Chapter 461: Falling Out (Part II)
"Military division, the big thing is not good, Ge Cunzhou in front suddenly launched a counterattack, and the main force of the whole army headed towards the flank corps on the side of the marshal." The battle situation near the capital of Xiyuan changed drastically, and Ge Cunzhou led his troops to decisively launch a counterattack, and unexpectedly chose the direction of the main attack in the direction of the Baekje army led by Zhu Youliang, which surprised Zheng Fan and Jinshandao. Unlike Jinshan Dao, who is not clear about the battle situation ahead for the time being, Zheng Fan, who has dealt with the Tiance Army for so many years, understood Ge Cunzhou's plan at a glance, so almost without thinking, he immediately ordered his headquarters to withdraw from the city immediately, shrink the defensive line, and immediately arrived at the front line with Jinshan Dao to check, but what Zheng Fan didn't know was that he went deep into the front line this time, but he never had a chance to go back alive this time.
And Ge Cunzhou's side was sending the main force to Huo Cun's command to attack Zhu Youliang, and Biao Zi also accompanied him. Ge Cunzhou didn't have the slightest worry about this way, the original combat strength of the Baekje people was very poor, and in the past two days, the 15th Corps and others had already seen what kind of goods these fish belly troops were, plus Huo Cun and others already knew Zhu Youliang, so as long as they joined Zhu Youliang, they could take advantage of the situation to get the command of the Baekje people and destroy the 100,000 army without much effort, and Biao Zi was in it to facilitate the arrangement of Xuanyingwei in the later stage, after all, the war was not over yet, and Zhu Youqi's Liang regime was still in the south at the moment, Zhu Youliang's identity still needs to be protected.
However, after Ge Cunzhou led his personal guards to join the troops near Xicheng out of the city, he found that the Xuanwu army, which had already attacked the city wall, was retreating like a tide at this moment, and immediately understood that Zheng Fan had already reacted, so he immediately decided to lead his troops to pursue, and at the same time ordered the five artillery pieces on the city tower to bombard the outside of the city all the time, and blow up Zheng Fan's arrangement with crazy artillery fire, so as to prepare for the next Hou Yong's Fifth Cavalry Corps assault.
Ge Cunzhou's departure from the city also made Zheng Fan's conjecture verified, he knew Ge Cunzhou's character very well, since this old and handsome man went out of the city at this time, it meant that the other party's arrangements were all in place, so almost subconsciously Zheng Fan began to order the troops to retreat, wanting to avoid the other party's blow.
It's just that sometimes the heavens don't fulfill people's wishes, and Zheng Fan forgot one thing, that is, he has forgotten that the army of more than 100,000 people has not retreated when he has not been in charge of the army for a long time, and if the various departments do not cooperate with each other, then it will only cause a swarm of bees and everyone retreats, and the result will inevitably be a complete chaos in the entire army order. This was too late for Zheng Fan to react after a while, and Jin Shandao beside him even wondered if this former wise man had lost his clear cranial nerves at this time. However, after all, Zheng Fan was just not adaptable, and after reacting, he immediately adjusted his deployment and tried his best to let the retreating units cooperate with each other, and some troops stopped to block Ge Cunzhou's attack. It's just that at this time, the chaotic situation has been formed, plus the artillery of the Tiance Army is condescending and frantically firing cannonballs at the dense crowd on the city tower, and the rumbling explosion once made Zheng Fan's order ineffective, coupled with the pursuit of more than 5,000 people led by Ge Cunzhou, Zheng Fan's hundreds of thousands of troops were extremely chaotic at this time, and a huge bloated part was formed in the center of the military formation, most of the troops were crowded in the middle and could not pass, and a small number of peripheral troops had even dispersed to find a way to retreat on their own. And Zheng Fan and Jinshandao were gradually squeezed out of the middle area, and the troops around them began to gradually decrease.
At this time, the Hou Yong Corps, which was outside the battlefield, was attacking at full speed at this time, and the 30,000 cavalry were heading towards the Xiyuanjing battlefield where the cannon rumbled in the distance, and more than 100,000 horses' hooves stepped on the ground at the same time, causing a dull sound one after another. Originally, this kind of shock was actually very easy to feel when a large number of cavalry rushed up, and many experienced troops were even able to rely on the shock brought by the ground to detect the appearance of cavalry troops earlier than the scouts. This is why many cavalry units not only take off the aristolochia when attacking, but also take the necessary protective measures on the horse's hooves to minimize this vibration.
However, it is obvious that Zheng Fan's previous mistake at this time caused his troops to be in full adjustment at this time, resulting in no one finding that the cavalry outside the field was approaching them at the fastest speed, and the most important thing is that Zheng Fan himself at this time had been taken aside by the chaotic troops and was not in the command position, and those scouts roaming outside the field could not even find their own commander, thus cutting off this opportunity for the second discovery, causing Hou Yong to lead the cavalry to rush up when everyone was not prepared.
This scene made Hou Yong ecstatic, after the tiger roared, he picked up the rifle in his hand and began to shoot at the crowd in the distance, and the 30,000 cavalry behind him also shot at the same moment with his movements, and even some of the impatient soldiers were not even willing to hold their rifles, and directly pulled out the Tang knife that had terrified all the enemies in the past, and rushed into the crowd of the other party at the fastest speed to slash and kill. Hou Yong, as the general of the first cavalry corps formed by the Tiance Army, has a very high attainment in cavalry tactics, and the new weapons in the hands of the grassland combination over the years have summed up a complete set of cavalry tactics. He changed the three arrows in the sky before the previous assault to rifle shooting, relying on the long-range lethality of the rifle to open up the situation for his own impact, and then the whole army put down the rifle and began to wield Tang knives to slash and slash, cutting through the opponent's military formation. Relying on the first wave of this assault ability, it is often possible to cut off the opponent at the first attack, and the cavalry corps that rushed over began to partially dismount at this time, covering the other cavalry units to launch a surprise attack. This combination of infantry and cavalry tactics can effectively use the power of the formal rifle, the cavalry continues to chisel through the opponent's line to cover the infantry to break through, and the infantry relies on their own hands to continuously shoot a large number of casualties to intercept the cavalry impact of the opponent's forces when the cavalry charges, this combination of tactics is Hou Yong summed up in the grassland over the years, at this time for the first time to take out the Xuanwu Army, which was already chaotic, was directly on the verge of collapse, and the various departments of the Ge army could not organize an effective defense at all. Some of the soldiers in the outermost part even broke away from the main army directly at this time and began to look for a way out of the battlefield.
"The whole army blows the horn, rush me." The results of the cavalry corps made Ge Cunzhou's heart bloom, and directly let his personal guards blow the trumpet of the charge, and the loud horn sound made all the soldiers of the Tiance Army on the battlefield at this time begin to muster all the courage to rush forward against their opponents, countless bullets sprayed out from the chamber of the gun, tearing everything encountered along the way to shreds, and the gunners on the city tower have fallen into complete madness at this time, and the defensive battle in the past few days has made everyone begin to vent at this moment, The gunners even moved all the shells to the top of the run, and some of the shells that were originally caused by the Xuanwu army climbing the city tower to fight were urgently received, at this time, these people were eager to move the warehouses over, and the five guns kept firing shells, and these gunners didn't even have the intention to aim, but just fired directly at the crowded places under the city to cover the infantry brothers to speed up the attack.
The morale of the Tiance army is invigorated, everyone goes all out to attack the military formation of the Xuanwu army against the trend, ready to take everyone in one fell swoop, Ge Cunzhou even led the personal guards to rush towards the direction where Zheng Fan is located for the first time, unlike others, the focus of Ge Cunzhou's battle is to take Zheng Fan, and the war after taking Zheng Fan will be too much, this person's energy is too great, so he can't be careless. At this time, the Xuanwu army has completely collapsed, and even Jinshan Dao has let his troops begin to gradually peel out, he is no longer optimistic about Zheng Fan, and the most important thing is that his troops were divided into two by Hou Yong's cavalry corps in the first round of impact, and nearly 10,000 people were lost in just one impact, which made him have to consider whether his last remaining strength should not be consumed with the other party.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden upheaval on the battlefield, and the troops who were originally guarding Zheng Fan on the battlefield suddenly began to mutiny, and the troops of about 10,000 people suddenly shot after Jinshan Road broke away, and directly controlled it under Zheng Fan's surprise, and then played two flags, a white flag and a Tiance Army military flag, and the Longming Yellow Flag quickly broke away from the battle area, this scene was not only the Xuanwu Army itself was surprised, but even Ge Cunzhou felt so, What I didn't expect was that in this chaotic scene, Xuan Yingwei's arrangement could still play a role. These troops are the henchmen of Zhu Youliang mentioned by Biaozi before, and only they can directly control Zheng Fan when everyone is unexpected, so as to lock the battle situation in advance.
After figuring out this, Ge Cunzhou immediately used all his strength, roared loudly, named everyone and began to chant loudly, so that the Xuanwu army on the opposite side immediately laid down his arms and surrendered, and originally Ge Cunzhou was very prestigious in the Xuanwu army, and most of the soldiers and generals knew that the former marshal was opposite him at this time, so many people fell into hesitation after Ge Cunzhou showed his banner. Seeing this scene, Ge Cunzhou roared without hesitation: "Brothers of Xuanwujun, I am Ge Cunzhou, and I am also your former handsome, tell me if you are willing to believe me, believe that I can take you back to the Central Plains, to meet your fathers and fellow villagers, and to visit the vast land of China that gave birth to you and raised you?" Now that the Tang Dynasty has ruled the world, and the peninsula will soon be included in the rule of the empire, are you willing to be a rebel and a thief for the rest of your life? I guarantee with my personality that as long as you are willing to surrender, the emperor will not blame the past, in the final analysis, we are the people of the Tang Dynasty, and we are the fathers and villagers. Ge Cunzhou's words ignited the deepest hometown feelings in the hearts of the soldiers, and even the soldiers of the Tiance Army began to be silent, and after a while, the entire battlefield suddenly remembered the hearts of the soldiers, "Welcome home, brothers." This voice gradually converged into a huge wave from the beginning to the end, and even the soldiers of the cavalry corps on Hou Yong's side began to walk to the Xuanwu army and call.
"Ge Dashuai." The soldiers of the Xuanwu Army closest to Ge Cunzhou felt the deepest, and the former marshal burst into tears at this time, so that these people couldn't help but kneel directly to the ground, shouting loudly for Ge Cunzhou's name in the past, so that soon all the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army on the entire battlefield knelt on the ground.
"Brothers, I'll take you home." Ge Cunzhou knelt down with the chief, crying silently.
This battle ended in such a way at the most critical moment to everyone's surprise, the soldiers of the two corps of the Tiance Army, who originally planned to fight bravely, escorted these into Xiyuan Jing under the leadership of their own generals, Hou Yong did not interfere in the follow-up pacification work of these people, because Ge Cunzhou's identity made it easier for him to come forward to appease these people, so Hou Yong and Biao Zi simply took the matter of Baekje and Zhu Youliang directly, and sent people to return to the headquarters at the same time as sending cavalry to pursue Jinshan Road, Report on the details of the Battle of Nishihara-kyo.
"Okay, everyone, Zheng Fan, I will arrange for someone to escort the Chang'an base camp as quickly as possible, there is nothing for me here, you can work hard yourself." After talking with Zhu Youliang for more than half an hour, Biao Zi saw Ge Cunzhou and Hou Yong walking in together, and immediately smiled: "General Ge won a big victory in this battle, he won't blame me, right?" Tell you that you have half of my military exploits, don't think about sending me a meal when you get to Chang'an. ”
"You!" Hou Yong glared at Biaozi angrily, this guy is the same as Hu Xiaosi, to be precise, Xuan Yingwei is the same as Hu Xiaosi, and he usually doesn't have a right line at all, if it weren't for Hou Yong and Hu Xiaosi's qualifications, this guy would have the intention of ridiculing him.
"By the way, let me introduce, Zhu Youliang, Ge Cunzhou, you know each other, this is Hou Yong, the general of the Fifth Corps of the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Tiance Army, this is the shadow son placed by our Xuan Yingwei back then and the hero of this battle, and the one who controls Zheng Fan is his henchman." Seeing Hou Yong glaring at him, Biao Zi hurriedly changed the topic and introduced Zhu Youliang to the two of them, and said with a smile: "I have arranged for someone to secretly take his family out of Bianzhou, and when the time comes, which of the two of you will send someone to pick it up, this Zhu Youqi is still very close to his family, and the people of the Dragon Group almost fought with his Imperial Forest Army." Biao Zi said something that made Ge Cunzhou feel surprised.
"Zheng Fan, you have to send someone to watch over, don't let him have an accident, the General Staff has registered with him." Hou Yong said: "Before I came, Dashuai also specifically mentioned that I had the opportunity to capture Zheng Fan alive, but if I can't die, I just can't put him back." But before he finished speaking, Biaozi smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's not just the handsome man who wants to be captured alive, when I came, the emperor said that he was going to meet this Mr. Zheng in person, who knew that it would be like this now." ”
"Okay, I'm done, I'm going to report to the big boss, there's still a group of people over there who owe a beating." After Biao Zi finished speaking, a cold light appeared in his eyes, and the others and even the newcomer Zhu Youliang understood who he was talking about.