Chapter 527: The Battle of Hanoi

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Mengjin, Zhu Kun and Li Yi, who were garrisoned by Feng Yi, did not dare to attack, so they retreated to the next best thing, landing from the east of Mengjin, seventy or eighty miles away, and then all the way to the north, which could directly take Wen County.

As long as Wen County can be taken first, you can avoid Meng Jin and send troops to enter Huai County, the county seat of Hanoi.

After discussing the tactics, Zhu Kun and Li Yi sent the general Su Mao and the general Jia Qiang to lead 50,000 troops to attack Hanoi.

Regarding the sneak attack on Hanoi with the army this time, Su Maoda was not very willing from the bottom of his heart.

Not long ago, he and Li Song led the army to pacify the emperor's son-in-law, who had made great contributions, and thought that he was about to soar, but in the next battle with the Red Mei Army, he did not dare to return to Chang'an because of the defeat.

can only follow Zhu Kun, Li Yi and others to Luoyang, to put it bluntly, they came to Luoyang for refuge. But now Zhu Kun and Li Yi sent him to attack Hanoi again.

Is Hanoi that easy to fight? Although Liu Xiu led the main army to the north, there was Feng Yi stationed in Hanoi, and if he couldn't get it, his sneak attack was a meat bun beating a dog, and there was no return.

But now he was under a low wall, and he had to bow his head. Since he has sought the protection of Zhu Kun and Li Yi, now that people want to use him, he can only accept it head-on.

Jia Qiang is Su Mao's subordinate, his thinking is completely different from Su Mao's, thinking that his own side has a great hope of winning this battle, if he can really recapture Hanoi that was snatched by Liu Xiu, it will be an immortal achievement.

Su Mao and Jia Qiang, under the orders of Zhu Kun and Li Yi, led 50,000 soldiers and horses to quietly cross the Yellow River from Henan County at night and enter Hanoi County.

The crossing of the river went smoothly. Boats went back and forth on the river, transporting the 50,000 Luoyang soldiers and horses to the opposite bank in batches.

As for the sneak attack by Zhu Kun and Li Yi, although Hanoi is not unprepared, it is true that the degree of prevention is not very strict.

Successfully crossed the Yellow River and successfully landed on the opposite bank, which made Su Mao, who was originally not highly motivated, suddenly realize that Zhu Kun and Li Yi's sneak attack strategy also made some sense, and it was not completely impossible for his side to recapture Hanoi.

Su Mao, who was greatly confident, and Jia Qiang, who was full of fighting spirit, led 50,000 Luoyang soldiers and went straight to Wen County.

When their 50,000 soldiers and horses entered the territory of Wen County, Hanoi suddenly discovered that Luoyang had suddenly attacked their side.

The county commander of Wen County sent people to Huai County overnight to inform the Hanoi Taishou Kou that the enemy army was now in Wen County. The news of the county order of Wen County reached the Taishou Mansion, and the Taishou Mansion immediately blew up.

Kou Sui and the county government officials gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

Most of the officials of the county government advised Kou Sui that he should avoid the enemy's edge and abandon Wen County. The reason is very simple, they don't have many soldiers to fight in Hanoi, and Feng Yi has 18,000 troops in Mengjin, which is already the largest army.

Wen County's soldiers and horses are less than 1,000 people, and Huai County's county army is only 3,000. Listening to the words of the officials under his command, most of them were cowardly remarks, Kou Sui's face was gloomy, he suddenly stood up, paced back and forth in the lobby, walked around twice, and said in a condensed voice: "Wen County, is the gateway to Hanoi, the barrier of Huai County

! If Wen County is lost, the county seat will inevitably be difficult to preserve! Once the county town is lost again, what will we do to protect Hanoi? How can you be worthy of the king's entrustment and trust before leaving? As soon as he said this, everyone present lowered their heads and did not dare to speak. Kou Sui said categorically: "Wen County, there must be no loss!" Pass my order, gather all the soldiers and horses in the county, and go to Wen County with me to fight the enemy to the death! And also

Send a message to the counties of Hanoi and Wei County, collect soldiers and horses from all counties, and gallop to help Wen County! ”

"This ......," a county government official said cautiously, "Your Excellency is the Taishou of Hanoi, not the Taishou of Wei County, how can you mobilize the soldiers and horses of Wei County?" ”

Another official reminded in a low voice: "General Feng is General Meng Jin, and right now, only General Feng has the right to transfer troops and horses in the two counties!" ”

Kou Sui frowned and said, "Even if I don't have the right to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Wei County, at least I am still the Taishou of Hanoi, and I always have the right to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Hanoi, right?" ”

Everyone present looked at each other, strictly speaking, the transfer of soldiers and horses in Hanoi was also under the control of Feng Yi. The authority given to Feng Yi by the king is equivalent to the lieutenant of Hanoi and Wei counties, and he has the right to transfer troops and horses in the two counties, and the authority given to Kou Sui is just that Hanoi is too guarded, only in charge of the Hanoi government, responsible for the issue of grain, grass, logistics and materials, as for the command of the army to fight, that

It's a matter of people's differences.

But seeing that Kou Sui was angry at this time, no one dared to say anything more.

According to Kou Sui's order, the county sent a message to the counties, urgently transferred the soldiers and horses of the counties, and in addition, Huai County also began to assemble the county army, and Kou Sui personally went out to recruit strong men from the big households in the city.

When it was time, that is, at three o'clock in the morning, Kou Sui commanded 3,000 county troops, as well as 2,000 strong men, formed a force of about 5,000 soldiers and horses, and went straight to Wen County.

When the sky was white, the 5,000-county army led by Kou Xie finally arrived in Wen County.

Because the night was not suitable for attacking the city, although the Luoyang army led by Su Mao and Jia Qiang arrived in Wen County first, they did not attack the city immediately, but were resting.

When the sky gradually brightened and the Luoyang army was preparing to storm Wen County, Kou Sui led his troops to arrive in time.

The soldiers and horses of the two sides met outside the city of Wencheng. This is a typical narrow road encounter, both sides have no extra nonsense to say, and they hit one place in the face.

The county army on Kou Sui's side is said to be 5,000 people, but in fact, the real combatable soldiers are only 3,000 county troops, and the 2,000 strong men temporarily recruited are not of much use.

On the other hand, on the side of the Luoyang Army, it was 50,000 elites selected from the 300,000 army, and the two sides could not be compared in terms of strength or combat strength.

At this time, Kou Sui showed his resolute side, even if he knew that he was invincible, he still insisted on fighting this battle.

Fighting, you can also temporarily drag the enemy army, buy time for your own reinforcements, if you don't fight, Wen County will be lost, the door to Hanoi will be wide open, at that time, the Luoyang army can continue to enter Hanoi, and your own side is no longer able to make any resistance.

When the two sides fought together, the advantages and disadvantages were too obvious, the Luoyang army advanced step by step, and the Hanoi army was forced to retreat.

At this time, the county commander of Wenxian County led more than 1,000 county soldiers to rush out of Wencheng City and fight side by side with the county army to resist the strong enemy.

In fact, as far as the strength of the 50,000 Luoyang Army is concerned, it is not too many of them to have a thousand enemies, and it is not too few of them to have a thousand enemies, and it doesn't matter whether there are a thousand of them or not.

Seeing that more than 1,000 county soldiers from Wen County rushed out of the city to reinforce the county army, Su Mao and Jia Qiang were almost angry.

Jia Qiang raised his horsewhip, first pointed at the county army, and then pointed at the county soldiers on the other side, and said: "General, they are really a group of fools who don't know whether to live or die!" 5,000 people came to die, but now there are more than 1,000! ”

The corners of Su Mao's mouth raised, in his opinion, the soldiers of Wenxian County went out of the city to fight, and they were indeed asking for their own death.

And so it is. The dispatch of more than 1,000 county soldiers from Wen County did not change the situation on the battlefield.

The 50,000-strong Luoyang army was like a huge chariot, crushing the 5,000 county troops and 1,000 county soldiers.

Just when Kou Sui's side was in danger, a group of more than 1,000 soldiers and horses suddenly rushed to the battlefield, and reinforcements from the state and county arrived.

After receiving Kou Sui's summons, the county commander and the county lieutenant personally led more than 1,000 county soldiers from the state and county to rush to Wen County, and finally arrived in time when the two sides were in the midst of a fierce battle.

Soon after the arrival of the county soldiers, another soldier and horse rushed over, and the county soldiers of Pingdi County.

Like the state and county, the county commander and county lieutenant of Pingdi County also received a letter from Kou Sui and immediately sent troops to reinforce Wen County. The arrival of reinforcements from these two counties one after the other gave Kou Sui nearly 3,000 more soldiers and horses.

At this time, Su Mao and Jia Qiang both began to frown, muttering secretly in their hearts, the speed at which reinforcements from various counties in Hanoi rushed over was inevitably too fast! On the side of the imperial court, one side asked for help, and asked the other side to send troops to help, and the other side always prevaricated first, and then analyzed the pros and cons, and considered whether or not to send troops

I'm afraid that it is close at hand, and the speed of reinforcements will have to wait for a day or two, or even three or five days.

But Liu Xiu's side is completely different. Kou Sui's order was conveyed, and the officials below did not shirk, did not weigh the pros and cons, and did not intrigue, and immediately went to implement it unconditionally.

Therefore, the speed of reinforcements in Hanoi counties is far beyond the imagination of Su Mao and Jia Qiang.

Then rushed to Wen County to reinforce Kou Sui's third support army, which was slightly larger, with nearly 3,000 soldiers and horses, which was the county soldier commanded by Wang Liang, the county commander of Yewang County.

The two armies faced each other, and the fierce battle was in full swing, and the troops on both sides were fighting less and less, but Kou Xun's side was good, and the troops were fighting more and more, from the original 5,000 people, to now, it has become more than 10,000 people.

This is the case, not to mention that Su Mao and Jia Qiang's hearts are beginning to be bottomless, and even the soldiers below are getting more and more panicked.

If the strength of the Hanoi army continues to increase like this, this battle will not be able to go any further, and the 50,000 people on our side will have to be exhausted to death!

Just when the morale of the Luoyang army was suppressed little by little, another army of soldiers and horses appeared in the west of Wen County, and the scale of this army was much larger than that of the county soldiers of Zhouxian County, Pingdi County, and Yewang County.

The military appearance is neat, the momentum is huge, the banner is unfurled, and it is erected like a forest.

Seeing this army, Kou Sui immediately reacted that it was Feng Yi's reinforcements arriving. He was in high spirits, and deliberately shouted excitedly to his left and right: "It's the king's reinforcements!" It's the king's reinforcements that have arrived! ”

Listening to the ears of the officers and men of the Hanoi army, Kou Xun's shouts greatly boosted their morale. The people scrambled to shout: "The king's reinforcements have arrived!" The king himself led the army and reinforced us! ”

At this time, looking at the Luoyang army on the opposite side, from top to bottom, they were all stunned and stupid.

Even Jia Qiang, who has been actively fighting, is also the master of the six gods at this time, and he said in a daze: "This ...... This is not right, when we set out on the expedition, Da Sima and King Wuyin didn't say that Liu Xiu might lead the army back to Hanoi! ”

Su Mao was even more at a loss. He was born in the Green Forest Army, can he not understand Liu Xiu's ability to fight?

Liu Xiu fights wars, he can't rely on common sense to judge, 3,000 people can defeat 400,000 people, throughout the ages, there are so many war examples, which one is more crazy than this?

He muttered: "Liu Xiu returns to Hanoi!" This battle is no longer fought, our army must retreat quickly! ”

Now Jia Qiang is not warlike, hearing Su Mao's words, he nodded like pounding garlic, and ordered left and right, hurry up and withdraw the troops.

The premise of Mingjin's collection of troops is that you must first have a place where you can collect troops, either you have a city behind you, or you have a large camp behind you, but now, there is nothing behind the Luoyang army, and I don't know where Su Mao and Jia Qiang are going to collect troops.

At this time, it can be clearly felt that Su Mao and Jia Qiang are already in chaos.

When the two armies are in the middle of a battle, how can you withdraw if you want to? Moreover, they had neither a city nor a camp to hold on, and their subsequent retreat soon turned into a rout on all fronts.

Pity the elite of the Luoyang army, which is poor for 50,000 people, in the process of retreating, the Hanoi army commanded by Kou Sui and Feng Yi was hunted down and killed.

Tens of thousands of people were killed in battle, tens of thousands were captured, and tens of thousands of people were forced to throw themselves into the river. The army of 50,000 soldiers who finally fled back to Henan with Su Mao and Jia Qiang was not even 10,000. Do you think it's safe to escape back to Henan? How can it be! Kou Sui and Feng Yibang beat the water dogs, took advantage of the victory to pursue, waved their troops south, crossed the Yellow River, and directly attacked Henan County.