Chapter 23: Fight with the golden drum at dawn, sleep with the jade saddle at night (3)
Oritsugu Yu pulled out the second spear from under the horse's belly, stabbed, slapped and pushed, feeling like he was in a deserted place in the nest army formation.
He was a little regretful. When he charged just now, he almost rushed to the side of the general of the bandit army. The bandit general's personal soldiers shouted "Protect General Zhu", it should be Zhu Zhen.
It would be great if Zhu Shuzong was by his side! If the two of them cooperate, they will be able to break through the enemy's interception and kill Zhu Zhen's men.
But it doesn't matter, they are all unknown people, and there is no point in killing them, so Zhu Wen can only be a little interested.
After charging for a while, Oritsugu Yu finally led the cavalry back to the formation to rest. They had lost speed, and if they continued to fight, they would only suffer heavy casualties. It was better to clear the place and let the infantry of the Tielin Army clean up the remaining enemies.
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Zhu Zhen with disheveled hair left the Tang army's formation in embarrassment. A group of more than a thousand soldiers were killed by a hail of arrows when they charged into the formation, and another group were killed or injured during the battle. In the end, they were charged by soldiers from the Zhe family, and almost half of them were lost.
Looking at the infantry formation of the Tielin Army slowly advancing after suppressing the rebels, Zhu Zhen felt like crying. Unless the brothers could not fight to the death, it was really impossible to fight. The Puppet Tang Army was extremely rogue.
The formations are stacked up, fifty steps at a time, and once they are broken, there are still others. Competing with you on the thickness of the troops, this is nothing!
After the defeated generals withdrew with more than 500 remnant troops, they were charged and killed by the Shatuo cavalry who were fighting in the melee, killing and wounding hundreds of people. In the end, only more than 400 people managed to escape back to the main formation to rest.
"General!" Zhu Zhen cried loudly: "They are all the disciples of a certain person who have been raising them since Henan. We lost most of them in this battle. General, please kill me so that you can go down and keep company with your brothers."
Zhu Wen didn't seem to hear Zhu Zhen's words, and just stared straight ahead.
The Chinese cavalry was also sent out. As a result, the cavalry of the Tang Army was extremely powerful. Not only did it tightly entangle the attacking troops who were trying to widen the gap, it even slowly pushed them back. There was also a gap between the cavalry and the cavalry.
Zhu Wen secretly sighed. Many of them were originally infantry, but after taking the horses, they slowly practiced, but they were still not very good.
Standing on the high platform, you can actually see very clearly. The battlefield at this moment is a complete mess. Our right wing penetrates deeply into the enemy's position and almost penetrates their front army. The left wing makes less breakthrough. Although it penetrates deeply, its momentum is gone
If you lose, if you continue to fight, you will probably be pushed back after only a few hundred steps.
The one with the best chance is actually the Chinese army. Ding Hui's selected vanguard first defeated the Tang army's stragglers at the front, and then defeated them for a while. Zhu Zhen followed up with more than a thousand soldiers, and broke through again, forcing the opponent's front army to retreat.
The general fled.
As a result, they reacted quickly. When they put in the 700 cavalry of the Chinese army and put them into the winning hand, they dispatched almost twice as many elite cavalry as themselves and just turned the situation back. Then the fresh troops stepped forward, and the fighter planes
Then it was completely lost. What's the use of throwing in the rear army at this time?
Resilience! It can be seen that this Tang army is all old soldiers, and their resilience is quite good. I heard that they had fought with Li Guochang and his son for two years before, and they were not ordinary people. There was nothing they could do.
"What do you look like crying and crying?" Zhu Wen kicked Zhu Zhen over and said angrily: "Reorganize the troops immediately and go and bring Xu Tang and Hu Zhen back."
Zhu Zhen wiped away her tears and left as ordered.
"Send an order to Pang Shigu, and the cavalry of the rear army will move forward to prepare to cut off the rear." Zhu Wen continued to order: "Let Deng Jijun lead his troops forward to cover the retreat of Xu, Hu, and Zhu."
After issuing these orders, Zhu Wen slapped the railing hard. The battle was lost!
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Shao Shude slowly came to the body of Yi Zhao, who was still staring angrily, and said: "General Yi is selfish, domineering and arrogant. He regards the lives of 20,000 soldiers as child's play. He should be punished as such."
Today's battle has become a waste of time. Both sides have failed to achieve their goals, and both have killed and injured a lot of people. It is actually a lose-lose battle.
The former leader of the Tang army fled and was beheaded. Thousands of generals were demoralized and unable to fight anymore, so they had to be reorganized. The Chinese army was a fresh force, but the Chao army was already gathering men and horses, slowly shrinking, and it was estimated that they would not be able to catch up in time.
It is estimated that the cavalry can still get some meat and bite off a piece of meat from the Chao army, but the cavalry from the rear are also coming up, how much they can bite depends on luck.
That's it for this battle. Both sides withdrew their troops. The Tang Dynasty official army won a superficial victory, but the casualties might be more than others. What an ugly exchange ratio!
How will this battle be recorded in the history books of later generations?
"The Tang army formed a formation outside the city, and Zhu Wen led his troops to fight with them, but they returned at a disadvantage." In just a dozen words, a bloody battle involving more than 20,000 people on both sides was easily summarized.
hehe.
The battle ended quickly. The ground was covered with corpses and groaning wounded soldiers. Auxiliary soldiers from all armies began to move forward to clean the battlefield. When encountering wounded but not dead enemy soldiers, they directly stabbed them, while their own wounded soldiers were carried back.
, those who can be saved will be saved, and those who cannot be saved will be left to die. This is a cruel killing ground, and it has always been like this.
"Commander, after defeating the Chao army in this battle, Zhu Wen will be too scared to fight again." Zhuge Shuang has already stepped down from the high platform. This battle should have earned him some capital, and he is still in a very good mood.
"Zhu Wen lost at least 1,700 soldiers, which was enough to make him feel distressed for a while." Zhuge Shuang smiled and said: "Yizhao brought the blame on himself. It is ridiculous to alienate you and me. It is reasonable for Shu De to kill him.
should."
"Commander, there are still more than 5,000 soldiers left in Yi Zhao. We should rectify them as soon as possible, otherwise things will change if we wait too long."
Zhuge Shuang glanced at Shao Shude and said: "Shude, let's pick out a battalion of soldiers first, auxiliary soldiers, equipment and so on. I will take care of the rest for the time being to prevent them from being disintegrated."
"I will obey the commander-in-chief's order." Shao Shude responded.
After cleaning the battlefield, the Tang army withdrew its troops and returned to camp. That night, Zhu Wen secretly carried goods, grain, grass, and equipment to the naval ship and began to prepare for the retreat.
Facts have proved that he is unable to defeat the Tang army in front of him and seize the bridgehead of Hexi County, so there is no point in staying in Tongzhou. He will only be besieged by more and more Tang troops, and the situation will become increasingly embarrassing.
Sacrifice himself to create opportunities for Huang Ye, Lao Zhu would not do such a thing, not to mention Huang Ye may not be able to invade Hezhong Mansion. The Tang troops in Hedong, Hezhong, Xia Sui and other towns should all be able to fight, Huang Ye
The troops under Ye's command were not yet elite, so there was no hope of capturing Hezhong. It would be good if they were not beaten violently by Wang Chongrong.
On the sixth day of March, Zhu Wen left Tongzhou by boat. Zhuge Shuang did not order the pursuit at all, and the two sides broke away from contact with a tacit understanding.
As soon as Zhu Wen left, Zhuge Shuang announced a "great victory", saying "recover Tongzhou" and "kill ten thousand thieves" and so on. It was not easy for the court to verify this matter. Anyway, the matter of recovering Tongzhou was absolutely true. Commander Zhuge left
His dream position as Mikawa coach is one step closer.
After Yi Zhao's death, the army was leaderless and was quickly divided among Zhuge Shuang, Zhu Mei and Shao Shude. Shao Shude selected a battalion of 500 soldiers, bringing the total number of infantry soldiers of the Tielin Army to 3,000. In addition,
It also recruited more than 200 cavalry and more than 800 auxiliary troops, bringing the total strength of the Tielin Army to 7,300, a record high. This does not include the more than a thousand surrendered troops of the Chao Army who had been following them.
Zhuge Shuang took 3,000 of the remaining 4,000 people and tried to win over them, so he had a direct armed force. Zhu Mei, the governor of Daizhou, got 900 people, which was also a small help. Everyone was happy, except for the one who had already been
The dead Yi Zhaowai.
Annexing friendly forces and expanding his troops, Shao Shude did it without any pressure. Thinking about it in the dead of night, he always felt that he was becoming more and more like a warlord, more and more ruthless. The environment can indeed affect people, and power is also a man's.
The irresistible aphrodisiac, no matter how determined you are, it will be completely corroded sooner or later.
Shao Shude now only hopes that he can still maintain his ideal of ending the troubled times and allowing the people to live a stable life. Otherwise, what is the difference between him and other warlords?
After the official army occupied Tongzhou, Zhu Mei continued to lead his troops southward, approaching the Wei River. It happened that Huang Ye failed to attack the river and lost thousands of troops. After hearing that Zhu Wen had withdrawn and the lifeline of the Wei River was threatened, he immediately led the boat division to run away.
, fled towards Chang'an.
At this point, the battle of Chao Army's attack on Hezhong Mansion can be said to be a complete failure. From the strategic level to the tactical level, everything was outclassed.
Wang Chongrong also gained confidence. After Huang Ye withdrew, he personally led more than 10,000 Hezhong Ya soldiers to cross the river and march westward, conquering Huayin, Huazhou and other places with great momentum.
The situation in the east of Jingzhao Mansion has undergone earth-shaking changes due to the efforts of these armies. Huang Chao, who is far away in Chang'an, should also be panicked after hearing this.
By the way, the battle to attack Fengxiang Mansion in the west is about to begin.
The second-ranking figure in Huang Chao's army, Shang Rang, personally led an army of more than 50,000 men, and faced off with troops from the four towns of Fengxiang, Jingyuan, Shuofang, and Xingning, led by Zheng Tian. This was a battle to determine the ownership of the west of Chang'an. Chao
If the army wins, the Four Towns Alliance is expected to disband. If the Tang army wins, the Chao army will no longer be able to advance westward.
To a certain extent, this was the decisive battle that determined the strength of the Tang Dynasty. Both sides invested a lot of troops in the Tongzhou and Hezhong battles, but their importance was far different and could not be compared.