Sigh:

Several acres of fields have been planted for more than ten years, and have been planted in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Farmer work in all seasons. Newly picked melons and vegetables are green, and there are seven or eight cups of old wine.

Who believes that glory is a dream after all, and diligently seeks to achieve no success? Several emperors and several dynasties have ended. Those who ride on the head of the man fall and listen to the death knell.

Let's gossip, the book is back to business:

At that time, the mountains were full of shouts of killing! The two armies fought fiercely in the field, and I don't know how many people shed blood and how many died. This is exactly what it was that the battlefield was bitter at that time, and who knows, the prosperity of later generations is also absurd.

When the two armies were fighting fiercely, the Taiping Army Zhang Yao and Zhang Li's two generals each led 10,000 horses and killed them from the left and right flanks of the Great Western Army.

When Xin Junji saw it, he was also in a hurry! He rushed towards the Weishan Pass like crazy, not to mention the rain of arrows!

Bu Junrui was in the rear army, and just had to report that it was the enemy's two lines of men and horses, and they went straight to the back of the Mumen Gorge Pass, and they heard the sound of killing behind him!

Bu Junrui secretly thought: Today we have to fight hard, otherwise, our army will be annihilated here! So Bu Junrui ordered the rear army to divide its troops, divide it into three, and go to block the enemy army behind the flank, and follow him all the way to capture Weishan.

Speaking of which, at this time, the strength of the two sides, the Taiping Army of 60,000 against the Great Western Army of 40,000, had an advantage in numbers, and first based on Weishan, the geographical advantage has been gained, plus Zhang Yao and Zhang Li attacked from the flank, although Bu Junrui separated the rear army into three to meet the enemy, but after all, it was the first to miss the opportunity.

This battle is becoming more and more unfavorable to the Great Western Army.

That Xin Junji was rushing forward, but he didn't want the war horse to be hit by an arrow, and the silver wildebeest was hit by an arrow and fell, how could Xin Junji stabilize his body?

On the tail mountain, the soldiers guarding the mountain are ten thousand arrows at once, and Xin Junji can no longer dance the big knife to stop the rain of arrows - but in a few breaths, he was shot into a big hedgehog, and his whole body was full of arrows, and he couldn't raise it anymore.

The main general died, and the front army was defeated and retreated down the mountain. Someone has already reported to Bu Junrui: "Right Xiangguo, the big thing is not good! Xin Dudu was killed by an arrow!"

When Bu Junrui heard this, he was like a deflated ball, and he lost his fighting spirit at that time. So Bu Junrui organized the remnants of the rear army and the front army, and ordered to "fight to the death and return to Mumen Gorge!"

However, at this time, the Mumen Gorge Pass was also fighting.

Lin Heng got Li Shijun's letter, and he had already agreed with Song Yi and Lu Yan to storm the Mumen Gorge Pass to attract the attention of the enemy general Hua Laoyan, so that Ma Rongji and Xiaohu could attack Mumen Gorge from behind.

At that time, the Mumen Gorge Pass was also full of casualties. Even Lu Yan was hit by an arrow and was wounded. Looking at the fierce battle between the two armies until almost noon, Lin Heng saw that the casualties were too large, and he had the intention to withdraw his troops, and when it was difficult to decide, he suddenly heard the noisy drum sound behind the Mumen Gorge Pass, and in the drum, there was a shout of kill!

Lin Heng was overjoyed: This Mumen Gorge is finally about to be broken, and Ma Rong and Ji Xiaohu's soldiers have arrived!

So Lin Heng personally manipulated the air and beat the war drums.

Hua Lao Yan was commanding the soldiers, and Lin Heng's soldiers were fighting to the death on the pass of the city, and the horse probe hurriedly reported: "General Hua, the big thing is not good! The enemy army of 20,000 horses and horses is coming from behind the pass, and our army's camp has been broken!"

When Hua Laoyan looked behind the city wall of the pass, he saw that the number of villages in the rear were broken, and the enemy army had already killed under the pass, and he was about to kill the city along the city wall!

When Hua Laoyan saw this, he felt a chill in his heart and sighed: "It's over! These 20,000 horses can be killed, but I'm afraid that the situation on the side of the governor and Xiangguo is not good!"

Hua Laoyan thought in his heart: If the crockpot is not broken from the well, the general will inevitably die in battle. Come on, I've lived enough in my life - I have been corrupt, corrupted, corrupted, harmed other people's wives, killed other people's husbands, and used to be drunk and spoiled, and I used to be a prestige, if I don't jump off the building today, when will I stay?

So Hua Laoyan went up to the pass and the city tower, and jumped down.

This Mumen Gorge Pass Pass City, originally built between the mountain gorges, both sides are cliffs, the city wall is higher than the road surface in the gorge ten zhang away, plus the watchtower is high, Hua Laoyan jumped, is from this fall, straight down to the eighteen layers of hell.

After getting the Mumen Gorge Pass, Lin Hui was about to send troops to follow Ma Rong and Ji Xiaohu's two armies to return to Weishan to help and attack together, but there was an urgent report from the horse:

On the Weishan front, Xin Junji was killed in battle, and Bu Junrui led less than 3,000 remnants of the army and fled to Nalong County. Marshal Li of the Left Army hoped that Marshal Lin's right army, or General Ma Rong, General Ji Xiaohu, would quickly go to intercept it head-on, and never let Nabu Junrui escape!

When Lin Heng got the report, he and Song Yi each led 5,000 troops and sent troops to intercept them, and Ma Rong and Ji Xiaohu attacked from the other direction, also intercepting Bu Junrui.

When Nabu Junrui led the remnants of the army to flee fifty miles away, there was Lin Heng and Song Yi's army in front, on the right was Ma Rongji's Xiaohu people, but behind it was Li Shijun's power - three times outflanked, there were 60,000 horses, and the 3,000 remnants and Bu Junrui were surrounded.

Bu Junrui didn't even have time to commit suicide, he only made a cut on his neck, and he was snatched from the sword and caught alive.

At this point, the Battle of Mumen ended. Li Shijun and Lin Heng met and discussed, so Lin Heng led the right army to go down to Long County, out of Fang County, attack Tiancang Prefecture, threaten Xining Prefecture, Li Shijun returned to Pang County, and faced Tang Zirong 100,000 horses head-on. The discussion was established, and at that time, someone reported to the Taiping Khan, and without waiting for the Khan's order, the left and right armies moved.

Lin Heng's army took advantage of the victory to capture Longxian, and when he came to Zongxian, Zongxian surrendered without a fight.

So the right army was stationed in Zongxian County to recuperate, and Lin Heng left Lu Yan to guard Zongxian County, but he selected 40,000 elite soldiers and led the generals to attack Tiancangzhou.

On the side of Pang County, Tian Mengchang and Dadao Changsheng, Xiang Tuo, Wu Jun, Meng Ping and the generals of the battalions, relying on the geographical advantages of Pang County, fought against Tang Zirong with 100,000 horses, which also made Tang Zirong helpless.

Tian Meng often discussed the military situation with the generals, and all the generals said: "The marshal has pacified Mumen Prefecture and returned to Jingxian County, why don't you come to our aid quickly?"

Tian Mengchang said: "The marshal sent a letter, saying that he wanted us to show weakness in order to lure Tang Zirong to gather the remnants of the rest of the men and horses, attack Pang County for a long time, and create favorable conditions for the right army to seize Tiancang Prefecture." At present, the marshal has led his troops to secretly move to Liao County, Xining Prefecture, to cut off Tang Zirong's way back!"

On September 9 of the third year of Emperor Kaiping of Taiping Khan, under the city of Pangxian County, Tang Zirong received two reports in a row:

One is: Mumen Gorge was lost, the defenders were annihilated, the governor Xin Junji was killed in battle, and the life and death of the right minister Bu Junrui are unknown!

The other is: the Taiping Army's Lin Heng Department sent troops to attack my country's Tiancang Prefecture, and the forward arrived in Qushui County to coerce the main city of Tiancang Prefecture.

Tang Zirong was surprised: Some time ago, didn't the Mumen Gorge report to Gu that it was impregnable and unharmed? Why was it so sudden that the entire army was wiped out?

So Tang Zirong ordered, tonight, the sheep beat the drum, and the whole army quietly retreated!

I didn't want the order to be issued just now, and an urgent report came from the rear: Li Shijun's power stole into Xining Prefecture and attacked Liao County overnight!

Tang Zirong was shocked: "Isn't this the back road of Lone?!"

At this time, Tang Zirong was beside him, and the fierce general only had a machete Niu Fei and a Xu Hu, who were newly bought, and Tang Zirong didn't trust these two very much.

Wenchen also has it, but it is not enough to be called a strategist, so Xu Hu seems to have a strategy, but when he comes up with an idea, it is all cliché, mediocre, and useless.

Tang Zirong had no choice but to order the army to retreat to Luhe County in the northwest, which was the closest to here, and could bypass Liao County and return to the imperial city of Daxi in Xining Prefecture.

However, after Li Shijun seized Liao County, he had already been informed of Tian Mengchang in Pang County, saying that Tang Zirong would inevitably retreat in the near future!

Tian Mengchang got the letter and discussed with the generals: "If Tang Zirong is smart, then he will go to Luhe County and retreat to Shimen, Yumen, Xisha, and Ansha Prefectures.

The marshal expected that he Tang Zirong would be reluctant to give up his nest, and he had ordered us to bite and hold on to him as long as he Tang Zirong retreated-the marshal had already sent troops to Luhe County!"

However, it was said that Lin Heng's army, the 60,000 soldiers and horses who stayed in Longxian to recuperate, were also borrowed by Li Shijun, and Li Shijun wanted to fight a decisive battle with Tang Zirong in Luhe County and eliminate it in one fell swoop.

In November of the third year of the Taiping Khan's Kaiping, after several battles and peripheral battles, Li Shijun finally besieged Tang Zirong in Luhe County. On the night of November 6, the final siege of the Battle of Luhe began.

Speaking of which, Tang Zirong's defeat began with this Xu Hu.

This Xu Hu, as mentioned earlier, he is actually Xu Wenhu, after persuading Murong Gui to surrender and helping Li Shijun seize Pang County, he assumed the pseudonym Xu Hu, entered Xining Prefecture, and actually mixed into Tang Zirong's army as a general, how could it bring good luck to Tang Zirong?

Xu Wenhu operated secretly, and even Tang Zirong's newly recruited fierce general, one of the "four knives", and the machete Niu Fei, who ranked tenth in the martial arts examination of the whole Datong Khanate, was moved.

Niu Fei said that once the Taiping army surrounded Luhe County, he would follow Xu Wenhu and surrender to Li Shijun.

——The battle of Luhe is not allowed to be brushed aside, here is a few simple additions:

First, Tian Meng often chased Tang Zirong and delayed his speed of entering Luhe County. Buy time for Li Shijun's army to encircle. While Li Shijun was in a hurry, he got the report of Tian Mengchang, and divided a group of men and horses to seize Chenguan County and block the reinforcements.

Tian Mengchang and Dadao Changsheng and others, led 30,000 troops, and went out of the city to pursue. When he caught up with Tang Zirong's rear army, the commander of the rear army and the person who broke the battle was Xu Wenhu.

Xu Wenhu immediately led the rear army to stop, and sent someone to report to Tang Zirong, saying that the rear army was attacked by the enemy, but the number of enemy troops pursuing it was not large, and the army could return to the ground and destroy the enemy's pursuers in one fell swoop!

When Tang Zirong heard this, he hesitated, so he ordered the front army to continue to advance, lead the Chinese army himself, and according to Xu Wenhu's suggestion, turn back and win the battle with a big sword.

When he turned around, he saw that Xu Wenhu had already defeated the enemy. The big sword Chang Sheng is running away.

It turned out that when Xu Wenhu was fighting with Dadao Chang Sheng, he secretly threw a paper ball in Chang Sheng's arms, but he instructed in his mouth:

"General Chang, before Tang Zirong's Chinese army turns here, you will be defeated first, lead the crowd to flee, and when Tang Zirong wants to continue to advance, you and Wu Jun and Meng Ping will not stop their troops, and they will attack again in turn. There is important news in the paper group, and I will report it to Tian Junshi and Marshal Shijun as soon as possible. ”

So the two of them each raised their swords and guns, pretending to be, but they also fought as if they were real, and when it was time to say it, the big sword Changsheng shouted: "What a powerful Xu Hu! The big sword often defeats the enemy, but you can't wait for me to leave!"

As a result, the broadsword Chang Sheng fled. At this time, Tang Zirong's army turned around, and when he saw this situation, he was about to order a pursuit, Xu Wenhu said: "My lord Emperor Khan, we are still in a hurry." ”

Tang Zirong said: "Well, it makes sense. However, since you can defeat him, and Ben is responsible for pressing the formation after it is broken, why did you just report it and ask Lone to return to the army?"

Xu Wenhu said in fear: "My lord Emperor Khan, that big sword Changsheng is a fierce general in the defenders of Pang County, the last general doesn't know if he can defeat him, and seeing that he has few troops, he invited my lord Emperor Khan to return to the army to attack him." ”

When Tang Zirong heard this, he said: "Now that they have all fled, you say that it is better to hurry." You led the rear army to suppress the formation, and if you encountered this kind of situation again, you would have not had to report to Lonely, you could have dealt with it independently, and you could have broken off immediately. ”

Xu Wenhu said with sincere fear: "My lord Khan, the intention of the last general, originally wanted to give the pursuers a head-on attack, so that they would be discouraged and dare not come to pursue our army again!

Tang Zirong listened, pondered, and said: "Okay, Gu will give you another 7,000 horses now, and you will lead 10,000 horses to break off!"

When Xu Wenhu heard this, he was overjoyed, and said in his mouth: "My lord Emperor Khan, the last general will attack the pursuing soldiers with a painful heart!" However, what he thought in his heart was that I, Xu Wenhu, thought that you gave me too few soldiers. It turned out that what Xu Wenhu thought was: The more I Xu leads the troops, the more I will fight back when the time comes, and the greater the blow to Tang Zirong.

- Although the delay was not long, nearly half an hour slipped away.

But he said that the big knife Changsheng gave the paper ball to Tian Mengchang. When Tian Mengchang opened it, it was a message, obviously written in a hurry, and it said:

Tang Zirong was in a hurry, and transferred his tens of thousands of elite soldiers guarding the northern borderland. The commander Tang Xiaofei led 50,000 horses and horses, and was rushing to Chenguan County in the northwest of Luhe County. Our army must hold off this elite army. Don't let him approach Luhe County.

Tian Mengchang naturally sent an urgent messenger to inform Li Shijun, and added: The marshal can order a group of men and horses to rush to the northwest of Nachenguan County to block Tang Xiaofei. Or, seize Chenguan County first-so, as mentioned above, when Li Shijun's army came in a hurry, he divided a force to seize Chenguan County.

When Li Shijun divided his troops, he was one hundred and twenty miles away from Luhe County, one hundred and fifty miles away from Chenguan County, and Tang Xiaofei was also one hundred and twenty miles away from Chenguan County. It's just that the Taiping Army has learned the news of Tang Xiaofei's arrival, but Tang Xiaofei doesn't know that the news of his rush to rescue has been known by the Taiping Army.

Li Shijun was already speeding up the march - the soldiers were very fast. After Tian Mengchang's messenger arrived, Li Shijun saw it, and asked the military adviser Xu Xing and Ma Rong to lead 30,000 troops to Chenguan County, and if possible, then occupy Chenguan County one step ahead of the enemy, but in any case, Tang Xiaofei's reinforcements must be blocked.

Li Shijun himself, but he led 70,000 horses and rushed to Luhe County.

Li Shijun's plan was to besiege Luhe County and eliminate Tang Zirong's army, and at the same time, Xu Xing and Ma Rong besieged Chenguan County to block Tang Xiaofei's army. After this side captured Luhe County, the army surrounded Tang Xiaofei in one fell swoop and wiped him out.

- but said that Tian Mengchang harassed repeatedly, and the effect was: Tang Zirong's army retreated to Luhe County, which took half a day. Li Shijun got this half a day, and the army finally arrived in time.

When Tang Zirong arrived in Luhe County, he originally planned to rest for a long time, leaving his generals to defend Luhe, and he made a detour to Xining Prefecture, not wanting to enter Luhe with his front foot, and Li Shijun followed him with his back foot, and surrounded Luhe County with the situation, and could no longer get away.

So Tang Zirong sent Niu Fei to lead the troops out of the city, let him break out of the siege, go to Chenguan County, and contact Tang Xiaofei. Ordered Tang Xiao to come to Luhe County to respond. In order to attack inside and outside, break through.

After Niu Fei left the city, he secretly asked Li Shijun for instructions, and Li Shijun ordered him to go to Chenguan County, and only waited for the Taiping army to attack the city. However, he falsely sent an order to Tang Xiaofei and said: Emperor Khan ordered General Tang to guard Chenguan County, echoing Luhe County from afar.

Tang Xiaofei got the letter, and sure enough, he sat in Chenguan County and confronted Xu Xing and Ma Rong's men.