Chapter 253: Invincible
The sound of horses' hooves roared like thunder, breaking the silence of the early morning, and thousands of cavalry swept in, killing into the Tangtong camp like wolves and tigers.
Tang Tongjun's camp was originally Chen Yue's location for him, the terrain was flat and unobstructed, and Tang Tongjun's army arrived at the camp when it was almost dark yesterday, and he was already tired and exhausted after a day of marching, and he had no energy to build a defense at all, but hastily ate dinner and lay down to rest.
The generals still had a tent to shelter from the wind and dew, and the ordinary soldiers simply wrapped themselves in a quilt and lay down on the ground, and just slept like that. Fortunately, it was already April, and the weather was not too cold, so there were not many problems even if it was camping in the open air.
The construction of the camp is still so exquisite, not to mention the dispatch of patrol guards, not far away is the Shun army occupied by the Tongzhou City, a mile away is Chen Yue's Xishan Army camp, from the city of Beijing is also sixty miles away, from the main general Tang Tong to ordinary soldiers, no one thought that they would be attacked by the enemy here.
However, the attack really happened, and when he ran out of the tent in a hurry, looking at the cavalry of the Xishan Army rushing not far away, Tang Tong's heart immediately became cold.
Why? Why is that? In the Ming Dynasty, everyone was friends, and they also fought side by side in the face of the vicious Mantar, and now they are obedient to Dashun, and they should rely on each other to support each other, why did Chen Yue attack himself?
At this moment, Tang Tong was deeply confused in his heart, and after the confusion, he was extremely angry. Good you Chen Yue, Lao Tzu has always respected you as a man, when you are a friend, you dare to stab Lao Tzu in the back! Lao Tzu fought with you!
"Give the order to go down, gather at once, and stop them!" Tang Tong picked up the big gun, commanded sharply, and with his order, several of his personal soldiers turned around without saying a word.
Tang Tong's big tent is located in the middle of the camp, when he stepped on the war horse and gathered more than 300 personal soldiers, the cavalry of the Xishan Army had broken into the camp, and a thousand cavalry were divided into several units and rampaged in the camp, and the corpses were wailing all over the field, and countless Tang Tong soldiers cried and fled in embarrassment, and the whole camp was in chaos.
The camp was attacked in his sleep, even the strongest army would fall into chaos, although Tang Tong also ordered his subordinates to gather to resist, but where could they be gathered in a hurry?
Looking at the chaos in the camp and watching countless brothers fall under the hooves of the Xishan Army, Tang Tong's eyes were cracked, his eyes were red, and he was about to face the cavalry of the Xishan Army with a shout of anger.
"The Lord will not be!" A personal soldier grabbed the reins of Tang Tong's horse, "The general trend has gone, stay in Qingshan and don't be afraid of no firewood!" ”
"No, I'm going to kill the bastard surnamed Chen!" Tang Tong shouted angrily, the eight thousand soldiers under his command are his last capital, once he loses this army, where will he still have his status in Dashun!
However, his own soldiers ignored Tang Tong's angry shouts, and even dragged him and fled westward. For these pro-soldiers, Tang Tong is their master and their heaven, and protecting the safety of the general at all times is the first priority.
In the sleep was attacked in the sleep, it was too late to resist, and with Tang Tong's escape, the entire battalion no longer had a trace of resistance, in the face of the galloping Xishan Army cavalry, most of the Tang Tong Army soldiers cried and scattered in all directions, and those who did not have time to escape knelt down and surrendered, and few dared to pick up arms to resist.
Yu Feng swept through the Tang Tongjun camp with two hundred cavalry like a gust of wind, like a sharp knife cutting tofu, piercing the entire camp in a short time, leaving hundreds of corpses in the place, most of which died under the impact of the war horse and the trampling of the horse's hooves.
Rushed out of the camp and went around in a circle, turned the horse's head and rushed towards the camp again, and at this moment, the camp of Tang Tong's army had fallen into chaos. Liu Neng, Wei Yang, Ma Chuang, Li Yulin and others each led a cavalry and rushed to kill in the camp, turning the entire camp upside down.
Although there were 8,000 troops in the camp, several times the number of the Xishan army, they were like lambs to the slaughter in front of the rushing Xishan cavalry.
"Kill well, you must arrest Tang Tong's dog thief, I will kill him personally!" Looking at the chaotic Tangtong camp not far away, Chongzhen was very excited and excited.
It was precisely because of Tang Tong's surrender without a fight that the Shun army easily broke through Juyong Pass and approached the city of Beijing, so that Chongzhen had no time to escape, the queen's concubine died tragically, and his three sons also fell into the hands of the thieves, so Chongzhen had no intention of surrendering Tang Tong at all, but ordered Chen Yue to capture Tang Tong alive.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Although he didn't think so, Chen Yue still sent someone to give an order, ordering Tang Tong to be arrested.
Under the command of Shan Minglei and Jin Xin, the remaining 700 infantry gathered their tents and prepared to pull out the camp. Chen Yan took three hundred cavalry to guard Chen Yue and Chongzhen, and at the same time guarded against Tongzhou City.
There are 1,000 Shun troops stationed in Tongzhou City, all of whom are Ming troops who have just surrendered, and these people are not effective in combat, and they are estimated not to dare to come out. But if you join the battlefield, there will also be some changes, and you can't be unguarded.
It took a short time to attack the camp of the Tang Tong army, but in half an hour, there was news that the Tang Tong camp had been completely captured, killing more than 1,000 enemies, capturing more than 2,000 people, and the rest of the people were scattered and fled.
Hearing that Tang Tong was not caught, Chongzhen sighed, and Wen Yan comforted Chen Yue. Defeating Tang Tong's 8,000 army with a thousand troops is already very remarkable, and Chongzhen can't be harsh.
"If my Ming soldiers are all so heroic, why would the Ming Dynasty be where they are today." Chongzhen said to Chen Yue.
"If you are prepared to attack unprepared, you will be caught off guard by killing them, and you should not be praised by Your Majesty." Chen Yue said modestly.
Since the Tang Tong army had been defeated, it was natural to go south to Tianjin as soon as possible, Chen Yue ordered Yu Feng and others to gather their troops as soon as possible and prepare to set off.
The captured more than 2,000 Tang Tong troops did not have time to reorganize, and it was not appropriate to kill them, so they were allowed to escape. There were a lot of weapons and materials seized, but they could not be carried, so they only brought more than 300 captured war horses, and set fire to other materials.
Having broken the Tang Tong army today, the Dashun Imperial Court in Beijing will soon know the news and will definitely send pursuers. It was only sixty miles away from Beijing, and Chen Yue didn't dare to delay more, so he quickly set off with his men and headed south.
At the head of Tongzhou City, Qin Yifan, the general of the Shun army, looked at the Xishan army in the distance and frowned, until now he didn't know what was going on, why did the two Shun armies kill each other?
"Report to the general, and find out. Pingnanbo Chen Yue rebelled and led his troops to break through the camp of Tang Tong's general army. One of his subordinates hurriedly climbed up to the top of the city and reported to Qin Yifan.
"Come on, hurry up and go to Beijing to report to the imperial court, and say that Chen Yue rebelled and broke the Tang Tong camp, and Qin Yifan, the garrison of Tongzhou, led the troops to fight, and thwarted the rebels' siege, and now the rebels are fleeing to Tianjin in embarrassment." Qin Yifan commanded indifferently.