Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 100 Follow me to kill the enemy, kill
After Tuoba Sigong received the news of the crisis in Fuzhou, he led his army without stopping, traveling day and night, and when he arrived in Fuzhou, he immediately sent a large number of scouts to inquire about the news of the imperial army.

What made Tuoba Sigong helpless was that basically as many as he sent out, there were no more. Occasionally, a few escaped back, basically with injuries on their bodies.

After careful questioning, I found out that the enemy army sent a large group of cavalry to intercept and kill their own scouts along both sides of the Luoshui River.

In the big tent, Tuoba Sigong looked dignified.

"It seems that you have met your opponent?"

Those who can carry out large-scale battlefield cover, for what reason, naturally do not want the other party to know the whereabouts of their own troops.

You must know what it means for the battlefield to be transparent to only one side in this era?You don't know the enemy's troop deployment at all, but your own troop deployment is perfectly clear to others.

Tuoba Sigong naturally understood the key point.

Tuobasi remonstrated: "Jie Shuai, according to the report of the people who came back, the enemy's scouts range from ten to as many as a group of more than twenty people, while our army's scouts are mostly one or two people to scout together. There is no way to resist."

Tuoba Sigong said: "Send the order to send out all the Yawei troops. The enemy army will be in a group of 20 people, and our army will be in a group of 30 people. Tomorrow, the commander must know the situation of the Kunzhou army!"

"promise!"

The Dingnan Army dispatched more than a thousand men to scout for news from the Luozhou along the banks of the Luoshui River.

Tuoba Sigong had a good idea, but he ignored the weather. At this time, the light rain gradually became heavier, and the sky was covered with thick dark clouds, covering the stars.

Zuo Xiaowei's scouts had already been facing the road, looking for a place to shelter from the rain, while monitoring.

Even a group of 30 enemy troops is no match for a sneaky shot.

In the dark night, it seemed that there were enemy troops everywhere, and it was hard to see where the cold arrows were coming from. Often after one or two rounds of arrows, the team collapsed.

Hu Yenu, the leader of the corridor, was miserable. The spring rain drenched his armor, and the wind was so strong that he didn't dare to run fast while riding a horse.

Also beware of cold arrows in the dark.

"Pfft!"

Another person fell down.

"withdraw!"

……

Li Ye admired Zhu Zhen's psychological quality, and she was able to sleep so soundly when the battle was imminent. Although the snoring was not loud, it was quite rhythmic.

His Majesty the Emperor couldn't sleep.

The one-sided commander Huo Cun was in charge of the guard camp tonight, and saw hundreds of enemy soldiers sneaking across the Luoshui Bridge.

The camp was not far from the Luoshui Bridge, only [-] steps away, but in the opposite direction, so no one came to check.

However, in the middle of the night, enemy cavalry retreated and couldn't figure out their way one after another, breaking into the army stronghold.

Huo Cun didn't dare to slack off for a moment, and killed these enemy horses at the first time.

Fortunately, there was no danger, and it was dawn.

The rain stopped and the sun rose. Hu Yenu breathed a sigh of relief and led the remnant soldiers into the big tent.

"How is the battle in Kunzhou?"

"Huaijieshuai, the imperial army has surrounded Fuzhou."

"How many soldiers and horses does the imperial court have?"

"I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. It's too dark, and the last general can't see clearly."

Tuoba Si remonstrated: "Jieshuai, Tuoba Sixiao only has five thousand troops, and the Baoda army may not be able to take on the role. Rescue as soon as possible, or there will be changes later."

Tobacco nodded.

"The army set out and went straight to Fuzhou."

"promise!"

……

Zhu Zhen looked at the battlefield, thinking that God will help me.

Nearly 2 people marched, with horses, chariots, and infantry. Although he had sent someone to clean up the traces on the ground, they were still easy to see.

Unexpectedly, it rained last night, all the traces on the ground disappeared, and more than a thousand people from the Dingnan Army walked back and forth, so how can we see anything?
In marching and fighting, the details also determine success or failure.

If the ruts of this big cart lead all the way up the high slope, the fool can also see that there are ambushes here.

Then what is the sneak attack?
But now, Li Ye watched Tuoba Sigong's army crossing the bridge.

First came the cavalry, about [-] in number, probably acting as the vanguard, and all the men and horses were in armor, so let's ignore them.

Next, there were 1 infantry, carrying supplies and food. It is estimated that most of them should be auxiliary soldiers, or some serfs, many of whom did not even have weapons.

There are about 2 soldiers in the rear, and most of them have armored stomachs. Li Ye also saw the Jiedu envoys of the Dingnan Army, which should be Tuoba Sigong's military tent.

Seeing that the rear army passed by more than [-] people, Li Ye's breathing became heavy.

"Your Majesty, the general thought that after Tuoba Sigong's army had crossed the bridge, our army would attack again."

Zhu Zhen also saw Tuoba Sigong's military tent.

Li Ye frowned. If Tuoba Sigong had crossed the bridge, there would only be about 5000 people left in the Dingnan army who had not crossed the bridge.

That's not halfway through the fight against thieves.

There are more troops crossing the river than them, and they cannot achieve an absolute advantage.

"confident?"

After Li Ye finished speaking, he regretted that he was still too nervous.

Zhu Zhen nodded.

From the bottom of his heart, Li Ye didn't want to take risks, and would definitely choose the safest way of fighting, but what Zhu Zhen said, seemed to have a kind of magical power.

Yes, greed, war is like gambling, the fruits of victory are too tempting.

The capture of Tuoba Sigong in the First World War could completely solve the affairs of the Dangxiang clan, and there will be no such thing as the Xixia dynasty in the future.

There is another reason hidden in Li Ye's heart.

The soldiers of Zuo Huwei are newly attached, but they have no family members. One more death means that the court will pay ten less money...

Zuo Huwei's army rewards are too high, and other troops will definitely follow suit. If they have extraordinary achievements, then let alone.

If you want such a high reward, then go and make meritorious service. The credit is the same as Zuo Huwei's army, and the court can also reward you in this way.

This is also the reason why Li Ye agreed to the infantry to go first, it was shameless, but there was no way, the court couldn't afford it, this was politics, and Li Ye had to compromise.

"Your Majesty, give the order!"

Li Ye was startled suddenly, seeing that Tuoba Sigong's military tent had already crossed the river.

Li Ye took a deep breath and shouted:
"Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

"kill!"

More than [-] carts, each with two horses, went straight up and down the slope, like a tiger, towards the enemy.

The rest of the pawns followed closely behind, only five hundred steps away, and they arrived in an instant.

The soldiers of the party did not expect that the army would be ambushed beside them, and some people wanted to cross the bridge in a panic, but they could not do so.

boom!
Most of the soldiers on the cart were wearing armor and holding shields, cutting with knives, stabbing with guns, or firing with bows and crossbows. For a while, the party soldiers turned their backs on their backs and were out of formation.

The cavalry was still in formation and wanted to fight back, but the infantry had no strength to parry at all, and many of them were run over by carts.

Li Ye stepped on his horse and climbed up the high slope.

"kill!"

This is the emperor's dragon flag, Li Ye has only one target to charge, and that is Tuoba Sigong's military tent.

Six thousand cavalry, plus three hundred personal guard cavalry, carried the momentum of a violent wind all the way.

Sun Dezhao led the cavalry Sidu to take the lead on the northern flank, while Li Ye led the rest of the cavalry to attack from the southern flank.

(End of this chapter)