Chapter 250: The Great Victory of the Anyang River
Is the thief crazy?
In the past two days, the number of thieves and cavalry has increased significantly, and they tirelessly harass or attack the rear army, but they always charge and turn away, and never do much entanglement. And the forward was also blocked to varying degrees, or small woods, or small hills, in short, as long as there was a place to hide people, there would be hundreds of infantry, they suddenly came out to kill the forward team, and when the officers and soldiers were organized to prepare for a counterattack, they threw out dense grenades, and the smoke of gunpowder dispersed and there were no people.
Such a strong pull on the hind legs shows that Guan Sheng has beaten Liang Shanbo to a great extent, and the thieves are afraid that the reinforcements will go more powerfully, so they frantically block it.
Thinking of this, Shangguan Anbang couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart, it seems that he also has a share of the fall of Liangshanbo, but he must get there as soon as possible. He gave the order to advance at all costs, and the thieves who encountered interception fought back with all their might.
As he had expected, the thieves disappeared without a trace, and the cavalry that followed him was nowhere to be seen.
What does this mean? This shows that Liang Shanbo is in danger, and these thieves have no time to stop them, so they all go to help Liang Shanbo.
Shangguan Anbang was even more convinced of the accuracy of his guess, and immediately ordered to move forward quickly, get meat to eat, and run fast, otherwise there would not be even bones left.
The Anyang River is a small river, which flows all year round but the water is not deep, less than 20 steps wide, but the river bridge is relatively wide, about 10 steps. There is a dirt hill on the side of the river, and the mountain is bare and without a few trees, which is almost barren, which is in stark contrast to the perennial flow of the Anyang River.
Shangguan Anbang's team was blocked here, only to see a hard crossbow set up at the other end of the bridge, and the thieves were waiting with bows and crossbows, and the most smiling thing was that more than 100 people were settled at the bridge.
Ha ha! The thieves were no longer able to distinguish the superfluous manpower, and the army rushed over and trampled to death.
The offensive began, but after five attacks were repulsed, Shangguan Anbang began to frown. If the attacking soldiers on the bridge are dense, they will become a live target, and they will be hit by arrows if they shoot indiscriminately, not to mention the hard crossbow that can shoot through the shield.
Sending out in teams is a tactic of adding fuel, and it is not cost-effective to use human lives to consume the number of arrows of thieves, not to mention, and it is a waste of time.
With a roll of his eyes, he ordered the attack to be halted and the soldiers to find out if the frozen river could be crossed.
The result came out quickly, the ice was very thick, and the water was not deep, at most waist-high, Shangguan Anbang immediately ordered to cross the river.
Seeing this, the soldiers of Liangshanbo withdrew from their positions, and ignited the explosives buried under the bridge before leaving, and the Anyang River bridge was blown up with a loud bang.
Shangguan Anbang also ignored the fact that the bridge was blown up, and the soldiers still crossed the river in an orderly manner, anyway, there are no thieves in front and behind now, and they can cross the river leisurely.
Less than 2,000 infantry had just passed, when suddenly a few artillery shots rang out, and many ambush soldiers suddenly came out from behind the opposite hill, shouting and rushing towards the officers and soldiers crossing the river.
Shangguan Anbang saw that the thieves on the other side of the river had more than twice as many officers and soldiers crossing the river, so he hurriedly ordered the team crossing the river to meet and block the attack, and at the same time let the rest of the team quickly cross the river, as long as the army crossed the river, the officers and soldiers would have a numerical advantage.
Now the officers and soldiers who crossed the river are infantry, and the cavalry is still on the bank, and when Shangguan Anbang is commanding, the spies come to report that countless cavalry behind them have rushed to the Anyang River, and they are coming in an instant.
"Hit the mark!"
Shangguan Anbang was shocked, and shouted in his heart: "The thieves tried their best to lead me here, that is, to use the geographical advantage to ambush, how can I only take credit and forget the art of war." Now that I am suffering from the enemy, it seems that Anyang River is my burial place. ”
The more he thought about it, the more anxious his heart became, and the mount seemed to be infected by his anxiety, circling around the shore.
Shangguan Anbang saw that the general trend had gone, and he was obviously powerless, and the battlefield was already like this, so he could no longer trap himself in it.
He rolled his eyes to the deputy general Wang Dezhi and said: "You lead the infantry to block the thieves on the other bank, and the Pondu Prison personally leads the cavalry to block the thieves behind him, and then marches to Liangshanbo with his troops!" ”
Wang Dezhi knew that this was Shangguan Anbang's trick to escape, but he had no choice but to obey orders. He didn't want to die in the river and be a water ghost, and when he saw Shangguan Anbang running away, he immediately gave the order: "Wave the white flag, Mingjin and collect the troops, and all surrender!" "Quick
It turned out that Shangguan Anbang chose the wrong direction when he fled, and that direction was the one with the most cavalry in Liangshanbo.
He died unexpectedly, and without even a chance to show off his excellent sword skills, an arrow shot straight into his cheek. He fell off his horse in severe pain and was trampled into flesh by the horses behind him.
The soldier recognized him as a general, but the soldier's horse did not.
The headless army collapsed in an instant, and surrender was their only option, and it was also the most correct choice.
Guan Sheng was shocked, and then he was furious, kicked the messenger, and said angrily: "The Daimyo's Mansion was attacked by thieves a few days ago, and you only sent me a message now, misleading my military situation, you should be killed!" ”
The messenger shouted, "The general is wrong to blame the villain!" There are Liangshan thieves along the way, and the villain was able to escape by dressing up as a common person, so it was delayed, I hope the general will forgive me! ”
Guan Sheng saw that he was really dressed as a common person, and he had no intention of competing with a messenger, so he said: "Thank you for your hard work, go down and rest!" ”
After speaking, he looked at Hao Siwen and Xuanzan in the big tent and was silent. After a while, Guan Shengcai sighed and said: "The existence of Zhao lies in the existence of Zhao to save Zhao from Wei Wei, and now that Zhao is dead, Wei Wei will make us suffer from the enemy on our backs, and we must withdraw our troops, and then try to kill the thief!" ”
Xuan praised: "We have not made an inch, we have wasted the country's money and food in vain, and we will be impeached by the official when we go back, General Guan, please withdraw the army carefully!" ”
Guan Sheng sighed again: "How can Tokyo go back!" Now that the Daimyo's Mansion is broken and Liang Zhongshu is dead, even if the official is not impeached, can Cai Jing spare us? He has to find someone to back up his son-in-law, and we can't get away with it! ”
Hao Siwen, Xuanzan also shook his head and sighed, this is troublesome, I can't go back and can't fight, how can this be good? The two looked at Guan Sheng helplessly.
Guan Sheng saw that the two of them were depressed, so he squeezed out a smile and said: "The two generals can't be so decadent, Guan has already thought of a remedy to deal with the thief, come and see!" ”
He walked to the map and said: "Now the reinforcements from Lingzhou and Pucheng have not arrived for a long time, because they are strongly blocked by the thieves along the way, we are now withdrawing our troops to fight the thieves who are blocking them, and then the three sides will join forces to crusade against Liangshanbo again!" ”
As soon as the two of them heard it, they both said a good strategy, and they both rushed to go.
Guan Sheng said: "The two of them don't have to fight, Pucheng's leading eunuch Shangguan Anbang is my old boss, it is more appropriate for me to go, Hao Siwen will go to meet with the soldiers and horses of Lingzhou, and the county horses still have important tasks." Now that he is entangled by the Liangshan Bo thieves, if we withdraw our troops, he will definitely take advantage of the situation to chase and kill. I intend to teach the county horse to lead 2,000 soldiers and horses to the front fork in the hillside on both sides of the ambush, I and Hao Xiandi and then lead the army to retreat, the thieves see that we are retreating, they will inevitably chase, the county horse can order the ambush soldiers on both sides to go out together, cover the pursuers. Kill and retreat the pursuers, the county horses must not fall in love with the battle, and quickly join forces with me. ”
Hao Xuan said: "General Guan is so strategic, the two of us will do our best!" "The three of them set up their troops.
Liang Shanbo's pursuers reached a few hundred steps before the ambush site, but they no longer advanced, but fired their artillery and bombarded the officers and soldiers at the fork in the road for a while.
Xuanzan wondered in the dust, do these thieves have clairvoyance? The ambush is so secretive that it can be discovered. However, no matter how much they could figure it out, they had to get through the difficulties in front of them, and the officers and men were already running around on the slopes of the mountains full of artillery fire, like fish that had seen whales in the sea, and they were scattered in all directions to avoid danger.
Xuanzan wanted to drink to make the soldiers stay still in the ambush place, but when he saw the torn apart corpses that had been bombed, he didn't even have the urge to vomit, and he was only frightened in his heart.
Yes! How can flesh and blood withstand the fierce artillery fire! Now that the ambush site was discovered, the meaning of the ambush was lost, and Xuanzan asked the soldiers to quickly assemble at the bottom of the hillside, and then frantically pounced on the Liangshanbo pursuers.
Guan Sheng's retreat strategy had already been seen through by Wu Yong, and the ambush soldiers could also be seen clearly through the clairnel mirror.
It was a regiment led by Qin Ming that was pursuing, and two other regiments had already rounded back to both sides of the ambush, specially preparing to stab the officers and soldiers in the ass.
Qin Ming rode on the horse with a calm expression, and the pursuers were not in a hurry to chase, but pulled out their bows and arrows and waited for the officers and soldiers to rush into the firing range, and after the rain of arrows, an order was given to meet them. Before the two sides could meet each other in a short battle, the sound of killing could be heard on both sides, and the officers and men had been surrounded by three regiments.
Xuanzan didn't care about his back, he only advanced and fought with the regiment led by Qin Ming, and he hoped that Guan Sheng heard that reinforcements were sent.