I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 421, Head-on Fierce Battle

In the middle of March in the second year of Xingping (195 AD)!

After half a month of marching, a large army of 5 troops finally entered Yumen County in Dunhuang!

In Maize County, the Kingdom Army finally found the Qiang cavalry. Wang Dang immediately led 1 cavalry, outflanked and wiped out a 3000 cavalry. To the county to resist the Qiang coalition forces, hundreds of thousands of Han people are still alive, and the Qiang people have not yet opened the road to the Western Regions.

This made the Kingdom Army and the others very happy. As long as these hundreds of thousands of Qiang people can be wiped out in Dunhuang, millions of Qiang people in Xiliang will be wiped out. Even in the vast grasslands of Xiliang and Xihai, there are still Qiang tribes It won't be a climate anymore, which means that this battle can determine the peace of Xiliang for a hundred years!

But correspondingly, this war also exposed the existence of the Dagan army. These Qiang leaders were shocked to find that Dagan had no intention of letting them go, and actually chased them to Dunhuang thousands of miles away.

The situation they are facing now is that they are blocked by a strong enemy in the front, followed by chasing troops to encircle and suppress them. If they are not careful, they will be wiped out!Faced with such a critical moment, all the tribal leaders of the Qiang people gathered together to discuss how to deal with the big army!
Shao Dangzhan looked at the surrounding Qiang leaders with a serious face and said: "The Dagan army has come after them. The Leihuo tribe in Yumen has been wiped out by the Dagan army. Let's talk about what to do now?"

Shao Dangzhan's words made many Qiang leaders panic when they heard the news. They fled to Dunhuang only after being beaten by the Dagan army. No one thought that the Dagan army would catch up!This simply does not give them a way out!

"Let's run away quickly, to the Western Regions. If we go to the Western Regions, Lei Gong will not be able to catch up with us!" A Qiang leader said in panic, as if fleeing to the Western Regions would be able to avoid the demon Lei Gong!

"But the Han people are blocking us, we can't break through Guangzhi, and Dunhuang can't go to the Western Regions!" This is the most realistic problem. There are still two cities, and hundreds of thousands of Han people are blocking them!
A Qiang leader immediately said: "Bypassing these places, Dunhuang is a vast land and sparsely populated. We can also enter the Western Regions from other places!"

But at this time, Shao Dangzhan said angrily: "Not to mention that Dunhuang is surrounded by deserts, how can we go around? We can go around Dunhuang, but how much food do we have, and how many cattle and sheep do you have left, so go to the Western Regions empty-handed , are you trying to starve everyone to death?"

"Now we only have two days to go. One is to break through Dunhuang and rob the Han people of food and grass, so that our hundreds of thousands of people can have enough food and grass to enter Xiliang. There are only 5 soldiers in the army, and the leader is still a young boy with no experience in fighting at all. We are more than twice their size, and everyone is also a veteran who has experienced many battles. We may not be incapable of fighting if we take the initiative to attack!"

"Lei Gong's subordinates know how to use thunder, we can't resist it at all, and now we are looking for our own death!" The tribal leaders here don't believe Shao Dangzhan's words at all, and they don't think they can resist the attack of the Dagan army!It is their best choice to run away!

Shao Dangzhan sneered and said, "There is no Lei Fa at all. I have already found out that Lei Gong's subordinates use a gunpowder weapon!"

"What's the use of knowing the name? This gunpowder is like a world falling apart. If it's not Lei Gong, it's similar to Lei Fa. We have no way to resist it!"

Shao Dangzhan said: "The explosion of gunpowder has a certain range. As long as we attack the Dagan army with scattered formations, the damage caused by the gunpowder will not be great, and as long as we escape a round of gunpowder bombing, we can fight with the Dagan army." Bai Jiange killed, and then we will see the ability to cut people, we Qiang people will never lose to the Dagan people! Han Sui and the others will not be defeated by Lei Gong when they took the initiative to charge up!"

But some Qiang leaders worried: "Even if there is no gunpowder, the Dagan army is well-equipped. Ordinary soldiers wear iron armor. Our swords can't see through the Dagan army's iron armor. This battle is impossible!"

Shao Dangzhan sneered and said: "We have no choice, either conquer Guangzhi and the two cities of Dunhuang within 5 days, or defeat a large army of 5, or we will be hanged by Lei Gong!"

The words of hanging scared many Qiang leaders. Lei Gong likes to hang them the most. There are hundreds of Qiang leaders hanged by Lei Gong in Xiliang. Now the army is a little afraid of this word.

But they knew that Shao Dangzhan seemed to give them two choices, but in fact they wanted them to defeat the big army. After all, there were still two cities in Dunhuang County blocking their way to the Western Regions, and the two cities were 200 miles apart. They ran 5 miles in 2 days, and they had to attack 2 strong cities. On average, it took less than [-] days to conquer a strong city. If they really had this ability, they would not be in Dunhuang.

After discussing for a while, the leaders of this group of Qiang people found that they could only gather their troops and cadres in this land of Dunhuang, and fight to the death!

Although Shao Dangzhan said that he was not afraid of the Dagan army, he knew very well that the Dagan army was so powerful that it would be difficult for them to defeat them in a frontal battle. So he divided the Qiang tribe into several groups, intending to lure the Dagan army to divide their troops, and then divide them into groups. And annihilate.

Shao Dangzhan gathered all the young and strong of the 10 Qiang people together, and the old and weak women and children of the Qiang tribe were divided into three groups, respectively in Ming'an, Yuanquan, and Shatou generation. Shao Dangzhan made up his mind, no matter which way Attracting the Han to the Dagan army, he concentrated the main force of the Qiang people to eat the Dagan army!

The actions of the Qiang people were quickly spread to the Wang Guojun by Tanma!

Wang Guojun asked strangely: "What do these Qiang people want?"

Han Sui sneered and said, "The Qiang people know they can't beat us, and now they take the initiative to separate. This is to induce us to divide our forces so that we can defeat us! Don't think that the Qiang people seem to be separated, but I can guarantee that these Qiang people will definitely take Qing Zhuang gathered together, waiting for us to divide our forces to encircle them, and then defeat us!

Wang Guojun shook his head and said: "Time is on our side now, why should we divide our troops, wouldn't it be better to annihilate them one by one, these Qiang people have no brains, what kind of tricks are they using!"

So something that Shao Dangzhan never expected happened, the Dagan army did not divide the troops at all, but concentrated their forces and marched towards Dunhuang!The old and weak women and children of nearly 10 Qiang people in Shatou were easily eaten by Dagan, and the abandonment of old and weak women and children by Shao Dangzhan also aroused resentment among the Qiang people. They betrayed the position of the main force of Shao Dangzhan. Immediately lead the army to rush to the main force of the Qiang people!

Shao Dangzhan led the army back all the way, but he didn't expect that the Dagan army would turn all the way to swallow the women and children of the remaining two groups of Qiang people. There were only 10 young and strong left in these Qiang tribes.But it is impossible to form a tribe just by being young and strong!

Shao Dangzhan realized at this time that he had to take the initiative to attack the Dagan army to rescue their relatives, otherwise his army would be disintegrated!

Shao Dangzhan sent people to discuss peace with the Kingdom Army, as long as they spare their lives, they are willing to become Lei Gong's lackeys!
At the same time, he began to boost the morale of the Qiang soldiers, preparing for the final battle!

He said loudly to all the tribal leaders: "We just want to live, but the Dagan army drove us out of the West Sea, we all fled to Dunhuang, they are not willing to let us go, now we have no way out, Surrender is also death, and death in battle is also death. Only by defeating the Dagan army can we survive!

Other Qiang leaders also shouted: "Live! Live!"

But the Kingdom Army rejected the Qiang people's peace proposal, and he said to the Qiang people's envoy: "Your only way to survive is to put down your weapons and surrender! As long as you don't have the blood debt of the Han people in your hands, I can guarantee your safety!"

But this is not the answer that Shao Dangzhan wants to get, not to mention how many Han people they have slaughtered along the way, even if they are asked to give up their tribal rights, they are not willing, otherwise they would not have fled to Dunhuang in the first place!
March [-]th!
Shao Dangzhan assembled a 10 Qiang army on the outskirts of Guangzhi County. All the Qiang leaders decided to face it head-on and fight for a way out!
And the Kingdom Army also came to the opposite of the Qiang people with a mighty army of 5. The artillery battalion was at the forefront. Every Qiang who had seen the power of the artillery was frightened by the black hole muzzle, for fear that the artillery would hit them. Their bones are gone!

The 1.5 army was divided into three groups by the Kingdom Army, with 2 people on the left and right, and [-] people in his central army. Han Sui and Wang Dang commanded the left and right armies respectively, while he commanded the central army,

The Qiang people scattered in formation, it should not be said that they had no formation at all, and their army formation stretched dozens of miles long!So much so that it was difficult for the Kingdom Army to see all the formations of the Qiang people with binoculars!
Wang Dang laughed and said: These Qiang people are afraid of our artillery, but their army has spread out for dozens of miles, how can they be commanded, today they are doomed! "

However, Wang Guojun said: "Who dares to say that the things on the battlefield will be victorious in all battles. When it is time to charge the battle, the army should not be too divided. Find a way to divide and outflank the Qiang people. Let's eat them bit by bit!"

Han Sui sneered and said, "The Qiang people are just dying. As long as we resist the Qiang people's onslaught on the first day, they will be defeated without a fight. The Qiang people don't have much food and grass, and they can't afford to delay!"

"Woooooo!" Countless horn horns sounded, and the Qiang army began to squirm.

And the Wang Guojun also waved his hand, and dozens of giant war drums of the Dagan Army sounded at the same time, and the sound of the drums was earth-shattering in an instant, overshadowing the sound of the horns of the Qiang people!
The Qiang people were dispatched, and a cavalry brigade of [-] Qiang people rushed to the left flank of the Dagan army like an arrow from the string. Obviously, the Qiang people wanted to avoid the artillery battalion on the frontal battlefield in this way!
Thousands of horses are galloping, and the sound of horseshoes is like thunder, shaking the world!Wang Guojun sneered at the Qiang cavalry rushing forward, thinking that the artillery was inconvenient to move!

The Royal Army immediately ordered the Artillery Battalion to dispatch a part to support the army on the left.

Dozens of Feilei Cannons left the artillery battalion and put on their horses, facing the left flank of the army. When the Qiang people came to the left flank of the Dagan Army, they were horrified to find that they were still facing the artillery of the Dagan Army.

But when these cavalry stepped into the range of the 200-step artillery, the artillery fired the thunder cannon one by one!
"Puff puff!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Dozens of shells exploded, and the cavalry of the Qiang people were thrown off their feet!Hundreds of Qiang people were killed!

But this time the Qiang people did not retreat to the rear, but continued to rush towards the Dagan army. The horses were galloping like lightning, and the distance of 200 steps was quickly shortened!

After Wang Guojun saw it, he said: "Send Han Sui to kill the enemy!

After Han Sui received the Wang Guojun's order, he smiled at Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, and Li Kan, "Kill all these Qiang people!"

This was the richest battle Han Sui had ever fought. With the new flying thunder cannon, excellent steel knives, iron armor, hard bow and heavy arrows, the northern army did not have such good equipment back then. He didn't think a group of Qiang people who didn't even have armor would Is my opponent!

After Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, and Li Kan received Han Sui's order, they each led their troops, divided into three groups, and shot at the Qiang people like three long arrows!

Han Sui's men were completely wrapped in iron sheets. The Qiang people could not stop these three armies at all. With the sickle for harvesting life, every time you kill it, you can take a lot of the lives of Qiang warriors. After less than three rounds of hand-to-hand kills, the morale of the Qiang warriors collapsed, and the soldiers fled to the rear one after another!

The first battle was won, and the soldiers of Dagan shouted and cheered for their victory!
But at this time, the horn of the Qiang people sounded again, and two Qiang cavalry troops rushed out of the army formation again, and then the soldiers divided into two groups to attack the left and right wings of Dagan!
In order to avoid the artillery of the Dagan army, the Qiang people gave up frontal attacks and focused on the weak wings of the Dagan army!

So the Kingdom Army ordered Han Sui and Wang Dang, who were on the left and right wings, to kill and retreat the enemy!

And Han Sui and Wang Dang continued the same tactics, first washing the ground with artillery, and then rushing up to kill with swords, but this time the Qiang people did not collide head-on with Wang Dang and Han Sui, but used the mobility of the cavalry to attack with cavalry. He shot at Han Sui and Wang Dang's army, and started a guerrilla war with Wang Dang and the others.

Although this couldn't bring much casualties to Wang Dang and the others, the left and right wings of the Dagan army were completely in chaos, and it also delayed the left and right armies!

The battlefield was full of dust, and even with binoculars, it was difficult for the Royal Army to see the situation on the two wings clearly!
Wang Guojun frowned and thought for a while, then ordered: "Order the artillery battalion to advance, and the Chinese army to guard the artillery battalion. After five rounds of shelling, order the two battalions of the front army's cavalry to attack the Qiang's central army!"

Shao Dangzhan felt a bit embarrassed when the middle army of the Dagan army took the initiative to attack, because now the Qiang people were at a disadvantage on the battlefield, one of his army was defeated, and two of his armies were also at a disadvantage. It seemed that they would be defeated soon.The fighting power of the Dagan Army is really strong. He originally wanted to delay the left and right wings of the Dagan Army by riding and shooting, exhausting their energy and trying to find a way to destroy them.

But now that the central army of the Dagan Army is actively attacking him, his plan will come to nothing. If the middle of the Dagan Army is defeated by the Dagan Army, the Qiang coalition army will be completely divided by the Dagan Army!The most important thing is that Shao Dangzhan knows that his troops are only relying on blood and courage. When they find out that they really can't beat the big guns, the morale of his [-] troops will immediately collapse!

(End of this chapter)