Although he said this, Er Zhu Xianzhong also knew in his heart that the enemy general would never let the battle drag out until dawn.
For the enemy general, this battle was a failure or failure, because the retreat of the infantry was a big problem. , if the battle cannot be successful, then they will inevitably face the situation of being chased by the escort after dawn.
Erzhu Xianzhong's guess was very accurate.
When the enemy infantry approached the escort camp, they quickly launched an attack under the deployment and order of the general.
In order to conceal one's own deployment and general number of troops, the invading army did not light a large number of torches.
The entire military formation was completely dark.
All orders were signaled by shaking torches.
Although this concealed one's own side to a large extent. strength and deployment situation, but it also brings the disadvantage of being unable to coordinate and cooperate, and it is even difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
This is also the reason why the enemy general did not launch a formal attack at the first time.
The enemy army finally made a move, and a large number of buzzing sounds came from the distance.
This was all too familiar to the Western Qin army who had commanded from experience.
This was the sound of the bowstrings bouncing back when a large number of crossbows fired in salvo.
"Shield Formation" Er Zhu Xianzhong immediately reacted and issued an order immediately, and the messengers around him immediately waved torches.
The soldiers did not need orders from the generals and stood at the predetermined position at extremely fast speeds.
In just a few seconds, they completed the layout of the shield formation.
This shield formation was made up of countless small shields.
The shield array is composed of units of tens, so there is no need to deploy additional orders.
It only takes three or four seconds to complete.
The arrow has a flight distance after it leaves the bow string, and the speed of flight can never keep up with the sound waves.
Therefore, the Western Qin Army, which has always cooperated extremely well, made full use of these few seconds of archery to form a shield formation that could block the enemy's large-scale long-range attack.
Crossbow strike.
The enemy general's intention is now obvious.
Since the infantry cannot be used to encircle the enemy and the cavalry attack cannot be effective, they can only use a large number of infantry to attack the escort with a large number of long-range bows and arrows, killing and injuring the escort in large numbers.
Soldiers, and escorts are not yet able to carry out long-range bow and arrow countermeasures, because no matter how powerful the performance of the mounted bow is, it will always be compared with the infantry bow, especially in terms of range.
A large number of arrows fell in the camp, shot into the sand, and made a clanging sound when they landed on the shields.
Zhao Ziliang's deployment was extremely timely and correct.
Not only were the guards soldiers able to arrange the shield array in time to block the arrows, but the war horses also Excellent arrangements were made in advance and there were no major losses.
The rain of arrows continued to fall from the sky, and it lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour before it slowly began to clear up, and finally stopped completely.
Zhao Ziliang and others were sitting in the lobby of the inn, and they all heard the continuous tinkling sounds coming from the roof. , Fortunately, this inn is entirely made of stone, and even the roof is made of cement boards.
If it were a thatched roof, I am afraid that a large number of arrows would have penetrated the lobby.
"Your Majesty, the enemy's bow and arrow attacks seem to have stopped," Li Muchen said to Zhao Ziliang when he saw that he no longer heard the sound of arrows hitting the roof.
At this time, a small school outside quickly ran in with a small buckler and reported to Zhao Ziliang the further actions of the enemy: "Your Majesty, the enemy began to send some small groups of soldiers to the camp after carrying out these rounds of large-scale bow and arrow attacks.
Come over and try to extinguish the fire outside the camp.”
Liang Zhenwu, deputy general of the Dragon Guard Army, said: "It seems that they want to test the current defense strength in the camp to see the effect of their bow and arrow strikes just now, and they also want to extinguish the fires to hide their intention to attack."
Zhao Ziliang was noncommittal and suddenly asked: "I remember that the general of the Hexi Road garrison seemed to be Wang Jiahe?"
Du Zongwen cupped his hands and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Wang Jiahe was transferred from Chang'an Shence Army Envoy to Hexi Road Guard General five years ago."
Wang Jiahe's military experience is very deep.
He has served as a military envoy and a regular guard.
He is an important military figure among the generals of the Chang'an Forbidden Army.
Although the Tang army is divided into three major systems, there is not a difference between each system.
If there is no personnel transfer, the generals of the Forbidden Army are often transferred to the garrison system. , there are also local army generals who have been transferred to the Forbidden Army system.
It is common for the three major military services to be transferred to each other.
Wang Jiahe has been serving as the general of the Hexi Road Garrison for five full years.
This year is his last year as the Hexi Road Garrison.
General, after that he will reach his age and will take off his armor and return to his field.
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Zhao Ziliang squinted at the dark night outside the house and said: "With so many enemy troops entering Hexi and besieging the escorting army, Wang Jiahe, as the general of the Hexi Road garrison, didn't Wang Jiahe get any news or feel something abnormal?
In other words, it is he and his Hexi garrison who are leading the troops outside to besiege the guards.
Apart from him, who else has the ability to mobilize more than 10,000 troops to launch military operations?"
Not everyone among the ministers and military generals present had thought of this possibility, but no one rashly expressed their doubts.
After all, Wang Jiahe was a general who commanded an army, with fifteen thousand troops under his command.
People, if you include the local army of Hexi Province that maintains local security, the total strength of Hexi Province is nearly 25,000.
For such a general with a large number of troops, it is impossible to make groundless speculations and suspicions without evidence.
The way to be an official and a minister.
After Zhao Ziliang showed suspicion, Gu Qianzhi didn't care about anything else.
He stood up and said with cupped hands: "Holy King, if a large number of foreign soldiers and horses enter Hexi, as the general of the Hexi Road garrison, Wang Jiahe can't help but receive it.
The sound of the wind, according to the minister As we all know, every garrison in the Tang Dynasty has its own military intelligence department that specializes in collecting and inquiring about military information.
It is already obvious that this military operation against us was carried out by the Hexi Dao Garrison.
As for who is in charge of the troops, according to the system It is stipulated that to have the right to command an army to attack and launch such a large-scale military operation, two major generals must jointly initiate it, either the garrison general Wang Jiahe and one of his deputy generals, or one of the deputy generals and the supervisor Jia Rong, or it may be It is Wang Jiahe and Supervisor Jia Rong, but even if two of them collude together, if they want to carry out such a large-scale military operation, they must have an edict, that is, there must be an edict from the Holy King, and the following generals can Just follow the orders.”
Gu Qianzhi generally understood the situation of the Tang Army, but there were still some situations that were not clear.
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "No, what you are talking about is just that under normal circumstances, when being attacked by foreign enemies, the news cannot be transmitted in time.
The capital city was unable to obtain orders from above in time.
Each garrison area has the right to take the initiative to counterattack without an edict.
Didn't we send an official letter to inform the prefectures and counties along the way and the Chang'an court before we entered the territory of the Tang Dynasty?
" Gu Qianzhi said quickly: "It was arranged by Wei Chen himself.
When we were still in Tingzhou, Wei Chen sent people in the name of Wang Ting to send official letters to Hexi Road, Longyou Road, Guannai Road and the Chang'an court respectively.
Unless The official letter was intercepted midway."
Zhao Ziliang didn't say anything.
It was obvious.
If the news of his upcoming arrival spread, who would have the guts to openly mobilize troops for a siege?
If they were impatient, the soldiers would not carry out the order in the first place.
This would be a major crime against the Nine Tribes.
He believed it.
The soldiers of the Tang Army outside who were preparing to attack must not know who they are besieging, otherwise they would never continue to attack, and this is what the enemy commander can take advantage of.
In order to use it, the other party sent someone to intercept the official letter sent from Xi Qin in advance, covered up the news that he had come to Hexi, and concealed the identity of the opponent being attacked from the soldiers, and the soldiers had been trained for a long time , they would execute orders unconditionally almost every time, regardless of who they were about to attack, or that the enemy commander described him and the escort to the soldiers as invading enemy forces.
At this time, another primary school student ran in and reported: "Your Majesty the Holy King, several small groups of troops sent by the enemy were all shot and killed by our army.
Their attempt to find out the situation of our army and extinguish the fire failed."
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang said: "They won't just give up.
Now that they have taken action, there is no turning back.
When things have reached this point, the enemy generals will not stop fighting.
Otherwise, what awaits them will be the annihilation of the nine tribes." , The opponent cannot be unaware of this.
No matter what means and tactics he adopts, the opponent will definitely launch a final attack before dawn.
The time has come to make a desperate move."
Sure enough, the enemy general took action again.
This time, a large number of rockets flew from the dark night and filled the entire camp.
Many tents were on fire.
Some war horses were even frightened because they were afraid of the flames.
Fortunately, they were controlled in time.
In order to save their lives, the guards soldiers could only hold their shields above their heads and let the tents burn.
As a result, the fire in the camp became fierce, and the reality and reality were exposed to the enemy.
However, in order to minimize the possibility of exposing more strength, the soldiers of the escort squatted on the ground closely together, with shields on their heads.
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Not relaxing either.
The enemy's long-range bow and arrow strike came again, but this time there were no rockets.
The camp was filled with dense arrows, with almost no place to enter.
After several more rounds of arrows, the enemy general finally stopped waiting, and time no longer allowed it.
It would be dawn soon, and if he did not launch the final attack, there would be no time.
Therefore, when the order for the general attack was issued, many Everyone lit torches, and the light of the torches exposed the attacking army to the sight of the escort.
The sound of footsteps and the friction of armor and weapons as the infantry advanced could be heard.
Zhao Ziliang had already led the ministers and Longwei soldiers to the center of the camp.
He immediately ordered Er Zhu Xianzhong: "Concentrate your strength to launch a counterattack in the northeast.
If the enemy's general Da Zhen is found, destroy him immediately."
Er Zhu Xianzhong carried out the order without hesitation.
Liang Zhenwu, the deputy general of the Dragon Guard Army, cupped his fists and asked: "Your Majesty, why did you only launch a counterattack in the northeast direction and not launch an attack in other directions?
At this time, all the escort troops went to attack, and only less than 500 Dragon Guard troops were left to protect Your Majesty.
I’m worried that the enemy troops will come from other directions and I won’t be able to resist them.”
Zhao Ziliang said calmly: "Don't worry, the enemies are all concentrated in the northeast.
There are no enemy troops in other directions.
We are very safe here.
I don't believe it.
Take a closer look at the direction of the arrows on the ground.
They all tilt toward the northeast.
This It means that all the enemy troops come from the northeast.
Moreover, your Dragon Guard soldiers are all elites in the army.
Each of them can be equivalent to ten.
Five hundred people can be equivalent to five thousand people.
Don’t worry, the enemy’s troops are not unlimited
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