Chapter Fifty-Eight: Fighting Hedong Again, Defeating a Thousand Miles (5)
No matter how good Xu Huang's strategy is, he will have to be fooled by Hu Feng in the end. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Xu Huang has 3,000 soldiers and horses, of which less than 2,000 are cavalry, and the remaining more than 1,000 are infantry.
Xu Huang asked the infantry to ambush around the city, and if the enemy army went out of the city to support, he would ignore it, and if there was a rout retreat, he would be killed.
After settling the infantry, Xu Huang led 2,000 cavalry to set up an ambush on the road to Beishan, only waiting for Hu Feng to enter the encirclement.
Hu Feng really did not disappoint Xu Huang, he led 3,000 cavalry out of the city to respond, and let the remaining 5,000 soldiers and horses carefully guard the city.
Hu Feng was afraid that Li Dao would lose, so he quickly stepped up and arrived at Beishan in about half a day. Along the way, I didn't see Liangzhou soldiers and horses, nor did I see Hedong soldiers and horses, and I was also puzzled. The heart said, could it be that the spontaneous combustion of the mountain fire could not be achieved? Could it be that this trip out of town was wrong?
Just when Hu Feng couldn't figure it out, he saw a person and a rider blocking the road at the intersection in front of him. The person on the horse was holding a double axe, majestic, as if the gods had descended to earth, and this person was even more powerful against the backdrop of the firelight.
Hu Feng knew that there must be something strange about this matter, so he had no other way but to step forward and shouted: "Who in front dares to be the way of this general." If you are acquainted, quickly get out of the way, if you don't know the like, there are 10,000 elite soldiers behind me, and there is no return for Dingjiaoer. ”
Xu Huang laughed, "Xu Huang, the general of a certain Han Anhan, has been waiting here for a long time on the order of the Holy Lord, and Li Dao and Guo Yan are still awarding the head, and today I will lead the troops to wipe out your remnants." Xu Huang said, and with a wave of his hand, more than a thousand elite knights flashed behind him. Without Xu Huang's order, the more than 1,000 cavalry bows and crossbows were fired in unison, and the arrows flew towards the Liangzhou army like locusts.
Hu Feng knew the plan, turned the horse and left. As soon as the horse team turned around, and before they could retreat, suddenly there were countless stumbling ropes on the ground, and those unprepared cavalry were thrown off their horses.
At this time, there were Hedong cavalry in front and behind the Liangzhou soldiers, and they only heard the shouts to kill Zhentian, and they didn't know how many people and horses there were.
Hu Feng knew that he had been ambushed this time, and if he didn't fight desperately, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to escape today. He turned his heart sideways, raised the silver spear in his hand and killed Xu Huang, hoping to defeat Xu Huang within a few combinations, and then lead the troops to break through, if he can't go back to the city, he will go north to join the army of Li Dao and Guo Yan.
Who knew that he was not Xu Huang's opponent at all, the two sides only looked at each other, and after Xu Huang's two moves, Hu Feng felt that the mountain of arms was like being filled with lead, and he couldn't lift it.
Where did Xu Huang give him a chance, since they are all strange soldiers here, then he has to eat the soldiers and horses under Hu Feng's command in a short time. If one or two fish really slipped through the net, they could only run north to report the news, and they could not go south to ruin their own plans.
Hu Feng saw that he was exhausted, turned around and wanted to run, Xu Huang patted the horse to follow, and an axe was swung out, and Hu Feng was swept off the horse with the axe. Immediately, a pro-soldier came up to tie up Hu Feng.
The remaining Liangzhou soldiers and horses had no commander, and they immediately went into chaos, running around like headless flies, some fled north, and some surrendered on the spot. And those soldiers and horses who resisted were killed by Xu Huang's more than 1,000 cavalry in a short time.
If the surrendered soldiers and horses are changed in peacetime, they will naturally be taken into custody and dealt with after the war. But today is different, Xu Huang still has to lead his troops back to capture the city, so naturally he can't bring prisoners. He glanced at his own soldiers, and then the soldiers went up and killed the surrendered soldiers and horses on the spot.
In this battle, Hu Feng, the commander of the enemy army, was captured alive and killed more than 2,700 enemy soldiers. Fewer than 300 escaped, and all fled to the north.
Xu Huangxin said that it was better to escape, and when the defeated soldiers arrived at the camp of Li Dao and Guo Yan, the two of them would definitely panic and return to the division in a hurry, and they would ignore it. If the grain and grass are lost, I am afraid that this army of soldiers and horses will have to flee back to Guanzhong.
Xu Huang asked all his soldiers to change into the clothes of the Liangzhou soldiers, pretending to be a rout, and hurried back to the city.
When I arrived at the Blemish City, it was night. Xu Huang let the cavalry run to the city like a rout, and asked Li Dang to pretend to be a Liangzhou general and ask to open the city gate. On the one hand, more than 1,000 infantrymen who had been lying in ambush around took advantage of the time when the north gate attracted the attention of the defenders, and prepared to wait quietly for the city from the north and south sides.
When the defenders of the city saw that their men and horses had returned, their banners and clothes and horses were the same as they had gone out in the morning, they were ready to open the door without suspicion of him. At this time, the general guarding the city happened to rush to the city, and because he couldn't see the situation under the city clearly, he was a little hesitant. kept testing Li Kang, Li Kang said that it was not good, and saw that Xu Huang had taken Hu Fenglai and just happened to break the siege. shouted: "General Hu Feng is back, and you won't open the door yet." ”
Xu Huang and Hu Feng walked side by side, holding a broken blade in his left hand behind Hu Feng, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense. Xu Huang motioned to Hu Feng to open the city gate.
Hu Feng was helpless and shouted, "The defenders in the city listen—they are spies, release arrows." ”
As soon as Xu Huang heard that there was a change, he immediately killed Hu Feng with an axe, and Li Dang next to him immediately pulled his bow and shot at the city defenders. I don't know if Li Dang's archery skills have improved, or if the blind cat touched the dead mouse, and one of the arrows pierced the throat, and the city defender did not shout out the order to release the arrows.
At this time, Xu Huang ordered the soldiers and horses behind him to attack the city. Taking advantage of the chaos in the northern city, Xu Huang's infantry had already attacked the city from the city walls on the east and west sides. After a while, the east door opened. Xu Huang was no longer entangled at the north gate, and led the cavalry to enter from the east gate.
Although there were many defenders in the city, on the one hand, they were not prepared at night, and many horses did not go up to the city. On the one hand, there was a sudden change, and the response was not timely. In short, the 5,000 soldiers were defeated by Xu Huang's less than 3,000 soldiers and horses. There were countless casualties, and the rest of the people saw that they had no way to resist, so they had to abandon the city and flee.
Xu Huang seized the flawed city, and Leping asked him if he would stick to the city, or burn the grain and grass and abandon the city? There are not enough soldiers and horses in Hedong, and the grain and grass are also limited, so Li Dare is a little reluctant to see so much grain and grass.
Xu Huang said, "Whether to burn or not is not in us, but in Li Dao and Guo Yan." You send scouts and go north to find out the news. If Li Dao and Guo Yan are defeated, and Tian Jing leads his troops to pursue, then this city can be defended, and the flawed city can be used to drag the enemy army. If the armies of Li and Guo retreated slowly, and our army did not pursue, then it would be impossible to say that they could only burn these grains and grasses with one fire. ”
Li Dang led the troops down to arrange. Xu Huang let the soldiers and horses under his command take a break. On this day's battle, first break the Hu seal, and then occupy the flawed city, and the soldiers and horses under his command are iron-beaten, but I am afraid that I will be tired and lie down. And before Li and Guo Dajun went south, they only had more than a day to rest.
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Li Dao and Guo Yan were defeated and relieved of the county, retreated ten miles, and set up camp. Now Li Dao is not only worried about the Hedong soldiers and horses in front, but also worried about the grain and grass in the rear of the city.
Later, when the fire broke out in Beishan, Li Wei remembered that he hadn't received news from Defective City for at least three or four days. Could it be that there are really Hedong soldiers and horses behind them, but where did they come from?
After Li Dao set up the camp defense, he immediately sent scouts south to inquire about the news. Who knew that their scouts had not yet returned, but the defeated soldiers under Hu Feng's command had already arrived at the Chinese army camp.
After asking, I learned that Hu Feng's army was defeated and captured, and the 3,000 soldiers and horses were almost wiped out. Now Li Dao and Guo Yan's first reaction is that the grain and grass in the city may not be saved.
Guo Yan proposed to immediately pull out the camp and go south, and he must hold the grain and grass in the city. Li Wei was a little hesitant, because if the enemy had prepared to attack the city from behind, he was afraid that as soon as this army withdrew, Tian Jing's soldiers and horses would definitely pour out. When the time comes, the enemy will be attacked on the back of the abdomen, and the 20,000 horses on that side will only be afraid that they will have to explain here.
After the two discussed, they decided to send 5,000 soldiers and horses to take the lead in the south, although the flying army suffered heavy losses, but there were still more than 1,000 well-trained cavalry to serve as the vanguard and quickly reinforce the city. And this large battalion left 10,000 horses and retreated steadily to prevent Tian Jing's troops from pursuing.
When Tian Jing saw the fire in Beishan, he was ready to pursue Li and Guo's army at any time. Tian Jing gathered more than 2,000 cavalry left by Zhang Ji, Leping's Hedong cavalry battalion and Wu Fang's cavalry, and stood by at any time. As soon as the Liangzhou soldiers and horses were found to be retreating, the main task of the more than 2,000 cavalry was to catch up and disrupt the enemy's formation, divide the enemy's ranks, and create an opportunity for the Chinese army to catch up and kill the enemy.
The soldiers and horses of the Chinese army were divided into three routes: left, center, and right to pursue the Liangzhou soldiers and horses, and along the way, they mainly killed the enemy's living forces, even if the Liangzhou army could finally withdraw from Hedong, they would have to pay a sufficient price.
How do you know that the sky is not as good as the people, just when Tian Jing got the news that the Liangzhou army began to retreat, and was preparing for a large-scale counterattack. There was bad news from Anyi, the city of Anyi was broken, and Emperor Xian and Baiguan fled in panic and disappeared.
Tian Jing almost turned his back on anger when he heard this. On his side, he blocked more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Liangzhou, and even if a small group of enemy troops could attack the city of Anyi, there would be a few thousand men and horses at most. And now in the city of Anyi, Dong Cheng's soldiers and horses are 5,000, Zhang Quan's Huben guard battalion is 1,000 people, and there are still thousands of soldiers such as Zhao Yan and Yang Xiu in the city to maintain law and order in the city. It adds up to more than 10,000 people, and the city of Anyi is high and deep, and there are ten moats outside the city, and there are countless arrow towers, how can such a city be breached?
But what's the use of thinking about it?
The key is to rescue Anyi as soon as possible and protect Emperor Xian. Tian Jing immediately ordered the more than 2,000 cavalry that had been prepared before to quickly march eastward, along the road south of Anyi, looking for Emperor Xian and hundreds of officials along the way. He led the Chinese army by himself, and galloped to the aid of Anyi in the starry night to see if there was still a chance to recover.
As for Li Dao and Guo Yan, since they retreated from the army in a big way, it means that they don't know the news of the destruction of Anyi City, otherwise they will be ruined and it will be a trouble to fight with themselves. Tian Jing asked Captain Changshui to lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to pursue Li and Guo's soldiers and horses from behind, as long as he made enough momentum to scare back the enemy army. After the enemy army withdrew from Xie County, only a few men and horses were left to guard the main road and block the news of Anyi to the south. The remaining soldiers and horses were withdrawn to the Xie County garrison.
After Li Dao and Guo Yan led their troops to withdraw from Xie County for 100 miles, they found that the Hedong soldiers and horses behind them were just pursuing, but they had no intention of fighting with themselves, and secretly called luck in their hearts. They now hope to be able to withdraw to Defective City to keep food and grass, otherwise they have to retreat to Guanzhong.
Just when the vanguard of the Liangzhou soldiers arrived ten miles outside the city, they found that the city was in flames. But it turned out that Xu Huang found that there was no opportunity to take advantage of, so he had to burn the grain and grass in the city and withdraw his troops from Pusaka.