With a loud shout, thirty thousand Tang troops rushed out of the forest and surrounded ten thousand cavalry. The official road in front was blocked by dozens of giant trees.
Ten thousand Shuofang cavalry reined in their horses and were at a loss. At this time, Li Ye said loudly: "Commanders of the three armies, listen, I am Li Ye, King of Qi. Now you have been surrounded and Pu Gujun is dead. You have only two choices.
, Either surrender to me, Li Ye, and join the Helong Army, or be killed for rebellion and bring harm to your family. I only give you a quarter of an hour to think about it. If not, I will order the massacre!"
Xie Zhongwu, the commander of the first battalion, reacted the fastest. He shouted loudly: "Brothers of the first battalion, dismount and surrender with me!"
He dismounted and put down his weapons. At this time, a general shouted: "No one is allowed to surrender!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow shot out with a "Whoosh!" The arrow was so fast that the general screamed and turned over and fell from his horse.
This arrow woke up all the soldiers. The soldiers who were still hesitating got off their horses, put down their weapons, and shouted: "We are willing to surrender."
One group led another group, and it took no more than a quarter of an hour. In less than a cup of tea, all 10,000 people surrendered.
Everyone is not a fool. If you don't surrender, you will die. Who would be willing to bear the crime of rebellion and implicate your parents and family?
Of course, Pugu Huai'en had a group of trusted cavalry, about a thousand of them, all Hu people from the Pugu tribe, led by his family general Pugu Chong. However, this group of cavalry was beside Pugu Huai'en, not Pugu Huai'en.
Gu Jian's men.
These 10,000 cavalry were all soldiers of Shuofang's army, and they all surrendered to Li Ye without leaving any one behind.
Li Ye immediately ordered the Li Fei brothers to lead 10,000 cavalry to take away the surrendered troops. He also found a pair of father and son soldiers beside Pugu Jian. The father was named Wang Shouyi and the son was named Wang An. Li Ye handed Pugu Jian his order of arrows.
Wang Shouyi said: "You go to deliver a message to Pugu Huai'en, saying that Guo Ziyi has an ambush and that you have suffered heavy casualties. Pugu Jian fled south with thousands of soldiers and detoured back to Xinfeng County, asking Pugu Huai'en to go to Xinfeng County immediately.
Meet on the north bank of the Weihe River, and I will reunite you father and son afterwards,"
Wang Shouyi glanced at his son. There were some things that he understood in his heart without saying anything. He took the command arrow silently, got on his horse, pulled out a horizontal knife and stabbed himself twice, and wiped his face with blood. He was covered in blood.
The blood, like someone who had just been killed in a bloody battle, ran towards Yanxing Gate on horseback.
At this time, Pugu Huai'en was still waiting patiently for any movement in the city. If he walked from Yanxing Gate to Qixia Gate within the city, it would only be five or six miles away, but if he went outside the city, he would have to take a detour, especially around Qujiang Pond.
Then it won't double or triple, it will still be at least twenty miles away.
So Pugu Huaien didn't know what happened at Qixia Gate at all, but at this time, he felt a little uneasy in his heart. The agreed time had passed, but there was no movement in the city. It was very likely that something had happened. After all,
It is difficult to deceive Guo Ziyi.
At this time, there was a slight commotion, and soldiers came with a sergeant covered in blood. Pugu Huai'en recognized him as his son's soldier Wang Shouyi, and he stepped forward and asked urgently: "What happened?"
Wang Shouyi bled a little more and was very weak. He handed the command arrow to Pugu Huaien and said: "We entered the city, but we were ambushed. Our brothers suffered heavy casualties."
"What about Pu Gujuan?"
"The general led thousands of brothers to break out of the encirclement and escape to the south. He asked me to tell the commander-in-chief and ask him to retreat to Xinfeng County immediately and meet on the north bank of the Wei River."
"ah!"
Pugu Huai'en was stunned. Guo Ziyi had actually seen through his own strategy. It was impossible! Even if he had seen through it, there was no way he could have guessed that it was Qixia Clan.
But as soon as he thought about it, Pugu Huaien realized that the insider must have been exposed, and Guo Ziyi took advantage of the plan.
Thinking of this, he felt fear in his heart, and he immediately ordered: "Evacuate to Xinfeng County quickly!"
He led an army of 20,000 men and fled eastward.
Before the fifth watch, Pugu Huai'en led an army of 20,000 people and rushed to Xinfeng County. The gates of Xinfeng County were tightly closed. Of course Pugu Huai'en did not want to enter Feng County. He wanted to fight for time and escape back to Jingzhou as quickly as possible.
Once Li Ye's cavalry comes to chase him, we will be in trouble.
There are three bridges in Xinfeng County that can cross the Wei River, but the two larger bridges have been destroyed, leaving only a slightly narrower bridge. Infantry can cross three abreast, but cavalry can only cross one by one.
At this time, the narrow bridge was very quiet. There was a small fishing boat moored under the bridge. Other than that, there was no trace of anyone else. There was no trace of the cavalry on the other side a hundred feet away.
Pugu Huai'en was so anxious that he rushed his horse onto the narrow bridge and ran towards the other side. Behind him were more than a thousand of his Hu cavalry guards, who followed him closely on the bridge. Soon, there were only dozens of them left on the south bank.
Hu cavalry.
Sparks suddenly appeared next to the fishing boat, and the sound of 'chi! chi!' spread upwards. Two fishermen jumped off the boat and swam away.
The last group of Hu cavalry jumped onto the narrow bridge, followed by the infantry. At this moment, a loud noise of "Boom!" was heard, fire burst out, and thick smoke rose. Dozens of Hu cavalry companies were
The horse fell off the bridge into the river and was soon swallowed up by the rapids.
The soldiers on the shore who were about to board the bridge were so frightened that they retreated. More than 20,000 soldiers were stunned by the explosion. The explosion was a signal. 40,000 cavalry came from all directions and surrounded 20,000 Shuofang legions.
"The King of Qi has an order, and those who surrender will avoid death! The King of Qi has an order, and those who surrender will avoid death!"
"Brothers, fight with them!"
This was Pugu Huai'en's confidant Wang Jinkui, who was named the capital commander. He would not surrender and led hundreds of people to attack the Tang army's cavalry with a sword.
Two thousand heavily armored Mo Dao troops immediately surrounded them. The sharp Mo Dao killed them mercilessly. Only a scream was heard, and blood and flesh flew everywhere. In a moment, Wang Jinkui and hundreds of soldiers were all killed. The ground was full of minced meat, including people and horses.
There is no complete body.
Black Spear pointed with Mo Dao and shouted: "If you don't drink a toast, you will be fined with wine. If you don't surrender, we will kill them all!"
Twenty thousand soldiers were frightened by the bloody scene and threw away their weapons and knelt down to surrender.
……….
Li Ye looked at Pugu Huai'en on the other side of the Wei River. He said to General Nan Jiyun: "General Nan can lead five thousand cavalry to chase Pugu Huai'en. You should bring more supplies so that you can constantly eliminate his men, but don't kill him himself.
, keep driving him to the Mobei Grassland, and you will have completed your mission."
"I humbly obey orders!"
After Nan Jiyun left, Duan Xiushi, who was standing next to him, asked with some confusion: "Why does Your Highness want to keep a servant Gu Huai'en?"
Li Ye smiled lightly and said: "Pugu Huaien's biggest characteristic is that he holds grudges. I believe that one day, he will definitely encourage the nomadic army to go south. I am looking forward to the day when the army enters the grassland."
Duan Xiushi understood a little bit and said with a smile: "Your Highness needs to leave an enemy for himself."
Li Ye nodded, "The peace on the border of the Tang Dynasty was achieved by fighting with the army, not by winning over by marriage."
It was getting daylight, and Li Ye left Chang'an with 30,000 prisoners of war, slowly retreated westward, and returned to Longyou.
The rebels were completely disintegrated overnight, and most of the people and officials in Chang'an did not know what happened. Only the residents of Andefang could vividly tell the stories of the men in black.
In the Ziwei side hall, Guo Ziyi was reporting to the emperor and a group of important officials about the battle that happened last night.
"Your Majesty, fellow prime ministers, Pugu Huai'en was preparing to enter the city from Qixia Gate last night, but was discovered by the scouts of His Highness King Qi, who notified Wei Chen, who deployed 30,000 troops in the Qixia Gate area.
Thousands of people inside Andefang were annihilated. The rebels outside the city noticed something unusual and did not dare to attack the city, so they retreated. The area around Qujiangchi was probably surrounded by the Helong Army. Pu Gujun was shot and killed, and the 10,000 rebels
Surrender."
"What about Pugu Huai'en?" Prince Li Heng asked anxiously.
"Pugu Huai'en led an army of 20,000 people to retreat towards Xinfeng County. When they were on the Wei River, they were ambushed by tens of thousands of Helong troops. I heard that Pugu Huai'en led hundreds of people to escape, and all the other 20,000 troops surrendered. The Helong cavalry went to
I’m grateful for chasing Pugu.”
Everyone looked at each other in shock. Did Pugu Huaien's rebellion end overnight?
"Excuse me, old general, where is King Qi's army now?" Li Heng asked nervously.
Guo Ziyi bowed and said: "The latest news we got is that the army led by King Qi has retreated to the west and should have returned to Longyou."
Li Heng felt relieved immediately, as long as Li Ye's army left.
"With my will, the city gate can be opened and normal order in Chang'an can be restored!"