Chapter 009: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell
Kashigawa.
Xiazhou's commander Gundam inspected the camp that had just been set up, and his face was very ugly, almost describing it as ashes.
His army was inexplicably transferred out of Yinzhou City, and rushed to Jialuchuan in the starry night, and when he arrived at the place, he understood why Lord Li had transferred his people to Jialuchuan as if he were burning his buttocks. Because: Xiazhou has fallen.
Xiazhou is the foundation of Li Guangrui, for many years, it is the place where the eight clans of the party are stationed, its meaning is similar to the royal city of the Central Plains, and Xiazhou is lost, Xiazhou is a large territory in the east and west, the granary Lingzhou, the salt warehouse Yanzhou, the subway smelting of iron all fell into the hands of Yang Hao, grain, money, weapons ......, and ...... His family.
The concubine who was accepted last month, Aguli, a sixteen-year-old Lingzhou woman, a hybrid of Qiang and big cannibals, beautiful, charming, and tender flowers and bones that come out of the water, I don't know which bastard to cheapen. The most important thing is that his parents, brothers, and children are all in Xiazhou!
The high commander was scratching his heart and thinking about his hometown in Xiazhou, and the soldiers under his command were gloomy and nervously arranging the camp defense, and the news of the fall of Xiazhou had spread like a plague, spreading from the camp tent of the commander to the lord, and before dinner, all the soldiers knew the news of the collapse of the world. Their home is in Xiazhou, and the small livestock are all there, and now their hometown is copying, and they are really sad and panicked, and they want to cry without tears.
It means that they will have no home to return to, it means that they will lose their foundation, their provisions, and they will become lost dogs, how can they not be worried?
In their eyes, everything lost its color, and even the smoke rose weakly and curly.
Without a hint of wind, the group of knights who suddenly appeared silently, like ghosts.
By the time the lookout post sounded the horn, the cavalry had already slaughtered their camp with all their might.
Iron riding vertically and horizontally, like the vertical of the waves. The spear halberd is held high, like a wolf's walk.
It was the Folding Army, wrapped in an extremely fierce and powerful murderous aura, as if the sky was soaring, and the trembling hooves and thunder surged, and the earth trembled, kicking the camp and breaking the formation, and the thunder was thunderous.
Their strength may not be inferior to that of the Zhejia army, and their strength is not inferior to that of the Zhejia army, but when the Zhejia army suddenly appeared in front of them, they sincerely felt fear and felt irresistible and powerful. How can an army that already has the idea of defeat in its heart still unite as one and fight to the death?
The Zhejia army is also one of the most powerful troops in the northwest, but no matter how strong and good it is, in front of the Li family's army, it has always only had the ability to defend according to the fortress, and it has never dared to be a head-on enemy with the Li family's army, but now, they have no one in their eyes and rushed directly to their camp.
The drums of the war sounded to "knock ......" to urge the attack, but when the soldiers heard the drums, they no longer had the excitement of blood and blood, they only felt restless, and in the face of countless enemies surging over like a torrent, they subconsciously jumped on their horses, but did not launch a selfless counter-charge, but instinctively gathered together, or turned their horses back to the rear.
The sharp saber, the stabbing spear, the terrible scream, the angry ......roar, the sound and shadow, the stillness and the movement, constitute an indescribable war scene, magnificent, bewitching, and beautiful...... The two sides are staggered, blood is splashed, the Zhejia army unfolds a perfect charge formation a mile away, when rushing to the front of the Gundam barracks, horsepower and manpower can reach the most perfect state of cooperation, they quickly rush forward, three or five in groups, echoing each other, you attack and block, slash and slash, break a gap and rush forward, the enemy who rushed behind in a hurry has his comrades who rushed behind to meet him, and the impact of the front from the entire Gundam barracks passed through, and when he went to the other side of the camp, The entire Gundam barracks had been plowed into a ridge-like formation, and the battle formations were difficult to form, and the soldiers were difficult to communicate with, leaving only a one-sided slaughter.
This time the assault has been decided.
The soldiers who had already been alerted decisively threw down their weapons, raised their hands high, and knelt straight on the ground, and the war horse halberd flew past them, and they could only kneel there stiffly, not daring to move, for fear of incurring a misunderstanding by the knight on the horse. In the face of such a rapid impulse, even if the knight on the horse used a curled saber, it was enough for them to slash their shoulders and crotch in half.
Jia Luchuan changed hands, two opponents of equal strength, but they came prepared, killed him unexpectedly, plus the morale of one side was like a rainbow, and the other side was panicked, and it was unbelievable with incredible speed and unbelievable small casualties, and completed a great victory.
After the bloody battle, the soldiers of the Zhejia Army detained the prisoners together, they did not need to be wounded, and if they were seriously injured, they would be slaughtered with a knife, and they would be regarded as doing a good deed. The less lightly wounded jumped after the large number of captives, fearing that they would do some good deeds to them.
The camp that had just been set up in the Gundam headquarters and the rice that had just been put into the pot became a dinner prepared for the Ori family army, and the Ori Yuxun made people clean up the battlefield on the one hand, and strengthened the camp defense on the other. A hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, today he can take the camp of Gundam with lightning speed, and tomorrow Lee Guangrui's army can also use the same color to finish off his camp in one fell swoop.
This is a flat valley, and it is necessary to establish the absolute superiority of the defending side with as many artificial fortifications as possible. The soldier is very fast, he seized the opportunity, the purpose is to do this, take precautions early, and it may reduce a large number of casualties on the battlefield in the coming day, how dare you ignore it.
The result of the interrogation was as expected, Li Guangrui really knew that Xiazhou had fallen, and he quickly withdrew his troops, first making the two armies occupy Jialu River and Zhuolun River, the purpose was to rush to Suizhou before the army's morale was out of control.
Knowing the details, Zhi Yuxun was overjoyed, and personally rushed to the outpost, only to see that Chi Zhong had used the commanding heights near the camp and the main roads in and out of the camp to set up many obstacles, only the fortifications being dug reached as many as nine, and the front also sent layers of sentry posts, and the scouts were far away from twenty miles away, so they returned to the camp with confidence, and immediately reported their situation here to Yang Hao.
Yang Hao attacked the Turbidity Wheel River, and the road was farther than the Jialu River, and by the time he arrived near the Turbidity Wheel River, the sky had completely darkened.
Although Li Yide said that he was in good health, he was a rare Qu Shuo Kang among the old people of the same age, and he was a little unbearable under such a rapid gallop, and when he heard the news that the defenders of the Turbidity River had set up camp at the outpost, Li Yide looked up at the gloomy sky and said: "Marshal, the night battle is too dangerous, rushing and diving, it is difficult to give orders, according to the humble opinion, it is better to wait for tomorrow to do it at dawn." ”
Yang Hao galloped all the way, his blood was surging, not only did he not feel tired, but he was in good spirits, his blood was full of blood, and he couldn't wait to go into battle to kill the enemy in person, so he shook his head and vetoed: "The enemy camp has been established, the various fortifications can echo and cooperate with each other, the enemy commander sits in the middle army, and can easily mobilize the three armies.
Instead of this, I should drag the opponent into the melee, and I want to mess with everyone. Now that Lee Guang-rui is withdrawing his troops, we can occupy the Turlun River one day earlier, and we can deploy tighter defenses one day earlier. Order, clothes do not unarmour, horses do not unsaddle, rest on the spot, eat and drink, two hours later, the sky is like ink, the whole army attack! ”
Li Yide frowned slightly, but it was inconvenient to raise objections, so he had to say yes.
An hour later, the sky was completely dark, and the southeast wind blew, an hour and a half later, the wind became stronger and stronger, here is a plain in the valley, the wind blows into the valley from the mountain pass, there is a bonus effect, and the plain sand is blown by the strong wind is the flying sand and stones, sitting in the tent only to hear the rustling of the tarpaulin, trance is raining in general, that is the effect of the flying sand blowing the tent.
Yang Hao led the troops but did not put on a big show, and fully achieved "the military well has not been drawn, and the thirst will not be spoken; If the military food is not cooked, it will not be hungry; If the arms are not burned, there will be no cold; If the military curtain is not applied, it will not be difficult; Don't fan in summer, don't cover in rain, and be with everyone! At this time, he was still inspecting the whole army, and saw that the soldiers were looking for a relatively hidden place to sit and lie down, and covered their mouths and noses with felt scarves and blankets, and pulled the war horses to stand against the wind, which was very hard to avoid the limelight.
Li Yide covered his mouth and nose with a towel, followed Yang Hao's side, saw this situation, and said: "Dashuai, today is the southeast wind, fighting against the wind, and it is not good for me, and it is night, this way to kill, it will not work, Wu will not become an army, only each of them will fight a bad battle, this is too risky, according to the humble opinion, in order to be safe, or wait for the wind to stop tomorrow and the sunrise to fight again, our army's strength and equipment are better than the defenders of Turbidity Lunchuan, and we should be able to seize its land and rely on it." ”
What Li Yide said was the truth, although Yang Hao was in love with the war, he couldn't help but hesitate when he heard the words, he squinted his eyes and stood towards the wind, letting the wind and sand blow on his face, silent for a long time, Yang Hao suddenly turned around and said in a deep voice: "No, still according to the original time, fight!" ”
This deep cry drifted away with the wind and drifted far away, and many of the soldiers who were sheltering from the storm heard it, and they all covered their hands and looked here.
Li Yide said bitterly: "Commander, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, if you are not careful, the victory that was originally certain may also turn into a defeat." ”
Yang Hao shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Li, Ben Shuai is indeed a little anxious, but this decision is not my will, I have decided this way for three reasons. ”
He stretched out a finger and said, "First of all, I have already told Master Li that once our army starts to charge, it can only carry out the attack according to the established strategy, and above the battle formation, it is no longer possible to command and dispatch, while the enemy army can." Assaulting at night can weaken the advantage of the enemy, but now that the wind is covered in sand, it is not to weaken the enemy's advantage, but to completely pull the enemy army into the same situation as us, so that they also fall into a situation of fighting on their own.
Second, marching against the wind, you think it's ridiculous, will the defenders of the Turbidity River think that is possible? The key to the assault on the camp lies in the surprise, is there a more unexpected situation than this strong sandstorm? The wind is blowing towards me, and our troops can hear the enemy's camp training from a distance, and our troops are quietly touching, and they rarely hear a little information, isn't this a great benefit to us?
Third, although our soldiers have been trained and commanded for some time, they absolutely cannot be compared with Lee Kuang-rui's army. We, the soldiers, are originally suitable for disrupting battles and winning in chaos. Since tonight's situation is suitable for me to promote my strengths, why not make good use of it? This storm and sand is not difficult, on the contrary, God help me! ”
Yang Hao's words were sonorous and powerful, and his voice was blowing far away with the wind, and the soldiers in front of him were all excited when they heard it, and they all clenched their fists and shouted in response to the handsome. Seeing this, Li Yide shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "After all, the humble post is old, not as sharp as the commander, the military heart is so available, just listen to the commander, let's attack on time!" ”
It was night, Yang Hao's soldiers were divided into three routes, he personally led a main attack, and the other two roads outflanked the enemy's camp in a roundabout way, with people and horses and horses, and marched against the wind and sand, it was rare that the defenders of the Li family also had an ambush sentry in front, but unfortunately, this wind and sand were too big, Yang Hao's outpost and the ambush sentry collided together, only to be discovered by them, but they beat the drum and trumpet to warn, and the sound was heard clearly by Yang Hao's department, as if giving an order, so that they invariably launched a general attack, and the defenders only vaguely heard as if there was a sound, I don't know if I heard the sound of the wind and sand wrong, and I want to listen carefully, the sentry has already been slaughtered by Yang Hao's people.
The wind and sand were raging, the sky and the earth were dark, Yang Hao's army went directly into the camp, and the two sides killed each other. Yang Hao's people were originally prodigal robbers, criminal prisoners and shepherds, although after more than two months of military training, but at present the best at the moment is still fighting for themselves, tonight's situation is just right for them to play, this night of fierce battle, the losing side loses inexplicably, the winning side wins inexplicably, but the wind and sand are too big, difficult to see, the defender will take a thousand people to flee in the desert without distinguishing things, and have not intercepted them.
It was dawn, and the banner of the position of the Turbidity Wheel River had been replaced with the word Yang.
This battle was won beautifully, but Yang Hao didn't dare to be careless at all, because he knew that the defenders stationed in Jialuchuan and Xunlunchuan were wiped out in a battle was a special battle that could not be replicated. The first reason is that the defenders have no intention of fighting, and through the interrogation of the prisoners, Yang Hao has confirmed that Li Guangrui's entire army has known the news of the fall of Xiazhou, and the army's morale is in turmoil and demoralized.
The second reason is that Li Guangrui was in a hurry to withdraw his troops and did not dare to let Yang Hao see his movements, so the vanguard troops that sent these two routes to open the way were not very many, and each route army only had more than 7,000 people.
The third reason is that the whole plan was originally planned by Yang Hao, so he took the lead, Li Guangrui did not expect them to copy in front of him so quickly, abandoned Yinzhou City, which he wanted to rescue, and attacked Jialuchuan and Xunlunchuan first.
At that time, Yang Hao's advantage was to occupy the geographical advantage and morale, while Li Guangrui had a huge army and mourning troops, and there were too many unpredictable battlefield factors, so he could only use his advantage of seizing strategic points first, and race against time to prepare for war.
The information obtained by the scouts was continuously sent to Yang Hao's camp, and Li Guangrui really withdrew his troops, and overnight, his soldiers and horses completely withdrew from Yinzhou and rushed to the southeast. Yang Hao was worried that the meeting of scouts on both sides would make Li Guangrui more vigilant, and anyway, he had determined their marching route, so he ordered his own scouts to avoid Li Guangrui's front and not to make contact with it.
Two days later, according to the estimated itinerary, Li Guangrui's army was approaching, Yang Hao was ready for the most tragic battle, but the front Tanma suddenly came with a news that he couldn't understand: Li Guangrui's army retreated! This retreat was based on Yang Hao's route of ambush, and they suddenly changed the front team to the rear team, and the back team to the front team, leaving an empty camp overnight, and the 80,000 army disappeared out of thin air.
Yang Hao broke out in a cold sweat and immediately notified Zhi Yuxun, and both sides each sent a large number of scout horses to the entire grassland, doing their best to search for news of Li Guangrui. A day later, Yang Hao's scouts followed the unconcealable traces of soldiers and horses on the grassland and found Li Guangrui's whereabouts by the Wuding River. On the banks of the surging river, there were many broken moats and ladders, and Li Guangrui used these siege equipment as bridges to cross the Wuding River and go southwest!
The old fox smelled danger and knew that an ambush had been set up here? He abandoned his division and his son, who was fighting Camel Ridge, and led the main army to retreat alone? It's incredible!
There is a cloud in the art of war: the husband and the soldier advance lightly and retreat heavily. If the enemy guards me from behind, the army will be chaotic; If the enemy attacks us, the trouble will be even greater. So the scene of me retreating from the enemy is the most dangerous way to march. Even if Li Guangrui was willing to give up these two deviant divisions as bait to lure them to Chen Bing here, what was the use of this suspicious formation?
Li Guangrui had a large number of soldiers and horses, and if he wanted to retreat, he would inevitably retreat first with a battalion, and then garrison the camp and be on guard. The other battalion retreated, garrisoned, and put on guard. The battalions were so alternately that it was impossible for the 80,000 army to retreat in a swarm, in that case, it would be better to send their heads directly to Yang Hao's knife. But if he marched like this, his speed would definitely not be fast, and Yang Hao would definitely be able to catch up.
Once an army that has been dispersed retreats, the atmosphere of panic cannot be suppressed, and they can still fight if there is an enemy in front of them, and there is an enemy behind them? How could the armies not rush to flee for their lives, and at that time Lee Kuan-rui would absolutely not be able to control the situation, it was inconceivable to take such a risk, and he also retreated to the southwest, what is the southwest?
There is no city, no Zhenfu, it is a vast grassland, it is the territory of the Dangxiang Seven Clan, Li Guangrui is willing to take a risk, not to advance to Suizhou, which is closest to him and has the most hope of success, but to kill back to the prairie, what does he want to do?
Yang Hao hurriedly unfolded the map, took a brief look, and couldn't help but gasp, Li Guangrui went to the southwest, there was only one possibility: a long journey, back to Xiazhou. Shizhou, the key point of the Great Wall, was still under the control of Lee Guangrui, and it was theoretically possible to return to the Great Northwest through Shizhou. There is another state north of Shizhou that is under his absolute control, that is, Youzhou, it is good to be able to recapture Xiazhou, if he can't take it back, he will definitely move his troops to Youzhou.
The advantage of this is that Yang Hao's plan to sever the connection between him and the land of his foundation is broken, and Yang Hao forces him between himself and the forces of the two states of Linzhou, making him Li Guangrui a rat in a bellows and angry at both ends. Then sit firmly in Xiazhou, relying on the support of the party Xiang Baclan, the radiation power will continue to expand, and eventually you will take Youzhou into your hands and become a veritable king of the northwest, and even if he Li Guangrui is not eliminated, he will be reduced to the weakest of the four feudal domains in the northwest, which is a situation that Li Guangrui cannot tolerate if he dies.
The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and Lee Guangrui chose a difficult and dangerous path for this, but there was a chance for him to become a phoenix.
In order to win this chess game, he painstakingly laid down two abandoned sons in the turbidity wheel river and the Jialu river, and even his son was regarded as an abandoned son by him, making it difficult to suspect his attempt to move to Suizhou, which is really a generation of heroes.
But...... Will he succeed? Does Lee have what it takes to make a Dunkirk rout?
Since then, the road to Shizhou is still very far, as long as he is caught up by Yang Hao, then he will not flee to Suizhou and may suffer a heavy blow, but ...... Annihilation!
At this time, there was a report from the Malay, they found a herdsman living near the place of crossing the river, from the information obtained from the herdsman's mouth, Li Guangrui's army had already begun to cross the river, when Yang Hao waved his army to attack the two rivers, Li Guangrui's main force had fled to the southwest along the Wuding River, the original vanguard troops advancing to the two rivers, that is, suddenly became the rear team, and the troops that suddenly crossed the river to the west were only about 20,000 people, they were just a front, and they were also the blocking troops laid by Li Guangrui, His main force had already seized the lead for three days.
"Chase!"
Yang Hao made a quick decision!
Every minute of hesitation, Li Guangrui went west to go a point away, his father-in-law Li Guangcen had just gained a firm foothold in Xiazhou, but Yang Hao did not allow Li Guangrui to return there, once he got there, he was a dragon into the sea, a tiger returned to the mountain, it was difficult to say who would win or lose.
"Immediately pull out the camp, bring only food, grass, and ordnance, and the tent will not have time to be dismantled, and immediately chase to the Wuding River. Send someone to inform General Zhe Yuxun of the news and ask him to come to the aid immediately. Inform General Yang Chongxun again and ask him to continue to block Li Jiyun's troops in Camel Ridge to prevent him from being attacked by my heart! ”
After a series of orders, the entire military camp immediately turned into a pot of boiling water, and the whole army mounted their horses as quickly as possible, and left the Turbidity River like a violent wind under the leadership of the scouts.
At this time, Yu Ziyu, who was dressed in dark clothes and men's clothes, was flying towards the Turbidity Wheel River, running profusely and sweating, and the mustache on her lips ran away, and she didn't notice it......