Chapter 13 The Great Mourning of Master and Apprentice
On the battlefield, the Bian army was already in complete chaos.
In ancient times, if someone was ambushed during the march, unless the ambusher was a bad person, there was really nothing he could do.
Due to the state of the march, when passing through a dangerous section of road, the officer usually ordered the soldiers to temporarily put on armor, take off their long and short equipment from their vehicles, and pass in formation.
But after this period, you must take off your armor immediately, otherwise you will be exhausted and out of breath before you can walk very far, and you will be unable to fight anymore.
At this time, the Bian army was marching in a hurry, their formation was scattered, and they were restricted by the terrain, so they could not look at each other from head to tail.
After the ambushing Xia army rushed down from the mountains and forests on both sides, they cut the "long snake" into several sections on the spot.
Hengshandu's heavily armored warriors are accustomed to going up and down the mountain. They are in a team of fifty, with the rear row firing rifles and spears and the front row stabbing.
Run at a quick trot, but in an organized manner, not individually.
There is also cooperation between teams. If any team stands out, they will immediately slow down their pace and run in line, resolutely not giving the enemy a chance to fight randomly.
As a result, the situation on the battlefield became one-sided.
The generals of the Bian army could not find the soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the generals, so they had to gather spontaneously, and were then stabbed to death one by one by the Hengshandu warriors who came in line.
"Shoot!" The deputy general who was closely observing the situation on the battlefield waved his flag, and the trumpets immediately blew the horns. The archers stepped forward, and a shower of arrows fell. The nearly 100 Bian soldiers who had gathered together screamed.
"Kill!" Another command flag was waving, drummers beat drums, heavy footsteps sounded, and accompanied by the sound of armor leaves rubbing and colliding, a row of sergeants stabbed out their long spears one after another, and the remaining Bian army collapsed immediately.
The difference between organized and unorganized fighting is so big!
In fact, the number of Xia troops who ambushed the Bian army was not large, only a thousand Hengshan soldiers. The key is whether the Bian army has the physical strength, organization and will to resist. This is the key.
On the other side of the valley road, seven or eight hundred cavalrymen had led their horses through the most difficult road. After the officer gave an order, everyone got on their horses and accelerated slowly, and finally rushed forward with thunderous momentum.
In such a narrow valley, it is absolutely not advisable to charge directly if the enemy army has not collapsed.
But there are no problems at this time.
To deal with these Bian sergeants who were running out of breath, exhausted, and lacking all equipment, after the initial successful ambush, the enemy was already frightened and all wanted to escape. It was completely logical to defeat them.
Gao Renhou walked down the slope with confidence.
When he was fighting in Sichuan, he liked to take things by surprise, and he had done this trick several times.
For example, saying that you don't want to offend someone, paralyzing them, and then suddenly killing them.
For example, pretending to be defeated, leading the enemy into an ambush, and suddenly breaking out.
But after the recent ambush on Zhu Mei, he had a psychological shadow.
Zhu Mei's front army was spared, and they specifically ambush the Chinese army. They also succeeded in throwing Zhu Mei's Fengxiang army into chaos. However, Wang Xingyu, who came from behind, took off his armor and fought naked. The morale of Fengxiang army was so high that he actually ambushed them.
The Dongchuan soldiers were repelled.
How could such a thing happen?
He was sweating today's ambush from beginning to end, and it's not easy for an old man. Fortunately, nothing happened that violated his knowledge of more than 20 years of military career.
"It turned out to be a rout, but it was a fly in the ointment." Gao Renhou looked at the defeated Bian army in the mountains and plains, smacked his lips, and felt a little regretful.
"Where is the thief general?" he asked again.
"It seems that Zhongliuya fell down, was snatched away by his own soldiers, mounted his horse and fled." someone answered.
"I didn't hit the arrow, I just fainted." Someone else said.
"A perfectly fine person, not injured, why did he faint?"
"Is it possible that you fainted from anger?"
Gao Renhou was a little confused after hearing this, and said: "Recruit and surrender the soldiers of Bian, and tell them not to run away. Those who abandon their weapons and kneel down will avoid death."
"As commanded."
"Whoever captures Liu Kangyi, the thief general, will be rewarded with five hundred pieces of silk." Gao Renhou said generously.
In this battle, he regained the feeling of defeating the thieves Qian Neng in Shuzhong and attacking Yang Shili in Dongchuan. His confidence was back!
Well, Lao Gao is happy to have his feeling back, while Liu Kangyi is running away in embarrassment.
"Liu Kangyi, don't run away!"
"Liu Kangyi, you will be beheaded if you go back, why not surrender?"
"Stop hiding. I'll search this forest one by one. Where are you going to escape?"
"What nonsense, search! Kill this guy with one knife!"
In the deep woods, Liu Kangyi had already abandoned his horse, and with the support of his own soldiers, he stumbled forward and fled.
There were many Xia Army sergeants outside the forest who were chasing the stragglers of the Bian Army. They may not have discovered where Liu Kangyi was. They said this at this time, but they were just thinking that Liu Kangyi would surrender on his own initiative and achieve a great feat.
Or maybe you're making fun of him!
Liu Kangyi felt tight in his chest again and wanted to vomit blood. It was so frustrating!
He was moved here and there like a stupid boy, and in the end thousands of troops were killed.
He also figured it out now.
By raising four beacons in Wo Village, it was indeed a "big force", but there may not be as many Xia thieves as imagined, and it may even be a trick of suspicious soldiers.
They invaded the village and set up an ambush on the way back to the village. How could they have so many men?
To replace himself as a Xia thief, Liu Kangyi has even come up with several ways: putting elite armored soldiers in front, which looks amazing, and the cavalry in the back stirs up a large amount of smoke and dust, making it difficult for people to see the reality clearly. In the mountains and forests on both sides, there are many
Put up flags and prepare a few extra drums in the marching ranks. Anyway, if you don't get closer and look, you won't be able to tell the truth from the truth.
There were originally seven thousand troops in the stockade, but the best ones were taken away, leaving only weak soldiers. They themselves were inferior in morale, and their sources were mixed. It is understandable that they would ask for help when encountering problems.
But this call for help killed five thousand of them.
Liu Kangyi is about to cry but has no tears, and he doesn’t know how many of them he can run back.
If they were all from the Xuanwu Yamen Army, we could still hope to take in more defeated soldiers, unless their leader died. But these people, alas, came from so many sources, I don’t know how many of them took the opportunity to leave and never come back.
Camp.
Staggering through the mountain road, Liu Kangyi wanted to wipe his neck with his sword, but when the situation came to an end, he felt it was not worth it. Well, I still want to keep a useful body and continue to fight against the Xia thieves.
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At this time, Li Tangbin had led the main force to arrive near Shihaozhai.
This village is only seventy miles away from the place where Gao Renhou and Bai Gui defeated the Bian army, so the news was received that day.
"Wow!" The map was spread out on the blanket.
Li Tangbin looked at the huge map over and over again.
The soldiers brought soup cakes and placed them on the table, but Li Tangbin didn't respond.
After a long time, the soup cakes were cold, but he still didn't respond and was still looking at the map carefully.
"Come here!" A loud shout suddenly came from inside the tent, and the soldiers were startled.
"Invite General Fu."
Fu Cunshen, the deputy envoy of the Tianzhu Army, was patrolling the camp. He did not dare to neglect after hearing the news and immediately rushed to the main tent.
"General Fu, you lead two battalions of combat troops and two battalions of auxiliary troops. Immediately march eastward and arrive at the bandit camp in Xiaoshan within two days. Cooperate with Gao Renhou and Bai Gui to capture the camp. If the camp has been taken down by then, then
Take over the land and guard the camp carefully without making any mistakes!"
"Yes!" Fu Cunzhen was a little excited.
The deputy envoy of the Tianzhu Army has a high enough position, but he is under the nose of the commander all day long and has no chance to perform. He is in charge of an army of 4,000 people today, which is really great.
Thinking of this, he secretly made up his mind.
When the opportunity comes, you must seize it. You must not imitate Liu Kangyi, who was impulsive and eager to win and ruined thousands of troops.
"Go down and act quickly." Li Tangbin raised his head and looked at Fu Cunshen, his eyes complicated and unreadable.
This is a capable general.
When he was the deputy envoy, he kept the camp in an orderly manner, was cautious and generous, never talked about others behind their backs, and risked his life in battle. He saw this when he first attacked Fengzhou.
After suppressing it for so long, there is no reason to suppress it anymore, otherwise the commander-in-chief will probably have opinions.
After giving orders to Fu Cunshen, he dispatched messengers and ordered Li Renjun, the envoy of the Heyuan Army, and Li Yixian, the envoy of the Jishi Army, to each bring their own troops and horses to escort 20,000 civilians eastwards.
He is hatching a big plan.
Last year, the commander-in-chief led more than 30,000 troops and horses out of the east, fought in consecutive battles, captured and killed several bandit generals, and defeated more than 10,000 enemies.
This year he led a large army of more than 30,000 men. He had just gotten off to a good start and defeated Liu Kangyi. If he defeated Qianhao Village and Wei Village again, he would be ready to play something different.
On May 28, he mobilized three thousand Xiangshan people from Xiashi to march eastward to Shihao. At the same time, he personally led the remaining troops of the Tianzhu Army to arrive outside Qianhao Village.
"I've seen the envoy." A group of generals came to pay their respects.
"How?" Li Tangbin eagerly boarded the watchtower car to observe the situation in the village.
In the past two days, the Yi Congjun had worked very hard. Regardless of casualties, they attacked the stronghold with all their strength and had already filled in more than a thousand people.
The bandit soldiers on Shenque Terrace went down the mountain to make a surprise attack at night, but were repulsed by the waiting rebel army. There was no further movement.
"After careful analysis, the rebel army should have little morale. As long as we work harder, this stronghold will be destroyed." Yi Congjun envoy Wu Zangjieming personally directed the attack on the stronghold and knew the situation very well: "There should be three thousand thief soldiers in the stronghold.
I have all the equipment. I have used up a lot in the past two days. I will give the general three more days and I will personally supervise the battle. Anyone who retreats will be killed. As long as the soldiers are willing to fight hard, they will definitely be able to capture this stronghold."
"Don't do it forcefully." Li Tangbin stretched out his hand to stop what Ji Ming was saying and said, "I just received the news that Gao Renhou sent people to escort the prisoners of the Bian Army and carry the captured flags to the outside of Wei Village. The thieves
The army was in panic, and two thousand soldiers had abandoned the stronghold and fled."
"This -" Bu Zang Jie Ming was surprised and happy.
Gao Renhou and Bai Gui only had three thousand cavalry and one thousand infantry, but they actually caused a series of great dramas.
Bian general Liu Kangyi was actually not bad, but he was too eager. Lao Gao seized the opportunity and killed an army of more than 3,000 people at once - beheading more than a thousand and capturing 2,000 others. The rest collapsed into the mountains. Liu Kangyi could accommodate several hundred
Defeated soldiers are considered to have burned incense.
In the first battle, they captured the stone trench, beheaded 400 people and captured 700 prisoners.
After these two battles, more than 4,000 rebels have been killed and wounded. How many days has passed?
Since Zhu Quanzhong dares to send miscellaneous people to defend the city at the front and consume them, don't blame us for accepting them all.
It's a great loss for master and disciple. You should bear the consequences yourself.
"Stop the offensive first." Li Tangbin ordered: "The attack was so urgent, not only did our army suffer heavy casualties, but it also forced the rebel army to unite. Most of the diehards in the stronghold were Xuanwu soldiers. Xu Su surrendered his troops because he didn't want to sacrifice his life for Zhu Quanzhong.
, the fighting spirit of the Henan Fuyamen Army is just like that. When a group of prisoners are sent over from the Wo Village, they will be persuaded to surrender immediately."