Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 819 Move the capital to avoid the Qin Dynasty
Wang Shichong is suspicious by nature.

Looking at this strange formation and the sinister terrain here, he hesitated.

"Behind this must be the elite headquarters of Luo Cunxiao's ambush."

He was still hesitating, but Li Jiancheng had already sent his own soldiers to urge him to fight.Wang Shichong asked Li Jiancheng to tell Li Jiancheng that there must be an ambush behind, and that the ones ahead were just mobs who lured them.

However, Li Jiancheng believed that Wang Shichong was avoiding the battle and refused to contribute.

So he sent troops to urge him again.

"The marshal said that Luo Cunxiao only has more than [-] troops, but you, the deputy commander, have [-] troops. In the face of absolute superiority, it is useless to allow him to be scheming. Please ask the deputy commander to urge the troops to attack immediately, and the commander will arrive soon. "

Wang Shichong frowned, but he could only nod in response.

"Be careful."

The battle began, and Zheng Jun began to engage Qin Jun.At the beginning of the battle, the tens of thousands of militiamen in chaotic clothes were really vulnerable, and they all retreated shortly after the battle.

"It must be a fraudulent defeat, this must be a fraudulent defeat."

Wang Shichong jumped up and shouted.

But at this time, Li Jiancheng led the main force to the back, forcing Wang Shichong to pursue the victory.

Zheng Jun pursued, and the Qin Army's militia retreated in a scattered formation and retreated into the gorge.

At this time, Zheng Jun, who had chased to the crossing of the gorge, encountered the ambush soldiers of the Qin Army who suddenly rushed out.

They occupied a dangerous high ground and threw rolling wood and rocks, while Zheng Jun was in a defile, and it was difficult to organize an effective counterattack because of the crowding of men and horses.

"King Zheng, indeed there is an ambush, do you want to withdraw?"

But at this time Wang Shichong stared at the pass, but squinted his eyes and said, "No, it seems that Luo Cunxiao is nothing more than that. This ambush is not enough. Pull up the felt cart and disperse the Qin army at the pass. Let's go in."

Dozens of vehicles covered in thick felt pushed over, but the Qin army at the pass immediately blocked the passage with dozens of grain and grass vehicles.

In the afternoon, the east wind was strong, and the Qin army took advantage of the wind to set fire, and the smoke covered the sun.

Not far from Xiaohan narrow road, Li Jiancheng led an army of [-] troops and watched the formation ten miles away.

He did not immediately send troops to reinforce Wang Shichong.

Although Wang Shichong's attack was not smooth, Li Jiancheng felt that everything was under control.

Luo Cunxiao actually dared to fight him in the field, so what if he occupied this favorable terrain?
He has a full 14 troops in hand.

With only 3 or [-] people, how could it be possible to defeat him in a field battle?

"Uncle, what tricks do you think Luo Cunxiao has?"

Li Shentong is Li Yuan's cousin, and Li Yuanxi responded in time after entering Guanzhong, so his qualifications are very high.

"Luo Cunxiao still has some skills. You can see that before him, the soldiers he sent out were no more than [-], and they were scattered like stars, either sparse or dense, or front or back. This is obviously a deliberate attempt to show weakness and lure the enemy."

"And the five thousand swordsmen and long axemen he arranged behind were also trying to lure the enemy, just to lure our army into the narrow valley step by step."

Before Wang Shichong said that there must be ambushes in the valley, Li Jiancheng and the others didn't know.

But they still let Wang Shichong attack, because they believed that Luo Cunxiao had too few soldiers, no matter how many ambushes he had, it was useless, and they had already prepared in their hearts.

Now Wang Shichong is blocked in the pass, and the Qin army resisted fiercely.

In Li Shentong's view, this is Luo Cunxiao's main force.Now that Luo Cunxiao's ambush came out, but not many soldiers were ambushed, which meant that Luo Cunxiao's ambush strategy had completely failed.

"Luo Cunxiao has already exerted his full strength, and his skills stop here."

Li Shentong judged that Luo Cunxiao would probably run away next.

"Your Majesty, our army can attack with the whole army, give Luo Cunxiao a thunderous blow, and defeat him in one fell swoop."

The wind and smoke billowed in the pass over there, blocking sight.

But Li Jiancheng gave the order to shoot a salvo of bows and arrows.

The rolling wood and rolling stones on the high ground on both sides of the valley will eventually be exhausted, and the grain and grass carts cannot continue to burn, so Luo Cunxiao can no longer stop them, and now he has to prevent him from running away if he cannot win.

The sound of the horn.

Li Jiancheng ordered the whole army to press on.

"Thunder strike, don't let Luo Cunxiao go!" Li Jiancheng shouted.

In the gorge.

Luo Cunxiao was sitting on a small notebook, surrounded by cloth barriers.

One by one, the orderlies galloped back and forth.

"Report, the main force of Li Jiancheng's Chinese army has been exhausted, and the entire army is pressing up."

"Report, the two armies of Tang and Zheng fired with bows and arrows, and the pass will no longer be defended."

Luo Cunxiao was not in a hurry.

"It's really embarrassing for them. You said that these 10,000+ people are all crowded into this pass. Is this because they want to grab fresh and hot shit?"

All the generals laughed together.

"Where are Xue Wanshu and Duan Zhixuan's cavalry?"

"General Xue reported that they will arrive at the predetermined location immediately and can launch an attack at any time."

Luo Cunxiao slapped his thigh, "Okay, damn it, I thought the two of them had a cold and run down their stomachs, and they've been shitting on the road, and it's been so long that they're not in place."

"It takes dozens of miles to go around this big circle." Someone explained for the two cavalry generals.

"If I hadn't been the chief general, I would have personally commanded the cavalry. They would have arrived a long time ago, so it wouldn't take so long. Well, since they are already in place, Li Jiancheng has already dispatched his entire army, fully deployed and pressed up, so there is nothing wrong with it." But more to say, light up the beacon smoke on the mountain, let Xue Duan, the second general, hurry up and do it."

On the mountain beside the narrow road, three pillars of smoke rose.

On a mountain in the distance, three beacons of smoke also rose.

One by one, the beacon smoke rose from the top of the mountain and passed southward.

Behind Tang Jun.

Xue Wanshu and Duan Zhixuan saw three puffs of smoke rising, "Smoke rises, attack!"

A total of [-] cavalry, after a sufficient rest, at this time, people are like tigers and horses like dragons, and they are all full of energy.

Put on your armor and mount your horse.

The fierce Shenwei cavalry rushed out from the back of the mountain. They circled dozens of miles and got behind the Tang army. At this time, they charged towards the river beach of Hongnong Xiyuan with overwhelming momentum.

The rear of the Tang army arranged some rangers for security, but how could this few rangers withstand the impact of [-] elite cavalry.

It was broken down in an instant.

At this time, the Tang army had all been dispatched and was heading towards the narrow pass. Who would have expected that the Qin army would have a large group of cavalry to kill them later, which was really unexpected.

Xue Wanshu and Duan Zhixuan's outflanking and outflanking cavalry tactics are quite classic, and they are used with great proficiency.

The cavalry under his command were even more fierce, including veteran cavalry of the Zhongwu Army, as well as nomadic cavalry from Turkic, Khitan, Xi, Yu, Tiele, Mohe and other feudal clans.

"how is this possible?"

Li Jiancheng looked at the large group of cavalry rushing from behind like a tide, and was dumbfounded.

He is not a new soldier either. In fact, he sent rangers to scout and search the surrounding area, and the search range reached [-] miles.

But Luo Cunxiao was more experienced. Before the battle, the 40 cavalry of Xue Wanshu and Duan Zhixuan were behind the Weihan Gorge Road. They detoured for more than [-] miles.

It was after the war that they moved behind the Tang army. In order to maintain enough physical strength, they were all on two horses, and they did not wear armor and carry heavy detours.

When they got around behind Tang Jun, they began to change their horses and armor.

Luo Cunxiao's veteran way of using troops is not comparable to that of Li Jiancheng and Li Shentong, the sons and daughters of aristocratic families. Although they have also learned the art of war and tactics, Luo Cunxiao's methods of using troops are all developed in actual combat.

"It's over!"

Li Shentong turned his head and saw the scene of thousands of galloping horses, and almost fell off the horse.

At this time, the Tang and Zheng armies had all been dispatched, and it was impossible for the hundreds of thousands of horses to form an formation to block the elite Qin army of ten thousand riders.

Although the Tang army was numerous, the elite were at the front and the recruits were at the rear. However, the cavalry of the Qin army rushed out from behind and outflanked the rear of the Tang army.

The cavalry of the Qin army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill the middle army of the Tang army, and the Tang army could not look after each other. At the critical moment, Li Jiancheng was terrified, and he listened to Li Shentong's words and led his troops to flee, which exacerbated the defeat of the Tang army.

The [-] Tang troops all collapsed.

Wang Shichong was blocked by the Tang army at the pass, unable to advance or retreat, and was also defeated.

At this time, although Yang Yichen had [-] troops, he was still at the foot of Baiti Mountain on the other side of the Yellow River, and it was difficult to rescue the fire near the water.

The two armies of Tang and Zheng fought to flee and trampled on each other. Some people even jumped into the river to escape, and countless people drowned.

At this time, Luo Cunxiao also led the infantry of the Shenwu Army to fight out. Inside and outside the Weihan Gorge, the blood of the Tang and Zheng armies killed by the Qin army flowed into rivers, and the heads rolled.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shentong fled all the way back to Tongguan with only [-] remnants of soldiers. Fortunately, Li Xiaogong was there to support them, otherwise Tongguan might have no soldiers to defend.

However, Wang Shichong was severely pitted by Li Jiancheng. His 6 horses were blocked in the middle, and he suffered the greatest loss.

In the chaos, with only more than [-] defeated soldiers, they fled all the way south, towards Wuguan.

Yang Yichen on the north bank of the Yellow River heard of the defeat and mobilized grain ships to cross the Yellow River for rescue, but Luo Cunxiao occupied the mouth of the river, and Yang Yichen's boats were unable to dock, and hundreds of soldiers were lost.

sunset.

The sunset in the west is like fire.

Luo Cunxiao just ordered all the troops to stop chasing and retreat.

Cleaning the battlefield and counting the results of the battle, Luo Cunxiao had more than 4 soldiers from the Zuo Shenwu Army, plus about 14 Henan militiamen, and the total number was less than 6, but they defeated Li Jiancheng and Wang Shichong's 20 troops. If you add in the [-] troops of Yang Yichen's army on the north bank, that's [-] defeated by [-].

More than [-] levels were cut, and more than [-] people were captured. In addition, there were more than [-] surrenders, and countless people fled.

The news was urgently reported back to Chang'an City.

Li Yuan fainted when he heard the news.

When everyone lifted him up and woke him up, Li Yuan's first words were, "Hurry up and invite the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty to move the capital immediately."

"Move the capital?" Everyone was surprised.

Li Yuan's face was ashen, Li Jiancheng lost half of his capital in Guanzhong. Although the 8 men were not as good as the [-] elites given to Shimin, they were already the last troops in Guanzhong.

Now Li Shimin hadn't decided the outcome with Xue Rengao in Binzhou, so he couldn't lead his troops to the south. How could he defend with only ten thousand defeated troops in Tongguan?

Once Tongguan falls, Chang'an will be even more unable to defend.

"Before the Qin army enters the customs, move the capital quickly to the emperor and the empress dowager."

As for where to move, Li Yuan hadn't made up his mind yet, but Chang'an couldn't stay any longer.

(End of this chapter)