Chapter 31: Annihilation
When it was almost time, Fan Yi rested in the camp. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info last night's hangover made Fan Yi still a little drowsy, and the soldiers didn't dare to come to disturb him.
A stormy sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and the whole camp was in chaos. When Fan Yi rushed out of the camp, he saw that the entire camp was in a mess, there was fire everywhere, and a team of cavalry was about to rush out of the camp. Fan Yi shouted loudly for people to go and surround him, and when he could get on his horse, the cavalry team had already rushed out of the camp and headed straight for Qinzhou.
The 30,000 army went to 20%, which made Fan Yi thunderous, but despite the dissuasion of his subordinates, he led the army to chase in the direction of Qinzhou. After chasing for a long time, there was no way to rush the whereabouts of the thousands of cavalry in the camp, as if they had disappeared out of thin air. Fan Yi calmed down a little, remembered the task of his trip, and reluctantly led the army towards Longnan City. When he got the city of Longnan, it was already dark, and Fan Yi had to order to camp under the city and attack the city again on the second day.
As soon as the hour arrived, on the hillsides on both sides of the camp, shouts and gongs and drums suddenly sounded. Fan Yi, who had just fallen asleep, went into battle and personally led his troops to search the slopes on both sides, but there was no trace of the enemy. Fan Yi scolded and returned to the camp, but he didn't feel sleepy, so he had to let his soldiers burn a pot of spirits, and only after drinking it did he fall asleep deeply.
Just after the hour, shouts and gongs and drums were heard outside the camp, and when the soldiers woke up Fan Yi, there was still no trace of the enemy soldiers. Fan Yi was so angry that he kicked the table in front of him, but he was helpless, and he fell asleep when he was about to turn over and over.
After only half an hour's nap, there were shouts and gongs and drums on the hillside, but they were much louder than the previous two times. When the pro-soldier came to report, Fan Yi kicked over the pro-soldier and said angrily: "Don't pay attention to these tricks, it's just to harass and harass." Give Lao Tzu back to sleep. Sure enough, the hillsides on both sides were quiet after a lot of noise.
When I first arrived, there was a noisy sound on the hillsides on both sides, and the soldiers who came to report were kicked over by Fan Yi's own soldiers: "Give Lao Tzu back to sleep." The soldier scolded and sent the order. Sure enough, the noise stopped after a quarter of an hour.
After another quarter of an hour, there was a sudden thud, a rocket shot into the air, and the shouts were heard again. The more than 20,000 rebels, who had been tossed for a day and a night, had become numb, lying on the covers, and they didn't even bother to move. Numerous rockets entered the camp from both sides, and soon the entire sky was lit up. The sound of rushing and killing continued, but countless officers and soldiers rushed down on the hillsides on both sides, and the waist knives in their hands ruthlessly harvested their lives.
When the soldiers woke up Fan Yi, the entire camp was already in flames, and countless rebels were directly burned to death. Fan Xiong cried and was put on his horse by his own soldiers, and rushed out towards the way he came. By the time they rushed out of the camp, there were less than 400 people left in the 1,000-strong army.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and the sound of horses' hooves was faintly heard behind him. Fan Yi led hundreds of personal soldiers, did not dare to stop for a moment, and galloped forward along the official road. The official road turned a corner at the corner of the mountain, rushed through the corner, and the terrain was suddenly clear.
The neighing sound of the horse came, but the dozen or so horsemen who had already turned the corner of the mountain suddenly reined in the war horse, and the war horse behind him couldn't hold his foot, but he crashed into it. The people at the scene turned on their backs, and there was a mess all of a sudden. Fan Yi, who was crowded in the middle of the team, shouted and scolded as the team turned around the corner of the mountain, but he was stunned and strangled the war horse, crying and shouting: "It's over! Lao Tzu is going to die here today!"
On the open ground outside a stone's throw in front of them, thousands of cavalry lined up neatly, ready to attack at any time. The columns of cavalry in front of them were all bent bows and arrows, aimed at the corners of the mountain. The sound of horses' hooves behind him was getting closer and closer, and when he turned his head, the continuous cavalry was already in sight.
The pro-soldiers cried and pulled Fan Yi off their horses and rushed up the hillside on one side, and the rest of the pro-soldiers also dismounted and rushed up the hillside. As soon as he rushed out, a gong sounded, and a roaring sound sounded on the hillside, but countless sharp arrows shot down from the hillside. The dense rain of arrows caused dozens of people in the pro-soldier team to lose their lives in an instant.
Hundreds of soldiers hurriedly retreated, rushing up the hillside on the other side. Another gong sounded, leaving only dozens of corpses on the hillside. Dense archers slowly walked out from the dense forest on both sides, and every few steps, sharp arrows would be shot, constantly reaping the lives of Fan Yi's own soldiers.
At this time, the pursuers behind him were not in a hurry, everyone dismounted, armed with bows and arrows, and slowly pressed up. The sound of horses' hooves sounded, but the thousands of cavalry who were blocking in front of them were also slowly starting to move. Of the more than 300 Fan Yi's personal soldiers, none of them survived under the sharp arrows of nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers. When the officers and soldiers arrived, Fan Yi was hit by more than 20 arrows, and he was already dead and couldn't die anymore.
When Xuan Qi and Qian Chaoxian led the army to triumph, Liu Jingnan and Hao Yun had already set up the banquet and waited for the arrival of the two.
In this battle, the officers and men paid the price of 279 dead and wounded, but they completely annihilated the 30,000 rebels who attacked. When the good news spread in all directions, the people all cheered.
On the same day, Xuanqi also received a reply from Sanji, in which he was first pleased that the missing Xuanqi had returned, and secondly, he repeatedly assured that the Tibetan army would not invade the Celestial Empire.
Xuan Qi gave the letter to Qian Chaoxian, and when the three of them looked at it, the three of them were overjoyed. But the four of them have opinions on the matter of Tubo borrowing troops, but Xuan Qi and Liu Jingnan have the same opinion, and they both think that it is still possible to ask God to borrow troops from Tubo, and it is still difficult to ask God to send God, unless it is absolutely necessary, it is best not to carry out this matter.
Early in the morning of the second day, Xuan Qi said goodbye to the three of them, and quickly marched towards Longzhong. Qian Chaoyi let the army rest for one more day, and then led the army to aid Longzhong.
Xuanqi went all the way to the north, and on the afternoon of the second day, he had already arrived in Qinzhou. At this time, Qinzhou City was also full of soldiers, and Xuan Qi had to explain his identity, and the city gate officials on the city wall dared to let Xuan Qi enter the city. After Xuanqi entered the city, he went straight to the Qinzhou garrison general's mansion, and learned that Li Sheng and the rebels were still facing each other freely in Longzhong, and the weather was freezing cold, and the two sides were quite restrained and rarely clashed.
Xuan Qi was a little relieved, so he spent the night in the general's mansion, and on the second day, he refused the good intentions of the garrison general to send troops to escort him, and went out of the city alone, heading towards Longzhong. The road on the plateau was covered with a lot of snow, and when Xuan Qi arrived in Longzhong, it was already late at night the next day. But I saw that outside the city of Longzhong, ten miles of camp, the lights were lit, but on this plateau, it was quite magnificent.