Chapter 70: The Battle of Tongzhou

From Xue Huairang's supplementary order, it can be seen that he basically decided to pull back the feet that stepped on Li Shouzhen's broken ship! Left and right, compared to Li Shouzhen's side showing the banner and doing it with real swords and guns, his side has obviously more space. Let's take a look at the situation and developments for the time being.

However, Xue Huairang was obviously not a smart person, or his careful thinking was a little too obvious. His performance in the past few days has already fallen in the eyes of Li Shouzhen, who is across the river. Compared with Xue Huairang, Li Shouzhen is much smarter.

Xue Huairang wanted to play with two sides and three knives, but Li Shouzhen's side was not as good as he wanted. After his tooth general quickly rushed to Pujin to give the order, the news soon came from the ferry that the Pu army had successfully crossed west.

Tongzhou and Hezhong Province, with the Yellow River as the boundary, Puban is the most important way of transportation between the two places, and it is also a place where soldiers must fight...... And the city in the river is ruled by the river, for Xijintou, which is across the river, how can Li Shouzhen not care about it for such a long time, secretly, he has already infiltrated and bought it.

Therefore, Xue Huairang had a certain attitude here, and Li Shouzhen immediately made a move, with Zhou Guangxun, the deputy envoy of the river in the middle of the river, as the main general, and led an army of 5,000 to cross the river, almost effortlessly. After absorbing more than 1,000 Tongzhou troops in Dutou, they quickly marched westward and approached Feng Yicheng.

It is estimated that Li Shouzhen himself did not expect that before he had a big battle with the official army, he had to swing the unsheathed knife at his allies.

Upon learning of Pujin's incident, Xue Huairang jumped straight to his feet in the city, scolding Li Shouzhen for being unkind, and at the same time, he also hurriedly ordered Feng Yi to guard less than 2,000 guards in the city.

For the rebel envoy Sun Yuan, there is one thing that Xue Huairang did not lie, the troops in Tongzhou are indeed weak. One is congenitally restricted, and the other is that after Xue Huai led the town, the armament was slack, and the goods he collected were either stored in the treasury or used for enjoyment. Recruiting troops, expanding armaments, and other things that cost money and food, Xue Huairang really didn't do much.

The scourge of feudal towns has lasted for nearly 200 years, and although the power of local festivals is great, not all of them are bent on expanding their strength. More of them, they want to guard that one-third of an acre of land and be their own soil emperor.

Except for ambitious people like Li Shouzhen, only when the imperial court wants to cut the feudal domain and put its hand into their bowl will the conflict erupt, and when it is violent, it is the sword and the soldier meet.

Feng Yi was only sixty miles away from the bank of the Yellow River, and in the face of the rebels' fierce approaching the city, Xue Huairang became nervous, and during this time, there were some of his own soldiers. Probably with Li Shouzhen's order, the Pu army did not directly attack the city, but saluted first and then soldiers.

The messenger who entered the city to "see him" was still the former envoy Sun Yuan, this time he straightened his waist and entered the city. That arrogant appearance made Xue Huairang almost want to screw his head off.

In the face of the threat of the rebels, Xue Huairang did not have much confidence in defending Feng Yi. When he hesitated, an accident happened, and an army came to the west, and its banner was the Shunyi army from Yaozhou. The leader was Song Yanwu, the envoy of the Shunyi Army, and Qin Xi, the inspection envoy, although the number was not large, but they gave Xue Huai some confidence.

With the arrival of the Shunyi army, under Feng Yicheng, a fragile balance was quickly formed. The officers and the Pu army did not say anything, and the swords and soldiers were hostile to each other. Zhou Guangxun had many soldiers, but he was afraid of the Tongzhou army in the city, so he didn't do it for a while. And Song Yanwu had few soldiers, but he was in his early 2,000s, so he naturally would not take the initiative to attack, but after declaring his sense of existence, he took the initiative to retreat to Shayuan Town, ten miles southwest of Feng Yicheng, to defend himself. For a time, Xue Huairang's attitude became an important factor in the battle situation.

In fact, Song Yanwu's approach is a bit risky. However, if this is not the case, Xue Huairang is likely to give in. With Liu Chengyou's advice, Song Yanwuke has been paying attention to the situation in Tongzhou and Hezhong. Of course, if it weren't for Xue Huairang's patrol after the rebellion in the river, Song Yanwu estimated that he would have to change to a safe approach.

Under Feng Yicheng, the three sides confronted each other for two days, and could not stand the urging of Li Shouzhen in the rear, and after thinking that he had figured out the "details" of the Shunyi army, Zhou Guangxun sent a group to keep an eye on Feng Yicheng at the same time, and personally raised troops and horses to attack Song Yanwu.

Launching a rapid attack with twice the division, although the officers and troops were in a weak position, they were always able to deal with it. One day's attack was fruitless, and the second day continued, the battle was hearty, and a cavalry of more than 200 people raided the rebels from behind, and rushed straight to Zhou Guangxun, the rebel commander.

The one who led the attack was the Jingnan army in Pizhou, and the Jiedu made Yao Yuanfu personally command. The old general is over the age of six, and he can still get on the horse to draw the bow and carry the knife to the battle.

With more than 200 cavalry, it is still a little difficult to break up thousands of rebels, but Yao Yuanfu's purpose is only to reduce Song Yanwu's pressure from the future, and it is better to disturb the rebel formation by the way. The real killing move is still the 2,000 Jing Difficult Infantry Army that came from the cover after training medicine Yuanfu.

After suffering repeatedly, where could the rebels withstand it, they were immediately defeated and retreated. Zhou Guangxun also had no idea of fighting to the death, took the lead in retreating, joined Feng Yi's army under the city, and withdrew towards Pujin in a hurry.

In the first battle, the rebels lost more than 2,000 soldiers, and their morale was greatly lost.

The official army did not chase deeply, Yao Yuanfu and Song Yanwu met, and the business blew each other, joined forces, and approached Feng Yicheng. If you want to talk about the battle between the official army and the rebels, Xue Huairang stayed quite peacefully in the city. When he learned that the rebels had been defeated, he immediately put on the ill-fitting armor and personally led the army out of the city, wanting to help fight the thieves.

"Yaogong, this Xue Huairang's personality is really emotional!" When Huishi turned, Song Yanwu sighed, and his handsome face couldn't help but reveal a hint of mockery.

Song Yanwu has always been humble and polite, and after joining forces, he regarded himself as a veteran of Yao Yuanfu, and his posture was lowered and he was very respectful. And for its modesty, Yao Yuanfu also has a good impression in his heart.

"It's just a villain!" Yao Yuanfu's contempt was unrestrained, and when he drove the horse forward, he arched his hand towards Song Yanwu: "Don Ma, let's go see this Xue Huairang!" ”

"Please, please!"

With Liu Chengyou's instructions in front, Yao and Song were not polite to Xue Huairang at all, and directly seized his military power, took over Feng Yicheng, and rested his soldiers and horses. In the whole process, even if Xue Huairang was unwilling, he had no way or other choice, unless he directly looked for death......

When there was a result of the war in Tongzhou, Huazhou in the south, another chicken cub had already had a result. And, the whole process is much smoother.

Hou Zhang is not like Xue Huairang, and Huazhou is not like Tongzhou, the Yongxing Army in the west, the Tong'an Army in the east, and the Baoyi Army of the "old brother" Zhao Hui in the east.

The rebellion in the river, Jingzhao stayed behind, and the Yongxing army made Bai Wenke directly lead the army eastward, wanting to do the thing of quelling the rebellion, and Yang Ye also tacitly led the army to the west.

If Xue Huairang still has a choice, then Hou Zhang's side basically does not have much choice.

The soldiers were paid for food, and from beginning to end, there was no blood.