Chapter 865: Sunrise in the East (90)

Tiandan's army set off a little later than Huo Si'an's troops, but it also left Qingtian County early, and when it approached Liaoxi step by step, the bad news came, almost indistinguishable from Huo Si'an. Tian Dan, who was shocked, immediately ordered the whole army to stop advancing, and on the one hand, sent a large number of scouts to the direction of Liaoxi County to inquire about specific news, and on the other hand, the whole army prepared to retreat.

But with as many as seventy or eighty thousand troops, it is not easy to advance, but it is even more difficult to retreat. By the time Tiandan's whole army pulled out the camp and retreated, the 10,000 Donghu cavalry led by Agu Huai'en had already arrived in Qingtian County, cutting off the passage for Tiandan's retreat. And when Tian Dan came, the disdainful Qingtian County defenders also became a thorn in the eye at this time, a thorn in the flesh, standing on the road they retreated, and became a knife stuck in the heart.

"Forward, forward, forward is life, backward is death, kill all these barbarians, let's go home! "Qi army general Bao Sihao held a spear, running back and forth in the ranks, desperately cheering up the soldiers, he was ordered by Tian Dan, led five thousand pioneers first, one is to explore the way, and the other is to contain the defenders of Qingtian County, to give the army a chance to retreat, but he never thought that after he returned to Qingtian County, he did not see Qingtian County, but saw the boundless cavalry of the Eastern Army.

Although they were under the banner of the Eastern Army, as soon as they looked at their costumes, uniforms, and customary weapons, Bao Sihao knew that these were all Donghu people. Gao Yuan defeated the Donghu and absorbed these remnants of the Donghu army, and now, they have become a sharp scimitar hanging over the head of the Qi army.

"Kill! "Five thousand soldiers lined up in a phalanx, shouting and marching forward, as Bao Sihao said, forward is life, retreat or stay is a dead word, survive in death, maybe you can fight a way out.

Under the fluttering banner of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, Agu Huaien looked at the Qi army slowly approaching in the distance, and asked the tall chariot and Mu Gulu beside him: "How is it?" "

Gao Che shook his head slightly, "Compared to the foot soldiers of the Eastern Army, they are much worse, when they are engaged in the battle with the Eastern Army, their formation has almost no pause, and they have been moving forward, but the queue has been kept very tight, these Qi troops are similar to the standing army of the Yan State that we have fought before, every ten steps, we have to stop to rectify the queue."

"About five thousand men, divided into five phalanxes, two in the front and three in the back, equipped with standard infantry enemy cavalry, but they came in a hurry, they were not equipped with the necessary long-range strike weapons, and they did not pose much threat to us by relying on bows and arrows alone."

"Okay, Gaoche, you attack the left flank, Mu Gulu, you attack the right flank, I will lead my army to attack from the middle to pinn down, strip their clothes layer by layer, pay attention, don't fall into their infantry vastness, keep a distance, and use bows and arrows to resist the enemy, these Qi people, but they don't have as good armor as the Eastern Army, our riding bows should be a big threat to them." Agu Huaien commanded.

"Yes! "

Seeing that the two of them were about to leave, Agu Huaien stopped them again, and his voice suddenly lowered, "Remember, while defeating the enemy, try to minimize the casualties, these Qi people will also fight hard."

Gao Che and Mu Gu Lu glanced at each other, and there was some inexplicable sourness in their eyes.

"Go, the credit is in front of you, go and enjoy the merits! Agu Wynn raised his voice and pulled out the scimitar at his waist. 10,000 Donghu iron cavalry, facing the vanguard of the 5,000 Qi army, in fact, this battle has not yet been fought, and the victory or defeat has been decided.

Soon after Tian Dan received the news that Bao Sihao's 5,000 soldiers and horses were defeated by the Donghu cavalry, he received another greater bad news, his other army, 30,000 people of the Left Route Army led by Huo Si'an, had been surrounded and defeated by the Eastern Army, Huo Si'an's generals killed dozens of people, nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed, and the rest became prisoners of the Eastern Army. After defeating Huo Si'an, the main force of the Eastern Army, led by Gao Yuan himself, had already rushed towards him.

Tian listened to the scouts' report expressionlessly, but his heart was already shocked and inexplicable, the army assembled by the Eastern Army, there were thirty or forty thousand cavalry alone, plus the foot soldiers, the number of soldiers in the Eastern Army exceeded 100,000, and after Huo Si'an was defeated, he had already fallen behind in terms of strength alone.

"Tian Xiang, while their main force has not yet arrived, we should do our best to break through to Langya, as long as we pass the Kunshan Pass, we can meet with the soldiers and horses of the second son, and then kill back to Tianhe."

"What's the panic? Tian Dan snorted, staring at Tian Kuan with an ugly face, "Not to mention the cavalry led by the infantry around us, now in Qingtian, there are tens of thousands of cavalry from the Donghu people, Gao Yuan, there are another tens of thousands of cavalry, can we run on two legs and four legs?" At this time, if they speed up their escape, it will only give their cavalry more results. Defeated by them one by one."

"So what do we do now? Tian Kuan asked in frustration.

"What to do? Tian Dan snorted, "Huo Si'an is not enough to succeed, more than defeated, 30,000 Qi army athletes, in just a few days for the defeat of the Eastern Army, Gao Yuan wants a decisive battle, then the decisive battle, come here, immediately send me a messenger, send an order to Tian Fucheng, do our army in Langya County, kill Liaoxi, send an order to Tianhe Chinese garrison, the whole army rushed to Liaoxi as soon as possible. Ordered Huo Siwei in the river to not be entangled with the Zhengdong Army, but to sabotage, destroy, and destroy the river again, and turn the river into a white ground, burn, kill, rob, and plunder, so that the Zhengdong Mansion can feel pain as much as possible."

He looked at the generals under his tent, and said proudly: "I have fought countless battles in my field, and I have faced desperate situations countless times, but I have always turned danger into a disaster, I don't know how many times it is more dangerous than now, but it has not let me lose a single hair, not to mention that there are still 80,000 troops under the command of this prime minister, in Langya, there are 30,000 people, and in Tianhe, there are also 30,000 people. Gao Yuan put out this formation, didn't he just want to force me to speed up the evacuation regardless of a qiqi, and he would take advantage of the chaos? It's not as good as he wants."

Listening to Tian Dan's bold words, the generals in the tent calmed down a little, yes, they still have an army of 80,000, this is not a clay sculpture and wood carving, although they are fighting on the home field of the Eastern Army, but the other party is not much more than them, if the garrison of Tian Fucheng and Tianhe outside arrives quickly, then this battle, who will die is not known?

"With Changshou County as the center, build a position, and prepare to fight to the death with the Eastern Army! Tian Dan said sharply.

"Whoa! When the whole big tent was empty, Tian Dan's excited look suddenly collapsed, and his tall figure suddenly fell down, and his tall figure suddenly fell down, and his tired state was fully revealed, and his old state was revealed. Although he was still excited just now, only he knew in his heart that he was just trying to boost morale, and he had already lost this battle.

Time, in the end, did not stand on its side.

What he is doing now is just to be able to sit down at the negotiating table with Gao Yuan in the end and negotiate to solve this problem, and it is obvious that this time, he is only afraid that he will have to pay a considerable price, but he doesn't know how big Gao Yuan's appetite is.

The main force of the Eastern Army led by Gao Yuan, whether fast or slow, said slow or slow, and three days later, they arrived at Changshou and formed a confrontation with Tiandan's tens of thousands of troops.

A major offensive and defensive battle was immediately launched, and this time it was the Northern Army led by Xu Yuan who took the lead in the attack.

Cuishan Pass, Tian Jingwen's command of 5,000 soldiers and horses, escorting hundreds of truckloads of grain and grass has just arrived here, Kuoshan Pass still has traces of the previous war, walking on the defensive positions abandoned by the Eastern Army, Tian Jingwen meticulously inspected these places, he wanted to peek out from these positions, peek out of some of the Eastern Army's combat skills.

Trenches, breastwork, destroyed fortress remains, the more Tian Jingwen looked at it, the more frightened he became, and the doubts in his heart were greater, the Kunshan Pass did not seem to have been broken, but it seemed that the other party had deliberately given up, walked to the rear of the defensive position, looking at the almost intact defensive position, Tian Jingwen's heart swished, as an experienced general, if he was defending here, he would definitely be able to hold on for a while, even if the opponent was Tian Xiang.

Kuoshan Pass is the main road to western Liaoning, the previous army of the Eastern Army desperately resisted, but later, why did it take the initiative to give up? There must be something greasy here, Tian Jingwen's hands trembled slightly, there is only one possibility, that is, they don't need to stay here, they are ready.

"Order the whole army, prepare to pull out the camp, let's go to Qingtian, the sooner the better! Tian Jingwen turned around and said to the soldiers who followed him.

Walking through the ruins of a messy position, Tian Jingwen was just about to lead the army to set off, and the scout who set off first had already rushed back, looking at the pale face of the scout, Tian Jingwen felt that something was wrong.

"General, Qingtian found a large number of Donghu cavalry." The scout's voice trembled a little.

"Donghu cavalry? Tian Jingwen couldn't believe his ears.

"It's the Donghu cavalry, but they are under the banner of conquering the Eastern Army, and it is rumored that these Donghu cavalry are in Qingtian and annihilate the 5,000 men and horses under the command of General Bao Sihao. In addition to this Donghu cavalry, there are also an unknown number of infantry soldiers of the Eastern Expeditionary Army in Qingtian, whose command is Zhang Hongyu, who intercepted our army at the Kunshan Pass."

Tian Jingwen's mind was booming, and the previous premonition was confirmed, Tian Xiang's main army was sealed in the territory of western Liaoning, and Gao Yuan's main army had already returned, they set a trap, and the Qi army rushed into it.

"You go back to Langya immediately, find General Tian Fucheng, tell him about the situation here, and ask him to lead the army to help immediately, as long as we can take Qingtian, we can open the way home for Tian Xiang." Tian Jingwen said astringently.R1152