Thirty miles is a very short distance, and can be reached in one day on flat ground without carrying too much luggage.
Considering that they were walking the Mang Mountain Mountain Road, it took Hu Zhen's seven thousand people a full two days to reach the south side of Baisima Ban.
It can be clearly seen from the mountain that three trenches were dug outside the south city of Heyang. Bamboo sticks and iron caltrops should be inserted into the trenches. There is a trench wall behind the trenches. The sergeants are guarding the back, equipped with long guns and rifles and bows. Look at these soldiers.
From the looks of it, some were wearing iron armor, some were wearing leather armor, and some were wearing nothing at all, just wearing a cloth headdress and linen clothes. These should be a mixture of regular warriors and local folk.
But it still can’t be broken!
The veteran was the base, and he led the country warriors to guard the trench behind the wall. They also dug more than one trench, making it very difficult to attack. He did not believe that Huo Cun and his son had not tried to break out, but most of them failed. And once the attack failed, they would not be able to retreat again.
If you are charged by the cavalry, you will have to shed your skin even if you don't die.
The chance of a night raid was greater, but the three trench walls made their hopes infinitely smaller.
General Huo is in danger!
"Take a short rest and distribute food and water." Hu Zhen pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist and said loudly: "After resting, we will continue to move forward. Today you will live and die. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
The soldiers immediately conveyed the order.
The veteran soldiers of the Youguo Army were fine, but the four thousand native soldiers were a little restless, but they were quickly suppressed.
I came out in a hurry, the luggage was not complete, and I didn't bring many things. But I had no choice but to go on the trip.
The constant sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance, and several scouts patted their horses desperately and fled back in a hurry.
There was no need for them to report, Hu Zhen already knew what happened and immediately ordered them to stand up and form a formation.
One thousand cavalrymen of the Tiande Army and 600 cavalrymen on the right wing of the Baoyi Army were dispatched in batches. One group was on the mountain ridge looking down at the Liang Army arrayed in the open space between the mountains. One group went around to the rear, running and shouting, and another group was on the mountain ridge.
Directly in front, something was tied to the horse's tail, creating clouds of smoke and dust, as if there were thousands of troops.
"Bitch thief!" Hu Zhen's eyes were about to burst.
This kind of formation is of little use to veterans who are accustomed to fighting. At most, it makes them feel a little nervous and anxious, but it is too lethal to recruits. Once the recruits collapse, the morale of the veterans will inevitably be affected, and the battle will be affected.
If the intention is not firm, the enemy can take advantage of it.
"Brothers Liang Jun, the situation in Luoyang is over. Are you waiting to die?"
"I didn't see the baggage team. How many days of food and grass have you brought? Is the steamed cake enough?"
"You can't get out of Mang Mountain!"
"Kill them!"
Almost instantly, fierce drums sounded from behind, left and right, shouts of death were heard in the woods, and flags were flying.
"Behead those who retreat!" Hu Zhenting stabbed to death a pale-faced Xiang Yong who subconsciously retreated, and said angrily: "Listen! General Huo has come out of the city to meet us. Most of the Xia thieves are besieging the city. It is impossible for many soldiers to deal with us.
This is a bluff, so there is suspicion."
The only sounds in the mountains were the howling wind and the sound of drums and horns carried by the wind. Huo Cun came out of the city to meet him? Who heard it?
This joke told by Hu Zhen is not funny at all.
"I have been favored by Commander Hu all day long, and now I can repay the favor." An officer came out to boost morale and said, "Now we can move forward together and kill all the bandits."
Hu Zhen glanced at him approvingly.
When you advance and encounter enemies, and there are enemy troops appearing in all directions, you must not retreat at this time. If you retreat, it will be a terrible defeat. The only chance of victory at this time is to continue to advance, kill the thieves, and then continue to move forward.
, or turn around and go back to Luoyang, it's all very easy.
"General Zheng, you lead a whole army..." Hu Zhen was just halfway through his words when a noise came from behind the formation.
The rear formation was dominated by local men from Tutuan. Hu Zhen was worried about them, fearing that they would be defeated and dispersed during the battle, so he tried his best to arrange things as far back as possible. As a result, it seemed that something had happened.
Hundreds of cavalry rushed over quickly, facing the threat of infantry bows, and repeatedly harassed the Liang soldiers with cavalry bows in front of the rear formation. The Liang soldiers were already frightened, being pulled like this, and some people were constantly being hit by arrows.
Yelling, the noise suddenly became louder, and the formation began to loosen and scatter.
After repeated attacks by the light cavalry for a while, due to heavy casualties, they finally dispersed to both sides. Liang Ren just breathed a sigh of relief, but he heard the heavier sound of dense horse hoofbeats - four hundred horsemen leading the way, white horses, silver horses.
The armor and the long and thick horse-steeds rushed straight in like thunder.
Cries, screams, curses, and the sound of clashing weapons instantly filled people's eardrums. The armored cavalry at the highest speed rushed into the loosely formed crowd, like an iron hammer hitting an egg.
It breaks when hit.
The Tutuan peasants, whose training and organization were relatively low, collapsed. The two thousand broken troops dispersed the Youguo army officers who blocked them, and scrambled to flee to both sides and the rear.
The light cavalry seemed to have smelled the sharks smelling blood, and gathered over one after another. They left the defeated troops alone and directly cooperated with the second wave of armored cavalry to attack the enemy's already shaken army.
The mountains and fields are full of cavalry, the mountains and fields are full of defeated troops, and the mountains and fields are full of screams.
Hu Zhen cut down several broken soldiers and led hundreds of elite warriors to rush forward to block them. However, they were met by countless broken soldiers from his own side. They looked crazy and completely lost their minds. Hundreds of elite warriors came upstream against the current.
After being collided by them, their helmets were suddenly tilted and their formations were scattered. The soldiers could not find the generals, and the generals could not find the soldiers.
The first wave of armored cavalry broke through the formation and rushed out. The second wave of 500 cavalry arrived and directly destroyed the Chinese army.
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"It's over! We shouldn't have brought these country warriors here!" Hu Zhen put the knife across his neck and cried bitterly.
His hands seemed to be shaking a little, and his eyes were covertly turning left and right, but no one noticed that he was about to kill himself.
So he kept his movements and waited for a while, then some soldiers rushed over and hurriedly stopped him.
"Commander, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood." The soldier gave him his horse and brought him an empty horse.
Hu Zhen sighed and was helped onto the horse, and left in a hurry surrounded by a group of people.
He overestimated his own strength and underestimated the enemy's methods. Not only did he fail to open up the channel for external communication, but he also lost a wave of troops. On the way to escape, Hu Zhen had mixed feelings. Now he can only wait and see when Bianzhou will be able to escape.
I drew out the army's western tune.
On Baisima Ban, Cai Songyang immediately received the news of the enemy's rout, and quickly sent a messenger to report to Fu Cunxen.
"We are still building a fort. Let's gather together and let's go to Luoyang!" Cai Songyang looked at the busy city construction site and ordered in a good mood.
The construction of Baisimaban and Pingluo cities was originally to prevent the Luoyang defenders from moving north and cut off the northern channel connecting Zheng and Bian. The walled city built by the Eastern Route Army in Yaizi Valley was to prevent the Liang army from marching out of Xuanmen Pass.
, Sishui County marched westward, blocking them east of Luoyang and buying time for the main force of the Xia army to eliminate the Hu Zhen group in Luoyang.
As expected, Liang's troops invaded with great courage, but were defeated in a battle. If we didn't take advantage of this opportunity to go south to attack Luoyang, what were we waiting for?
But he still needed Fu Cunshen's consent. Cai Songyang walked around anxiously, turning his head from time to time to look at the German camp in the distance with a look of anticipation.
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Within Yanshi County, the Changzhi Army had packed up their baggage and began to retreat.
Kou Yanqing brought 5,000 people over and joined the 2,000 people who were originally stationed here. A total of 7,000 troops were planned to reinforce Luokou and Gong County. However, Xia cavalry appeared in the direction of Shiqiaodian. He heard that there were also troops in the northern suburbs of Luoyang.
There were thieves riding around, and he suddenly lost his composure.
Hu Zhen cannot be trusted!
Can he maintain the grain route? Even if he kills Kou Yanqing, he doesn't believe it. With only a few thousand soldiers, he has to defend Luoyang, clean up the bandits and cavalry, and send people to escort the grain and grass. Haha, Kou Yanqing doesn't believe that Hu Zhen can do it.
The Changzhi Army was an army of the Prince of Liang and could not be dragged down by those stupid people. Kou Yanqing didn't even want to defend Yanshi anymore, so he led 7,000 people all the way west to Luoyang.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the army arrived at Xixiang and joined the two thousand troops from Luoyang.
This place is said to be the old capital of the late Xia and early Yin Dynasties. It is twenty miles west of the county, in Yangqu, north of Gushui, where Tian Heng committed suicide.
At this time, Kou Yanqing received news that Hu Zhen actually led his army north to attack Bai Sima Ban.
"What a mess!" Kou Yanqing was furious: "What's there to fight in Baimapo? Is Luokou more important or Baimapo? To repel the Luokou bandits, we only need to hold on for more than two months. After the river thaws, food, grass, and equipment will come naturally.
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It was quiet in the big tent, the generals and staff did not speak, they were still secretly digesting the military report that had just been sent.
"General, we should rush to Luoyang as soon as possible." One of the staff suggested: "Hu Shuai goes north, regardless of the outcome, Luoyang must be extremely empty, and we must be fully prepared."
Kou Yanqing nodded slowly.
"Be fully prepared" means that if Hu Zhen fails to move north, the empty Luoyang will need to be defended by a large army.
There are only two directions for the Xia thieves to break in, one is Baisima Ban and the other is Luokou. On the flanks or rear of these two roads, there are Heyang Nancheng, Luokoucang, Gongxian and other strongholds.
With these nails on the back road, Xia thieves would not dare to go south in a big way.
But if Hu Zhen fails and loses thousands of soldiers and horses, letting the thieves know that Luoyang is empty and has a lot of food, grass and equipment, then they will have a strong urge to go south.
"Bring out the camp immediately!" Kou Yanqing stood up suddenly and said, "Set up the torch and drive all night. I will rest in the ancient city of Luoyang before tomorrow morning."
After giving the order, the officers and soldiers of the Changzhi Army who had just set up camp and rested did not complain at all and packed up the camp as quickly as possible. The whole process was neat and tidy, there was no noise, everything was orderly, showing high quality.
"General, do you want to send someone to guard Yanshi? In the event that Luokou and Gong County fall, Yanshi's presence can also contain the rebel army." One of the staff suggested.
Kou Yanqing thought for a while.
He retreated from Yanshi because his retreat was unstable. Now that he had nine thousand capable and skilled warriors on hand, it seemed that he could clear his retreat. But what should I say? He had a bad premonition. If he sent two thousand men at this time,
Once we are stationed in Yanshi, we will probably never see them again.
This feeling makes no sense, but Kou Yanqing feels that the possibility is very high. The Changzhi Army is a direct descendant of the Liang King and cannot die here without value. For this reason, he even ignored Hu Zhen's orders and did everything for the sake of survival.
"No!" Kou Yanqing sighed: "I don't know how hard this battle will be fought! Chaos, chaos, chaos! Are there few soldiers in Luoyang? Not a little! But there is a group on one side and a group on the other. The strength is scattered and unable to respond.
Yanshi is too dangerous. After arriving at the old city of Luoyang, I will leave two thousand men to guard it. If the bandit army comes in large numbers, they can still confront each other across the river and block it for a while. Now go back to Luoyang!"
After that, he got on his horse and headed towards the direction of the last ray of sunshine in the west.
