Chapter 316: Qin Liang fights

Zhang Mao got retribution, and couldn't help but be shocked and hated, so he trumpeted to the country that the Qin people were insatiable, and they blatantly tore up the alliance oath for many years, and wanted to invade Liangzhou. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Therefore, the Liang people were angry, and they demanded to send troops to resist and resolutely resist the Qin army. The atmosphere had reached a point where there was no need to speak again, so Zhang Mao 'conformed to the will of the people', and with the respect of the leader, he personally came forward to promise the people with grief and indignation that he would never bow to a strong enemy, and swore to live and die with the people of his family and country, so he won widespread respect and praise. Seeing that the people's hearts had been condensed neatly, Zhang Mao ordered the veteran general and light car general Dou Tao to be the main general, and the general Tian Qi and the Furong general Zhang Lang to be the deputy second, commanding the elite Liang army of 50,000 and going east to block the Qin army.

The Russian and Qin armies fought against Liangzhou. The article exposes in detail the scandal of Zhang Mao's killing of his brother and self-reliance, chasing and killing his nephew, and righteously says that the Duke of Qin does the right thing for the heavens, and only punishes the evil remnants without asking, and makes it clear that the Qin army is fighting for rebellion, and has a resolute attitude towards the land, wealth, and population of Liangzhou, and calls on the people of Liangzhou to recognize Zhang Mao's disguised face, respond to the righteous teacher, overthrow Zhang Mao as soon as possible, and welcome back the son Zhang Jun as the king.

In addition to the seal of the Duke of Qin, there are also the seals of Zhang Jun, the prince of Xiping, and the king of Liangzhou. Although Zhang Mao had already accused Zhang Jun and others of being traitors and traitors, the text still caused a lot of confusion and criticism in Liangzhou. Zhang Mao was angry and strictly ordered Dou Tao to win the battle, as long as he could win, then all the sins could not be taken away.

On this side, the Qin army marched smoothly, and entered the east of Liangzhou, Jincheng County, in a few days. According to the scout's report, the Liang army has also arrived at the county Xiyun Street City and is rushing head-on. Before the Qin army had time to rest, the Liang army relied on the Xiliang horse to be extremely fast, and they arrived in an instant, and they took the initiative to launch a fierce attack.

The Qin army is known for being good at war, but the Liang army is also a famous force. When the two powerhouses met, the real swords and guns began to fight, and the banners and spears covered the sky for a while, and the shouts of killing shook the field. The Qin army marched forward bravely, but the Liang people came to shout and fight, tens of thousands of iron horsemen were fighting vertically and horizontally, like a landslide and the ground cracked, the Qin army's front army desperately resisted, and the mighty general Qiu Yang swords were cut three times, seriously injured and fainted, in addition, the generals and captains were killed on the spot Twenty-three people, after all, there was no support, and they were defeated.

The situation was urgent, and Gao Yue had no choice but to personally put on the battle, riding horses and dancing guns, so that Zhou Panlong was guarding his wings, and personally led all the 3,000 death-seeking troops to rush into battle. Seeing that the monarch personally risked the arrows, the Qin army was excited, and decided to move forward, only to finally repel the attack of the Liang army, Gao Yue led the rest of the army, retreated twenty miles, and temporarily took a breather.

After losing the first battle, the generals were both ashamed and hateful, and they all came to ask Gao Yue for their guilt. Although Gao Yue was also indignant, he saw with his own eyes that all the generals had fought to the death and did not retreat, and there was no cowardice in the battle. At this time, where will there be any serious guilt, so I will encourage everyone, so that everyone should not think too much, just go and recuperate first, and fight again in the future.

In the following days, Gao Yue closely supervised the formation and even went into battle in person, leading the army to fight with the Liang army, but he never had a clear advantage. After retreating, Gao Yue couldn't help but sigh with emotion, the Xiliang powerhouse is indeed worthy of its reputation. At the end of the Jin Dynasty, the Hu people were raging, Shenzhou was boiling, and the two Zhao empires before and after were in full swing. No amount of strong power can stop their iron hooves and steel knives, and they are constantly conquered and destroyed.

But Liangzhou, which is on the corner of the country, has done it vigorously. From the beginning of the founding of the country, Qianliang has always been able to survive in the cracks, through the vicissitudes of the storm, sitting and watching the rise and fall of the Jin, Han, Qianzhao, Houzhao and other Central Plains dynasties, until the Later Qin Emperor Fu Jian unified the north, and finally went to extinction. If it is said that Qianliang was able to survive just by blindly subduing the soft and seeking peace, this is obviously unconvincing, because the alien regime that occupied the Central Plains at that time was not only powerful, but even wolf-like, ruthless, and would not miss any opportunity to destroy the other party. Then, the reason why Liang can stand tall and have some confidence should be the Xiliang Iron Cavalry with extremely high combat power and fearlessness.

When the news of Liangjun's several victories came back, Zhang Mao was overjoyed. In order to further enhance his prestige and win the hearts of the people, Zhang Mao brazenly proclaimed the king, founded the country as Da Liang, changed the Yuan Yongyuan, and formally established a separatist regime independent of the Eastern Jin Dynasty government.

But partial victories are easy, and overall victories are difficult. Gao Yue firmly believed that the comprehensive strength of the Qin State was still superior to that of the Liang State. After Qinzhou and Liangzhou sent 20,000 reinforcements one after another, there was also a flying report from the north, and the Xiazhou army passed through the Hetao and suddenly appeared outside Guzang City, and immediately launched a powerful offensive. The defenders in the city went out of the city to meet the battle, and were defeated by Doutou, and the garrison troops outside the city of Guzang were also defeated when they came to attack. So the Xiazhou army surrounded Guzang and immediately took advantage of the situation to attack the city.

The troops in the city were weak, and they were caught off guard, and they were shocked and overwhelmed. At the same time, in Guzang City, the internal government scouts and secret agents who had been dormant closely cooperated, using various sabotage and inciting assassination methods to disintegrate the people's hearts and fighting spirit that had begun to panic.

At a critical time, Zhang Mao was extremely heavy, not only personally ascending to the top of the city, commanding the defense, and trying his best to resist; At the same time, he actually ordered Dou Tao's subordinates on the front line not to think of Gu Zang, let alone return to the division to rescue, in case they fell into the Qin army's plan, and the top priority was to defeat Gao Yue quickly, so that there would be no worries.

Dou Tao received the order, and he also thought it was true. But the military heart is a subtle thing that cannot be seen by the naked eye. Often, when high-ranking generals are determined to fight to the death, the consciousness of middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers has quietly changed. Knowing that the relatively empty city of Guzang was fiercely besieged, he was worried that once the city was broken, the princes and nobles would have many ways or surrender bribes to protect themselves, but the ordinary people, including the relatives of the soldiers, would inevitably be slaughtered by the angry Qin army.

Gao Yue's command had just undergone a major change of blood at this time, and immediately regained nearly 30,000 new troops with high fighting spirit and strong health. When he learned that the Xiazhou army was attacking Guzang deep into the enemy territory, Gao Yue immediately made a decision, and after such an arrangement, he began to give the order to retreat!

After receiving the news that the main force of the Qin army began to retreat slowly in an orderly manner, Dou Tao, the commander of the Liang army, suddenly felt a dilemma. If Gao Yue is pursued, then the city of Guzang will be farther and farther away, and Guzang will not be able to wait for the army to return for help, and there is a possibility of falling at any time; If you ignore Gao Yue and immediately return to Guzang's aid, then it is certain that the main force of the Qin army will inevitably turn around and continue to attack behind you, so as to find an opportunity to defeat the Liang army.

Such a typical method of retreating as advance ruthlessly defeated Dou Tao's army. Dou Tao summoned the generals and discussed urgently, and finally most of them proposed that if Gao Yue was pursued, they would go deep into the territory of Qin, and then the danger to their own army would become more and more great; It's better to give up fighting with him for now and return to Guzang to rescue the roots, at least to ensure that the country is safe. The only thing to pay attention to is that you must always be vigilant and pay close attention to prevent being followed by the Qin army behind you to counterattack.

So the Liang army was worried, and without delay, the camp would return to the division. As expected, the Qin army really turned around and pursued the Liang army in turn. Dou Tao relied on the fact that he had already prepared and repelled the Qin army, but he didn't know that this was specially arranged by Gao Yue. In the following days, the Qin army attacked three times in a row, but was defeated by the well-defended Liang army, and it seemed that it had no choice but to turn around and run again. But in fact, the Qin army took 3,000 death-seeking troops as the backbone, reselected 10,000 elites, and under the personal leadership of Gao Yue, quickly returned, began to detour, and in a parallel direction to the Liang army, they always followed with bated breath ten miles away, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were still fanfare, and they retreated to Qinzhou without looking back.

After receiving the report, Dou Tao thought that the Qin army would never return, and finally relieved his mind and ordered the whole army to speed up, and the time was tight to return to Guzang, so the whole army returned like an arrow, and rushed back with one mind. Zhang Lang, the general of Furong, after being ordered to break off, the Qin army was defeated again and again, and now he has no ability to pursue again, but he has no equipment to ride and hunt.

Under the leadership of Gao Yue, the Qin army was silent, day and night, and arrived at Wusheling Ridge, which was one hundred and ten miles west of Guzang. Due to Gao Yue's secret order, the Xiazhou army under Guzang City had already divided 3,000 soldiers, sneaked up in front of people's eyes, and ambushed on the ridge in advance, so as to form a front and rear attack with the main force, but the Liang army had not yet noticed it.

In the early morning, white fog fell from the sky, and the sky was dark. The Liang army woke up after staying overnight, and was about to set off with the whole army, but the drums and horns on the mountain were roaring, shaking the valley. Shocked to open the camp and look up, I saw that the Qin army was killing from the mountainside, as if Mount Tai was crushing eggs. The Liang soldiers got up early, everyone was still a little drowsy, and they were hungry and had not yet eaten.

The main general, Dou Tao, is still a soldier, and he is busy mobilizing crossbowmen to go around the front of the formation, wanting to resist the formation with a rain of arrows to gain time; On the one hand, he urgently ordered the whole army to form a formation and prepare for a counterattack. Unexpectedly, Gao Yue's main force had already been watching from the sidelines, and suddenly killed violently from behind, just like the wind sweeping the remnants of the leaves, everything was gone. Under the handover of the front and rear flanking and short-range troops, the Liang army's iron cavalry was eager to exert it, so more than 40,000 Liang troops were killed or wounded, fled and surrendered, and all collapsed. Thousands of generals, protecting the coach Dou Tao, desperately fought their way out, staggered away, the deputy general Tian Qi was captured alive, and Zhang Lang died in battle.