Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 459
On the battlefield, the Bian army is already in complete chaos.

In ancient times, if you were ambushed during the march, unless the ambusher was too good, there was really nothing you could do.

Because of the state of the march, the officers usually ordered the soldiers to put on the armor temporarily, take off the long and short equipment from the vehicles, and pass by in line when passing through dangerous and critical roads.

But after this period, you have to take off your armor immediately, otherwise you will be too tired to go far, and you will be unable to fight any more.

At this time, the Bian army was marching in a hurry, the formation was scattered, and restricted by the terrain, they could not look at each other from head to tail.

After the ambushed Xia Jun rushed down from the mountains on both sides, he cut the "long snake" into several sections on the spot.

It is customary for heavy armored warriors in Hengshan to go up and down the mountain. There are 50 people in a team.

Trot at a fast pace, but in a disciplined manner, not fighting alone.

There is also coordination between teams. Whichever team stands out will immediately slow down and run in a row, resolutely not giving the enemy a chance to fight randomly.

As a result, the situation on the battlefield is one-sided.

The generals of the Bian army could not find their soldiers, and their soldiers could not find their generals, so they could only gather spontaneously, and were stabbed to death one by one by the Hengshandu warriors who came in a row.

"Shoot!" The lieutenant general who was closely observing the situation on the battlefield waved his flag, and the sound of drumming immediately blew the horn, and the archers stepped forward, and a rain of arrows fell, and nearly a hundred Bian troops gathered together screamed incessantly.

"Kill!" Another command flag was waved, the advocacy hand beat the drum, heavy footsteps sounded, accompanied by the friction and collision of nail leaves, a row of sergeants stabbed long spears one after another, and the remaining Bian army collapsed immediately.

There is such a big difference between organized and unorganized fighting!

In fact, the Xia army who ambushed the Bian army was not many, but only a thousand Hengshan capital soldiers.The key is whether the Bian army has the physical strength, organization and will to resist, this is the key.

On the other side of the valley road, seven or eight hundred cavalrymen had led their horses through the most difficult road.When the officer gave an order, everyone got on their horses and accelerated slowly, and finally charged forward with a thunderous momentum.

In such a narrow valley, if the enemy army has not collapsed, it is absolutely not suitable to charge straight.

But at this time there is no problem.

To deal with these soldiers of the Bian army who were running out of breath, exhausted, and with incomplete equipment, after the initial ambush was successful, the enemy was already frightened, and each of them just wanted to escape for their lives. It was completely logical to defeat them.

Gao Renhou walked down the high slope with confidence.

When he was fighting in Sichuan, he liked to be surprised, and he used this trick several times.

For example, claiming that you don't want to offend someone, paralyzing the other person, and then killing him suddenly.

For example, pretending to be defeated, leading the enemy into an ambush, and suddenly killing them.

But the last time he ambush Zhu Mei, he had a psychological shadow.

Sparing Zhu Mei's front army, he specifically ambushed the central army, and successfully threw Zhu Mei's Fengxiang army into chaos, but Wang Xingyu, who came from behind, took off his armor and fought naked. The Dongchuan soldiers repelled.

How can such a thing happen?

Today's ambush, he was sweating from the beginning to the end, and it was not easy for the old man. Fortunately, there was nothing that violated his cognition of more than 20 years of military career in the end.

"It's a defeat battle, a fly in the ointment." Gao Renhou looked at the defeated Bian army all over the mountains and plains, and smacked his lips, feeling a little regretful.

"Where's the thief general?" He asked again.

"It seems that Zhongliu Ya fell down and was snatched away by his own soldiers. He got on his horse and ran away." Someone replied.

"Ying missed the arrow and just fainted." Another person said.

"Why did he faint when he was alone and uninjured?"

"Could it be dizzy?"

Gao Renhou felt dizzy when he heard that, and said: "Recruit the soldiers of the Bian army, and let them not run away. Those who abandon their weapons and kneel on the ground will not die."

"As ordered."

"Whoever captures the thief general Liu Kangyi will be rewarded with [-] bolts of silk." Gao Ren said generously.

In this battle, he regained the feeling he had in the past when he defeated the grass thief Qianneng in Shuzhong and defeated Yang Shili in Dongchuan, and his confidence has returned!
Well, Lao Gao is happy to find his feeling back, while Liu Kangyi is running away in embarrassment.

"Liu Kangyi, don't run away!"

"Liu Kangyi, you will be beheaded when you go back, why don't you surrender?"

"Don't hide, this forest, I'll search one by one, where are you going?"

"What nonsense, search! Kill this fellow!"

In the deep woods, Liu Kangyi had already abandoned his horse, and with the support of his own soldiers, he stumbled forward and fled.

Outside the forest, there were many sergeants of the Xia Army who were chasing the Bian army's scattered soldiers. They may not have discovered where Liu Kangyi was. They said so at this time, but they were thinking that Liu Kangyi would surrender voluntarily and make a great contribution.

Or, they were making fun of him!

Liu Kangyi felt tightness in his chest again, and wanted to vomit blood, so aggrieved!

Being mobilized around like a silly boy, thousands of troops were buried in the end.

He also figured it out now.

Xiaozhai raised four beacons, and indeed encountered a "big force", but there may not be as many Xia thieves as imagined, and it may even be a suspicious strategy.

They forced the village and ambushed on the way back to the village. How could they have so many people?
Substituting himself into Xia Bandit, Liu Kangyi has even thought of several ways: put elite armored soldiers in front, which looks amazingly powerful, and cavalry in the back stir up a large cloud of smoke and dust, making people unable to see the reality.In the mountains and forests on both sides, there are many banners and flags, and a few drums are prepared in the marching ranks. Anyway, if you don't look closely, you won't be able to tell the truth.

There were [-] troops in the village, and they were taken away, leaving behind only poor soldiers. They were short-sighted and came from various sources. It is understandable to ask for help when they encounter problems.

But this request for help ruined the 5000 of them.

Liu Kangyi wanted to cry but had no tears, and he didn't know how many people could run back?

If they were all Xuanwu Yajun, they could still count on taking in more routs, unless their team leader died.But these people, alas, the source is too complicated, maybe how many people took the opportunity to leave and never returned to the camp.

Staggering through the mountain roads, Liu Kangyi wanted to wipe his neck with a horizontal sword and forget it, but when the matter came to an end, he felt that it was not worth it.Well, I still want to keep my useful body and continue to fight Xia thief.

……

At this time, Li Tangbin had led the main force to the vicinity of Shihaozhai.

This village is only [-] miles away from the place where Gao Renhou and Bai Gui broke the Bian army, so the news was received on the same day.

"Crash!" The map was spread out on the blanket.

Li Tangbin looked at the huge map over and over again.

The soldiers brought soup cakes and put them on the case, but Li Tangbin didn't respond.

After a long time, the soup cakes were cold, but he still didn't respond, he was still checking the map carefully.

"Come on!" A loud shout came from inside the tent, and the soldiers were startled.

"General Fu, please come."

Fu Cunshen, deputy envoy of Tianzhu Army, was patrolling the camp, upon hearing the news, he rushed to the big tent without daring to be negligent.

"General Fu, you lead two battalions of soldiers and two battalions of auxiliary soldiers. Immediately advance eastward, and arrive at the bandit barracks in Xiaoshan within two days. Cooperate with Gao Renhou and Bai Yu to attack this stronghold. If the stronghold has been taken down by then, then the Take over from the ground, guard the camp, and make no mistakes!"

"Obey!" Fu Cunshen was a little excited.

The position of deputy envoy of Tianzhu army is high enough, but under the nose of the coach all day long, he really has no chance to perform.To be in charge of an army of [-] troops today, that would be the best.

Thinking of this, he secretly settled down.

When the opportunity comes, you have to seize it, and you must not learn from Liu Kangyi, who was impulsive and aggressive, and ruined thousands of troops.

"Go down, act quickly." Li Tangbin raised his head and looked at Fu Cunshen with complicated eyes.

This is a capable general.

During his time as deputy envoy, he managed the camp in an orderly manner, was cautious and generous, never talked about people's right and wrong behind their backs, and even risked his life in battle, as he saw when he attacked Fengzhou.

After suppressing it for so long, there is no reason to suppress it anymore, otherwise the commander-in-chief will probably have opinions.

After giving the order to Fu Cunshen, he dispatched messengers, ordering Li Renjun of the Heyuan Army and Li Yixian of the Jishi Army to escort [-] civilians eastward with their troops and horses.

He's hatching a big plan.

Last year, the general led more than [-] soldiers and horses to the east. He fought consecutively, captured and killed several generals, and defeated more than [-] enemies.

This year he led an army of more than [-] people. He just got off to a good start and defeated Liu Kangyi again. If he conquers Qianhao Village and Wei Village again, he is ready to play something different.

On May 28, he mobilized three thousand Dangxiang Shan people from Xiashi to go eastward to Shihao, and at the same time personally led the remaining soldiers and horses of the Tianzhu Army to the outside of Qianhao Village.

"I have seen the envoy." A group of generals came to see him one after another.

"How?" Li Tangbin impatiently boarded the watchtower car to observe the situation in the village.

In the past two days, Yi Congjun had put in all his strength to attack the stronghold regardless of casualties, and more than a thousand people had already been filled in.

The thieves on Shenquetai went down the mountain at night to make a surprise attack, but were repelled by the Yi Congjun who were waiting in full battle, and there was no more movement.

"According to the strategy, the morale of the rebel army should be low. As long as we work harder, this stronghold will be broken." Yi Congjun's military envoy, Wu Zang Jieming, personally commanded the attack on the stronghold, and knew the situation very well: "There should be three thousand rebel soldiers in the stronghold. Yu, the equipment is complete, and it has consumed a lot in the past two days, and I will give the general three more days to supervise the battle in person, and those who retreat will be killed without mercy, as long as the soldiers are willing to work hard, they will definitely be able to take this stockade."

"Don't force yourself." Li Tangbin stretched out his hand to stop what he said behind Jieming, and said, "I just received the news that Gao Renhou sent people to escort the prisoners of the Bian army and carried the captured flag poles to the outside of Xiaozhai. The army was in a state of disarray, and two thousand weak soldiers had abandoned the stronghold and left."

"This—" Mei Zang Jieming was both surprised and delighted.

Gao Renhou and Bai Gui had no more than three thousand cavalry and one thousand infantry, yet they made a series of dramas.

Bian general Liu Kangyi is not bad, but he was too eager. Lao Gao took the opportunity to kill more than 3000 troops at once—more than a thousand beheaded, two thousand people were captured, and the rest were ripped into the mountains. Liu Kangyi can accommodate hundreds of defeated soldiers It's all very fragrant.

In the first battle, they conquered Shihao, beheaded four hundred and captured seven hundred.

After these two battles, more than [-] bandit soldiers have been killed and wounded. It's only been a few days?

Since Zhu Quanzhong dared to send miscellaneous cards to defend the city in front, don't blame us for accepting them all.

Great mourning for master and apprentice, let's bear the consequences by ourselves.

"Stop the attack first." Li Tangbin ordered: "The attack is so urgent, not only our army suffered heavy casualties, but also forced the bandit army to unite. Most of the diehards in the village are Xuanwu soldiers, and Xu Su's troops don't want to die for Zhu Quanzhong. , The Henan government’s army’s fighting spirit is the same. Wait for a group of prisoners from Xiaozhai to come over, and immediately persuade them to surrender.”

"As ordered!"

(End of this chapter)