The situation on Shouchun's side, just as Zhao Kuangyin, who was hundreds of miles away, guessed after the war, and the strategy of Wang Jun, the commander of the Northern Han Dynasty, to lure the enemy has also entered a critical stage.

At the same time as the battle of the vortex mouth was going on, Liu Yanzhen had led 30,000 troops and more than 10,000 Huainan Zhuangding soldiers to Shouchun in the north of the Tang Dynasty, plus the Luzhou army in the north, known as 100,000, which was fierce and unstoppable.

And in the Han army camp, under Wang Jun's order, he had already taken action and was ready to withdraw the army. Li Chongjin, who was advancing eastward, and Wang Quanbin, who was going south, were sent out to intercept the soldiers and horses in two ways.

Li Chongjin led the Guardian Army to meet the Tang army west of Anyuan County, Haozhou, and according to Wang Jun's order, fought a small battle. As a result, the feint defeat turned into a real defeat, after all, the soldiers were outnumbered by the Tang army, if it weren't for Li Chongjin's strong man who broke his wrist, left one, and retreated decisively, he was almost entangled by the Tang army and the whole army was annihilated.

Returning in disgrace, Li Chongjin was ashamed and embarrassed. However, unexpectedly, Wang Jun was actually kind and pleasant this time, and comforted Li Chongjin, at that time, the army had already retreated to Xia Cai along the river, and Wang Jun entrusted Li Chongjin with the important task of making Li Chongjin the queen of the army.

Sometimes, this defeat is more difficult than winning a battle to defeat without defeating, and to grasp the degree of it. Li Chongjin proved this point with the lives of more than 1,000 soldiers.

Wang Quanbin's side was much more sophisticated, and he didn't have the intention of confronting Zhang Quan's army in Luzhou, so he stared at the edge of the river. After receiving Wang Jun's order to withdraw the army, he withdrew quickly, and after entering the palace with Li Chong, he was mainly prepared for the pursuit of the Shouchun defenders.

On the side of the Tang army, when the army came, they looked at each other across the water, only to see the huge empty Han camp. Knowing that the Han army had retreated to Xiacai Ferry, Liu Yanzhen, the commander of the Tang Army, laughed: "The Han thieves are afraid of our army and flee far away from Cai. Order, send troops to Cai! ”

At the same time, he also ordered He Jingzhu of Shouchun City to fight Zhang Quanyue, who came from the south, and asked them to gather troops with him and send troops to the northwest. He divided two more envoys to the north and south to inform the Haozhou Navy and the supplemented Shouzhou Navy to attack the Han Army's Xia Cai and Zhengyang pontoon bridges to respond to the attack of his main force.

Hearing Liu Yanzhen's military order, He Jingzhu persuaded him even if someone persuaded him: "The commanders are far away, and the veterans of the division are tired, so we should first make the soldiers rest and recuperate, and then plan later." And the Han army is strong, retreating first without a fight, rashly chasing it, I am afraid of unforeseen changes. Jun is a general, with the king's order, and bears the responsibility of guarding Huainan, so he should act prudently! ”

He Jingzhu's persuasion can be described as loyalty, but Liu Yanzhen, who has entered a self-state, can listen to it, and reprimands He Jingzhu's envoy: "The combat power of the Han army, the commander has seen it, and the Holy Protector Army is known as the elite of the Northern Han Dynasty, and it was also defeated in a battle for me, so it is simply vulnerable." I think He Yuanjun is old, as a defender, when he is about to fight, he is so cowardly. ”

"You go back and ask He Jingzhu for Ben Shuai, when the Han army retreated, why didn't you go out of the city to pursue, delay and delay, and buy time for our army to encircle. You tell him that Ben Shuai did not cure him of the crime of delaying the fighter plane, and he was already thinking of his veteran and opening up to him. Let him get out of the city quickly, join forces with a certain army, and pursue Xia Cai, otherwise let the Han army flee to Huaibei, and blame my ruthless military law! ”

Liu Yanzhen's words reached He Jingzhu's ears, causing the veteran to burst out, and he was angry and scolded the erector. Immediately sent a message to Bai Liu Yanzhen, he was ordered to garrison Shouchun, did not dare to leave without permission, Jun wanted to pursue the Han army, and went by himself, Shouchun did not have a single soldier to adjust.

Liu Yanzhen, who received the reply, was even more angry, scolded the old horseman, and almost beheaded the messenger.

The same suggestion as He Jingzhu's report is that Zhang Quanyue, the commander of the Baoxin army from Luzhou, heard Liu Yanzhen's order and sent someone to tell him: "The commander was ordered to come north, originally to relieve the siege of Shouchun, and now that the Han army has withdrawn, the goal will be achieved." When gathering heavy troops, observing the enemy's situation, supplemented by the benefits of the sailors, calmly break it. The so-called poor don't chase, why rush to chase and kill, give the enemy a chance to take advantage of! ”

It's a very simple truth, but many times, it is difficult for a person in the game to understand.

In the face of the advice of He and Zhang, Liu Yanzhen only felt that the two were cowardly and pushing, perfunctory to his military orders. The angry envoy questioned Zhang Quanyue: "Jun is in Luzhou, adjacent to Shouchun, but in the past half a month, he has delayed his march, never fought a battle, and has not lost a single soldier, how cowardly!" When you fight the thief from your own handsome, you will make an immortal achievement! ”

He also issued a strict order, asking Zhang Quan not to say much, and the army to accompany him. Zhang Quanyue's temperament is not as strong as He Jingzhu, so he has no choice but to obey it, and please be the rear, for the army palace, Liu Yanzhen smiled timidly, and also agreed.

As for He Jingzhu, who disobeyed the order, Liu Yanzhen had no choice for the time being, she was busy chasing and had no time to entangle with her, so she only planned to enter Xia Cai and break the Han army, and then turn back and concoct this veteran well......

Because of He Jingzhu and Zhang Quan's appointment, in order to avoid other generals from making noise, Liu Yanzhen summoned the generals and said toughly: "The enemy situation in the north is all in my heart, how do you know?" Those who frustrate me, slash! ”

Then the march was arranged, and a team of more than 50,000 people, including Zhang Quanyue's army and Minfu, went straight to Xiacai.

Of course, as a person who is familiar with military books, Liu Yanzhen doesn't know the truth of being poor and not chasing.

It's just that he let go early that he wanted to break the Han army and hold Wang Jun's head to offer Jinling, and he didn't want to be anticlimactic.

Second, he easily defeated Li Chongjun, which made him have some wrong predictions about the comparison of the combat power of the Tang army and the Han army.

Third, he patrolled around the camp left by the Han army, and found that in the Han camp, there were a large number of missing public and private goods, frame tents, and even many traces of heavy ordnance burning such as grain and carts. The pontoon bridge, which hangs above the water and communicates the two sides of the strait, did not have time to be destroyed. These signs all show that the Han army is in a hurry.

It is precisely in view of this that Liu Yanzhen has the confidence to boldly pursue and win.

Of course, Liu Yanzhen didn't know that before retreating, because the soldiers and people were too clean, they were scolded by Wang Jun and scolded them for being stupid. Under the careful arrangement of Wang Jun and Murong Yanzhao, Liu Yanzhen came all the way north, and what she saw was difficult to think of.

Xia Cai is not far from Shouchun, but it is only forty miles away, even if there is a burden of baggage, more than half a day is enough for Liu Yanzhen's army to come to Xia Cai.

And along the way, Liu Yanzhen saw more reassuring situations. For example, there were Tang soldiers who caught some people, Liu Yanzhen personally investigated, and they replied that they were recruited from Huaibei to serve as laborers, and the Han army retreated north in a hurry and was lost in the wilderness.

Hearing this, Liu Yanzhen was very happy, and rewarded those people with money and food, showing his benevolence in the Tang Army.

Along the way, the Han army spared no effort to harass it, which in Liu Yanzhen's view, was just a clumsy delaying method of the Han army, and it didn't take much effort to repel the attacks of the three waves of Han troops one after another......

From beginning to end, Liu Yanzhen seemed to ignore that the Han army really wanted to delay his march, so why did he abandon the horse army instead of using it.

When the Tang army, under the urging of Liu Yanzhen, approached Cai Fuliang, the scene on the shore of Huaishui was much beyond Liu Yanzhen's expectations.

According to his estimate, he led the troops to the Han army in front of him, and there should be a great chaos in front of him, mixed together, thousands of troops and horses, hurriedly fighting to cross the pontoon bridge......

However, the reality is that the Han army set up a walled formation on the shore, the formation was huge, serious and silent, sharpening knives, and waiting for the Tang army with murderous spirit. The winter sunset released a dim light, shining on the armor of the Han army, reflecting the seeping cold.

Seeing its scene, the Tang army was immediately frightened, including Liu Yanzhen, looking at the Dazhai army formation of the Han army, he couldn't help but feel palpitations. The pride of relying on Li Chong and then winning a big victory suddenly became clear, and it was precisely because of his full study of military books that Liu Yanzhen knew the horror of the Han army.

Seeing this, Liu Yanzhen was in a hurry, almost giving orders in a trembling voice, and asked the army to line up to meet the enemy. In front of the battle, set up a horse rejection, put a sharp blade, set up a wooden card, and cloth the thistle terrestris in front of the formation, in case the Han cavalry raided. Fortunately, the distance gave Liu Yanzhen some time to react.

In the Han army array, a tall general platform has been erected, and Wang Jun sits on it, looking at the situation of the Tang army. Although it was far away, the panic of the Tang army could be seen, and the army, which did not intend to buffer the Tang army, ordered a war.

The trumpet flag waved, and the Han army's military formation slowly moved, maintaining a tight formation, like a war beast, slowly pressing towards the Tang army.

When it entered the range of the bow and crossbow, the arrows were fired in unison, and there was a general's order, and the bow and crossbow array of 5,000 people did not hesitate to consume, and continuously threw more than 100,000 arrows towards the Tang army formation. In the face of this almost strategic attack, the Tang army resisted with large shields, wooden plates, and frames, and for a while, it was also seriously wounded, with many casualties. The most important thing is that the sharp decline in morale, the unstable position, was directly shot and disrupted, and it was too late to even counterattack.

After the rain of arrows, the infantry immediately attacked. When the task was assigned in front of the station, Li Chongjin resolutely asked for orders to lead the Holy Protector Army to attack, intending to snow the shame in front of him, and Wang Jun allowed it. With the right flank of the Xiaodi Army, the left flank of the Fengguo Army, and the light cavalry of the Hujie Army, a total of more than 23,000 cavalry, they launched a comprehensive attack on the Tang Army.

The Tang army, in the face of the blow of the Han army, was simply unable to resist. Counting the rush to Shouchun, the march was almost a day, a distance of more than 70 miles, without rest. As for Xia Cai, who has not eaten, how can he be the opponent of the Han army who is waiting for work.

On the side of the Han army, there are many wise generals and even more brave generals. Taking the Holy Protector Army as an example, Li Chongjin and Wang Yansheng were both irritable for a long time, and they broke out directly, led the army to rush and kill, and directly broke through the front of the Tang Army, and there were generals like Han Lingkun who calmly commanded and followed up.

The rest of the armies, Wang Quanbin, Sun Li, Gao Huaide, Guo Chongwei, Shi Yanchao, etc., are all generals who fight hard in Zhenwu. Wang Jun supervised the battle in the rear, Murong Yanzhao commanded in front of the army, all the soldiers fought, and the Tang army, whose morale was scattered, failed to resist for half an hour, and was defeated before sunset.

After the infantry army made meritorious contributions, and after the Tang army was defeated and retreated, Murong Yanzhao issued another order, so that more than 6,000 horsemen of the Hujie army attacked and chased the dead to the north.