Chapter 294: Fierce Battle in Baoding
At the end of September of the first year of Jianwen.
The counterinsurgency war, which had been silent for more than a month, became hot again under the order of Xiao Fan, the chief military officer, and the 300,000 troops of Zhending Mansion marched north, and the forward officer Ping'an led 50,000 soldiers and horses first, and the remaining 250,000 people were the Chinese army, and Sheng Yong was appointed as the commander of the left wing, Qu Neng was the commander of the right wing, Xiao Fan led the Chinese army alone, and Geng Bingwen was the governor of the rear army.
The 300,000 army came out of the cage like a tiger, and the black pressure pressed towards Baoding Mansion.
After ten days of marching, 50,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the forward officer Ping'an came to the city of Baoding.
Qiu Fu, the vanguard officer of the Yan army, was ordered by Zhu Di to lead 50,000 people out of the city to meet the enemy, and the two sides began to try to fight.
At the beginning of October, the two sides of 100,000 troops will fight under the city of Baoding, before the battle, the scouts sent by both sides have handed over the light cavalry, dozens of scouts in Baoding more than 20 miles outside the city of Baoding met unexpectedly, and then began a small-scale charge, fighting, a fierce confrontation, the scouts on both sides each had casualties, and then the 50,000 forwards under the command of Ping An arrived, which officially opened the prelude to the offensive and defensive battle in Baoding.
The 50,000 forwards were not stable, and Qiu Fu, the vanguard of the Yan army, led his troops to kill, and the land of Youyan in Beiping was a horse, so the Yan army forwards were mostly cavalry, although the number was not large, but it also caused a lot of pressure on Ping'an.
When the vanguard is still ten miles away from Baoding City, the gate of Baoding Mansion suddenly opened, and the cavalry team of nearly 10,000 people formed a cone-shaped charge formation, under the leadership of Qiu Fu, like the wind and clouds to kill out of the city, the flag fluttered on the plain, the Yan army's shouting and killing shook for nine days, without warning of the charge, when the southern army had just arrived, and had not had time to put on the formation, Qiu Fu's nearly 10,000 cavalry had already killed.
The forward officer of the Southern Army, Ping'an, was slightly flustered, and the army was not stable to face the battle, which was a taboo in the army, if the forward lost the battle, it would inevitably affect the entire battle situation, and Ping'an could not afford such a big responsibility.
"Cloth defense circle! Shields, spears come forward! In a hurry, Ping'an gave a sharp order, and at this time, Qiu Fu's cavalry was less than four miles away from the advance of the Southern Army, and it was getting closer and closer.
In the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, the southern army hurriedly set up a formation, and the matter was in a hurry, and the circular defensive formation was scattered and loose, and there were empty doors as far as the eye could see.
Ping An is a tiger general, the tiger general means, fighting often do not die, in the era of cold weapons, the general who does not want to die can usually mobilize the combat power and morale of the entire army.
Seeing Qiu Fu's cavalry getting closer and closer, Ping'an's eyes were suddenly bloodshot and red, he thrust his long saber into the ground, and then tore off the armor and underwear on his body, revealing his bronzed skin, his upper body was naked, and he shouted: "He is his mother!" Guards and guards, follow Lao Tzu! Kill the enemy and eliminate the thief, and serve the court! ”
As soon as the words fell, nearly a hundred guards behind Ping An stepped onto their horses at the same time, drew their swords out of their sheaths, and shouted violently in unison: "Kill the enemy and eliminate the thief, and serve the court!" ”
"Drive!"
Ping An took the lead, followed by a hundred guards, like moths to a flame, and attacked Qiu Fu's 10,000 cavalry head-on.
Qiu Fu led the 10,000-strong cavalry, and saw the 100-person cavalry team in front of him at a gallop, Qiu Fu couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and when he saw the general flag in front of the cavalry team that represented the safety of the Southern Army's forward officer, the corners of Qiu Fu's mouth quietly hooked up a mocking smile.
How dare a mere 100-man cavalry confront my 10,000 cavalry head-on, and how is this different from hitting a stone with an egg? Ping'an, you are too arrogant, could it be that you have been carried away by the frequent victories of the Southern Army recently?
The thought flashed, Qiu Fu still didn't dare to be careless, and raised his sword and shouted in the gallop: "The front is the advance of the Southern Army, and the soldiers will accelerate the charge and annihilate them for the general!" Those who get the first level of peace will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold! ”
When the Yan cavalry heard this, their eyes immediately turned red, and they kept urging the war horses, brandishing their long sabers, and speeding up with a shout.
The two sides are getting closer and closer, the Yan army's forward is like a large black cloud, floating quickly on the vast plain, while the safe hundred-man cavalry is like a small flat boat, approaching the Yan army quickly.
Near, 100 zhang, 50 zhang, 10 zhang...... Rumble!
The two sides inevitably collided together, sending out a huge pound of gold and iron.
The hundred-man guards were suddenly knocked away by the powerful impact of the Yan cavalry, and more than 20 people flew away, and the remaining dozens of people were like being in a huge black whirlpool, with red eyes and desperately brandishing their sabers to rush left and right, constantly slashing and slashing.
In the fierce battle between the enemy and us, Ping'an, who was naked, became the most conspicuous target, and the head on his neck represented a hundred taels of gold, and the sabers of all the Yan soldiers beckoned to him.
Ping'an was also red-eyed at this time, and he didn't care about his own safety at all, and with a wave of his long saber, he drew a semicircle, and the Yan army in front of him was split off his horse and fell to the ground screaming.
A Yan army in black iron armor roared and slashed at the top of Ping'an's head, the snow-white sword light swept by, Ping'an didn't think about it, raised his knife and fought hard.
Boom!
Ping'an's hand holding the knife was slightly numb, but the knife of Yan Jun's hundred households was shaken off by Ping'an and flew out.
Ping An slightly, I have heard for a long time that the Yan army is a border army of a hundred battles, and the terrifying combat power even the Mongolian Tartars dare not touch its edge, why can't they even hold the knife? Their strength is so small, how can they earn the prestige of this Yum border army?
didn't have time to think about it, Ping An withdrew the knife, stabbed it out violently, and stabbed it into Baihu's abdomen, blood burst out, and Baihu screamed and got off the horse and kept convulsing, seeing that he was no longer alive.
Next, Ping An saw the most bizarre battle in his life, the soldiers of the Yan Army shouted and killed one by one, but their combat power was very ordinary, a sword and a sword, casually set up a knife and a block, the weapons in their hands were involuntarily shaken out of their hands, and then with frightened eyes, they watched the guards of Ping An mercilessly swing their knives and slash their necks.
Countless Yan cavalry fell off their horses, and Ping'an and his guards became more and more amazed.
What the hell is going on? How can the invincible Yan army in the world be like a paper paste, fall down when touched, the first time the battle was fought so easily, except for the more than 20 guards who were knocked away at high speed when the two sides collided at the beginning, after falling into a fierce battle, the fight on this side was very easy, and there were basically no casualties, this feeling was like a super master of martial arts facing a group of weak civilians, and the sword light passed like chopping melons and vegetables, and there was no pressure to fight.
Ping'an, who was full of doubts, didn't care to think carefully at this time, and shouted loudly in the chaos: "Order the whole army to attack!" Fast! There is a cheap pick-up! ”
The 50,000 forwards of the Southern Army, who were deployed in a circular formation for defense, saw the general order issued by the forward officer, and did not hesitate to change the formation, and in the shouting of killing like a landslide, the black and oppressive Southern Army forwards rushed up together, and the running herald banner shook the command flag quickly, and the team quickly transformed into a wild goose formation, with two big wings on the left and one on the right, and the cavalry of the Wanyan Army was outflanked in it.
Ping An raised his arms and shouted: "Kill!" ”
The left and right ends of the Hui Yan Array converged and successfully completed the encirclement.
This was a battle without suspense, and when the Yan cavalry was killed to only a thousand people, the forward officer Qiu Fu held back his heartache and shouted hatefully: "Break through and retreat quickly!" Return! ”
Under the desperate fighting, Qiu Fu rushed out of the southern army surrounding, the drawbridge of Baoding City was hurriedly put down, when Qiu Fu returned to the city, only a few hundred people came out of the 10,000 cavalry alive, which can be said to be the annihilation of the whole army.
The defeated Qiu Fu knelt in front of Zhu Di and cried, Zhu Di and Dao Yan had gloomy faces and were silent.
All the senior generals in the Yan army knew the reason for this defeat, but they didn't dare to publicize it to the public.
The consequences of the poisoning of the whole army were finally revealed in this battle, and the result was that the whole army was annihilated, and fighting a war was a desperate effort to work, and without strength it was like a group of lambs to be slaughtered in the face of fierce tigers and wolves, no matter how desperate they were, it was in vain.
Under the city of Baoding, the forward officer Ping'an was excited, although he did not know why the Yan army was so bearish, but this was a great joy for the entire southern army, the first battle of attacking Baoding, the Ping'an Department annihilated nearly 10,000 enemies, and obtained countless horses, armor, and weapons.
The main force of the 250,000 Chinese army led by Xiao Fan had not yet arrived, and he looked at the towering Baoding city wall in the distance, and a sense of pride arose.
"Fuck! It's so easy to fight, what kind of main force are you waiting for, Lao Tzu led 50,000 people to capture Baoding, wouldn't the credit be greater? Ping An rubbed his hands together excitedly and muttered to himself.
When I thought of it, I turned my head and shouted: "Come on, prepare the siege ordnance, beat the drum to siege the city, and beat the drum to beat the city, and beat Baoding down for Lao Tzu!" ”
Knock knock knock!
The rhythm of the big drum that shook people's hearts sounded rapidly, and the 50,000 forwards of the southern army carried siege ladders and flying cloud claws, coerced the victory over Yu Wei, and shouted to kill the earth-shattering and rushed towards the Baoding city wall......**************************************************** in the afternoon, when the main force of the 250,000 army led by Xiao Fan rushed to the city of Baoding, he saw this scene.
Ping'an Jing naked, personally standing in front of the drum to beat hard, the forward soldiers carried the ladder, desperately screamed to launch an attack on Baoding City again and again, under the mossy city wall, a corpse of a soldier of the Southern Army or the Yan Army piled up like a mountain, in the moat of the siege, the bright red blood water flowed slowly, the stumps and broken arms under the city can be seen everywhere, the tattered flags, the mourning war horses, the swords discarded by the curl blades, and the smoke of gunpowder that drifts away with the wind with the smell of burning...... The whole scene was hellish.
In the vanguard army, Ping'an beat the war drums again, and the knock was shocking, and the soldiers were red-eyed, picked up their swords and rushed to the city wall.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Fan's eyes widened in surprise.
"50,000 men attacked a fortified city with 100,000 defenders...... Did you take the wrong medicine safely? ”
As we all know, the casualties of the siege are greater than those defending the city, and they are several times larger, so there is a saying of "ten rules of siege" in the art of war, and the city wall fortifications can avoid the casualties of the defenders to a large extent, on the contrary, the side of the siege of the city has no other cover at all except the weapons in their hands, and the casualties are several times that of the defenders It is also reasonable.
Ping'an led a mere 50,000 people to attack Baoding City, where 100,000 defenders were attacked, is this guy sick in the brain?
As he spoke, Ping'an, who was shirtless and covered in blood, quickly ran to the flag of the Chinese military commander and saluted Xiao Fan with his fists.
"General Ping'an, ...... are you" Xiao Fan stared at him strangely.
Ping'an slapped his chest with a bang: "There will be a will to die, and the soldiers will fight with their lives." ”
"But you're shirtless......"
"Cool, comfortable, easy to kill!"
"You better hurry up and put on your clothes, if you let the good manly flower monk in Baoding City see your tendons and flesh, he will definitely covet your beauty and do everything possible to get you to his bed......"
Ping An grinned indifferently and said: "Lord Xiao, the last general today has fought a big victory, and there is a fierce battle with Qiu Fu outside the city, and the forward soldiers under the command of the last general have destroyed more than 10,000 enemies, and thousands of enemies have been annihilated in four rounds of siege, his grandmother's!" Today, I don't know if Yan Chong collided with Tai Sui, those bear soldiers under him were evil, one by one like paper paste, let's cut it down, they can't stop it, and they killed more than 10,000 casually, this battle is refreshing! ”
Xiao Fan was stunned when he heard this, then turned his head meaningfully and glanced at Cao Yi, and the two quickly exchanged glances, revealing a mysterious smile together.
No wonder Ping'an has this confidence, with only 50,000 people daring to attack Baoding City, it turns out that Xiao Fan's killing moves have been laid out early, and the soldiers of the Yan army are weak, most of them are Wang Gui's poisonous rice that has played an effective role.
To say that the greatest contribution to this war, is the Beiping Annihilation of Shang Wang Gui, this guy has set a record, the murderer of the largest poisoning incident in history, the victims are as many as 100,000, others are mixed with white powder in rice, this guy is mixed with rice in white powder, and the soldiers of the Yan army have happily taken medicine for more than a year, how can they not be poisoned?
It would be nice if there was ecstasy these days, you can imagine that 100,000 Yan troops were holding their swords high, listening to the rhythmic snare drums, and 100,000 madmen were waving their swords indiscriminately, shaking their heads wildly, that scene, tsk...... Xiao Fan smiled, turned his head and asked Cao Yi: "Has Wang Gui withdrawn from Beiping?" ”
Cao Yi's face was a little strange: "Withdraw, Jinyiwei escorted him to our camp last night......"
"Arrived last night?" Xiao Fan said: "Then why didn't he come to see me last night?" ”
Cao Yi's face twitched, and he said, "Because Wang Gui is ...... Hurt. ”
"Chased and killed by the Yan army?"
"No, Wang Gui has been jumping around before he arrived at our camp,...... He was wounded only after he entered our camp. ”
Xiao Fan frowned and said, "Who hurt him?" ”
“…… Your master, too void old immortal. Cao Yi seemed to hold back a smile.
"That old guy is also on drugs? What kind of nerves do you have, why do you beat Wang Gui with a good end? ”
"In order to avoid the pursuit of the Yan army, Wang Gui shaved his hair when he withdrew from Beiping, disguised himself as a monk, and went out of Beiping unimpeded, until he safely entered our camp, Wang Gui may have been overjoyed, so he proclaimed 'Amitabha', and the result happened to be heard by your master, you know, the old fairy hates monks very much, so Wang Gui is tragic......"
Xiao Fan was stunned.
The Taoist priest beats the monk, according to Taixu's words, it is justified, Wang Gui is asking for himself...... "What has it become?" ”
"Two broken ribs, a swollen head into a pig's head, a fractured right hand, and two pants, and it is said that even was typed at that time......"
Xiao Fan: "............"
"At this time, Wang Gui is still lying in the camp crying, crying all night......"
Xiao Fan said with a bitter face: "Tell Wang Gui, take care of your injuries, I ...... Alas! I'll help him avenge him later, stuff Taixu into the cannon barrel, and shoot it at the wall of Baoding......"
(To be continued)