Chapter 473: Divide Troops, Sneak Attack!
However, after both sides released the birds of prey at the same time, the scene was beyond the envoy's imagination, although his giant eagles were fierce and terrifying, but the two goshawks did not fall as quickly as he expected.
Under the gaze of everyone, the smaller goshawk looked extremely smart, and when they confronted each other, the two had a clear division of labor and an orderly advance and retreat, as if they were not beasts, but a pair of old partners with tacit understanding.
Even though the giant eagle is very powerful, it can't hurt them even under the coordinated attack of the two goshawks, but it will be pecked off a lot of feathers if you are not careful.
The envoy looked anxiously for a long time, but finally sighed and admitted: I lost, not because the giant eagle of my clan is not fierce, but the person who controls the goshawk is too powerful.
He looked at the calm old man, and it was in his whistle that the two goshawks could show such agile movements.
The Northern Barbarian tribes in the Western Regions have always had a tradition of falconry, but this time they completely lost to this old man, which made him a little unbelievable, but he also had to agree that the other party was better than himself.
And Emperor Ji Rui looked at the unconvinced messenger, but laughed: The giant eagle in the Western Regions is naturally rare in the world, but I am like an old gentleman, and there are thousands of people in the Ji Shang Palace, these are the treasures of my court.
When the envoy heard this, he was also convinced, and thus established decades of peace between the Ji Dynasty and the largest tribe in the Western Regions.
Even today, Qin Ke recalls this story and remembers it deeply. Of course, when the master told him, he praised Emperor Jirui's virtues, but he was too young at that time to understand these things, and only remembered that there were people in the palace who knew this kind of thaumaturgy of eagle control.
And when he saw this majestic snowy goshawk today, he couldn't help but admire the Mo family's beast taming skills.
As Wang Xuan whistled slightly, the eagles in the air cried one after another, and soon, a total of six goshawks circled in the air, and he suddenly raised his hand, and the goshawks on his arms rose into the air, and joined the six goshawks in response.
"Qin Ke, Abu, Tu Qianjun, and Gong Yi are like obeying orders. Wang Xuanwei sat on his horse, looked at everyone, and shouted, "Each of you will take five hundred cavalry, and according to the route I assigned, you will specifically attack the Tang Army's grain transport troops, but remember, when you don't converge, don't pay attention to those large grain teams, just go to those small grain teams that are lonely, but you must remember to leave them alive and don't kill them all." ”
As he raised his hand, four maps depicted in silk books flew towards Qin Ke and the others, Qin Ke raised his hand to take one, looking at the march route depicted by cinnabar on the map, and even wrote down their daily marching speed and meeting place in detail.
"Tang Jun entered my Mo family, although the momentum is huge, but it also has weaknesses. Wang Xuanwei said: "That is grain and grass, from the Tang Kingdom to here, spanning hundreds of miles in the middle, and the only water transportation channel is under the control of Xingzhou...... That's why they need to keep plundering counties along the way, for food and grass. As long as he can cut off his supply of grain and grass, over time, the Tang army will inevitably be in chaos. ”
He said loudly, but Qin Ke and the others looked at each other, a little incredulous.
Tu Ergou looked at Wang Xuanwei, thinking that the next target of these people was Xingzhou, as long as they entered Xingzhou, the strong city defense would always give him a sense of security, but since Wang Xuanwei was arranging it now, he also had his own reasons.
After thinking for a while, Tu Ergou still asked with some hesitation: "General, we only have more than 2,600 people here, and now we are still dividing our troops, aren't we rushing to deliver food to the Tang Army?"
Wang Xuanwei nodded: "There are a few people." Therefore, we need more men, and in seven days, I will lead another cavalry of 8,000 men. ”
"Eight thousand?" Abu shouted out in a lost voice, he could be regarded as having read a lot of military books, even if it was to recruit civilians and temporarily put together a rebel army, it was not easy to gather eight thousand people in seven days, and it was also cavalry, where could I find so many well-trained cavalry?
"Wang ......" he frowned, and suddenly thought that he was still in the Mo family's cavalry, and he couldn't directly identify himself as a Jingwu person, "General, where can we go to find eight thousand people?"
The corners of Wang Xuanwei's mouth curled slightly: "You don't need to look for it, there is already one." ”
"Already there?"
"Yes. It's in Pinggu. Wang Xuan looked at everyone quietly, his expression relaxed, "Guo Kai was indeed besieged by the Tang army in Pinggu in order to grab merit, but fortunately, he is not a wine bag and rice bag like Zhao Kuan...... Otherwise, the imperial court would not have handed over the important town of Xingzhou to him. The man I sent had already received the news that he had saved 10,000 cavalry by relying on the terrain. Seven days, they can only hold out for seven days, counting the grain and grass, they should start killing horses, as soon as the seven-day deadline is up, Guo Kai's prestige will definitely fall to the bottom, before his subordinates rebel, I need to bring them out of that valley. ”
What's more...... Seven days later, the Tang army that was originally besieging Jinzhou is afraid that it will also arrive one after another, once Xiang Chu and Longju converge, the 200,000 Tang army is like a surging flood stretching endlessly, not to mention wanting to rescue these 10,000 people, I am afraid that anyone who wants to tiptoe through the 200,000 encirclement to look out, it is all a fool's dream.
Bring out those 10,000 cavalry from such an encirclement?
Whether it is Qin Ke or Abu, at this time, their faces are full of surprise and fear, this is a battlefield, but it is not an old lady who goes to the street to buy vegetables, and while chatting, she can carry a basket and take things away...... Don't bring back the spear and broadsword that Tang Jun almost poked in the face.
At the beginning, 3,000 cavalry broke through Jinzhou, but it relied on strong cities and surprise attacks, and the Tang army outside Jinzhou was not elite.
Among the 100,000 Tang troops besieging Guo Kai, there are 50,000 Shenwu troops and 10,000 Xuanjia heavy cavalry, and with their current more than 2,000 cavalry, it is estimated that it is not enough for people to stuff their teeth.
Besides, the Tang army kept these 10,000 elites in Pinggu, so why didn't they want to squat and guard a wave of Mo family reinforcements to catch them all?
Wang Xuanwei didn't give them more time to ask, but handed the recorder in his hand to the four people, including Qin Ke Abu, and said: "There is still a beast skin document on how to resist an eagle in the silk book, although there are only a few simple observation methods and orders, but it is enough to anticipate the enemy's opportunity. ”
He looked at the four of them and knew that these four people were the key to his gamble, so he admonished: "Remember, you are quicksand, gathering is a mountain, and scattering is unpredictable." Once you get there, you can adapt and avoid enemies that you can't face, and only attack those who are weaker than you. Just break up the troops of the Tang army transporting grain, burn their grain and grass, and remember not to fight to the death, not to fall in love with war. The speed of the march, strictly according to my mark on the map, must not be fast or slow. ”
His voice suddenly rose: "If one of the four of you makes a mistake, the whole army will be beheaded, understand?"
Qin Ke was shocked by the fierce aura that belonged to the battlefield on Wang Xuanwei's body, and he was full of excitement, and immediately replied reflexively: "Yes......"
And Tu Ergou and Gong Ru responded categorically: "Yes! If we make a mistake, we don't have to do it to the general, we will wait for our own decision!"
Qin Ke and Abu cautiously exchanged a look, and Qin Ke muttered in a low voice: "What about agreeing to Gao Changgong's protection...... How do I feel like I'm being slammed?"
But looking at the current situation, he had no other way but to follow the military order.
Wang Xuan looked at everyone slightly, but his eyes seemed to drift past them, looking farther ahead.
After a long time, he waved his hand: "Go ahead." ”
He said in a loud voice: "Go and establish your merits! After this battle, you will all have the opportunity to join the Black Cavalry and glorify your ancestors!"
All the Mo family cavalry roared excitedly: "The general is mighty!"
At the foot of the mountain stream, the gate of the armory, which was made of huge stones, suddenly closed, and countless black-armored knights scattered in different directions with billowing smoke and dust.
The snowy goshawk's unique silver-edged wings stretched out and glided across the sky, the clouds and mountain air obscured their figures, and the sound of eagle cries resounded through the valley and across the sky.