Chapter 273: Behind Enemy Lines
Helinger, a little-known small place on the prairie, a crooked river meanders, flowing into the distance, the river surface more than two zhang wide has long been frozen, and the shiny river is like a jade belt, embedded in this piece of land. A small ridge of the raised hill was originally covered with thick white yang, but now it has all been cut down. Here, it is the base camp of the mountain moving division of the Dingzhou Xidu army.
After the mountain wind broke through the pass, the direction of the Mi, taking advantage of the opportunity of the grassland to be caught off guard, all the way to break through countless tribes, the front of the soldiers pointed directly at the Bai royal court, when Bayar hurriedly mobilized the army, the mountain wind has arrived in Helinger, and the straight line distance from the royal court of Bayar is only more than 100 miles.
The mountain wind stopped, and he chose Horingel as his camp, compared to Tenig's ecstatic and self-righteous victory, the mountain wind knew very well that he was now in the midst of tigers and wolves, and if he was not careful, he would be wiped out.
The purpose of opening up the second battlefield is not to destroy the enemy, the greater role is to contain it, as long as he exists in this place, Bayar must concentrate on pulling himself out, otherwise, it is absolutely difficult for him to go all out to support Huhe, existence is a threat, and Guo Shanfeng has a clear understanding of the current situation. Therefore, when he arrived at Helinger, he fell in love with this place at a glance, attacking and retreating.
The whole army of the Mountain Moving Division stopped, and every day they did one thing, how to make their camp stronger. So the trees that grew a little thicker in the land of Helinger were cut down cleanly, even the roots were cut up and taken away, and the branches and leaves of course could not be pulled down.
The soldiers below did not know how long this battle would last, but Guo Shanfeng and other generals knew that before defeating Huhe, their army would become a lone army, and they would have to hold out until the middle of winter or even longer, so of course, all the useful things that could be collected could not be let go. Although Deng Peng's sailors transported a large amount of supplies to the port of Murowe, as the army deepened, the supply line became longer and longer, and after arriving at Helinger, it was quite difficult to get supplies, and Tinig sent an army of more than 10,000 people to specialize in the safety of this supply line, but the mountain wind also knew that with the deepening of the war, this supply line would be cut off by Bayar at any time.
Collecting materials has become the most important task during this period of time. When the camp was built, looking at the supplies that could be used by the army for about two months, the mountain wind finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared with the hurried nature of the mountain wind, Tienig just seemed to be a little troubled and lost, from the beginning of the pass, where the iron horse passed, swept through the six wildernesses, and then became more and more difficult, when he finally faced Bayar's Long Xiao army, he finally knew the difference between the Murowei iron horse and the grassland iron horse. After a series of defeats, Tienig finally began to face the reality, led his army to get closer to the mountain wind, and no longer dared to rampage on the grassland.
The Tinig camp is about five miles apart from the camp of the mountain wind, and they are all backed by the small mountain beams, facing the winding river. What's more, on their flanks, there is also a barrier of the mountain wind department, and if Bayar wants to attack any of the big fortresses, he must also deal with attacks from the flanks.
Soon after the completion of the Helinger camp, Bayar finally mobilized enough troops to begin to attack this lone army deep into the grassland, and after more than a month of bloody battles, every inch of Helinger's land was stained with blood, but the Helinger camp still stands. The abundant supplies that had been stockpiled in the early stage of the mountain wind finally began to play a huge role.
Bayar's first choice to attack was the camp of the mountain wind, and in the face of the mature defense system and sophisticated weapons and equipment of the mountain wind, as well as the flank attack of Tienig, Bayar failed to win the opponent after paying a great price. The war is at a stalemate. Bayar's only gain was that the army's logistical rearing lines had finally been cut off, and it was now impossible for the two battalions to get any supplies from the rear.
Bayar obviously became haggard, the war for more than half a year has exhausted the newly established Yuanwu Empire, the blue and blue departments have been destroyed one after another, the red department has rebelled, the strength in his hands has dropped sharply, the two sons Nagina have been killed in battle, and the duel between himself and Li Qing has fallen behind, and now this level is even more related to the survival of the Yuanwu Empire, if you can't take down the enemy in front of you before the Eastern Front Huhe is defeated, then the Yuanwu Empire can be expected to be destroyed. But the enemy in front of him was like two reefs in the ocean, although they were scarred by the wind and waves, they were still pierced in their hearts like a thorn.
The weather has become even worse, and the heavy snow that has been non-stop these days has made the snow cover in Horingel more than a foot deeper, which has made the battle more difficult, and the non-combat half of the troops are becoming more and more attritional, but Bayar cannot stop, and any day of delay can cause the result of destruction.
Standing in front of the military formation, letting the flying snowflakes fall all over his body, Bayar stared at the slightly vague camp at the other end of the river, and said in a hoarse voice: "Attack!" ”
Braving the heavy snow, groups of steppe foot soldiers trudged forward with difficulty, almost knee-deep in snow. After a day of fierce fighting yesterday, the ice of the small river that had been trampled on had just been re-frozen, but it was immediately stepped on by thousands of big feet, and after a creaking sound, it shattered again, and the shiny ice ballast attached to the soldier's legs, and his body seemed to be embellished with some chips, shining. The biting cold soaked the body of the foot soldier, and the trebuchet in the Dingzhou military camp began to fire back, obviously, there were not many trebuchets on the other side, and the stone bullets had been exhausted, and the ice bombs thrown were one by one, which were made by the Dingzhou people by condensing small stones and water together, and using the current temperature. Compared with the rain of stone bullets some time ago, this level of attack is almost non-existent.
The flank war drums sounded, and the Tenig cavalry began to leave the camp and make a posture of flanking the barbarians, and Boyan, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately waved his army to meet him.
"The people of Dingzhou have also become the end of the crossbow!" Bayar said in a deep voice. "If you take the people of Dingzhou, the people of Murowei will lose their morale."
In the camp of the Dingzhou Army, the wind stood on the camp wall, and his terrifying mace was erected beside him. Looking at the brute soldiers approaching the camp step by step, "Jiang Heiniu! ”
"The last general!"
"Xiong Dewu!"
"The last general!"
"Open the camp gates and attack!"
The doors of the two battalions on the left and right of the battalion suddenly opened, and the Dingzhou soldiers poured out like a tide, pounced on the attacking barbarians, and at the same time, the trebuchets in the large camp violently increased their strength and shot towards the rear of the attacking barbarians, this move was the most adept partition tactic used by the Dingzhou army. Hold off the rear army and concentrate superior forces to annihilate the former enemy.
Once again, the bloody battle broke out. Tens of thousands of people on both sides of the enemy and us are strangled together in the ice and snow, either you die or I die. Streams of blood splattered, staining the snow red, and then it was trampled on by countless pairs of big feet, turning into a somewhat crimson mud.
At the same time, hundreds of miles away from Heyaogar, on the east side of the Bai royal court, an army was marching hard, but the leader was one-armed, it was Guan Xinglong, who was praised by Li Qing as a horizontal sword, and after waiting for many days in Menglukong, Guan Xinglong and his horizontal knife battalion received an order from Lu Dalin, and stepped forward and went straight into the Bai royal court.
This is Guan Xinglong's most difficult march since the army, the snow is misty, as far as the eye can see, it is all snow-white, and it is extremely difficult to identify the direction, fortunately, there are many soldiers in the army who grew up in the frontier, although they have been lost several times, but in the midst of stumbling, they still approached the Bai royal court step by step.
There were only more than 4,000 people of the 5,000 men and horses at the time of the departure of the Hengdao Battalion, and in the wind and snow, there were hundreds of people who were left behind and physically exhausted, but Guan Xinglong couldn't take care of them. All the horses were used to haul the baggage, and even Guan Xinglong himself, like ordinary soldiers, struggled through the thick snow.
"When will it be a head in the heavy snow raised by this son of a bitch?" Guan Xinglong touched a handful of the hair on his face, between his eyebrows and hairline, it was already frozen, and when he touched his hand, he frowned in pain.
"General, General, there's a barbarian colony in front of you!" In the snow, several scouts who were exploring the path ran all the way to the ground.
Guan Xinglong perked up, "How big?" How many people are there? "Almost all the barbarians are armies, even some healthy women, who can draw bows and shoot arrows, and almost as many people as there are soldiers.
"My lord, it's not much, only a few hundred tents at most." The scout said excitedly.
Guan Xinglong laughed, hundreds of tents, at most a few thousand people, after being recruited by Bayar, among these tribes, I am afraid that there are not many soldiers, even if everyone in it can fight, but in such a snowy weather, who would have thought that a Dingzhou army would suddenly appear here?
"Sons!" Guan Xinglong brandished a big knife with one arm, "Take down the enemy in front, let's take a sip of hot soup, get a good night's sleep, and then go to fight their royal court." ”
After several days of marching, Guan Xinglong and his army were already exhausted, hearing Guan Xinglong's words, a green light appeared in their eyes, they drank a sip of hot soup, and had a good night's sleep, now it is the best temptation for them, of course, if they want to achieve this goal, they must first sweep the enemy in front.
The Horizontal Knife Battalion quickly untied the horses from the sleighs, and the cavalry soldiers began to assemble their equipment, then mounted their horses and, guided by the scouts, bypassed from both sides, while the foot soldiers attacked from the front.
There was no suspense in the battle, it was a completely one-sided battle, all the adult men in this tribe had been evacuated, and when the wolf-like Dingzhou soldiers rushed into this settlement, they were greeted by old and weak women and children with frightened faces.
(To be continued)