Chapter 232: Surprise
Dharlandai learned from the spies that the news that the Yin army was really short of food and grass was confirmed, and immediately led the accelerated pursuit.
The hungry horses at the end of the march had gradually distanced themselves from the infantry in front. Whenever they saw that they were about to catch up, the infantry in front seemed to deliberately slow down their tempo so that the horses at the end could catch up a little.
Behind the Yin army, Dalantai led the army to chase after the two thousand hungry horses that were slightly behind, marched rapidly at night, and ran after the horses for several miles, but they did not know that they were gradually falling into the trap set by Wen Yiheng.
As he ran, Dharandai boosted the morale of the 120,000 soldiers behind him, shouting, "All soldiers! The war horse of the Yin army is close at hand! Let's keep moving faster! Tonight, I'm going to catch those horses and make roast meat to eat! ”
The muscles of the war horses used for marching and fighting must be very tight, and they must be very strong when used to make roast horse meat! Sounds very greedy!
As soon as he thought of catching up with the Yin army, he could kill on a large scale, not only to harvest strong war horses, but also to eat delicious roasted lean horse meat, and the pursuit lasted for almost two quarters of an hour, and the slightly tired Su Jin army finally regained some morale.
Morale drove physical strength, and General Su's galloping speed on his horse accelerated a little. Dalantai and Su Jinjun, who were chasing after him, only saw a group of thin horses close at hand.
As the process of pursuit accelerated, Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan, who were in front of the Yin army, had already taken a step ahead of Dalantai according to the plan and "escaped" into the Grand Canyon that had been set up in ambush in advance.
General Su, who was chasing after the Yin army, was gradually led into the canyon.
Seeing that the terrain chased here seemed to be different from the vast Gobi, when Dalantai looked up again, he was shocked to realize that General Su had "driven" the nearly 400,000 Yin troops into the Grand Canyon, and he was also in the canyon.
The terrain of the canyon is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Wen Yiheng and the Yin army were forced into the canyon, and Dalantai was pleasantly surprised to take this opportunity to surround the Yin army in the canyon and wipe them out.
"God help me!" Dalandai laughed proudly: "There is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door to hell for you to throw yourself in!" After entering this canyon, the Yin army is in the bag of our Sujin people! ”
"All the soldiers obey the order! Kill the Yin Army! Grab the grain, grass and horses! "Dharlandet was at the forefront, catching up with the emaciated herd, killing one of them with a single arrow.
With Dalantai's first bow, Su Jinjun's morale was also boiling, wielding a knife and holding a spear, and his eyes burned with a wild desire to kill.
At this moment, the canyon suddenly shook the sky!
However, this deafening shout was not issued by Su Jinjun, but the 30,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 cavalry led by Qu Junchen who were ambushed outside the canyon in advance, and they were murderously killing the generals of Dalantai and Su Jinjun in the canyon!
The first to strike is the crossbowmen, who shoot straight at a crossbow in their hands, and their aggressiveness and accuracy are even due to the archers. Thousands of bows and crossbows shot out like a rain of flowers, and the unsuspecting General Su lost nearly 5,000 troops.
Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan had already detoured out of the Grand Canyon at this time, standing on the cliff above the canyon to watch the battle.
Su Fenglan saw that thousands of Su Jinjun fell one after another because of a small crossbow arrow, and couldn't help but dance with his hands: "I'm checking, your arrangement is really exquisite, and you would even think of crossbowmen replacing archers to take the lead." ”
"The bow and crossbow are aimed at direct fire and have a high hit rate. Bows and arrows, on the other hand, are oblique and less practical than bows and crossbows. Therefore, Heng prefers to use crossbowmen in the field and archers for siege and defense. ”
"The Tang crossbow is a strong crossbow, with a range far farther than that of archers, and it can fire several or even dozens of crossbow arrows at the same time, and its combat power is longer than that of archers who can only shoot one arrow at a time."
"Yes, yes, it seems that you are not dead studying, but you can still flexibly use the knowledge in the military book according to the actual situation. Su Fenglan was even more impressed by Wen Yiheng. ”
Since this was an ambush field battle, in order not to expose himself, Wen Yiheng only arranged 35,000 people for Qu Junchen, so there were only 6,000 crossbow arrows prepared.
When the bolts ran out, the crossbowmen retreated to the rear, and the most common infantry species were reinforced, armed with spears and shields.
When the infantry of the Yin Army and the infantry of the Su Jin Army were stupid together, the black-armored iron cavalry holding Changge finally entered the battlefield.
In the cold moonlight, the Yin Dynasty Iron Cavalry in pitch-black iron armor was reflected. Like a cold-scaled black dragon that has awakened from its slumber, it will finally let out a long roar that shocks the world!
Five thousand cavalrymen, the black long ge made of fine iron in their left hand stretched out, and it was accurately inserted into the heart of Su Jinjun. Then the sword in his right hand stabbed at him, and he was the head of countless enemy troops.
In the chaos of the army, the former high Su Jin State Prime Minister Guo Dalantai had fallen from his horse in the chaos at this time, and he fell hard in the shape of a dog gnawing mud. The soldiers who were supposed to be guarding him were also dead and wounded.
At this time, Dalantai realized that he had been fooled, and gritted his teeth and scolded loudly: "Wen Yi constant temperature puff!" To use such a villain trick! I've been hurt so far! "Literature is great
Before he reached Lantai and scolded him, a black-armored iron rider rode past Dalantai, and a long brother poked Dalantai to the ground.
Dalantai, who fell in disgrace again, could only spit out two words weakly in his mouth: "I hate!" ”
I saw that the black iron cavalry was able to aim Chang Ge at the back of Dalantai's heart, and was about to stab him hard, but a poisonous iron arrow pierced the cavalryman's throat from the left front.
The cavalry fell to the ground, and Dharlandai was narrowly saved by the man who saved him from the general of the city of Zhuot, Agoura.
"Sangkook! Go with the end! Agoura snatched a shield from one of the fallen infantrymen and did his best to protect Darandai through the chaos.
"No! I can't go! Dharlandet was reluctant to leave at such a critical moment: "My close lieutenant is still here fighting the enemy... Those skinny horses... I can't go! ”
Agula was immediately furious: "Xiangguo! Now is not the time to tangle cronies with roasted lean horse meat! The last general came to the rescue this time, just because you are the prime minister of my Su Jin country, and you are in a high position, and the last general must protect you! ”
"If Xiangguo insists on staying, please forgive the last general's rudeness!" With a rage of hatred that iron is not made of steel, Agora knocked Dalantai unconscious and took him away.
Agoura captured a war horse of the Sujin Kingdom, threw Dalantai on the horse's back, and then mounted the horse after him, turned the horse's head and galloped in the direction of the city of Zhuot, no longer able to care about the life and death of the 120,000 Sujin soldiers behind him.
In the end, the ambush in the field ended with the escape of Dalantai and the killing and capture of all 120,000 Sujin troops.
Wen Yiheng on the cliff called Su Fenglan as he wished, and the two of them launched the red fireworks signal indicating "successful victory" into the air!
The night was deep, and the red fireworks were so bright and illuminating that they even dyed the heavy night a faint bright red.
More than ten miles away, Su Jiudong and Mo Mingshan, who had been waiting for good news all night, finally saw the red fireworks they wanted to see the most, so they proudly turned back to the military camp where they were originally stationed.
After this ambush battle, Wen Yiheng led the Yin army to fight a hearty victory. Although he failed to capture Dalantai, which was important to Su Jinguo, in one fell swoop, the joy of victory was still gratifying!
Of the original 120,000 Su Jin troops, more than 90,000 died in the chaotic battlefield, and the remaining 30,000 Su generals were taken prisoner, handcuffed and shackled, and took on the task of providing food and grass for the Yin army.
This time, it was an army of nearly 400,000 against a Su Jin army of more than 120,000, which was obviously a typical victory over many, with a slight meaning of bullying. Even though "winning more with less" is not as wonderful as "winning more with less", this is the first victory of the Yinjun army, and it is indeed worth celebrating.
Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan led the army back to the barracks. Due to the fact that the grain and grass are not sufficient, tonight's celebration banquet can only be held symbolically.
There were soldiers sitting in the center of the camp, and Wen Yiheng was grabbed by Su Fenglan and stood in the center, accepting the respect and worship of the soldiers. Because the position of the army could not be revealed, no bonfire was lit at the scene, but it did not affect the wanton pleasure of the soldiers after the victory.
Thinking that tomorrow would be the last day for the 1,000 soldiers who returned to collect the food bags, and that tomorrow night at the latest, the 1,000 people would bring back life-saving grain bags and grass, and everyone shouted happily.
The soldiers unreservedly praised Wen Yiheng's strategic victory, but Yun Mulin and Sima Weiye, who were sitting in the crowd, were not happy about this victory, but blamed Wen Yiheng in their hearts.
Sima Weiye, who had fled with the team all night earlier, scolded Wen Yiheng in Yun Mulin's ear weakly at this time: "Wen Yiheng's mind is gloomy, he didn't report to the prince in the battle tonight, obviously he wants to take all the credit on him!" ”
Sima Weiye's malicious speculation and slander against Wen Yiheng are obviously private goods, which shows that he has indeed held a grudge against Wen Yiheng's behavior for a long time.
"If he wants to take credit, he must also ask all the desperate soldiers if they agree." Yun Mulin was much calmer than Sima Weiye, "If there is no cooperation from the soldiers, who will carry out his Laoshzi strategy?" ”
Cen Haokai and Qu Junchen, who returned in the group of soldiers, noticed the incompatibility between Yun Mulin and Sima Weiye, especially the obvious disgust and hatred in their eyes when they looked at Wen Yiheng.
Qu Junchen stabbed Cen Haokai beside him with his elbow: "Did you see it?" Those two white-eyed wolves are hating the generalissimo so much! ”
Cen Haokai remembered the scene where Yun Mulin and Sima Weiye scolded behind Wen Yiheng on the way to "escape" with the army tonight, and couldn't help but show Wang Zhi's contempt.
"If there is no generalissimo's plan, I am afraid that they will all be captured by Su Jinjun tonight, where is the opportunity to be ruthless to the generalissimo here? What a white-eyed wolf that can't be raised! Missing lessons! ”
Qu Junchen said bitterly: "There is no way, since the saint can't spare time to educate the two of them, we have to help teach them." ”
Cen Haokai and Qu Junchen stood up as they spoke, pretending to play a game of throwing helmets, and deliberately moved towards Yun Mulin and Sima Weiye.