Chapter 23: The Battle of Pandou
Pandou City, Hucheng County, is located in the northwest of Hongnong County, because Pandou City is located in the west of Hangu Pass, the surrounding mountains are dense, so the midsummer is often foggy, Pandou City relies on the mountain to entrench here, and it is also the grain supply of the Eastern Wei Dynasty to the west, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is not conducive to the garrison of the army, so only a few soldiers are sent to guard.
In the early morning of the next day, there was a little fog, and there were soldiers patrolling Pandou City as usual, and the city gate was wide open, and the people were free to enter as usual, without the slightest awareness of the approaching Western Wei vanguard army.
The 3,000 vanguard army led by Yu Jin, the governor of the Western Wei Dynasty, was already approaching a mile from Pandou City with murderous violence, and Yu Jin, who was riding on a war horse, stopped, waved his hand to signal the army to stop advancing, and blurted out to General Da Xiwu behind him: "General Da Xiwu, immediately investigate the defense of Pandou City!" β
General Da Xiwu lema leaned forward and said: "Governor, leave it to me, I haven't fought for a long time recently, and I'm suffocated, but don't worry!" After saying that, he disappeared with two cavalrymen.
Yu Jin smiled bitterly at this time, and said to General Li Yuan behind him: "General Da Xiwu has been a general for many years, and he still has that temper, although he is brave and strategic, he is also cute, and it has become his preference to probe the enemy by risking his life!" β
General Li Yuan took advantage of the situation to pull forward, approached Yu Jin's side, and said with a smile: "General Da Xiwu has always been obsessed with this way, if the Metropolitan Governor doesn't let him go to investigate the military situation, he will be uncomfortable!" β
The two laughed "haha" at the same time.
A moment later, General Da Xiwu came back with two cavalrymen, and saluted Yu Jin on the opposite side with the reins in his hand: "Dadu Governor, there is nothing abnormal in Pandou City, our army can suddenly attack, and it can be down in half a day!" β
Yu Jin Le Ma turned back, but the war horse kept moving on the road, so he shouted to the vanguard soldiers: "Soldiers, the lord handed over the first battle of my Western Wei switch to the east to my vanguard army, our army should serve the battlefield to repay the lord's kindness, after the city is broken, there are innocent people who kill indiscriminately, according to the military law, those who have merit, all have rewards, maybe your children and grandchildren will be inexhaustible for your bloody battle today, the lord is waiting for the news of our army's victory, my vanguard army will win this battle!" He raised his sword and shouted.
The soldiers shouted in unison: "Victory!" Win.... β
The immediate governor of Yu Jin took out a bronze beast face and put it on his face, so he shouted loudly: "The soldiers put on your bronze beast face, so that the Eastern Wei army in Pandou City will be frightened, kill... β
After Yu Jin Dadu finished speaking, he turned his horse back, only to see the neighing of the war horse and rush towards Pandou City.
Pandou City, the General's Mansion, I saw a red-armored soldier quickly run in, there were many rooms in the general's mansion compound, so he stopped in the courtyard panting and sweating profusely and shouted loudly: "General Gao, General Gao, the Western Wei army is attacking the city!" β
I saw Gao Shuli coming out of the side room at this time, wearing clothes, and his shoes were not pierced, and he ran to the courtyard barefoot, and hurriedly asked, "How many people are there?" β
The soldier knelt down on one knee and said: "The banner covers the sun endlessly, and it looks like there are more than 5,000 people!" β
The impatient Gao Shuli paced back and forth barefoot in the courtyard, and suddenly stopped and ordered the soldiers: "Send more sentry horses immediately, go to Hongnong County to ask the assassin Li Huibo to come to the rescue, go quickly!" β
The soldier hurriedly replied: "Pandou City has been surrounded by the Western Wei army, and now even a bird can't fly out, and even if it goes out, it can only be sent to death!" β
Gao Shuli suddenly spread on the ground, sweating profusely, his clothes were disheveled, his eyes were wide open, and he was frightened: "It's over!" Finished! Gao Xiang handed over the important task of guarding the Western Wei Dynasty to me, if I lost Pandou City, Gao Xiang would not be able to unload me with eight pieces, and my life would be rested! "Crying and patting her thighs, like a shrew.
The soldier saw Gao Shuli behaving like this, so he replied: "General Gao, you can only fight to the death, you are Prime Minister Gao's own family, if you are captured, your brothers will have to die with you!" β
The soldier's words reminded Gao Shuli, only to see Gao Shuli stand up in one go, and immediately ordered the soldier: "Gather all the defenders in Pandou City to the city pass, and fight to the death!" β
The soldier held his hand and saluted, "No! Checkmate! After finishing speaking, he hurriedly ran out of the general's mansion.
Outside the gate of Pandou City, Yu Jin Dadu Governor stood alone in front of the military formation, only to see a row of archers in front of him constantly releasing arrows, only to see Yu Jin Dadu Governor holding the reins in his left hand, holding a war knife in his right hand, and constantly shouting: "Release the arrow!" Shoot the arrowγγγγγ β
Arrows rained down on Pandou City, only to see Pandou City closed, corpses lined up, and suddenly Gao Shuli's flag appeared on Pandou City Pass, Yu Jin Governor saw that there was a flag on the city pass and immediately shouted: "Stop. So Le Ma took a few steps forward, and the soldiers who released the arrows saw the situation and opened a gap, and let the Governor of Yu Jin step forward, and the Governor of Yu Jin shouted loudly to the city gate: "General Gao, my lord loves only his life, why not serve my lord, you will not lose the position of duke!" β
Gao Shuli, who was closed in Pandou City, was dressed in red armor, stood with a knife, and shouted loudly to the city: "What is your Kurose, if it weren't for the fact that the prime minister of my family accidentally let go of your Kurose in Jinyang, he would have created today, and wanted me to surrender to Yuwen Kurose, dreaming, you let the horse come, I will die and be a member of the Gao family, don't be delusional about your Yuwen Kurose!" β
When the Governor heard his words, he did not speak, so he returned to the front of the great array, brandished his sword, and shouted, "Release the arrows... β
After three showers of arrows, the Governor of Yu Jin shouted: "Siege... β
I saw the soldiers of the vanguard army carrying ladders, rushing to the city with high morale, setting up on the city wall, and attacking upwards.
The governor of Yu Jin then shouted loudly: "The siege vehicle stepped forward and smashed open the city gate... β
The soldiers' gates were next to the rain of arrows shot down from the city gates, pushing siege vehicles to the gates of Pandou City and hitting the city gates, and after some soldiers fell, the follow-up soldiers immediately stepped forward and continued to hit the city gates.
After a while. The city gate was immediately knocked open, and the soldiers of the vanguard army also braved the rolling wood and thunder stones to climb the city and fight with the defenders in Pandou City, but the defenders in Pandou City were very few, the troops were not good, and they could not rush out to ask for help, and Pandou City was conquered in an instant.
Seeing the situation, Yu Jin Dadu Governor waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Rush... "The black-pressed Western Wei Iron Cavalry poured into the city under the leadership of the Governor of Jinda.
In an instant, the battle ended, and Gao Shuli, the defender of Pandou City, died in a battle.
Governor Yu Jin inspected the battlefield in Pandou City, and General Li Yuan and General Da Xiwu followed him closely. Seeing the corpses of the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Army in the city, Yu Jin suddenly stopped, looked up at the sunny sky after the fog, and sighed: "The sun is like blood, life and death fight, although I can't bear it, but this is a battlefield after all!" Looking at the scene in front of him, he groaned for a while, so he turned around and ordered: "General Da Xiwu, you quickly go and inform the lord that my vanguard army has taken Pandou City, and one day later, my vanguard army will join the Chinese army!" β
General Da Xiwu bowed his hand and said, "No! Grand Governor! Then he hurried down.
So he instructed General Li Yuan: "General Li Yuan, go to Zhangbang quickly, and inform the people in the city that our Western Wei army is a division of benevolence and righteousness, and will never indiscriminately hurt innocents, and the people can restore normal order. β
General Li Yuan bowed his hand and said, "No! Grand Governor! Then he hurried down.
Then Yu Jindadu also looked around at the miserable scene around him, and walked towards the direction of Pandou Chengguan.
At this point, the first battle of the Western Wei army in the east - the Battle of Pandou came to an end, and the vanguard army quickly took Pandou City with the momentum of ploughing and sweeping the holes, cutting off the horn defense line of Hongnong County.
At this moment, the 7,000 Chinese army of the Western Wei Dynasty was afraid of alarming the defenders of Hongnong County, so they were stationed in the border wilderness far away from the Hongnong County City. β
The guard Cai You carefully estimated and replied: "Lord Lord, the time has just passed!" β
Yu Wentai then got up and walked out of the desk, came to the center of the big tent, paced with his hands behind his back and looked at the curtain of the big tent, and said thoughtfully: "I don't know how the battle situation in Pandou City is. β
The guard Cai You heard Yuwentai's worries, so he comforted: "Governor Yu personally went into battle this time, and he will destroy the ancient decay, but please rest assured!" β
I saw Yuwentai turn around and paced towards the middle hall again, glanced at the guard Cai You, and said slowly: "Did Hongnong County send reinforcements to reinforce Pandou City?" β
The guard Cai You said: "The minister doesn't know, the Dugu Governor is ambushing near Hongnong County at the moment, the scout has not yet returned, the lord has no worries, this time our army is meticulously planned, and there will be no loss!" β
Yuwentai took a long breath and said, "It's too!" I shouldn't be breathless! β
I only heard the "good news" outside the big tent at this time... In an instant, the Chinese army exploded, Yuwentai heard the sound and quickly walked out of the big tent, stopped outside the big tent, only to see General Da Xiwu led two scouts to gallop to the camp, only to see him stop in front of the Chinese army tent, dismount three steps and make two steps, run to Yuwentai's side and kneel on one knee, and hold his hand and salute: "My lord, our army has successfully taken Pandou City, Yu Dadu is cleaning the battlefield, and he will make peace with the main guild in a day!" β
Yuwentai leaned down at this time to help General Da Xiwu, and happily appreciated: "Okay, Governor Yu Dadu is really a general of the Western Wei Dynasty, and he has never lived up to expectations, and his contribution is indispensable!" Chengxian, bring water to the general! Cai You hurried back to the big tent.
Da Xiwu panted and said: "Lord, Hongnong County is still unknown, and the minister is willing to go to investigate!" β
I saw Cai You holding a water bladder and handing it to Yuwentai, who immediately handed it to General Xi Wu, and said: "General Xi Wu is busy going back and forth, rest for a while, and hand it over to others to investigate!" β
After General Da Xiwu picked up the water bladder and drank it violently, he wiped his mouth and said: "Lord, the minister is not tired, it is the minister's duty to investigate the military situation, and the others are not at ease when they go to the minister, they haven't fought for a long time, and the minister is about to suffocate!" β
Yu Wentai shook his head with a wry smile, so he stepped forward to sort out General Da Xiwu's armor, and said with concern: "The general has followed me for many years, and everything is still the same as before, go, be careful on the road!" After finishing Da Xiwu's armor, he took a step back.
General Da Xiwu, who was sweating profusely, bowed his hand and said, "No! Lord! So he hurriedly retreated, quickly mounted his horse in front of the big tent, and led two of his own soldiers and scouts out of the camp, and then they were all dusty.
Yuwentai watched Da Xiwu disappear at the end of the camp, so he said to Cai You, the guard beside him: "Chengxian, immediately order the Dugu Governor to come back to rest, bury the pot to cook at the end of tomorrow morning, and send troops to Hongnong!" β
The guard Cai You bowed and said, "No! Lord! The guard Cai You also hurriedly mounted his war horse in the camp and disappeared at the end of the camp.
At this time, Yuwentai stopped in front of the big tent, holding his hands behind his back, happy and colorful, looking at the mountains in the distance with firm and attentive eyes, only to see the mountains stacked on top of each other, quite shapely!
The first battle of the Western Wei army out of the east was very beautiful, which not only inspired morale, but also made Yuwentai more determined, at this time he was very sure in his heart, because the army of grain and grass had a few days left, and he must take advantage of the situation to take Hongnong County, one, he needed a victory to deter the undercurrent of the Western Wei court, two, the drought in Guanzhong Sanfu was raging, and he needed Changping granary to supply the army and relieve the drought, thinking that Yuwentai at this time suddenly turned around and walked into the big tent.
Predict what will happen next, and see how it will be broken down next time!