Chapter 196: The Battle of Tiger Prison Pass (2)
At the same time, Li Shimin divided the cavalry into several teams, and asked Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Shi Danai, Yu Wenxin and others to roll up the banner, rush into the enemy formation, come out from behind the formation, and open the Tang Dynasty. Army flags, each holding Tang. There were several banners of the army, and there were extremely fast back-and-forth conflicts in the summer army. One is swaggering, and the other is constantly dividing the Xia army.
The wind generally detached, the wind generally turned back, and the cycle went on and on, continuously. Every round, at least hundreds of Xia army minions fell, and each round destroyed the morale of the Xia army soldiers like a hammer.
"Duanhui-" Qin Qiong's roar penetrated the armor and reached the ears of several pro-soldiers. Cheng Yanjin, who followed him closely, trembled with excitement, and his face, which was not covered by the face armor, was flushed with blood. After many years, he finally found this hearty feeling again, which made people drink alcohol and just want to get drunk.
Drunk on the battlefield is the dream of many people seeking fame on horseback. Either return to the homeland in fine clothes, or bury bones in the wilderness, life is not a flower, but it is as gorgeous and magnificent as a blooming spring flower. Whether you are alive, dead, dreaming, waking up, this moment is a lifetime, and this moment in this life is wonderful enough!
With the sound of horns, the Xuanjia elite riders formed more than 3,000 long lances into three horizontal lines. They passed through the curtain of arrows and moved forward with a firm and steady pace. They brought up billowing smoke and dust and pounced on Dou Jiande's Chinese army like angry dragons.
The archers who hurriedly changed targets only had time to shoot two arrows, and the spearmen who hurriedly turned around did not have time to find support for the tail of the spear, and the light cavalry of the Xia army that rushed to meet was like tofu that touched a kitchen knife, and it was torn apart! Xia Jun's light horse, which had only a thin armor amulet, was effortlessly pierced by the three-foot lance, and the whole person was picked up from the saddle and sprinkled with blood in mid-air.
There were no screams, no groans, not even the wails of the horses that had lost their owners. All the sounds were swallowed up in an instant by the heavy sound of horses' hooves and the clanging of armor, and the heavens and the earth seemed to have lost their color, leaving only simple and cold black and white. Black iron armor, white spears, black bodies, black war horses, and dark black blood water generally converge into a river on the gray-white earth......
Dou Jiande had never seen such a sharp attack, and he couldn't believe that all this in front of him was real. For a few breaths, he didn't give any orders to respond, just stared straight ahead, watching his minions fall one after another under the hooves of the other horse. He looked like a newcomer who had just entered the battlefield, and his calves were shaking at the same time. He was like a soul that had been detached from the shell, looking at the layers of corpses, without joy or sorrow, without sorrow or joy. Suddenly, his soul returned to his body, his throat and eyes were sweet, and a stream of hot, salty stuff rushed only to his head. "Pounce on them all and fight with them!" He spurted out a mouthful of blood, screamed hoarsely, and his face was full of tears.
With tears in his eyes, he saw his loyal soldiers rushing towards the three thousand black devils on the front of the battlefield. There was no formation, no order, they overlapped each other, like waves crashing against the rocks. They do not hesitate, like moths that pounce on wildfire.
"Boom!" The soldiers finally collided with the black devil. The sound is like a storm crashing on the shore. With the shouting of the horses, the blood splashed several feet high, and a bright red peony bloomed in the air, and then fell colorfully. It is the flower of life, and each petal represents an unwilling soul. Life is also gorgeous, and death is also splendid.
Everyone's movements slowed down instantly in front of Dou Jiande's eyes, and he saw the white blade cut through the armor, cut into the flesh, and cut off the bones. Seeing his own people being cut off by the black devil, all his vision was cut off by the flying flesh, and only a dazzling red was left in front of him.
While wiping away his tears, Dou Jiande almost saw the souls of the robes, dotted with stars, like fireflies in late summer, spiraling from the battlefield and rising to the pure blue in the sky, never more hunger, no more fear.
Dou Jiande's soldiers turned around and saw the Tang flag fluttering everywhere behind the battle, thinking that they had been surrounded by the Tang army, and their morale collapsed and quickly collapsed.
The battle line of the Xia army's more than 100,000 troops stretched for more than 20 miles, and the rear army was unclear, only to see the front camp Tang. The army was unfurled, the dust and sand covered the sun, and their own soldiers fled in all directions, lost their armor, and lost contact with the command headquarters, and suddenly lost their morale and made a mess. The front army retreated like a tide, and the rear army did not know where to go, so they fled desperately, and those who could not run surrendered on their knees.
The entire Dou Jiande's army of more than 100,000 was like an avalanche, and the whole line was defeated.
A small group of Xia army minions, led by several officers, rushed forward, trying to reverse the passive situation on their side. They knew that their martial arts were far inferior to each other, so their shouts were full of despair. The war horse unceremoniously kicked away one of the officers who rushed the fastest, and Li Shimin swept down the second one with a Tang knife. Qin Qiong stabbed the third one with a horse lance, and Yu Chi Jingde's opponent turned around and fled, but he caught up from behind, and the lance pierced through. The enemy army quickly dispersed, and the Xuanjia Elite Cavalry chased from behind, and the blood quickly stained everyone's armor, both the Xia soldiers and their own. But no one cried out in pain, and no one withdrew, they followed behind Li Shimin and kept waving Tang Dao and lance, and their old or immature faces also turned red, as if they were drunk. That's right, they drank the wine of war, indulged in it, and didn't know the way back.
At that moment, everyone experienced a feeling of intoxication. High above, like floating on the clouds. Under the clouds, there is a battlefield of blood and fire. Their souls watched themselves fight their enemies and applauded their bravery. They forget their fears, they forget their exhaustion, and even the wounds they have just added to their bodies. The enemy becomes weak and can't help the wind, and he falls down with a push. The spears and knives that came out were slow and full of flaws. All they have to do is stick out their swords and reap the victory. And the taste of victory is so luscious, like the bride's lips red by the candlelight......
Cheng Yanjin didn't know how many enemy troops he had broken through behind Li Shimin, and he felt that he had never had a moment in his life that he had been so happy as he was today. "Don't do it now for a fairy!" He thought stupidly, and at the same time felt the pride of galloping on the field.
Li Shimin led 3,000 Xuanjia elite cavalry to collapse more than 100,000 Xia troops in less than an hour, which can be described as a miracle in the history of war. At present, except for a few sporadic people on the battlefield who are still dying, there is no longer a Xia Army battle flag that is still standing upright!
The last resistance of the Xia army was quickly dissipated, and all the minions began to flee, giving their backs to the Xuanjia Elite Cavalry, and letting the opponent's knife chop and pick.
Seeing that the situation was not good, some clever minions immediately lowered their weapons and knelt on the ground, holding their heads in their hands. The Darkarmor Knights jumped past them without looking at the surrenderer. Some frightened guys still fled into the distance, and the cavalry rushed from behind, and Tang Dao took advantage of the horse's speed to draw a diagonal slash, and immediately pulled a foot-long hole in the fugitive's back!
Blood spurted into the air with hot air, and the fleeing people didn't feel the slightest pain. They continued to run forward, slowing down little by little, and as the blood ran out, their bodies crooked, and they lay limply in the mud, never able to get up.
"Those who descend will not die!" The Xuanjia elite riders shouted with swords, like wolves chasing deer.
The shivering minions of the Xia Army knelt down one after another, their faces covered with snot and tears mixed with blood and mud, all like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Tang Dynasty. The Xuanjia cavalry chased out more than 30 miles and killed more than 3,000 people. Dou Jiande was wounded by the stab of Yu Chi Jingde's lance and fled to Niukouzhu. Wei Chi Jingde and Tang. The general of the military chariot cavalry, Bai Tu, gave chase, Dou Jiande was injured and bleeding, his physical strength was exhausted, and he accidentally fell off his horse during the escape, Bai Tu let the spear be stabbed, Dou Jiande hurriedly said: "Don't kill me, I am Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, and I can make you rich and glorious by offering me." ”
Wei Chi Jingde dismounted and caught Dou Jiande, carried him with a spare horse, and came to see Li Shimin.
Before this, a nursery rhyme spread among Dou Jiande's troops: "Beans into the mouth of the cow will not last long." Dou Jiande walked to Niukouzhu, and sure enough, he failed in this place.
After Li Shimin saw the captured Dou Jiande, he reprimanded: "We crusade against Wang Shichong, what does it have to do with you, we actually ran outside your territory to fight with us!" ”
Dou Jiande actually replied with a black humor: "Now I don't come by myself, I'm afraid I'll have to bother you to go far away to attack it in the future." ”
After the war, the battlefield was cleaned up, and it was found that Dou Jiande's army of more than 100,000 people, except for the more than 3,000 people who were killed, most of them had fled. The army took 50,000 prisoners, and Li Shimin dismissed the prisoners on the same day and let them return to their hometowns.
On the second day of the fifth month of 621 AD, after Li Shimin captured Dou Jiande, Wang Wan, Changsun Anshi and others alive in the Tiger Prison Pass, he returned to Luoyang City and showed them to Wang Shichong, and sent Changsun Anshi into the city to tell him about the failure.
Wang Shichong panicked and wondered, did not know what to do, planned to break out of the encirclement, fled south to Xiangyang, and discussed with the generals, but he was silent, so he had to lead the civil and military officials to Li Shimin's barracks on May 11 to ask for surrender.
So Li Shimin, the king of Qin, confiscated Wang Shichong's inventory and rewarded his soldiers.
Wang Shichong's Huangmen squire Xue Deyin was killed because he wrote disrespectful words in the document he drafted, and then arrested Wang Shichong's fellow party Duan Da, Yang Wang, Shan Xiongxin, Yang Gongqing, Guo Shiheng, Guo Shizhu, Dong Jun, Zhang Tongren, Zhu Cang, and more than a dozen other people, all of whom were tied up and beheaded on the small island in Luoshui.
On July 9, 621 A.D., Li Shimin returned to Chang'an in triumph and dedicated Wang Shichong to Li Yuan, who recounted his crimes, and Wang Shichong replied: "According to my sins, I am really innocent of death, but your beloved son King Qin has promised not to kill me." ”
Li Yuan then released him. He was exiled to Shu with his brother Wang Wei, his wife, and children, and because the escorts were not ready, Wang Shichong's family was temporarily imprisoned in Yongzhou, near Chang'an. One day, a few Tang officials suddenly came and said that Li Yuan had a decree and asked Wang Shichong to accept the decree, and Wang hurriedly responded, but those people immediately slashed together, and Wang Shichong's life came to an end.
Later, it was found out that the leader among those people was Tang Dingzhou assassin Shi Dugu Xiude, his father Dugu Ji was Wang Shichong's subordinate, in the first month of the second year of Wude, he tried to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and was killed by Wang Shichong, Dugu Xiude killed Wang Shichong to avenge his father.
Wang Shichong's son Wang Xuanying and his brother Wang Shiwei conspired to rebel on the way to exile and were executed. Wang Shichong usurped the throne of the emperor and died in three years.
After Dou Jiande was captured, his wife, the red lady Cao Xiuying, and his left servant, Qi Shanxing, led hundreds of people to flee back to Zhaozhou.
The rest of Dou Jiande wanted to establish Dou Jiande's adopted son as the monarch, Qi Shanxing said: "King Xia pacified the land of Yan and Zhao, and the soldiers were strong and strong, and he was captured all of a sudden, isn't it destined by heaven?" It is better to ask the Tang Dynasty to save everyone's lives and not cause disasters and hardships to the common people. So he distributed all the goods in his stock to the soldiers, and let them go away.
Only then did Qi Shanxing and Dou Jiande's right servant Pei Ju and Xingtai Cao Dan lead the officials and subordinates of the Xia State to enter the land of Qilu, hand over the eight seals of the Xia State and surrender to the Tang Dynasty.
In July 621 AD, the king of Qin escorted Dou Jiande to the capital, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan saw that Dou Jiande was dignified and extraordinary, and he was afraid of leaving trouble, so he ordered Dou Jiande to be beheaded in Chang'an City, and the body was buried in Jingcheng County, the land of Yan Zhao.
After Dou Jiande's wife, the red lady, heard that her husband had been killed, she disappeared, as if the world had evaporated......