Chapter 616 Burning grain and grass
As soon as Li Jing crossed the river, he ran into Ge Qian's vanguard army, which was an army of 150,000 people, spread too widely, and the troops went south in six ways, one of which was led by Dong Mao, the adopted son of Gao Kaidao, and entered Zhao County, where he happened to meet Li Jing.
Dong Mao was overjoyed, feeling that the other party had no way to retreat from the water, although it was a heavy horse, it would definitely not be able to withstand the onslaught of his more than 30,000 troops, so he formed a formation in the plain northeast of Pingjian County, the capital of Zhao County, intending to eat Li Jing in one bite.
Then, Li Jing began to charge.
Then, Dong Mao was defeated.
The army of 30,000 scattered and fled, and the grain and grass were scattered all over the place.
After Li Jing was replenished, he rested for an hour and continued north.
He judged that this was definitely a vanguard army, so Ge Qian's main force should not have arrived yet, and it must be behind, so he did not choose to enter Xindu east, but continued to go north.
What he wanted to capture was Geqian's Chinese army, and after a big battle, his 6,000 elite cavalry only lost 321 people, and he was still able to fight.
That's the benefit of the whole armor, it's hard to get hurt.
Li Jing's subordinates are also arrogant generals and elite princes, but these people are completely obedient to Li Jing, after all, after Yang Ming became the prince, Li Jing has always been the left guard of the East Palace.
These soldiers have always been in his control.
As for Zhang Dinghe's defeat, he was also defeated by carelessness, he looked down on Dou Jiande, and then was taught a lesson by Dou Jiande, and he almost died, but fortunately, Pei Xingyan arrived to turn the situation around and repel the enemy.
Pei Xingyan was also a lifeless person, hanging behind Dou Jiande's buttocks, and chased and killed all the way.
Dou Jiande suffered the most from Pei Xingyan this time, don't look at Pei Xingyan, who only has 2,000 horsemen, and has already shocked his troops from all walks of life, in the final analysis, the gap in combat effectiveness is too big, and there is also the mood of the people.
The people have always been afraid of officials, so the anti-thieves are also naturally afraid of officers and soldiers, and if they have always had an advantage, it is better to say that they can build confidence, but once an unfavorable situation arises, it will be a situation of disintegration.
What's more, when Pei Xingyan was conquering Goguryeo, he played a prestige, and among the young people were Yang Yuanqing, Su Lie and him, and they gained the most.
A fire appeared sixty-five miles away from Changle County, Xindu County, and immediately caused chaos among the three armies.
The grain and grass on the march are the most difficult to burn, because they are not piled together, but along the road, one car after another, and each grain cart is guarded by at least six people.
In other words, Xu Shiji burned grain, and he had to keep running and setting fires to burn as much as possible.
In the thirteen-mile grain transportation team, Xu Shiji burned from one end to another, and then turned around and burned again.
Because some fires just started and were quickly extinguished, and some were not lit at all, Xu Shiji had to mend the knife, until the fire could not be extinguished by manpower, it was considered a success.
This is not an easy errand, so Xu Shiji set fire to the command and shouted at the rebels, saying that Gao Shida is dead, and the 300,000 troops of the imperial court led by the prince are in front, so if you are afraid of death, run away.
Punish the heart, this is more effective than anything else, losing grain and grass is also a capital crime in the rebels, and now that the grain and grass are burned, what are I waiting for if I don't run? What's more, the prince has arrived.
The crown prince has never lost a battle.
These miscellaneous soldiers who transported grain scattered in all directions, and Xu Shiji took this opportunity to organize everyone to retreat.
The smoke from the burning oil soared into the sky, and the enemy troops within a radius of dozens of miles saw it and were rapidly converging here.
"Let's go, don't be so greedy," Pei Xing whipped Pei Sheng's horse stock, and said loudly: "Xu Jun will run east, east." ”
Although they all wrapped cotton cloth in the arrowheads, dipped them in fire oil, and set them on fire from afar, they still suffered heavy losses, and there were less than 200 people left, and some of them were indeed scattered, but most of them were killed.
Xu Shiji himself didn't know if he could go back alive this time, so he just ran anyway.
One by one, the horses were exhausted, and then they ran as high as they could on their two legs, and the few two hundred people were also scattered.
Yes, they were only 200 people scattered, but this fire caused the 20,000 troops under Gao Shida to start running away.
There's no food, and it's a fart.
That's why in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms TV series, there is always a way to burn the enemy's heavy grain and grass, this thing is the root of life.
Today's Xu Shiji is still in the hinterland of the rebels, and there are no more horses left after being wounded and dying from the wounded horses.
More than 30 people hiding on the top of a small hill looked at the rebels who were gathering here at the foot of the mountain, and they were not sad because they were about to die in battle, but everyone was very excited.
Because they know they've done a big deal.
"General Xu, there are still a few horses left, you can take a few brothers to run," Pei Xing said: "We have such a great merit, there must be someone who goes back alive to receive the merit, and also let the prince know that our children of Hedong have not embarrassed his old man." ”
Xu Shiji's face was smoky and black, revealing his white teeth and smiling:
"Let's talk about going to life and death together, how can I steal my life? People are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than the feathers, I can die in battle like this, what regrets? ”
Pei Sheng said: "I used to look down on you, thinking that you were just lucky, and you got mixed up with the prince's martial arts, but now it seems that General Xu Jun is brave and admirable, and the brothers will recognize you as the main general in the future." ”
"The main general can't talk about it, but he is ordered to do a big deal with the brothers," Xu Shiji said with a smile: "This time the rebels' grain and grass are burned, they must be in a hurry to fight a decisive battle, but their military spirit is fluctuating, and this battle will definitely be lost." ”
The grain and grass were burned, the smoke was billowing out, and many rebels knew about it, and at this time, the soldiers would complain, what did you eat, and you actually lost the grain and grass?
Then Gao Shida, as the commander-in-chief, cannot escape the blame, so he needs to transfer the contradictions, and there is only one way to transfer the contradictions, which is to quickly fight with the officials and the army.
If you don't fight now, more and more rebels under your command will escape.
Many people originally ran back from Yang Guang's northern expedition, and there was no psychological burden on escaping, once they had this idea, they ran faster than anyone else.
When fighting, the more difficult it is to control the troops, the more they have to play the forward.
This is the same as Yang Ming's choice, Tu Wanxu's command is the most difficult to control, so he was sent to Changle County.
"Look!" At this time, one of the guards suddenly got up and pointed to the distance in the east and said loudly.
I saw smoke and dust billowing on the distant skyline, and flags were faintly flying.
Everyone is a veteran, so it is natural to see that this is a large force of cavalry, and the rebel army does not have such a large number of cavalry.
Moreover, the rebels, who had almost reached the foot of the mountain, were hastily forming formation, and it was obvious that they had also discovered that people were coming from the east.
It was Yang Yuanqing who came.
He has 10,000 men and 6,000 cavalry, which are the elite of Guanzhong under Yang Ming's Hedong Qu and Xuan Zong.
Yuan Qing didn't come this way, but he saw the smoke, such a large area of smoke, there are only two possibilities, the camp was burned and the grain and grass were burned.
But the rebels don't have a big battalion, so it must be grain and grass, and the rebels themselves will not burn grain and grass, so there must be their own people here.
Before the 6,000 elites approached, the rebels at the foot of the mountain were torn apart and fled.
Everyone is not stupid, the cavalry has sprinted, how can the rabble on their side withstand this?
Many wars in ancient times, in fact, are not like what we see in TV dramas, they are fought when they meet, and they never die, and you can't understand the few strokes in the history books.
The truth is that some wars are very funny, because we can't ignore one thing, and that is people's hearts.
A thousand people, a thousand minds, and if there are fifty of them who want to run, these thousand people will run.
Xu Shiji was overjoyed, and hurriedly ran to the foot of the mountain.
"Is it Uncle Pei of Dongjun? I'm Pei Xing," after Pei Xing went down the mountain, he happened to meet a group of his own people, and he still knew the leader.
Pei Shaoying was overjoyed when he saw this: "Good guy, are you here?" So, you set the fire in front of you? ”
"It's us," at the foot of the mountain, more than thirty gray-faced Hedong disciples looked at each other and laughed.
After a while, Hou Junji also rushed over, and after knowing the situation, he said decisively: "There is no enemy army in the south, you go south and go back to Qinghe, the enemy army is in chaos, and our department will continue to pursue." ”
Xu Shiji said loudly: "I'll go too." ”
Hou Junji is the same batch of fresh graduates as him, they are all from Wuju, and he said with a smile: "Go back, brothers, you have worked hard, such a great achievement, the prince is also waiting for you to state it, his old man doesn't know the situation here." ”
Hearing this, Xu Shiji nodded.
Hou Junji immediately ordered dozens of horses to be handed over to them, and then continued to chase and kill them to the west with the vanguard army.
As for Yang Yuanqing, he led the infantry army to suppress the formation in the back.
He didn't dare to play the striker now, he was afraid of death, his father and Yang Yue repeatedly ordered him not to charge into battle, otherwise, Yang Xuangan would not recognize him as a son.
Cui's wife, who is Xuangan, is very competitive and has a son.
Of course, this couple has no inheritance rights, and Yang Yue will not agree, just to scare Yuanqing, Yuanqing also has a sister who has the same mother to protect him.
It's just that I'm worried that the heir of the family will go wrong.
Yang Yuanqing, who learned of the situation, was also overjoyed: "Good guy, there is the wind of the general, and a thousand people dare to drill into it, so bold." ”
The generals under his command began to pat on the back, which means that you are still better than you, Xu Shiji is not as good as you, in case, if it is you, you must be like Zhao Zilong on the Changsaka Slope, killing seven in and seven out of the enemy formation.
The boy has grown up after all, and Yang Yuanqing is not as tendoned as he used to be, and he also likes to listen to sycophants.
In the future, he will definitely enter the center, if there is still a smell of Bing ruffian on his body, it will not work.
First of all, you can't swear in Daxingdian, right? There are many habits he needs to get rid of, as long as Yang Ming is the emperor in the future, this kid can be 100% mixed with eight seats, or the general of the Weifu.
Maybe he can be a powerful minister, because he is the only uncle of Emperor Sun Yangrui.