The corner of Fang Jun's mouth twitched, thinking that of course you would find these words of a great man powerful, but they were not said by me...
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are disputes.
Whether for ideals or interests, people are always pushing forward the society in constant struggle. The same is true for the closeness of fighting side by side, and the same is true for blood brothers from the same mother. Many times, they do not consider whether there is a bright future or danger ahead.
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All creatures in the world have the same nature, and they never stop fighting, whether for power, profit, or the right to reproduce offspring...
The only difference between humans and animals is that humans use this theory to create better advantages and then expand their advantages.
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That night, the Youtun Guards who rushed thousands of miles to support finally had a peaceful sleep in Gongyue City. In the early morning of the next day, Wang Fangyi gathered his troops and prepared to leave the city.
The Tang Army organized an army with 250 teams. Each team had ten troops and each team had five people. Therefore, the number of people in an army was 12,500. However, although this was a military regulation, in fact it was due to various reasons.
For various reasons, each army has more or less people.
A full twenty teams of cavalry gathered at the school grounds in the city, with majestic troops and flags fluttering.
The Tang army had strict discipline and complete regulations. When the army went out, each team had a team flag, which led the team when traveling and stood in front of the team when staying.
If they are the general manager and deputy general manager, they will set up more than ten flags, and the sub-general will set up more than four flags. They will lead the troops when traveling and stand beside the tent when staying. The commanders of each army will give military flags of different colors. It is better to use them on the battlefield.
To distinguish their advance and retreat, each garrison and other flags should be made in different styles, and each camp should have its own animals painted on it, so that it can be used as a mark. However, the camps must be distinguished from each other to ensure that the command and command are clear.
Since ancient times, military affairs and sacrifices have been regarded as important affairs of the country. Therefore, the rules are strict and the weather is very important. If the military flag is tilted or the flagpole is broken when going out for an expedition, it is a sign of defeat and a taboo for military strategists. Anyone who sets a flag must
For officers and soldiers, their flags must be firm and must not be tilted, otherwise the punishment will be extremely severe.
One of the military laws of the Tang Dynasty is: if the ranks are not in order, the flags are not straight, and the golden leather does not sound, behead them.
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The soldiers of the Anxi Army gathered around the school grounds, looking at the soldiers of the Youtun Guard who were waiting to go out. They felt depressed, grateful, and even more envious in their hearts.
The Western Region was originally the defensive area of the Anxi Army. Now it is being beaten back step by step by the barbarians, and it has to rely on the Youtun Guards to rush thousands of miles for reinforcements. Any soldier of the Anxi Army with a sense of honor feels that this is a shame. Even now, because of the Youtun Guards
With the advantage of firearms, the important task of attacking and harassing the enemy must also be shouldered by the Youtun Guards, which made the Anxi Army more and more depressed and embarrassed.
Looking at the officers and soldiers of the Youtun Guards who were getting ready to go, a soldier from the Anxi Army suddenly spoke up and said loudly: "Everyone, we will make a fire and warm the wine. When you return in triumph, we will get drunk together!"
The surrounding soldiers immediately started making noises.
"Kill the Hulu and strengthen our army's power!"
"Everyone comes back alive!"
The officers and men of the Youtun Guards were sitting on their horses, their faces solemn, but their hearts were burning.
Wang Fangyi had his helmet pierced through his armor and his thin figure was sitting upright on the horse. When he heard the "woo woo" horn sounding from the side of the school field and the sound of war drums shaking his eardrums, he tightened his grip on the reins and shouted: "Go to war!"
A thousand elite tiger soldiers responded in unison: "Go to war!"
The powerful sound covers the horns and drums, roaring and swirling in Gongyue City, shaking the sky, and the sound is majestic.
The horses strode with four hooves, and the team marched out of the school grounds, filed out along the south gate, assembled outside the city, then whipped their horses and whipped, and galloped toward the southwest along the Ili River.
The horses' hooves rumbled, and the biting cold wind blew against their faces like a knife, but it could not extinguish the flames burning in the chests of the Tang soldiers.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, except when Jieli Khan came to the pass and forced His Majesty Li Er to sign the Weishui Alliance, has the Tang Dynasty Huben ever lost the city and territory like this before, and was beaten back step by step by the enemy?
This is not only a shame for the Anxi Army, but also a shame for all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!
Since it is a shame, it can only be washed away with the blood of enemy invaders, and one victory after another can be used to tell the world that the great tigers of the Tang Dynasty are unparalleled in the world!
A thousand men galloped on horseback, and only slowed down when they were fifty miles away from Gongyue City. Scouts from the army went out one after another to spy on the enemy, and kept sending back news from the front.
At dawn, the heavy snow had stopped, but the sky was still cloudy and gloomy.
The mountains in the distance are just gray and cannot be seen clearly. The raging north wind howls between the sky and the earth, rolling up the snow on the ground. The snow foam particles are blown by the wind, and the blow on the face is as painful as a knife.
The army moved forward slowly, and the scouts brought the intelligence and reported it back to Wang Fangyi at the beginning.
Wang Fangyi was leading the army for the first time. He was not so nervous, but more excited. He knew that he had a different identity and had the mark of the Jin Palace. It was not easy to gain Fang Jun's trust. He did not dare to ignore such an opportunity and miss it.
Idle and scattered, there is no chance to lead the army.
Therefore, he suppressed the excitement in his heart, carefully summarized all the information, and kept in mind the enemy's troop deployment around the camp. He already had a simple map in his mind, and he knew the situation within a radius of dozens of miles.
, like looking at palm prints.
After noon, Wang Fangyi ordered the entire army to dismount and rest. Each group formed a unit with their war horses to block the wind. They simply used some of the dry food they carried, drank a few sips of water, checked their equipment and weapons, and then all mounted their horses and headed southeast.
The direction is full speed forward.
After running for more than twenty miles, to the north of the frozen Ili River, an Arab camp lay there. The Tang army did not go to attack, but ran forward for several miles, avoiding the military camp before turning back.
Heading south, cross the Ili River on the solid ice and plunge diagonally towards the back of the military camp.
In the military camp, hundreds of Arab soldiers stood in the cold wind holding various weapons, nervously waiting for the Tang army to launch a charge.
Just looking at the size of the Tang army, which numbered more than a thousand, we knew that it was impossible to attack forcefully, but to send out an army to harass.
However, this Tang army passed through the door without entering, then walked around as far as the eye could see, and ran towards their own back...
The general stationed at the camp here was determined to pursue, so that the Tang army could not unscrupulously attack the camp where the ordnance was stored in the rear. However, looking at the disheveled armor and low morale of his soldiers, he couldn't help but sigh, waved his hands, and told the soldiers to go their separate ways.
Return to camp.
If you are not powerless to kill the enemy, you are really powerless, so you can't die in vain, right?
As for the camps at the back where the ordnance is stored, you can only ask for your own blessings...
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Ye Zide led the Chinese army and fled back to the rear camp at the foot of Tianshan Mountain in embarrassment. At this time, it was still dark, and the camp was dimly lit with lights and people, and it was a mess.
At the beginning of the war, the Arabs stormed Suiye City with absolute superiority. Not only were the most elite "Sword of Allah" drowned by a flood by the Tang army, but they were also attacked and burned a large amount of baggage and supplies, resulting in a shortage of food and weapons for the army.
, and can never exert 100% of its combat power.
Now that they heard that the Chinese army's tent in front was raided by the Tang army, the defenders at the back camp were so frightened that they quickly arranged heavy troops to protect the few remaining grains, supplies, medicines and weapons...
After this kind of troop mobilization in the camp, Ye Zide led the Chinese army to withdraw. The two parties collided and became chaotic and indistinguishable.
Yezid quickly ordered the troops he brought back to retreat around the camp and temporarily place them further back to prevent the two armies from mixing together and not being under each other's control.
If the Tang army comes in a frantic pursuit, how can such a chaotic camp resist it? I'm afraid they will be brutally slaughtered...
In this way, they kept struggling until dawn, and finally the army was settled down, and the Tang army did not pursue them.
But unintentionally, the camp that was originally the rear camp became the front camp inexplicably...
When Ye Zide realized this, he wanted to quickly withdraw all the food, fodder and baggage. Although the Tang army did not have many troops, it was extremely elite, especially the cavalry tactics that came and went like the wind. They relied on the power of firearms to be extremely fierce. If they were to be attacked by surprise again,
Bo, is it possible that I want to starve these more than 100,000 troops to death in the Western Region?
However, before he could give the order, an inventory of the losses in this battle was reported. Upon hearing the figures, Ye Zide felt his eyes go dark and almost fainted.
Nearly 10,000 people were killed, thousands were seriously injured, and as many as 2,000 people were missing... With the medical level and quantity of medicines of the Arab army, basically minor injuries can only be carried, serious injuries are equivalent to death, and those who are missing are even more
There is no need to place extravagant hopes. Under such ice and snow, and surrounded by Hu tribes who hate the Arabs to the core, the possibility of surviving and returning to the army is basically negligible.
Compared with the losses, what is more serious is the unstable morale and low morale of the military, and the huge blow to the self-confidence of the coach Yazid.