Chapter 710: The reason is simple
After receiving the news that Pheasant Lin was captured in Qiuzi City, Gao Jun concluded that several people from Xizhou were no longer in Shaya City. He sent fast horses to gallop on the outskirts www.biquge.info of Qiuzi City, and conveyed the order to Ashina Sheer, Heida, Zhai Zhining, and many others, asking them to return to the army overnight and take Shaya City urgently.
Subsequently, he left 1,500 people for Guo to be sealed in Kangli City, and 3,000 soldiers were stationed behind the city. He himself led less than 2,000 men and galloped through the city of Shaya.
The leaders of these troops in front of them didn't understand Gao Beijia's plan, the young city lord of Futu City was trapped in Qiuci City, and the whereabouts of the two ladies of Beijia were unknown, why shouldn't they come to Qiuci to rescue them first, but instead went to fight Shaya City according to the original plan?
But the military order is difficult to disobey, the first to pull out the camp and return to the division is Heida, although he did not understand the intentions of the tall man for a while, but the coalition forces are particularly heavy in the operation of the same action, he was not long in the Tianwei Army, and he is still clear about this truth.
Then, Zhai Zhining, many more, and then Ashina Sheer also left Qiuci City overnight, and thousands of Xizhou people disappeared from Qiuci City overnight, which made Su Fa very strange.
When he learned the news the next morning, he immediately sent people out of the city to reconnoitre, and learned that the Xizhou coalition army had returned to Shaya City.
He ordered the men and horses of Baicheng, who were stationed in the west of Qiuci City, to follow all the way south, and then personally led 3,000 men and horses of Qiuci City to follow and kill Shaya City, and gave an order to Xinhe City, asking them to also send 1,500 troops to help Shaya City.
The total strength of the Qiuzi side reached 9,500 people, and Su Fa believed that his 10,000 people still had a good chance of winning against 6,000 people in Xizhou on the outskirts of Shaya City, and maybe the battle would turn the tide!
Su Fa personally led the Chinese army and urged the army to speed up, he knew that if he went late, the small city of Saerke might not be able to withstand the siege of Gao Jun's 6,000 men. If Gao Jun is allowed to occupy Shaya City again and be fought by them, then although his number is larger, it will take some trouble to win.
The scouts in front of him returned from time to time to deliver news, and the south was unusually quiet, which made Su Va's heart even more suspicious. One of his men asked him if he wanted to camp and rest. Su Hua said, "No, saving soldiers is like fighting fire, the moment we arrive early, the moment Shaya City will be safe." "The army moved on.
The short and heavy rain of the previous day poured on the vast sandy land, which made the soft sand somewhat compact, and the horse team was not slow to step on it. Suva did not allow the team to light torches during the march for fear of revealing their whereabouts. There was a messenger that the cavalry quickly caught up from the rear and told Su Fa that there were Xizhou men and horses in the direction of Baicheng, and the number was unknown.
Hearing this news, the main general who came with Bai Cheng led his troops first hesitated, "King, our city lord has sent all his troops here, Bai Cheng is afraid that he will lose!" ”
Su Fa thought for a moment and said, "This is a suspicious plan, how could he abandon Shaya City and Xinhe City and go all the way to take Baicheng." Qiuzi, Shaya, and Xinhe are behind him, aren't they throwing themselves into the net? I suspect that Gao Jun has at most a thousand people there, just to make us suspicious and delay the scheduled action. ”
The White City Lord said, "A thousand people are enough to choke, there are only the City Lord's guards left in the White City!" ”
The city defense of Baicheng is comparable to that of Shaya City, which is also an earthen city, and the shortest part of the city wall is only seven feet high. Su Fa ordered him to divide 1,500 troops back to Baicheng, and he still advanced to Shaya City. The battle between the two armies is the most taboo to change tactics in battle, and the big plan can't be moved lightly, he wants to see if Gao Jun is under Shaya City.
Thirty miles away from Shaya City, countless torches suddenly appeared in all directions, shouting and killing shook the sky, Su Va's secret road was not good, and he immediately ordered to divide his troops to resist the enemy. It was Ashina Sheer who came to the east, and his subordinates had already divided their troops to block it, and the two sides fell into a melee.
Later, there was also an enemy situation in the west, and it was 2,000 people from Heida who were killed, and the men and horses of Xinhecheng immediately met and killed.
Su Fa said to his generals, "They actually dare to set up a siege under Shaya City, but they don't know that there is no trickery in the open area, and their total strength is inferior to ours!" As long as we resist this round, the lord of Shaya City will definitely bring troops to help, and at that time, we will cooperate with the outside and will definitely win a big victory! ”
But Xizhou Don't drive Gao Jun is leading the troops from the direction of Shaya City in the south, and there is a Xizhou flag waving in the firelight, as if entering a no-man's land, Su Fa is in a big mess. Gao Jun danced with a black knife in his hand, and the charcoal fire horse was not far from the Chinese army of Su Hua.
Su Fa tasted too much of Gao Jun's power, and hurriedly asked people to rush up to resist it. He thought about entering Shaya City first, so he wouldn't have any worries in a short time. So he led a thousand relatives with the guards to bypass the enemy in front of him and go straight to Shaya City.
But looking at the city not far away, there was no movement at all, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and struggled to command the Qiuzi army to move closer to Shaya City. Someone reported, "King, there is also a Tang army behind you!" "It turned out that it was Zhai Zhining and many other people who cut off the way of the Soviet Army.
Su Fa desperately led the army to rush to the foot of Shaya City, and then suddenly saw the big banner of Xizhou erected high at the head of the city, and a Tang general who didn't know much at the head of the city said loudly, "Su Va, you don't have to be in such a hurry, it's too late!" ”
In an instant, Su Fa's confidence collapsed a little, no matter how unbearable Shazhan City was, it was a city, how could it reach Gao Jun's hands so quickly! He raised the long knife in his hand and ordered loudly, "Break through quickly, let's go back to Qiuzi City!" ”
With an order, more than 10,000 people and horses from Qiuzi and Xizhou rushed to the north again, one side of the people desperately wanted to return to Qiuzi City, and the other side desperately did not want them to go back. Don't drive the high: let them go back to the tall and sturdy city of Qiuzi, and we won't have much to do.
The run begins. Su Va's 8,000 people did not know how much they had lost at this time, but they were still overwhelming when they scattered on the desert. There were also quite a few men and horses of the Xizhou Coalition Army, and while they were moving northward at a rapid pace, there were occasional chaotic field battles one after another.
The commanders of each other could not give follow-up orders, and they were running and chasing everywhere, but at this time, the mentality of the two sides from the generals to the soldiers was completely different.
Su Fa didn't care about this, his goal was to return to Qiuzi City as soon as possible, so that the city would be safe. As he ran, he gave orders to gather the stragglers on his side, organize some volleys with little effect, and buy some time for the group to return to the city.
But those men and horses sent out to intercept could not come back, and whenever they stopped, the men and horses that had been divided into several fierce pursuits in Xizhou immediately stopped, turned around and beat them, and got up to chase after the enemy was cut down.
Many of the pursuing crowds finally saw Master Gao, and he asked, "How can you calculate so accurately, and occupy Shaya City as soon as the army returns?" "Gao Jun said, how do I know, but you didn't receive my order to go to Qiuzi privately. Am I wrong to call you back?
Many did not believe it, because when they rushed back to Shaya City, the tall man's men had not yet arrived. However, the day before yesterday, a heavy rain that had not been seen for many years washed over the dilapidated adobe walls of Shaya City, submerging the city walls by more than a dozen feet.
Shaya City is the same as the ordinary desert Hu City, but it is made of adobe and rammed to make the city walls. There is no rain here all the year round, and the main thing is to resist the wind and sand, but the Yazhou soldiers once chiseled in pain when attacking the city, and the outside of the city wall has been full of holes, and the heavy rain poured - it fell. The city wall on the south side is only half a man's high foundation.
Saerke was driving Ding Zhuang in the city and struggling to build the city, and he was glad that the Xizhou people and horses had withdrawn in such a timely manner, otherwise those cavalry would have jumped into the city at once. As soon as the thought arrived, Heida arrived.
The civilians who built the city dispersed in a hurry, and even the soldiers of Shaya City ran away, both inside and outside the city. And he said, "Let me run too," and he also ran out of the city, for a city with a fallen wall was of no value. I didn't care about my four wives and countless possessions in the city, and I didn't know where I went.
Gao Jun had no choice but to say, "The pheasant is in the city of Qiuzi, where the walls are thick, and you all gather there and you can't beat the city or save him." I ordered you to return to the army to take Shaya City urgently, just to beware of Su Va's conditions in exchange, I have Shaya City in hand, and Su Fa will not want Kangli City first. ”
When Mr. Gao said this, many people felt that it was very simple, but it was not easy to make such a decision quickly.