Chapter 17: The strong wind and the sound of bows and horns, the general hunts Weicheng (2)
On the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month of the second year of Guangming, in the north of Tongguan County.
Early in the morning, Shao Shude received a report from Zhu Shuzong that thousands of troops from the vanguard of the Hedong Army had arrived in Tongzhou. Shao Shude immediately rushed to Zhuge Shuang's camp to report this important news.
"Yizhao and Zhu Mei are leading the troops?" Zhuge Shuang walked out of the tent with his hands behind his back, looked at the flying military flags in the camp, and said: "One is Fucheng Yajiang, and the other is Daizhou Zhenjiang. I want to send the troops there.
Yueyang?”
"Commander, Yueyang is a hundred miles east of Chang'an, 50 miles away from the Wei Bridge where the traitor general Zhu Wen is stationed. It is far away from our army. It is better to have him cross the Luoshui River to the west and go to Tongguan, Huayuan, and Fuping.
.In this way, our army can be increased to more than 20,000 people, and the chance of winning will be greatly increased." Shao Shude suggested.
"Do these counties have enough food and grass? The cost of a 20,000-strong army is quite a lot, can it be supported?" Zhuge Shuang asked.
"The general has sent people to collect grain, grass, money, and silk. It should be possible to have an army of 20,000."
"Okay! Zhongbao, follow my commander's orders and order Yi Zhao's troops to cross the river and immediately march westward to Fuping County. We will wait for my commander to arrive in person before making further arrangements. Zhu Mei, the governor of Daizhou, can also come here if he wants.
Come together. Wang Chongrong has rebelled, and it is time for all the generals to work together." Zhuge Shuang gave the order, and his adopted son and tenth general Zhuge Zhongbao immediately responded with a loud voice, then picked up more than ten cavalry and headed southeast.
"There is no need to go to Tongguan County. Leave an army to collect food, grass, money and silk, and the whole group will go to Huayuan." Zhuge Shuang ordered again.
“I will obey your orders!”
Once Zhuge Shuang made up his mind, Tielin's army broke camp and set off. At this time, Shao Shude had also received news that five thousand men from Li Tangbin, the rebel army's left cavalry commander, had arrived in Sanyuan, which was only a hundred miles away from Tongguan County.
Zhuge Shuang was hesitant after hearing the news: "Shude, do the rebels already know the whereabouts of our troops?"
Chao's army's performance in Henan was too "brilliant" and there were few opponents wherever it went. Zhuge Shuang was still a little worried.
"Commander, the bandits also have rangers who can conduct reconnaissance. Since Li Tangbin has come to intercept the Hedong reinforcements, he should have some skills. However, since our army has decided to go to Fuping, we might as well continue the march. The final general will be widely deployed as reconnaissance cavalry.
The thieves took advantage of it," Shao Shude advised.
There are traces of the bandit army nearby, and the most taboo thing at this time is to be indecisive. The Tielin army came south to Jingzhao Mansion, should they return to Yifang without firing a single shot? This makes no sense.
Zhuge Shuang was only in a daze for a moment. After being persuaded by Shao Shude, he immediately woke up and said: "Fortunately, Shude reminded me to pass on the order and speed up the march to Sanyuan."
“Lu Huaizhong!” Shao Shude ordered.
“The end is here!”
“The commander-in-chief ordered the battalions to speed up their march and arrive at Huayuan County within two days.”
“Get the order!”
At this time, in Sanyuan County, a group of thieves were laughing and chasing the fleeing women.
Li Tangbin, who was riding a tall horse, bumped into him, but he just laughed and cursed a few times, and didn't think anything of it. It was like this all the way. Only when the sons and daughters are happy can they build up their morale and be ready to fight. As for the puppet Tang officials and troops, he met them in Henan
Too many so-called officers and soldiers who were killed by him were nothing more than that.
At this time, several riders came from the north gate. Judging from their attire, they should be wandering riders. These people looked solemn and did not slow down their horses at all after entering the city. Along the way, they knocked away several thieves who were stunned.
When Li Tangbin approached, the soldiers stopped their horses and reported: "General, there is a large group of puppet Tang troops in the south of Tongguan County. There should be three to four thousand people, and they are marching towards Huayuan County."
“Are there any cavalry?” Li Tangbin was shocked when he heard this, thinking that the Yifang Army was coming.
"There were only a few hundred riders. When they saw us approaching, they surrounded us."
"There are more than three thousand people and no cavalry." Li Tangbin smiled and said, "So what if we defeated this fake Tang lackey first?"
In Henan and Huainan, he often acted as a vanguard and chased the government troops many times, which built up his strong self-confidence. The Puppet Tang Army was nothing more than that!
“General, envoy Zhang Youyi gave our department an order to go to Liang Tianpi.” Someone advised.
"You bastard!" Li Tangbin whipped him over with a horsewhip and said angrily: "If you dare to say more, I will kill you first! After defeating this Tang army, they can capture Huayuan and Fuping, and then go east to Liangtianpi."
. Send the order down, pack up the troops, and head north!"
General Li Tangbin gave the order, and the whole Sanyuan County was in a state of panic. Under the whipping and scolding of the officers, the sergeants of each battalion of the rebel army slowly packed up the looted property and gathered outside the city. Some of the slow-moving ones were directly killed by Li Tangbin.
The soldiers captured and beheaded him.
The bandit army is not all a mob.
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On the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Guangming Dynasty, the main force of the Tielin Army had already entered Huayuan County, except for the baggage part which was still collecting grain and grass in Tongguan County.
Huayuan County was later Shiyao County, and Sanyuan County was northeast of Sanyuan in later times. The two were more than fifty miles apart. Tielin's army marched into the city at night, and at this time Li Tangbin's troops had also marched to a place more than ten miles south of the county, and were at
Set up camp here.
They carried large and small bags, and the sergeants were reluctant to throw them away, which greatly slowed down the marching speed. Li Tangbin was aware of this problem, but he couldn't say anything. Let the soldiers throw away the looted property? What do you think?
out!
“Li Yanling hasn’t come back yet?” In the military camp next to the county government office, Shao Shude looked at Zhu Shuzong with an ugly expression.
“I just left Tongguan County yesterday and I am still on the road.” Zhu Shuzong replied.
Li Yanling only brought 500 auxiliary troops, large and small carts, and more than a thousand mules and horses, full of grain, grass, money and silk. If the thieves were to rob them, morale would be damaged. However, the matter is now over, and it is useless to say more. Tomorrow morning,
The army left the city and defeated the main force of the rebel army Li Tangbin, so there was no longer a threat.
At midnight, fine snowflakes floated in the sky.
Shao Shude stretched out his hand to take two pieces, and felt a cold feeling at his tentacles. He didn't know what was going on in Suizhou, what was Zhao Yu doing, or what Zhao Yu was doing. Immediately, he laughed at himself. In later movies, once this scene appears, it basically means
The protagonist is about to die. But I am determined to defeat the thieves tomorrow.
On the 30th, the scouts who had been fighting all night returned to Huayuan. Their clothes were bloody, but they were in good spirits.
After asking Zhuge Shuang for instructions, the army began to eat in batches and prepare to leave the city for battle.
Chen Cheng and Guo Ji, who were temporarily in charge of the supply camp, mobilized the people in the city, prepared various soups, stretchers, and recruited strong men and women to go to the city. Once the Tielin army was defeated, they could only defend the city.
At noon, as the bandit army moved to three miles outside the city, Shao Shude no longer hesitated and ordered the entire army to attack!
You Yi envoy Zhu Shuzong and ten cavalry generals Zhe Siyu and 500 cavalry advanced first. Then came the horn players, drummers, flag bearers and other miscellaneous soldiers, followed by four battalions of combat soldiers, and finally more than a thousand auxiliary soldiers. Zhuge Shuang's 300 personal soldiers stayed behind
He helped defend the city, while he himself went to the top of the city to watch the battle.
The people in the city closed their doors tightly, hoping in their hearts that the two armies would die together. Although the imperial soldiers and horses did not loot, they still collected food, making everyone's life a hundred times more difficult. Not to mention the rebel army, they only obeyed Chang'an
The news that came through was terrifying.
"Dong dong dong..." Amidst the intermittently falling snowflakes, a large group of Tielin Army soldiers wearing brown military uniforms maintained a leisurely pace and arrived at each battalion and each team assembled at the designated location.
The cold wind is blowing hard and the snowflakes are getting bigger.
Shao Shude rode his war horse and galloped quickly in front of the formation. Wherever he passed, the soldiers cheered enthusiastically.
The Book of War says: "The first step is to attack the enemy with troops, then the second is to attack the enemy, and the second is to attack the enemy."
Today, there are more than 9,000 Shao and Li armies, and they are probably engaged in the final "attack". The attackers put their swords together at the place where the corpses were erected, and they used it as a last resort. But our Shao army envoy, the last
Isn't what you are good at "fighting stupidly"?
"In the past in Jinyang, a certain man had an appointment with all the sergeants." Shao Shu stopped his horse and stopped in front of the battle formation, shouting: "If the sergeant flees, behead the sergeant! If the general flees, behead the general! Shao flees, and immediately beheads Shao."
! Today I want you all to fulfill your promise! There are more than 3,000 rebels standing two miles away. They are heavily plundered and heavily laden. The veterans of the division are tired. We will defeat them today to boost the power of our army!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" the soldiers hit the ground with their sticks and shouted loudly.
Li Tangbin, who was arranging his troops on the opposite side, heard this, and suddenly there was a commotion. The Tang army had already finished arranging its troops, and they were all trying to boost their morale. Even the formations here were not clear yet. This enemy army was a little different.
“Lu Huaizhong!”
“The end is here!”
“The enemy’s left wing is slower to regroup and the noise is louder, so there should be an opportunity to take advantage of it. As the Marquis of Yu, you can lead a battalion on the right wing to flank.”
“General, I will obey your orders!” Lu Huaizhong galloped forward, his heart full of pride. Behind him, several riders followed closely, carrying general flags, and soon arrived in front of the right wing formation to deploy combat orders.
“Close the door!”
“The end is here!”
"I will leave my left wing to you. It is fifty steps behind the central army. Keep an eye on it and make sure nothing goes wrong."
“General, I obey!” Guan Kairun also rode away, and the sergeants also began to adjust their formation.
“Zhu Shuzong, Zhe Siyu!”
“The end is here!”
"You two lead the cavalry and wait in the rear formation. If the enemy is suspicious and the formation is shaken, you can attack him violently. There is no need to wait for the general's order."
The two of them took the order and left.
“Cai Songyang, Xu Hao, Fan He and the baggage camp will advance with me.”
The wind is getting stronger.
Li Tangbin looked at the noisy sergeants, then looked up at the rustling military flag, and he suddenly felt a sense of regret in his heart.
Too big a deal!
The northwest wind suddenly picked up, and the wind and snow blinded the eyes. The soldiers were burdened with heavy loads, and their physical strength was less than half of its prime. The Tang army on the opposite side was obviously much more elite than what they encountered in Guanzhong and Henan, and their morale was particularly high.
“General, this battle is not easy to fight.” Shang Cun rode up to Li Tangbin and whispered.
He was the only one who dared to say this. As a member of the Shangrang tribe, Li Tangbin had to be a little less generous, otherwise he would be killed in front of the battle line on the grounds of shaking the morale of the army.
Li Tangbin glared at Shangsun. It's all bullshit. How can I not understand? Five thousand people defeated three thousand people, and the Tang army was so "weak". It was a sure success. But now the number of people was calculated wrong. The Tang army had at least three thousand and five people.
There are a hundred infantry and five hundred cavalry. It is not clear how many there are in the city.
But these are not the key. The most important thing is that this Tang army can fight. Anyone with a little vision can see this.
"We can't retreat. Once we retreat, there will be a huge rout." Li Tangbin ordered several rangers to pass on the orders to the troops to reorganize the troops as soon as possible. Anyone who makes a noise and refuses to obey orders will be killed immediately! If you can defeat this Tang army today by chance, you must do a good job.
After gathering together, they are all good soldiers!
"Dong dong dong..." The drums on the opposite side rang again. Then there was an overwhelming cry of killing, which came along the north wind, causing another commotion in Li Tangbin's department.
There were so few people, but they actually took the initiative to attack! Li Tangbin flicked his whip bitterly and said no more! If you wait any longer, two waves of arrows will rain down from the opposite side, and someone will escape here.
“Drumming! March!” Li Tangbin looked at the Tang army’s infantry formation holding up tall spears and squeezing over slowly, and his heart was as cold as an ice cellar.
What a mistake! This battle should not have been fought.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The arrows took advantage of the wind and fell overwhelmingly.
There were deserters in twos and threes in the Chao army formation. They went straight to the rear camp, trying to get their baggage. However, they were quickly killed by Li Tangbin's general.
The formation of the Chao army was not in order, and the arrows fired back were weak and unable to be blown away by the wind. The morale of the Tielin army was greatly boosted, and at the 70th step, another wave of arrows washed the ground.
There was a small-scale rout of Chao's army. Some people threw away the silk and copper coins hidden in their arms while fleeing. Some wanted money rather than their lives. During the escape, they even bent down to pick it up. The enemy general killed ten of his own troops in a row.
There were more people, but still couldn't stop.
"Xilulu..." Zhu Shuzong and Zhejiyu, who were in the rear formation, led the cavalry and began to move forward, assigning tasks to each department.
“Shoot!” Another direct shot.
Hundreds of long arrows shot through the air, wantonly harvesting the lives of the soldiers in the front row of the Chao Army.
The rumble sounded, and the cavalry of the Iron Forest Army began to speed up slowly.
“Run!”
"Failed, defeated!"
“General, leave quickly! I’ll stop the rear!”
Chaojun's formation collapsed on a large scale. Li Tangbin directly rode in, but was blocked by the rebels and was in an extremely embarrassing situation.
"Send the order, but anyone who dares to pick up property on the ground will be killed immediately!" The enemy army collapsed before engaging in battle, which surprised Shao Shude. What he has to do now is not to make any mistakes and firmly hold on to this victory.
in hand.
In the first battle against thieves, we must win but not lose!