Chapter 60 Wu Xi withdraws his troops and Tongguan is lost

Tian Jing and Xiao Liu are both super and super, and more than 60 are equal to each other. But the cavalry behind Tian Jing couldn't support it www.biquge.info after all, they were far behind Ma Chao and Chenggongying's cavalry in terms of numbers. And Tian Jing's leading troops have been fighting under Dayang City for so long, but the city has not sent a single soldier to support, which also makes Tian Jing a little disheartened. I had no choice but to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to withdraw fifty miles.

Ma Chao and Chenggong Ying did not chase after them, but continued to surround Dayang City, preventing the soldiers and horses in the city from leaving the city and heading south to Maojin. They have already received the battle report from Wu Xi, and now Wu Xi is leading his troops to encircle and suppress the retreating Hedong soldiers and horses in Maojin, and they are expected to hijack the car of Emperor Xian, and their task is to prevent reinforcements from going south.

Because Tian Jing had no news of Dayang and had insufficient soldiers and horses, he had to continue to wait for the infantry to come to support. Three days later, Wang Fang and Li Meng led more than 3,000 infantry south, and Tian Jing felt that he finally had the strength to fight, so he led the soldiers and horses to continue to advance and had completed the siege of Dayang.

At this time, Wu Xi's 3,000 cavalry had already defeated Yang Feng's soldiers and horses at Maojin Ferry, and then returned to join forces with Ma Chaocheng Gongying. This surprise attack on Anyi did not catch Emperor Xian; This time I chased Maojin and let Emperor Xian run away. Wu Xi was holding back the fire in his heart, wanting to fight with the soldiers and horses of Hedong.

Tian Jing lined up to meet the enemy, with more than 1,000 cavalry on his side as the vanguard, and more than 3,000 infantry in the rear, lined up the formation.

Looking at the opposite side again, there were as many as six or seven thousand enemy cavalry, Tian Jingxin said, it seems that there are many auspicious people in this battle, and if there are no reinforcements, I am afraid it will be difficult to win.

But how did the two armies cower in front of the formation, Tian Jing sat down and came to the front of the formation, asking the enemy commander to come forward and answer.

Wu Xi saw a young general coming out from the opposite side, and he also recognized Tian Jing, the commander of the Hedong Army. One person and one person immediately stepped forward to see what Tian Jing had to say.

Tian Jing hugged his fist at Wu Xi, "It turned out to be the commander of the wolf cavalry, General Wu Xi." The two generals, Li Dao and Guo Yan, had been defeated for many days and had already retreated to Guanzhong. General Wu Xi led the army here alone, did he think that he could gain a foothold in Hedong with a brigade of partial divisions? ”

When Wu Xi heard this, he was surprised: he had always wondered that since he entered Hedong, he had not heard the news of Li Dao, Guo Yan and the more than 30,000 troops they led. Although he was suspicious in his heart, he couldn't lose in terms of momentum, Wu Xi laughed, "Hugh wants to trick me, the two generals Li and Guo want to destroy your Hedong soldiers and horses, it's as easy as a snap, how can you lose?" Besides, I have the right to make decisions on the battlefield since I lead an army alone, and I dare not say anything else, but I am still confident in swallowing your thousands of soldiers and horses and killing all the Dayang defenders. Don't talk nonsense, dare to fight me? ”

Tian Jing knew that he couldn't be scared to retire from the army, so he thought that he could only fight hard. said to Wu Xi, "Since this is the case, then Tian Jing is waiting in the formation." "Turn your horse back and turn back into the formation.

Now that there are many soldiers and cavalry in Liangzhou, Tian Jing can only take a defensive position, hoping to block the attack of the Liangzhou cavalry through the formation.

Tian Jing adjusted the formation, transferred the cavalry that was originally the vanguard to the two wings, and the infantry formed a phalanx, with spearmen in front, sword and shield hands in the back, and archers in the center, but waited for the enemy to charge.

Wu Xi's side let Ma Chao's cavalry be the vanguard, and his own cavalry was the middle army, attacking the soldiers and horses in Hedong. Cheng Gongying's 2,000 cavalry prevented the soldiers and horses in the city from leaving the city to support.

Tian Jing's formation is no problem, but the soldiers under his command are not trained by him, and the quality of the soldiers determines the difference between victory and defeat on the battlefield.

When the first wave of cavalry in Liangzhou rushed to the infantry phalanx, when the iron spear of the cavalry pierced into the chest of the Hedong army, and when the iron hooves of the war horse stepped into the Hedong military formation, there was a commotion in the phalanx of Li Meng, the captain of the cavalry on the left and right wings, and the phalanx of Wang Fang, the captain of the Yue cavalry, were in commotion, and the spearmen in the first row did not block the enemy's first wave of offensive at all, so they scattered and fled, and the army was defeated.

In this way, there was also confusion among the sword and shield men and archers in the back. Li Meng, the captain of the Tun Cavalry, knew the seriousness of the matter, and insisted on letting the guards act as the superintendents of the battle, killing many retreating soldiers and horses, and barely stabilizing the formation, but obviously his phalanx could not withstand another impact.

Seeing the enemy cavalry rushing to the front of the formation, Wang Fang was ready to step forward to resist for a while, but he didn't know that he was stabbed under the horse by Ma Chao, who rushed forward. Seeing that the main general was dead, the battalion of the captain of the Yue cavalry was even more chaotic, but fortunately, the deputy general Shi Da restrained some of the men and horses, so as to avoid the rout of the whole army.

Tian Jing helped Zhang Bao resist Wu Xi's men and horses in the Chinese army, and watched the chaos on the right side, so he asked Xiaoliu to go up to support. Xiao Liu led the cavalry on the right flank to rush up, fighting with Ma Chao in one place, blocking the gap on the right side.

Just when the two armies were deadlocked, a Hedong army and horses came from the west of the battlefield. More than 2,000 horsemen were all cavalry, and the first handsome flag had the word "Xu" written on it.

Yes, this army is the cavalry led by Xu Huang. On that day, after Xu Huang burned the grain and grass in the city, he led the troops to retreat into the mountains. When Li Dao and Guo Yan's soldiers and horses began to retreat, Xu Huang attacked from behind and harassed the enemy. As soon as Li Dao and Guo Yan's soldiers and horses came out of Hedong. Xu Huang immediately returned to the army and went south to repel Duan Xuan of Fenglingdu, and then went east to Hebei County, occupied Hebei, and eliminated the defenders in the city. Now Xu Huang asked 1,000 infantry to collect Hebei, and he rushed to Dayang with 2,000 cavalry in the starry night. He didn't know that Tian Jing was here, but he had heard before that Emperor Xian's car might have withdrawn to Dayang City.

As soon as Xu Huang saw the situation on the battlefield, he did not let the soldiers and horses behind him rest, but directly threw the cavalry into the battlefield and launched an attack on the soldiers and horses behind Wu Xi's department.

Where did the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou think that there would be a Hedong Army behind them, they were unprepared for a while, and they were caught off guard. Wu Xi was surprised when he heard a report from behind him that a 2,000-strong Hedong cavalry was coming east, but he was not afraid of these 2,000 troops, but he responded to one thing, that is, what Tian Jing said, Li Dao and Guo Yan were defeated and withdrew from Hedong, otherwise it would be impossible for another army of soldiers and horses to come from the west.

Wu Xi thought to himself, now I don't know what the situation of Hebei City and Fenglingdu is, even if he defeats this Hedong army here, it is impossible to change the situation of the battle if he can't catch Emperor Xian. It is better to withdraw the troops as soon as possible and think in the long run.

Thinking of this, Wu Xi ordered the cavalry to adjust the direction of attack, get rid of the entanglement with the infantry, and retreat westward with all their might.

The Hedong infantry fought just now, and almost wiped out the whole army, and they did not dare to pursue. Only Tian Jing, Xiao Liu, and Leping led more than 1,000 cavalry to fight with the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou.

Although Xu Huang's side was a surprise attack, the enemy's quick reaction did not take too much advantage. Moreover, as soon as Wu Xi and Ma Chao's soldiers and horses withdrew, the 2,000 cavalry besieging Cheng Gongying immediately acted as a broken team to block the attack of Xu Huang's troops. Cheng Gongying's soldiers and horses have not been put into the battlefield to be regarded as a new force, unlike Xu Huang's soldiers and horses who are tired from afar, so they quickly blocked the pursuit of Hedong soldiers and horses.

Seeing this, Tian Jing and Xu Huang knew that they were lucky to win today, and it was impossible to destroy the cavalry team of five or six thousand people in Liangzhou, so they had to let them go, and then led their troops into Dayang City.

The defender of Dayang City is none other than Han Xian, the general of Fenwu. The day before yesterday, Yang Feng asked him to defend Dayang, but he led Emperor Xian and Baiguan to flee to Maojin Ferry in panic, and Han Xian was angry. He finally knew what to take refuge in the imperial court, he was a pawn who could be sacrificed at any time, and no one cared about his life or death at all.

So whether it was the attack on Maojin or Tian Jing's first time to help, he refused to send troops out of the city to rescue.

In fact, he didn't think about surrendering the Liangzhou soldiers and horses again, but the war was unclear and he didn't dare to make a rash decision. So he stayed in the Great Sun City, hoping to delay for ten days to prepare himself.

Now that Tian Jing and Xu Huang have led the soldiers and horses of Hedong to defeat Wu Xi, Han Xian naturally put on a loyal and patriotic posture. Say that there are few soldiers and horses in the city, and you don't dare to attack rashly, if you lose Dayang, the hub in the southeast of the river, you will be ashamed of the saint. But he led 2,000 remnants of soldiers to hold on for many days, which can be regarded as meritorious.

Tian Jing naturally understood Han Xianam's thoughts, but he didn't say anything. Just began to settle the matter of Hedong immediately. Tian Jing asked Zhao Yan to lead the civil affairs of Hedong, Xu Huang to lead the military and political affairs of Hedong, and he led Xiaoliu, Leping, Lu Wen and 500 reserve white horses to cross the Yellow River south from the soldiers and horses of Han Xian, and went to Hongnong to meet Emperor Xian and ask for instructions.

However, Yang Feng had taken all the ferries with him before, so he could only ask Han Xian to collect two fishing boats from Dayang City and send people to the south bank of the Yellow River to inform the east of the river. so that the other side may send a boat to pick it up.

This back and forth took two or three days, and this time thirty large ships were sent to the south bank, and Tian Jing and Han Xianam's soldiers and horses crossed the Yellow River safely after only two separate parts. After arriving in Hongnong County, from the ferry to Shaanxi County, and then from Shaanxi County to Hongnong County, along the way, Tian Jing also saw the situation of Hongnong, and said in his heart, this Wang Yi is a capable minister, not only can govern Lu's county, but also govern Hongnong County, Zhang Ji has picked up a treasure.

As soon as Tian Jing arrived in Hongnong, he immediately rushed to see Emperor Xian, and Emperor Xian had a lot to ask him, who knew that Tian Jing's ass had not yet sat firmly, and he heard that the scouts had come to report that Lei Xu and Zhang Xian had lost Tongguan. Now Li Dao, Guo Yan and Li Wei have 20,000 troops, and it is claimed that 50,000 soldiers and horses have entered Hongnong and are rushing to Hongnong County.

Now in the territory of Hongnong, Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses are not abundant, the original Zhang Ji under the command of less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, Zhang Xiu raided Nanxiang and took away more than 8,000 soldiers and horses, last time in Hedong left Tian Jing 2,000 cavalry, this time Tongguan was lost, 3,000 defenders were exhausted, only less than 7,000 people remained, and these more than 7,000 people were distributed in the counties of Hongnong County, and now Hongnong defenders are less than 3,000.

In addition to Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses, Yang Fengsuo's troops had about 1,000 soldiers and horses, Han Xian's soldiers and horses were about 1,000, Tian Jing's cavalry was 500, and the Hongnong County garrison added up to less than 6,000 people, which was not the opponent of Liangzhou's soldiers and horses at all.

There is no need to discuss whether to move east to Luoyang. Hongnong County could only be abandoned, and the army escorted Emperor Xian and Baiguan to the east to retreat in the direction of Huangchi and Xin'an, hoping that when they arrived at Hangu Pass, they could block the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou through natural hazards.