Hongnong is located on the south bank of the Yellow River to the west of Weishan Mountain. It was called Shaanxi in ancient times. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Duke of Zhou called Shaanxi to rule the world. Today it is called Shaanxi, and Shaanxi is bounded by this. Later generations will also divide powerful local towns.
The power is called dividing Shaanxi. For example, Jingzhou was divided into Shaanxi in the Southern Dynasties.
Hongnong City was built in the old years when Wang Sizheng was in charge. Later, General Li Yuan stayed here for a long time and expanded Hongnong City on the original basis. Therefore, this city is also quite majestic and can be called
Shang was the largest military town of the Western Wei Dynasty east of Tongguan, and it was of great significance to both the advance and retreat of the east and west.
Previously, the army of the Western Wei Dynasty fled in Jiuqu City, Yiyang and evacuated westward along the Nanjiao Road. After hearing the news, Zhu Guo Li Bi, who was stationed in Xin'an, Beiyang Road, had no choice but to evacuate. Since Li Bi's troops had not yet lost their discipline,
The system is still complete, and the distance is shorter, so we arrive at Hongnong first.
Knowing that Dugu Xin, Zhao Gui and his entourage were heading west via Hongnong first, Li Bi did not stay much in Hongnong. He placed some grain and grass supplies here to gather the defeated troops, and then led his troops directly to Tongguan.
After retreating from Yiyang for hundreds of miles, the soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty struggled to survive on rugged mountain roads with deep snow. When they arrived at Hongnong City in the rear, which was still relatively stable, they were desperate.
Most of them were exhausted, so they chose to take a break in Hongnong City.
When Yuwenhu and his entourage helped Yuwentai's coffin arrive at Hongnong, nearly 20,000 people had gathered here. After arriving at Hongnong, Yuwenhu's mood calmed down slightly from the initial panic, which was confirmed by the retreat of Yiyang's armies.
He heard his uncle's prediction before his death. The Hongnong defenders also reported that Duguxin and his party had passed through Hongnong and headed west five or six days ago, which made his heart sink even more.
Five or six days is enough time to do a lot of things. Even if they run all the way to catch up, it will be difficult to catch up. Especially now that the army is out of discipline, which has greatly damaged their strength. If they just rush to Guanzhong, they will not have the strength at all.
to calm the situation.
So after a short discussion, they decided to organize 5,000 troops from among the soldiers gathered in Hongnong, and let Yu Wenhu lead them to continue to Tongguan, while Li Yuan and Yuchigang stayed behind in Hongnong and continued to gather the defeated army.
And here to resist the pursuing troops from behind.
However, after Yu Wenhu led his troops to leave first, the situation in Hongnong became a little unstable. The reason why the armies stopped here before was because the people were exhausted. Now that their physical strength has recovered, of course they still fled back to Guanzhong.
The countryside is safer, and few people are willing to stop and continue fighting with the enemy, so many armies flee secretly.
Seeing that repeated orders could not prevent the sergeants from escaping, Yuchigang simply set up a fence at the western border of Hongnong to intercept them, and all the captured deserters were executed on the spot. After collecting and beheading hundreds of deserters, Li Yuanjiu was also
After suppressing Hongnong and being appeased by many parties, the troops' retreat was restrained.
In the next two days, more than 10,000 troops arrived in Hongnong one after another, bringing the number of troops stationed in Hongnong to nearly 30,000. However, these troops were a ragtag group of people who had lingering fears and needed to be reorganized.
They gradually regained their combat effectiveness, but the enemy obviously would not give them this time.
As the vanguard general of the Northern Qi army, Hu Luguang led thousands of fine cavalry to chase down the defeated soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty. He did not kill the defeated disciples along the way, but tried his best to outflank and drive them into a group of people, maintaining aloofness along the way.
The distance allows these defeated soldiers to recover some physical strength and continue to escape, without recharging their energy to fight back.
This method of warfare is often used by horsemen on the grassland. It usually drives the enemy's herdsmen, cattle and horses to attack the enemy's battle formation, and uses these animals and livestock as cannon fodder to consume the opponent's strength and fighting spirit. Especially at the moment of fighting with the enemy.
, and charge behind to push these humans and animals away. If the effect is good enough, it can directly overwhelm the enemy's formation.
Duan Shao had used similar tactics before when he fought in Huainan, and Hu Luguang had followed his father to fight in all directions since he was a child, and he was even better at using related tactics.
After hundreds of miles and several days and nights of pursuit, more and more Guanxi soldiers were driven by him. The dark group numbered thousands, including many Western Wei generals who were recruiting defeated troops along the way.
The defeated troops gathered could not reach that many.
For these people from Kansai, the escape experience in the past few days was like being trapped in hell. They had to run on the mountain road non-stop. Once they stopped on the way, they would be chased from behind.
The Qi army's rangers were shot and killed.
Only when night falls, people are allowed to stop in the snow nest for a short rest for one to two hours, and they are not allowed to light a fire to keep warm. Whenever there are fireworks, they will also be massacred by the Qi army. So they are hungry and cold along the way.
As long as there was still a breath left, they would be driven to continue walking, and those who had no strength to go on were all massacred by the Qi army.
When these people went through all kinds of hardships and arrived outside Hongnong City, and saw their Western Wei flag still flying on top of the city, and many armored soldiers standing on the city wall, they couldn't help but cry with joy, saying that they were finally rescued.
Everyone used their remaining strength and ran towards the city gate.
At this time, Hu Luguang, who had been pursuing the rear unhurriedly, also ordered his troops to attack the enemy's rear. He used his agitation to make the Western Wei sergeants rush faster. But these soldiers were already at this time.
The fuel is exhausted, and the lamp is dry. It is only supported by a desire to survive and the illusion of salvation. Even if it is attacked and killed again, the speed cannot be increased.
Hu Luguang naturally had no mercy for these enemies. He held a horse spur and rode away. All the enemy soldiers caught up by his galloping horses were stabbed to death. Some of them collapsed on the ground and cried and begged, but he turned a deaf ear.
, killing them without mercy.
"Don't close the city gate, don't! Let the sons and gentlemen enter the city, let them enter the city..."
When they saw the bandit cavalry approaching, the generals guarding the city ordered the city gate to be closed. However, when the soldiers saw a group of emaciated country disciples running away just a few steps away from the city gate, they couldn't bear to close it with their own hands.
The livelihood of these villagers.
Since ancient times, kindness has not commanded troops. When the soldiers guarding the city were still arguing about whether to close the city gate, the enemy cavalry had already rushed to the bottom of the city. Some of the defeated people outside the city were hacked by swords and trampled to death on the eve of their rescue, and some
They were rushed away by the enemy cavalry and scattered on both sides of the city gate. Watching the door to survive being slowly closed by the defenders, the soldiers who were closed outside the city gate all let out desperate cries.
"Spare your life, spare your life! I'm willing to surrender, I'm willing to surrender..."
Seeing that there was no hope of survival and entering the city, the desperate Guanzhong sergeants kowtowed and begged for mercy. However, they were still greeted by the ruthless blades of the enemy.
"Take no prisoners and storm the city gate!"
Hu Luguang saw that the city gate was blocked by the corpses of people and horses piled up in front of the city and was not completely closed. His eyes suddenly lit up, so he ordered his men to continue driving away the Guanzhong sergeants who had fled outside the city towards the city.
The door rushes.
At this time, many soldiers were already lying on the ground exhausted. In order to continue to unleash the potential of these people, the Jinyang soldiers whipped them with whips, stabbed them with swords and spears, and even trampled them with horses. The warm blood of the human body
It was constantly sprayed on the land in front of the city, and even the snow-frozen soil became muddy.
Scenes of massacres were staged in front of the city, which made the officers and men in the city have their eyes broken. Seeing the villagers and children dying in extremely miserable conditions, finally one of the city's generals couldn't bear it anymore and brandished his sword and gun and shouted loudly: "The dog thieves are cruel
, who will follow me to save my son!"
At this time, many soldiers were also carried away by anger. Regardless of the restrictions of military orders, they grabbed their weapons and rushed out of the city to fight the Qi army to a life or death showdown. The city gate that was originally ajar was opened again, and many soldiers
Roaring and charging out.
Seeing the enemy troops rushing out of the city, Hu Luguang led his troops to retreat temporarily. When more enemies rushed out of the city and they were some distance away from the city gate, Dangjie led his disciples to fight back from the side.
The killings in front of the city gate suddenly became more brutal.
In the city, Li Yuan is still waiting to organize the troops to defend here, but the defeated soldiers in the city don't know the soldiers and the generals, so it is more difficult to make effective arrangements in a hurry.
As the enemy cavalry charged into the city, Li Yuan could only fight and retreat with his troops. When he retreated to the west of the city, he was informed that Yuchi Gang had led his troops to flee. After learning about this, Li Yuan also committed suicide
Feeling that there was no way to save the day, he could only lead hundreds of armored soldiers around him to abandon the city and flee.
As the generals fled one after another, the situation in Hongnong City suddenly became more chaotic.
The Guanzhong sergeants who thought they could take a breather here did not expect to be faced with a greater massacre. If the Northern Qi army still had some strength in the pursuit before, but now it has arrived in the hinterland of the Western Wei Dynasty.
Hongnong, they fought without mercy. As Hu Luguang led his troops to rush back and forth in the city, almost the entire city of Hongnong was painted with a layer of blood.
Shortly after Hu Luguang entered the city, Gao Guiyan, King of Pingqin, also led the rear army to Hongnong. The killing was no longer limited to the city. The people who fled outside the city were also pursued, attacked and killed.
On the evening of the next day, when Duan Shao led the main force to Hongnong, the bodies of Western Wei soldiers and horses were scattered everywhere inside and outside the city. There were also Qi soldiers cleaning the battlefield, collecting the weapons and materials dropped by the Wei army, and placing them in the city.
All the heads from the corpses were chopped off and piled on the carriage. This was not to do meritorious deeds, but to build a temple to scare the enemy.
"Why is the king so late? Yesterday in the battle of Hongnong, Mingyue and I killed more than ten thousand enemies. It was really a pleasure!"
Ping Qin King Gao Guiyan led his troops to greet Duan Shao in front of the city gate. After meeting him, he laughed and said: "Now that Hongnong has been conquered and Tongguan is in front of us, can the current victory be compared to Dunzu Yiyang's majesty?"
Duan Shao did not respond after hearing this, but when he heard that Hu Luguang had led his troops to Tongguan this morning, he couldn't help but murmured: "Master Kang is difficult to control, and disaster is not far away...