Chapter 99: Strategic Retreat
Penlin's cavalry was like a whirlwind, blowing directly into the army of Fufa. At this time, there were only more than 1,700 people on Fu Fa's side, although the number was far more than Peng Lin's 300 cavalry, but they couldn't stop them at all. Peng Lin led his men as if they were in a no-man's land, and killed a few people back and forth in the army of Fufa.
"King, the Huashan army has sent cavalry, which is unstoppable, and our army has collapsed!" Some generals had just fought for a while, and they really couldn't stop Peng Lin and them, so they hurriedly ran back to report.
"Useless things, even if you can't stop it, you have to block it, today, I will definitely kill that Li Xin here! The generals will charge with me, who dares to take half a step back, will be killed! Speaking of this cavalry, Fu Fa couldn't help but be angry in his heart, after all, everyone knows how the cavalry of the Huashan Army came from!
Feared by his majesty, the generals had no choice but to follow him and kill him. At this time, Li Xin had already led a thousand soldiers to kill, so the two sides happened to collide at the gate of the camp.
As soon as they met, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, and just when this side had just fought together, Li Erhei's side finally settled the broken Qin soldiers. Except for a small number of captives, the rest of the people were basically wiped out on the spot, and after dividing a part of the men and horses to escort the captives back to Zheng County, Li Erhei immediately led people to kill the Fufa camp.
The water was seven or eight miles away from where the camp was located, which was nothing for the army. It didn't take long for Li Erhei to lead nearly a thousand Huashan troops to kill directly from behind Fu Fa, and joined forces with Li Xin, and they already surpassed Fu Fa's army in terms of numbers.
Under the attack of the two phases, the Qin army suffered from the enemy on its back, and it was originally going all out to deal with Li Xin and them, but at this time they had to allocate a part of their forces to deal with Li Erhei's attack. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army was weaker, and gradually, Fu Fa and his soldiers were gradually forced to the edge of Weishui, and a semicircular encirclement was formed!
Li Xin and Li Erhei also ran into each other, and the two of them marched forward side by side, and those Di Qin soldiers couldn't resist it.
When the Fu Fa army was surrounded, Fu Liu, who was originally attacking the overlord on the north bank of Weishui, and Fu Jian, who was downstream of Weishui, finally got the news at this time. As soon as they heard that the Huashan Army and the Fufa were fighting endlessly, and it seemed that the Fufa army was about to be wiped out, both of them couldn't help but be startled. Not to mention, even if the points are raised to help.
After Fu Xiong's side got the news, it was impossible to provide direct support, so he had to order his army to storm the Bashui defense line with all his might, wanting to contain Li Xin's actions.
As soon as Fu Liu's side moved, Liao Chuan, who was in charge of the northern defense line of the city, found out. He was the one who knew about Li Xin's actions, so he immediately realized that this was the enemy's attempt to support Fu Fa. When even the people began to make noise, waving flags and shouting on the shore, making it look like they were about to cross the shore.
As soon as this bluff came out, Fu Liu had to put away the idea of support. After all, if after he divided his troops, the Huashan army really crossed the river and wiped out the two thousand troops under his command, how would he explain it at that time.
Relatively speaking, it was easier for Fu Jian's side, after all, he had 4,000 troops under his command, and there was no problem in sending 1,000 people. The most important thing is that it is not so easy for the Huashan army on the south bank of Weishui to fight over.
Moreover, for Fu Jian, who was already looking for a decisive battle with the Huashan Army, if the Huashan Army crossed the river at this time, it would be a good thing that could not be sought.
In this way, the 1,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Xiatai County, after receiving Fu Jian's order, immediately rushed to the place of the Fufa camp and prepared to support them. However, there is still a river between them, and it is so easy for a thousand soldiers and horses to rush over.
Especially at this time, it was so dark that I couldn't even see what was going on the other side of the river. Fu Jian's generals finally collected a few small boats, and hurriedly rowed across the river, ready to investigate the situation. As a result, as soon as he got close to the river, he ran into the army of Fufa who was surrounded on the bank of the river.
"King, the matter has come to this, let's hurry up! If you don't leave, you really can't go! The generals in the hands of Fu Fa couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw a ship coming, and hurriedly said to Fu Fa.
"No, I must kill it back, and I will definitely break that Li Xin's body into ten thousand pieces!" Fu Fa is so angry in his heart! He has been defeated again and again, and if he abandons the soldiers next to him and runs away at this time, he is afraid that he will not be able to see others even if he goes back.
"King, if you stay in Qingshan, you are not afraid that there will be no firewood, as long as we save our lives, are you afraid that there will be no chance to take revenge? If you insist on staying here, I'm afraid you really won't have the slightest chance! In this way, wouldn't it be the intention of Li Xin? Seeing that he was so persistent, the generals hurriedly persuaded him. Seeing that the situation was urgent, these people did not dare to delay longer, and while persuading, they dragged Fu Fa to the boat.
As a result, these Qin generals fled to the other side in a few small boats. Seeing this, the other Di Qin soldiers suddenly lost their morale, and one by one they hurriedly discarded their blades, ran to the ground and surrendered directly.
Seeing this, Li Xin hurriedly arranged for someone to collect the prisoners, and he bumped his head with Li Erhei!
"These captives, you take them back to Jing Luo first. After this defeat, Fu Qin will inevitably change his strategy and will not wade the river again. I have already decided to retreat back to Zheng County from Bacheng and Xinfeng, so that our forces can be used intensively, and it will be more advantageous to deal with Fu Qin's army!" "There is not much time, so Li Xin is also a long story short.
"If you've decided, then do it! After I went back, I asked Uncle Zhou and them to arrange the retreat of the army. Li Erhei nodded in agreement.
After the two hurriedly said a few words, they separated again, and Li Xin and his soldiers converged on the shore of Hu Tian, and returned to Bacheng together. After this battle, the victory of the Huashan army was not small, and after the two battles, it had already wiped out more than 6,000 people in the Fu Qin army, and the blow to the Fu Qin court was not small.
The only thing that is a little regrettable is Hu Tian, because he has been guarding the shore for a long time, but he has not even encountered a single enemy. After arriving in Xinfeng County, Li Xin left Peng Lin and 300 cavalry in Xinfeng County, and told him to patrol along Weishui every day and control the distance from Xinfeng to the defense line of Weishui.
At the same time, first send the prisoners captured last time to Li Erhei and let him take them back with him. After all, soon the army will have to withdraw from here, and if it is not possible to keep the roads open and stable, there may be big problems at that time.
Li Xin, who returned to Bacheng, didn't have any time to rest at all, so he led people into the battle of the Bashui defense line again. At this time, Fu Xiong and the others did not know the news of Fu Fa's defeat, so they were still in the midst of a fierce attack. More than 17,000 people on the other side are crowded on this river, and more than 4,000 people are resisting on this side, which is quite a lot of pressure.
The most threatening thing is the other party's pontoon bridge, which has been gradually repaired close to the shore. Many of the Di Qin soldiers used their shields to cover themselves around them, and they kept approaching the east bank. If it weren't for the fact that a group of trebuchets had been dispatched over before the war began, I'm afraid it would have been really difficult to deal with.
After a few days of fighting, there were broken wooden planks and debris everywhere on the surface of the Bashui River, which were smashed pontoons and boats.
"Go down and tell the brothers, just say that the captain has just led people to wipe out Fu Fa's 4,000 army and won a big victory!" After Li Xinyi rushed to the front line, Liu Xiaohai and Sun Tie couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and after hearing the results, Liu Xiaohai hurriedly ordered someone to publicize it.
Seeing his approach, Li Xin couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, this kid is indeed flexible, and he knows that he can use this to boost morale at critical moments.
Sure enough, not long after, all the soldiers of the defending Huashan Army knew the news, and a burst of cheers suddenly broke out on the east bank of Bashui, which faintly overshadowed the sound of the army on the other side. The Fu Qin soldiers who were fighting, after seeing this scene at this time, couldn't help but feel weird, and no one knew what was going on.
But their offensive was also affected to a certain extent, and under the brave resistance of the soldiers of the Huashan Army, many of the Di Qin soldiers who had just stood on the east bank were killed back at this moment.
Soon, Fu Xiong's side also got the news that he already knew about the annihilation of Fu Fa's army. In this way, the soldiers under him will naturally know quickly.
Under the fluctuation of the army's heart, the combat effectiveness of this army plummeted, and Fu Xiong was powerless when he saw this. I had to temporarily withdraw my troops and withdraw to the West Bank. Not only did he retreat, but the soldiers and horses in several other directions also retreated one after another. Subsequently, Fu Xiong summoned Fu Liu and them back to renegotiate the strategy of dealing with the Huashan army.
In this way, the next day the two sides did not go to war again, and both sides were doing the same thing, discuss.
"In this retreat, you must take everything with you, and you must not leave even a grain of food for the enemy! The people and the wounded and sick were transferred first, and then the garrisons of Xinfeng County were stationed along the river, and finally withdrew to the east of the water with the large army! As soon as the deliberations began, Li Xin ordered.
"General, we're fighting well now, why are we retreating at this time?" There are more than one people who can't figure it out, and Liao Chuan is a little unintelligible.
"We retreated, not to fear the enemy, but to destroy more enemies. The fist is withdrawn in order to accumulate more strength to fight out, our troops to guard such a large place is already tight enough, although there is no problem in a short time, but it will definitely not be able to stop it for a long time. It is most beneficial for us to shrink our forces and concentrate our forces on defending important places! Li Xin didn't hide it from them, explaining. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Eastern Jin Dynasty Tang Wang's Claw Book House" for free for the first time.