Chapter 95 Chapter 95(1/2)
Two days later, Gu Huilong led the army to Shunyang early.
However, it was still one step late.
What greeted him was Li Mu's army, who was waiting for battle on the other side of the fallen city and the river.
Gu Huilong was furious and immediately ordered the search and investigation of the ships, crossing the river and attacking for force. However, he was dissuaded by a adviser from his subordinates.
The strategist said that Li Mu had the reputation of fighting, and this time he was asked to seize the initiative. He occupied Shunyang, and now he is waiting for his leisure. Although the emperor's army is better than Li Mu, in order to help Shunyang, the army came here after a long journey. Now it is exhausted and complains constantly, not to mention the opportunity for profit. If you attack head-on immediately, you will definitely be attacked by Li Mu. Not to mention reaching the other side, I am afraid that it will even be a problem whether you can successfully cross. It is better to station on the north shore first, wait for the soldiers to recover, and then adapt to the situation and look for the fighter.
Although Gu Huilong was violent in nature, he would revenge his grudges. He was not a brainless person. Otherwise, when he had not yet gained power, he would not have caused Hou Ding to lose his wife or even almost lost his country.
After calming down and knowing that the counselor was right, he adopted the suggestion and ordered people to prepare the ships while ordering the soldiers to rest and wait for the fighter planes.
The river surface is wide, and although the two armies confront each other, the movements and stillness of the other shore can be seen faintly on sunny days.
What he didn't expect was that just as he had given the order, the soldiers had not even had time to set up camp, and the other side quickly gathered a large number of troops, and boats were dispatched, and the soldiers boarded the ships, and the bowmen were lined up along the river.
In an instant, arrows were like rain, shooting across the river. Countless stone cannons also shot with arrows, landing on the north bank of the river, splashing large splashes of water.
The soldiers on the front coast could not hide. Some were shot by arrows, some were hit by stone cannons, and the scene was chaotic.
Obviously, Li Mu wanted to cross the river and attack while he was tired.
Gu Huilong was furious again and immediately commanded the army to form a formation. He also quickly mobilized a large number of archers and catapults to counterattack on the other side.
Under the counterattack of the arrow formation and stone cannons, the ships that had already started the water turned around and the soldiers came ashore.
Seeing that the other party's momentum was finally suppressed, Gu Huilong's soldiers cheered, spitted at the opposite side, and yelled insults.
Before Gu Huilong had time to breathe, the soldiers came to report again, saying that just now, there was another large Southern Dynasty army crossing the river, as if they were about to land from there.
Gu Huilong was furious again and hurriedly dispatched troops to sniper.
The north and south sides shot arrows and threw stones at each other, and cursed endlessly. The battle was in full swing, and I was reported that at another ferry, the Southern Dynasties army gathered to cross the river again.
On this day, Gu Huilong was like this. He was transferred to run around by the mobile army arranged by Li Mu. He was exhausted and finally waited until dark. He could have had a temporary rest, but he didn't expect that the other side would not stop.
That night, the extremely tired soldiers of the Western Jin Dynasty had just fallen into their dreams, and suddenly they torches on the other side of the river. The Southern Dynasties army took advantage of the night to run around the opposite side. The sound of people was loud and the horses were neighing, and the sound of trumpets came one after another, and the sound of clamoring sounds were roaring, and the momentum was to cross the river at night to attack.
After walking for many days, another Xijin soldier who was tired during the day woke up from his sleep and had to continue to cheer up and deal with the attack.
This was the case day and night for three days. Not to mention that the Xijin soldiers were extremely tired and complained, even Gu Huilong himself could not stand it.
He also understood that Li Mu was commanding the army to deliberately move in different directions, creating momentum to cross the river and attack vigorously, and drag down his army.
The strategist also suggested that he should not be led by the nose like this again. Since he could not gather enough ferries for a while, it would be better to gather the army, choose a suitable place to station, rest and rest, and then send a small team of soldiers to set up posts along the river to closely monitor and investigate the enemy situation on the other side. There are differences and wait for an opportunity to act.
Gu Huilong accepted what his counselor said.
In the next few days, the Southern Dynasties' army continued to attack. When the soldiers of the Western Jin Dynasty gradually turned a blind eye, they received news from the spies, saying that Li Mu's army was named 70,000, but 30,000 of them were all from Hou Ding, Qiu Chi. Hou Li, who was in charge of the army, was determined to take revenge and was eager to seize the tired fighter opportunity of Xi Jin at this moment and wanted to cross the river to attack. Li Mu did not accept it and wanted to confront Gu Huilong first. This method made him angry and made him take the initiative to attack when he was completely unbearable. He waited for his leisure. The two argued and were in a state of irritability.
Two days later, the soldiers of Xijin on the north bank faintly saw the Han army and Qiu Chi's army in the south bank. As expected, they divided their camps and stationed their own camps to prove the news of the spies. So they completely relieved and ignored them. Seeing that the other side was still bluffing, they all laughed and mocked, calling the people of the Southern Dynasty a turtle.
Li Mu's army seemed to be unmoved at all. There were a few harassments during the day and night, and never really crossed the river.
Until seven or eight days later, a late night of foggy, he sent soldiers to continue to make noise on the south bank to cover up the noise, but in fact he quietly transferred the main force and the ships that had gradually dispersed every day to a pre-selected ferry dozens of miles upstream.
At the fifth hour, before dawn, and before the fog had dissipated, he gave his order, and a large number of ships hidden by the reeds from the river quickly gathered, carrying soldiers and crossed the river quickly.
The Xijin sentry showed abnormal movements on the other side and reported them.
Previously, a large number of soldiers from the Southern Dynasty had frequently crossed the river at this ferry, day and night, regardless of time, and even halfway through the crossing.
The leader who was sent here had long been indifferent to such news. Although he heard from the sentry that the scale seemed to be larger this time than before, he thought that it was nine out of ten, and the other party was fighting again. In the past few days, the emperor was extremely irritable and scolded him. The day before yesterday, the soldiers of the Guhui tribe and Tuyuhun tribe beaten to death, and he was furious when he heard the news and killed an officer of the Tuyuhun tribe who took the lead. If a large army was transferred to the present moment and was now being played with, he might not be able to take it away, so he asked someone to stare at him again. When the other party's motive was discovered, he would not have to startle the emperor immediately.
It was this one who stared at me and missed the opportunity.
The sky was lightly bright and the fog was gone. When the north bank finally saw clearly, this time the south bank was not pretending to be mysterious, but real. Countless ships were loaded with soldiers of the Southern Dynasty, and were rowing towards this side, and they were rushing to report the news - but it was too late.
A large number of soldiers from the Southern Dynasty landed on the shore, and easily wiped out the hundreds of squads. Under the cover of dawn, the army rushed towards Gu Huilong's army camp.
At the same time, the remaining troops who were originally waiting on the south bank quickly built a floating bridge with boats.
All 70,000 people immediately crossed the river without any obstacles and rushed towards the Xijin Camp, which was still sleeping.
Gu Huilong woke up from his sleep. Before he could even put on his clothes, he hurried out of the tent, trying to command the army to gather and fight. However, the enemy would no longer give him such a chance.
The camp caught fire and the orders were invalid. A large number of Xijin soldiers were awakened from the sound of killing in their dreams. Not to mention following the orders, they could not even find their armor and weapons. How could they resist the Southern Dynasties soldiers who came from all directions? Those who picked up the weapons only fought for a moment, and then fled with the crowd.
Looking around, there were all enemy soldiers from all directions. Seeing that the situation was over and knew that it would not be possible to stay for a long time, Gu Huilong abandoned the camp and broke through the encirclement under the protection of his confidants around him. He took the lead in going north and wanted to escape to Pingxing County, where the city was more stable. He did not want to be blocked by a cavalry who had detoured in advance. He had no choice but to be forced to go west in a hurry and fled to a military town a hundred miles away from Shunyang, where he took a breath and gathered the remnants.
He brought out a 100,000 army, and now he is still following his own. Less than half of them are left, and the dead are scattered.
Gu Huilong was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and vowed to tear Li Mu apart. He immediately sent someone to Chang'an to inform President Gu, the emperor's brother stationed there, to send troops to rescue him.
As soon as the news came out, Li Mu's army followed him and surrounded the Bingzhen, and launched a fierce attack.
Bingzhen is just a small town, with a wall less than two feet high and a mud foundation. It has been disrepair and is not secure. How can it withstand the siege of Li Mu's army?
In just two days, the city wall collapsed.
Gu Huilong's army had long lost its fighting spirit and lost the protection of the city walls. They fled in scattered like birds and beasts. Gu Huilong fled again, trying to run back to his hometown in Qincheng and then discuss revenge, but was surrounded by soldiers of the Xianbei Tuyuhun tribe who had been dissatisfied with him in the chaos. After killing, he cut off his head. The Tuyuhun tribe then supported the generals of his tribe, fled to Qincheng, and decided to occupy Qincheng and change the dynasty.
Gu Huilong had previously captured Chang'an and ordered his brother Gu to garrison. He raised his troops south to attack Li Mu, but he did not expect that Changhong was unstoppable and suffered such a crushing defeat. Not only did he ruin a hundred thousand troops, he was also cut off by the rebels and his body was different.
The news soon reached Chang'an.
At this time, Li Mu's army was continuing to head north to Chang'an, with unstoppable momentum. Along the way, Pingxing, Weixing and other places were invincible, and the army left Chang'an, but only seven or eight days left.
When President Gu was frightened, he was given a reply and killed his brother's Tuyuhun tribe. He is now heading towards Qincheng, as if he was planning to be a illegitimate plan.
It is the back of the Gu Hui clan and the capital of the Xijin.
Losing Chang'an is just a pain.
If you throw away Qincheng, you will be even taken away by someone.
President Gu quickly made a decision to give up Chang'an and lead the army back to Qincheng to strangle the rebellion of Tuyuhun tribe.
But how could he give away a piece of big meat he had already obtained?
President Gu led his troops to flee Chang'an, leaving behind an army of 5,000 people. He ordered that before Li Mu arrives, he must slaughter all the residents in the city and set fire to the city.
Many years ago, when Chang'an was still Xijing in Dayu, the population was once 500,000, and the business was prosperous and extremely prosperous.
Decades ago, Xiao Shi crossed south and Chang'an fell into the hands of the Hu people. At that time, he experienced a tragic disaster. Three days ago, tens of thousands of residents were slaughtered, their houses were burned, and the city was devastated, which was tragic.
After becoming emperor in Beixia, in order to increase taxes, maintain huge military expenditures and expenditures, and stabilize the dynasty, the tyranny gradually receded. Over the past few decades, the population of Chang'an has gradually reproduced again, and now it has become a huge city with nearly 100,000 residents.
Just a few months ago, when the Western Jin Dynasty attacked Chang'an and Beixia retreated and defeated, the city had already experienced disasters and thousands of residents died. After falling into Gu Huilong's hands, he was also treated cruelly in the past few months. Not only was the family robbed and the kitchen knife was taken away, and his wife and daughter were taken away. The four gates of the city were also closed day and night, and Xijin did not let a resident out of the city.
The city of more than 100,000 people, even during the day, the streets were empty. Everyone was trembling. Except for those who were arrested and sent to work, no one dared to go out at will, fearing that disaster would fall from the sky and encounter unexpected problems.
But the greatest misfortune still came.
On this day, there were bloody storms and miserable clouds and miserable mists over Chang'an.
President Gu abandoned the city and left the army to carry out the massacre before leaving.
The horror that arises with the news spreads wildly in the city. People drag their children and daughters around, trying to find a place to hide. But where can they hide in the world?
The three-way city gates in the east, west, north and the three directions were all filled with huge rocks, leaving only the South Gate to pass through. The massacre and burning of the city also began with the South Gate.
In the fire, the unarmed city residents escaped from the Nanba of the city, chasing five thousand Xianbei soldiers like wolves and tigers behind them.
Crying and screaming that burst into tears spread all over the city.
Seeing a tragic massacre, it was about to come to Chang'an, an ancient city with many disasters. Outside the four gates of the city, there were suddenly a shocking shout of killing.
Sun Fangzhi and Gao Huan, led the Liwu team and two thousand cavalrymen, to appear in Chang'an.
Li Mu had long expected that President Gu would be very likely to abandon the city and go west. With Hu Liao's cruelty and inhumanity, it was not impossible to massacre the city before leaving. Although his army could not arrive in time, he was still in Shunyang and launched a surprise attack. On the day when Gu Huilong was defeated, he sent Sun Fangzhi and Gao Huan in advance to lead the Liwu team and two thousand light cavalry to rush to Chang'an first.
This army, traveling day and night, had arrived the day before yesterday and had been lurking outside. Today, when President Gu led his army westward, there was a fire in the city, he knew that Li Mu had left the soldiers to prepare to massacre the city. He immediately divided the suspicious soldiers and rushed to the east, west and north city gates, drove horses back and forth to trample on the yellow mud ground, stepped out of the dust, and the flags brought in advance were covered with the sound of killing, which seemed to be an attack on the army.
At the same time, Gao Huan led a hundred cavalry and rushed to the open south gate in the yellow dust slashed out from the horse's hooves. He led the soldiers and shouted in the Xianbei language he taught, "Li Mu's army has arrived, surrounded the whole city, run away quickly!"
The Xianbei soldiers in the city were already afraid of Li Mu, a native of the Southern Dynasty, and were ordered to chase and kill the city people. Suddenly, they heard the clan sayings calling for escape from their ears. They didn't know whether it was true or false. They thought it was a warning from their companions and were shocked. Who could still care about killing people? At this moment, it was important to escape from their lives, so they turned around and rushed to the south gate.
When the five thousand people rushed out of the city gate and rushed to escape, Sun Fangzhi, who had been ambushing, led his subordinates to kill him and intercept him.
Gao Huan ordered people to guard the city gate, and then he also led the remaining cavalry and joined the pursuit of the ranks.
Although the number of people on both sides of this battle cannot be compared with the previous battle with tens of thousands of people, the tragic situation is even worse.
When Gao Huan was in Jiankang, he also heard that Hu Liao was cruel. But he was kind by nature. When he came to Yicheng, he joined the battle several times. On the battlefield, sometimes he encountered a situation where his brother-in-law ordered all the surrendered Hu soldiers to be killed on the spot. Sometimes he felt unbearable, and even was ridiculed by Sun Fangzhi as if his mother was soft-hearted.
Only at this moment, I witnessed with my own eyes how these Xianbei soldiers, who were originally ordinary people, became so dehumanized under the crushing of war, even raised their butcher knife in their hands to the innocent young and old in the city. Finally, my eyes were naked and there was only one thought left in my mind.
For tooth, for blood.
Born in a chaotic world, the way of heaven is dead, human life is despicable, as lowly as a dog. The books of sages he read since childhood, the moral words taught in the books are also the romantic, suave and elegant scholars who are full of Jiankang City.
In front of the massacre of the city, it is all jokes!
Use war to control war, use violence to control violence!
Only when violence is held in one day can be strong enough to strangle all other violence, morality can be restored and the world can be peaceful!
He was jealous and rushed forward, slashing at people when he saw them, as if he was crazy and merciless.
The other Li Wu partners who were with him were also like this.
One Xianbei butcher after another was chopped to the ground, corpses piled up, blood flowed all over the ground, and his feet stepped down and blood splashed out.
To be continued...