Chapter 189: Betrayal (3)
To the west of Xingyuan Mansion, a group of foot riders was fleeing towards Xingyuan Mansion in confusion, and at this moment, the bright sky suddenly became dark.
The running team suddenly stopped and looked at the horizon behind them. In the sky behind, a dark cloud overwhelmed the sky, and as the distance got closer, it became clear that it was a group of arrogant cavalry.
The deafening sound of horses' hooves drew closer and closer due to the muffled thunder in the air, and the ground under their feet could not help but tremble, as if the sky was falling apart, and swept towards their ranks.
In a moment, fiery red figures suddenly appeared under the dark clouds, like a fire god who could burn the entire earth, with a violent momentum, burning everything in this world.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and the sound was like the magic sound of hell to the soldiers running ahead, constantly falling on their hearts.
"General, it's cavalry! Cavalry of the Tiance Army! β
"Stop me, stop me!"
Seeing the cavalry of the Tiance Army rushing towards him, Yang Shouzhong was furious, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers around him to stop the defense.
Feeling the momentum like ten thousand horses galloping, Yang Shouzhong suddenly felt that his lips were dry, and he licked it subconsciously, although he had long known that the Tiance Army had cavalry, but when he really encountered it in the wild, he knew what it meant that there were only more than a thousand cavalry.
It's too strong!
Although he saw that the cavalry in front of him was not as good as Li Ke's Shatuo army, but in this Xingyuanfu Plain, compared to his only one hundred and ten cavalry, this Tiance army cavalry was a god-like existence.
He didn't expect the army to come so quickly this day, and when he saw Xingyuan Mansion City, which was already faintly visible, he believed that as long as the people below held on for a while, he could escape back to Xingyuan Mansion City. As long as you enter the city, no matter how strong the cavalry of the Tiance Army is, you will not be able to take the Xingyuan Mansion City, which has high walls and thick walls.
That's right, he didn't plan to fight the cavalry of the Tiance Army here. In the field, infantry against cavalry, if there is no heavy infantry, there is only one end!
Die!
Seeing that he was about to withdraw safely, he naturally did not want to die here, so in this case, he needed to sacrifice the lives of some soldiers in exchange for a chance for him and a few others to survive.
"Crossbowmen ready!"
Yang Shouzhong shouted in a low voice.
Hearing Yang Shouzhong's order, the chaotic team began to get busy, the pikemen hurriedly lined up in front of the formation, and the crossbowmen took out the bows and arrows at their waists, but the movements were not skilled, but because of nervousness, some were in a hurry, so that the chaos of the whole team continued.
Before these soldiers could get ready, their fiery red cloaks were already in front of them, and the more skilled cavalry had already drawn their bows and arrows, and soon more than a thousand arrows rained down on the rebels.
The arrows used by the cavalry of the Tiance Army were sharp and shot at an elevation angle, which had strong penetrating power, and the rebels did not carry those defensive shields when they fled, so the arrows could even shoot directly through the shields.
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The rebels at the front of the line fell to the ground one after another, and the cavalry of the Tiance Army fired extremely fast, and after a few rounds, the rebel soldiers were killed and wounded by a third, and the whole team became chaotic again.
As the loud horn sounded, the confidence that the rebels had finally accumulated was shattered, and looking at the sweeping cavalry, these rebels were terrified. Although they all knew that they couldn't outrun the cavalry, they all subconsciously began to scatter and flee at this time.
On this Hanzhong Plain, thousands of rebel soldiers who had lost faith were like lost dogs, scattering and fleeing in the direction of Xingyuan Fucheng.
However, what they didn't expect was that Yang Shouzhong, who they had followed before, actually abandoned them and fled, leaving them and the infantry still behind to delay the speed of the cavalry of the Tiance Army.
Although they cursed in their hearts, the cavalry of the Tiance Army chasing behind them ignored this, and slashed the head of the nearest rebel soldier with a slasher.
A massacre of small scale, but no less tragic than a great war, is being staged on this Hanzhong Plain.
The cavalry of the Tiance Army pursued and killed all the way until the west bank of the Bao River, and only stopped when they saw the large army on the opposite bank.
And the army that suddenly appeared on the east bank of the Bao River was the main force of Lu Yanhong's department, but he didn't expect to arrive so soon.
Looking at the cavalry of the Tiance Army on the other side of the bank before retreating for a long time, Lu Yanhong, who led the forward army to rush back along the Bao Slope Road, had an ugly face. Even in order to show off, the cavalry of the Tiance Army rode back and forth on the west bank several times.
Although he was very angry, he had no choice but to do anything with the cavalry of the Heavenly Ce Army!
It's not that he doesn't have cavalry, it's that his cavalry can't be used at all now, and there are not many of them, so he can only watch the cavalry on the opposite side show off his might, but he has nothing to do with the other party.
"What? Lu Yanhong's main force is back? Hearing the news reported by the cavalry, Li Ye felt that this was really a coincidence, as soon as he took Xixian on his side, Lu Yanhong led the army back.
"Yes, Your Highness, at present, Lu Yanhong's department is stationed on the east bank of the Bao River, according to the report of the cavalry, the number is only a few thousand, and it should only be a forward force." Liu Qi replied.
"This is quite troublesome, why did this Lu Yanhong come back at this time? If you don't go back early or late, it's quite troublesome! Li Ye frowned.
"Your Highness doesn't have to worry, now the initiative is on our side, as long as we don't rush in, Lu Yan Hongbu has nothing to fear." Xu Shiren on the side suggested.
"Your Highness, Judge Xu is right, now the advantage is on His Highness's side. Now that we have taken Xixian, we can hold on to our troops, as long as it drags on, it will definitely be Lu Yanhong who can't hold on. Moreover, the remnants of Yang Shouzhong also fled back, I believe that for the strength of His Highness, Lu Yanhong also has a rough idea in his heart, and he also knows how to choose. Li Yingxu also persuaded.
"Your Highness, the lower officials have a plan, so that His Highness can let Lu Yanhong's department retreat without spending a single soldier." Just when Li Ye was pondering, Li Zhen, who had always wanted to perform, stepped forward at the right time.
"It seems that Li Xijiu really has a way?" Li Ye couldn't help but look up at this strategist who had been in Lu Yanhong's department for a while, his eyes narrowed, and he was also curious about what the other party could do.
Just when Li Ye was thinking about how to defeat Lu Yanhong, who was not the right time, a bad news suddenly came from Lizhou.
Han Jian, the deputy commander of the front compartment of the Tiance Army, led the headquarters and Li Shitai's soldiers and horses, about 2,000 people, and suddenly left the camp. At the beginning, the defenders of Lizhou were taken aback, and they thought that Han Jian wanted to rebel, but it would not take two days to learn that Han Jian suddenly led his army from the border of Langzhou to cross the Jialing River, appeared on the flank of Jianmen Pass, and captured the weak Jianmen Pass.
This news not only surprised Lizhou, but also Li Ye and Yang Shili.
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The drizzle outside the window was still dripping, which also made the temperature drop a lot.
In Lutou Guanli, sitting in the room and looking at the piles of newspapers, Yang Shili rubbed his hands, picked up a newspaper and opened it to take a look, and found that it was not good news, so he threw it aside, and then picked up the next report.
Without exception, there was no good news, which made the mood a little irritable, so he took a sip of the tea next to him, and then put the teacup to the side heavily, letting the tea splash on the table.
A sudden thunderclap sounded in the sky, which made him even more irritable. Although it is normal for thunder to thunder in summer, but today the whole person is restless, is there something bad happening?
But thinking about the current battle situation gives him a bit of a headache. At the beginning, his troops made good progress, once attacked the city of Hanzhou, and even took advantage of the unstable foothold of Gao Renhou's army to attack Gao Renhou and achieved some results.
However, Gao Renhou was a general under Chen Jingxuan after all, and soon launched a counterattack and defeated his army, so that he had to retreat to Lutou Pass to defend, so that the current battle situation fell into a stalemate.
In order to strengthen his forces, he had to draw troops from elsewhere. However, this time is also the time to test the loyalty of those subordinates, those who are really loyal to him will send troops to help, and those who have other ideas will take a wait-and-see approach. At present, the armies of several states have refused to send troops on the grounds of long distances, but what can he do at this time?
Thinking of the stalemate in the battle, he regretted it a little, and knew that he should not have lent Zhang Shi'an's thousands of soldiers and horses to King Shou. It's good now, the other party didn't plan to return it to him at all on the grounds of counterinsurgency, and as for the people he sent to report to Zhang Shi'an, he couldn't even pass through Lizhou, obviously because he didn't want Zhang Shi'an to know about the situation in Dongchuan.
I didn't expect this Shouwang to be so insidious, and he really underestimated the other party.
Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the room, and then the door was slammed open from the outside.
Yang Shili frowned a little, who is so ignorant of the rules? Even if it's your own cronies, you still have to know at least etiquette, right? Dealing with business here, no matter what, you should knock on the door and enter, instead of breaking in so directly.
With a somewhat unhappy face, Yang Shili looked up and saw that it was Zheng Junxiong who was wearing armor who broke in, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"Junxiong, what's the matter?" Yang Shili couldn't help but ask.
Seeing that Zheng Junxiong, who was regarded as his biggest assistant, was so flustered, Yang Shili was also a little uneasy in his heart.
Zheng Junxiong didn't realize that his behavior was a little out of shape, but thinking of the news he had just learned, he hurriedly said, "Jie Shuai, something is wrong." The deputy commander of the front compartment of the Tiance Army made Han Jian occupy Jianmen Pass. β
"Sword Gate? How can it be? β
Yang Shili was taken aback, and Huo Ran got up. Jianmen Pass is a dangerous pass, and it has never been captured from the front, but when he thinks that he has transferred most of the defenders of Jianmen Pass, he is a little bottomless in his heart.
"What does King Shou want to do? Does he want to join forces with Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan to deal with Yang? β
Don't blame Yang Shili for thinking so, it's really infuriating. He also sent troops to assist King Shou in quelling the rebellion, although the other party did not replace Zhang Shi'anbu on the grounds of counterinsurgency, but he did a good job. It is precisely because he is not an ally but is actually an ally that he will transfer most of the defenders from Jianmen Pass.
I didn't expect him to draw the army on the front foot, and the back foot of the Shou King would stab the knife, he knew this, he shouldn't have believed in the Shou King so much!