Chapter 292: Ambush Again

After some pursuit, most of the Xuanwei army surrounded hundreds of enemies in a small corner of the Beibu River Bay, surrounded but did not attack, and some people went into the water to flee for their lives, and immediately shot and killed.

"Lay down your weapons, and spare you from death!" Yang Congyi stopped the killing and began to persuade him to surrender.

Although Su Zhong, Pan Cheng and others did not agree with the persuasion to surrender at this time, Yang Congyi had this intention, and it was not good for them to say different ideas in front of the Xuanwei Army and refute the face of the prison army.

However, Li Yueren, who was forced to be in the river bay, was like he couldn't understand Yang Congyi's words, holding a sword, without the slightest reaction, still looking stubborn and resistant.

"Give you three counts, and if you don't lay down your arms, you'll never have a chance." Yang Congyi warned loudly.

Then I started counting.

"One!"

"Two!"

After shouting the two words, the enemy still did not mean to drop their weapons, Yang Congyi frowned slightly, since this is the case, then forget it.

"Kill!"

The Xuanwei army waited for this sentence, and as soon as the military order came out, a round of sharp arrows covered the past, and more than a dozen enemy troops fell on the periphery in an instant.

After three rounds of sharp arrows in a row, there were only a few dozen people still standing at the bay, but the enemy still did not make a sound of begging for mercy, and he was unwilling to be shot, and those who wanted to rush up and fight hard were all killed by sharp arrows.

After another round of sharp arrows, there were only a dozen or so of the remaining enemies.

The Xuanwei army was waiting to wipe them all out and after cleaning up the battlefield, they continued to march westward, when a voice suddenly came from the enemy group: "The general spares his life, I surrender, I surrender." ”

Immediately, I saw a man dressed obviously different from the other people's enemies, separated from the crowd and stepped forward.

When Yang Congyi heard this, he immediately said, "Wait." ”

Xuanweijun put down his bow and arrow again and obeyed the orders of the prison army.

"Those who are willing to surrender will lay down all their weapons and come over with their heads in their hands, and those who do not surrender will be put to death!" Yang Congyi saw that the person who was going to surrender seemed to be an officer, but now was not the time for interrogation, and it was not too late to interrogate them after they were settled and the battlefield was cleaned.

The man threw away his weapon first, and then said, "Throw away your sword, surrender!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the remaining dozen or so enemies threw away their blades one after another, followed the man's example, holding their heads in their hands, and slowly walked towards the Xuanwei army.

"Tie up!" Su Zhong didn't wait for them to get close to the three zhangs, and immediately led people forward and tied all of them with their hands behind their backs.

In this battle, these dozen people were the only prisoners.

As soon as the battle was over, Yang Congyi immediately ordered to clean up the battlefield and recover all available military resources, as for the enemy's corpses, they had no time to bury and dispose of them now, so they could only throw them on the side of the road first, and wait for all the enemy troops in Qinzhou to be driven away.

An hour later, the battlefield was cleared, and a total of 1,837 enemies were killed, 17 were captured, more than 42,000 arrows were recovered, more than 2,000 blades and weapons were collected, about 200 quintals of rations were collected, and a little gold, silver, and money were collected.

After interrogating the prisoners, it was learned that this enemy army had little contact with the enemy army on the southern route since they had moved separately, and they did not know where they were now, so they agreed to meet in Anyuan County, take Anyuan County together, and then attack Qinzhou directly.

From the capture, it was learned that the specific number of enemy troops in the south was about 4,000, and the weapons and equipment were much better than those of the enemy army that had been destroyed, and they had follow-up support, and the food and grass supplies were transported from the Li-Yue border.

As for why they invaded Qinzhou in the Great Song Dynasty, the answer given by the captives was to avenge the prince, who had been mistreated and insulted in the Great Song Dynasty.

Yang Congyi does not believe in such reasons.

Li Yue's army invaded on a large scale, has completely captured Yulin Prefecture, occupied most of the territory of Hengzhou, and threatened Yongzhou, an important town in Guangnan, as for Qinzhou, as long as Li Yueren took Yongzhou, Qinzhou could probe his hand, and then he could wave his army to the east to take Leizhou, so that most of the territory of Guangnan would be occupied by Li Yue. Since the Great Song Dynasty can give up the former Guangyuan Prefecture, Yulin Prefecture, Hengzhou, and Qinzhou, which are close to Guangyuan Prefecture, should be able to give up, anyway, they are all remote and wild places, maybe this is a good attention for Li Yue people.

But Lin'an should not give up these places easily, after all, the Guangnan region has also been operating for hundreds of years, although it is remote, but after the Great Song Dynasty has lost hundreds of state capitals in the north, any state and government will pay more attention to it, even if it is not well managed, it will never be lost.

The captives did not get anything useful to the Xuanwei army, so these captives were sent directly back to Anyuan by a group of men, and then sent back to Qinzhou City, where they were handed over to Zhizhou for disposal.

The third battalion of Xuanwei crossed the river and rested for a while in Huashi Town, Yang Congyi and the fourth general began to discuss the next move.

"This battle was so bitter that I killed two enemies with my bow and arrow." Su Zhong looked at Yao Chang and Pan Cheng with envy.

"Second Su, look at what I'm doing, I also shot an enemy." Pan Cheng was very unhappy in his heart, he killed more than 1,800 enemies in this battle, and he only killed one, which is a shame to say.

"You also killed the enemy, what about me, I have been hiding here for most of the day, and I haven't even touched the enemy's hair, do you say that I am wronged?" Luo Cong also began to complain.

"Yao Chang, you made a fortune in a muffled voice, how many enemies have you killed?" Su Zhong stared at Yao Chang and asked.

"Not much, seven or eight." Yao Chang smiled embarrassedly.

"That's not much?" Su Zhong and Luo Cong were about to jump up when they heard this.

"Okay, don't make a fuss, this ambush is easy, that is, the enemy has not encountered resistance all the way, paralyzed carelessly, and the terrain here is flat, there is nowhere to hide, if you really want to engage them in close combat, you will know how fierce the enemy is. I'm not afraid of death, I'm going to rush over and fight for you. Li Yue people are good at fighting jungle warfare, in the jungle they move quickly, very good at taking advantage of the favorable terrain, but in the eastern coastal area of Qinzhou, it is difficult for them to exert their due combat power, even so, the Xuanwei army must not be careless, our goal is not only to drive them away, but to completely annihilate the invading enemy. Yang Congyi quickly drew the attention of the four people who were chatting.

"Overseer, then how do we fight next?" Su Zhong asked.

Yang Congyi took out the map of Qinzhou and spread it on the table, pointed his finger and said, "Nasuo Town, we will have another ambush here." Huashi Town is not far from Nasuo, half a day's journey to arrive, we will march to Nasuo Town today, tomorrow in the west side of Nasuo Town by the river, the south road is more enemy, we can not expect a annihilation this time, and when they are halfway to launch an attack, first cross the river enemy annihilation, and they form a confrontation with them on the river bank, and then wait for the opportunity to cross the river, outflank from behind, and eat them all one bite at a time. The specific arrangement of the formation will be discussed after we arrive in Nasuo. What do you think? ”

"Sounds good, but I have a request."

"Say."

"I'm going to take the lead this time." Pan Cheng said.

"Let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about it after the formation. Whether it is the first battle or the rear formation, you must obey the entire battle situation, when you should be allowed to take the lead, you will never be allowed to watch from behind, you must remember that everyone is useful in the war, but it must be used in the right place, otherwise it will not be beneficial to the battle. Since I have said this, then I will say a few more words, why did this ambush not let Su Zhong and Pan Cheng, who are experienced in combat and brave in combat, be the initiators of the ambush, but let Yao Chang come? Because Yao Chang is more careful and calm than you, can implement the established battle plan, and can make adjustments according to the situation, he will use his brains on the battlefield. Ambush warfare is mainly based on resourcefulness, not bravery. In an encounter, when the two armies are in close proximity, bravery and courage are more important. In this ambush battle, from beginning to end, the enemy did not have the ability to fight back, why? Because they did not receive any warning, three hundred, six hundred, nine hundred, one thousand two hundred, one thousand fifteen hundred, not one of them died silently. If the previous ambush went wrong, and the enemy army was warned and stopped crossing the river, the ambush would fail, and it might even kill Luo Cong's battalion who crossed the river and ambushed him. After Yang Congyi said these words, his expression was serious. It is a good thing that generals in the army are competing for battle, but if it turns into a scramble for merit and disrupted deployment, it is very likely that there will be a big chaos, and this kind of thing is not uncommon in history.

When the four of them heard this, they were thoughtful and enlightened.

"Okay, the specific battle plan and arrangement, we will discuss it in detail after we go to Nasuo Town to investigate on the spot. Organize a march, and get to Nasuo today. Yang Congyi put away the map.

The four generals got up and clenched their fists and said yes.

Two quarters of an hour later, the Xuanwei army continued to march westward with food, grass and military supplies.

Huashi Town is about forty miles away from Nasuo Town, the terrain is flat all the way, although the road is not wide, but there is no carriage, which does not affect the rapid march. And more than 40 miles away, there are not many rivers to cross, only a few, the width is not more than a zhang, there are wooden bridges connected, and the passage is unimpeded.

The Xuanwei army carried a lot of supplies, in addition to spears, sabers, bows and crossbows, and a pot of arrows, they also had to carry 20 catties of grain, which was their own rations, and unless there was a replenishment before the rations were eaten, they had to return to Anyuan County or go to Qinzhou City.

The military resources carried by each person are about forty catties, so the marching speed is not very fast, and the march of ten miles in half an hour is not tired, but it is not easy.

At sunset in the evening, when the sky was about to darken, the Xuanwei army finally arrived in Nasuo Town.

The spies who were waiting here immediately found Yang Congyi and reported the situation in the vicinity.

From the spies, it was learned that Nasuo Town was also the same as Huashi Town, and all the people fled when they heard the news, and it became an empty town before Li Yue people came, but many people did not leave very far, but hid in the barren mountains ten miles to the north.

It was also discovered that the enemy army on the southern route was also slowly advancing in the past two days, and it would be possible to reach the town of Nasuo in about two days, because there was a river blocking it, and there were no ships nearby, so it was very likely that the enemy would be blocked outside the town of Nasuo.