Chapter 505: Pursue while you are victorious
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The all-out counterattack of the Han army made the bronze horse army, which had become the end of the strong crossbow, completely unable to resist and was defeated. Dongshan Barren and Shanghuai Situation, no one expected this to happen, just now they were still fighting around the Han army, and their own soldiers who were completely superior in the scene were all defeated in an instant. Dongshan barren wants to stabilize the defeated soldiers,
regrouped and continued to besiege the Han army, but the defeated soldiers directly disrupted the overall camp of the Bronze Horse Army, and also caused panic in the whole army.
At this time, the disadvantages of the Bronze Horse Army's lack of organization and coordination were completely exposed.
The defeated soldiers did not listen to the command and fled in a hurry, while the more than 100,000 soldiers who plundered the formation were also affected and fled in all directions with the defeated soldiers. The 200,000 bronze horse army became a pot of porridge in an instant.
Follow Liu Xiu, how can the experienced soldiers of the Han Army miss such an opportunity? People chased the butts of the Bronze Horse Army.
Dongshan Barren and Shanghuai Condition and others were helpless against their own rout, and everyone had no choice but to run with the defeated soldiers.
The defeat of the Bronze Horse Army has really become a rout, and it can't be stopped.
Moreover, the bronze horse army did not run in one direction, the 200,000 people, divided into many shares, fled in all directions, like headless flies.
Among the fleeing Bronze Horse Army, there were two Bronze Horse Armies with the largest number of troops, one was from Julu County, which fled due south, passed through Quang Binh County and Wei County, and fled directly into Hanoi.
Another group of bronze horse troops fled to the southeast, passing through Qinghe County and escaping into the territory of Yanzhou.
It can be said that the two largest Bronze Horse Army have escaped from Jizhou, which is an unprecedented victory for the Han army. But Liu Xiu was not satisfied. In this battle in Julu County, although the Han army defeated the Bronze Horse Army, the number of enemy soldiers killed and wounded was not much, and the casualties of the Copper Horse Army were only 30,000 or 40,000 people
Moving bones, not to mention hurting vitality, as long as time passes, the Bronze Horse Army can also regroup and then counterattack back to Jizhou.
If you want to put an end to the threat of the Bronze Horse Army to Jizhou forever, you must completely exterminate the remnants of the Bronze Horse Army and leave no remnants of the Bronze Horse with one soldier and one general.
For Liu Xiu's idea, all the generals of the Han army supported it.
So now, they need to divide their troops into two routes, one to Hanoi to destroy the remnants of the Bronze Horse Army that fled into Hanoi, and the other to Yanzhou to destroy the remnants of the Copper Horse Army that fled into Yanzhou.
Liu Xiu consulted with his generals and decided to personally lead the army to Hanoi. As for who to send to Yanzhou, Liu Xiu was a little embarrassed.
Yanzhou currently belongs to the sphere of influence of the Red Mei Army, and Liu Xiu currently holds the title of King Xiao of the First Imperial Court, if Liu Xiu personally leads the army into Yanzhou, it will be a big event.
You said that you came to Yanzhou to exterminate the remnants of the Bronze Horse Army, but who knows if you helped Liu Xuan come to Yanzhou to fight?
Once Liu Xiu enters Yanzhou, he will inevitably attract the siege of the Red Mei Army, and at that time, they will have to deal with the Bronze Horse Army and the Red Mei Army, and the whole army will fall into a bitter battle.
Therefore, Liu Xiu could only choose to exterminate the thief army that fled into Hanoi.
But who should be sent into Yanzhou?
Liu Xiuzheng was secretly pondering in his heart, Wu Han suddenly stood up, and saluted Liu Xiu: "King, the last general is willing to go to Yanzhou!" In this battle, the last general will definitely be able to annihilate the remnants of Yanzhou's copper horse in one fell swoop! ”
Looking at Wu Han, Liu Xiu fell into deep thought. Liu Xiu is very relieved about Wu Han's ability to fight, if there are no other factors, let Wu Han lead the troops to deal with the remnants of the bronze horse, then it will be absolutely no problem.
However, Yanzhou is now the territory of the Red Mei Army, and Wu Han is arrogant and arrogant, he led the army into Yanzhou, and it is not possible to clash with the Red Mei Army, which is a situation that Liu Xiu does not want to see.
Just when Liu Xiu was hesitating, Geng Yi got up and intervened and said, "King, the last general is willing to go to Yanzhou!" ”
Liu Xiu turned his gaze and looked at Geng Yi again. Geng Yi's ability to lead troops to fight, even if it is not as good as Wu Han, is not far behind, but like Wu Han, Geng Yi is young and vigorous, more than sharp, and he can't be calm.
Seeing Liu Xiu rubbing his chin and his eyes sweeping over Wu Han and Geng Yi's bodies, but they didn't make a decision for a long time, everyone understood that it seemed that Wu Han and Geng Yi were not suitable candidates in the king's heart.
Ma Wu and Wang Ba got up almost at the same time and asked Liu Xiu for help, willing to lead the army to Yanzhou.
Liu Xiu was still silent. At this time, the Chinese military tent quieted down, Wu Han, Geng Yi, Ma Wu, and Wang Ba asked for help, but the king did not allow it, so who else can beat the four of them?
Choshi, who had been silent on weekdays, looked left and right, and saw that no one took the initiative to ask the king anymore, he stood up and arched his hand and said, "The king, the last general is willing to go!" Liu Xiu's gaze fell on Choshi again, and his mind suddenly moved. Choshi has always been calm, cool-headed and wise, and quick-witted. Liu Xiu looked at the Cho period for a long time, and said meaningfully: "Yanzhou is now controlled by the red eyebrows, and the red eyebrows are not
Friends of our army, this time our army entered Yanzhou to exterminate the remnants of the copper horse, this move is sensitive, and the soldiers and horses sent by our army must not be too much. ”
Entering Yanzhou to fight, the life is not familiar, it is already difficult, and the worst thing is that even the soldiers and horses cannot be brought too much, so as to dispel the vigilance and hostility of the Red Mei Army.
But in this way, it will become more and more dangerous and difficult to exterminate the remnants of the Bronze Horse Army.
Choshi pondered for a moment, and Zhengse said: "King, the last general can lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to Yanzhou. ”
Hearing this, the hearts of everyone present were also shocked. Ma Wu said nervously: "In the second case, with only 20,000 soldiers and horses, how can it be the opponent of the Bronze Horse Army?" ”
Don't look at the remnants of the Bronze Horse Army who fled into Yanzhou, but it is also tens of thousands, and it may even be 100,000 people, not to mention that there are still Red Eyebrow troops in Yanzhou, and only 20,000 soldiers will be brought to the Yanzhou period, and it will suffer a big loss if it is not good.
Choshi was silent for a moment, and he said in an accentuated tone: "King, the last general is enough to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses!" ”
Liu Xiu thought about it again and again, nodded slowly, and said: "Second time, this time you enter Yanzhou to fight, you must not go too deep, encounter the copper horse, you can fight and retreat, and lead it back to Jizhou!" ”
Choshi intervened and said, "The last general obeys!" ”
"Also, this battle, if you can't fight, you must not fall in love with the war, you need to return to Jizhou as soon as possible!"
"Yes! King! ”
"And ......" Liu Xiu shook his head halfway through his words and didn't say any more. He didn't even know what to say. Choshi smiled and said in a brisk tone: "Don't worry, the king can rest assured, the last general has his own sense of proportion in his heart." ”
Liu Xiu nodded and said, "In this battle, be careful in this situation!" ”
"Yes! King! ”
After careful consideration, Liu Xiu decided to send Choshi to send troops to Yanzhou, whether he could annihilate the remnants of the copper horse was secondary, as long as he could lead the remnants of the copper horse from Yanzhou back to Jizhou. In this battle, Liu Xiu did not choose Wu Han, Geng Yi, Ma Wu, Wang Ba and others, but chose the Choshi period, not that the ability to lead the troops to fight in the Choshi period was above a few of them, but according to the different external factors, he needed to choose the most suitable candidate
Fight.
Choshi period is calm and calm, in the current sensitive period when Liu Xuan and the Red Eyebrow Army are fighting bloodshed, let Choshi enter the territory of the Red Eyebrow Army to exterminate the Bronze Horse Army, Liu Xiu will be more relieved.
But Yanzhou is the land of the Red Eyebrow Army after all, and Liu Xiu's side has very limited information about Yanzhou.
Liu Xiu and even the generals under his command did not expect that the Bronze Horse Army that fled into Yanzhou was not tens of thousands of people, nor 100,000 people, but reassembled an army of 200,000 people.
There are hundreds of thousands of people in the Bronze Horse Army, and the Bronze Horse Army that fought against Liu Xiujun in Julu County this time is not all of their troops, and there are many other parts of the Copper Horse Army that have not participated in this battle.
Dongshan barren and Shanghuai, led the remnants, after fleeing into Yanzhou, immediately issued an order to the soldiers and horses of each branch, and all other departments of the Bronze Horse Army were ordered to assemble in Yanzhou, and regrouped in Yanzhou, and the strength reached 200,000 people.
Moreover, the other units of the Bronze Horse Army assembled in Yanzhou are not all soldiers and horses, but only some of the many other units.
As the largest rebel army in Hebei, the size of the Bronze Horse Army is more than 200,000 or 300,000? The number of troops should be at least 500,000 people, and each branch should be scattered throughout Hebei.
In addition, the relationship between the Bronze Horse Army and the Red Eyebrow Army is a very good one, this time they fled to Boping County in Yanzhou, and were strongly supported by the Boping County Order, so they secretly transported a lot of grain and grass for the Bronze Horse Army.
At present, the Red Mei Army is in Hongnong and the army of the first imperial court is in full swing, for the Liu Xiu forces in Hebei, the Red Mei Army is not too willing to provoke, the province has a branch, and it has erected a strong opponent for itself.
For the Bronze Horse Army that was defeated in Hebei and fled to Yanzhou, the attitude of the Red Eyebrow Army was not to take the initiative to contact it, nor did it give any support to the Copper Horse Army, and of course, they would not forcibly drive the Copper Horse Army out of their own land.
But the attitude of the top of the Red Eyebrow Army is the attitude of the top, and the attitude of the bottom is not like this. The commander of Boping County secretly sent grain and grass to the Tongma Army more than once, and did his best to support it.
At the beginning, everyone was an old acquaintance, and they were brothers in distress who stood up together to resist the imperial court.
It was under this circumstance that Liu Xiu led the main force of the Han army into Hanoi, while Cho Chi only led 20,000 soldiers and horses to cross the Yellow River, enter Yanzhou, and go straight to Boping County, where the Tongma Army is located.
Upon learning that Liu Xiujun's part had crossed the Yellow River and entered Yanzhou, he was shocked by the barren Dongshan and Shanghuai, and hurriedly sent a letter to the Boping County Commander. The name of the Boping County Commander is Lian Ji, and before he became a magistrate, he was a middle-level general of the Red Mei Army.
After receiving the letter from the Bronze Horse Army, Lian Ji went out of the city in casual clothes and quietly went to the Bronze Horse Army camp outside the city. In the Chinese army tent of the big camp, Lian Ji saw Dongshan Barren and Shanghuai and others.
The Red Eyebrow Army is the big brother of the Bronze Horse Army, and the Dongshan Barren and Shanghuai Men and others were also imitating Fan Chong and Xu Xuan's uprisings to form the Bronze Horse Army, and they all respect the Red Eyebrow Army and the generals of the Copper Horse Army very much.
After meeting, Dongshan Barren and Shanghuai and others bowed to Lian Jiyi to the ground, and said urgently: "Lian Gong, I heard that Liu Xiu has sent an army to cross the river, enter Yanzhou, and go straight to Boping, this is to drive my copper horse to death, and he Liu Xiu is also too deceitful!" ”
Lian Ji smiled leisurely, returned the salute, and said: "Generals, don't panic, you don't know yet, this time Liu Xiu sent only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the main general is not Liu Xiu, but Cho Period." ”
"Only 20,000 soldiers and horses?" The people of the Bronze Horse Army really didn't know about this, and a general said in surprise: "Liu Xiu only sent 20,000 soldiers and horses, but let them send them to death?" ”
Seeing that everyone in the Bronze Horse Army was staring at him, Lian Ji laughed and said: "The 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Choshi are just bait, and their purpose is to lure you back to Jizhou!" ”
Speaking of this, Lian Ji waved his hand to everyone and motioned for everyone to sit. Dongshan Barren hurriedly bowed down and waved his hand, and said, "Lian Gong, please sit down!" ”
Lian Ji is already forty years old, with his identity, status and even qualifications in the Red Mei Army, he should not have only made a county order, but he himself pushed down the appointment of Taishou on the grounds of his advanced age, and only made an idle county order.
There are not many government affairs, and the daily leisure is leisurely, and the scenery is leisurely. He lives very freely. If it were something else, he wouldn't be so concerned, he had led his troops to fight side by side with the Bronze Horse Army before, he was an old friend and brother, the Bronze Horse Army had something to do, and he ran into his own land Boping County, he couldn't ignore it.