Straight to the Rear
Chapter 1052:Straight to the Rear
The former army of Smith was all cavalry, moving quickly towards the forward army, while his rear army was all infantry and heavy-loaded troops to attack the city.
In addition, in the back army, there are heavy teams that carry grain and grass.All of these grain and grass was loaded in carriages, very heavy, and could not travel as fast as the cavalry, so it was surrounded by infantry guards.
The 5,000 cavalry led by Jiang Fang Han Shun, under the cover of night, when the former cavalry of Shiming was caught up in the confrontation with the Tang army, took the form of a rounded maneuver, and rushed directly to the rear army of Shiming.
Night is their best cover, and this wide and flat terrain near it offers the possibility of a fast round-the-clock maneuver!
The number of the five thousand cavalry was small, but their goal was not to deal with these infantry of the rear army, but to be escorted by the grain and grass of these rear infantry!
The two armies connected less than an hour, the three-sided attack of the Tang army is indeed unable to hold up, Shi Siming side also got the news, found that the three sides of the Tang army are side by side to retreat.
"These Tang army gave me a tight bite, can not let them easily retreat, this time to kill this Shen Feng's sharpness!"Suzanne ordered it immediately.
The first time with Shen Feng short soldiers, Shi Siming is also determined to win, a good start to win the battle, but also boost the morale of the soldiers!
Whether it is the garrison at the front of the array, or the cavalry of the two wings, it is the Tang cavalry that has been closely biting behind the continuous backward retreating of these Tang cavalry.
And it is precisely because of this that the former and rear armies of Smithing have opened a certain distance from each other, even if the infantry behind them are marching at full speed, and there is gradually a growing gap and gap between the two.
And this gap and gap is exactly what Jiang Fang Han Shun and the 5,000 cavalry they led need!
At this time, An Shouzhong led the wolf-toothed soldiers under his command, and was rushing forward at full speed, trying to keep up with the cavalry of the former army.
And behind him, the heavy teams escorted by the infantry were slow.
The night grew deeper and deeper, and there was not even a little light around, and suddenly, among the escorts of the heavy infantry, they heard a rush of horseshoes around them, as if a group of cavalry were rapidly approaching them!
Only the sound and no one, these infantry immediately cheered up, holding a torch in their hands, and set the defensive formation.
Soon, the sound of the horseshoes was getting closer and closer, but it seemed to be scattered, and the convoy of the escort grain and grass could be heard before and after.
The escorts were even more like the enemy, and they did not know the number of cavalry coming this time!
These cavalrymen still hid their bodies in the night, and made any contact with the heavy infantry who escorted the grain and grass, and did not reveal their figure.
Suddenly, I saw a little Mars in front of these escort infantry, and these Mars immediately caught up in the night sky, and then turned around at the highest point!
The escort infantry is surprised to know what these Mars is.
And this little bit of Mars is a rocket!
These rockets were also specially made by the craftsmen of the camp and used for arson.In the middle of the night, the cavalry that approached this heavy team of grain and grass was the 5,000 Shenwu cavalry led by Jiang Fang and Han Shun!
The five thousand Shenwu cavalrymen were all lightly mounted, with a long bow behind them, and a quiver before the saddle, all filled with rockets for arson.
Such a cavalry is the arson team sent by Shen Feng tonight, and their only combat mission this time is to arson!
So they did not bring any other weapons, only long bows and rockets, so that they can march as fast as possible, and they can evacuate after the arson is completed at the fastest speed!
After these rockets fell, most of them were tucked into those carriages that carried grain and grass, and the fuse of the bamboo tube at the front of the rocket burned, and the rocket instantly ignited!
In addition to the ignition in the bamboo tube of these rockets, there is also white phosphorus powder, which burns in case of fire, and can be attached to the carriage to continue to burn!
Seeing a fire blaze on these carriages, like a flame flower that bloomed in the dark night, the scene was very shocking.
And these wagons that carry grain and grass, soon began to burn!
The carriages were loaded with grain and forage, and some heavy supplies, which were extremely flammable in themselves, and under the arson of these rockets, the fire became more and more fierce once it burned!
These Shenwu cavalry, in the middle of the night, along the heavy convoy of grain and grass, quickly and always kept a certain distance, keeping the carriages within the range of the longbow.
Soon, all the rockets in the quiver were fired, and the heavy convoy soon resembled a dragon before their eyes, and many carriages began to burn.
Seeing that the fire had been up, Jiang Fang and Han Shun's faces were full of gratifying smiles.
“It’s all done, leave!”The two immediately gave orders.
These cavalry did not love the war at all, and immediately retreated under the cover of night after the arson was completed!
The rebel infantry escorting the carriage was also flustered at this time, and it was too late to chase the cavalry of the Shenwu army that had retreated in the middle of the night, anyway, if they wanted to catch up and catch up, and immediately began to scramble to extinguish the fire on the carriage!
In the dark night, the fire emitted by the burning of these carriages is extremely conspicuous.
In the former army of Shiming, but also immediately learned of the post-army this shocking situation!
He did not think that Shen Feng's three-sided attack on the former army was just a big featoon attack, and he was able to send another army and horses to fight back in the form of a round-the-clock battle, bypassing the positions of the two armies, directly attacking his rear army and delivering heavy grain and grass to him!
As the saying goes, the three armies have not moved, the grain and grass are first, and the importance of this grain and grass for military and horse combat is self-evident.
And the 100,000 army led by Shiming this time, it is inseparable from the back army of those grain and grass to resupply, watching the fire there, Shi Siming was shocked, but also anxious!
"Stop chasing the Tang army immediately, withdraw the front army, and quickly go to the back to put out the fire!"Suzanne immediately issued a military order.
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