Chapter 118 Breakthrough
In an abandoned village five miles south of Zhuoluo City, Xu Ping turned over and got off the horse and entered the handsome tent that had been set up.
Wang Kai was leading his subordinates to nervously organize various military situations. When he saw Xu Ping coming in, he sang promises with his hands.
Sitting down at the coach's position, Xu Ping asked Wang Kai: "What about Zhuoluo City now? It's almost noon, and it's time to have a result."
"According to the strategy, the Hao thief has brought his troops out of the city and gathered in the east of the city. It seems that he will cross the Karochuan in the afternoon and flee towards Lingzhou. Zhuoluo City is closed and there are still many troops stationed. According to our estimates, the thiefs should leave some troops to cut off the rear and cover the Hao thief. Gao Du sent someone to ask if he was attacking the city in advance so as not to have any worries when pursuing it."
Xu Ping thought for a while and said, "Tell them not to have to. The hills on the east bank of the Karo River are low, and there are no thorns and plants to stop the Haozis in this season, so it is difficult to stop the Haozis from breaking through. If you want to chew too much, you can achieve our goal. If you force yourself to keep the Haozis, it is easy to have accidents. Sang Yi and Gao Daquan were instructed to stop the thieves in the mountains. If they escaped from the mountain, they would let them leave."
Wang Kai Yingnuo turned around and ordered his subordinates to inform Sang Yi and Gao Daquan.
Xu Ping leaned on the table and looked at the sketched surrounding map.
Shi Quanbin drank tea and came to watch with Xu Ping. He couldn't understand what the circles marked on the map meant, and it was hard to ask, so he just stood there and pretended.
In the north of Zhuoluo City, Yuan Hao rode on his horse, looked up at the surroundings, shouting and shouting incessantly, and didn't know how many Song troops were around. He sighed and said to Yeliyuqiu: "Uncle tired, don't go back to the city, just stay here. When I lead people to fight eastward, you will follow closely and we will go to Lingzhou together. Baoqing is a local clan and will not give up Zhuoluo City easily. Let him help us withstand a while. When we return to Lingzhou, we will order troops and horses to compete for this place!"
Yeli came to the beggar and bowed: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will block the pursuers of the Song army in the north of the city and not let them harass your retreat. Looking at the way to Lingzhou from the east of the city, the Song army arranged a lot of people, and there was no missing a bloody battle."
When passing through Karo River, the Song cavalry continued to charge, seriously slowing down the speed of Yuanhao's troops crossing the river. When everything was ready and was about to break through the east forcibly, it was already afternoon, and Yuanhao was really panicked.
At night, it was difficult for the Song army to guard tightly, which was good for Yuan Hao to lead people to break through, but it was difficult to maintain the military system at night. If you break out, you still don’t know how many people you can stay around. Yuan Hao’s elite soldiers are not ordinary people, and the soldiers are carefully selected from the Dangxiang National. There is no need to mention that the five thousand of the closest guards are called "Sixth Class Direct" in the Song system, and they are selected by the rich clan. "Sixth Class Direct" takes turns to be on duty. This time he brought more than a thousand people around him. One of these people is missing, which means that a large family in China has shed blood for him and cannot be comforted without giving huge benefits.
Looking at the sky, Yuan Hao gritted his teeth and said to Yeliyu: "Take care, I'll go first!"
Yeli Yuqi watched Yuanhao lead the brigade to the east slowly, his face gloomy. He was old at the army and naturally knew that Yuanhao should use the strategy of breaking the tail to survive, and he was the first cut off the tail. He didn't have to think about what to follow and break through. It was just what Yuanhao used to calm people. Both sides knew it. The Yeli family was the second largest clan of the Party Xiang, second only to the Yuanhao family, and the two brothers were in charge of local military and political power. For the sake of the family, even though they knew that Yuanhao had put him to death, Yeli Yuqi could only grit their teeth and persevere.
After breathing a sigh of relief, Yeli Yuqi said to the generals around him: "Take Sanqiansheng and catch the life, and wander around. If there are Song troops rushing back and forth, face the enemy, don't let them be free! Even if you have more people, you must block it!"
The general agreed and went to order all the staff and took them there.
Jia Kui held a long axe in his hand and bit a dead grass in his mouth. He looked at the Yuanhao team that was slowly moving here, with his eyes wide open.
This is a gentle slope from the Karochuan Valley. After reaching the mountain, there is a relatively flat ridge that can directly lead to the mountains. The valley is a pass and the ridge is a pass. Zhuoluo City is a real military fortress. It should have been set up here to guard the dangers and serve as the periphery of Zhuoluo City's defensive system. Dangxiang did not take care of the Zhuoluo City's defense system, but just built a small city. All the supporting defense system was blank. It was precisely because of this that he was caught off guard by the Qinzhou army. However, at this time the bad things turned into good things. There was no city here, and the blocked Song army also lost their support.
The Dangxiang Army learned from previous lessons and arrived at the slope. The cavalry dismounted, changed his spear and fought with the Song army in an infantry battle.
Jia Kui spit out the dead grass in his mouth and spat: "Zhi Niang, these thieves have learned a lot. They know that it is not easy to go up the mountain, so they no longer ride horses. The men, go to the long axe and use a long spear to stab them to death!"
After asking his subordinates to change their spears, Jia Kui relied on his courage and still stood in front of the team with a long axe in his hand.
The counterattack was at the end of the opponent's strong crossbow. When they went up the mountain, the Song army would naturally not rush down to fight them. Yang Wenguang saw that the enemy was approaching the mountain, and with a command, the crossbow was like a locust, sprinkling at the Dangxiang Army, while the swords and gunmen picked up the stones on the mountain and threw them down the mountain. The road was in a hurry and there was not much weapon, otherwise the javelins thrown out at this time would be even more powerful.
When the Dangxiang Army reached the top of the mountain dozens of steps, Jia Kui shouted loudly, jumped out with a long axe in his hand, and took the swords and gunmen in his headquarters to counterattack the Dangxiang Army.
Yuan Hao saw the first attack in the distance and was quickly retracted. His face was gloomy and said to Wuliu beside him: "Take the troops around from the side, force the Song army to open the right path, and let the army pass! The brigade has gone far, so you can follow me again!"
Wuliu promised to select troops from the headquarters, climbed up from the hill next to him, and attacked the flanks of the Song army.
Yang Wenguang saw it with a telescope in his hand, and asked someone to call Jia Kui to his side, saying, "We are limited to our troops and horses, so we cannot block the entire mountain ridge. The thieves over there have already gone up the mountain and will be around our flanks soon. Instead of waiting for him to attack, we might as well move first. You can bring people to the fork and let the thieves team pass by, and we will leave his last tail."
Jia Kui said: "The thieves want to break through us, but they can't do it for a while! Why don't we guard for a while and let the thieves die a little, so that the thieves can make the way better?"
"No need, there are still twenty or thirty miles to go out of the mountain. After passing us, there are still troops from our dynasty behind us. We stopped the tails of the thieves and cooked early. We could go around in front and fight another battle."
Sang Yi and Gao Daquan arranged the people along this mountain road, with only more than 10,000 people, dozens of miles, divided into several groups to guard the road. If they block the road, they would not let the Dangxiang army scatter and run into the mountains in a hurry. At that time, it would be even more difficult to chase and block. Ten thousand ***s of the Dangxiang army were intercepted and how much could they be left. Yuan Hao had 20,000 elite Dangxiang soldiers who broke through the border. If the block was tight, it would be scattered in just one hour. It would be difficult for the Song army to block this road again.
Chapter completed!