Crusade against Nanzhao - defeated in Xilushui 5

Chao, follow the soldiers grief and indignation, gritted their teeth and bled out, raised their knives and shouted wildly, to Xian Yu Zhongtong to kill, for a while the Tang army was in chaos, the Nanzhao army took advantage of the situation to attack and kill the Tang army, killing the Tang army like a tiger into a flock, a fierce vulture fighting a rabbit. The Tang army had no fighting spirit, and fled one after another, abandoning their armor and chariots, some riding horses and galloping, some scurrying on foot, rushing out in all directions, with only one thought in their hearts: "Escape from this place of death as soon as the fuck is done!" The Tang Dynasty army collapsed.

Nanzhao and Tubo allied forces directly killed the corpses of the Tang army all over the field, blood flowed all over the ground, the Tang army had no will to fight, one after another seized the road and fled, fortunately the sky was getting dark, Nanzhao and Tubo warriors searched everywhere to arrest the Tang army, the Tang soldiers were not familiar with the place, some hid in the people's houses, some fled into the mountains and forests, and the order was no longer able to command.

Xia Yuqing led 2,000 Tang soldiers and horses to advance to 20 miles upstream, and saw that there was a large forest two miles away, called Tiger and Leopard Forest, Bai Shuixiu hurriedly discussed with Xia Yuqing to leave Hun Ying and Peng Yangang and grant a secret plan to rate 500 horsemen, Xia Yuqing led the rest of the Tang army to gallop upstream.

The governor of the Northern Court of Nanzhao led the soldiers of Nanzhao to chase after him, and suddenly encountered a Puma army blocking the way, and the first young general sat down on the charcoal horse, wearing a green forehead and gold-edged flat head, wearing a white robe of Shu brocade and hundred flowers, silver flower beast-faced armor, and holding a red flame fire dragon knife, which was Hun Xuan. There is another general on the side, wearing a silver and platinum helmet, with a full beard, holding a silver-backed machete, sitting down in the gray snow chasing the clouds, with a mighty demeanor, Peng Yangang, the deputy general of Tongzhou in the south and west of the mountain.

Zhao Yuantai pointed with a horse whip, the first one on the left will fly out of the horse, Peng Yangang patted the horse first, the two horses intersected, the battle was not three, was Peng Yangang cut under the horse, Peng Yangang used his hand to move, signaled to fight again, Zhao Yuantai was furious, ordered his subordinates to go to Yaguli to engage in the battle, Peng Yangang continued, the two generals danced the knife stab, the battle had more than 50 times, Yeguli did not add strength, to Peng Yangang's face, a false stab, Pegasus back to the battle.

Peng Yangang didn't chase after him, he made another move with his hand, signaling to fight again, according to Yuan Tai was about to make the general Wen Meng Wuyu go to battle, the strategist Du Qixiang drove the horse forward, and said to Yuan Tai: "General, don't entangle with him, go quickly to stop the Tang army from crossing the river!" 」

Zhao Yuantai woke up violently and urgently ordered the whole army to attack, Peng Yan just saw the Nanzhao army move, and immediately turned his horse back to the battle.

Hun Yang led his troops to fight with the Nanzhao army, but due to the small number of soldiers, it was difficult to support, so he retreated, and the Nanzhao army hurriedly pursued.

After retreating for a while, Hun Ying reflexively fought again, but the morale of the soldiers was low again, so he was defeated again and again, and retreated.

After retreating for a while and fighting for a while, the Nanzhao army saw that the Tang army had no fighting spirit and was defeated with one touch, so they chased after it with confidence.

Hun Ying and Peng Yangang led their troops to retreat to Yongning Ferry, and seeing that there was no way out, Hun Ying shouted loudly: "Sons, we have no way to retreat, if you want to live, you can fight with me!" 」

Immediately turned back and killed the Nanzhao army, Hun Yang showed his might, and even cut two enemy generals dismounted, Peng Yangang followed closely behind and killed several Nanzhao soldiers, and the retreating Tang army saw that the two were brave and invincible, and their morale was restored, and they turned around and killed back.

At this moment, Xia Yuqing led more than 1,500 soldiers to stop and kill from the tiger and leopard forest, leaving only 100 soldiers to shout loudly in the woods as suspicious soldiers.

The Nanzhao army was attacked by the enemy before and after, the sky was dark, and I didn't know the reality of the Tang army, so the army was in turmoil, the soldiers took the road and fled, according to the original Tai couldn't stop, the general Wen Meng Wuyu shouted, the sound was heard for several miles, and immediately cut down a few people, the heart of the Nanzhao army was slightly stable, Wen Mengwuyu and Yeguli Bao Zhao Yuan Tai fought out of the encirclement, the Tang army chased and killed several miles, collected the troops and returned, according to the original Tai collected more than 1,000 remnants, did not dare to fight against the Tang army, the strategist Du Qixiang suggested to go back to the big stone bridge to garrison, Zhao Yuan Tai was also worried about the loss of the Xieyue Bridge, so he led the soldiers and horses to return to the Xieyue Stone Bridge from the original road.

After Ju Xingyuan caught up with Mo Weiyang, he led about 900 forward soldiers to run to the Xieyue Bridge non-stop, Ju Xingyuan knew that the situation was urgent, and the time was short, if there was a delay, the Nanzhao army that crossed the river returned to defend the Xieyue Bridge, then all the Tang troops would be annihilated on the west bank of the Longchuan River, and there would be no chance to return to the Tang Dynasty's homeland.

Ju Xingyuan led the troops to the Xieyue Bridge and then killed the Nanzhao army guarding the bridge from behind, guarding the bridge thousands of households Buqin thought that the Tang army fled to the upper and lower reaches, even if he crossed the river, he did not dare to take the bridge, so he was careless and neglected to be vigilant, Mo Weiyang took the lead in the Nanzhao array, a spear stabbed Buqin under the horse, the Nanzhao soldiers were in chaos, most of them were killed, and the rest escaped across the bridge, Ju Xingyuan took the opportunity to seize both ends of the stone bridge, and ordered ten sentinels to patrol the upper and lower reaches back and forth to prevent the Nanzhao army from secretly crossing the river, and reported whether the Tang army led by Xia Yuqing crossed the river, Most of the remaining sergeants crossed the river to defend the west bank of the stone bridge, leaving only Mo Weiyang with 50 men to defend the east bank of the stone bridge. Because when the Tang army crossed the river, they threw away most of their weapons and baggage, and most of them only carried weapons or even no weapons, so the generals ordered to pick up the bows, arrows, knives and weapons left by the Nanzhao army and prepare for the upcoming battle to seize the bridge.

It was dark, and the moon was rising.

Ju Xing far away to report that the Nanzhao army did not cross the river from upstream, immediately lined up the Tang soldiers in the west of the bridge, with the shield left by the Nanzhao warriors to protect the body, in case the other side of the river with bows and arrows to shoot it at night, extinguish all the torches to prevent the Nanzhao army from knowing the reality of the Tang army, he quickly inspected the surroundings, and secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, the place west of the bridge is a vast plain, there is no danger to defend at all, there is a lush forest at the east of the bridge more than 50 steps away from the stone bridge, except for a big road to the east, both sides of the road are covered by trees, and the soldiers and horses can be ambushed, to fill the suspicions.

As soon as the work of defending against the enemy was completed, he immediately ordered the whole army to take out dry food and eat a full meal, and the soldiers were hungry for a day, hungry, and devoured the dry food, waiting for the Nanzhao army to come and fight.

The time was about to end, and the general of the Southern Zhao and the Northern Court led the soldiers and horses to arrive first, and gathered the defeated scattered soldiers who were distributed.

After a while, the troops led by Zhaoyuan Tai also arrived at the west bank of the Xieyue Bridge, and saw that both ends of the big stone bridge were taken by the Tang army, and the black lights on the opposite bank were blind, and I didn't know how many soldiers and horses of the Tang army had crossed the river, not only was it very frustrated, but there were still six or seven thousand soldiers in the check, and the heart was a little calm, the army was revived, and the Tang army was a stone's throw away.

Not long after, Qiao Yingchang, the official of Qingping, Zheng Hui, the deputy privy envoy of the military envoy, and Feng Luohao, the general of the Southern Zhao Guard, led 5,000 soldiers and horses to help.

When Zheng Hui heard that Zhao Yuantai did not defend the Leaning Moon Bridge according to his own strategy, and was frustrated in the Yongning Ferry, his heart was on fire, and he sighed suddenly: "The general has missed a big thing! You shouldn't have acted in accordance with military orders, crossed the bridge to intercept and kill the Tang army without authorization, and failed to compete for the merits of the battle, but was stolen across the bridge by the Tang army, making a big mistake! Second, after the setback in the Tiger and Leopard Forest, although the strength is inferior to the Tang army, it should also follow the Tang army and not engage in battle, the Tang army will not dare to cross the river from the Yongning crossing, as long as the Tang army is dragged and our army comes, the enemy army will be surrounded and annihilated by our army on the west bank. Even if it is not completely annihilated by our army, it will not be able to cross the river to support the Xieyue Stone Bridge! I expected that the Tang army that crossed the river must have returned to Dashiqiao, ready to meet the defeated troops of the Tang army! 」