One thousand one hundred and eighty-five: final battle
When it was dawn, outside the ancient village city, there was a faint sound of thunder, and the ground seemed to be trembling slightly. For the Tang army, who had rich combat experience, of course, they understood that this was a sign of the attack of a large group of cavalry.
But for them, nothing is important.
A person has only one life.
Therefore, the banquet was still held as usual.
The long table yard was placed on the circular street, and basins of various dishes were served, emitting an attractive fragrance. The fully armed soldiers gathered excitedly on both sides of the long table, staring at every delicacy greedily.
Liu Yuan appeared on the roof of a stone house, carrying a big leather bag in his hand.
Inside was the strong wine that the medical officer of Surrey usually carried with him.
Under the stone house, there were several large jars, filled with water from the jars.
Liu Yuan didn't say anything, jumped down from the roof, then pulled off the plug in the leather pocket, lifted it upside down, and poured a little wine into each jar.
These large jars contain at least hundreds of kilograms of water. If you pour this little wine into it, you may not even smell the smell of wine. But all the soldiers still looked at these large jars with anticipation.
The soldiers carried these wine jars through the crowd, holding spoons in one hand and distributing the so-called wine to the soldiers with the other.
"Brothers!" Liu Yuan raised the wine bowl high and shouted with all his strength: "After doing this wine, eat and drink enough to kill the enemy!"
"Eat and drink enough to kill the enemy!" More than a thousand soldiers raised their wine bowls at the same time, responding to Liu Yuan like thunder.
"Dry!"
Without any extra words, Liu Yuanyi raised his neck and drank the water from the bowl with a slam. He smashed the bowl into pieces, then reached out and pulled a chicken leg on the table, and walked forward while gnawing: "Brothers, eat, eat, eat."
The streets suddenly became lively.
The ground was trembling and louder, and the sound of thunder turned into a clearly audible sound of horse hooves, but the soldiers seemed to not hear half of it, and were still shouting and eating happily.
Lu Yuan stopped about two miles away from Guzhai Town. Looking at the town that still looked a little hazy, his brows couldn't help but frown.
The enemy did not break through as he wished, nor did they disperse. They chose a result that Lu Yuan was most reluctant to see.
Fight a positional battle with your opponent.
The opponent has enough war horses, and if they choose to break through, it is of course the ideal result. In the pursuit of cavalry, these infantry riding horses will become the prey of real cavalry.
Obviously, Tang army general Liu Yuan had a clear understanding of this.
Lu Yuan admires Liu Yuan very much.
Before this, although Liu Yuan was also a general who had been appointed in the Southern Alliance, compared with Ren Xiaonian and Li Gan, he did not attract much attention from the Southern Alliance. However, in this battle, this general with a low reputation caused a great suffering to the Hunan army.
A brigade of infantry led by Wei Dongsheng was successfully attacked by Liu Yuan in two consecutive places, and finally defeated Wei Dongsheng more than half of it. He didn't dare to move and could only choose to camp and defend. Zhou Can's three thousand cavalry was completely wiped out by three thousand Tang army infantry. This was a fucking example of the most disparity in the infantry and cavalry battle.
In Lu Yuan's view, these battles commanded by Liu Yuan can be recorded in history and become a classic command case that all generals must learn.
Will Lu Yuan be despised at all for such a general's last attempt?
Ji Zhijiang had already left after completing the blockade of Liu Yuan.
It was not because Ji Zhijiang had other ideas, but because the general trend of the battlefield had changed. Because Liu Yuan's operation was as fierce as a tiger, Ren Xiaonian and Qin Kuan's troops successfully completed the reunion, and further occupied the Tiaoziling military camp, achieving a temporary place to settle down. This made the Southern Alliance's beautiful wish to divide and annihilate the Tang army in the wild. The rest were actually to attack and fight.
If you have enough time, you can actually sleepy, but unfortunately, they can't do it.
Now, Yu Xiaowen has arrived in Yichun and is attacking the Yichun defenders. Qian Shouyi is fighting to the death.
On the other hand, Chen Changping, the army of Shi Zhuang, defeated the Hunan army that rushed there to replace Lu Yuan's garrison at Shuangjiangkou. What's more worrying is that this right-guard army did not surround Yiyang in reverse as Xiang Zhen thought before, and strived to wipe out the main force of Hunan in Yiyang. Instead, it rushed directly towards Changsha like a sharp arrow.
Anyway, there are too many accidents, so many of them make Lu Yuan and others feel a little uneasy.
For example, Liu Yuan’s operation.
For example, the reunion of Ren Xiaonian and Qin Kuan.
For example, Shi Zhuang could actually resist the temptation of taking Yiyang and completely annihilate the core subordinates of Hunan.
Too many accidents are gathered together, it is not a good thing, which means that there are many incomplete aspects when considering the Confederacy.
The cold wind came from the direction of Guzhai Town, and Lu Yuan sniffed, and from the wind, he smelled a strong fragrance.
At this time, the enemy on the opposite side was still eating.
Lu Yuan smiled self-deprecatingly, are he looking down on himself or giving up?
There are more likely to be more of the latter!
But this makes it even harder to deal with.
The one who is stunned is afraid of being arrogant, and the one who is arrogant is afraid of being desperate.
The enemies on the opposite side are just a group of lifeless enemies!
"Has Wei Dong been born?" he suddenly turned around and asked.
"Report to the general, the messenger of the Wei army has arrived. In about an hour, the Wei army's five thousand people will arrive in Guzhai Town!" A side general bowed.
"Very good." Lu Yuan nodded: "Send a cavalry to run around Guzhai Town and spy on it. Where can I use any flaws to reconnaissance?"
"General Lu, a place with a bigger fart, isn't it over if we charge forward?" The side general suggested: "We don't have to wait for Wei Dongsheng to come."
Lu Yuan looked at him with a smile, "Zhou Can must have thought so at the beginning."
The side will suddenly get speechless.
"Did you see this town? It's basically made of stones, and there's no rules and a mess. Can the cavalry run? If you run inside and stand a few crossbowmen on the roof, you can suffer heavy losses. If you crash into a dead alley and someone is blocking outside, you will be caught in the middle of the old man. When will the cavalry fight in the street?"
Inside the village, Liu Yuan looked at Lu Yuan with some disappointment and set off a formation, but there was a loud thunder and little rain. It seemed that the cavalrymen were galloping around the town like flying, but there was not even a single one close to the range of the crossbow arrow.
"You're so tragic!" Liu Yuan snorted: "I originally wanted to get some cavalry to take care of it. It's not easy for the South to train a cavalry. Last time we killed Zhou Can's three thousand men, probably Xiang Zhen would have cried several times. If Lu Yuan killed a thousand men, it would be wonderful."
"It seems that Lu Yuan will not let his cavalry attack us. He must be waiting for Wei Dongsheng. Damn, many arrangements for cavalry are useless!"
"No matter what, who comes with them, we will be in this town to let them know what the real elite soldiers in the world are!" Liu Yuan waved his hand, begging for it, and it would be good to retreat and take the next step. Anyway, for them, they have done more. If they can kill one now, the Tang army will be more relaxed next.
"Old Wei, I will give you an hour. All your five thousand people will be pressed up on me, stuffing every corner of the town with our people, and flooding them with people's tactics." The horse whip pointed at Guzhai Town, and Lu Yuan said.
Although both of them are commanding generals in Hunan, their status is very different. Lu Yuan was also unceremonious: "You have lost your troops and lost your generals, and you will almost throw away our Hunanese people's faces. It would be fine if Zhou Can dies, but you are still alive. This is a good opportunity for you to lose your merits and sins. If this battle is not successful, you know what the consequences will be!"
"The last general understands!" Wei Dongsheng's face turned red and white. Looking at Guzhai Town, although there was a look of fear in his eyes, he also knew that he really had no way out.
Such street battles are the most difficult to fight. There is basically no other way to fight for house by house, except for people to fill in. Instead, in the previous few battles, he has fully appreciated the opponent's equipment and combat skills.
After such a battle, I don’t know how many people I can stay.
"Liu Yuan, Cai Kaiming's head is the capital for you to lose your merits." Lu Yuan looked at Wei Dongsheng's back and said sternly.
The drum sounded suddenly and the horns were shrill. Lu Yuan's cavalry sealed the west and south directions, and Wei Dongsheng's five thousand infantry rushed up from the northeast directions in a black manner.
In the town, Liu Yuan and Cai Kaiming, who saw all this, clenched their fists and touched them hard.
"Brother Liu, goodbye!"
"Brother Cai, no matter who leaves first, wait on the road to the underworld. Let's walk together to avoid loneliness!"
"Oh, I forgot one thing. If your wife gave birth to a girl, she would be a daughter-in-law for my son." Cai Kaiming suddenly said seriously.
"Fuck, the fat lady must be the son. They can only be brothers in the future, just like the two of us!" Liu Yuan said.
The two looked at each other, and after a burst of laughter, one went east and the other went north.
There are no special tactics, and no special arrangements.
When soldiers come, generals will block them, and when water comes, soil will flood.
When you see one, you will kill one. When you see one, you will kill one pair until you are killed by the enemy.
The last battle is just death.
There was a rumbling drum sound outside the town, but it was quiet inside.
When it slightly falls, the sound of killing suddenly arises where the northeast connects.
At this time, Yu Xiaowen's troops had arrived in Yichun. What he faced was the iron barrel formation set up by the 30,000 army led by Qian Shouyi of Jiangxi.
Even though he had three times the military advantage, Qian Shouyi was still ready to defend.
Chapter completed!