Chapter 105 Qingshui River (2)

Qingshui River is a beautiful river, and the curved river channels allude to small flat dams. Under the nourishment of Qingshui River, these small dams have lush forests on the banks. Walking two or three hundred meters from the river bank to the sides, after passing through the trees, there are large areas of grass. These woods and grasslands are like crystal gems, attracting countless covetous eyes. Therefore, the battles and killings on the Qingshui River have never stopped. Until Dangxiangfang came to this place, they used the blood and lives of the warriors who went on one after another to win a place for their tribesmen to survive. Since the late Tang Dynasty, Fangxiangfang has lived on this river bank. It has been a hundred years since the present. Qingshui River has become the mother river of Dangxiangfang.

Xiao Niu Pass is actually not the gateway in the mainland. Two hills are sandwiched with Qingshui River. Qingshui River is blocked by the hills in the west and is forced to turn eastward, forming a relatively large flat land. The Forward Battalion sent by Hou Dayong secretly occupied Xiao Niu Pass. The three Dangxiang herders of Xiao Niu Pass were killed mercilessly. Together with tents and daily necessities, they were all buried on the bank of the fertile Qingshui River. The herders' cattle and sheep became a big meal for the Forward Battalion, and the beef bones and sheep bones were also buried on the shore. In this way, the three Dangxiang herders disappeared in this world forever, and the Forward Battalion controlled the necessary way to connect Xihuizhou and Tongxin City.

More than a dozen detectives spread from afar, serving as a warning. Zhou Qing and Wu Jiaqiang sat on the grass, watching the war horses walking comfortably by the grass. Wu Jiaqiang sighed: "If it weren't for war, the Qingshui River would be a fairyland on earth."

Zhou Qing likes to think about problems the most. He observed the terrain of Xiaoniu Pass, a little absent-minded at Wu Jiaqiang's sigh, and said to himself: "This is called Xiaoniu Pass, which means that only one calf can pass between these two mountains, but the Kalf pass is only 100 meters long. The Dangxiang people's fast horse can rush over in a few steps. In my opinion, setting up an ambush here is not an excellent place."

Wu Jiaqiang and Zhou Qing are old partners. When he saw Zhou Qing sitting down, he didn't notice the scenery on both sides of the straits. He stared at Xiao Niu Guan and started to think about it again, and then smiled and said, "From the future Zhou Lang becomes a kiss, look at the wife. I guess Zhou Lang will not notice whether the wife is beautiful or not. What you think will still be where the mountains and troughs are high and low, and you have to set up an ambush there and attack from there."

Zhou Qing was also amused by the Wu family, but his smile flashed. He said, "We both worked hard. Since the establishment of the Black Eagle Army in Cangzhou, we have fought countless evil battles. Every time we both rushed to the front and lived to this day, it is really lucky. It seems that the ancestral tombs of our two families have been well buried. If we have the opportunity to return to our hometown, we must pay good tribute to our ancestors."

Wu Jiaqiang looked at the slowly flowing Qingshui River and smiled and said, "When I go home to lay my ancestors, I can marry a wife at the same time. I will have the right to meet my ancestors only after I have a son. However, it depends on whether I have life after this battle."

As the two of them talked, the atmosphere became dull.

Just after the departure of the Forward Battalion, the governor of Yongxing Army led the eight thousand northwest coalition infantry, carrying siege weapons, and headed south along the route of the Forward Battalion, three days later than the Forward Battalion and arrived at the upper reaches of the Maling Water. The infantry did not enter the territory of the Dangxiang people from Daniu Pass, but continued to go south nearly thirty miles and entered the territory of the Dangxiang people from Wutan. It was extremely difficult for the Eight Thousand Infantry to hide their tracks, and the infantry did not deliberately hide their tracks. Therefore, the infantry soon passed through Wutan and was discovered by the Dangxiang people more than fifty miles away from Tongxin City.

According to the initial estimates of the military information camp, Tongxin City had an army of 3,000 Dangxiang people. Therefore, Wang Yanchao led 8,000 infantry troops in the territory. He carried heavy siege weapons and was fully capable of threatening Tongxin City.

However, people's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations. When the military intelligence camp collected intelligence, it did not count the Dangxiang army that occupied Yanzhou City. When Yingshuo Fang Dangming decided to withdraw, he sent several cavalrymen to Yanzhou and rushed to Yanzhou without stopping, and ordered Fang Dangdu to retreat directly from Yanzhou to Tongxin City. The nearest road from Yanzhou to the Qingshui River here was 4,000 Dangxiang people occupied Yanzhou. These troops withdrew from Yanzhou and temporarily stationed in Tongxin City. In this way, Tongxin City had nearly 8,000 Dangxiang troops, while Xihuizhou had only more than 22,000 Dangxiang troops, which was very different from Hou Dayong's estimate before the war. The military intelligence camp also discovered this new situation, but the new information had not yet been transmitted to Qian Xiangnan, and the Northwest Alliance had already made arrangements based on the old information.

Fang Dangdu, who was stationed in Tongxin City, was only more than fifty miles away from Tongxin. On the one hand, he urgently sent several cavalry to report to Fang Dangming in Xihuizhou. On the other hand, he organized 7,000 Dangxiang Cavalry and Infantry Army to go out to Tongxin City to fight Wang Yanchao's troops.

Two equally large numbers of people collided head-on thirty miles outside Tongxin City.

The Dangxiang Army was a mixed army of cavalry and infantry, with 3,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry. Several eagle flags were "hunting, hunting" in the wind. The Dangxiang Army set up a crane wing formation. This was the formation that Fang Dangdu liked the most and an attack formation commonly used by the Tang army's infantry and cavalry army back then. During the Anshi Rebellion, a large number of Dangxiang Army followed the Tang army to fight with An Lushan and Shi Siming's army. The Dangxiang people learned the crane wing formation from the Tang Army. In recent years, Dangxiang Fang used this formation to defeat the Uighur Army, which had strong combat effectiveness repeatedly.

The crane wing formation set up by Fang Dangdu is composed of three thousand infantry as the central army, with 1,500 powerful cavalry on each wing, and 1,000 cavalrymen, which are surprise soldiers, who are circling far away to the enemy's rear, specifically used to cut off the enemy's retreat.

Fang Dangdu, the commander of the Dangxiang Army, had already learned that his brother Fang Dang Bai Ge was defeated and killed. He closed his lips tightly and looked at the Zhou army opposite with a cold expression. Although Fang Dangdu was eager to avenge his brother Fang Dang Bai Ge, he did not dare to attack easily when the Zhou army was in chaos. He had to wait until a thousand cavalry appeared behind the Zhou army before launching a full-scale attack.

Wang Yanchao's army was the infantry, but there were also one hundred cavalry, mainly used for reconnaissance. The cavalry's activity range was about ten miles. After they found that the number of Dangxiang troops was far more than 3,000, they rushed back to report the news. Wang Yanchao, the commander of the infantry of the Northwest Alliance, was a veteran who was extremely smart in war. When he heard the report of the reconnaissance, he immediately ordered the entire army to defend on the spot without any hesitation. He knew in his heart that the Northwest Alliance had recently been formed and in terms of field battles, he was definitely not an opponent of the Dangxiang people. And he could still defend himself with all his strength.

Afterwards, Wang Yanchao ordered the reconnaissance cavalry to quickly divide the troops into three groups, the second route heading northeast to Lingzhou, and the other route heading southeast to Jingzhou, and the other route heading southeast to Jingzhou, and Wang Jing sent reinforcements to the northwest of Jingzhou.

Seeing the sergeant who reported the news, Wang Yanchao felt relieved. He took his personal guards to check the defense situation in the camp. The task of the Northwest Alliance Army's infantry was to attack Tongxin City, so the infantry brought hundreds of carriages and ox carriages to transport siege weapons and food. After receiving the order to defend on the spot, the soldiers surrounded the vehicles in a circle, tied them tightly together with thick ropes, and built a temporary defensive fortification. Hundreds of soldiers stood outside the vehicle and desperately filled the vehicle into the vehicle. This increased the weight of the vehicle and prevented the attack of rockets. Secondly, a small ditch could be dug to increase the difficulties of the Dangxiang people's attack. Dozens of people chose a slightly higher terrain and ladders stacked up. Then filled it with soil, and soon a simple command platform was built.

Wang Yanchao walked around the position and saw the unloaded crossbow, the chariots and the cannon trucks were piled up in a mess. He called Wang Turkish, the captain of the command defense, and said, "Why not install the cannon trucks?"

Captain Wang Tuo was not old. He had been urgently deploying defenses and was already sweating all over. He said helplessly: "This place is full of grass, no big stones, and the cannon truck is useless, so there is no cannon truck installed."

Wang Yanchao looked at the powerful cannon cart. He screamed in disbelief and said, "Call one hundred soldiers and dig up the soil and build a platform quickly. If you want to find a way to play the role of these dozen bed crossbows, Dangxiang people are good at field battles and have a lot of cavalry. If we do not have a position to support us, we will suffer a great loss."

Wang Makuro is Wang Yanchao's distant nephew. He is also a rising star in Yongxing Army. He smiled confidently and said, "I have never been convinced that Dangxiang people have experienced any hardships in field battles. When they meet Yongxing Army, they will beat him down. This time, Yongxing Army's infantry has brought enough fire thorns. As long as Dangxiang people rushed towards the position in groups, he will definitely try the hardships."

The Dangxiang Army led by Fang Dangdu was like a cheetah, crouching in front of the enemy, patiently looking for a killing attack. After about two or three incense sticks, I saw a small wood behind the Zhou army from afar. A group of big birds suddenly flew up from the forest in the air, hovering in the air, knowing that the cavalry who was catching the back road had arrived.

Fang Dangdu showed a trace of evil light and ordered: "Attack."

The infantry of the Dangxiang Army was divided into two groups. The front row was a hand-held shield player, and the back was full of archers holding strong bows. They advanced to the range of arrows. The sword player hid behind the leather shield to provide simple cover for the archers. The archers fired at the enemy's formation with all their might. The cavalry on both wings were in a figure-eight shape, encircling the Zhou army from left and right obliquely.

The Crane Wing Formation was used by the Tang army to deal with the Hu tribes in the northwest. The Hu tribe is good at fighting horses and does not like to build cities and fortifications. Therefore, this formation is extremely effective in field battles. Once the formation is launched, it will form a siege against the enemy. If the stalemate is not over, the strange soldiers hidden behind will immediately rush towards the enemy formation and disrupt the enemy formation. Fang Dangdu and Zhou army met in a hasty encounter. He believed that the Zhou army had no time to build a city, so Fang Dangdu still adopted this formation to prepare to wipe out the thousands of Zhou troops who dared to challenge the Dangxiang Army in field battles.

Wang Yanchao stood on a simple command platform so that he could fully observe the formation of the two armies. Two personal guards held square shields in front of him to prevent the enemy from attacking cold arrows. Behind him was a big drum and several commanders holding five-colored flags and horns. After the Dangxiang Army launched an attack, Wang Yanchao stood on the platform and saw the situation at a glance. He ordered: "Archesters are ready." The army led by Wang Yanchao did not have a defensive weapon - crossbow arrows, and all crossbow arrows were transferred to the cavalry, so Wang Yanchao could only order the archers to fight back.

For a moment, in front of the Northwest Allied Forces' positions, arrows were like locusts, covering the sky and the sun.

The Dangxiang cavalry tried to approach the position of the Northwest Alliance, but was blocked by the tall and thick walls of vehicles. After the Dangxiang cavalry fired a round of bows and arrows, they were also injured by the Zhou army's bows and arrows. The cavalry vanguards approached the walls of vehicles but could not cross them. The coalition infantry hid behind the walls of vehicles used bows and arrows to shoot at the Dangxiang cavalry near them. The Dangxiang cavalry in the front could not avoid them at all under the attack of dense arrow rains. Many brave Dangxiang soldiers fell behind the walls of vehicles with dozens of arrows.

The Dangxiang cavalry was at a loss in the face of these obstacles, and the brigade of cavalry galloped along the wall of the car, but did not dare to get too close to the wall of the car. While galloping, the casualties of the coalition infantry in the circle increased greatly.

Fang Dangdu saw the cavalry's attack being blocked, and took the mace hanging behind him. He ordered: "The whole army attacked." The mace was a weapon that only strong soldiers could use. The thin sergeant not only could not kill the enemy, but it was difficult to defend. Fang Dangdu had a well-proportioned figure and did not look strong, but the heavy mace was very light in his hands.

The Dangxiang sermon drums and whistles were made together. The Dangxiang cavalry hid behind the Northwest Alliance also rushed out of the woods and rushed straight behind the Alliance.

In the operation of the Dangxiang military and local governments, Wang Yanchao, who was standing on the platform, saw it very clearly. Generally, the battlefield was fought and there were always a few rounds of tentative attack before the final decisive killing was carried out. However, as soon as the Dangxiang army came up, it was in a decisive battle. Wang Yanchao was just over 40 years old, and was the age of the commander of the first army. Although he was calm and calm, he ordered: "Bed crossbow attack."

Fifteen crossbows were ready for a long time. After hearing the sound of the horns fired, fifteen huge crossbows burst out with thunder and rushing towards the Dangxiang Infantry Army. The Dangxiang Infantry Army is commonly known as Bubazi, and has extremely strong combat power. Although every crossbow shot, many soldiers were shot through, either pierced through the chest and abdomen, or broken their backs and legs. There was also a sergeant. The huge crossbow arrow shot into the fragile neck, and his head was shot away, but his body was not falling, and he still held a long knife and rushed forward for several steps before falling to the ground. However, the Dangxiang Soldier ignored the casualties and soon approached the wall of the car.

Wang Yanchao's body was motionless and stared at the Dangxiang Army. The Dangxiang people's riders had already discovered this command platform. Some of the Dangxiang cavalry's archers blew their bows and arrows and shot at Wang Yanchao. Wang Yanchao ignored these lightning-fast arrows. The guards beside him used shields to block the iron arrows that were shooting. Wang Yanchao also thought that the guards blocked their sight.

When Wang Yanchao saw the Dangxiang infantry approaching the wall of the car, he ordered: "Fire caltrops."

Fire cervix is ​​developed from fire sterilization. It is made of gunpowder into gunpowder packs, and the black oil that aids in the fire sterilization and poisonous arsenic will become fire sterilization. Adding thorny cervix to the fire sterilization will turn into fire sterilization. Generally, fire cervix is ​​thrown into the enemy formation by a stone thrower, while Yongxing Army has a special team of fire throwers, which are specially used to fire sterilization with hands and kill the enemy troops from close range. This is the most unique attack method of Yongxing Army and the killer weapon of Yongxing Army.

Fifty specially trained firefighters were strongly trained. Each of them held a fire thorn in his hand, and another soldier held a lit incense and stood behind him. At this time, firecrackers had been widely used by the people, and the delayed lead technology was relatively mature. Fire thorns were equipped with delayed leads. A team was holding a red flag in his hand. With a force, the incense-holding thorns lit the delayed leads. The fire thorns silenced "one, two, and three" in his hand, and then threw the fire thorns out of the car wall. As soon as the fire thorns were thrown out, the sergeant in the car wall was lowered.

The fire caltrops were a parabola, flying forty meters out of the car wall. Only a sound of explosion was heard. Each fire caltrops exploded after they landed on the ground, blowing out small pits on the ground. The iron caltrops flying out of them flew around with the speed of the air waves. They pierced the armor effortlessly and penetrated into the body of the Dangxiang Soldier. The burning black oil splashed everywhere and touched the clothes of the Dangxiang Soldier. The Dangxiang Soldier was burned and screamed, but he couldn't extinguish them. The soldiers with quick hands and feet quickly took off their clothes. Although their skin was burned, their lives were worry-free. Many of those who were slightly slower were burned to the ground. The poisonous smoke of arsenic spread among the crowd, making the inhaler cry and unable to see them.

Fang Dangdu also inhaled some poisonous smoke. He kept coughing. Seeing that the soldiers were seriously injured and were afraid, he shouted, "Run into the wall of the car." He immediately rushed forward and rushed forward.

Seeing the commander's bravery, the Dangxiang Infantry shouted and continued to rush towards the wall of the car. In a blink of an eye, the Dangxiang Infantry rushed to the wall of the car. The infantry tried hard to push the vehicle away, but could not push it away no matter what. Then they found that the vehicles were tied together with thick ropes, so they cut the rope with a knife. The coalition infantry in the circle stabbed the Dangxiang Sergeant outside with a long spear, and even archers shot at the Dangxiang Infantry through the carriage.

The Dangxiang Army's 1,000 cavalry was a field killer. Facing the coalition infantry that could not be fought, it lost its significance to the surprise troops. They rushed to the coalition formation and met with the two wings of the wings of the ground behind. At this time, they found the weakness of the coalition defense.

After all, there were only more than one hundred vehicles following the coalition, and they could only form a bow-shaped defense circle. There was no defense line formed by vehicles at the bowstring. Wang Yanchao sent five hundred archers of the Yongxing Army, five hundred shield players and one thousand spearmen whom he trusted were ordered to block this gap.

Thousands of cavalry rushed towards the gap frantically, and five hundred archers hid behind the shield player and shot arrows desperately outward. The Dangxiang cavalry team was very dense, and there were many arrows falling off the horse. However, more cavalry rushed towards the shield player like a strong wind.

The shield players of Yongxing Army used Zhou army's standard equipment - square shields. They knew that as long as the Dangxiang cavalry broke through their defense line, the coalition forces would be defeated, and the only way to wait for them was a dead end. In just a few decades, the Central Plains had experienced several dynasties of Liang, Tang, Han, Jin, and Zhou, and war became the norm in life. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of these border town troops was really not weak, and the Yongxing Army ranked high among the troops of each town. The shield players of Yongxing Army shrank their whole bodies behind the shield and fought against the shields. When the Dangxiang people's war horses rushed to the shield formation, although many coalition shield players trampled their horses to death under the horse's hooves, the impact was greatly delayed. At this time, the spearmen took the opportunity to thrust the gun, and the shield player raised his head from behind the shield and waved his knife to chop the horse's legs.

Before the cavalry broke through the coalition defense line, they retreated from the range of arrows and prepared to take a break and launch a second round of attacks. The battle between the infantrymen on the car wall was still ongoing fiercely.
Chapter completed!