Chapter 541: Spread the net and wait
Water attack, nothing more than building a dam to block the water, and then releasing water to impact, flooding the city, it is recorded in the book of soldiers, but the water is different, Xue Rengui is a little confused.
Qin Huaidao didn't explain, carefully recalled the situation of the end of the river that he saw along the way, and gradually made a decision, evacuated with the army overnight, and returned along the river.
Along the way, everyone was full of curiosity, but Qin Huaidao didn't say anything, so it was difficult for everyone to ask.
The army walked for more than an hour, the terrain in front of it was uplifted, like a soil dragon lying on the nest, horizontal in front, the mud on the mountain was sandy, the weeds did not grow, it was clear at a glance, about 30 meters high, about 1,000 meters long, the middle was broken, and the end of the river passed, the riverbed was more than 20 meters wide, but the water flow was not large, and there were exposed goose warm stones everywhere.
Everyone looked at this scene curiously, and immediately looked at Qin Huaidao.
Qin Huaidao no longer concealed it, pointed to the front and said: "Everyone, the terrain here is unique, as long as you build a dam to stop the water, there will be no water available downstream, and there are tens of thousands of people in the last city, and there is a lot of water every day, once the water is cut off, it will definitely not be able to hold on, and troops will be sent over." ”
When everyone heard that it made sense, their eyes lit up, and they laughed.
"Time is pressing, follow my orders."
Qin Huaidao continued: "Brother Xue? ”
"In!" Xue Rengui hurriedly stepped forward.
"All the war horses are pulled up the mountain, the place is big enough to be put down, take the river as the boundary, take your people to guard the left slope, dig a trap pit under the mountain, the density should be large, dig a trench behind the trap pit, remember the first battle in Tibet, right?" Qin Huaidao asked.
"Understood, don't worry." Xue Rengui agreed.
Qin Huaidao was of course relieved of Xue Rengui, not to mention that he had used similar tactics in the first battle of Tubo, and looked at Li Dejian and Li Yixie: "Take your people to be responsible for building a dam to stop the water, the higher the dam, the better, it must be strong and thick, to ensure that the water is cut off, can it be done overnight?" ”
"It's not a big problem." Li Dejian looked at the river and said.
Li Yixie also looked at the river and said: "There are stones everywhere, the soil is loose, it can be mined and used, and thousands of people can complete it, don't worry." ”
"Then I'll leave it to you both."
Qin Huaidao said and looked at Cheng Chumo, Fang Yiai and the others, and continued: "You ended up guarding the right hillside, and took your people to dig horse pits and trenches to prepare for the next big battle. ”
"Obey!" Everyone solemnly clasped their fists and received their orders.
"There's one more thing I need to discuss with you." Qin Huaidao said and looked at Xue Rengui.
"The young master commands it." Xue Rengui hurriedly said.
"The Chashan Guards were assigned to the Special Operations Regiment and were under the command of Luo Ying, Luo Wu was incorporated into the Guards Battalion, and the Guards Battalion was upgraded to the Guards Regiment, with Luo Wu as the regiment commander."
"It's all up to the young master." Xue Rengui agreed, the thousand people who came out of Chashan were elite, with a special identity, one was led by Luo Wu, but the person in charge was Luo Ying, Xue Rengui knew the importance and did not dare to stay.
"Luo Ying, the people are handed over to you, but you need to select fifty people from them to be included in the guard battalion, and the guard camp is only fifty, a little less, enough for a hundred."
"Obey." Luo Ying agreed, although he knew that the thousand people would take it back, but he was still very happy when he got it, after all, he was trained by himself, and he had feelings.
Qin Huaidao looked at Luo Wu, the little guy who chased the snot behind his butt every day had grown up, and he sighed with emotion and said with a smile: "Luo Wu, Uncle A's safety will be handed over to you." ”
"Don't worry, I'm here, and I'm sure nothing goes wrong." Luo Wu agreed.
"Time is of the essence, let's act."
At the sound of an order, the army went into action.
Qin Huaidao was very relieved of Xue Rengui's side, and stayed to personally guide Cheng Chumo and the others, where to dig the horse pit, where to dig the trench, how to dig the trench, how much spacing, how to use, how to deploy, all explained clearly, and finally demarcated the area, no one was responsible for a piece, which was convenient for command.
The special operations group scattered out and roamed around, hunting and killing the snooping scouts.
There is no shortage of stones and soil, it is not complicated to build a dam to hold back the water, the trouble is to plug the leakage and ensure that the water does not permeate, Qin Huaidao arranged for everyone to dig the horse pit and come to check, and found that there were too many leaks, and the soil was quickly washed away on the pile, which did not have much effect, and immediately arranged for the guard battalion to go out to look for weeds, and then slaughter the injured war horses, peel and plug the leakage.
Thirty or forty thousand people were in full swing, and there were no tools at hand, all with knives and knives, and the speed was slow, but the soil was seriously desertified, and it was not difficult to dig.
At dawn, the trap is quite large, and the water is blocked, leaving a small leak that can be ignored.
The army is well fed and drunk, and continues to dig and repair, all of which are life-saving things, and no one is lazy.
It was almost noon, and a man from the special operations regiment came on a flying horse: "Report - young master, and a cavalry from the last city, about a thousand people, went up the river, as if to check." ”
"A thousand people dare to come out and die? I'm going to kill them. Fang Yiai's eyes lit up.
"Just leave this little thing to me." Cheng was not to be outdone.
Qin Huaidao looked at Luo Zhang: "Take your people and practice assault warfare."
Skill, only a thousand people, it is the most suitable to practice hands, and get all the war horses, just enough food. ”
"Obey!" Luo Zhang clenched his fists and took his team away.
Everyone looked at Luo Zhang with envy, and Cheng Chu was unwilling: "Brother Qin, you can't be partial, you have to think about me for good things in the future." ”
"That's right, and me." Fang Yiai also expressed dissatisfaction.
Qin Huaidao didn't want to cause a conflict because of this little thing, and explained: "Luo Zhang is carrying light cavalry, the weapon he uses is a scimitar, the style of play is different from yours, he needs actual combat training, there will be a big battle in the future, and the hard bones are guaranteed to be handed over to the two of you, if anyone can't gnaw down, don't blame me for not talking about brotherhood." ”
"If you can't take down military law, there is no child's play in the army." Cheng Chumo hurriedly said.
"You can't cut off my head." Fang Yiai also expressed his position confidently.
"I don't dare to cut off your head, Uncle Fang will not finish with me, hurry up and watch your troops, complete the trench as soon as possible, and the enemy may come back in the afternoon."
"Really?" The two asked in surprise, and when they saw Qin Huaidao nodding, they suddenly became excited and hurried away.
Qin Huaidao looked at the dry downstream and smiled, this is far enough away from the end city, once the flow is cut off, don't mention the water, even the dark river will dry up, it can't penetrate, it's too far.
There is no water in the river, the well is dry, how can tens of thousands of people live?
Lack of food, boil it to survive, how to survive the lack of water?
At this time, Li Dejian came over and said with a smile: "Brother Xian's trick is simply ingenious, using nature to force the enemy to show up, and then open the net to wait, half of the victory has been won." ”
"The biggest problem for our side in this battle is the morale of the army, after all, most of them are Turkic, and it will not be long after the annexation, you arrange more people to explain the military merit system to everyone, ensure that everyone knows, let them know that they are fighting for themselves, and the military spirit is stable, and this battle will be won."
"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it."
The brothers smiled tacitly.
With the help of a wise general like Li Dejian, Qin Huaidao felt a lot of peace of mind and trouble, and the two chatted for a while, Li Dejian left in a hurry, and Zhang Luo went.
Qin Huaidao came to the hillside on the right, walked to a commanding height, and said to Luo Wu, who was following behind: "Set up the big tent here, and arrange people to follow the division commanders and regiment commanders of the various armies in a while, and be responsible for the flag and command to facilitate command." ”
"Understood!" Luo Wu agreed.
Without communication, the flag language is very important in the battle of the large army, and the Chashan Guard has specially trained the flag language, and there is a unique and perfect set of flag language movements, which outsiders cannot understand.
Through the flag language, Qin Huaidao can directly command to the regimental level, which is very terrifying in this era.
When the big tent is set up, Luo Zhang comes over victoriously with the booty, five thousand people kill a thousand people, and there are well-armed scimitars, one or two charges can be solved.
Qin Huaidao met Luo Zhang in the big tent and asked for details, but he smiled when he learned that someone had fled back.
The big net has been weaved, how can the banquet be held without anyone coming?
"Luo Zhang, do you dare to take a trip to the end city?"
"Then what's not to dare, you say?" Luo Zhangchao didn't care.
"Take your men over, take the corpses of the enemy, throw them at the gates of the city, demonstrate, provoke the enemy, and shout to the end of the city, hand over all the captives, and compensate 50,000 cattle and sheep, otherwise don't think about water, and don't accept the war." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.
Luo Zhang understood the deep meaning as soon as he heard it, and said with a smile: "It would be more perfect if I could rescue my aunt by the way, even if I couldn't, we could divide the enemy, so that the enemy thought that we were just here to save people and want compensation, and the enemy would have the opinion of calming the people, after all, they were killed a lot by Commander Xue, and it was no good to fight, and the last royal family had to go out of the city to fight in order to consolidate their status and interests and suppress the peacemakers, Uncle Yingming." ”
"Okay, don't pat yourself on the back, it's not early, hurry up, be careful yourself, don't fall in love."
"Obey!"
Qin Huaidao watched Luo Zhang leave, full of smiles, this guy has grown up too fast, and he has a handsome appearance.