Three hundred and thirty-four, bloody battle peach water
At the beginning of the morning, the frost and fog were misty, and the people on the left bank of Taoshui shouted and neighed.
Everyone saw the sky-high flame in the direction of Taoshui Palace, which was a signal that the grain and grass were burned, and the hearts of the three major battalions of the Fan Army suddenly fluctuated. Gongziwei, who fled back to the camp in embarrassment, confirmed the shocking bad news: the Taoshui Palace had been burned to the ground, and no one knew the whereabouts of Fanjun. He himself was ambushed by the Hubei army on the march, and most of his 20,000 horses were lost, and he fled in panic with only about 5,000 men.
The army's food stock is only enough to support it for three days, and if it is delayed for a while, the enemy will cross the river first and form an encirclement of his own side, which will be greatly disadvantageous to him. At dawn, Ying Yuan made a decision: the whole army crossed Taoshui in batches and rushed straight to the battlefield.
No matter how rushed the decision was, a battle for life and death finally began.
The sun had not yet pierced through the hazy frost and mist, and the army of ephedra armor spread out on the wide river, surging across the plains and valleys on the right bank of the peach water, and the sky and the earth were chaotic golden. When Ying Yuan's commander Yunche stood up, he was speechless in astonishment. There were no Hubei troops on the entire riverbank battlefield, and in the three mountain passes that could be vaguely seen in the distance, brown flags were faintly fluttering, but the sound of camp waves mixed with the neighing of people and horses and the sound of drums and trumpets could not be heard.
"Report to the General! The Void of the Hubei Army Camp! There is not a single soldier in the valley!"
"Twenty miles of flying riding! Let's find out and report again!"
The probe horse flew away, and Ying Yuan's face was gloomy and terrifying. The Hou Yu Fang clearly approved today's battle in the war book, but there was no army on the battlefield, which was clearly a conspiracy battle. It's not that he believes the big characters on the parchment, but he should have decided that it is impossible for the Hubei army to escape on the spot, and it should be coveting the battlefield in a place he can't see!
There is a conspiracy, either a sneak attack or an ambush, so what can you do otherwise? What Ying Yuan couldn't figure out was that if the Hubei army wanted to do a conspiracy battle, as long as it did a "half-crossing attack" when it crossed the river, the army would definitely be defeated; Now if you don't do Bandu and send troops, you can teach the army to calmly cross the river and lay out the formation, but the Hubei army is nowhere to be seen, what kind of conspiracy is this? Even if you have an ambush, you have to lure me into a steep valley.
Now our army is at least three or five miles away from the nearest valley, not to mention that we are outside the mountain, but into the mountain, how many people can ambush on the low and gentle hills? Ying Yuan pondered and pondered, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and gradually, his suspicions became heavier and heavier - could it be that Eyu Fang abandoned the empty camp and went north to join Mrs. Fantai's troops to seize Fancheng? If not, would an army of more than 100,000 people be able to escape out of thin air?
"Report to the General! There are no Hubei troops in the mountains and regions!"
When the scout came to report like a meteor, Ying Yuan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat - he was sure that the main force of the Hubei army must have gone north! In a moment, Ying Yuan didn't have time to think about it before he shouted the order: "Through the valley! Go north and go back to Fancheng!"
After the order was given, Ying Yuan flew off the cloud car and turned over on the war horse, and flew to the front with the three thousand elite horse team guarding the shogunate. He is very familiar with the geography here: he only needs to cross Taoshui, and then cross the gentle valley three or five miles away, and it only takes a day or two to rush back to Fancheng.
In such an hour, the main force of more than 100,000 troops of the Fan army has rumbled into the valley where the banner of the Hubei army was inserted. Only a few thousand people from Gongziwei need to rest, and they have not yet entered the valley------
Suddenly, rumbling war drums completely flooded valley and valley, and the sound of killing was heard in all directions.
The son outside the mountain pass was so stunned that he didn't know why. Looking at the valley, which was still empty, the brown Hubei army swept all over the field in an instant, like a violent flood gushing out of the ground. The shouting and killing sound in the valley was even more deafening, and the two originally low mountain beams turned up a jungle of swords and spears in a fierce manner.
What's even more terrifying is that the left bank of Taoshui magically erected an earthy yellow barrier, and a big flag with the word "E" hunted and danced. Gongziwei understood at a glance that it was the bow and crossbow array of the Hubei army. In other words, the strong bows and crossbows of the Hubei army have blocked Taoshui's retreat, and if the main force of the Fan army cannot break through the enemy's valley ambush, they can only let this terrifying storm of arrows and crossbows shoot clean.
"Into the valley! Rendezvous with General Ohara!" Childe wai yelled.
The guards drew their swords and shouted in unison, "The prince of the office horse team guards! Fifty horsemen rushed forward, and after fifty horsemen were broken, kill—"
At this time, within the valley, the main force of Ying Yuan is large
The army saw that Taniguchi was in the distance, and suddenly the war drums were like thunder. Although Ying Yuan was the commander-in-chief of the unified army, he was quite courageous, but after all, he still lacked actual combat experience compared to the Eyu Fang, and when he was in a hurry and suspicious, he suddenly heard the sound of war drums and killings like thunder, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused for a moment.
Before he could even issue a military order, he was wrapped into the core of the horse team by a group of veteran Sima who had been in battle for a long time around him. When Ying Yuan came to his senses and roared angrily, he wanted to command the army to break out of the valley, and the two mountain and Hubei armies had already pressed like a tsunami, and the entire army immediately fell into a chaotic battle that could not help itself.
Ying Yuan's Chinese army escort horse team is the elite of the elite of the army, everyone is a battlefield warrior, and without waiting for the general to give orders, the Sima and Ying Yuan of the entire Chinese army shogunate have been wrapped in the core and swept towards the mountain pass like a hurricane. The generals around him roared in unison, and the sergeants fought to the death to the mountain pass.
On the cloud car on the mountain, the military order of the Hou Hou Yufang Daxu Banner flew over and over again, and the Hubei army had already pounced on the entire battlefield.
In the valley, the Hubei military had already made full preparations, and the two mountain walls were built both secretly and strongly, and they were piled up with rolling logs, stones, arrows, and spare knives and spears. The sound of war drums and the terrible horns of the bull trumpet, the rain of arrows from the two mountains poured into the valley, and the rolling wood and stones jumped and pounced from the hillside, and the power was really terrifying.
The army was still in shock and ignorance, and the brown Hubei army was already rumbling down from the hillside with spears of several feet long, and the momentum of the forest was chilling. The flying cavalry of the Fan army is known for its agility and speed, and its combat power is much weaker than that of the heavy infantry in formation.
From the sound of the war drums to the time when the Hubei army pressed down the hillside and broke into the valley, in less than half an hour, the Fan army had been divided into countless large and small pieces for their own battles, like a pale yellow sunset floating in the green jungle. Rao is like this, the fan army is still desperately roaring and fighting. They are unwilling, if this battle is lost, the country will be destroyed.
At this time, Ying Yuan's command ability as a commander was revealed, and he ordered Sima to wave the flag and spread the flag: "The front army will rush to the valley mouth, and the rear army will retreat to Taoshui, and fight nearby!"
The front army and the rear army rushed in different directions, and the battlefield underwent unexpected changes.