he went to Suizhou, Dewey did not pass through Bazhou, but on the way back, he was no longer willing to make a detour, not to mention that the distance was much farther, so he said that the detour to avoid was going to be spread, which was a big blow to his own reputation, and I am afraid that he would be laughed at by his brothers in the future.
As a tooth general, Dewey is still very careful, leaving Pengzhou, he sent scouts to reconnoiter along the road, it is said that the 1,200 tooth army is only passing through Guanzhuang Town, bandits should not have so much courage to attack, even if the bandits attack, in the face of the powerful tooth army, I am afraid it will be self-defeating, but be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, Dewey still deploys the march in accordance with the regular combat method.
When there are more than 30 miles away from Guanzhuang Town, it is already unitary time, according to the habit of marching along the way, the army will generally rest when it arrives, and the climate is cool at night, so you can rush more, but Dewey is very cautious, and all the soldiers must rest on the spot, and set off on time the next day, after all, it is much safer to pass through Guanzhuang Town during the day.
The resting place is quite remote, there are no people, but the surroundings are very empty, Dewey asked the army to set up camp on both sides of the official road, and at the same time send sergeants to guard, because of the remote location, there should be no one passing by in this area at night, and the sergeant in charge of guarding can find out if there is a slight disturbance around.
Encamping in such a place was specially selected by Dewey, there is nothing to be afraid of in the middle of nowhere, and the army of 1,200 is not vegetarian, on the contrary, those lively places are not easy to be vigilant and often prone to accidents.
After listening to the scout's report, Li Rupei had a smile on his face.
"The tooth army is the tooth army, the art master is bold, choose a remote and empty place to set up camp, there is no absolute self-confidence, it is unlikely, it seems that this attack is a vicious battle, there is no opportunistic place, but they are also too confident, do they think the Iron Blood Army is vegetarian."
Gao Chibang's face didn't have much expression, every time he faced a big event, he had such an expression.
"Li Lang, the purpose of the tooth army daring to be stationed like this is to think that they are strong, and the iron-blooded army does not dare to attack, but they are still very careful and choose to pass through Guanzhuang Town during the day, since this is the case, I think that it is best to attack when it is ugly."
"The master is the commander, everything is according to the master's arrangement, and he won't talk much."
Gao Chibang nodded, and when Li Rupei said this, he agreed to his arrangement.
When it was ugly, everything was silent, the snoring could be heard around, and the sound of horses, the sergeants on guard were very careful, they were divided into two groups, a group of horseback patrolled around, to see if there was anything abnormal, a group patrolled on foot around the tent, both groups of people were holding torches, and the situation within a few tens of meters around could be quickly discovered.
The sound of bows and arrows breaking through the air suddenly sounded, and when the sergeant on horseback patrol was shot by the bow and arrow, the sergeant on foot had already noticed the situation.
The sirens sounded, and Dewey was the first to burst out of the tent.
Dewey hardly slept, and in the first half of the night, he personally led the sergeant to patrol around, and did not enter the tent until the hour, because he did not find anything, Dewey was a little relieved, he reclined on the bed, and did not even remove his armor.
The sound of bows and arrows breaking through the air came from all around, and the scene that worried Dewey the most appeared, the bows and arrows that were shot, with flames, immediately caused a fire after hitting the tent, exposing everything in the camp to the enemy's sight, and the casualties caused by the fire were not small.
Dewey couldn't believe his eyes, and chose to camp in such a place, which has many advantages, but the most fatal shortcomings are two aspects, one is that the other party uses fire attack tactics, and the sergeant is easy to expose, and the other is that in the process of fighting, the sergeant is not easy to dodge, and the surrounding area is basically flat ground, only to fight desperately, and the rest have little to do.
Could it be that the bandits in Guanzhuang Town are really so fierce?
Everything Dewey feared soon became a reality.
When the sound of horses' hooves appeared, many tents were still burning, some sergeants were extinguishing the fire, some sergeants were quickly putting on their armor and preparing to meet the battle, and the team was organizing the sergeants of the crossbow team with the fire chief, preparing to shoot arrows to counterattack.
But the speed of the opponent was too fast, the sergeant was not fully prepared, the attacking cavalry had already arrived in front of him, and even the bow and crossbow team, which had always moved quickly, did not have time to line up in formation.
The battle unfolded in an instant.
The attacking cavalry, at least more than five hundred people, was very imposing, and the sergeants of the Tooth Army who met in a hurry were quickly cut down to the ground, and they did not even have time to fight. The two sides have been intertwined and fighting, and the crossbow team cannot fire bows and arrows, so they can only pick up the Tang knife and the Mo knife and devote themselves to the fight.
The team is and the fire commander played a role at this time, most of them did not panic, and methodically commanded the sergeants to counterattack, the opponent did not participate in the attack There are not many people, all of them are cavalry, and their own cavalry is responsible for face-to-face combat with the opponent,
The infantry could quickly form a square formation, raise their swords, and attack the horses specifically.
Dewey took his own soldiers and joined the fight, and at the same time asked the personal soldiers around him to constantly convey his orders, which were nothing more than words such as not to panic and calmly meet the enemy.
When the black-pressed infantry began to attack, Dewey's heart began to chill.
There is no regret in the world, when fighting with the attacking cavalry, Dewey felt that something was wrong, the opponent was very fierce, although the fighting was in full swing, the battlefield was staggered, but the attacking cavalry, very orderly, orderly advance and retreat, never greedy for merit, they only had a few hundred people, divided into a number of squads, from all sides of the impact, specifically to find the weak place to attack, the main purpose is to disrupt the queue and formation that the army has finally deployed, even if there are fallen sergeants in front of them, they will not indulge in the fight.
This is a truly strong army, and bandits will not have such abilities.
Dewey's focus was not on the fighting, he tried to organize a comprehensive defense line, as long as his own defense line was stable, even if he paid some casualties, it didn't matter, at least the army could protect itself in the shortest possible time, and then began to organize an effective counterattack, but the attacking cavalry did not give him this opportunity.
Dewey felt that he was in trouble, and was ready to order all the sergeants to devote themselves to the attack, not to think about organizing for effective defense, anyway, to strive to repel the attacking enemy in the shortest possible time, so as to be able to grasp the initiative, but before his order could be issued, the sound of horses' hooves sounded around again, this time the sound of horses' hooves was completely different from the previous time, and it could be heard from the sound that there were many opponents.
Seeing that the opponent's neat infantry began to attack, Dewey abandoned all illusions, and he thought of the word retreat.
It's a pity that the opponent seems to know his thoughts, the cavalry that was mainly disrupting the formation before, suddenly changed his tactics and began to catch and kill, and he was very brave, the officers and sergeants of the tooth army did not have time to make other reactions, and instinctively fought with the opponent, in such a situation, thinking of being able to retreat in an orderly manner is tantamount to a fantasy.
Within a radius of one mile, the so-called retreat is just a way of saying, in fact, it is to flee for your life, at this time, if you continue to entangle, it is difficult to escape the fate of the annihilation of the whole army.
Dewey held back his panic and gave the order to retreat and break through to the soldiers around him, and this order was very clear, that is, their respective breakthroughs, after giving the order, Dewey ran towards the place where the four carriages were.
The frightened Dewey's eyes widened, and he saw the situation very clearly, around the four carriages, there were no officers and sergeants of the Tooth Army, and there were quite a few guards, but all of them had unfamiliar faces.
Dewey shuddered, guarding around the four carriages, a total of one hundred and twenty people, each carriage thirty people in charge, the most powerful of the 1,200 sergeants, can it be said that all these 120 people were killed, from this, it can be imagined how strong the opponent is.
Deweyler turned his horse's head, he was about to break through, it was time for him to still think about organizing a counterattack, and thinking about being able to lead most of the sergeants to rush out, I am afraid that he would not be able to escape the fate of being captured or killed on the battlefield.
Guarded by his own soldiers, Dewey rushed towards the darkness, and although there were cavalry and foot soldiers to stop him, his own soldiers around him blocked all attacks with steel knives and bodies......
Running wildly, the sound of swords and guns and screams can no longer be heard.
Deweyler stopped the horse's head, turned his head, and looked around, and there were only more than a dozen people left.
His face turned pale and he looked up and sighed.
"Lugong, what kind of face do you have to see you......"
Just when Dewey pulled out the Tang knife and was about to kill himself, a personal soldier rushed up desperately, although it was on horseback, this personal soldier actually grabbed the Tang knife with both hands, and the sharp blade quickly cut the palm of his hand, and blood flowed out.
"The general must not ......"
Dewey was forced to let go of the Tang knife, if he insisted, this pro-soldier would lose both hands, and Dewey didn't really think about suicide, if so, what would he do if he broke out.
Half an hour later, Dewey finally made a decision, no matter what, he had to rush to Liangzhou and report to Lu Gongyu that the bandits in Guanzhuang Town were extremely strong and could not be underestimated, and a large army must be sent to encircle and suppress them.