Chapter 442: Striking West
The night was low, the sky was dripping with rain, and there was the sound of thunder and lightning, and the campfires in the camp were dim, and many of them were extinguished. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Tonight, Zhang Xutuo was fully armed, mobilized his troops and horses, and prepared to attack the rebel camp.
Cheng Zhijie, Fan Hu, Tang Xiaoren, Luo Shixin and other generals were all wearing armor, standing in front of the tent with long soldiers in hand, and they had already received military orders in the tent just now, waiting for General Zhang to come out and march strongly.
Some captains and lieutenants were also outside, waiting for the dispatch, the bonfire had been extinguished by the rain, but everyone's faces showed excitement, because tonight, they were going to attack the rebels' camp and carry out a war of annihilation.
After several days of confrontation, the final battle of life and death finally ushered in.
Zhang Xutuo is close to fifty years old, old and strong, looks like he is in his forties, his face is angular, calm and resolute, and he is quite a general, but there are too many famous generals in the Sui Dynasty, from the time of Emperor Wen to Yang Guang's accession to the throne, in the past 20 years, Zhang Xutuo has been boiling, but unfortunately the generals above are all pressed on him.
Yang Su, Gao Gong, He Ruobi, Yu Wenxin, Han Baohu, Yu Qingze, Shi Wansui, Li Jing, etc., are much bigger than him, so there are too few opportunities to lead the army alone and be alone.
When the Great Sui unified Southern Chen, he was still young, and his family was not a gate valve, so he was not reused, and then the Great Sui entered the Taiping period, there were few wars, and once there was a war on the frontier, he was often just a general, resulting in him between the ages of thirty and fifty, and there was no better chance of becoming famous.
Now the marshals and prime ministers of the older generation are basically hanging, dying of old age, beheaded, and beheaded, the Great Sui is in chaos at the moment, but it gives him a chance to sit in Qilu, lead the three armies, and block one side alone.
Zhang Xutuo is experienced and calm, and according to the rules of the rebels' work and rest and the loopholes in their defenses in the past few days, he has already formulated a plan to encircle and destroy the enemy.
"Tonight is a big deal, the order has been given just now, now is the time for the generals, to serve the country and quell the rebellion, go, take your place, and act according to the signal."
"My subordinates understand!" These generals and captains all surrendered their promises.
Soon, the side and back doors of the camp began to dispatch troops and horses, each running to different directions to set up an ambush.
The first to strike were hundreds of scouts, who quietly dispatched like ghosts in the rainy night, killing the sentry posts and sentry posts set up by Wang Bo and Meng Rang, and making all the police posts on the periphery of the two armies dumb.
Luo Shixin held a spear in his hand, led a thousand cavalry, all heavily armoured, and had quietly come to a hundred steps outside Meng Rang's main camp.
Due to the rainy night, the sound of wind and rain is mixed, and the night sky is like a layer of ink, and the light is very low.
The hooves of these thousand iron horsemen were wrapped in cloth, so that they could approach quietly, like a surprise soldier from the sky.
"Everyone listen to the order and prepare to attack the camp!" Although he was only sixteen years old, Luo Shixin was extremely courageous, extremely brave, and his face was calm and calm.
Thundered!
In an instant, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the camp was pulled out and rushed to the village, the horses stepped on the wooden fence, and rushed into the camp of Meng Rangjun.
"Kill—"
The shouts of killing resounded, breaking the silence of the night, and for the soldiers of Meng Rang, it was like a midnight terror.
Originally, two days ago, Qin Ying led his troops to battle, was beheaded in front of the military formation, and was also killed by the Sui army, which affected the morale of Meng Rang's first army, and felt timid about the brave combat effectiveness of the regular Sui army.
At this time, there was a sudden sneak attack by the Sui army in the military camp, which made Meng Rang's camp chaotic.
At the same time, Fan Hu rushed in from the other end of the camp with 3,000 armor soldiers, and then quickly divided into three groups, making trouble everywhere, some carrying grease to burn grain and grass, and some seizing the horse shed, letting go of the war horses, storming the camp, shouting and killing everywhere, making Meng Rang's camp of tens of thousands of troops blow up into a pot of porridge.
The sound of this fighting suddenly spread, and the soldiers of Wang Bo's battalion two miles away also heard it, and many soldiers rushed out of the tent and looked in that direction.
The two knights rushed over, rushed to the gate, and shouted: "We are the messengers in Meng Rang's army, hurry up and open the gate, there is an urgent military situation to ask to see General Wang!" ”
"Wait!" The soldiers of Yuanmen checked the waist cards of the two of them, and then let them go.
Wang Bo also heard the shouts of the battle in the alliance camp, and as soon as he put on his armor and issued an order to pass the drums, the generals in the camp rushed one after another.
"General Qiqi Wang, a messenger from General Meng's camp came over and said that there was an urgent military situation."
"Bring it here!" Wang Bo snorted.
The two messengers ran over in embarrassment, knelt down, and then said anxiously: "General Qiyu Wang, the Sui army attacked our army's camp, and General Meng led the troops to resist, but the Sui army was fully prepared and had surrounded the camp and was attacking, General Meng was worried that he would not be able to hold on, so he sent me to wait for help......"
"How many men and horses did the Sui army dispatch?" Wang Bo was also anxious to ask.
"To say the least, there are 20,000!"
Wang Bo thought about it for a while and decided to go over to help, otherwise, once Meng Rang's army was captured and annihilated by the Sui army, then his situation would be even more dangerous.
"Cui Lianggong, Zhu Meng, Zhao Duo, a few of you, follow General Ben personally to outflank the back road of the Sui army, block the main force of the Sui army outside the camp of the allied army, and the inside and outside should be combined, and the imperial court army and horses will be broken!" Wang Bo made a judgment, ordered 30,000 soldiers and horses, and left more than 20,000 people to guard the camp.
Wang Bo led this army of soldiers and horses to rush out of the camp to rescue Meng Rang and take the opportunity to destroy the main force of the Sui army.
As soon as he walked halfway, suddenly the gong sounded, and thousands of cold arrows were shot from the grass and trenches on both sides, making Wang Bo's reinforcements turn over on their backs, screaming, and then, surrounded in all directions, more than 20,000 main forces of the Sui army appeared, waiting for Wang Bo to enter the urn here.
Zhang Xutuo used the strategy of attacking the east and the west, besieging the city and sending reinforcements, and hooked Wang Bo out, which was the target he wanted to focus on tonight.
Only by defeating Wang Bo's main force can the overall situation be controlled, otherwise the camps on both sides, although they are in chaos, but fighting from night to dawn is also a kind of chaotic battle, and it is difficult to achieve the effect of complete annihilation if the camp is simply attacked and the army is not dispatched. Zhang Xutuo knew very well that even if he could destroy Meng Rang's camp, he would put his soldiers and horses into a fierce battle, and even the danger of being outflanked by Wang Bo's army, or facing the attack of Wang Bo's army the next day, making his own side passive.
Only by messing up Meng Rang's camp, and then attracting Wang Bo to bring troops to help, concentrate his forces, and cripple and defeat the main force of this rebel army, the victory is in hand.
At this time, with 20,000 elite Sui troops, 30,000 panicked rebels were besieged, and they struck first, and suddenly gained the upper hand in the battle.
Zhang Xutuo personally led the troops to kill the enemy, his martial arts were superb, which was reflected at this moment, with the horse lance in hand, rampage, invincible.
"Capture and kill Wang Bo-" The soldiers of the Sui army shouted, constantly narrowing the encirclement, and fierce and bloody battles.
At this time, Cheng Zhijie with 3,000 men and horses had already rushed to the side camp to kill Wang Bo's camp to contain the soldiers and horses and rescue their main general.
"Kill! Kill! "The regular Sui army is extremely brave and fierce, and it takes the initiative, mainly ambushing and besieging, so the psychology and morale of the battle at this moment are much better than that of the righteous soldiers.
Half an hour later, Wang Bo found himself under siege, and under his worries, he had to give up the idea of continuing the fierce battle, and broke through with a force of personal soldiers, and wanted to escape from here first.