Chapter four hundred and fourteenth the wind
The breeze rises, and the thin clouds rise.
The 20,000 elite troops of the Mengwu tribe marched eastward along the foot of the southern foot of Mount Yao overnight, but the strong murderous aura was slightly inconsistent with the development of all things in spring.
Although the demon eagle flew high into the clouds and stared at the grass and trees in a radius of hundreds of miles, and the demon-pupils were sitting in a bronze chariot, almost able to distinguish the subtle breath of an ant mixing into the queue, Meng Zhan still tirelessly sent more scouts to repeatedly confirm the locations and distance between the two vanguard coalition forces of the Kelie tribe and the Tuoba tribe.
The Mengwu tribe had only less than 50,000 combat soldiers left, and could no longer bear the major casualties. Meng Zhan was unable to deal with any reason inadvertently.
The army stopped in front of a low ridge on the southern foot of Yinshitan and Yaoshan Mountain to rest. Meng Zhan and Tie Kun and other generals who had come to meet, surrounded by hundreds of escorts, rushed into the Yinshitan battlefield where the bloody battle yesterday, and thought of taking a look at the signs left after yesterday's bloody battle on the spot.
Yesterday, because of fear of Meng Zhan, he led the Mengwu army soldiers to help, Tuoba Yan and Zuojiu retreated in a hurry, and no one sent troops back to clean up the battlefield.
Unexpectedly, after a night of shelving, hundreds of thousands of demon crows, who were as fat as fox roe, smelled the smell of death, rushed to enjoy the feast of Taotie. In just one night, most of the corpses of the Kelie soldiers who were stripped of their armor after death were turned into bones, making the battlefield on the west bank of Yinshitan like a bone hell.
Meng Zhan, Tie Kun and hundreds of others rode over, and the demon crow flew up and floated away like dark clouds.
There were also some demon crows who came late, who were unwilling to go for a vain. They were still paced among the white bones, carefully pecking the remaining flesh in the cracks of the bones, and were not afraid of Meng Zhan, Tie Kun and others came over.
"Tie Kun, tell me carefully about the battle yesterday." Meng Zhan hugged his hands, frowned and looked at the desolate battlefield on the west bank of Yinshi Beach, and said to Tie Kun with his body sideways.
When the many barbarian generals behind Meng Zhan met just now, they heard Tie Kun tell the story of the bloody battle yesterday. They thought Tie Kun praised his achievements, and they felt a lot of disdain in their hearts, and did not listen carefully. When they saw this scene in front of them, they realized that the clan of the Tieya tribe, who was captured and slaved by the human race, was indeed not that simple.
Tie Kun gestured helplessly and told the details of the battle again. This time, because Meng Zhan asked in detail, he repeated it again from the harassment of the early pursuit of the war, luring the enemy, crossing the river, attacking half a cross, controlling the time point, focusing on the troops, etc.
The details that Meng Zhan inserted from time to time were all the key points, which made Tie Kun admired this veteran who had been in the vast sea for a hundred years. There was indeed something not simple.
When Tie Kun retelled the entire battle again, Meng Zhan and several generals couldn't help but admire it. The battle between the Tieya tribe was not a lucky person yesterday, but a real victory with his superb command skills.
On the grasslands along the coast of the vast sea, there is a flat horse and there is no room for strategy to be used without large terrain barriers. The hostile tribes usually kill and kill each other directly. All tribes like to crush the weak enemies with absolute strength. The weak either surrender or escape, and occasionally have small means of sneak attack or attacking the enemy and saving them, but they have never been the mainstream of tribal wars on the grassland.
Because the grassland is extremely vast, the tribe war soldiers, mainly cavalry, are better at long distances, fast movements, interspersed combat, and the application of battlefield battle formations in situations seems direct and rough, and do not have so many skills. However, the command skills and control of local battlefields shown by Tie Kun in the battle of Yinshitan seemed to open the door to enter a new world for everyone.
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Although the forwards of the Tuoba tribe and the Kelie tribe were dismissed from armor at Yinshitan and more than 2,000 people were killed or injured, they did not withdraw. Meng Zhan did not intend to rush forward for the time being, and set up a camp on the west bank of Yinshitan.
The sky soon darkened, and the bonfires connected together, illuminating the grassland and making fun of the stars in the sky.
There were occasional laughter and noises in the entire camp, but they were immediately stopped. Everything was so well organized, which shows how strict the army was governed.
Meng Zhan is a pragmatist. There is no decoration in his central army tent. All the generals sat on the ground in the tent in animal skins, listening to the details of Meng Zhan's arrangement for tomorrow's battle.
"If we can sweep the vanguard soldiers of the Kelie and Tuoba troops tomorrow with thunder, the follow-up reinforcements of the two units will inevitably advance cautiously and cautiously; now the excavation of the underground palace has reached a critical point and cannot be missed, so we hope that the generals will work hard to beat the enemy first, which will also gain more time for the arrival of the Khanate reinforcements." Meng Zhan hammered the long case hard and ended his speech.
Looking at the generals who responded one after another, Meng Zhan felt a chill in his heart.
He spoke extremely firmly and passionately on the surface, but he was not at all at ease. More and more signs showed that the Khan suffered heavy injuries when he explored the ruins of the underground palace. Even if Khan Muhao was not injured, the old thief Muke, who presided over the overall situation of Black Stone City during this trip, would never have any good intentions for the Mengwu tribe.
If they could successfully dig out the great formation of the world from the ancient ruins underground in Yaoshan, Mu Ke did not want the great formation of the world to fall into the hands of the Kelie tribe, Tuoba tribe and other enemy tribes, they might send troops to help, but if the excavation of the underground palace has not progressed for a long time, the Mongol tribe's hundreds of years of continuation may end.
Because Muke's reinforcements are likely to appear until the alliance between the Kelie tribe and the Tuoba tribe splits due to the struggle for ancient ruins.
Tie Kun saw Meng Zhan saying exciting words, but his brows were always locked. He knew that Meng Zhan was not optimistic about his future, and the shadow in his heart became deeper.
After discussing the matter, Tie Kun walked out of the tent and saw Chen Hai. Yao Wenjin, as his entourage, was standing outside the tent and looking up at Liao Kuo's starry sky. He didn't say anything at that time. When he returned to the camp of the Two Thousand Wolf Cavalry, he asked Chen Hai to follow him to speak in the tent.
"Just just now, Cao Gong should have heard the plan of the Zuo Du General outside the tent - I wonder what Cao Gong could teach me?" Tie Kun asked Chen Hai to sit with him this time, leaning over and asking for advice.
As the names changed, Chen Hai smiled and said:
"If Meng Zhan is determined to eat the enemy's vanguard regardless of casualties, he should cross Yinshitan today and attack the enemy's camp at night without giving the enemy a chance to breathe and strengthen the defense line. It's a pity that Meng Zhan's determination is too unstable - Master Tie asked for advice overnight, I believe he felt this... "
"..." Tie Kun sighed lightly and said, "The Mengwu tribe suffered too heavy losses in Tongkou and could no longer bear the greater losses."
"The enemy general also saw through Meng Zhan's trump card. There is no way to fight this battle..." Chen Hai shrugged and smiled. The main general had no iron will and was hesitant. He was not optimistic about tomorrow's battle, even if the Mengwu tribe had a slight advantage in the military strength, he said.
“How to say it?”
"There were many mistakes in the vanguard alliance between the two tribes of the Kelie tribe, but they did not reveal too many flaws. Especially yesterday, when our troops had a bloody battle and were trapped in the crowd, Tuoba Yan led his troops to support, but did not try to cross the river to eat us. This shows that Tuoba Yan was also very stable in his use of troops. However, such a steady general, facing the superior forces of the Mengwu tribe, did not think about temporarily retreating deep into the grassland, but instead camped on the east bank of Yinshitan. Isn't it just that he didn't dare to fight a tough battle just by fighting Dingmeng Zhan?"
Tie Kun smiled bitterly and realized that there was no way to fight tomorrow.
Chen Hai continued: "In the battle tomorrow, there is no way to fight. If the offense is slightly set, Meng Zhan may choose to retreat, but tomorrow there is no need to worry about a big defeat. What is really a headache is how to fight after Meng Zhan's trump card is completely seen through. Meng Zhan has no determination to fight the field. The biggest possibility is to retreat to the western foot of Yaoshan Mountain, relying on the newly built city next to the underground palace to defend the basement. After all, King Khan may return to the Black Stone City from the ancestral land at any time to hold power. If he can dig out ancient treasures from the underground palace, the Left King will not be able to allow the ancient treasures to fall into the hands of the enemy clan, but the Tieya tribe must follow the Mengwu clan and bet on these two points will definitely be realized?"
"As far as Cao Gong saw, what should I do with the Tieya tribe?" Tie Kun asked.
"No matter how much enemy aid comes, all the combat power of the Mengwu tribe has completely retracted back to the western foot of Yao Mountain. It is not the best strategy. No matter how bad it is, it will build another line of defense on the southern foot of Yao Mountain to restrain the enemy's flanks so that it cannot attack the western foot of Yao Mountain with all its strength... The Tieya tribe should fight for this errand."
"The Kelie tribe and the Tuoba tribe may have nearly 100,000 reinforcements. The two thousand cavalrymen in the Tieya tribe are hanging alone. What can we do? After all, the battle in Yinshitan must not be repeated." Tie Kun sighed and said.
Chen Hai smiled and said, "Meng Zhan defended the western foothills, and Tie Ye defended the southern foothills. The two armies can be connected to each other through the valley in the middle of Yaoshan, and they are not hanging alone. The Tieya tribe has few soldiers, and they are guarding the dangers and have occupied the terrain. In addition, the tribesmen and slaves can all be armed to resist the strong attacks of the enemy barbarians. Who said that only two thousand war cavalry can be used?"
"Armed slave?" Tie Kun's eyes lit up, but then hesitated again.
The 30,000 tribe members of the Tieya tribe were deducted from the elderly, weak, women and children, and all adult men were sent to the battlefield to arm the army, with only 10,000 troops available. However, at this time, the number of human slaves on the western foot of Yaoshan Mountain was larger. What should I do if these slaves were armed and backfired against the Tieya tribe during the defense?
Chapter completed!