Chapter 12 Defend against Danger
The three armies of the Left Route Army were reorganized, and Tang He came to the big tent of the Chinese army to ask for his life.
At present, it is the 50,000 men and horses of the general Li Wenzhong who are blocking the expansion of Timur east of Lanzhou. According to the report of Tanmalai, the fighting between the two sides is extremely fierce, and Li Wenzhong's 50,000 men and horses have been two out of ten in only half a month.
Xu Da advised: "Go to Lanzhou here, join up with Li Wenzhong's men and horses, only defend and not attack; if there is an accident, retreat to the area of Liupan Mountain east of the Hulu River. If the Yuan soldiers rush through Liupan Mountain, then our army will inevitably suffer from the enemy.
Tang He led the order, took the vanguard Pang Heihu and turned around and left. Xu Da led the generals to personally send them outside the big tent. Outside the camp tent, the pennant was displayed, and the war horses neighed lightly.
Tang He came to the front of the army, turned over the saddle and got on the horse, and bowed his hand to Xu Da and the generals: "Tang He has gone." Xu Da and the generals gave their hands in return, and sent them back.Tang He rode his horse and raised his whip.50,000 horse infantry troops followed closely behind.The people of the brigade 'Dang' and 'Dang' raised the wind and dust all the way to the west.Da Kui led more than 100 soldiers to drive hundreds of carts to follow behind the team.Before leaving the village's 'gate', Da Kui waved his hand to Xu Da and the other generals.Xu Da just smiled slightly, and all the generals loved to ignore it.
In this way, Da Kui suddenly felt bored, thinking that when he was the political envoy of Jiangnan, when he married Huang Ying, many people here had also drunk together, and now he has become the captain of the gang.
The convoy was all drawn by mules and donkeys, so it walked more slowly than the army. Now Li Wenzhong's troops were close to Lanzhou and held on to Timur for half a month. Presumably, there were not many grain and grass belts.
Lao Huo drove the car, Da Kui sat on the side, grabbed two large dumplings in his left hand, held a big 'meat' in his right hand, and the one that ate was called a happy one.
After nearly half a month, the team crossed the Hulu River and approached the stone fjord east of the Guanchuan River. This is the place where General Li Wenzhong set up camp. The camp is from north to south, and it winds for dozens of miles. Although the battle line is long, it is on a long slope. The river beach is still several miles away from the long slope. The Yuan soldiers are camped on the other side of the Guanchuan River. If they attack, the Yuan soldiers must cross the river first. Li Wenzhong can lead his troops to attack the Yuan soldiers before they cross the river.
Li Wenzhong's subordinates also suffered heavy losses. The Yuan soldiers' cavalry 'shooting' ability was better than that of the Ming army.
Looking at the tidal flats, corpses were everywhere and blood flowed like rivers.
"General Tang, the Yuan soldiers' offensive is so fierce, I'm afraid that before January, my tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will be exhausted. What Li Wenzhong said was heartfelt.
Tang Hezheng said: "You and I both work for the Ming Dynasty.
Li Wenzhong was the nephew of Emperor Taizu, and his life experience was quite miserable. Taizu adopted him as his adopted son when he was a teenager, and everyone in the army called him the prince.
Li Wenzhong looked at the Guanchuan River: "Now on the west bank of the Guanchuan River, it is Hu Linchi, the general under Timur of the expansion of the river."
"Oh, but I don't know how many people there are." Tang He looked far away, but asked.
Li Wenzhong said: "According to the Malay report, Hulin Chisuo led more than 50,000 'elite' soldiers, followed by Timur's 100,000 troops."
Tang He smiled lightly and said: "Now Li Siqi is stationed in Lanzhou, and Timur will pass through the 'gate' and not enter.
"In this way, Timur was not in a hurry to relieve Zhang Liangchen." Li Wenzhong was a little confused.
"Hehehe, over the years, Timur and Li Siqi, Zhang Liangbi have attacked each other, and now the Yuan Court has run out. Tang He couldn't help but laugh and said, "In this way, the marshal will be able to accomplish great things."
At this moment, a trumpet sounded on the other side of the river.' The Yuan army was stationed behind the high slope on the other side of the river, but it could block the sight of the Ming army, so that the Ming army could not see the reality and the enemy.
Li Wenzhong stared intently at the other side and said slowly: "Today is the last time the Yuan soldiers will charge, and the offensive will be terminated before the sun sets." Li Wenzhong said and pointed to Qianyao: "General Tang, please see, the 'fine' cavalry in the Yuan army at the head of the queue is the 'fine' cavalry in the Yuan army, these cavalry are well-equipped, the soldiers on the horses and horses are all guarded by iron armor, and the swords and guns can not be injured."
Tang He just nodded, and Li Wenzhong said: "Followed by sword and shield soldiers, covering pikemen behind, whether it is a forced crossing of the beach or a land battle, its queue is very tight."
The two of them watched as the Yuan soldiers began to cross the river before they reached the riverbank, the river was not deep, and it just reached the belly of the horse. Then they saw that there were thousands of soldiers in the rear of the Yuan army, pushing more than 100 artillery pieces and erecting them on the opposite bank.
The drums of war sounded, the Ming army opened a village 'gate' in the north and south, and each of the two village 'gates' had 10,000 'fine' cavalry waiting for the battle.
After half a month of bloody battles, both sides have gained experience, the front of the Ming army is a buffer zone, once the Yuan army enters the Ming army's artillery 'firing' range, then it is the time of the battle, the Yuan army is in front of the tidal flats, the neat three phalanxes are arranged in a zigzag shape, the cavalry is in front, and there is a 10,000-person square team on the left and right to protect the flanks.
Nearly 30,000 soldiers shouted and charged at the Ming army's Dazhai.
Li Wenzhong looked coldly at the rushing Yuan soldiers and said to Tang He: "This is the army of the Yuan soldiers who dare to die. Tang He didn't say anything, he just stood on the watchtower with Li Wenzhong and watched the battle.
The Yuan soldiers rushed extremely fiercely, the cavalry raised the dust in the sky, and in just five miles, half of them had been rushed in an instant.
There was no need for Li Wenzhong to give an order; a standard-bearer had already waved a red battle flag; the Ming army had a loud cannon roar in Dazhai for a while, and a lot of gunsmoke was made; hundreds of 'gate' artillery pieces opened fire one after another.
Such a fierce artillery bombardment did not resist the attack of the Yuan cavalry in the slightest. Before the sound of the artillery stopped, the Yuan cavalry had rushed to the land of a hundred zhang. The Ming army standard-bearer waved the battle flag again.
More than a dozen soldiers on the lookout stood in front of Li Wenzhong and Tang He with round shields. Li Wenzhong said: "The armor of the Yuan soldiers is abnormally strong, and our crossbow arrows have little effect." Tang He nodded and said: "In this way, we still need to try a good strategy.
Sure enough, a round of arrows rained down. To the Yuan soldiers, it was like scratching their boots; In a burst of eager war drums, 20,000 Ming 'fine' cavalry rushed down the slope from the north and south two village 'gates'.
The two pairs of men and horses were strangled in one place, and for a time the sound of killing was shouted, the sound of weapons 'handing over', and the mournful neighing of war horses resounded through the heavens and the earth.
Looking at the Yuan soldiers who were slowly crossing the river, Tang He smiled coldly, and then said: "Wait for me to send two cavalry to flank the left and right, and give them a severe blow when the enemy's reinforcements do not arrive." As he spoke, he looked back and shouted to Pang Heihu under the lookout: "You and Meng Qi each bring 10,000 'elite' cavalry to participate in the battle. Pang Heihu gave up his hand and took the order.turned around to prepare the army and horses.For a while, the Ming army Dazhai was busy.Although it was Tang He's temporary intention.But it was only a short tea time.Pang Heihu and Tang He's general Meng Qi took 20,000 cavalry out of Dazhai and went straight to the battlefield.
Hulin Chi never imagined that the reinforcements of the Ming army would come so quickly. I thought that the army of Timur would be able to decide the outcome when Timur's army arrived today. Who knew that the Ming army was unknowingly increasing troops to defend the east bank.
When Li Wenzhong saw the defeat of the Yuan soldiers, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Poor Kou Mo chase."
Tang He laughed and said, "At this moment, our victory is in our hands, why don't you kill the Yuan soldiers on the east coast."
Li Wenzhong hurriedly said: "Once we get close to the river bank, the Yuan soldiers will open artillery and bombard us without distinguishing between the enemy.
Tang He couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this: "That Hu Lin Chi is so ruthless in using his soldiers, so he doesn't care about the life and death of his subordinates."
Where did Li Wenzhong still have the heart to chat with Tang He, and hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. Unexpectedly, before the order was issued, he had already seen the Ming army chasing after him from a distance, and then stopped the pursuit.
"Hey, why did your soldiers and horses stop?" Li Wenzhong was puzzled.
Tang He laughed and said: "When he left, the marshal had an order, not to attack, but to defend.