First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 298 The Battle of Shangjin Lake

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Yuezhou and Jingzhou belonged to Xiao Liang, and Xu Xuanche never expected that the Tang army would go deep into Xiaoliang's hinterland to ambush him. Xu Xuanche, who was worried about Xiao Xian's safety, rushed all the way, and plunged into Gao Shilian's ambush without any accident.

"A hundred thousand troops are here, even if this old man spits out, he will drown them all," Qiu He said with a wild smile, twisting his beard.

Just now, the scout reported: Xu Xuanche rushed all the way and came straight to this place.

What made Gao Shilian disdain the most was that Xu Xuanche didn't send any more scouts, but just rushed towards Jiangling. interest.

"Would you like me to confuse him in the past, so as to reduce his vigilance, and then encircle him, the chances of winning are better", Qiu He suddenly felt that the ambush here is a bit boring, so he said it out of his mouth.

Qiu He's idea is indeed good, at least on the surface, Qiu He is still Xiao Liang's Jiaozhou governor, and Xu Xuanche doesn't know that Qiu He has secretly voted for Tang. If Qiu He goes up to contact Xu Xuanche, he will say that he is from Jiaozhou. It is also a must pass through Jiangling, and it is reasonable for the two armies to meet here.

Once Qiu He confuses Xu Xuanche, and then Gao Shilian leads the encirclement, the chances of winning are indeed greater.

But Gao Shilian shook his head without hesitation when he heard this, "It's extremely dangerous in the chaos, Duke Qiu must not take risks."

This is not bad, once the two armies go to war, hundreds of thousands of soldiers will fight in chaos, and if they are not careful, they will die in the chaos. Qiu He is over seventy years old, and Gao Shilian will definitely not let him die take risks.

More importantly, Gao Shilian thought that there was no need to take risks at all. He was prepared to count as unprepared, and an army of [-] people waiting for work to ambush [-] tired troops who had traveled a long distance. Gao's people.

Qiu He nodded without hesitation when he heard the words, as if he was just talking casually.

Gao Shilian immediately ordered the soldiers to rest in place, and sent additional scouts to report the movements of Xu Xuanche's army at any time, every five miles.

On the opposite side of Shangjin Lake is a long mountain range, and between the mountain range and Shangjin Lake is a vast lakeside plain. If the expectation is good, the original area of ​​Shangjin Lake should be huge, at least it should extend to the foot of the mountain. The water surface is weak and the water in the lake has dropped sharply, leaving such a large flat land beside the lake. This is also the most common terrain in the Jingchu land boundary. It is dominated by plains and hills, and there are many lakes.

The battlefield of the [-]-strong army stretched for several miles. Gao Shilian lined up the army in a long line on the mountains, and separated tens of thousands of horses to hide in the lake.

As the scouts reported back, Xu Xuanche got closer and closer, and finally, there were only five miles away.

Gao Shilian quickly ordered the whole army to prepare for the battle, and it took a moment just to convey the order.

Xu Xuanche led the [-] Chinese army in the middle, and the [-] former army in the front had already arrived at the bank of Shangjin Lake. No matter how useless the leading general was, he could see that something was wrong here. It's not a clue, let alone Gao Shilian didn't even think of covering it up.

There is no need to cover up a battle of this scale. As long as Xu Xuanche reaches Shangjin Lake, the whole army of Jiaozhou soldiers who are waiting for work will be enough to defeat him.

Seeing the former army stop, Xu Xuanche frowned, and was about to send someone to reprimand him, when he saw Jiaozhou soldiers rushing towards him from the mountain on the left. To the sky.

Xu Xuanche's face was terrified, and he shouted in panic: "Arrange, array to meet the enemy."

Seeing the people in different clothes rushing forward with all kinds of weapons, Xu Xuanche couldn't speak fluently, and was terrified in his heart. At this moment, he only had one thought in his mind: Where did these people come from?

Before and after, with all the ambush soldiers, a battle of over 10 people took place on this vast lakeside plain, and the situation on the battlefield was naturally one-sided.

Gao Shilian and others stood on the high ground of the mountains and saw this scene with their own eyes. They could only see the fighting as far as they could see, extending to the end of the sky.

"It's really spectacular," Qiu He exclaimed with his eyes wide open, "I've been in the army for more than [-] years, and I've never seen such a big scene."

Gao Shilian also had an excited face, looking away with his hands behind his back, "Although we can't wipe them all out, I can command an army of [-] in my lifetime, which is enough to comfort me for a lifetime."

"Your Majesty, hurry up, retreat quickly," the deputy general hurried forward and urged: "Let's go back to Yuezhou and regroup."

Xu Xuanche shook his head hastily when he heard the words, "It's impossible, Yuezhou's soldiers and horses are all lost here. If they return to Yuezhou, they will be captured by bandits. It's better to gather the remnants and flee to Jiangling to join the saints."

Hearing these words, the lieutenant general also reacted and nodded hastily. Xu Xuanche immediately gathered the remnants of the army, bypassed Shangjin Lake, and went straight to Jiangling.

It is impossible for the [-] army to be completely wiped out in a short period of time. The battlefield covered the entire lakeside plain and stretched for several miles. Xu Xuanche insisted on fleeing. Even though Gao Shilian continued to adjust his formation and surrounded him from all sides, Xu Xuanche finally led thousands of remnants Stand out.

"Shi Lian, do you want to pursue?" Qiu He heard that Xu Xuanche had broken through the encirclement, and immediately blew his beard and stared angrily.

Gao Shilian shook his head when he heard the words, and said with a straight smile: "Even if thousands of remnants fled to Jiangling, the situation cannot be changed. We should take advantage of the emptiness of Yuezhou, Tanzhou, Hengzhou and other places to take them all. Down".

Qiu Hezhi nodded, "Exactly, everything will be arranged by Shi Lian."

Ten miles to the north of Shangjin Lake, by the side of an unnamed small river, Xu Xuanche got off his horse, staggered and nearly fell to the ground, and hurriedly supported him from left to right.

When he came to the river, lay down on the ground, drank a few mouthfuls, and then tidied up his appearance, Xu Xuanche couldn't help feeling sad.

The dignified King Yan of the Liang Dynasty, the chief executive of Yuezhou, governs the military administration of several states such as Yuezhou and Tanzhou. Xu Xuanche was so sad that there were thousands of remnants of the army, and he couldn't help crying.

The left and right generals looked at each other, and a Yuezhou general bravely stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, today's bandits are at least twice as large as our army, but I don't know where they come from?"

The general naturally knew that this was a Jiaozhou soldier, and asking questions was just to divert Xu Xuanche's attention.

Sure enough, Xu Xuanche gritted his teeth when he heard the words, and his eyes were full of hatred, "Who else can it be except Jiaozhouqiu and that old thief, the saint treats him with great kindness, and the old thief is a traitor to the enemy, the king of Japan must eat his flesh raw , to relieve the hatred in my heart."

Although Jiaozhou soldiers are equipped with various equipments, it is hard to see which forces they belong to, and Gao Shilian has never played a banner, but the figures, faces and accents of Jiaozhou soldiers are still easy to distinguish, not to mention that at this time and place, they can gather an army twice as large as Yuezhou soldiers. At present, there are only Jiaozhou soldiers.

(End of this chapter)