Chapter 457: Surrounded on all sides
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After raiding the 3,000 Turkic army on the east bank of the Yang River, Li Jing quickly turned south.
In the evening, Li Jing's troops had unexpectedly appeared under Tiancheng City, southwest of Huai'an, a hundred miles away.
The Turkic people's successive victories all the way into a no-man's land made the leader of the Turkic army stationed in Tiancheng City very careless, and he did not think that Tiancheng City, which was now surrounded by Turkic armies on all sides, would suffer any attacks. If it weren't for Daman's special request for him to garrison this city, he didn't feel the need to divide his troops to stay behind at all, and directly killed all the way to the east, and it was even more direct to kill under Youzhou City. Staying in Amagi City, the entire army was drinking and reveling all day long, so light that the enemy was not even sent out of the city with the necessary rangers.
In the last darkness before dawn, a large number of cavalry quietly arrived in the city, which had already been sacked by the Turks.
Horses are bound to hooves, and people are titled.
They quickly surrounded the gates of Tiancheng County, and Po Shi personally led a thousand Turkic cavalry with torches and banners to appear under the city.
"Hurry up and open the city, Po Shi is here." Under the torches of Bi Peel, a Turkic soldier rode to the city and shouted loudly at the dark gates. The drunken defenders of the city poked their heads down, and while muttering why they were here at this time, they woke up their companions without doubt and asked them to open the gates. Although he was half drunk, he still saw clearly that the fire under the city was indeed the ranks of the Turkic cavalry, and he also saw the conspicuous silver wolf head banner.
"Put the drawbridge and open the gates." With that still drunken shout. The Turks pushed the winch down the drawbridge and lifted the deadbolt. Push open the iron-clad gates.
The creaking sound was so clear in the dawn. Seeing that the city gate was easily opened, Po Shi felt a little complicated. But in the end, he waved his hand vigorously, "Do it." The elite wolf riders kicked their horses in the belly and rushed forward.
"What's the hurry?" The Turkic soldiers who opened the door had not yet understood what had happened, and the subordinates under the command of Po Shi had already roared, and in the sound of clanging, the snowy saber was waved high, and the Turkic soldiers by the door had already separated their bodies. The rumbling sound of iron hooves sounded, and a large group of detached cavalry entered the city. Most of the garrisons in the city were still asleep and drunk, and had no idea what was happening. Most of them died by the swords of their compatriots.
"What's wrong?" Someone woke up from the noise and jumped out barefoot and shouted, but he was answered by a sharp arrow with the sound of the wind, which hit him in the open mouth.
Groups of cavalry entered the city, and most of the 1,000 Turkic soldiers stationed in the city were sent to the underworld before they could understand what was happening. A few people wanted to escape from the city, but as soon as they left the city, they were already shot by Li Jing's troops who were ambushed at the city gates. The battle ended quickly, and most of the defenders were killed without knowing it. Only a few lucky ones, because Poshi had already seized the gates and vital points of the city, finally spared their lives and allowed them to surrender.
Post-war inventory. Of the 1,000 garrisons in the city, only about 300 prisoners remained.
Li Jing had people extinguish the fire in the city, and then asked Po Shi to send his henchmen. Call the police everywhere for help.
Two hours later, it was nearly noon. A Turkic cavalry of more than 1,000 men was the first to arrive to reinforce it. When they arrived at the foot of Tiancheng City, they found that it seemed that a battle had just been experienced in front of the city gate. The gates were open. A group of Turkic soldiers were digging a pit, apparently burying the brothers who had died in battle.
Several Turkic officers from afar galloped out of the city and greeted them.
"What happened?" Tu Yin, who brought troops to help, asked.
"Damn the Han army, I don't know where it came from, suddenly killed at dawn and attacked us, fortunately they didn't have many soldiers and horses, only hundreds of horses, and we finally killed them. The fellows left behind more than 100 corpses and fled east. The bone-sip replied.
Tuyi said with some schadenfreude, "Hundreds of Han horsemen actually beat you desperately for help?" ”
"I really didn't expect these Nanban to be so bold, but I still have to thank Tuyi for rushing to reinforcements, come, enter the city with me, there are still a lot of good wine dug up in the cellar of the Nanban's mansion in the city." Gu Si diligently took Tuyi's arm and walked into the city. When Tuyi heard that there was good wine, he laughed at the moment and didn't think much about it at all. Because he knew this Gu Si, he was indeed the garrison general in Tiancheng City, and this was the equivalent of their big rear, and he didn't encounter any decent resistance when he first captured this place, and today's attack was the first time he captured this place, so Tu Yi made the same mistake of underestimating the enemy as Gu Si before, and he didn't even have the slightest vigilance, and he took a thousand subordinates to follow Gu Si, who was captured alive in the morning battle and then persuaded by Po Shi to surrender, swaggered into the city.
The soldiers laughed and laughed, the ranks were so loose that they didn't even take out their weapons.
A thousand men and horses soon all entered the city, and seeing that the other party was completely defeated, Li Jing, who was standing at the head of the city, had a look of disdain on his face. When I made a plan, I just tried it, but I didn't expect it to work so well.
"Close the door and beat the dog." Li Jing waved his hand and said.
The gates creaked, and the heavy gates fell.
At the same time, on the rooftops on both sides of the street, in the shops, teams of archers appeared, and all the bright bows and arrows were aimed at the Tuyi department on the street.
Tuyi's face changed greatly, and he just wanted to ask Gu Si what was going on, but Gu Si was already ruthless, and suddenly took out a scimitar and slashed at Tuyi's door, and with a miserable scream, Tu Yi fell off his horse, and his breath was gone. Gu Si jumped off his horse and chopped off the head of the Tuyi man with a knife, holding the head in his hand and shouting: "You have been surrounded, those who surrender will lay down their swords and soldiers to avoid death!" ”
Bone slurred and shouted three times in a row.
The silence on the long street was terrifying, and this sudden change shocked Tuyi's subordinates, and the archers on all sides and the head of Tuyi made them dare not move at all.
At this time, Po Shi rode his horse and personally surrendered. Immediately after he had explained the current shape in a few concise words, a clever fellow dropped his weapon and dismounted.
There is a spearhead. Then the sound of the bell continued to sound, one after another. The Turks had no fighting spirit and all surrendered.
"Things are going more smoothly than expected." Bing Yuanzhen looked at the scene on the street. With a smile on his face.
Li Jing nodded, "Indeed, Po Shi is especially easy to use." "Along the way, Li Jing has used Poshi to recruit countless Turkic soldiers and horses, and most of the time, he is always invincible.
As soon as the 1,000 Turkic soldiers who had entered the city surrendered, another cavalry arrived from outside the city and reported to Li Jing that another Turkic army of several hundred men was coming. It was twenty miles outside the city.
"Well, set it up, do it again." Li Jing chuckled.
"Turks can't be so stupid, can they?" Bing Yuanzhen asked.
In fact, the Turks are indeed so stupid, the bone sip who has just made a meritorious service appears again, still with the same lines, the same plot, and finally received the same result. Five hundred Turkic soldiers, who had rushed to the rescue after hearing the police, were lured into the city again. Then he was shut down and beaten by the dog. The Turks resisted, but a rain of arrows fell, and they immediately fell to the ground, and their resistance was immediately stifled. The rest of the sensible discarded surrendered.
On the same day, Li Jing used this simple strategy to repeat it five times. Nearly 3,000 Turkic troops were wiped out before and after, of which more than 700 were annihilated and killed. More than 2,000 prisoners surrendered, which added six more regiments to Li Jing's sixth battalion. The 6th Cavalry Battalion also reached a huge size of a full twenty-seven regiments.
"General, let's take it when we see it, the small group of Turkic soldiers nearby have almost been lured by us to catch them all, it is estimated that Daman in Huai'an has also discovered the abnormality here, let's stay any longer, I'm afraid that the big shark Daman will be caught." Bing Yuanzhen reminded Li Jing. Although they now have more than 13,000 men in 27 regiments, after all, 10,000 of them are Turkic soldiers, which is not stable and reliable.
However, Li Jing was not satisfied with the results in front of him, small fish and shrimp could no longer satisfy him, and he was already looking forward to Daman.
"Let Gu Si pick a few people who have passed the letter, and then report to Daman in Huai'an City, saying that we are storming the county seat of Tiancheng, and they will not be able to hold on, let Daman come to the rescue quickly."
Bing Yuanzhen protested, "General, we can't beat Daman, in case we get entangled by Daman, we won't be able to get out." Don't forget that there are not only Dammam here, there are still 50,000 soldiers and horses in the west of Dulan, there are almost 20,000 soldiers in Dammam in the north, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers in Dammam in the south. In addition, there are a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses in the northeast and southeast, and we are now in the heart of hundreds of thousands of troops in the enemy's encirclement, and if we are blocked by them, we will have no way to escape. ”
Li Jing was full of confidence and relaxation, "We are indeed in the heart of the enemy now, but the enemy is scattered everywhere, and it is impossible to achieve unified action, we can completely defeat each other." Our morale is high now, and I think we can do another big job, and after this battle, let's go again. ”
"You still come to invite you into the urn, close the door and beat the dog?" Bing Yuan really couldn't persuade Li Jing, so he had to reluctantly agree to fight again.
"No, let's change things up this time."
In the city of Huai'an, a horse galloped in.
"What, a Han army is besieging Tiancheng?" Dammam was surprised to hear the news.
"How many of them are there?"
The messenger gasped and replied, "There are only five thousand horses, but all the cavalry, very well equipped, with mirrored men, leather armor, strong bows, sharp swords, and spears, and swift movements, fierce attacks. As soon as the leader of the fortunate bone sip encountered a surprise attack, he immediately sent people to ask for help around, and the leader of Tuyi and other more than 3,000 brothers from various departments supported him, so he barely held on, and now we have withstood the attack of this Sui army, but the leader of the bone sip was worried that this Han cavalry might run away at any time, so he specially asked me to come to report to the special service, and asked the special service to send troops to surround and annihilate him in one fell swoop. ”
"Only five thousand centaurs?" Daman frowned, a little puzzled as to where this army came from. Last night, a battalion of soldiers and horses on the east bank of the river was annihilated by a surprise attack, and then disappeared without a trace. He paced around a little irritably, and called his guards again, "Have the scouts sent out earlier come back, but have you found the soldiers and horses that attacked the camp on the east bank?" Also, what is the situation of the soldiers and horses stationed in the north, and does my uncle have any news about the special service? ”
The guard shook his head, "I haven't tracked down the attacking troops yet, and I haven't found any trace of the Poshi Special Service, but the several garrisons in the north are also gone. Several of the camps showed signs of fighting, but most of the rest had no signs of fighting, and no garrisons of these camps could be found, as if they had disappeared into thin air. ”
"It's gone, how can it be gone." Dammam was furious. It was a little too unusual, and it made him feel like he was completely out of control, and he hated it. However, the disappearance of thousands of soldiers and horses from his uncle's Po Shi Special Service made him feel that maybe things had not yet reached the worst. Perhaps Po Shi discovered the infiltration of a Han cavalry, so he led his troops to pursue the Han cavalry. Yes, it must be. Otherwise, how could his tens of thousands of soldiers and horses disappear one battalion after another, and they didn't even have time to report to him? And the sudden attack on the camp in Hedong this morning, coupled with the current attack on Tiancheng City in the south, made him feel that he had finally captured this mysterious Han army.
"Five thousand cavalry, well-equipped, fast-moving, and fiercely attacking, it seems that they are the cavalry troops who came from the wilderness. The Hedong army of the Sui Dynasty in the south is still in Shuozhou, and the army of Hebei is still blocked to the east of Taihang. Guessing the origin of this army, Daman was in a better mood. Five thousand people, no matter how powerful they are, how powerful can they be, they caught you off guard first, and now, now that you have mastered your whereabouts, then your end has come.
"Come on, order 10,000 elite cavalry, immediately go south with this special service, in addition, take my order arrow to send an order to our troops and horses in Ulzhou, so that they can also immediately assemble and surround Tiancheng, this time, we will destroy these 5,000 Han cavalry in one fell swoop!"
Leaving more than 10,000 people to continue to surround Huai'an City, Daman mobilized 10,000 elite cavalry, immediately rushed to Tiancheng in the south, and sent troops to send orders to mobilize his troops in the southeast to surround Tiancheng. Before leaving, he thought about it, and sent messengers to Ulzhou and Yunnei, asking Kuhezhen and Dulan respectively to send troops to encircle them, so as not to annihilate these 5,000 Han cavalry who dared to penetrate into their hearts in one fell swoop.
From time to time, there are probes and horses flying to report to Li Jing, all the way to Tiancheng Turkic soldiers and horses are rushing to Tiancheng, more and more soldiers and horses, 120,000 continue to rise, and now there are at least 30,000 Turkic troops to Tiancheng on all sides to encircle.
Hearing this amazing news, Li Jing just smiled slightly, and then gave the latest order. (To be continued......)