Chapter 45 Witchcraft
Piao Tianwen The Khitan soldiers rushing down like wolves and tigers. Their fierceness is like a large group of evil wolves. Where can there be any sign of weakness? Many people are equipped with iron helmets, masks and various types of armor. Some of them should have purchased from the Central Plains to look exactly the same as the equipment of the Han local soldiers. Some have hair, left lapels, and only wear round necklines, narrow sleeves, and hand-running weapons. The east and west sides soon saw the sound of killing, and the swords and swords and shadows flew everywhere.
The enemy soldiers approaching looked fierce, and the formation was like the Jin soldiers who had a grudge against them to kill their father. The fierce winds of the Northeast Yi soldiers were only far more and less than the Iron Cavalry on the Tubo Plateau.
At this time, the Liaodong region had not yet been developed. Both the living environment and the legal governance were very bad. The Dongyi men believed in the prey on the weak and fought to the death in order to fight for survival space. The environment created their courage. At this time, the Han army did not make any excuses to dispatch the Han people in the "civilized" land to save them. The only result of being taken away from the sphere of influence was to be plundered and exploited more violently. There were only two choices, either the land was taken away and the colder north was to be migrated to the more bitter and colder north or to fight desperately.
The battle was going on very fiercely, with corpses on the ground increasing. The Jin soldiers were not vegetarians. They claimed that elite soldiers were not fame, and they reached the peak of this era in terms of equipment and training. Moreover, there was no distinction between good and evil that both sides recognized in this war. The Han people also felt that they were carrying out just conquests, from bureaucrats and literati to the people, they wanted to occupy any land that could be cultivated. For the rulers, a larger territory meant more long-term benefits. Moreover, the opening of territory has always been a symbol of justice and glory in people's values.
Du Xian lived in the central army and calmly issued military orders. The orders at this moment cannot be proved more, and they can only make temporary judgments based on experience and intuition. The subordinates cannot care about right or wrong. The only thing they should do is to execute them.
"Report! Gongyecheng's troops were attacked in the north, and they had retreated to the central army in order to prevent the encirclement." A cavalry rushed to report loudly.
Du Xian said: "Aresponsible for his troops to enter the battlefield and the Youzhou army prepares for war."
Another person came to report: "The Zuo Mingguang army attacked the southern highlands and was blocked by the enemy soldiers with logs and arrows. The soldiers were unable to rush up. The general asked for a temporary suspension of the attack."
Du Xian said angrily: "If you don't seize the highlands in the south, do you have to attack the enemy soldiers from the slope? You can order the general of the Left Army to go up no matter what method you use, otherwise you will come and see him!"
It has been nearly an hour since the ambush of the Khitan and Xi alliances raided and besieged. The two sides attacked, but the Jin army had not moved, and it seemed that it was difficult to decide the winner in a short period of time. Du Xian had confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Five Armies, so he had the intention to counterattack.
Unexpectedly, after a while, another commissar came to report. The general who was responsible for the attack on the south hillside of the rear wing was killed. Du Xian had to instruct the deputy general to temporarily lead the left army and let the attacking troops temporarily retreat and repair them.
The Hu soldiers rushed down from their wings and fought again and again, but they could not break the formation until night. The Jin army fought in turns, and the army was exhausted because the weather was sultry. Fortunately, the sun set, the enemy's offensive gradually slowed down and finally retreated to the mountain. Because the troops were exhausted and attacked again, Du Xian did not order the army to counterattack, and the battlefield gradually subsided.
It was getting darker and people surrounded the barracks with vehicles. Because they could not find enough firewood, they had to eat some dry food and drink some cold water to fill their stomachs. Some soldiers dug three feet of the ground and couldn't get it. The generals suggested that the offensive should be launched early the next morning and that they could no longer be trapped in the valley.
The temperature was very high, and the bodies killed on both sides began to show signs of rotting after being sunny in the sun for a whole afternoon. In the evening, a strange smell could be faintly smelled in the air. People were afraid of causing a plague, so they collected the corpses and burned them. The corpses turned into ashes in the thick smoke of fire and smoke, and would be buried in a foreign land forever. The generals lit incense and poured wine and burned some paper money to comfort the warriors in the sky.
As dawn came, Hu soldiers crowded into a group of blocks on the high ground at the entrance of the valley south of Du Xianguan, and were very crowded, so they ordered the four cannons to be pulled to the rear army and placed them on the uphill. At this time, the hot weapons appeared on the battlefield for the first time. Not only did the Hu people not make any noise, but even the Jin army did not expect the cannons. Because the road on the high ground was about two miles away, the Jin soldiers tampered with several large cars at such a distance, and the Hu people did not feel any threat.
The officials of the artillery engineering department were busy adjusting the height of the cannon table. The soldiers said that the gunpowder had begun to fill the medicine, and someone came up with solid cannon balls cast with lead. Just dawn, the enemy soldiers had not started the first round of attacks. The Jin army had no more movement and only tinkered with a few iron cannons there.
After a while, a cavalry reported to Du Xian: "The cannon is ready." The messenger beside him saw Du Xian nodding and shook a green flag in the air a few times. Suddenly, there was a loud "boom" sound, like a bolt from the blue, and the valley seemed to be shaken. The troops were shocked, and there was a slight riot in the crowd, but everyone knew in advance that it was the cannon fire, so they were still calm.
A lead bullet roared from the thick smoke and flew up the hillside. It was densely packed with people. The shells were not too far off and hit the horses and jumped on the hard soil. With a "wow" sound, a scream of fear erupted. A crowd fell, and people around them ran around, especially the frightened war horses ran the fastest and ran around the hillside.
After a moment, several loud noises came, and the shells hit the enemy soldiers suddenly became in chaos.
Seeing this situation, Du Xian was a little surprised and immediately ordered the rear army to assemble troops to attack and seize the high ground, and ordered the cannons to continue shelling. However, the design of the four cannons was not perfect, and it was silenced for a long time after one round of shelling. The artillery guards were busy watering and cooling down, and they took sticks and strips of sticks to clean up the residue in the cannon barrel.
The Hu soldiers on the mountain were even more frightened and at a loss. Although the Jin soldiers were still far away at the foot of the mountain, they suddenly fell from the lead ball and died several people. They could not even create stable crossbows and could not figure out the situation in front of them. Someone shouted: "The Han people used witchcraft in front of the formation and invited Thunder God!"
The Khitan general looked down the mountain and saw that the black smoke was heavy in front of the Jin army camp, and it was suspected that it was doing the trick in the black clouds. The war between the mortals called ghosts and gods. How did swords, guns, sticks and sticks fight against lightning and thunder? How could this battle be fought? The general looked up at the sky and saw that the sky was very clear, with a few sparse white clouds floating in the blue sky. Where did the thunder and lightning come from like this?
After a little while, more than a dozen Khitan wizards came from behind. The general pointed to the thick smoke below and said, "Hurry up and do the magic tricks of dispelling the Han people!" The wizards hurriedly set up formations, raised a black flag at each of the four corners of the mountain, brought firewood, tung oil and lit four bonfires, and then raised wooden swords and jumped up like cramps in the middle.
At this time, the cannons at the foot of the mountain were filled with medicine again, "Boom..." There were a few more lightning and thunder. Unfortunately, a lead bullet hit the wizard's formation. The soil and rocks on the mountain were hard in the continuous drought. The shells made the dust splash and jumped on the ground and then jumped up. Suddenly, more than a dozen wizards died on the spot, and several were injured by the splashing stones and mud, and could not get up. Another shell smashed a pile of firewood into the air. The burning firewood fell into the crowd. Many people were lit up and rolled on the ground with a "wow" screaming.
The Hu soldiers on the southern high ground were in chaos, and a large number of Jin soldiers and infantry appeared on the hillside. This time, the Jin soldiers were much calmer, and they rushed up in groups. The Khitans wanted to use the same trick to resist the enemy with logs and stones, but the troops were in chaos. The army was frightened and turbulent, so they could not organize the blocking in time. Arrows shot several shots at the foot of the mountain, but no casualties were caused. Soon the Jin soldiers rushed up to fight. The Khitans saw that the wizards were dead and were worried that they would be struck by lightning and were in a low morale. The team was in chaos, and soon they could not resist the collapse of the east and west sides.
The Jin army took advantage of the situation to occupy the southern highlands and planted a large flag with the word "Jin" written on it. The people in the valley shouted and cheered when they saw the flags. Three thousand Youzhou troops climbed up the mountains one after another, and then unfolded to the mountains on both sides. Both sides were competing in the mountains and forests, and there was no difference in terrain and highlands. The formation was not conducive to the formation of formation in the forest, and the Jin army, which had a higher organization, could not play its strength, but they had the advantage of equipment and physical strength, and they would not suffer any loss in the melee of individual soldiers.
From the morning, the Khitans no longer threatened the attacks of the Jin army in the valley. The Han people occupied the entrance of the valley in the south, so they were able to retreat calmly and their morale became more and more peaceful. However, Du Xian did not order the withdrawal of troops, but ordered the general Yang Meng to lead a cavalry to the north to open up the road ahead.
Yang Meng was very murderous. He was the master who was willing to go to the battlefield and did not care about his own casualties. The ground in the northern part of the valley was wide and suitable for cavalry movement. When Yang Meng led his troops to approach the Khitans, he did not pay attention to any tricks and rushed forward without saying a word. The generals and schoolmen rushed into the enemy formation when they saw this. The Khitans intended to use their superior forces to surround Yang Meng from both wings, but Yang Meng was not Gong Yecheng. He didn't care what would happen if he was surrounded. Let's talk about it when he was surrounded.
As a result, he rushed and fought hard. The tactic of encircling the two wings of the Khitan was unable to resist and was defeated by the central government in an instant. Yang Meng led his troops to pursue and cover them up, killing them all over the land. It was not until noon that the generals persuaded him to stop and return.
The Khitans were defeated for two battles, and Du Xian decided that they could not launch a strong attack for the time being, so he ordered the five armies to move and advance northward. He also ordered the Mingguang army cavalry to live on the east and west sides to protect the flanks. Sure enough, the Khitans saw the Jin army camp moving and launched another round of attacks, but the attack power was much weaker at this time, and the Mingguang army cavalry alone defeated him.
When Du Xian led his army through the valley, a Khitan army surrendered and claimed that he did not want to fight with the Jin army anymore. The ambush battle was won by the Jin army at both ends, and the battle was decided at this point.
Chapter completed!