Chapter 29 Out of Control (Revision)(1/2)
When it was daylight, a wooden fence appeared in front of the Han army's camp again... However, compared with the previous one, this wooden fence looked much dilapidated. Obviously, it was repaired by the Han army overnight by relying on the camp wall.
of defective products.
"The Han army is no more than mediocre. I have worked so hard this morning and asked you to lead the cavalry to pull out this fence. Then we don't need to rest. By noon, I will have the whole army occupy the camp!" In the Goguryeo army, Ming Lin replied.
He smiled and said a few words to Yu Jiliu, the leader of the Huan tribe next to him, then got on his horse and appeared majestically in the center of the formation.
However, Yu Jieliu, who looked gloomy, just bowed reluctantly on his horse, and went directly to the front army without talking to the Goguryeo Molizhi... In other words, although Yu Jieliu had deliberately excluded Yaya Keli, he had also
He was excited for a moment because he had obtained the command of the entire army's cavalry, but as the leader of the Huan tribe, he never expected that Ming Lin Dafu would tear his eponymous mute Keli into pieces in public like a big mushroom.
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A rabbit dies and a fox grieves for its own kind. On that day, tomorrow Lin Dafu can easily tear Guan Nabu and Yamo Kesi to pieces, and tomorrow he can easily tear himself and Huan Nabu to pieces.
This kind of anxiety and anger was still hidden at first, but with the rapid passage of the armed forces in Yu Jieliu's hands, it became more obvious and unobstructed!
You must know that the more than 10,000 cavalry that Yu Zhengliu obtained from Ming Lin Dafu that day, which were originally used to outflank the left and right, actually became the most casualties in this critical battle... There is no way, lacking siege weapons and technology
If the Goguryeo people wanted to demolish the camp, the only thing they could count on was animal power.
Of those 10,000 cavalry, two to three thousand were lost in two days, and more livestock died due to the prominent target! As for the cavalry without mules and horses, are they still considered cavalry?
If Ming Lin Da Fu also provided a large number of infantry and sacrificed his life to help the cavalry drag the frightening fence, everyone might have thought that the Goguryeo Molizhi wanted to join forces with the Han people to weaken
Own!
Thinking of this, Yu Jiliu couldn't help but helplessly close his eyes as he stared at the broken fence in front of him... How many Goguryeo people would die for this inexplicable fence! However, if the war reaches this point, unless one party
How could a proactive retreat end midway? Besides, once this fence is pulled down, maybe the Goguryeo people will be able to take the initiative.
At this thought, Yu Jieliu almost suppressed his nausea and issued an order to his lieutenant - not an order to attack, but an order to have the supervising team take the lead in taking position.
So, with the sound of the horn, the war team took the lead in taking position; then, the trembling Goguryeo cavalry held wooden shields in one hand and dragged the too-smart Guo off their horses with the other hand, and arrayed themselves on the battlefield full of the smell of blood;
Finally, it was the slaves who were deprived of their weapons, the strong Chinese men, and even some Chinese women, holding ropes with dull expressions and being driven to the open space ahead to gather!
It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, although there was no wind, no snow and there was sunshine, but it was still the standard twelfth lunar month of winter. However, some of the people who were driven out were actually wearing only a single piece of clothing, and some were even shirtless!
"What's going on?!" The situation was so obvious that Yu Jingliu noticed it almost immediately. "Why do some soldiers have no clothes?!"
"Report to the Prime Minister of the Left (Yu Jiliu once held the highest official position)," he leaned for a moment, and someone immediately turned around and reported back. "General Ming Linquemen, who was responsible for gathering these Chinese weapons, said that he was the one who went up to die, so there was no need to waste clothes...
…Doing this will save your clothes from getting rotten when you remove the body!”
On the battlefield in the past two days, except for the unlucky ones who had been filled in the trenches, most of the corpses were cleaned up by the Han army who relied on the camp wall in the evening... Arrows, iron armor, and leather armor naturally had to be recycled. After all,
The Han army is also a bit of a miscellaneous army, so there will naturally be a shortage of such things... But the Han army does not mean to insult the corpses. Most of the corpses will be carried to the open space two stone's throw away from the Han army's camp with a tacit understanding.
, and then waited until the next morning to be cleaned up by the strong men of the Goguryeo people.
By then, the only valuable items left on these people, namely their original clothes, will naturally be recycled.
After hearing this explanation, Yu Jieliu lowered his head and was speechless for a while, then suddenly stood up and actually left the front army directly and went to the middle army.
"Is it like this?" Ming Lin's husband was stunned. "My nephew did such a thing?"
"Yes!" Yu Jingliu's eyes were red, and he looked straight into the eyes of the person he had been afraid of for most of his life.
"What he did was wrong." Ming Lindafu raised his head and looked at the figure under the white horse on the high platform opposite, and then nodded repeatedly. "What he did was indeed wrong. He left you as a former army general. What are you going to do?
Deal with him?"
"I would like to ask Mo Lizhi to kill him to stabilize the morale of the army." Yu Jinliu replied with red eyes. "Slaves can be treated as they like, and savages can be ignored in the current situation, but the Chinese are our foundation, and they are going to
Those who fight are not meant to be used as human shields to die... at least you can't say it like that! The gains and losses of Izhara are related to our expansion in the previous decades. The results are good, but the hearts of the people are related to the survival of this country!
"
Ming Lindafu lowered his head and looked at Yu Jiliu in front of him... His country is a mixture of tribal alliances and feudal systems. On the one hand, it is like the Han people, with a king, a prime minister, a city and people;
The Fuyu people, the Samhan people, and the Xianbei people are basically the system of tribal leaders. Therefore, what matters the people's hearts and the survival of the country? After these words were spoken by a few nobles, although the truth is correct
, but it always makes people feel a little funny, especially since the purpose of these words is to kill another top noble, his nephew Minglin Quemen.
To be honest, if this kind of statement had been made in the past, Ming Lin Dafu might have seriously thought about whether the other party was ready for a mutiny or something like that. But now, on the battlefield, he knew better than anyone else what to do.
The other party was really depressed by the casualties, and was extremely dissatisfied and angry with himself, so he made such a request to himself in front of the battle.
However, Yu Jieliu was, after all, the clan leader of the Huan tribe, the most powerful noble in the army second only to himself, the one supported by all the other nobles after the death of Zhi Ya Keli, and the one who had to unite for the victory of the war. And Ming Ming
Linquemen, just a nephew...
"Bring Quemen and the other officers in charge of this matter over and kill them." After thinking this, Minglin Dafu no longer hesitated and said directly on the horse, and then dismounted and grabbed Yu Jiliu's hand. "But
Prime Minister Zuo, don’t delay any longer. If you don’t have any clothes today, you won’t have any clothes. Attack quickly!”
Yu Jiliu, who had regained some clarity, took a deep look at the little old man in front of him, but finally bowed down respectfully again: "I obey Mo Lizhi's order!"
The turmoil in the Goguryeo army ended here, but Ming Lin Dafu, who had remounted his horse, was a little shaken when he raised his head again... because he suddenly remembered that two days ago, he and the young Han general opposite him were facing each other from afar.
As the commanders of the two armies, although there was no agreement between the two sides, they tacitly agreed that one would never dismount and the other would never leave the high platform. From the beginning to the end, neither side lost half of their dignity and style.
But today, he was forced to dismount right after the confrontation started, again because of his own people's pressure. This was a bit discouraging and helpless.
………………
The trumpet sounded, and the war returned to its usual rhythm!
The Goguryeo people were very determined to recapture Siwon, and at least the top management and upper echelons had stabilized their mentality. Therefore, according to the social structure of the Goguryeo people, at the front of the supervising team, the big nobles commanded the small nobles, and the small nobles commanded the people.
The officers, the Chinese officers drove the Chinese soldiers and slaves forward, repeating the situation of the previous two days.
However……
"Why can't the enemy's fence be dragged down?!" Yu Jiliu, the commander of the Koguryo's former army, was horrified.
"Why can't we drag our fence?" Xu Rong, the commander of the Han army's front line, was also quite shocked, but it did not prevent him from urging his soldiers to seize the time and kill the enemy's animals as much as possible.
After all, whether it is a field battle or an immediate offensive and defensive battle, whether it is a pursuit after victory or a retreat in case the camp wall is compromised, the Goguryeo soldiers are obviously more threatening than ordinary Goguryeo soldiers.
"When our army was repairing the fence last night, they poured a lot of water on the soil." The messenger from the high platform behind explained everything perfectly and surprisingly. "It was frozen overnight, and the fence and the soil had formed a hard lump. The general also
Let us tell you that this is Lou Tie Cao’s plan!”
"The Han army poured water on the roots of the fence..." Yu Jiliu was at a loss for a moment. "Go and ask Mo Lizhi, how should we deal with it now?"
"Trouble!" Ming Lin's husband also looked pale, but he quickly strengthened his determination. "Tell Yu Jiliu that the Han people only have one fence left. Don't hold back. Throw all the livestock into it and give it a try...
...If it doesn’t work, let’s talk!”
"If it doesn't work, let's talk?!" Yu Jiliu immediately asked back to the messenger. "Go and ask Mo Lizhi again, what will happen if all the livestock die? If we don't have cavalry that can walk on the mountains, then
If we need to retreat, what can we do to deal with the pursuit of the Han cavalry?"
"Tell Yu Jiliu that if we break into the camp, we won't have to deal with the pursuit of the Han cavalry. If we can't get in... we will still have a large camp to cover and break up the rear!" Ming Lin's answer was very simple. "And what if?
If there is a real time to retreat, I will personally guard the main camp at the rear!"
Yu Jingliu let out a long sigh and said no more words. Instead, he waved his hand and urged his men to gather their mounts for use. A large number of them were immediately dismounted and sent to the front line, acting as the main force for dragging the fence.
In response, Xu Rong, the frontline commander of the Han army who could almost see Yu Jieliu's movements, just sneered and turned around to send out the messengers. He asked Gongsun Xun to give up the rotation and immediately send more troops to the front line for intensive killing.
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If the request is reasonable, Gongsun Xun will do it.
This was the third day of the official battle. Both sides felt a bit red-eyed. Even if the Han army had a surprise response, it could not help but begin to suffer far more casualties than the previous two days. The Goguryeo people had obviously taken the risk.
Taking advantage of their large numbers and the fact that the Han army wanted to concentrate on killing livestock and civilians to protect the fence, they began to bully them forward and fire bows and arrows at the top of the camp wall.
After all, the camp wall is not a city wall, and arrows have always been the best and most traditional killing weapons in the classical era of mankind since they were invented, and they are the absolute protagonists in offensive and defensive battles. So whether it is the Han people or the Goguryeo people,
Under an arrow that may have been recycled repeatedly, they are all equally fragile.
From morning to noon, Gongsun Xun sat under the white horse. Seeing more and more wounded soldiers being carried off from the front line, he finally couldn't hold himself back anymore... He didn't know if the fence with water would be able to hold it in the afternoon.
It will be self-defeating. If the winter sun can thaw the ground surface, the fence will be easily pulled out.
So Gongsun Xun issued an order to a Yi Cong beside him.
"Han reinforcements?!" The first person to get the news was actually Yu Jiliu. He left the scattered dismounted cavalry on the hills on both sides to serve as observation posts. He could clearly cross-observe the general situation of the Han army camp on the opposite side. "
how many people?!"
To be honest, Yu Jingliu's accent was almost trembling when he asked this question, and he even felt dizzy at one time... You know, the Goguryeo people's disregard for casualties and risking everything was nothing more than relying on the so-called greatness.
Their superiority in strength allowed them to still spare enough troops to defend themselves even after suffering heavy casualties.
However, if there was no strength advantage to ensure victory from the beginning, and if the Han army had been continuously connected to Liyuan from Xuantu, Liaodong and other places in the rear, then the battle itself would have been a mistake! Goguryeo's strategic goal
It was wrong from the beginning!
Therefore, Yu Jiliu has made up his mind that if the reinforcements exceed 3,000 people, he will not fight!
"I don't know!" the sentry replied helplessly. "I just entered Siyuan from the back passage!"
"Go and count them clearly for me!" Yu Jiliu urged immediately. He had vaguely heard a cheer that was gradually getting stronger while shouting to kill. It was obvious that the frontline Han army had also noticed the arrival of the new force. "One by one.
number!"
However, before he finished speaking, the Goguryeo people actually cheered - it turned out that the fence that could not be pulled at all began to tilt and sway. It was obvious that the sunshine in the winter afternoon finally had its effect. After passing that critical point,
The melting of the freeze that originally served as reinforcement has greatly weakened the strength of the fence.
To be continued...