Chapter 43: Soldiers Retreat a Hundred Miles, Becoming Famous in the First World War (I)

It is said that Wu Fang led the cavalry of the 700 Changshui Lieutenant Battalion of the headquarters, defected to Anyi overnight, and surrendered to the Baibo thieves. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info This kind of thing is not to mention that the Han army can't think of it, and the white wave thief is even more unexpected. How could there be soldiers and horses besieging the city to surrender to the enemy, and it was the officers and soldiers who surrendered to the thieves.

However, Wu Fang surrendered, and handed over the horses and weapons under the city, and the sincerity of surrender was very strong. The white wave thieves were very nervous, and for the more than 700 people who entered the city and surrendered, they sent 2,000 soldiers and horses to guard them.

The three big leaders, Han Xian, Li Le and Hu Cai, personally met with Wu Fang. When I talked about the original situation after meeting, I learned that there was a problem within the Han army, Guo Yan led the troops to attack Chang'an, and now his Wu Fang's department immediately became a henchman of the rebels. The hussar general almost killed Wu Fang yesterday, if it weren't for Tian Jing's intercession, I'm afraid that he would have been in a different place long ago. Now if you want to return south to find Guo Yan, it is bound to be impossible. Not to mention the distance, he didn't know how many cities he had to pass through along the way, and how many defense areas were enough for him to have a headache. stayed in the Northern Army, and was afraid that he would be plotted at any time, so Wu Fang decided to surrender.

After Wu Fang finished speaking, Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai set up wine to catch Wu Fang. It is impossible to believe Wu Fang's words immediately, but it is easy to set Wu Fang's words on the banquet. Hu Cai had already secretly sent someone to find out the reaction of the Han army.

To say that Wu Fang's surrender is of little practical significance to the Bai Bo army, although it has some effect on morale, but after all, the number is limited. But the information they undoubtedly heard was very useful. It was the hussar general Zhu Jun who had returned to Chang'an, and now the entire northern army was led by Tian Jing, a newcomer who did not have much experience and qualifications. Moreover, because of disobedience to Tian Jing's scheduling, there was already Captain Li Shi leading the troops back to Guanzhong in front, and Wu Fang leading the troops to surrender behind, which must have had a great impact on the morale of the Han army. What's more critical is to explain that the current discord between the commander of the Han army and the generals below is a good opportunity.

Hu Cai asked tentatively, "Since this Tian Jing is an incompetent person, how about we lead troops to attack the Han army camp tomorrow?" If the Han army is defeated, General Wu will breathe a bad breath. ā€

Wu Fang hurriedly said, "It's not that we don't want to take revenge, nor do we have the ambition of others to destroy our prestige." It's not time to attack the Han army. I thought that it would be the best time to attack by observing for a few more days and waiting for the Han army to centrifuge among the schools. ā€

After hearing this, Hu Cai had more trust in Wu Fang, and said: "What General Wu said is what Lao Cheng said. We'll listen to General Wu and wait a little longer, but we still have to prepare early. ā€

When the banquet was dispersed that day, Hu arranged for someone to send Wu Fang to a separate courtyard to rest, and then discussed with Han Xian and Li Le.

Han Xian said first: "I think this Wu Fang is credible, and his speech and demeanor at the banquet are very calm, and there are no flaws in his speech, so there is no doubt that it is really down." ā€

Li Le said: "It doesn't matter if this Wu Fang really descends or fakes, I don't believe that he can make a big wave with just a few hundred people." The key is that the news brought to us by Wu Fang's surrender is very important, if these news are true, then we may be able to defeat the Han army in one fell swoop. At that time, the entire Hedong will be completely our territory, and I am afraid that the Han army will not think of sending troops to Hedong again in three or five years. Then we have peace of mind. ā€

Hu Cai has always had a doubt, that is, it was this Tian Jing who chased him several times before and made him suffer a big loss. Is it really because such a smart person has not been in a position or commanded an army now? Hu Cai thought of this and said, "I basically believe in Wu Fang now, because seeing is believing, but I still hope that the spies will make a decision after the spies report tomorrow." ā€

The spies sent out the next day not only got back, but also brought back good news. Returning to Sanqu Shuai: "The brothers we sent out, after careful investigation, confirmed several news: first, the hussar general Zhu Jun has gone south, and he left three days ago; Second, now the big and small matters in the camp are handled jointly by Tian Jing, the captain of Hu Cai, and Yang Xiu, the chief secretary of the general's mansion, but both of them are very young and it is difficult to convince the public; Third, at that time, many people in the army saw the conflict between Tian Jing and Captain Li Shi, who left with his own soldiers, but Tian Jing did not dare to stop him. In addition, there is another good news, that is, when we inquired about the news this time, we met a lot of Wuqu Shuai, that is, the subordinates of Qi Tai, the governor of Hedong, who turned out to be members of our Baibo army, and because Qi Tai surrendered, he had to surrender the Han army. Many of these people have relatives and friends in Anyi City, and they don't want Anyi City to be broken, so they are willing to help us deal with the Han army.

After hearing the news, Hu Cai shouted, "God help me!" So he went to discuss with Han Xian and Li Le about sending troops. After listening to Hu Cai's suggestion, Han Xian and Li Le immediately agreed, and at the same time gathered all the elite soldiers and horses in the city to prepare for a decisive battle with the Han army tomorrow.

However, Tian Jing estimated that he felt that Bai Bojun had already obtained this information, and it should be almost time to act, so he summoned Yang Xiu, Zhang Quan, Zang Shun, Li Kang, Leping, Qi Tai and others to discuss the matter.

Tian Jing said: "If my expectations are correct, it is estimated that the information has already arrived at the White Wave Thief." Our plans are intertwined, and now it's time to close the net. But the key to victory or defeat in this battle lies on you. If any link fails, it may fall short. I am not here to nag, but to ask each of you to make a military order, and if the task assigned to you cannot be completed, it will be done by military law. Do you have any objections? ā€

Everyone answered the order together, "The last general is willing to listen to the general." ā€

Tian Jing said: "Okay! Zhang Quan received the order, I ordered you to lead the men and horses of the headquarters to pretend to break up on the battlefield tomorrow, and wait for three days to lead troops to attack the south gate of Anyi, and then the city will have its own internal response. After capturing the south gate, I want you to defend it for two days, and when Han Xian and Li Le's troops arrive, not a single soldier will enter the city. ā€

Zhang Quan said: "No! ā€

"Qi Tai obeys! There are many Baibo spies among the soldiers and horses under your command, and I have ordered Mao An to find out the details of these people. Tomorrow's battle, they will take advantage of the chaos to start an incident, I want you to pretend not to know and insert your own cronies into it. Some of them mixed into the city of Anyi to meet Wu Fang's men and horses, and some of them followed the armies of Han Xian and Li Le, and when I returned to attack, I took the opportunity to set fire to disrupt the enemy army. You led your men and horses out of the brigade and attacked the west gate of Anyi three days later. After the city is broken, I will take my headquarters and you will quickly recruit prisoners and control the situation in the city. ā€

Qi Tai said: "No! ā€

"Yang Xiu listens to the order! I want you to rush to Xie County, contact the soldiers left behind in the rear and the people of the counties, and stand by in the woods of ten miles of Yishi County four days later, and spread the banner as an ambush.

Yang Xiu said: "No! ā€

"Zang Shun listens to orders! In the battle of tomorrow, our army will be defeated, but remember that it is defeat, and it must not be defeated, so in the battle of tomorrow, I want you to lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to break off the Chinese army, not only to hurt the Baibo army, not to let them chase too closely, but also to make them feel that they have a chance to defeat us and not give up. Can you be confident? ā€

Zang Shun said, "No! The end will be confident! It will live up to the general's expectations. ā€

"Li Kang, Leping listen to the order! I want the two of you to reserve the white horse and follow the righteous followers, and set out tonight to ambush in the north of Anyi City. Three days later, pretending to be Xiongnu soldiers and horses galloped to aid Anyi, taking advantage of the chaos to attack the north gate. After taking the north gate, take advantage of the chaos to kill people in the city and annihilate the enemies who resist. After Qi Tai took control of the situation, you quickly led your troops south to attack the main force of the White Polish Army from behind. I want to ask you two for the heads of Han Xian and Li Le, you can do it? ā€

Li Kang and Leping took the order, "No! The end will definitely complete the task. ā€

After Tian Jing finished arranging all the necessary matters, he recruited the captains of other schools in the Northern Army to arrange the confrontation with the white wave thieves tomorrow. Naturally, these arrangements were not told to them, but Tian Jing issued a military order, "Tomorrow will be a decisive battle with the White Wave Thieves, if you can defeat the enemy army in one battle, it is the best, if you can't, the army can gradually retreat south, the art of war is cloudy, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion." We just lost three games in a row, and when the enemy has no sharpness, we will counterattack in one fell swoop, and Bai Bo can fight a battle. ā€

Although Li Wei, Li Meng, Wang Fang, Zhang Bao and others cannot be said to be familiar with military books, they can be regarded as having been in battle for a long time, how can they send troops to arrange for war in this way. It is wise to prepare for defeat in advance, and to say that after losing three games in a row and then counterattacking, it is simply on paper.

But Tian Jing is the coach, and he is responsible for victory and defeat. These lieutenants are mainly focused on preserving their strength, and they don't have much heart to die for the sake of the imperial court, so if Tian Jing says to retreat, they will retreat, regardless of whether it wins or loses.

Early the next morning, the Baibo thieves really came to call for battle, but seeing the formation, more than 20,000 horses came out at once. Although the equipment of the White Wave Thieves is too poor, after all, there are many people, and now the ratio with the Han army is close to four to one. When it comes to fighting, I am afraid that the number of winners and losers will be five or five.

The Bai Bo army did not wait for the Han army to line up and pressed the whole army, neither the leisure of the fighting generals, nor the tentative attack, but directly put on a decisive battle posture. Tian Jing mobilized the men and horses of the various schools of the Northern Army, Qi Tai and Zhang Quan's soldiers and horses as the vanguard in the front, and the remaining Tun Cavalry and Yue Cavalry were the left and right wings respectively, the four schools of the middle base, the shooting sound, the infantry, and the Changshui were lined up for the Chinese army, and Tian Jing's Hu Cavalry Captain Battalion was the rear army.

As soon as the battle auxiliary was opened, the two armies clashed, and Zhang Quan's soldiers and horses pressed forward step by step to have the advantage, but Qi Tai's soldiers and horses fought unfavorably, and there was an unbalanced situation at the beginning. Although the advance fought fiercely, the White Polish Army put all the elite on the left and right flanks, so the soldiers and horses of the Tun Cavalry and the Yue Cavalry fought more hard with the enemy. Seeing that the Chinese army of the Han army was about to slowly press up, and was about to gain a certain advantage, Qi Tai's troops and horses suddenly mutinied and defected. The Chinese army was unprepared for a while, so they hurriedly retreated and changed formations, and suddenly turned from an attack to a rout. Qi Tai was in chaos with the Chinese army, and Zhang Quan's department was inserted into the left flank of the enemy's front like an arrow, becoming a lone army, and was immediately isolated by the enemy. Zhang Quan could only lead the crowd to break through to the northeast.

The Chinese army of the Northern Army was in chaos, but fortunately, the battalion of the rear army of the Hu Cavalry Captain had already made preparations, and for a time the defenses such as the antler fence were erected, allowing the friendly troops to pass and firmly block the enemy army in front like a nail. With the containment of the rear army, the soldiers and horses on the left and right flanks also broke away from the enemy's entanglement as soon as possible and quickly retreated.

Tian Jing led the men and horses of the schools of the Northern Army, and fought and walked, and in the evening, a total of 60 miles of troops retreated, and saw that the pursuers were far away, so they set up camp and went down. After counting the losses, it was found that it had lost contact with Zhang Quan's Huben Lieutenant Battalion, and more than 200 people in the Qitai battalion had defected to the enemy and made trouble. In addition, the whole army suffered about 300 casualties.