Chapter 305 Battle (2)
This was an unequal war and a sneak attack. At noon the next day after camping, Yang Heng set off with a team, and his father set off with another team. They divided their troops into two groups to start attacking the enemy.
The scouts were also very fast. They started to go out to investigate before camping. When the team slept until the second half of the night, the scouts rushed back one after another.
The latest information shows that indeed, there are more than 2,000 siege teams, and they will withdraw in the afternoon. There is a supplementary base of theirs ten miles away. The supplementary base is more than 20 miles away from Lanzhou City. According to scouts, the supplementary base was prepared after it snowed. It seems that the preparation was completed until some time ago. You must know that it is really not easy for these Tuyuhun people to come up with such a way to attack. Unfortunately, what they did not expect was that it would not be so easy to use snowboards as vehicles to attack.
But they are really not simple. When they saw the skis, they knew they could be used for military purposes, but they still didn't make good use of this thing. However, Yang Heng still had to admire that this was Murong Fu's ancestor. Could it be that this was the initial creation of the Star Movement? Unfortunately, Murong Fu may not recognize this failed ancestor. How could it be considered a failure? In fact, Murong Tuyuhun was not a failure. He should be considered a strategic transfer. Then, he has survived to this day and even named this new country after his name. This is also a move of Star Movement, right? Didn't he move from the grasslands in the northeast to the mountainous areas in the northwest?
The scouts also found that there was a small team that was also attacking a city in the Tang Dynasty. This is why the Fengyan information showed that two cities were attacked. Now Yang Heng didn't know the losses of these two cities, but he knew that these two cities were still persisting, so Yang Heng planned to attack the nearest and then deal with the far ones, so he divided into two teams to set off. One team led by his father and set off for an hour, and then Yang Heng and the others set out again. It happened that the arrows of the siege team were exhausted. At this time, there were only a small number of enemy troops who were covering the retreating troops and arrows in the siege team, so this was the best time to attack.
"Several generals, I'll assign you a task now. We have a total of 2,000 people. So, I'll divide it into three teams. The first team has seven hundred people, the second team has seven hundred people, and the third team has six hundred people. Remember, when we suddenly appear, the first team attacks quickly. You use the snow poles in your hands as weapons and speed as tactics. When you approach the enemy, you must suddenly accelerate, and then use the snow poles as double guns or double sticks, and try to strike as much as possible.
Once the enemy finds that the speed is about to drop, stop attacking, speed up and rush over, then stand in an arrow, stabilize and take out a bow and arrow, and wait for the second team to pass by, and you can shoot. The second team also needs to rush over, but you can only accelerate when the first team sets out to a half-arrow land. Then when you pass by, continue to move forward, go to the city of Lanzhou, ask the city to prepare food, and wait for the victory of other teams to return."
For a team that was about to retreat, Yang Heng's tactic was a sudden attack, especially his team was wearing a white cloak and a black veil on his face. The only flaw was this veil, because it was black, and the black was a little conspicuous on the snow, but it was not particularly conspicuous. Why? The scouts had already investigated it clearly. If it were normal, the scouts of the enemy had retreated at this time, so the enemy would not notice that there was another team coming to attack on the periphery, that is, the reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty arrived.
Another advantageous thing is that the snow poles used by the Tang army were made of iron sheets wrapped in wooden sticks, while the snow poles of the enemy were ordinary wooden sticks. This means that the enemy's wooden sticks would hurt when hitting the body, while the snow poles of the Tang army might be fatal when hitting the body.
The most important thing is that Yang Heng also arranged the third team, that is, the last team. When the second team sets off, they will stand a step away from the enemy. After the second team passes through, they will shoot arrows, and then the first team will also shoot arrows. This is Yang Heng's tactic, which is much easier than horse battles. However, Yang Heng also has an order, that is, the two teams rushing forward will only hit the enemy's arms, without hurting lives. The weapon they use is bows and arrows. Once their arms are broken, even in unbearable pain, they cannot fire arrows. Moreover, most of them have no arrows.
The so-called tactics are the best tactics, not the long snake formation or the dragon sways its tail. The Tang Dynasty was defeated immediately. Therefore, whenever a team goes to war, the emperor will not formulate any tactics for them. They will let the leading generals adapt to the war. This is the guarantee that they have always won the battle. It is not the Song Dynasty. Whenever the army goes to war, some places like the Privy Council, the three yamen and other places must first give a formation for marching and fighting. If they do not follow this formation, they will also punish the generals.
The task of the team led by my father was much simpler, which was to let the team quietly surround the enemy's supply base under the leadership of the scouts, then set rockets over and ignite their tents, and then the periphery was surrounded by soldiers shooting all the enemy troops breaking through with bows and arrows. It was for this tactic that Yang Heng gave his father the most personnel.
Where did the rockets come from? This is a secret that Yang Heng has always had. At the beginning of the march, he brought a secret sled, and even dozens of trustees were arranged to guard the sled. This was not enough, and 200 of these trustees were responsible for the sled. Of course, the rockets were on the sled. This was also a secondary product developed by the Taoists. Yang Heng would naturally make a batch of things to be used. He would rather not do it than not do it in a hurry. However, he had reported these things to Li Er a long time ago, but he had not allowed Li Er to visit the effect.
You know, the enemy's supplementary base is not a skiing base for me, but a team mainly composed of livestock. There are not only animals for transport, but also animals for food. In this way, forage is indispensable. Once there is fodder, setting fire will be even more convenient.
However, arson has its advantages and disadvantages. Once the fire is successful, the enemy in the third place may let them escape. However, Yang Heng still made this decision and would rather let another enemy escape than let this supplementary base exist. If they were allowed to discover the existence of Yang Heng and the others, the defense of this place would be very tight. If they attacked again, there would be no way.
That's why Yang Heng made this decision, and he had to eat immediately after destroying the first siege team and continue to ambush the third team, it depends on whether they took the bait or not.
However, according to scout investigation, this enemy army would also come back to supplement. If there is no supplement, they will not be able to go home, which is their Tuyuhun.
Yang Heng's tactics were very successful. When the third team started shooting archery, the second team came to the city to eat, and the fire was also found in the distance.
"Wuwu, wuwu, it's great. Our reinforcements finally arrived, and they won the battle. Look, there, over there, over there, yes, that is, the place where the enemy's army is supplemented, there is a fire. Hurry up, hurry up, organize the people to cook food for our warriors."
"Alang, should you be more cautious? Who knows if the enemy is in Kuangwomen?" Someone carefully proposed the suggestion. "Fuck, this is General Yang's team. I know. I saw them a few years ago. They were dressed up like this. Besides, if they were really mixed with the enemy, I would have accepted it. You must know that if Tuyuhun people wore this outfit some time ago, would our city still exist? They had already been in the hands of Tuyuhun."
It is impossible to say that caution is wrong, but having a keen observation is also very important. This is a team to rescue them. If they are slow to treat them, they even need food urgently. There should be important things to do. Therefore, this city guard has done so boldly. You must know that the Tuyuhun people and their blood sank on the ground, and the bodies filled with arrows are not fake. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!