A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 925: Taoling's fierce battle, the army was defeated and had no way out
To the south of the main battlefield of Taoling is the central army of the Xuanwu Army.

At this time, Bai Yi had already temporarily handed over the Far Fire Mirror to Yuan Shentong for use.

The battle has been going on till now, and the three parties are fighting to the last breath.

Upon learning that a bandit army was coming here, Bai Yi sneered:
"Don't worry about them. Order Bai Haoyuan to attack. Don't worry about the central army."

Yuan Shentong immediately went forward to pass on the order.

So when Bai Haoyuan's 10,000 troops saw Zhu Cun's troops trying to bypass them, they ignored them and rushed directly to the main battlefield.

Although Bai Yi was confident, Yuan Shentong still ordered the retreating remnants of Bai Xiaoqiang, more than 2,000 men, to retreat three miles, rest while waiting for orders and rescue the central army at any time.

At four quarters past noon, Zhu Cun's troops had already engaged in battle with the five thousand Xuanwu troops guarding the command platform. The thirty thousand rebel troops surrounded them and attacked them from all sides.

In order to prevent the enemy cavalry from intervening, Zhu Cun asked his younger brother Zhu Wen to lead 10,000 people to hold the line, but not to participate in the battle and to guard their own retreat at all times.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and the rebel army could no longer hold out on the main battlefield. Huang Chao had no choice but to throw in the last 20,000 soldiers from the old camp.

"General, Huang Chao has moved." Yuan Shentong gave orders to the audience, holding a long-range fire mirror in one hand, and walked down quickly from the stage and said.

Bai Yi ignored the threat from Zhu Cun's army and laughed, "Blow the horn and let Li Kerang attack."

"Woo woo woo!!!" The horn from the grassland resounded over the two battlefields.

The Xuanwu cavalry cruising outside were always tied up by the rebel army's only thousand or so cavalry.

They also had to avoid the encirclement and suppression by the 10,000 infantry troops sent by Huang Chao.

Therefore, it never participated in the frontal battle, or even the battle near the command platform.

Li Kerang finally heard the promised horn sound.

"Brothers, attack and smash the thieves' nest."

To the north of the main battlefield of Taoling was the main camp of Huang Chao’s army.

"King Huang, the enemy cavalry has defeated our cavalry and Huang Cun's 5,000 men, and are rushing towards the camp." In the main military tent in the camp, Huang Chao was anxiously waiting for the latest military reports from the main battlefield.

Unexpectedly, the military report from the main battlefield did not arrive, but the news of Huang Cun's defeat came.

"What on earth are Zhu Cun and Huang Cun doing? They have 40,000 to 50,000 people combined, but they can't stop 2,000 people. Assholes."

"King Huang, what should we do?"

"King Huang, there are only 30,000 to 50,000 people left in the camp, and they are all women, children, the elderly and the young. I'm afraid we can't stop the enemy's elite cavalry. We should make plans early."

The subordinates all talked about it, and they all thought that Huang Chao should move away temporarily and away from the big banner.

"King Huang, please stay out of the way for a while. I will take over here for you. If you can stop them, that's good. If you can't, the whole army won't be routed."

Shang Rang, who had been silent, stood up and hoped to take over the command in place of Huang Chao.

Huang Chao knew that he had to act on impulse, so he patted Shang Rang's shoulder and said, "Shang Jun, take care."

Then, without hesitation, he moved to the east gate of the camp with his personal soldiers.

Li Kerang came from the south of the rebel camp. Because the rebels had just arrived, the so-called camp was actually just a wooden fence.

Upon seeing this, Li Kerang ordered his men to use a rope to pull out one end of the wooden fence, and then used horsepower to pull the fence down.

Seeing a gap in the enemy camp, Li Kerang shouted loudly and two thousand cavalrymen rushed into the enemy camp, killing anyone they saw.

"Don't be greedy for military merits and set fires everywhere. Don't let the bandits gather their strength." Seeing that his subordinates killed more people and set fewer fires, Li Kerang immediately reminded them loudly.

"Commander, the enemy chieftain's troops are well-organized. Our brothers made a charge and suffered heavy losses."

Hearing his subordinates say this, Li Kerang took a look and saw that the elite troops of the Banner Guard Battalion under the "Yellow" banner could not be captured in a short time.

"Give up this place and set fire to other places. The focus is on the enemy's granary and military supplies. Don't hesitate." "Understood."

Under the banner, Shang Rang saw the enemy cavalry not far away retreating. He breathed a sigh of relief, but then he couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Taoling main battlefield

The battle between the enemy and us was in full swing. At this time, the Xuanwu Army had been replaced by Bai Haoyuan from Chen Danniu's troops.

The rebel army was also replaced by Huang Ye's army instead of Lin Yan's army.

The entire battle lasted from noon to almost sunset, and both sides were exhausted.

"Fire! The camp is on fire." There was a sudden commotion behind the rebels.

Huang Ye, who was commanding the army, looked back and saw flames rising into the sky from the camp, with black smoke standing out against the setting sun.

"Oh no, King Huang is in danger. Order Wang Congwei's troops to cover the rear, and the rest of the troops will follow me to provide support." Huang Ye, like Huang Cun and Huang Gui, is Huang Chao's nephew, and all their wealth and honor depend on Huang Chao alone.

Once Huang Ye retreated, the rebel army's defense line could no longer hold out, gaps kept appearing, and the morale of the Xuanwu Army soared.

"We've been defeated, we've been defeated." As the shouts of "we've been defeated" merged into a torrent, tens of thousands of rebels collapsed in an instant and fled in all directions.

On the battlefield of Xuanwu Army, Zhu Wen was anxiously confronted by his brother Zhu Cun:
"Brother, hurry up, the main force has been defeated and the camp has fallen."

Zhu Cun was so shocked that he didn't care about anything else. He left another rebel general who usually had a conflict with him behind and led his troops to flee in the opposite direction of the camp.

"Sir, the enemy has been routed and our army has won a great victory."

Giving orders to the audience, listening to the soldiers' cheers and the increasingly quiet sounds of fighting, Bai Yi couldn't help but feel in a good mood:
"This is a great victory, and all the soldiers should celebrate together. Pass the order to chase the enemy out of the country. After returning to the army, I will reward the three armies according to their merits."

"You are mighty, you are mighty!!!"

April 4, the fifth year of Qianfu
Huang Chao's advance to Xiangyi and Yongqiu failed, and was defeated by Bai Yi, the governor of Xuanwu. His entire army was routed and retreated to Caozhou, with only more than 100,000 men left, and most of the military supplies and food were lost.

April 11

Zhang Zimian and his troops were getting closer and closer. In addition, the Yingzhou passage in the south was taken by the Xuanyi Army under the Xuanwu Army, so they had no choice but to bypass Bianzhou and attack Huazhou in the north.

April 20

Huang Chao attacked Suanzao in Huazhou, but was blocked by the defending general Li Yi, the governor of Huazhou. He had no choice but to abandon Suanzao and attack Yangwu in Zhengzhou with most of his troops, intending to attack the eastern capital Luoyang.

April 23
Upon hearing that the righteous army had arrived in Luoyang again, Li Xuan urgently ordered General Liu Jingren of the Left Divine Martial Army to lead 5,000 troops to aid the Eastern Capital.

He also issued an imperial decree ordering a thousand soldiers from Heyang to go to the Eastern Capital to guard the palace together with the soldiers from Xuanwu and Zhaoyi.

Heyang Jiedushi Zheng Yanxiu led 3,000 troops to garrison in Heyin.

April 28
Huang Chao's troops in Jiangxi were defeated by Gao Pian, the commander-in-chief of all the military camps and the salt and iron transport commissioner of Jianghuai.

With no hope of going south, Huang Chao hastened to attack Xinzheng, Jia, Xiangcheng, Yangdi and other places in the hope of getting reinforcements, but was defeated by Cui Anqian, the governor of the Zhongwu Army who was guarding these places.

At the same time, Huang Chao's troops in western Zhejiang were strangled by Pei Qu, the governor of Zhenhai. Huang Chao was very pessimistic about the future path of the rebel army.

June
Huang Chao met with Zhu Xuan, the governor of Tianping Army, and begged for surrender.

On June 8th, Li Xuan was unable to suppress the rebel army for a long time, and Li Keyong's army in Hedong was growing stronger.

Moreover, Wang Xianzhi was already dead, and Huang Chao was just a petty thief who was not as good as Xian's, so Huang Chao was appointed as the General of the Right Guard and was summoned to peace.

In order to resettle Huang Chao's troops, Li Xuan thought that they could be ordered to move to Hezhou for resettlement.

The land in Hezhou is barren and there are many lakes. Huang Chao's troops are not good at naval battles. It is far away from the north and separated from the south of the Yangtze River by the natural barrier of the Yangtze River. It is a dead end.

Moreover, we have the Huainan Army on the right, the Zhenhai Army in the south, the Xuanwu Army in the north, and the Shannan Army in the west, which can effectively prevent them from returning again.

(End of this chapter)