Chapter 383: Stepping on the corpse and crossing the deer
A large number of former migrant workers carried the wounded and various military supplies and quickly retreated from the No. 8 well base, and the three bluestone slabs leading to the rear on the quicksand river were crowded. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info No matter how they dredge the tiger head, the road is still blocked, and the lively place is more lively than the vegetable market.
A large number of retreating crowds began to walk directly through the soft riverbed. Due to the rain that fell for half a day, the fine sand on the riverbed became amazingly suctioning, and in many places I stepped on it, reaching deep into the calf, and when the foot was pulled out, the shoes were gone...... Many people walked less than twenty or thirty zhang away, panting and struggling to climb the bluestone road, and the already crowded passage suddenly became even more chaotic.
The deputy commander of the sword wolf led 300,000 infantry crossbowmen, 200,000 heavy cavalry and 100,000 light cavalry to transport a large number of thistles and cannons to the quicksand river to build a defensive position. Seeing that the retreating team was out of order, he ordered the guards to hold the southern end of the passage with "tiger whips", and after a split-head whip, the retreating team continued to slowly move north.
On the first night of Kuxianhu's huge artillery reaching the front line, 10,000 ambush soldiers led by Dao Wolf personally carried a large number of oil clay cans and hid them in a secret hiding cave ten miles away from the No. 8 well.
After hiding in the dark cave for three days, after the sound of the test artillery of the Kuxian Hu artillery battalion sounded, the big stone slab was lifted, and 10,000 daredevils rushed out bravely, and the fire caused by the clay pot quickly engulfed the artillery firing position of the Kuxian Hu, and the Kuxian Hu artillery battalion was caught off guard, and retreated more than ten miles at once, and hundreds of artillery pieces and ammunition were basically destroyed.
In order not to give the No. 8 fortress a chance to breathe, Jin Dan ordered that the millions of troops be divided into four squads to harass the No. 8 fortress day and night, although the Heavenly Court soldiers were bombarded with artillery so that they could not stand on the city wall at all. But the Heavenly Court soldiers seemed to be unable to kill, as soon as the artillery stopped, countless Heavenly Court soldiers stood all over the surrounding city wall of more than forty miles in the blink of an eye, using clay pots and arrows and crossbows to inflict great damage on the crow soldiers under the gate.
Just when the combat personnel on both sides were drastically reduced, and they were trying their best to support it, God seemed to favor Kuxian Hu a little more this time, and there was a sudden collapse last night, and the city wall that had been bombarded by artillery was already three sections, and a section of the city wall in the middle collapsed, and a big gap seven or eight miles wide appeared, and before General Yang saw the loss clearly, hundreds of thousands of Kuxian Hu soldiers poured in, along the city wall, and occupied the city wall of nearly 20 miles on both sides of the gap.
General Yang had no choice but to order all the forage to be lit, and only then did he reorganize the defensive formation and retreat while fighting against the blockage of the wall of fire......
The No. 8 well fortress has a large amount of war materials in reserve, which was originally prepared to hold on for a long time, but now it has been withdrawn in a short time, and it is far from enough to rely on only three passages, and the anxious sword wolf decisively ordered to use the forage and grain packages that had just been transported to the front line to pad a wide temporary passage on the bed of the ancient river, and the carriages took the stone road, and the personnel took the temporary sidewalk, which greatly accelerated the speed of retreat, and by noon, the supplies and the wounded finally all retreated to the north bank. The sword wolf breathed a sigh of relief.
The sword wolf made an appointment with General Yang, and when the time came, the combat team responsible for blocking the attack would retreat. Although there are still more than two hours before the appointed time, the smoke rising from the No. 8 shaft is not as "spectacular" as it was at the beginning. The sword wolf knew that without the power of the wall of fire, General Yang's troops might retreat early, and the sword wolf kept patrolling back and forth in the three passages.
"We have to block the Kuxian Hu soldiers in the quicksand river for at least three days, and we can only evacuate when Vice General Zhao has built a third line of defense in Weizhenba. The anti-artillery bunkers were dug uniformly on the river bank, one per person, and separated as much as possible. "The knife wolf has learned the power of the new style of happy play in Kuxian Hu many times, and he got off the horse and personally demonstrated and dug one.
On the south bank of the quicksand river, hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Court soldiers were like groundhogs, using their sabers to dig out hundreds of thousands of bunkers on the banks of the south bank of the ancient riverbed.
According to what they learned at the Military Academy, Han Feng and Hutou cut down a large number of trees on both sides of the riverbank, and spent more than two hours to build two tripping red deer barricades at a distance of one mile from the entrance of the passage.
When the sword wolf inspected the area in charge of the deputy general of the tiger head, he saw that the single bunker and the deer were very standardized, so he specially called the tiger head, asked his name, and praised him verbally.
"Knife Deputy Commander...... I ...... "The tiger head wants to say and stops."
"Are you okayββ!?"
"I think that relying on these bunkers and deer barricades, the quicksand river can't hold it for three days, can you allow me to take my headquarters and set up a special guerrilla team, and when the Kuxian Hu soldiers start to attack the quicksand river, I will stab it from the back of the Kuxian Hu soldiers. Vice Admiral Han Feng: They have the same idea as me. The Kuxian Hu people surprised and burned our grain and grass, if we can also burn the grain and grass of the Kuxian Hu army, they can't be fast if they want to. β
"Where do you think the Bitter Immortal Army will hoard grain and grass?"
The sword wolf is an expert in marching and arranging, and he knows that this method is feasible when he hears it, but first he must accurately judge where the grain and grass of the Kuxian Hu Army will be hoarded?
"There are no more than three places, one is the half-well abandoned fortress, where there are earthen ridges on three sides, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, the second is Longkou Mountain, and the third is Diankou Village under the hill in front. β
The sword wolf couldn't help but nod his head, "There must be heavy troops to defend the land with grain and grass, how can you get close?"
The tiger head smiled shyly and said, "Let's also fish in troubled waters and put on the military uniform of the Kuxian Hu Army...... It's just that we can't find so many uniforms at once, and we have to wait until we have stripped the corpses of the equipment after the last battle. β
"I think this method will work, the Kuxian Hu army must be ecstatic when it captures Longkou Mountain, and there is an opportunity to take advantage of it...... Deputy General Tiger, I completely agree with your ideas. β
The sword wolf let out a long sigh and said, "God suddenly came here last night, our situation has reached the most critical moment, and it is not easy for a few of you graduates of Daliang College to stand up at a critical juncture...... In this way, I remember that in the munitions depot in Longkou, there were a lot of captured Kuxianhu military uniforms, and before General Yang withdrew, I sent someone to rush them out. You and Vice Admiral Han Feng immediately select some brave men to form a special team. β
"Yesββ!"
Tiger Head turned around excitedly and wanted to leave. At a glance, he saw Song Yue running over in a hurry, and his face turned pale with fright for a while. According to the military law of the Heavenly Court, women who are kept in the military camp privately should be beheaded according to the law.
The sword wolf was also stunned for a moment, didn't the people evacuate? Why did a woman run out?
"Excuse me, are you General Yang of the No. 8 well base?" Song Yue generously made a blessing salute and asked the sword wolf.
"Song Yue, this is the deputy commander of the knife of Longkou Mountain, the deputy commander of the knife, this is my wife, ...... last night"
"Is there something wrong with you?" the sword wolf still had too much to do, raised his hand to stop the tiger head from going down, and turned to Song Yue.
"General Sword, I want to join the army. β
"Can you ride a horse, shoot an arrow?" asked the Blade Wolf.
"I can ride a horse, I think I can learn archery. β
"Song Yue, didn't I tell you? There are no female soldiers in the Heavenly Court Army, how can you still ......?"
"That's it! There is a first-aid post there on the north bank of the quicksand river, you should report there!" the sword wolf jumped on his horse, and after a while he ran away and disappeared.
"You just look down on women, I will also wear the military uniform of the heavenly court one day, tiger head, you look at it!" Song Yue said with a little loss.
At midnight, a fire broke out again in the direction of the No. 8 fortress, and black smoke covered the entire north side...... General Yang's main force retreated on time, and after he and the sword wolf hurriedly met, he led the main cavalry of more than 500,000 to retreat to Weizhenlei, which was more than 100 miles away, to set up a defensive line. General Yang and the sword wolf made an agreement that the defense line of the quicksand river would block the crow soldiers for at least two days and nights.
More than 8,000 sets of military uniforms of the Kuxian Hu Army, which were rushed out before Longkou Mountain was burned down, were quickly transported to the Hutou Division. Tiger Head ordered everyone's underwear to be soaked in lamp oil, and then put on the armor of the Bitter Immortal Hu Army, to blend into the Crow Army, carrying a large number of fire starters is too eye-catching, in order to complete the task, this is a strange trick that Tiger Head and Han Feng came up with after discussion.
The sword wolf looked at this group of young soldiers, and said generously: "Brothers, whether this mission is successful or not, I will give each of you a credit, after you complete the task, retreat directly to Weizhenlei, I will wait for you there, drink your celebration wine." β
Han Feng and the tiger leader led more than 8,000 horses to leave the quicksand river in less than half an hour. At this time, the sky gradually darkened, and the rain became heavier and heavier, and the flying cavalry scouts came to report, the Kuxianhu army did not stay in Longkou Mountain to hide from the rain, and the vanguard cavalry troops pressed up towards the quicksand river, and the scout's words were not finished, and the sound of horses' hooves in the distance was clearly audible.
The Kuxianhu army with the capture of Longkou Mountain, this 300,000 cavalry of hussars for more than half a month, has been in the Longkou Mountain ten miles away from the no-man's land to rest, Longkou Mountain broken, received the Jin Dan order, their task is to catch up with the retreating Tianting Army, bite the main force.
"Brothers, in the first battle of this quicksand river, we must hurt the waste of Kuxian Hu, otherwise the waste will be even more arrogant. β
There were nearly 700,000 troops defending the quicksand river, and he placed 100,000 cavalry of 300,000 cavalry troops on the north bank as a reserve, and the other 200,000 cavalry guarded on both sides of the three major passages. 300,000 crossbowmen in the center.
The vanguard cavalry of Kuxian Hu, who was galloping, soon rushed to the front of the tiger head they set up a width of more than ten zhang, and the leading general was also a rising member of the Kuxian Hu army, his name was Yan Hua, he was born in a poor family, started from a small soldier, and rose step by step to the third-class Anyi general with his military exploits, and has been guarding the south of Kuxian Hu, before the war, Jin Dan transferred him to the northern front, and was promoted to a second-class general, only half a step away from the third public level, and Yan Hua, who was grateful to Dade, was already eager to try, and as soon as he received the military order, the prancing horse rushed upγ
"Go!" With a sound, the two water-mill eight-edged steel whips in Yan Hua's hands slammed into each other fiercely, making a crisp sound, "The two wings pay attention to the side attack of the Heavenly Court Army, all the arrows and crossbows are on alert, and the first, second, and third battalions dismount and move away from the deer!"
Without waiting for the Kuxian Hu cavalry to approach, the arrows and crossbowmen of the Heavenly Court Army, who had already drawn their bows and arrows, shot out the first round of arrow rain, knocking over hundreds of dismounted cavalry at once. The cavalry of the Bitter Immortal Margin did not panic, and shot at each other with crossbows and crossbowmen......
Yan Hua was very familiar with this kind of twig deer, and he knew that the best way to attack was to attack with fire, but the hussar battalion in charge of the pursuit was not equipped with ignition materials. Yan Hua didn't want to turn around to get it, he ordered loudly: "Throw all the corpses and dead horses on them." β
The horsemanship and martial arts of the Kuxian Hu cavalry were really good, and the corpse weighing hundreds of catties was forked with a spear and thrown over to the deer, and the dead horse weighing two thousand catties, several people worked together, and it was also forked onto the deer as a stepping object.
"Rush forward!"
With Yan Hua's order, hundreds of horsemen jumped over the deer barricade with the corpses of their comrades who had just been martyred, and killed among the arrows and crossbowmen of the Heavenly Court Army.
As soon as the sword wolf, who was closely following the dynamics of the battlefield, saw that Lu Yan had been breached, he immediately ordered three ringing arrows to be fired, and the cavalry on both sides quickly flanked the two wings of Yanhua's department.
The Yanhua Division, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately divided its troops and divided its heads to hold the enemy.
The sword wolf led the infantry in the middle to press up with all his might, and the outnumbered Yanhua Department held on to less than a pillar of incense, unable to withstand the fierce attack of the three roads, and quickly retreated. (To be continued.) )