Chapter 857: The Well Gate Strangles the Enemy
At the third watch, Jiang Anyi returned to the mountain pass.
Jiang Anyong saw his brother's gloomy face, and hurriedly asked, "Brother, but let that kid run away?" ”
Feng Dingzhong said nervously: "I'll let people pack up their things and move out overnight." ”
Jiang Anyi and Yang Siqi's agreement could not be said to anyone, even his younger brother An Yong could not say it clearly, and when he heard that Feng Dingzhong was going to move overnight, he said: "General Feng, you don't have to move away." ”
Jiang Anyi can't fully believe Yang Siqi's words, if Yang Siqi just deceives himself and calls the coalition army after he goes back, the women and children in the mountains will be in danger. After thinking about it, Jiang Anyi decided to make up a lie, and said: "That thief was shot down by me and will probably not survive." You send more people to the side of the mountain to investigate, and if there is any change, it is not too late to leave. ”
Feng Dingzhong hesitated a little, once the coalition army came to suppress it, the young and strong could still get out, but it would be difficult for these old and weak women and children to escape.
Jiang Anyi comforted him and said: "The army is preparing for a counterattack, and I came here this time to gather you to respond behind enemy lines." ”
As soon as the words fell, the people who heard it next to him immediately cheered, and for a moment the whole cave burst into joy. The Western Regions coalition invaded, and these people were displaced and hid in the mountains, frightened by the lack of food and food, and finally looked forward to the day when they returned home.
The next day, Feng Dingzhong sent someone to deliver the letter. At noon, Fu Xiangyi, He Xigui and other leaders of the defeated army arrived one after another, and when they heard the news that the army was about to counterattack, everyone was excited and ready to cooperate with the battle.
Jiang Anyi asked Ming that there were more than 4,000 defeated soldiers hiding in the firmament mountain, and Jiang Anyi asked them to gather their soldiers and horses to this mountain col where Feng Dingzhong was hiding, which was not far from Baqing Town, which was very close to Hecheng County. If what Yang Siqi said was true, just wait for the victory of the army's counteroffensive on the 29th, and Jiang Anyi was ready to lead these more than 4,000 people to seize Hecheng County. At that time, Yang Siqi would pretend to be unable to resist the enemy, lead people to withdraw from Hecheng County, and flee back to the Western Regions from Jingmen Pass. Jiang Anyi led his troops to pursue later, seized Jingmen Pass, and blocked the escape passage of the coalition forces from Jingmen Pass.
According to Yang Siqi, if the coalition forces are defeated, they will definitely scatter and return, and Rongmi, Tianwei, Weiche and Jusu should flee from Jingmen Pass nearby.
The army launched a counteroffensive on the 29th, and Jiang Anyi and others decided to seize Hecheng County on the 30th, and then capture Jingmen Pass. Jiang Anyi went to Jingmen Pass and knew that there was a long gentle slope inside Jingmen Pass, and there were small town families on both sides, and it was not easy to rely on thousands of people to strangle the Western Regions Alliance Army from escaping.
Jiang Anyong said with a smile: "Brother, the last time the Rongmi people invaded, you sent people to dig up the road to block their offensive, if we capture the Jingmen Pass, we will dig up the gentle slope under the pass, just block it for a day or two, and General Guan and their army will arrive, why is it difficult." ”
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On 29 May, Guan Pingzhong, Yan Jianjian, and Huang Jifei split into three routes and launched an attack on the garrisons of Weiche, Tian Wei, and Juxu. The wet cowhides used to shield the stone bullets were torn apart by the sharp stones, and the rubble fell on the heads of the coalition troops, killing and wounding everywhere.
Li Laigao also came up with an idea to smash and mix broken iron blocks, broken weapons, and rotten iron armor into the rubble, and these iron tools were even more indestructible, and the shield of the Western Regions Army was smashed by broken iron and penetrated. Guan Pingzhong and others are accurate
The heavy cavalry and slashing team did not come in handy, and the combined forces of Weiche, Tian Wei, and Jusu broke and fled.
After hearing the news, the commander of the Western Regions Alliance, Bei Qisi, rushed to the rescue with an army of 100,000, and met with the Zheng army at noon, the Zheng army's heavy cavalry took the lead in the charge, splitting the coalition army in half, Bei Qisi let the heavy cavalry lead the army to compete with the Zheng army's light cavalry, Huang Jifei's infantry arrived, and the sword team then frustrated the front of the coalition army. He had no choice but to lead his army to retreat to Qianning, Luhua, Yutian and other county seats, preparing to take a temporary break and then compete with the Zheng army.
Guan Pingzhong led the army to attack Luhua County overnight. Luhua County is Xiuli, Shasu, Qianglan and other countries garrisoned, since Jiang Anyi rescued Huazhou, the chief general of Xiuli has been injured and returned to China, Huli soldiers and horses were also killed by Zheng Jun, and the general of Shasu Guo's unified army Langluo was originally in awe of Jiang Anyi, Zheng Guo's body of the gravel rain came overwhelmingly, Langluo has retreated.
After a secret discussion with the Qianglan general Longqier, the people of the two countries quietly opened the west gate and fled, and Xiu Li took over as the main general and saw that the army's heart was scattered, so he simply took the soldiers and horses of Xiu Li and went directly to Cumulus Pass to return to China.
Luhua County was captured by the Zheng army, the defense line of the Western Regions Coalition Army had collapsed, and the Zheng army knew that the general trend had gone, and the Zheng army had improved thunderbolt vehicles and it was difficult to resist, so he ordered a slow retreat, captured the Zheng people along the road, and looted the property to retreat to Jingmen Pass. Rong Mi is the leader of the alliance in this eastward invasion, the alliance leaders have withdrawn, and the other countries have no desire to fight, and have become jackals who burn and loot, but the people who did not flee have suffered the people, the houses were burned, the family wealth was seized, and they were driven to the west, and half of the states became hell on earth.
Guan Pingzhong was overjoyed to learn that the Western Regions Coalition Army had withdrawn, this time the defeat of the Western Regions Coalition Army was to win more with less, and it coincided with the time when the court was in trouble, with this great merit, at least he could be crowned, if the Son of Heaven was generous, it may not be impossible to be a marquis, and the most important point is that after Yang Xiangliang's death, the court of the Anxi Metropolitan Governor has not yet been decided, and now it is almost certain that it is his own.
Yan Jiancai and Huang Jifei are also excited, being a soldier and fighting is to make war merits, both of them are from powerful backgrounds, naturally no one dares to erase their merits, and the two of them are certain. Yan Jianyuan felt more and more angry, being a janitor in Beijing was looked down upon, and even his wife was angry, this time he was knighted and returned home, and the old man had to be polite when he saw himself.
Guan Pingzhong convened Yan and Huang to discuss the matter, and decided to divide the troops into three ways to seize the occupied county seat as soon as possible, and the merit should not only depend on the number of enemies killed, but also on the county seat recaptured and the people rescued, and finally seize the three passes. Credits are at your fingertips, from the big commander to the small soldiers, everyone has their own calculations in their hearts, and no one is willing to give up the opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service.
Guan Pingzhong went to Jingmen Pass, Jiang Anyi had a secret conversation with him before leaving, and said that if possible, he would seize Jingmen Pass to choke the retreat of the coalition army, and if he could eliminate a large number of people and horses in the Western Regions, then it would be appropriate for Feng Hou.
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At noon on the 30th, Jiang Anyi led 4,000 Zheng troops hidden in the mountains to attack Hecheng County. Yang Siqi had received the news of the rout of the front, and after a little resistance, he abandoned the county and fled, Jiang Anyi led the crowd to follow and pursue, and with Yang Siqi's intentional cooperation, he quickly captured the Jingmen Pass. What made Jiang Anyi happy was that Jingmen Pass had just received twenty thunderbolt cars from the Western Regions, as well as six winch crossbows that had been guarded before, and there were hundreds of thousands of them in the baggage warehouse
Arrows.
Jiang Anyi did not dare to delay in the slightest, so Feng Dingzhong summoned the people hiding in the mountains and cooperated with the army to dig up roads and destroy bridges. The people are a little reluctant, these are all built and laid by their hard work, Lord Jiang said that this is to annihilate those hateful Western Regions army, and in the future, the court will build wider roads and better bridges for everyone, and the people can trust Lord Jiang and obey the command to dig roads and break bridges.
The news of Zheng's army breaking the coalition army soon spread throughout the occupied area, those dormant routs and common people attacked the Western Regions coalition army one after another, a large number of troops seized the county seat, and the few people set fire to and assassinate the lone soldiers of the Western Regions, and the Western Regions army stationed in the county town was noisy and frightened for a day, or tightened in the county town and waited for the arrival of the army, or simply abandoned the city and left first.
Jiang Anyi was overjoyed when he learned the news, and no longer stayed at the Jingmen Pass, but asked An Yong, Shi and others to lead their men and horses to seize the county seat. By June 3, An Yong and others had captured three county seats. It is a good thing to take the county seat, but it is also necessary to send people to defend it, and there are many defeated troops and troops to surrender in the past few days, and there are nearly 8,000 people under Jiang Anyi's command, and whether to divide the troops has become a problem.
The four county towns returned to the hands of Zheng Jun, and many people returned to the city, Jiang Anyi thought about it again and again, in order to protect these people, he still decided to send troops to garrison, each city stationed more than 1,000 people, each to give three thunderbolts, led by Jiang Anyong, He Xigui and Huang Zhu respectively. Jiang Anyi told them that if the Western Regions army attacked the city on a large scale, they could abandon it after defending it for an hour, and it was important to save their lives, after all, they could not resist tens of thousands of soldiers and horses with the strength of thousands of people. Jiang Anyi wanted to gamble, he gambled that the rout of the Western Regions would not dare to delay in attacking the county seat, and how quickly the people of the Western Regions retreated had to watch how quickly Ping Zhong and the others pursued.
Guan Pingzhong is full of gratitude to Jiang Anyi, he is the deputy governor of Anxi, the responsibility for the defeat of the army is not light, the main general Yang Xiangliang died, the death penalty is eliminated, I am afraid that he will bear the responsibility, Guan Pingzhong asked himself if he lost his official position and was demoted, and he couldn't get a state Sima to send himself away from now on.
Jiang Anyi took office as the envoy of Huazhou, and soon relieved the siege of Huiye Mansion, Guan Pingzhong saw hope, or he could drive the Western Regions coalition army away under the leadership of Lord Jiang, and he would atone for his crimes, perhaps not only without fault, but with merit. Master Jiang asked Baigong to improve the thunderbolt and turn the tide of the war, the Western Regions Coalition Army was defeated, and the bleak future became brighter, how could Guan Pingzhong not be grateful to Jiang Anyi.
Drinking water and thinking about the source, Guan Pingzhong knew that if Jiang Anyi captured the Jingmen Pass, it would be very difficult to hold it, and the speed of his own march became the key to the success of the checkpoint, so Guan Pingzhong divided his 40,000 horses into eight roads, and he led 5,000 light horsemen to chase after the Rong Mi rout.
These 5,000 light cavalry are his old troops, all of them are elite trained according to the methods taught by Jiang Anyi, fast as the wind, brave in battle, Guan Pingzhong can get out safely when the defense line is defeated, relying on these light cavalry to protect him. Guan Pingzhong gave his subordinates the task of rescuing those county seats, and he chased after Rong Mi's army.
Bei Qisi suffered deeply and deliberately set up ambushes several times, but Guan Pingzhong did not fall for it, only cruising in the distance, and was not greedy for merit. Bei Qisi knew that he couldn't afford to delay, so in the next few days, he simply ignored the armies of other countries, ignored Guan Pingzhong's entanglement, and went straight to Jingmen Pass with the 50,000 horses of Rong Mi Kingdom.
(During this time, I have a lot of work, and I am a little tired, so I don't have time to think about it)