1883: Battle of Guangyang City (3)
In the dense jungle, several war horses were carefully pushing forward. In front of them, besides the low shrubs and tall woods, there were also half-human-high weeds. The wind blew by, and the weeds were swaying in the wind, so quiet that it was a bit suffocating.
Several turtle doves were chirping on the top of the treetops. A cavalry looked up and whistled at the birds. The turtle doves whistled and fluttered their wings and flew high.
Several cavalrymen looked up at the flying turtledove at the same time. Almost at this moment, in the weeds that looked like nothing in front, several large pieces of weeds suddenly rose up. Under the weeds, several human faces were revealed, and several spears poked hard at the knight on the horse.
A knight in front shouted loudly and slashed his sword, opening the two spears that stabbed him, but the war horse under his crotch wailed, and was stabbed in the abdomen by another spear and fell to the ground with a bang.
Just as the Qi soldiers gathered their spears and were about to stab again, the horse's cavalry had already jumped up, reached out to grab a branch above his head, and with a little force, the man had already jumped up, like a monkey, climbing up the big tree along the branch.
Below, two other cavalrymen were attacked by Qi soldiers who jumped out of the grass, and they were struggling to the left and right. When they saw that they were about to lose, the cavalry who jumped onto the tree drew arrows and drew arrows. With a whoosh, a Qi soldier was already in front of the door by a feather arrow and fell to the ground with a bang.
The bowstrings sounded continuously, and the knights fired several arrows in a row. The Qi soldiers below had to dodge left and right. The two cavalrymen had already taken the opportunity to distance themselves from them.
The grass once again jumped out of more Qi infantrymen. When the knights on the tree were about to shoot again, the cold light flashed in front of them, and several spears roared with the sound of the wind. He screamed strangely, and he turned back and fell to the ground, and snatched a few times. The spear was heavily stuck on the tree. The knight who fell to the ground knelt on one knee, and the feather arrows in his hand roared again, and another Qi soldier fell to the ground. But at this moment, behind a big tree behind the knight, a Qi army officer turned out. With a trembling wrist, the spear had already stabbed in the back of the knight. The knight pounced on the ground and fell.
The other two cavalry roared with grief and anger and rushed up. On the periphery, more Ming cavalry gathered over. Although the Qi army ambushed at this place, they were still killed by the Ming cavalry one by one on the spot.
Ye Mu gradually descended. Murong Hai sat on a big rock, gnawing the jerky in his hand hard while drinking clear water. A whistle rider stood on the top of a high tree, blew the trumpet in his hand with all his strength. In the forest, sharp whistles sounded from time to time. Teams of cavalry returned quickly from a distance, some teams had to return in full tail, some teams returned with their companions' bodies, but some teams never returned.
"Statistical War Damage" Murong Hai stood up and looked at the dark sky with a serious face. This time it was indeed different. In fact, after the first day of the battle, the Qi army on the opposite side had been defeated by him, but the other party was defeated but not defeated and defeated but refused to retreat. The Qi soldiers cut into pieces by them actually entangled with them in the jungle.
Murong Hai had to admit that it was indeed a very troublesome thing when these Qi soldiers engaged in a desperate entanglement with them regardless of their lives. The Qi people had actually lost their overall control, but the Qi army that was scattered was even more difficult to deal with. They could think of all kinds of strange ways.
During the first day of the battle, Murong Hai did not suffer much damage, but in the next two days, his losses increased dramatically. His troops were still insufficient, so it would be great if he could bring all the cavalry with him.
"General, today the battle has been damaged by 127 people, of which more than 80 died on the spot, and the rest have lost their combat effectiveness and have to withdraw." Murong Biao said in a deep mood.
"Arranging the alert and let everyone have a good rest." Murong Hai said: "I have sent people back. The day after tomorrow, our other two thousand cavalrymen from General He will come to reinforce. We will rest for a day tomorrow. No matter how the enemy harasses us, don't move."
"I understand, we are very tired when fighting for several days in a row. Besides, we only brought three days of food." Murong Biao said, "General, we are a little far away from General He."
Influenced by Murong Hai, generals like Murong Biao are also extremely careful characters.
"So we stop and wait for a day tomorrow." Murong Hai said: "This time I always feel something is wrong. We have fought with them many times, and we have never seen him so crazy."
"It's because we're about to hit their doorstep, but everyone is going crazy." Murong Biao said, "When our reinforcements come up, we will deal with them well. It's strange that there are not many soldiers in Guangyang City. If these five thousand people can be destroyed like this, when our infantry comes up and attack Guangyang City, what will they use to defend?"
"It must be that they have reinforcements." Murong Haidao." We will seize Guangyang, and for the Qi people, they will also defend it. Tuobayan cannot give up Guangyang. If we have Guangyang, we can really attack and retreat. Cangzhou will be in a panic and all the plants will be soldiers."
"General, you are so amazing, you're so good." Murong Biao looked at Murong Hai with a smile.
Murong Hai laughed: "Who made my son a top student at the Capital University? He is now a county magistrate, a county magistrate in his twenties, hahaha, even if he is a political affairs hall in the future, there will be no problem. As his son, he naturally has to read more books so that he will not be embarrassed."
"Ayuan is indeed the pride of our barbarians." Mu Kongbiao nodded sincerely and said, "My son admires him very much, and he is very serious in studying. This year he just passed the best middle school in the county, and his goal is also the Capital University." "Okay, okay, okay." Murong Hai nodded repeatedly: "There are still too few barbarians who are officials. It is good to study more and study. Once you get into the Capital University, you will have a good future. Now we Barbarians don't have to worry about food and drink, and they also have spare money. We should let the children strive for progress."
"In the past, everyone was worried that even if we barbarians were studying, they would not have a future, and they were worried that they would not be able to read well. But after seeing A Yuan, everyone was very excited." Murong Biao said with satisfaction. To be honest, I hated His Majesty the Emperor back then. In the Zhengyang battle, I didn't recover for several years. When I closed my eyes, there were piles of corpses like mountains. General, you know that my three brothers all died in that battle. But now I can't hate them."
"I don't know how many times better than when I was in the mountains before." Murong Hai smiled, "In that battle back then, either you die or I live, there is nothing to hate. Those who die should rest in peace, and those who live will always have a better future. I think those dead brothers will not blame us when they see our current days."
Speaking of this, he pointed to the other side, where the remains of the brothers who died in battle were neatly zipped. "Even if they were gone this time, the court's pension was enough to make their family members not worry about food and drink in their lives."
Murong Biao nodded repeatedly.
At this time, several miles away from the place where the Ming army gathered, Qi general Sun Yang was sitting silently under a big tree, chewing a piece of dry cake hard.
"General Sun, retreat and go back to Guangyang City." A captain said sadly: "We have suffered too much loss, at least half of the brothers are gone."
Sun Yang shook his head firmly, "General Tuoba gave me the order to fight forever, and he was not allowed to withdraw his troops without receiving his order to retreat."
"General Tuoba wants us to die in this forest?" the captain shouted in grief.
"Shut up" Sun Yang said angrily: "In the battle of Mingqi, either you die or I live. So what if you return to Guangyang City? Is there no need to fight?"
"Even if we want to fight, we should gather all the soldiers together to fight the Ming army, instead of the current scattered sand, the lieutenant said.
"It's better now." Sun Yang lowered his head and picked up a feather arrow beside him. This was the kind of feather arrow that could explode and hurt people seized from the Ming rider. Looking at the exquisite work, Sun Yang sighed. "Gathering together only gave Murong Hai a chance to break with one blow. When we got into the battle, we had five thousand people. Are we still defeated? Do you think we can defeat them now? You don't see that today, the progress of Ming people has slowed down. We have suffered a lot in such a battle, but they are also very uncomfortable. Let's do it, rest well and prepare for tomorrow's battle. Maybe we won't see it tomorrow."
"I understand." The captain left with a sad mood. Sun Yang said it very clearly. This time, even if he died until the last person, he would not retreat to Guangyang City, but why is this for?
For what, or only Tuobayan is more clear.
At this moment, he was quietly lying on a mountain top, with branches on his back, and in the sky, a hawk was constantly hovering. He knew that it was the other eye of a Ming man. However, animals were animals, and if they were covered up, they could not tell it.
He raised the monocular in his hand and moved slowly.
The telescope is a good thing, which he spent a lot of money to get from the Ming people. Even though he was very far away from the Ming army, he could still clearly see the other party's movements.
The two thousand cavalry left by Murong Hai at He Weiping have left in a hurry. Obviously, Sun Yang's blockade has played a role. His plan has been half successful. He Weiping's soldiers have also begun to speed up and quickly approach the battlefield.
My own opportunity finally appears.
Chapter completed!