Chapter 219: The Superiority of the Mobei Cavalry

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When there were still fifteen days away from Woluduo City, the Tang army stopped and carried out rectification, and the new army layout was completed within ten days, and Shi Ba used the spear formation of the six provinces plus the iron armor army of the eight provinces brought by Shi Jian and the auxiliary combat arms of the two provinces of 2,000 people, a total of 16 provinces as the central army.

Chai Rong is the forward, with a total of six provinces, basically with the orphan army as the main force. There were 5,000 people in the right army, including some orphan army officers and soldiers, and the ghost cavalry led by Yelu Anjun of the left army was also 5,000 people, and the rest of the troops were all owned by Murong Yang as a rear army to maintain the rear roads.

The Chinese army of the Tang Army, plus the forward, is the elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, with no more than 20,000 soldiers, a total of 40,000 horses, 10,000 camels, and 20,000 heavy horses. Originally, a regular cavalry usually had to be equipped with an infantry to take care of logistics and horses, but the people who came this time were specially trained, because in the era of cold weapons, horses could be supplied on the spot where there were water and grass, but one more person would have one more mouth, and one more mouth would have one more burden, and one more than one or two thousand infantry would come down, and the speed of the march would also be greatly affected.

The Liufu spear formation itself is selected from the auxiliary troops, and it is required to be able to handle the logistics by itself, while the Longxiang Iron Armored Army can do some of the cooking, while the five thousand people led by Chai Rong have all been strictly trained, and all of them have been "exiled" to the barren mountains and grasslands to train their ability and will to survive in the wild, so that they have the same as the Mobei knights, who can not only cook their own food and weapons, but also have a horselike nature, and one person can march with three or four horses.

As for the left army and the right army, they also have this ability to take care of their own affairs - this is originally one of the biggest advantages of the Mobei regime over the Han soldiers when the weapons and logistics cannot keep up with the Han regime.

The periphery of this military layout, as well as the Mobei to return to the ministry, these days there are constantly various tribes to come to take refuge, Chai Rong only let the chiefs and elders enter the worship of the Buddha car, those clansmen, retinue can only stay in the periphery, many tribes require the whole clan to worship, Chai Rong said: "Although the living Buddha is compassionate, we have to take care of his old man's body." Can't let him work too hard. When they arrive at the city of Worudo, the Living Buddha will ascend to the altar to speak the Dharma and bless all those who are sincere in their hearts. ”

Many of the tribal herdsmen rejoiced when they heard this. But there were also some people who were stunned, and when Chai Rong reported to Shi Ba, he said: "These people who have come back to the tribe are only afraid that there are some spies, and even some tribes and entire tribes are fraudulently surrendered." It may be a bureau laid out by the Khitans. ”

Li Bin said: "This is natural, but now we can't stop and distinguish carefully, all rejection will chill the hearts of those who are truly attached, and let them follow, just take precautions." As long as they are not allowed to rush into the inner circle of the military formation, they are not afraid. Let them show themselves, and no one will have any objection to us when we start killing again. ”

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At the same time as the Tang Army advanced as a whole, a new integration was also completed in the direction of Zhenzhou.

Mobei is poor, but because of poverty, the men who can survive in this place are all strong, and all of them can ride horses, regardless of age, as long as they are given a weapon, almost all the people are soldiers. Once fully launched, the battle in Mobei is extremely terrifying.

Jerodsa and 30,000 fighting forces. This part is the elite troops left by the Khitan in Mobei. Under the persecution of the great enemy. Xiao Han handed over most of his troops, numbering more than 50,000, and requisitioned 50,000 people from the Mobei tribes - the gathering of this part of the troops had a huge contribution from Yelu Lihu, and if he hadn't used the prestige of the earth queen Shu Luping, Xiao Han would not have been able to recruit so many men. In addition, there are a total of 20,000 people from remote tribes who were not very obedient to the indoctrination but rushed here this time, such as the Meili Urgent Department and the Menggu Department, and Xiao Han did not dare to trust these people too much. A tribe like this may really want to make meritorious contributions, but it may also want to see the excitement. may even have the intention of taking advantage of the fire to strike, but Xiao Han is not easy to refuse. It's just that they are restrained, and they are also arranged on the periphery.

With Zhenzhou as the center, more than 100,000 people gradually gathered.

These hundreds of thousands of people, all of them bring their own horses, most of them bring their own weapons, and with more than 100,000 troops, there are nearly a million horses! As for the cattle and sheep that followed, they were all over the mountains. Millions of war horses are noisy, 100,000 knights are shouting, and the vicinity of Zhenzhou has not been so lively for many years.

Yelu Lihu was overjoyed when he saw such a majestic and powerful army, and said with a smile: "With such a strong army and a local battle, I don't believe that there is anyone who can't be defeated!" In this battle, we are like a lion culling a sheep! It's like a horse-drawn cart crushing lice! There is no suspense to win! ”

Xiao Han was secretly worried, and said in his heart: "These tribes are usually scattered in all directions, even if the Tang army wins, it is absolutely impossible to rely on tens of thousands of elite soldiers to conquer the entire vast desert grassland. But now that these tribes are all gathered, it is naturally good if they win, and once they fail and are annihilated, they are afraid that it will be difficult to recover their vitality within a hundred years. ”

He suddenly doubted whether his decision was correct, but now that the war had begun, he couldn't help himself. Moreover, in the current war, it is not appropriate to speak ominous words.

Yelu Cha is the commander of this war, if in peacetime, it is absolutely impossible to obtain such a huge army in his capacity, at this time, the situation is forced, and he actually holds all the combat power of Mobei into his hands alone, looking at the millions of war horses shouting, Ye Lu Cha can not help but be complacent.

He was also an ambitious person, and after mastering the military power, he not only thought about this war, but also thought about the follow-up after this war. Unconsciously, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and this smile turned into a kind of confidence in the eyes of others.

The self-confidence of the commander has a morale-motivating effect on the generals and soldiers, and the heroes began to shout, and the calls slowly spread, and there were constantly people responding, and gradually thousands of people echoed, and finally more than 100,000 people shouted together: the cry is like thunder, shaking the desert!

Jerodzachel ascended the high altar to parade the army, and after the shouts of the hundred thousand had subsided, he issued his message of encouragement.

For the Mobei knights, the words of encouragement cannot be too complicated, and Yelu Cha knows this very well, so his words of encouragement are only two sentences: "Whoever kills the iron beast Shiba, will be rewarded with five thousand taels of gold, one hundred female slaves, and five thousand horses!" 10,000 sheep! ”

"Whoever kills the monk Zanhua who is the fake emperor will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold, 300 female slaves, and 10,000 horses! 30,000 sheep! ”

That's pretty much the entire property of a medium to large tribe!

The whole grassland suddenly fell silent, and then a wave of shouts that was even more terrible than before: "Khitan, long live, long live!" Banzai! ”

"Khitan. Hooray, hooray! Banzai! ”

"Khitan, long live. Banzai! Banzai! ”

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Just as the Khitans would arrange spies, the Tang army also arranged spies, and they bought the herdsmen of Mobei, who lurked near Zhenzhou. Naturally, I saw this scene.

Three days later, the information reached the Tang army, and the generals were quite surprised when they heard that the Khitan had such a morale, and they were secretly worried steadily, and they were afraid in their hearts. Yelu'an frowned, only some young and casual generals were eager to fight, Shi Jian didn't have any scheming, and blurted out praise: "Mobei really has a deep foundation, and he was brought so many people by Yelu Deguang, and he can still launch such a strong force!" ”

Li Bin said in his heart: "It would be good if the Metropolitan Governor could come in time to meet the teacher, if it was only us, this battle would be dangerous." ”

The iron beast Shiba laughed. Rejoicing inexplicably. Baye would be amused, so he asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Shi Ba said with a smile: "10,000 taels of gold, 300 female slaves, and 10,000 horses!" 30,000 sheep! I'm worth a lot of money. ”

Li Bin was originally quite worried, but when he heard what he said, he sneered and said, "You heard it wrong. This is the price of Master Zonhua, and you only have 5,000 taels of gold. 100 slave girls and 5,000 horses! 10,000 sheep! ”

Shi Ba was stunned for a moment. "I only have so much? Less than a living Buddha? So much less? ”

Shi Jian also laughed and said, "Yes." ”

"Grass!" Shi Ba scolded a foul language he learned from Zhang Mai and scolded: "Who set the price!" ”

Li Bin said: "Which ear did you hear the information just now?" It's Jerodzacrot! ”

Shi Ba was furious: "Good! He sets me the price, and I give him the price! The herald said: "The generals obey the order!" ”

Except for Li Bin, all the generals and leaders in the military tent stood up, even Shi Jian and Yelu Anjun stood up.

"Pass my orders! Whoever killed Yelu Cha cut ......" Shi Ba then ordered: "Lao Tzu rewarded him with 5,000 catties of stool, 500 catties of urine, a mare, and a!" ”

The generals in the tent were stunned at first, and then burst into thunderous laughter, Li Bin laughed so much that he almost fell off the cart, only Chai Rong couldn't help laughing, and really went out to give orders, the troops outside the tent were stunned at first, and then they all laughed, and the laughter spread far away, unconsciously diluting the haze that had just shrouded it.

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Jokes are just jokes after all, and the battle still has to be fought by swords and horses.

After that joke, the Tang army continued to advance towards the city of Woludo. Let the living Buddha of Zanhua arrive in the city of Woluduo to preach the Dharma and bless the various tribes, which is a false ceremony, but at the same time, it is a political symbol that is destined to have a far-reaching impact. This move can not only officially establish the status of the Emperor Buddha in the minds of the herdsmen in Mobei, but also prove the strength of the Tang Army!

I'm going to send the Emperor Buddha to Woludo City, and no one can stop me!

Whoever I'm going to send and where I'm going, no one can stop me!

And Yelu Cha cut is also-for-tat - the strategic goal of the Mobei Knight is already obvious, so then behead! Chop the political zhì symbolizes the head of Zanhua, and the head of the military head Shi Ba! For the Khitan, Yelu Cha did not need to completely annihilate the Tang army, as long as Zanhua was killed on the frontal battlefield, the crisis in Mobei could be resolved, and as long as Shi Ba was killed on the frontal battlefield, the Tang army that entered Mobei might collapse!

The north wind is becoming more and more obvious, and the local battle has actually begun on both sides.

The Khitan took 100 cavalry as a unit, as a combat squad, five combat squads fought together in a small area, attacking from several directions, and twenty combat squads fought in a large area, a total of 200 combat squads, operating in a range of 2,000 miles before and after, Yelucha ceded Yelu Enemy Hunt to be responsible for the layout, attacking the rear and right roads of the Tang army.

The power of the Mobei cavalry to harass the enemy's rear and flanks was fully exerted, and Murong Yang had the most troops in the front, center, left, and right, but he was overwhelmed by the Khitan cavalry that came and went. At the beginning, he was also committed to maintaining the foolproof of the entire rear, and after a few days, he had to take care of one or the other, and had no choice but to seek self-protection, in order not to be weakened by the Mobei cavalry, and later could only ensure that the core force was not cut and surrounded, and could not take care of the rest.

In addition to the right army, the most severely injured were the right periphery of the Tang army, which came to return to the Ministry. The fierce general Gangsa Ge suddenly broke in with a thousand light horses, which can break the resistance of a tribe in a moment, and then there will be two thousand horsemen who will follow him, and the tribal knights who will be scattered will be ruthlessly killed!

He roared and followed before the Tang army arrived, leaving only a place of corpses, here is a ruthless deterrent, it is Yelu Cha to tell the northern tribes: those who betray the Khitan are dead!

Jerodzachel's standing power frightened some of the tribes, and sure enough, many tribes left in shock, and did not stop them from leaving.

Hu Zhen once led his troops to retaliate, but Shi Ba refused. He didn't say the reason, but Li Bin nodded secretly in his heart at Shi Ba's decision.

Shi Ba was not very good at speaking, and he was not even good at commanding battles, but he had an intuition of war, and he had always relied on this intuition in this expedition to the west. Li Bin was beside him and analyzed on his behalf: "Our army's goal is obvious, and it is easy for the enemy to raid us, but the enemy army is hiding in the shadows, so it is not easy for us to find and raid them." Moreover, there are many enemy troops, but there are few of our troops, so we can no longer divide our troops. ”

The advance of the Tang army was still in the northeast direction, and there were only ten days left from the city of Woluduo.

That night, Li Bin took a map made by Ding Hanshan and his subordinates, pointed to a place, and said, "If you get here, you have to be careful." ”

After asking about the distance, Shi Ba said, "Will there be a decisive battle here?" ”

Li Bin said: "It may be here, or it may be in Woluduo City!" At that time, it may be a pattern of 20,000 to 100,000. He asked, "With the current strength of our army, can we be sure of victory?" ”

At this time, there were only two people, and Shi Ba didn't hide it, so he said, "It's difficult!" ”

Li Bin asked again: "Maybe you remain undefeated?" ”

Shi Ba thought for a while and said, "It's also difficult!" ”

Li Bin sighed: "I hope the Metropolitan Governor can arrive in time, it's fine." ”

Shi Ba said: "If the Metropolitan Governor comes too early, I'm afraid they will all run away." ”

Li Bin nodded and said, "If the Metropolitan Governor arrives in person, even if Xiao Han and Yelu Cha cut risk the split of Mobei, most of them will retreat to preserve their vitality." But if the Governor comes late, I'm afraid we'll ......."

Shi Ba laughed and interrupted him, "Commander, are you afraid of death? He was still not used to calling Li Bin by those complicated official names, so he directly called him a military advisor.

"Afraid?" Li Bin touched his unconscious legs and said, "Even if I die here, I will live up to the marshal." ”

"We're not going to die!" Shi Ba snorted and said, "I won't die here, and the one who dies here will only be Jelu Chacchi!" ”

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In the Khitan army, there was a place in Yelu Chacha's heart, and that place he had been to was the place that Li Bin had pointed on the map: "One hundred and thirty miles south of Woluduo City!" That's where the Tang Army was buried! ”))))))))

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