4. The queen of the palace Qinggang River
Just when Ma Chongying's army began to leave Wuyuan in Yanzhou, the Tang army's camp to lift the siege of Gyeongju City was still wavering and hesitating, because Hun Yang had not come to take up his post so far.
There was also news that Ma Sui was going to compete with Hun Yang for the position of the commander, and now everyone was even more vigilant.
What do we do now?
Do you want to pursue?
In a situation where the dragons were leaderless, the Suining Jiedu made Han Yougui and the Gyeongju Assassin Shi Theory realize the "friendship of the landlords", and they advocated selecting thousands of cavalry from the Suining Army, the Shence Army and the Shenwei Army to enter the Fangqu in Qinggang Lingnan, and carefully pursue while waiting for the final decision of personnel.
However, there were also many people, including Gao Chongwen, the general of the Shence Left Army, who objected, saying that the Beijing Division could not send troops without a precise order.
And the two generals, Wu Xianfu and Zhang Wanfu, who commanded the forbidden army of Beiya, were worried that if our side dragged on, we would trap the Baicao Army in Xiaoguan.
When there were different opinions, at the critical moment, it was Wang Xiqian, the supervisor of the Shenwei Army, who made a statement, saying that the Holy Lord's edict would always be delayed on the post road, but when the Holy Lord sent someone to summon Xiao Zhonglang to return to Beijing, he had said in the entire camp that Xiao Zhonglang's order would remain the same.
Then Xiao Zhonglang said that he would pursue, and we had to fulfill it.
Well, since Wang Xiqian said so, the hearts of the people in the camp have finally settled down.
The armies immediately gathered about 7,000 cavalry, and let Fan Xichao, Han Qinxu, Zhang Wanfu, and Wu Xianfu be led by four generals, and spent a day and a night galloping to Fangqu, where they saw many sick horses and baggage abandoned by Xifan along the way.
At this time, there was still no further information from the Jingshi side, and the four generals stayed under the mound of the camp, pointing to the ground, and discussing with each other.
Fan Xichao is heavy, and he has to wait for orders.
Han Qinxu was radical and wanted to chase directly.
Wu Xianfu said that I think we should pursue deeply in the direction of Yanzhou, at least to deal with the Baicao Army that went to Mingsha.
And the veteran Zhang Wanfu was impassioned, saying that my old body bones are ready to be shrouded in horse leather, what are you afraid of in the prime of life, let me be the vanguard, chase the fanzi, and kill the fanzi!
Anything happens, I'll pick it up on my shoulder.
Anyway, I don't have much future, I'm not afraid.
The general result was three to one, and Fan Xichao was not ready to be stubborn, so he said that since this is the case, then the four of us must join forces and cross Qinggang Ridge first before taking the opportunity to act.
Before the words fell, several Yu Marquis hurriedly rode over, shouting that there were hundreds of Shenwei soldiers in the camp, and without getting the general's order, they rode horses without authorization, set aside the rejection of horses, and launched a pursuit in the direction of Yanzhou.
"Who is it?"
"Shenwei Army shooters, what are the names of Li Shuwen and Mo Liuhun."
"Then we don't have to wait any longer, catch up and punish Li Shuwen and Mo Liuhun." After Han Qinxu finished speaking, he turned over and got on the horse.
Then Zhang Wanfu, Wu Xianfu and Fan Xichao also mounted their horses in turn, and the cavalry of the entire Tang army galloped together, raising a cloud of flying dust and rushing through the pass of Qinggangling.
On the north side of the river under the mountain range, thousands of Shatuo cavalry, under the command of Zhu Xie's loyal father and son, the whole Shatuo clan has always been brave, this time Ma Chongying withdrew the army and was appointed as the queen of the palace.
Zhu Xie loyally led 5,000 cavalry, set up a formation in the north of Qinggang River, and erected a banner and banner; And let his son Zhu Xie Zhiyi, lead two thousand of the most elite assault horses, and lie on the mountainside on the west side of Qinggang Ridge. After learning that the Tang army had forward cavalry rushing in, he took advantage of its half-crossing to stop the waist and rush and achieve a big victory, which could not only complete the mission delivered by Ma Chongying, but also protect the safety of the entire Shatuo clan.
Soon, Zhu Xie was loyal to see that on the hills of Qinggang Ridge, a group of Tang cavalry appeared proudly, and the first one was Li Shuwen and Mo Liuhun, who were born in the mountain shed and are now the shooting generals of the Shenwei Army after the Tang Emperor's Palace, they waved the red flag on horseback, and gathered the cavalry of the Shenwei Army on the hill that was scattered and marched.
The mountain shed is the mountain shed, even if the overall situation is lacking, but the phrase "relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, relying on the water to draft the water" is never wrong, not to mention that Li and Mo are also attached to the Liuzhou Hu, and they are very familiar with the Hu cavalry combat method - Li Shuwen saw that the place where the river leaned was a gentle and wooded hillside, and the water potential happened to split this hillside and flow down, forming a river that flowed through the plains below.
"Rushing down in person?" Mo Liuhun shouted and asked.
Li Shuwen said don't panic, although we only brought 700 people, we also have to divide the troops into two routes, one route is led by me, and directly cross the river to seize the lead.
"But there are no enemy troops on the mountainside!"
"Nonsense, if there is an enemy army, we call it an ambush, and without an enemy army, we happen to make a detour."
Soon, when the four generals led most of the cavalry to the hill, as far as the eye could see, there was already a scene of fighting around Qinggang River:
Li Shuwen's soldiers and horses, across the river, and the cavalry of the Shatuo tribe shot fierce arrows at each other;
And Mo Liuhun's all the way, stepping on the surrounding mountain path, happened to force Zhu Xie Zhiyi's mountain forest, two thousand Shatuo ambush soldiers suddenly exposed, and Mo Liuhun congested each other on the rugged mountain road, killing you come and I are not fierce, and there are constantly soldiers screaming, falling under the mountain stream like a kite with a broken line.
"It seems that there are ambushes behind the Xifan Palace." Fan Xichao saw through it at a glance.
"Everyone follow me, break the ambush first!" Han Qinxu was about to shoot his horse and rush up, but was stopped by Fan Xichao, Fan then pointed to the mountainside dense forest where Mo Liuhun fought with a horse whip, "The cliffs are towering there, the mountain roads are coiled, the enemy's cavalry advantage cannot be exerted, and it is seen through the ambush, and there is nothing to do, you can send a general with 800 soldiers to entangle and attack, and the rest of the cavalry will rush down to cross the river and break the palace army of Xifan." ”
"Sons, follow me!" Zhang Wanfu's long beard fluttered, his nose shrugged and shrugged, he held the reins with one hand, and raised the long-handled phoenix mouth knife with the cold light with the other hand, roared angrily, cheered, and then rushed to Qinggangchuan from the hill, and the other Tang cavalry all worked hard, and they all shouted, clamping the horse's belly, or raising the horse's lance, or carrying the bow and arrow, and rushed down with Zhang Wanfu.
Wu Xianfu, the general of Jinwu, led 800 troops alone and went to reinforce Mo Liuhun.
On the mountain road, Mo Liuhun and a group of Shenwei army disciples, holding bows and knives, fought endlessly with Zhu Xie's soldiers and horses, and injured and killed many people, after all, Mo Liuhun had too many people, and he was slowly at a disadvantage, but after turning around, he saw Wu Xianfu leading the soldiers and horses, beating drums and raising flags, and was coming along the mountain road for reinforcements, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, shouting, "Wu Jinwu, come and save me, I am Mo Liuhun from the mountain shed of Manchuan Pass back then, and I have had a friendship with you!" ”
"The thief has become a soldier!" Wu Xianfu, who heard the shouting, couldn't cry or laugh.
At the same time, on the side of Qinggang River, seeing that a large number of cavalry from his side were coming, Li Shuwen and his subordinates were also greatly boosted, Li was ruthless, and sent Yanguang to his Jinpa, which was wrapped around his head as a forehead, and then simply took off the pocket and tied it to the saddle, snatched a horse lance, and stabbed the front with his bare head, "Cross the river, cross the river, fight the past!" ”
Zhu Xie was loyal to see that the Tang soldiers rushed over as if they were not dying, and saw that his son's ambush soldiers were also seen through and entangled, and he was shocked that the Tang family should not be underestimated, "Don't fight with the Tang soldiers, retreat to Yanchi!" ”