Late Tang

In the dark night before dawn, the military camps of the Six Towns at the foot of Juye Mountain fell into chaos.

Although Zhang Zimian and Zhongwu, the generals of Zuo Weiwei, put Wang Jian and Jin Hui to death, allowing Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong to escape Zhu Wen's pursuit, they were not happy for long.Although the three of Zhang Zimian were brave and sturdy, with only a few hundred infantry who had gathered in a hurry, they were no match for the [-] elite Qing cavalry led by the five tiger generals of the grass army.However, after blocking for a moment, the formation of Zhang Zimian and the three was completely broken, and the three fled into the darkness with their remnants.

Not long after, Zhu Wen and the other three led the Five Tiger Generals all the way to catch up with Yang Fugong and the other two.

Winning and losing is impermanent, and fate is repeated!

Yesterday, Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong led the six towns soldiers and horses to defeat the grass bandits and beheaded more than [-] people.But I was so happy that within one night, Liangshang immediately tasted the horror of Huang Chao being chased yesterday.

Yesterday, the three brothers Zhu and Wen chased Huang Chao furiously on horseback, and were finally persuaded by Huang Chao to take gold and armor flags in exchange for freedom.But today is different. Although the three brothers Zhu and Wen are still chasing after them, they have now become the generals of the grass army. What's more, even if the three of them intend to let the old boss go, there are five tiger generals behind.

Especially Lin Yan, who is Huang Chao's nephew. Lin Yan, like Huang Chao, hates eunuchs the most, and then corrupt officials. He hates the emperor of Tang Dynasty second.If Lin Yan chased him, let alone let him go, it would be difficult to have a good time.

Zhu Wen chased closer and closer, and seeing Ximen Sigong approaching, he shouted loudly: "Ximen Dujian and Yang Gongjun, get off your horse and wait for capture!" Zhu Wen scolded while chasing, while drawing his sword The knife slashed at Simon Sigong.Although Simon Sigong praised him a lot not long ago, and even rewarded him with armor.However, Zhu Wen was relentless. Since he had surrendered to the grass army, he was at odds with the official army.

The horses of the two were almost walking side by side, but the knife almost missed in the end.Even Simon Sigong, who was used to big scenes, was also terrified and out of breath at this moment.Cui Anqian, the commander of the Zhongwu Army who followed behind Simon Sigong, immediately shot left and right and killed several cavalrymen in a row, but he never shot Zhu Wen.

At this critical moment, seeing Zhu Wen rushing up again with a knife, suddenly an arrow flew across the air, Zhu Wen's horse suddenly neighed, its front hooves softened, and it knelt down directly. Zhu Wen quickly picked it off. Kick off the horse.

At this moment, everyone saw that it was the defense envoy of Dongdu Jidu who arrived with a troop of soldiers and horses, and shot down Zhu Wen's horses chasing at the front with an arrow.Dongdu soldiers hurriedly protected Ximen Sigong and others from left to right, and when Zhu Zhen and others arrived, Ximen Sigong and others had already fled Xu Yuan again.

At this time, the Tang army camp had gradually reacted, and from time to time, soldiers and horses gathered together to charge and kill.Gradually, the [-] cavalry of the Cao Army were trapped in the camp and had to rush from left to right, but lost a lot.At this time, it was impossible to continue chasing them. Lin Yan and the others immediately took advantage of the situation and ordered to rush out of the camp before the Tang army surrounded them.

Zhu Wen, who had just stepped on another horse, saw that Ximen Sigong and others had fled far away, and couldn't help feeling annoyed. He looked up to the sky and sighed, "It's a pity that the bows and arrows have been used up before, otherwise I will definitely take the old thief's life!" If he could get Simon Sigong's life, then he would be able to gain a firm foothold in the grass army immediately, and even be promoted to a higher position.

Ximen Sigong got the support of Cui Anqian, the envoy of Zhongwu Jiedu, and Du Ke, the envoy of defense of Jidu of Dongdu, and finally got rid of the pursuit of the enemy cavalry. He was initially shocked, and immediately galloped to the north and joined the left wing.

The left wing of the official army was Zhaoyi Army and Heyang Army. After arriving at the left wing, Simon Sigong immediately listened to Li Zhuo's report.The grass bandits broke in from the Xuanwu Army and Yicheng Army stationed on the right wing, then cut into the Zhongjun camp, and attacked the camps of the Zhongwu Army and Dongdu Army.Now the left wing is still intact, and no grasshoppers have entered.

Ximen Sigong, Yang Fugong and others calmed down a little, then began to mobilize troops with gritted teeth.

The two armies fought from before dawn until dawn, and then after a morning of melee, they fought until the afternoon.

The ferocity of the grass army was beyond the expectations of the officers and generals. They fought quite fiercely. Huang Chao almost put all his eggs in one basket and concentrated all the elite soldiers and horses together with their cavalry to attack the officer's right wing. Destroy the command of the official army, and even capture the commander of the official army.As many as [-] grass troops attacked fiercely. With the initial night attack, the grass army successfully broke through and defeated the right wing of the official army, and once entered the central army.

However, the command to destroy the official army did not go smoothly. Due to the tenacious fight between the Zhongwu Army and the Dongdu Army, Cui Anqian and Du Ke rescued Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong, and successfully retreated to the left-wing army. The command was still smooth.On the side of the Zhongjun camp, Zhang Zimian, Wang Jian and others were defeated at first, but then they quickly gathered and organized more officers and troops, and continued to fight desperately with the grass army.

"Dujian, after half a day of bitter fighting, although our right wing was defeated, the central army successfully built a defense, and now the rout of the right wing has joined the central army and the left wing respectively. Although the casualties were not small, the grass bandit has been killed. The army in the middle blocked it. This commander thought that the grass bandits were all on the right flank, but the grass bandits on the left wing were not strong. At the moment, we don't need to reinforce the central army, but we should concentrate the elite left wing and attack the grass bandits' right wing in one fell swoop. As long as the grass bandit's right wing is broken, then we can move our soldiers around to the side of the grass bandits in the middle army, severely inflicting damage on the bandit soldiers, and we will win the battle." After carefully observing the situation on the battlefield, Cui Anqian quickly proposed a very feasible strategy. plan of.

Although there are about [-] bandits on the left wing, and even thousands of cavalry, Cui Anqian has already found out that the leader of the bandits on the left wing is Wang Xianzhi, who lost [-] soldiers in the battle of Songzhou. He was the first grass thief to escape without a fight.

Knowing that Wang Xianzhi was on the opposite side of the left wing, Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong were also a little moved.

"Can the Chinese army hold on?" Yang Fugong was a little worried. Now the main generals of the Chinese army are Mu Renyu and Li Zhong. The right wing of these two people lost too quickly today.Even if it was a sneak attack, it shouldn't be defeated so quickly.At this time, the central army was handed over to them, and the left wing troops went to fight Wang Xianzhi. They were worried that Mu Renyu would not be able to defend.

Du Ke suggested, "Then temporarily hand over the command of the Central Army to General Zhang Zimian of Zuo Weiwei!"

Simon Sigong was a little moved by this proposal, and Zhang Zimian was his man.However, Zhang Zimian's prestige is not enough, although he has the name of a general, but Zuo Weiwei has long existed in name only, and the general is just a closed-off post.Now that Zhang Zimian has been transferred to the Xuanwu Army, his actual position is nothing more than a Yingzhou assassin.And Mu Renyu and Li Zhongke are both Jiedu envoys of the same town.

The 44-year-old Zhang Zimian, styled Minwen, is good at riding and archery, and is good at strategy.In the early years, because thieves were everywhere, in order to ensure the peace of one side, the village brave was organized to defend the village.Later, the imperial court formed a battalion to conquer the south, and then went to the army alone to serve as an errand.Because of his meritorious service, he was recommended by Zhang Ming, the history of his uncle's camp, as a Buzhong Lang general.Since then, he has made many military exploits, gradually promoted his official position, and finally entered the Wei capital.However, during Tian Lingzi's purge of the imperial army this time, as Ximen Sigong's old subordinate, he was transferred out of the capital and appointed as the governor of Yingzhou.

Moreover, Zhang Zimian belongs to the Xuanwu Army, but he has a better relationship with Cui Anqian, the military commander of the Zhongwu Army. His relationship with Mu Renyu is not very good. Li Zhong and two people.

The Zhaowu Jiedu envoy saw his worry, and said softly: "The capital supervisor can order Mourinho and Li Shuai to command the battle together. For the Chinese army, let them hand over to Inspector Zhang to command."

Simon Sigong's eyes lit up. In this way, it would be no problem for Zhang Zimian to command the Chinese army.Immediately agreed to send messengers to the Chinese army.

In the afternoon, both Mu Renyu and Li Zhong were transferred back to the temporary camp on the left wing, and the defense of the Chinese army was handed over to General Zuo Weiwei and Zhang Zimian, the governor of Yingzhou.After Zhang Zimian took over the command, he immediately mobilized various ministries. With years of combat experience, Zhang Zimian quickly destroyed the entire defense line of the Chinese army, and several fierce attacks by the grass army were blocked. go back.

The officers and soldiers relied on excellent equipment, sufficient equipment, and sufficient training. After the initial panic, under Zhang Zimian's exquisite command, they resolved the grass army's attacks one by one invisible.

At this point in the battle, the advantage of air strikes has gradually been lost, and the officers and troops who have recovered have regained the advantage.

Due to Zhang Zimian's superior command, he even sent some of the defeated soldiers from the original right wing to the left wing to strengthen his troops.By noon, the left wing of the official army had concentrated 5 people, including [-] Qingqi.

With an order, the melodious horn sounded sadly, and the drums of war shook like thunder.The left-wing officers and soldiers who had been preparing for a long time were like tigers coming out of the cage, and they rushed directly to Wang Xianzhi's troops on the opposite side.

Wang Xianzhi's troops only had 2 troops, and their strength was already weak. When they faced the left-wing officers and soldiers, they were under great pressure.At this time, facing the onslaught of the official army, it could no longer support it, and the front line was defeated by the official army.After the auxiliary army was defeated, Wang Xianzhi ran away again without any hesitation.

As soon as Wang Xianzhi's commander-in-chief retreated, the grass army's right wing opposite the entire left-wing officer army was defeated again.Those temporary right-wing auxiliary soldiers of the grass army fled in groups, and the situation of the entire battlefield changed again.

After Wang Xianzhi was defeated and escaped again, the rear of Huang Chao's right wing was exposed.

Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong led the commanders Du Wei, Du Shenquan, Li Zhuo, Cui Anqian, Li Zhong, and Murenyu to counterattack with [-] soldiers and horses.

Before Huang Chao could figure out a way to break through Zhang Zimian's camp, he had to turn around and face the official army.

At this time, the Xuanwu Army and the Yicheng Army, which had been captured on the right wing of the official army before, saw the drastic change in the situation, and took advantage of the situation to take advantage of the situation, launching a rebellion before the formation and fighting back.

Huang Chao's soldiers and horses were attacked by the enemy, and the situation was even more unfavorable, so he had to retreat step by step!

The golden black falls in the west, and the jade rabbit rises in the east.

The armies of the two armies have been fighting for two days and two nights, and they are still fighting endlessly.There was endless fighting on the battlefield, the sound of killing shook the sky, the wailing continued, corpses were all over the ground, and blood flowed like rivers.

Huang Chao's disadvantage is getting bigger and bigger. Huang Chao has seen that Wang Xianzhi once again betrayed Cao Jun and betrayed him.At this time, if they continue to fight recklessly with their strength alone, there is only a dead end, so they have to order to retreat while the night falls with hatred.

Ximen Sigong suffered a big loss yesterday, so he will not let them go today, he will chase them to the end.Regardless of the objections of Cui Anqian and others, Ximen Sigong personally led his troops to pursue!

The Cao army was defeated and fled in all directions. The five tiger generals of the Cao army and Zhu Wen were leading the cavalry to clean up the remnants of the army. Attack behind Simon Sigong's pursuers.

At this time, it was already late at night, and the officers and soldiers who were chasing and attacking suddenly found that they were attacked from behind. They thought they had been ambushed by the bandits, and they were terrified.

Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong were also taken aback, fearing that the situation would repeat again, they had no choice but to give up the pursuit and lead the army back to the Juye Camp.

The two consecutive days of war finally came to an end. Although the official army still defeated the grass army in the end, the first battle was also very dangerous.Especially in the First World War on the second day, more than 8 officers and soldiers died in battle, thousands were captured, and countless were seriously injured. According to post-war statistics, there were only [-] horses left in the [-] army.Among them, the soldiers lost [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers.Among the soldiers, the infantry lost nearly [-], and the cavalry also lost nearly [-].Dozens of officers died in battle, and tens of thousands of stones of food and grass in the army camp were burned, causing heavy losses.

Although the official army won the battle at the end, they have lost the ability to continue chasing the grass thief.The first reason is that the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted from the two consecutive days of war. Another more important reason is that the officers and soldiers' food and grass were burned, and they could not continue to pursue without food and grass.Yunzhou, Ji, and Yan in the front were almost robbed by grass thieves, and they could not solve the problem of food and grass at all.At this time, force yourself to march, and there will be defeat but no victory.

Finally, the commanders agreed that the soldiers and horses should return to Jiyin City in Caozhou to rest and wait for the replenishment of food and grass.As for Huang Chao and other grassroots thieves, they could only leave it to Li Jing and the others to intercept them. Although they were unwilling, there was nothing they could do.

As Clausewitz said: "When the attacker reaches the end of the attacking distance, it often happens that even if he wins the battle, he has to retreat, because he has neither enough offensive strength at this time. Taking advantage of the victory, it is impossible to replenish the lost troops."

The casualties of the official army reached [-]%, while the grass army suffered even more losses in this general battle.

After the defeat, Wang Xianzhi escaped again and led his [-] cavalry to flee eastward, entered Yanzhou, and fled to Rencheng to rest.

But Huang Chao, knowing that Wang Xianzhi fled to Yanzhou Rencheng, did not follow.Instead, after collecting the remnants in Juye, they fled north and returned to Juancheng, the city of Puzhou.After arriving in Juancheng, Huang Chao ordered an inventory of soldiers and horses, and finally got a report. Only 2 horses were left in Juancheng.

The 16 grass army, after two days and two nights of fighting, stopped ten stops and eight stops.

Huang Chao had to reorganize his troops and horses. The 2 horses were divided into forty battalions and twenty compartments, which belonged to the five armies of the front, back, left, middle, and right.

Zhu Wen, the former left side of the army, knew the envoy of soldiers and horses. Although he was newly promoted to the rank of general of the town, the number of soldiers and horses in his hands changed from the original ten battalions of 5000 people to two battalions of 1000 people.Just these 1000 people are all remnants and defeated soldiers! (To be continued.)