Chapter 64 Suzhou Army

Jinchang is not an ordinary city. The design here has plans to resist foreign enemies from the beginning. From fortifications to the psychological endurance of the military and civilians in war, they are quite strong. Although the Uighurs in Ganzhou have an advantage in field battles, they cannot bypass Jinchang and go west too deeply. Di Yin adopted the strategy of plotting Luoge Mountain, letting the people outside the city not kill but all rushed into the city. However, this still cannot quickly force Jinchang to collapse, and eventually the two sides formed a siege battle.

When the war reached the siege stage, the decisive moment was unpredictable. Many siege battles in history were often based on years. Di Yin besieged the city while using the attacking strategy, constantly demanding that the Guiyi army "submit the culprits of the harm of my son"! He also used the same method to deal with Changle City. As Zhang Mai and Yang Yi judged, because Changle City was low and thin, Di Yin did not take it seriously. On the contrary, since the Uighurs in Ganzhou had already installed a large number of spies in the city, Di Yin could instead spy on the actions of reinforcements, making the situation of the enemy a bright and dark situation. After finding out that the first reinforcements in the direction of Shazhou were actually Zhang Mai, Di Yin even planned to use Changle to set up a trap to capture the invincible dragon-faced general who was traversing the Western Regions in one fell swoop, and to use Zhang Mai's body to achieve his reputation.

However, before this plan was put into practice, the Three Thousand Anxi Army suddenly disappeared. The Three Thousand people said that there were less, but not more. In the vast land and sparsely populated northwest, the three Thousand people were placed there like a small boat in the vast ocean. As long as there was a Gobi Desert blocking it, it would completely disappear from sight.

Di Yin sent a scout but failed, and asked Mou Luogeshan to step up to ask for information from the spies in Changle City. However, even Cao Yuanzhong didn't know where Zhang Mai went. Where could the officers know the spies among the refugees and the citizens who were bribed in Changle City?

This will immediately reverse the light and dark momentum!

"Dad, let me take a army of 10,000. I will personally conquer Chang Le and capture Zhang Mai alive!" Jing Qiong shouted at the top of his lungs.

Di Yin did not respond, Jing Qiong called out again, and Di Yin shouted suddenly: "Shut up!"

Seeing that Jing Qiong's face became ugly, he quickly reconciled for his father and son, saying, "Prince, we originally wanted to use Chang Le to trick Zhang Mai, but Zhang Mai left. It is very likely that he had already seen through our plan. Now that Zhang Mai is missing, it is not very meaningful to send troops to Chang Le before figuring out his intentions."

"What should I do? Is it just so stiff?"

In Jinchang, Cao Yuanshen closed the city without fighting, and in Changle, Murong Teng got the guidance of his father and was ready to withdraw at any time. He was not prepared to live and die with the city. At this point, the Uighurs in Ganzhou were in a dilemma of being unable to advance or retreat.

Fortunately, after searching for a large amount of military rations in the wild, military funds can still be maintained. Judging from the overall situation, the Uighurs in Ganzhou are still in the active position.

However, at this moment, an alarm came from the northeast: "Report—General Longbai reported: There was an abnormal movement in Zebei, Guazhou."

"Zebei? Is the Hundred Treasures ready to make things difficult for me?"

The nomadic scope of the Baizhang tribe is on the border of Yizhou, from northern Guazhou to northern Suzhou. Although he surrendered to Cao Yijin, Liu Guangwu's two-faced temperament and methods never completely offended the Uighurs of Ganzhou. On the contrary, he often showed kindness to Ganzhou intentionally or unintentionally to maintain a relationship of nonsense and distantness. This is Liu Guangwu's slickness, in order to avoid one day if the Yao Luo Ge family is in great power, and the Baizhang tribe army has room to choose a master again, so he bought an extra guarantee ticket.

So Di Yin judged that Liu Guangwu's actions should be just a false army to increase suspicion and make his rear unstable.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, another urgent report came, but this time a head-on conflict broke out in the area of ​​the former Great Wall site. "What? Liu Guangwu really dared to fight me?"

And judging from the description of the war report, the situation was very unfavorable to the Suzhou army. Judging from the war report of Long Bai, it was actually in a situation of being beaten.

"Useless things!" Di Yin shouted angrily. His offensive against Guiyi and Anxi Allied Forces is at an important stage, but he must not give up halfway. He was not without precautions against the 100-point division. He asked the local snake Long family in Suzhou to enter the vicinity of Guazhou Daze to prevent Liu Guangwu from attacking him. In his estimate, Longbai should be half a pound against Liu Guangwu. Even if he could not win, it would be no problem to block the 100-point division.

I didn't expect another day, when the new battle report arrived, Di Yin's judgment was completely overturned: it was not Liu Guangwu who rushed down from the north, but Zhang Mai - Zhang Mai who had annexed the Hundred Treasures!

Zhang Mai, who had disappeared for more than half a month, turned out to be around his back! Di Yin was shocked and dared not take the attack from behind as if he were casual.

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After Jiangshan asked for his order that day, Zhang Mai allowed him on the spot, and led a thousand people from the Hundred Treasures Army as the vanguard, bypassed the southeast corner of the Guazhou Daze and attacked the Uighur army's defense line in the northern part of Suzhou.

The Han people in Suzhou were also quite powerful. They were once the world of the Long family. After the Uighurs in Ganzhou annexed Suzhou, some of the Long family members died in battle, but the rest surrendered and became the minions of Yaoluoge. This time, in order to prevent the attack of the Hundred Treasures, Di Yin ordered Longbai to lead more than 6,000 troops to the former site of the Great Wall. Among the more than 6,000 people, two thousand soldiers were the old capital of the Long family in Suzhou. For many years, they relied on this army to preserve the family's status as a puppet leader in the Suzhou area.

The inner barracks of Jiangshan's Hundred Treasures were all equipped with equipment seized from Liu Guangwu's confidant. Liu's commanded the Hundred Treasures for three generations. The physical and mental state of the core soldiers was getting worse and worse, but the armored saddles were stored more and more. At this time, the same armored soldiers changed a group of people, and immediately seemed energetic! Thousands of cavalry rushed around the Daze of Guazhou, stepped across the former site of the Great Wall, defeated several battle troops sent by Longbai, and annihilated the rangers with a total of nearly one thousand people. Longbai was so scared that he quickly called Di Yin to announcing the emergency and at the same time he set up all his troops to fight.

Zhang Mai asked the six elders of the Hundred Tent Army to appease the troops on the northern foot of the Daze River in Guazhou, but after he led the army to serve Jiangshan, he kept saying good news from the vanguard along the way. As soon as Zhang Mai arrived at the northeast corner of the Daze River in Guazhou, he heard that Jiangshan had broken through the former site of the Great Wall and continued to advance deeply, making a move to Suzhou.

Yang Yi smiled and said, "That's all Di Yinliu can defend the military horses behind him?"

Shi Ba smiled and said, "It may not be that the enemy is too weak, but that we are too strong, haha, haha!"

Zhang Mai laughed and scolded: "Don't be so arrogant."

When the camp was about to be deported on the second day, a war report suddenly came from the front: Jiangshan led his troops to approach the mountaineering of Duke Mountain and was intercepted by the Long Family Army in Suzhou, killing and injured more than a hundred cavalry. Now he has retreated to the old site of the Great Wall, only one day away from the marching station.

Zhang Mai frowned. Jiang Shan's troops were only a thousand people, and they were very flexible light cavalry. The order Zhang Mai gave him was not to break the tough and sharp, but he was allowed to respond flexibly. This battle actually lost more than 10% of his combat power, which was already a very heavy loss.

Yang Yi said: "It seems that the people who Di Yin left behind are still somewhat capable."

Zhang Mai said: "Does anyone know the situation of the remaining troops in Suzhou?"

Xue Yunshan came out and said, "The Protectorate was the Long family, the Han forces who surrendered to Hu."

Zhang Mai also heard of the Long Family in Suzhou, but didn't know the details. He snorted and said, "So it's a traitor. Is the Long Family very powerful?"

Xue Yunshan said: "The head of the Long Family is Long Bai. He has two thousand armored soldiers under his command. He is quite good at fighting. In previous years, his family and his family did not dare to easily harasse Suzhou through the former site of the Great Wall. It was because Long Bai was strangled. The light cavalry of our hundred-tent army is agile, and the armored soldiers of the Long Family are sharp. They originally had their own strengths, but Jiangshan had just gained power and was full of energy. This time, he was mostly arbitrary. It was good that he could get away with the armored soldiers of Long Bai with the light cavalry."

Zhang Mai exclaimed, "I heard that, the Long family's soldiers are quite famous combat troops. Well, don't be aggressive when Jiangshan is there, wait for me to meet this Long Bai myself."

Shi Ba shouted, "Daduo Protector, why bother to go? I'll do it! Just a Suzhou Longbai is worthy of letting Daduo Protector take action?"

Yang Yi said: "Otherwise, it is natural that people can become famous in this area. A strong dragon will not defeat local snakes. The type of army, training and geographical cooperation are also very important."

Zhang Mai also drank Shiba and said, "Little Shitou, don't underestimate the enemy! Yesterday's victory cannot be used as a guarantee for today's battlefield. Although we have received the support of the hundreds of soldiers and civilians, we are still just an isolated army from a larger scale, and every battle cannot be ignored!"

The next day, the army arrived at the former site of the Great Wall. Jiangshan was defeated and looked very ashamed. Zhang Mai comforted him: "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. Occasionally, it is not a bad thing to encounter a small setback." When he asked about the war, he realized that Jiangshan had encountered the main force of the Long family near Dudeng Mountain. The Suzhou army was riding a horse, but after seeing the Jiangshan tribe, he dismounted and formed an infantry battle. Jiangshan bullied the other party because of infantry attacking. As a result, he couldn't get out after rushing in. He could not leave after hitting in. He was shocked and suspicious. He quickly retreated. Fortunately, the Suzhou army did not dare to chase him relentlessly, but just approached step by step.

Zhang Mai thought to himself: "The young generations of the Hundred Tent Army led by Jiang Shan are quite energetic, but they seem to lack foundation compared to Xue Yunshan." Xue Yunshan is an elite among the Hundred Tent Ministry, while Jiang Shan is a grassroots member among the Hundred Tent Ministry. The elite class is prone to corruption and lacks the courage to fight desperately, but his theoretical literacy, historical vision, and mastery of military intelligence of various countries are far beyond the reach of grassroots. And like the core group of Xin Ruiye City, which has both elite qualities and grassroots advantages, it is only possible to occur at specific historical nodes.

Even so, such a group of people would definitely not have achieved what they have achieved today if they had not met Zhang Mai, the catalyst.

The Suzhou army followed Jiang Shan all the way to drive them out of Suzhou and solve their worries for Di Yin's army. Unexpectedly, when they arrived near the former site of the Great Wall, they suddenly saw knights galloping all over the mountains. At first glance, there were tens of thousands of cavalry!

Long Bai was shocked and thought to himself: "Did Liu Guangwu get out of here? This time he is willing to invest such a large amount of capital for Cao Jin!"

But he was not panicked, and found a terrain on the left and right desert to form a formation to wait for the enemy. At this moment, someone reported: "General Long, the enemy's banner is a bit strange!"

"Strange? Why is it strange?"

"Their two big banners, one with the word Tang and the other with the word Zhang, the big banner with the word Zhang embroidered with dragon patterns, and secondly there is a big banner with the word Yang, and the big banner with the word Yang has the figure of flying eagles flapping their wings - that's not Liu Guangwu's banner."

Long Bai also felt something strange. He climbed up and looked at him. Sure enough, thousands of people from the other side's cavalry were in a very serious state, which was very different from any troops he had encountered before. He was even more surprised. Looking at the character Zhang and then the character Yang, he was suddenly shocked: "Long Zhang Yingyang? God! Could it be them! Hell! How could they appear here!"

The subordinate asked: "Who is that?"

"Hell, hell!" Long Bai didn't answer, but just paused and shouted, "If it were them, then this time... I'll send someone to report to Khan, and he said that Zhang Mai was coming around Suzhou! Please think of a solution!"

"Zhang Mai?" At this time, Zhang Mai's reputation was really loud. When he mentioned this name, all the generals in Suzhou were stern: "It was him who came from the opposite side!"

At this time, Zhang Mai had already rode on the throne of sweat and blood, and ran out with Yang Yi to see the enemy's military situation. Guo Zhang and Tian Hao each led a team of riding and shooting to escort the guards.

More than fifty cavalry gradually approached, stopped at the edge of the range of crossbow arrows, and watched back and forth around the Suzhou formation. Although Long Bai was very afraid of Zhang Mai, he could not show weakness when he saw the other party coming to see his formation, so he immediately sent two teams of cavalry to intercept.

Zhang Mai relied on his horse's strength and did not retreat, and said to Yang Yi: "What do you think?"

Yang Yi had been paying attention to the army in Suzhou. From the descriptions of Xue Yunshan and Jiangshan, he had inferred that this was probably a Han-colored infantry. At this time, when he looked through a telescope, he saw that his army was made of copper and iron armor and leather wrist guards and knee pads. Some generals used bright light armor. The inside was not clear. However, the line outside was a large sword battle axe, a spear hook sickle and a thick shield, and the flags were all Han style. Although there was no Modao, Yang Yi had not seen the actual combat capabilities of this army with his own eyes, but in terms of momentum, it seemed that he could be bright with the Anxi Tang Army's Modao Battle Axe formation.

"No wonder Liu Guangwu didn't dare to go south easily, no wonder Jiangshan would be broken into his hands," Yang Yi said: "After the battle formation, there must be a hidden crossbow. If we rush over, it would be like the Modao Battle Axe formation that the Hu people rushed us back then! We must suffer."

Ma Xiaochun shouted: "Will we lose to them? Dadu Protector, please let Xiaoshitou come out. I don't believe that Xiaoshitou will not defeat their position!"

Zhang Mai said: "If you think Xiao Shitou wants to fight against Xi Sheng, who will win or lose?"

Ma Xiaochun was stunned, but immediately said, "If General Xi is the one who said Xiao Shitou may not be able to rush, but I don't believe that the guys on the other side can compare with our Modao Battle Axe formation!"

Zhang Mai shook his head and Yang Yi said, "They may not be able to stop our Longxiang and Yingyang Mansions, but we may not be able to rush them. No one can judge the winner from scratch. But looking at their formation, even if you can win, it will be a tragic victory. It is not worth it. The cavalry is about being agile. We are not in a hurry, so let's take a look first."

They talked in front of the formation, not taking the approaching cavalry seriously at all. Seeing that the two teams of cavalry on the other side had already moved closer, Zhang Mai said: "Let's go."

Guo Zhang was about to lure the archers to shoot arrows and cut off the back. Yang Yi suddenly said, "Wait, Guo Zhang, you can cover it and let Tian Hao attack the opponent's cavalry team. I want to see their cavalry battle."

Tian Hao received the order and immediately rushed forward. Each of the two troops sent by the Long family had a hundred people, which was twice as many as Zhang Mai's guards. However, Tian Hao was a lieutenant-level man, and his fifty cavalry under him were all elites in the Tang army. At this time, he suddenly let go of his rush, and his momentum was like a tiger going down the mountain! Although the cavalry sent by the Long family was good, they still couldn't resist it. In a short while, they were intercepted into two sections!

The Long family sent two teams of troops to attack, but at this time, another team of cavalry rushed to help, but was ordered by Guo Zhang to lead forty-nine sharpshooters to shoot in a rain of arrows. Pupu Pupu Pupu fell eight or nine people in a row, and more than ten horses fell to the ground! Guo Zhang and the forty-nine sharpshooters had the ability to shoot their beads in a row. The first round was over, and the second round was shot again! The approaching second team suffered a great loss and quickly escaped. The casualties were reduced, but they retreated and their momentum was leaked.

The first team of men saw that reinforcements were forced to retreat and morale was also hit. Tian Hao took the opportunity to rush left and right, and fifty cavalry killed more than ten people in one go. The main general of the team kept shouting and resisting, but he could not stop Tian Hao's offensive. Yang Yi sent Tian Hao to fight just to do a test, but he didn't want to bother here. At this time, he stopped when he saw the order. Tian Hao retreated immediately, and the enemy could not stop their return.

Seeing that the Tang army won with fewer defeated the cavalry with more, Guo Zhang stopped the cavalry, and Tian Hao defeated the Suzhou army, which was twice as good as his, in a few rounds. Seeing the courage, the Suzhou army was intimidated. Yang Yi laughed on the battlefield and said to Zhang Mai: "It's okay, we can win this battle, and we can win all!"

Zhang Mai had already vaguely guessed Yang Yi’s idea at this time, but he had not yet formed, so he asked, “What do you mean?”
Chapter completed!