Chapter 662 "Small Victory"
Destroying the withered and decaying, the momentum is like a rainbow.
The rampaging Jindi army turned this boundary south of Fengling Ferry into its own stage, and everything else became their foil.
The defeat was like a mountain, and Wei Ting's department, which was still complete, was maintained by Wei Ting, and he still wanted to fight and retreat slowly.
But after the collapse of the Chinese army, Wei Ting knew that if he hesitated and became entangled with the Henan army that rushed up, he was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of Ren Can, so Wei Ting immediately led the army to hurry away, because the terrible army had almost rushed behind them.
In fact, after the defeat of the two divisions, even if the Jin army still has residual strength, if Wei Tingbu can reflexively fight, the victory or defeat is unknown, but the war is like this, and it is impossible to infer the victory or defeat of the war with a simple factual basis, because at this time, the Tang army has been emboldened, and there is no desire to turn the tide at all......
The Tang army was defeated...... At this time, looking down from the sky, the mountains and fields are full of the figure of the Tang army fleeing, a battle down, but about half an hour, 20,000 Tang troops were defeated and fled, and the Jin army won a battle like a storm sweeping away the leaves.
Xu Shiji and Zhang Shigui led the army to join the Henan army, chasing for several miles, and then they restrained the soldiers, counted the casualties, and the results of the battle, and when they were together again, it had been more than half an hour.
The two guys were sweaty and heavily clothed, and their bodies were stained with a lot of dark red marks, which looked a little embarrassed, but they were very uplifted.
Such a victory was unimaginable to them before, and their hearts were filled with the ecstasy after the victory, mixed with some illusory feelings.
After so many years, people all over the world know that the heroes of Kansai should not be humiliated, and their strength and courage have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but today's battle ......
The two Henan people who had both suffered from Li Tang's side were shocked and felt angry and happy.
As soon as they met, Zhang Shigui laughed and grabbed Xu Shiji's arm, "This battle is hearty and happy, but unfortunately there are few soldiers, and I can't take Tongguan directly by victory, which is a pity." β
Xu Shiji also opened eight teeth, "With such a strong army in hand, why worry about the great cause?" You and I have to meet the Maven, but we can show our talents, it is the luck of you and me, how can I regret it? β
When the two of them won this big victory, they forgot a lot of words, their edges were fully revealed, and their ambitions were revealed, but both of them actually understood that this battle ended here.
The Tang army out of the pass was divided into three parts, defeated Sang Xianhe, there are more than 5,000 people in front, if you rush over regardless of it, you may be able to rely on a sharp spirit, continue to break it, and it is more likely to fall into a melee, in that way, it is more dangerous.
You must know that there is also a 5,000 cavalry chasing Wang Shichong, and when you look back, the result of this battle will be completely different, and you will encounter cavalry in the wild...... Well, whether it is Xu Shiji or Zhang Shigui, they have all experienced such a scene.
Both of them are good generals and will not be carried away by victory, so they coincidentally restrain the soldiers and gather here.
And they all have real merits in this battle, Xu Shiji is enough to gain a foothold in the Jindi army with this battle, and Zhang Shigui has gained more things.
In addition to the fact that newcomers can take advantage of this battle to invite credit to King Han, after a few days, two devastating victories have stabilized his crumbling but still strong self-confidence, which is very beneficial to his future career.
Niu Jinda and others came to visit one after another, and after this battle, these Henan people were shocked, and their eyes at Xu Shiji and the others were similar to looking at the gods.
In those days, the officers and soldiers were probably like this, every time they engaged in battle, they could kill the chaotic army with their heads and run away, and even Zhang Xutuo had created a miracle of dozens of horsemen breaking tens of thousands of chaotic troops when he was in Shandong.
But it was a chaotic army, bandits, and there was nothing similar to the Tang Army, the Tang Army was born from the officers and soldiers at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and now it is almost just a change of banner.
Xu Shiji and the two relied on 4,000 soldiers, defeated the Tang army of 20,000, and what is even more terrifying is that the Tang army almost had any power to fight back, and the corpses of people were killed all over the field.
Shen Qingnu took the lead in leading the army to attack Wei Tingbu, which not only gave him courage in a big victory, but also was frightened, if he didn't make some credit, just follow behind to pick up the cheap, the two Hades turned their heads, maybe someone would fall to the ground.
They don't have enough people to stuff their teeth......
The performance of these 4,000 soldiers really frightened some people on both sides of the enemy and us, and the Tang army did not need to mention it, the corpses were spread out for several miles all the way, and a rough count was taken, killing and injuring nearly 6,000 people in the Tang army, that is to say, according to everyone's habits, if you cut off the heads to talk about military merits, these 4,000 people will be divided, and each person can get a head and a little fraction.
In the face-to-face duel of light infantry, it is actually rare since ancient times to create such a record by being outnumbered, even if the official army suppresses bandits.
When someone on the battlefield raised a steel knife that was still stained with blood, and shouted wildly, showing his proud martial arts and proud achievements to heaven and earth, the companions scattered among the four fields echoed it, with wild and murderous voices in the wilderness one after another.
The people of Henan are piled together in a pile of east and west, looking around in fear, looking pitiful and helpless, and the guys who can crawl out of the pile of dead people in Henan are bluffed like this, which is enough to show that at this moment, how terrible the momentum of the Jindi soldiers is.
Shen Fan took his two subordinates, shrunk in the crowd, hugged the two heads in his arms, and looked around in panic, if those scary ghosts came to rob him of his exploits, would he fight to the death as usual, or would he offer a flattering smile?
At the same time, Niu Jinda also gathered next to Xu Shiji and Zhang Shigui, looking around randomly, even complimenting the two military marquis for their victory, Niu Jinda was even more disheartened and lazy thinking, after crossing the river, it is better to get a field to spend a peaceful birthday.
Compared with others, after fighting for many years, that's it, in front of such people, what kind of heroes and heroes do you still call, they are all fucking like lambs to the slaughter......
This is obviously a relatively pure martial arts thinking, and it is also one of the roots of today's troubled times.
Xu Shiji and Zhang Shigui didn't have time to pay attention to people's thoughts now, so they immediately urged everyone to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time sent some scouts to pay attention to the movements of the Tang army, because the war would not end here, and the war continued to burn......
When the two of them led the army back to Fengling Ferry, it was getting late, the camp was full of smoke, and it was time for dinner, and the Tang army would obviously not come to test the hardness of the defenders of Fengling Ferry on this night.
In the camp on the north bank, Li Po has already received the battle report, imagining the scene of more than 20,000 people of the Tang Army being defeated in a battle, Li Po is also scratching his head a little, the two guys will not lie about their war exploits, right?
Of course, this is just a thought, before Xu Shiji and Zhang Shigui's battle report came, the spies who watched the battlefield had already sent the news back one after another.
The report was very detailed, but Li Po still couldn't imagine how the 4,000 foot soldiers rushed up and drove the 20,000 Tang troops away like sheep without the help of cavalry.
Is Xu Shiji and Zhang Shigui possessed by the two gods of war, too capable, or is the Tang army too weak? If Tang Jun really looked like this, shouldn't he let Wei Chi cross the river to attack Feng Yi?
Before, he tried his best to elevate Li Tang, trying hard to pull this "lucky man" from the position of God's illegitimate son first, but after today's battle, he seemed to find that Li Tang was actually not so ...... Powerful?
For him, this is really a proposition that is difficult to analyze clearly, and after thinking about it until now, he has roughly come to a conclusion, Li Da is indeed inferior to Li Er, and he has raised all his soldiers and generals into rabbits, a group of rabbits led by lions.
In the end, Li Pocai realized that he had thought a little too much, no matter how Li Tang was, he couldn't change his established strategy, and now it can only be regarded as a small victory, which is a good start for the overall situation, and it is likely to have a certain impact on the situation in the future.
So what we have to do now is definitely not to test how weak the Tang army is, but to take advantage of the situation to cross the river, gain a firm foothold in Henan, and completely drag Li Jiancheng's troops on the front line of Tongguan.
Of course, rewarding meritorious soldiers is a top priority......
Li Po immediately ordered someone to send Zhang Lun and ordered him to lead his army to cross the river overnight, if the whole Tang army would go out of the pass tomorrow to take revenge......
Well, Li Po and Zhang Lun discussed it, and they both felt that it was unlikely, 20,000 people were broken in the wilderness like this, and anyone had to slow down, especially Li Jiancheng, there was almost no possibility of fighting again.
If the Tang army transferred troops from other places, it would take a while, in other words, the situation was very good, and the more troops in Tongguan after that, the more favorable the situation would be for Li Po.
With a small number of soldiers to drag the Tang army's heavy troops, then he can ponder Feng Yi, Han Cheng and other places on the west bank.
On this night, the lights on both sides of the Yellow River were bright, and the Jindi army crossed the river overnight, without any harassment and threats.
LΓΌ Chengda's 5,000 cavalry was recalled to Tongguan, and Sang Xian and his troops lost nearly half, and together with the 5,000 Tang troops who responded to them, they retreated into Tongguan.
It can be said that the Tang Army in this battle was in pain to the bone marrow, and the tentacles that had just been stretched out retracted.
In the end, the results of the battle were to kill and wound more than 5,600 enemy troops, capture more than 1,000 people, behead Ren Can, the general of the left guard of the East Palace, Sang Xianhe, Ren Can's general banner, and capture the armor blade...... Well, that's not much.
It looks like it's just a small win......