Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 148 Fame

At first, Huan Xi led the army to fight, but there were still many people who were willing to take the initiative to fight with him, such as Shi Zun, Wang Zhuo, Yang Chu, Fu Xiong and others.

However, as Huan Xi gained victories one after another and his prestige accumulated day by day, some self-aware opponents no longer dared to start a battle with him and fought openly and openly without having an absolute advantage in military strength.

For example, Huan Xi's eldest son Zhang Yu would rather sit back and watch the people around Luoyang be moved away by him than leave the city to fight.

The name of a person and the shadow of a tree. Huan Xi had been mentally prepared early on. It was unlikely that Zhang Zuo would fight him head-on, so he asked Xie Ai to ambush outside the city while he personally tried to lure the enemy below the city.

Huan Xi cherished his life, but he was not Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

In the battle of Hulao Pass, Erfeng set up an ambush with 500 cavalry. He took only four cavalry to explore Dou Jiande's camp. He led Dou Jiande's army into the encirclement of the Tang army and killed hundreds of enemies, which greatly boosted the morale of the army.

In the Battle of Baibi with Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, Erfeng dared to explore the enemy's situation with only one guard, but accidentally fell into a tight siege with no reinforcements.

If Erfeng hadn't stayed calm in the face of danger and killed the enemy general with one arrow, scaring off the enemy, he would have been captured by Liu Wuzhou.

Of course, Huan Xi would not do such a dangerous thing.

Even when he came to Guzang City to lure the enemy, he brought five thousand spearmen with him.

Huan Xi knew the military deployment in the city and knew that there were ten thousand fine cavalry in the city.

If I bring fewer people, I am afraid that I will not be able to arouse Zhang Zuo's interest and will not be able to achieve satisfactory results.

If you want Zhang Zuo to lead all the cavalry in the city, you have to spend enough money on the bait.

Sure enough, using five thousand cavalry as bait, Huan Xi finally lured Zhang Zuo's ten thousand cavalry out of the city.

While the two sides were chasing each other, when they reached seven miles north of the city, the Jin army finally stopped running away, but turned around and dismounted to rest and prepare to fight the Liang army.

Zhang Zuo also reined in the reins and stopped the soldiers. The Liang army also dismounted and rested, but did not take advantage of the opportunity for the Jin army in front to turn around and rest to immediately launch a charge.

Zhang Zuo did this not because he was worried about fraud ahead, nor because he was acting openly and wanted to fight Huan Xi in an upright manner.

It's because the horse's endurance is too poor.

The soldiers on both sides were armored and armed. The total weight of men, armor, and weapons exceeded 200 kilograms.

The war horse carried more than two hundred kilograms on its back and ran for seven miles. It was already at the end of its strength.

The Jin army's war horses were like this, and the Liang army's war horses were like this. They were all so tired that they were foaming at the foam. They had no energy left to fight, so they had to take a breather.

The two armies were four to five hundred steps apart. While waiting for the horses to recover some of their strength, they were also watching each other's every move.

Huan Xi saw that Liang Jun was also resting, with a smile on his face.

Zhang Chonghua originally gave Huan Xi 30,000 military horses. Due to his eagerness to seek peace, Zhang Chonghua did not dare to make up the number, so he had to give good horses as gifts.

Huan Xi gave Huan Wen 15,000 horses, kept another 5,000 matching horses, and the remaining 10,000 were left to serve in the army.

The reason why he led the Liang army here to rest is because Huan Xi had calculated the endurance limit of Liangzhou's horses a long time ago.

For seven miles, if you carry fully armed soldiers on their backs and run for seven miles, you must let the horses rest, otherwise they will fall down from exhaustion on the spot.

It was precisely because he knew this that Huan Xi set the battlefield here.

Huan Xi looked at the Liang army's formation and thought:

‘I’m waiting for Xie Ai, Zhang Zuo, what are you waiting for? ’

Zhang Zuo was of course waiting for a short rest before the cavalry of the two armies started a life-and-death battle here.

Previously, Xie Ai always had to find a hiding place in order to avoid being noticed.

Fortunately, his hiding place was not far from here. While Huan Xi and Zhang Zuo were resting, Xie Ai had already led his cavalry in a large circle and ambush behind Liang Jun.

Huan Xi estimated that the time was almost up and said loudly:

"Send the order! All troops mount up!"

At this time, the strength of the war horse had not yet fully recovered, but the Jin army's spearmen still obeyed the instructions and mounted their horses.

Seeing this, Zhang Zuo also ignored the fatigue of his horses and urged the soldiers to mount their horses and prepare for battle.

Jin Jun's movements attracted all Liang Jun's attention.

Suddenly, the Liang Army soldiers heard a sharp arrow coming from behind. Suddenly, there was the sound of men and horses shouting from behind, and the heavy sound of horse hooves was deafening.

"There's an ambush!"

Zhang Zuo was shocked.

Those who came from behind the Liang army were two thousand cavalrymen under Xie Ai's command.

Huan Xi also immediately ordered the Jin army's cavalry to drive their horses forward, launch a charge, and attack the Liang army together with Xie Ai.

The Liang army did not know whether to attack the Jin army in front or turn around and fight Xie Ai behind them. If the Liang army had been commanded by Yin Hao, they might have been completely defeated.

After all, when the situation is critical, the soldiers are not worried that the coach will give wrong instructions, but they are afraid that the coach will not be able to give instructions and no one will tell them what to do and what to do.

However, Zhang Zuo remained calm. He ordered his general Zhang Ling to lead an army to turn back and fight, while he personally led the main force to attack Huan Xi's spearmen.

When Liang's army was divided into two, a tsunami-like shout suddenly sounded from behind Zhang Zuo:

"Fu Lubo is here! You have been ambushed! Why don't you surrender early!"

Just the voices of 2,000 people shouted loudly to the 10,000 Liang Army elite cavalry until their morale was low and their positions were in chaos.

Xie Ai's prestige in the Liang army can be compared with Huan Xi's and the Xiongnu's archers and cavalry. If Liu Wuhuan and Liu Kuantou rebelled against the Jin Dynasty and Huanxi led the army to conquer the Jin Dynasty, and when the two armies faced each other, their archers and cavalrymen suddenly learned that Huanxi was the commander on the opposite side, and they would probably be timid before fighting.

The bow cavalry under the Liu brothers only followed Huan Xi in the Battle of Langshan, and they respected him highly.

Xie Ai even led the Liangzhou soldiers to treat Hou Zhao's army of more than 100,000 as experienced babies. Xie Ai's reputation in the Liang army was even greater than that of Huan Xi to the Xiongnu archers.

This is why, even though Zhang Zuo still has the advantage in terms of military strength and the combat effectiveness of Liangzhou Jingqi cannot be underestimated, Huan Xi is still convinced that as long as Zhang Zuo is lured out of the city, the battle will be half successful.

"Fu Lubo is here! You have been ambushed! Why don't you surrender early!"

Another voice.

When the soldiers of the Liang Army learned that they had been ambushed by Xie Ai, how could they not panic?

After all, no one knows better than them how powerful Xie Ai is.

Seeing the Jin army's cavalry and the ambush behind them getting closer and closer, the Liang army's cavalry's psychological defense finally collapsed. No matter how Zhang Zuo and Zhang Ling shouted, they could not stop them from fleeing.

Under Xie Ai's command, they defeated the larger army three times with less, and even defeated the Zhao army with 20,000 infantry and 140,000 troops. The Liang army was indeed brave.

But today they were enemies with Xie Ai and learned that they were ambushed. These Liang troops even performed worse than the weak troops.

The three armies have deprived him of his commander, and the common man has also deprived him of his ambition.

Zhang Zuo has never had any military exploits, so his prestige in the army cannot be compared to Xie Ai Zhiwan.

Faced with the situation where the soldiers had no fighting spirit and would collapse without fighting, Zhang Zuo shouted hoarsely and could not comfort them.

Zhang Zuo knew that there was nothing he could do to save his life, and he had no time to regret why he had to go out of the city to fight, so he had no choice but to lead his own cavalry and flee.

As Zhang Zuo abandoned his army and left, there was no longer any suspense in this battle. Previously, the Jin army fled and the Liang army pursued. Now, the Jin army is chasing north and chasing the Liang army unilaterally.

The Liang army, on the other hand, abandoned their helmets and armor and fought desperately southward, trying to escape back to Guzang City.

Seeing that Liang's army had no ability to resist, Huan Xi also ordered the soldiers to take off their armor and continue the pursuit with only their swords.

Seven miles north of Guzang City, corpses lay everywhere and blood flowed like a stream.

Ten thousand fine cavalry left the city, and when they came back, there were only a few hundred cavalry.

The reason why so many people failed to escape was naturally because the Liang Army's war horses had not fully recovered their strength. Even if they lost their helmets and armor, most of the horses would not be able to complete the seven miles carrying more than a hundred kilograms of weight.

Of course, the same problem existed with the Jin army's cavalry horses, but Xie Ai had gone around behind the Liang army before, fearing that the noise would be too loud and alerting the Liang army, so he was leading the horse.

Therefore, Xie Ai's two thousand cavalry horses have plenty of physical strength.

When Huan Xi ordered to disarm and pursue, Xie Ai also gave the same order, allowing him to pursue calmly.

When the Liang army cavalry could not move, they listened to those shouting in Liangzhou accent:

"Brother Fulu said: Jin people treat prisoners well."

Except for Zhang Zuo's personal cavalry, whoever was willing to risk their lives to escape naturally chose to surrender.

After all, the Liang Army soldiers may not believe Huan Xi's promise, but they absolutely trust Xie Ai.

In this battle, Huan Xi commanded 7,000 cavalrymen, only 500 of them were killed, and he himself did not suffer many casualties, but he captured more than 8,000 Liangzhou elite cavalry, which cannot but be said to be a miracle.

Of course, the creator of this miracle was not Huan Xi, but Xie Ai.

Although the battle plan was drawn up by Huan Xi, without Xie Ai's high prestige in the Liang army, with 7,000 cavalry against 10,000 Liangzhou cavalry, even if they could win, they would suffer a tragic death.

Deng Xia was already leading people to clean up the battlefield, and he was very unhappy in this battle.

As early as when Huan Xi decided to attack Liangzhou, Deng Xia had longed to fight against Liangzhou Jingqi, but he did not expect that the opponent would collapse at the first touch, which disappointed Deng Xia.

However, he also knew that what his lord pursued was this kind of battle, in which he could severely damage the enemy without suffering too much loss himself.

At this time, Deng Xia finally understood why Huan Xi went to great lengths to take Xie Ai into his own hands.

Needless to say, Huan Xi was happy at this time. Although he didn't know Zhang Zuo's life or death, or whether the other party had escaped, but after this battle, he didn't have to worry about the sudden attack of the Liang army's elite cavalry during the siege.

And after suffering such a big defeat, the people in the city must be in chaos.

Huan Xi looked at Zhu Zongyi beside him and said with a smile:

"I have long said that if Xie Ai surrenders, it will be easy to capture Liangzhou."

However, Quan Yi was unhappy and worried instead. He glanced left and right, then approached Huan Xi and reminded him in a low voice:

"My Lord, Xie Ai must not be allowed to stay in Liangzhou from now on, nor can he continue to command the soldiers of Liangzhou."

Quan Yi did not hate Xie Ai, but as Huan Xi's mastermind, he had to remind his lord that Xie Ai's prestige in the hearts of Liangzhou soldiers was too high.

Huan Xi's expression remained normal, he nodded and said nothing more.

But it was obvious that Huan Xi agreed with Quan Yi's statement.

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