There is a very strict article in the military code of the Dahua Army, that is, those who fail to rescue friendly forces or fail to rescue them in time will be punished with serious crimes and may even be beheaded.
Military discipline is there, and under the leadership of Li Chuxiang, the Canglang Battalion is still very united. Lu Tian and Jiu She are both brigade commanders, and they have a good personal relationship. He doesn't care about public or private affairs.
reason.
Jiu She rushed over with his army as soon as he received the news. While riding on his horse, Jiu She issued a few orders.
Under Jiushe's order, the second brigade took regiments as units and came in three directions towards the place where Lu Tian's troops were surrounded.
The reason why the troops were not gathered in one place was Jiu She's cleverness. Because even if their first and second brigades were added together, they only had 30,000 people, compared to the 60,000 people of the South Vietnamese Army.
, it is still inferior in quantity.
If they want to break out of the siege, such a forceful charge will probably cause the South Vietnamese Army to detach an army to stop them. In this case, if they want to break through the blocking road, it will take more time, but the first
No one dares to say whether the First Brigade can hold on until then.
In order not to give the enemy a chance to find out what was real, Jiushe decided to divide his troops into three groups to create the illusion that a large army was approaching. Only in this way was the best way to rescue.
Of course, doing so is not without danger. For example, if the troops are too dispersed, they may face the possibility of being divided and surrounded. Even if they fail to save others, they may end up being trapped.
Therefore, this is not the best plan, at least not a safe one. But the situation on the battlefield is so urgent that Jiu She has to take the risk.
If he didn't even dare to take risks, he might not be able to save the First Brigade. In order to complete this task and to prevent the First Brigade from being completely annihilated, Jiu She had to take risks.
Since he had to take risks, what Jiu She wanted to do was how to prevent the enemy from seeing that he was taking risks. So he issued the second order, that is, each regiment except the thousands of people from the first battalion who rushed forward
, all the remaining soldiers were holding double torches, so that in the darkness it was easy to create an illusion, that is, there were many Dahua cavalry coming, so many that it was impossible to have only one brigade.
Once the enemy has such an idea, they may be the ones to be defeated next. In this case, they have no intention of blocking or even fighting, and it is time to rescue the first brigade.
After making these arrangements, Jiushe hurried towards the battlefield.
At this moment, Lu Tian, who was in the center of the battlefield, had another stab wound on his right thigh. Moreover, his horse also fell to the ground because its hoof was injured.
After turning from cavalry to infantry, Lu Tian was still very brave. With the sharpness of the sinking knife in his hand, he chopped down those who tried to take advantage of him to death one by one.
Soon, there were many more corpses on the ground. Most of them were from the South Vietnamese Army, but there were also many soldiers from the Canglang Battalion.
When the cavalry became infantry, the combat power of the Canglang Battalion was greatly restricted, and the number of casualties began to rise continuously. In just one stick of incense, hundreds more people fell.
There were fewer and fewer soldiers around him. The entire brigade was divided into several pieces and was surrounded by the overwhelming South Vietnamese army. When screams could be heard from time to time, Lu Tian's heart was bleeding.
The soldiers of the first brigade are all very brave and elite men. But now, they are dying here one by one. Even if they can escape this time, I am afraid that the first brigade will also be severely damaged.
It won't take a few months to recover.
Lu Tian felt indescribably uncomfortable when he thought of the soldiers who were still alive and kicking more than an hour ago, but now many of them were separated from each other.
And this grief turned into a force, and Lu Tian's body gave birth to infinite strength.
The expression in front of the South Vietnamese General's Palace was no longer as excited as before. He had already surrounded his opponent with four times the force, and he only needed a few attacks to win.
Who would have thought that the Chinese army would be so difficult to deal with? The battle still hasn't ended after more than an hour.
Not only that, but his own casualties were not small. Even if the cavalry of the Great Chinese Army did not have their horses, they were all very brave. Many of them would even use grenades on their bodies when they were about to die, causing them to fight against their own soldiers.
perish together.
That is to say, the troops were relatively sufficient this time. If they had fought one-on-one, their military morale would have been shattered long ago and all of them would have fled.
"The Great Chinese Army is indeed powerful." Gongqian felt admiration in his heart, but then he received a very bad news, that is, the scouts from the front came to report that they found a large number of Great Chinese Army cavalry in the middle of the attack.
Come towards me from three directions.
In view of the darkness and the fact that Jiu She deliberately had two torches per person, the South Vietnamese scouts could not determine how many Chinese cavalry were coming. They only knew that there were a lot of them, perhaps twenty to thirty thousand.
When he heard that the number of reinforcements was 20,000 to 30,000, Gong Qian felt a headache. If the enemy really had so many troops, then the number of troops on both sides would be almost the same. In addition, the Dahua cavalry can fight, so if they fight again
When they come together, it's unclear who will win and who will lose.
"General, if that doesn't work, let's retreat to Jinglong City. We still have a chance to do something useful." A deputy general seemed to have noticed what Gong Qian was thinking, so he came closer and spoke.
Gong Qian, who originally had this idea, immediately borrowed a donkey to go downhill and said: "That's the case, let's retreat. Order all the armies to retreat in order, so as not to be entangled by the Chinese army."
The South Vietnamese army retreated in an orderly manner, a planned departure from the battlefield.
The enemies surrounding him became fewer and fewer, until they finally disappeared. But at this time, Lu Tian no longer had the ability to pursue him. Of his 15,000 cavalrymen in the first brigade, less than 4,000 were still able to mount their horses and fight.
People, and all of them are exhausted from the fierce battle and lack of physical strength. If they insist on launching a pursuit, I am afraid that the losses will not be too small.
"Count the losses and rescue the wounded." Lu Tian said with hatred in his eyes.
Soon, the results were tallied up. Six thousand soldiers died on the spot in this battle, more than a thousand were seriously injured, and more than 5,000 were not seriously injured and would return to the team after treatment.
More than two-thirds of its strength was severely damaged. Regardless of Lu Tian's willingness or not, his first brigade had to stop and rest. Even if suitable soldiers were found to supplement it, it would only take a few months to half a year.
It is also impossible to restore combat effectiveness.
This battle also warned all the Chinese troops not to underestimate their opponents at any time. If anyone dares to do this, the First Brigade of Canglang Battalion is an example.
Soon, Jiu She led the second brigade to the battlefield. With the two brigades converging, the safety of the first brigade was finally guaranteed. In view of the fact that he was also alone, Jiu She had no intention of moving forward, but ordered
The army stopped and was stationed on guard to guard against the South Vietnamese army that might attack at any time.
At the same time, the news here was reported to Emperor Tang Ao and the Canglang Division Headquarters who were coming here.
Lu Tian's First Brigade suffered heavy losses, but this was just a special case on the battlefield. In the entire war, losses like this were the only one. In comparison, other armies and divisions were fighting steadily.
Despite this, the progress was still very smooth.
But after all, there were too many South Vietnamese soldiers, especially the 600,000 tribal alliances. Except for about 100,000 people who ran away quickly at the beginning, the other 500,000 people were quickly penetrated by the Chinese army and left behind.
Arriving on the battlefield.
There are 500,000 people. If you want to deal with them, the Chinese army will have to put in a lot of effort. Especially the Chinese army, which has a total strength of less than 500,000 people. If you want to capture or eliminate all these people, it will be impossible.
It cannot be completed in a day or two.
Fortunately, most of the 500,000 people had been frightened by the thunder from the Great Chinese Army and had no intention of resisting. This greatly reduced the difficulty of conquering them.
But even so, it took a full twenty days to completely disarm the 400,000 prisoners.
In this battle, the Great Chinese Army first used sky thunder, then showed weakness, then lured the enemy deeper, then used sky thunder, and finally launched a sudden night attack. The important thing is that Tang Ao also personally participated in the battle and took the lead by using remote beheading.
Defeated the enemy's left wing army.
It was the careful planning of the battle, the bravery of the soldiers, and the freedom and flexibility of tactics that led to the victory in this battle.
This battle basically eliminated the main force of the South Vietnamese resistance army (in addition to prisoners, more than 100,000 tribal alliance troops and more than 40,000 left-wing South Vietnamese main force were killed). After this battle, the comparison of the strength of the two sides
It is no longer as huge as before.
After tying up all the prisoners in twenty days, the Dahua Army, which followed and was responsible for transporting logistics supplies, took the prisoners back in batches on their return journey.
A new batch of military rations and sky thunder arrived, and Tang Ao began to make the next battle plan, which was to attack Jinglong City.
Jinglong City, as the royal capital of South Vietnam, has a very strong political significance. Once it can be captured, it will mean the defeat of the South Vietnam Dynasty.
Once the royal capital is captured, Li Yongli will lose his powerful appeal, and it will be much easier to deal with him again.
Tang Ao could see this, and so could Li Yongli. After evacuating from the battlefield and returning to Jinglong City, he began to constantly deploy troops and generals. For this reason, he didn't know how many promises he made.
With his promise, he even took the initiative to show weakness to some enemies that he had tried to conquer but failed in the past, in order to temporarily unite them to withstand the sharp front of the Great Chinese Army.