Chapter 80: The Great War of the Sui and Tang Dynasties (10)

When Laihu'er heard the news and led the army to arrive, Liu Hongji had already led the Tang cavalry away, the mountain col was full of messes, the grain was robbed, and the grain and grass that could not be taken away were piled up together, and they were burned by fire, and all 3,000 cattle were killed by the Tang army and fell in a pool of blood.

In addition to the slaughtered cattle, the dead Sui cavalry and hundreds of killed people who had no time to escape were seen everywhere, and the mountain col was filled with the smell of fireworks and the pungent smell of blood and blood, and the people who returned from the mountains knelt in front of their ox carts and wept bitterly.

Lou Zhong was also hit by two arrows, he was helped up by the soldiers, knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty, "Qi Yu came to the general, he was entrusted with a heavy burden of his position, and the leader was not effective, resulting in heavy casualties in the Sui army, so I asked the general for his guilt!" ”

In this battle, the Sui army lost nearly 400 people and suffered heavy losses, and Laihu'er's face was full of iron, although he had realized that the Tang army would come to harass the grain team, but he did not expect it to come so quickly, he restrained the anger in his heart, and asked: "How many Tang cavalry are there?" ”

"General Qiyu, about 5,000 cavalry of the Tang Army, has very strong combat effectiveness."

Laihu'er has a bit of a headache, it is indeed a little unguardable, the grain transportation team is too long, hundreds of miles long, and the other party is cavalry, coming and going like the wind, his 20,000 troops want to protect the grain team, and they have to chase and kill the enemy, it seems too passive, and they can't take care of it at all, what can I do?

At this time, a Lang general suggested: "Come to the general, it is better to gather all the ox carts together and march together, and the army will guard the front and rear, if the Tang army attacks, we will quickly concentrate our forces to deal with it." ”

That's a good suggestion, come to Hu'er and nod and do it.

The sneak attack on Meridian Mountain forced Laihu'er to change his strategy, and he gathered 30,000 grain ox carts together, and 20,000 Sui cavalry guarded the front and rear, stretching for more than 20 miles, and continued to march westward........

In a forest fifty miles away from the official road, 5,000 Tang Army cavalry were resting and eating, waiting for information from the scouts.

Liu Hongji succeeded in striking a blow at Meridian Mountain, and his morale was greatly boosted, but Liu Hongji also knew that the harassment of Meridian Mountain was not enough to cut off the grain route of the Sui army, and there must be a heavier blow to completely destroy the grain wagons of the Sui army, so that the Sui army would not have a car to transport grain for a while, so that the grain supply of the Sui army could be completely interrupted.

Liu Hongji was very nervous in his heart, he had already realized that maybe his battle of grain and grass could change the situation in the entire Guanzhong, and he Liu Hongji could save the entire Tang Empire, thinking of this, his legs trembled a little with excitement.

At this moment, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, this is the scout who went to investigate the grain team came back, Liu Hongji immediately stood up and greeted him, only to see two scouts galloping over, the scout turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and reported: "General Qiyu, the Sui army's 30,000 grain carts are now on the way together, and there are about 20,000 cavalry guards in front and behind, and they are coming west." ”

Liu Hongji frowned, it was not easy to march together, he pondered for a moment and asked, "How long is the front and back of the grain truck?" ”

"General Hui, the distance between the front and back is more than 20 miles."

Liu Hongji rolled his eyes, and after thinking about it, he had a way to deal with the Sui army's grain truck......

The Sui army of 30,000 grain carts is marching westward, after passing the Meridian Mountain, the road becomes flat, here is the gallop road, wide and flat, can accommodate five horses in parallel, two grain carts go side by side, there is a team of cavalry guards on both sides, because the team is too long, to protect the troops is not too dispersed, he divided the army into three sections, six thousand cavalry each, and the other two thousand cavalry are scattered, escorting along the way.

The sky gradually reached dusk, the team arrived at a relatively open basin, a radius of 100 miles, the basin is densely forested, a smooth road leads to both sides of the basin, the team has entered the territory of Beidi County, and then go west for 120 miles, you can reach the camp of the Sui army in the shallow water.

Laihu'er is located in the Chinese army, he looked at the terrain on both sides, both sides are undulating and gentle soil slopes, a mile or two away, there are large forests, because the sky is close to dusk, the woods on both sides seem a little blurry, Laihu'er suddenly has a strong feeling of uneasiness in his heart, he feels that the Tang army must be ambushed in this wood.

At this moment, someone behind him suddenly shouted: "General, there are police in the rear army, and the cavalry of the Tang Army is attacking the rear army." ”

He was taken aback by Lai Hu'er, and he immediately shouted: "Pass my order, and the Chinese army will quickly go to rescue the rear army." ”

As soon as he gave the order, his mind suddenly moved, the Tang army should also know its deployment, the rear army has 6,000 Sui cavalry, even if the Tang army is fully pressed, it may not be able to take advantage, is this the enemy's plan to divert the tiger out of the mountain?

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at the forest on both sides, he seemed to have seen through the forest, and there were thousands of Tang cavalry in the forest. ”

Although this order was a bit strange, his subordinates complied, and three rockets were fired into the sky, which was a signal to order the front army to come to the aid of the Chinese army.

Laihu'er then ordered, "Burn the woods!" ”

Dozens of cavalrymen rushed towards the forest with torches in hand, just as Lai Hu'er guessed, the Tang army that attacked the rear army was only more than 500 people, and the real main force of the Tang army was hiding in the woods in the middle section

It was a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and the Chinese army that came to protect the children was transferred to rescue the rear army, so that the grain truck in the middle section was no longer guarded, and the Tang army pressed on the whole line, seizing the opportunity to kill cattle and destroy grain.

At this time, Liu Hongji saw that the Sui army was just about to go to the rear army, but he stopped moving, he immediately realized that Laihu'er had seen through his strategy, seeing three rockets soaring into the air, dozens of cavalry running with torches, obviously to burn the forest, Liu Hongji was in a hurry, and immediately ordered: "Assault!" ”

A shout erupted in the forest to the south, and more than 4,000 Tang cavalry rushed out of the forest and rushed towards the grain convoy.

Lai Hu'er sneered, and as expected, the Tang army had a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and he immediately ordered: "Bow and arrow array, shoot the enemy!" ”

The grain cart team stopped moving forward, the people were so frightened that they got into the grain cart, the Sui army began to counterattack, 6,000 cavalry lined up in three rows, and shot at the overwhelming Tang cavalry, the arrows were like rain, and the Tang cavalry who rushed forward turned on their backs.

Seeing that the Tang army was fierce, he couldn't stop it with arrows alone, so he waved his sword and ordered again: "Stop shooting arrows and go up to battle!" ”

The 6,000 cavalry of the Sui army shouted and rushed towards the cavalry of the Tang army with spears, and more than 10,000 cavalry troops fought fiercely on the gentle slope for several miles.

The war horse neighed, shouted and killed, and soon more than 10,000 cavalry of the two Sui armies came from front and back, surrounded and attacked the Tang army from the left and right, although the Tang army was very strong in combat, but after all, there were few people, and it could not withstand the strangulation of the cavalry of the Sui army several times that of their own, and gradually, the Tang army suffered heavy casualties, and the number of people became smaller and smaller.

Liu Hongji saw that the defeat was decided, and he was so anxious that he shouted: "Break through to the south!" ”

He led the last more than 2,000 cavalry to break through to the south and tried to rush into the forest, but how experienced Laihu'er was, he had expected that the Tang army could only flee back to the forest and escape through the forest, and he would not give the Tang army a chance to escape, so he had already transferred 3,000 cavalry from the south to block the escape of the Tang cavalry.

When Liu Hongji led hundreds of people to finally fight a bloody way to the forest, he was greeted by three thousand swarthy crossbow arrows, which rose flat and sharpened their sharp tips at the hundreds of Tang troops who fled.

With a bang, three thousand crossbow arrows were fired at the same time, and the dense arrows shot like a storm towards the hundreds of people who fled on-demand, Liu Hongji found that they fell from one encirclement to another, he watched the dense arrows shoot towards him, he had no way to hide, screamed, and closed his eyes in despair.

Lai Hu'er sneered, "Junior, fighting with the old man, it's still far away!" ”……

If it is said that the annihilation of the cavalry of the Tang Army who attacked the grain route is just a defense, protecting the normal passage of the Sui army's grain route, it will not have much impact on the strategy.

Then Cheng Biting Jin's trip to Tongguandao hit the overall situation one step earlier than the Sui army on the Eastern Front, and especially had a decisive impact on Li Shimin's main force in Qianshuiyuan.

When he arrived at Tongguan County with 10,000 troops, he unexpectedly got a piece of information that a Tang army of 10,000 people was heading towards Tongguan County, only thirty miles away from Tongguan County.

This sudden news frightened Cheng Yanjin, and he immediately ordered the Sui army to enter Tongguan County and rely on the city to meet the Tang army.

Tongguan County is a small county, the circumference is only ten miles, the height of the city is only one zhang and eight feet, and there is no moat, such a city wall has no defensive significance, Cheng Yanjin stood on the head of the city, watching the arrival of Tang army reinforcements from a distance, he had already seen a Tang army rushing towards the county seat, about ten miles away from the county seat.

However, what made him a little strange was that this Tang army was very slow, could it be that they already knew that Tongguan had been occupied and specially slowed down?

At this moment, Xiao Yannian led several scouts to gallop on horseback and shouted under the city: "General Cheng! ”

For the sake of Xiao Yannian's recapture of Centipede Ridge and not competing with him Cheng Yanjin, Cheng Yanjin's attitude towards Xiao Yannian was a little better, he was no longer so vicious, and occasionally showed a little smile, he probed and asked, "What did you find?" ”

"General Qi Cheng, this Tang army is all new recruits, the team is not even, the army is not in order, and the physical strength cannot keep up, most of them are exhausted, and it is recommended not to give them a chance to rest, and immediately face the head."

Cheng Yanjin blinked his eyes, is this okay? You must know that his character is to hide first, and he has never had any idea of facing head-on, he is a little hesitant.

Xiao Yannian saw Cheng Yanjin's hesitation, understood his thoughts better, and shouted again: "General Cheng, this is an opportunity to make great contributions, defeat this army, we can take the lead in Guanzhong, General Cheng's prestige will shake the world, this is an opportunity to be knighted, please seize it!" ”

The words 'knighted duke' moved Cheng Biting Jin, yes! This is his last chance, and if he doesn't seize it, he can really only be a county magistrate.

"Damn it, live or die, take a gamble!"

Cheng Yanjin made up his mind, turned around and shouted: "The whole army will go out of the city and fight the enemy with me!" ”…… To be continued

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