Chapter Eighty-Five: Commanded to Fight the Bloody Battle of the Mohe
"Bitter" Dugu Tianxing smiled bitterly when he heard it.
"Yes, the generals are fighting bloody battles on the front line, and you great magician is lying in the rear and spending a leisurely life" Ambassador Xue Jian gloated.
The fierce battle in the Far East is in full swing, and the city gate of Tahe is also closed at the same time, and the people who wait for the Tahe defenders to hang up with hanging baskets are the two personal guards of Duguzhen, the general manager of the Tang army camp in Zhengmohe, Duguyi and Duguwu.
Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, Shou Wenchang Right Minister, Tongfeng Pavilion Luantai Sanpin, General Right Guard, Hebei Provincial Observation Envoy, Liaodong Prefecture Marching Chief, Anton Dadu Protector, Shangzhu State, Liaoguo Duke Dugu Zhen Dadu Guards have nine personal guards, except for the left-handed sword Xuanqiu Bin, the other eight are Dugu house slaves, following Dugu Zhen for many years, after wind and rain, by the Dugu Demon Wolf called A, B, C, Ding, Wuji, Gengxin, Eight King Kong.
They are Dugu Jia, Dugu Yi, Dugu Bing, Dugu Ding, Dugu Wu, Dugu Halberd, Dugu Geng, and Dugu Xin. Now it is the second Duguyi and the fifth Duguwu who have come to give the order.
Both of them knew that it was a certainty that the Demon Wolf Tianxing would become the young master of the Liao State Mansion, and they were not polite, and after taking out the letter and handing it over, they picked up the wine pot is cow drink, and picked up the plate is to chew. The Dugu Demon Wolf also smiled and helped Bu Cai pour wine, and then opened the letter, just two words, and below was the letter of the chief manager.
After a while, the two of them were a little full in their stomachs, wiping their mouths, "I still have to go to the Governor's Mansion to give orders to Governor Pei"
Dugu Tianxing left Xue Jian, accompanied him downstairs to the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion to wake up Governor Pei Xuangui, and the content of the camp order was nothing more than to let Dugu Tianxing unload the Changshi Division, and ordered Shi Yeluzhao, the governor of the Temple Street Zhichong Mansion, to act as the governor of the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion, and the Temple Street Zhichong Mansion immediately rushed to the front line of Mohe.
He also woke up the relevant people and other arrangements for the expedition, and on the ninth day, he opened the gate of Tahe City, and Dugu Tianxing and his party came out.
"Hey, it depends on Ben Langjun at this critical moment" The Dugu Demon Wolf looked at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, and shouted at the people who saw him off.
"Yes, I still hope that the former Dugu Changshi Ma will be successful," the little lady of Jiangnan teased the military king.
"I don't know when and where we can meet, take care of Mrs. Wang, don't eat and drink nonsense recently, keep slim, go back to Kyoto to find a good man, don't worry about Captain Bendu" Dugu Lieutenant continued to talk nonsense.
"A certain person will still be worried about the food that Dugu Duwei rectified, as for Dugu Duwei himself, the Turkic Khanate stick will be worried" Wang Xiaoniang did not show weakness.
"Haha, look up to the sky and go out with a long smile, how can my generation be a Penghao person, take care" Dugu Tianxing laughed and rode out on a horse.
"How did this demon wolf do it?"
"He's always been like this," Zheng Xiu'er said angrily.
"The chief manager is in a hurry, it must be Mohe's urgent, and Dugu Duwei may also feel anxious about the journey this time," Zheng Sui'er sighed leisurely.
"It's not just worrying, now that the autumn wind has risen, the Yantang army has not yet arrived in the city, and if it drags on, this expedition to Mohe is afraid that it will be in vain" Shi Yeluzhao, the new governor of the Far East, smiled bitterly.
Governor Pei Xuangui and Ambassador Xue Jian were speechless and silently returned to the city.
Temple Street Zhechong Mansion is now scattered, the three major corps, the Golden Wolf Regiment Jin Yifeng returned to defend Hailan Pao, the Black Wolf Cavalry Regiment followed the former military Governor of the Four Seas, the Wolf Warrior Regiment was divided by Lu Long's ambassador Xue Jian, the previous escort of grain and grass to the Mohe front line was left by the camp tent, Changshi Yelu Zhao served as the new Far Eastern Governor's Mansion, the scout shadow battalion and the Golden Sore Battalion had already been recruited by the camp, the mercenary regiment and the thirteen feudal soldiers have been disbanded, and only one Yue Cavalry Battalion, a Mo Dao Battalion, and a warlock squad jumping squad are left under the jurisdiction of the Dugu Tianxing, the commander of the Temple Street Zhechong Mansion, and the Warlock Squad Jumping Squad, No matter that most of the brigade was also left in Tahe for rectification, there were two or three hundred and thirteen warriors who volunteered to follow the Demon Wolf Grand Sorcerer to Mohe to make contributions, and the prince of the Flowing Ghost Country also took hundreds of mercenaries to go, and there were less than 1,000 people who followed Dugu Tianxing to Mohe this time, which was in line with the establishment of the border army of the Temple Street Zhichong Mansion.
After Dugu, the deputy lieutenant of the Yueqi battalion, opened the way, and after the deputy lieutenant of the Modao battalion, Dugu Tianxing, although he was greedy for enjoyment, he had to take the rest of the army to ride alone and gallop to the front line of Mohe.
It is about 500 miles from Tahe to Mohe, but it is full of mountains and forests, and now it has also been opened up by the Tang army to make a proper marching road, and the itinerary of four or five days has been shortened to three days.
There are many mountains and forests in Mohe, among which the Murwei Mountain is the birthplace of the Murwei Department, the Turkic invasion, the Murwei part is divided into two parts, the east and the west, the west Murwei is dependent on the Turks, and the East Murwei is forced to go to the middle reaches of the Heihe River to make a living.
Temple Street Zhichong Mansion traveled day and night, and people did not stop, and they rushed to the Mohe Tang Army camp in two days and two nights.
When Dugu Tianxing reported to the camp, it was already August 11, and the Tang army camp in Mohe was busy.
"Today it is agreed that the two armies will fight under the city, and you will rest for two hours first, and then go to Mohe City to participate in the battle" Duguzhen was busy signing various military orders, and he didn't talk nonsense, and sent away the Temple Street Zhichong Mansion in one sentence.
Du Wei, who joined the army in the camp, was an old acquaintance of Temple Street, and he took everyone to settle down, all of whom were veterans of the battlefield, and he did not disarm himself, he lay down in his clothes, and he snored after a while.
In less than two hours, Du Wei joined the army and came to wake up Dugu Tianxing again, and after a little tidying, Dugu Demon Wolf rushed to the battlefield under Mohe City with three guards and a hundred people from the jumping team.
All the way, Du Wei joined the army and briefly introduced the situation on the front line of Xiamohe.
The three roads of the army of Zhengmohe were victoriously divided, and the camp also slightly adjusted the deployment of the five armies, the chief manager of Anton Dadu to protect Duguzhen, and the two deputy generals were Anton Deputy Metropolitan Protector Champion General Shan Sijing, the former West Road Governor Zuo Weiwei General Henan Province General Yang Tong, the main supervisor of the military envoy is still the Hebei Provincial Supervisor Yushi Chen Dao, and the deputy supervising military envoy is Henan Provincial Supervisor Yushi Wang Xuan.
The former army is still the commander of the Bohai Metropolitan Governor Fang Sihai, and the deputy is the Heishui Metropolitan Governor Mingwei General Li Xiancheng, who commands the Bohai Navy, the Heishui Army, the Xincheng Army, the Huaiyuan Army, the Baoding Army, and the Pyongyang Army, with nearly 80,000 people, including Du Feng, the ambassador of the Xincheng Army, Xiao Jing, the ambassador of the Huaiyuan Army, Li Shizhi, the ambassador of the Baoding Army, Gai Suli, the governor of the Pyongyang Army, Ding Dayong, the deputy governor of Heishui, and Zhao Yong, the jade-faced wolf general of Miaojie.
The left army is the commander of the right leading army of the forbidden army, the general of Fan Yang, the governor of the forbidden army, Zhang Liang, and the deputy is the third princess Yan Junluan, the general of the right Wei Yunlu, who commanded the right leading army of 20,000 guards, the right Wei Wei Forbidden Army of 30,000, and the Tianxiong army of 10,000, the Liaocheng army of 10,000, and the left army also reached 70,000 people, and there are the right leading army Wei Guide general Pei Zhongyi, the ambassador of the Tianxiong Army Wang Yu, the right Wei Wei ranger general Zhu Wu, the commander Qin Chongcheng, Peng Zheng, Dou Zhi and other fierce generals.
The commander of the right army is Tang Xiujing, the governor of Yingzhou, the deputy general is Rao Ledu, the governor of Jiang Dazhu, the governor of Songmo, Zhang Tietou, the 30,000 Yingzhou army, 20,000 military horses each of Rao Le and Songmo, and the right army is also 70,000 generals.
The commander of the rear army is the deputy chief of the army Shan Sijing, and the Henghai Anguo Army Gaoli Yicong has a total of 30,000 horses, counting the Lu Longjun and Andong who are in charge of grain and grass transportation, and the rear army also reaches 70,000 horses, under the command of Yang Shu, the ambassador of the Heng Navy, Hulan Dede, the ambassador of the Anguo Army, the general of Goryeo Fuyuqing, and the ambassador of Lu Longjun Xue Jian.
The Chinese army was led by Yang Tong, the deputy general manager, and led 20,000 Zuo Weiwei Gong Wei to camp the big tent.
The Fifth Route Army plus the guards directly under the camp totaled 320,000 horses, and the momentum was awe-inspiring.
Previously, the 18th Army Village around Mohe was mainly engaged in a competition between the three armies on the front and left, killing more than 20,000 enemies, and the Tang army lost nearly 20,000.
Now that the troops are finally coming to the city, the day before yesterday, the Mohe Turkic Governor sent a war letter to the right chamber of Cha Moju, agreeing to fight to the death in Mohe City today.
"Just the Khanate stick team in Mohe, still dare to go out of the city to fight? It's not enough, Tang Jun stuffed his teeth," Dugu Demon Wolf disdained.
"There are still 100,000 regular soldiers in Mohe City, plus more than 100,000 people, and more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and they are waiting for work and fighting against the city, and the situation of the Tang Army is not much advantage" Du Wei joined the army and smiled bitterly.
"Huh"
Mohe City is surrounded by mountains, but it is not by the mountain, the terrain on the southwest and north sides is chaotic, the hills and rivers are dense, it is not conducive to the development of soldiers and horses, the east is also gourd-shaped, the mountains on both sides of the gourd mouth are slightly slow, there are four or five military villages before, and now it has been captured by the Tang army, there are about ten miles of long slope land in front of the east city of Mohe, and the Tang army is in a posture of attacking upward.
Now in front of Mohe City, there have been more than 20 night army horses, the Turkic army has about 50,000 soldiers, and the Tang army has nearly half of the soldiers and horses in the 150,000 camp.
The Turkic army array is set up according to the city, five phalanxes, 30,000 cavalry in front, 20,000 infantry gathered on both sides of the city gate, the city wall of Mohe is obviously higher than the Tahe, blue and black intimidating.
The Tang army's 50,000 iron cavalry was divided into five phalanxes, with the first three and the second frontal Turkic soldiers and horses, and the remaining 100,000 covering the slopes on both sides.
The Tang Army's Great Tent was located on a hillside on the left side of the Mohe City Gate, which was also originally a Turkic military village.
The chief manager Duguzhen came to the battlefield in person, and was sitting on a high platform at the moment, and the two prison envoys Chen Dao and Wang Xuan were on the left and right.
The arrival of Dugu Tianxing only made the chief manager of Dugu raise his eyes, and the military envoy of the Chen Dao supervisor said hello with a smile and helped introduce Wang Xuan, the former military envoy of the Western Dao.
"Chen Yushi and Wang Yushi came to the front line in person, and they were deeply encouraged and sincerely admired" Dugu Duwei also hurriedly patted his ass.
"The chief manager is here, a certain is not good to hide in the military tent, the soldiers in front of him are fighting bloodily, and a certain person has no power to restrain the chicken, so he has to be a guest for the time being, and after the war, he will also report the heroic posture of the soldiers to the court and the saints, and the military prestige of the Yan Tang Dynasty has been demonstrated" Chen Dao Yushi stroked his beard and smiled, Wang Xuan Yushi's face was thin, and his skin and flesh moved slightly, I don't know whether to agree or ridicule.
"Dugu Duwei, can Tahe be reconciled?" Dugu snorted coldly.
"The Turkic remnants of Taheyuan have been separated and lived, and a large number of Far Eastern residents have moved into the city, and there is no major incident," Dugu Demon Wolf hurriedly handed over his hand to report.
"I heard that Dugu Duwei implemented the armor protection system in Tahe, and this policy is very good" Chen Dao supervised the army to make the two poems of Dugu Daorman, which was quite friendly.
"The armor protection system is contrary to the Yantang system, this system can only be temporary, and it must be abolished after the war," Dugu said.
"The armor protection system is similar to the Yantang Xianxing Township system, only there is more mutual protection and joint sitting, and the system of joint sitting can be abolished afterwards," Wang Xuan Yushi said coldly on the side.
"Yes, yes, because the situation in the Tahe River is complicated, we have to implement joint sitting, the war in the Far East has stopped, and it should be abandoned" Dugu Tianxing hurriedly replied.
"Extraordinary times do extraordinary things, wartime harsh points are forgivable, after the war all the people of the Far East are the people of the Yan and Tang Dynasties, should be governed by benevolence" Wang Xuan Yushi is also a Confucian scholar, the heart of benevolence and righteousness is always there.
"Now that someone is on the battlefield, this is a political matter, and then we will discuss it after the war" Chen Daojian military envoy changed the topic, "Dugu Duwei is a general, looking at the lineup of the two armies in this battle, can you have an opinion?" ”
"Chen Yushi praised, Tianxing is a mountain village nofu, how can there be a reason to beak about the major affairs of the military array?" Dugu Tianxing is modest.
"I heard that Dugu Lieutenant had broken the cavalry in the Ardan infantry, Huma flooded the defenders, Tahe carried the coffin and fought, and the cavalry attacked the city, which can be described as invincible, this battle Tang army 150,000 against 50,000, Dugu Lieutenant may predict the results of the Tang army?" Wang Xuan, the deputy superintendent of the military envoy, also came to be interested.
"The soldiers of Yan and Tang are brave and good at fighting, the Turkic soldiers are few and large, and Yan and Tang will win" Dugu Demon Wolf did not hesitate to say the correct answer.
"Let you analyze the formation of the two armies, don't praise sycophants" The chief Dugu always has no good words for the demon wolf.
"The Turks are good at shooting, known as the people on horseback, and the cavalry is also the best in the world, but the Far East is not the Jinshan steppe, the cavalry has no deep and roundabout place, and the combat power is halved.
"Fighting for your life?" Chen Dao is puzzled, to say that although he is the same as Duguzhen is a Confucian master, but Duguzhen has practiced archery since childhood, and the young man is fighting with the current saints, and in recent years, he has fought fiercely in Goryeo and Liaodong, and he can be called a master of the art of war.
"The Mohe Turks defended the city, and the cavalry army was obviously overkill, if it was used in field battles, fighting for their lives could delay the offensive of the Tang army," Dugu Tianxing explained.
"The Turkic war in recent days obviously has the intention of consuming the combat power of our army," Wang Xuan Yushi also understood.
"The battlefield is narrow, the cavalry soldiers and horses are gathered, there is no depth, and they fight for their lives?" Dugu frowned, "Then how to break the game?" ”
"Fighting for one's life is naturally fighting for one's life," the Demon Wolf Tianxing pouted.
"Hmph, the Yantang soldiers are not war-fearing troops, and it is good to consume these 30,000 Turkic cavalry," Duguzhen, the chief manager, was dissatisfied.
"In fact, you can also be on top of the infantry in wartime" Dulone Demon Wolf suggested irresponsibly.
"Nonsense, infantry vs. cavalry? Do you think you have a chance of winning? Dugu scolded the general manager.
"Yes, yes, it's a lack of thought," the lonely demon wolf hurriedly blamed himself.
The two prison envoys were stunned, and suddenly Wang Xuan Yushi sighed leisurely: "Dugu Duwei is in Aldan, but he used infantry against cavalry, killing more than 60,000 enemies."
Dugu's face became ruddy.
"That's a coincidence, it's not a regular practice," the little lieutenant of Temple Street hurriedly covered up his shame for the governor of Liaodong.
"Before this battle, the enemy commander was General Yang Tong, who was also a veteran general on the battlefield and would respond to the enemy," Chen Daojian comforted.
While speaking, someone called the boss under the high platform, and the Dugu Demon Wolf saw that it was a war mad wolf group, Dugu Tianxing hurriedly confessed and slipped away to catch up with the old subordinates.
It was almost noon, the two armies had been waiting for a long time, and they were impatient, the heavy drums on the Turkic city were beating, the front row of 5,000 cavalry moved slowly, and the decisive battle under the Mohe city began.
Dugu Tianxing and the wolf warrior returned to the high platform after talking nonsense, and the two armies had already engaged.
The Turks are all light horses, ordinary soldiers are wearing leather felt hats, gray and white leather robes, simple armor to protect the chest and abdomen, only the commander and above have an iron pocket, the iron horse is running, a cloud of arrows rain smashed into the Tang army's formation, and then the hand danced the scimitar, screaming straight towards the Tang army.
The Tang army is still red, all wearing red clothes lining, all captains and above are Mingguang armor, iron or cooked copper hoods, although the rain of arrows is fierce, but still not afraid, but the distance between the two sides is too close, many arrows fired by the Turks penetrate the armor and the body of the horse, and the people turn over on their horses.
The rest of the Tang army didn't care about the situation of the robe, and flattened the long lance on their own, and the five folded Chongfu of the front army also rode up on horseback, and the two torrents of gray and white and black and red suddenly collided, stirring up a monstrous blood tide.
The horizontal plane in front of Mohe City is not wide, there is no room for 3,000 horsemen and horses to gallop side by side, the Tang army is 10,000 against 5,000, heavy cavalry against light cavalry, the Turkic terrain on the slope occupies the upper hand, but the situation obviously occupies the upper hand.
But the Turkic cavalry held the will to die, completely in a state of fighting for life, the Tang army commander through the chest also temporarily grasped the lance, with the power of the horse with the Tang soldiers to fall off the horse, the cavalry hedged, the fate of the person who fell from the horse can be imagined.
In half an hour, only the Tang army was left on the battlefield in front of the two armies, but there were less than 3,000 horsemen, and this battle was actually 5,000 Turkic soldiers were wiped out, but nearly 7,000 Tang troops were killed.
The drums on the city wall sounded again, and this time the Turks dispatched a team of 10,000 people.
The Tang army retreated on both sides, and the follow-up 20,000 Tang cavalry swarmed up.
More than 12,000 dead horses and human corpses lay down in front of the two armies, and the two sides had no care to collect the burials, and the two torrents collided in one place again.
The two prison envoys looked dumbfounded, and the chief manager of Dugu was also bruised, and Dugu Tianxing had no choice but to act angrily on the side.
The 30,000 cavalry troops fought for half an hour, and the Turkic gray and white were like small flowers floating in the torrent, but the Tang army drummed again, and the remaining 20,000 cavalry troops went out and went straight to Mohe City.
The remaining 15,000 soldiers and horses of the Turks also came head-on, and 70,000 cavalry troops fought to the death in front of Mohe City.
Before the time had passed, the front of Mohe City was filled with gunsmoke, and the dust rushed into the air, and the Dugu chief and the two prison envoys on the high platform could no longer see the situation on the battlefield clearly.
In the haze, the drums sounded again on Mohe City, which was rapid and dull.
"Not good," Dugu Tianxing exclaimed.
The two overseers were puzzled.
"The Turkic cavalry has been divided into two sides"
The two prison envoys were still puzzled.
"The Turks are going to send infantry"