Chapter Ninety-Six: The Battle on the Outskirts of the City (6)
On the battlefield on the outskirts of Chang'an, the cavalry of the Tiance Army arrived from afar, forcibly split the Shatuo people in two, and raided from behind until the Chinese army and the Modao battalion joined the Chinese army of the Shatuo people.
"General Tuoba, the cavalry battalion immediately turned back to the left army of Shatuo, and after the defeat, the seventh battalion of the cavalry was commanded by Wang Houchun of the siege corps, and the rest of the men and horses cut off the retreat of the Shatuo people." When Yang Tiancheng saw Tuoba Siji coming to lead the army, he immediately conveyed the military order.
Tuoba Siji was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and roared directly on horseback: "Sons, turn back to the left army and fight me to the death." "The cavalry battalion of more than 30,000 people hulala rushed towards the left army, where the Shatuo people were most concentrated.
At this time, Yang Tiancheng's central corps also began to transfer, the Modao battalion led the archers to continue to advance along the central army, and the infantry brigade began to encircle and suppress the right army. If the whole battlefield is overlooked from the air, it is like a huge spindle, the Shatuo people were split from the middle by the Modao battalion and the cavalry battalion after losing their command, the main force was on the left, about forty or fifty thousand people, and gradually retreated to the rear after being strongly impacted by the cavalry battalion, the passage of the Chinese army began to gradually close after the cavalry battalion left, but it also began to collapse after the Modao battalion and the archers destroyed the advance, and the left army was the first to collapse at this time, The cavalry, which had lost their morale and speed, was surrounded by the infantry regiment of more than 30,000 people gathered by Yang Tiancheng and became lambs to the slaughter. The Central Plains infantry has long had a set of mature methods to deal with cavalry, Tiance Army inherited all this from the Lingwu Army and summed up a simple and practical method, the battlefield to deal with cavalry is basically three arms cooperate with each other, archers, pikemen and sword and shield men in groups of three or three, for this kind of cavalry that can not charge, basically no one can stop it, archers shoot long-range, pikemen melee combat, sword and shield hand defense, 30,000 infantry fight 30,000 cavalry, directly fight the war of annihilation. Of course, this smooth operation also has something to do with the fact that the Shatuo people no longer have any command. After Li Siyuan fainted, such a huge cavalry corps lost the command of the Chinese army, and you can imagine how chaotic it was. After waiting for the signal of the Chinese army, the cavalry units began to follow the orders of their respective front-line generals, some continued to rush forward, some retreated, and more blindly circled in place, which directly led to the power of the cavalry group's charge being reduced to the extreme, and the faster the speed, the greater the chaos. On the contrary, the Tiance Army has always carried out its plan in an orderly manner, Yang Tiancheng on the front line decisively adjusted its deployment according to the changes in the situation, and Xu Tianxiang of the Chinese Army is also constantly mobilizing various groups to coordinate with each other, so as to achieve the same pace and coordinate operations.
Li Xuanqing looked at the situation on the battlefield, nodded, and smiled at Cen Tianshi, who was still stunned beside him: "Sir, what's wrong?" ”
"The cavalry of the 100,000 people of the Shatuo people will be defeated?" Cen Tianshi said a little snortingly, and then looked at the confident smile on Li Xuanqing's face, and also laughed and said: "Tianshi suddenly found a problem, a problem that he ignored before, the lord seems to have always been so confident in fighting a war, so calm, as if he was strolling in a leisurely court. ”
Li Xuanqing smiled, waved his hand and said, "There is no general in this world who is always victorious and undefeated, and it is impossible for me to be calm." It's just that I'm the backbone of the Tiance Army, and if I panic, then our regime will collapse. Now in the entrepreneurial period, it is not so much that I am full of self-confidence, but that the situation needs me to be confident, and what the soldiers need to see is a commander who is full of confidence at all times. After speaking, he ignored Cen Tianshi's reaction, and said with a smile: "Okay, the overall situation here has been decided, just leave the rest to Tianxiang, we can't let him go here." How about Mr. accompany me to Chang'an City? I guess Houchun's side is also fast. It's just a pity that Yang Shouliang was able to resist such a big temptation in the early stage and not participate in the war, and then he would have to march into Shannan West Road, trouble. ”
The two turned over and took the guards towards the southern city, as for the northern city, they were jointly calculated by Hu Xiaosi and Wang Houchun, even if Yang Fugong went into battle in person, it is estimated that it will not be pleased.
And just when Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi turned over and went to Nancheng to join Wang Houchun's third battalion, the undercurrent in Chang'an City basically came to an end. With the support of the Flying Eagle Brigade, Hu Xiaosi began to carry out public activities, separately found the targets marked by Xuan Yingwei before, and carried out a roll call robbery, arresting all the bureaucrats, big landlords and businessmen who had been ready to run away for a long time.
"Boss, will something happen if you do this?" Just when the Flying Eagle Brigade and the people of the dark guard were happily moving boxes of treasures to the courtyard prepared in advance, Zhao Si, the general of the Xuanying Guard, ran to Hu Xiaosi and muttered: "The people of the dark guard have already found out that Yang Fugong and Wei Zhaodu seem to have reached an agreement, and the Shence army in the city has also begun to pull out, and it seems to be coming in the direction of our side." Do you want the Flying Eagle Brigade to meet the battle immediately? ”
Hu Xiaosi nodded, and suddenly smiled: "Si'er, how about we go and meet these two giants?" Look at what these court officials really look like? ”
After speaking, he didn't wait for Zhao Si to answer, and smiled at Su Xiaohu: "Xiaohu, don't stay there, let's go meet old acquaintances." Fourth, you immediately let the dark guard start to implement the second set of plans, and let the people of the dragon group do it immediately. ”
Su Xiaohu had already heard the conversation between the two, so he walked over with a smile and said, "Boss Hu, how many treasures are there, which is enough for our lord's marriage, right?" I heard that there are still a lot of treasures in the palace, all of which have been looted by Yang Fugong in the past few years, and some of them were used by Zhu Quanzhong's old boy to bribe Yang Fugong, let's not accept them politely. ”
"Okay, my Great Commander Su, how many of us are there? Can you do that much work? Besides, what's the point of grabbing it yourself, how good is it for them to send it themselves? Hu Xiaosi couldn't help but smile when he saw Su Xiaohu's eyes that were obsessed with money: "Okay, I guess Yang Fugong has also started, your Flying Eagle Brigade will gather immediately, let's go to Yang Fugong to ask for money and grain." ”
Hu Xiaosi walked on the streets of Chang'an City with Su Xiaohu's Flying Eagle Brigade in a grand manner, and he almost put up the banner of the Tiance Army, and this bold move naturally quickly reached Yang Fugong's ears. The Shence Army in the city also rushed to hear the news, and the two groups of people met on the Vermilion Bird Street in Chang'an City.
"Xiaohu, slaughter all the leading generals." Hu Xiaosi didn't have the consciousness of robbery at all, and he was going to kill the generals of the Shence Army directly, "Anyway, these people are all scum who have brought disaster to the country and the people and oppressed the people, and if they are killed, they will be killed." ”
Accompanied by Hu Xiaosi's muttering voice, the Flying Eagle Brigade suddenly shot violently, and almost as soon as Hu Xiaosi's words fell, Su Xiaohu's figure burst out, and the long knife in his hand cut out a snowy light, and in just an instant, he cut a general of the Shence Army who was about to speak on the opposite side.
And the soldiers of the Flying Eagle Brigade behind his shot also followed closely, killing the front row of soldiers and generals in just an instant. The bloody violence at this moment made the Divine Ce Army scatter and retreat in a panic.
"You listen to me, let Yang Fugong come out to see me immediately, otherwise I don't mind going to the palace. My Tiance army has now defeated the Shatuo people outside the city, what's the matter, you can't plan to send them to death? Hu Xiaosi casually picked his nails and sneered. To tell the truth, the generals of the Tiance Army look down on these Shence Army who think they are the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven but can't do anything but know how to harm the people. After Hu Xiaosi's words were finished, Su Xiaohu made a move with his right hand, and the Flying Eagle Brigade rushed forward again. This directly frightened the soldiers on the opposite side and fled.
"Let's go, let's go block the palace gate. I guess Yang Fugong also knows the battle situation outside. Eighty percent of this guy is going to run away. I don't have a problem with him leaving, but I have to leave the rest except for people. Xiaohu, you send someone to inform Houchun and let the third battalion intercept outside the city. The treasures collected by Yang Fugong will not all be in the city, and the people of the Dragon Group have already taken the fine work to find the secret warehouse. We are responsible for those who are in the city, and we are responsible for those outside the city. Hu Xiaosi was not shocked, and directly led people to block the palace gate.
Besides, at this time, Yang Fugong actually knew Hu Xiaosi's purpose, and he had been staring at the battle situation outside the city. After seeing that Yang Shouliang did not participate in the battle but led his troops to retreat south, he began to arrange for his men to retreat. In order to ensure that he could withdraw quickly, he even took the initiative to expose a lot of his hidden treasures to lure Zhu Quanzhong and Hu Xiaosi to fight.
It's just that he didn't know whether he made a mistake or ignored it in his busyness, Zheng Fan, who was arranged by Zhu Quanzhong, had no interest in these gold and silver treasures, but took the initiative to withdraw after seeing Hu Xiaosi's manpower appear. Zheng Fan is now keeping an eye on Emperor Zhaozong's whereabouts around the clock, and the manpower outside the city is already in place, just waiting for the people arranged by Zheng Fan to do it outside the city. However, Zheng Fan is indeed very capable, and he was able to place people by the side of Dao Zhaozong in such a short time, and he also got in touch with him.
These Hu Xiaosi will not take care of it, as the people of the dragon group have been clearing the shadows left by Yang Fugong in Chang'an City, Chang'an City has become extremely chaotic at this moment, and a large number of defeated stragglers began to rush into various parts of the city, taking advantage of the chaos to rob. These rebels have lost their minds at the moment, and they don't care who they are, and they just come to the door and rob them. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the people, the people of the Dragon Group and the Xuanying Guard began to drive these rebels to Nancheng. Hu Xiaosi is a typical lord who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and he drove these rebels to gather at the gate of the southern city, which is to block Yang Fugong and Zheng Fan.
By the time Hu Xiaosi led the people to the gate of the palace, the palace had almost become a garbage dump, and countless palace maids and eunuchs were scurrying around in the palace. This scene is like the end of the world, Hu Xiaosi sighed, and said to Zhao Si beside him, "It's up to you here, the palace can't be destroyed anymore, and those who dare to commit crimes will be killed directly, especially those eunuchs." ”
After finishing speaking, he suddenly smiled at Su Xiaohu beside him: "I guess Yang Fugong must be going towards Nancheng now, let's go block him." The lord should also be in Nancheng now, let's have a good talk with this dead eunuch, why do we have to leave something? ”
At this time, Yang Fugong had also taken the emperor and the civil and military officials hostage to the south city gate, and when he was sure that the Tiance army in the south city was busy looking for the treasure he left, he suddenly opened the city gate and rushed out.
For a while, Chang'an Nancheng concentrated the attention of everyone in the city, and Nancheng was destined to become the end of this war.
Hu Xiaosi led people towards Nancheng quickly, and at this time, Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi outside the city also rushed to the location of the third camp in Nancheng.
"Lord, Mr. Cen, everything is ready, just waiting for Yang Fugong to appear." Wang Houchun came up with a small team of people.
Cen Tianshi glanced at the people around him and said with a slight difference: "Houchun, where are the people of your third battalion?" How many people are there? I can't see 2,000 people, can I? At this time, if Yang Fugong appears, how can we rob it? ”
Li Xuanqing smiled slightly, walked to the front and looked at the soldiers coming and going on the tower of Nancheng, but Wang Houchun smiled and said: "Xiao Si came with news that Yang Fugong had broken the defenders in the city into pieces and fled separately, so he took a team of men and horses to prepare to set off from Nancheng and join Yang Shouliang thirty miles away. ”
"I didn't ask him, I mean what about your men?" Cen Tianshi frowned a little and said, this is inconsistent with the planned pace.
At this time, Li Xuanqing turned his head and glanced at Wang Houchun, and said with a smile: "I went to rob the money." ”
"Grab money?" Cen Tianshi muttered to himself, and a trace of essence suddenly radiated from his eyes.