Gao Shang gave Shi Chaoyi three strategies: the best strategy was to defend Luoyang, and at the same time take advantage of the contradiction between Li Ye and the court to bribe Li Fuguo with a lot of money. Yu Chaoen and others provoked the Tang Dynasty to attack Longyou from behind, forcing Li Ye to withdraw his troops.
Back to Longyou, this is a soldier who can defeat others without fighting!
The central strategy was to send troops to Hulao Pass to attack Li Guangbi's back. Li Guangbi was attacked from both sides and had to withdraw his troops back to Hexi. Then he moved his capital to Chenliu and occupied the Central Plains to attack Jianghuai and Jiangnan. This was a strategy to reintegrate resources and use the Central Plains to expand the territory.
As a last resort, he took advantage of the Tang Army's unstable foothold to attack the main camp of the Tang Army at night, and ambushed the Tang Army in the north to rescue the Tang Army. The Tang Army lost more than 30% of its troops in a night's battle, and had to withdraw to Shaanxi County, and then assembled the army to annihilate Li Ye in one go.
This is a deceitful strategy. The victory or defeat depends on the will of God, and it is unpredictable by ghosts and gods.
The best strategy and the middle strategy are actually a kind of strategy. The probability of success is relatively high, but the time is relatively long.
The worst strategy was tactics, and Shi Chaoyi chose the worst strategy without hesitation. He was a Hu man and didn't like the twists and turns of the Han people. At the same time, he didn't want to give up Luoyang, the sacred capital, so he chose neither the best strategy nor the middle strategy.
Last resort.
Of course, if the lower option fails, he will choose the upper option again, but it doesn't matter anyway.
At night, in the west city, General Cai Xide was ready. Cai Xide was defeated by Li Ye in Shaxian County, Xingzhou last year. He had already held back a breath of bad breath. Tonight, he volunteered to lead a night attack on Tangying with 30,000 cavalry.
There was also the fierce general Li Riyue, who also led 20,000 troops out of Yuanbi City and ambush beside the official road in the northwest corner. Once the Tang army from Beidaying came to support, they would ambush halfway.
In addition, the 100,000 troops in the city are also ready. Once the Tang army is defeated, they will pursue them from behind.
At the third watch, the city gate slowly opened, and Cai Xide led 30,000 cavalry out of the city. The 30,000 horses all wrapped their hooves with cloth, and with a very low sound, they lined up and headed towards the Tang army's camp ten miles away.
At the same time, 20,000 infantrymen led by Li Riyue also left the city. They were crossbowmen and sword and shield troops. They would ambush in the Shangluo Station area about six miles away from the city wall. The official road here was from the north to the west of the Tang Army.
The only way to go to the camp.
The sky is beautiful tonight, there are no stars or moonlight, dark clouds are hanging low, and the air is a bit stuffy, as if it is going to rain, but it won't start. Simply put, the moon is dark and the wind is high, which is very suitable for a sneak attack.
Cai Xide led 30,000 cavalry and stared at a little light in the distance. There was the Tang Army's camp. The Tang Army had just arrived this morning and had only set up the camp. The camp fence had not been set up yet, but they had dug a five-foot-long fence around the perimeter.
The trench was so wide that they didn't even have time to bury the antlers. This was simply God's blessing for their sneak attack.
Still one mile away from the main camp, Cai Xide whispered: "Line up and prepare to attack!"
The attack on the enemy's camp is usually launched from a mile away, so that the momentum can be achieved by running at a speed, and the time of one mile is so short that the opponent has no time to organize a resistance, but can escape in a hurry. This is exactly what Cai Xide hopes
situation.
Thirty thousand troops formed an assault formation and quickly lit torches. A sea of fire immediately appeared in the originally dark wilderness.
Cai Xide waved his sword and shouted: "Kill -"
"Kill--"
The 30,000 Yan Army cavalry launched into action and rushed toward the Tang Army's camp one mile away, like a mountain falling apart.
I could only faintly hear the screams of the Tang army soldiers, followed by, ‘Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!’ and the alarm bells sounded loudly.
Cai Xide shouted at the top of his lungs: "Whoever gets the head of King Qi will be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"
The Yan army's cavalry was even more powerful, taking one hundred steps, fifty steps, thirty steps.
Just like the Yellow River bursting its banks, the Yan army's cavalry rushed into the Tang army's camp in an instant. They ran wildly with their swords, their horses galloped in the camp, and torches were thrown at the Tang army's tent. The tent and the materials in the tent were also set on fire.
But I didn't see a single fleeing Tang Army soldier.
Cai Xide suddenly realized that this was an empty camp, "No, I've been fooled!"
He suddenly heard a scream from behind. When he turned around, Cai Xide was frightened to death. Not only was the tent on fire, but the entire camp was on fire. The ground was burning. The tent was full of straw and branches.
Countless Yan army cavalry were engulfed in flames.
He saw the fire spreading rapidly towards him from all directions. He was so frightened that he led tens of thousands of cavalry and ran wildly. The fire was chasing behind him. Large numbers of soldiers were constantly being engulfed by the fire. The ten thousand cavalry behind him turned into thousands.
The number of people turned from thousands to hundreds, and everyone else was engulfed by the fire.
Cai Xide desperately led hundreds of cavalry to escape from the Tang army's camp. However, he heard a bang sound, 'Bang! Bang! Bang!', and arrows came like a rainstorm. Cai Xide was caught off guard and was hit by hundreds of arrows in an instant. His entire body was hit by hundreds of arrows.
Like a hedgehog, the body fell from the horse.
This butcher who massacred countless cities in Hebei finally could not escape the punishment of fate and died under the random arrows of the Tang army.
There were still thousands of people who had not had time to rush into the Tang army camp. When the fire engulfed the Tang army camp, they reined in their horses one after another. Unexpectedly, a Tang army of ten thousand people suddenly appeared behind them. They raised their crossbows and fired thousands of arrows. Thousands of cavalrymen were shot.
Most of them were killed, and the remaining more than a thousand people fled in panic to the south, but they were still greeted by an ambush of five thousand crossbowmen.
To the west, the Tang Army's camp was raging with fire, and faint screams could be heard. Li Riyue, who was ambushing halfway, thought Cai Xide had succeeded, and he was even more looking forward to it.
At this time, someone whispered: "They are coming!"
In the distance, a troop of Tang Army cavalry was seen rushing towards them.
Li Riyue shouted: "Archers prepare!"
Twenty thousand Yan army crossbowmen were ambushing 70 steps away on both sides of the official road, waiting for the Tang army to enter the ambush circle.
At this moment, they heard a sudden continuous bang bang bang bang sound behind them, and countless sparks suddenly appeared in the sky, which were extremely spectacular and beautiful, falling from the sky like a goddess scattering flowers, which happened to be the area where they were ambush.
The soldiers of the Yan army suddenly screamed. This was the highly toxic sulfur and charcoal fired by the Tang army. If it fell on the body, it would burn the skin and flesh to pieces. Coupled with the highly toxic nature, the pain was unbearable for ordinary people.
Countless Yan soldiers jumped up and shouted, their crossbows went off and shot at their own people, and the ambush formation suddenly became chaotic.
Thousands of Tang Army cavalry on the official road stopped running, but ten thousand Tang Army cavalry were killed from behind them. They slashed with swords and stabbed with spears, killing the Yan Army soldiers until they were crying and unable to escape.
Li Riyue was also hit in his left arm by a piece of burning sulfur clay. It stuck to his skin and burned, and could not be removed by slapping it away. He was in agony.
At this moment, a young general came towards him with a diagonal stab and shouted coldly, "Thieves, take your life!"
A golden dragon spear pierced his throat in an instant. The general who came was Xi Wanli, the best general of the young generation of the Anxi Army.
Li Riyue held back the severe pain and slashed at the opponent's gun blade with his sword, but unexpectedly the sword hit the enemy completely. The severe pain in his left arm seriously affected his judgment. He didn't even see clearly who the opponent was. He secretly screamed that something was wrong, and only felt his neck.
Suddenly, 'Poof!', the Panlong Golden Spear pierced his neck, and his cervical vertebrae were also pierced by the spear. Li Riyue's vision went dark, and he fell off his horse and died.
Shi Chaoyi, who was watching the battle on the top of the city, was heartbroken. They attacked the Tang army secretly, but fell into the opponent's trick and ambush. The thirty thousand cavalry were probably in danger.
Shi Chaoyi sighed, "God's will!"
Gao Shang couldn't say a word. The raid he was confident of failed. He realized that they had encountered an unprecedented enemy. No wonder Li Ye was able to defend Chang'an in the first place. It was no accident.
At that time, Li Ye was not strong enough. Now that he has become very powerful, stronger than any Tang army they encountered, do they still have a chance?
Everyone was staring into the distance in panic, but they ignored the city below. Dozens of black figures quietly appeared under the Round Wall City. They carried a huge iron box and lurked under the city wall.
After the Yan army slowly dispersed and silence returned to the city wall, they began to take action. Using special iron hooks and other tools, they slowly hooked out more than a dozen large city bricks, stuffed the large wooden boxes into the city wall, and two
The soldiers also hid in, and everyone simply blocked the entrance. At least the soldiers on the top of the city could not see anything unusual on the wall below.
When necessary, two Tang soldiers hiding in the city wall gave a gentle push from inside, and the bricks fell out, making it easier for them to escape.