Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1543 August Wuyin
Today's weather is actually good, the temperature does not exceed [-] degrees, very suitable for fighting.

The Uighurs dispatched more than [-] soldiers and horses, both infantry and cavalry, mainly cavalry.

Shao Shude watched silently on the high platform.

It took a long time for the thief infantry to line up, obviously not very elite.Zang Dubao sent a troop of cavalry to harass, but was stopped by the Uighurs.

The Xia army dispatched nearly 2 people, including more than 2000 infantry, and [-] army cavalry on the two wings.In the rear, there are still a few light cavalry and more than [-] armored cavalry resting.

Many people bully few people, this is one of the core of Shaw's Art of War.

The sound of horseshoes sounded, Shao Shude clamped his horse's belly, and came to the front of the formation.

He glanced at the Uighur on the opposite side from a distance. That golden bag was the Vija Khan who had appeared in official documents many times, right?It's too young.

Shao Shude is getting old, and he likes to recall the feeling of being full of strength when he was young. Now he sees Vija Khan who is full of vitality and is doing pre-war mobilization, and he is slightly envious.

But the contest between armies and even countries is based on strength.

Now Daxia is like a young man full of supernatural power who never gets tired, while Gaochang Uyghur is an old man with weakened strength and extremely weak, who just happened to be separated from the monarchs of the two countries.

"Your life is only a few decades, yet another country will be destroyed." Shao Shude drew out the Chashan sword and held it high.

The sergeants cheered immediately.

He laughed and looked at the neat and orderly queue, a typical wild goose formation.

To be honest, he can't remember how many times he fought the enemy in field battles.But what I remember most is the meeting at Qijia, fighting with Huang Chao, and fighting with the towns in the northwest of Beijing.

Obviously it was just a battle of thousands of people, but in my impression it was as soul-stirring as 10,000+ people fighting for life and death.

Now he can really dispatch 10,000+ people to fight against the enemy array, but his mood is calm, and he doesn't even bother to take a look.

More than [-] people from Yin'an Zhi were in the vanguard, led by Zhe Cong Ruan.

Followed by infantry from various ministries of the imperial army, wearing helmets and armour, with excellent equipment.

In the rear, there were nearly ten thousand Beiting Fan soldiers under the command of Dagan Ali Gu. They wore sheepskin jackets and held various weapons such as spears and scimitars. They came purely to feel the atmosphere of the battlefield.

The good news is that the morale is not bad. Driven by teammates who seem to be very reliable, they dare to fight and fight hard.

That's what war is.A high-quality and high-level army may not be able to play at any level if it is thrown into a bunch of pig teammates.Troops of average quality, if they are surrounded by strong troops, can often perform beyond their capabilities.

The mobilization on the opposite side is almost complete.

Vija may have seen Shao Shude in front of the formation, and felt a little greedy, so he couldn't wait to launch the attack.

"Go!" Shao Shude shouted.

"Go!" The palace guards shouted in unison.

"Catch them!" Silver Saddle roared.

"Catch them!" Tianxiong, Wuwei, Tielin and other soldiers roared in unison.

"Catch them!" The whole army roared, full of murderous intent.

"Boom..." The drums rang repeatedly.

The formation slowly moved forward, quickly passed Shao Shude, and met the Uighurs who were rushing to kill them.

The cooperation of the Uighur cavalry was just right. They ran briskly towards the silver saddle as the vanguard, trying to interfere with and shake their formation with arrow rain, but were quickly driven away by the imperial infantry who came up from the rear with bows and arrows.

After retreating far away, the pitiful power of the riding bow could no longer pose a threat to the silver saddle straight warriors.The weak arrows landed on the cold-forged steel armor, clanging non-stop. It seemed lively, but it couldn't pose much real threat.

Vija Khan was so angry that his eyes were about to burst.Why is Xia people's army formation like an old tortoise with nowhere to go?

He led people around to the rear again, trying to launch an attack from the Xia army's side and rear, but encountered more than a thousand cavalry led by Li Siyuan head-on.

Just one face-to-face, Vija felt a little bad.

The cavalry on the opposite side was really desperate, he broke into the crowd with a hammer in his hand, and was almost invincible, and almost none of his own knights who passed by him survived.

And the knights of the Xia army who followed him were not good at it either. Horses, irons, machetes, long and short weapons greeted them again and again, making it difficult for cavalry who mainly focused on cavalry and archery to fight them.

"Retreat!" Bijia greeted, and led more than two thousand riders around a circle, desperately retreating to the rear.

"Vijia!" Li Siyuan roared loudly, danced his hammer and beat his horse, and rushed over.

Vija didn't dare to look back at all.

Today's battle outside the city, the core tactic is to use cavalry to harass the formation of the Xia people, causing chaos, and then fight for a chance - there is little hope, but you have to try, what if you win?

But after fighting for a while, he quickly discovered that the Xia people were the same as when they were in Yizhou. The infantry was indestructible, and it was difficult to shake their formation by cavalry and shooting harassment. people.

As for the Xia people's cavalry, he was very familiar with them, and they had fought more than the infantry: they must not charge face to face, it would be courting death, the only way is to fight at a distance, and try to rely on bows and arrows to win.

Therefore, he ignored Li Siyuan's insults and provocations at all, and withdrew to the open land in the northwest to regroup with his troops.

Li Siyuan chased for a while, but was hit by arrows from the top of the city, killing and injuring dozens of riders, so he stopped chasing, cursed and retreated.

On the frontal battlefield, there was no flank harassment, and the silver-saddle straight soldiers with no distractions had already joined the enemy infantry.

The battle is directly one-sided.

The Uyghurs—perhaps, they are not really Uyghurs, but Han, Tocharian, Tubo, Qiang, and races whose origins are unknown—the morale that was temporarily boosted is dripping with blood. He didn't exist on the battlefield for a quarter of an hour, and was quickly chopped off by a sharp knife and a long sword.

The footsteps of the silver-saddled warrior became faster and faster, driving the enemy infantry who had already made a lot of noise to roll back.Those who ran slowly were directly stabbed, and the Uighurs were panicked and trampled on each other, and the army collapsed.

"Catch them!" The infantrymen of the imperial army who came up from behind shouted anxiously.

"Catch them!" The Silver Saddle Soldiers laughed loudly, reaping the lives of the enemies without stopping.

Dense arrows fell from the top of the city, as well as intermittently fired crossbows, which slowed down Xia Jun's pursuit.

Vija Khan took this cover and rushed into the city gate in a hurry.

Some cavalrymen of the Xia army chased up with arrows regardless of casualties. The gatekeepers saw this and shot a volley with their bows. .

"Haha!" The generals who went up to the high platform to watch with Shao Shude laughed in unison.

How dare you fight in the wild with this little ability?

The tactics of the nomads have never been based on fighting head-on.Shao Shude originally thought that Vija should give up Gaochang decisively and fight guerrilla with him.Unexpectedly, he didn't have the courage to break the boat, unwilling to give up his family business, go to the wild to be a traditional nomadic chieftain, and bring his troops to fight Xia Bing.

In that case, Shao Shude would have to send various people to keep track of him, which definitely couldn't be done in a month or two.What's more, if he escaped far enough and hid well enough, it might take several months just to chase and chase the road, and he would definitely not be able to clean up before the snow fell.

Are you reluctant to part with your own palace, farmland, ranch and orchard?Then no one can help you.

"The thieves are defeated, so they rushed into the city and snatched the Uighur Queen Dowager and Empress and presented them to Your Majesty." Ma Sixun laughed loudly.

"What nonsense!" Shao Shude scolded with a smile.

Everyone also laughed, high-spirited.

And under the city, all the soldiers and horses are already ready to attack the city—on the occasion of the great victory, if you don't take advantage of the situation to attack the city, wouldn't it be a waste of a good opportunity?
Liu Que, who lived in the house, got off the high platform, sat down behind the table, spread out a pen and paper, and began to record: "Jianji 14th August, Jiaxu, the emperor personally commanded the six armies, and went down to the village in Ningrong Post, facing each other with the flag base .”

"It's the day when all the generals invite you to fight, and they all say that it is appropriate to attack quickly."

"The general Zang Dubao said that the bandits are in the city and the king's division is in the field. The momentum of the attack cannot be slowed down by the bandits; the diligence of flying and pulling is really laborious. The harvest will be harvested this autumn. Please collect it as army rations to lower the morale of the bandits. Emperor Jiazhi, sent Meilu A Chuo to choose three thousand soldiers from the Fan, and mow them day and night, so as not to leave them in the wilderness."

"Wuyin, you drove the people of Xizhou under the city, and threatened to attack the city. The bandits knew it, and they all cared about their families, and they had no fighting spirit. Before the beginning, more than ten thousand thieves tried their best to leave the city, but they were broken by the king's master, and the soldiers were defeated. .Vija rode into the city alone, so he was frightened."

"Ma Sixun, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Black Army Army, please attack the city and capture the Empress Dowager Gaochang and the Queen as a sacrifice. Although the Emperor is a sensualist, he has a virtuous heart."

After writing, wait for the ink to dry, then gently close it and put it away.

This kind of thing, in principle, would not be shown to saints.

Moreover, Konami doesn't seem to be very interested in these things recorded.In his early years, he wanted to see it, but the historian refused to let him see it, so he gave up, and he never mentioned these things again.

In the end, he is the emperor who will conquer the great world, I am me, and I am such a man.You can just record it truthfully, and it doesn’t matter what you write or write.

Liu Qu considers himself a faithful recorder, and his writing is extremely important, and he will not scribble.Of course, sometimes I will add a little bit of my own understanding, but generally speaking, I will not deviate too far from the truth.

"Boom..." The drums rang non-stop.

Tens of thousands of Han generals rushed to the towering city wall without risking their lives, and launched a wave of offensives.

The Uighur sergeants witnessed a great defeat at the top of the city, and their morale was extremely low. Xia Jun, who was almost touched on the top of the city, gained a firm foothold.Later, even though he organized people to kill the Xia people, his own casualties were not small.

The morale of the sergeants is only one aspect.

In fact, the attitudes of city officials, generals, aristocratic families, and monks are also very important.

Since Yizhou, he has suffered three defeats, today is the fourth one, and the defeat was particularly miserable, losing tens of thousands of horses.At this point, Vija's status is actually in jeopardy - I dare not say it elsewhere, at least in Gaochang City, he will face a huge backlash.

(End of this chapter)