Chapter 505 Leshou Ambush
In late October, the autumn wind in Hebei has already become cool. The autumn frost in the morning has caused red leaves in the forest. The leaves on the trees gradually turn yellow, and the wild trees in the mountains are full of unknown wild fruits.
In Leshou County, Hejian County, on the low mountain foot road, cavalry drove from the south.[..com]
First, a flag-holding official carried a big flag with a large character embroidered with the word "Guo". On the side of the team, a general about fifty years old was white-bearded and sat on the horse with a solemn face, looking ahead from a distance. He was the main general of this 10,000 horses, the Huya Lang general Guo Xun. He was originally a garrison of Zhuo County, but after Zhuo County was taken down by Chen Pojun and changed to Beijing City, he was also transferred into the army.
This Nanzheng, relying on his years of friendship with Luo Yi, he won the orders from Luo Yi's vanguard army. Just yesterday, Luo Yi, the vanguard general of the Nanzheng, received a letter of surrender from Dou Jiande. Although they felt that they had missed an opportunity to suppress bandits and make meritorious contributions, there was His Highness Chen above, so they could only accept Dou Jiande's request to surrender.
Dou Jiande asked himself to be the front-runner and was willing to lead his troops to attack Gao Shida. This is of course a good thing. However, in order to prevent Dou Jiande from playing any tricks, Luo Yi finally sent him to lead 10,000 troops to head north to Hejian County. If Dou Jiande plays any tricks at that time, he believes that with his 10,000 troops, Dou Jiande will definitely be doomed.
Looking at the empty wilderness, Guo Xun turned around and asked, "Where is Dou Jiande's troops?" A minion behind him hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Dou Jiande left his general Gao Yaxian, Fan Yuan and the other two reorganized their troops in Gonggao City, and personally led 30,000 people to Hejian. Now it is still half a day away from Leshou City." "Okay, send the order and wait until the troops arrive at Leshou for another half a day. This time our mission is to monitor Dou Jiande, and when Dou Jiande's troops arrive, let them go first. For these rebels, they bite the dogs, and we can watch the show on the side." When Guo Xun talked about the peasant army, his eyes were full of disgust. He was also from a noble family and had been an imperial official for many years. The rebels who looked down on the most were those rebels who came from a tuizi.
The messengers rode war horses and sent orders everywhere. The soldiers who received the orders all accelerated their speed. As long as they left the forest in front of them, Leshou City could be in sight. After several days of travel, everyone was thinking of entering the city early, and finally took a hot bath.
The team rolled forward, but Guo Xun suddenly had his eyebrows twisted together, and raised his hand in a calm state, "Wait a moment, there is something strange in front."
"grown ups?"
Guo Xun pointed to the dense forest in front of him, "My army is rolling in, there is no movement in that dense forest. Don't you find it strange?"
When the subordinate generals heard this, Yezhou became solemn. It was late autumn now, and there were always many wild fruits and countless birds in the forest. According to common sense, when a large army passes by the forest, the beasts and birds in the forest will inevitably startle. But now, the dense forest in front is quiet, so quiet that it makes people feel that it is a pool of stagnant water.
Everyone was born as a regular general. If birds and beasts in the mountains and forests were startled, there must be soldiers and horses in the forest. And if there was no movement in the forest, then the same is true for a big reason is that a soldier and horses were ambushed in the forest early, and the birds in the forest were scared away, so they did not react at all when they arrived.
"The whole army stopped moving forward! Send a team of scouts into the forest to search carefully!" Guo Xun immediately gave a steady order. Although he was not afraid of the rebels, he had just joined Chen Pojun's tent and had to be cautious in his actions, not seeking merits, but seeking no mistakes.
The orders were imposed, and the army showed the good qualities of professional soldiers. Without any hesitation, ten thousand troops quickly stopped moving forward and began to re-adjust the somewhat scattered formations in the march under the orders of the officers.
A rumbling sound appeared in the northwest direction.
Guo Xun and his generals changed their minds and thought to themselves, and they thought to themselves that there was really an ambush in the forest?
"The soldiers and horses appeared in the northwest direction! They are cavalry, cavalry of the rioters!"
"There are a lot of foreshadowings in the dense forest in the east, which is a rioter!"
"There are also ambushes rushing out in the jungle in the north!"
"The number of cavalry is unknown, about 10,000!" "The ambush infantry in the dense forest has about 50,000 people!" "It is the flag of the Hejian rioters! The leading flag is the big flag of the Dou character! It is Dou Jiande!" "There are generals in the ambush in the north, which is Gao Kaidao in Hejian!"
Scouts flew over and over again, bringing messages that made people's face change.
As if to verify their words, the cavalryman with the Dou-like banner rushed forward in the flying soil. The knights on the horse did not have a unified armor.
Wearing colorful clothes and holding weapons from the Five Eight Gate, there was not even a complete charge formation. With a fierce momentum, they rushed towards them like a swarm of rushing. While charging, tens of thousands of cavalrymen roared wildly and made huge roars.
Guo Xun's face changed and he had confirmed that this army, which was called huāzi, was indeed a riot in Hebei. The big flag of Dou and the big flag of Gao had already made him understand that it was Dou Jiande and Gao Kaidao.
Seeing these two people, he understood in his heart that Gao Shida and Dou Jiande had a rift. Dou Jiande had a heart of his own, Gao Shida killed Dou Jiande's wife, and asked for surrender. It turned out that all of this was just a smoke scheme used by Dou Jiande, a bitter flesh scheme that kept them all.
Looking at the huge chaos in front of him, Dou Jiande must have transferred all his elite troops here, but they really thought Dou Jiande was just a brave bandit who was afraid of death. When they heard the arrival of the Southern Expedition Army, they thought he was really coming to surrender. They even thought that they were still behind him. Unexpectedly, they had set up this ambush situation in front of them.
The anger of being deceived surged in his heart. Guo Xun took off the exquisite horse spear next to his saddle and held the spear in his hand. His confidence instantly increased.
"Change the formation, the marching formation becomes the cavalry's marching arrow charge formation! Brothers, show your skills and let these muds see what real cavalry is, let them know that cavalry cannot be done by just pulling a mule. Brothers, kill them one of them, and who will personally cut off Dou Jiande's head, and be promoted to three levels, and reward a thousand taels of gold!" Guo Xun was not afraid of the Hejian rebel army that was constantly approaching. "The whole army rushed for me!" A general next to him hesitated and persuaded, "General, the chaos army raided, full of spirit. Moreover, the number of chaos army is far better than us. Should we temporarily set up a defensive array to block the previous few? "The whole army rushed for me!" A general next to him hesitated and persuaded, "General, the chaos army raided, full of spirit. Moreover, the number of chaos army is far better than us. Should we temporarily set up a defensive array to block the previous few?
After the attack, then counterattack?”
Guo Xun had no expression on his face, but he looked at the captain who was transferred from the Liaodong Army with some contempt. In the past, he always felt that the Liaodong Army was unparalleled and the most powerful enemy troops dared to rush up directly. But when he saw this captain today, he felt that those must be the praises of the Liaodong Army itself. Even the turbulent people were so timid, how brave could they be?
However, even though he thought so in his heart, Guo Xun did not express what he thought. After all, although the lieutenant was not of high level, he was also from the Liaodong Army and was an old subordinate of Chen Pojun. He said that he was just a surrendered general, so he still could not offend him.
"Person Liu, please rest assured. Although the chaotic army is numerous, they are all mobs. Although our army is small, the Hebei army has always been strong in the world. What's more, among these ten thousand brothers, there are still many Khitan warriors who can fight against the chaotic people. They will not be able to fight in one battle. Person Liu, please lead a group of troops to hold the ground and wait for the general to lead the troops to take Dou Jiande's head and return."
Dou Jiande took the lead and handed a big Hebei gun. Gao Yaxian, Fan Yuan, Dong Kangmai, Cao Dan, Cao Zhan, Kong Shaode, Cheng Mingzhen, Hu Daen, Liu Ya, Liu Bin and other confidant generals all went into battle. Even his daughter Dou Hongxian was wearing a horse and leaping on the gun.
The original plan was that Dou Jiande planned to wait for Guo Xun's troops to enter the dense forest before attacking suddenly.
After beating them, they went out to break the formation, cut and surround them, and finally ate the ten thousand people. Unexpectedly, Guo Xun was so careful that he suddenly stopped moving forward in front of the dense forest. In desperation, Dou Jiande had to fight out in advance.
After defeating Zhang Jin, all the war horses collected were armed with 10,000 cavalry, followed by 50,000 infantry.
Guo Xun and his troops here were not afraid at all. They changed the formation in an orderly manner and quickly changed from a marching array to a charge formation. Guo Xun took the lead with a horse spear and led three thousand Hebei cavalry in front, three thousand Khitan cavalry on the left wing, and three thousand cavalry on the right wing Luo Wu, the general assigned by Luo Yi. Finally, Liu Ling, the Liaodong Military Captain, led one thousand cavalry behind the palace.
Dou Jiande ran wildly. Seeing that the imperial soldiers on the opposite side did not retreat, they took the initiative to greet him. Although he was surprised, he felt heavy pressure. Fan Yuan, the general beside him, was surprised and his face turned red.
Although these were just ten thousand cavalry in the eyes of Sui generals such as Guo Xun, they were just ten thousand mobs. But for the Hejian rebels, this small number of cavalry made them feel infinitely more confident. How could they have had so many cavalry in the past?
Although they had many victories under the command of Dou Jiande, they had only one thousand cavalry at most. Later, after Chen Pojun rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, all the soldiers and horses of the court were transferred to northeastern Hebei, so their power took the opportunity to expand a lot and had a cavalry of 5,000 people.
Waving the Hebei spear, horse spear, long spear, spear, wolf teeth, stick, long axe, long halberd, ten thousand Hejian Rebel cavalry behind screamed like a surging wave, surging wildly...
Chapter completed!