Chapter 267: Dilemma
The 40,000 wolf army stopped at Uyan Baatar, and within a range of dozens of miles around them, almost all the elites of the Dingzhou army gathered, including nearly 40,000 people in Lu Dalin's Lu division, 30,000 in the Qi Nian division, and nearly 20,000 people in the Changsheng battalion of the whirlwind battalion, and almost 100,000 troops viciously stared at the delicious fat of the wolf run, and eating the wolf run meant that the edifice of the grassland barbarians would collapse.
Hu He is known as the first general of the grassland, naturally not in vain, the choice of Uyan Baatto as the last place to resist, is the result of his careful consideration, one is that there is a military station set up by the barbarians earlier, the material reserves are relatively rich, and the second is that the geographical location of Wuyan Mato is very mysterious, take this as a starting point, draw two lines on the map, you will find that here is almost an isosceles triangle from Fuyuan, Weiyuan and other places, Hu He posed this one frame, it is an attack on the front, A retreatable situation.
Hu He didn't want to defend to the death, and there was no way out for him to hold on. The terrain of Uyanbaatar is more complex, and the seemingly endless plains are actually full of traps, wetlands, and swamps, and if you are not careful, you will fall into them. If you are not familiar with the geography here, the attack will inevitably suffer a big loss.
Bayar of the royal court also knew that the battle of Wuyan Baatar was related to the national Zuo of the Yuanwu Empire, which was born in the short time, although a large number of troops were restrained by the Murowei people, he still gritted his teeth and drew 20,000 elites from the Zhenghuang Banner to aid Huhe, so that the troops in Huhe's hands reached 60,000, and he had the capital to compete with the Dingzhou soldiers.
In the encirclement and suppression of Bayar and Boyan, the Murwei army burned and looted everywhere, and gradually lost the advantage after entering the customs, and the strength was eaten away little by little, and was forced to begin to shrink its forces, slowly approaching the mountain moving division that passed the mountain wind, and Bayar, who had been forced to breathe, finally breathed a sigh of relief, he was not afraid of the Murwei people and the mountain wind, he was afraid that the Murwei people would be erratic and fight in an orderly manner, and now it is okay, the Murwei people have finally settled down, and if they fight head-on, Bayar is not afraid of the other party at all. He began to plan a plan, preparing to deal a heavy blow to the coalition forces of the mountain wind that were approaching the royal court.
Nearly 100,000 troops in Dingzhou gathered in Wuyan Baato, and LΓΌ Dalin obtained the power to coordinate and command the whole army from Li Qing. Lu Dalin, a veteran who has fought against the barbarians for nearly 20 years, has such a strong soldier and horse in his hands for the first time, and it is still in the case of a great advantage in the entire battle situation, he can't help but be a little complacent, and his wish for many years will finally be fulfilled.
At this time, the Dingzhou army was divided into three attack groups, respectively, with Lu Dalin, Wang Qinian, Yang Yidao, and Lu Dalin had the power to control the other two, in Lu Dalin's view, the opposite Hu He has become a dead tiger, the barbarian cavalry is better than flexible and mobile, and now it is forced to live in a corner and take a defensive position, how can it be the opponent of the Dingzhou soldiers, this style of play is the strength of the Dingzhou soldiers!
After the three attack groups were in place, Lu Dalin gave the order to attack without hesitation.
The ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny, in the military career of the highest frontier Lu Dalin in his most proud time, encountered a heavy blow from Huhe, in the wetland swamp full of Uyanbaatar, the first attack of the Dingzhou army suffered a major setback, the first attack on the two wings, soon after the attack, a large number of soldiers because they are not familiar with the terrain, do not know the seemingly flat grassland, those withered yellow grass hidden traps, was trapped on the ground and can not get out, whether it is foot soldiers or cavalry, They all became live targets for the wolf running army on the opposite side, and a large number of them were shot in the swamp and wetland. At this time, the Dingzhou army's well-dressed Kai armor has become a burden, carrying dozens of pounds of Kai armor makes it even more difficult for these soldiers to walk, when the big shield soldiers raised the iron shield and advanced step by step with difficulty, the wolf's trebuchet, eight bull crossbows, and scorpion cannons caused them heavy losses.
In less than half a day, Lu Dalin, who had lost thousands of soldiers, was forced to stop the attack.
At the beginning of the retreat, Hu He did not give up these heavy equipment gathered in the big camp, and finally played a huge role, and the Dingzhou soldiers were firmly nailed to Uyan Baatar. On the first day of the attack, the Dingzhou soldiers did not even touch the wolf running formation, so they retreated in embarrassment.
In the next ten days, Hu He continued to send troops, through the swamp wetlands, again and again launched a counterattack on the Dingzhou army, harvested a lot, once the Dingzhou army counterattacked, these assault troops took advantage of the familiarity with the terrain, and after the pursuing Dingzhou army suffered countless losses, Lu Dalin finally ordered not to allow this kind of useless pursuit.
In Uyanbaatar, there was a strange confrontation situation, the Dingzhou army, which had a huge advantage in strength, retreated in the camp, and the wolf run, which had been driven by chickens and dogs, rose up and constantly harassed the enemy troops on the opposite side.
The attack was weak, and Lu Dalin's mouth was full of bubbles, and he was anxious! The marshal trusted himself so much that he handed over the command of the 100,000 army to himself, instead of his henchman Wang Qinian, which was not only a reference to his many years of experience in barbarian warfare, but also a very trusting expression of his own.
"Be sure to take Uyan Baatar before the big handsome!" Lu Dalin punched heavily on the big case, and said to Wang Qi, Yang Yidao, Wang Yan and other generals who gathered in his big tent. "We want to use Huhe's head to congratulate the handsome wedding!"
Yang Yidao looked at Lu Dalin's somewhat anxious face, and said unhurriedly: "Lord Lu, the terrain of Wuyan Baatar is complicated, and a hasty attack will cause heavy losses to our army, and the Hu He on the opposite side is known as a wise general, we must deal with it carefully, and we must not be reckless and impulsive." β
Wang Qinian exhaled heavily, "Mother, no one would have thought that this broken place would be like this, more than ten days, I only probed less than ten miles forward, as long as the scouts sent out were a little far away from the camp, those wolf running troops came out like ghosts, shooting my soldiers who explored the way, more than ten days, Lao Tzu lost nearly 100 scouts, this battle was really a nest of fire." β
Wang Yan also shook his head, and said helplessly: "These wetland swamps are too complicated, we followed closely to catch up, and obviously saw the enemy on the opposite side passing through safely and soundly, and when it was our turn, we fell with a thud, and in the blink of an eye, the victory and defeat were reversed." Lord Lu, if you can't figure out the geographical terrain on the opposite side, it will be in vain to launch an attack! β
Wei Xin stood up, "Lord Lu, in fact, we don't have any other way now, one can only send more scouts and slowly explore the way, as long as we understand the terrain in front of us, we can go straight to the Huhe camp." If we can't figure it out, then we'll have to wait. β
Lu Dalin raised his head dissatisfiedly and looked at this veteran who was known for his defense, "When did you say you would wait?" Could it be that we are just here to retreat and let the newlywed marshal personally direct the battle? If that's the case, wouldn't it make people laugh at me that there is no one in Dingzhou? β
Wei Xin sniffled, touched his goatee, didn't seem to understand the sarcasm in Lu Dalin's words, and said unhurriedly: "I can't wait long, Lord Lu, the weather is our best helper, look at this day, but it's getting colder and colder day by day!" β
Lu Dalin didn't react for a while, but Yang Yidao suddenly remembered that he followed the marshal to inspect Ji Mingze last year, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, "General Wei, you mean that as soon as the weather is cold, the sky will be frozen, and after the temperature drops sharply, these swamps and wetlands will be frozen, and at that time, they will no longer be an obstacle to our army!" β
Wei Xin said with a smile: "Exactly, Lord Lu, looking at the weather this year, it won't take more than a month, and there will be a smooth road in front of us." β
"A month?" Lu Dalin was silent. In fact, in Lu Dalin's heart, he really wanted the generals to send scouts to find out the terrain on the opposite side at any cost, and the first time he commanded the whole army, of course he wanted to hand over a satisfactory answer to Li Qing, so that Li Qing could see his own ability more deeply, and at the same time defeating Hu He was also a huge temptation, but he also knew very well in his heart that these heavy generals under his hands did not agree with his idea, but wanted to fight steadily, encroach step by step, and be in different positions, of course, everyone will have different ideas. Although Lu Dalin is the commander of the whole army, he knows that he can't force these people to do something, and he must be like Wang Qinian and Yang Yidao, whose status is not below him.
"Since everyone agrees, then let's do it, wait first, but we can't wait, scouts still have to be sent out in large numbers to survey the terrain, isn't Huhe often ambushing and booby-trapping our scouts, then you might as well think of some way, do the opposite, and also grow the morale of our army!" Lu Dalin said with a smile.
After suffering for more than ten days, the Dingzhou army on the opposite side finally became honest and never sent troops to attack again, but Hu He's face was even more ugly, "Tiger Shuai!" Nokia and Hauge quietly walked to Huhe's side.
"Did you find anything?" Hu He said quietly.
"It's getting colder!" Hauge said, "But Marshal, we have enough wintering supplies in our battalion. β
"It's getting colder and colder, it's going to freeze!" Nokia's face was also very bad, "Lu Dalin must have thought of this as well." That's when the senseless offensive stopped, and they were waiting. β
"I thought that the people of Dingzhou would be carried away by the victory and desperately attack my camp, but now it seems that this calculation is wrong, for more than ten days, Lu Dalin has finally calmed himself down with thousands of casualties.
Both were silent.
"After you return to your camp, each of you should strengthen your defense, learn the defense of the Dingzhou people, we must not only be able to attack, but also learn to defend." After Hu He finished speaking, he put his hands on his shoulders and walked back, and Nokia and Haoge behind him looked at Hu He, who had obviously aged too much for more than a year, and there was a burst of sadness in his heart, Hu Shuai was not optimistic about this war at all!
(To be continued)