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Chapter 571 White Camel

Nine checkpoints, not everyone is as smooth as Wang Zai.

This arrangement is an oval circle with a length of more than 300 steps.A landmark is made in the middle, and there is a tunnel underneath, leading to the tunnel outside.The bamboo poles were inserted to make the outer defensive circle, and the inner circle was made of cars, cattle and sheep, which were not used for defense. The first one was to block the sight so that the Turks could not see them going into the tunnel, and the second one was to use To force the enemy to slow down or get off the horse, the horses can break through the circle made of bamboo poles, but these small cars cannot be hit hard, otherwise people will have to roll over.The latter is equally important. Although the range of this circle has reached more than 300 steps, if a thousand cavalry troops spread out, it will be a large area.

As for the training that the blood camp taught the herdsmen, it was actually just a cover for today.The herdsmen were never expected to resist at all.The ultimate goal is to use this arrangement to attract the Turks into the ambush circle, and then use this arrangement to slow down the Turks and make them all shortlisted without suspicion.

The speed slowed down, and time was gained again. The turf and mud on the plank were not very thick, and the plank was a bit heavy for such a long plank, but it was only to push it away. The two soldiers worked together to complete it. It is not very time-consuming to remove a shelf, but it is necessary to remove all the wooden boards in a short time, which is the most time-consuming.

There are nearly 3000 yuan of planks in one circle, and every three circles, that is, 8 to [-] yuan of planks have been laid.This is not difficult. Originally, because of shipbuilding, there are a lot of tools and a lot of manpower on the west side of Lingzhou by the Yellow River.As for the length of the plank, there are many hundred-year-old trees on Liupan Mountain, and there is no shortage of materials.The difficulty lies in the last hurdle, which can be opened in a short time.

Each soldier must lift six planks before the enemy rushes back.

So not every point is very smooth.

Some of them had no choice but to switch to the second method because they didn't have the time to quickly knock down the wooden support below with a sledgehammer.Without the wooden support, more than half of the horse's weight plus the weight of the person still fell into this tunnel.However, Turkic soldiers escaped one after another.

The most dangerous place is the far west, where nearly half of the Turkic people escaped, but three troops were ambushed at each point, and the soldiers at the other two points came out of the ground, and there were special hooks and sickles for hooking horses in close combat, and Mo Dao, There are two bows for long-distance warfare, the longbow and the shortbow.

Originally he regained his courage, but when he saw the two teams of troops coming to kill him, the commander-in-chief, who was the leader, also dialed the post and had no intention of fighting.

As a commander of a thousand commanders, not only relying on courage to get to the top, he immediately thought of other places. There are three places in one place with 500 people, and more than 3000 people in nine places.That is to say, the main force of the blood battalion has been exhausted, but none of them are on the horse now.Therefore, thinking of this, he immediately took the remaining two hundred people into the desert to the west and informed Que Teqin.

Que Teqin was waiting for news in the desert.

From his own point of view, he still advocates reconciliation with the Tang Dynasty, but there is a condition for this kind of reconciliation, even if it loses a little reputation, it doesn't matter. There will be a series of adverse effects.Instead, focus on the interior and the north.

However, he opposed the rise of the blood camp. The blood camp was more aggressive than those advocated by the officials of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, Wang Hua did not buy his face. His brother was captured and his life and death were unknown. Take command of this army.

But the development of things is not what he imagined, nor is it what Mo Chui imagined.In their thinking, it is not necessarily true that the two cities on both sides of the Shengzhou River must be full of regular soldiers.But the proportion of regular soldiers must have exceeded half.Why?Just because of what Hun Temo thought, once Xue Ne's army went west, if there were too many prisoners of war, and they were prisoners of war from the Tang Dynasty, they would have no hope of returning home.Now that the imperial army is coming, it is a good time to go home. As long as they fight back, both cities will be lost. They have made great contributions and can go home at the same time.Blood Camp dared not take the risk.

Calculated in this way, there are less than 1 regular soldiers in the blood battalion in Fengzhou and Zhongshou surrendered cities.

Therefore, an attack by nine groups of people will not cause much harm.The original plan was that the blood battalion would send troops to rescue the people when it was possible to be forced to do so.But the most likely thing is to immediately evacuate the people across the Yellow River, or to Fengzhou City.Then the north bank of the Yellow River became the Turkic people's world.Slowly approach Anyuan City and make further arrangements.It's just that the old master snatched a large number of people and livestock from the blood camp without merit, and he can go back when he has face.A good plan is to force the Blood Camp to withdraw the front soldiers, breaking the Blood Camp's plan to intimidate the court, and causing the Tang Dynasty to fight the Blood Camp again.

It would be perfect if the Blood Battalion attacked from Fengzhou and Zhongshoucheng.Eleven thousand troops from Mo Chuo arrived from the east, and 1 troops from Que Teqin arrived from the west. Regardless of which route, they had an absolute advantage in terms of the number of troops.The more than [-] troops can be wiped out, and the remaining prisoners of war will attack if they can, and continue to press towards Lingzhou if they can't.

Even the blood battalion would attack immediately. After all, the morale of the blood battalion is high now, and anything can happen.But all they dispatched were cavalry, and they could immediately split into two groups, one east and one west, step by step to lead the Blood Battalion army to the Yin Mountain, or to the edge of the desert, and continue to form a situation where more troops fight less.

For this plan, Mo Chuo, Abo Dagan and others conducted repeated deduction.

Even Xue Na, like Guo Yuanzhen, will have a tacit understanding with the blood camp and make an alliance between the enemy and the secret.But that's it, at Xue Na's height, everything is hard to say.If the blood camp is unfavorable, he will still send troops.Just like Wang Hua dealt with Guo Yuanzhen, don't say credit, if you don't have a thick skin and a dark heart, it is impossible to climb to such a height.Even if you climb up, you will quickly fall down.Therefore, the Blood Camp had to leave an army in Dongshoujiang City and Shengzhou City to deal with any emergency.

That is to say, even if the Blood Battalion sends troops from the East Surrendered City, the Turks will continue to have the advantage in terms of military strength, because of the distance, the time will still lag behind.That is, the combat effectiveness is very strong, and the Turks do not seek meritorious service, but seek no faults, and it is not a big problem to concentrate on defense.Then, after Que Teqin won the victory, he immediately rushed to support, and it is possible that the three surrendered cities, Fengzhou City, and Shengzhou City would all be lost.

It can be said that the deduction has reached the point where it cannot be added, and even the weather and terrain have been considered before the Turks launched their offensive.

However, their deduction was not wrong, but they did not deduce two accidents. The first accident was that Xue Na's soldiers entered the Shanyu Duhu Mansion, which was not an imperial edict at all.The second accident is forgetting an animal.

So from the beginning of the attack, a series of accidents began to happen.

Quetqin's army did not stay on the edge of the desert, although it was close to the battlefield.However, in order to prevent the scouts from the blood battalion from discovering, Que Teqin's army still hid deeper in the desert.

It happens that there is a sand lake here, surrounded by some Artemisia annua, sand bamboo, reeds, Shaguai jujube, flower sticks, tamarisks, overlords, green shrubs and grass, and a blue and clear sand lake. The scenery is very beautiful.If it weren't for the fact that summer is the season with the strongest wind in this desert, and grains of sand are blown over from time to time, the shore of this sand lake would be like a paradise.

There are more than [-] herdsmen living beside the Shahu Lake. Only God knows who is in charge of the herdsmen in this area.

After Que Teqin came here, he immediately controlled the herdsmen, and then began to wait for news.

This is also the original plan. Not only will the scouts not be sent, but even if the blood battalion soldiers leave Fengzhou, they may not appear. They will lead the blood battalion to the west of Yinshan Mountain, away from Xishoujiang City, and the blood battalion will not be able to withdraw safely. Go, and immediately sent scouts into the sand lake to notify Que Teqin, and the army would outflank it.

The plan was perfect, but Diao Ye Diao Tie came with two or three hundred soldiers in embarrassment, and Que Teqin knew that the plan had gone wrong.

According to this arrangement, nine checkpoints and three ambush points, that is, more than 3000 soldiers have been deployed in the blood camp. Although this kind of sniper battle has been ambushed in advance, it also requires soldiers to have strong psychological quality and good combat effectiveness. , that is to say, at least [-] regular soldiers were dispatched.

Thinking further, Que Teqin's heart was already covered with a shadow.

But at this time, he was still holding a fluke. In any case, there was a mistake in the original plan, and the blood battalion had only 2 regular troops. Those prisoners of war could be used to defend the city. To fight immediately, no matter how courageous Wang Hua is, he would not dare to do so.Que Teqin even doubted that the [-] prisoners of war could ride horses, and whether the number of soldiers who could fight the enemy on horseback could reach [-].

Now that the blood battalion has all dismounted from their horses and escorted the prisoners, this is an opportunity.

Thinking of this, he gave an order decisively and rushed out.

Ten thousand troops set out to the east.

Walking out of the sand lake area, there are golden sand dunes beyond sight.

The southwest wind was blowing. Although the wind was not very strong, it would blow sand and dust from time to time, which made the soldiers feel very uncomfortable.But the impact is not great. Turks also have many desert areas, and some soldiers even grew up on the Gobi Desert.

Ten thousand cavalry roared away, raising large groups of dust.

Seeing that it was not far from the edge of the desert, some rocky mountains began to appear.But these hills are also starting to pulverize, because they are higher than the desert, and the southwest wind blows more dust.

Que Teqin squinted his eyes at the hills probably because of his intuition.

Except for the pulverized sand, the hills are not desolate. There are some small shrubs growing there, but they are very sparse. The hills are not big, tens of meters high, and the slope is also very gentle.At this moment, he shouted loudly: "Be careful."

Countless tall figures suddenly appeared on the top of the hill, riding an animal known to some soldiers, camels.It is very rare in Eastern Turkic, but there are many such animals in Western Turkic, and they are all used as a tool for transportation.There are also many Zhaowu nine surnames who use it as a means of transportation on the Silk Road.

There are also some families who are in good condition. When they see a camel, they think of its hump. Among the common rare seafood, the most common ones are ginseng (sea cucumber), fin (shark fin), bone (fish bone, also known as crispy fish), tripe ( fish maw), nest (bird's nest), paw (bear's paw), tendon (deer tendon), toad (clam bun), and then elephant trunk, hump, orangutan lip, deer tail, monkey brain, leopard fetus, rhinoceros nose, civet cat , abalone, soft-shelled turtle, scallop, salamander, red swallow, dragon, swan, peacock, Hericium erinaceus and so on.

Among them, the most famous Shangbazhen are scarlet lips, bird's nest, hump, bear's paw, deer tendon, monkey head, leopard fetus, and toad. (If you have eaten more than six flavors, please raise your hand and let me worship)
But there are still some soldiers who don't know each other. When they saw this army, they were subconsciously stunned.

These camels are all well-armed soldiers, and some camels carry two baskets. Looking from the bottom of one basket, you can still see that there are stones in the size of more than ten catties inside, and there is a basket inside. It contained a strange device.

In the middle, a fierce-looking young general raised two banners beside him.There are two words on a big banner: Geshu.On a big banner is: Tianshu.

When Que Teqin saw these two banners, he immediately thought, could it be that Ge Shuhan came in person?

He didn't know Ge Shuhan, so he subconsciously looked at the young general, who was wearing a tasseled lion helmet with a few wisps of red tassels floating on it.The face is painted with cinnabar, and the two green eyebrows are thick and erect, with a dignified appearance.Wearing a fish-scale blood-red armor, holding a bright silver gun.

Even if he was an enemy, seeing such a general, Que Teqin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

But Que Teqin immediately realized that this person might be his real brother Shu Han, otherwise he wouldn't have such splendor.

Another problem came up. Since Ge Shuhan came from Tuyuhun, all this was a trap set by the Blood Camp long ago, waiting to slip into it.He even thought that it might be possible that Diao Tie escaped, could it be that Xue Ying let them escape on purpose?

His mind is very flexible, he can no longer hesitate now, there are only two paths.Since it's an ambush, you can only retreat.But Que Teqin didn't retreat, the enemy didn't know how many came, anyway, they were densely packed, standing densely on the hill.

More than half of the soldiers did not know camels.It is impossible for Que Teqin not to know him.

Under normal circumstances, a camel does not run as fast as a war horse, and there is another disadvantage. Although it can last for four or five days without eating or drinking after a meal, and carries a lot of things, its total food intake is larger than that of a war horse. .In addition, it is large in size and clumsy in action, such as climbing cliffs. If it is a war horse, soldiers can get down and lead the horse to climb over it, but camels cannot.

But in a special environment, that is the present great desert, because there is a lot of quicksand, the speed of the horse is not as fast as that of the camel.

This also shows Que Teqin's erudition, and the fact is the same. The big cannibals turned the Mediterranean Sea into their inland lake, relying on big cannibal horses, not camels.

Now retreating back, instead avoiding its strengths and raising its weaknesses, besides, he also saw some soldiers of the blood battalion starting to put stones on that weird machine.

He shouted: "Rush forward."

They didn't charge up. Although the number of people was superior, the terrain was unfavorable. If they wanted to charge, it might be in line with the opponent's wishes. No matter how big the horse was, it was not as good as a camel.The enemy rushes down from top to bottom, and half of the men may be overwhelmed.

At this moment, Ge Shuhan pressed the banner down hard, and some soldiers immediately got off their horses, stood behind the camels with baskets in the camel team, and put those strange instruments on the saddles.He moved out stones, and stones fell from the sky.

Ge Shuhan's move is the second variable this time.

In order to completely convince Mo Chuai, Wang Hua ordered Ge Shuhan to return from Tuyuhun immediately.Of course, Guo Yuanzhen was not very happy and began to complain, but considering the current situation of Xueying, he reluctantly agreed.In any case, the blood camp is also a friendly army.

Withdrawing [-] troops, another [-] soldiers were drawn from Jishi Mountain's pitiful troops to support Guo Yuanzhen again.

In fact, the Tuyuhun field is now basically dominated by Guo Yuanzhen's army, except that several important cities have not been taken down, and there are still some checkpoints in the south.

Therefore, after hearing Lun Gongren's plan, Guo Yuanzhen bet his treasure on Lun Gongren and Xiao Song and his party.

But Wang Hua also made a request, that is, to transfer [-] camels from Tuyuhun.I am familiar with riding a camel, but fortunately, I entered the Liangzhou border from Tuyuhun, and then went directly to the desert. After a few days, I already had the basics of riding a horse, and gradually became familiar with it.

But in Liangzhou they brought something over, which is actually a trebuchet, which is a replica of the Xixia whirlwind cannon.

This whirlwind gun is still based on the principle of leverage. It is a small single-tip rod trebuchet with a short arm and a long arm. The arm is pulled by a rope, and a stone bullet is placed at the end of the arm.The fulcrum is equipped with a rotating shaft to reduce friction.Then rotate around this rotating shaft or the gun shaft, and three people operate, and can change the direction arbitrarily, adjust the shooting direction and launch the stone bullet.

But in any case, it is a trebuchet, and it can only be launched when it is placed on the camel saddle, so don't think about the war horse.

This time, due to time constraints, only [-] units were produced in time, and they also practiced along the way, and now I can barely get used to it.

But approaching the ambush site, Ge Shuhan also stationed his army at a distance, but to the south.Then he sent a few hard-working scouts to lie down in the sand dunes to watch, until Po Ye Ping Tie led two or three hundred soldiers passed by, then he pulled the team out and ambushed behind the hills.

On the other hand, Wang Hua came up with another weird thing, which is an unconventional weapon of Xixia, Huntuo.

After slaughtering cattle and sheep, cut off the head or make a small hole on the spine, take out the flesh and blood, soak the skin in water for three to five days, expose it to the sun for a day after it smells bad, remove the hair and pour salt oil and then expose it to the sun for four or five days, the skin turns red Just brown.When crossing the river, use a tool to blow air, tighten the air holes, and float on the water surface, which can be used as the most rapid and simple river crossing tool.

This can also become a surprise move, especially when several armies march into Chang'an.Another example is Mo Chuai, if he has this kind of freedom, he will not have the passiveness of crossing the Yellow River last time.Wang Hua thought of this inspiration and immediately sent someone to make it, but it had nothing to do with the war on Ge Shuhan's side.

Five hundred whirlwind cannons are quite a number, but for an army of ten thousand, they are not many, and nine out of ten stone bombs will miss.And the firing speed is very slow, only three to five stone bullets can be fired in one minute.But this is not a fatal injury, it is a serious shock. As long as it hits the head, even if it is wearing a thick helmet, it is likely to die.

At the same time, there were other soldiers, because the camels were big and durable, they sat on the camels one by one, and they started firing their longbows without getting off the camels.Now the distance is still a bit far, and the Turkic army began to deliberately distance themselves from the north, but some bows and arrows still caused damage.

There was a rain of stones and arrows, and although the Turks continued to run forward, their formation began to become a little disorganized.

Seeing this opportunity, Ge Shuhan immediately raised his spear and said, "Come on."

Except for the whirlwind artillery team and related gunners, more than 1000 people were left behind, and the other 4000 people were blown down the hills like a whirlwind.

Although Que Teqin reacted quickly, his cavalry was obviously behind the opponent in this desert area.There was another advantage, because the southwest was blowing now, and the blood camp had the upper hand, with their backs to the wind.It almost became a replica of Zhang Shougui's battle with Cao Cen.

If you are running in the northeast direction, with your back to the wind and dust, and then use your butt to fight the enemy?

While running, Que Teqin sweated anxiously for the current situation.

PS: Let me break out a little today, please ask for tickets or something, give me some motivation.

(End of this chapter)