Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1060 The Weeping River
Chapter 1070 The Weeping River

The setting sun in the west of Stone City dyed the land golden. The Heda cavalry was restricted by the Anxi Army to the narrow area between the west of Stone City and the east of the Syr Darya River. Although the battle had not stopped, the moods of both sides had changed at this moment.The generals and soldiers of the Western Army of the State of Wei wanted to do their best to wipe out the main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Heda Empire in one battle, so as to settle down in one battle. At least east of the Syr Darya River, the State of Wei had no rivals.The Heda people think more simply, how to escape their lives.

At this time, the face of the Heda Zhongjun Er Nayu was covered with a layer of dead gray. No one could describe the discouragement and even despair in his heart at this moment!Since he ascended the Khan throne, he has fought east and west for more than 20 years, and he has not been defeated. Even if he first encountered the battle elephants of the Gupta Empire, he was defeated by Heda. Struggling beside him, he dispatched a messenger and said, "Go and tell Ezhanah Yabu to lead his troops to the rear!"

This is all he can do now.

Hearing the news that the pontoon bridges had been burned, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness. The army out of order, from the two pontoon bridges, not many people could escape at all.But if there is order, two pontoon bridges can parallel four war horses at the same time, and a thousand-man team can cross the river between cups of tea. If Ezhanahe Yabu can resist for a longer time, they can preserve most of their vitality .But on the other hand, if it is to block the Anxi army, the extremely tired Anxi army may not be able to defeat the Heda army for a while!
Restoring the order of crossing the river and leaving enough soldiers and horses behind, this is the only thing E Nagui can do at present.However, at this moment, a personal guard said: "Look, Khan!"

At this time, a desperate scene appeared. I saw a large silver flying wolf flag slowly moving westward on the west bank of the Syr Darya River.Seeing that the momentum was not good, Ezhanahe Yabu, the leader of the four great generals of Heda, unexpectedly didn't even give him a chance to discuss with Enagu, and returned to his horse immediately to be alone!

There is nothing wrong with Ozhanaheyabu doing this. As long as Enaju and Lulu Wennasha die in the Syr Darya, Ozhanaheyabu can return to Tocharo on light horseback. With his status as the leader of the four great generals Harvest the control of other armies of Heda, and even directly ascend to the position of Khan.Although it was a trick to kill with a knife, Enaju's ruthlessness towards Gaisuyedin and Jersey also made Ezhanahe Yabu give up on Enagu.At this time, Enayu failed, and he also lost the strength to deter the tribes. Although Ezhanahe Yabu also suffered heavy losses, but because he saw the opportunity early, he was more powerful than Enayu.

At this time, Anxi of the State of Wei had gone crazy, and all the active troops were involved in the pursuit. This is an excellent opportunity to beat the dog in the water. If the shepherds of the Western Regions miss this opportunity, their heads will be caught by the door.At this time, the shepherds of the Western Regions were as excited as if they had been pumped with chicken blood. If the cavalry came up to stop them, they would kill them with one word.There are rangers to meet, kill!The rear army of He Da came to block, or kill!It doesn't matter if there are arrows flying!Everyone just had one thought—to rush under the poison of E Nazha and grab E Nazha's head!

After the Wei people entered the Western Regions, they quickly established the credibility of the Wei people. As long as the Wei people promised something, they would definitely fulfill their promises.Saying that the whole clan is slaughtered will never leave you with a single person, not even a baby.When it comes to rewarding ten thousand gold, it is definitely ten thousand gold coins, or property of the same value.At this moment, E Naju's head has announced the price to enter the third class of the noble, rewarding thousands of horses and ten thousand sheep.

If it was just a reward of ten thousand gold, most of the shepherds and cavalry of the Western Regions might not have the impression, but they all know how much a thousand horses and ten thousand sheep are worth.

This reward can turn a slave into a noble in an instant. With these properties, a new ethnic group can be established, and it is not a small ethnic group.

At this time, the Heda man stood there as if he had lost his resistance, hesitating, hesitating, using arrows is a waste of energy!Just cut it with a knife!Hit it with a horse!
At this time, war can no longer be used to describe the scene on the battlefield. It is a one-sided massacre. Even the most unpopular cooks in the Anxi army can behead a few heads or capture some prisoners.If you want to say who the Wei soldiers hate the most, the cook is undoubtedly the first.

According to Ran Ming, the meals in the army can't just be delicious meals, all the soldiers must be trained to have an iron stomach, and they can eat anything.Therefore, Wei's military food is mainly nutritious, so it is not necessary to talk about delicious food.Before, the living standards of Wei people were low, and they were hungry all year round, so no one cared about the taste of the food in the army.Now that the living standards of the people in Wei State have improved significantly, it's not that ordinary people can't afford meat anymore, so at this time, the meals in the army that were originally delicious are hard to swallow.However, the military regulations formulated by Ran Ming are like this. In terms of choosing cooks, they should focus on high efficiency and can cook delicious cooks, but they are blocked at the door.

At this time, the Western Army of Wei Guoan began to divide its troops continuously. From the original regiment as a combat unit, it gradually divided into a battalion as a combat unit, and then it became a company as a combat unit, and then it was divided into a platoon as a combat unit. .Six or 70 people are one arrow head, and the entire Anxi Army has more than 300 platoons, and more than 300 platoons were inserted like more than 300 sharp knives, and tens of thousands of knives were inserted immediately!
All of Ozanahe Yabu's troops, who took the lead in grabbing the pontoon bridge, crossed the river.At this time, Ozhana He Yabu gave an order that everyone was dumbfounded. "Fire the rockets and burn the pontoon!"

"General, what does this mean? There are still countless soldiers on the other side who have not crossed the river!" Countless generals asked puzzledly.

"No!" Ezhanahe Yabu said: "If we keep these pontoon bridges, the soldiers on the other side will have a retreat and will not resist the Wei people. If they all rush over in a swarm, they will not be able to escape much. People. And in this way, the pressure on the Wei army will be much less, and it is very likely that the Wei people will be able to chase across the Syr Darya before midnight, and will we still be able to escape by then?"

It sounds very cruel to cut off the life of the army on the other side, but in fact it is the way for a strong man to cut off his wrists.The Heda army, which has lost its retreat, will naturally not wait to die. Once they try their best, the Wei Guoan Xijun will have to pay heavy losses if they want to win.In this way, Ozanahe Yabu would have time to escape back to Tochara to integrate the remaining power of Xida.

"The general understands." Hearing Ozanahe's explanation, all the soldiers carried out his order without hesitation.At this time, thousands of Heda archers ignited the rockets, and then pulled the strings to launch.Thousands of rockets flew towards the pontoon bridge like meteors, and immediately ignited the pontoon bridge.

The Heda people built the pontoon bridge with countless sheepskin airbags tied under the wooden rafts. The sheepskin airbags were coated with thick butter for sealing. Such a pontoon bridge is very easy to burn.Gradually a small fire started to burn, and then it turned into a raging fire.With half a stick of incense, the pontoon can no longer stand people.Seeing the burning pontoon bridge, how could Enaju not know Ezhanahe Yabu's plan?
Stabbed the deadliest by the person he trusted the most, E Naju couldn't hold on any longer, he was so angry that he vomited blood!
As Ezhana He Yabu sent people to burn the last two pontoon bridges, the duel between the Wei Empire and the Heda Empire in Stone City also came to an end.This decisive battle between the two empires was led by Jersey, the former oriental general of the Heda Empire, who used the supplies from Stone City to lure the enemy deep.However, Liu Ke, the great general of Wei State Anxi, had a better plan, and he used his plan to swallow more than [-] troops of the Eastern Expedition of the Empire.

Although the Eastern Expeditionary Force of the Heda Empire failed completely, the situation in Wei State was also very grim.First of all, the No.40 Infantry Division of the Anxi Army was almost wiped out. Although there were still wounded soldiers after the war, there were barely 500 soldiers who could maintain their combat effectiveness. More than a thousand people lost their combat effectiveness almost temporarily after excessive physical exhaustion.

Major General Chen Ben of the No.40 Division was killed in battle, which was unexpected by Liu Ke.Since the reorganization of Wei State, Wei State has only retained 45 main infantry divisions. Even if cavalry divisions and marine divisions are added, there are less than [-] people at the Wei State Division level and above.In fact, the commander of the major general is already a senior general in the Wei army.This made Liu Ke very distressed. There was a long list of dead soldiers, and the first one was the Major General of the [-]th Division of the Anxi Army.What annoyed Liu Ke even more was that the Heda people not only killed Chen Ben, but also chopped up his body. As a result, only the upper body was left of the body and the head was completely unrecognizable.As for the battalion-level middle-level generals, more people died in this battle, and some of them could not even find their bodies. Seeing so many comrades separated by yin and yang, many returning soldiers felt as if they were cut by a knife!
Liu Ke was very angry, and even wanted to slaughter the [-] to [-] remnants on the east bank of the Syr Darya River.Zhao Xun also agreed.But Ye Xian objected: "Although our army has won a great victory in this battle, the emergency rescue has made the soldiers extremely tired, and there are still many remnants of the Heda army. We will have to spend a lot of effort to defeat them. Although Surrounding and not attacking is a very good way, but we are currently short of time. If the Heda people who broke out from the siege earlier brought back the news of the complete defeat of the Heda Eastern Expedition Army in time, the Heda Empire will be a centipede Dead but not stiff, the Heda people dare not turn back and fight with us now, but when they calm down, they may still organize to resist. At that time, they still need to let go and fight hard, which makes our Western Expedition very disadvantageous .Our soldiers must maintain sufficient physical strength to prepare for future contingencies!"

"Should we just let them go like this?" Liu Ke said angrily, "So many of our outstanding soldiers have died in battle, how can we make those poor people cheaper?"

Zhao Xun said: "Actually, this is also very simple. The general can order people to publicize that we can accept the surrender of the Heda people, but every Heda person who surrenders must be completely separated from the Heda Empire. In order to prove that they are determined to split the Heda Empire Let them prove it with the head of a man!"

After hearing this, Ye Xian took a deep breath, this strategy is really insidious.If it is really implemented in this way, I am afraid that there will not be many Heda people left who can kill each other.Liu Ke nodded and said: "Okay, according to what Zhao Changshi said, we can accept the surrender of the Heda people. Every soldier who surrenders must use at least one level of Heda people's head to prove that he is willing to surrender! If they still dare to resist , let’s dig more trenches and set up camps, and use our superior crossbows to besiege the Heda people on the banks of the Syr Darya. This general will definitely ask the Heda people to bury all their bones in the Syr Darya!”

Ye Xian said: "That's fine too. By using the trenches and camps, we can surround the Heda people with a small number of troops, or we can mobilize elite troops to march west without stopping. With the defeat of the Heda Empire, there should be no one in the Central Asian countries." Dare to block the front of our Anxi army! With the power of this great victory, you can attack when you can, and if you can't, you can do strong diplomacy."

Liu Ke said: "Let's do this. Keep the 44th Division and 23.5 shepherds from the Western Regions. Use these troops to join the troops in Stone City, and you should have the strength to trap Heda here. With two infantry Division, join Niu Zijie's two cavalry divisions, and continue to attack westward. The western expedition is led by Ye Xian, and Zhao Changshi is in charge of the diplomatic work. This general has only one bottom line. Anyone who resists will be cut off if they are above four feet (note that the foot is 94 centimeters at this time, and four feet is [-] centimeters)."

"The last will obey!"

Liu Ke patted Ye Xian on the shoulder and said: "Junior Brother Ye, you have made great contributions in this battle, and now you have to take on the responsibility. I will upgrade you to another level, and you will have full authority over the matter of going west before I arrive. Commander! This trip will probably not come back until next year, you remember to wait for more food, grass, sheep and horses to survive the winter. Don't embarrass the master, don't let me be ashamed in the martial arts hall!"

Ye Xian was originally the deputy commander of the major general. At this time, Liu Ke could upgrade him to a rank and be promoted to lieutenant general.However, this Lieutenant General Liu Ke actually does not have the right to be promoted, but if a major general wants to be promoted to lieutenant general, the recommendation of his officer is also very important.Liu Ke and Ye Xian believed that as long as Liu Ke was willing to recommend him, he would definitely be promoted to lieutenant general.If this battle is won, not only Ye Xian, but even Liu Ke can go one step further.

Successive jumps were very common in troubled times, but with the stability of the Wei State, the promotion of military ranks in the army is not only based on military merits, but also on seniority.In the state of Wei, it would be very difficult if one did not have a degree from the lecture hall and the Royal Military Academy.If Ji Wei, Xie Ai, Zhang Wen, Su Lin, Zhang Ai, Xu Yuan and other Wei Guoyuans die, I am afraid that there will be no more non-academic generals in the military.

After the meeting ended, Ye Xian didn't dare to be careless and rushed to prepare.The Anxi Army in Stone City suffered heavy losses, mainly because the entire army was not equipped with crossbow arrows and crossbow guns. These equipment are the foundation of Wei's combat effectiveness.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield had begun to change. The elite soldiers of the Wei Guoan Western Army compressed the remnants of the Heda army to the confluence of the Syr River and the Qierqi River with a huge Yanyue formation.Due to the constraints of the terrain, the Wei Guo'an Xijun can completely surround the Heda Army very well.The Anxi army that completed the siege did not attack, but used the strengths of the Wei army to dig trenches, build chest-length walls to resist horses, and erect arrow towers and sentry towers, so that the remnant Heda army could not break out from the east or south. .At this time, the Heda people had only one way out, and that was to cross the Syr Darya to the west or the Chirchi River to the northwest.

If the luggage of the Heda people was not lost, they could also build a pontoon bridge. Unfortunately, with the defeat of the Heda army, all the luggage left around the stone city became the spoils of war of the Wei people.

If it was a field phalanx, the Heda people could also use saturation attacks to defeat the field phalanx of the Wei army. However, under the protection of the fortifications, the seemingly simple field fortifications could not be conquered by the Heda remnants.

As the pontoon bridge was burned, Enaju also felt hopeless.But relatively speaking, he still has a lot of loyal trilogy under his command. E Nagui organized more than [-] troops and tried to launch a countercharge against Wei's army.If he can repel the Wei army's attack, he can also restore the morale of the Heda army and have a chance to survive.

More than [-] riders rushed towards the Anxi army's line. At this time, the trenches of Wei State had just begun to be dug, and the trenches more than three feet deep could not provide protection at all.But just for a moment, those Anxi soldiers who were digging the ditch ran to the rear in embarrassment.Seeing this scene, E Naju secretly clenched his fists.Must succeed!
It's just a pity that the eight-ox crossbow with the marked height has already been set up. The thick and giant crossbow gun is shining with dazzling light. On the ground, it crossed the sky with a buzzing sound, forming dozens of beautiful arcs in midair. These dozens of giant crossbow guns set off dozens of bloody walls in the cavalry formation.

If we talk about the huge power of the eight-ox crossbow, the Heda people can barely bear it, but the incendiary bombs fired by the ballista made them terrified.After the eight-ox crossbow was launched, the ballista also began to fire.Dozens of hundreds of incendiary bombs rained down on the Heda cavalry formation, and the entire battlefield was illuminated red by the raging fire.The sound of explosions rang out intensively, and the flames were accompanied by bursts of screams from the Heda people. From the cavalry formation of the Heda people, from time to time, stumps and broken arms that were blown into parts flew out. , It turned out to be the last straw in the hearts of Kua Xie Da people.

In just half a quarter of an hour, the three thousand elite riders didn't even enter the hundred paces of the Wei army's front line, and even made the Wei country's crossbowmen have no chance to perform, and they were all swallowed up.

Technology represents the efficiency of killing. When wooden sticks and stone axes are used as weapons, a battle can last for days and nights, and it is even impossible to cause too many casualties.Then after the appearance of bows and arrows and crossbows, especially the Battle of Hetao in Qin Dynasty, the Huns saw the horror of crossbows for the first time.Compared with the ballista, the ballista with half a foot into the firearms age is even more desperate.

(End of this chapter)