Chapter 684: The Crisis of the Liangzhou Army
In Hengshan Fort and Liangzhou Iron Cavalry were besieged by a large number of Xianbei cavalry. Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Tao and military advisor Cui Hao set up a net of heaven and earth at Hengshan Fort and tried to annihilate Xie Ai's 200,000 Liangzhou troops.
Tuoba Tao was extremely ambitious and wanted to swallow 200,000 Liangzhou troops in one breath and make unparalleled achievements.
Gao Guiying's Dashun Army was in a hurry. Xie Ai knew that Tuoba Tao had set up a net of heaven and earth in front of him, and had to support him, and fought fiercely with the Xianbei cavalry in the Hengshan Fort area.
If Zhang Hua was here, he would definitely see that Tuoba Tao was a typical tactic of accompaniment.
The ancients' use of military tactics has become perfect.
Tuoba Tao sent heavy troops to guard Hengshan Fort to prevent the Liangzhou army from advancing forward, and personally led the Xianbei cavalry to cut off the Liangzhou army's retreat and besieged the Liangzhou army in the Hengshan area.
The 200,000 Liangzhou troops and hundreds of thousands of war horses require a large amount of baggage. Once trapped, the 200,000 Liangzhou troops are likely to slaughter the war horses as food.
The four generals Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and Xiliang led their troops to attack the Hengshan Fort that Tuoba Tao used to control the battlefield, but were repelled by the Xianbei soldiers of Hengshan Fort.
"kill!"
Yang Dayan, the first fierce general under Tuoba Tao, led a tiger-patterned iron cavalry, and his troops went out of Hengshan Fort, and he was facing high ground to attack the Western Liang army. The four generals of Xiliang were defeated!
"ah!!!"
Fan Chou let out a scream, Yang's big-eyed horse spear pierced through Fan Chou's chest, Fan Chou vomited blood from his mouth, and the blood stained the armor red!
Fan Chou 87's force is also considered a brave general in the Liangzhou army. However, Yang Dayan killed Fan Chou in just a dozen moves!
"Fan Chou!"
"The thief is powerful, retreat!"
Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Jitu were sad when they died, and they knew they were unable to defeat Yang Dayan, so they fled in panic.
The Liangzhou army left behind thousands of corpses and gave up attacking Hengshan Fort, and the corpses were everywhere.
"Li Jue, Guo Si, these Dong Zhuo's generals are really brave people, but unfortunately they met me, Tuoba Tao."
Tuoba Tao led the Xianbei army to build a large number of earthen brigades and besiege Liangzhou army. When he learned that Yang Dayan was guarding Hengshan Fort, a group of Xianbei generals repelled Li Jue and Guo Si fought for the Western Liang soldiers of Hengshan Fort. Tuoba Tao showed a successful expression.
Tuoba Tao's military advisor Cui Hao planned and made plans in the Hengshan Fort area, causing Xie Ai's 200,000 Liangzhou troops to be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Xianbei cavalry and could not advance or retreat.
Tuoba Tao's Northern Wei army had many good generals and brave generals, including Han Mao, Murong Baiyao, Xing Luan, Yuanying, Xi Jin, Changsun Song, etc., and hundreds of famous Northern Wei generals participated in the besieging Liangzhou Army. The Liangzhou Army was almost in desperate situation.
Yang Dayan, Pan Baozhu and his wife are even more powerful generals. They defeated Li Jue and Guo Si many times. Yang Dayan killed Fan Chou and weakened the morale of the Liangzhou army.
Hengshan Fort became a place where military strategists competed for between the two sides, but the Liangzhou army was unable to conquer Hengshan Fort.
General Fan Chou died in battle, and the morale of the Liangzhou army was sluggish.
King Juqu Mengxun of the Northern Liang king led the Northern Liang soldiers to try to open up the food channel backward, but was defeated by Tuoba Tao himself commanding the cavalry and lost thousands of cavalry.
Tuoba Tao himself was the strongest commander of the Northern Wei Dynasty. His commander value exceeded 95. He also had a large number of cavalry under his command. He fought in the field. King Juqu Mengxun of the Northern Liang king was even depressed.
The Liangzhou army failed to attack Hengshan Fort and was unable to open up the food channel. They were in trouble and were in a dilemma.
Xie Ai shrank his troops and formed a defensive formation, trying to regroup and find the flaws of the Northern Wei army.
Gu Ku
"We are in a difficult situation with great talent who is good at strategizing and setting up a net of heaven and earth. In a few days, we will be exhausted and we can only kill the war horses. In another ten days, the battle of Changping and Zhao Kuo may be reappeared."
Li Ru went into battle personally and killed dozens of Xianbei cavalry with poisonous fog, but he could not reverse the outcome.
Li Ru observed the situation around him and was shocked to realize that Tuoba Tao wanted to reappear in the Battle of Changping and killed 200,000 Liangzhou troops.
The situation set up by Tuoba Tao in Hengshan Fort was very ambitious.
If Tuoba Tao killed 200,000 Liangzhou troops in one battle, he would definitely become famous in one battle and gain the attention of Li Shimin. I am afraid he would be qualified to be a king in the future.
Xie Ai and Li Ru were not careful when they were dealing with it, and the 200,000 Liangzhou troops were wiped out. Then the northern defense line in Guanzhong would collapse, and the Xianbei cavalry would attack the Hexi Corridor or Guanzhong, which would be unstoppable.
"For seven days, our Liangzhou army has been killed in battle for 40,000, and the rest have been injured. There are only two ways at present. First, we stand firm here and wait for changes. Second, we try to attack at night, break through the encirclement, and join the Dashun army in Yulin Village."
Xie Ai built sand trays with sand and gravel, and deduced them with Liangzhou generals such as Li Ru, Li Jue, Guo Si, Juqu Mengxun, and tried to find out the flaws of the Northern Wei army.
Xie Ai has the talent of "Night Owl", and is good at night attacks. Even if he uses troops in the dark, it is like in the daytime, so strong attacks at night are Xie Ai's last means.
Hua Xiong was furious: "We were trapped in Hengshan for seven days and seven nights. Instead of continuing to sit and wait for death, it is better to give it a try!"
Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's eyes were fierce: "You can't retreat, let it go!"
"Then there is only one way."
With the example of Zhao Kuo's Battle of Changping, the Liangzhou generals knew that the longer they were besieged by the other side, the more unfavorable it was. Regardless of morale and food, the lower the food and grass, there was still a glimmer of hope for breaking through the siege.
"Let the soldiers have a full meal later and prepare to break through at night."
Xie Ai ordered that the Liangzhou army finally had no need to tighten their clothes and feast, and could have a meal.
But they also knew that before the death battle, the generals would reward the three armies, increase morale, and at the same time give the soldiers enough physical strength to fight.
Next, it may be the last battle of the Liangzhou Army.
The Liangzhou Army suffered a lot of losses in the previous battle with the Xia Army.
If the battle at Hengshan Fort was annihilated again, the Liangzhou army might not appear in the battlefield of the Central Plains in the next ten years.
"It seems that the time has come for me to make achievements. Only I can save the situation, and from then on, I will be the general and the prime minister, and break the ground and be granted the king."
Among the Liangzhou army, a captain with a gorgeous long sword hanging around his waist bit the dried mutton and muttered to himself.
"Sir, although you have the talent to use troops, you can't break the encirclement of the Xianbei people. Why do you say crazy?"
The hundreds of people under the captain will think that their boss is just joking.
In Zhang Hua's military system, the commander of the legion is the highest-level real-powered general, commanding an army ranging from 100,000 to 300,000, followed by the generals and deputy generals below the legion, commanding thousands to tens of thousands.
The lieutenant and the Sima of other departments commanded hundreds to thousands of troops.
Then there are the commanders of a hundred generals.
This lieutenant has only 500 soldiers, how can he turn the tide?
The captain sneered: "How can the sparrow know the ambition of a swan? Since you meet me, since you are my generals, then one person will be able to achieve enlightenment from now on, and the chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven."
Chapter completed!