Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 901 The Tragic White Tiger Legion
Finally, the eastern sky turned slightly pale.

Han Hu and Wen Zitao led more than 2000 troops of the White Tiger Army for a whole night, and they were exhausted by now.And the worst thing is that they fought and retreated, unable to calmly identify the direction and choose the path, and even lost their way.But the Tubo people behind him are always chasing after him, relentlessly.And there seem to be more and more!Wen Zitao also found the flag of Hehuang Tubo in the most recent battle!That was the [-] army that Ying Cheng and Lin Bu scolded.

The two of them didn't know that An Duo Xiagao had already determined that the White Tiger Legion was a lone army, and the terrifying fighting power of the White Tiger Legion also made him feel terrified. In the ambush last night, when they clearly had an absolute advantage, they unexpectedly Three thousand fighters were lost.And those soldiers of the White Tiger Army fought to the last person in the end, and none of them was willing to surrender.Originally, according to the plan, An Duo Xiagao returned to Wu Shengjun at this time, forcing his brother to give way with a big victory.However, Ying Cheng and Lin Bu Chi led people to chase after last night's battle and ordered him to continue hunting down the remnants of the White Tiger Army.

An Duo Xia Gao did not dare to disobey the orders of Ying Cheng and Lin Bu Chi, and even more so when the former arrived with an army of [-].Therefore, An Duo Xiagao could only personally lead his [-] troops to continue chasing after the rest of the White Tiger Army.

At this time, Han Hu also understood that An Duo blindly wanted to win himself and was willing to do so.In order to save energy, he divided the soldiers under his command into four teams, and the four teams took turns to break the rear, making full use of the river and valley roads, and alternately covering.

But the Tubo people marched in three ways, blocked one way and lagged behind, and immediately the other two ways caught up.The White Tiger Legion has almost no respite, and the situation is getting more and more desperate.

Persisting in this way until noon, after successfully using a series of tactics to temporarily drive the Tubo people away, Han Hu and Wen Zitao finally found the Yellow River, but they didn't know which section of the Yellow River it was, so they still couldn't determine how far it was from Lanzhou .

"The whole army drink horses and rest for a while!" Han Hu estimated the distance between the Tubo people and himself, and gave the order.The soldiers cheered and rushed to the Yellow River leading their horses.Some people began to gobble up dry food from the river water; some soldiers fed their horses patiently.Everyone's physical strength is exhausted.

Han Hu's eyes were red, the pain and hatred of losing his family, coupled with the remorse that he caused more than 1 soldiers to be killed and injured to 2000, and he had not yet escaped the danger, made him wish he could kill himself by the Yellow River.However, there are still more than 2000 soldiers, and he must find a way to bring them back.Calling Wen Zitao to his side, Han Hu whispered, "Brigade Commander Wen, I want you to lead the cavalry back to Lanzhou to report!"

Wen Zitao was taken aback, and raised his eyes to look at Han Hu, "Commander, our army has already reached the Yellow River, as long as we follow the river, we will reach Lanzhou in no time, and the wild dogs can't catch up with us!"

"How much longer can we run?" Han Hu asked sharply.

Wen Zitao glanced left and right, sighed, and stopped talking.

"You led [-] cavalry to Lanzhou day and night, and the only people chasing us were the Anduo Department of Wu Shengjun. The [-] troops of Yingcheng Linbu probably went to Lanzhou. There are only [-] defenders in Lanzhou now. You should go and let them go early. The deputy army commander and the others prepared earlier." Han Hu didn't say what he and others should do.

Both Wen Zitao and Han Hu knew in their hearts that no one else could escape except the cavalry, so it would be better to let the cavalry escape.Han Hu made such an arrangement because he wanted to preserve some of the seeds of the White Tiger Legion.

"The last general would rather fight to the death with the dog. Please ask the army commander to appoint someone else to ask for help." Wen Zitao flatly refused.He understood what Han Hu meant, but he would never run away.

"This is a military order!" Han Hu said coldly.

"Legion Commander!"

"You set off immediately, don't delay the military plane!" Han Hu yelled harshly.

"Yes! The last general takes orders!" Wen Zitao gritted his teeth, turned around and strode towards his horse.

There was a noise of gathering the whole team by the Yellow River.

Han Hu stepped aside to visit the wounded soldiers, and Wen Zitao led his troops away, but he didn't take a look at them.It was not until the sound of horseshoes was far away that he issued an order: "The whole army goes up the mountain and stands by for help!"

Not long after the more than 1000 remnants of the White Tiger Legion went up the mountain, the hill by the Yellow River was surrounded by seven thousand Tubo troops from Anduo Gao.

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It was only half a day before Han Hu led the 4 White Tiger Army to be ambushed. An ambush was also going on in the Wusu Grand Canyon, 7 miles west of Suzhou City, thousands of miles away.It's just that it was daytime, and it was the Xiangfu army ambushing others, and the biggest difference was that a minority ambushed the majority. Yang Jiye led [-] people to ambush the [-] Gua and Sha Erzhou troops led by Cao Xuexiong.

Cao Xuexiong and Yan Yishan rode in the middle of the central army, and spread out the scouting horses for three miles, which was considered extremely cautious in a place like the Wusu Grand Canyon.However, this is also the reason why Cao Xuexiong has always been cautious and prudent when marching and fighting. He never thought that the Xiangfu army would abandon Suzhou City and come to ambush him.After all, there are 8 elite soldiers from the Long family in Suzhou. If Yang Jiye wants to ambush them and return to the righteous army, he must divide at least 4 to [-] troops to guard the [-] army of the Long family.Thirty to forty thousand ambushed his nearly [-] troops, double the ambushes?Although Cao Xuexiong believed that the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom was stronger, he never believed that the nearly [-] Guiyi Army under his command, who had experienced many battles, could not beat the opponent's nearly [-] people.

The horse scouts kept reporting, but no ambush was found.

"It would be a good thing if Yang Jiye really brought the main force to ambush." ​​Cao Xuexiong sighed in disappointment.

Yan Yishan could see Cao Xuexiong's regret, and couldn't help asking: "The commander wants an ambush?"

"I had some hope that there would be an ambush." ​​Cao Xuexiong beat his legs with the horsewhip in his hand out of boredom, and before Yan Yishan could ask a question, he explained with a solemn expression: "Because of the news that the spies sent out have heard." It is said that Liangzhou broke down the city overnight, and Ganzhou was directly bombed by the Xiangfu army with gunpowder. It took only six or seven days. From this point of view, the Xiangfu army is very good at breaking the city, and Suzhou The city defense and military strength are not as good as Ganzhou. I am worried that the Long family will lose Suzhou City until our reinforcements arrive. Can go back to Guazhou, wait for the other party to rest and recover, and then attack us. Therefore, if Yang Jiye really divides his troops to ambush us, it will be in my arms. Although our Guiyi army will suffer a lot of losses, as long as we can fight It would be worthwhile to defeat the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom, and it might not be impossible to take Ganzhou in one fell swoop."

Yan Yishan said hesitantly: "But I heard that Xiangfu's army is also very powerful in field battles."

Cao Xuexiong sneered and said, "If they were all cavalry, maybe I wouldn't want to fight recklessly, but now most of them are infantry, and most of our army is cavalry. Since ancient times, infantry has always been the opponent of cavalry. The battle formation can only protect itself, but the cavalry will grind for a while, and the infantry battle formation will always reveal its flaws."

Yan Yishan thought it was the same, so he put aside some worries that his son who worshiped Duanmu Zhongren had told him, and echoed: "Xiangfu Kingdom's expedition is thousands of miles away, and only 6 people came to attack Suzhou , I don’t know if it’s their arrogance, or what. Don’t say that if they want to ambush us, we have to separate troops to guard the Long family in Suzhou. What if 6 people come? As long as there is a commander, as long as they dare to fight head-on... ..." At this point, Yan Yishan waved his empty right arm vigorously: "We can also defeat them in one fell swoop."

"Exactly, the only thing the Xiangfu army relies on is the gunpowder. The Tubo people in Liangzhou and the Uyghurs in Ganzhou were all unprepared before, so they were caught by the Xiangfu army by surprise and lost their standing. So when we fight against the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom, we only need to pay attention to their gunpowder weapons and don't get caught up in the way, and we will be invincible." Cao Xuexiong said confidently.

Yan Yishan said: "Don't worry, Commander, how to guard against the gunpowder weapons buried in the ground that can explode and be thrown by the catapult machine, the brothers have already worked out some countermeasures in the past few days, and the ears of the war horses are stuffed with cotton cloth. will follow their ways."

Cao Xuexiong nodded, hesitated and said to Yan Yishan: "I've thought about it, after defeating the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom or driving them away, the Long family must have suffered heavy losses, so we will take this opportunity to take Suzhou into our hands. At that time, Suzhou will be handed over to your Yan family!"

"Marshal..." Yan Yishan was so excited that he didn't know what to say.But he didn't think for a moment that Cao Xuexiong wanted him to lead people to fight desperately in the subsequent battle, so as to preserve his direct army as much as possible.

The two talked and laughed, and suddenly there was an earth-shattering loud noise from behind, but they were only slightly startled when they got off the horse, and then they were appeased. It was stuffed with cotton cloth, otherwise the horses would be startled."

Cao Xuexiong was overjoyed, and said: "I really didn't expect that Yang Jiye really dared to divide his troops to ambush us."

As soon as the words fell, Cao Xuexiong ordered vigorously: "The whole army stops, pay attention to guard, and send people to the back to see what's going on."

In fact, without Cao Xuexiong's order, the Guiyi army had already stopped spontaneously when they heard the sound, and the soldiers had already drawn their swords, guns, bows and arrows, and looked at the barren mountains several miles away on both sides.

"Report..."

"Marshal, the narrowest part of our approach has been blown into a line of tunnels. It is already difficult for cavalry to pass through, and it is also very troublesome for infantry to pass through." A spy galloped forward on horseback, and jumped off his horse when he was seven steps away. , knelt down on one knee, and said loudly.

(End of this chapter)