Chapter 193: Shannan's End (Part II)

"Report, Marshal Qiqi, the cavalry of the Tiance Army has broken through the defense line of General Ding Hui and has been killed towards our army's position." Ge Cunzhou, who was in the midst of a fierce battle, heard that the soldiers were ordered to report quickly. His face suddenly became gloomy. Ding Hui really couldn't stop the charge of the cavalry of the Tiance Army. It's just that since then, his arrangement on the frontal battlefield has suddenly lost all its role, even if Wang Yanzhang kills Cheng Wei as he wishes, he will make a wedding dress for the Tiance Army in vain. Thinking of this, Ge Cunzhou began to order the personal soldiers behind him to prepare for Mingjin to withdraw the troops, since the goal was not achieved, then it was imperative to keep the troops in his hands, otherwise the Xuanwu army would lose the strength to interfere in Jingnan. But at this time, the frontline battlefield underwent drastic changes, so that Ge Cunzhou's orders suddenly stalled in his hands.

Wang Yanzhang, who had been besieged by Cheng Wei in the Chinese army's array, suddenly became ferocious, regardless of the fact that he ran towards Cheng Wei's location, trying to kill the opponent's commander in the middle of the army. But what he didn't expect was that Hu Xiaosi's secret guard on the battlefield also pointed the spearhead at Wang Yanzhang himself at the same time, and the two sides moved at the same time, Wang Yanzhang just let the war horse under the seat rush up, and dozens of bows and crossbows of Qin Kong over there also bent their bows and arrows, and the dark arrows crossed the sky for the first time, and the sound of the machine spring pulling was endless, and the rain of arrows in Wu Pengpeng forcibly stopped Wang Yanzhang's footsteps. For a general like Wang Yanzhang, these arrows are naturally fine, but the war horse under him is not so lucky, and he was directly put to the ground, and even Wang Yanzhang himself was thrown on his head.

"Brothers, Wang Yanzhang is dead, everyone will kill me." Under the leadership of the commander, the morale of the Cheng Wei army was completely bursting, and Wang Yanzhang's remaining troops could no longer deal with the crazy Cheng Wei army soldiers, and even Wang Yanzhang himself was calmed by the opponent's sudden roaring morale, so he could only personally cover the remaining cavalry and fight and retreat to try to join up with the brigade of men and horses that were stopped by Zhao Wu in the rear.

After the offensive in the middle was broken up by Cheng Wei and Hu Xiaosi, the originally precarious left flank defense line was also affected by the morale of the Chinese army, blocking the offensive of the rear army sent by Ge Cunzhou and gradually stabilizing the direction. Because Ge Cun's Zhou Hou Army did not have a fierce general like Wang Yanzhang in charge, the offensive could not continue to move forward wave after wave, so after stabilizing the situation, the Cheng Wei army also adjusted internally, and the stalemate between the two sides was formed, and no one could help anyone.

The Xuanwu Army, which was beaten by the archers, was still unable to block Li Yangruchao's offensive even though there were famous generals like Zhang Guihou, and the general of the Cheng Wei Army, who was only 24 years old and served as the main general for the first time, personally led 3,000 people of his personal guard to break into the opponent's large array after sending troops to block the Xuanwu Army, cutting off the opponent's main assault force and controlling the front inside the Xuanwu Army. In the fierce battle, Li Yang led the team to gallop across the enemy's army, and no one could stop him at all. In this way, the offensive of the Xuanwu army was completely abandoned, and as time went by, Li Yang's army gradually crossed the middle line of the two armies and joined the attack formation, and the attack of the two sides began to change shape, which was the only unit of the Chengwei army that turned from defense to attack.

At this time, Li Yang naturally didn't know that his every move was in the eyes of Hu Xiaosi, who was on the command platform. And after the war, under the recommendation of Hu Xiaosi, he entered the Tiance Military Academy to study, and since then he has embarked on his magnificent life.

Ge Cunzhou saw these changes on the battlefield, and immediately did not hesitate any longer, and the crisp sound of gold resounded throughout the battlefield. The soldiers of the Xuanwu Army in the fierce battle began to retreat when they heard the sound, and the generals of the front-line departments also began to command their subordinates to cover the retreat, but Wang Yanzhang looked at Cheng Wei on the opposite side with an unwilling face, in his opinion, if it wasn't for the rain of arrows at the end, he would have taken down Cheng Wei even if he was injured with his own force, thus turning the tide of the battle. But now it's too late to say anything, Ge Cunzhou's order to withdraw his troops has been issued, and there must be irreversible drastic changes in other directions. Thinking of this, Wang Yanzhang's eyes also froze for a while, and he couldn't help but glance at the north.

The retreat of the Xuanwu army also allowed Cheng Wei to take advantage of the situation to lead the army to chase and kill, trying to take advantage of the opponent's retreat to attack Anzhou City in one fell swoop and completely defeat the Xuanwu army. However, although Ge Cunzhou withdrew his troops, the people sent to the front line were basically generals, and even if they retreated, they basically gathered the momentum of defeat and retreat, although the morale of the Cheng Wei army was like a rainbow at this time, and the battle with the wind made these soldiers a little more combat power out of thin air, but they still failed to break through the defense line laid by Wang Yanzhang and others personally, and stopped abruptly outside Anzhou City.

However, for this kind of battle situation, Hu Xiaosi was also in a cold sweat, if it weren't for his own tricks that played a role on the battlefield, it would be impossible for Cheng Wei to stop Ge Cunzhou, who had superior forces. Moreover, even according to the current trend of occupation, after the morale of the Chengwei army falls from the peak over time, it will be consumed by the opponent's superior forces, and the final defeat will still be irreversible.

"Report, Commander, our cavalry is already ten miles away. The marshal quickly came to report, so that the commander would join the Cheng Wei army and our army. Just when Hu Xiaosi was guessing the outcome of the cavalry battle against infantry in the north, his men also happened to arrive at this time.

Hu Xiaosi nodded, jumped off the command platform, went to the front line, found Cheng Xun, who had already begun to collect troops, and briefly told him about the arrival of the Tiance Army. At this time, Cheng Wei was still immersed in the joy of the victory of this war, and suddenly felt a burst of inexplicable remorse for the arrival of the Tiance Army, although this look flashed in his heart, but what kind of person was standing in front of him, Hu Xiaosi was perfect in figuring out people's hearts, this scene was accurately captured by him, and he quietly glanced at Qin Kong behind him, who suddenly understood his thoughts and quietly left the scene.

Since Anzhou couldn't be taken at this time, Cheng Wei also collected his troops and began to re-camp and clean up the battlefield. Hu Xiaosi also met several core generals of the Cheng Wei army who were in charge of the battlefield command, and he had already seen Zhao Wu of the former army, who was brave and fierce, and was also loyal to Cheng Wei. On the left and right flanks are two young generals, the right flank is Li Yang, who played brilliantly in this battle, and the left flank is Cheng Chong, the son of Cheng Wei.

Hu Xiaosi nodded, stepped forward to congratulate the three of them, and congratulated them on being able to withstand the impact of the opponent in this battle and made a great contribution to protecting Jingnan.

"General Hu, I don't know how far my Jingzhou soldiers are compared to the Tiance army?" Cheng Chong was originally unhappy with his father's defection to the Tiance Army, but he couldn't stand the situation at that time. But at this time, the victory over Xuanwu Army made him unable to hold back any longer, and asked on the spot.

As soon as he said this, the faces of several people around him began to change, and Zhao Wu glanced at Cheng Xiao, and then stopped moving. But Li Yang looked at Cheng Chong, and wanted to say something to stop it, but he didn't say anything after all. This scene was captured by Hu Xiaosi, who nodded secretly and smiled: "You can see what the military situation of my Tiance Army is for a while." ”

At this time, Cheng Wei also laughed and said: "General Hu, don't be surprised, Xiao'er is also young and vigorous, he just fought a battle and felt that he had a long experience, I don't know how thick the sky is, don't blame it." ”

Hu Xiaosi smiled slightly, how could he not know about Cheng Xiao's little thoughts? But he didn't say much, Qin Kong should have probably met Chen Yu this time, and he didn't know what kind of movement would happen. He was thinking about this, but he smiled in his mouth: "General Cheng is young and vigorous, young people are like this all the time, there is nothing to go back to have time to go to Chang'an, and seeing the world can naturally sharpen his mind and give the handsome a glorious lintel." ”

Hu Xiaosi and Cheng Xiao's father and son were chatting in the big tent with their own hearts, but the voice of the guards suddenly came from outside the tent: "Marshal Qiqi, a cavalry from the northwest is coming towards our army's camp." ”

Hu Xiaosi clapped his hands and stood up and said with a smile: "Marshal, everyone, my Tiance army has arrived, how about a few of you go with me to take a look?" After speaking, he squinted at Cheng Chong, and took the lead and walked out without waiting for others to answer.

Zhao Wu saw Cheng Wei nodding and also got out of the big tent, as soon as he left, Li Yang naturally followed, leaving only Cheng Xiao's father and son. Cheng Chong was about to say something but was interrupted by his father, and the two walked out.

When Cheng Wei walked out, Hu Xiaosi secretly scolded Chen Yu at the gate of the camp that this guy was simply doing something, and he obviously just told him to show the momentum of the Tiance Army a little, but he didn't let him directly let the cavalry rush straight to the Cheng Wei camp, which didn't make the Xuanwu Army on the tower of Anzhou City think that he and Cheng Wei were fighting.

I saw that the cavalry of the Tiance Army, led by the personal guard battalion, went straight to the camp of the Chengwei Army in three ways, and the cavalry of tens of thousands of people charged, and the sound of horses' hooves resounded like thunder for hundreds of miles outside the city of Anzhou, and the earth was shaken. This made Zhao Wu and the others who came behind him unable to sit still, this is a big camp, if it causes an uproar among ordinary soldiers and sets up camp, it will be troublesome. And when Cheng Xun's father and son who came later saw the movement of the Tiance Army, they immediately understood that this was to give themselves a dismount, and their faces changed directly. At this moment, the figures of Chen Yu and Li Feixue appeared in front of Hu Xiaosi's eyes, and they saw this biao man coming straight towards Yuanmen.

"Little Si, isn't it good, you actually relied on these tens of thousands of local troops to block the Xuanwu Army? And won the war, haha. Chen Yu also saw Hu Xiaosi, and immediately laughed and came to him.

"Are you embarrassed? I came all the way from Tianjin to help you, and my legs were broken. Hu Xiaosi didn't pay attention to it, speaking of which, he was quite knowledgeable, and he didn't say anything about the fish belly troops, otherwise he would really not be able to get off the stage today, "I said that you are all here, don't be in a hurry to set up camp, Anzhou City has not been beaten yet, let Feixue that kid hurry up, and I should go back to Chang'an to resume my life if I take Anzhou." It's too hot for me. ”

Chen Yu glanced at the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army who were waiting on the tower of Anzhou City, nodded and said thoughtfully: "It seems that Ge Cunzhou is holding back at a critical moment, it is not easy, if I can't help it." It's okay, I'll let Feixue do it. Glancing at the few people behind Hu Xiaosi, he jumped off the horse and said with a smile: "Patronizing and talking nonsense with you, is that the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu?" ”

When Cheng Wei saw Chen Yu and them coming, he only cared about talking to Hu Xiaosi, and didn't pay attention to his own group, knowing that he was deliberately suppressing his own spirit, so he didn't say anything but secretly observed the formation of the cavalry of the Tiance Army, but saw that these cavalry all stopped at a distance of a hundred zhang from his camp, neatly maintaining a large circular formation, and each was silent. This kind of formation has opened the eyes of these hundreds of cavalry in the south as treasures, and at the same time, they are secretly thinking about what to do with the way back. But at this time, he suddenly found that the other party's commander was looking for him, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug his fists and said: "Down there is Cheng Xiao, I have seen the general." ”

"Chen Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Shannan Group Army of the Tiance Army, has met General Chen." Chen Yu raised his hand and gave a military salute to the Tiance Army, nodded and said: "I have heard that General Jiuwen led the town of Jingnan to persuade farmers and mulberry to benefit the township, and he is a parent official trusted by the people. ”

Hu Xiaosi listened to Chen Yu's words, and suddenly felt that the big guy in front of him had so many eyes. Although these few sentences are mediocre, they point out a key point, that is, the fact that Cheng Wei has agreed to join the Cheng Tiance Army, which cannot be changed. Moreover, in the case of cavalry pressure from the outside world, if Cheng Wei repents, it means that the two families have officially turned their faces, and the Cheng Wei army, which has just rested after a long battle, is not the opponent of those wolf-like Tiance army cavalry at all.

"Please rest assured, Cheng Wei should do his best for the people and the Tang Dynasty." Cheng Wei obviously realized this, and his face changed slightly, but he still gave up.

"It's good that General Cheng can think so, and the matter of Shannan Dao can basically be declared over. Let's give the Xuanwu army a ride. Chen Yu was very satisfied with Cheng Xiao's reaction to current affairs, and secretly felt that this guy was not as stubborn as the legendary bones, but he couldn't say this, but looked at Anzhou City and said with a smile: "Let the guard battalion start to prepare, and start attacking the city after a tea hour, and send Ge Cunzhou back to Luoyang, the eastern capital." ”

When Cheng Yu saw Chen Yu directly using cavalry to attack the city, he hesitated to speak, but saw Hu Xiaosi and said with a smile: "General Chen, don't worry, I promise that Anzhou City will be broken in half an hour." The general can now organize his participation in the siege of the city. ”

Hu Xiaosi's words puzzled Cheng Xiao and the others. However, the Tiance army did not prepare to stop at all, and the portable siege equipment carried by the army began to be unloaded on horseback for installation. The Hellfire Brigade's ballistae have been upgraded to a detachable modular set. I saw that in a moment, more than a dozen gloomy ballistas were set up in this way, and the rockets that had been replaced with the latest and mechanical crossbows were also moved, and the cold edge made the temperature of the surrounding air drop a lot.

As the first cavalry brigade in the whole army to equip even logistics auxiliaries with war horses, the personal guard battalion carried the experimental task as a rapid mobile unit, why did it bring so few things this time?

"Flying snow, where's your housekeeper? Hurry up and take it out. Hu Xiaosi saw Li Feixue and the person in charge of the logistics department muttering on the side, and walked over and asked curiously: "What are you studying?" ”

"The latest masterpiece of the equipment department's research, called the blasting canister, this thing is a big killer, you wait for a good show to watch later, and shake these buns well, let them know how powerful my Tiance army is." Obviously, Li Feixue also knew Cheng Xiao's thoughts, and said to Hu Xiaosi with a sneer.

Li Feixue's smile made Hu Xiaosi shudder, this guy's big killer won't be able to blast the city wall of Anzhou open with one shot, right? Thinking of this, he hurriedly returned to Chen Yu's side, nodded towards the latter, Chen Yu also followed with a wave of his right hand, and the Tiance army suddenly began to attack the city.