Chapter 261: Liu Yan's army is defeated

Langzhou, cold stone slope.

Liu Yan stood silently at the top of the hillside, and behind him, a broken Liu Ziqi was planted in the soil.

On the hillside, thousands of remnants of soldiers sat on the ground scattered, some wailing, some full of numbness, only a few people looked at Liu Yan's back, hoping that he could lead everyone to live.

At this time, Wang Kui, who was carrying a bear on his back, walked behind Liu Yan and said: "Jie Shuai, the cavalry of the Tang Army is about to chase after you, please make a decision as soon as possible." ”

"Decision? What decisions can be made now? Liu Yan laughed to himself.

"Surrender!" Wang Kui said without hesitation.

Liu Yan smiled bitterly: "General Wang, Li Hongyi personally led the elite cavalry to attack thousands of miles, in order to take our heads to boost the army's prestige, and at the same time shock Chizhou, Hui'an Mansion and Qingyuan, do you think that until now, he will still accept our surrender?" ”

"You have to give it a try, it's better than waiting to die, right?" Wang Kui said in a deep voice.

"It's useless." Liu Yan shook his head: "Ben Shuai would rather die in battle than be killed by refusal to surrender." ”

Wang Kui sighed, was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Then the general will accompany the commander to fight until the last moment." ”

As he spoke, he took a few steps closer to Liu Yan.

Liu Yan looked relieved: "I can be with Brother Wang-"

"Poof!" Wang Kui pulled out the dagger at his waist and stabbed Liu Yan in the chest.

"You-" Liu Yan looked at Wang Kui's dark and indifferent face, and his heart was cold.

"Don't blame me, I just want to live." Wang Kui coldly drew his dagger and shouted at the many soldiers who were looking at him: "Brothers, Liu Yan wants everyone to die with him, are you willing?" ”

"I don't want to!" The sergeants' voices were sparse in their answers, but the answers were the same.

"Well, everyone will surrender to the Tang Army with me!"

In the tent of the Don military camp.

Li Hongyi looked coldly at Wang Kui, who was kneeling in front of him, and said nothing.

Wang Kui hurriedly said: "Dashuai, the last will be a sincere surrender, from now on, never again, please Dashuai Mingjian!" ”

"You said you killed Liu Yan?" Li Hongyi asked coldly.

"Yes...... Yes, Liu Yan is stubborn and has been killed by the last general! ”

Li Hongyi slowly walked in front of him, squatted down, stared at his panicked eyes, and said, "Do you know that a traitor like you would actually think that Ben Shuai would contain you, and it would only make Ben Shuai feel insulted!" ”

"Dashuai, the last general will surrender sincerely, surrender sincerely!"

Li Hongyi turned around and didn't look at him anymore: "Drag it down and cut it down." ”

Wang Kui's expression was sharp, he got up suddenly, pulled out a dagger and stabbed Li Hongyi in the back.

Suddenly, a gray shadow flashed, and Wang Kui flew out. Before he landed, a pale hand grabbed his throat, and with a slight force, Wang Kui heard the sound of his neck shattering, tilted his head, and lost his vitality.

Li Wenxuan took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, and said, "Marshal, will we continue to go south to exterminate Qingyuan or return to Chizhou?" ”

"Qingyuan can't be exterminated in a day or two, if it weren't for a surprise attack, even Liu Yan wouldn't be so easy to take down, the meal should be eaten one bite at a time, let's take Chizhou first."

……

At the same time, Chizhou.

Because Li Hongyi attacked Langzhou and took away 20,000 cavalry, leaving only 40,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry in Chizhou, he ordered 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry to block the road between Hui'an and Chizhou to prevent Hui'an Mansion from attacking the defenders of Chizhou inside and outside while he was away.

Therefore, there are only 20,000 infantry outside Chizhou City at the moment.

It's a pity that Lu Weiyi was worried that it was Li Hongyi's plan to lure the enemy, so he didn't dare to go out of the city at all, and missed the opportunity.

However, he didn't dare to make a move, but Qin Quan was very decisive and led 10,000 cavalry to fight the main force of the Tang Army in the field.

The battle lasted only an hour before it ended, and Qin Quan's cavalry withdrew from the battle circle before the Tang infantry formed a siege.

Qin Quan didn't get any bargain in this battle, and he found that the commander of this Tang army was very sophisticated and good at using infantry formations against cavalry, which made him realize that this Tang army was not so easy to deal with.

Qimen City, military camp.

In the marshal's tent, Qin Quan was discussing with the generals to attack the Tang army on the border, and a commander said: "Commander, the Tang army outside the border is extremely strong, and the strength is also above our army, since Lu Jieshuai did not let us aid Chizhou, the last general feels that we don't need to fight with them." ”

"Then let me ask you, what is the military order of the marshal?" Qin Quan said coldly.

"Let's wait and see what happens."

"That's it, the marshal asked me to pay attention to the situation in Chizhou and wait for changes, this Tang army is blocked here, what else do we think? If the marshal suddenly orders us to rush to the aid of Chizhou, can we tell the marshal again, "I'm sorry, I can't rush to help, there is a Tang army blocking the road in the middle?" ””

The conductor blushed and was speechless.

Jing Che almost burst out laughing when he heard this, he didn't expect that Commander Qin had such a funny side.

Li Wencheng, as the deputy commander, also participated in the meeting this time, but he sat in the back position, and naturally there was no point for him to speak, but his head never stopped, and he kept thinking about ways to defeat the Tang army.

During this time, he was completely accustomed to the life in the barracks, and like other officers, he was now looking forward to the war, and only by fighting could he have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and the thing he hated the most now should be the deputy word in the "deputy commander" in his position, and he wanted to erase it.

Chu Xiong said in a deep voice: "The day before yesterday, our army and the Tang army battled, it can be seen that the Tang army commander is not an idle person, if he directly breaks this Tang army head-on, even if it is successful, our casualties will be not small, the last general thinks that he can slowly weaken them first, and then find an opportunity to break the enemy in one fell swoop." ”

"How?" Qin Quan asked.

"The last general thought that he could let the main force of the cavalry stand still, break the infantry into pieces, divide them into many small units to harass, use the terrain advantage to harass and lure the enemy, and as long as they are lured into the territory of our army, they will be eaten by cavalry." Chu Xiong said in a deep voice.

There is a very key premise of this kind of battle plan, which requires that the harassing troops are extremely familiar with the terrain and have a strong ability to survive, otherwise it will not be harassment, but will be given to the other side to eat.

The Second Army has been stationed in Qimen for a long time, and its daily exercises and training are all here, so it has long been familiar with the terrain, so there is naturally no problem in carrying out this plan.

Qin Quan pondered for a moment, and seeing that no one else objected, he said, "This strategy is feasible, so let's do it." ”

Don barracks tent.

When 20,000 soldiers marched outside, they were very particular about camping, and the method adopted by the Tang army was that the main army battalion was behind, with 10,000 troops, one battalion in front on the left and one battalion in front on the right, with 5,000 troops each, and the three battalions formed a watchful posture for each other.

Due to the long-term stationing of the Tang Army, when there was no combat on weekdays, the commanders of each battalion would lead their soldiers to select open spaces for drills to maintain the combat effectiveness and morale of the soldiers.

However, recently, Zhang Kai, the commander-in-chief of the Tang Army, often received reports from his subordinates that many troops were attacked by a small group of Hui'an troops, and the other side was familiar with the terrain and ran away after the battle.

Since the main cavalry of the Hui'an Army did not dispatch, Zhang Kai didn't pay much attention to it, after all, this level of small fighting caused little damage to the Tang Army.

However, one day, when Zhang Kai learned that a team of 500 people under his command was pursuing the Hui'an army, he accidentally penetrated into the territory of Hui'an Mansion and was completely annihilated by the other party, he finally felt that something was wrong.

On the second day, he ordered all the sergeants to stay in the camp and not to go out for training.

A few days later, Zhang Kai received another report from his subordinates that several harassing troops of the enemy army had returned to the rear and burned a batch of grain and grass that had been transported.

If the grain route was cut off, it would have a very bad impact on the morale of the army, so Zhang Kai immediately ordered to send a team of 3,000 soldiers to protect the grain route, and at the same time, 3,000 cavalry were also sent to destroy the small force flowing in the rear.

Unconsciously, the main force of the Tang Army was dispersed by many forces, the 3,000 infantry army protected the grain route, and the 3,000 cavalry army wiped out the Hui'an army in the rear, and the main force was only more than 12,000 people.

At this moment, Qin Quan's main cavalry force took advantage of the night and attacked again.

Under the moonlit night, Qin Quan gave an order, and the fight began.

The Tang army was very well prepared at night, and the effect of night attacks was not great, but in any case, the night camp robbery could at least produce a lot of psychological pressure on the enemy compared with the daytime.

After the battle lasted for two hours, the Hui'an army gradually gained the upper hand.

After careful observation, he noticed that the encirclement of the Hui'an army in the west was very weak, so he gathered troops to attack the west and successfully broke through.

In this battle, the Hui'an army was victorious, but the Tang army did not suffer too many losses.

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