Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 695: Chasing the Battle (1)
"The old minister believes that it is better to kill Ye Chen urgently than slowly, but he must be fully prepared. If there are eight preparations, he can do it. First, completely control the Yang family of Linfu, because the Yang family of Linfu and the traitor Yang Jiye are close relatives , there is a possibility of rebellion, and in the Lin Mansion, he raises horses and teaches riding and shooting, so he can be a rare soldier. Second, Jiyu Hengshan belongs to the Qiang, and he caresses both kindness and power. Make friends with Tubo in Lianggan and Huihe in the Western Regions, and join forces with Tubo in Longyou to leave Xiaoguan in the north, and work together to defeat the thieves. Fourth, all the roads of the imperial edict should support each other, and they are dispatched in a unified manner, like orders. Grass, and the bandits are in a hurry to attack, so they abandon the small stronghold and enter the big stronghold to protect the big stronghold, so as to use up the army..."

Gao Huaide knew that he didn't have a good life for a few years, and he was afraid that he wouldn't have the time to kill Ye Chen. Now, he carefully considered his words and pondered for a long time before writing a piece of Ping Xia's advice. At the same time, he also had a letter of pleading guilty, which took a long time to finish.In the end, Gao Huaide read it again intently, called in his confidants, and ordered: "Copy twenty copies, and ten copies will be sent to the capital by the post soldiers. Hmm... The spies of the Huaxia Weifu are powerful, and I am afraid they will be caught. Cut off. So the other ten disguised as ordinary people, sneaked to the capital, and rushed to your majesty."

It took less than half a stick of incense for the soldiers to leave, and spies rushed to Gao Huaide's car and reported: "Commander, there are more than 1 enemy soldiers blocking our way, and they are all Han troops. It is likely to be the defenders of Yinzhou, Lingzhou and other six states." There was a hint of fear in the spy's voice.

"Understood!" Gao Huaide said lightly, and two soldiers immediately stepped forward, first put on the battle robe for him, and then put on the battle armor for him, an old man who was over sixty years old turned into an iron armor The cold, mighty and sonorous general, like a sword drawn out of its sheath, is dazzling with cold front.

Get out of the car and get on the horse. At this time, the setting sun in winter is as red as blood, and the cold iron armor is also stained with a layer of blood.

The setting sun illuminated the banner, and Ma Mingfeng was in a bad mood.

Gao Huaide kicked the stirrup, the horse galloped lightly, and rushed to the front of the team, followed by hundreds of soldiers closely behind, the three armies stood in silence, watching their commander.Can he lead us safely back to Gyeongju?There were only about 3 Northwest Frontier Army left standing there silently, their eyes following their commander to the front.

Seeing the enemy army in front clearly at a glance, Gao Huaide couldn't help but gasped.He had expected that Ye Chen would not let them enter the mountainous area, or that there would be a big battle before entering the mountainous area, but he never expected that Ye Chen's formation would be so majestic.Ye Chen set up camp with his back against the hill. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, a short mountain was covered by a dense army. It was the [-] party horses and [-] black horses chasing them all the way, which could be seen from a distance. The Yeziwang flag fluttered in the cold wind, which meant that Ye Chen had come in person.

On the east and west sides, 1 cavalry had just formed their formations, and it could be seen that they had just arrived. Although their equipment was uniform, they were clearly party members.The [-] Dangxiang cavalry looked at the six military camps. How could Gao Huaide not know what it meant that the [-] Dangxiang cavalry appeared here unscathed?Although Gao Huaide had expected it a long time ago, once it was confirmed at this time, the thought of losing the [-] elite soldiers who belonged to his Northwest Frontier Army in this way completely made his heart hurt for a while.In the distance, at their return mountain pass, a mixed Han army of [-] cavalry was clearly the defenders of Yinzhou, Lingzhou and other six states under Ye Chen's rule. Sure enough, Ye Chen's troops had almost all out.

Today, there should be a hard fight!
The sunset was getting darker, and the sun, which was not very hot, was sinking into the sky inch by inch. The armies of the two sides were facing each other far away, neither side retreated, nor did any side rush to kill.With the wind blowing his gray beard, Gao Huaide raised his head and looked at the last ray of sunlight reflected on the handsome flag on the top of the mountain: "Then let's fight!"

"His Royal Highness King Xiangfu has an order: If Gao Huaide is willing to abandon his weapon and surrender, he will let you go!"

On the side of the hill, under the banner of King Ye Chen, nearly a hundred soldiers with loud voices suddenly roared in unison, and the voices spread throughout the field.When the news reached the ears of the Northwest Frontier Army, the morale of the soldiers couldn't help but drop, and they couldn't help but look at their coach Gao Huaide.

Gao Huaide's face was gloomy, Ye Chen's move was too insidious, some soldiers would think that Ye Chen's target was Gao Huaide, not them.This will greatly weaken the soldiers' fighting spirit and morale, as well as Gao Huaide's prestige.

The shouts from Ye Chen's side continued, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, Gao Huaide, who was in a rage, raised his knife and pointed at Ye Chen's king's flag, and said loudly: "The dignified King Xiangfu will only use such insidious tricks to drive us apart. Heart. It is an insult to our Northwest Frontier Army."

Standing on the top of the hill, Yang Jiye saw Gao Huaide's quick response and the right way of dealing with it, he couldn't help secretly praising him, feeling sympathetic to each other.During this pursuit and several battles, he also admired Gao Huaide's use of troops. At this time, in front of nearly [-] troops from both sides, Gao Huaide was still conscious, reacted promptly, and dealt with it decisively. He couldn't help being disrespectful to such an opponent.

Ye Chen also publicly expressed his admiration for Gao Huaide several times. Hu Sanguang saw that he had the intention of loving talents, and once asked him if he could try his best to capture Gao Huaide alive and use it for his own use if he could surround the enemy army, but Ye Chen vetoed it .

Gao Huaide is the founding hero of the Song Dynasty, and also Zhao Kuangyin's brother-in-law, a relative of the emperor, and has a unique feeling for the Song Dynasty, and he is over sixty years old, when his character is the most stubborn, even if he is captured alive, it is absolutely impossible Surrender to him, and you will eventually commit suicide.If Ye Chen issued such an order, he would not only get a corpse in the end, but would also tie his own generals, which would affect the situation of the battle.

Therefore, Ye Chen's order to all his subordinates this time was to do their best to severely damage Gao Huaide's subordinates.

After Gao Huaide finished speaking, hundreds of his soldiers repeated it aloud, and the morale that had just dropped rose again.

Then Gao Huaide galloped back to the central army, and immediately issued the first order: "The cloth square circle will defend with all its strength."

Soon the soldiers around Gao Huaide passed on the order with semaphore and the sound of drums. The generals in the northwest frontier were full of doubts when they received the order.The square circle formation has almost completely given up the offensive and has the strongest defense. The general is located in the center of the formation, and the troops are deployed layer by layer. The spears, bows and arrows are outside, and the mobile troops are inside. The formation is dense and the defense is strong. Formation, the commander-in-chief didn't order to break through the enemy's formation quickly, but to take an absolute defensive position?Is this going to kill us all here?

But immediately after, Gao Huaide sent his own soldiers to personally send the second order to the generals under his command: "Break out with all your strength after dark!"

Ye Chen, Yang Jiye and the others didn't know that Gao Huaide had a second secret order. Standing on the top of the mountain, they could clearly see Song Jun's actions, and they couldn't help being surprised.

But then Yang Jiye's eyes narrowed, looking at the sun that was sinking on the mountain, he couldn't help but suddenly realized: "The old man thought that Gao Huaide's troops were exhausted, and they just arrived here at this time, could it be... Did Gao Huaide do it on purpose? He knew that there would be a battle before entering the mountain, so he deliberately arrived at this time, just to wait for it to get dark!"

Ye Chen also reacted at this time, and said with a complicated expression: "That's right, if Gao Huaide wants to break through, the dark night is indeed the most advantageous. Gao Huaide's position today is really extraordinary."

Yang Jiye also took a deep breath, and began to order and dispatch the command troops to start the war.

Ye Chen pondered for a while, and said to Hu Sanguang next to him: "Many people from Gao Huaide's department will break out in the dark and go away. This is irreparable. But this might not be a chance for us. Go and give Hei Yue and Zhan Xiong Wu a chance. , Zhang Dawei, Han Hu, Zeng Shangfei, Yang Jiaerlang, and Sanlang sent an order that after Gao Huaide's troops break through the siege, don't let them chase the enemy. Joining forces with Yang Yanqing to Huizhou, Hei Yue led four thousand black cavalry to wait for the opportunity to support."

Hu Sanguang respectfully said yes, and then quickly arranged seven gold medal spies to send orders to the seven people.

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Fighting fiercely overnight, dead bodies filled the field.

Gao Huaide grasped the time, and before he arrived at the mountainous area at sunset, he was caught in a tight siege one minute earlier, and he had to pay countless sacrifices. Could not be more accurate.

However, Yang Jiye's ability to dispatch troops and generals is not weaker than Gao Huaide's at all, and he has his own countermeasures.

At the moment of sunset, if relying on the superior force and favorable terrain to attack with all strength, once the sky is dark and it is difficult to distinguish the enemy from the enemy, Ye Chen's force advantage and terrain advantage will all be useless, and Gao Huaide will definitely take advantage of it.So even though he had the absolute upper hand at this moment, Yang Jiye ordered an encirclement on all sides and only attacked with long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows.He has an absolute advantage at the moment, it doesn't matter even if the sun is bright tomorrow, why rush for a while.

If we talk about the sharpness of long-range weapons, although the proportion of bows and crossbows in the Song army is extremely high, since Ye Chen came to the northwest, the strong bows that Ye Chen has equipped his soldiers and horses, including the Dangxiang cavalry, are the latest research and development results of the Weapons Department. The equipment ratio is not lower than that of the Song Army.Therefore, in the intensive confrontation between the two camps, the casualty rate of the northwest frontier army was still much higher than that of Ye Chen's side.Waiting until it was completely dark, Gao Huaide finally couldn't stand it anymore and ordered to break out.

(End of this chapter)