Du Yuhou ran to Fu Cunxen and whispered for a long time. After a long time, he waved his hand and asked someone to lift the prisoner up.
"Who are you?" Fu Cunxen asked his soldiers to untie him and asked in a pleasant tone.
"General Song Qi of the left wing of the Heyang Yamen Army," the prisoner replied.
His expression was a little pale, but he seemed less panicked than before. I wonder if he had been promised something.
"Why were you captured?"
"Going out of the customs to collect firewood."
"You said that Zhang Shensi is retreating because there are fellow countrymen in Jiyuan. Is this true?"
"That's what a fellow countryman said. He is garrisoning in Jiyuan. Yesterday he escorted a batch of rewards, including wine and meat, to Zhiguan and distributed them to the brothers. They asked everyone to guard the pass well and they will all be generously rewarded..."
Fu Cunshen thought secretly.
If this is true, then Zhang Shensi is really wicked. He sent people to send people to work hard with meat and wine, and also paid rewards to encourage the Zhiguan defenders to hold on, but he was ready to flee.
"Is there any mobilization of the garrison in the city?"
"Yes. I transferred some of them and said they were going to Huaizhou to attack the Xia rebels and Xia soldiers."
"Who are these people? How do you know they were transferred?"
"They are all from Bianzhou. They left for Jiyuan yesterday."
"Did your fellow countrymen tell you the news?"
"yes."
"Does anyone else know?"
"Maybe." Song Qi said uncertainly: "But it is forbidden to talk about the war situation in the army. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed. I don't know how many people know about it."
"Why don't you leave?"
Song Qi was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm going to leave today. Who wants to be captured?"
Fu Cunxen then asked for a while, and then he was taken down to be looked after.
"Go down with the order, kill the sheep to reward the army, and have a good rest tonight." He quickly gave the order.
At the same time, he was also a little excited. An opportunity seemed to have appeared. The Bian army finally couldn't help but retreat. If he could break through the Zhiguan Pass as soon as possible and remove this annoying obstacle, he would have the opportunity to penetrate deep into the front line of Jiyuan and Huaizhou, and fight to the death.
He bit the retreating Bian army and tore off a large piece of flesh.
On May 29th, the Tutuan peasants from Hezhong were forced to attack again.
On the mountain road, huge rocks and trees rolled down, causing death and injuries. On top of the sentry tower built at a high place, cunning arrows were harvesting lives all the time.
This is the advantage brought by the geographical advantage. It is originally unsolvable and it seems that it can only be filled step by step by human lives. But on the winding uphill slope, how many lives are you prepared to lose under normal circumstances?
Fortunately things have changed
"Brothers of the Bian Army, please stop guarding."
"Brothers of the Bian Army, you have been left as a scapegoat."
"Zhang Shensi has run away."
"Jiyuan has been captured by our army. You can't escape. It's better to surrender."
Among the grass, beside the mountain road, and behind the woods, shouts and shouts were heard one after another, trying to shake the Bian army's will to fight.
"Don't listen to them!" an officer of the Bian Army roared: "Pang Du will defeat the Shao thieves in Heqing, and will immediately send his troops north to wipe out the Huaizhou thieves. The Xia thieves are very poor, and now they can only rely on this ridiculous method
To shake the morale of our troops."
At the command of the officer, the sharpshooter dropped arrows from a high place and shot to death two soldiers who were shouting for Sergeant Xia.
The shouting paused for two sticks of incense.
But soon, after changing places, the voice sounded again: "Brothers, this is Song Qi from the left wing of the Heyang Yamen Army, a native of Yuanwu County, Zhengzhou. The deputy general is Li Chuo of Yingzhou, and the military envoy is Liu
Qi, a native of Yongqiu, Bianzhou. A conscientious man of heaven and earth, Zhang Yue, a fellow countryman from Zhengzhou, privately told me that Zhiguan was not strong enough to defend Jiyuan, so Zhang Shensi retreated in formation and went to Huaizhou. And Kou Yanqing and Zhang Guihou of Huaizhou were also
Let's go, no one will stay except you."
There was no response from the other side, but anyone who was careful could see that the frequency of shooting arrows had decreased.
An officer on the Xia Army side signaled, and the soldiers rushed forward carrying large shields, followed by dozens of people. They quickly approached a gathering place of the Bian Army and started fighting fiercely.
The arrows became denser again.
"Stop fighting, brothers of the Bian Army. Jiyuan is only ten miles away from Zhiguan. We will find out by sending someone to investigate. If Zhang Shensi hadn't packed his bags, I would have just walked out and asked you to behead me." Song Qi was still there.
Shouting hard.
"It's absolutely true. The rain has stopped. You can tell by sending people to Jiyuan to take a look."
"Zhang Shensi escaped. Kou Yanqing's Changzhi Army has never treated you as a human being. At this time, they may have retreated through Qinshui and headed for Xiuwu County."
"Zhang Guihou fought against Zhu Jin with incomparable courage, charging and killing him repeatedly, but did you ever see him at Zhiguan? You are already abandoned, and there is no point in resisting."
Song Qi's words seemed to have some effect. Although the defenders of Zhiguan did not fully believe it and were still organizing manpower to use the terrain to fight, the east gate of Guancheng was already wide open, and more than ten riders left Zhiguan and headed towards Jiyuan County.
go.
There was chaos in Jiyuan County.
After Zhang Shensi made up his mind, he immediately packed up his gear and, surrounded by his own soldiers, led his army eastward. He was the formation officer, but he didn't care about formation at this time and sneaked away first as a courtesy.
The more than 3,000 Bian Song Yamen troops who withdrew from Zhiguan, together with 3,000 local peasants, were noisy and littered the ground with food and baggage.
The few hundred households in Jiyuan County stared at these people dumbfounded, wondering what was going on. Didn't they fight well? Why did they suddenly withdraw their troops? Looking at the embarrassment of these warriors, they seemed to have suffered a huge defeat.
Zhang Shensi waved his horsewhip and walked out of the east gate of Jiyuan County. He didn't bother to care what the people of Jiyuan thought. He just wanted to rush outside Huaizhou City as soon as possible to meet Kou Yanqing.
The army led by Kou Yanqing and Zhang Guihou even escaped faster than them.
More than a thousand Heyang cavalry and two thousand elite soldiers went ahead, leading nearly ten thousand Tutuan villagers, crossing the Qinshui River and heading east towards Xiuwu County. Song Qi actually guessed it correctly.
After these people crossed the river, the flying dragon army Dai Siyuan followed closely behind.
As for Changzhi's 15,000-strong army, they remained outside Huaizhou City, intending to assist Zhang Shensi.
In the opinion of Changzhi Army envoy Kou Yanqing, there should be no problem with Zhang Shensi's troops.
There are at most three to four thousand Xia thieves who are living abroad, mainly mounted infantry. Zhang Shensi has three thousand yamen troops and more than three thousand local peasants in Tutuan. If they can't deal with such a small number of tired Xia thieves, then what's the point?
Is it necessary to save it?
…
Zhang Shensi plundered a lot of things in Hanoi and Jiyuan. The carriage was heavily loaded and had to walk hard in the mud that cleared after the rain.
Some soldiers dismounted and helped push and pull the carriage.
Sergeant Bian Song who was accompanying him looked at Zhang Shensi with disgust. It had been so long, but he still couldn't bear to part with that little treasure! Isn't the most important thing now, not to hurry to Huaizhou City and join the Changzhi Army?
What is the status of Kou Yanqing? What kind of branch is the Changzhi Army? Do you really not know? He is willing to stay to support you. It is very interesting to watch the Xia thieves in Huaizhou City and prevent them from acting rashly.
Some people in the city also left crying.
They got the news late, and woke up as if from a dream when they saw the warriors setting off. They only hurriedly packed up some belongings, and then took their families on the eastbound road.
It was all fine yesterday, but today they suddenly had to retreat and made such a mess. I don't even know what happened. This battle was really fought in a confused way.
The sun is gradually rising, and water vapor is steaming on the earth like a steamer.
After continuous heavy rain, it finally ushered in a sunny day.
The post road under the scorching sun was full of mud, and the ruts extended to the distant horizon. The pond was extremely turbid, and water splashed from time to time when stepped on.
The soldiers on the road were in low morale and covered in dirty mud.
Occasionally a carriage passed by and splashed mud and water all over them.
The warriors didn't even bother to scold, they just wanted to save their energy and rush on their way, so as not to fall into the hands of Xia thieves.
"Xilulu!" The axle of a carriage was broken, and the horse fell to the ground in pain.
The grain loaded in the carriage was spilled on the floor. The driver looked at the damaged carriage carefully and shook his head repeatedly. Now that you are retreating in a hurry, unless you are very lucky, you will not be able to find craftsmen to repair various vehicles.
If it is damaged, you can only give up.
"There's a thief!" Someone suddenly shouted. As expected, he successfully attracted everyone's attention.
The officer hurried over and the person who shouted first was killed with a knife in his hand, and his head rolled into the pond.
"Anyone who misleads the public with evil words will be killed without mercy." Zhang Shensi's general said viciously.
But no matter whether it's killing someone or threatening it, it can't change the objective facts.
The sound of horse hooves could be heard faintly on the horizon in the northeast, but the road was too muddy. After appearing before everyone's eyes, the cavalry dismounted.
After putting on each other's armor, they divided into two groups. One group guarded the horses, while the other group rushed over shouting loudly.
"Xia Feilong Army! How can Changzhi Army guard you? Can people come here?"
"What's the use of complaining now? The number of traitors seems to be quite large, there are always two to three thousand."
"Fight or not? If we can defeat this group of Xia thieves, and with Zhiguan at the far west, we can retreat calmly."
"Fight the hell! The more we fight, the more we can get no further." Someone simply threw away the spear in his hand, and no longer ignored the superior officer's order, left the avenue and rushed into the farmland on both sides.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The rushing Shuofang Feilong Army picked up their bows and arrows, and fired a volley, killing the running team.
Being attacked while on the march, ww. It has always been difficult to make a comeback, not to mention that the Bian Army has received an order to retreat and its morale is low.
The three thousand fellow villagers dispersed on the spot. What kind of paoze, what kind of Shangguan? It is more important to save your own life.
Affected by this, part of the Bian Song Yamen army dispersed. Only a group of several hundred people slowly moved closer to form a formation under the shouts of the officers, trying to protect themselves.
"Kill the dog!"
"Kill the Xia thief!"
The military formations of both sides collided fiercely.
On one side is the Xia army, with two thousand mounted infantry, with high morale; on the other side is the Bian army, with six to seven hundred men, with low morale.
Therefore, the outcome of the battle was quickly decided. The Bian army who dared to form a formation to resist could not care less about life and death. People around them kept shouting and fleeing, which greatly affected their morale.
Therefore, their resistance only had a slight deterrent effect and then collapsed.
The officers and soldiers of the Feilong Army chased them to the north, knocked down these people one by one, and beheaded them for their merits.
Yang Liang stood at a distance from his horse and looked away from where the two sides were fighting fiercely, looking at the Bian army who was running away like crazy, throwing their carriages and horses everywhere.