Chapter 142 Siege and Interception of Majiabao
Said on the three poles, the spring is bright, and the valley mouth of the Luoying Valley has launched the decisive battle of the most tragic situation of the war, the sound of killing shook the sky, set off the smoke and dust in the sky, covering the sky and said,
Xue Song led the right army to attack head-on, Guo Ziyi's army hit the valley like a tide, and when the war entered a scorching state, Feng Changqing led 10,000 left army to quickly enter from the rebel side, and the three roads were surrounded by soldiers and horses, and the rebels were in chaos.
"Capture Gao Xianzhi alive."
"The Son of Heaven is benevolent, and only the evil followers will not be punished."
"If you don't hurry up and put down your weapons, you will be captured."
Once defeated the official army, under the leadership of Gao Xianzhi, the rebels who did not fall behind in a head-to-head confrontation with Guo Ziyi were defeated like this.
"Run."
"Run."
"Don't kill me, I surrender."
After two hours of fierce fighting, the rebels scattered and fled, and some were forced into the camp, Xue Song and Feng Changqing each sent some soldiers and horses to chase and suppress the fleeing enemy, and he led the rest of the soldiers and horses to storm the rebel camp to meet Guo Ziyi.
This battle was won so easily, but Xue Song and Feng Changqing had their own doubts in their hearts, the former was surprised that there was no Xuanjia elite cavalry in this battle, and the latter was strange, after the rebels were chaotic, Gao Xianzhi did not try to stabilize the army's heart, or Gao Xianzhi was gone,
The rebel camp was attacked on three sides, and the rebels, whose morale had dropped to the bottom, did not hold out for too long and were quickly breached.
"Piff, you can see the marshal."
"No, cripple you."
"I don't."
The three soldiers and horses converged, and the generals were busy chasing and killing the rebels, but Xue Song and Feng Changqing did not find Guo Ziyi, until they met Guo Ziyi's lieutenant, and learned that Guo Ziyi personally led thousands of elite horsemen to chase Gao Xianzhi.
Guo Ziyi also ordered the deputy general to bring a message to the two of them, saying that the rebels were defeated strangely today, so they should not take it lightly, and be strictly vigilant and careful to investigate, in case Gao Xianzhi laid a trap.
Just when Xue Feng and the others were worried about Guo Ziyi's safety and were about to lead their troops to chase after them, a soldier came to report that the camp was covered with hay and some black liquid.
"Hay grass, black liquid, something." Xue Song was stunned, but Feng Changqing reacted quickly: "Quick, send an order to the whole army, withdraw immediately, withdraw immediately." ”
However, it was too late, and at the same time as he shouted loudly, a few shades of cyan shook in the distance, and soon a raging flame was burning in the rebel camp, and at this time, the left and right soldiers and horses were encircling and suppressing the rebels in the camp, and most of the middle route army was still in the valley......
Thirty miles away from Luoying Valley, there is a market town called Majiabao,
Majiapu was originally a large town with a large population, but due to the rebellion in Shandong, the villagers fled, and now it has become dilapidated, but its location is still important, because it is located at the intersection of three forks, Luoying Valley is between Majiabao, Jinxiang and Yunzhou, from Caozhou along the official road to the north, which is divided into two, an official road leads to Jinxiang in the northwest, and an official road leads to Yunzhou in the northeast.
In a col in the south of Majiabao close to the official road, Xue Yufeng led the soldiers and horses of the military camp to ambush here.
On Xue Song's order, Xue Song led the remaining more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in the guard camp to block Gao Xianzhi's retreat, but Xue Song did not tell her which way Gao Xianzhi would choose to flee to Caozhou if he was defeated, but just asked her to ask Yang Ping'an, and bluntly said that Yang Ping'an must have a judgment.
And Yang Ping'an's judgment is very simple, just two words, official road,
Therefore, they set out at dawn, rushed to Majiabao, found a suitable place to hide soldiers, and scattered to explore the sentry, and the team of men and horses hurried to rest.
"Why do you think Gao Xianzhi would choose the official path?" Xue Yufeng has been asking this question since last night, but Yang Ping'an has always avoided answering, and at most he prevaricated with "intuition".
Sitting on the grass, Yang Ping'an was bored and wrapped his fingers with grass, and was silent.
He wasn't sure that Gao Xianzhi would choose that path, the reason why he said it was an official road was purely for Xue Yufeng and his own considerations.
He didn't want Xue Yufeng, who was injured on his body, to go into battle to kill the enemy, so he was willing to give up the idea that he wanted to face Xue Ting to ask a clear idea, the official road is easy to pass, and after Gao Xianzhi's army is defeated, eighty percent of them should choose the path to escape, and with the help of the ruggedness of the path, get rid of the pursuers, this is common sense,
But he couldn't say the reason,
"General, there are enemy horsemen ahead." Not long after, the sentinel quickly reported that there were more than a dozen horsemen in the north, and they were fleeing south along the official road, and they were coming here, and these people were disheveled, and they looked in a hurry, and they fled in the wilderness, and they must have been defeated rebels.
"You're so talented." Excitedly praised Yang Ping'an, Xue Yufeng was overjoyed, turned over his horse and raised his arms and shouted, "The generals will listen to the order, although the general will capture the rebel general Gao Xianzhi." ”
"Yes."
In the blink of an eye, the mountain col became empty, and the soldiers and horses of the guard battalion followed Xue Yufeng out of the mountain col and went straight to the rebels who fled from the north along the official road, ready to kill.
There are only nearly 100 fireheads left in the mountain col, and there is Yang Ping'an who is stunned,
"Big brother, big brother, what are you doing in a daze, why don't you go with the general." An Lushan came to Yang Ping'an's side, and their firehead army didn't have to charge, so they were not in a hurry to set off.
His voice woke up Yang Ping'an, who was surprised in his heart,
Gao Xianzhi really chose to follow the official road, which greatly surprised Yang Ping'an's expectations.
Dude's casual nonsense, how can it always happen,
Worried that Xue Yufeng would be defeated, he abandoned the Huotou army, and hurried to the official road with An Lushan, and saw nearly 2,000 infantry from a distance quickly marching towards Majiabao, but he didn't see Xue Yufeng, nor did he see a single cavalry.
It was easy to catch up with the infantry army, Yang Ping'an knew that Xue Yufeng's old problem had been committed again, thinking that Gao Xianzhi had been newly defeated and the army was unstable, so he led nearly 400 cavalry under his command to meet Gao Xianzhi, and ordered nearly 2,000 infantry to catch up as soon as possible, no matter what, he couldn't let Gao Xianzhi go.
How was this battle fought, Yang Ping'an was anxious and angry when he heard it, and said that it was okay to ambush Gao Xianzhi here, so he should hide in the dark, and as a result, more than 2,000 soldiers and horses were lured out by more than a dozen enemy cavalry outposts.
"Speed up and follow me to pick up General Xue."
Yang Ping'an was anxious, and led the infantry to speed up, and it didn't take long to see a chaos ahead, and the cavalry led by Xue Yufeng was fighting with the enemy cavalry.
However, he didn't dare to order the infantry to charge, because on the other side of the battle group, Gao Xianzhi was sitting on his horse, and behind him six hundred Xuanjia elite cavalry were waiting for him.
My grass, how did you fight in Luoying Valley, how did this Xuanjia spirit ride without any damage,
"Array, array."
At this moment, Yang Ping'an had already extinguished the idea of capturing Gao Xianzhi, and Gao Xianzhi had a total of more than 1,000 cavalry, including 600 Xuanjia elite cavalry, waiting for the battle; More than 400 light cavalry are fighting fiercely with Xue Yufeng, this kind of strength is not at all something that the more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in the guard camp can deal with.
It's good that they can prevent each other from rushing and killing,
Fortunately, the guards of the battalion will have a confrontation with the Xuanjia elite cavalry, and they know how powerful the opponent is, so they arrange themselves in an orderly formation, erect shields, spears, and open bows and arrows to strictly prevent the opponent from charging.
Seeing the situation on the other side, Gao Xianzhi was slightly stunned, and said loudly: "Xue Yufeng, your father is too underestimated by Gao, and he only sent a mere 2,000 soldiers and horses to block my way, just think that Gao will not dare to kill you." ”
Xue Yufeng's shoulder wound cracked, blood overflowed, but he was brave, picked up a rebel with one shot, and said loudly: "Where is so much nonsense, you have the courage to fight with your aunt and grandmother for three hundred rounds." ”
"Childish." Gao Xianzhi snorted coldly and waved his big hand, "The generals will listen to the order and rush with me." ”
The six hundred Xuanjia elite cavalry moved, as if the sky was shaking, the rumbling horse's hooves were deafening, and the rebel light cavalry in the war group immediately gave way to the road, and the cavalry under Xue Yufeng's command was like tofu, easily penetrated by the six hundred Xuanjia elite cavalry, and nearly a hundred soldiers fell from their horses and died.
"General Xue, come back quickly." Yang Ping'an saw that he was in a hurry, and stepped on An Lushan and shouted loudly in the formation, "Lead people from the wings to the back of the formation, don't break up the formation." ”
At this moment, on a hill not far away, two men in armor were standing, looking at the battle.
One of them is six feet tall, burly, sturdy, although he is over the age of six, his hair is gray, but he is in good spirits, he is an old general, and the other is a middle-aged man, falling behind the old general, looking at the battle group on the official road, his brows are frowning more and more: "Marshal, Yufeng is afraid that he can't resist it, aren't you afraid that Gao Xianzhi will escape." ”
This old general is the marshal of the Middle Route Army, Guo Ziyi, he chased all the way, and finally found that Gao Xianzhi was blocked by Xue Yufeng after coming here, but he did not order the thousands of cavalry under his command to charge, but hid in the dark, and led his lieutenant general to climb the heights to watch,
"Do you think the old man can stop that Gao Xianzhi?" Guo Ziyi sighed lightly, "Look at the six hundred cavalry behind him, have you heard of the Xuanjia Elite Cavalry." ”
"Xuanjia Elite Ride." The deputy general was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he exclaimed: "That's the Xuanjia Elite Cavalry, why doesn't the marshal lead the troops to help, if it's late, I'm afraid that Yufeng himself will not be able to protect it." ”
"Don't worry, let's see." Guo Ziyi stretched out his hand and pointed, "Look over there, there should be capable people under Yufeng's command to help, but they didn't order the infantry to charge, but instead formed a formation to defend, which is very good." ”
As he spoke, he saw that the battle had changed suddenly, Gao Xianzhi personally led six hundred Xuanjia elite cavalry to charge, and the deputy general hurriedly reminded: "Marshal, look." ”
There was no need for him to remind him, Guo Ziyi had already understood that the situation was critical: "Go, quickly bring the old man's mount, and at the same time order the generals to prepare and go into battle with the old man to kill the enemy...... Wait a minute. ”
Guo Ziyi wanted to lead his troops to rescue Xue Yufeng, but found that Xue Yufeng led the remnants of the cavalry to retreat from the two wings to the phalanx of the infantry army, and more than 1,000 rebel cavalry followed and rushed into battle.
The war horse stopped too abruptly, and dozens of rebels even flew out of their horses and fell to the ground because of their habitual surnames, which is enough to prove that it was not the rebels who stopped their horses, but the war horses took the initiative to stop.
What's going on
Guo Ziyi was surprised, but saw the dust and smoke on the other side of the official road, and saw thousands of soldiers and horses killing from the forest on the other side, heading straight for the rebels.