Chapter 66: Breaking the Western Liang Army (Second Update)
Xu Rong led the army to catch up with the vanguard team, Dong Zhuo met Xu Rong in the makeshift military tent, Bian Shui battle, Cao Cao came to pursue most of the 5,000 men and horses destroyed, Cao Cao was in the middle of the arrow, forced to cross Bian Shui, and escaped with his life.
The Kwantung Righteous Army has suffered a heavy setback, even if it still has nearly 100,000 troops, I am afraid that no one will dare to lead the army to continue the pursuit, as long as they go to Chang'an to guard the dangerous Tongguan, they can be proud of the world, and wait for those princes to kill each other, and then lead the army out of the pass to occupy the Central Plains.
Dong Zhuo praised him lavishly, and gave Xu Rong a knight on the spot, giving him a lot of money, but he didn't let him be idle, and immediately ordered Xu Rong to lead the army to Xiliang to fight against Ma Teng, Han Sui and others who took advantage of the fire and robbed and repeatedly invaded.
Dong Zhuo was afraid that someone would hijack his belongings on the road, so in order to escort the drivers of the vehicles transporting gold, silver and jewelry, he ordered Lu Bu to lead the army to take the lead and focus on cleaning up the surrounding bandits, regardless of the scale.
The bandits have lived in the mountains for a long time, and they are very familiar with the surrounding terrain, and the Xiliang army that invaded from outside could not take much advantage at all, although they swept away a few mountain bandit gangs, but they also lost a lot of people and horses many times in the attack, and some bandits hid directly in the deep mountains and dense forests, and could not be completely cleared at all.
Lu Bu had no choice but to order his soldiers to fill the number with heads, and for a while many surrounding villages suffered, and the Xiliang army did not leave a single place where they went, and all the beheaded heads were ruined and sent to Dong Zhuo's main account to invite merit, and there was no rooster crow for a while, and there were corpses and bones for hundreds of miles, and the miserable scene was shocking.
Gongsun Yi led the army to ride and coordinate, advance as quickly as possible, and immediately after the march was stationed to rest in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the sergeants.
Night gradually fell, the cavalry set up camp, it was late at night, suddenly a cavalry rode in the distance, and before it approached, it was surrounded by the cavalry on standby.
"Found the Xiliang Army station, please let it go!" A scout shouted as he rode his horse.
A group of cavalry got out of the way, and the scouts rushed all the way into the station, turned over and dismounted and quickly entered the military tent, and hugged his fist to Gongsun Yi, who was studying the map: "Lord, thirty miles ahead, I found the Xiliang army stationed!" ”
"How many men and horses are there in the Xiliang Army, and what is the word on the flag?"
The lord of the house, the villain was afraid of being discovered, so he didn't dare to get too close, and then after the torch, he vaguely saw that the Xiliang army was mostly mixed with many people, and he couldn't see how many armor soldiers there were, but the flag hung was Dong, and no other battle flags were found. ”
Gongsun Yi was overjoyed in his heart, it seems that this must be Dong Zhuo's headquarters soldiers and horses, but I don't know if the emperor and the hundred officials are among them, since there is no banner of other generals, it means that Xu Rong, Lu Bu and others are not in the camp, tonight the night is hazy, the moonlight is obscured by dark clouds, the moon is flying and the wind is high It is the best time to sneak attack, since God helps, how can Gongsun Yi let go of the opportunity to capture and kill Dong Zhuo in one fell swoop, rescue Emperor Han Xian and hundreds of officials, the fighter plane is fleeting, Gongsun Yi does not dare to delay a little.
Immediately, he lifted the scout up with a pleasant face and chuckled: "Ben will promote you to Dubo, a reward of ten gold, and you will obey the orders outside the tent, and you will lead the way by sending troops at midnight!" ”
"Thank you, lord!" The scout knelt down in thanksgiving with excitement.
The scout was overjoyed, although Dubo was not a high-ranking officer, he could also command fifty people, and he was already a middle-level officer, and there was a reward of ten gold, the scout withdrew from the military tent, and stood aside with joy while thinking about the location recorded earlier.
The scout knew very well that if he couldn't find Dong Zhuo's camp in the vast night, what was waiting for him was definitely not as simple as losing his head.
Gongsun Yi hurriedly recruited Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan to come to the military tent, and ordered to bury the pot and cook later, preparing for a surprise attack.
This is also the last time Gongsun Yi attacked Bishui Pass, found that most of the soldiers in the army had night blindness, and could not fight at night, after returning, the first time to collect vegetables and fruits from the surrounding area, especially carrots and eggs, the symptoms of night blindness have been greatly alleviated.
The two Xiahou brothers naturally raised their hands in favor of the attack plan, and in the middle of the night, the smoke of the cooking stove rose, and a group of soldiers who woke up sat around to eat, although the food was sufficient, but they were all full under the strict order, otherwise not only could they not march, but even their skills would slow down.
The army followed the scouts, hiding in the vast dark night, under the leadership of Gongsun Yi, the cavalry rushed towards the soldiers and horses of Dong Zhuo's headquarters of the Xiliang army, and the few torches not only pointed out the direction in the dark night, but also dispersed the deep darkness around them.
"Extinguish the fire, silence!" With a low snort.
Under the order of Xiahoudun, a group of cavalry quickly dismounted and tied the tied grass ball to the mouth of the war horse to prevent the war horse from suddenly making a sound.
Gongsun Yi crouched in the knee-high grass, quietly looking at the Xiliang army garrison in the distance, as the scout said before, only the Dong character banner was hung in the camp tent, which also proved that Xu Rong, Lu Bu and others were not here, God-given opportunity, Gongsun Yi even trembled slightly with excitement.
From a distance, the whole camp tent is bright, countless torches reflect the surrounding area as if it is day, from time to time there is the neighing of the war horses of the Xiliang Army, the laughter of the sergeant and the cry of the woman one after another, and even the sorrow before death.
The soldiers of the Xiliang army slaughtered the people who didn't like it at will, and in less than a moment, the outside of the barracks was already full of corpses, there were hundreds of them, such a crazy massacre, under the instigation of Dong Zhuo, I am afraid that every moment is being staged.
Perhaps because the Xiliang army defeated the pursuing Cao Cao head-on, the complacent Xiliang army didn't even bother to send scouts, although there were many armor guards around the camp, most of them slept on the ground drunkenly, and they didn't worry about the enemy coming to sneak attack.
However, at this time, the station is bright and bright, and now it will only leak its whereabouts if it is killed, although it is not clear how many troops the Xiliang Army has, but it must be a lot more than the Xiao cavalry army led by Gongsun Yi, and even if it can win in a head-on conflict, it will be a disastrous victory.
The battlefield is changing, even if you take the lead if you are not careful, there is also a danger of defeat, and the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army is not bad, Gongsun Yi has been taught many times, so naturally he will not be taken lightly, and it is not the best time to rush to kill at this time.
After waiting for so long, he naturally didn't care about this time, Gongsun Yi resisted the urge to order the whole army to assault, and ordered the left and right to order the whole army to be silent and stand by, and those who violated the order were immediately beheaded.
The night is getting darker and darker, even the hazy moonlight that originally faded out faintly disappears, in the dark night, only the Xiliang Army garrison is as bright as day, as time goes by, the torches of the Xiliang Army garrison are faintly extinguished, and gradually only a few torches remain, still burning in the night.
Many Xiliang army armor soldiers who walked out of the people's tattered tents stretched their waists lazily, tidied up their open clothes at will, and walked towards the tent with sleepy eyes, and the entire Xiliang army camp seemed to fall silent.
In the dense dark night, dozens of skilled cavalry soldiers, relying on knee-high weeds, their steps were vain, and they quickly rushed towards the Xiliang army garrison with their bows, and soon approached the guarding Xiliang army.
"Whoosh!" The short crossbow carried by the cavalry armor soldier immediately shot deadly arrows.
A group of Xiliang army armor soldiers standing in front of the garrison to defend, before they could react, they were killed by arrows, standing on the watchtower to patrol back and forth, seeing a black shadow wriggling not far in front of them, I thought it was an animal like a hare.
It's just that when he saw the black shadow suddenly stand up, and it was obviously a human form, he was just about to shout loudly, when suddenly a sharp arrow pierced his throat, and as the plasma burst, the Xiliang Army armor soldier suddenly fell down with a black whimper in front of him.
Several Xiao cavalry armor soldiers who had already rushed to the side of the watchtower that was not too high, took advantage of the situation to catch the corpse and quietly threw it aside, and immediately a Xiao cavalry armor quickly ripped off the uniform on the corpse, put it on his body and quickly climbed up the watchtower.
As for those drunken soldiers of the Xiliang Army, they had already seen the king of Hades before they woke up, and soon the defenders of the Xiliang Army around the station were all quietly killed, and the defense of the entire station was useless.
As the Xiao cavalry armor standing on the watchtower swayed with torches, Gongsun Yi gave an order, and a group of Xiao cavalry soldiers who had been waiting for a long time got up and rushed out, no one shouted, only the sound of dense footsteps and the sound of war horses trampling the ground.
The sleepy-eyed armor soldiers who came out of the camp tent were all pulled into the darkness by the armorers who were hiding on the side, wiped their necks, and casually threw their corpses in the shadows, waiting for the next prey.
Until they heard the approaching army of the Xiao cavalry, these sharp soldiers who rushed into the tent of the Xiliang army first, took out the things that ignited the fire, and immediately set fire to the surrounding tents.
Many sleeping Xiliang soldiers only felt that their mouths were dry, it was very difficult to breathe, and their bodies were soaked in sweat, and when they woke up in anger, they found that the surrounding fire was rising, and they were too frightened to get dressed, so they fled outward, but before they could react, they were beheaded on the spot by the Xiao cavalry soldiers who were already waiting outside the tent.
At this time, the vanguard cavalry rushed into the Xiliang army garrison under the leadership of Xiahoudun, set fire everywhere they went, and the cavalry rushed all the way to kill, casually killing those who were naked and fled for their lives everywhere in panic.
The fire rose, and the smoke billowed up for a while, as the six thousand armor soldiers led by Gongsun Yi rushed everywhere to kill, and the dead Xiliang army was not a few, Gongsun Yi led the army to rush all the way, pointing directly at Dong Zhuo's military tent.
It's just that the assault resistance has become more and more fierce all the way, and many of the elite guards of the Xiliang Army who protect Dong Zhuo, although they are not many in number, occupy the main road to the big tent of the Chinese army and fight desperately, although they still do not retreat at all despite heavy casualties.
Gongsun led the cavalry to repeatedly rush and kill, still unable to break through the elite guards to defend the main road, fought for a long time, the corpses on the ground were scattered, after Xiahou Dan picked up the gun to kill the last Xiliang army guard, Gongsun Yi took the lead and quickly rushed to the Chinese army's big tent.
Rushing into the big tent, it was already empty, Gongsun Yi immediately ordered Xiahoudun to lead the army to pursue, but I was afraid that Dong Zhuo had already fled, Gongsun Yi sighed, I am afraid that this time the Dong thief escaped from the ascension to heaven.