Chapter 411: The Decisive Battle of Bianzhou: The Dust Has Settled!
The battle began early in the morning and lasted until near noon, when almost all of the Changying army who remained in the Xingsheng camp were killed, and the Hebei rebels had in fact taken the Xingsheng camp.
At this point in the battle, both sides have actually achieved the expected goal, and the battle should enter another short period of rest.
However, an earth-shattering explosion became a turning point in the course of the entire battle.
The pause button, which should have been pressed, was replaced with acceleration, and as the commanders of the two armies continued to increase their troops, the battlefield became very lively.
First, the 2,000 Changying army defeated at least 5,000 Hebei army infantry soldiers head-on.
Then the two thousand Changying army were besieged on three sides by the Hebei army, which was ten times their own,
The 2,000 soldiers of the Changying Army retreated while fighting, and more than 20,000 Hebei troops were in hot pursuit.
And while they were in pursuit, the two commanders were also increasing their troops.
The four thousand Changying army infantry were the first to arrive at the central battlefield in the fierce battle, and the two Changying armies continued to retreat after converging.
Seeing that there was no chance to completely annihilate the opponent, the infantry of the Hebei army chose to follow up and follow, while more than 20,000 other Hebei troops quickly caught up.
However, the two sides still maintained a strange tacit understanding, withdrawing unhurriedly and chasing unhurriedly, while Pei Mingren and Guo Rong continued to transfer troops from the rear.
From noon to midday, the advanced and backward Changying army retreated while fighting, and finally completed a distance of about six or seven miles.
At this time, Guo Rong had directly taken over the direct command of the entire Daicun battalion.
On the other hand, in order to facilitate the observation of the battle situation and command the battle, the rebel commander who directly confronted Guo Rong, the veteran Pei Mingren of Lu Long, has been moving forward.
At this moment, the location of Pei Mingren's handsome banner was less than five miles away from the training camp.
Although the speed of the two sides was not too fast, although both sides had a great tacit understanding and did not fight on a large scale, it was still a full hour of pursuit.
An hour of time, a distance of seven or eight miles, will bring enough fatigue to everyone, and all the soldiers on both sides will have more than a dozen pounds of armor and weapons on their bodies, which will become the last straw that crushes everyone.
Both sides are veterans, both sides are elites, and the commanders are not wine bags and rice bags.
Huang Hankai's intuition is as sensitive as his sense of smell for danger.
At the moment when he found that the defeated Hebei rebels had turned back, he immediately ordered a retreat and personally led the heavy cavalry to break the rear.
If it weren't for this, the 2,000 Changying army would have been surrounded by more than ten times the Hebei army.
Huang Hankai is like this, and Zhen Bingliang, a former confidant of the veteran Tan Zhong, is not bad at all.
The former Zhen Bingliang was too cautious and lacked courage.
After Tan Zhong's death, Zhen Bingliang was on the verge of collapse for a while, but he survived the collapse period with willpower and understanding, and recovered everything about Tan Zhong from beginning to end according to his own memory.
Zhen Bingliang, the whole person has undergone a qualitative change from thinking to temperament, in other words, he has opened his mind.
From the beginning of the pursuit, the emergence of this situation was predicted, and after the other party found himself, he turned around and ran without any hesitation, Zhen Bingliang knew that it was difficult to catch the other party.
However, Zhen Bingliang was not too frustrated about this, because Zhen Bingliang had a clear and deep understanding of the task given to him by Pei Mingren and Pei Mingren's ultimate goal.
It's good to be able to swallow this part of the forbidden army in one gulp, but it's obviously good to take down the third battalion in the rear of the opponent in one go.
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It's just that the difficulty of directly taking down the opponent's third battalion is a bit outrageous.
Therefore, Pei Mingren did not ask for it directly, but Zhen Bingliang read out Pei Mingren's ultimate purpose.
The distance between the two large battalions was not short, and it was still exhausting to complete such a march, let alone a pursuit battle.
If both parties maintain a tacit understanding and maintain physical strength to the greatest extent, they can also ensure a certain amount of physical strength and energy when they arrive at the destination.
If one side tries its best, or suddenly accelerates, once the balance and tacit understanding are broken, it really starts to fight desperately, and maybe it may be able to reach the destination in the end, but at that time, it is difficult to say how much combat power can be left of these tens of thousands of people who temporarily belong to their command.
After all, the end of the strong crossbow can't wear Lu Min!
At that time, he has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and it seems that there are many people, but he may not be able to resist the elite of the opponent if he really fights.
Therefore, tailgating and tacit understanding are the best solutions that Zhen Bingliang thinks.
It stands to reason that the other party should not open the camp gate for these thousands of people, but the capitalized "Guo" on the other party's handsome flag undoubtedly proves the identity of the other party.
If it's Guo Rong, it's not necessarily.
At the beginning, Tan Zhong also thought that Guo Rong would definitely not dare to attack rashly, but Guo Rong not only attacked, but also counterattacked in a battle, overthrowing 100,000 troops.
In fact, Zhen Bingliang guessed correctly.
At about the beginning of the hour, the Changying army at the forefront was less than a mile away from the camp gate.
In order to welcome his own soldiers and horses, under the direct order of Guo Rong, the camp gate of the Dai Village Battalion of the forbidden army was opened.
And this has once again become an important point in time.
The door of the Daicun camp was wide open, including the rebel commander Pei Mingren, and more than 100,000 Hebei rebels seemed to be crazy all of a sudden.
The camp is not as good as the city, and the camp gate is not as good as the city gate, but the camp gate and the city gate are the most suitable, convenient and efficient ways to enter and exit.
The other party's purpose in opening the camp gate can only be to welcome his own soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses obviously cannot be closed when they enter the camp through the camp gate.
In other words, as long as the speed is fast enough and the intention is ruthless enough, you can follow the other party and rush directly into the camp.
Although the chances of survival of the first wave of soldiers who rushed into the camp were very low, even if the whole army was wiped out, as long as they could hold the camp gate and let the follow-up men follow, it would be done.
This way of breaking the camp is obviously much better than piling up corpses little by little.
Zhen Bingliang imagined that Guo Rong would open the camp gate, but it was just an imagination, and the current scene was not exactly the same as that day outside Zhuzhai.
However, Zhen Bingliang never dreamed that this time, Guo Rong still opened the camp gate, and this time, he was extremely excited.
What comes to mind is what Tan Zhong, who has passed away, once taught himself, that the opportunity is reserved for those who are prepared, be ready at any time, and when the real opportunity comes to you one day, seize it, and then you can soar into the sky.
Returning to Bianzhou with more than 10,000 elite horsemen and the battle situation of Zhuzhai was an opportunity given to him by Tan Zhong before his death, whether with his qualifications, with his qualifications, and with his identity as not Pei Mingren's cronies, how could he get the opportunity to command a full 50,000 horses when he was about to fight.
That was almost arranged by Tan Zhong for himself, and this time, in Zhen Bingliang's opinion, now is his chance!
After all, the army is the imperial court, not the people, and the way to convince the sergeants is nothing more than two, the first is absolutely strong strength, and it is invincible all over the world.
As for the second point, it is victory, a steady stream of victories!
Therefore, after seeing the goal, what Zhen Bingliang himself needs is to boost morale.
As for how to boost morale, Zhen Bingliang had learned too much from his former boss Tan Zhong, so he began to shout loudly among the sergeants.
"Those who are the first to enter the camp will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and they will be promoted to three levels in a row!"
"After entering the camp, for each soldier killed, a reward of 100 gold will be awarded, and the rank will be promoted to one level ......"
"Kill the enemy chief Guo Rong, reward 10,000 gold, and win five levels in a row......"
"Capture the enemy chief Guo Rong alive, reward 10,000 gold, and win five levels in a row......"
"Slash ......"
In addition to Zhen Bingliang himself, the guards who followed him also began to desperately spread the reward that Zhen Bingliang had temporarily made up.
In just a few tens of breaths, various bounties have begun to spread rapidly among the rebel front army with an irrepressible speed.
Under the mental stimulation and encouragement, the 100,000 rebels, especially the nearly 50,000 rebels who had been following them, instantly became excited.
Almost red-eyed, howling, and frenzied, he ran wildly towards the camp gate, striving for the high bounty that could be seen, but could not be touched.
Under the handsome banner five miles away, looking at the performance of the former army, Pei Mingren's old face smiled like a chrysanthemum.
He had to admit that Tan Zhong was indeed more powerful, not only was he powerful in war, his judgment was accurate, but he was also a cut above him in terms of looking at people.
Through his own words and orders, he can easily read out his superficial goals and real goals, and use the most appropriate way to execute and command, for Zhen Bingliang, who Tan Zhong specially left for himself, Pei Mingren couldn't be more satisfied.
If there is any regret, it is that he did not understand the information left by Tan Zhong for the first time, as well as the transformed Zhen Bingliang.
Compared with the excited Zhen Bingliang and the excited Tan Zhong, Guo Rong, who deliberately caused the situation in front of him, was in a mixed mood.
Although, the number of people is a bit large, but strictly speaking, in terms of purpose.
The other party has taken the bait!
This is beyond doubt.
After all, from the very beginning, Guo Rong's aim was to draw all the attention of the rebels to himself, so that they had no time to take care of the rear.
Now, the number of rebels attacking head-on alone is close to 100,000!
At the same time, Guo Rong had just received information from both flanks that in the case of Han Chong's reduction of troops and deliberate release of water, in one morning, the rebels on the north and south flanks had completely fallen.
Moreover, it seems that in order to join forces with the frontal attacking rebels, after completely capturing the second line of defense of the Changying Army attached to the Xingsheng Battalion, the rebels of the Hebei Army almost did not pause and immediately began to continue the offensive.
The number of these two parts has approached 100,000, plus the frontal nearly 100,000, and the main force of the rebels has been firmly attracted here.
The plan did work, but it was more or less excessive,
Rao is already fully prepared, but looking at the countless zombie-like rebels, Guo Rong was a little confused.
The only thing that made Guo Rong feel more relieved was that with the arrival of Xiao Junpeng and others, the cause of the accidental explosion had been discovered, and the talent he had high hopes for was actually by his side.
Since he is around, it is enough to protect it, and more importantly, knowing that the other party cannot know the secret, Guo Rong can defend with peace of mind.
After determining that there was no danger in the rear, Guo Rong also completely let go and completely adjusted his defensive plan.
It was originally planned to attack ahead of schedule to receive the 800 heavy infantry who had withdrawn from the infantry, and 20 eight-bull crossbows were repositioned.
At the same time, in the center of the camp, catapults and partly long-range eight-bull crossbows began to fire freely from the maximum range of attack.
If it were normal, whether it was the huge stone projectile of the catapult or the terrifying crossbow of the Eight Ox Crossbow, although it would not wipe out the rebels, it could cause casualties, cause fear, and affect the speed of the opponent's forbidden army.
Today, the crossbows and catapults have not stopped for a moment, and they are concentrated as much as possible in densely populated places.
The damage was staggering, but it did not cause widespread commotion or panic, and many people even turned a blind eye to the flying brains that were smashed by the stone bullets in front of their eyes.
In fact, the madness of the rebels not only exceeded Guo Rong's expectations, but also exceeded the expectations of Huang Hankai, Meng Qian and others.
Guo Rong's ideas and plans can be roughly understood by Huang Hankai, Meng Qian and others, but they can also see the subtlety of the current situation, the rebels are really too perverted, and they are completely filling the hole with their heads in a way that is not as good as casualties.
Moreover, there are too many of them, and the follow-up is too tight, if it is as it is now, Guo Rong and the follow-up Changying Army will not have time to make any direct preparations, and they will be passive when the time comes.
Daicun's battalion is not necessarily necessarily lost, but it is destined to pay a certain price of blood to stabilize the defense.
Others, perhaps, do not understand why the rebels burst into high morale in an instant.
But Huang Hankai, who had been at the end of the entire team, clearly heard the rewards offered one after another in the rebels, and these rewards were high enough for all ordinary soldiers to ascend to the sky in one step.
So, on the way to retreat, Huang Hankai, following Guo Rong's example, left three hundred heavy infantry from the retreating soldiers, and these three hundred people included Huang Hankai himself.
If at the peak state, the three hundred heavy infantry can definitely form a real wall, when the rebels are dead in the way, but these three hundred people have already experienced the forbidden army, surprise attack, and withdrawal, and their physical strength and energy are almost exhausted to the limit.
In front of the hundreds of thousands of rebels, the temporary battle formation of 300 people only lasted a few dozen breaths before falling to the ground.
However, in this kind of battlefield, dozens of breaths of time are also valuable, and it is precisely by using these dozens of breaths of time that Guo Rong made the final defensive arrangement.
Soon after tearing apart the last line of defense composed of 300 heavy infantry led by Huang Hankai, he rushed into the Daicun camp of the Changying Army along the open camp gate.
However, after rushing into the camp in a hurry, Rao was the first batch of people who were the craziest, and after seeing the scene in front of him, the madness was no longer there.
Because in front of them were two full rows of eight-ox crossbows that were staggered, and the total number exceeded sixty!
Behind the eight-bull crossbow, there are rows of Mo sword soldiers.
As they entered the camp together, an order to launch came from the temporary eight-bull crossbow position in the camp, and immediately after, ten eight-ox crossbows flew away, quickly emptying the rebels near the door.
However, in the next moment, another group of outlaw rebels rushed up, and the battle completely entered the apocalypse stage.
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Just when Zhen Bingliang commanded the rebels to frantically attack the Daicun camp, a team of ragged, exhausted, and obviously wounded cavalry rushed into the rear base camp of the rebels.
They brought a message that was unacceptable to all the rebels.
Two days ago, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court raided several camps in Bianzhou that surrounded Bianzhou and stored baggage and ordnance at the same time.
Hearing the news of the rout, the Hebei army general who stayed in the camp frowned for a while, he believed that it was not fake, but it was not his decision to increase the troops, and after not coming up with a way for a long time, he suddenly raised his head and asked.
"What's your name?"
"Humble Guo Zheng!"