On the fourth day, Gel Khan personally ordered all the troops. Today Gel Khan completely gave up the illusion of easily defeating the Tang army and began to fight steadily.
Once the opponent starts fighting steadily, the pressure on Tang Jun will increase greatly.
The elite of the Uighur Khan's royal tent were dispatched, the elite heavy cavalry of the three major stele forest armies were in the center, and the light cavalry roamed on both wings. The entire Uighur army formed an effective killing machine.
The charge of armored heavy cavalry, coupled with the restraint of flanking light cavalry who were skilled in bows and horses, caused the Tianshan Army to encounter the most difficult battle since its departure from the fortress.
Gel Khan sent out all the elite guards around him, and Manggucha also served as a centurion and led a hundred people to the front line.
Three thousand heavy cavalry were in the center. These were the most elite knights in the entire Uighur. They wore heavy armor, even their horses were covered with armor.
Although ordinary Uighur horses have strong endurance and speed, they cannot bear the weight of armored knights, so the horses under the crotch of this heavy cavalry are all Dawan horses obtained by the Uighurs from the Western Regions.
The Dawan horse is also a bloody horse, and it is the best war horse available in East Asia today.
The Dayuan horse has a particularly strong load-bearing capacity and can bear the weight of the knight plus the armor. Moreover, the explosive power of this horse is also very strong. Once it launches a charge, it will really shake the earth.
But in Cao Lingzhong's view, these clumsy heavy cavalry were not the biggest threat. What threatened him most was the light cavalry on the flanks.
These light cavalry rode Uighur horses, carried all kinds of bows and arrows, and wore all kinds of armor.
At first glance, these cavalry looked like a mess, but Cao Lingzhong did not dare to underestimate them. This was the absolute power of the Uighurs to rule the grasslands.
These are Uighur warriors who have been riding horses and shooting arrows since childhood. They gather around "Berk" as a tribe.
Burke was the most basic noble of the Uighurs. Burke owned a pasture and owned several families of free people and slaves. When he went to the battlefield, Burke led his people to join the army, and Burke naturally became a low-level officer in the army.
Burke not only had to join the army himself, but was also responsible for the weapons and equipment of his subordinates. They often formed a team of more than a dozen people and were under the leadership of a centurion.
Every Uighur berk is a warrior with excellent cavalry, and the Uighurs are good at forging iron. Their weapons are not much different from those of the Tang Dynasty, but the raw materials for steel are relatively expensive and scarce, so they prefer to fight with spears and bows and arrows.
Manggucha held the reins nervously. These soldiers were all from his tribe, and the ten Burkes had been his companions since childhood. But for Manggucha who had participated in such a battle, it was his first time to experience such a battle.
, still very nervous.
Pang Yawei was also extremely nervous. He followed the troops on horseback. In front was Brigadier Zhang's battalion.
Zhang Lushuai often bought Pang Yawei's pancakes when he was in Beiting, and he and Pang Yawei were old acquaintances.
However, at this time, Brigadier Zhang looked completely different from how he usually bought pancakes. He mounted his horse with a serious expression and rushed out of the camp with his soldiers.
On this day, the Tang army and the Uighur army fought from dawn to dusk. Gel Khan also showed the patience and wisdom he had when he unified the grassland. He sat in the central military camp and flexibly commanded the army to divide and surround the Tang army.
Cao Lingzhong, on the other hand, led the Tianshan cavalry, constantly looking for weak positions in the Uighur encirclement, breaking out from time to time to the left and right, and occasionally killing a carbine to swallow up the lone Uighur troops.
When the sun went down and each warring side threw down hundreds of corpses, they each withdrew their troops and returned to their camps.
Pang Yawei saw a large number of wounded soldiers being carried into the wounded barracks, and Brigadier Zhang, who often bought pancakes from him, was also shot in the thigh by an arrow.
After Brigadier Zhang was hit by an arrow, he broke the arrow shaft and continued to direct the battle. By the time he was carried down, the wound had suppurated.
The Uighur arrowheads were soaked in horse dung and were covered with bacteria. When Zhang Brigade was brought in, he was already in a fever and coma.
Pang Yawei quickly put Zhang Lushuai on the operating table made of wooden boards, tore open his clothes and saw the shocking wound. Pang Yawei immediately took out the flame-sterilized scalpel and carefully dug out the arrowhead from the wound.
Then Pang Yawei asked someone to bring distilled and purified high-strength liquor and sprinkle it on the wound.
These liquors were all collected by Pang Yawei from the military camps. After distillation and purification, high-strength liquor was obtained.
This highly concentrated alcohol can kill bacteria on wounds and indeed saved the lives of many soldiers.
However, there is a lack of anti-inflammatory drugs on the front lines, and many wounded people still die every day.
After pouring high-strength liquor on Zhang Lushuai's wound, Pang Yawei used a scalpel to cut open the rotten flesh near the wound. The next step was to see whether Zhang Lushuai could hold on.
With a sigh, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed across the night.
Timur, who was upstream, also saw this lightning. The north wind gradually began to howl, and raindrops fell on Timur's face.
"It's finished!" the craftsmen of the Mouluo tribe shouted, and the last opening of the dam was closed.
A small dam was completed, and the Geluolu people on the construction site hugged each other.
Mouluo Yinle took a bowl of mare's milk, came to Timur's side and asked: "Brother Timur, it's really going to rain."
Timur raised his head, looked at the tent that was blown crookedly by the strong wind, nodded and said: "A heavy rain is coming."
Mouluo Yinle looked at the newly built dam and said, "Can it be done?"
Timur said firmly: "It must be possible!"
Just as Timur finished speaking, the cold air from the northern plateau finally collided with the warm hot wind ridge.
Heavy rain fell from the sky and hit Jinshan Mountain.
And this rainwater flows along the hillside and collects into the Caton River.
The river water that gathered from the mountains was blocked by the dam on the upper reaches of the Caton River, and the river water began to collect in the upper reaches of the river.
There is also some river water that merges into the bed of the Caton River, lifting the originally depleted river water.
During the heavy rainstorm, Cao Lingzhong walked out of the commander's tent. He refused the raincoat offered by his bodyguard. Standing in the summer rainy night, the old general opened his arms, looked up at the sky and murmured:
"It's really raining, and my destiny in the Tang Dynasty is still there! Does King Jianning really have a destiny?"
Cao Lingzhong thought of Pang Yawei, who had sworn to him that it would rain, and asked to the left and right: "Is Pang Lang still in the wounded barracks?"
The guard immediately said: "Pang Jun is still rescuing the wounded in the wounded barracks."
After Pang Yawei took over the wounded camp, he used spirits to disinfect wounds and popularized some hygiene knowledge. He suffered a lot of injuries from the wounded camp.
Pang Yawei also imparted some knowledge about battlefield first aid to the soldiers, and he was quite popular within the Tianshan Army. The soldiers' name for him also changed from Pang Lang to Pang Jun.
Cao Lingzhong put on his raincoat and came to the wounded barracks with his soldiers.
These soldiers with infected wounds could not be exposed to the rain. Several tents were blown down by the wind. Pang Yawei was pulling up the tents with the soldiers.
After finally pulling up the tent again, Pang Yawei saw Cao Lingzhong and immediately stepped forward and crossed his hands as a salute: "General Cao."
Cao Lingzhong pointed to the sky and said: "As you said, it is indeed raining, can you just postpone it for one more day?"
Pang Yawei has learned through the player channel that the dam upstream has been completed.
Now the water level in the dam is rising rapidly, and it only takes one day to accumulate enough river water.
Pang Yawei said firmly: "We just need to hold on for one more day!"
Cao Lingzhong nodded and said nothing. He said to Pang Yawei: "Come with me to fight tomorrow."
"ah?"
Pang Yawei was a little stunned, and Cao Lingzhong said to him: "If we are defeated tomorrow, there will be no eggs in the nest, and it is useless for you to stay here. You might as well learn how to march and fight with me."
Pang Yawei was stunned, had he gained enough favorability? This Cao Lingzhong actually wanted to teach him the art of war?
There are many players who have thought about learning the art of war, but among many knowledges, the art of war is the most difficult to learn.
Currently, except for Yu Chixin, who relied on his talent and studied the ancestral art of war from Xue Xiaowei's family, and became the only general in command among the players, no player has been able to command the ancient army in battle.
After all, it is not easy to be a general.
Cao Lingzhong was able to use six thousand cavalry like an arm, which shows his ability to use troops. If there is such a master who teaches the art of war by himself, this will be a great opportunity!
Pang Yawei immediately said excitedly to Cao Lingzhong: "Thank you, General!"
Early the next morning, while the pouring rain had not stopped, Mang Gucha walked out of the camp with dark circles under his eyes.
It rained suddenly last night. The day before yesterday, Gel Khan informed the camp to camp away from the Katon River. Many barracks did not follow the instructions. Yesterday, the water in the Katon River surged, and some barracks were flooded.
Gel Khan ordered Manggucha to lead people to inspect the barracks, and after working hard all night, he returned to the camp to rest.
As soon as it dawned, Gel Khan ordered the troops to assemble again, and Manggucha could only go into battle wearing armor with dark circles under his eyes.
Yesterday's hard battle has left the Uighurs physically and mentally exhausted. Today they have to fight in heavy rain, and there are even more complaints in the military camp.
Gel Khan stood in the royal tent, looking at the pouring rain outside, feeling agitated for no reason.
The summer in the grassland is like a girl's mood, it changes at any time.
Yesterday the sky was clear, and today it was pouring rain. However, Gel Khan knew that the Tang cavalry suffered heavy losses yesterday, and he must work harder to defeat this powerful enemy today!
As long as the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was defeated, the Uighurs would no longer have the power to interfere on the Mobei grasslands, and Gel Khan could stabilize the hegemony of the Uighurs by virtue of his prestige in defeating the Tang army.
Unable to give the Tang army a chance to repair, Gel Khan secretly made a decision. He beat the drums to gather his troops and launched another attack on the Tang army on the opposite side.
Pang Yawei put on ill-fitting armor and stood side by side with Cao Lingzhong. Cao Lingzhong pointed to the reins and said: "I can't teach you the art of war and strategy, those big things, but I can still tell you a thing or two about the art of marching and fighting."
"Do you know about cavalry warfare? Why are famous generals such as Huo Qubing and Xue Rengui able to suppress the barbarians who grew up on horseback and bring out a cavalry that makes the barbarians in the grassland fearful?"
Pang Yawei shook his head.
Cao Lingzhong said: "When cavalry fights, sharpness comes first! If the general is brave, the whole army will be unstoppable. On the contrary, if the general is timid, the whole army will be afraid of fighting."
"Do you know why I dare to promise you to hold back the elite of Gel Khan's royal tent for five days?"
Pang Yawei shook his head and expressed ignorance.
Cao Lingzhong said: "If ten years ago, the Uighur Khan had personally led the army, I would have stayed away and not dared to take advantage of him."
"But now, the Wolf King is old. He can no longer ride a horse and can no longer command the battle himself."
Cao Lingzhong looked at Pang Yawei and said, "But I have cultivated my moral character for the past twenty years, and I can still fight with a sword!"
"My sons! Raise the flag and follow me to defeat the enemy!"