Chapter 371: Bagong Mountain
As an outstanding young actor in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Xiao Gao Wang knew that the foreplay of luring the enemy must be realistic, so although he set a plan to lure the enemy, the Qi army's siege strength did not include a lake at all, after all, he could really storm Shouyang in a short time, and there was no need to lure the enemy again.
Northern Qi used many means, the siege of the city for five days, 150,000 state and county soldiers casualties of nearly 10,000, Gao Cheng of course will not use the soldiers like baby bumps for ant attachment, even if it is put into the siege, it will have to be consumed until the defenders are exhausted, and there are few stones left.
By the sixth day, that is, on May 29 of the first year of Zhaode (548), Xiao Yuanming stood at the head of the city, and he could clearly feel that the morale of the Qi siege troops was low.
Xiao Yuanming walked to the north of the city wall, looked at the baggage boats that entered the water gate one after another under the escort of the sailors, and smiled at Xiao Huili, the commander of the three armies beside him:
"Within three days, the main force of Qi Kou will definitely withdraw from the siege."
Sure enough, as Xiao Yuanming expected, the next day, that is, on May 30, Gao Cheng saw that there was a steady stream of ordnance, such as lost arrows and stones, which were transported to the city by waterways, and finally ordered to stop using miscellaneous troops to wear and tear down the enemy's defense equipment, and ordered the general Hu Lujin to lead 50,000 county soldiers to guard 100,000 people to pile up earth mountains outside Shouyang City.
After sending the wounded soldiers back to the north of the Huai River from the naval division, he led 50,000 cavalry and 100,000 foot soldiers, and the remaining 90,000 county soldiers and nearly 500,000 people went east to Huaiyin, as if he wanted to seize Huaiyin as an outpost and shift the strategic focus from the western part of Huainan to the eastern part of Huainan.
Along the way, there was a lot of fanfare and momentum.
But Xiao Yuanming never moved, and he didn't know if Gao Cheng would make a move to return the carbine.
On June 14, Xiao Yuanming received information confirming that Gao Cheng had indeed led 240,000 foot cavalry and countless people to besiege Huaiyin City.
In fact, no matter whether the main force of the Qi army withdrew from the siege or not, with the existence of the water gate in the north, Gao Cheng could not cut off the news inside and outside Shouyang.
Due to the previous siege of the city by the ants, the seventeen state and county soldiers were visibly low, and the Nanliang spies also reported the situation to Xiao Yuanming early.
Now that he learned that Gao Cheng's main force had advanced eastward, Xiao Yuanming ordered the sailors to march east to assist in the defense of Huaiyin, and at the same time, he also began to plan to swallow the 50,000 county soldiers of Northern Qi who were guarding civil engineering operations outside Shouyang City.
On June 16, Xiao Huili, the king of Ankang, sat in Shouyang, Xiao Yuanming personally led Xiahou Tan and others, commanded 40,000 foot cavalry, and suddenly rushed out of the city, the Northern Qi was unprepared, 100,000 people were in a mess, scattered and fled, and the state and county soldiers who were already demoralized were unable to form a formation to resist because the people were like headless flies, and Hu Lujin had to order the withdrawal of troops to Huaibei.
Xiao Yuanming saw that the Qi army was defeated, and he hurriedly urged his troops to chase after him, and ran out of five miles in a row to the foot of Bagong Mountain north of Shouyang.
The former Qin Fujian marched south with millions of people, leaving the world with an allusion to the story of the grass and trees on Bagong Mountain.
However, this time, there was not only grass and trees on Bagong Mountain, but also the main force of 50,000 cavalry of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
It turned out that Gao Cheng's cavalry under Huaiyin City was a blind way, and the Northern Qi cavalry had two horses or even three horses, so Gao Cheng only left a war horse for the cavalry, hiding in Bagong Mountain, and the rest of the horses were ridden by the infantry and pretended to be cavalry, as for the lack of infantry soldiers, they were replaced by people from the people's husbands, nearly 500,000 people's husbands, less than 50,000 people, and it was difficult for the Nanliang spies to find out in a short time.
When Xiao Yuanming led 40,000 foot cavalry, pursued and killed the Northern Qi Dynasty for five miles, and captured a large number of soldiers, he had already lost his formation.
A sharp sound suddenly sounded on Bagong Mountain, Gao Ao Cao and Duan Shao, who were hiding behind the mountain, led 40,000 cavalry to outflank from the left and right, and Peng Le led 10,000 cavalry to charge down from Bagong Mountain, like a Menghu descending the mountain, and the momentum was terrifying.
Xiao Yuanming said that there were 40,000 foot soldiers, but in fact they were mainly foot soldiers, and among the 10,000 private soldiers of the Xiahou clan, there were only 2,000 horsemen, which was already known as the best for a while, and it was conceivable that there was indeed a shortage of horses in the south.
Running on two legs to chase the enemy army for five miles, the soldiers were already exhausted, and now the 50,000 black-armored knights of the Qi army formed three torrents to outflank them, and the Liang army, which could not breathe, was scattered by Peng Le, Gao Aocao, and Duan Shao before they re-formed the formation to resist.
No matter how hoarse Xiao Yuanming shouted, he couldn't organize an effective defense.
When it comes to bravery, it is difficult for anyone to compare with Gao Aocao and Peng Le, and even Hou Jing despises the two of them for their lack of strategy, and at the same time, he has to sigh that the two are good at pigs.
Gao Ao Cao once used more than ten horsemen to break Zhu Yusheng's 5,000 army, Peng Le also fought Yuwentai in the Battle of Bishan to redeem his life with a gold belt, the two brothers and Duan Shao led 50,000 horsemen, and the entourage of the governor still has Hu Lu Qiangju, Hu Lu Ping, Qi Lieping, Pi Jinghe, Murong Yan and other cavalry generals, all of whom are good at cavalry combat.
The three Northern Qi cavalry were divided into more than ten units, and wherever there were Liang army foot soldiers gathering, they were charged over and scattered.
If the infantry can form a formation to resist the impact of the cavalry, the cavalry standing on the horse will become a live target, but if the formation is scattered, it will be the battle under the Bagong Mountain, the cavalry will rush left and right, and run back and forth from the Liang army.
Xiahou saw that the army was completely divided, and let people rush to kill at will, knowing that the situation was irreparable, he urgently led two thousand horsemen to withdraw from the battlefield, and even Shouyang did not dare to return, after all, after this defeat, Shouyang City was empty, no matter how many materials there were, people were panicked, and it was difficult to hold it for a long time.
These two thousand cavalry are Xiahou's private soldiers, as long as this cavalry is in hand, even if he flees back to Jiangnan, Xiao Bodhisattva will not condemn and kill him, which is also the reason why Xiahou is unwilling to stay here and fight hard, he really lost the two thousand cavalry of the Xiahou clan here, he is the sinner of the clan.
Xiao Yuanming saw Xiahou leading the cavalry away, and scolded in his mouth:
"The vertical son has no guts, and he is ashamed to take Xiahou as his surname!"
At this time, Peng Le had already recognized Xiao Yuanming's handsome banner, and led three thousand horsemen to kill him.
Peng Le is over forty years old, but his strength has not weakened, and he is still in another time and space in the Battle of Shayuan, cutting off his intestines, leading the army to fight, and when Gao Huan's army is defeated, he can kill the ruthless men of the Western Wei Dynasty soldiers on the local battlefield.
As the two of them got closer and closer, Xiao Yuanming finally lost his courage, and he could no longer care about the army under his command, so he turned his horse and wanted to flee.
But he was caught up by Peng Le, a lance hit the horse's leg, Xiao Yuanming fell off the horse, Peng Le didn't care about his life and death, he had his own rider to investigate, turned around and slapped Shuai Qi off with a shot and shouted:
"Liang Shuai is captured, why don't the rest of the people descend quickly!"
The three thousand cavalry soldiers who rushed with him shouted in unison, regardless of shouting, in Chinese:
"Liang Shuai is captured, why don't the rest of the people descend quickly!"
The soldiers of the Liang army, who were already in a bitter battle, heard the words and couldn't see the handsome banner, so they no longer had the heart to fight, except for the rout soldiers who took advantage of the chaos to escape from the encirclement, the rest laid down their arms.
On the battlefield, the sound of begging came and went.