Chapter 80: Tempting the Enemy with Body
Hara stretched out his hand to help the two of them, patted them on the shoulder and said: "The Han people are suspicious, and they always like to think that others are very stupid, they don't like to fight with swords and guns, and they rarely can prove that they are defeating our grassland people, so their victories mostly come from the so-called stratagem or sneak attack." Of course, the winner is the king, and it is understandable that victory is the only criterion of war. But the Han people are very arrogant, just like I am, but not everyone can be Hara. Everyone laughed in unison.
"Tonight, they will come to attack, we will kill and wound as much as possible, after you have dispersed in a while, check the soldiers and horses I have arranged, don't do it deliberately, the Han people are as cunning as foxes, if they smell the trap, they will definitely flee in a hurry and it will be difficult to take the bait." Killing people and punishing hearts, so the three armies can win the spirit, the generals can win the heart, let them kill us, we will kill them and return with a big defeat, this is the real shame, it will instantly disintegrate their confidence and fighting spirit, and the army's spirit will be scattered in the future, and this battle will be easy to fight in the future. Bless us, Tengri God. Hara looked up at the night sky and shouted with her hands outstretched.
"Tengri God." Everyone did the same thing.
"Go get ready." Hara commanded.
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With fifteen hundred soldiers and horses, Leper Touhua quietly marched forward, all the hooves of the horses were wrapped, and the soldiers also had wooden sticks in their mouths, and they were not allowed to take them off to prevent making a sound. Without torches, the group made a long detour, avoiding all possible sentries and spies, and went around to the rear of the Ordos battalion.
The grassland at night is dark, and the leper head Hua can't be found because he wants to sneak around, so he can't light it with a torch, and the grassland is open and flat, and there are no landmark buildings or mountains and rivers at all, so it is difficult to discern the direction. It's easy to get lost even if you walk in broad daylight. Sometimes you have to rely on the vegetation on the ground and the sun to determine where you are going, but at night, the last two things that can be used to determine the position are gone. can only rely on the sense of direction of Leper Hua.
It's okay to go straight up, as long as you control it and don't miss your leg. But now it is necessary to make a big circle, detour to the rear of the enemy, and the difficulty coefficient is instantly more than doubled.
Leper Hua was in a cold sweat, for fear that he would take the wrong road and delay the whole plan, although it was not a catastrophe, but it was also likely to cause Li Xiang to be trapped or even killed without the help of reinforcements, not to mention the loss of soldiers, and most of the dead and wounded. When Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Yongle ordered people to attack the Mongols. There are many troops lost in this vast grassland and desert, it is not easy to be a general, and it is even more difficult to conquer the desert.
Leper Hua suspected that he was lost, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of despair in his heart. However, war is like this, and there are so many uncertainties and variables that it is useless to complain about the heavens and others, so we can only calm down and deal with them calmly and act cautiously. Just rounded a small slope, suddenly. The hundred households beside him whispered: "General, you see that there seems to be a light in front of you." ”
"Where?" Leper Hua almost exclaimed, but after the surprise, he quickly calmed down, and looked in the direction that Baihu pointed, and sure enough, it was in the distance. There was a large bright light about a mile away, which should be the Ordos army camp. That's right, I went around a lot and still found a place, I'm a genius! Hehe, the old horse knows the way, Leper Hua lowered his voice and ordered: "Send scout troops, no horseback, touch it on foot, once you find that General Li is attacking, the whole army of Tartars will send a signal after resisting." Give the order to the whole army, withdraw half a mile back, and do not startle the snake. ”
"Yes." The hundred households received the order and sent the order to the herald.
Leper Hua clenched the hilt of the sword at his waist, and secretly beat the drum in his heart, Li Xiang, I'm ready, good luck to you.
At this time, Li Xiang also rushed to the front two miles of the enemy's camp with his soldiers and horses, and the journey was extremely smooth, without the enemy and even a sentry horse, Li Xiang's brows couldn't help frowning. Looking at the generals under him, they all showed joy on their faces, as if they were laughing at the opponent's negligence in taking precautions.
The arrogant army will be defeated, the other party is the famous Ordos Mahala, how can he be so negligent, the calmer it is, the more it is like a trap, whether to attack?
Li Xiang hesitated. Li Xiang had not fought a few battles before going to the frontier, and when he was a bandit, he just scared and scared the people, and the officers and soldiers were also very sloppy.
Since Lu Bing was left out in the cold, he has also become the army that was dismantled under Lu Bing, and he has changed his guard several times and gone to a lot of places, but after all, he is a bandit, and the quality of the soldiers is poor, and the combat cooperation is not as good as the regular army, and his subordinates have a barbaric personality and do not obey discipline, and they have many conflicts with those local generals, so they fight with the internal affairs when they have nothing to do. In short, in the end, no one dared to ask for this group of bandits, and in the officialdom, the generals despised Li Xiang a little, not only because of Li Xiang's background, but also because his big backer Lu Bing had fallen at that time.
Later, even though Lu Bing had the foundation of Shandong and slowly ascended to power, Li Xiang's situation still did not change much, after all, he did not belong to Lu Bing's power circle. One loss is lost, one glory is not prosperous
Li Xiang was sent to the frontier to garrison when Lu Bing was working hard for the foundation of Shandong, and the imperial court added some people to Li Xiang, so that Li Xiang became the commander-in-chief of the two guards, with a total of three thousand households, a total of three thousand households, but all of them were their own brothers. Although life is hard, Li Xiang is also happy to be like this, at least there are fewer cold words here, and there is no need to be splinted by colleagues and superiors, and officialdom naturally has the helplessness of officialdom.
However, Li Xiang's ordeal had just begun, and in the frontier, although there were no major wars, there were constant small frictions, a small battle in three days and a big battle in five days, and the higher-level generals were timid and afraid of things, for fear that there would be friction with the Mongols in the frontier, so even if they burned, killed, plundered, and exterminated humanity, they could only defend and drive away, and they were never allowed to cause a major war and a full-scale war. Li Xiang was very aggrieved in his heart, and soon the food, grass and military salaries became a problem, the superiors withheld the military food and sucked the blood of the soldiers seriously, Li Xiang was in a difficult situation both internally and externally, and it was during this time that he learned to lead the troops to fight, and also honed his resolute character and forbearance temper.
God is fair, and the heavens have a great responsibility for the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they are motivated to endure and gain what they cannot. Li Xiang got the wisdom and courage and the art of war experienced in actual combat, and when he really couldn't survive because of military rations and salaries, Li Xiang met Lu Bing at a banquet in the capital.
The mountains and rivers are exhausted, and there is no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village. Li Xiangshan turned around and got Lu Bing's help, and it didn't take long for the big war to be coming, and Li Xiang got the weight and the arduous task. In addition to the 3,000 men and horses he had, the court also allocated him 1,000 soldiers. Li Xiang understands that once he wins this battle, he will be able to ascend to the nine heavens like a fish into the sea and join Lu Bing's power center circle and become his right-hand man.
Now the choice is in front of him, not to mention that this may not be a trap, even if it is a trap, Li Xiang will kill it, wash away the grievances and shame for many years, let the knife in his hand raise his majesty and vomit unpleasantly, what he has learned for so many years will be brought into play today. The original plan was that Leper Hua was behind enemy lines, and he attacked the camp at night to kill the opponent by surprise. He divided his troops into the enemy camp on all sides, but he made feints on three sides, using torches and branches on horsetails to sweep up large clouds of dust, so that the enemy could not see clearly in the dark night. The main force was in the middle and he himself led a thousand men into the enemy camp.
Capture the thief first capture the king, shoot the man first shoot the horse, kill the enemy camp in the army, and be in danger in exchange for killing and injuring enough generals of the opponent. Without generals, this group of enemy troops is nothing more than an independent individual, a headless fly, even if they come to their senses and know that Li Xiang only has more than a thousand people, it will be too late.
According to the ideal conjecture, they will definitely kill them, but in the panic, the command is not good, even if they surround Li Xiang, they will not have much power, and at the same time, some people will lose their command and will flee to the rear. At this time, Leper Hua will kill out, as much as possible to kill the opponent's living force, Li Xiang echoed with it inside and outside, tore open the encirclement and fought his way out of the encirclement, and returned to the camp victoriously.
But now, if it's a trap, even if it's a trap plan, it can still be carried out, but it has become a decoy, as long as you are brave enough, you can disrupt the opponent's arrangement, and you can also defeat the enemy!
Li Xiang changed his strategy and gave an order: "Leave 1,000 people, 500 people will follow the general into the enemy camp, and go straight to the Chinese army all the way. By the way, plant explosives on the rocky slopes on the road just in case. ”
Several hundred households were taken aback, and quickly understood that Li Xiang was worried that the opponent had noticed that this was a trap deliberately set by the enemy, and Li Xiang wanted to risk his life as a bait. Li Xiang was about to lead the troops after arranging, and the hundred households said: "The general is going to lure the enemy? Isn't that too much to worry about? ”
"The battlefield is changing rapidly, what we designed may not be in line with the situation on the spot, the current scene is too calm, calm to the point that it seems to be a trap, we must be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, but at the same time, we must be reluctant to fight the wolf with the child, and we will use the most risky but safest way to fight this battle, which is not contradictory." Li Xiangdao.
Baihu suddenly knelt down and said: "General, the dragons must not be without a leader, the general must not risk his life, or the last general will go." ”
Li Xiangyi waved his hand and said, "Hey, you don't have to, you're not qualified enough." This will be the commander of the battle of Ordos this time, and it is perfect as a bait, and as the supreme commander, if I am deeply encircled, you will definitely be able to fight to kill the enemy and save me, so as to kill and injure the enemy in large numbers, and I am afraid that others will not have such an effect. For the general, don't take the lead at this time, but when! ”
After that, Li Xiang took 500 soldiers and killed them.