217 Cut through the mess with a quick knife

"Hit Qin Kou, Datang will win!"

Under Fang Li's leading soldiers, the morale of the Tang army was high, and the roaring sound of the mountain was a tsunami, like a tiger descending from the mountain, killing the Qin army that had been besieged for a long time.

Fang Li, who had been aggrieved for a long time, was red-eyed in the chaotic army, holding a spear to stab the enemy, and the spear was everywhere, and the Qin army was constantly thrown to the ground. Under the protection of the two fierce generals Dian Wei and Lu Bu, this Tang army forcibly tore a gap in the Qin army, allowing Cao Cao's army and the Tang army in the valley to merge.

Gao Shun, Li Dian and others saw Fang Li's bravery clearly from a distance, and raised their guns in unison and shouted: "The lord is mighty!" Datang will win! ”

Like Fang Li, the morale of the Tang army, which had endured for several days, was greatly boosted, and it suddenly exerted several times the combat power of the usual day, killing the Qin army in chaos, retreating more than once, and trampling on each other with countless casualties.

Especially Lu Bu, the first fierce general without the Red Rabbit Horse is still the first fierce general, and wherever the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand goes, blood flowers are flying all over the sky and no one can stop him, and he even almost killed Yingzheng on the spot several times.

Fortunately, Yingzheng's personal soldiers desperately guarded him, which allowed the first emperor in history to save the day again and again.

The Qin army fell into the predicament of attacking from the front and back, although Zhang Han Yingzheng desperately killed the enemy but could not recover the decline, in desperation, Zhang Han had to lead a small group of elite troops to cover Yingzheng's retreat into the mountains, and ordered him to retreat at night and inform General Bai Qi of the results of the battle of Hangu.

Although Ying Zheng was unwilling in every way, he also knew that he would never die in battle here, and his ambition was to dominate the world and become the first emperor, so he retreated to the southwest of Qin under the escort of thousands of personal soldiers.

Zhang Han personally broke off, commanded the Qin army to fight and retreat, although the Tang army was attacked before and after, but the Qin army was brave and good at fighting, neat armor, and the second strength was still above the Tang army, and finally withdrew from Hangu after paying the price of nearly 10,000 casualties.

As the sun set, the wolf smoke everywhere ended, and the seven-eight-day ambush battle in Hangu ended, and the game between the old power Great Qin and the newly rising Tang Dynasty finally ended with a tragic victory for the Tang army.

In this battle, the 30,000 troops under Cao Cao's command suffered less than 2,000 casualties, but the 10,000 mighty divisions that followed Fang Li and Zhai were only more than 5,000 people left under the siege of the Qin army for many days, but they were not wiped out by the Qin army, which can be regarded as the luck in misfortune.

On the other hand, the Qin army won first and then lost, and the veteran general Meng Fu unfortunately became the ghost of Lu Bu's halberd, and was attacked by the Tang army inside and outside, and lost a total of 15,000 soldiers and horses. Losing like this in the case of gaining the upper hand can be called the most painful battle of the Qin State in the past ten years.

It was Fang Li's mortal situation, but in the Tang army, fighting bravely, as well as Jia Xu, Cao Cao and others, Lu Bu and Ma Chaozhong were one hundred and finally turned defeat into victory, and the result made the Tang army rejoice.

After the battle, the generals led the army to clean up the battlefield, and Cao Cao hurriedly invited Fang Li into the big tent, and called a doctor to treat the wounds, and worked hard for a long time, until Fang Li couldn't stand it and forcibly ordered him to stop, then he stopped, sat down and reported the battle situation to Fang Li.

I haven't seen it for a long time, Cao Cao's face is already a little unfamiliar in Fang Li's eyes, but whether it was when he was first summoned, or when he later led the troops to take Shaoliang for Tang Guo in one fell swoop, Fang Li never had any suspicion and defense against Cao Cao, and even cheated on death, instinctively ordered Ma Chao to test first.

And now, Cao Cao is close in front of him, a pair of black eyes are clear and firm, his weather-beaten face has not yet relieved his tiredness, but his eyes are relieved to look at him.

Fang Qi was sour, and couldn't help but sigh: "Meng De, thank you for your hard work." ”

Cao Cao had an expression of death as a confidant, his heart was slightly sour, and he arched his hand and said: "As long as the lord is fair and safe, the minister will die, and there is no such thing as hard work." ”

The monarchs and ministers looked at each other for a moment, and each let out a sigh of emotion, and everything was silent.

This night, Tang Jun, who finally got rid of the crisis of life and death, fell asleep under the cover of his comrades, and energetic people such as Lu Bu and others quickly sank into the deep sea of consciousness. The candles in Fang Li's big tent kept burning until the sky was white, and Fang Li and Cao Cao, who had not slept all night, walked out.

After a long conversation all night, the two monarchs and ministers let go of their own defenses, and they were a lot more affectionate in their conversations.

Fang Li and Cao Cao are both workaholic attributes, not to mention that when they pretended to be dead, Fang Li had already slept until he could no longer sleep, although he had not slept all night, the two were still in good spirits, and ordered all the generals and strategists to be summoned to the tent to discuss many matters related to the destruction of Zhai Ji and the two countries.

Although the sudden siege broke Fang Li's established rhythm, now was a good time to destroy Zhai Guo's territory, and just as Cao Cao led his army back to Shaoliang and needed to pass through Ji Guo, Fang Li handed over the heavy task of destroying Ji Guo to Cao Cao.

As for Zhai Guo, Fang Li still planned to go in person, and rejected Cao Cao's suggestion to divide his troops.

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses not only had to destroy the Ji State, but the most important thing was to defend the Liang State and prevent the Qin and Jin Kingdoms from raising troops to attack.

Although there were only 5,000 troops left under Fang Li's command, they were all the elite of the elite, and they were tempered in the tragic head-to-head confrontation with the Qin army. Even if there was no catapult to help in the battle, with these 5,000 elite soldiers, with Lu Bu, Dian Wei and other fierce generals to help, and Jia Xu Wang Ti and other strategists on his side, Fang Li still didn't believe that he couldn't destroy the leaderless dragons, and there were only 10,000 troops left in Zhai State.

"The widow is going to use five thousand soldiers in his hands to destroy the Zhai country!" Fang Li said with an oath.

What's more, Zhai Guojun is still in Fang Li's hands, and whether he is dead or alive depends on his will.

Fang Li had made up his mind, although Cao Cao was worried, he also knew that his words were reasonable, so he no longer persuaded him, but he still handed over the 1,500 yuan crossbow and 5,000 war horses to Fang Li's command to improve the combat effectiveness and marching speed of this elite army led by Fang Li.

After lunch, Fang Li and Cao Cao said goodbye. Fang Li took the three generals Lu Bu, Dian Wei, Wang Ping and Wang Xu tired, and led the troops to rush straight to Zhai State for 5,000 days and nights.

And Cao Cao led Gao Shun, Li Dian and others to turn their horses around and attack Baishui, preparing to destroy Ji Guo by the way.

First of all, Fang Li walked this way, Zhai Guo watched the battle of Hangu from a distance for several days, thinking that Fang Li would definitely die this time, because the civil and military ministers in the country did not even gather the remaining 10,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, but seized the time to fight for power and profit and internal consumption.

The monarch Zhai Biao was captured, Zhai Yong and Zhai Meng died one after another, and the other nobles of the family who were related to the clan in Zhai Guozhong were itchy.

However, it was already too late, Fang Li's five thousand elite horsemen were pressed to the ground by the Qin army for a few days, and they had just experienced a desperate situation, and now they had nothing in their minds except killing all sides.

Fang Li was the same, if he had the idea of using grace and power to fight without blood a few days ago, he didn't think about it so much at this time. The plan to exterminate the two countries has been delayed for too long, and if it drags on any longer, it will have a great impact on the overall strategic situation, and it must be resolved quickly.

As a result, the second general of Lu Bu Wang Ping led the three thousand elite horses equipped with the Yuan Shu crossbow in front, killing one city pass after another, Fang Li took Jia Xu and others to follow behind, and he didn't even slow down much.

Only Wang, who was responsible for posting the list of Anmin every time he took a place, was tired and slow, and fell far behind.

In just one day, 5,000 troops were already under the city of Xin'an.

At this time, Zhai Guo's civil and military forces were all pieced, even counting all the family members and people, and finally gathered 10,000 troops and moved them to the city wall, while praying that Fang Li would not attack the city so quickly, while arguing on the main hall.

The main battle faction believes that it is a matter of life and death for Zhai Guo, and they can't let Fang Li succeed even if they try their best.

The Lord and the faction believed that saving their lives was the most priority, and even the tiger and wolf army of the Qin State was repelled by this Tang army. What can Xin'an's 10,000 old and sick people who have just put together be of any use, not to mention that the monarch is still in Fang Li's hands, is it to kill the lord rashly starting a war?

The soldiers of the Zhai army who were driven to the shelves on the city tower looked at the Tang army with strong soldiers and murderous Tang troops under the city, and their legs were already weak, and they looked forward to the noble adults to quickly order surrender and put down their weapons.

Fang Li was not interested in everything that happened in Xin'an, seeing that the city gate was closed, and the Zhai army on the city tower stretched out his bow and arrows, and he didn't bother to scold the formation to persuade him to surrender, so he immediately ordered Lu Bu to lead 3,000 strong soldiers to attack the city as the vanguard, and Wang Ping led 2,000 archers with Yuan Shu crossbows to support behind.

It is said that in all siege battles, ten sieges and five sieges, five times more than the strength of the defending side can be sure of victory, and Fang Li's soldiers are only 5,000, and because of the siege for several days, the heavy armor used to attack the city has long been exhausted.

But whether it was Lu Bu Wang Ping, who was charging ahead, or Jia Xu Wang Ti, who was strategizing, they all looked unexpected, and even Zhai Jing, the new security guard general who was on the dominant side, also took it for granted.

This battle is the first time that the Yuan Shu crossbow has appeared on the battle array, when has Zhai Jun seen such a terrifying crossbow arrow, the range is farther than the ordinary bow and crossbow, and it can even shoot ten arrows at a time, and in a moment the Zhai army, which is several times his own, will be suppressed on the city tower and dare not raise his head.

The three thousand besieging Tang troops climbed up the ladder, Lu Bu danced the escalator with one hand and the halberd with the other, and the wind was unstoppable, and the defenders in the city couldn't raise the courage to resist.

For many years after the Battle of Xin'an, whether it was Fang Li, who was sitting in the rear, Lu Bu Wang Ping, who led the charge, and even the small soldiers who only participated in the battle, they were ashamed to call this siege a "battle".

Without him, it was too easy, it was only half a cup of tea before and after, so easy that even the Tang Army, who won in the end, could not accept such an easy victory for half a day.

Five thousand against ten thousand, there was not much damage on either side, which is a wonder of the ages.

In the words of one of the soldiers in the Tang army: "General Lu just took us up to the city, and then they surrendered." ”

Before the ministers in the main hall could fight for a reason, Lu Bu had already kicked open the door of the hall first, and hundreds of elite soldiers of the Tang army poured in, and in a moment, the civil and military officials were pressed to the ground and could not move.

Fang Li then slowly walked into the hall, with a smile like a spring breeze on his face: "Everyone, do you recognize the widow?" ”

For a while, the ministers of Zhai Guo who reacted were crying wolf, whether it was the main battle faction or the main peace faction, they all showed their true colors of weakness and incompetence, regardless of being pressed to the ground by the Tang sergeants, scrambling to show loyalty to the other party, and they were thick-skinned, and even directly changed their words to "lord". It seems that I am afraid that I will shout too late, and my life will have to be lost here.

Too lazy to look at Zhai Guo's ugly appearance of civil and martial arts, Fang Li waved his hand and asked Wang Lei to be responsible for placing the pile of straw bales, and he took Lu Bu and others to Xin'an City, first, to appease the people, and second, to walk around to see if there was anyone who could pick up the leaks.

Unlike before, although he took the Zhai State with 5,000 remnants of soldiers without much effort, Fang Li no longer dared to take it lightly and underestimate the princes of the world.

In the troubled times, there are many heroes, no matter the people and nobles, their lives are like mustard, and the end of the tail is too high, they can only die before half of the body is gone, this point, Fang Li, who has passed through the siege of Hangu, finally understood.

Jia Xu followed Fang Li's side, and saw the change in his heart clearly, and he was very relieved. If you are not shocked, you are eligible to get the ticket to compete for the world.

Leaving Wang Ping, Wang Lei, Yiwen and Yiwu and four thousand elites to stay in Zhai State, Fang Li did not delay for a moment, took Lu Bu, Dian Wei and Jia Xu, and led a thousand light horsemen to rush back to Luoyang in the starry night. I don't know how far Cao Cao has gone in the battle of destroying discipline at this time.