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Chapter 11 Jiong and Lei (7)

After the war, some people in Chang'an were depressed and embarrassed. As for Di Dayan, he almost wanted to kill a piece of tofu.

But the war process was very fierce. Di Dayan was divided into three parts, which was expected by Wang Hua. The Tubo war was to support the war, and only Shanzhou, Hezhou and the granary had the most oil and water. It was very close to Jishishan and Dafeichuan, with convenient march, simple supply, quick combat, and little risk. If Wang Hua added the advance arrangement and accidents, it would be unreasonable. Of course, even if there was an accident, Wang Hua could make first-hand preparations and quickly recover. Victory must be victorious, but how to win beautifully and seriously attack some people, it would be better not to have any monster moths.

But in this way, the first part of the battle was divided into four battlefields, and the first part was also the most important and critical part. However, the scale of this battle was not small. Although it might not be able to catch up with the Battle of Dafeichuan, it could also be ranked in the major battles of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

The first place of engagement is on the Pink River.

It cannot be said that Di Dayan is not capable, but someone designed a shocking trap, which is just around his neck. So what he saw was a mirage. But he also did a careful deduction and had to reach the target on both sides of the left and right so that no reinforcements could come when robbing grain. After all, Wangfu led many people to compete for food, and they were not able to fight. Hululing was very close to Hezhou, so the first battle of Xiaozhe River started.

Ke Zanrei didn't know that they had fallen into a trap, and they were close to Shanzhou. He began to wander around the day and night, and ten thousand people arrived at the Pink River.

Xue Song had already watched with a telescope on a mountaintop in the distance. He was preparing to show a small flag on the top of the mountain when their army was wading through the fine pebbles river and breaking the dike in the distance. Ten thousand people were impossible to wad through the fine pebbles river at the same time, and at most hundreds or thousands of people were washed away.

But what is war? Morale.

Most Tubo people are plateau people, with little water and few soldiers who can swim. Wei Kong ridiculed the Tubo people for being unhygienic. They didn’t want to be hygienic. What should I do if I don’t have water? The panic caused by this dam breaking will seriously weaken the morale of the Tubo army. Moreover, the water in the thin egg river skyrocketed, separating the army into two.

At that time, it was the time for the ambush to attack. By the time half of the Tubo people were solved, the river water would leak far away, and the cavalry could cross the fine pebbles. At that time, the Tubo people were already defeated and fell. This would lead to a one-sided massacre.

But things have changed.

When the sun came out, the Tubo army arrived at the Pink Rock River, and Ke Zanre ordered camping in the woods on the bank of the river.

This made Xue Song feel very depressed. Although Ke Zanre was camping and there were few people here, he still sent scouts to search around. It didn't matter if they searched normally. Even if these scouts saw the people, they would kill them in order to destroy the traces and massacres, Xue Song didn't care about him. He didn't have the kindness of Wang Hua's kindness. Not to mention sacrificing the ego to exchange for the big self, the people in this area were mainly foreigners, and he would not feel compassionate. Of course, he had this idea in his heart, but he knew that he could not say it, otherwise his subordinates would turn against him immediately.

However, there were 7,000 soldiers ambushed in the ravine below the top of the mountain where he was standing. If the combat power of the original Blood Camp, Xue Song could directly lead the army to rush forward. But most of the 7,000 soldiers were recruits. After training, they did not go through actual combat. As soon as they fought, people were rolling, blood was everywhere, and the groans and howls of the wounded lying on the ground, how many soldiers could pass?

So the dam was arranged to blow the morale of the other party and make up for this shortcoming. Moreover, in order to ensure that the ambush arrived in time when the dam was broken, the ambush was not far from the Thin Egg River. Although the horse was chewed to block the horse's mouth, the scouts came, but can't these 7,000 people still find it? But now the dam was broken? The enemy was in the dense forest on the other side of the river, and the upstream was about to lift the river water very high, and it was unlikely that the water would rise to the dense forest. Even if it rose, how deep the water could it have? What role would this play?

The change in Ke Zanre made Xue Song feel very embarrassed and puzzled. But a dramatic scene happened again. After all, it was late June, and the hottest time of the year. Tubo camped very quickly, there were no enemies here, and he did not intend to live for a long time. Even because of the dense forest, there was no need to set up a tent. The so-called camping means doing some simple fortifications, and then the soldiers lay a layer of felt on the ground, and it would be fine.

Some soldiers cook on the stove, but most of them ran into the thin egg river.

Even when we marched at night, the weather was still hot. After a night of exercise, each soldier had a layer of sweat. The fine egg river was good, the river was not deep, forty or fifty centimeters, which was undoubtedly a blessing for the Tubo people who were afraid of water. So they went to the river together and poured water on their bodies. As for war horses, there were lush green grass on both sides of the river bank, and a few soldiers were sent to guard it.

Even Ke Zanre just smiled as he watched the soldiers splashing water in the river.

It’s not his fault that the river water was blocked more than ten days ago. Now the weather is hot and the sun is fierce, so I can’t see the water traces of the original riverbed. Moreover, there are many small rivers in this line, so I may pay attention, but even if my grandson reincarnates, it’s impossible to pay attention to the depth of each river.

So a tragedy happened.

But what Wang Hua praised the most afterwards was Xue Song's calmness in this battle. Xue Song had not given an order yet, and the scout would be left to ambush the army for a while. The food in the camp was also ready for a while. Now more and more soldiers are pouring into the river.

Xue Song did not take action until he saw soldiers returning from the river and heading to the shore, he ordered people to raise the flag.

Then Ke Zanre heard three dull sounds from afar. He was a little strange, and of course he could not think of explosives or dam breaking. After all, he had never experienced it before, and it was not said in the military books.

Just when he was suspicious, the flood rushed over like a beast. Some Tubo soldiers were very clever and immediately fled to the shore. But is it too late?

After more than ten days of storage, the water level drop on both sides of the embankment was almost four or five meters high. Perhaps it was only an ordinary roof height, but what was the water level below? It was only a few dozen centimeters. With such a large drop, how fast is the water flow?

Half of the soldiers stood there without any time to react, watching the flood arrive, and then rushed downstream without a trace. Even some war horses eating grass on the shore were washed into the river.

Ke Zange is worthy of being a brave general whom Di Dayan valued. He immediately woke up and was ambushed. That sound was related to the flood. Moreover, the enemy was preparing them to break the dam in half. This shows that many enemies were ambushed. But he didn't expect that he would camp here. But his original plan was to cross half of the way, and even if he rushed, he would not sweep away many subordinates, but because of his negligence, he let the soldiers go down the river to play. Now many soldiers have gone down the river, and most of the soldiers are in the river.

He immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.

At this time, Xue Song also led the ambush army to kill. The dozens of scouts sent by Ke Zanre had no way to stop them. But the river water blocked them for a while. Now the upstream river water has accumulated a lot and cannot be discharged in an instant.

This was originally used to separate the enemy from half, but unexpectedly, it gave Ke Zange a chance to escape.

But he didn't completely escape.

Some soldiers were in panic and ran away before they could even get on the war horse. Can people run over the horse? But a few soldiers were clever and hid in the deep forest. But most of them were still caught. It was not Xue Song who wanted to capture them, but the soldiers in the river.

It was not that the river water drowned the soldiers. The normal water level of the river water was not very deep. This was the accumulated water flow. The lower the water level was, the smaller the water level. It was just that a few soldiers were drowned, and a few soldiers were rolled down by the flood, hit the stones in the river, and drowned alive. Most people still got confused and survived. But at this time, there were no weapons in their hands and no war horses around them.

Xue Song also changed his mind and led three thousand soldiers to chase and flee the enemy, and the remaining four thousand people searched for prisoners along the two sides of the strait.

It was the deserter who asked Xue Song to chase him. There was a reason for this. Tubo ran over overnight, and the soldiers were exhausted and the war horses consumed a lot of energy. But Xue Song's hands were all nourished, both soldiers and war horses were restored.

Ke Zanre did not catch him, but he also only brought dozens of people to escape back to Dafeichuan. Or he recruited two or three hundred people when he was fleeing back.

In the first battle, Xue Song was almost ineffective in his soldiers. He had no fifty men under his death, and only two or three hundred were injured. Most of them were injured by fierce Tubo soldiers when they were arrested.

There were not many enemies who actually killed by force. There were many Tubo people, more than 1,000 people, but that was the result of the flood. Then more than 7,000 prisoners were arrested. Afterwards, the two sides checked through intelligence and found that hundreds of people were missing. They were probably frightened and wandered in the deep mountains and forests.

There was another huge harvest. A large number of war horse weapons were confiscated, and there was not much baggage. People came to loot, and it was impossible to bring much baggage. However, because this battle was very easy to win, almost all the horses were seized.

Xue Song ended the battle, but left three thousand people to continue searching for prisoners. One thousand people escorted the prisoners back and forth and seized horses and weapons back to Shanzhou City, but he brought four thousand soldiers and set off again.

Ke Zanre sneaked across the Huangshui River, but Xue Song swaggered across the Huangshui River. This was to capture the rear of the army on the middle road of Dayan, nor did it capture the rear of the army on the middle road, but to capture the rear of the militia led by Wangfu. Although it was ordinary people, there were many people, more than 20,000 people, and many livestock. This was also a piece of fat meat.

At this time, the second battle also began.

Ke Zange's performance this time was OK. He escaped from the front and sent his subordinates to immediately notify the other two routes, be careful to prevent him from falling into the trap. But it was too late.

However, the second battle is a little more tragic than the first battle.

Originally, Wang Hua was planning to bury a large amount of explosives in the middle of the road, but after thinking about it for a while, he gave up this idea.

When arranging this plan, he studied Dayan. The information was limited and he might have seen some problems. Although Dayan was as long as Zhang Fei, he was not a rough man. The encounter that sent Princess Jincheng to get married was unexpected. However, some of the previous combat information showed that his combat method was very stable and very careful.

So when Geshuhan was digging a tunnel, he picked up all the mud that fell on the ground. But if he digs and buried explosives on the avenue, it may make Di Dayan discover something wrong because of the conspicuousness. Then it will lead to failure. Although this will reduce casualties of his own soldiers, the risks he took will make Wang Hua dare not take a gamble.

So, the final bloody battle.

In the evening, the scout came.

Wang Hua also sent scouts, but pretended to be herders, and even had a large number of cattle and sheep grazing seriously. But these scouts were all veterans, and it was obvious at a glance that these scouts were dressed as ordinary people, and they were the scouts of Di Dayan.

But they didn't go back to report.

From the afternoon, Geshuhan had woken up all the soldiers.

These scouts also entered the forest, but the two thousand people were buried very well. They were already in the shrubs, with dead branches, leaves and thorns on their heads. They were even afraid of glaring, so they dyed their helmets into the color of soil. In addition, it was dusk and their vision was unclear. The scouts who came in looked at it and ran to the distance.

But it was almost midnight when Dayan arrived.

Geshuhan did not issue orders until 10,000 Tubo troops walked away and more than a thousand people left the Hululing Mountain Road, and he began to order action.

Two thousand soldiers did not lie in one place, but three places. However, unlike Yangchanling, the mountain path of Hululing is not that long, less than three miles away. The mountain path is just a little wider. But the mountain path is led by 10,000 soldiers, and the cavalrymen, rushed in again, and the team was longer. Just like now, more than a thousand people have left Hululing, and there are still three thousand people who have not entered Hululing. Therefore, the center of gravity is on the south side of Hululing.

This part was equivalent to cutting 10,000 Tubo troops into four sections. This was equivalent to reducing the pressure on another brave general Liu Tong of the Blood Camp in the back, but increased the pressure on Geshuhan.

There is no banner, and I can't see clearly, but the order is Geshuhan himself. He personally led the ambush army on the southernmost side, which is also the most dangerous and critical part. The other two parts are based on his actions. He went out in front and the latter two were followed.

Ni Huida Yan was really careless.

It turned out that this was a perfect surprise attack in the plan, otherwise he would not have sent troops without waiting for Luosiecheng to reply.

Hululing is flat and is not a suitable place for ambushing. Even the scouts entered the forest and took a look, leaving immediately, and the army. After seeing the scouts, they made Di Dayan even more careless.

The worst thing was that he was still in the middle of the team, leading the team forward in a mighty manner, and then there was a riot. He turned around and saw that the enemy had not seen it. He stood in the woods on both sides of the road, but the bow and arrow shot down like rain. The casualties were secondary.

The main reason for this blow was that many soldiers were unable to react. Some of them strangled the horses, but their comrades behind were still running forward, and they were overturned. Some of them wanted to rush back and escape because of fear. As a result, the team became even more chaotic.

After being ambushed, Di Dayan thought to himself.

The most feared thing about marching and fighting is this kind of ambush. In history, Xue Na's defeat in the Khitan was similar to the current situation.

But Di Dayan also reacted very quickly. The Khitan was ambushed on the top of the mountain. Why did Hululing let Di Dayan relax? Because the hills on both sides were not high and the slopes were not steep, he could rush up by riding a horse. So he immediately ordered the soldiers to gather to charge towards the hills.

The messenger had not yet delivered a message, and the second group of ambushed troops flashed out from his side. There were not many arrows, and there were not many people in the middle. There were only six hundred people in the middle, and they had to be divided into three batches. Therefore, only two hundred arrows fell in each batch.

But this division was fatal. After the first batch was shot, the second batch of arrows also fell, the second batch of arrows fell, and the third batch of arrows also came into the air. This time the team became even more chaotic.

The forward in front, Shi Songmu, saw that the situation was not good, immediately ordered the forward to turn his head to support him. However, the third group of ambushed soldiers also began to act and blocked them to the north of the mountain road.

However, the left and right routes brought by Nidayan this attack were all elite soldiers. After suffering serious casualties, they began to wake up. In fact, many clever people had already used rattan cards to block the rain of arrows. The messenger passed on Nidayan's orders.

This is when Geshuhan faces the test.

The terrain is flat, allowing horses to run directly to the top of the hill. The only advantage is that the three groups of people are lush trees, which weakens the advantage of the war horses. In order to solve this problem, Wang Hua did drills in advance and even disguised himself to observe the terrain of this area. The first is to divide some troops when shooting archery and set up tripping horses using the trees to win the time when Liu Tong arrives. The second is the small Modao Formation. There are many new recruits in the army led by Xue Song. But Geshuhan faces Di Dayan himself. Whether Geshuhan's two thousand soldiers or later Liu Tong's three thousand soldiers, they are the most elite soldiers in the Blood Camp. More than a thousand of them are veterans of the Blood Camp.

The reason for doing this is that entering Yinchuan does require troops to capture or even engage in battle. Moreover, if most of them are not brought to Yinchuan, Dayan may not be able to easily enter the Heshan and the two states of Heshan. Then the remaining troops must be allocated reasonably. Because of the complex terrain of the Pink River, it can ambush more people. With more people, it cannot all draw elite troops. However, from Hululing to Hezhou, the terrain is flat and simple, so it is difficult to ambush. Even these 3,000 people are still swaggering and stationed more than twenty miles away from Hululing.

I'll put it here for your scout to see.

Three thousand people will not let Di Dayan take it to heart, but if there are too many people, Di Dayan will feel worried. It may not send troops. Moreover, the stationed position is also very important. If you cannot be far away, you will not be able to control the time. You cannot be close to you. If you are close, you will feel alert when Di Dayan passes through Hululing.

The number of people is smaller and he is the main opponent to deal with, so he is all elite.

But at this time, Liu Tong began to set off. It was not the one who reported by Ge Shuhan, but the scouts south of Hululing.

But before Liu Tong arrived, Geshuhan had to hold on for a while. This is also necessary, otherwise, if you come in advance, don’t be ambushed.

Among these two thousand people, there were many people with strong arms, so they practiced this small Modao Formation a few days in advance. No one suspected that the Tang Dynasty Modao Formation was famous.

The rushing was to climb up the hills, but the Tubo people were very depressed. Ordinary tripod ropes were used with hemp ropes. When they found out that they cut it off with a straight knife, they lost their power. However, the enemy's tripod ropes were steel ropes. They didn't pay attention to it at the beginning, but the straight sword (similar to heavy swords. After Princess Wencheng got married, the weapons were improved, and gradually there was a waist knife and a short knife, but it was still mainly straight knife) and there was no reaction at all. There was no way, so I had to take the risk and untie it.

But the arrows above the head fly down like rain. Can they go down?

But this also shows the quality of the Tubo soldiers, who are fearless and have made great sacrifices again, and they have untied the squats. In fact, this is not the case. If they could escape, Di Dayan had already retreated with a large group of troops. Now they are blocked by the enemy in three or four sections, and even they are trapped in the mountain road, so they cannot enter or exit, so how can they not fight to the death?

After removing this obstacle, Da Yan's flesh hurt for a long time. During this period, I don't know how many subordinates died. But because they were trapped, they were fighting hard together and did not cause a collapse. The soldiers who were in a hurry began to regain their minds and calmed down.

But as the strike comes again, rushing to the front of the enemy, you will face the terrible Modao again. If you are in an open area, this small Modao array is not terrible. If you make a little sacrifice, you will be defeated. But now there are trees to block it, and a large-scale impact cannot be formed. Moreover, the enemy is condescending and loses its terrain.

Three groups of people used the Modao Formation to block the periphery, and the soldiers inside continued to divide into three batches of arrows, but this time they had to divide some arrows and shoot the enemy in front of them.

However, the number of enemies was too large, and gradually some Tubo people rushed into the Modao Formation and suffered some casualties. Although Di Dayan might not be able to rank sixth on the list, he was not a so-called master. Seeing that it was difficult to conquer, he ordered his subordinates to shoot arrows upwards from the mountain road to support him. Although it would be injured by accident, the arrows still fell on the heads of the soldiers in the Blood Camp.

Then I issued another order, and if you cut off the enemy and reward some cattle and sheep, it is a bit urgent. Since the enemy is bent here, there must be a back. Otherwise, if you rely on these three groups of people, although there are not many people in the forest, there will be no more people, and you will not defeat yourself. And until now, the arrow has not stopped, and continues to cut your subordinates into four sections. This means that reinforcements will definitely arrive in a while, which is delaying time.

This way, the pressure on the blood camp is even heavier.

Especially at the southern end, the Qiupo was the slowest, and the most Tubo soldiers were suffered. Geshuhan had to hold a modao in his hand and kill the other party to use it to boost morale. I don’t know how many Tubo people were killed, but they were still rushing to the top of the slope. And more and more.

Just when Di Dayan saw hope, suddenly there was chaos at the northern end of Hulu Ridge, and countless shouts of killing, weapons colliding, and howlings of soldiers being injured.

In an instant, Dada's face looked like earth.

At this time, Di Dayan made another fatal mistake. In fact, the blood camp may not have much advantage at this time. If it were not divided into four sections, it would still be at a disadvantage when it was gathered together. At this time, Di Dayan continued to cheer up his morale. The blood camp won, and there was no doubt at this time. But it was also a miserable victory.

But it was night now. Di Dayan could not see many blood camp soldiers coming from afar. He only saw his subordinates fleeing to the north end regardless of the danger of arrow rain. He was also scared. It would be better if he was at the south end, so he could keep his breath and command.

But even he himself was trapped in the middle of the mountain road, how could he not be anxious? So he was nervous and no longer cared about his command. He also turned his horse's head and asked the guards to cover the arrows and fled south.

The coach fled, and the soldier was willing to fight to the death.

The collapse has really begun.
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