973 [The tactics of senior rogues](1/2)
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Weng Yingqi either commanded the Datong Army or the civilian army composed of peasants and soldiers.
Weng Yingqi had no experience in leading a group of miscellaneous soldiers to fight. Therefore, Weng Yingqi did not give any expectations to the thousands of nobles who joined forces and just let them defeat the battle.
The enemy commander was indeed fooled. After defeating the aristocratic coalition, he boldly returned to the army and quickly separated from the main force and the logistics force.
Weng Yingqi took the opportunity to defeat the enemy. Not only did he seize a large amount of baggage, he also captured thousands of slaves transporting food. These slaves were Jin people captured by the enemy along the way, and they could also be trained into miscellaneous soldiers to fight. But
Weng Yingqi only asked them to carry away the baggage, and he continued to catch up with a small amount of grain on his donkey.
And what about Sun Kewang?
In Sun Kewang's eyes, as long as he is alive, he can be thrown into the battlefield to fight!
The goods seized from the border town were not transported too far, but were simply transferred to a nearby city whose city walls were removed, so as not to stay at the mouth of the valley and risk being attacked from both sides.
Sun Kewang attacked the grain transportation station all the way, burned all the supplies there, and took away all the grain transportation slaves. Counting the residents of the border cities who did not escape and the farmers in the surrounding villages, there were more than 30,000 men, women, old and children in total.
Including untouchables, there are more than 30,000 people, which is an army of 30,000 people!
It's an old trick of rogue bandits.
This army of more than 30,000 people was divided into four teams by Sun Kewang.
For the first unit, the strongest Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras were selected, and the soldiers and armor they had stolen were distributed to them, forming an elite force of about three thousand people.
The second army selected relatively thin Vaishyas and Sudras, armed with kitchen knives, wooden sticks and other weapons, and was led by several Kshatriyas with war horses, numbering about seven thousand people.
The third army selected Vaishyas, Sudras, old, weak, sick and disabled, with only wooden sticks as weapons, and numbered about 8,000 people.
The fourth army was composed of untouchables, with a number of more than 10,000.
Then, Sun Kewang paraded outside the city and personally lectured the sworn soldiers. He first said to the first troop: "After this battle, all those who survived will be rewarded. Kshatriyas who have made meritorious services, the king will give you land, not like before
That way, the village land is managed for the king, but you own your own land!"
"Vaisyas and Sudras who have performed meritorious service, and the hundred who have performed the best will all be given a caste upgrade for you. Vaishyas can become Kshatriyas, and Sudras can become Vaishyas. All the remaining soldiers will be given small plots of land!"
The interpreter who accompanied the army immediately stepped forward, informed the officers, and asked the officers to pass the message to the soldiers.
Everyone was inexplicably excited. Kshatriyas could own private land, while Vaisyas and Sudras could raise their castes. Such grand rewards were unprecedented, and even eliminated their fear of war.
Then, Sun Kewang ran to the second unit: "Among the 7,000 of you, the thirty who perform best will be able to raise their castes and obtain land. The rest who survive will be given small plots of land!"
Then he went to the third unit and said: "Of the eight thousand of you, the fifteen with the best performance can raise their castes and obtain land. The rest who survive can also obtain small plots of land!"
Finally, he went to the untouchable team of more than 10,000 people and said: "As long as you perform meritorious service and survive, you can permanently farm the land or become permanent slaves to the nobles!"
"Green Gourd Sword Fairy"
As for the untouchables, they cannot be given land if they are not promoted by caste, otherwise other castes will be unhappy.
However, they can obtain permanent tenant rights or become domestic servants. These two forms of rewards are enough to make untouchables willing to take risks.
…
Doda Wodeya led the main force back to the town and was not attacked again on the way.
He had reached the mouth of the valley, and he could return to his own country as long as he crossed the valley. But he began to hesitate again. If he returned home in such a state of disgrace, he would definitely lose his prestige. Not only could he not grab any goods, but he would also suffer losses.
More than six thousand soldiers.
Doda Wodeya had only been king for two years, and he still came to power by killing his nephew in a coup. The loss of troops and generals was very detrimental to his rule.
With so much treasure piled up at the mouth of the valley, the enemy must not have carried it too far. Is there an opportunity to take it back?
Anyway, he has already arrived at the valley entrance. Even if he suffers a slight defeat, he can escape back home at any time.
Just when Doda Wodeya was hesitating, a group of sentries came back: "Your Majesty, enemy troops have appeared in the northeast!"
"how many people?"
"About twenty to thirty thousand."
"How is the strength?"
"The march was a mess, and the weapons were all farm tools, kitchen knives and wooden sticks. There were even many untouchables who didn't even have clothes and were only wearing a pair of trousers."
"Can untouchables also serve as soldiers and fight?"
"..."
To the northeast is the border city where he pulled out the city walls. Taniguchi's goods must have been transported there.
Asking what the enemy army looked like, Doda Wodeya showed a greedy look. He had now figured out that the king from China must not have brought too many Chinese troops, otherwise he would have fought head-on with him long ago.
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By organizing all the untouchables into a large army, the king of China has already used all his trump cards. He can defeat the enemy and steal the goods there and return to his country.
The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became. He even showed a disdainful smile. What kind of war could the untouchable army fight? If he charged alone, all those untouchables would be defeated.
This guy took the bait. He had 16,000 troops and had already reached the mouth of the valley. No one could stop him from withdrawing his troops. Sun Kewang could only watch him leave.
But now, the king decided to fight and take back countless treasures!
The wages of avarice is death.
Doda Wodeya prepared his army for war and headed northeast.
After the two armies met, Doda Wodeya almost died laughing. There were nearly 30,000 troops on the opposite side. Except for the six or seven thousand who looked a little like an army, the other 20,000 or so people were almost like refugees fleeing famine.
"Attack the main force in the middle of the enemy's army with all your strength, defeat those enemies, and all the rest of the enemy's army will be routed!"
The two sides were approaching in formation, and the team temporarily trained by Sun Kewang was already showing signs of collapse before the battle. Especially the untouchables, who were ready to escape at any time. The reward Sun Kewang promised could no longer offset the fear at this moment.
"shoot!"
The Mysore archers fired one round, killing only two to three hundred people and wounding them. The team that had been hit by the arrows collapsed.
After another round of missiles, thousands of soldiers turned around and fled. No matter how they promoted their caste or rewarded them with land, they were not as good as living. They only regretted that their parents did not have two more legs.
"The whole army charges!"
Doda Wardha made a prompt decision and sent all the infantry and cavalry forward, leaving only the king's personal guards and the capital's garrison untouched.
As the Mysore army pressed forward, more than 20,000 miscellaneous troops fled in an instant. Those close to the river ran along the river, those in the middle ran back, and those on the outside fled in all directions.
How could those princes and nobles of Mysore who commanded the army be willing to miss the opportunity to make meritorious deeds?
Soldiers who were slow to escape continued to be killed, more and more broken soldiers jumped into the river, and more continued to flee back along the river bank.
One side escapes and is completely defeated, while the other side pursues and loses its formation.
Seeing that the situation was settled, Doda Wodeya asked the elite soldiers of the Chinese army to take off their armor and march towards the small town where the opponent's property was carried on the backs of animals. In this hot weather, no normal person would march wearing full armor.
The Mysore soldiers who participated in the battle chased them for several miles, and they had already killed them.
Killing people was like chopping melons and vegetables. Some soldiers even stopped and wanted to dig through the corpses in search of trophies. Unfortunately, they were all poor men who had been robbed once, and nothing of value could be found after searching their whole bodies.
This is a remnant of mountains on the border between the two countries. There are no high mountains, but there are many rolling hills.
Suddenly, Sun Kewang came out from behind the hill with more than 400 cavalry. Three hundred Han cavalry and more than 100 local noble cavalry rushed diagonally towards the Mysore pursuers who were completely out of formation.
Peshra hid behind another hill, with three thousand elite men under his command.
The so-called elites were composed of the strongest Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Sudras. All the soldiers and armors were stolen by Sun Kewang from raiding small towns and grain depots.
Peshra, a Kshatriya noble, was originally a little scared and had the mentality to escape at any time. Now he saw the enemy's pursuit, looking to the east and west, and he didn't know what to do.
Sun Kewang led more than 400 cavalry to fight out. The chaotic Mysore army had long lost its organization and could not even find its own officers. Seeing the cavalry rushing towards them, these pursuers turned around and fled, leaving behind their own soldiers.
The back is left as a target for the enemy cavalry.
"Kill, kill quickly, we win!"
Peshra was inexplicably excited. Although his belongings were robbed, the city wall was torn off, and his family was missing, the victory now can wash away everything.
Three thousand "elites" were inspired, and under the leadership of Peshra, they bypassed their own defeated troops and pursued them from the edge of the battlefield.
After both sides' broken troops were completely separated, Sun Kewang could finally let go. He did not pursue them blindly, but divided more than 400 cavalry into two teams to specifically kill those relatively dense enemy troops. He couldn't let it go anyway.
When the enemy troops gather together, they rush where there are more people and scatter all the enemy troops in front of them.
Stretching for several miles, corpses were everywhere along the river, and some corpses were floating in the river. Most of these corpses were left behind by the defeated Jin army, but the corpses of countless Mysore soldiers would soon be added.
Among the defeated troops in Mysore, some of the only cavalrymen quickly fled the battlefield and returned to report the news.
Doda Wodeya, who commanded the king's guard and the capital's garrison, was speeding up his march to receive the goods, when he heard the news of the defeat halfway through.
"Hurry up and get into formation!"
The king was so frightened that he rode forward and ordered his soldiers to put on armor and line up in order.
Then, the overwhelming troops fled back, and the king ordered the musketeers to fire immediately, and the archers also fired in front of the formation, lest the formation be overwhelmed by the troops.
The first group of defeated soldiers, faced with the loss of bullets and arrows, did flee in panic to both sides. However, the second and third groups of defeated soldiers could not care about it. They were pursued too quickly by Sun Kewang and were filled with their own army.
In the gap between playing the string, he rushed directly towards the formation.
Mysore's melee troops stepped forward, with swords and guns drawn out, aiming at the defeated troops and attacking them indiscriminately.
After killing some of the defeated soldiers, the rest of the defeated soldiers finally knew how to evade and ran around the formation to both sides. This back and forth not only blocked the sight of the Mysore army, but also disrupted the formation of the Mysore army.
To be continued...