Chapter 409: The First Battle of Crossing the River
The five-person team discussed again, and Li Siye came up with a stupid way to run a long way downstream to avoid the Tuqishi troops stationed on the river bank, and at the same time find a shallower water surface to cross the river. His judgment was based on the broken river.
Yechuan is an inland river. Its source is on the snow-capped mountains and its end point is in the desert at the west end. The water flow should decrease as you go downstream.
This required everyone to run on two legs. In order to make the movement faster, Li Siye ordered the soldiers to take off their armor and stack them on the horses, and march quickly at a trot. The left and right soldiers followed suit, and they ran eighty miles in four hours.
Finally, I found a river beach downstream that I could wade across.
At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and the river was wide and quiet. Although it was possible to trek, the water could still cover a person's chin. The yaks, ponies and other livestock were completely submerged. Tang Jun stabbed the buttocks with knives and other methods to force these livestock into the water.
Li Siye was riding on the horse, his legs were soaked in the water, and the water surface was almost flush with the horse's back, as if he were sailing on the water. Most of the soldiers' dry food bags were soaked with water, which meant that they would have no dry food to last for forty days.
A well-thought-out plan can never keep up with changes in circumstances.
After all the Anxi Army crossed the other side and took a brief rest, Fumeng Lingcha ordered to immediately march upstream and launch an attack on Tuqishi's army.
Ma Phosphorus felt something was wrong, so he spoke to his husband, Meng Lingcha, and said: "Our army traveled all night and did not rest for a whole day. The soldiers are exhausted. If we attack rashly, we may not be able to win."
Li Siye also had such worries, but someone spoke up for him first.
However, Fumeng Lingcha had his own reasons. He said to everyone: "The enemy does not know that our army has crossed the river and is still monitoring the river upstream. They will take this opportunity to get around the back of Tuqishi and catch him off guard to win.
Only then can we rest peacefully.”
Another march of nearly a hundred miles, this time Wang Zhengjian's two thousand light cavalry were in the vanguard, moving away from the river bank towards the enemy's camp.
In the afternoon, the leading troops of the cavalry army came to the top of the basin between the two hills. Looking at the Tuqishi camp in the distance, they were camped by the river. The other side of the river was their starting point last night. The Anxi army had made a big circle.
, came to the rear of the enemy.
Fumeng Lingcha personally sat on the top of the mountain and ordered Wang Zhengjian to lead the cavalry army to attack the enemy's camp, while the rest lined up in a long snake formation to intercept and defeat the enemy.
Wang Zheng saw the general standing in front of the cavalry formation with a horse in his hand. There was only a slight breeze in the basin, and the long tassel on the head of the horse was gently swinging in the wind. His flag was stuck behind his back, the horse was raised upward, and he shouted quickly and sharply.
:"kill"
Two thousand light cavalry formed a triangle like arrows and charged down the hillside. There seemed to be only the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground in the basin. The cavalry army was like a rolling mudslide, rushing towards the enemy's camp.
Trapped in the basin were the three Aijin tribes led by Que Chu, the third son of Mohe, with more than 9,000 people. Que Chu placed most of his troops by the river, leaving the rear of the camp empty and did not even set up a resistance.
Horse and wall.
…
Quechu was sitting in the tent drinking wine when he heard the dull thunderous sound of horse hooves and hurriedly opened the tent and ran out.
A running soldier even knocked off his felt hat. He knelt down in front of him and shouted: "The Anxi Special Forces are coming from behind."
"Ah what"
He was frightened and angry, raised his leg and kicked the soldier in the heart: "Why didn't you come and retaliate earlier?"
"Hurry up and pull back the people and horses by the river to meet the enemy."
The soldiers left holding their injured chests, and many people were running away. Que Chui yelled and scolded the obstruction, but to no avail, he pulled out his saber and stabbed one person to death. Several people were intimidated and turned back, but the Anxi Army cavalry had already penetrated the entire military camp, sharp
Chang Chang forced them to flee again.
Que Chui ran staggeringly, shouting to the cavalry patrolling in front of the camp. They all turned their horses back to the camp to kill the enemy, just like oil stars sprinkled into a pot full of boiling water, making little waves.
At this moment, at the same time, Wang Zhengjian's chariot had already rushed into the enemy's camp and stabbed the oncoming enemy. His head was covered with blood. The rest of the cavalry came from the open space between the camps.
Passing through, stabbing the fleeing enemy troops with their spears, the Tuqishi people were immediately in chaos. Most of them fled to the river like headless flies. When they encountered Quechu Teqin, they ran to the river to organize the cavalry who came back, and then turned back to kill them.
enemy.
Once the army's defeat was established, only gods could reverse it. Moreover, they were turned around by the Anxi Army from the very beginning, and most of them had already begun to flee in all directions to avoid pursuit.
The long formation of the infantry of the Anxi Army has followed the cavalry into the enemy camp. This is a semicircular encirclement, advancing steadily to hunt prey. After they penetrated into the camp, they quickly dispersed into groups of units, four people holding
Three of the sword and shield soldiers hold spears, and three hold crossbows. The four shields press forward side by side, and the spears are placed on the shields. Whenever the enemy comes forward with long and short weapons to attack, the sword and shield soldiers hold their shields to hold on, and the spears are fierce.
Plunge in. The archers are responsible for long-range strikes and dealing with enemies attacking from both sides. The tactics of this ten-man group have been engraved in their bones, and the mechanical killing is accompanied by a sense of tension on the battlefield.
"kill"
A sudden cavalry general rushed out from nowhere, waving the long sword in his hand condescendingly. This weapon was like a nunchuck and could hit the soldiers behind the shield. One of the soldiers' pointed helmet was hit by the sword.
His armor flew away, and he fell limply with blood overflowing from his head. The pikemen raised their spears to stab, but were swung away by the man with flails. The three archers filled their bow strings and fired four or five arrows in succession, all of which were pierced in the
on this person's chest.
But the cavalry general wore chain mail on the outside and three layers of leather armor on the inside. The arrows seemed to be pierced on it, but they could not penetrate the flesh. He waved the 濿uga and forced the soldiers to retreat, and then shot a shield-wielding soldier back.
The soldiers were beaten to a bloody head and were so brave that no one could match them.
A blade suddenly flashed from the cavalryman's back, and a Mo Dao slashed across him, causing his head to move away from his neck as blood spurted out. Li Siye grabbed his braid, rode on the horse with the knife in his right hand, and threw the head away.
At the feet of the soldiers.
"This is a centurion, given to you"
When several people were about to say thank you, Li Siye had already turned his horse's head and left.
He followed the pursuing soldiers all the way to the Broken Leaf River. Countless horsemen and soldiers jumped into the water to escape. The Anxi Army's crossbowmen lined up on the shore and fired arrows into the water. In an instant, the river surface was dyed blood red.
"Stop shooting," Li Siye shouted to everyone on horseback: "Don't waste arrows in a place like this to clean up the battlefield and gather prisoners."
The soldiers put away their bows and crossbows and began to collect the trophies. The Tuqishi people who were kneeling on the ground were driven out of the camp and lined up on the ground, taking off their armor. There were also sheep pens and horses in the camp, and they were also driven out.
Counting quantities scattered in piles.
The captured enemy troops totaled 3,000 men, 2,000 sheep, 2,600 horses, and more than 300 yaks.
After interrogating the prisoners, it was learned that this team was led by Quechu, the third son of Mohe. This special agent had disappeared, perhaps hiding among the prisoners.
The Tang army began to rest on the spot, and the Tuqi Shiren's camp was burned to roast mutton. Countless fires were lit in the Suiye River Valley Basin, and black smoke rolled up on the flat ground, obscuring the dust-covered faces of the soldiers. The starry night returned
Standing on the grassland of Suiye River, most people were tired and sleepy, and they stumbled backwards while chewing mutton.
Li Siye took his soldiers to select the generals among the prisoners. Quechu Te was diligent and pampered. He must be different from ordinary soldiers. But in his opinion, Tu Qishi all seemed to have the same appearance. Even the son of the Khan was still handsome.
Due to the sun exposure, it is almost impossible to tell just from the face.
The prisoners' stomachs were growling with hunger. Li Siye ordered the soldiers to distribute compressed biscuits and cut mutton to them. The Turks immediately expressed their gratitude in gibbering Turkic language, and then lowered their heads to wolf down the food.
One prisoner took a bite of the biscuit and choked on the dry powder and coughed repeatedly. The soldiers beside him quickly took out the water bag, opened the cork and held it with both hands.
Li Siye walked over and kicked the water bag to the ground. The water in his mouth gurgled out and seeped into the dry soil.
The prisoner quickly lowered his head and remained silent. Li Siye looked at the two men coldly and asked the soldiers beside him: "Why do you want to give him water?"