Chapter 80: The Trouble of the Confidants
After beheading his nephew, the beggar Zhongman, the beggar Zhongxiang immediately gave the order, and the army immediately assembled and went to pursue the enemy who had burned the heavy camp last night.
This beggar Zhongxiang is quite resourceful, and brave and good at fighting, and it is precisely because of this that he was elected as the patriarch, last night just a little observation, it has been deduced that the number of enemy troops will not be too much, which shows its resourcefulness, at the same time the beggar Zhongxiang is also a ruthless person, now that the number of Tang troops is not large, it is natural to take the opportunity to destroy first, so it was decided that the army immediately set off, to chase and kill the enemy, because according to normal thinking, although the enemy army burned most of the baggage, but after all, it will take a part, And as long as you have this part of the baggage, I believe that the enemy army will not be able to move quickly, and it is even possible that you have not left the camp gate, and as long as your army acts immediately, there is a great chance that they will be wiped out.
But to the beggar's surprise, when his army came to a dense forest in the middle of the road, he suddenly heard a sharp sound of breaking the air, and then saw that the soldiers in the front row were killed by arrows, and then the drums beat loudly, and a military horse came from the front.
"It's not good, it's a thief." Seeing this, the beggar Zhongxiang was shocked, and immediately ordered the rear team to change to the front team, and the army slowly retreated, although his army was well-trained, but the temporary change of military orders also caused a brief confusion in the ranks.
And taking advantage of this brief chaos, the army led by Li Xian launched a fierce attack. A general in charge of the rear of the palace couldn't help but be furious when he saw the enemy army so arrogant, and immediately rushed forward and shouted: "You barbarian, you dare to despise our army so much, it's really hateful, eat you yes yes axe!" ”
This military general is called Beggar Maihe, but he is a rare fierce general in the clan, extremely powerful, good at using a big axe, and even more irritable, seeing that the enemy general is so fierce, he is not convinced, and picks up the big axe and slashes directly at Li Xian's head.
Although Li Xian couldn't understand what the enemy general was shouting, he could feel the strong murderous aura emanating from the general's body, and saw that the opponent's weapon was a big axe, so he knew that the opponent's strength was not small, and now the opponent slashed directly at him with an axe, how could he not know how to dodge? I saw him turn to one side slightly, and the opponent's big axe fell directly into the air.
Li Xian saw that the other party's move was split into the air, and his strength made him old, and he couldn't make another move for a while, so he took the opportunity to stab him in the chest with a spear, but when he saw the beggar Maihe, he smiled contemptuously, and then blocked the axe shaft of the big axe in his hand in front of his chest.
only heard a loud noise, and the beggar Maihe actually used an axe to block Li Xian's attack.
"That Tang thief has a lot of strength." Beggar Maihe was good at it with strength, but this time he fought hard, and his arm was numb because of the shock, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and he knew that this person could not be subdued, but could only win by skill, so he thought about changing his moves, but before he could make a move, the gun in Li Xian's hand attacked again, and what was especially surprising was that his gun was not used to stab, but smashed like an iron rod.
Because Li Xian's move was very fast and powerful, the beggar had no time to react otherwise, so he had to take this attack again.
Because the beggar Maihe was still lying on the back of the horse and did not get up, he couldn't use all his strength at all, and his strength was not as good as Li Xian, so this hard connection suffered a big loss, even the tiger's mouth was almost cracked, his eyes were also a little black, and his chest was stuffy, he didn't have time to get up from the horse before, and now he has no strength.
However, Li Xian was obviously not ready to let him go, and a moment later, Li Xian's spear smashed down again, this time with a force that made the beggar feel even greater than the previous two times.
In desperation, he had to grit his teeth and use all his strength to block the attack, but he heard another loud noise, his hands were no longer able to hold the axe under this strong vibration, and he had no choice but to let go of his hand, but where did he think that the axe would fall diagonally under uncontrol, cut off a horse's leg, and sat down on the horse with a long neigh, suddenly jumped up, and threw him out heavily, this is not the end, The horse's hooves actually stepped on his chest again, trampling him to death.
When the soldiers of the palace saw that the beggar Maihe, who was famous for his bravery, had died like this, they were frightened in their hearts, and they no longer dared to resist, and they turned around and fled.
But Li Xian obviously didn't intend to let them go so easily, and chased them for several miles before slowly returning.
"Hehe, General Cheng is really clever, he was able to calculate that the enemy army would attack immediately, fortunately, we acted in a timely and rapid manner, not only evacuated the enemy's baggage camp as soon as possible, but also laid an ambush in the middle, this time our army only had more than 200 people, but ambushed an army of 10,000 people, and killed a general of the enemy army, hundreds of sergeants, it is really very happy." On the way back with the army, Li Xian admired Cheng Yanjin's foresight and praised him.
But seeing Cheng Biting Jin, he also smiled and said: "In fact, the last general is not sure that the enemy's main general will really lead his troops to attack, but he is just taking precautions and making a foolproof plan." I really didn't expect this enemy general to really chase after him, from this point of view, this person is also a decisive person, and the last general is afraid that we can't hide our plan from the other side, so we need to be careful that the enemy army will catch up again. ”
Li Xian said with a smile: "General Cheng Lao inevitably overestimates the wisdom of the enemy's commander, according to Xiao Wang, the other side has suffered heavy losses, and the generals under his command have been killed, if they come back, I am afraid they will not have the courage." ”
Cheng Yanjin sighed lightly when he heard this: "I hope that the end will be worrying about the sky." ”
However, it was said that the beggar Zhongxiang led the army to retreat to the camp, and lined up the position near the camp, deployed the defense, waited for nearly half an hour, and did not see the Tang army chase after him, and found through the number of people that the loss was only more than more than 300 people of the rear army begging and buying and his subordinates, and then suddenly woke up, it turned out that the enemy army was just attacking with defense, first ambushed his own side, and then took the opportunity to escape.
"Hmph, take advantage of me and want to leave? I beg for the advantage of the elephant and take advantage of it? Damn Tang general, first burn my baggage, and then kill my general, if I don't take revenge, I swear not to be a man. ”
Thinking of this, the beggar Zhongxiang immediately ordered: "The army will be quickly rectified, set off immediately, and continue to pursue and annihilate the Tang army. ”
The beggar Zhongxiang is not only the commander of the army, but also the chief of the clan, has the highest prestige in the army and the clan, no one dares to resist, although he has just fought a defeat, the morale is a little low, but no one dares to doubt the decision of the beggar Zhongxiang, and it is impossible to oppose it.
Therefore, with the order of the beggar Zhongxiang, all the soldiers immediately shook their spirits, gathered their troops, and killed them in the direction of the baggage camp.
Li Xian's army naturally did not remain there, and after defeating the beggar elephant army, he led the army to continue eastward.
Li Xian came to the east this way, day and night, which caused a lot of trouble to Goguryeo, although he didn't know where this was the boundary, but he also knew that this should be some Hu tribes affiliated to Goguryeo, he burned and looted among these tribes, and ran for five or six hundred miles in ten days, burning hundreds of thousands of grains and grass, killing three or four thousand enemy soldiers, and snatching a thousand horses, and now his troops each have three horses, one is responsible for carrying supplies, one is responsible for riding, and the other is empty. Only when fighting is he willing to ride, it can be regarded as the standard configuration of the steppe cavalry.
And as time passed, Li Xian had already forgotten about the beggar Zhongxiang army, and even the little worry and vigilance in Cheng Yanjin's heart gradually disappeared, after all, more than ten days had passed, and the front-line war was so tight, presumably at this time, the enemy army commander was also busy supporting the front line to fight against the Tang army at this time, besides, how could they calculate the direction of their army? Unless this chief general is crazy and ignores the front-line war, and simply aims at himself, but is there such a general in the world who ignores the overall situation? Even if it were, it probably wouldn't happen to an enemy general who was quick to react and decisive, right?
But there are often such reckless madmen in this world, this is not to say that the beggar Zhongxiang is really a madman, but just because Li Xian is in the wrong geographical location, the beggar Zhongxiang is the chief of the Su Mo Ya, and this Su Mo Jin Ya was only a subsidiary of Goguryeo at that time, but not a die-hard loyalist, after the demise of Goguryeo, they could completely flee to other places, and they really couldn't defect to the Tang Dynasty again, presumably even if they killed this team of hundreds of people, the Tang Dynasty emperor would definitely not care about them, but would reward them greatly.
In that case, why didn't he take this opportunity to kill the hundreds of Tang soldiers first to avenge his dead soldiers? If he doesn't do this, it doesn't conform to his character of begging and begging.
What's more, this Li Xian burned, killed and looted along the way, causing his clan to lose nearly a year's savings, and leaving more than 200,000 livestock without food, and tens of thousands of people homeless.
Therefore, no matter what, this blood debt, he will never be so easy to calculate.
"Tell the patriarch, the army has been ready to wait, there is only one word left for the patriarch, hum, it's embarrassing to say, so many of us were chased and beaten by hundreds of enemy troops, as well as our people, grain and grass, we lost so much, these Tang thieves all died ten times and didn't get rid of their hatred."
The fierce general under the command of the beggar Zhongxiang is the younger brother of the beggar Maihe, he has long hated Li Xian because of the killing of his brother, and now seeing that the number of Tang troops is only so small, he is even more gearing up, ready to kill and avenge his brother.
"Beat the drums and go." Seeing that everything was ready and the time was ripe, the beggar Zhongxiang gave the order with a stern expression.