The Loufan scouts under Yin Shishi could detect abnormal movements in the Turkic camp. Of course, Chen Yingliang's Qiao Peng scouts were not there to eat. With such an action, the target is likely to be the self-military team that has just defeated the Turkic army.
Li Yuan did not send reinforcements, but deliberately let Qiao Peng's Sui army defend against the enemy alone, which was also within Chen Yingliang's expectations, and even the other Qin Wang's allies did not come to help. Except for the two county magistrates from Hengshan County, they were all directly subordinates of Li Yuan. Li Yuan ordered them not to come, so they basically didn't dare to come, including Master Yin.
In view of these circumstances, Chen Yingliang was naturally mentally prepared to fight alone, and decisively gave up the tactics of a decisive battle in the field. He chose to close the camp and use the fortifications to compete with the Turkic cavalry and fight a camp offensive and defensive battle with the Turkic army. —Of course, Chen Yingliang is not afraid of fighting Turks in the field, but the casualties in the field battle must be huge, and now he has wiped out all his capital, and Chen Yingliang will have no right to speak in the next battle against King Qin.
Sure enough, the next morning, the Ashina Association led the Turkic army to Chen Yingliang to settle accounts, and brought 40,000 Turkic troops in one go, and overwhelmingly attacked Qiaopeng Camp, which was 40 miles away to the south. After receiving the news, Chen Yingliang immediately ordered the gates of the camp to be closed, the whole army prepared for battle, and immediately assigned tasks, ordering Kan Leng to guard the front of the camp, Ma Sanbao to guard the left camp, Niu Jinda to guard the right camp, Li Yi and Zhang Di to guard the rear camp, and Chen Yingliang himself to guard the camp. Leading Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong will serve as the reserve team in the middle, ready to fill in the leaks and put out the fire at any time.
"Don't expect reinforcements. Li Yuan's shameless old man won't give us reinforcements one by one. We can only rely on ourselves for this battle." Chen Yingliang told the truth to the generals under his command very frankly, and then Chen Yingliang pointed out: "But we don't need to worry. We have a camp to defend. The Turkic army is good at riding and shooting in the field, and is most afraid of frontal attack. We stick to the camp to make the enemy weak. As long as we don't make any omissions, we will win this offensive and defensive battle." It must still belong to us."
Halfway through the hour, Ashina led 40,000 Turks under his personal leadership to arrive outside the Qiaopeng Army camp, and sent 5,000 troops south to intercept Sui reinforcements—although these reinforcements did not exist at all. Dismounted to serve as infantry, carried earth and rocks with toad carts, filled as many as three guard trenches of the Qiao Peng Sui army, and also destroyed the horse-rejecting antlers that the Qiao Peng Sui army had buried first, preparing to open the road to attack the camp first, and then use heavy cavalry Directly attacking Chen Yingliang's camp, Yixue Ziqian was ashamed of the fiasco of Yuan Houshan's fiasco.
At three o'clock, with the sound of war drums, the Turkic army officially began to attack the camp. At the same time, it launched an attack on the front of the Sui camp and the left camp. A thousand archers stepped forward under the cover of long shields and formed a temporary formation within a hundred steps of the Sui camp. The fortifications used bows and arrows to suppress the defenders of the Sui army. The Turkic infantry serving as engineers formed a group of 140 people and pushed forward with toad carts. The Qiao Peng Sui army also fought back with long-range weapons such as strong bows and crossbows. Shooting and killing the Turkic soldiers desperately, the arrows in the sky were like locusts, and they kept coming and going.
The most troublesome thing about the toad car is its ability to prevent arrows and fire. The towering carriage can block all frontal arrows, and the full load of earth and rocks can also effectively prevent fire. Even if it is shot intensively by rockets, you don’t have to worry about being burned. Qiao Peng Sui Jun It is also a headache. In the case of being unable to shoot the enemy who is pushing the cart head-on, the soldiers of Qiao Peng and the Sui Army can only shoot the enemy behind the cart by crossing and obliquely. However, the Turks are not fools. Hundreds of them push the cart and the other forty The long shields were used to protect the two wings, effectively resisting the Sui army's bows and arrows crossing from left to right. Therefore, although the Sui army's bows and arrows were fierce, the effect was very limited, and they could not resist the advancement of the Turkic toad chariot at all.
Fortunately, Chen Yingliang was very well prepared before this battle. He brought ten winch crossbows with the army. When strong bows and hard crossbows were unable to break through the Turkic long shield formation, Chen Yingliang decisively ordered the winch crossbows to attack. The soldiers of the army struggled to pull the bowstring, and then placed the arrow as thick as a calf on the crossbow. The soldier serving as the crossbowman hit the trigger vigorously with a sledgehammer, and a huge arrowhead with a huge three-edged iron arrowhead flew out roaringly. , shot at the Turkic long shield array with the momentum of breaking gold and jade, as long as it hits, the end of the shield will be broken immediately, and some Turkic long shields will be destroyed. Sui soldiers concentrated their bows and arrows to cover, which expanded the shooting Effect.
It is also a pity that the number of winch crossbows brought by the Sui Army of Qiao Peng was too small, and the firing frequency was too slow. It was still unable to stop the advancement of the Turkic toad chariot, causing the Turkic toad chariot to easily fill up the ground. A large section of the Sui army guarded the trenches, and then quickly retreated to the distance to refill the soil. The Turkic soldiers screamed and cheered, while Qiao Peng and the Sui army officers and soldiers were somewhat frustrated. A bloody battle against the fence.
The fierce trench offensive and defensive battle lasted for a full hour. With very limited countermeasures, the Qiao Peng Sui army finally failed to prevent the Turkic army from filling the trenches. Three trenches were filled in large sections and opened by the Turkic army. Two hundred-foot-long roads to attack the camp were completed, and then, the more brutal and bloody defense battle against horses with antlers began.
The sound of war drums reverberated more fiercely. Turkic infantry stepped forward with axes and hammers under the cover of long shields, struggling to chop off the antlers outside the fence of the Sui army's camp. Then you must withstand the continuous rain of arrows and use crossbows, spears, spears, etc. to kill the Turkic soldiers who destroyed the fortifications. There were countless casualties and injuries, and Chen Yingliang also wanted to use gunpowder weapons several times, but considering the limited power of gunpowder weapons in this era, and at the same time, there would be even more brutal fence defense battles behind, Chen Yingliang gave up this idea and gritted his teeth keep going.
It was also at this time that Chen Yingliang discovered that his old enemy Li Yuan actually had a better choice, that is to wait for the self-army and the Turkic army to lose both sides, and then send troops to pick the fruits of the present, which can not only gain credit but also block other Allied mouth. But when things got to this point, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to fight, hoping that in the afternoon the Turkic army would find out with conscience and try their best to kill Li Yuan's cheap army, and let himself alone in fighting against the Turkic Credit and honor.
After all, Juma antlers are only made of wood, and they could not withstand the repeated hacking and smashing by Turkic soldiers. After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, a large number of Juma antlers were finally destroyed by Turkic soldiers. There was no fortification outside the camp of the Sui Army in Qiao County. For protection, there is only a thin fence left to resist the charge of the Turkic cavalry. At the same time, the Turkic army also began to quickly dispatch troops, and separated two armies to attack the rear camp and the right camp of the Sui camp. stick to it.
At this moment, there was a short period of tranquility in the battle. While the Turkic heavy cavalry were gathering and lining up, a man in Hanfu with a roe-headed mouse came outside the Sui army camp and shouted loudly asking Chen Yingliang to open the camp and surrender. All the soldiers of the Sui Army here will die without a place to bury them. At the same time, the surrender envoy also laughed loudly at King Qin's Sui army's covetousness and fear of death. Peng Suijun died in vain, and persuaded Qiao and Peng Suijun to put down their weapons and surrender quickly, and stop being cannon fodder for those white-eyed wolf allies in the south.
With the sound of an arrow, the unlucky envoy of surrender was shot to death by Kan Leng himself, which kicked off the prelude to the fierce frontal battle. The furious Ashina Association decisively ordered the attack. Thousands of Turkic heavy cavalry soldiers were divided into two groups. , and directly attacked the front and right camps of the Sui army's camp, and stepped on the filled ditch to directly attack the fence of the Sui army's camp. The sound of killing was loud, horseshoes were like thunder, and Qiao Peng Sui's army had no choice but to fight resolutely.
The most intense fence attack and defense battle started, and the situation of the rear camp and the right camp was better. The front gate and the left camp, which were attacked by the Turkic heavy cavalry, could only be described as tragic. The soldiers can only use their flesh and blood to resist the Turkic heavy cavalry who are protected by iron armor. In normal times, almost all the heavy infantry provided by Chen Yingliang as treasures go into battle. Long weapons attacked the Turkic cavalry, while the Turkic heavy infantry on horseback slashed at the heavy soldiers of the Sui army with sabers and scimitars. Casualties have always been smaller than that of the enemy's Sui army, and the number of casualties has also begun to rise rapidly.
Seeing the bitter battle between the main gate and the left camp at the height of the camp, Chen Yingliang was so nervous that he almost chewed his lips and bleed, but he was helpless with the Turkic heavy cavalry armed like iron cans. At one point, he couldn't help saying: "If I It would be nice to have a heavy cavalry, the Turkic heavy cavalry has all fallen into the battlefield, if I have a heavy cavalry at this time, I can go out of the camp to charge against the conflicting light cavalry, and I can immediately turn the tide of the battle."
"Deputy envoy, let Shubao and I take the cavalry out for a charge." Cheng Yaojin volunteered: "We take the cavalry out to attack the enemies outside the camp, and it can also play a role in sharing the pressure for Kan Leng and Ma Sanbao. "
Chen Yingliang remained silent, did not make a statement, and did not dare to make a statement—although the cavalry under Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong's command were elite, they were all ordinary cavalry with weak defenses. Thousands of cavalry, sending them out of the battalion to counter-charge at this time, not only will not receive any effect, but it will definitely suffer heavy casualties, consuming the small cavalry strength in their hands.
After pondering for a moment, Chen Yingliang shook his head and rejected Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong's volunteering. He called San Gouzi to the front and asked him to divide the firearms team into two teams. At the red flag signal on his command platform, he immediately threw primitive grenades to intimidate the Turkic heavy cavalry, share the pressure of the Sui army's heavy infantry, and create time and opportunities for the Sui army to reorganize the defense line. As far as the canned heavy cavalry is concerned, it is indeed only intimidating.
After making preparations for any eventuality, Chen Yingliang settled down and continued to observe the battlefield. At the same time, even though heavy cavalry was deployed, they still failed to break through the fence defense line of the Sui army in Qiaojun. Unable to hold his breath anymore, he roared and threw another 8,000 light cavalry, and continued to charge the Sui army's thinnest north main gate and west left camp. However, the effect of the Turkic army's doing so was still not great. On the contrary, the ordinary infantry of the Sui army had the opportunity to kill the enemy. The arrival of the Turkic light infantry attacked, but still did not give the Turkic army any chance to break into the camp.
The battle was completely stalemate. Soldiers on both sides attacked and defended each other through a thin fence line of defense. The fighting was in full swing, with blood and flesh flying everywhere. The heavy cavalry and the light infantry supported the light cavalry, and it was a tie, and no one could do anything about it. Although Chen Yingliang still had the gunpowder weapon in his hand, it was limited by the times and technology. If you are not sure about turning the tide of battle, it may actually allow the Turkic army to adapt to gunpowder weapons in advance, and lose the opportunity for future wars.
If it weren't for the accident that everyone knows about, our Ambassador Li will definitely be able to enjoy the fruits of the battle after the Qiao Peng Sui army and the Turkic army have lost both sides. But it is a pity that Chen Sangliang's luck is always very good when he meets the old Li's family. Just when the battle situation is completely stalemate, and when Chen Sangliang desperately needs a heavy cavalry to attack the enemy, Chen Sangliang was the first to go The most loyal direct line army has arrived.
As I said before, for the sake of insurance, the Ashina Association arranged for 5,000 cavalry to line up five miles to the south to intercept the reinforcements of the Sui Army. When I went to the National Defense Army, I encountered the specimen army that was armed at a high price by the Sui Dynasty. The National Defense Army team was protected by steel from head to toe, even the men and horses. The Turkic Qingqi is famous for its riding and shooting. It has no effect, unless the bow and arrow shot hits the vulnerable points such as the face, eyes or throat, otherwise it can't even tickle the soldiers of the Nationalist Army!
Amid the resounding military songs, the patriotism army team riding on the great steed Dawan horses sang and marched forward, attacking the Turkic cavalry with sharp weapons in their hands. Poor Turkic light cavalry bows and arrows are useless, and the bright light armor on the soldiers of the Baoguo army cannot be pierced by sabers, but they are either killed or injured when hit by the swords and guns of the soldiers of the Baoguo army. A soldier serving the country for a lunatic? The heavy cavalry of the Baoguo Army directly overwhelmed the interception of the Turkic light cavalry with only one charge, and then charged directly towards the main battlefield without any pause, and appeared at the back door of the camp of Qiao Peng Sui Army who was being attacked by the Turkic light cavalry on the battlefield.
Although the strength of the soldiers is only four regiments of more than 800 people as before, the sudden appearance of the Baoguo Army has reversed the situation of the entire battlefield at once. Without hesitation, they rushed directly to the command flag formation of the Turkic army. The Turkic army, whose heavy cavalry had all been thrown into the battlefield, was in chaos, so they could only rush to meet the enemy with light cavalry. It was useless, two consecutive teams were directly broken by the heavy cavalry of the Baoguo Army, and countless Turkic light cavalry were also chopped into pieces by men and horses.
What made the Turkic team even more terrified was the indomitable courage of the National Defense Army. More than 800 people were like a whole, closely following the banner of loyalty to the country, with firm eyes only charging forward, brandishing their knives mechanically Axes, spears and spears slashed and stabbed, as if wantonly slaughtering the enemy on the opposite side without any emotion. Other troops even roared loudly and bravely when they charged, but the Nationalist Army team hardly made any sound, as silent as a killing machine , the life-killing puppet, forward and forward, killing and killing, killing and killing, extremely cruel, and also extremely cruel, as cold as a group of Shura killing gods born for killing!
The Turkic troops began to be chaotic, but Qiao Peng and the Sui Army's camp were full of cheers. Countless Qiao Peng soldiers were cheering, and countless Qiao Peng soldiers were asking each other, "Where are the reinforcements coming? Why are they so powerful?" ? How can it be so powerful?"
"It's so powerful!" Cheng Yaojin also exclaimed, and exclaimed in great surprise: "Then the King Qin Youjun here? How can they be so powerful? Deputy envoy, do you know who they are?"
In Qiao Peng's Sui army, only Chen Yingliang had the calmest expression. Hearing Cheng Yaojin's question, Chen Yingliang showed a gentle expression, and replied with a smile: "Didn't you see the white robes on them? Look When it comes to those white robes, do you still know who they are?"
"Serving the National Army?!" Cheng Yaojin came to his senses, and exclaimed in surprise, "I'm sorry that you personally formed the National Serving Army, Vice Minister Chen?"
Seeing Chen Yingliang smiling and nodding, Cheng Yaojin was excited at first, and then shouted again, "Vice Envoy Chen, are you too biased? Look at your old lineage who served the national army. What kind of equipment do they have? What kind of equipment are we? Even the most common soldiers of them are wearing bright light armor, in the cavalry team under the general's command, are there fifty people wearing bright light armor?"
"Are you calling me bankrupt?" Chen Yingliang knocked Cheng Yaojin on the head with a thud, and roared angrily: "Their equipment is armed with the whole country's financial resources by the Sui court, even the Imperial Forest Army The equipment is not as good as theirs! Let you equip them with their weapons and armor, horse armor, even if I sell my pants, it will not be enough!"
After shouting, Chen Yingliang smiled again and said, "Besides, in terms of military achievements, you are not qualified to have such equipment. Do you know? Last year, the emperor conquered Goguryeo three times, and our Sui army fought against Goguryeo three times. Three times, the Bao Guojun took the lead in attacking the enemy's formation, and all of them smashed the enemy from the front. The emperor was overjoyed, and then he personally issued an order to gather the strength of the whole country to equip them with the best equipment."
After successfully attacking the enemy's formation three times, he was astounded by the madness of the national army. Cheng Yaojin hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Deputy envoy, should we launch a counterattack? The last general asked to lead the cavalry out of the camp and launch a counterattack against the enemy." charge!"
Chen Yingliang didn't answer, but hurriedly went to observe the battlefield again. It turned out that the surprise attack effect of the Baoguo army was very significant. After capturing the thief and the king, they went straight to the Jue flag formation. The army's morale and formation were in chaos, and the Turkic cavalry who were waiting for orders in the rear rushed to rescue, but it was useless. They couldn't stop the well-equipped and well-equipped Baoguo army who were good at charging and raiding. The morale of the army was greatly affected at the same time, and the offensive was greatly reduced. The time for the Sui army to counterattack in an all-round way was indeed ripe.
After nodding his head, Chen Yingliang gave orders to Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong: "You take the cavalry out from the rear camp, follow the nationalist army to charge back, and go straight to the enemy's flag formation." Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin happily agreed, immediately Go down and organize the cavalry to attack.
The Turkic army who was accidentally attacked was confused. After the Qiao Peng cavalry came out of the camp to fight back, the Turkic Qing cavalry who attacked the rear battalion became even more flustered. They didn't know whether to intercept or continue to attack. The Qiao Peng cavalry easily broke through the interception and followed The Nationalist Army went straight to the Turkic flag formation, and Ashina, who was targeted by the Nationalist Army, also panicked. While screaming where these white-robed lunatics came from, he quickly ordered to withdraw the attacking team and return to the army. As a result, after the order was conveyed to save the flag formation, the Turkic troops who hurried back to the division inevitably became more confused and the morale of the troops became more panicked.
Seeing that the time was ripe for a full-scale counter-offensive, Chen Yingliang was even more reluctant to be polite. He immediately asked the soldiers to beat all the drums and ordered the three generals Kan Leng, Ma Sanbao, and Niu Jinda to lead the infantry out of the camp to counter-attack. After the army left the camp to counterattack, the Turkic army, which was turning around and returning to the rescue flag formation, became even more panicked. The generals and generals did not know whether to turn around to meet them or continue to return to the rescue flag formation. Charge and kill, gain countless.
At the same time, the national newspaper army finally rushed to the vicinity of the flag formation of the Turkic army. Seeing these lunatics who had already been killed with blood all over their bodies, killing them silently and ruthlessly, the rate of Ashina's association rate was even higher. Panicked, and saw that the self-armed reinforcement team was being pursued by Qiao Peng and the Sui army. The battle situation was completely chaotic, and no strong reinforcements could be obtained in a short time. Ashina, who was quite decisive in forming an association, gritted his teeth and ordered Mingjin to retreat. At the same time, he took the lead to turn his horse around He headed to the way he had come and ran for his life.
In the concerto jointly performed by the war drums like thunder, the roar of war drums and the roar of horseshoes, the morale of the old and new troops under Chen Yingliang's command was like a rainbow. The superior Turkic team fled all over the mountains and plains, and was defeated. Amidst the cheers and roars inside and outside the camp, the Qiao Peng Sui Army, who first defended and then counterattacked, also ushered in the second victory in the Qin King War.