Chapter 518: The End of Murong Qian
After speaking, Murong Qian only felt a lot more relaxed, and then led the army to the east. To the east of Luoshui, there is actually a river called Zhishui, which finally joins into Luoshui and flows to the northeast together. But the place where Murong Qian crossed the river was still south of the confluence point, which meant that after they crossed the Luoshui, they had to cross the water again.
Because they saw Li Xin and the others being blocked on the west bank of Luoshui, it should not be possible to catch up again in a short period of time. Therefore, Murong Qian was a lot more relaxed this time, and when he was marching, he didn't have the sense of urgency he had before.
To the east of the water control, it is not far from the western foot of the Liuling Mountain, and the total sum is only more than 20 miles. In the middle, the terrain is flat, and there are no dangerous roads, so it is a very easy place for the army to pass.
Of course, this is not only conducive to the passage of the Yan army, but also to the Huashan army.
Just as Murong Qian's army began to cross the river, from the woods under the Yanshan Ridge at the western foot of Liuling Mountain, a large group of Tang Army soldiers came out of it. About half of them were equipped with war horses, and with their speed, it would not be long before they could rush directly to the edge of the water.
When Murong Qian began to cross the river on the side of the water control, Li Xin also began to step up the construction of a new bridge. Between the two rivers is about a dozen miles wide, and the length is even more than tens of miles, which is more than enough to accommodate more than 10,000 troops.
On the bank of the water, when the Yan army was nervously crossing the river, suddenly there was a rumbling sound from the east, which startled the Yan soldiers. Especially those generals who have experienced the battle array, as soon as they heard this voice, they immediately realized that something was wrong.
"What's going on? Where did the sound of cavalry charge come from? Murong Qian also heard it, and couldn't help but look around.
After a while, everyone found the source of the sound, because from the east, they could already see that puffs of smoke and dust were constantly rising, and they were rapidly approaching their side.
"Not good, there are enemy troops! Stop crossing the river and defend immediately! Murong Qian reacted suddenly, although he hadn't seen the person coming from the other side, but at this time, he roughly expected that it would not be his own person. So, without saying a word, he ordered.
At this time, most of the army was on the west bank of the river and had not crossed the river, so only the part of the men and horses who crossed the river first were arrayed.
Murong Qian himself immediately crossed the river and went over there to command the soldiers and horses, and on the other side, he ordered the remaining soldiers and horses to cross the river quickly. At the same time, a part of the troops and horses were dispatched to monitor Li Xin's troops behind, so that they could not cross the river!
After all, if there was only Li Xin's team before, as long as he crossed the river first, it would not be a big problem. But now that there are enemy troops in front of me, if I delay too long, I am afraid that I will end up wrapped up in it and unable to get out.
Although his action was also rapid, the problem was that it was too late at this time. Soon, thousands of cavalry appeared in the east, and the Tang army charged all the way from there, without any stop, and directly killed the Yan army by the river.
Seeing this black Tang army, like a black whirlwind, it rolled towards him in an instant, and the Yan soldiers present were already frightened.
Especially thinking that there are many Tang troops who will kill at any time, it can be said that there are a few people who can stay calm.
This cavalry was led by Shao Zisong, who had crossed the Yellow River and reached the mountainous area northwest of Loufu Pass. After joining up with Liang Chengsuo, who was heading north, they headed northeast along the Guan River.
After leaving the Guanhe Valley, they crossed the ancient road of Mayi, and then marched all the way east, passing through the ancient hometown of Wuzhousai, and finally bypassed the west side of Datong City in later generations. And at that time, it was also the time when Li Xin began to attack the county seat of Vatao Mayi.
After that, the road was easy to walk, and after entering the Datong Basin, they did not go directly to join Li Xin. Instead, he directly crossed Luoshui and advanced to the southeast, and finally arrived at the foot of Yanshan Ridge a few hours ago and set up an ambush.
From the very beginning of the plan, the task of their soldiers and horses was to cooperate with Li Xin to completely wipe out Murong Qian's army. And to do this, it is naturally the best way to cut off its return path first.
After a series of actions, it finally reached the current situation, and everything was developing in a direction favorable to the Tang Army.
On the shore of Luoshui, at this time, Li Xin had already discovered the movement on the opposite side. Knowing that Shao Zisong should have done it as planned, he began to order the crossing of the river.
However, the place where he crossed the river was not where he was now, but the place where Luoshui and Zhishui converged more than ten miles to the north.
After all, now that Murong Qian had already arranged people on the opposite side to guard himself, it would not be so easy to cross the river from this side. It just so happened that the Luoshui River was relatively wide, so Yan Jun's vision was not very good.
In this way, Li Xin himself stayed by the river and placed his eye-catching Daxu there to attract the attention of the enemy. In fact, of the 3,000 men and horses he led, 2,500 had quietly headed north to cross the river.
Besides, on the shore of the water, the Yan army that crossed the river and lined up was broken through the formation in a short time under the fierce impact of the Tang cavalry. In this way, they could not stop the attack of the Tang army.
Although Murong Qian tried his best to urge the soldiers to come forward and fight, in the face of these brave Tang troops, the Yan soldiers began to retreat continuously. Many of the soldiers and horses who had already crossed the river now ran back to the west bank.
Seeing that there was really no way, Murong Qian himself had no choice but to retreat to the West Bank first. As a result, his army was soon forced back to the flat ground between Luoshui and Zhishui.
The two armies began to fight for the bridge over the river, and because the Yan army also knew the urgency of this thing, they desperately blocked it. The cavalry of the Tang Army could not capture these bridges for a while, and the battle was stuck on both sides of the water for a while.
When the cavalry charged, Shao Zisong took a different road. Although they set out with the cavalry, they did not directly kill the east bank of the control water, but went directly to the southwest and killed the downstream of the control of the water.
At this time, in the downstream place, the Yan army didn't have time to take care of it, after all, they didn't know in advance that they would encounter the Tang army's ambush here. Therefore, there are still a few bridges downstream, which are not in the grasp of the Yan army.
Shao Zisong led the remaining 5,000 soldiers and horses, all the way to those places where there were bridges, and then used these bridges to quickly cross to the west bank of the water. When they had crossed the river, they immediately went north and slew them.
At this time, the Yan army was still blocking the Tang cavalry on the east bank, and they didn't know that there were two Tang armies, one south and one north, and they were already encircling themselves. It wasn't until more than 2,000 men and horses who had crossed the river from the north to the south that they realized that something was wrong.
"Hurry up, you immediately lead three thousand men and horses over, and you must block the Tang army in the north for me!" Murong Qian, who got the news, hurriedly called a general and ordered loudly.
But the general hadn't gone far yet, and the same news came from the south, and this time, Murong Qian only felt that the sky was about to fall. There was no way, so he had to let people lead 3,000 men south to stop Shao Zisong and them.
However, how could these horses be the opponents of the Tang Army, which is now full of morale? As soon as the Tang army launched a charge on the north and south roads, the Yan soldiers were almost defeated in a battle, and under the non-stop rout, they all moved closer to the middle, and finally affected the part of the Yan army that was fighting with the Tang cavalry on the east bank.
As a result, Murong Qianyan's army, which was surrounded in the middle, was almost a mess. In the situation of the chaos of the army, the soldiers fought separately, and the generals were at a loss.
So, Shao Zisong took the opportunity to send someone to take the opportunity to seize a bridge on the east bank, and the cavalry on the east side suddenly crossed the water and appeared on the west bank.
The soldiers of the Yan Army, who couldn't even stop the foot soldiers, were even more one-sided in the face of these thousands of cavalry at this time. In less than an hour, under the superior strength of more than 10,000 people of the Tang army, Murong Qian's army was wiped out on the river beach between Luoshui and Zhishui.
After this battle, the Yan army outside Yanmen Pass, except for those in Mayi County, has basically been wiped out.
At the end of the battle, Li Xin also crossed the river from the river and joined the generals present.
"This battle is going well, which shows that the plan we made before is right! Leave a part of the men and horses to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the people immediately rush to Lao County and Fanqi County to join Deng Qiang and them! Li Xin explained to the generals.
"Your Highness, what should I do over there in Mayi County? ? General Liao hasn't captured the city yet! Shao Zisong groaned for a moment and asked.
"It's okay, he has 10,000 horses in his hands, if he can't even capture a single Mayi County, he doesn't have to stay in the army anymore!" Li Xin said lightly.
He knows Liao Chuan's ability very well, and he has superior forces in his hands, so it is impossible that he can't even capture a small Mayi county.
As he was talking, several fast horses came from a distance, and after the people arrived in front of Li Xin, they immediately turned over and dismounted, half-knelt on the ground and said: "King Qiqi, General Liao has taken down the county seat of Mayi this morning, and now he has taken over the county seat of Mayi, and is waiting for the king's order!" ”
"Go back and tell him to follow the plan!" Li Xin nodded, and then ordered.
"Yes!" The visitor hurriedly mounted his horse again and ran back in the direction he had come.
"You don't have to worry about it anymore, do you? Let's split up now! Li Xin glanced at the people beside him and said leisurely.