Halfway through the night, Erzhu Xianzhong arrived near the Tah Highlands with nearly 10,000 troops.
The army was marching when a sentinel from the front suddenly returned and reported: "General, a large army of food was found ten miles ahead, with 10,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry.
The distance they reached to reach the Takh Highlands was almost the same as our army.”
"Did the big cannibals also see the importance of the Tah Highlands and want to occupy the Tah Highlands first like us?"
Er Zhu Xianzhong asked in surprise and confusion.
Deputy General Tang Dingrong clasped his fists and said: "General, I'm afraid this is the case.
If they want to go to Zanji Fort to attack the main force of our army, they will have too many troops."
Er Zhu Xianzhong made a decisive decision: "Send the order for the army to advance at full speed, and follow me to seize the Tah Highlands."
The flag officer immediately ordered the flag bearer to light a torch and convey the order to the army behind him to advance at full speed.
The army's marching speed was quickly increased by half.
The infantry also had horses.
The cavalry and infantry speeded up and galloped.
It was only four or five miles away from the Tahe Highlands, and the army quickly rushed to the bottom of the highland.
Since the majority of the infantry of the Dashi Army were on foot, the Western Qin Army arrived at the bottom of the Tah Highlands earlier than the Dashi Army.
As soon as he arrived, Er Zhu Xianzhong saw a fire dragon meandering towards this direction two or three miles ahead.
He knew that the food army was also marching at full speed, and the sound of the infantry running of the food army could be heard in the distance.
Er Zhu Xianzhong immediately ordered to his deputy Tang Dingrong: "You lead the infantry to the high ground to form a formation and wait for it.
I will lead the cavalry to charge and kill them before they set up their formation, and then disrupt their formation."
Tang Dingrong also knew that this was the best time to attack.
Although it was inconvenient to fight in the dark, it was also detrimental to the food army.
Now the two sides encountered each other suddenly.
Neither side had expected to encounter each other here beforehand.
At this time Whoever seizes the initiative first can basically determine the ownership of the Tah Highlands.
He clasped his fists and promised: "The general will be careful, but he will order people to beat drums on the highlands to cheer for the general."
Er Zhu Xianzhong nodded, looking resolutely and intently at the fire-dragon-like food army coming in front of him.
He took out a steel gun from the victory hook and shouted into the sky: "The Guards obey the order, second, The third and fourth battalions were the central army, forming a forward formation to attack the enemy's cavalry.
The first battalion's left wing was to penetrate the right waist of the rear infantry of the Grand Food Army, and the fifth battalion's right wing was to penetrate diagonally into the left flank of the rear infantry of the Grand Food Army.
Side waist, organize the formation while marching, and attack."
An urgent drum beat sounded, which was an order to attack.
The messengers used torches to convey the specific content of the military order signal.
Under the leadership of Er Zhu Xianzhong, nearly 5,000 soldiers of the Guards galloped towards the oncoming food army. past.
Said, the leader of the Dashi Army, obviously did not expect to encounter the Western Qin Army here.
He immediately reined in his horse and stopped, turned his head and shouted behind him: "Form up, prepare to meet the enemy, prepare to meet the enemy, The cavalry follows me to fight the enemy.”
The messengers of the Dashi Army quickly took action.
They held torches high and galloped towards the rear while shouting: "The general has given an order, all the infantry are in formation, ready to meet the enemy cavalry."
Said could have directly led the large food army behind him to attack the Western Qin army in different formations, but he really did not have much confidence that he could withstand the impact of the Western Qin cavalry by leading his men and horses so suddenly, and the soldiers He was not mentally prepared to encounter the Western Qin army here and start a fight.
He believed that it would be easy to be defeated if he rashly faced the enemy without preparation.
Said's idea is not unreasonable, but the distance between the two sides is too close now.
They are only more than two miles apart.
With the speed of assembly and formation of the Dashi Army, it is impossible to complete the arrangement of the military formation before the Western Qin Army rushes over. .
The 10,000 infantrymen were originally in a long snake formation, which had to be arranged into several neat square formations.
It would take less than half an hour to complete, but Said thought that he could use his 3,000 cavalry to block the attack of the Western Qin Army. , Little did he know that Er Zhu Xianzhong didn't even open his eyes to his three thousand cavalry, and only used three thousand to deal with him.
The other two thousand cavalry made a roundabout attack from the left and right wings to attack the ten thousand infantry in the rear.
During the galloping of nearly a kilometer, three thousand Western Qin Army cavalry, led by Er Zhu Xianzhong, completed their front-arrow formation in the dark night.
Before they even got close to contact, Said saw a large number of oncoming torches.
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It formed a huge arrow and thrust straight towards it.
Although he already knew that the cavalry of the Western Qin Army was powerful, he did not expect that the Western Qin Cavalry could actually attack them.
He was shocked to complete the formation in such a short time while marching.
At this time, it was too late to change the order.
Arrows rained from the sky.
The cavalry around him were hit by arrows and fell to the ground one by one.
He and his soldiers also used bows and arrows to fight back.
The two sides fired several rounds in a row while charging at each other.
The Western Qin army fired five rounds, while the Dashi army only fired three rounds.
After these rounds of cavalry shooting, both sides immediately abandoned their bows and picked up weapons to prepare for a close-range charge.
The Western Qin army picked up their spears, while the Great Food Army picked up their scimitars.
With a "boom", the fronts of the two sides collided with each other, and the men fell over. , the sound of gold and iron clashing spread far away, and the screams spread throughout the battlefield.
The loose cavalry of the Great Food Army were swept to pieces in an instant like fallen leaves being swept away by the autumn wind under the impact of the sharp arrow formations of the Western Qin Army's cavalry who were arranged in a dense and neat formation.
Most of the Great Food Army did not know.
Whatever happened, he was knocked away, trampled to death, and pierced by a spear.
The penetration power of the light cavalry equipped with long spears during the sprint is much stronger than that of the Great Food Army equipped with short knives and scimitars.
In a close-range melee, the combat effectiveness of the Great Food Army equipped with short knives and scimitars will not be weaker than that of the Western Cavalry.
The Qin army has too many cavalry, but the Western Qin cavalry will never give the opponent a chance to fight in a melee, otherwise the strict and dense military formation will become a decoration.
Although the Western Qin army's cavalry is not afraid of melee with the enemy.
With just one charge, the cavalry of the Western Qin Army, led by Er Zhu Xianzhong, killed Said's three thousand cavalry.
This charge caused Said to lose more than half of his cavalry.
When he turned around, he realized that he had suffered heavy casualties.
At this time, Er Zhu Xianzhong had already returned with his men into two teams and outflanked them from the left and right wings.
Said had no time to think about it, so he could only lead the remaining Dashi cavalry to attack him again.
Under his leadership, the Dashi Army cavalry rushed towards the Western Qin Army on the left, while the Western Qin Army on the left came forward without fear. , the two sides fought together, but at this time The Western Qin army on the right came over from the side.
The Dashi army was frightened and fled one after another.
No matter how restrained Said was, he could not restore the defeat.
In the chaos, he was attacked by the rebels and jumped from horseback.
He fell down and passed out.
Er Zhu Xianzhong led his troops in pursuit for a while, killed some of the fleeing cavalry of the Great Food Army, and then gave up.
He led his troops to the scene where the infantry of the Great Food Army had gathered.
Two cavalry battalions of the Western Qin Army were rushing back and forth among the chaotic infantry of the Great Food Army.
Like two fire dragons overturning the river, the 10,000-strong infantry formation of the Great Food Army was overrun and suffered heavy casualties before it could be deployed.
The infantry formation, which had not yet been formed, was on the verge of collapse.
However, Er Zhu Xianzhong arrived with his army.
It became the straw that broke the big food infantry's back.
Three thousand cavalry were routed, and now the infantry formation was no longer under command.
The Dashi infantry, which no longer saw any hope, began to flee regardless of the restraints of the officers and generals.
Throughout the night, the fleeing Dashi army was everywhere in the mountains and plains.
The town of Nabid.
Mansour, who was dealing with official documents, made a hunch, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.
Mansour looked at the tea in the cup and shook his head.
He hated the Tang people so much that he really didn’t want to drink their tea, but he He couldn't live without this thing.
If he didn't drink tea, he would always feel that something was missing in his life.
He was tired when dealing with official duties, but he would feel energetic immediately after drinking a cup of tea.
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This tea was really something that he couldn't stay away from or refuse.
The Minister of Intelligence walked in quickly and saluted: "The chief of the believers, General Said led the troops to occupy the Tah Highlands, but unexpectedly encountered the Western Qin Army nearby who also wanted to occupy the Tah Heights.
The two sides were fighting.
The situation It is extremely detrimental to our army and General Said may be defeated."
The pen in Mansour's hand slipped from his hand, his expression changed, he stood up involuntarily and said in a voiceless voice: "How could we encounter the Western Qin Army?
Is there no possibility for Said to win?"
The intelligence minister said: "The soldiers reporting from the front said that Said's three thousand cavalry had been defeated.
Now the Western Qin Army's cavalry is attacking our ten thousand infantry.
I really have no confidence that the infantry can block the Western Qin Army's cavalry attack."
Mansour could no longer take care of the official documents at this time.
He immediately shouted: "Order all the troops in all departments to enter a state of alert and combat readiness.
Quickly send word that all ministers and generals will discuss it."
The entire town of Nabid was boiling in just a few minutes.
The sleeping soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons ran out of their tents and rallied under the command of their officers and generals.
The Minister of the Food Kingdom and some major generals rushed from their camps to Mansur's cabin.
Mansour said with a serious expression: "I ordered the entire army to assemble on alert and prepare for war.
I sent people to call you all because General Said's troops encountered the Western Qin Army near the Tah Highlands.
In a battle, his three thousand cavalry were defeated, and his life or death is unknown.
Now the Western Qin Army is attacking our remaining ten thousand infantry.
The situation is very unfavorable for us.
You all tell us, what should we do now?"
The Minister of Agriculture stood up and said: "Sir, sir, I don't think the Western Qin army can be allowed to occupy the Tah Highlands.
The Tah Highlands are too close to us.
It only takes the Western Qin Dynasty a short time to rush here.
It will be a threat to us."
The threat is too great.
Now we must immediately send troops to reinforce it.
We must occupy the Tah Highlands and seize the initiative
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