Crusade against Nanzhao - defeated Xilushui 3
In a short time, the southern sky was already clouded, and the generals hurried back to their camps to prepare for their own departure, feeling uneasy.
Ju Xingyuan led Bai Qianyue and Jiang Yangying to lie under the banner of Dazhai Gate, his sharp eyes carefully scanned the surroundings several times, there was silence outside Dazhai, there was no half-figure and no wind and grass, as if all the soldiers of Nanzhao had withdrawn.
Ju Xingyuan nodded slightly at Bai and Jiang Er, the two of them each led the elite vanguard horsemen on their horses, opened the gate, Jiang Yangying rushed out first, Bai Qianyue rode a red charcoal horse followed closely, and the three hundred Tang horsemen followed closely, and then Ju Xingyuan led Wu Hanlong, Rong Lie, Mo Weiyang led the servants Gu Huaiguang and Huo Zhao and others to rush out of Dazhai in order, and the army behind them marched in turn, the smoke and dust were rolling, the horses' hooves rumbled, and the big breakthrough of tens of thousands of Tang troops to survive in death began.
As soon as the Tang army rushed out of the camp only a stone's throw away, there were scattered Nanzhao soldiers shouting to intercept them, and the golden drums were blazing, shouting loudly that the Tang army had broken through, but due to the scarcity of numbers, they were also flustered and unprepared. The Tang Army's vanguard easily killed and dispersed the Southern Zhao soldiers.
Bai and Jiang Erjiang were suspicious but rushed forward non-stop, saw a river in front of them from a distance, galloped close and found that the hot summer was hot, the water was dry, the Tang army camp lacked drinking water, and the people and horses were thirsty, so Bai Qianyue led the soldiers to dismount and drink water to quench their thirst, Jiang Yangying hurriedly waved Bai Qianyue in front of him with a horse whip to prevent him from dismounting, Bai Qianyue was angry and was about to attack.
Jiang Yangying hurriedly said, "Sixth brother, don't worry! Is this river a Fufu River? 」
Bai Qianyue said angrily, "So what? You and I have unsettled grievances, don't call me Sixth Brother! 」
Jiang Yangying was not angry, and said: "If you don't call, don't call, I look at the geographical map, the Yifu River is a big river, you see that although this river is wide, the river is moist, but the flowing water is very small. 」
Bai Qianyue was fierce, and he admired Jiang Yangying's thoughtfulness in his heart, but he didn't want to praise him, so he said, "Water attack? I don't think so! It's a common occurrence that the south is scorching hot, the weather is hot, and the rivers are drying up! But be careful! As he spoke, he returned to his horse, waved his hand, and shouted, "The whole army has unloaded the water bags, leaving thirty sergeants to draw water, and the rest of the sons and daughters are mounted and crossed the river as quickly as possible, without delay!" The lieutenant at the bottom ordered thirty sergeants and did as ordered.
Jiang Yangying was about to sneer at each other, and thought in his heart: "This dead duck has a hard mouth, I don't have to ask for this mouth!" So he said no more, and rode his horse at a gallop.
Later, Ju Xingyuan, Mo Weiyang and others all crossed the river in turn, and there was no damage, and there was no attack from the southern Zhao soldiers of Tubo!
The army followed closely, even after crossing several rivers are like this, the river is wide, the water flow is scarce, Xian Yu Zhongtong and Li Hui have to report that the army will cross the Longchuan River, the heart is overjoyed and hurriedly commanded the Tang army soldiers to advance quickly, while complacent feel that they are wise, sure enough, the Nanzhao and Tubo generals will withdraw to defend the south and west to prevent the Tang army from attacking Yamato City.
Bai Qianyue and Jiang Yangying with the vanguard will cross two big rivers, encounter a small number of Nanzhao soldiers will block, it is a touch of the collapse, the army is extremely fast, near the evening to see another big river in front of the far head, a question of the local people have arrived at the Longchuan River, the heart is rejoicing, after this river is closer to the Tang Dynasty, gallop to the near, the river is turbulent, not like the previous river depletion situation, a big stone bridge on it is still standing, Bai and Jiang two will stop the horse, is in doubt to themselves.
There was a loud bang from behind, and suddenly people shouted horses neighing, and before they could figure out the situation, there was a shout on the other side, and a Biao army and horses galloped to the front, and the first general was the general of Beiting Zhaoyuantai, leading 10,000 horse infantry troops to block the way and confront each other across the river.
Bai Qianyue patted his horse forward and was about to engage in battle, the sergeant hurriedly came to report, when the Chinese army crossed the Xilushui, suddenly the water rushed down from the upstream, most of the Chinese soldiers and horses were drowned in the water, and the casualties were very serious, Nanzhao and the Tubo barbarian generals led the army to rush out, cut the army into several sections, mixed into a group, and the Tang sergeant had no fighting spirit and the whole army was scattered.
Jiang Yangying was shocked and hurriedly pulled Bai Qianyue's sleeve robe, and said, "Wait, our army is small, wait for the arrival of the eldest brother to make plans!" Bai Qianyue glared angrily and was about to attack, and shouted in front, according to the original Tai, he had ordered the general Yan Soul Ji to lead 3,000 troops to cross the bridge to attack, Jiang Yangying and Bai Qianyue led 300 horsemen to resist the enemy, 3,000 Nanzhao soldiers surrounded Bai and Jiang Er's generals and killed a pass, and they were in danger, Ju Xingyuan led the army into the encirclement from behind, and the Nanzhao soldiers retreated slightly and regrouped their formation.
Originally, Zheng Hui ordered Zhaoyuan Tai to guard the east of Longchuan Jiangdong and not let a Tang soldier cross the river.
However, Teruhara Tai saw that the Tang army was small, and if he did not attack the enemy in the river, all the military achievements would be taken away by others, so Teruhara Tai did not obey General Zheng Hui's order to urgently order his soldiers to cross the river in order, leaving only a thousand households to lead a thousand soldiers to guard the east bank of the Longchuan River.
Ju Xingyuan and other spies came to report that the whole army had been attacked, so after meeting Mo Weiyang and other generals of the guard, they quickly advanced to support the two generals Bai and Jiang.
After Ju Xingyuan and others repelled the Nanzhao army, seeing that the Nanzhao army on the east bank was constantly crossing the river and was about to attack forward to recapture the big stone bridge, the spies came to report that the forward general Xia Yuqing and the secretary Bai Shuixiu, Hun Ying, Peng Yangang and other generals also temporarily killed the soldiers who came to attack the Nanzhao River and came to the Longchuan River.
All the generals gathered together and looked at Bai Shuixiu and hoped that he would have an idea, Bai Shuixiu groaned slightly, there were still more than 3,000 forward sergeants, and if they wanted to rush through the Nanzhao army, which was far superior to the Tang army in morale, and then cross the big stone bridge, even if they could succeed, they would definitely suffer heavy damage.
The Nanzhao army led by Zhaoyuan Tai has been arrayed on the west bank of the Longchuan River, Bai Shuixiu saw that the Nanzhao army was not finished, and whispered a few words in Xia Yuqing's ear, Xia Yuqing nodded.
Xia Yuqing immediately ordered Li Fei and several lieutenants to lead 500 soldiers under the command of Ju Xingyuan to strengthen the army, and Ju Xingyuan led more than 1,500 soldiers and horses to the Liulin ferry 15 miles downstream, and quickly crossed the river. Xia Yuqing and others led more than 2,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river at Yongning Ferry, 25 miles upstream, and once the river crossing was successful, they quickly went around to the big stone bridge and launched an attack, without waiting.
The Tang army even infantry was equipped with horses, so they abandoned the baggage, the whole army got on the horse, and many foot soldiers also rode on the bareback pack horses that dragged the baggage, and finally due to the extremely prosperous trend of horse breeding in the Tang Dynasty, most of the sergeants could ride horses, and there were also those who could not ride horses.
The Tang army was divided into two teams, and the horses galloped to the north and south, and the original Tai saw that the Tang army did not rush to attack the big stone bridge but ran to the north and south respectively, and secretly screamed in his heart, so he hurriedly divided the soldiers and horses into two teams of more than 4,000 people each, one team was led by the soul to chase to the south, and the other team was led by himself to chase the north.