Chapter Thirty-Four: The Defeat
Three days later, the Yongding army continued to advance towards Taiyuan like a dragon and a torrent of steel. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info war, the term that has been produced since the beginning of humanity, may continue to accompany humanity until its demise.
Liu Ping rode on his horse, looking at the villages burned by the Jin people in the fields in the distance, as well as the large areas of destroyed fertile fields. I feel a lot in my heart, the continuous war has turned the Hedong region into a scorched earth, and the entire Hedong Road is moaning under the iron hooves of the Jin people, maybe his arrival has not fundamentally changed the entire history. The Jin still invaded Hedong, and a large number of Song people were killed. The land was deserted. In his brain, he seemed to feel that he was alone, fighting alone on the battlefield of the crowd, covered in blood, but he couldn't see a single robe.
After being in a trance for a while, Liu Ping suddenly woke up, and he was so sleepy that he fell asleep on the horse. Sure enough, I've been a little tired lately. The day before yesterday, Xinzhou had just been captured, and after a day of rest, he led the Yongding army to continue northward. Starting from Xinzhou, there has been no night without closing eyes, marching until midnight, the Yongding army scouts in front; The battalion found four or five teams of golden people who were constantly harassing, each team was small in number, but there were more than 100 people. The first time he was attacked, he was caught off guard, the first scouts fought each other, and actually injured more than 20 good horse scouts, the distressed Liu Ping stomped his feet, and immediately sent out a lot of scouts to explore the road, and all night, four or five teams of scouts scattered far away were all annihilated. At this moment, it is only more than 100 miles away from Taiyuan. Liu Ping arranged for people to temporarily set up camp in this place. Send scouts to patrol around.
"General, ahem... The old breeder's letter is here!" Lu Zhiqiao, the counselor of the battalion, hurried over. Coughing while talking. The whole person is pale, not long ago, Lu Zhiqiao suffered from a cold during the rapid march, after all, the physique of the scholar is relatively weak, even with Liu Ping on the battlefield in Taiyuan, it is also a little unbearable for this young strategist of the lupine scarf, the whole person has lost a lot of weight, Liu Ping sent someone to boil the decoction, but the environment in the army is very difficult, and the cough all day almost made this Comrade Lu Zhiqiao become asthmatic. Thanks to Liu Ping who brought him into his camp, it was easy for his condition to improve.
"Wenyuan, what's wrong?" Liu Ping asked.
"The old seed sent a letter. Master Hou, please take a look. Lu Zhiqiao sent the letter. I saw that it was written that the Jingyuan Army and Qin Feng's Army had slowly retreated, and the other reinforcements were also retreating, Bianliang's order must not be disobeyed, and I hope that the whole army of Yongding Army will make arrangements as soon as possible. Don't delay the negotiations.
Liu Ping, who read the letter, said coldly: "It seems that this is to completely abandon Taiyuan." Hehe, a kind of Xianggong, it's hard to think that you are the most knowledgeable and can see the overall situation, don't you care about the safety of Taiyuan City? It's your whole army that retreats to northern Shaanxi, can you be left alone?! Hi!! ”
Liu Ping was furious. Lu Zhiqiao said in a deep voice: "Master Hou, now the people around Taiyuan are retreating, and they have retreated to the edge of Yingzhou. On the way to retreat, it was pursued by the Jin Wushu cavalry, and Liu Yanqing's Huanqing army was routed all the way, leaving only more than 10,000 men and horses. Moreover, and among them, there are also the renegade Zhejia army. ”
"This group of wrecks is like a fly without a head when they hear about the retreat. was chased and beaten by others. deserves to be pursued by the Jinren. ”
"Master Hou, there is an emergency military situation!" Cao Cheng came in to report.
"What's the situation?" A group of men and horses appeared in front of them, and they were marching in this direction.
"It's a golden ??!" Liu Ping said urgently.
"It's not like, listening to the scout's report seems to be our Great Song Dynasty's people, but it seems to be a rout."
"Router? Get out there and see what's going on. Liu Ping got up and walked out. When I came to the outpost, I saw that Lin Chong was commanding all the archers to stand by, and the Mo Dao array behind was also on standby.
At this moment, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei were organizing cavalry preparations, and when they saw Liu Ping approaching, they hurriedly came over to greet them.
Han Shizhong walked over and said, "General, it seems that the rout army in front has reached five miles away. It seems to be being chased by the Jin people. ”
"Do you see which one it is?" Liu Pingdao.
"It's Yao Zhongping's Xihe Army. The golden man behind is catching up. I'm afraid that it will be in front of our battle in a while. Han Shizhong said.
"What is this place?" Liu Ping asked.
"The name of this place is Shimosa. It is a village on the periphery of Xinzhou. Han Shizhong said.
"Yao Jiajun? How did Yao Jiajun get here? Liu Ping said lightly, turned his head and ordered: "Inform all the generals to protect the front and prevent the upcoming rout from disrupting our team." There are those who attack the battle formation without authorization, kill! ”
"No!" A number of generals agreed.
It's just half a pillar of incense, and a large number of people are running in the distance. I saw people and horses scattered, doing birds and beasts scattered, running with their lives, as if they had lost their souls. Suddenly saw that there were countless military formations in front of him, all of them were frightened, thinking that the Jin people were attacking in two ways, and only when they rushed to the front did they find that it was actually the Song army, and they were determined to rush straight into the formation.
More than a mile away, dozens of loud Yongding Army men shouted loudly: "Don't rush into battle, pass from both sides!" Otherwise, shoot and kill! ”
The sound of shouting had already come out, but the panicked Xihe Army, who only cared about fleeing for his life, did not listen to the advice at all, and continued to rush forward towards the big array, Cao Cheng looked at Liu Ping, waiting for Liu Ping to give an order, Liu Ping said: "Shoot!" ”
"Shoot!!" Cao Cheng commanded loudly.
Countless arrows rained down from the sky, knocking over a lot of the fleeing soldiers before stopping the pace of the charge.
"! It's all Song Jun, why shoot us! ”
"Who are you? I don't know if we are Xihe Army! Let us go!! ”
"The Jin people behind are about to chase after us, let us go quickly."
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Among the soldiers gathered on the opposite side, a loud noise came.
Liu Pingyi frowned and said, "Tell them that if they want to live, run to both sides!" Those who rush into battle will not be spared! ”
The sergeants of the Yongding Army shouted in unison: "If you want to live, run on both sides!" Those who rush into battle will be killed!! The sound was like a thunderbolt, and the shocked soldiers retreated for a while, and ran to both sides.
In the midst of the rout, dozens of pro-soldiers escorted Yao Pingzhong and entered the rear of the Yongding army's camp on one side of the two wings of the Yongding army. Yao Pingzhong only felt the severe pain of the knife wound on his leg, and was secretly annoyed in his heart, he had already received Bianliang's will to withdraw his troops, and he also thought that Taiyuan could not be saved, since Bianliang insisted on cutting Taiyuan out, he had nothing to do, and the Jin people who had confronted him for more than two months on the opposite side did not take the initiative to attack, and the entire military camp relaxed his vigilance slightly, Yao Pingzhong was even more ready to get up early to withdraw his troops, but he didn't expect the Jin people to attack the camp in the middle of the night, making his own house so embarrassed.
Liu Ping couldn't help but shake his head as he looked at the black pressure in front of him, and asked loudly: "Which one is the leader of the army!" Come out and talk!! ”
"Which one is General Liu, I'm Naxi and the army commander Yao Pingzhong!!" A weak voice came.
"I am!" Liu Ping replied.
Hearing someone respond, Liu Ping followed the prestige, only to see more than a dozen guards escorting a burly general, who was also half a hundred years old. With a tired face, it seems that this person is Yao Pingzhong, the commander of the Xihe Army, and I saw that his left leg was covered with blood. limped and was helped by the pro-army.
"Dare to ask, but General Liu Ping?" Yao Pingzhong arched his hand.
"Below, are you Yao Xianggong?" Liu Ping asked Yao Pingzhong.
"Yes, it's the old man, thank you General Liu for the rescue." Yao Pingzhong said.
"Yao Xianggong is polite, what a change is this. Why is it so embarrassing? Liu Ping asked, although he had only heard of him before, but he had not seen him, but he also knew that Xihejun was also a strong force of the Great Song Dynasty, why was he so embarrassed today.
"Our troops got the edict of Bianliang and followed the order to retreat, but unfortunately, the Jin people attacked the camp in the middle of the night, and they were caught off guard and were breached by the walled city. I couldn't resist it, so I had to retreat in a hurry, and my department had more than 30,000 men and horses, and now it was defeated by the Jin people, and fled all the way to this, only gathering less than half of the troops. Oh, what a shame. Yao Pingzhong said ashamedly.
"Yao Xianggong doesn't want to be like this, dare to ask who is the Jin man who led the troops?" Liu Ping asked.
"It's Wanyan Zonghan's henchman, Wanyan Lou and his son Wanyan set up a horse! There were more than 7,000 horses. I couldn't bear the pain of letting the more than 4,000 soldiers and horses at the outpost retreat, and then hurriedly distanced myself from the Jin people with the rest of the men and horses, and I am afraid that my 4,000 soldiers will not be able to withstand much time. At this moment, those golden people are already rushing over. Liu Ping, I see that your people are only seven or eight thousand, and your people should retreat quickly, the province is mistaken. ”
Liu Ping looked at Yao Pingzhong, who was born in a family of generals, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Yao Xianggong, there are no people in my Yongding Army who are greedy for life and afraid of death, so there is never a word in the dictionary that takes the initiative to retreat." Sons, the golden dog ahead is coming, tell them, how should we be in the Yongding Army!! ”
"Onward! Forward! Forward! All the Yongding sergeants whispered in unison.
"Crazy! You are not self-sufficient, in this case, if you look for death, you will resist the golden people, so that you can do it yourself, and the old man will not accompany you! Yao Pingzhong snorted coldly, turned his head and left, got on the horse with the support of the guards, and ran towards the rear. A group of Xihe troops, more than 10,000 people, also left.
Looking at the departing figures of Yao Pingzhong and others, Han Shizhong and the others snorted in a low voice: "It's really a group of soft bones!" 30,000 horses were attacked by people, and their heads were kicked by donkeys! ”
"Well, leave them alone. Deal with the upcoming golden man first! ”
"No!" A group of generals responded.