Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 100 Chasing the Dead and Chasing the North ([-])

"Wang Yu, are you also the other way around?" In the Weiqiao Cang City, a general asked with his hair disheveled and almost crying.

"There's not much to say. King Huang is blinded by the villain, so how can I know the pain of waiting for me. Without soldiers, food and weapons, the Tang army will gather again and again. If you wait any longer, the brothers will not end well." Wang Yu put away his bow and arrow ,road.

There is no need to fight anymore.There were more than 20,000 troops guarding Cangcheng, the walls were thick and the city was high, and it would be difficult for [-] people to attack.But who told them to be inner ghosts? After cheating to open the city gate, they made a sudden move, and winning was a matter of course.

"Kill this person, and the rest will be included if they want to surrender. In addition, send someone to put out the fire, don't delay." Wang Yu killed a lot of people today, all of them former colleagues, but since he has embarked on the path of the opposite, There is no way to go back, only to continue to kill to the end, to separate a life and death.

Li Xiang from Weiqiao Town personally took people there.The defense is weak over there, and it is not a problem to attack.After winning these two places, Meng Kai's retreat was blocked.If you want to go back to Chang'an, you can only go west to other places, and then look for the bridge to escape.This is naturally no problem in normal times, but if there is an enemy army stubbornly entangled, your own back road is cut off, and news of former comrades-in-arms surrendering to the enemy is constantly heard around, then there are only two ways: First, fight to the death and defeat the enemy. The frontal enemy, then retreat slowly; second, flee directly, no matter what, who can escape and secure their destiny.

Li Xiang and Wang Yu were both veteran leaders, and they knew Meng Kai's current situation very clearly.To submit a certificate, it is not enough to rely on the head of the supervisor. If he can hold on to Weiqiao Town and prevent Meng Kai from running away from Dongwei Bridge, it is almost enough.

The six thousand Xia Sui Ya army also rushed over and set up camp in the right way, forming a corner with the Weiqiao warehouse.Even if Chang'an sent a large army to help, they would be able to hold on for a long time by virtue of the location.Opportunities have been created, and now it depends on whether Tielin Army and Kunfang Army can turn this advantage into victory.

Outside Gaoling County, the Tielin Army once again set out to form a formation, inviting the thieves to fight.

Don't be afraid of a small number of soldiers, unless it is the kind of [-] to [-], it is indeed a bit dangerous.Zhu Shuzong often said that there are many enemy troops, and the formations are several miles away, and the left and right are not heard.But this kind of thing is an adventure after all, and it is impossible for Shao Shude to try it.

Today Meng Kai's army is only 10,000, and some of them have been sent to Jingyang and other places. Gaoling's army is only more than [-].They have won against them in field battles before, and they have a psychological advantage. In addition, the enemy's morale will fluctuate, so they are even less afraid of them.

If you have the ability, like Xiang Yu's back to the battle, holding three rations, seven battles and seven victories!
"After staying, the thieves did not fight." On the high platform, Chen Cheng looked at the county seat in the distance and said.

"If you don't fight, then you will die, and eat people after you run out of food!" Shao Shude laughed: "Not everyone has the courage to fight against the water. What happened to Jingyang?"

"Li Xiaochang has sent people to send back the news that the thieves want to retreat. They attacked once and gained a lot, but they were still repelled." Chen Cheng replied.

"As expected. Today's Kunfang army is actually not much stronger than the thief army. The future is uncertain, and the generals have their own thoughts, and Li Xiaochang can't do anything." Shao Shude sighed: "Give him the opportunity, Let's see if he can catch it. What is Zhu Wen doing now?"

"I heard that the army is marching westward, walking with soldiers and horses in the river, and intending to attack Chang'an."

"Do your best." Shao Shude laughed and said, "Someone doesn't believe that Wang Chongrong has such ambitions."

"After staying, the two generals Zhou Rong and Linghu Jing have already camped in Weiqiao Town. Do you want to call them back?"

"Someone is also worried that Chang'an will send more reinforcements." Shao Shude hesitated: "Can Li Xiang hold Weiqiao Town?"

"There are thousands of people, and there is no way out. If you don't fight to the death, you will be tired of living. After staying, you can make Li Xiang camp in Weiqiao Town and transfer the Ya army back." Chen Cheng suggested.

"Yes!" Shao Shude nodded in agreement and said, "Wei Boqiu, immediately send an order that Li Xiang should be stationed in Weiqiao Town and guard the Dongwei Bridge. Zhou Rong and Linghujing will escort the Weiqiao warehouse to return. , search the north bank of Jingshui and Weishui, if the bandit army shows signs of crossing the river, immediately notify Zhou Rong and Linghu Jing, and attack them halfway through, and they must be driven back. In addition, inform General Zhuge of the situation."

Zhuge Shuang still had more than 30,000 troops on hand, Shao Shude wished he could use every ounce of his troops.But if you think about it, forget it. The Tielin Army has [-] troops, the Xiasui Ya Army has [-] troops, the Fufang Army has more than [-] troops, plus the Li Xiang's [-] troops anyway, the total is more than [-] troops. What's the use of a few thousand more troops ?Besides, we have to keep the reserve team.

This is the first time I have commanded such a large-scale battle!Shao Shude didn't know how to make such a big scene. It seems that he had such an idea in his mind since he said he would surrender Li Xiang.Meng Kai is bound to become the touchstone for his own command of strategic battles.

General, it's always going to happen like this.Otherwise, he will always be just a general, and he will not rise to the level of commander-in-chief.After all, he was not left too far by Li Keyong, and he was one step ahead of Zhu Wen.Guarding against arrogance and impatience, learning makes me happy!

On July 23, Wang Duo ordered troops from the western battalion to approach Chang'an.Li Changyan, who was newly appointed Fengxiang Jiedu soldiers and horses, led more than [-] people to attack Xianyang in order to make atonement.Cooperating with them were more than [-] soldiers from the Jingyuan Army, Xichuan Army, and Binning Army. Huang Chao sent [-] soldiers to Shangrang Yi who presided over the battle in the west, and at the same time sent more than [-] soldiers from Huang Ye to storm Weiqiao Town. .

Shao Shude, who learned the news, was very moved. God is pitiful. After a year, the court officials finally cooperated!Simply a miracle!
The west camp did not even need the cooperation of Wang Chongrong's east camp, and the more than 20,000 people in the south camp could rest. Shao Shude could conclude that it was impossible for Huang Chao to send reinforcements to cross the river to support Meng Kai.Catch this big fish by yourself!
On July 26, Li Xiaochang sent an envoy to report that he fought against the bandit army in the eastern suburbs of Jingyang. He won and beheaded more than [-] ranks.

On July 28, Li Xiang sent an envoy to report urgently and ask for help, but Shao Shude ignored him and ordered him to fight to the death.

On the first day of the eighth lunar month, the scouts came to report that the thieves were washing the city in Gaoling, burning, killing, looting, and crying to the sky.Shao Shude immediately ordered to prepare for the attack, the thieves were about to leave the city to fight to the death.

Meng Kai still has some courage!
If they fled westward, the troops would definitely not be able to clean up, and as soon as they were pursued by the Tielin army, they would immediately be defeated.

At the beginning of noon, more than ten thousand bandit troops lined up outside the city.Shao Shude climbed up the high platform to watch it, and counted about 2000 people. Zhu Shuzong estimated that there were 1000 people. Guo Qi believed that there were 10,000 people, which is almost the same number.It seems that many people have sneaked away these days. Shao Shude originally thought that he had at least 4000 people.

The two departments of the Xia Sui Ya Army have already sent people back, but their camp is more than ten miles away from here, so they may not be able to catch up with the big battle.In today's array field battle, 20,000 people from both sides fought together in the field of corpses, and the winner could be determined in half an hour at most.

"Dong, dong, dong..." The drums continued to sound, and Tie Lin's army began to form at almost the same time.

Under Shao Shude's instruction, Li Yanling sent people to bring hundreds of prisoners of the nest army to the front, and said loudly: "The Jingyang bandit army has been defeated. If you don't surrender at this time, when will you wait?"

"Zhu Wen and Li Xiang killed Huang Chao's army and surrendered, and now they have to be awarded high officials. If you surrender early, you will not lose your prefecture and prefecture position. Don't make a mistake!"

"The imperial court's 200,000 officers and troops have arrived in Chang'an. Huang Chao's time is running out, and he still hasn't realized it? Wait and see, how long has it been? Has Huang Chao ever sent reinforcements?"

More than a hundred loud-sounding cavalrymen shouted back and forth in front of the formation, shaking the hearts of the nest thieves.Shao Shude guessed that Meng Kai should have concealed the news in the army. Most of the things were only known to the upper levels, and the lower sergeants were still kept in the dark, such as the surrender of Zhu Wen and Li Xiang.

Ordinary sergeants of nest thieves are not stupid, they just don't have a channel for information.Now that Tie Linjun is so propaganda and shouted, he is a little hesitant.Combined with the fact that the army was short of food and no reinforcements arrived, many people had already believed it a bit, and their morale was getting lower and lower.

Husband battle, courage also!

If the soldiers want to unite first, if they are united, a thousand people are of one mind; if a thousand people are of one mind, they have the strength of a thousand people;

The morale of the thieves who had just relied on Xicheng was worn down by the "showing up" of the Chaos prisoners. Meng Kai didn't dare to wait any longer, and marched directly with sharp arrows.

What Tie Lin Jun had discharged was the familiar Yanyue Formation.The [-]-strong platoon of the trapped camp stepped forward on the right flank. The central army consisted of four solid battalions of infantry, the left flank had two battalions of infantry, and the auxiliary soldiers and cavalry were all in the rear.

Tie Lin's army had fought many battles of this scale, and Shao Shude was already familiar with it.The tactics of the bandit army were the same as those of Xue Zhiqin in those days, with warriors as the front, followed by elite soldiers, and then the main army, with only a thousand cavalry on standby as the decisive force.

"Ugh..." The first horn sounded.Four teams of archers from the front two battalions of the Tielin Army Corps fired the first wave of arrows on the battlefield today.The sergeants of the two battalions in the back put their spears at their feet and also launched projectiles.

"Kill!" The thief army Zhan Feng carried the dense rain of arrows and rushed to the front at the cost of dozens of casualties.

"Kill!" The sword and shield hands in the first row of Tie Lin's army leaned forward, held the big shield in front of them, and slashed straight with the sword with their right hand.

A shield hand was stabbed in the abdomen by a spear stabbed from the side, and fell to the ground screaming.While holding on to the long spear that the bandit army wanted to draw back, he turned his head and looked at the banner of the Chinese army.The commander must find an adopted son to offer incense to me!

"Ah!" Another sword and shield hand was stabbed in the right shoulder and subconsciously stepped back until it stopped behind Pao Ze.

"Fight with you!" He carried the giant shield and rushed forward desperately, the shield was full of harsh lance cutting sounds.As the saying goes, one man is fighting for his life, and several people are tied. This man used a large shield to hit two or three bandits in a row, and was stabbed by several spears, and he fell to the ground.

A thief army soldier came over with a cat on his waist, was smashed in the face with a shield by the shield hand, and fell to the ground screaming.However, before the shieldman could be happy, he was stabbed by two spears, bleeding all over the place.

The two thieves were not happy for too long, and soon a long lance stabbed out from behind the shield hand and penetrated directly through the chest and abdomen.

"Kill him!" "Dog thief!" "Stab him!"

The fighting on the front line was bloody and tragic.The three hundred battle fronts selected by the thief army rushed twice in a row, but they didn't even impress the central army of the Tie Lin army, and their performance was not even as good as that of Zhu Wen's team at the beginning.

"Shoot!" The archer stepped forward from the gap, and there was another wave of arrows. The thief army's frontier casualties were more than half, and they retreated screaming.

The first wave of the bandit army rushed into the formation, but the Tielin army did not move.

(End of this chapter)