The sun set and night came. Due to the arrival of Tangzhou soldiers and horses, the rebels' plan to devour the northern Shanxi cavalry in one day was completely in vain. After a series of fierce battles, both sides were tired and began to retreat in unison.
The night was very humid. Zhou Dingshan lay in the haystack and looked at the stars above his head. He felt like he was alive again today. Geng Zhongming got a piece of dog meat from somewhere and gnawed it regardless of the image. Chen Yaofeng and Deng Yuansen
Sitting opposite each other, Shi Ke was sharpening the sword next to him. Although the rebels had retreated, the encirclement was still there. Tangzhou soldiers and horses rushed in, which was just to relieve the temporary difficulties. After all, the Tangzhou army also followed.
The cavalry of northern Shanxi fell into an encirclement.
"Dingshan, I'm afraid there will be another fierce battle tomorrow. Whether you can rush out depends on Uncle Liu Xin's ability." Although Geng Zhongming was able to break through the siege of Tangzhou in one fell swoop, he was unable to open a gap near Liyangpo because the rebels
The determination to besiege Liyangpo is definitely ten times that of besieging Tangzhou. Aren't all the military deployments from Tangzhou to Wuyang just for Liyangpo?
If there is still a little hope, it should be Liu Zhizhong. Although Liu Zhizhong does not have much experience in leading an army, he is young and mature. Ye Tianming's men may not be able to hide it from Liu Zhizhong's secrets. If Liu Zhizhong can attack Dongfang at all costs,
In the rebel defense area of Songlou Town, the people inside cooperated with Liu Zhizhong to attack from both sides, and it was estimated that a gap could be created.
The moon was bright and bright that night, the stars were full, but no one was enjoying the beautiful scenery. A troop of soldiers and horses were stationed far away from Songlou Town, and in the big tent, Liu Zhizhong was walking around holding a roll of paper.
Damn, the rebels really spent a lot of money. In order to deal with the northern Shanxi cavalry once and for all, they actually used so many soldiers and horses to surround the entire Liyangpo. The rebels were powerful, but Liu Zhizhong couldn't withdraw, and he had to do it no matter what.
Find a way to help open a gap, "Yuan Peilin, go to the baggage department quickly, gather all the iron pulleys and arrows, and tomorrow I will storm Songlou Town's soldiers and horses. Even if they all die here, they will still be killed."
Open a gap for me."
"Here" all the generals in the tent can feel the nameless pressure. To be honest, some people in the tent are not willing to fight so hard, because they are surrounded by Northern Shanxi cavalry and Tangzhou soldiers, and there is no possibility of rescuing them.
It's not that big. If we put another 20,000 people in Liyangpo, wouldn't it be worth the loss?
Having something in mind, someone brought it up. Commander Bao Guoxiang complained unhappily, "General Liu, are you being irresponsible to your brothers by fighting against the rebels without leaving any escape route? You can't do it for the sake of
With so little hope, all the lives of the brothers will be lost in Liyangpo. If this is the case, in the end..."
Liu Zhizhong's expression slowly darkened. He looked at Bao Guoxiang. After a while, he slowly said, "What can I say clearly? What will you do if I insist on doing this?"
Liu Zhizhong's tone was not good, but Bao Guoxiang had to bite the bullet and answer, "If General Liu's will is like this, then you will have to doubt the general's order." As soon as Bao Guoxiang finished speaking, the temperature of the entire tent instantly dropped by twenty degrees. Although it was early spring,
But everyone felt like they were falling into an ice cellar.
Liu Zhizhong swept past Bao Guoxiang and looked at the generals in the tent. Suddenly, he turned around and pulled out his sword from the desk with a flick of his wrist. A cold light pierced Bao Guoxiang's heart. In that instant, Liu Zhizhong
His actions were decisive and cruel, without any hesitation. No one reacted at all. When they reacted, Bao Guoxiang was already sitting in his chair shaking, with blood stains on the corners of his mouth.
"Why...why...why..." Bao Guoxiang's eyes were full of disbelief. He was unwilling to die like this, but death spread all over his body bit by bit. He really didn't understand why Liu Zhizhong, who had always been elegant and kind, suddenly killed him.
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Killing a general before battle has always been a taboo for military strategists throughout the ages. Bao Guoxiang seemed to have noticed this, so he dared to say anything.
But Liu Zhizhong told everyone that Bao Guoxiang was wrong. Seeing that the look in Bao Guoxiang's eyes was getting weaker and weaker, Liu Zhizhong slammed his sword on the ground and looked at the generals in the tent expressionlessly, "You don't understand? Humph, in the rush to help.
Yangpo is an order personally given by Concubine Xiao and General Niu. Military orders are like mountains. You have known this military regulation since the first day you joined the Northern Shan Army. Remember, you can doubt Liu, but who dares to doubt military orders?
,Certainly
Don't kill him. Bao Guoxiang is timid in the face of battle and has shaken the morale of the army. He should be killed. Mao Xiang, drag Bao Guoxiang's body out. Xu Yang, you go to Bao Guoxiang's camp tonight. If you dare to take a step back tomorrow, military law will be ruthless."
"Here." The two men stood up and responded, with serious faces. They were both Liu Zhizhong's confidants, but they did not dare to suggest any further meaning, let alone others. At this time, everyone also saw Liu Zhizhong's determination, just as Liu Zhizhong said
, Military law is ruthless, it seems that I have to put away the little ninety-nine in my heart. Bao Guoxiang started his career as a border soldier. He has been in the Northern Shanxi Army for three years. He is considered an old man in the army. Liu Zhizhong will kill whenever he says. Who else dares to test the law?
After the discussion was over, the generals left the tent and came outside. Mao Xiang grabbed Xu Yang and said, "Old Xu, Bao Guoxiang is from the northwest frontier army. Most of his subordinates are old people from the frontier army. When you go there, you have to work hard."
Dim sum. Do you understand what General Liu means? You should use more snacks. If something goes wrong at that time, even if General Liu intends to protect you, military law cannot protect you."
"Mao Xiang, don't worry. Xu understands General Liu's meaning. Xu will pull his troops over tonight. Damn it, whoever dares to be a thorn at this time will kill one by one and a pair of
Kill a pair. It's not that Xu is complaining. Your Highness has been too kind to the old people in the border army over the years. Gradually, these people have become a little more lively. They are eating the pay of the Northern Shanxi Army and want to leave a road on the side of the Peasant Army.
It’s really his spring and autumn dream.”
Due to Liu Zhizhong's methods, the army finally made no other noise. Before midnight the next day, 20,000 troops crossed the Songlou Town and followed the depression to the east of the Songlou Town army defense area. At two quarters of the hour, Xu Yang led his five thousand troops.
Many people took the lead in launching a fierce attack on Liang Mengxi's defense area. Then Mao Xiang and Yuan Peilin commanded the iron pulley army to cut the rebel camp from the back and flank. For a time, smoke and dust billowed from the east of the rebel encirclement, and the sound of killings occurred one after another. As Liu Zhizhong led his troops, they came
, the rebels were suddenly in disarray, but Bi Yonghao was very calm. The more the Northern Shanxi Army was so desperate to lead the troops, the more it showed how important the Northern Shanxi Cavalry was to them.
Liu Zhizhong led his troops to attack fiercely. Geng Zhongming and Zhou Dingshan were not idle either. "Shi Ke, use all available tools and cooperate with General Liu to cut a gap in the Songlou Town army within an hour."
"Here" Shi Ke excitedly accepted the order and left. Then the remaining Northern Shanxi cavalry took the lead in charging the army defense area in Songlou Town. Shi Ke even led his troops to cooperate. In order to open the encirclement, all the thunderbolts and thunders in General Shi Ke's army were fired.
All the bows and arrows were used. Geng Zhongming was usually reluctant to use these thunderbolts, but now they were all attacking the rebels. Many rebels were blown away in a short time.
Maybe the casualties were not that big, but the shock effect was so strong that many rebels thought they were at a disadvantage, and many of them had already begun to withdraw to the south.
When the rebel formation retreated to the south, Bi Yonghao finally couldn't sit still and ordered Song Qiao and Qin Xinkai to rush to the east to reinforce the defense area and not give the Northern Shanxi Army a chance to fight out. However, when Song Qiao and Qin Xinkai arrived, they discovered
How difficult is it to do this? The iron pulley is crushing it from the north, and Liu Zhizhong is taking the lead. The entire battlefield has been turned into a pot of porridge, and the camp in the north has been penetrated by Mao Xiang.
The iron pulley originated from Xixia. After it was improved by the Ministry of Industry, the body became wider and could be pushed by eight people at the same time. It had a strong impact and the iron blades inlaid on both sides were even more powerful weapons for killing people. The iron pulleys were like
One after another, they rushed into the rebel camp and rolled up huge waves. As the commander-in-chief, Liu Zhizhong did not stay behind this time, but fought bravely in the front. All commanders are like this. How dare other people complain?
Liu Zhizhong concentrated all his forces and stormed the camp in the northeast corner. The terrain here was wide and it was definitely a good place to open a gap. As long as a gap was opened in this place, the people inside could quickly withdraw. The rebels also knew this, so Song Lou
More than 20,000 of the 30,000-strong army were stationed here. However, as the Northern Shanxi Army continued to advance, the rebel camp had become somewhat loose. At this moment, bursts of explosions sounded from behind the rebels, and Shi Ke
All the soldiers and horses have also gathered to the west to attack the northeastern camp from the other side.
In order to open up a way out, the officers and soldiers of the Northern Shanxi Army definitely showed their special skills. People in desperate situations can often burst out with unimaginable fighting power. With a bang, a military tent was blown down, and several rebel soldiers were killed.
After the pot was removed, Song Qiao felt his scalp numb when he saw the situation in front of him. If the Northern Shanxi Army broke through the Northeast Camp, the entire plan would be in vain.
Song Qiao has always been thinking of self-protection, but he and Li Zicheng have the same view on the issue of annihilating the northern Shanxi cavalry. As long as the northern Shanxi cavalry is destroyed, the problem of the Central Plains can be solved once and for all. Without the northern Shanxi cavalry,
, the army can go straight into Kaifeng Mansion and no longer need to be as timid as before. In the past, I tried to lure the northern Shanxi cavalry to surround and annihilate them, but these northern Shanxi cavalry were very slippery and were often led away by the northern Shanxi cavalry.
If it weren't for Tangzhou's 30,000 elite cavalry this time, I'm afraid the northern Shanxi cavalry wouldn't have been fooled. They couldn't let go of this opportunity, no matter how heavy the losses were, they would still have to destroy Zhou Dingshan's elite cavalry.
"Ni Tao, lead the people to the west to help. We must stop the rebels from counterattacking. If the rebels break through the defense line, I will ask you." Song Qiao didn't care about conserving his strength anymore and quickly ordered Ni Tao to lead the people to help Song Lou.
To suppress the army, nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses under Ni Tao's command slanted into the west of the Northeast Camp from the south, and met head-on the Northern Shanxi cavalry who came to rescue Shi Ke. Without saying a word, the two sides opened up and started a fierce battle. Ni Tao
I really wanted to cry, why is my life so miserable? Before I was ready, I was caught by the Northern Shanxi cavalry. In fact, Zhou Dingshan really didn't expect to encounter a new force. He originally wanted to follow Shi Ke to help Liu Zhizhong and fight for it.
He tried to open a gap as soon as possible, but when he saw Ni Tao's army approaching in a hurry, with no formation at all, he immediately started thinking.
"Yao Feng, you and Lao Deng fight from behind. No matter what method you use, we will drive these rebels to flee south. Whether Uncle Xin can successfully break through depends on whether these rebels can help!"
Zhou Dingshan's eyes were bright. If these reinforcements retreated hastily, panic would quickly spread to the entire Northeast Camp, and the rebels who had fought to the death in the Northeast Camp would also follow this defeated army and flee south.
This is truly an opportunity given by God. Now we have to see if we can defeat these rebels and flee. Although we only have 4,000 cavalry under our command, we are still confident of taking down these tens of thousands of rebels.
Following the loud bugle, the flag bearers waved their flags. The cavalry that was still charging east stopped their horses and divided out ten centurions to cover the north. The heavy cavalry cooperated with the chain of horses to violently attack the rebel vanguard.
Fighting, Shi Ke saw an opportunity and led his troops to help.
Poor Ni Tao never dreamed that he would become the target of public criticism as soon as he led the army. The Northern Shanxi Army took the wrong medicine. If they didn't attack the Songlou Town Army in the Northeast Camp, why would they compete with Ni Tao?
Ni Tao was not a smart man, and he did not have the courage to do anything. At this time, he was surrounded and beaten fiercely by the Northern Shanxi Army. His formation became more scattered and his losses gradually increased. When the heavy cavalry fiercely planted the flag of the Chinese Army commander, Ni Tao
Tao finally couldn't hold on any longer and began to run for his life for the first time. As he ran away, the other soldiers lost their fighting spirit and all fled, even those at the rear.
Song Qiao frowned, and Lu Tong also had a worried look on his face. When Song Qiao gave the order just now, Lu Tong was still discussing things with Bi Yonghao. As soon as he came back, he heard that Ni Tao was leading an army to resist Shi Ke.
As soon as he heard the news, Lu Tong felt that something was wrong. Song Qiao still hadn't thought about it at this time, "Brother Xian, are you too worried?"
Lu Tong's throat twitched, but his heart was full of bitterness, but he had to say as gently as possible, "Brother, it's wrong. There is nothing wrong with sending people to help the Northeast Camp, but you shouldn't go to the west to resist Shi Ke, but
You should go to the east to take the retreat of Liu Zhizhong's army. Go to the west to resist Shi Ke. The situation is unpredictable. If Zhou Dingshan's cavalry and Shi Ke encircle Ni Tao's troops, Ni Tao's troops will be defeated within an hour.
, when Ni Tao retreats, it will affect the morale of the entire Northeast Camp."
After listening to Lu Tong's explanation, Song Qiao accepted the lesson with an open mind. Only then did he realize that he might not be helping, but rather doing a disservice. However, Song Qiao still had some luck, but when the dusty sky to the north showed Ni Tao's embarrassed figure
When it came into view, his heart sank.
Alas, I can only sigh that Ni Tao's command is not good after all. Song Qiao's soldiers and horses have low combat literacy. This is an old problem. There are no good military training talents in the army.
Come on, Song Qiao finally experienced the feeling of having no generals at his disposal. If Ni Tao had good abilities, I'm afraid this battle wouldn't have been such a miserable defeat, right?
