Chapter 51 Uighur Army (V)

The Uighurs attacked fiercely and retreated very neatly.

Wang Jing looked at the dark night and felt a little hesitant. Fengxiang infantry could never catch up with the Uighur cavalry, but let his treasure-like cavalry chase the powerful Uighur cavalry in the night full of crisis, which made him a little worried. The eight words "Survey on the victory - don't chase the enemy" circled in his mind for a long time. In the end, Wang Jing made up his mind to win steadily, and the whole army waited in the camp until dawn.

The next day, after it was completely dawn, the 10,000 Fengxiang Army chased Feng Lingdu.

When Gesa led the Uighur army to retreat east, he left a cavalry team of more than a thousand people hidden on the necessary road to Fenglingdu for a purpose. One thousand cavalry was nervous all night in the night, but did not wait for the pursuers. When the sky was dawn, one thousand cavalry evacuated from the ambush position and ran towards Fenglingdu.

Leaving the main force of the Zhou army in Qinzhou, Geza felt relieved. On the way to march, he remembered his lover Asi in Lanzhou City, "I wonder how Asi is now?" Lanzhou City was occupied by Khan Renyu. Asi was Tu Shaodu's daughter. When Geza thought of this, his heart felt like he fell into an ice cave. He and Tu Guangdu kept avoiding this question, but when the war was a little relaxed, Asi's voice, appearance and smile would emerge from the hidden part of his heart. Thinking of Asi, Geza's speed of progress was accelerated.

Ge Sa led his army to the Wei River non-stop, and in the afternoon, he arrived at the Tu Shaodu army camp. What surprised him was that the army led by Tu Shaodu was trapped in the north bank of the Wei River and was at a loss when facing the shallow Wei River.

Unexpectedly, Geza's hero, his father-in-law, who had not arrived, suddenly grew old and his eyes were covered with blood. His neat hair was also a little scattered. When he saw the nearly 4,000 soldiers brought by Geza, he spoke a little choked: "Geza, it's good that you are here, it's good that you are here."

Gesa quickly understood the situation of the Uighur army. He looked pale and murmured: "There are two thousand Uighur men who escaped back. There are only a thousand Zhou troops. Oh my God, what kind of troops are this!"

Tu Shaodu heard the news that Ukoxi entered the detachment and the entire army was destroyed, and his confidence was unconsciously shaken. He was a little sad about the future of the Uighur army. "If I had known this day, I would rather fight to the death with Renyu's army under the city of Lanzhou.

The ambition to dominate the world. This moment has become a vague dream of yesterday.

Geza looked at the vomiting of Shaodu sitting in front of the tent and asked anxiously: "What should I do now?"

He took a deep breath, cheered up his spirits, and said to the caring generals around him: "We still have more than 8,000 people. Although the Zhou army on the other side has been damaged, the number of people is much smaller than our army. Their crossbows are extremely damaged. We cannot cross the river from Fengling Ferry. No matter how strong the cavalry is, they are all targets for crossbows when they arrive in the middle of the river. Dividing troops is the right way. Although the entire Wuke army was killed in battle, the Zhou army suffered heavy casualties. We must attack from multiple points at the same time and rush to cross the river before the main force of the Zhou army in Qinzhou. Only in this way can there be a way of life."

Geza had not fought with the Black Eagle Army, and was confident enough, and shouted: "General, please give me the order."

Gesa's confidence also affected Tu Shaodu. He looked at Gesa's eyes gradually became kind, but then his eyes became sharper again. Tu Shaodu stood up majestic and said, "Gesa led three thousand men and horses. He advanced west again, crossed the Wei River from the Xiaowan Ferry. He quickly attacked the Zhou army on the north bank on the north bank."

"Receive the order."

"Duluowu led two thousand troops eastward to seize the downstream Yangtaoshu Ferry, and quickly attacked the Zhou army on the north bank after crossing the river."

"Receive the order."

Hou Dayong, Qian Xiangnan, Guo Jiong, Jiang Hui and Hu Li gathered by the river and watched the Uighur army dispatch troops.

Qian Xiangnan said excitedly: "Two thousand Uighurs were wiped out at the Xiaowan Ferry, with one thousand to two thousand. The Black Eagle Army is really amazing."

Guo Jiong was the commander of the Black Eagle Army. As the chief officer of the first army, he was extremely depressed. Xiaowan Ferry was a victory, but it was a tragic victory. Hundreds of Black Eagle soldiers were killed in battle. This was the largest casualty of the Black Eagle Army since its founding. He glanced at Qian Xiangnan and turned his gaze to the other side of the river.

Hou Dayong pointed to the river bank and said, "From the perspective of military strength, the Uighurs must have reinforcements. They are now divided into three groups, and they probably still have to cross the river from Xiaowan, Fengling and Yang Taoshu, three ferries at the same time. Our army has few soldiers, and there is really no way to defend the three ferries at the same time. If the Uighur army crosses the Wei River from the east and west ferries and attacks our army, the situation will be dangerous."

Guo Jiong said angrily: "The Fengxiang Army is as timid as a rat, and she is surrounded by a large army and dare not pursue it with all its might. If the Fengxiang Army arrived earlier, no matter how fierce the Uighurs are, they will be unable to turn things around."

Qian Xiangnan sighed and said, "I have sent two groups of soldiers to deliver letters to Duke Wang Jie, but there has been no reply yet."

Hou Dayong stared at the other side of the Wei River, as if he heard the conversation between the two, but he didn't seem to hear it. His eyes crossed the Wei River and pierced the Shaodu Camp. After a while, Hou Dayong slowly said: "The Uighur cavalry on the north bank of Fengling Ferry are less than 3,000. The Uighurs are too proud. Do you really think we can only defend and not attack? The Black Eagle Army, the Black Jiao Army and the Fuhu Army also have 3,000 people. We took the initiative to attack and force the Wei River, four thousand to three thousand, and eat the Uighurs on the other side."

Qian Xiangnan, Guo Jiong, Hu Li and Jiang Hui exchanged glances with each other.

Hou Dayong suddenly raised his voice and issued orders to attack in turn:

"The Black Eagle Army is in the middle, the Black Jiao Army is in the east, and the Fuhu Army is in the west, and the three directions of the east, middle and west are launched at the same time. The brave ones will win when the two armies meet, and they will encircle the Uighurs into iron barrels and annihilate them all."

"Give you a stick of incense and gather the troops. After the central army's war drums sounded, attack quickly."

"The entire army is in hand, and there is no order from the army. No arrows are allowed to be fired. Those who violate the order will be killed."

Guo Jiong, Hu Li, and Jiang Hui shouted in unison: "Receive the order." Then they quickly returned to their respective troops.

All the soldiers of the Black Eagle Army immediately mobilized, and used a crossbow, the Black Dragon Army, and the Fuhu Army quickly gathered at the designated location. The Black Eagle Army defended the middle route. The Wei River was not wide and the troops could not be concealed at all. The Black Dragon Army, the Fuhu Army, like the Uighur cavalry, did not hide any concealment and arranged troops openly.

Tu Shaodu fought with the Central Plains army many times. When he joined the army, the prosperous Tang Empire had disappeared, the Central Plains fell into continuous wars, the national strength declined sharply, the Central Plains army lost its ambition to fight thousands of miles away, and the army's slogan had changed from "attack, attack" to "defend, defend". In Tu Shaodu's experience, the Central Plains army had strong defensive capabilities. However, its offensive capabilities were far inferior to the Uighur cavalry. He had not yet encountered the ability to attack the Central Plains army with less and more.

This inertial thinking paid the price of life. Although he saw the adjustment of the Zhou army on the other side, he did not attract high attention. He just ordered a thousand Uighur cavalry to defend the river bank, and the rest of the Uighurs rested in the camp.

Just after a stick of incense, the sound of attacking drums sounded in front of the Central Army's tent.

After the sound of war drums sounded on the south bank of the Wei River, he was drinking water. He threw away the water bag, jumped up, grabbed the scimitar, and rushed out of the camp.

Hou Dayong's order was firmly implemented by all the generals. The Black Dragon Army was in the east, the Tiger Army was in the west, and the Black Eagle Army was in the middle. The three armies scattered for nearly 500 meters, and the entire army was besieged without leaving any room.

Hou Dayong and his personal soldiers followed the Black Eagle Army and rushed into the Wei River.

The drums, horns, horses, and shouts in the Uighur camp sounded in a ball. The first to react was a thousand Uighur cavalry, who raised their longbows on the shore and shot at the Zhou army in the water.

The Wei River is not deep, but it also reaches the belly of the horse, the cavalry, and the infantry cannot advance quickly. The Uighur cavalry has no crossbowmen. However, they grew up on horseback and were skilled in archery. In order to prevent huge losses from being attacked by Uighur archers, the three armies had already put the crossbow arrows on the river. The range of crossbow arrows was farther than that of the bows and arrows, and the crossbow arrows could be launched in a timely manner. The three armies should take advantage of this feature. Use crossbow arrows to attack the Uighur cavalry on the shore in the water.

Walking into the middle of the river, the anxious Uighurs stood in rows on the banks of the river in order to better play the role of bows and arrows. Shooting fiercely at the Zhou army crossing the river, especially the Black Eagle Army in the center, became the focus of the care of the Uighur cavalry.

The Black Eagle Army, the Black Dragon Army and the Fuhu Army were in a clean and tidy manner. They walked to the first row of soldiers, holding shields to block the flying iron arrows, and dense subway arrows kept shooting at the Zhou army. However, the Zhou army ignored the casualties, and the entire team was still firmly approaching the shore.

More and more Uighur soldiers ran out of the camp and approached the river bank.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Hou Dayong waved his hand and the messenger following behind him beat the war drum.

Many of the Zhou army soldiers were already caught in arrows. They all held good crossbows and pointed them at the enemy. After hearing the war drum, they shot out the crossbow arrows in their hands. The straight-line distance between the Zhou army and the Uighur cavalry was actually very close, and the soldiers on both sides could even see the other's eyes clearly.

The crossbow arrows of the Zhou army caused a great blow to the Uighur cavalry. The crossbow arrows easily penetrated the light armor of the Uighur cavalry, and basically all the Uighur cavalry fell off their horses when facing the Zhou army.

Hou Dayong's move to cross the river made him beautiful, and caught the Uighur army off guard. After paying a certain price, he rushed to the river bank.

After the Black Eagle Army fired the best crossbow arrows, the entire army accelerated its speed. As soon as the war horses rushed to the river bank, they immediately rushed towards the Uighur brigade. The Black Eagle Army's spears were not equipped with all the troops. Except for the two battalions of soldiers led by He Wulang, only the Tiger Camp and the Wolf Camp were equipped with spears. They rushed to the Tiger Camp and Wolf Camp on the river bank, and like a sharp knife, they brutally tore the Uighur cavalry open a hole.

The Uighur cavalry had all gathered on the river bank. They knew that there was no way out. The strong nature of the grassland nation was aroused, holding a shining scimitar of cold light and launching an attack on the Black Eagle Army. When they got on the shore, the Black Eagle Army riders fought to the death like the Dinghai Shen Needle. The Tiger Camp and the Wolf Camp had already thrown out their spears and fought against the Uighur Scimitar with a horizontal sword.

Although the Black Dragon Army and the Fuhu Army were infantry, because the Black Eagle Army attracted a large number of enemy troops, they shot a wave of crossbow arrows in the middle of the river and rushed to the bank of the Wei River without being attacked too much. The two infantry troops quickly rushed towards the Uighur cavalry from the east and west sides.

Although the two infantry troops were new troops, they were actually veterans who had been through war for a long time. After the combat effectiveness was integrated, they were really not weak. Both troops had a Modao team of 300 people. Modao was built by the Black Smiths Camp in Fengzhou. However, the war broke out suddenly and had not yet built enough Modao, and only some soldiers were equipped with the Black Dragon Army and the Fuhu Army.

Jiang Hui directed the Fuhu Army to run quickly from the downstream to the Uighur Army camp. After the Fuhu Army formed a new army, he trained completely according to the training method of the Black Eagle Army. This ten-mile cross-country running every day is indispensable. Although everyone was extremely depressed when they ran, the benefits of the ten-mile cross-country running were obvious at the critical moment of the two armies' confrontation. The soldiers of the Fuhu Army did not show any fatigue at all from crossing the river to seizing the river bank.

Jiang Hui was originally planning to stop in the range of arrows and use crossbows to attack the Uighur Army. The Shu army led by Jiang Hui had suffered heavy casualties under this tactic. Since the founding of the army of the Fuhu Army, Jiang Hui has focused on improving the soldiers' long-range attack capabilities. However, now the Uighur Army and the Black Eagle Army are mixed together, and the crossbows are not dared to be used. Jiang Hui has always acted decisively and did not stop. He uses the three hundred Modao Hands as the vanguard. The long spearman, the shield hand and the short sword hand closely followed and rushed towards the enemy.

After the Fengzhou War, Hou Dayong's military reforms were not completely successful in a sense. The Lion Bear Battle was only practiced, and the second Lion Bear Battle was in full swing, and the Uighurs attacked Qinzhou and ruined a good show.

The Fuhu Army made full preparations for this championship, and Jiang Hui really tossed the soldiers. After the first Lion Bear Battle, Jiang Hui discovered the benefits of the combat team. After the Lion Battalion team was dispersed by the Xiong Battalion, they were able to fight with the Xiong Battalion soldiers in the battle team without losing their disadvantages. This inspired Jiang Hui a lot. He arranged spearmen, shield soldiers and short swordsmen in each fire sergeant without changing the organization of the entire army.

After Mo Chang was married to Fuhu Army, Jiang Hui specially organized the Modao Camp.

Modao is the main equipment of the Tang army's infantry. Modao is three meters long and is a double-edged sword. It can be stabbed, chopped or chopped. It is a heavy weapon of the infantry and cavalry. On the battlefield, the cavalry has considerable advantages. Infantry to gain the initiative on the battlefield, it must first destroy the advantages of the opponent's cavalry. And Modao can act as a weapon to complete this task. It is recorded in historical records that Du Fuwei's army is good at using Modao, and the cavalry in the south are generally at a disadvantage. Du Fuwei's army's Zhongmodao has repeatedly damaged the cavalry of the Northern Army. Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Jing learned from the advantages of the Southern Modao war and combined their combat experience to create a combat method that uses both infantry and cavalry and makes good use of Modao.

In the history of the Tang Dynasty, the army of Anxi Protectorate achieved the most brilliant success in promoting the use of Modao. In the seventh year of Tianbao, when Gao Xianzhi conquered Bolu, he chose Li Siye and Tian Zhen as the generals of the left and right Modao. The army dominated by the infantry holding Modao drove to Bolu City, captured King Bolu and the Tubo Princess, Fulin and Dashi, all of the seventy-two kingdoms of Hu returned to the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty controlled the Western Regions from then on. Later, the successor Feng Changqing was also at the Twelve Tianbao period.

He led the Modao Army to defeat Dabolu and surrender. After the efforts of Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing and other Jiedu governors, Anxi not only used and promoted Modao, but also established a Modao team that could fight. Modao Soldiers were not united with the crossbowman and the archer, but used the long sword alone, led by the Modao General, and was responsible for the conquest. It was these Modao Soldiers that appeared in Anxi, reversing the passiveness of the insufficient cavalry of the Tang army and establishing great martial arts in the Western Regions.

However, the manufacturing process of Modao was complex and the cost was extremely high. In the underworld of the Tang Dynasty, the economy was in recession and the administration was corrupt. As the ambition of the Tang Dynasty disappeared, Modao gradually withdrew from the army and was replaced by simpler weapons such as spears.

Hou Dayong has always spared no expense in manufacturing weapons. After the three prefectures, the number of infantry under his command gradually increased. The Black Eagle Army was full of cavalry, and every time he fought, horses were lost. He could barely maintain a dynamic balance by relying on the captured land horses and sporadic horses to supplement them. Hou Dayong thought that the number of infantry would definitely increase greatly in the future, and establishing a powerful infantry would become an urgent matter. The three-three system, the dragon and tiger formation and the Modao team were all Hou Dayong's attempts to build a powerful infantry, but the Uighurs came too suddenly and did not give him a chance to test it well.

The Uighur army had 3,000 people, and it was difficult to deal with the impact of the Black Eagle Army's two thousand miles of elite cavalry. The Zhou army's infantry attacked from both sides and immediately cut off the Uighur army in half.

The Modao team of Fuhu Army rushed to the front of the team. Three hundred Modao soldiers held up the shiny Modao and advanced like a wall. The tactical movement of the brigade of Modao was extremely simple, which was to raise the Modao and chop from top to bottom. At this time, the Uighur cavalry and the Black Eagle Army riders were entangled, and the cavalry's impact power could no longer be reflected, and the ability to shoot arrows immediately could not be used. The Modao team rushed into the Uighur army and was invincible, and countless heroic Uighur riders were chopped to pieces.

When Tu Shaodu was a child, he heard many stories about the Tang army's Modao team that was so powerful, but in his military career, he had not yet encountered the powerful Modao team. Unfortunately, on the banks of the Wei River, when the Uighur cavalry was in a desperate situation, he met Hou Dayong's newly established Dimodao team.

The Black Dragon Army's Modao Team and the Fuhu Army's Modao Team, cut the tofu quickly, cut the Uighur cavalry, and the rest of the Fuhu Army's infantry also rushed into the battle group. The spearmen, shield soldiers and short sword hands gathered together in groups. The spearmen stabbed the Uighur cavalry, the shield soldiers cut the horse's legs, and the short sword hands killed the Uighur soldiers who fell to the ground.

After Hou Dayong's three prefectures, he hadn't been on the battlefield in person for a long time. This time he returned to the battlefield, the first thing he was excited about was the "wind". As soon as he reached the river bank, the "wind" rushed towards the Uighur army like an arrow. Hou Dayong's personal guard team was Liu Heigou. When he saw the Jieduo rushed towards the enemy formation, he was startled and shouted: "Come on, follow up."

Guo Jiong was in front of Hou Dayong. When four or five Uighur riders shouted and rushed towards Hou Dayong, Guo Jiong's face turned pale. He slapped his horse hard, rushed towards Hou Dayong with a spear in his hand.
Chapter completed!