Chapter 43: Soldiers Retreat a Hundred Miles, Becoming Famous in a War II
Early in the morning of the second day, the Baibo army did not rest, and continued to attack, the Han army was unstable, and the battle was defeated, and Tian Jing led the troops to retreat for another sixty miles. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info counted the losses, all Qi Tai's departments were scattered, and Qi Tai, the contract captain, was nowhere to be found.
Early in the morning of the third day, the White Wave Army continued to attack, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, the left and right flanks of the Han Army were broken through by the White Wave Army, and they withdrew again for eighty miles, which was near Yishi County.
On the evening of the third day, Tian Jing convened the generals to discuss the matter, saying that the counteroffensive would begin today, and the whole army would work together to capture Han and Li alive this time. The generals still had doubts, and Tian Jing explained the strategy. Although there were consecutive defeats in the first few days, the losses of the Han army were not serious. Tian Jing explained the key and told them that Anyi had been captured, and now the enemy seemed to be strong, but in fact it was the end of the tree. Moreover, after the cavalry of the Han army captured Anyi, they went south in the starry night, forming a situation of flanking before and after, and they could definitely decide the victory or defeat in a battle.
Tian Jing said to the generals, "Meritorious service to the country should be done today, and you are willing to kill the enemy with me!" ”
The generals responded in unison, "No!" I am willing to listen to the general! "The whole army is like a rainbow.
Early this morning, the Han army took the initiative to line up, with its own battalion of lieutenants of Hu Cavalry and Zhang Bao's battalion of infantry lieutenants as the vanguard, and the cavalry of Yue Cai, and the two schools of the two schools as the two wings, and the soldiers and horses of the three schools of the middle base, the shooting sound, and the Changshui as the Chinese army. Without waiting for the white wave thieves to finish the formation, Tian Jing launched a general attack with the army, Tian Jing led the troops to take the lead, directly attacking the enemy's Chinese army, killing all the way, it can be said that the blockers are blinding. The white wave thieves were used to fighting a tailwind battle a few days ago, and they thought that today was the same as in the past, but they didn't know that the Han army would kill them without their lives. As the saying goes, when the brave meet on a narrow road, the morale of the Han army is like a rainbow, and the white wave thieves are relatively timid.
Han Xian and Li Le hurriedly restrained the soldiers and horses of their headquarters, fortunately, there were many soldiers in Baibo, and the Chinese army had not been broken for a while, but even so, it was already in danger. At this moment, the sound of war drums of "dong dong dong" came out of the woods on both sides of the Baibo military camp, and thousands of Han troops came out of nowhere.
The Bai Bo army, which was barely supporting just now, was suddenly frightened, and they were afraid of being surrounded on all sides, so they fled one after another. As the saying goes, defeat is like a mountain, and it is impossible for Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai to restrain their soldiers anymore. It was only possible to retreat with a large group of men.
Tian Jing saw that the Baibo army had withdrawn, so he ordered the soldiers and horses of the two schools of Hu cavalry and infantry to rest temporarily, and the soldiers and horses of the two schools of Yue cavalry and Tun cavalry closely pursued the enemy. It took about half an hour before the soldiers and horses of the Hu cavalry and infantry marched at a medium speed to pursue the enemy. In this way, the soldiers and horses of the Han army formed three echelons and maintained the combat strength of the troops.
Just as Tian Jing expected, Bai Bobing was chased and killed by the soldiers and horses of the Yue Cavalry and Tun Cavalry and fled for a long time, seeing that they slowly threw off the Han army, and finally rested on the spot when they couldn't run. As soon as this side rested, the soldiers and horses behind the Han army caught up again, but the banner of the Han army was not the chasing soldiers just now, but a wave of people and horses. As soon as the Han army came, the white wave thieves ran again, and this time it was half a day later. Seeing the sun go down, the white wave thief thought that he wouldn't chase it now. So they set up camp in an open place. Who knows, the camp tent has not yet been erected, and the pursuers of the Han army have come again, but this time it is another wave of attacking troops.
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The white wave thieves ran for two hours at night before they could get rid of the Han army. But Hu knew that it would not be long before the next round of attack of the Han army came. He can be regarded as having learned Tian Jing's cunning at this time, so he saw that there were not many troops, but he made reasonable use of them. It not only maintains the continuous pursuit and harassment of the enemy army, but also does not lose its own combat power. But now is not the time to admire the enemy, Hu Cai, as the commander of the Baibo Army, must come up with countermeasures.
Hu Cai thought for a while and finally had an idea, and he said to Han Xian and Li Le: "Two elder brothers, the younger brother found that the Han army used the method of wheel warfare to deal with our army. If we keep consuming with them, I'm afraid that our brothers will die of exhaustion if they don't die in battle. I just thought of a way, that is, to divide the troops, each of the three of us led a group of men and horses to withdraw at night, and the Han army naturally did not know how to pursue. Even if they wanted to chase us, they had limited numbers and horses, and it was impossible to pursue us like during the day, similar to wheel warfare. Moreover, although we divide our troops, there are many men and horses, and if the Han army divides our troops, we are afraid that there are too few soldiers and horses and we will not be able to succeed. If one of the soldiers and horses is pursued, the other two can be safely withdrawn to Anyi. ”
Han Xian and Li Le also knew that it was reasonable when they heard it, and there was no better way now, so they nodded in agreement with Hu Cai's opinion. Han Xian chose the left side, Li Le chose the right side, but left Hu Cai in the middle, and Hu Cai's middle lane led the most troops among the various troops. Only then did Hu know that this was not to take care of himself, but to let himself attract the Han army. But the idea was put forward by myself, and now is not the time to intrigue for this kind of thing, whether it is a blessing or a curse or a destiny.
After the White Wave thieves divided their troops into three routes, the pursuit of the Han army suddenly stopped. It seems that they are also in trouble. It was a long time before the Han army began to move. However, they did not choose to pursue the central army, but chose the soldiers and horses on the left. It seems that the Han army wants to pick a weak team first and break them one by one, which is a good way for the current situation. But Hu Cai didn't have time to rejoice at all, he suddenly had a trace of worry, maybe the Han army didn't take them to heart at all. If Anyi has already been breached, then which of them will be able to escape?
The more Hu Cai thought about it, the more worried he became, so he ordered his soldiers and horses to speed up their march faster than when they fled, because they had to rescue An Yi. But no matter how strong the team is, it must rest, not to mention that what Hu Cai led was only the White Wave Thief Army, and these people gave up when they ran, and all of them stopped resting on the side of the road. No matter how Hu Cai promotes, it is useless to scold.
Early the next morning, Hu Caicai led his soldiers and horses to Anyi. A cloud of dust was kicked up at the front of the team. Needless to ask, this is a massive cavalry move. But how could there be cavalry coming from the direction of Anyi? Hu Cai hadn't thought about this problem clearly, but he saw that the knight on the opposite side had already shot three rounds of arrows, and the soldiers and horses in front of him fell down a large piece at once. Fortunately, Hu Cai is not a martial artist, he has always disliked charging into battle, staying in the middle of the team, or the arrow just now would have killed him.
At this time, the cavalry and the ranks of the White Polish army approached, but they put away their bows and arrows, and immediately all the knights raised their spears. The cavalry of the Han army penetrated Hu Cai's line like a sharp arrow. Then there was the one-sided slaughter of the infantry by the cavalry. Only then did Hu know that the big thing had gone, and he immediately took his cronies and quietly left the battlefield.
Looking at the falling Bai Bojun behind him, Hu Cai's heart flashed a trace of unbearability, but reason told him that even if he stayed, it would only be a waste of death. The soldiers around him asked him, "Sanqu Shuai, we have to take a detour back to Anyi." ”
Hu Cai waved his hand, "Since the cavalry can come from the north, I'm afraid that Anyi is already out of place." Now I can't go back to the net. I will lead you to the east, to the Taihang Mountains to find Zhang Yan, the commander of the Great Canal of the Black Mountain Army. If you can borrow a few thousand soldiers and horses, you may be able to avenge the blood shame.
However, it was said that Han Xian led 5,000 soldiers and horses to run west first, and then withdrew his troops to the north, hoping to throw off the Han army and withdraw to Anyi safely. Who knew that the Han army did not pursue Hu Cai at all, but came to pursue his troops. Moreover, this time, the Han army did not adopt any method of pursuing in batches, but pursued his troops with the whole army. Han Xian was able to be the commander of the Baibo Army, and his martial arts and leading the troops were good, and he saw that there was no chance to run anymore, so he asked the team to stop and lined up to meet the enemy.
Tian Jing led more than 4,000 men and horses from the Seventh School of the Northern Army to fight against Han Xian's 5,000 soldiers and horses. Regardless of morale, training, and equipment, there is no reason for failure. The two armies fought for only an hour, and the White Polish army lost more than half of its soldiers and horses. Han Xian had no choice but to lead his troops to flee, and instead of continuing in the direction of Anyi, he chose to flee westward.
Tian Jing arranged for the infantry captain Zhang Bao to lead the men and horses of the headquarters to continue to pursue Han Xian. He led the brigade to Anyi.
Now only Li Le's soldiers and horses are left, and he has neither pursuers nor cavalry to block him along the way, and he arrived safely in Anyi along the way. But when he arrived in Anyi, he was taken aback when he saw that the banner of the Han army had already been changed in the city.
Li Le thought to himself: The Northern Army was originally only 5,000 soldiers and horses, plus Qi Tai's troops that day were at most 7,000 troops. A few days ago, we had already been defeated. This time the counterattack of the Northern Army was dispatched, but I don't know where there are soldiers and horses to capture this Anyi city. Could it be that the Han army came with a large number of reinforcements, and it was just to show the enemy weakness before? If the three people arrive, maybe they can take advantage of the fact that they have not yet gained a firm foothold in Anyi and attack Anyi. But now there are only people all the way, and they can't hit a stone with an egg. Li Le and Han Xian compete on weekdays, and they seem to be brave and ruthless, but in fact, they are the most cautious in their bones. Thinking of this, Li Le didn't dare to delay, and immediately took the people of his headquarters to go north around the city.
By the time Tian Jing led the team to Anyi, Li Le had already disappeared. Tian Jing led a large army into the city of Anyi. The soldiers and horses in charge of the defense in the city were Zhang Quan, Wu Fang, and Qi Tai. Previously, the work of recruiting Qi Tai was progressing very slowly, but now all the Han troops have entered the city. Han Xian, Li Le and others were defeated and disappeared. The job of surrender becomes easier.
When Zhang Bao, who pursued Han Xian at night, and Li Kang and Leping, who led the troops to attack Hu Cai, they all rushed back, but unfortunately killed countless enemies, but the enemy commander ran away. This is also the only regret of the battle to capture Anyi.
Tian Jing set up a wine to celebrate his success that night, and at the banquet, he asked the court to ask for a reward. The lieutenant made a great contribution and drank very happily.
Early the next morning, Tian Jing brought Yang Xiu and told him his thoughts on how to govern Hedong. After all, the Northern Army is a forbidden army of the imperial court, and sooner or later the division will return to the court. But Hedong can no longer fall into the hands of thieves. Tian Jing was ready to appoint Qi Tai as the commander of Hedong to lead 3,000 infantry, Leping as the commander of Hedong cavalry to lead 1,000 cavalry, and the rest of the surrendered soldiers and horses as the county defenders. Yang Xiu was the acting civil affairs of Hedong County, and Zhao Yan was the captain of Tuntian and the head of Hedong County, responsible for the military tun and the money and food of soldiers and horses.
Yang Xiu was very much in favor after hearing this, but these appointments must be reported to the imperial court.