Chapter 362: There is a scuffle outside the city
The chaos outside Hedong City became a pot of porridge, and Ashina Congli, who was watching the battle in the city, was both confused and frightened, he didn't understand why Qin Jin wanted to disperse most of the men and horses into three shares, so he gave up the original advantage, wouldn't it be his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths?
"This surnamed Qin is really strange, obviously famous, but today's tactics seem immature and ridiculous, is it actually difficult to live up to the fame? No, impossible, it must be impossible. ”
All his hopes were pressed on Qin Jin, if Qin Jin was defeated outside the city, Hedong City would inevitably be lost. And the rebels have sent war letters to the city ** several times, claiming that they will only kill Ashina Congli, and the rest will not only be treated as old as if they surrender, but also have another reward.
Thinking of this, Ashina broke out in a cold sweat from the ceremony, in order not to be betrayed by some half-hearted generals, all the old subordinates he stayed with him were old subordinates who had followed him for more than ten years. But even so, after seeing that Qin Jin's arrangement of troops seemed to be doomed to a fiasco, he still secretly observed the people around him with a suspicious gaze, which one of them had a vision.
Everyone is still behaving as usual, and there is no sign of a ghost in their hearts. Ashina Congli also thought that the people around him couldn't understand the stupidity of Qin Jin's arrangement, and of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to take the initiative to publicize it.
The current situation can only be passed, and I can only pray that God will send down a miracle, so that Qin Jin can be invincible and undefeated, and maintain the scene of parity.
Suddenly, an exclamation startled Ashina.
"It's fighting, it's fighting. ”
Ashina Congli was on the tower of the South Gate at this time, looking down, except for the people and horses from all sides in the movement, there was no large-scale contact with the fighting.
"General, there is a fight in the east, and the Tang army is being flanked by the Yan army on both sides!"
It was actually the east side that was the first to fight, and it was ** attacked from both sides. Ashina's heart immediately beat violently, it seems that his previous opinion of Qin Jin was correct, and it was really difficult to live up to his fame, and when he really confronted Yan Jun head-on, all his previous reputation was swallowed into his stomach and turned into.
At this time, Ashina Congli's mood was entangled and contradictory, he not only felt funny that he recognized Qin Jin's true face, but also feared the doom he was about to face after Qin Jin was defeated.
"General, let's go out of the city to fight the thieves, we can't watch the fighter plane miss. ”
A general suddenly came forward and offered to help the Tang army outside the city. But Ashina refused without hesitation.
"Qin envoy Jun has an order, let us stick to the city, and there is no need to meddle in the affairs outside. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to act rashly in case something big happens?"
Ashina Congli is full of words in Hedong City, since he has spoken like this, who will continue to insist on it without interest?
"Stay in the city honestly, and don't even think about going out. Qin envoy Jun is famous all over the world, and it is a rare opportunity to be able to see him encircling and suppressing traitors with his own eyes, don't miss it......"
Although he did not allow his generals to act rashly, Ashina Congli already had other ideas, as long as he saw that the situation was not good, Qin Jin showed obvious decline, and he would abandon the city without hesitation. If you don't have to worry about running out of firewood, if you don't even have your life, then there is no chance to turn over.
"There's a battle down there, general!"
A hurried shout pulled Ashina back to reality from his thoughts, and he looked outside, and sure enough, he was already in a mess. It's just that the formation of ** is a little chaotic and seems to be gradually falling behind.
Ashina Congli had a feeling that this was really the case, and at the same time his heart was pounding, could it really be that a miracle would not happen?
While Ashina was praying for a miracle, Qin Jin had already divided the 20,000 Shuofang troops transferred from Huangfu Ke into two divisions, one of which took the initiative to attack the rebels south of Hedong City, and the other continued to move.
The combat effectiveness of the Shuofang army is not bad, what they lack is morale and self-confidence. After the rebellion of Huangfu Ke, the identity changed from the Tang army to the rebel army, and the morale was already low, and later it was forced by the Shenwu army to have no way to retreat, and the morale was further depressed.
It was also Huangfu Ke who lectured the army during this armistice, and these people would not be constrained by Qin Jin's military orders at this time, but even so, after all, they could not be like their fingers, and the writing between the various ministries would be dull and inefficient.
Qin Jin also knew this, so he personally commanded 20,000 people.
Fortunately, one of the generals left by Huang Fu Ke was very active in cooperating, and it would not be a big deal.
Qin Jin was waiting, waiting for the rebels outside the west city to take the initiative to approach the south city, because they were separated from the east city by a large area of the north city, so the other party had a great chance of coming to attack the rebels outside the south gate.
This is exactly the result of Qin Jin and others, as long as the two rebel armies located in the south and west of the city are attracted to one place, it will be even more difficult to get out of the battlefield, and take this opportunity, he can send all 10,000 people in the movement to the east of the city, cooperate with Pei Jing, and annihilate the enemy in the east of the city in one fell swoop, and the enemy who comes to help.
Although the plan is impeccable, there will always be various unexpected surprises when it comes to actual operation.
Because the rebels in the west of the city moved too fast, and perhaps it was possible that the movements of the Shuofang army were a little slow, the Shuofang army in motion was caught off guard and was entangled by the rebels surging in the west of the city. Qin Jin was anxious, if he couldn't get rid of the rebels who bit him smoothly, in case Pei Jing's troops were defeated by the rebels, they would probably face the danger of defeat and collapse at any time. And on the battlefield, it is usually a matter of moving the whole body, as long as Pei Jing has a problem there first, his entire Hedong City plan will be completely in vain.
What should I do? Qin Jin's mind turned around, and he decided to break the wrist of the strong man, leaving 2,000 people to block the attack, and the remaining 8,000 people rushed to the east of the city as soon as possible.
After a delay for a while, when Qin Jin rushed to the outside of Dongcheng with his people, he only heard the war drums that shook the sky, and the roar of the fighting, but he couldn't see the armies of both sides fighting together.
It turned out that there was a low-lying land located three miles east of the city, and the two sides were fighting in a dogfight, and it was here that they were fighting.
After Qin Jin roughly understood Pei Jing's situation, he gritted his teeth with a headache, he really didn't know how they chose the place of battle, but the matter had come to this point, and he could only take one step at a time.
Suddenly, I saw smoke and dust rising from the northwest, and it was the cavalry of Wuhu Huaizhong who arrived, although there were not many cavalrymen, but like a sharp dagger, they condescendingly accelerated and sprinted, and slammed into the flank of the rebels. This sudden blow caused a burst of confusion among the originally murderous rebels.
The opportunity came, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Qin Jin categorically ordered:
"All obey the order, attack!"
Qin Jin was the first to take the lead and rushed forward, and the personal guards around him immediately felt like they were facing a great enemy, and they protected their own commanders in the middle. This kind of coach personally rushes into the formation is rare, because the risk is very high, so the vast majority of the coaches in ** will choose to stay behind and watch the command promotion.
But the current situation is very different, the will to fight and morale of the Shuo Fang army are not high, so Qin Jin has to practice to make up for this. Sure enough, Qin Jin's adventure had an immediate effect, and Shuo Fangjun suddenly saw that this Qin envoy was actually desperate and rushed to the front without fear of death, and they were all immediately impressed, and their fighting spirit rose sharply.
On the one hand, Shuo Fangjun has its own pride, and must not lag behind others and be looked down upon by others. Since Qin Jin can rush to the front regardless of the identity of the commander, if there are still people in the army who are afraid of the enemy and procrastinating, wouldn't they have lost the face of the Shuo Fang army?
"Kill, kill all the traitors!"
There were a lot of Hu people in the Shuofang army, so they would not shout to kill the Hu dogs like the Shenwu Army or the Xin'an Army, which were almost nine out of ten Han guards. In the blink of an eye, Shuofang's army rushed straight to the rear flank of the rebels, and the other party obviously did not expect that while the left flank was attacked by cavalry, its own rear flank was also attacked.
The Shuofang army led by Qin Jin also had another advantage, that is, condescendingly rushed to the low-lying land. So, a single shock caused a massive erosion and rout on the rebels' rear flank.
Although the number of 8,000 men is not much, attacking the rear wing of more than 10,000 people is a real advantage.
For this rebel army that attacked Pei Jing's department, it can be regarded as a praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind, they thought that they were praying mantis and could hunt and kill cicadas caught in a fight with one blow, but they didn't want to be bitten hard by yellow finches in the back.
The arrival of Qin Jin immediately liberated Pei Jing from the dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides. He can single-mindedly fight the rebels who come to their aids. As for the rebels in the rear, they were completely handed over to the 8,000 Shuo Fang army brought by Qin Jin.
It's just that the planned 10,000 people only brought less than 8,000 people, but fortunately, relying on the sneak attack from the back road, they have various innate advantages to make up for the disadvantage of the number of people.
Wuhu Huaizhong's cavalry did not stop and fell into a stalemate, but after several shocks, after completely breaking up the left flank of the 10,000-strong rebels, they roared again, and the iron rushed towards the reinforcements of the rebels. In this battle, the cavalry of the Tongluo Department gave full play to the speed advantage, interspersing back and forth between the faults of the two battlefields, the purpose was not to kill and injure the rebels, but to use the speed advantage to completely disrupt the rebels' formation and create advantageous conditions for the infantry to attack.
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Ashina Congli watched the Tang army and the Yan army fighting together in the southern city, and the situation became more and more chaotic, and the disadvantages became more and more obvious. He sighed secretly, couldn't he escape the fate of abandoning the city after all?
Suddenly, a soldier came in a hurry to report.
"Report, General! Chengdong ** already has an advantage, and there is a great possibility of victory!"
This news shocked Ashina Congli, and he immediately understood that the ** force that had left the battlefield before was not fleeing from the enemy, but went to the east of the city to reinforce.
Since the south of the city is about to be defeated, it is better to go to the east of the city to see how the battle is going.