There is still some snow on the seawall that has not yet melted. Lin Fu has been exposed to the wind, frost and sunshine these days, and his face is a little rough and dark, and his face is bright red by the bonfire. His cheeks are like knives and axes, and his lines are resolute and tough.
He stared intently at the map spread on the dirt floor. This was a map of Qing County and Jinhai County on the northeast coast of Hejian Prefecture.
Based on the reconnaissance and search information, Lin Fu deduced in detail the course of the battle in which Yang Zhaoqi's troops were encircled and annihilated in the eastern part of Gaoyang County.
In early November, Yang Zhaoqi led his troops to leave the capital and march to Yannan. He wanted to confine the main force of the Donglu cavalry to the narrow area between Yannan and the capital. It was impossible for the main force of the Donglu cavalry to prepare a battlefield in Gaoyang. It should have been encountered by
A big battle that evolved from the war.
Although Yang Zhaoqi's troops are mainly infantry, Hao Zongcheng led Jibei Jingqi to support him at fifty or sixty miles away. When encountering the enemy in the wild, with Yang Zhaoqi's proactive attitude of taking the lead, it would be impossible for him to engage in an ordinary-scale encounter with the enemy's cavalry.
For those who retreated, perhaps Yang Zhaoqi still had a huge advantage in terms of military strength at the beginning of the battle.
Yang Zhaoqi did not consider the mobility of Donglu's cavalry and did not retract in the direction of Gaoyang City in time, which gave Donglu enough time to take advantage of the high mobility of the cavalry in the frozen plains in winter to quickly gather troops from various places to form an attack on Yang Zhaoqi's troops.
The superiority of troops completed the encirclement.
With the strength of the captive cavalry participating in the battle at that time, it was impossible to complete the iron barrel encirclement of Yang Zhaoqi's troops in the wild. Heavy troops should be deployed between Gaoyang City and the battlefield to prevent Yang Zhaoqi's troops from withdrawing into Gaoyang County - Gaoyang County was also captured by Yang Zhaoqi's troops.
It was captured only the day after the total annihilation - and sufficient surveillance forces were left between Yang Zhaoqi's troops and Hao Zongcheng's troops in the northwest.
As for the Donglu cavalry before the Battle of Gaoyang, they had just entered the capital from Xuanhua. They did not know the details of the Yanjing garrison and the Qinwang divisions in various towns. The main force was concentrated in the southwest of the capital and they did not dare to launch a large-scale deployment.
After the Battle of Gaoyang began, the Donglu cavalry continued to move from the southwest corner of Gyeonggi Province to Gaoyang, and the direction of troop movement was from northwest to southeast.
Under this situation, the entire east and south of the Gaoyang venue, that is, the entire northern area of Hejian Prefecture, left enough gaps for Yang Zhaoqi's tribe to break out.
Although the sharp tactics of intersecting and cutting by the captive cavalry made it extremely difficult for Yang Zhaoqi's troops to break through with a complete formation, Lin Fu did not believe that 30,000 captive cavalry annihilated every one of the 20,000 Jinzhong soldiers.
After the Battle of Gaoyang, Hao Zongcheng's troops hurriedly withdrew north, and the Donglu quickly occupied Tongkou and Gaoyang. They also sent troops to take Cangxian and Liuxian in the northeast of Cangxian in a roundabout way. This deployment should also be intended to blockade Yang Zhaoqi from the north, west, and south.
All Jinzhong soldiers crossed over and escaped.
"There should still be remnants of the Jinzhong soldiers holding strong in Qingxian and Jinhai areas," Lin Fu pointed vigorously at Qingxian and Jinhai areas in the north of Hejian Prefecture. "The Wuzhai in this area has the greatest resistance to the Luqi."
Determined and powerful, villages such as Wukou and Changlu have records of being besieged several times by the cavalry, and they should be strengthened by the remnants of Yang Zhaoqi..."
"It's just that the remnants of Yang Zhaoqi hate the Donglu to the core, and they probably also hate the friendly forces..." Wu Qi sighed. He sent people to sneak into the northern part of Hejian Prefecture several times to conduct reconnaissance and contact, but there was no big gain. He
We only have a limited number of elite scouts at our disposal, so we mainly have to accompany the army to take care of them.
In the Battle of Gaoyang, Donglu used cavalry to fight, and their tactics were perfect; but the most fatal blow suffered by Yang Zhaoqi's troops came from the friendly army Hao Zongcheng's troops who stood by and watched.
The result of the Battle of Gaoyang was that all the troops in the army were suspicious of each other, and they all stagnated and did not dare to fight in the open field with the captives. If the remaining troops of the Jinzhong soldiers were not annihilated by the eastern captives, it would be absolutely impossible to trust the so-called "friendly troops" in a short time.
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Besides, there were also countless Han people and government troops who rebelled against the Yannan Prefecture of the Donglu invaders. For example, the Linqing defenders rebelled and surrendered, causing the entire Linqing garrison of 10,000 to fall into the hands of the Donglu. The Donglu also cunningly took advantage of the rebel generals and soldiers.
Pretending to be reinforcements, they tricked Wuzhai into opening the gate and easily breached it.
There have been several such precedents, so the remnants of the Jinzhong soldiers trapped in the enemy's stronghold will be more careful and vigilant about friendly messengers who come to contact them.
"I'm afraid it's difficult to contact..." Zhou Pu said. Zhou Pu and the others were very keen on betraying friendly forces. This directly led to them having been rogue thieves for ten years, specializing in killing officials and soldiers. Now the entire Hejian Mansion has been captured.
After the cavalry sweep, there were no survivors, and the roads were blocked by Donglu sentry cavalry from time to time. It was difficult for the news of Cangnan's victory to reach the isolated Wuzhai in the north of Hejian Prefecture, even if there were remnants of Jinzhong soldiers still in Hejian.
The northern part of Jianbu held firm, and they sent scouts to pass through, but they could not gain the trust of the other party. Otherwise, it would be a better idea to contact the remnants of the Jinzhong army.
"It is difficult to gain their trust," Lin Fu said. "Before, Zhao Qingshan said that he wanted to intercept the powerful Qi tired army. Ning Zechen raised questions and asked what purpose this battle was going to achieve? Fighting in Cangnan, indeed
It doesn't make much sense. After all, it is unrealistic to kill or defeat the Nahe Xiongqi tribe on a large scale. Pure competition and consumption will only put the Jiangdong Left Army into a more unfavorable situation, but we are making great strides.
Do you think it makes sense to move along the coastline to the north of Hejian Prefecture, drag Nahe Xiongqi's tired army to the north of Hejian Prefecture, and fight two solid battles there?"
"Your Excellency, we have thought it through. There is really no better way to win the trust of the remnants of Jinzhong's army than a real battle," Zhao Qingshan said excitedly, "Hit the damn ones in the north of Hejian Prefecture, and Nahexiongqi's tribe will be more powerful."
The less we fight, the more we may fight!"
"Not necessarily," Lin Fu shook his head and smiled, "We can't be blindly optimistic. Let's go to Hejian Mansion. Ye Ji Luorong on the northern front may send troops to strengthen the Nahe Xiongqi tribe..."
"We are maneuvering along the coastline. Even if Ye Jiluorong sends troops, we are not afraid of him. At worst, we will just be cowering. There is nothing shameful in that!" Zhao Qingshan said.
Everyone laughed.
Lin Fu said: "The first battalion and the fourth battalion will move north along the coastline by land. The third battalion, the fifth battalion and the work camp will move northward along the coastline by sea-going boat. Be ready to set off before dawn. Everyone
Let's go prepare ourselves..."
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Nahe Xiongqi prevented the exhausted troops from being attacked. After he was convinced that the remaining troops in Xiaobo Village had been wiped out, he led the main force of four thousand captives until the third day before slowly marching to Xiaobo Tou Village.
In addition to the ruins and broken walls that were constantly blowing out black ashes, the entire Xiaobotou Village had been completely burned into ruins. Nearly two thousand burnt blackened and deformed corpses were abandoned in pieces on the field in front of the village gate. A large group of
An old crow flew from nowhere and landed on the corpse, pecking at the almost cooked corpse. It was startled by the heavy sound of horse hooves and flew away.
Jiangdong's left army left behind scouts in the Xiaobotou Village area. They saw a large number of captives riding outposts. After lighting the beacon fire, they rode their horses and ran north. The captives riding on the outposts were filled with hatred and chased them from a distance. They reached a small river.
In the mouth of the branch, a hail of arrows suddenly shot from behind the embankment, catching him off guard. A dozen riders were hit by the arrows and fell off their horses. The remaining riders quickly reined in their horses and spread out on both sides to avoid the ambush. They saw a horse jumping from behind the embankment.
Dozens of soldiers arrived, joined the scouts left behind by Jiangdong Zuojun, and quickly retreated to the seaside along the river embankment. The prisoners rode on the outpost and approached on horseback. Only when they reached the seawall did they see two Ucao sailing ships parked on the branch of the river. Jiangdong Zuojun
The scouts and ambush infantry who stayed behind boarded the ship and quickly sailed away from the seawall. They had no choice but to pursue them.
When Xinjue Timur saw the devastation and misery, he screamed with hatred. He jumped off his horse, took his bow and arrows and shot down several corpse-pecking crows that flew by in front of him. He was so angry that he rode a fine eagle horn
He broke the bow forcefully to vent his hatred. He watched Na He Xiongqi slowly riding over, grabbing his horse's head by the rope, and cursed: "You're a scaredy-cat, you're just letting the enemy retreat calmly. What's more?"
Nine hundred Donghu men died in front of you. Open your eyes and see what your heart is made of! I won’t be done with you until we get to the Khan King’s tent!”
"Pa!" Nahe Xiongqi raised his hand and clasped the rifle behind him, hitting Xinjue Timur on the ear, causing Xinjue Timur to stagger and fall into the muddy brown-black soil.
Mu'er was stunned for a moment after feeling the pain, and cursed: "Damn you, you dare to hit me!" He pulled out his knife like crazy and wanted to kill He Xiongqi off his horse, but the guards on the left and right rushed towards him and pinned him down.
On the ground.
Na He Xiongqi said coldly: "Tie them up, strip them naked, and whip them thirty times, hard, and you will see blood with every whip. If anyone dares to be soft, I will skin him! Tell the generals,
Anyone who dares to speak rashly will be whipped thirty times..."
Xinjue Timur's eyes were red, he raised his head abruptly, and yelled at Na He Xiongqi: "Damn you, you bitch, I still hold my hand for you, you damn dare to slap me, you
If you don't avenge the death of Donghu men, they will let you go if they become ghosts..."
Nahe Xiongqi waved his hand with a stern look and asked his left and right officials to drag Xinjue Timur to be tortured. He only regretted that he did not stick to his own judgment and hated these arrogant generals for being arrogant and underestimating the enemy, and twice fought to wrap up the Jiangdong left army.
At this time, dozens of horsemen came galloping from a distance, riding their horses and running wildly while shouting: "King Khan's Golden Arrow sent the order, and Nah Xiongqi came out to receive the order..." The sentry riders from the outside checked and checked and let them go.
Nah Xiongqi hurriedly dismounted and knelt on one knee. Next to him, Xinjue Timur laughed with hatred and cursed: "Call you a dog/You son of a bitch ordered me to be beaten, and the wise Yezier Khan sent an envoy
Teach you a lesson for me!"
Nah Xiongqi ignored Xinjue Timur and knelt down to greet the Khan King's messenger.
The messenger rushed up to Nahe Xiongqi, threw a big arrow painted with gold directly into his face, and said loudly: "King Khan asked me to throw the golden arrow into your face, so you can take care of yourself!"
Nahe Xiongqi picked up the golden arrow from the mud and inserted it into his quiver. He turned around and looked at the stunned Xinjue Timur coldly and said: "Sixty whips, whip with an iron whip! Beat him to death."