Han Shizu

Chapter 453 Battle of the Vortex (2)

The soldiers of the first battalion, under the leadership of Zhao Kuangyin, speeded up to touch the Tang camp. The flags were hunting in the winter wind, and they were spotted by the sentry of the Tang army from a distance. The horn sounded to warn the whole camp.

On the side of the Tang army, Guo Tingwei, the regimental training envoy, and He Yanxi, the governor of the capital, quickly got up from the army couch and put on armor when they heard the news, and went to the front of the camp to check the situation.

He Yanxi got up a little angrily, went to the sentry tower, and found that Guo Tingwei was looking at Zhao Kuangyin's army who was more than a mile away to challenge Zhao Kuangyin with a little doubt.

Seeing He Yanxi, Guo Tingwei introduced to him: "The Han army has about 500 people, and there is no horse army. The banner book is 'Zhao'. It should be Zhao Kuangyin who is stationed in Weikou!"

"These Han troops attacked last night, and they came to provoke again this morning. How dare they come to stroke my tiger's beard with only a few hundred people?" Looking down, He Yanxi immediately disdainfully said, with anger: "I brought two thousand Pawn, annihilate it!"

"He Dujian, let's take another look at these Han troops. What's the purpose?" Guo Tingwei was a middle-aged general. Although his reputation was not obvious, he had experienced many battles and was always calm.

"Couldn't Mr. Guo be frightened by the Han cavalry camp last night?" He Yanxi, with the arrogance of a literati, said with slight contempt: "If you don't dare, guard the camp by yourself, and I will lead the troops to Get rid of that mere Zhao Kuangyin!"

After saying that, ignoring Guo Tingwei's solemn expression, he ordered people to gather several battalions of more than [-] soldiers and horses, opened the gate of the camp, and rushed towards the Han army aggressively.

And a mile away, seeing Tang Ying moving, especially seeing the big banner with the word "He", Zhao Kuangyin immediately laughed and sniffed hard: "Across a mile, I seem to be able to smell it." To the aroma of rice in Tangying”

Zhao Kuangyin arrived in time to disturb the Tang camp. At this time, the soldiers of the Tang army had no time to eat at all.The emperor did not send hungry soldiers, and the Tang soldiers who came out of the camp were just a bunch of hungry soldiers.

However, after He Yanxi led the Tang army out of the camp, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help frowning, because the number of Tang troops who attacked did not meet his expectations.Seeing this, he immediately changed his plan of pretending to be defeated in World War I.

With a wave of the letter flag, the five hundred Han troops immediately adjusted into an attack formation. Zhao Kuangyin pointed at He Yanxi, who was guarded in the army, and said: "The enemy's two wings spread out, and they want to swallow us. Later, you follow me and charge straight The middle army, stare at the general Tang riding a horse. Remember, don't kill him!"

With a bright red robe and armor, He Yanxi's attire is very conspicuous.

Observing the movement of the Tang army out of the camp, after it was fully deployed, he raised his sword and shouted: "Soldiers, it's time to become famous, follow me!"

After saying that, he took the lead, leaned on the horse, and galloped lightly. After Zhao Kuangyin, five hundred Suzhou regiments practiced, shouting to kill, and rushed towards He Yanxi.

Although there were not many people, they were full of momentum, like a fierce tiger, counterattacking Tang Jun.On He Yanxi's side, seeing the movement of the Han army, he was very surprised. He did not expect that Zhao Kuangyin would not retreat or form a tenacious formation against the four times the enemy, but instead came straight to him.

He Dujian, who prided himself on his ability to use troops, hurriedly sent an order to let the Tang army outflanked by the two wings to speed up the encirclement, and he led his own troops to meet the Han army.

But when the Han army approached, seeing the murderous aura of the Han soldiers, He Yanxi panicked for no reason, and He Yanxi sent an order temporarily, ordering his soldiers to stand up to defend against them.

Under such circumstances, there was no time. In the rush, Tang Jun didn't have time to set up his position. He only had time to fire two waves of arrows. The Han army's sword had already cut Tang Jun's neck.

Zhao Kuangyin's direction was like cutting tofu with a knife, and he chiselled neatly into the Tang army's formation.Chicking on the horse, Zhao Kuangyin beheaded three people in a row, and then pointed at He Yanxi who had started to retreat.And the Suzhou regiments under his command were all carefully organized and well-trained by Zhao Kuangyin, who followed him closely, supported him on both sides, and fought with the Tang army.

The momentum is like a tiger, deterring the flock of sheep, its front is difficult to hide.The soldiers of the Tang Army were exhausted after being harassed last night, they woke up again in the morning, their hands and feet were stiff, they hadn't eaten yet, and they were driven out of the camp by He Yanxi to fight. shock.

In just a quarter of an hour, there was a tendency to collapse, and He Yanxi fled directly from the front of the formation to the back of the formation. His actions made the Tang army lose their command and could only fight on their own.

During the fight, Zhao Kuangyin still did not forget to take a look at the situation on the battlefield. Although he was contemptuous of He Yanxi's performance in front of the battle, he was really happy.Noticing that the two battalions of the Tang army surrounded by the two wings had arrived, they immediately took up their swords and led people to rush towards He Yanxi. During the rush, He Yanxi's identity was already confirmed.

Facing the unstoppable situation of the Han army, He Yanxi panicked and shouted in panic: "Stop them!"

Faced with the interception of Tang soldiers, Zhao Kuangyin galloped and leaped forward, slashed left and right, led his men to scatter his army, and rushed to He Yanxi.He raised his long knife, slashed at He Yanxi, and shouted: "He Yanxi, take your life!"

The sharpness of Zhao Kuangyin's war blade almost chilled He Yanxi's heart, and with a scream, he subconsciously lowered his body and rolled off his horse.When he cut it off, Zhao Kuangyin withdrew his strength and chopped on the armor on his back, knowing that he would be fine.Sure enough, He Yanxi fell off his horse, ignored the pain, rolled and crawled, and hid behind the surrounding Tang soldiers, regardless of his demeanor as a scholar-bureaucrat.

When Zhao Kuangyin saw this, he could order: "The whole army shouted, He Yanxi is dead!"

Then, with people, he turned and rushed towards the chaotic place of the Tang army. Zhao Kuangyin's sense of the battlefield was very keen, and he focused on the weak point, attacking all the way, shouting "He Yanxi is dead" all the way. To the two battalions of the Tang army that came in a roundabout way.

On He Yanxi's side, he had already lost an inch, and it was useless to gather his own soldiers and order the soldiers.

In the Tang camp, he had been looking at the front of the camp, the battle situation, outnumbered and outnumbered, the battle turned out like this, Guo Tingwei secretly scolded He Yanxi as a waste.When he heard the Han army shouting "He Yanxi is dead", Guo Tingwei couldn't sit still, and immediately sent an order angrily: "Leave a thousand troops to guard the camp, and others, follow me to fight!"

Soon, Guo Tingwei led the troops, rushed out of the camp gate, and rushed towards the battlefield.On Zhao Kuangyin's side, he was always paying attention to the movement of the Tang camp, and when he saw soldiers pouring out again, he decisively ordered and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to take the flag and withdraw!"

Under the leadership of Zhao Kuangyin, the soldiers of the Han army who survived the war turned and rushed towards the south. The soldiers of the Tang army in the chaotic battle could not stop them at all. They could only watch the Han army leave and turn to the west, leaving a mess.

Guo Tingwei arrived with the army, but seeing that the Han army had left, he had no choice but to calm down the chaos and gather the soldiers with a livid face.

"The Han army has escaped! Chase me!" At this time, He Yanxi, who had lost his life under Zhao Kuangyin's knife, jumped out under the guard.

Although he straightened his armor, his whole body was in a state of embarrassment, and his face was full of shame and anger.

"Don't chase!" Obeying his order, Guo Tingwei sternly refused, and said to He Yanxi: "The Han army on this road came strangely, we should go back to the camp to rest!"

"Then Zhao Kuangyin is so rampant, he treats me as nothing, how can he tolerate him!" He Yanxi said angrily: "When he sees that I am powerful and retreats, he will run away like a hog dog in embarrassment! Gather your troops and annihilate them!"

Guo Tingwei shook his head, opened his mouth and said, "No—"

Before the words came out, He Yanxi said forcefully again: "We are only a little frustrated, if we let him go, how can we face the three armies?"

"Liu Du's deployment has made great achievements in Anyuan, defeated the Han army's vanguard, and marched into Shouchun. We are in the north, how can we miss this opportunity?"

"Follow me!" After saying that, no matter whether Guo Tingwei agreed or not, he immediately led the army to pursue.

Guo Tingwei tightly grasped the saber, he really had the urge to slash He Yanxi with the saber, the imperial court sent all these guards, it was too much of a hindrance.
"Emissary, what should we do?" He Yanxi took away all the troops in the name of the capital prison, and a commander asked.

"Follow up! Just in case!" Guo Tingwei had no choice.

On Zhao Kuangyin's side, after leaving the battle circle, he ordered the soldiers to slow down, both for temptation and for rest.

"My lord, Tang Jun is catching up!"

Looking back, I saw Tang Jun moving and coming along behind.Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin breathed a sigh of relief.He was still worried, if he hurt Tang Jun just now, he would shrink back to the camp wall in fear of the beating.

This trick to lure the enemy is really not easy to grasp, if the enemy doesn't fall for it, he has no other way.

"Send an order to evacuate to Tushan. Along the way, discard some flags and armor!" Another order was issued, and Zhao Kuangyin led people to hang the pursuing Tang army like a march.

And following behind, seeing the gradually shortening pursuit distance, He Yanxi didn't think much about it.After seeing the military flags and armored battles discarded by the Han army, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the left and right: "The Han army is finally outnumbered, and they dare not fight against our thousands of troops. This is a hasty escape!"

Immediately send an order to speed up the pursuit.

Just like that, he escaped calmly and chased him impatiently. The distance of less than ten miles passed by in a flash.Under the leadership of He Yanxi, the Tang army broke into the ambush circle of the Han army generously, endured the cold for a long time, and waited for a long time for the party to advance, and immediately led people to kill from both sides. Zhao Kuangyin also turned back to fight back.

The Tang army first had the disturbance last night, and then had a battle in the morning. In addition, they had less breakfast and chased for ten miles. They were already hungry and exhausted.

In the battle of Wokou, Zhao Kuangyin used a simple and classic method to lure the enemy into an ambush, winning more with less and defeating Tang Haozhou's army.

　Regarding Wang Zhaoyuan mentioned above, according to Zizhi Tongjian, this person was appointed as a privy envoy by Shu Lord Meng Chang within the past two years. Those who are interested can check the specific year and month.

　　As for the 7-year-old age question raised by some book friends, it should be Wang Zhaoyuan in the Northern Song Dynasty, who is not the same person as the "Little Zhuge" in the Later Shu Dynasty.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)