Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1512 Dadu River

In just two days, the battle situation has actually been decided.

It was Li Lin, the Qing Dao envoy who made the first contribution, who won three battles and three victories, and shocked the southern barbarians——

On the first day of June, in the battle of Ping Qiangshui, they defeated the Nanman vanguard general Yang Zhao and Dongchuan Jiedu envoy Yang Qianzhen brothers, and beheaded more than [-] ranks.

That night, they first closed Changben Pass, then defeated the enemy's army of [-] soldiers who went up to the north, beheaded [-] soldiers, and killed the bandit general Zheng Qi.

Before dawn on the second day of junior high school, he rushed to the front camp of the bandit army, killed the Nanman army general Gao Xianwen, beheaded more than [-] ranks, and frightened the false emperor Zheng Renmin to flee overnight.

Afterwards, they pursued them to the limit and captured Rongjing County, Qionglai Pass, Shankou City, Leather Shop and other places, beheading more than [-] people here and there.

In two days, beheading two generals and killing ten thousand enemies, there is no doubt about the first skill.

The Ministry has returned to Rongjing County for rest.

People can't run anymore, equipment can't be used, and they lose their combat effectiveness in a short time.

Wang Jiao, the Youyi envoy of the capital of the Youguo Army, was appointed as the vanguard envoy. He led more than [-] people on foot and cavalry to the south, marching lightly, and arrived in Rongjing County on the evening of the fourth day of June.

Along the way, there were scattered Nanman soldiers everywhere.Many people were too lazy to run away and simply surrendered, begging for a bite to eat.

Some people ran to the mountains, went to various nearby tribes, and took a detour.

Doing so is of course risky.

First of all, most of the luggage was discarded.The mountain road is not easy to walk, in addition to people's backs, they can only be carried by horses, but the efficiency is obviously not as good as that of carts.Xia Jun went all the way south, and captured countless horse carts, ox carts, and donkey carts. Most of them were abandoned by the enemy, and now they are all trophies.

Secondly, the mountain roads are difficult and dangerous, and the number of deaths and injuries will rise sharply-at this juncture, injury equals death.

Finally, there is the attitude of the tribe.They launched a rebellion before, were suppressed by King Yan, and a large number of people were removed, so they harbored resentment, and this time they plundered with Nanzhao soldiers, which was what they should have meant.But the battle was so bleak that the tribal leaders were disappointed and fearful at the same time.At this time, what help can they provide to the Nanzhao soldiers who are going back on the mountain road?
Therefore, this retreat in Nanzhao is destined to suffer heavy losses, which is strikingly similar to the war more than 100 years ago-not many people died directly on the battlefield, not more than [-], but those who died on the way to retreat or break out Extremely many, several times that of the former.

Wang Jiao is a veteran in the battlefield, and he knows this clearly.

He assigned several teams, each with a thousand soldiers, half of them were Shu soldiers, and half were Fan soldiers from the Pinglu and Luoyan armies. , so that they can't eat well, sleep well, have a high level of nervousness, and their minds are full of escape, and they can't think of turning back to resist.

He led more than a thousand cavalry from the Youguo Army and the Longxiang Army, all the Feixiong Army, plus two infantry commanders from the Shengjie Army and two infantry commanders from the Longxiang Army, totaling more than [-] soldiers. Chase on the Great Post Road.

On the night of the fifth day of the lunar new year, the chasing army arrived in Hanchang City.

On the afternoon of the eighth day, I arrived in Lizhou.

What is surprising is that a large group of rout soldiers gathered here. The number may be three to five thousand, but the composition is unknown. It may be Nanzhao soldiers, or recruited tribal soldiers, or both.

Wang Jiao sent people who were proficient in barbarian languages ​​to persuade them to surrender, and left a soldier and horse to monitor them, and then continued southward.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, I arrived in Hanyuan County.No one to defend, conquer without fighting.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, at the Baitu Post in the south of Hanyuan County, a somewhat sizable rout was finally caught, with a total of about 3000 soldiers.At the beginning, I wanted to resist, but the terrain here was relatively open. After being rushed by the army, they dispersed immediately, beheaded hundreds of people, and captured [-] people.

According to the news from the captives, nearly 3 people gathered on the north bank of the Dadu River, including soldiers, tribesmen, and wives. They were noisy and disorderly.

So the whole army accelerated forward.

In the evening of that day, Tongwang County was already in sight.And more than ten miles south of Tongwang County is the Dadu River.

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On the south bank of the Dadu River, Zheng Renmin climbed a high slope and looked far north.

It’s been a long journey—it’s hard to describe.

When he arrived in Lizhou, he finally had a hot meal and rested for two hours, but there were rumors from the north that Xia Jun had gone, that he had a nose and eyes, which made him very irritable.

Although all the ministers persuaded him that all kinds of messy news are most likely to come out during a big defeat, which is not credible, Zheng Renmin was still a little flustered, and immediately ordered to pack his things and run away overnight.

The roads in the mountains are slippery, and you don't dare to show off the lights. You can imagine how difficult it is.Anyway, Zheng Renmin kept hearing various screams of falling off the cliff along the way, and even his own mount rolled to the bottom of the valley—fortunately, he was held back by the guards, otherwise he would have to go down with him.

From Lizhou to Dadu River for nearly a hundred miles, he ran it all in one day and one night, leaving the pursuers behind.The price was that when crossing the river to the south bank, there were only 700 people around, and even Zhao Shanzheng, the Qingping official, hurt his foot and was pulled all the way back by the carriage, which was really horrible.

The generals stationed on the south bank of the river heard the news and immediately sent troops north to respond.

Zheng Renmin came back to his senses at this time, recalling the embarrassment of the past few days, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, and felt that it was a bit overdone.So he "plucked up his courage" and commanded across the river on the south bank, ordered to search for all the ships he found, rush to transport the rout troops across the river day and night, and try his best to preserve the vitality of the country.

One hundred thousand soldiers are not cats or dogs. Once they are gone, at least one hundred thousand families will be involved.At least half of them are still families in Dali and Shanchan. The relationship is so important that they really can't be lost.

As for the tens of thousands of tribal young men recruited in the territory of Nanzhao and Xia Kingdom, it is not a pity.If you die, you die, what can you do?It is true that this will greatly reduce the prestige of Dachanghe among the tribes, but the matter has come to this point, and he can still figure out which is more important.

"Hey! General He Gu, it's all Yuan's fault, and we shouldn't have launched this Northern Strategy." The Dadu River was so fast that it was extremely difficult to cross. Just under Zheng Renmin's nose, a boat sank into the water, dozens of The soldiers fluttered for a while, and they all sank to the bottom of the water. Seeing this, Zheng Renmin couldn't help but shed a few fake tears.

Duan Yizong, who was lost for a while and escaped back yesterday, also burst into tears.

The situation on the North Shore is not optimistic. There is a lack of food and equipment, morale is low, and there is still a lot of disunity.There were only so many boats, and the various ministries were vying to cross the river, arguing about it, and even fighting, no one could stop it.

If Xia Bing came after him at this time, then...

"Xia Bing is here!" Suddenly someone exclaimed.

"What? So fast?"

"Grandpa is still on the North Shore, what should we do?"

"My son is also on the north bank, and he won't be able to cross the river until tomorrow."

"It's over!"

Excited, Duan Yizong quickly climbed up a big rock and looked north: under the sunset, a cavalry appeared at the corner of the mountain road.

The war horses on the crotch of the knights are incomparably taller than the regular Dian horses in Nanzhao.

Cavalry silver helmets and silver armor, wearing sunset glow, holding long spears, majestic and majestic.

"Flying Bear Army! Equipped with armored cavalry!" Duan Yizong had studied the internal affairs of the Northern Dynasty, and knew that although this army had not made any extraordinary achievements, it was very well-known among the people.

They didn't show up in the previous battle, did they finally catch up?Also, they have three horses, how could they be slow!If it wasn't for the terrain restricting their march, they might have arrived a few days earlier.

As soon as the armored cavalry appeared, no accident caused a great commotion in the Nanban.

The competition at the ferry intensified.Someone swung a knife and slashed repeatedly, cutting off the people who had already boarded the boat into the river, and rushed up by himself.But he didn't have to cross the river, and soon someone kicked him off.

Someone ran to the sides, trying to hide in the forest.

Some sober officers led their troops to retreat to high ground, trying to use the terrain to deter the cavalry.

They are the first to charge with armored cavalry!

The sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded, and a thousand riders sped up, holding a five-meter-long lance, and rammed straight into the marching queue with great momentum.

In Duan Yizong's eyes, the Feixiong Army was like a rake, which slammed into the clumped soil, crushed it, then combed it, crushed it again, combed it...

The infantry of more than [-] people did not have the slightest strength to fight back, and the whole army collapsed on the spot.

The broken soldiers cried and jumped into the Dadu River.In one wave, they quickly disappeared without a trace.

After dispelling the only troops who dared to resist, the armored cavalry turned around and rushed to another place.

The thief did not dare to resist at all, shouted and ran, and escaped everywhere.

Some desperate people turned back to resist, and were directly picked up by Changlong.

People knelt down and begged for their lives, but no one would change direction or stop for them, and they were stabbed to death or knocked into the air.

The vast majority of people panicked, trampled on each other, and countless people died by jumping into the river.

Duan Yizong wailed and beat the boulder with both hands, as if it would make him feel better.

During Tang Yizong's period, Nanzhao had already suffered such a disaster. In that time, more than 10,000 people were killed, injured and captured, and most of the famous officials withered.

After more than 30 years, the junior high school just took a breath, and it turned out to be like this again.He didn't know how many people could escape this time. If all the [-] troops were lost, the Great Changhe Kingdom would be over, and there would be no way to organize enough soldiers to fight the Xia people.

Zheng Renmin looked ashen.

He also remembered the war in the Montessori period.Taking advantage of the outbreak of the Pang Xun Rebellion, they brazenly sent troops to capture Yizhou, Yongzhou, and Jiaozhou, and the situation was very good.But no one expected that Tang Ting did not compromise because of the domestic rebellion. Instead, after the suppression of Pang Xun, he continued to fight against Nanzhao. The war lasted for more than ten years. Nanzhao suffered heavy losses. All the men were recruited, and the balance of the court was also broken, which eventually led to Montessori becoming a puppet.

After 30 years, will we lose another 10 people?Or is it in your own hands?
He suddenly suspected that this smooth journey to the north was a plot by the Xia people?Deliberately attracting their main force to Yazhou, so that when they retreated, they were blocked by the river and could not escape smoothly?

No one can answer this question.

On the north bank of the Dadu River, new cavalry from the Xia Army appeared again. Tonight was destined to be a night of killing.

(End of this chapter)