Chapter 939: I Came from the Sea (5)
Xianren Ridge, Tan Daoji wants to escape back to the place where he must pass in the mountains.
At this moment, this place has been completely occupied by the Tang army, and Ye Luyuan, who was ordered by Zhang Chengyou to take a detour to occupy this place and block the way back from Tan Daoji, is drinking and chatting with Wenfu.
"The last general is willing to be the vanguard of the old general!" Yelu Yuan gave Wenfu a glass of wine, and said sincerely: "The last general has just returned to the country, and he has not made an inch, and he is willing to charge into battle for the old general, capture that Zhang Chengyou, and also serve as Yelu Yuan's qualifications." ”
Wen Fu laughed: "General Yelu has already made a great contribution. As for being a pioneer, there is no need, the old man has other important things to entrust. ”
"Old general, please command, Yelu Yuan will go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will not give up!" Ye Luyuan hurriedly expressed his position.
"Zhang Chengyou has been fooled, he can't run away in this battle." Wen Fu said: "But his army must also be a strong force of the Liao army, and I must go all out to annihilate it, but in this way, I can't take care of the affairs of Seoul." ”
"Seoul?" Ye Luyuan was a little puzzled: "Zhang Chengyou poured out of the nest, what else can happen to Seoul?" ”
Gu Han on the side said: "We need to occupy Seoul in advance to ensure the safety of the lord of Goryeo." ”
Ye Luyuan is also a smart person, and when he understands: "The old general and Gu joined the army because they were worried that someone would be unfavorable to the lord of Goryeo?" ”
"Not worried, but sure!" Gu Han nodded and said: "Over there in Seoul, the people who are loyal to Li Zaidao have already been killed by Zhang Chengyou, and the rest are just grass on the wall, and the wind blows the goods on both sides, once Zhang Chengyou fails, Tan Daoji will inevitably send someone to contact them." And in order to make a contribution in front of Tan Daoji, these people are not afraid to do something more excessive, anyway, the resentment between them and Li Zaidao over the years is deep enough. Solving Lee Jae-do in one fell swoop is a one-and-done thing. ”
"Understood." Yelu Yuan nodded again and again: "I will take the troops back by a detour, and with three thousand sons under my command, I will take Seoul for the two and hand it over to the two of them, there will be no problem." Then Li Zaidao and his clan will ensure that there will be no shortage of them at that time. ”
"General Yelu is refreshing." Wenfu laughed, "In that case, after drinking this glass of wine, let's take care of our own things!" ”
The three wine glasses clinked together, and after drinking them all, Yeluyuan took his leave.
"Old general, Gu joins the army, see you in Seoul!"
"See you in Seoul!"
The battle between the Liao army and the Goryeo rebels was exactly the same as countless copies of the previous ones, when Zhang Chengyou personally led the elite and bathed the main force led by the rebel general Tan Daozhen, tens of thousands of rebels scattered again. The mountains and wilderness were full of rebels fleeing.
For those ordinary rebels, Zhang Chengyou turned a blind eye, as long as he didn't stand in front of his war horse without eyes, he didn't bother to pay attention to it at all, but stared at the sandalwood banner running in front of him.
finally caught Tan Daoji, the culprit, this time, how could he still let him slip through his fingers?
If Tan Daoji is killed, the matter of Goryeo can be settled.
Tan Daoji's ability to train soldiers to fight is average, but the ability to escape for his life has really been trained over the years, although Zhang Chengyou bit him to the death, but the whole day of pursuit, but still did not find the opportunity to fight with the opponent, the gap between the two sides of the road of more than ten miles, but not a little narrow.
However, Zhang Chengyou is not in a hurry, looking at the direction of Tan Daoji's escape, it is still in the direction of Xianrenling, as long as he flees in this direction, it will always be blocked by Yeluyuan.
Weng Zhongzhi, this time Tan Daoji fell into his trap, and he didn't want to get up again.
As the sun set down, the scouts in front of them rushed over.
"How?" Zhang Chengyou asked.
"General, Tan Daoji stopped at Yaque Ridge, which is five miles away from Xianren Ridge, and where to build a position, it seems that he is going to defend on the spot." Scout said.
Zhang Chengyou was overjoyed: "It seems that he now knows that Xianrenling is not going to be able to go this way, and the small mountain bag in Yaque Ridge can make him last for a few rounds?" Ordered the whole army to set off immediately and capture this fang alive, right now. ”
At the sound of an order, the Liao army, which was already tired, heard that the target was in front of them, and was blocked by Yeluyuan, and they were all excited.
Every time he returns to the camp after a big war, there will always be all kinds of benefits, that is, women, and there is no shortage of them, which is also a means for Zhang Chengyou to recruit soldiers in order to stabilize the morale of the army. As for how much harm this would do to the locals of Goryeo, it was naturally not within his scope of consideration.
When the sun completely set down the mountain, the sandalwood banner appeared in Zhang Chengyou's field of vision.
The Liao army began the final reorganization of the army, and in their eyes, the Goryeo rebels in front of them were finally not on the table, and it was too unprofessional to just look at the fortifications they built.
Or do they want to fight themselves again?
"Yeluyuan hasn't come yet?" Zhang Chengyou is a little strange, it stands to reason that Yelu Yuan is closer to Tan Daoji than himself, and he has arrived, why hasn't this guy come yet?
"This guy is doing the same thing again." A tooth general beside him sneered and said: "He knows that this is Tan Daoji's last elite troops, and it will definitely be difficult to fight, so he procrastinates, just to preserve his strength." The general turned around and beat this brute more, and if he couldn't see a good thing, he would rush to it without his life, and when he encountered the slightest difficulty, he immediately stopped moving. ”
Zhang Chengyou laughed: "If you have less power, you will naturally have less if you look back and divide the merits and spoils." ”
He consciously understands Yeluyuan's thoughts, this guy only has the old capital of these 3,000 cavalry in his hands now, if he folds some more, he Yeluyuan will be difficult to mix in the future.
With the rise of the Tang Dynasty again, a large number of Khitans began to enter the northern land to annex the Tang Dynasty, making it difficult for Yelu Yuan to recruit suitable people, especially after arriving in Goryeo, one less died.
If he has no capital, he Yeluyuan will naturally be worthless.
"Rest for a quarter of an hour, then attack, under the dark, take the Crowbird Ridge and capture Tan Daoji alive!" Zhang Chengyou said sharply.
Right now, the rabble under Tan Daoji's command didn't know where to run for a long time, and what followed him was his last core force, at most four or five thousand, and now, there were nearly 10,000 soldiers around him, or a charge, and everything was over.
A quarter of an hour passed in a blink of an eye, and when Zhang Chengyou's troops reorganized their troops and prepared to launch a final attack on the Tandaoji Department on the Yaque Ridge, a large banner was suddenly erected from the Yaque Ridge.
Looking at the flag, Zhang Chengyou thought he was dazzled at first, so he rubbed his eyes vigorously, and when he looked at it again, the flag was even more eye-catching.
The banner of the Tang Dynasty right Jinwu Guard.
And along with this banner, there were also rows of heavily armed soldiers.
At the same time, Tan Daoji's headquarters retreated to both sides, and in the middle, all of them were given to these newly emerged soldiers. A veteran appeared slowly on a horse, and behind him, a text banner suddenly appeared, waving in the wind.
"Chengyou Xiao'er, do you still know your Grandpa Wen?" On the Yaque Ridge, Wen Fu happily held a horsewhip, shook his finger at the stunned and inexplicable Zhang Chengyou in the distance, and shouted loudly.
The two sides are far apart, and no matter how loud Wenfu's voice is, it is impossible for it to reach Zhang Chengyou's ears, but more than a thousand Tang soldiers in Yaque Ridge repeated Wenfu's shouting and questioning loudly at the same time when Wenfu's voice just fell!
"Chengyou Xiao'er, do you still know your Grandpa Wen?"
Wenfu, the new general of the Tang Dynasty, was originally the personal general of Li Anguo, the envoy of Chengde Jiedu, after Li Ze took the throne, this person once withdrew from the ranks of the first-line leading generals, and it was not long before he regained power, such a person, Zhang Chengyou naturally recognized.
Without waiting for Zhang Chengyou to figure out why the Tang army led by Wenfu would appear here, the sound of horses' hooves all around, and a scout rushed from several directions in embarrassment.
"General, the left flank has discovered the Don Army!"
"General, the right flank has discovered the Don Army!"
"General, our back road is blocked, it's the Tang Army, it's the Tang Army!"
In an instant, the blood in Zhang Chengyou's whole body seemed to be frozen, and there was no blood on his entire face. This time, the battle has been swept by one by one from the beginning to the present.
It turned out that from beginning to end, the person who was calculated was himself.
The Tang army had already secretly arrived in Goryeo, and Tan Daoji's so-called counterattack, rout, and escape were just to lure himself into the hunt.
"Retreat!" As soon as Soul Ling'er returned to his body, Zhang Chengyou immediately gave the order to retreat. "Retreat in the direction of Seoul."
Surrounded on all sides, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army is not comparable to Tan Daoji, he has no confidence that he can win under the siege of the opponent, he throws alone, retreats backwards, and concentrates all his forces to strike a decisive blow to the enemy in the rear, or there is still hope of survival.
As much as you can protrude, you can get! It's always better than being surrounded by an opponent and slowly cleaning up.
Zhang Chengyou's decision was made quickly, but a veteran like Wen Fu also calculated accurately, behind him happened to be the main force of the Tang army, and above the Yaque Ridge in front, Wen Fu only had more than a thousand Tang troops plus the main force of Tan Daoji in his hands. If Zhang Chengyou had been a little more bold and launched a direct attack on Yaque Ridge, there would really be hope to break through the defenses here, and then learn from Tan Daoji to escape into the mountains to become a bandit.
It's a pity that Zhang Chengyou would never have thought of this.
He retreated, commanding his main forces, and crashed headlong into the main forces of the Don army.
When he made the last decision that seemed right but wrong, there was no suspense in this battle, the difference was only the length of time to end the battle.