Both sides of the Wuting River have always been the royal hunting place, the wilderness here is vast, the forest is dense, the hills are undulating, there are no people for nearly a hundred miles, all kinds of wild beasts and deer herds haunt here, in the peaceful and prosperous times, almost every October, the Son of Heaven has to bring the prince and princess and the civil and military officials to camp here for autumn hunting, the autumn hunting of eradicating the fish Chaoen is happening here.

The water in the upper reaches of the Wuting River is relatively shallow, and you can cross the water by horseback, but after reaching the middle reach, the water gradually becomes deeper, and the underwater aquatic plants are overgrown, and the water is more dangerous, and when you reach the downstream, the river surface becomes wider, the river is deep and the water is rapid, and you can't swim at all, so you can only pass through the bridge.

At present, there are a total of three bridges on the Mujeong River, the upper reaches are a stone bridge, and the middle and lower reaches are wooden bridges.

The cavalry of the 4,000 Hexi Army, under the leadership of Guo Song, rushed all the way, crossed the Wutingchuan Bridge in front of the Jingyuan Army, and then completely demolished the bridges in the lower and middle reaches.

The 4,000 cavalry continued eastward, and in the afternoon, the scouts in front found the 20,000 Jingyuan troops coming on the official road about forty miles from Wutingchuan.

The marching speed of the Jingyuan army is relatively slow, it took only five days to walk more than 200 miles, although the marching speed is very slow, but the lack of physical strength is maintained relatively well, this is also Wang Lianen's rich experience, he knows that the other party is cavalry, if the labor division is on an expedition, the tired soldiers can not resist the impact of the other party's cavalry.

The team set out every day after dawn, stopped the camp in the afternoon to rest, and marched for three hours every day, walking forty or fifty miles.

When the Hexi scouts found the Jingyuan army, they were camping in a clearing.

Wang Lianen also sent hundreds of patrols to monitor the situation around, and at the same time that the scouts of the Hexi Army discovered the other party, the scouts of the Jingyuan Army also discovered them.

'Woo-'

A chirping arrow streaked across the sky, making a sharp whistling sound, and Wang Lianen, who was resting on a big rock, was startled and quickly stood up.

"What's going on?" Wang Lianen asked sharply.

A cavalry sentry rushed over and shouted, "General, it seems to be a scout of the Hexi Army." ”

Wang Lianen frowned, how did the Hexi Army scouts come here?

As soon as he thought about it, he understood that they should go to Chang'an, and of course Guo Song would care about Chang'an's movements.

Thinking of this, he scolded the stunned soldiers on the side: "What are you in a daze, don't hurry up and set up camp!" ”

20,000 soldiers quickly set up a thousand large tents, and surrounded them with camp fences, and the official road was close to the Chengguo Canal, in which hundreds of large ships transported grain and grass for them.

In the evening, just as the soldiers were falling asleep, the alarm bell suddenly sounded on the watchtower, 'Dang! While! While! ’

I saw hundreds of cavalry rushing from all directions, rushing against the camp fence, shooting rockets into the Jingyuan army camp in the run, and dozens of big tents on the periphery began to burn.

There was a great chaos in the camp, and the soldiers rushed out of the tents, slashed the ropes with their swords, lowered the tents, and the tents disappeared before the fire spread.

Wang Lianen raised his sword and shouted: "Don't panic, archer defense!" ”

The enemy forces on the periphery did not continue to attack, and the soldiers of the Jingyuan Army also stabilized from the initial panic, and five thousand archers rushed to the camp fence one after another.

The Jingyuan army had not been trained for night battles, and they were very nervous at night, blindly firing arrows indiscriminately without waiting for orders.

Wang Lianen questioned the soldiers on the watchtower, his face was pale, the other party was not numerous, and it was obvious that he was harassing his army.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "Fire! It's on fire! ”

Wang Lianen was taken aback, and hurriedly looked at the place where the fire started, the fire was not lit in the camp, but not far to the south, the fire was soaring into the sky, and the smoke was filled.

"It's the fleet!"

Wang Lianen suddenly came to his senses, it was the fleet that transported supplies, grain and grass to them that caught fire.

In the end, the fleet was not rescued, and more than 100 large ships were all burned, and all supplies and grain and grass were completely lost.

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At the fourth watch, the sleepy soldiers of the Jingyuan Army had just put their clothes on their hands and lay down, and the alarm bell sounded again on the guard tower, which frightened the soldiers who had just laid down to sit up immediately, and the feeling of sleepiness disappeared all of a sudden, and hundreds of cavalry still rushed to the periphery and left with an arrow shot indiscriminately.

Although there were no casualties in the Jingyuan army, the soldiers were frightened all night, and no one could sleep, and the next day, Wang Lianen did not pull out the tent and marched, and the soldiers were exhausted, and the march in such a state could not compete with the enemy army at all.

He ordered the soldiers to continue to rest, and sent three thousand soldiers to stand guard outside, and just as the soldiers were sleeping, a low horn suddenly sounded from the north.

Then the earth began to tremble, this is the movement of thousands of troops and horses when they are running, the soldiers of the Jingyuan army are in a mess, wearing armor and helmets, only to see the cavalry from a mile away overwhelmingly killing.

Wang Lianen suddenly found that he had made a mistake, and the three thousand soldiers on the periphery were in danger, and he shouted: "Assemble immediately and go out of the camp to meet the battle!" ”

Now he only hopes that the three thousand soldiers can support it for a while and a half, so that the main army can buy time for the war.

Three hundred paces north of the camp were three thousand spearmen distributed, led by a Zhonglang army, and the three thousand spearmen quickly assembled, ready to deal with the strong onslaught of the Hexi cavalry.

But the four thousand Hexi cavalry did not attack them, roaring from their left and right, shooting arrows in a gallop, and a dense rain of arrows shot at the three thousand spearmen, and the spear soldiers were caught off guard and were hit by arrows, and countless soldiers fell screaming.

But they then raised their shields and crouched on the ground, their spears pointing outward, a tactic to defend against cavalry fire.

The 4,000 cavalry did not fight them, and after a shot of arrows, they quickly ran away, and when the main force of the Jingyuan army was all out of the camp, the cavalry of the Hexi army had disappeared behind the forest in the distance.

After tossing and turning in the early morning, the soldiers of the Jingyuan Army were sleepy and hungry, but their long-awaited breakfast was not delivered, and all the soldiers realized that the hundreds of ships carrying heavy grain and grass for them had been burned last night, and they had run out of food.

Of course, the soldiers did not carry dry rations, and their mules and donkeys carried only the wealth they carried with them, and these gold, silver and jewels could not be eaten at the moment.

20,000 soldiers were in an uproar, shouting and shouting, the crowd was indignant, after experiencing the change in Chang'an, the mentality of the soldiers of the Jingyuan Army has changed, compared with other armies, they generally have a sense of superiority, they are the founding heroes, it is their merits that enabled Zhu Taiwei to seize the Tang Dynasty.

This kind of soldier has a special name, called arrogant soldiers, and now they are forced to come out to fight is already full of complaints, aggrieved, and there is no food to eat, all the soldiers are scolding, smashing pots and bowls, and clamoring to go back to the capital, they don't want to do it.

Wang Lianen was also at a loss for a while, the place where they were located was called Ma Weipo, which was the place where Yang Guifei was given to die, there are only a few farmland villages in this area, all of which are relatively far away, and the county seat is even farther away, Xianyang County in the east is about 150 miles away from them, and Wugong County in the west is about 40 miles away.

It's okay to go to Wugong County, but they have to solve the problem of breakfast and lunch first, Wang Lianen's eyes fell on the donkeys and mules that the soldiers carried their personal belongings, and hundreds of soldiers were killed by the enemy's arrows, and their donkeys and mules became ownerless, and their money naturally fell into Wang Lianen's pocket.

Wang Lianen gave an order, hundreds of donkeys and mules were slaughtered, cooked and used as military food for the soldiers, and the soldiers ate a donkey meat for breakfast, which barely calmed their anger.

Wang Lianen decided to go to the nearest Wugong County to settle down, and then asked the imperial court for help, the soldiers began to pack their bags and prepare to set off, the camp fence and the big tent could not be carried, they were piled up and burned down, and 20,000 soldiers began to march to Wugong County, forty miles away.

By noon, there were still more than 20 miles away from Wugong County, and it was time for lunch again, this time all the donkeys and mules had owners, and the soldiers refused to let Wang Lianen kill the donkey to satisfy their hunger, and the 20,000 soldiers began to make trouble, and they would not do it if they wanted to kill the donkey.

"General, why don't you send someone to the villages to loot some grain and rice!" Several generals persuaded.

Wang Lianen was a little embarrassed, he was afraid that there would be an ambush by the Hexi army around him, and the people sent out would not return.

"General, or kill the horse!" A senior general suggested.

They also had hundreds of cavalry, who were originally military discipline soldiers and spies.

Wang Lianen shook his head, killing horses is a taboo in the army, and he would rather kill a donkey than a horse, at this time, he thought of a way, he called a partial general, and said to him: "You lead five hundred cavalry to Wugong County, and get some pigs, sheep and rice back first." ”

It is only more than twenty miles away from Wugong County, and the cavalry can come back in half an hour.

The partial general hugged his fists and said: "Humble duty, lead the army forward!" ”

The partial general led 500 cavalry to rush to the west with a gust of wind, and Wang Lianen led 20,000 soldiers to continue to walk slowly, no matter how hungry he was, he had to endure it first!