Chapter 331 arrived in time

The morale of the Tang army rose instantly, and the soldiers were holding swords, guns, halberds and spears one by one, shouting frantically to urge the horses to kill the Sui army generals

The two armies were very close to each other, less than 300 paces, and before Qu Tutong and 5,000 cavalry had run out, the officers and men of the Tang army had already caught up, and the two sides suddenly fell into a tragic bloody battle.

It's a pity that the 5,000 officers and soldiers of the Sui Army are unstable, their morale has been lost early, and they have no heart to resist, while the morale of the officers and men of the Tang Army is high, and they are several times that of the Sui Army.

Time turned, just when the two armies of the Sui and Tang dynasties were facing each other, a cavalry team of more than 10,000 people appeared a few miles to the southeast of them, and they were also marching quickly in the direction of Chousang Village.

However, they must have heard the war drums of the opposing sides and stopped about three miles from the confrontation site.

Among the several generals led by them, the general surnamed Zhou and Fang Yanzao were impressively listed, and they were the Sui army soldiers who were ready to come to support Qu Tutong and others.

Yesterday, they threw away all their baggage and sundries and chose to break through lightly, and later, at the suggestion of Fang Yanzao, they gave up the original plan to break through and retreat, and came to rescue Qu Tutong and others instead.

They marched all the way quickly, and finally arrived near Hedong City this morning, who knew that after inquiring, the Sui soldiers in Hedong City had all evacuated around five o'clock in the morning, so they had to set off again, chasing all the way along the withdrawal route of Qu Tutong and others, and finally arrived in time at the last moment.

"Mr. Fang, should we attack now?" Seeing from afar that the two sides on the battlefield had entered a bloody battle from a confrontation, the general surnamed Zhou asked with some frowns.

The general surnamed Zhou is very self-aware, he knows very well that he is good at charging into battle, but he does not have much experience in arranging troops and commanding large armies to fight, so he humbly asks Fang Yanzao for advice.

"Wait!"

Fang Yanzao also frowned a little, the situation on the battlefield was a little unexpected to him, although he had always been worried about the military spirit of the Guanzhong soldiers, but he also did not expect that among the officers and soldiers of the Sui army, in addition to the unstable military spirit of the Guanzhong soldiers, the same was true for the soldiers from other places.

Qu Tutong's more than 30,000 officers and men had already retreated on all fronts before they had even fought, especially the more than 20,000 infantry officers and men, who had all abandoned their weapons and surrendered before they even fought.

This situation really shocked Fang Yanzao, he had never seen this situation before, even the peasant rebels he once commanded, they would not be like them, they had all retreated and surrendered before they had even fought.

"And when are we going to strike?"

The general surnamed Zhou looked at it from afar, and then asked, "The officers and soldiers of the Tang Army have now caught up with the general's rear army." There are only four or five thousand generals, and those soldiers are in turmoil and demoralized, and it seems that they will not be able to resist for long. ”

"Wait a little longer! The morale of the officers and men of the Tang Army is now high, and there are more people than us, so we must wait for a good time, otherwise we will suffer heavy casualties, and even we ourselves will be trapped. ”

Fang Yanzao was also looking at the battlefield from afar, muttered for a while, and then said: "The officers and men of the Tang Army must not only pursue General Qu Tu, but also collect and surrender troops, once the battle line is too long, they will definitely divide their troops." When we wait for them to divide their forces, we will attack one point with all our troops, and we will surely defeat them. ”

The general surnamed Zhou lowered his head and thought about it, and felt that it made sense, so he nodded, continued to look at the battlefield from afar, and waited patiently.

Time was passing, Qu Tutong commanded his soldiers to retreat while fighting, and the battlefield of the confrontation between the two sides became farther and farther, and the battle line of the Tang Army soldiers became longer and longer, and slowly, it was divided into two parts.

Just as Fang Yanzao thought, Dou Cong, the chief general of the Tang Army, saw that the battle line was too long, and felt that it was really not conducive to commanding the soldiers to fight if he and the others were still in the rear of the battlefield, so he ordered: "General Duan, you stay here and command 5,000 soldiers to collect and surrender troops!" General Sang, as well as other generals, pursued Qu Tutong with the general! ”

"Yes!"

"Mr. Fang, the Tang Army has already divided its troops, should we attack now?" The general surnamed Zhou asked again, he had been paying attention to the changes in the Tang Army's handsome flag, and as soon as Dou Cong's handsome flag moved, he found an abnormality.

"Wait! Wait for the commander of the Tang Army to approach the rear army of the general, and then launch an attack. ”

After speaking, Fang Yanzao turned his head to look at the general surnamed Zhou and asked, "How does General Zhou plan to attack, and which position of the Tang army team is attacking?"

"Attacking the vanguard team of the Don Army!"

The general surnamed Zhou didn't think about it, and blurted out directly, "There are too few soldiers around the general, I want to rescue the general first!" ”

"No!"

Fang Yanzao shook his head, "The generals and soldiers around the general are already in turmoil, if we rescue them directly, they will probably abandon the enemy and flee directly." Once this happens, we will be overwhelmed by them, and when the time comes, not to mention whether we can rescue the general, it is very likely that the main general of the Tang Army will seize the fighter plane and even eat us! ”

When the general surnamed Zhou heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he felt afraid, so he hurriedly asked for advice: "Please also ask Mr. Fang to teach me!"

Fang Yanzao nodded, "Attack the Tang Army's Shuai Qi position!" As long as they take down their Shuai Qi, they will be in turmoil, and they are moving Shuai Qi at this time, and the cavalry formation must also be a little chaotic, this is a good opportunity! ”

After speaking, Fang Yanzao added, "Also, if the general can arrange a team of soldiers with better archery and riding skills to directly kill the main general of the Tang Army, as well as Sang Xian and the two, it will definitely be able to seriously hit the morale of the Tang Army officers and soldiers, and maybe they will also flee without a fight." ”

The general's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he directly called a general to give a whispered order.

After a while, the general surnamed Zhou raised the big knife in his hand, pointed forward forcefully, and ordered loudly: "All the soldiers of the army, attack with the general!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

"Whew"

The order to attack was given, and the signals of the two attacks sounded at the same time, the drums were shocking, and the trumpets were low, tearing through the space in an instant and spreading into the distance.

12,000 soldiers launched in an instant, they held spears and swords, spears and wooden shields, and rode their horses all the way shouting.

They were dense and overwhelming, like a fast-moving black carpet, moving quickly in the direction of the battlefield.

Ten thousand horses galloped, ten thousand hooves stepped on the ground, and the sound shook the earth and came out far away.

Soon, the sound reached the battlefield, and the soldiers on both sides of the battlefield discovered the abnormality in an instant, and the generals on both sides couldn't help but slow down the speed of the fight, and took the time to look up in the direction where the sound came from.

I saw that in the field three or four miles away, a cavalry team suddenly burst out, their morale was high, they shouted all the way, and they were rushing towards the battlefield.