Chapter 523: The Bloody Battle of Zhou Liucheng (2)
It's no wonder that everyone was surprised - at the time of the previous meeting, Tanma had just come to report that the Tang army was coming towards Zhou Liucheng, but now the meeting has reached a consensus, the Tang army has arrived, how can such a strange thing not make everyone dumbfounded, you must know that although Zhuzhou is close to Zhou Liucheng, the road is not too difficult to walk, but after all, there are several mountains in between, no matter how fast the march is, there must be a hurry of two or three days, but how long has it been, the Tang army has arrived under the city of Liuzhou, isn't it a strange thing? Most of the people present were veterans in the army, and they would not easily believe the report of the partial general, that is, they were at a loss for a while, and they all came back to their senses immediately, and no one was in the mood to inquire in detail about the partial general who came to report in detail, and they all rushed out of the city guard mansion in a swarm, and rushed to the direction of the city wall with their horses. (.. com)
The Tang army is coming, but it is not the main force that comes, but a cavalry team of more than 1,000 scales, at this time it is galloping back and forth under the city, driving countless refugees to stay in the city of Zhou, the whole city of Zhou is crowded, trampling on each other, crying dad and calling mothers one after another, how miserable, the defenders of the city are all pale, all of them are indignant, if it is not for Fu Yufeng and other bigwigs are standing at the city gate, I am afraid that a group of defenders will not be able to bear to kill out of the city.
"Where did you come from, like so many villagers? What is Tang Jun going to do? Fu Yufeng watched at the city gate tower for a long time, and when he saw that the Tang army was coming and going, he couldn't help but be suspicious, and muttered in a low voice.
Not only did Fu Yufeng have this question, but all the generals in the city were also confused, and they all turned their eyes to the iron-faced ghost room Fuxin, waiting for him to explain.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the people in the city are all the people around me, and the Tang Army is afraid that this move is planning to take advantage of the chaos." Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Ghost Room Fuxin was extremely helpless, and shook his head with a wry smile.
"The ghost general laughed, just rely on how these more than 1,000 cavalry can get the city of my Zhouliu, hey, even if I wait for the city gate to open and let Tang Kou do it, he can only come to die, according to Gao, Tang Kou's move is just to mess with our army's heart, send some spies into the city, but what is difficult to guess." As soon as the ghost room Fuxin's voice fell, Gao Quansheng said very disapprovingly.
"What General Gao said is very reasonable, the siege of the city is the first to attack the heart, at this time Tang Kou drove the people to come, if we do not accept, then the army's heart is floating, if it is accepted, then Tang Kou spies take advantage of the weakness to enter, as soon as the war is urgent, the internal traitors create chaos, and the city defense is afraid that there will be a big chaos." The translation of the former minister of the Great Power God obviously agreed with Gao Quansheng's analysis, slapped the city disc, and echoed it in a hoarse voice.
"That's true, but it's not that hard to solve." Ghost Room Fuxin nodded and said: "As long as you can kill those Tang Kou cavalry, bring the refugees into the city, and screen them carefully, it will be very easy to find out some spies." ”
"This ......" Although Fu Yufeng felt that what Gao Quansheng said made some sense, he vaguely felt that things should not be so simple, but he couldn't see through Tang Jun's true intentions for a while, and after being stunned for a moment, he turned his gaze to Futu Daochen, and asked in a deep voice: "General Futu, what do you think about this matter?" ”
Futu Daochen always frowned and looked at the tens of thousands of refugees wailing under the city, and did not participate in the discussion of the generals. ”
"Okay, Tang Kou is not big now, and the people who arrived are only more than a thousand soldiers and horses, and they only need to send some people to disperse it, as for the grain, let the refugees in the city go and collect it, and we can send a large army to cover it." Gao Quansheng thought that there were many generals under his command, and he didn't take the Tang army that was attacking from a long distance in his eyes, but at this time, seeing that there were only more than a thousand Tang cavalry under the city, he didn't care about it, so he smiled and said lightly.
"Never." As soon as he heard Gao Quansheng say this, Futu Daochen was startled, and hurriedly said: "General Gao is brave and invincible, but this time Tang Kou is advancing by land and water, if our army leaves the city easily, in case Tang Kou suddenly attacks with a water army, he will not be able to return to the division, and he will be in danger." ”
"Hmph." As soon as Gao Quansheng heard Futu Daochen refuting himself in public, his heart immediately rolled over for a while, he snorted coldly, and said with a dark face: "It's just Tang Koer, but it's only 30,000 or 50,000 people, why worry about it, if he dares to come, Gao will kill him without leaving a piece of armor." ”
Goguryeo and Baekje are nominally allies, but because Goguryeo's strength is much stronger than Baekje, all matters are dominated by Goguryeo's will, and Goguryeo has an absolute advantage in the strength of the city's troops, not to mention Futu Daochen, even the prince of Baekje Fu Yufeng did not dare to offend Gao Quansheng easily, at this time, seeing that Gao Quansheng's face was not right, Fu Yufeng hurriedly spoke out and comforted: "The prestige of General Gao, Xiao Wang has always known, and it is my great luck to be able to get the general's help. ”
Although Gao Quansheng didn't look down on the generals of Baekje, he still looked down on Fu Yufeng, who was able to write and martial arts, and at this time, seeing that Fu Yufeng was careful with him, it was not good to hold his face anymore, but he just whispered from his nostrils and stopped talking.
"The city is full of my people, if you refuse to accept it, it will be unfavorable to the morale of the army, but the Tang Kou cavalry is difficult, who dares to lead the troops to drive them away?" Fu Yufeng pondered for a while, but he still couldn't bear to sit and watch the tens of thousands of people in the city suffer miserably, so he looked around at everyone and asked after considering his words.
"His Royal Highness the Prince......" As soon as he heard that Fu Yufeng wanted to accept refugees into the city, Futu Dao Chenden became anxious and hurriedly tried to persuade him.
"General Futu doesn't need to say much." Fu Yufeng knew what Futu Daochen was going to say, so he waved his hand to stop Futu Daochen's words, and said in a deep tone: "Abandoning the people is ominous, Xiao Wang doesn't dare to do it, and admit the people into the city, after dispersing Tang Kou, rectify the young and strong in the city and go out of the city to grab a day, and the rest will be burned, this matter is so decided, who dares to lead the troops to fight?" ”
Gao Quan's anger has disappeared a lot, and when he heard Fu Yufeng's words, he shrugged his shoulders disdainfully and said: "There are only more than a thousand Tang Kou, why do you need to work for us, it is enough for Gao to send a general with three thousand iron horses out." ”
"Okay, General Gaoyi, thank you Xiao Wang." Fu Yufeng was obviously waiting for Gao Quansheng's words, Gao Quansheng's voice just fell, Fu Yufeng immediately bowed his hand and said: "There are few people in the West Gate, and the general's department can attack from the West Gate, once the Tang army is dispersed, Xiao Wang will open the South Gate and accept the people into the city." ”
"Well, Gao went to order all the soldiers and horses first, and then discussed. / Gao Quansheng smiled, arched his hand, strode out of the city gate, and went to summon his subordinates without mentioning it.
Zhou stayed in the city, the Tang cavalry was very separated, three or five cavalry as a group, behind the refugees continued to yo ho drive, but whenever the refugees ran in the direction of the city gate, the Tang cavalry will not be blocked, if they run around, they will hit it with the handle of the horse lance, if they do not listen to the order or dare to resist, the Tang cavalry has not been soft at all, after tens of thousands of refugees have gathered under the city, the Tang cavalry no longer comes forward, just outside the range of bows and arrows, from time to time to the defenders on the head of the city roared a few times, teasing the emotions of the defenders, Of course, not all Tang cavalry are so casual - a general dressed in Mingguang armor led a group of about 200 Tang cavalry to stand on a small earthen bag outside the city, this person has a white face and a burly body, and it is Du Zhengxin, the captain of the Du family polo team who had played against Yan Shibai in the Mid-Autumn Festival polo match.
Du Zhengxin is a side descendant of the Du family, his background is not too prominent, but his own martial arts are quite extraordinary, superb riding skills, and the skill of riding and archery is famous in Beijing.
Once the prince ascended the throne, the officials of the East Palace were all from the dragon's generation, especially when encountering such a strong prince as Li Zhen, as long as the subordinate officials of the East Palace did not make a big mistake, the high-ranking officials were able to get it, but Du Zhengxin was very tough, did not choose this shortcut to promotion, but joined the Nanya army, after the previous year's campaign against Goguryeo and the battle of Xue Yantuo last year, Du Zhengxin was promoted from riding Cao to Lang General, although there is an element of Li Zhen's promotion, But his own exploits are also quite extraordinary, this time he crossed the sea with Xue Wanche to the Northern Expedition, and he was looking forward to taking the opportunity to go to the next level, but he didn't expect that there was no chance to go into battle for more than two months, Bu received such a difficult task at the moment, which really gave Du Zhengxin a headache - although it was tedious to drive the people of the four towns and eight fields into Zhou Liucheng, it was not too difficult, and the resistance encountered could only be described as minimal, and the real difficulty was - he had to stay outside the city for two days this week, waiting for the arrival of his main force, And he can't reveal his actual combat strength, which makes Du Zhengxin a little crazy.
In Du Zhengxin's view, it is easy to understand that the people from the four towns and eight fields entered the city of Zhou, but it was just to further consume the already not abundant grain in the city, plus to prevent Zhou Liucheng from using the surrounding people to harvest the ripe winter wheat; Hold on for two days, waiting for the main force to come is not much of a problem, but not only to hold on for two days, but also to show their actual combat effectiveness, which makes Du Zhengxin very embarrassed, you must know that there are more than 80,000 enemy troops in Zhou Liucheng, not to mention that there are more than 10,000 people who come out at random, which is enough for Du Zhengxin to drink a pot, how to fight this battle, Du Zhengxin is still a little confused at this time.
"Look, general, the enemy is out of the city!" Just when Du Zhengxin was thinking about it, the guards around him saw the Goguryeo cavalry rushing out from the West Gate, and hurriedly reminded him.
"Huh?" Du Zhengxin looked sideways, and immediately noticed the movement outside the West Gate, and after a little silence, he waved his hand and shouted: "Withdraw!" As soon as the words fell, he took the lead in turning the horse's head and rushed into the distance, and a group of Tang cavalry saw this, and they did not dare to slack off, and followed Du Zhengxin and ran towards the distance.
"Hahaha...... I said how capable Tang Kou is, and his daring is all gutless rats, it's not worth mentioning!" On the tower of the city gate, Gao Quansheng saw that as soon as his cavalry came out, the cavalry of the Tang Army fled without looking back.
"The general is mighty, Tang Kou is frightened, congratulations."
"Yes, yes, I have heard the name of Goguryeo's strong army for a long time, and when I see it today, it really deserves its reputation."
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A group of people waited to see Gao Quansheng so excited, and they each made flattering words, only Futu Daochen was silent, his face was full of worry, and he opened his mouth a few times to speak, but he forcibly endured it, and at the end, seeing that everyone was blindly patronizing and excited, he didn't expect that the attacking army would be ambushed, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to stand up and say: "His Royal Highness the Prince, General Gao, Tang Kou has retreated strangely, and it is necessary to guard against fraud. ”
Futu Daochen's words are really very beautiful, how can Gao Quansheng listen to it, his eyes are glaring, and he is about to scold, Fu Yufeng saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly interrupted: "General Gao, Tang Kou has retreated, can you let the people under the city enter the city?" ”
Fu Yufeng is the master of Zhou Liucheng, so that he should not let the refugees into the city should be his own decision, at this time, in addition to respecting Gao Quansheng's accident, it is more just to dispel Gao Quansheng's anger towards Futu Daochen, which Gao Quansheng can understand, therefore, although Gao Quansheng glanced at Futu Daochen with hatred, he did not have a seizure, but said with a cold face: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, please take care of yourself, Gao Mou wants to see what Tang Kou can do." ”
Seeing that Gao Quansheng insisted on refusing to withdraw the troops, Fu Yufeng couldn't help it, so he smiled, didn't say anything more about this matter, turned around, and ordered a partial general next to him to go to Kaecheng to let the refugees into the city without mentioning it.
Not to mention that Zhou Liucheng was busy opening the city to rescue refugees at this time, but said that after the Goguryeo general Gong Chaofan led 3,000 cavalry out of the West City Gate, he was also worried that the Tang army would take advantage of the uncertain formation of his own side out of the city to sneak attack, and when he saw that the Tang army fled forward without looking back, he was excited, and he wanted to show his skills in this battle, so he led the army to chase after him with a roar, and one faction wanted to completely annihilate the Tang army. Disappeared from the sight of the generals at the head of the city.
Gong Chaofan couldn't chase him tightly, but he could make the Tang officers and soldiers anxious, when did the majestic Tang Iron Cavalry receive such a bird's spirit, not to mention such a little Goguryeo cavalry, it was facing the Turkic iron cavalry that crisscrossed the steppe, and the Tang cavalry had never fallen behind, let alone fled, no, the captains Fang Yue and Cheng Qinan saw that the Goguryeo cavalry behind them were chasing after them without knowing whether they were alive or dead, and they couldn't bear it anymore, so they rushed to Du Zhengxin's side with their horses left and right, and each spoke out and admonished.
"General Du, the thieves are catching up, let's fight."
"General, there are up to three thousand thieves, and our army can win the battle."
Du Zhengxin ignored the words of Fang and Cheng Erjung, and did not look back at the Goguryeo cavalry that was in pursuit, but looked up at the terrain in front of him, frowned and thought about it, and then waved his hand and said: "Order, the whole army will line up on the left hillside." Du Zhengxin gave this order, and the trumpeter beside him immediately blew the horn, and in the poignant horn sound, the Tang cavalry, which was originally galloping forward, immediately turned to a gentle slope on the left, rushed up, and then took advantage of an emergency stop, and in an instant, the front team changed to the rear team, and quickly lined up the attack formation on the hillside.
"All stopped!" Gong Chaofan, who was chasing wildly, just turned the bend of the mountain, and saw that the Tang cavalry had seized the geographical advantage, and hurriedly shouted, pulled the reins of the horse, and forcibly stopped the galloping war horse, followed by a group of Goguryeo cavalry panicked, and immediately squeezed into a ball, and the whole scene was chaotic, which formed an extremely obvious contrast with the training of the Tang cavalry.
"Waste." As soon as he saw the panicked appearance of the Goguryeo cavalry, Du Zhengxin was angry and the enemy was not funny, and he couldn't help but snort - at this time, the Tang army's strength was only one-third of that of Goguryeo, although it occupied the geographical advantage, but it had just changed from extreme movement to extreme quiet, and neither the physical strength nor horsepower of the officers and soldiers was in the best state, but Gong Chaofan actually ordered the whole army to stop, is this kind of retarded command ability not looking for death or what?
"Attack the whole army, kill!" Seeing that the cavalry of Goguryeo was crowded together, Du Zhengxin would not let go of such a good opportunity to break the enemy, waved the horse lance in his hand, shouted, and rushed down the gentle slope in the first place, aiming at Gong Chaofan and killing him.
"Kill the thief!"
"Kill!"
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As soon as Du Zhengxin moved, more than 1,000 Tang cavalry cavalry did not dare to slack off, and they each roared and rushed up, and in the smoke and dust, the murderous aura rose to the sky, and the forest-like rush of the top flashed in the scorching sun with a chilling light.
"Withdraw, withdraw!" As soon as he saw the Tang army galloping on horseback, the invincible spirit made Gong Chaofan's heart tremble, and the spirit of the Tang army that had been completely annihilated had long since disappeared, and he was busy twisting the horse's head, and in a panic, he wanted to turn around and flee.
If it is a mistake made by Gong Chaofan to order the whole army to stop before, then ordering a retreat at this time is a fatal defeat - the Tang army is not too far away from the Goguryeo cavalry, that is, a distance of less than two hundred steps, at this distance, for the Tang army down the mountain, it can be killed in the blink of an eye, if Gong Chaofan orders to fight, although he is at a disadvantage, he can rely on the advantage of the enemy's strength, and it may not be able to temporarily block the Tang army's offensive, but if he wants to turn around and withdraw the army, How could it be in time, so the Goguryeo cavalry, which was already in a panic, was completely collapsed by Gong Chaofan's blind command - the Tang army had not yet been killed, and under the crowding of their own families and horses, many soldiers rolled off their horses, and before the battle started, they had completely lost.
The officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were all old soldiers, and when they saw that the Goguryeo cavalry was in chaos before the battle, how could they say anything polite, and they roared into the chaos of the army, and under the simultaneous lifting of swords and guns, they killed the Goguryeo cavalry who lost their armor and cried for their fathers and mothers. The entire 3,000 Goguryeo cavalry was rushed by the Tang army, but it was only a single photo that it had completely collapsed, leaving hundreds of corpses and frantically fleeing back to the city of Zhouliu, and the Tang army did not chase and kill with all its might, and after gathering its troops, it hid among the mountains and forests......
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