Chapter 144: The Battle Outside the City
"You have taken control of the central land, and in time, the cause of the king will definitely be successful! Why did you come to take me, a small Hedong, wouldn't it make the people of the world laugh at you? Yin Chi was silent for a while, and then said unwillingly.
"It doesn't matter to me how the world is or what happens after death, I am a very realistic person who only wants to live in the moment. Besides, this land east of the river is not small! The land is fertile, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, and if you can enter the Guanzhong and enter the Central Plains, if you occupy this place, it will definitely be a lot of benefits! Hearing his words, Li Xin shrugged his shoulders noncommittally, and didn't eat him at all.
"I don't have any grudges with you in Hedong, although there were confrontations in the past, but it was also because of Fu Qin. You are a teacher for no reason, it is really hard to convince people! ”
"I'm not stingy enough to be that right. It is true to say that there is no grudge, but who made you want to dedicate this Hedong to the former lord? What Yao Xiang wants to do, you should know better than me! He has been coveting this place for more than a day! As the saying goes, you can't let others sleep soundly on the side of the couch! If you dedicate this land east of the river to him, I am afraid that I will have to fight in Guanzhong, and I will not be able to live in peace! Seeing that he was still pretending to be confused, Li Xin no longer hid it, and directly pointed out the key to it.
"How do you know about this?" Yin Chi exclaimed.
He also thought that he had done this very secretly, and no one else knew about it except himself and the old servant. At this time, he couldn't help but wonder if the old servant who had followed him for many years had betrayed him.
"If you don't know, you can't do it unless you do! For the sake of the Huashan Army, for the sake of Guanzhong's safety, I can't let you achieve your goal. So, I had to do it first! If you want to blame, it seems that you can only blame yourself! Li Xin shook his head and said lightly.
On the one hand, this Yin Chi has never forgotten Yao Xiang, which can be regarded as loyal. But since he surrendered to Fu Qin, but he didn't forget the old master, this is not right, otherwise, you should not surrender in the first place! He has always lacked a good impression of this kind of repetitive person who descends and descends.
"General Qiyu, the county government has been completely controlled, and in addition, the army outside the city seems to have noticed that something is wrong and is coming in the direction of the county seat!" When Yin Chi was silent, someone suddenly came from outside the door to report.
"Got it, inform everyone from all walks of life, and everything will act according to the plan!" Li Xin nodded and waved the man back.
"As for you! You have to be wronged first, maybe it will come in handy later! After finishing speaking, he glanced at Yin Chi in front of him, Li Xin waved his hand, and asked people to take him into custody first.
By this time, the sky was gradually brightening, and although it was not fully lit up, it was enough to see the road clearly. Li Xin rushed to the head of the city in the west of the city, looked at it from a distance, and saw that there was a fire dragon moving rapidly in the direction of the county seat in the distance.
"Order the cavalry to attack and wipe out these reinforcements!" After looking at it, Li Xin ordered.
At this time, the situation is unclear, and the army guarding the bank of the river will definitely not send the main force. Therefore, these should only be a small force to find out the situation. With a hundred cavalry, it was enough to wipe them out.
Soon, the sound of horses' hooves was heard from the east of the city, and it didn't take long for the fire dragon in the distance to begin to become confused. After a while, the fire dragon was completely extinguished, and it was obvious that the soldiers and horses that came to support had been trampled by the cavalry.
Soon, the sky was already bright! At this time, everything outside the city can be seen clearly, and in the battle before dawn, the defenders in the city basically did not have time to resist, and they were all wiped out. There were not many left, and at this time they either hid or fled directly out of the city.
In short, in Puban County, at this time, except for the 3,000 men and horses of the Huashan Army, there are no other formed armies. However, now the biggest test is coming, because those enemy troops on the bank of the river will definitely find out that something is wrong in Pusaka County, and they will rush back to support as soon as possible.
Yin Chi's soldiers and horses are not particularly numerous, and in the first half of the year, they attacked Guanzhong, and they lost more than 6,000 people before and after! As a result, the already insufficient forces have been dealt a serious blow.
Today, although he still has more than 15,000 troops under his command, these large armies are scattered in various counties, and most of the main force is placed on the banks of the river, which is as many as 9,000 men. Because of its proximity to the main force, only 2,000 people were left to garrison, and as a result, Li Xin just took advantage of the loophole.
The most important thing is that many of these 9,000-strong troops are strong men who have recently been forcibly captured! Not to mention that it is compared with the elite of the Huashan Army, even compared with the recruits of the Huashan Army, it is not comparable.
This is also why Li Xin only brought 3,000 people and dared to go straight to Yin Chi's base, because he didn't take these more than 10,000 people in his eyes at all. At this time, under the dawn of the sky, he was not ready to play any more false games, and directly ordered Liao Chuan to lead the army out of the city, line up outside the city, and wait for the enemy to come to the door!
Li Xin, who was standing at the head of the city, waited for half an hour before faintly seeing dust flying in the west. From south to north, a discontinuum line was formed, but in the end it all came in the direction of Kasaka Prefecture.
Obviously, it was the generals who Yin Chi left on the bank of the river to get in touch and then decided to fight back to the county seat together. This is also a good thing, after all, it saves Li Xin from going to solve them one by one when the time comes.
It took half an hour for the other party to assemble the army a few miles outside the city, and at this time, Liao Chuan had been in array for nearly half an hour. The county seat is only a dozen miles away from the river bank, and it took so long for the other party to get together, which shows how low the efficiency of the other party is. Seeing this scene, Li Xin became more and more relieved.
The two armies lined up to confront each other outside the city, and it seemed that the other side was also pouring out. Thinking about it, under the circumstances at this time, it would be useless for them to hold on to the bank of the river, if even the Huashan army behind them could not be defeated.
And when the two armies face each other, this contrast becomes even more obvious. Although the Huashan Army had only 3,000 people, the number was far less than that of the other party, but the army was at its peak and the formation was strictly organized. On the contrary, the 9,000 people on the other side looked much more chaotic, not to mention the irregular formation, and they were dressed differently, which showed the chaos of the other party even more.
This is simply a ragtag army, not a regular army at all.
At this time, the generals on the other side, after seeing the Huashan army outside the city, immediately turned unpleasant.
At this point, they have completely confirmed who their opponent is, and for them, the generals of Hedong, the prestige of the Huashan Army has been thunderous for more than a year. So much so that they were all a little afraid now, and even more so the soldiers behind them.
"Although the enemy is numerous, the enemy is weak and I am strong, and we can attack strongly! This battle, let's fight it the other way around! After Li Xin looked at it for a while, he changed his mind and directly ordered the attack.
"Knock knock!" The sound of war drums sounded, and although Liao Chuan, who was arrayed outside, was a little strange that he let himself take the initiative to attack at this time, but after so long training of the Huashan Army, he had already learned to resolutely obey orders.
"Kill!" Liao Chuan roared, then urged his crotch to get off his horse and rushed forward.
Behind him, three thousand soldiers and horses, without fear, followed him, like a torrent, rushed towards the enemy formation. The formation suddenly dispersed along the way, and a battalion of soldiers and horses rushed in the left, center, and right directions of the enemy formation.
"Is this a lot of us, or a lot of them?" Seeing this scene, the generals under Yin Chi were a little dumbfounded, they didn't expect that the Huashan Army would take the lead in attacking when the number of people was at a disadvantage.
"Don't move, stand up for me, the other party has fewer people than us, as long as we don't move, there will be no problem!"
"Stand up quickly, take all the weapons, and say where are you looking?"
"I've paid attention to it, and when I hear the order, I immediately release the arrows! What a panic, hold on to the shield, and be sure to keep them out! ”
As soon as the Huashan Army charged, Yin Chi's generals hurriedly gave orders! But in this way, there is also a problem, that is, under the current situation, there is no one who can dominate the overall situation.
Everyone basically fought on their own, and they ordered the soldiers and horses under their own care, so that Liao Chuan and the others rushed to the front of the battle, and the other party's soldiers and horses were still in a mess. Some have already begun to fire arrows, some are still putting up shields to block them, and some are even in the middle of the team.
"Good opportunity, rush with me!" Liao Chuan is no longer a recruit who has just stepped onto the battlefield, and after seeing this scene at this time, he was immediately overjoyed. While shouting, he quietly adjusted his direction and rushed towards the junction of these teams with the soldiers behind him.
These people under Yin Chi seemed to be forcibly put together by teams of different sizes. In time, it may be possible to integrate into a large army, but now it seems to be like a sieve leaking everywhere.
Li Xin stood at the head of the city, watching the soldiers of the Huashan Army wearing black military uniforms, like three iron streams, directly crashing into the opponent's military formation. There was barely much stagnation, and they directly attacked it, and the soldiers of the Huashan Army rushed back and forth in it, and no one could stop it at all.
Even if some generals wanted to fight back, under the brave attack of Liao Chuan and others, it was only in vain.
The sound of fighting outside the city was noisy for less than two hours, and it had gradually subsided. Liao Chuan led 3,000 soldiers and horses to completely defeat the opponent's 9,000 army, and the opponent suffered heavy casualties, basically most of the people surrendered directly.