Chapter 49 Uighur Army (III)
Hou Dayong sent several secret letters to Wang Jing. In the secret letter, Hou Dayong analyzed the plight of the Uighurs in detail and pointed out that the only way out of the Uighurs was to flee south to the Zhuoni area occupied by the Hunma tribe of Tubo.
When the Fengxiang army first arrived in Qinzhou, it was under the frontal pressure from the Uighur army. Wang Jing had some opinions about Hou Dayong's move to the south bank of the Wei River and keeping his troops in motion. After receiving the secret letter, he repeatedly considered it, but in the end he felt that what Hou Dayong said was very reasonable.
With an accurate judgment of the Uighur army's movements, Ge Sa led the Uighur army to perform with great pains and strength, which strengthened the confidence of Wang Jing, the old fox: "The Uighurs must have attacked the east and attacked the west and wanted to escape from the south."
Tu Shaodu always regarded the Fengxiang Army as the main opponent of the Uighur Army, and believed that the Zhou army on the south bank of the Wei River was just a restraining force of the Zhou army.
Although the Zhou army had appeared in Fenglingdu, Tu Shaodu was still very confident in using 6,000 elite cavalry to seize a small ferry crossing that could be crossed. What he was most worried about was that the Fengxiang army, with sufficient troops, followed and attacked the Uighur army on the river bank. Therefore, Tu Shaodu ordered the 4,000 main Uighur army led by Gesa to speed up the feint attack on the Fengxiang army to attract the attention of Fengxiang army and cover the main cavalry led by Tu Shaodu to seize Fenglingdu. As long as the Uighur army occupied Fenglingdu, the Jingqi led by Gesa could get rid of the entanglement of Fengxiang army at any time with its powerful maneuverability and reach Fenglingdu.
Under this idea, the Uighur cavalry was divided into two parts, one of which was about 6,000 people. Under the leadership of Tu Shaodu, he set out towards Fengling Ferry in the night; the other part was that Geza took advantage of the night and approached Fengxiang Army's camp again.
At the Fengxiang Army Camp, the soldiers all fell asleep, and the snoring sounds one after another became a unique melody in the army.
The governor Wang Jing was so strict that he was cold and cruel. If someone slept on duty, he would sleep forever the next day. Therefore, the soldiers on duty were all on their own positions, their eyes widened and their ears stood up like hunting dogs. They were always paying attention to the darkness outside the camp gate, and did not dare to be careless at all.
When the Uighur cavalry approached the camp, although it was so dark that they could not see their fingers. The horses and horses were covered with thick strips of cloth, and the entire army did not make any noise. However, the soldiers on duty of the Fengxiang Army, who did not dare to slack off, still blew the horns of the sad trumpet when the Uighurs approached the camp, and beat the war drums to the sky.
Seeing that the sneak attack failed, Ge Sa cursed and issued an order to attack. Five hundred Uighur cavalry who had prepared quickly approached the camp and shot five hundred rockets into the camp. For a moment, fires flashed everywhere in the camp, countless tents and debris were burned. Immediately afterwards, a team of Uighur soldiers held shields and dragged long wooden boards, and quickly spread the trench. Uighur soldiers who were caught in arrows fell into the trench. Five hundred Uighur soldiers holding shields. Taking advantage of the chaos of the Zhou army, they braved the trench flying around in the dark and approached the frontier of the camp through the wooden boards, clearing out obstacles such as the quarrels and lu Chai.
After a brief chaos, the Fengxiang Army, under the supervision of Wang Feng, the commander of the infantry commander, came to the designated position to block the Uighur cavalry that was constantly attacking.
In order to prevent the enemy from attacking, the Fengxiang Army built a platform inside the camp gate and placed two bed crossbows. When the Uighurs attacked the camp, a team of soldiers who were responsible for firing the bed crossbows had already raised huge crossbow arrows. Wang Feng saw that the enemy had laid a wooden board and ordered: "Let the crossbow."
The huge crossbow arrows thundered and shot into the Uighur cavalry group. The Uighur cavalry formed a very dense formation outside the camp. Each wooden crossbow was shot, just like a knife cutting tofu, cutting a large hole in the cavalry group. The Uighur rider was shot or hit and screamed and fell off the horse. Those who were lucky enough to die were also stepped into meat paste by the cavalry behind.
Four thousand Uighur soldiers attacked the camp fiercely regardless of casualties. After all, the camp of Fengxiang Army was a temporary camp and the defensive facilities were not complete. After the Uighurs used wooden boards to pave the trenches and remove obstacles such as horse-repelling trees, the cavalry could directly attack the camp.
After several charges, dozens of Uighur cavalry rushed into the camp, but were soon hacked to death by Fengxiang infantry in the camp gate.
Wang Jing, who had already been sleeping, heard the sound of the horn of the camp gate and quickly left the camp gate. The guard behind him had been waiting outside the camp gate. Seeing the firelight and shouting soaring into the sky, Wang Jing was also a little confused: "Is the previous judgment wrong?" He led the guard to the camp gate, regardless of the shuttle arrows, stood on the platform of the launching crossbow, and carefully observed the Uighur army fighting desperately outside the camp gate.
There was no moon on this night, but the fires lit up in the camp also vaguely illuminated the Uighurs.
Seeing that although the Uighurs attacking troops were brave, there were not many troops who were put into the frontal attack, only about four or five thousand. Wang Jing sneered and ordered: "Sorry Wang Feng, the commander of the infantry army, led the army to guard the left and right camp gates, and shot the base with arrows. He lost the camp gate and came to see him."
"Sorry Zhao Dalang, commander of the horse army, gather his troops and stand by at any time."
After Wang Jing finished his order, he returned to the camp, sat upright at the table, took out a secret letter from Hou Dayong in the light of candles, and read it again, "I have recently received news that the Uighur Khan Renyu and the other general Tu Shaodu were in trouble and fought at the city of Lanzhou. Tu Shaodu was defeated and rushed into Qinzhou. The Uighur army came in a hurry, without any food, grass and other supplies, which was not conducive to a long battle. He attacked Fengxiang army, as if it was a plan to attack the west. The Uighurs were very likely to flee south into the territory of the Tubo people."
Wang Jing sighed secretly: "It's really the next wave of the Yangtze River pushing the previous wave. This Hou Changfeng is really amazing."
Since the Uighur army entered Qinzhou, Wang Jing was also wondering in his heart that it was a very stupid decision to attack Qinzhou with ten thousand troops alone. Wang Jing had dealt with the Uighurs and had also fought with them. He knew that the Uighurs were really cunning and the cavalry were extremely fierce and they were not a good opponent. Why did this bad strategy come up this time, which made him puzzled, but he also vaguely guessed in his heart that it might be that the Uighurs had an internal strife. After receiving Hou Dayong's secret letter, his thoughts coincided with Hou Dayong, which made Wang Jing look at Hou Dayong again.
Hou Dayong meant that he wanted the Fengxiang army to follow the retreating Uighur army and encircled and annihilated the Uighur army that broke into the Zhou territory at Fengling Ferry. But Wang Jing did not want to act according to Hou Dayong's arrangement. There were several meanings here. First, although Hou Dayong was also a military governor and a royal relative, Wang Jing was an old military governor, and Hou Dayong was just a new noble. The qualifications of the two were not a little different. Although the aristocratic family had already become weak in the Five Dynasties, Wang Jing still had the arrogance of the children of the aristocratic family in his heart. Second, Wang Jing was a commander with extremely strict military orders. During the Battle of Fengzhou, Hou Dayong was his subordinate.
, repeatedly violated orders, although he won many battles, Wang Jing was still a little dissatisfied. However, Hou Dayong was a royal relative, not a direct subordinate of his place, so he endured and did not deal with his military law. Third, Wang Jing and Hou Dayong had different ideas. Wang Jing was over fifty years old, and Wang Jing was in his prime. Wang Jing focused on defending the land and expelled the Uighurs from the country, which was his highest strategic goal. Hou Dayong's goal was to eat this group of Uighurs; Fourth, Wang Jing had some understanding of the strong combat power of the Uighurs. He remembered the ancient saying "Don't pursue the enemy" and did not want to put himself in a dangerous place.
However, Hou Dayong took action with righteousness to rescue Qinzhou. It was a bit unreasonable if he did not express his request.
Doing or not is a principle, how to do it, and to what extent it is an art. Wang Jing has been ups and downs in the officialdom for decades and is definitely an artist.
Wang Jing had an idea at this time. Although the camp gate was still fighting, his mood had completely relaxed. Wang Jing was very good at writing. In order to show his calmness and demeanor, he always wrote some banners whenever he was in a war. He could give it to soldiers who made meritorious service after the war. This was another method in his military management.
After the personal guards prepared the four treasures of the study, Wang Jing was freely writing Lu Lun's song: "The moon-black geese fly high, and the Shanyu escapes at night. He wants to chase the light cavalry, and the bow and knife are covered with heavy snow." After writing, he gently sings it.
At this moment, Wang Ling, the secretary of the camp who sent to the camp gate to supervise the battle, rushed into the camp tent in a hurry, saying, "The situation is urgent. The Uighurs attacked the camp twice."
Wang Jingqi calmly pointed to the banner he wrote and asked, "How is this letter written?"
Wang Ling was covered in clothes. He had just returned from the gate of the camp. He did not participate in the war directly, but the atmosphere of the war had infected him. Seeing that the Uighurs attacked very hard, he was anxious and was afraid that he would not be able to defend the gate of the camp, so he came over to ask his uncle to increase his troops. At this time, he saw his uncle dancing calmly in the dragon and phoenix, and said, "The Uighurs attacked very hard. Have you transferred the troops of the commander Zhao Du in front of the camp?"
Wang Jing had high hopes for this nephew and brought him by his side at a very young age. Now seeing him being a little panicked, he scolded: "I have told you so many times that you should be calm whenever you encounter major events. The sky cannot fall, so don't panic like this."
"How many Uighurs rushed into the camp, how many Uighurs were outside, and how many were injured or killed in Wang Fengjun?"
Wang Ling stumbled and said, "The Uighurs only rushed in a few dozen people, and all the infantry troops fought out. There were also many Uighurs outside and continued to attack."
Wang Feng and Wang Ling are both Wang Jing's nephews. However, Wang Ling is his nephew and Wang Feng is only a member of the other tribe. Wang Jing is very cultivating Wang Ling, but Wang Ling's ability seems to be a bit insufficient in the war. On the contrary, Wang Feng is both intelligent and has made many military achievements. Now he has become the commander-in-chief.
Wang Jing was extremely disappointed with Wang Ling, so he raised his foot and kicked Wang Ling: "I really can't help you."
Wang Jing had a calm face and ignored Wang Ling and took his personal guards out of the camp. However, Wang Jing did not run to the camp gate, but went to the horse army base.
Wang Ling followed behind in shame.
The commander of the horse army, Zhao Dalang, watched the camp gates lively, but his horse army was ordered to stand on time. He was a character who was itchy when he heard the sound of war drums. A large horse under him had the same temperament as him. When he heard the sound of war drums, he impatiently kicked the ground with his forelimbs.
Wang Jing came to the horse army camp and looked at the two thousand horses lined up in an orderly manner, nodding with satisfaction. In order to form the two thousand-mile horse army, he really invested a lot. Not only did he gather the horses of each unit, but he also found a way to buy some horses and formed this two thousand horse army. In the past, his horse army was a unit of 500 people. Seeing the power of the cavalry of the Black Eagle Army rushing to Qinzhou, Wang Jing organized the scattered cavalry together and secretly practiced according to the training methods of the Black Eagle Army.
Seeing that Fengxiang's army was fighting very well, Geza lost a lot of money to his subordinates. When the last wave of attacks ended, Geza disappeared into the darkness with the Uighur cavalry as planned.
Hou Dayong estimated that the Uighur army would cross the Wei River within one or two days, because the daily consumption of more than 10,000 people was astronomical, and the Uighur army would definitely not withstand such consumption. In addition, the Uighur cavalry also stopped harassing nearby villages in the past or two days, and various small teams sent by the Uighur army returned to the Uighur camp one after another. Except for the Uighur army's garrison, there were basically no Uighur cavalry activities in other places. Hou Dayong and Qian Xiangnan discussed for a long time. Finally, Hou Dayong made up his mind to make a bet at Fengling Ferry and transfer the Black Jiao Army and the Fuhu Army from Yeren Ridge and Jue Ridge to Fengling Du.
The Black Eagle Army, the Black Eagle Army and the Fuhu Army gathered on a hillside less than 400 meters away from Fenglingdu of Weishui. Although the hillside was a gentle slope, the forests were dense, which was extremely convenient for concealment. Another 1,000-man cavalry of the Black Eagle Army led by He Wulang and sneaked into the north bank of the Weishui River, preparing to attack the Uighur army from behind in time.
The reconnaissance activities of the Lion Camp were more frequent, and the reconnaissance scope was expanded to the north bank of the Wei River. The army of 6,000 Tu Shaodu was discovered by the reconnaissance team of the Lion Camp as soon as it arrived more than 40 miles from the Wei River.
When Qian Xiangnan learned that the Uighur army was coming to Feng Lingdu, he showed a very subtle smile. "Blessing the Bodhisattva, the Uighurs are here." The Black Eagle Army defended Feng Lingdu was the first to propose. If the Uighur army did not cross the Wei River from Feng Ling, he would be extremely responsible. Therefore, although he seemed very calm, he was really nervous.
Qian Xiangnan installed the nine crossbows brought by the Black Dragon Army and the Fuhu Army on the south bank of the Wei River. After hearing the news that the Uighur army was about to arrive, all the nine crossbows were placed on the crossbow arrows and aimed at the north bank of the Wei River.
At dawn, the Uighur army arrived at the north bank of the Wei River and saw that there was no one on the other side. More than 20 Uighur cavalry crossed the river first. After the Uighur cavalry crossed the river, they patrolled the river bank and found no abnormalities. After making a gesture, most of the Uighur cavalry began to marche through the river.
The Wei River was not wide, and in a short while, about two or three hundred Uighur cavalry arrived at the south bank. In addition, hundreds of cavalry were walking in the river. Suddenly, the sound of war drums broke out from the hillside of four hundred meters away. A cavalry about two thousand people rushed out. On the military flag was a ferocious black eagle.
The distance of four hundred meters is just a blink of an eye for a fast horse. The Uighur cavalry who came ashore was soon submerged in the dense rain of arrows. Most Uighur riders were hit by several arrows, and the most unlucky riders were hit by more than ten arrows.
Seeing this, the Uighur rider in the middle of the Wei River took out his bow and arrow and shot at the Black Eagle Army, while charging intensified.
Guo Jiong, commander of the Black Eagle Army, ordered: "Lion Camp, Tiger Camp, Prepare for Arrows, Bear Camp and Wolf Camp."
In the Lion Camp, the soldiers of the Tiger Camp rushed to the Uighur riders in the water like a strong wind. The Uighurs were unable to organize effective attacks in the water. Under the first wave of iron arrow attacks of the Lion Camp, hundreds of Uighur cavalry were shot off the horse. Before the Uighur cavalry had time to breathe, another rain of arrows was attacked on the Uighur cavalry in the Bear Camp and Wolf Camp. In a blink of an eye, more than one hundred Uighur cavalry fell off the horse. Two commanders of the Uighur army were shot to death in the river. Seeing that the enemy's bows and arrows were really experiencing, the Uighur riders turned their horses and returned to the right bank.
Following the Black Eagle Army were the replenished Black Dragon Army and the Thousand Fu Tiger Army. After they arrived at the shore, they followed the Black Dragon Army on the left and the Fu Tiger Army on the right and entered the position according to the predetermined position.
After launching the first wave of attacks, the Black Eagle cavalry did not continue to attack, but retreated to the back of the infantry, dismounted and spread out in a scattered line. The soldiers took out light hand crossbows, Huanghua crossbow, and put on crossbow arrows to prepare for combat.
Hou Datong, Qian Xiangnan and fifty personal guards stood behind the Black Eagle Army, watching the changes in the battlefield situation.
Tsushi Shaodu was a little angry and surprised, and he saw that there were not many enemy troops on the other side, so he issued another attack order.
The two thousand Uighur cavalry were scattered in a very wide formation, divided into three groups, charging towards the south bank. The Uighur cavalry was extremely fast and soon arrived at the middle of the river.
Guo Jiong was responsible for commanding the entire battlefield. He was followed by the messengers, drum and flag soldiers. He frowned. This was the most common expression he used when he was highly focused. Guo Jiong's brows became tighter and tighter, and suddenly dispersed. He ordered: "The Black Dragon Army fired arrows."
Crossbow arrows were powerful long-range weapons on the ancient battlefield, but they were relatively complicated to use, and the infantry used crossbow arrows more conveniently than cavalry. Hou Dayong truly realized this problem after many major wars. Therefore, he tried his best to equip each infantry sergeant with a crossbow arrow. Because he could not produce so many crossbow arrows for the time being, he returned to the Black Eagle Army Leopard Camp and the two cavalry battalions of the Jackal Camp to draw out a thousand crossbow arrows to the Black Jiao Army and the Fuhu Army, and gave all the infantry soldiers to be equipped with crossbow arrows.
The Black Dragon Army and the Fuhu Army are both new troops, not the direct troops of the Jiedu Army. The two commanders Hu Li and Jiang Hui did not expect that Hou Dayong would transfer the crossbows of the Black Eagle Army to them for use. They were very impressed by Hou Dayong's demeanor. They had the same intention to fight a good battle on the banks of the Wei River and win a place for their respective troops in the battle between blood and fire.
The soldiers of the Black Dragon Army had already put the crossbow arrows on and aimed at the enemy troops crossing the river. After receiving the attack order, Duan Wuwei, the deputy commander of the Black Dragon Army, personally beat the war drums. A thousand crossbow arrows made a heart-pounding sound of breaking through the air and shot towards the Uighur cavalry.
In order to pursue the mobility of the cavalry, the Uighur cavalry were all wearing light armor, and the light armor was easily shot through by crossbow arrows. Under the attack of crossbow arrows, the group with the Uighur cavalry in the middle was the most severely damaged. The other two Uighur cavalry groups were far away from each other and did not suffer major casualties. The Uighur cavalry commander shouted desperately, urging the cavalry to speed up the charge.
After the Black Dragon Army finished shooting, the soldiers immediately stopped and re-treaded the strings. The soldiers of the Fuhu Army, who had already put the strings on, aimed at the Uighur cavalry on both sides. After Guo Jiong gave the order, a thousand crossbow arrows from the Fuhu Army rushed towards the Uighur cavalry like the wind.
The two thousand soldiers of the Black Eagle Army all got off their war horses and had good crossbow arrows. After the Fuhu Army fired, the two thousand crossbow arrows of the Black Eagle Army aimed at the remaining Uighur cavalry. The two thousand crossbow arrows of the Black Eagle Army were like a sky net, shooting the Uighur cavalry on the south bank into hedgehogs.
The Wei River is shallow, clear and transparent, and some small fishes live freely inside. The blood of the Uighur cavalry dyed the Wei River red, and the small fish fled to the clear water downstream in horror.
The Uighur cavalry were skilled in bows and horses and brave in combat. However, the Zhou army had such strong long-range attack capabilities that were actually the accident of all Uighurs. They had not crossed the river, and the casualties were so heavy that the Uighurs standing on the north shore could not bear it.
Chapter completed!