The soldiers of Tuyuhun have been trekking in the snow for more than half a month. Everyone, including the captain, has determined that there are no enemies in the territory. But today, after walking for another morning, the soldiers are already exhausted. They are worried about their horses, sheep, and mules. , the camels escaped, so they made a circle with a sled and locked the animals inside. After having lunch by myself, I sat lazily on the oilcloth to rest, without any mental preparation for being attacked.
Two thousand soldiers of the victorious army suddenly swept forward in a violent storm and rushed towards the place where the Tuguhun soldiers were resting. From a distance, the soldiers of the Sui army held their repeating crossbows and fired arrows at the Tuguhun soldiers.
Tuyuhun soldiers sat in small groups on the edge of the sled, using each other's body heat to keep warm. When they stood up in shock, dense arrows had been fired like a storm. Suddenly, screams were heard on the official road, and Tuyuhun soldiers rushed to their feet. Fall to the ground.
With just a few rounds of arrows, the Tuyuhun soldiers suffered heavy losses and were in chaos. The soldiers of the Sui army had already driven the camels to the front. Two thousand camels ran rampant, knocking over and trampling to death the enemy soldiers who were changing horses in confusion.
The Tuyuhun soldiers were frightened and wanted to meet the enemy, but what greeted them was sharp steel knives and brutal killings. The victorious army brandished spears and horizontal knives and charged and killed the enemies in the crowd, leaving corpses of the Tuyuhun soldiers scattered all over the ground. Blood flowed into a river, and the thick blood quickly condensed into gorgeous red ice on the ice and snow.
Captain Ten Thousands had just controlled the horses that were agitated by the sudden shouting. Zong Luohu, who was guided by the military flag, had already arrived. When the two faced each other, Captain Ten Thousands saw the black armor under his white robe and suddenly shouted in shock: "It's the Sui army, it's the Sui army that's coming to kill us."
It's a pity that there was a lot of killing, and everyone who survived squeezed into the middle of the road, hoping to climb over the sled and use the heavy sled as an obstacle to intercept the cavalry. Therefore, in the chaos, they did not notice what the Captain was shouting, but he himself There was no chance to shout a second time.
When Zong Luohu screamed desperately, he had already activated the camel and stabbed the captain with a spear like lightning, knocking the long knife out of his hand. The spear pushed forward, and with a "puff", it penetrated into the chest, and the body was Lifted high and thrown away.
Zong Luohu drew out his long spear, the blade of which was like a knife, and cut off Tuyuhun's military flag with a "knife".
As soon as the military flag fell, the Tuyuhun soldiers lost their "souls" and became even more confused.
Screams and cries resounded through the quiet and empty snow, and the Tyuhun soldiers fled in all directions. Many people climbed over the "sled formation" and prepared to escape to the woods to the north. However, there were also a thousand soldiers of the Victory Army ambushed in the north. When they saw the rebels approaching, they fired arrows at random. The Tuyuhun soldiers who were escaping one by one were caught off guard and were shot to the ground one after another.
But the instinct to survive prompted the unsuspecting soldiers behind to run desperately, thinking that the woods were their only way to survive. And when they arrived, they crowded together the soldiers in front who turned around and wanted to escape.
"Order the left and right wings to pursue the enemy from both ends of the east and west, and don't let anyone go!" Zong Luohu was waiting for this moment. He deliberately let out the woods where it seemed easy to escape, and did not let Xue Wanche send troops, which meant that Tuyuhun was defeated. There is a glimmer of hope for survival. The fleeing soldiers are completely irrational. They are bent on survival, regardless of whether the enemy is pushing or trampling on us. Even if an enemy soldier catches up close, a large number of soldiers who have lost their fighting spirit will not have the courage to turn around and kill the enemy soldier. , but continued to escape desperately, and naturally ended up being hacked to death on the spot.
The soldiers of the Victory Army were an army composed of soldiers who had fought many battles. They naturally knew how to kill the enemy soldiers as much as possible. When the horn of "Woooooooo" sounded, the soldiers on both wings immediately followed the order and bypassed the "sleigh". Formation", he wielded his sword and chopped down the Tuyuhun soldiers who were trying to escape from both sides to the ground.
Although Xue Wanche was young, he had fought with Yang Ji for several years and fought many battles. At this time, he was considered a veteran on the battlefield. When he saw that the enemy army was in complete chaos, he led an ambush to cover it up in the woods. come out. The two forces combined to kill all the more than a thousand Tuyuhun soldiers who had lost their horses.
The left and right wings were chasing down the deserters all the way, killing the enemy until their corpses were scattered all over the field. However, they pursued for about ten miles and then returned one after another. This is not because they are worried about encountering an ambush, but because they are a lone army deep in the enemy's territory. It is not a good thing to pursue and disperse too much, and it is wise to stop when enough is enough.
At the end of the day, it was time to make friends.
The battlefield gradually became quiet. The ten-mile radius area centered on the main battlefield was filled with corpses of enemy soldiers. The lifeless corpses were quickly frozen into strange-shaped ice.
"General Zong. The inventory of our soldiers has been completed. In this battle, no one in our army was injured, and only more than two hundred people were injured." Xue Wanche rushed to Zong Luohu to report. When he said this, he raised his hands in frustration and whispered. Said: "There are more than 3,700 enemy corpses on the battlefield, and according to the captured officers, their number should be more than 6,100. In other words, more than 2,000 enemy soldiers have escaped. "
The victorious army enjoyed the most generous treatment. They had good food, good use, and received more salary than other armies. Naturally, they received the most criticism.
The battle in front of him was the first battle fought by the victorious soldiers since they formed an army. However, so many enemy soldiers ran away, which made Xue Wanche feel extremely frustrated and useless.
But in fact, it is quite remarkable that the soldiers can achieve such results. After all, their number was only half of the enemy's soldiers, and they were ambushing them in broad daylight. What was even more rare was that they had only wounded soldiers, but no one was killed. If it were a second-level main battle division, more than a thousand enemy troops would have escaped, and he himself would definitely have been killed.
Zong Luohu was also one of the leading generals of the Victory Army. He naturally understood the arrogance of the soldiers and said with a smile: "For the Tuyuhun defeated army, the biggest enemy is not the pursuers, but the cold and rainy weather, the shortage of food, and the ubiquitous of wolves, and the sickness that was poured out.”
He looked around at the mountains and fields, only to see white snow and continuous rain and snow, and added: "There is no man's land for hundreds of miles. Even if the Tuyuhun soldiers were lucky enough to escape from the battlefield, many people would not be able to survive the freezing weather. You don't need to be depressed."
Xue Wanche responded and pointed to the animals locked in the sleigh circle by the Tuyuhun soldiers: "Tuyuhun did something human after all. They locked the animals in so that they couldn't escape. Otherwise we wouldn't be able to make money with such animals. Already."
"Is the inventory clear?" Zong Luohu asked.
Xue Wanche replied: "There are more than 3,700 war horses, more than 1,400 camels, and sheep and mules have not been counted. Except for some weapons and equipment, clothes, and medicinal materials, the rest of the sled is made of highland barley, dried meat, and salt. Food like that.”
"The horses and camels were brought out, and all the sheep and mules were killed." Zong Luohu said, "Except for keeping the necessary food and medicinal materials, the rest were burned."
Although Xue Wanche felt pity, he also knew that they could not take them away. If they stayed, they would only benefit Tuyuhun's army, so he responded and acted according to the order.
"Brothers! How does it feel to be the king's soldier?" Zong Luohu walked towards the place where the soldiers were gathered, raised his spear high and asked, "Follow the king..."
"There is meat to eat!"
"There's money to be made!"
"..."
Before Zong Luohu finished speaking, soldiers from all directions started shouting in unison. Zong Luohu simply swallowed the words that came to his mouth and said loudly: "Then what are you waiting for? You are so stupid to take action and kill all the mules, horses and sheep. Whatever you want to eat, you can roast it yourself. .”
Before meeting Yang Ji, he was a horse thief. Since he couldn't survive in Liangzhou, he went to become a thief in Madam Fan City. Later, he was recruited by the second Turkic prince. At that time, he thought he was very successful. It was not until he surrendered to the Sui Dynasty that he realized how ridiculous he was; and he also deeply realized that compared with Yang Ji, he was not even a little thief.
The biggest thief in Liangzhou was actually Yang Ji, who led the Sui army to fight and rob; the biggest thief in the world was the Sui emperor who also wanted to surrender to Yang Ji.
"Here!" the soldiers responded loudly.
The high morale and joy of success made them forget their fatigue and happily carried out Zong Luohu's orders.
Not long after, piles of bonfires were raised on the main battlefield, and the aroma of barbecue filled the air.
Under Zong Luohu's reasonable arrangements, the soldiers took turns to set up defenses, take turns to rest, and took turns to eat meat, and all received adequate rest and food supplements.
When the time came, everything was burned down
Zizong Luohu organized his troops and prepared to march.
This is what guerrilla warfare is like: retreat immediately after fighting, and there must be no delay.
The reason for resting in place is to allow the army to have sufficient physical strength for a better retreat.
Just as the soldiers were getting ready to go, a scout flew from the west and said loudly: "General Zong, there are four thousand Tuyuhun light cavalry starting from Lake Sugannuoer to meet this grain transport group. They have already arrived. More than sixty miles away. At this moment, it should be less than forty miles away from our army."
"Oh?" Zong Luohu was not surprised but overjoyed. He asked loudly: "How fast is the enemy's march?"
"General Qizhenzong!" the scout said, cupping his hands: "The enemy has gathered up the defeated troops who fled westward. Apparently they already know about the attack, and are now speeding up and heading this way."
"General Zong, this is a great achievement from the sky!" Xue Wanche excitedly bowed his hands to Zong Luohu and suggested loudly: "We destroy them, what do you think?"
Zong Luohu actually had the same idea, but he is the commander-in-chief of this army. Now he has completed the tasks assigned by Yang Ji. The top priority is not to continue fighting, but how to bring this army back to the camp intact. If the opponent is strong and morale If it is high, it is not suitable for fighting.
Thinking of this, he ignored the message from Xue Wanche and other generals, and instead asked the scout general Zhang Meng: "Commander Zhang, how far is Sugannuoer Lake from here?"
"General, Lake Sugannuoer is only about 120 miles away from here!" Zhang Meng answered quickly and then said: "Based on the opponent's marching speed, the enemy soldiers should have set out in the early morning."
Zong Luohu frowned and asked, "In other words, the other party is exhausted?"
Zhang Meng pondered for a long time and said: "If you are marching in the ice and snow, the other party should be like this."
"Then let's kill this enemy army." Zong Luohu was relieved when he heard what he said. He ordered a wounded captain: "You lead the western soldiers and wounded soldiers to guard the supplies here."
"General, I will obey your orders!" The captain accepted the order with his hands raised.
"The rest, mount your war horses and follow me to fight." Zong Luohu ordered the other generals.
The generals responded with a loud "Here".
After the order was given, the soldiers put on their war horses and slowly headed west under the envious gaze of the soldiers who stayed behind.
