Chapter 212: The South is Determined

Li Yang's appearance made the whole battlefield appear a strange atmosphere, the Xuanwu army was originally caught off guard and then quickly began to counterattack under the command of Wang Yanzhang, the fierce attack made the Tiance army, which occupied an absolute disadvantage in the army, suddenly retreated, even under the cover of the explosive bag, it still couldn't stop the assault of 50,000 people all over the mountains, but after Li Yang's banner was erected, these Tiance soldiers didn't care about how many enemies there were in front of them as if they were crazy, every inch of land was fighting, and they really played their own momentum, In a short period of time, he couldn't hold on to the Xuanwu army.

And at this time, Wang Yanzhang also discovered this strange atmosphere, a kind of panic for no reason made this famous general of a hundred battles couldn't help but want to lead the army to evacuate here, but the opposite Tiance Army's lifeless interception made his idea unrealistic, the other party seemed to be determined to drag himself here, in order to achieve this goal, he didn't care about any casualties, and in the fierce battle, there were even soldiers of the Tiance Army who jumped directly into the crowd with the ignited explosive bag, even if they died, they had to drag the other party into the water. This kind of scalp-numbing ruthlessness made the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army even dare not engage with the other side in close combat.

"Wang Yanzhang, those who know each other quickly dismount and surrender." Li Yang saw Wang Yanzhang's general flag in the melee, and rushed down from the mountain without hesitation, and the sound of three crisp metal strikes came out, Wang Yanzhang was naturally holding an iron gun unscathed, but Li Yang "Tengteng" took three steps back before he barely gained a foothold, but then turned over and got on the horse after the guards brought over the war horse and fought with Wang Yanzhang again.

"You are Li Yang, what about Xue Yang?" Wang Yanzhang grabbed the long knife in Li Yang's hand with one hand and shouted loudly.

"Haha, Wang Yanzhang, you have been fooled, my handsome family is behind you, you have been surrounded by my Tiance army, hurry up and dismount and surrender, otherwise there will be no forgiveness." Li Yang took a heavy breath, didn't care about the gap between himself and the other party in terms of force, and sneered.

Li Yang's words made Wang Yanzhang understand everything, this true or false Xue Yang's matter was a set set by the other party for himself, and the purpose was to divide his troops. At this time, eighty percent of Zhang Guihou's camp has been taken down by the other party. Thinking of this, Wang Yanzhang's eyes were split, and the iron gun in his hand burst into a cold light in an instant, and he put the long knife in Li Yang's hand to the periphery and roared angrily: "You want me to surrender, next life." Today, I will take you to avenge my Xuanwu army. ”

As soon as Wang Yanzhang was powerful, Li Yang suddenly only had the kung fu to parry, and with the vicious fight between the two, the situation became precarious, but the smile on Li Yang's face became more and more obvious, and smoke and dust had been raised in the distance, and at this time, only the real third battalion could play the momentum and smoke that cavalry had in running.

"Dang" said that after twenty moves in the field, the long knife in Li Yang's hand was suddenly picked up by Wang Yanzhang with a shot, and Li Yangzhi, who had lost his weapon, simply turned his horse and ran behind him, and the guards around him bent their bows and arrows and arrows and flew out as if they didn't want money, and they stubbornly blocked Wang Yanzhang's pursuit and killing.

"Wang Yanzhang, look behind you, the third battalion is here. Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, kill me. Li Yang changed a Tang knife, laughed wildly, and took the lead in rushing into the enemy formation, pushing the already overwhelming military formation forward. The officers and men of the 15th Battalion, who received the news of the arrival of reinforcements, also followed their commander to push their morale to a climax again at this time, and they actually forcibly stabilized their positions in adversity and blocked the pace of encirclement and suppression of the Xuanwu Army.

"Wang Yanzhang, Xue Yang is here." This roar was undoubtedly echoing Li Yang's words, and the commander's voice made the morale of the Tiance Army surge, and the 15th Battalion of the Tiance Army, which was supported by the third battalion, immediately stabilized the front. And Xue Yang also personally led his own team of guards to Wang Yanzhang's side like a butterfly wearing flowers, and said with a smile: "General Wang, surrender quickly, don't let the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army under your command die for your stupidity." ”

Wang Yanzhang was all bearded at this time, his eyes were staring at Xue Yang stubbornly, and then he sneered: "Xue Yang, I admit that the Xuanwu army was defeated in this battle. But if you want Wang Yanzhang to surrender, dream. Whoever kills the deer, let's do it again. Without hesitation, the spear in his hand rushed directly towards Xue Yang, and Wang Yanzhang's actions also boosted the morale of the surrounding Xuanwu army, and for a while, the two armies fought again.

After the integration of the two armies of the Tiance Army, the sharp morale and combat power were once again displayed, and the team of less than 20,000 people was forced to draw with the Xuanwu Army, which was more than twice as much as itself, and with the assistance of the explosives package, the situation was getting smoother and smoother, if the leading general of the Xuanwu Army was not a top general like Wang Yanzhang, I am afraid that the other party would have collapsed.

In order to suppress Wang Yanzhang's continuous morale-boosting moves, Xue Yang and Li Yang glanced at each other and handed over the army to the command of the deputy, and he personally led the guards to surround Wang Yanzhang in the middle again, and the two worked together to face Wang Yanzhang again, and after getting Xue Yang's help, Li Yang was able to block Wang Yanzhang's offensive, but there was almost no hope of winning the other party. However, Xue Yang's plan was not here, but kept looking at the rear while fighting, as if there were reinforcements over there.

Xue Yang's strange behavior made Wang Yanzhang a little puzzled, the seemingly young person in front of him had rules and regulations in his every move.

"Wang Yanzhang, your commander is estimated to have become the soul of my Tiance Army at this time. Do you want to consider my suggestion. To tell you the truth, my lord really appreciates the general, which is why I tell you so much. Xue Yang rarely chattered on the battlefield and then continued: "I dare to guarantee that the main force of our army will definitely arrive here within half an hour, and then the general will probably not be able to leave even if he wants to." ”

Xue Yang's words made Wang Yanzhang stunned for a moment, but then he seemed to be thinking sideways, and the offensive in his hand was suddenly fierce, and it actually broke the previous balance, "If there is an accident in my family's marshal, I will take you, the marshal of the Tiance Army, and we will change one." ”

"Shameless, Wang Yanzhang, don't force me to kill you. I really think I can't kill you? Li Yang and Xue Yang worked together to hold the big gun in Wang Yanzhang's hand, and sneered: "If we can kill Zhang Guihou, we can naturally kill you Wang Yanzhang." The guards prepared a fire for me. ”

Just when Li Yang and Xue Yang glanced at each other, anger flashed on their faces, and they were about to use the killing weapon that had been prepared a long time ago, there was an overwhelming shout of killing behind them again, and this time it was the turn of the Tiance Army to appear in front of the world.

"Haha, Wang Yanzhang, you should believe me this time, right?" Xue Yang laughed and said, "Brothers, I am Xue Yang, take down the Xuanwu Army for me, capture Wang Yanzhang alive, and Dingjing Jingzhou, in one fell swoop." ”

Xue Yang's roar spread far away, echoing in this mountain range, all the soldiers of the Tiance Army who got the information were stimulated again, Wang Yanzhang's Xuanwu Army was reversed and surrounded, and the entire battlefield began to completely fall to the side of the Tiance Army.

Xu Ying's timely appearance completely set the tone of victory for this battle, and also made all Wang Yanzhang's struggles come to naught, after the Xuanwu army was leveled by the other party, the combat power was completely suppressed, and the soldiers of the Tiance Army who had gone crazy were like crazy tigers, and no one could stop them at all. The combat power of this division of a hundred battles made the opponent completely frightened, the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army were constantly killed in front of these people, the entire front continued to advance, and the encirclement that had been formed firmly blocked all the retreats of the Xuanwu Army.

"Wang Yanzhang, surrender. No one can stop the pace of my Tiance army. This century-old war in the Tang Dynasty should be over in the end. Xu Ying rushed to Xue Yang and said to Wang Yanzhang, who had already stopped: "You are also from a poor family, you should know what the people of the world expect most?" Tang's lost deer is destined not to be obtained by you. Datang Guozuo has my father-in-law, so it will not be lost. ”

"God bless the Tang Dynasty, the Han army is mighty." The tens of thousands of Tiance troops shouted in unison at this moment as if their souls were well-being, and their voices penetrated through the sky, completely dispersing the clouds that had originally gathered.

"You take your guards with you." Xue Yang waved his hand to signal Li Yang not to do anything to Wang Yanzhang anymore, shook his head and said, "The next time we meet on the battlefield, we will definitely show no mercy." After speaking, he commanded the guards in front of him to make way for Wang Yanzhang.

"I won't make another mistake next time." Wang Yanzhang hugged his fist at Xue Yang with a calm face, turned around and led more than 100 of his guards to follow Xue Yang's guards out of the encirclement and walked away.

Li Yang was about to speak, but was stopped by Xu Ying on the side, pointed to the encirclement behind him, and immediately understood Xue Yang's intentions, and didn't say anything more, turned around and began to encircle and suppress the remaining Xuanwu army.

As soon as Wang Yanzhang left, it meant that the last support of the Xuanwu Army at this time collapsed, and the Xuanwu Army, which had lost its fighting spirit, quickly collapsed under the military suppression of the Tiance Army.

"Thank you, brother, for coming." Xue Yang looked at Xu Ying and smiled.

"Okay, my handsome, what should we do later? I guess the lord and the general staff are also starting to target us. Xu Ying punched this guy and scolded with a smile.

Xue Yang waved his hand and asked the people around him to inform Li Yang to speed up the cleaning of the battlefield, and sent his guards to carry his own token to Yang Yi in the rear, pulling Xu Ying to the side and saying, "The General Staff is probably waiting for our battle report." Therefore, I plan to completely defeat the last unit of the Xuanwu Army on the southern front, and then accept the orders of the General Staff. ”

Xu Ying nodded and said: "In that case, let's draw up a battle report for the General Staff now, it will take time to go back and forth, and when the General Staff gives the order, it is estimated that we will finish the work." ”

"Listen to you, let Luo Chun immediately draft a battle report and give it to the lord and the Central Plains Headquarters of the General Staff, and the flying pigeon will be delivered." Xue Yang nodded and looked at the sky and said, "Let Li Yang come to me after cleaning the battlefield, and let's set up camp here tonight." ”

This ambush battle began with Li Yang's fifteenth battalion, the third battalion was the main force, plus Xu Ying's large army caught up, lasted a whole day, annihilated the Xuanwu army, a total of more than 20,000 people, Wang Yanzhang only led his own personal guards and the follow-up scattered men and horses more than 1,000 people fled and followed from Caizhou to help the army converge, the remaining about 20,000 people were all captured, at noon the next day, Yang Yi led the national guard to arrive and then escorted to the hinterland of Tiance Mansion for training and then diverted. After resting overnight, the southern line group army of the Tiance Army sent chief of staff Luo Chun to lead a battalion to garrison Zhongzhou, and the rest of the men and horses were personally led by Xue Yang to set off before the early morning to quickly open the straight road from Caizhou to Zhongzhou, and intercept the last force of the southern line of the Xuanwu Army that was originally sent to Caizhou and was later transferred back to Zhongzhou by Wang Yanzhang's order early the next morning. A great battle unfolded in the hinterland of the Xuanwu Army.

At this time, after converging this force, Wang Yanzhang originally planned to take advantage of the fact that the attention of the Tiance army was not in Zhongzhou to attack Zhongzhou, and then hold this grain and grass base to attract the Tiance army to besiege Zhongzhou. Because of the rush of time, the Tiance army did not transport the grain and grass stored in the city after taking Zhongzhou. According to Wang Yanzhang's plan, after taking Zhongzhou, relying on the troops in his hands can completely drag this force firmly in Zhongzhou, so as to prevent Xue Yang from freeing up his hands to deal with other directions. This is also the best way Wang Yanzhang can come up with.

It's just that the truth is very unsatisfactory, what Wang Yanzhang didn't expect was that Xue Yang's appetite was so big, and he didn't turn to rest after the war, but went north directly to block himself in the middle of the road. The fateful duel was staged again, this time Xue Yang had the third battalion, the fifteenth battalion and the mountain battalion in his hands, and the most elite troops of the entire Southern Front Group Army were concentrated here, and the last team in Wang Yanzhang's hands was completely collapsed in the first battle. The battle was fought all morning on the straight road from Caizhou to Zhongzhou, and the fierce battle lasted until noon, when the 15th Battalion, under the cover of the mountain battalion and the 3rd battalion, broke into Wang Yanzhang's position of the Chinese army, blew up Wang Yanzhang's protective circle with an explosive bag, and completely submerged the Chinese escort in the smoke column of the explosive bag explosion. After the deafening loud bang, all the people and things in the entire area were turned into powder, and Wang Yanzhang himself was overturned by the explosion, fell to the ground, and was grabbed by the soldiers of the Tiance Army who randomly swarmed up. Wang Yanzhang's end also means that the last intervention force of the Xuanwu Army on the southern front has been completely defeated, this time there is no need for the Tiance Army to continue to strangle, and the frightened Xuanwu Army soldiers hurriedly began to lay down their weapons and escape from the killing of this group of demons, so that later the Tiance Army delayed a whole day for this group of prisoners to pack up and escort them back to Zhongzhou.

At this point, the entire southern front campaign lasted a whole month and eleven days, and the southern front group army of the Tiance Army led by Xue Yang fought for thousands of miles, annihilating more than 70,000 people on the southern front of the Xuanwu Army, capturing 60,000 people, more than 20,000 missing men on the battlefield, capturing 47 middle and senior generals of the Xuanwu Army, including Wang Yanzhang, and killing Zhang Guihou, the commander of the Xuanwu Army, completely extinguishing the interference force of the southern front of the Xuanwu Army, and completely making Xie Tong's strategic deployment come to naught.

On April 28, 890, the last sentence of the battle report sent by Xue Yang to Li Xuanqing in the base camp was only four words: Southern Diding.