Chapter 1475 Siege the city and call for reinforcements
Li Sheng stood in front of the sand table and used small flags to simulate the marching route of the Guo family's army. Strategically, he knew that the Guo family would perish. He also knew that the newly recruited troops of the Guo family were vulnerable, but he still attached great importance to it.
He thought that the Guo family would encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, and the army would go north to attack Chengdu and relieve the crisis in Zizhou. However, he soon found that he had thought too much. The Guo family's army showed no sign of going north at all, and instead went directly to Zizhou in the west.
When the Guo family's army was still a hundred miles away from Panshi County, Li Sheng resolutely issued an ultimatum to Panshi County. In a blink of an eye, he captured the county seat and escorted all the young and old of the Yang family to Chengdu. The army was disbanded. As for the officials' disposition,
Regarding the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel, the best he can do is to ensure that Xu Huining, the governor, is not guilty. As for whether he can keep his official position, that is another matter.
Under the current situation, it is lucky that Guo Huaiyan's son-in-law can serve the people safely.
It took an hour to finish Panshi County, and Li Sheng began to prepare to deal with Guo Qianren's army.
The Guo family's army is currently located in Pukang County, Puzhou, due east, about a hundred miles away from Panshi County. If nothing happens, they will rush to Panshi County along the current official road.
Li Sheng found another trail to the north of the official road. He immediately said to General Guan Ning: "General Guan can lead 10,000 troops to go through the trail, go around behind the enemy's back, and cut off the enemy's retreat!"
"I humbly obey orders!"
Guan Ning took the order arrow and hurried away.
Li Sheng then smiled at his deputy Zhao Ting'an and said, "General Zhao, please do a demonstration battle of attacking and defending the city, so that the other side will think that we are still attacking the city!"
Everyone laughed, and Zhao Ting'an bowed and said: "Ten thousand troops are enough for a humble job. I guarantee that the offensive and defensive performances will be earth-shattering."
Li Sheng gave Zhao Ting'an 10,000 troops, and he himself led 30,000 cavalry and quietly went south with the help of night cover.
Although the generals believed that it was not necessary to use a butcher's knife to deal with this little chicken of the Guo family, Li Sheng's style was to never underestimate the enemy, and to prepare for and take every war seriously.
The next morning, Panshi started an offensive and defensive battle again. The city gates were closed tightly. Drums were beating like thunder above and below the city. The shouts of killing were loud. Thick smoke was billowing under the city wall. Arrows were shooting at the top of the city like raindrops. Basically, everyone was
They crossed the city head and shot into the city. The city had long been covered with thick sand, and the arrows were stuck in the sand with almost no damage. A batch of them were recovered by the soldiers in a while.
The offensive and defensive demonstrations were so vivid that they really deceived the spies sent by Guo Qianren to check. Of course, the spies did not dare to get close. If they did, they would still find clues that the Tang Army camp was almost empty.
But you can't tell from a distance. It feels like the Tang army has about 30,000 people. Zhao Ting'an really pretends to be an army of 30,000 people.
At this time, Guo Qianren's army had entered Zizhou, about seventy miles away from Panshi County. It was getting late and the army was resting in place.
Guo Qianren was very vigilant and deployed a large number of spies around. Once any abnormality was discovered, he would immediately notify the army.
Guo Qianren was unwilling to rescue Panshi County from the bottom of his heart, but he also wanted to give an explanation to the family leader, so as long as he found any abnormality, he would have an excuse to immediately withdraw his troops and return to Hezhou.
But so far, no abnormality has been found. At the third watch, the spies from Panshi County came back, and Guo Qianren quickly got up to meet the spies.
"General Qi, the siege is still going on, but the opponent does not seem to be carrying heavy siege weapons. The siege seems to be more difficult. They mainly rely on fire attacks and arrows."
"How many people are there?"
"About thirty thousand people!"
Guo Qianren pondered for a moment, this number was a bit different from the 50,000 Tang troops they had, but there was no problem if he thought about it carefully.
Li Sheng definitely wanted to leave an army to defend Chengdu, and it couldn't be exactly 30,000. It should be more than 30,000. In fact, it was almost the same, leaving about 15,000 to defend Chengdu.
After thinking about this, Guo Qianren felt relieved.
Before dawn the next day, Guo Jiajun set off again.
After confirming that the Tang army was still attacking the city, Guo Qianren no longer had any worries and ordered his troops to advance at full speed.
He had a new idea. If they could arrive in Panshi County in time and attack the Tang army from behind, and the 20,000 Yang family troops in the county would attack from the front, attacking from both inside and outside, the 30,000 Tang army would be defeated.
If they can win this battle, they will have the upper hand in the entire Bashu situation.
Many of us are sometimes a little self-righteous. This is a common problem for everyone. To put it bluntly, we consider problems from our own perspective. We may unconsciously lower our valuation due to difficulties we may encounter, and we always feel that we can successfully complete the plan.
But in the end we all say that plans don’t change as quickly as they should. This is actually because we oversimplify the difficulties.
The same goes for Guo Qianren. He even thought of the details of the night sneak attack on the Tang army. Thinking of the Tang army's hasty retreat, he couldn't help but get excited.
When it was almost noon, the soldiers were tired and beaten, and the team had stretched to nearly twenty miles. In this case, they would usually stop to rest, and the team would slowly gather together.
Seeing that the queue was too long, Guo Qianren felt a little worried, so he ordered: "Rest where you are!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an overwhelming barrage of arrows suddenly shot out from the woods on the roadside. The arrows emitted smoke and exploded after landing. The soldiers on the official road were caught off guard and screamed in agony.
The soldiers were in chaos. Many people were concentrated by the iron particles, and they were howling like ghosts. However, to deal with the Han soldiers, the arrows and thunder used by the Tang army were all non-poisonous arrows and thunder, and the iron particles did not quench the poison. It was not a big problem to be hit, but the soldiers
The psychological damage was huge, and many people collapsed completely after being hit by iron particles.
Then a low horn sounded in the woods, "Woo——"
The overwhelming Tang army cavalry rushed out of the woods and killed the enemy on the official road.
In fact, three Tang army cavalry with ten thousand people launched an attack at the same time on the official road more than 20 miles long, cutting fifty thousand enemy troops into three sections. The violent explosions were unheard of by these soldiers. Exhaustion and fear filled the hearts of every soldier.
When the overwhelming cavalry rushed out like the sky was shattering and the earth was shattering, many soldiers were so frightened that they screamed, turned around and ran away without their lives.
Regardless of whether they are marching or fighting, the army has a special feature. Soldiers are generally not allowed to leave the official road. The official road is a kind of control. Under the supervision of generals, soldiers do not dare to escape easily. But once they leave the official road, it means losing control.
Especially when the army is defeated, almost all the soldiers who leave the official road and flee into the wilderness run home and will not go back to die. If you win the battle, you can make a fortune together, but if you lose the battle, forget about sharing the risks.
Those soldiers who could be gathered were basically soldiers who had not deviated from the official line, which meant that they were still in order and would not escape home, or they were inexperienced and were intercepted by the general responsible for gathering the defeated soldiers.
The 50,000 soldiers were all soldiers who had just been recruited less than half a month ago. They had never seen such a scene of bloody massacre. They were so frightened that they fled in all directions.
The Tang army did not pursue them. As long as they left the official road, they were basically let go. Unless they were generals, the Tang army would not let the enemy generals go. Generals generally have cohesion and will reunite the soldiers. Only
Guo Qianren had more than twenty soldiers beside him, but he was surrounded by hundreds of Tang Army cavalry. Soon, his soldiers fell off their horses one after another, leaving only Guo Qianren. Guo Qianren roared and swung his sword to kill outside.
Dozens of spears were thrust forward, left, and back, and Guo Qianren screamed in agony as his body was pierced by dozens of spears. He was killed on the spot and fell off his horse.
The ambush ended in less than half an hour. The Tang army killed thousands of people, and more than 20 generals including Guo Qianren were also killed. Many soldiers' legs were weak from fear and could not run at all, so they had to
Kneeling down and surrendering, countless people surrendered for a time, and the Tang army stopped chasing those fleeing soldiers and allowed them to escape. Li Sheng ordered not to pursue them anymore. These are Han peasants who only enlisted in the army out of confusion. Once they
Realizing that their lives are in danger, no one will work for the Guo family anymore. It is the emperor Li Ye's intention to let them go home and farm.
Thousands of people in the rear army escaped the ambush of the Tang army and turned around to flee. In the end, they could not escape the interception of 10,000 Tang troops.
After only running for more than ten miles, General Guan Ning led an army of 10,000 to rush out, like a big net, blocking the way of the soldiers. Guan Ning waved his gun and shouted: "If you want to survive, why don't you kneel down and surrender!"
The soldiers woke up from a dream and knelt down one after another to surrender. Guan Ning ordered the soldiers to collect their weapons and escort them back.
Li Sheng did not expect that the Guo family's army would be so vulnerable. In more than half an hour, the entire 50,000-strong army was destroyed.
Soon, Li Sheng got the exact information. These 50,000 soldiers were all newly recruited farmers. Many soldiers could not even use crossbows and were dragged onto the battlefield. No wonder they performed so sparsely, while the 20,000 servants who were really well-trained
Stay in Hechuan County.
Li Sheng ordered the soldiers to take off their armor, gave them a hearty meal, and then released them home.
By this time, the bodies of thousands of those killed had been cremated and buried, and the battlefield had been cleared.
After resting for a long time, Li Sheng continued to lead an army of 50,000 to Hechuan County.
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