Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1052 Handan
In fact, there is a garrison in Taicheng Town, about [-] people, including more than [-] troops from the Fifth Academy and [-] peasants from the Tutuan.

Li Yixian, who served as the vanguard, ordered to attack the city regardless of the exhaustion of the march.

The Jin army still resisted fiercely at the beginning, which surprised the Xia people.In such a helpless situation, why resist?

However, after killing more than 300 soldiers of the Fifth Academy who dared to fight, the defenders were in a state of confusion. In addition, they saw long dragon-like marching teams everywhere on the post roads and fields in the night, so they were discouraged.

Those who were persuaded did not surrender, but escaped from the city. Naturally, the ending was very bad, and they were all beheaded.

Xia Bing in the field hardly paid much attention to the battle, they continued to march expressionlessly.Since going all the way north, they have experienced too many battles, and the performance of the enemy army is lackluster, even worse than Wei Bowufu's ability to fight, and they have not received much respect from them.

There is still a large group of enemy troops in Handan, rushing over now, there is still time to catch the thieves and make more contributions.

Horsemen galloped by.

Marching on horseback is rare, let alone galloping at night.The officers dared to let go of the ban on riding on horseback, which shows how eager they are now.

Forward, forward, and forward!Don't let the bastards of the Economic Strategy Army take the credit for it.

At this time, in Handan City, the governor of Mingzhou and the military envoy of the Fifth Academy, An Jinquan, were also packing their luggage and preparing to flee overnight.

In the evening, the king of Jin's order came, and the whole army abandoned Handan and withdrew to Wu'an.

An Jinquan hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to carry out the order.

He is the governor of Mingzhou, and his family is also in Mingzhou.There are only more than [-] state soldiers in the state city. If Xia soldiers insist on besieging, they will definitely fall in the end.

Abandoning family and property and fleeing back to Hedong is not a difficult decision.But An Jinquan did it in the end, and Li Keyong should be very relieved when he finds out.

The military and political group in Hedong, under the overall situation of repeated defeats, the only shining point is probably the super cohesion inside.

Xing Mingci, a sergeant of the Fifth Academy, had a stroke, and there were actually not many local people.

The army was formed in the third year of Dashun (892), with 5000 Hedong sergeants as the backbone, and selected [-] strong soldiers from Youzhou, Chengde, and Datong towns, with a staff of [-].In other words, most of the soldiers came from the armies of Li Kuangwei, Helian Duo, and Wang Rong.

Eight years after becoming an army, it was basically the main direct line of Hedong, but the establishment was gradually reduced to just over [-], and the missing soldiers were transferred out to form other government troops.

Over the past eight years, the Army of the Fifth Academy has also slowly completed the replacement of new and old soldiers, absorbing some Luofan people from the north, recruits from Hedong, and civilians from Xing Mingci to join the army to supplement the war-damaged or retired soldiers.But on the whole, they are still a non-local army with the color of Hebei more than that of Hebei.

So, having received the order, they set off without hesitation.Whoever wants to take this ghostly place in Handan, they just want to go back to Hedong and meet their family.

The west city gate has been opened, and the first batch of sergeants have left the city to line up.On the street behind them, the baggage vehicles were filled with goods, water, equipment and other miscellaneous supplies.The mules and horses inside and outside the city were collected and put on saddles and bridles for riding, or simply turned into pack horses to carry supplies.

There are officers looting at the last minute.With their soldiers like wolves and tigers, they violently broke down the doors of the people in Handan. They didn't have time to do too much evil, and they took the property when they saw it.

An Jinquan and his men brutally killed more than a dozen of the most robbed soldiers, and hung their heads on both sides of the street, which slightly stopped the restlessness.

What are you kidding?If you are about to run away and rob, do you still have the mind to fight on the way?King Jin's successful retreat in front of the enemy so many times - er, the success of the enemy's retreat is due to strict battlefield discipline.

kill!kill!kill!These bastards.

There are messengers coming in and out outside the north gate, constantly sending various orders and information.

"The bandit strategic army is still attacking Mingzhou. General An's command is determined, and the city's defense is as stable as Mount Tai."

"How is the bandit army's offensive?" An Jinquan ignored the second half of the sentence and asked the key point directly.

"One or the other." The messenger replied.

An Jin knew everything, and with the strength of the Jinglue Army, they were not sure of taking Mingzhou City, which can be seen from the fact that Linming and other places fell first.And they didn't plan to attack by force, so where did the troops go?Are there any reinforcements from Xingzhou?
After the first messenger left, An Jinquan ate something in a hurry and was about to put on his clothes to go out. Another messenger came to report: "The Huangjia army in front of the hall has retreated to the direction of Wuergu. Defeated. The Xuanze cavalry brigade covered up, General Li was caught off guard, and fled to Wuergu."

An Jin twitched all over his face.The shitty Shi Junli ran quite fast, seeing that he was out of the sea of ​​suffering, but Lao Tzu was still struggling in the quagmire, alas!

"Where is King Jin?" An Jinquan asked.

"Your Majesty personally led the righteous son, charged the Second Army, and came to Handan." The messenger replied.

"Okay!" An Jinquan was in a good mood, and ordered the messenger to take the messenger down for dinner, and gave him two bolts of silk as a reward.

After all, King Jin did not abandon their old brothers, and came here in person under such a bad battle situation.How can I repay this kindness?
An Jinquan took off the bow tip from the wall and stroked it carefully.As long as everyone works together, the battle will still be fought, and if it doesn't work, just stick to the east of the river.If this generation can't do it, leave it to the next generation, maybe there will be a chance.

"Military envoy!" The general brought another person over.

An Jinquan took a closer look at the almost exhausted messenger: his face was covered with blood, and there was an arrow hanging from his back, and he was trembling as he walked, which was very ridiculous.

But An Jinquan couldn't laugh.He knew that the courier was being chased all the way, which meant that Xia Bandit's range of activities had covered this area, and there were a lot of people.

"My lord, the brigade of bandits has already passed through Taicheng Town and King Zhao City, and the vanguard is more than ten miles away." The messenger said after taking a breath.

Come so fast!An Jinquan's face instantly became very serious.Xuan You was furious, didn't these bastards take a rest just after the battle?

There were heavy casualties in the siege, and it was necessary to rest and recuperate, even Shao Shude couldn't say anything.You only need to rest for one day, so what if I hand over Handan to you?good for everyone.Beast, brute!
"Take this brother down to bandage his wound, and then eat something to nourish his spirit." An Jinquan ordered.

After saying this, he asked someone to put on armor for himself, and strode out of the county office.

It's not too late, we have to withdraw quickly.

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In the dark night, it is difficult to distinguish the enemy from ourselves.

The infantry still had a queue, and the cavalry dispersed as they walked.

There are hundreds of riders on one side, and more than a thousand riders on the other side.When the horses were resting, they heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance, which scared everyone to get on their horses and prepare for the battle. Finally, they found out that it was their own people, and it was a false alarm.

But sometimes you will encounter enemies.

In the south of Handan City, a small-scale cavalry fight has been going on for more than an hour.

On the battlefield, the sound of cursing and shouting in various accents is endless.

In the dark night, countless knights fell off their horses and died with grievances.

Li Keyong led more than [-] cavalry, and just after recuperating his horsepower, he encountered a group of cavalry from the Xia army heading north.

Lao Li is over 40 years old, but his martial arts skills have not diminished.Under the dim light, the arrows were shot without fail, and every time they raised their hands, some people fell down in response.When he got sexually aroused, he even rushed to kill one of the ten generals of the Xia Army's cavalry.

The soldiers were secretly shocked when they saw it. After Xia Jun retreated and fled for his life, they quickly pulled up the reins of Lao Li's horse and tried to persuade them.

Li Luoluo, who always liked to kill without thinking, was also a little worried.In the darkness of night, there seemed to be enemies everywhere.Handan was far away, but there was a lot of noise, and there were faint sounds of drums and horns inside and outside the city gate.

"My lord, the main force of Xia's cavalry army has gone to Handan. In the dark, it is really difficult to distinguish the enemy from ourselves, and it is not easy to drive and kill." Li Luoluo walked over and persuaded: "An envoy has gone to Wu'an, let's go Just fight and retreat. As long as the thieves are not allowed to pursue comfortably, even if the Fifth Academy army is scattered, they can be taken in slowly."

The Army of the Fifth Academy had more than [-] soldiers. They had been defeated by the Jinglue Army near Linming County before, and lost [-] soldiers. The remaining [-] people fled to Wu'an County.Most of the [-] soldiers in Taicheng Town were gone, and the remaining [-] soldiers retreated overnight.

But this kind of retreat in the dark is not easy.

It's okay if no one is chasing you, but if you chase them, you will easily panic. At that time, people will scatter everywhere, mess up the establishment, and basically let others slaughter you.What's more, before the last group of people had time to leave Handan, thieves arrived and blocked them in the city.

"I don't expect the summer thief to come so fast!" Li Ke used to sigh, and his mood had calmed down.

It was only then that it really came to the top.

On the way from Fukou, I ran into An Jinquan, and learned that after Xia Bandit captured Fuyang, he didn't rest and went straight north.He immediately realized that he had miscalculated, the Army of the Fifth Academy shouldn't have fled overnight.

But what if he didn't run for his life overnight?After dawn, Xia Jun's vanguard infantry rushed to the outside of the city, and it would be even more difficult to escape by then.According to his understanding of An Jinquan, he would probably order the whole army to stand firm, so this is another story of Fuyang, who was besieged by the main force of the Xia army who came and was finally destroyed.

But Li Keyong was still very angry, angry with himself.

After Lu Huaizhong succeeded in one move, the offensive was like a storm, and he was not given a chance to adjust and breathe.The battle has been ignorant until now, and I am full of anger.

After a fight, his anger calmed down a little, and Li Keyong also returned to reality, thinking calmly.

The sound of killing outside the west gate of Handan was raised several degrees, and the fire blazed up.

The firelight in the darkness was like a bright light, attracting countless cavalrymen of the Xia army.

Li Keyong knew that the group of sergeants from the Fifth Academy who failed to make it were finished.

Without a word he mounted his horse and gave the order to go.

There were also shouts of killing in the northwest, which was the direction An Jinquan left.

This night, I don't know how many people were buried in the wilderness, and half of the sergeants who were able to successfully evacuate to Wu'an in the end would be good.

The Fifth Academy Army with tens of thousands of people hardly fought a battle, and it was on the verge of annihilation. Who would believe it?

Li Ke whipped his whip bitterly, and went straight to Wu'an.

(End of this chapter)