Chapter 632 Everyone in front of us is an enemy
150,000 people, you can pile up corpses in Xingyang City, even if you take stones, you should also build them.
But this rebel army can't do it, in the final analysis, there is still a reason, it's too complicated, the fifteen rebels, no one wants to wear and tear excessively, they all have their own little calculations, and Li Deyi has no absolute authority to restrain these people, so he can only save himself and try to let others attack the city.
His little abacus can be heard by Yang Ming, who is in Luoyang.
Xingyang couldn't be attacked for a long time, and they were already in chaos internally, Shuai Rentai, Huo Xiaohan and Wu Hailiu, who were on the right flank of the army, took advantage of the night to quietly break away from the army, intending to bypass Xingyang and go straight to Xingluocang.
They are almost out of food, and if they continue to stay here, they will only starve to death, in fact, many people have already starved to death.
Nearly 20,000 people broke away from the army, which naturally caused great commotion, and the other rebels were in chaos in an instant, some wanted to follow, and some wanted to stop them.
"These two dogs, they deserve to be bandits for the rest of their lives, the arrows and ballistas in Xingyang City Defense have been exhausted, and we will be able to attack them tomorrow at the latest, and this juncture will only be laughed at by the world," Xu Yuanlang scolded in the tent.
Zuo Xiaoyou said: "What's wrong with the smile? People went to Xingluocang, can they eat enough and still care about other people's laughter? ”
From the very beginning, he did not agree to fight Xingyang, because he felt that Xingyang City was not important without food, but others felt that taking Xingyang City would inevitably boost the morale of the army, and they could also use it as a base to continue to threaten Luoyang.
The thoughts of the thieves are basically the same, they think that if they enter Luoyang City, they will be able to claim the throne and be a prince.
This is indeed the case, but the premise is that you have to be able to get in, Yang Guang spent so much money to repair Luoyang, if it is easily occupied, isn't the money spent in vain?
"You must restrain your subordinates, wait until we take Xingyang, and then attack Xingluocang, the three of them are bastards, just to help us on the road to see how many defenders there are in Xingluocang," Li Deyi said.
Zhen Baoche said: "The marshal is right, such a fortress must be guarded by heavy soldiers, and the three of them are starving to death, this is in a hurry to reincarnate." ”
Yes, it is true that I was reincarnated.
If Xuanzong and they didn't arrive, Xingluocang would be able to hold it, Qu Tutong would be surrounded, and it would not be easy to break through and rescue.
Gao Jinchong, who was stationed between Xingyang and Xingluocang first, had already detected the enemy's movements, and sent a message to Xuanzong early to prepare for them.
Yang Xuanting directly left the granary with three thousand elite cavalry and quietly went around to the east.
Shuai Rentai and they took the lead in colliding with Gao Jinchong, just looking at the scale of the camp, the rebels also guessed that there were not many garrisons here, and the people were already lined up outside the camp, waiting for them.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, it was a full-scale war.
Yang Xuanting, who was hiding not far away, was divided into two routes, one was commanded by him, and the other was handed over to Xu Shiji, who was responsible for impacting the enemy formation, and Xu Shiji was responsible for cutting off the enemy's rear road.
When the two cavalry troops reached their proper positions, the horn sounded.
The all-armored elite cavalry suddenly killed, like an awl, inserted into the enemy formation, wandered around, all kinds of strangulation, and for a time the sound of killing shook the sky, screaming all over the field.
1,500 people, 20,000 people were defeated, and Gao Jinchong cooperated with the adjustment of the military formation, pressing step by step, and constantly advancing.
In less than an hour, the rebels of Shuai Rentai, Huo Xiaohan and Wu Hailiu broke up on the spot, and no one obeyed the order anymore and fled to the rear one after another.
And Xu Shiji came out, the armored cavalry of 1,500 people was simply invincible, and the three of them were scattered in a group, constantly strangling the deserters, and the horse lance kept stabbing out, bringing up a puff of blood.
With the end of this battle of annihilation, which was won more with less on the surface, but in fact was completely one-sided, a heavy snow quietly came.
"I asked those captives, the gang of thieves who attacked Xingyang City, the food and grass are exhausted, and they may not be able to survive for two days," Qi Guanyu reported.
Yang Xuanting raised his eyebrows: "How many captives are there?" ”
"About six thousand," the flag officer said.
Yang Xuanting said in a deep voice: "Drive them to one place, hand them over to Xu Shiji, let him supervise the battle, and force these captives to storm the enemy formation. ”
After saying that, he said to a ranger beside him: "Quickly pass Yang Xuanzong and ask him to lead a large army to support." ”
The two of them, nominally the second eldest Xuan Zong is the main general, but between the brothers, everything is discussed, after all, they are too familiar, Xuan Ting sent someone to pass the message, and Xuan Zong knew what to do immediately.
Xu Shiji led his cavalry, like a shepherd driving cattle and sheep, and forced the captives to go in the direction of Xingyang.
Counting on these people to rush into battle? It is impossible, but it can serve the purpose of disturbing the enemy's army, and six thousand people ran back, how would they deal with it?
Gao Jinchong was still stationed in place, not daring to move, his position was very critical, and he couldn't leave casually.
Xingyang City, an arrow shot on the city wall, the arrow was tied with a small note, Qu Tutong, who received the news, hurriedly recruited the defenders in the city, and when the time came, he would go out of the city to kill the enemy.
"When the snow falls, the enemy army will inevitably speed up the siege, otherwise the day the snow will disappear will be the time when they will freeze to death," Zheng Xu raised his hands to catch the goose-feather snowflakes.
With such heavy snowfall, the view is bound to be blocked, and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a sneak attack.
"Father, the army is ready, and the son is willing to lead the army to suppress the thieves," Qu Tushou said.
Qu Tutong nodded and said, "Wu'er hurry up and prepare, and wait for my order." ”
"Yes!" Qu Tushou left the city wall and stood beside his war horse on the main street, with a cavalry of 3,000 men behind him.
Qu Tutong in history entered the Lingyan Pavilion, ranking twelfth, and was an official in the Tang Dynasty to Jiang Guogong.
In fact, the portrait of a meritorious hero is not a precedent set by Li Shimin, not to mention far away, Comrade Yang Guang has painted many people, such as Lai Hu'er, Zhang Xutuo, Yujuluo, etc., but his portrait is for his own view.
Lingyan Pavilion is different, the portrait is hung on it, and the emperor officials of the entire Tang Dynasty can see it, and it will be written into the history books and passed down through the ages.
The heavy snow fell, but the wind stopped, and there was no cold in the morning, and on both sides of the main street of Xingyang City, there were constantly civilians bringing out bowls of hot water for the soldiers to drink.
It was not they who took the initiative, it was the government's order, and hot water must be prepared on both sides of the street to ensure the temperature of the soldiers, so that they would not wait too long and even their fingers would be stiff.
The mist exhaled by men and horses filled the entire street.
I don't know how long later, an arrow was fired from Nancheng, and after the news was reported, Qu Tutong immediately issued an order.
After Qu Tushou received the order, all the staff got on the horse and waited nervously.
In the heavy snow outside the city, 6,000 rebel prisoners were driven to the rebel formation like cattle, Xu Shiji chased behind, and kept killing, the more ruthless he killed, the faster the people in front of him ran.
It wasn't until he heard the screams and noises not far ahead that Xu Shiji realized that he had arrived at the place, so he hurriedly led people to retreat three miles and let the rebels on the opposite side strangle the prisoners.
Yang Su once famously said that whoever runs in front of me must be the enemy.
Meaning, a deserter is the enemy.
So are the withdrawn soldiers considered enemies? Yang Su led the troops and did not withdraw, either you will die, or you will win the battle for me, there is no third way.
Yang Su's famous saying has spread widely, and the rebels also follow this line of thought, because they feel that Yang Su is the most powerful commander of the Great Sui.
After such a stir, the siege army in the direction of the city wall was also chaotic, and those with bad brains directly clubbed in place, looking back at the rear in a daze.
The snow was so big that what was happening behind it was not seen, but they heard it.
Qu Tutong saw the opportunity, immediately issued an order, after the city gate was opened, first a team of 500 shield swordsmen rushed out, driving away the enemy troops outside, followed by Qu Tushou's 3,000 cavalry, rushed out at high speed, a signal, the shield knife hand got out of the way, let Qu Tushou rush out.
At the same time, Yang Xuanting and Xu Shiji have already met.
"Follow the sound of the gong," Yang Xuanting said, "Come with me, sons." ”
Three thousand armored horsemen flicked their horses' heads and followed Xuan Ting, who was wearing a bright red cloak, in the snow.
The sound of the gong came from the direction of Qu Tushou, and everyone couldn't see the scene in the distance now, so they could only rely on the sound of the gong to determine the friendly army, and Qu Tushou knew where the rebel army was, so Xuan Ting and they wanted to go over to rendezvous.
"Who's coming?" Qu Tushou, who received the same gong signal, shouted into the distance.
"Hongnong Yang Xuanting!" Yang Xuanting shouted.
Qu Tushou's eyes lit up: "General Yang comes with me." ”
Then, under the guidance of Qu Tushou, Yang Xuanting entered the charging distance.
"The first two miles are the enemy's barracks, and there is a horse barrier outside, please Rong Mo will be the vanguard," Qu Tushou could already see Yang Xuanting's figure now.
Yang Xuanting shouted: "Go quickly." ”
The horse blocking wall is the barbed guardrail with a round wooden city that we have seen in the TV series, Yang Xuanting is a heavy rider, he can't jump over, and he can't be blocked, otherwise the momentum will be gone.
Qu Tushou is willing to be a green leaf and open a gap for Yang Xuanting.
Heavy snowfall, the most suitable is a small surprise attack, at this time, the number of soldiers is no longer the decisive factor.
Because no one can see who clearly, I don't know how many people you came, but I don't think you 6,000 people will dare not come.
Therefore, Li Deyi naturally thought that he had encountered the main force of the official army.
The main force is true, but it's only a small unit, and it's still a bunch of people who don't want to die.
The sacrifice of dozens of horses has created a precious gap, and the fallen guards will continue to fight as long as they can get up, and someone will move the horse barrier.
With hundreds of horses folding here, Yang Xuanting entered the charging stage.
What is an armored ride? Horses are armoured.
Once this thing rushes up, nothing can be stopped, not to mention that Xuan Ting still has fire oil, and after rushing in, he will set fire while killing, and the Chinese army camp of the Shandong rebels will be directly chaotic.
Xuan Ting's original intention was to retreat after killing for a while, and then wait for Yang Xuanzong's army to come over, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop.
As a result, as far as the eye could see, everyone was running east, so Xuan Ting fell in love and fought for a while before stopping.
With armored riding, there is a time to use, the weight of the war horse is too high, the physical strength is limited, and thirty minutes is the limit.
In other words, Xuan Ting took thirty minutes to defeat 150,000 people, which is a plot that only has fantasy.
Of course, with the light of this heavy snow, without this snow, people will be able to see how many people you have, and you won't be so embarrassed.