Chapter 488 Siege and Annihilation (I)
"Where is your army?"
A Turkic general viciously held down a captured Xia scout, and near them there were three corpses of Xia soldiers with their heads cut off, apparently also scouts of Xia soldiers, and they were all brutally tortured before they died.
"Phew!" The captured Xia army scout was very young, only seventeen or eighteen years old, it may be that the Turks felt that only such people were more likely to be intimidated, but this Xia army scout said disdainfully, "I said the location of the army, do you have the courage to go?" I'll go! I also want to know the location of the army, in the next life! β
Saying that, the young scout looked at the Turkic general with disdain, and the contempt deeply stimulated the Turkic general, so many robes had been tortured to extract confessions before, but none of them confessed the position of the army, how could he confess.
"Ahhh Enraged by the scout, the Turkic general hacked the young Xia scout to death with a single sword, but after he killed the scout, he suddenly realized that he had fallen for the scout's scheme, and it was clear that he wanted to provoke himself to die early.
"Cut off all the corpses of these Xia Army scouts, and then hang the heads and corpses on the trees!" The Turkic general exclaimed angrily, "I heard that the Xia army has always been the most important in robes, if they see their robes being tortured and killed alive, and then their heads are cut off and hung on trees, they will definitely chase after them!" β
At this time, he suddenly saw two figures in the woods not far away, so he hurriedly ran over and said, "Most respectful Ye Hu, Qi Jin, those Xia army scouts would rather die than say it, but I guess their team is probably nearby!" β
It turned out that on the way to withdraw the army, he suddenly learned that the 100,000 Xia cavalry stationed in the lower reaches of the difficult water were in pursuit, and even the tens of thousands of Turkic herdsmen walking behind the team were seriously attacked, which immediately made the two of them angry.
Well, do you really think we Turks are easy to bully?
So the photo and the Luo Hou prepared to take the opportunity to set up an ambush, and actually hit Ji Xiang and Yang Wu a counterattack, although they failed to completely encircle and annihilate the two of them, but they killed 20,000 or 30,000 Xia cavalry, and other casualties were not enough, so it can be said that this chasing army has been severely damaged.
Ji Xiang and Yang Wu originally just wanted to take advantage of the retreat of the Turks to chase and kill for a while, and the main purpose was to prepare for Wang Ze to suddenly kill from behind when Wang Ze was fighting with the Turks, but they didn't want to anger the Turks after they chased and killed the backward Turkic herdsmen, and finally suffered heavy losses.
This time it can be said that after Ji Xiang and the two led the army, unprecedented losses, although they were unwilling to suddenly come to defeat, but they still had to work hard to get rid of the pursuit of the Turks.
After severely invading Ji Xiang and Yang Wu's subordinates, how could the two of them give up such a good opportunity to severely damage the Xia army, if they could annihilate the 100,000 Xia army cavalry before Wang Ze's army was encircled, it would be able to deal a good blow to the morale of the Xia army.
So while taking pictures and dealing with Luo Hou, they sent a large number of scouts to investigate the intelligence of Ji Xiang and Yang Wu while exploring the news in the west.
The Turkic cavalry gave full play to their skills as excellent hunters, and soon dozens of Xia army scouts were captured one after another, but to the surprise of the two of them, no matter how much they coerced and lured, these Xia soldiers would not confess.
Just like the scene that Luo Hou and the two of them saw just now, those Xia army scouts faced all kinds of inhumane torture and killing, but they didn't say any useful news until they died.
Previously, a Xia army scout finally couldn't resist torture to extract a confession, and when he confessed the location of his army, the two believed it was true and immediately sent thousands of Turkic cavalry to a dense forest to search.
Unexpectedly, in the woods summoned by the scouts of the Xia army, there were a large number of extremely poisonous wild peaks, and in the end, the Turks who were deceived lost dozens of cavalry.
The Xia Jun scout laughed until he was hacked to death, and the two of them were very stupid and naΓ―ve, and the scene at that time made the photographer extremely angry when he thought about it, it was too fucking infuriating.
However, at the same time as the fire, there was still a trace of fear in the hearts of the two of them, even ordinary Xia army scouts had such a mentality in the face of the Turkic army, I am afraid that the trend of the Xia State becoming strong is far from being able to be contained by the Turks.
"Brother, it can't go on like this, we must find and severely damage this Xia army cavalry before the Xia army besieges us, otherwise after the Xia army in the west and southwest is all besieged, we will face a siege of more than 700,000 Xia troops!"
Chu Luohou looked at the picture with a worried face and said, "Now that the water in the west has been completely blocked by 200,000 Xia troops, there are also tens of thousands of Xia troops on the water, and the chieftain of the Xia country has led 400,000 Xia troops to press over from the southwest.
If we can't completely defeat the Xia cavalry behind us this time, which still has 60,000 or 70,000 people, and then we will fight with the Xia chieftain, but this cavalry will continue to attack behind us, and I am afraid that we will have no way to escape in less than ten days, and I am afraid that this is the place where we are buried! β
The picture sighed and said, "How come I don't know this, but this Xia Jun is hiding too cleverly, and it's not too easy to find it!" Now there is a Xia army and a navy to block the difficult water, and it is impossible to escape with the natural danger of the difficult water! The only thing left is for us to move and take the opportunity to destroy a Xia army and break their encirclement! β
"That's all it can be!" Facing the Xia Army's unparalleled absolute superiority in strength, Chu Luohou could only nod helplessly. Zero-One Reading Network
"Lord Ye Hu, we have found the hiding place of the Xia army, less than two hundred miles to the south of us!"
Listening to the good news brought by the Turkic Tanma, the Marquis of Luo was immediately shocked, as long as they could find this group of soldiers and horses, they were confident that they would completely destroy Wang Ze's army before it arrived.
Now that the herdsmen have been integrated into their command, most of these herdsmen are men who are good at riding horses, so after the integration, there are nearly 170,000 cavalry under the command of the two.
The distance of less than 200 miles is neither far nor close to the photograph, but at this time, the Turks can basically guarantee one person and two horses, so in the afternoon of the same day, or before dark, more than 100,000 cavalry led by the Marquis of Zhu Luo finally arrived at the hiding place of Ji Xiang and Yang Wu's army.
But when the Turks arrived, the face of the picture was as black as the bottom of the pot.
It turned out that at the same time as the people arrived, the Li Shun Division of the Seventh Infantry Army and the Pei Jie Division of the Ninth Cavalry Army sent by Wang Ze rushed here.
If it was only cavalry, the photo would dare to have a tough battle with them, and if it was a foot army alone, the photo could also use the tactics of attack and harassment to drag the opponent down, but now the Xia army not only has 120,000 cavalry, but also more than 40,000 infantry troops.
In this way, although the Xia army still occupies a disadvantage in numbers, after the cavalry and infantry army are integrated together, the function is not as simple as one plus one, not to mention that the Xia army can completely hold on to the spot and wait for reinforcements, but it is impossible to break through the full defense of nearly 200,000 Xia troops.
After seeing Xia Jun do a good job of his turtle stream defense formation step by step, he could only sigh helplessly, and then retreated, during which he also fantasized that Xia Jun would chase and kill, so that he could continue to fight a counterattack.
In the end, his hopes were still disappointed, after all, Ji Xiang and the others had already suffered a big loss, and it was impossible to be fooled again no matter what.
In the face of the gradual narrowing of the Xia army's encirclement, the picture was taken to make the Xia army panic, or to disrupt the Xia army's encirclement layout, nearly 180,000 Turks suddenly went to the east, then to the west, and then to the south, and then to the north, as if they were ready to flee at any time.
Faced with the strange whereabouts of the Turks, Wang Ze was unmoved, he didn't care about the left and right of the photograph, he still followed the original combat arrangement step by step, and steadily crushed the Tutu army, and was not affected by the Turks at all.
The plan to lead the army to maneuver around, luring the Xia army to advance lightly, and then concentrating forces to eliminate a Xia army, is very good, and it is very good for the great men of later generations to fight sports warfare and destroy the essence of the enemy in the movement, but everything is a floating cloud in the face of absolute strength.
The idea of taking a picture is really good, but the plains here in the south of Nanshui are a minority after all, even in the north of Nanshui, there are vast plains that can accommodate 200,000 Turkic troops, while the plains in the south of Nanshui are only a small area, and most of the others are low hills and hills.
The impact of such terrain on the infantry is not absent, but the impact is relatively small, and the infantry can also follow such terrain to be more conducive to defending cavalry.
However, the small hills and hills that rise and fall one after another are very unfavorable for the cavalry, and Wang Ze took advantage of these undulating hills and hills to constantly divide his troops and encircle, squeezing the Turks step by step from Jiangzhou City to this plain at the junction of Nanshui and Sumoshui.
The plain at the junction of the two great rivers is extremely flat, which is very suitable for the Turkic cavalry, but the area here is really not large.
Because Su Moshui turned an arc to the east here, the plain area here is not particularly large, if it is a cavalry battle of tens of thousands of people, there is still no need to worry about this site problem, but when the 500,000 Xia army organized by Wang Ze blocked the map and Luo Hou here, they had no way out.
At this moment, the two of them, who took pictures and Chu Luohou, were also surprised to find the Anluo Department that came to rescue them.
There are still more than 300,000 people in the two armies combined, but a vast stream of corn water in the middle of them completely blocked them, and no matter how the Anluo army attacked, it was impossible to break through the resistance of the Xia army.
What's more, there are still tens of thousands of Xia army sailors on the Su Mo water!
Yes, there is! At the junction of Sumoshui and Beinanshui, there are 1.1 million people from both sides concentrated here, engaged in a big battle without suspense.
On the west bank of Sumoshui, there were 200,000 Xia troops and 200,000 Turks, both of whom were evenly matched, but on the east bank of Sumo Water, there were 500,000 Xia troops and 200,000 Turks, and the Xia army formed an absolute advantage over the Turks.
In order not to be surprised, Wang Ze quickly launched an attack.