Chapter 135 Killing
Next, the Lu Ning army had no rest on the way, so they could only make an appropriate rest after reaching the target site in one go. Now that the Lu Ning army is about 100 miles away from the target site, it takes five hours to arrive. If we marching at night, it will probably take six hours, and we will also have to leave some time to eat and replenish energy, and take some time. So after two hours, the Lu Ning army continued to advance. It was dark and the weather was beautiful. It was snowing all the time, and the cold was biting, and it turned into ice. Faced with the cold wind, the Lu Ning army's advance speed slowed down a lot, but with the weak light, the army was still advancing.
Two or three miles away from the target area, Lu Ning ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot, eat something, drink some wine, and prepare for battle. Lu Ning, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and more than a dozen "Night Eyes" went to reconnaissance of the enemy situation, and they circled around the foreign Tartar tribe.
Lu Ning said: "Zilong, Ziman, this tribe is really big. Its camp covers an area of several miles, and the tribe's population must exceed 30,000 people. All around it are fenced with wood. Although there is no snow wall, after these heavy snow, snow walls have basically formed on the wooden walls. The only exit is also covered with heavy snow. There are more than 20 Tartar guards next to it, which is not easy to fight."
Zhao Yun took the look from Lu Ning's hand and said, "Brother, we attacked from the main gate of the Tartars. There was relatively little snow on the gate. Although there were guards, it was not a lot. We could easily cut open their wooden railings."
Lu Ning said: "Zilong, what you said makes sense, but in this way our army can no longer achieve the effect of a surprise attack. Once you cut off the big wooden door of the Tartars, the guards will immediately find it. They will immediately warn you. Moreover, our soldiers cannot eliminate the more than 20 Tartar guards outside, and they can only be eliminated by cutting open the wooden door."
Zhao Yun said: "Brother, if we ask three or four soldiers to cut the wooden railing gate together, it will be able to cut open in an instant. When the Tartars run out, a large number of soldiers in our army should have rushed in. The range of our crossbows and strong composite bows is farther than their bows and arrows, and our army will not suffer much casualties."
Lu Ning said: "Okay, let Zilong and Ziman lead all the "Yeyan" to cut open the wooden railing gate, use the courage of you two to kill the guards as soon as possible, and let "Yeyan" occupy the position in the shortest time so that our army can enter."
Zhao Yun said: "Brother, should you leave a thousand soldiers to patrol the Xianbei Tartar camp? Once you find a fleeing Tartar, you will immediately chase and kill them, and no one can be let go."
Lu Ning said: "Okay, just follow this. If you succeed, it depends on Zilong and Ziman you two."
Zhao Yun, Dian Wei said: "Don't worry, lord (big brother)."
The operation began. Lu Ning led a large army behind. From his glasses, he saw that Zhao Yun and Dian Wei led five hundred "Night Eyes" to touch the gate of the Xianbei Tartars. Although they were only a few feet away from the inter-Tartar soldiers, both sides were covered by snow railings and could not see each other. Lu Ning's four "Night Eyes" guards raised their mountain-opening machetes and slashed hard at the wooden railing gate. After slashing four, the Tartars' wooden railing gate was chopped down after five swords. At this time, the Tartars guards also found the soldiers of the Lu Ning army, and they immediately blew the Hu snails in their hands.
Zhao Yun took the shield in one hand and the silver spear in the other hand, and stabbed the Tartars in his right hand and stabbed the other Tartars in his chest with a gun in his right hand. The shield in his left hand blocked the other Tartars attacked. Dian Wei carried two halberds and rushed to the Tartar guards fiercely. The two halberds danced like desperately, and the closest ones were dead. The five hundred "Yeyes" behind were not showing any weakness, and shot out fierce crossbow arrows with the crossbow in his hand. In just a moment, more than 20 Tartar guards were all eliminated.
Lu Ning waved his hand, and the 10,000 troops behind Lu Ning killed the Xianbei Tartar camp. Lu Ning left 1,000 soldiers to inspect the surrounding area, and allowed 2,000 soldiers to enter the Tartar camp to choose a place with heavy snow to slide continuously, and used the crossbows and bows in their hands to eliminate the Tartars while moving.
The battle was very cruel. Since the Lu Ning army could not all enter the battle at once, although the soldiers were constantly tearing the wooden fences of the Xianbei Tartars, it still took a lot of time for the Lu Ning army soldiers to enter the battle. This also gave the Xianbei Tartars enough time to reflect.
The dozens of Tartar tents in front were all done without any effort, but the resistance behind them became stronger and stronger. Lu Ning asked Zhao Yun to line up to intercept the Tartars, exert the long-range attack ability of the Lu Ning army, and shoot as many crossbows and bows as possible. But the Tartar tribe was a tribe of 30,000 people. Although there were nearly 10,000 Iron Cavalry of the Tartars, the Tartars grew up on the prairie, and basically everyone can ride horses and shoot arrows. Lu Ning army was actually fighting more with less.
In his glasses, Lu Ning saw the leader or general of the Xianbei Tartars screaming and commanding the Tatars to fight. Lu Ning immediately asked the snipers to snipe the leader or general of the Tatars. Dozens of snipers of the Lu Ning army specialize in dealing with the enemy's generals and leaders. The leader or general of the Xianbei Tartars was constantly shot and killed by the snipers of the Lu Ning army, which also caused some trouble for the command of the Tatars.
Under the attack of the powerful crossbows and strong bows of the Lu Ning Army, the Tartars fell one after another. Although they also shot a lot of arrows in front of our army, on the one hand, the archery shooting teams in their hands were not as far away as Lu Ning Army, and they were not lethal enough to the soldiers of Lu Ning Army. On the other hand, the armor and other equipment of Lu Ning Army soldiers were indeed too much better than them. The bows and arrows they shot could at most cause the soldiers of Lu Ning Army to be injured. It would not be easy to shoot with one arrow, and only a few generals or shooters who used strong bows could do it.
The Lu Ning army fought hard, and the losses were the heaviest since Lu Ning led his troops to fight. The Lu Ning army fought hard for more than two hours before they all ended the battle. Although hundreds of Tartars fled over the wooden railings, what was waiting for them were the ski soldiers patrolling around me, and they were all shot and killed.
After cleaning the battlefield, we learned that the Lu Ning Army killed more than 6,800 Xianbei Tartars in this battle, captured more than 13,000 Xianbei Tartar women, captured more than 12,000 Xianbei Tartar men, seized nearly 40,000 horses and more than 290,000 cattle and sheep, seized countless other gold, silver, jewelry, skins and miscellaneous miscellaneous people; at the same time, more than 800 Han people were rescued, most of whom were women. The Lu Ning Army suffered more than 5,000 casualties, of which 812 were killed, 145 seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured.
Chapter completed!