Some people may say, why bother with this lake? If the Song army is guarding it, then just bypass it and go straight to Yunzhou County. Why bother fighting with the Song army here?
But if someone said this to Gebatu in front of him, Gebatu would give this fool a big ear without hesitation!
Bypass? How could it be that simple?
Even though the territory where their Hegel tribe is located is close to Yunzhou County, the distance between them is not close.
At the current speed, the cavalry can travel about 120 miles a day. This requires the horses to run non-stop throughout the day. During this period, the horses must also eat the best forage and semen. Food will do, otherwise your otherwise good war horse will be useless after you run for two days.
Hegel is nearly a thousand miles away from the border of Yunzhou County, and there are only two places where water can be replenished during this period. One is this unnamed lake, and the other is Kar Lake three days away.
Their Hegel tribe is about a day and a half away from here, and the amount of stored water they can carry can only be carried for three days at most.
This means that if they don't replenish the water source in this nameless lake and head straight towards Yunzhou County, they will be in a situation without water in a day and a half, and their horses will be half useless.
By that time, they had no water source and could not come back even if they wanted to.
At this time, someone will say, then why don’t they bring the milk-producing cows and sheep, and rely on the milk-producing cows and sheep to replenish water?
It can be done, but not this time!
Why?
Because their Hegel tribe did not originally plan to send out the entire clan this time.
Only when the whole clan is dispatched will a large number of cattle and sheep be carried as military rations, otherwise carrying a large number of cattle and sheep will only slow down the marching speed and mobility of the army.
And they are cavalry. If they lose their mobility, they will have no advantage. They have to guard against sneak attacks on cattle and sheep at all times, which will put them in trouble.
Therefore, Hegel's troops did not bring a large number of cattle and sheep when they dispatched this time.
Having said so much, in fact, there is only one core idea, that is, as long as Gebatu wants to continue attacking Yunzhou County, then he must capture this unknown lake to obtain the water source needed by the next army, otherwise the army will not be able to do anything. go ahead!
In this expedition, Hegel's troops have lost more than 10,000 people. If they just go back to Gebatu, they will never be reconciled. Moreover, if such a huge loss is not made up for, even if they go back, Hegel will not be able to make up for it. You will also encounter a great crisis this winter, and you will be very sad.
After thinking seriously for a moment, Gebatu looked at the nameless lake surrounded by lights in front of him, with a stern look in his eyes.
From now on, it seems that the other party only has a few thousand people here. Considering that the other party must have surrounded the lake from all sides, it means that the total number of Song troops will not exceed 20,000, and there are nearly 40,000 people on his side. , more than twice that of the other party.
Although the equipment is not as good as that of their opponents, in terms of superb riding and archery skills, the Song people cannot compare with the Tatars who grew up on horseback.
In this way, the equipment is at a disadvantage, but my side is stronger in terms of numbers and technology. This time the advantage is mine! You can fight!
After thinking clearly, Gebatu immediately felt confident, no longer hesitated, and loudly ordered:
"Hegel's warriors, the time has come to show your courage! The despicable Southerners took advantage of us being unprepared during the day and caught us off guard. They also ambushed and killed the three thousand warriors of my Hegel's tribe not long ago. So far, nearly 10,000 warriors from my Hegel tribe have died at the hands of this group of despicable and shameless Southerners!
The brave and fearless warriors of the Hegel tribe, can we tolerate this group of shameful southerners using such despicable methods to harm our warriors of the Hegel tribe?
They are just a bunch of rats in the ditch! He only launches sneak attacks when the strong are unprepared, and never dares to fight the strong directly!
And now!
These shameful rats are right in front, guarding the only water source here, and want to make us die of thirst. My warriors from the Hegel Department, can you bear it? Can you endure such a thing, such humiliation? ? "
"Can't! Can't! Can't!"
More than 30,000 Hegel cavalry blushed and roared at the top of their lungs, roaring!
"Then go and kill! Go and kill these Southerners who are like rats in the ditch! Let them know the consequences of daring to go against our Hegel tribe!
Warriors! For the sake of Hegel, Suibenhan rushes! "
Gebatu raised the scimitar in his hand, swung it forward vigorously, roared and rushed towards the lake first!
Immediately afterwards, 30,000 Hegel cavalry roared and charged forward!
However, in a moment, nearly 40,000 Hegel cavalry rushed to less than a hundred steps away from the trap set by the escort.
At this time, Gebatu had been overtaken by warriors from the tribe and fell behind the army, commanding the army to charge at full speed!
As soon as Hegel's cavalry arrived, they were spotted by the escort soldiers stationed by the lake, and the emergency whistle was immediately blown!
Countless soldiers of the escort army who had been prepared quickly returned to their military formations and stood ready.
Ding Hongguang had already given orders. They were already at a numerical disadvantage in this battle. In addition, they had to defend water sources and their troops were scattered. Therefore, they did not need to be stingy with arrows when fighting. If they could be solved with arrows, there was no need to use the lives of soldiers to fight against the opponent. .
So the moment he discovered Hegel's cavalry, Sun Yundang, the commander of the Fifth Army stationed in the eastern direction of the nameless lake, immediately ordered the entire army to pull the strings!
Just as Hegel's cavalry was about to step into the outermost horse trap, the two thousand soldiers of the Fifth Army had already stretched their bowstrings in a semicircle!
At this moment, Hegel's cavalry was less than two hundred steps away from the escort position!
boom! boom! boom!
There was a burst of smoke and dust.
The horse stumbling pit stepped on by the Hegel cavalry who was rushing forward. Countless cavalrymen fell to the ground on their backs.
However, the Hegel cavalry, whose morale had been mobilized to the highest level, did not care. Those who were not tripped in the rear just continued to move forward and used their lives to pass through the horse tripping pit dug by the Fifth Army!
By the time Hegel's army rushed through the tripping makeng position, they were less than 150 steps away from the front guard and were within the range of the infantry bow!
And the soldiers of the escort army who had been prepared long ago did not disappoint these Hegel cavalry. Following the command, Sun Yun let out a word like thunder!
More than two thousand arrows formed a black curtain and enveloped the Hegel cavalry at the front!
Whoosh!
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Under the dark night, the sound of arrows piercing the air and the sound of arrows penetrating into flesh and blood instantly rang out!
And this is just the beginning!
Over there, Sun Yun ordered again!
"The whole army obeys the order, three rounds of ejection! Pull!"
The movements were so uniform that they had formed muscle memory, so the entire Fifth Army quickly placed the second arrow on the bowstring and pulled the bowstring to half full.
"shoot!"
Whoosh!
Another round of arrow rain!
"pull!"
Swish, swish, swish!
"shoot!"
Whoosh!
Covered by three rounds of arrows without stopping for a moment, the Hegel cavalrymen who rushed a hundred and fifty steps away were all shot into hedgehogs!
The entire Hegel cavalry charge was stunned by this terrifying arrow rain!
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