Mid-March of the second year of Xingping (AD 195)!
After half a month of marching, the 50,000-strong army finally entered Yumen County in Dunhuang!
In Maize County, the Royal Army finally discovered the Qiang cavalry. Wang Dang immediately led 10,000 cavalry and outflanked and annihilated a 3,000-man cavalry force. He learned from the captured Qiang soldiers that the power of Dunhuang now relied on Guangdong. To the county to resist the Qiang coalition forces, hundreds of thousands of Han people are still alive, but the Qiang people have not yet opened the road to the Western Regions.
This made the Wang Guojun and others very happy. As long as these hundreds of thousands of Qiang people can be annihilated in Dunhuang, millions of Qiang people in Xiliang have been annihilated by Daqian. Even though there are still Qiang tribes in the vast grasslands of Xiliang and Xihai, but It won't be a problem, which means that this battle can determine the peace of Xiliang for a hundred years!
But correspondingly, this war also exposed the existence of Daqian's army. These Qiang leaders were shocked to find that Daqian had no intention of letting them go, and actually pursued them to Dunhuang, thousands of miles away.
The situation they are facing now is that they are blocked by strong enemies in front and encircled and suppressed by pursuing troops behind them. If they are not careful, they will be wiped out! Faced with such a crisis, all the tribal leaders of the Qiang people gathered together , discuss how to deal with the big army!
Shaodangzhan looked at the Qiang leaders around him and said seriously: "The Daqian army is chasing us. The Leihuo tribe in Yumen has been annihilated by the Daqian army. Now let's talk about what to do?"
Shao Dangzhan's words made many Qiang leaders who had just heard the news panic. They were beaten to death by Da Gan's army before they fled to Dunhuang. No one thought that Da Gan's army would catch up with them! This is simply no way to survive. give them!
"Let's run away quickly, to the Western Regions. If we go to the Western Regions, Thunder God will not be able to catch up with us!" A Qiang leader said in fear, as if fleeing to the Western Regions can avoid the devil Thunder God!
"But the Han people are blocking us. If we can't break through Guangzhi, Dunhuang can't go to the Western Regions!" This is the most realistic problem. There are still two cities and hundreds of thousands of Han people blocking them!
A Qiang leader immediately said: "Bypassing these places, Dunhuang is vast and sparsely populated. We can enter the Western Regions from other places too!"
But at this time, Shaodangzhan said angrily: "Not to mention that Dunhuang is surrounded by desert, how can we get around it? Even if we can get around Dunhuang, how much grain we have in our hands, how many cattle and sheep do you have left, so we go to the Western Regions empty-handed? , do you want to starve everyone to death?"
"Now we only have two days to go. The first is to conquer Dunhuang and seize all the food and grass from the Han people, so that our hundreds of thousands of tribesmen can have enough food and grass to enter Xiliang. The second is to counterattack the Dagan army. Tan Ma has already inquired clearly about Dagan's army. The army only has 50,000 people, and the leader is still a young boy with no experience in fighting. We are more than twice their number, and we are all veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. We may not be incapable of fighting if we take the initiative to attack!"
"Lei Gong's subordinates know thunder magic. We can't resist it at all. If we turn back now, we will be seeking death!" The tribal leaders here did not believe Shao Dangzhan's words at all, nor did they think they could withstand the attack of Da Gan's army! They ran away. is their best choice!
Shaodangzhan sneered and said: "There is no thunder method at all. I have already found out clearly that Lei Gong's men use a gunpowder weapon!"
"I know what the name is for. When this gunpowder is activated, it is as if the earth is shattering. If it is not a thunder god, it is similar to a thunder method. We have no way to resist it!"
Shao Dangzhan said: "The explosion of gunpowder has a range. As long as we attack the Daqian army in scattered formations, the damage caused by the gunpowder will not be great. And as long as we escape one round of gunpowder bombing, we can fight against Daqian army." If you kill with a hand-to-hand sword, then it will be about your ability to cut people. We Qiang people will never lose to the Dagan people in this regard! When Han Sui and others took the initiative to charge forward, they would not be defeated by Lei Gong!"
But some Qiang leaders were still worried: "Even without gunpowder, Daqian's army is well-equipped. Ordinary soldiers wear iron armor. Our swords can't see through the Daqian army's iron armor. This battle is impossible to fight!"
Shaodangzhan sneered and said: "We have no choice, either we can conquer Guangzhi and Dunhuang within 5 days, or we can defeat Dagan's 50,000-strong army, or we will definitely be hanged by Lei Gong!"
The words "hang to death" scared many Qiang leaders. Lei Gong liked to hang them the most. There were hundreds of Qiang leaders in Xiliang who were hanged by Lei Gong. Now the army is a little afraid of this word.
But they knew that Shaodangzhan seemed to give them two choices, but in fact it wanted them to defeat the Daqian army. After all, there were two cities in Dunhuang County blocking their way to the Western Regions, and the two cities were 200 miles apart. To run two hundred miles in five days, they still had to conquer two fortified cities. It took less than two days on average to conquer one fortified city. If they had really been able to do this, they wouldn't still be in Dunhuang.
After the Qiang leaders discussed for a while, they found that they could only gather their tribesmen and Dagan to fight to the death in Dunhuang!
Although Shaodangzhan said that he was not afraid of Daqian's army, he knew clearly that Daqian's army was powerful and it would be difficult for them to defeat them in a head-on battle. So he divided the Qiang tribe into several groups, intending to lure Daqian's army to divide their troops as well, and then divide the Qiang tribe into several groups. And annihilate.
Shaodangzhan gathered together 100,000 young and strong Qiang people, and the old, weak, women and children of the Qiang tribe were divided into three groups, one in Ming'an, Yuanquan, and Shatou. Shaodangzhan made up his mind, no matter which group To attract Han people to join the Qiang army, he concentrated the Qiang main force to eat up the Qiang army!
The actions of the Qiang people were quickly reported to Wang Guojun and others by Tan Ma!
Wang Guojun asked curiously: "What do these Qiang people want to do?"
Han Sui sneered and said: "The Qiang people know they can't defeat us, so now they are taking the initiative to separate. This is to lure us to divide our forces so that they can defeat us! It doesn't seem like the Qiang people are separated, but I can guarantee that these Qiang people will definitely take the Qing people." Zhuang gathered together, waiting for us to divide our forces to surround and suppress them, and then defeat us!
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wang Guojun shook his head and said: "Now that time is standing with us, why should we divide our troops? Wouldn't it be better to annihilate them one by one? What else can these Qiang people do if they have no brains?" Plot!”
So something happened that Shaodangzhan had never expected. Da Gan's army did not divide its forces at all, but concentrated its forces to advance towards Dunhuang! The nearly 100,000 Qiang people, old, weak, women and children in Shatou were easily eaten by Da Gan. Shaodangzhan's abandonment of old, weak, women and children also aroused resentment among the Qiang people. They betrayed the position of the main force of Shaodangzhan, and the Royal Army immediately led a large army to attack the main force of Qiang people!
Shaodangzhan Dahai retreated with his army, but he did not expect that Daqian's army would turn and swallow the women and children of the remaining two groups of Qiang people. There were only 100,000 young people left in these Qiang tribes. But young people alone are not enough. Maybe form a tribe!
At this time, Shaodangzhan found that he had to take the initiative to attack the Daqian army to save their relatives, otherwise his army would definitely be disintegrated!
Shaodangzhan sent people to negotiate peace with the Kingdom's army. As long as they spared their lives, they were willing to become Lei Gong's lackeys!
At the same time, he began to boost the morale of the Qiang soldiers and prepare for the final decisive battle!
He loudly said to all the tribal leaders: "We just want to survive, but the Daqian army drove us out of the West Sea. We have all fled to Dunhuang. They are not willing to let us go. Now we have no way out. Surrendering is also death, and dying in battle is also death. Only by defeating the Daqian army can we survive!
Other Qiang leaders also shouted: "Please live! Please live!"
The Wang Guojun rejected the Qiang people's peace negotiation. He said to the Qiang people's envoy: "Your only way to survive is to put down your arms and surrender! As long as you don't have the blood debt of the Han people in your hands, I can guarantee your life safety!"
But this was not the answer Shaodangzhan wanted. Not to mention how many Han people they slaughtered along the way, they were unwilling to give up their tribal rights, otherwise they would not have fled to Dunhuang in the first place!
March 20th!
Shaodangzhan gathered 100,000 Qiang troops on the outskirts of Guangzhi County. All the Qiang leaders decided to fight head-on and fight for a way out!
The Royal Army also came to the opposite side of the Qiang people with an army of 50,000 people. The artillery battalion was at the forefront. The black muzzles made every Qiang people who had seen the power of artillery tremble with fear, fearing that the artillery would hit them. There are no bones left of them!
The 50,000-strong army was divided into three parts by the royal army, with 15,000 people on the left and right, and 20,000 on his center army. Han Sui and Wang Dang commanded the left and right armies respectively, while he commanded the center army.
The Qiang people were in disarray. It should not be said that they had no formation at all. Their military formation was spread out for dozens of miles! So much so that it was difficult for the Royal Army to see clearly all the Qiang people's formations even with telescopes!
Wang Dang laughed and said: These Qiang people are afraid of our artillery, but their military formation is spread out for dozens of miles. How can they be commanded? Today they are defeated!"
But Wang Guojun said: "Who dares to say that things on the battlefield will be victorious in every battle. When we charge into the formation, the army should not be spread too far apart. Try to divide and outflank the Qiang people, and we will eat them bit by bit!"
Han Sui sneered and said: "These Qiang people are just struggling to death. As long as we resist the Qiang people's fierce attack on the first day, they will collapse without a fight later. The Qiang people don't have much food and grass, and they can't afford to delay!"
"Woooooo!" Countless horn horn sounds sounded, and the Qiang army began to squirm.
The Wang Guojun also waved his hand, and dozens of giant war drums of the Daqian Army sounded at the same time. The sound of the drums was earth-shattering, drowning out the sound of the Qiang people's horns!
The Qiang people were dispatched, and a Qiang cavalry brigade of ten thousand people rushed towards the left wing of the Daqian army like an arrow. Obviously the Qiang people wanted this method to avoid the artillery battalion on the frontal battlefield!
Thousands of horses galloped, and the sound of horse hooves was like thunder, shaking the world! The royal army looked at the Qiang cavalry and sneered, really thinking that the artillery was inconvenient to move!
The Royal Army immediately ordered the artillery battalion to detach a section to support the left army.
Dozens of flying thunder cannons were seen leaving the artillery battalion and mounted on war horses, heading towards the left wing of the army. When the Qiang people arrived at the left wing of the Da Gan army, they were horrified to find that they were still facing Da Gan's artillery.
But when these cavalry stepped into the 200-step artillery range, the artillerymen lit the thunder cannons one by one!
"Puff puff!"
"Boom boom boom!"
Dozens of artillery shells exploded, causing the Qiang cavalry to flip over! Hundreds of Qiang people were killed!
But this time the Qiang people did not retreat to the rear, but continued to rush towards the Daqian army. The war horses were galloping like lightning, and the distance of 200 steps was quickly shortened!
After seeing this, Wang Guojun said: "Send an order to Han Sui and ask him to kill the enemy and retreat!"
After receiving the order from Wang Guojun, Han Sui smiled at Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, and Li Kan: "Kill all these Qiang people!"
This was the richest battle that Han Sui fought, with new types of thunder cannons, sophisticated steel knives, iron armor, hard bows and heavy arrows. At that time, the Northern Army did not have such good equipment. He did not think that a group of Qiang people who did not even have armor would do it. He is his opponent!
After receiving Han Sui's order, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, and Li Kan each led their men and horses, divided into three groups, and shot at the Qiang people like three long arrows!
Han Sui's men were completely wrapped in iron sheets, and the Qiang people could not stop these three armies at all. When the two sides collided, the Qiang people's troops were easily killed by Han Sui's generals, and then the three armies were like three armies. Using the life-harvesting sickle, each kill can bring a large number of Qiang warriors' lives with them. In less than three rounds of killing with a white blade, the morale of the Qiang warriors collapsed, and the soldiers fled to the rear one after another!
After winning the first battle, Daqian's soldiers shouted and cheered for their victory!
But at this time, the Qiang people's horns sounded again, and the two Qiang cavalry troops rushed out of the military formation again, and then divided into two groups to attack the left and right wings of Da Gan!
In order to avoid the artillery of the Daqian army, the Qiang people gave up frontal attacks and focused on the weak wings of the Daqian army!
So the royal army ordered Han Sui and Wang Dang, who were on the left and right wings, to kill and drive back the enemy!
Han Sui and Wang Dang continued the same tactics, first clearing the ground with artillery, and then rushing forward to kill with hand-to-hand attacks. However, this time the Qiang people did not collide with Wang Dang and Han Sui head-on. Instead, they used the mobility of the cavalry to use their cavalry. He shot and attacked the army of Han Sui and Wang Dang, and started a guerrilla war with Wang Dang and others.
Although this did not bring much casualties to Wang Dang and the others, the left and right wings of the Daqian army were completely in chaos, and it also delayed the left and right armies!
The battlefield was so dusty that even with telescopes, it was difficult for the Royal Army to see clearly the situation on both wings!
Wang Guojun frowned and thought for a while, then issued an order: "Instruct the artillery battalion to advance, and the Chinese army will guard the artillery battalion. After five rounds of shelling, order the two cavalry battalions of the front army to attack the Qiang's Chinese army!"
The central army of the Daqian Army took the initiative to attack, which made Shaodangzhan feel embarrassed, because the Qiang people were now at a disadvantage on the battlefield. One of his armies was defeated, and two armies were also at a disadvantage. It seemed that they would be defeated soon. The Daqian Army His fighting power was indeed strong. He originally wanted to use cavalry and shooting to delay the left and right flanks of the Daqian Army, consume their energy, and then find a way to eliminate them.
But now that the central army of the Daqian Army has taken the initiative to attack him, his plan has failed. If the center of the army is defeated by the Daqian Army, the Qiang coalition will be completely divided by the Daqian Army! The most important thing is that Shaodangzhan knows that he The troops are just relying on their bravery. When they find out that they really can't defeat Da Gan, the morale of his army of 100,000 will collapse immediately!