Liu Cheng asked Wang Yue: "Besides sending cavalry to sneak attack on our army's food road, does Han Sui have any other actions?"
Wang Yue stood up and replied: "Returning to my lord, I have not found any other military actions by Han Sui."
Liu Cheng thought for a moment, stood up and gave the order: "Give me the order to send more reconnaissance sentries around the army.
The front sentinels should be 20 miles away.
All departments of the army should be prepared to make food at Mao tomorrow and set off at Chen."
All the generals and school officials stood up and responded loudly: "As ordered" Didao, on the east bank of Taoshui River.
Gao Shun was sitting at the front of the team on horseback.
Behind him were two thousand soldiers escorting a thousand carts.
Each cart had three civilians and a mule and horse.
The carts were either loaded with grain or It contains fodder, arrows, crossbows, or other military supplies.
The amount of grain, grass and other military supplies transported by this trip was enough for an army of 50,000 to use for two months.
This large piece of fat had already been targeted by Han Sui's spies stationed in Tianshui City.
The news was quickly spread to Jincheng, and Han Sui So he immediately decided to send heavy troops to conduct a sneak attack on the grain transport team.
Na Buli, the leader of the Qiang people, did his part.
In order to win over Na Buli, Han Sui agreed to his request and let him lead his tribe to rob the grain and grass supplies.
Gao Shun did not look to the left because the left side was Taoshui River.
If there were enemies, they would not appear from the river.
His vigilance was all on the front and right.
He turned his head to look to the right and front from time to time. .
Although Yan Xing's army had already recaptured various parts of Didao County in the front, no one could guarantee that Han Sui's troops or Qiang people would come out to attack the grain transport team, not to mention that this baggage could be used by tens of thousands of troops for two months.
This was A huge amount.
"Send the order, speed up, and rush to Didao County to spend the night."
Gao Shun turned to order his subordinates.
A school captain promised: "I will obey my order."
As soon as the order was conveyed in the afternoon and the speed of the grain transport team increased a little, Gao Shun felt something was wrong.
He immediately reined in his horse and raised his right hand.
The soldiers behind him stopped immediately when they saw his gesture.
Gao Shun frowned, pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
His face suddenly changed, and he shouted: "There is an enemy attack.
Send an order and order the people to immediately form a circle close to the river bank with all the cars and horses.
All the people and horses hide in the cars."
Inside the horse pen, hurry up” "Yes, General" The grain transport team is right on the river bank.
As long as the head and tail of the team are connected one backward and one forward, they can form a circle.
The driver in front immediately drives the mules and horses to turn around, and the driver behind drives the mules.
The horse moved forward to the right to connect with the carriage that was speeding up and turning around, and all the infantry and cavalry entered the enclosed circle.
In the carriage circle, the infantry were in front, and they lined up in rows of spear formations behind the carriages piled with food and other military supplies.
The number of cavalry was small, and they only served as orders, messengers, and reconnaissance during the march. , because the number is too small to be effective, they can only be protected in the middle together with the civilian husbands.
Among the infantry, the sword and shield soldiers and the spearmen cooperated to form a combat team.
Two sword and shield soldiers cooperated with one spearman.
There was a circle of carriages blocking the front.
It was difficult for the enemy cavalry to cross the carriages piled with food and supplies.
Very possible.
The sound of a large number of horse hooves came, covering the sky like thunder, and smoke and dust rose in the sky on the other side of the high loess slope next to it.
Seeing this, Gao Shun shouted anxiously: "Quick, speed up, give them all to me."
Entering the circle, the crossbowmen prepared all their bows and arrows and prepared for battle."
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I saw the civilian husbands running to the carriage filled with crossbows and arrows to untie the ropes, taking off the bows and crossbows from the carriage and throwing them behind, and bundles of arrows were also thrown behind , the fallen crossbows and bundles of arrows were caught one by one and distributed to the people.
After getting the crossbows and arrows, these civilians lined up in rows and strung their bows with extremely skillful movements.
It turned out that these civilians were all dressed up as military crossbows.
Qiang cavalry wearing sheepskins and animal skins finally appeared on the high loess slope on the right.
They rushed down the high loess slope without stopping.
They did not have any formation or organization, and they were all over the mountains and plains.
They were all Qiang cavalry figures.
Some of them were brandishing scimitars, some were holding bows and arrows, and some were carrying maces.
They rushed down from the high loess slopes while making bursts of ghostly screams.
Voice.
The panicked court soldiers and horses made the charging Qiang cavalry even more excited.
They seemed to see these panicked court soldiers trembling and begging for mercy under their iron hoofs, and were ruthlessly hacked to death by them.
Gao Shun's soldiers moved very quickly.
When the Qiang cavalry appeared, they were still in panic.
But when most of the Qiang cavalry rushed from the high loess slopes to the flat ground, the temperament of his soldiers suddenly changed. , the panic and chaos disappeared in an instant, replaced by extremely agile and orderly movements.
Just when the Qiang cavalry were about to charge forward, the defensive formation of the grain transport team was completed.
Suddenly, Gao Shun's momentum was shaken.
He held up the steel spear in his hand and shouted: "Get ready to meet the enemy."
"Ha" everyone in the defensive circle made a defensive posture.
The spearmen thrust their spears forward, the sword and shield soldiers collectively drew their swords and stared ahead, and the archers in the middle also pulled with all their strength.
The bow and arrow were fired.
Gao Shun's eyes narrowed and he shouted: "Archer, let go!"
"Swish, swish, swish" A large number of arrows were shot forward from the defensive circle.
Some of the Qiang cavalry who were charging were hit by arrows and fell to death.
The death of their companions stimulated these Qiang people.
They were like bloodthirsty sharks that had smelled the blood, and rushed towards them with even more craziness and yelling.
"Bang bang bang" The Qiang cavalry who were the first to rush over kept bumping into the carriage and were blocked by the carriage.
However, the carriage blocking the front was shaken by the collision, and some of the grain bags on the carriage were hit.
Due to the inertia of their sprint, the Qiang cavalry flew into the defensive circle and were cut into pieces with random swords.
Some Qiang cavalrymen and horses were stabbed to death by spearmen in front of the car formation.
The Qiang cavalry in front could not rush in.
The Qiang cavalry behind them continued to rush forward.
The Qiang cavalry gathered in front of the car formation crossed over.
The crowds are getting denser and denser, and the chances of being hit by arrows are also increasing, and people are constantly being shot to death.
The Qiang people with their dead horses got up from the ground and rushed towards the carriage formation still holding scimitars or maces.
When they climbed onto the carriage, they were stabbed to death by the spearmen behind the carriage.
More and more corpses were piled up in front of the vehicle formation.
The Qiang people stepped on the corpses of their companions and rushed towards the vehicle formation without fear of death.
However, the defenders in the defense circle of the vehicle formation withstood wave after wave of attacks.
Under the command of Gao Shun, the imperial soldiers fought bravely.
Not only did the Qiang cavalry fail to break into the defensive circle of the chariot formation, but their losses increased.
The battle continued until dusk.
The Qiang leader Na Buli, who was riding a horse on a high loess slope, had to give the order: "Retreat the troops."
A guard beside Na Buli took out a horn from his arms and blew the retreat horn.
The desolate horn sound resounded throughout the battlefield on the river bank.
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When the Qiang cavalry heard the horn sound, they receded like the tide.
Gao Shun breathed a sigh of relief.
He observed that the Qiang people did not retreat, but all retreated to the high loess slopes two or three miles away.
It seemed that these Qiang people were still determined to give up.
He thought for a moment and ordered a small colonel next to him: "Send five hundred people to move all the corpses outside the car array into the car array and stack them up.
If the enemy attacks again, let the brothers stand on the pile of corpses to defend against the enemy."
Standing on a pile of corpses to defend against the enemy may seem scary, but on the battlefield, dead people are commonplace.
The reason why people are afraid of corpses is nothing more than psychological reasons.
In fact, corpses are corpses, not ghosts.
Gao Shun found another small school and ordered: "Go and collect all the wood from the damaged carriage.
Divide the wood into several piles and pile them up a hundred steps in front of the carriage array.
Pour some kerosene on each pile."
Then look around to see if there are horse dung, sheep dung, and cow dung, and collect them all together with the firewood pile."
Dry animal dung can be burned.
Even wet animal dung thrown into a fire can burn after the water evaporates and dries up.
They can make the woodpile burn longer.
The kerosene can make the woodpile flammable and burn.
The time is also longer.
All the arrows from the battlefield were collected again, and some weapons of the dead Qiang people were also collected.
"There is meat to eat!"
someone shouted loudly as the soldiers carried horse corpses into the defensive circle.
Eating meat is an extremely luxurious thing for most people in this era.
Most people have never eaten a meal of meat from birth to death.
They are very excited to eat meat, even if they were shot on the battlefield. horsemeat.
Several fires were raised in the open space within the defensive circle, large pots were added, and pieces of horse meat were thrown into the pots to cook.
This was the river, so it was convenient to get water, and the Qiang people on the opposite side could get water if they wanted to.
It’s not very convenient anymore, they have to take a detour to get water.
When night fell, the soldiers of the imperial grain transport team in the defensive circle had eaten and drank enough.
Under Gao Shun's order, several fires were doused with water.
Rockets flew into the sky from the vehicle array in the defense circle and landed a hundred steps away.
With several continuous booms, the large firewood piles were ignited, and the outside of the defense circle was illuminated, making it invisible in all directions.
In a blind corner, the Qiang people wanted to make a sneak attack at night.
It was impossible not to be discovered, so they could only attack by force.
On the high loess slope, Bu Li sat on horseback and looked at the defensive vehicle formation of the grain transport team by the river below.
He observed silently, trying to find flaws in this formation, but after observing for a long time, he found no obvious flaws.
A young Qiang noble next to him asked: "Master Buli, do you want to wait until late at night when they all fall asleep to launch an attack?"
Nabuli frowned and said: "There are so many fires lit outside their defensive vehicle array.
It's not easy to attack in a sneak attack.
We rush over on horseback.
The sound is too loud.
They will be discovered before we rush down the high slope.
The sneak attack will definitely turn into storm" The young Qiang noble said: "Sir, why do we need to sneak attack?
We can kill them openly.
You said that riding on horseback is too noisy, and it is blocked by the car formation, so we can't rush in.
In this case, why don't we give up riding and let the sons and daughters go?"
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They all rushed over on foot.
This car formation can prevent the cavalry attack, but it cannot prevent the infantry attack."
Nabuli's eyes lit up when he heard that, he reached out and patted the young Qiang nobleman on the shoulder and laughed: "Hahaha Nai Ga, I didn't expect that your brain is quite easy to use, so I will do as you say, go ahead and let the sons and gentlemen go."
Sleep for a while, then quietly wake everyone up late at night.
Let's launch an attack before dawn.
If we succeed according to your method, I will definitely reward you heavily."
"Yes, yes, thank you sir":