Chapter 38 Attack(1/2)
Summer begins to enter the south of the Yangtze River, but Lanzhou is in the strongest season of spring, and the room is filled with a faint fragrance of flowers.
Wang Hua sat in front of the table, filled with information from all over the Eighth State.
Sinuoluo finally took action. In this way, from the northeast to the south, they were in a state of war.
Wang Hua was not worried about this battle in front of Kuizi Mountain in Lanzhou. What he was worried about was Feng Changqing's five thousand defenders. In fact, Feng Changqing's defensive strategy was not without a solution. It depends on whether Chang Yuankai could discover it. Once it was discovered, things would be a little bad.
Xiao Song was also under great pressure. He left many soldiers for Xiao Song and Wang Junchuo. And more than 10,000 militias were drawn from the Di and Herringbone divisions to enrich the Tian and strengthen their defense strength. But no matter what, their strength was still very weak. These militias could defend the city or fight with the wind. Once they were at a disadvantage, they would collapse faster.
There was another news that made Wang Hua a little nervous. Mochuo and his army suddenly crossed Helan Mountain and came to the city of Yinzhou.
Is Mochu going to do something right?
If Mochuo was allowed to break through Yinzhou, the losses would be slightly better. If he continued to break through Lingzhou, even if Wang Hua won this battle, the consequences would not be that Wang Hua could tolerate.
The moon climbed into the sky and sprinkled the silver gloss.
Wang Hua walked out of the yard with some irritation and looked at the direction of Hexi, where a bloody battle was going on.
This is the most suspenseless battle in the entire battle, but it cannot be said that it is almost certain to win. It depends on the little lion of the Tuoba tribe and the 600 subordinates of the Blood Camp. They can survive for an hour or two and persevere until the ambush arrives.
His eyes seemed to have crossed the Yellow River, passed through the Pingning River in front of Kuizi Mountain, and came to the not-too-tall hill.
In front of Kuizi Mountain, Tuoba Tao is now at a difficult time.
Because they wanted to deceive the opponent's scouts, Kuizishan was not prepared at all. If so, they had only when the battle was about to come, they had observed all the terrain and were very familiar with the terrain. Then when the enemy arrived, they made some rough preparations, such as digging some traps and secretly preparing some tripping ropes. Otherwise, without the barrier of the fence, Kuizishan was not high and steep, and if it was steep, there would be no roads. The opponent could use the speed of the cavalry to rush to the top of the mountain in an instant.
The phantoms at the foot of the mountain began to become clear one by one, and the sound of horse hooves stepped on the mountain road, making a crisp sound. The soldiers of the Blood Camp who were lying behind the stones and trees could see the cold armor on the bodies of these thousand cavalrymen.
As we approached step by step, with the night wind blowing, we also heard the sound of these Tang soldiers talking to each other, and a few soldiers were joking.
At this moment, a war horse made a tragic neigh and lie forward. The soldiers on their bodies were thrown out. It turned out that one of the war horse's hooves fell into the trap.
"There is an ambush," the commander of the thousand cavalry, guerrilla general Liang Cizu, called out.
As soon as he finished shouting, a large rain of arrows fell from the top of the mountain. Without being able to defend, many Tang soldiers fell down.
"Retreat!" Liang Cizu shouted again. Now that dusk is coming, his vision is very unclear. Liang Cizu has no way to judge how many people are ambushing on the mountain withered.
After hearing his order, all the cavalry plucked the horse's heads, turned the horse's heads, and rushed down the mountain. However, at this time, tripping ropes were pulled up on the ground, and war horses were slapped to the ground from time to time, and the soldiers were thrown out of the horse's back.
As the bows and arrows flew out from both sides, Liang Cizu couldn't help but shout again: "Retreat, hurry up."
The group fled to the foot of the mountain in a hurry. Liang Cizu checked it. Although he retreated quickly, more than 200 subordinates were still left at Kuizi Mountain. He did not dare to be negligent and immediately rushed to the central camp to report to Jiang Zhuo.
Jiang Zhu was stunned for a moment when he heard this. When the army crossed the Yellow River, he was afraid that if it was possible, the army had not started to cross the floating bridge, so he sent a large number of scouts to inspect the area within a radius of dozens of miles, but he did not even see the shadow of an enemy. Where did this ambush in Kuizishan come from?
Suddenly he thought of the more than 100 small boats that caught fire, which burned the floating bridge. He felt something bad in his heart.
He rode his horse to the front of Kuizi Mountain. Because there were ambushes here, all the troops stopped together, and the scene was a little chaotic.
Jiang Zhu took out his telescope and it was already dark. Even if there was a telescope, it could not be seen clearly. In addition to Kuiziling, there were some small hills around him. Although they were not high and steep, the terrain was a little more sinister than Kuiziling. Jiang Zhu turned to Kuizi Mountain again because it was a small mountain of sand and gravel-shaped soil. The trees on the mountain were lush. There were some stones scattered on both sides of the mountain road, some of which were hundreds of kilograms and some dozens of kilograms. But even a figure could not be seen.
Unable to figure out the other party's situation, Jiang Zhu ordered camping on the spot to cook.
He took out a map himself and looked at the map in contemplation under the light of the guards wearing torches.
Tuoba Tao was relieved when he saw the Tang army starting to set up a camp on the top of the mountain. Although he brought the bravest soldiers in the Tianshu Army, the number was too small. The other side was a 50,000 army. When these soldiers were hoarded, they looked like a huge scene.
Since they were camping and cooking, they could rest here for a night and easily complete the mission of sniping the 50,000 troops under Kuizi Mountain.
But this is just a temporary calm. Jiang Zhuo looked on the map and didn't see anything. The terrain of this area is somewhat complex, including mountains, rivers, valleys, grass rivers and hills, various streams and rivers, and even further north, there are deserts. Of course, the desert is still a bit far away from this area.
Why did he set up an ambush here? He couldn't help but look back and finally his body shook, because he saw the Yellow River. Kuizi Mountain is not dangerous, but the other party set up an ambush here because his army is not far from the Yellow River. Does the other party want his 50,000 troops to wipe out all the troops in one fell swoop because there is no room to move away?
How is this possible?
I am not a five thousand army, but a fifty thousand army. How many army do I need to wipe out my army? Where did the blood camp draw out the army?
But there was no other explanation except this explanation. And the other party burned the floating bridge, which vaguely confirmed his thoughts. Thinking of this, he stood up and ordered three thousand soldiers to hold their shields and rush towards Kuizishan.
There are enough three thousand soldiers, after all, Kuizi Mountain is not very tall.
The other soldiers continued to cook, but Jiang Zhuo did not let the soldiers camp again. He wanted to camp through Kuizi Mountain, cross two hills, and reach Niuxichuan. The terrain was wider and was also close to Sanlipo. However, a large number of scouts were sent again to investigate the distance.
Three thousand soldiers carefully touched the mountain, and Jiang Zhu held up the telescope and looked at the situation on the mountain. However, because of the obstruction of the trees, he could not see clearly and could only see groups of black figures.
Three thousand soldiers divided into small teams, forming a fan shape, and touched the top of the mountain. The top of the mountain was quiet, just like the person who ambushed Liang Cizu just now did not exist.
As they approached again, the stones on the top of the mountain suddenly loosened and rolled downwards. Many soldiers were hit by the stones without any defense. They rolled down to the bottom of the mountain like balls, causing tragic shouts.
But this also exposed the target of the Blood Camp.
Jiang Zhu waved his hand and sent three thousand soldiers again, scattered into small teams and rushed up the mountain. In order not to make the soldiers afraid, he sent a hundred people to form a law enforcement team. Those who dared to take a step back will be killed!
Three thousand soldiers were added, and Tang soldiers were everywhere on the mountain, and the stones on the top of the mountain pushed down faster. Anyway, if you can't hit A, you can hit B.
Listening to the soldiers' calls from time to time, Jiang Zhui felt a little heartbroken. No matter what, every general did not want serious casualties from his subordinates.
But under the brave attack of the Tang soldiers, soldiers gradually approached the top of the mountain. It should be said that the quality of the Tang soldiers began to decline seriously at this time, but at least the quality of the soft-egg soldiers of the Song Dynasty was much higher than that of the Song Dynasty.
Tuoba Tao had no choice but to ask the soldiers to use bows and arrows to force the Tang army that was about to climb to the top of the mountain.
The bows and arrows fell like raindrops, and the Tang army immediately raised their shields on the spot to block the rain of arrows. As more and more soldiers rushed up, some soldiers held shields, and some soldiers took advantage of the shields to shoot upwards and counterattacks with their bows and arrows.
At this moment, Tuoba Tao blew the horn and then shot many arrows from behind Tang Jun or from various branches of the big trees above his head. There were no shields behind him. The sudden shooting of bows and arrows made the Tang Jun start to be in chaos.
Tuoba Tao personally led two hundred soldiers to turn over the war horses. The war horses were also stuffed with horses to prevent them from making noises.
Two hundred horses rode on the terrain, rushed from top to bottom, and the familiarity of the terrain was like two hundred tigers rushing up the mountain. The soldiers who rushed to the top of the mountain were immediately defeated. Tuoba Tao then turned his horse's head and returned to the top of the mountain to continue to hold on.
The group of Tang soldiers fled to the foot of the mountain in a daze, but they had to face the bows and arrows and killings of the law enforcement team, so they had to turn around and rush towards the top of the mountain again.
Attacks again and again, they were beaten back again and again.
Jiang Zhui felt a little chilled. Even though the night was coming, and he couldn't see the number of the other party, he could still see a little vaguely. There were not many, and it might be less than a thousand people. However, he had invested nine thousand soldiers and was defeated by a wave of repelling. Such powerful combat power was heartbreaking.
He came to the foot of the mountain in person and shouted, "Everyone is working hard again, there are not many opponents."
There are not many more battles, and Tuoba Tao's subordinates have also sacrificed severely.
He looked around him and there were only more than 200 soldiers left, each of them carrying thick blood. Although it was only an hour since the battle was fought, but because he had not received a rest, each of them had great energy and gasped heavily. In the cool night in April, circles of fog rose.
Even he himself suffered two minor injuries on his body and felt a vague pain because he took action himself.
The most fatal thing is that there are not many bows and arrows in my hand, and there are not many rocks left that have started to find them to make rolling stones from all over the place.
However, he looked at the hourglass and there was still half an hour before the agreed two hours.
Half an hour later, he felt very worried, but he couldn't reveal it. He put the hourglass back on it, looked at his subordinates and said, "Our army is coming soon, everyone can hold on for a while."
When he heard that the army was about to arrive, the exhausted soldiers of the Blood Camp were energetic again. More than two hundred people were lying down. This time the enemy was very careful when they came up. There was a shield army in front, archers behind, and other infantrymen, holding weapons.
In fact, some of the trapped horse pits laid on the mountainside had an effect. Otherwise, the slope of Kuizi Mountain would be smooth and he would forcefully sprint with cavalry. Now this line of defense would have long since collapsed.
As the Tang army got closer, Tuoba Tao shouted softly: "Kill!"
The stones pushed down again, and quickly rolled down with the terrain. Some soldiers were clever and dodged to the side. Some soldiers did not react and were led by the stones to fall down the mountain again. But this wave of rocks made the soldiers rushing up in a gap.
Tuoba Tao pressed his hands, and more than 200 soldiers rushed down the mountain for dozens of steps, shortened the distance, and continued to shoot at the opponent with bows and arrows.
Soldiers screamed again.
But now that the fight has come, Jiang Zhu's men have adapted and quickly filled in the gap with their shields.
Tuoba Tao had to retreat to the top of the mountain and continue to push the rocks. Finally, he threw down the smallest stone. Tuoba Tao shouted: "Brothers, come with me and kill."
Without stones, there were only a few arrow clusters left, so I had to use a large blade.
More than two hundred soldiers rushed down with tragic emotions.
The moon gradually became brighter, but there were bursts of shouts of killing coming from Kuizi Mountain.
Hearing this voice, Jiang Zhui looked happy and looked at her face. He knew that the other party was struggling to the death. With a wave of his hand, he ordered two thousand soldiers to rush up the mountain to reinforce.
At this moment, the north is like a thick dark cloud, not a dark cloud, but a red cloud. Under the moonlight, it shone with thick blood and thunder-like horse hooves, rushed over from the north.
Jiang Zhu shouted: "Array, array."
What he was most worried about happened.
The Tianji Army came. They took advantage of Huizhou's advantage in the hands of the blood camp to block the news and then lie in a hidden valley. However, in order to prevent the other scouts from placing investigations, they were a little far away from the Yellow River in Lanzhou. At the same time, for the sake of secrecy, they did not send troops when Jiang Zhu's army crossed the Yellow River.
It was not until late at night that they began to come out of the valley.
This is also the reason why Wang Hua repeatedly ordered Tuoba Tao to stick to two hours. It may not take two hours, but in order to prevent accidents, Wang Hua set the time a little longer.
It may not be possible that Jiang Zhu's army would not be able to defeat Jiang Zhu's army after rushing through Kuizi Mountain. But in this narrow area, the Yellow River is behind it. Wang Hua's idea was to keep all the 50,000 people.
Jiangzhuo arrayed not only with the shield army and archers, but also with thousands of Modao soldiers, which were the nemesis of the cavalry.
Seeing that his subordinates lined up the formation, Jiang Zhuo settled down a little. After all, he had 40,000 to 50,000 troops in his hands, so what were he afraid of?
However, just as he focused his attention on the north, there was another thunder of war horses coming from the northwest direction. Li Kailuo's Suzaku Brigade arrived.
The arrival of the Zhuque Brigade caused chaos in Jiang Zhu's men. However, Jiang Zhu had some talent and immediately reorganized the team and distributed the defenses on both sides.
But at this moment, two thunderous horse hooves came from behind from the south and southwest.
How many people have come? How could the Blood Camp have so many troops? Is this the Blood Camp bluffing?
Just as Jiang Zhu was thinking about it, Guo Qianguan and Li Kailuo arrived one after another. However, they did not attack immediately and ordered their subordinates to block their war horses three hundred steps away from Jiang Zhu's army.
Jiang Zhui looked at it. No matter whether there was a bluff behind it or not, the two armies in front of him were definitely not bluffs, with at least more than 10,000 people. The number of people was still at a disadvantage, but considering that they were all cavalry and powerful combat power, there were more than 10,000 people, which was enough to fight his own army.
To be continued...