Chapter 607: Reinforcement Streak Victory
Hu Yonggang asked the Pingkuo army stationed here to withdraw one-third of the camp tent first, and then ordered Blood Wuqi to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to intercept the grain and grass of the rebels in the Langzhou camp.
When the blood without hatred led the troops to set off, he personally led the two thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people to slowly withdraw the remaining camp tents. It was not until dawn that he had finished withdrawing, and he slowly went to a river bay sixty miles outside the city of Kuozhou, where he wanted to set up camp.
The rebels of the Langzhou battalion came to the aid of Kuozhou in three parts, the first part set off first, with 30,000 men, among whom the cavalry and infantry were mixed, and they took the official road with a post station.
It was this part that Hu Xianxian and Zheng Tianba wanted to ambush, and it was also this part that Cheng Haofeng was chasing.
This part of the rebel army is divided into three routes, namely 10,000 advance troops, 10,000 middle route troops, and 10,000 palace rear troops.
Although the advance team has elite cavalry among them, it carries a lot of supplies, and its action is not fast, and its attack power is not strong, so it can be frightened.
The advance team was followed by the Middle Route Army, all cavalry. The middle route army set out after the advance party, and the distance between the two armies was about fifty miles.
The reason why the cavalry was still lagging behind was that many of them accompanied them in carriages, and they needed to protect these officers, and they set off later than the advance party, and they did not march fast.
In the end, the 10,000 palace rear army had to guard against the pursuing soldiers led by Cheng Haofeng, and they were separated from the middle route army by more than 60 miles, so they didn't have to worry about being attacked from behind when they ambushed the middle route army.
In addition to the rebels who took this official road, there were 30,000 people who took the waterway, and they were left alone.
The other part of the rebel army, a force of 60,000 men, did not take this fastest official route, because they were all infantry, and they carried the most grain, grass, and baggage, etc., and took the small road that merchants often walked.
The distance from the capital to Kuozhou is slightly far, but there are many villages and towns along the way, which can reduce the consumption of supplies and make it convenient to stay overnight.
It was this part of the rebels that was attacked by the blood without hatred, and he mainly grabbed grain and grass, and did not engage in frontal attacks.
Last night, Hu Xianxian and Zheng Tianba marched more than 100 miles in a hurry, setting up an ambush on the road that the first part of the rebels must pass.
From Yuezhou to Kuozhou, they hardly rested, but they were still high-spirited. The soldiers crouching in the grass are like tigers waiting for their prey to appear, with sharp eyes and agile skills.
At that time, the warm spring sun shines on the grass and flowers, and the scenery on both sides of the official road is beautiful.
The defeated rebels of the Langzhou battalion on the official road walked on the road tiredly, without any heroism. They knew in their hearts that it was not so much to go to reinforce Kuozhou as to retreat from the capital.
The rebels thought that if they were caught off guard by killing the imperial court, they would be able to take the capital directly, and soon set up Han Zecan to ascend the throne. As soon as the big thing is accomplished, of course, they will all be honored and worshipped, and they will enjoy all the glory and wealth from then on. But who knew that the capital was a hard bone, and it didn't gnaw it off for more than a month.
The retreat was in a hurry, the food and grass were not much, breakfast was not eaten, and lunch was not yet reached. They were already depressed, and they were so tired and hungry that they couldn't walk.
"In this spring season, it would be great to be able to sit on a wicker chair and drink tea and enjoy the flowers." A soldier looked at the village countryside in the distance and said yearningly.
"Hehe, it would be better to have a few more confidants and friends to accompany you and tell some funny jokes, right?"
"Hey, you guys just daydream! Isn't it really a happy ...... to find two more little girls who are smart, listen to little songs, and laugh at them?"
Hearing this, those who are sleepy and walking with half-squinted eyes are coming to the spirit, and you are talking nonsense every word.
The rebels were talking about it, only to hear the sound of "buosh" and a rain of arrows from the grass beside the road.
They resisted in a panic, but the rain of arrows was dense like flying locusts pounced on the rice fields, and they suffered countless casualties in an instant.
However, they were well-trained elite divisions after all, and they quickly stabilized their formation and prepared for a counterattack.
However, when they were about to counterattack, they didn't know what to attack, and the ambushes seemed to have withdrawn.
After a while, before the arrows were fired, the rebels sent a few bold spies to take a closer look, and sure enough, the ambush soldiers had withdrawn.
They expected that it was just a coincidence that they encountered a small group of imperial troops, so they stopped exploring and continued to move forward. To be safe, they were more cautious when marching, and also signaled to the following team to warn their comrades to be careful of ambushes.
Just when the advance team of the rebels in the Langzhou battalion walked past about 5,000 people, Hu Xianxian also led the successful sneak attack to break the army and really withdrew, and they lurked in the grass to join Zheng Tianba.
This ambush can be said to be just to scare the rebels for fun, and on a small hill fifty miles away from here, it is only after meeting with Zheng Tianba that the ambush is really going to be carried out.
The target of their ambush was the middle route army of this part of the rebel army, and among these 10,000 people, there were the elite of the rebel army, which was very difficult to deal with. It was this difficult team that they wanted to ambush, because there were many generals in the Central Route Army, and killing the generals could disrupt their command steps and deal the most powerful blow to the morale of the rebels.
On the tenth day of the first month of March, it was almost noon, the middle route army of the first part of the rebel army arrived within the ambush range, Zheng Tianba waved the flag and ordered the attack, and the soldiers he led immediately moved.
At the same time, Hu Xianxian and the Iron Guard of the Broken Army were resting on the side, they fought a battle first, and then there would be another tough battle to fight, and they had to recuperate.
Rolling rocks and beams slammed down the hillside towards the rebels, and these improvised weapons were not very powerful, but they completely disorganized the rebels.
The Central Route Army had already received a signal warning from the advance team, but there was no abnormal movement along the way, and it was careless because of the strength of the soldiers and horses.
The cavalry was blocked, and the convoy of horses that followed behind was blocked behind and did not know what was happening, and there was a lot of trouble.
When they were in chaos, Zheng Tianba led his men to rush out, rushing into the enemy camp like a tiger descending from a mountain to attack.
Zheng Tianba personally went into battle to fight, and his tiger knife was heavy and sharp, and it was unstoppable. He does not cut small soldiers, but only horses with bright bridles.
Most of the people riding this kind of horse are generals, and their martial arts are not weak, but they have never encountered Zheng Tianba's style of fighting that specializes in cutting horses, and they don't know how to deal with it.
The injuries of the cavalry horses will of course weaken the combat effectiveness, and those generals who were stunned by Zheng Tianba's abnormal behavior will weaken the combat effectiveness even more.
Zheng Tianba seems to be chopping indiscriminately, but in fact, he has a witty and steady way of playing.
He was followed by several pro-soldiers with strong martial arts, these people were his old brothers in Panlong Village, and they cooperated with him very tacitly.
When he beat those generals stunned, these people quickly took action and took the vital parts of these people.
Several of them cooperated to kill the enemy, and no matter how good their martial arts were, they would not die or be seriously injured.
When the rebels adjusted from the initial panic and set up a formation to prepare for a counterattack, Zheng Tianba had already led people to withdraw.
They both retreated and attacked, again attacking the ten thousand men behind the temple. This round was led by Hu Xianxian's broken army guards, and the soldiers led by Zheng Tianba had to rest for a while.
After they withdrew, there were only more than 8,000 of the 10,000 people left in the Middle Route Army. The rebels who survived the catastrophe were about to breathe a sigh of relief when they heard the earth-shattering shouts of killing.
A young general rode a big black horse to rush into the enemy formation, only to see him in red robe and bronze armor, silver spear dancing like a meteor, and blood splashing everywhere he passed.
This is Zheng Huiliao leading the troops to arrive, and he led the troops to kill the middle route army again.
Seeing his extraordinary heroism, the remnants of the frightened Middle Route Army even forgot how to resist, and the Predator almost became a slave to be killed.
The retreating counterinsurgency troops did not stop, Hu Xianxian led the broken army to march another fifty miles, and stood in the middle of the road in five teams, just like bandits robbing the road.
Zheng Tianba led the team to move slowly, allowing the soldiers to rest, and only when Hu Xianxian sent a signal to signal that the rebels behind the palace were about to arrive, he quickly advanced and ambushed in the woods and grass on both sides.
Because Cheng Haofeng led his troops to chase after him, the rebels behind the palace were even more exhausted than the previous two teams.
However, when they saw a green-robed Taoist girl leading more than a hundred people, the big lama stopped in the middle of the road, they still couldn't help laughing.
Because even if these more than 100 people are all extraordinary martial arts, if you want to kill tens of thousands of people, you have to be so tired that you can't lift your hands, right?
Is this Dao Gu too desperate, or stupid, how dare she come to death directly like this? Could it be that the heavens saw that they were too miserable to flee in disarray, and wanted to send them a victory to boost their morale?
Hu Xianxian didn't wear the uniform of the rebel army, and this broken army iron guard was different from the military uniforms worn by other soldiers in the DPRK and China.
The rebels marched within the range of their bows and arrows, and immediately bent their bows and arrows at Hu Xianxian and them, they wanted to strike first and win the victory.
The sound of arrows breaking through the wind sounded, and Hu Xianxian immediately spread the fog and hidden nets to block the sharp arrows that were shot.
The Iron Guards of the Broken Army bravely rushed forward to the enemy formation, and after several drills, they had completely trusted Hu Xianxian to keep them from being shot, so they only focused on charging into battle, not thinking about how to dodge the bow and arrow.
In this way, the offensive efficiency is greatly improved.
The rebels were incredulous that they dared to rush straight forward, but the rebels had no time to be surprised, and many died before they could react.
Blood stained the armor red, bringing glory to the broken army and iron guards, and humiliation and unwillingness to bring to the rebels.
The Iron Guard of the Broken Army is like a sharp awl inserted into the body of the fat pig, although the awl hurts the fat pig hard, but the fat pig is too big to kill it completely.
So, it was Zheng Tianba's turn to take people to take action!
As soon as they were caught off guard, a division of tigers and wolves suddenly poured out, and the rebels could no longer stabilize their formation, but only relied on their bloody instincts to resist desperately.
After Zheng Tianba and them entered the war, Hu Xianxian no longer directly confronted the enemy, but flew in the air to patrol and protect officers at the rank of lieutenant colonel and above.
As for why only the officers are protected, it is that these officers have been trained with a lot of painstaking efforts and can make greater contributions. When you don't have the ability to protect them all, and you have to make a choice, of course, you need to protect the more useful people first.
It's not fair, but there's no such thing as absolute fairness in the world.
Although he understood this truth, Hu Xianxian couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart when he watched his soldiers being killed.
When the enemy and us were fighting fiercely, I heard arrows in the air again, and it was Cheng Haofeng's pursuers who arrived!
Already having the upper hand, and with the help of friendly forces, the counterinsurgency army in the imperial court was more demoralized, while the rebels were demoralized.
Under the attack of Zheng Tianba's men and horses and Cheng Haofeng's men, the rebels behind the palace were almost wiped out.
It is said that "almost all the army was wiped out" because more than 1,000 people did not die. More than 1,000 people threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy without talking about any conditions.