Chapter 531: The First Rider (2)
In the dark night before dawn, the six towns of the government army camp at the foot of Juye Mountain fell into chaos.
Although the left-right general Zhang Zimian and Zhongwu both fought to the death of Wang Jian and Jin Hui, allowing Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong to escape Zhu Wen's pursuit, they were not happy for long. Although Zhang Zimian and the other two were brave and fierce, they only relied on hundreds of infantry gathered together to fight against the three thousand elite light cavalry led by the Five Tiger Generals of the Cao Army. However, after a moment of blocking, the array of Zhang Zimian and the other three were completely rushed, and the three of them fled into the darkness with their remaining soldiers.
Not long after, Zhu Wen and the other two led the Five Tiger Generals to catch up with Yang Fugong and the other two again.
Winning and losing are impermanent, and fate is repeated!
Yesterday, Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugongcai led the troops of the six towns to defeat the thief and beheaded more than 30,000. But before one night, they immediately tasted the thrill of Huang Chao being pursued yesterday.
Yesterday, the three brothers Zhu Wen rode their horses to chase Huang Chao, but were finally persuaded by Huang Chao and exchanged them for freedom with gold and armor flags. But today is different. Although the three brothers Zhu Wen are still chasing them, they have now become generals of the grass army. What's more, even if the three of them are willing to let go of their old boss, there are five generals behind them.
Especially Lin Yan, who is Huang Chao's nephew. Lin Yan, like Huang Chao, hates the eunuchs and then corrupt officials the most, and his hatred for the Emperor of Tang is second. If Lin Yan is chased, it will be difficult to even have a happy life.
Zhu Wen chased him closer and closer. Seeing that Ximen Sigong and the others were approaching, he shouted loudly: "Ximen Chief Superintendent, Yang Gongjun Envoy, why don't you get off the horse and wait for capture!" Zhu Wen chased and scolded, while drawing his sword and slashing at Ximen Sigong. Although Ximen Sigong praised him not long ago and gave him armor, Zhu Wen was not ruthless. Since he had surrendered to the Cao Army, he was incompatible with the official army.
The two of them almost walked side by side, but the sword was still a little short of it. Even though Ximen Sigong was used to the big scene, he was so scared that he was so scared that he couldn't breathe. The Zhongwu Army leader Cui Anqin, who was following Ximen Sigong, immediately fired his bow from left to right. He shot several cavalry in a row, but never shot Zhu Wen.
At this critical moment, when Zhu Wen lifted his sword and rushed up again, a arrow suddenly flew into the sky. Zhu Wen's war horse suddenly neighed, his front hooves softened, and he fell to the ground. Zhu Wen quickly picked the kick and fell off his horse.
Only then did everyone see that the person who came was Du Qing, the defender of Dongdu, led a group of troops to arrive, and shot down the Zhu Wen war horse who was chasing the front with an arrow. The Dongdu soldiers hurriedly protected Ximen Sigong and others. When Zhu Zhen and others arrived, Ximen Sigong and others had already escaped from Xu Yuan again.
At this time, the Tang army camp had gradually reacted, and from time to time, soldiers gathered together to rush over. The three thousand cavalry of the Cao Army gradually fell into the camp. They had to rush left and right, but they lost a lot. It was impossible to chase after this. Lin Yan and others immediately tried the situation and ordered to break out of the camp before the Tang army surrounded them.
Zhu Wen, who had just stepped on another war horse, couldn't help but feel annoyed as Ximen Sigong and others had already escaped far away. He sighed to the sky, "It's a pity that the bow and arrow have been used up before, otherwise he would have taken the life of the old thief!" If Ximen Sigong's life could be obtained, he would immediately gain a foothold in the grass army and even rise to a higher position.
Ximen Sigong was supported by Cui Anqian, the governor of Zhongwu, and Du Qing, the defense envoy of Dongdu, and finally got rid of the enemy's cavalry's pursuit. He was shocked and immediately rushed to the north and joined the left wing.
The left wing of the official army was Zhao Yi army and Heyang army. After rushing to the left wing, Ximen Sigong immediately listened to Li Zhuo's report. The thieves broke into the Xuanwu army and Yicheng army stationed on the right wing, and then cut into the Central Army camp and attacked the camps of the Zhongwu army and the Dongdu army. The left wing is still complete now, and there are no thieves who are invading.
Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong calmed down a little, and began to mobilize the troops with gritted teeth.
The two armies fought from before dawn until dawn, and then after a morning of melee, they fought until afternoon.
The fierceness of the Cao Army was beyond the expectations of the generals of the government army. They fought very fiercely. Huang Chao almost made a desperate bet, concentrating all the elite troops and horses, together with their cavalry, to attack the right wing of the government army, with the purpose of taking the central army straight to the central army, destroying the command of the government army, and even capturing the commander of the government army. As many as 60,000 Cao Army attacked fiercely. With the initial night attack, the Cao Army successfully broke through and defeated the right wing of the government army and once entered the central army.
However, the destruction of the command of the official army was not smooth. Due to the tenacious battle between the Zhongwu Army and the Dongdu Army, Cui Anqian and Du Qing rescued Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong and successfully retreated to the left-wing army. The command was still smooth. On the side of the Central Army, Zhang Zimian, Wang Jian and others were defeated at first, but then quickly gathered and organized more official troops to continue fighting the Cao army to death.
"Dujian, after a long time of hard fighting, our right wing was defeated, but the central army successfully built a defense. Now the right wing defeated soldiers have joined the central army and the left wing respectively. Although there are quite a lot of casualties, the thieves have been blocked in the central army. The general thought that the heavy thieves are on the right wing, but the thieves on the left wing are not strong. At present, we do not need to reinforce the central army, but we should concentrate the elite left wing and attack the right wing of the thieves in one fell swoop. As long as the right wing of the thieves breaks, we can turn the troops around the side of the thieves in the central army, severely damage the thieves, and win in one battle." After Cui Anqian carefully observed the battlefield situation, he quickly proposed an extremely feasible plan.
Although there were about 20,000 bandits on the left wing and even thousands of cavalry, Cui Anqian had discovered that the thief on the left wing was Wang Xianzhi. This thief who lost 100,000 soldiers and horses in the battle of Songzhou was the first thief to escape without a fight on the battlefield yesterday.
Knowing that Wang Xianzhi was opposite the left wing, Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong were also a little moved.
"Can the central army hold on?" Yang Fugong said with some concern. The main generals of the central army are Mu Renyu and Li Zhong. The right wing of these two people was defeated too quickly today. Even if they were attacked by sneak attacks, they should not be defeated so quickly. At this time, the central army was handed over to them, and the left-wing soldiers went to fight Wang Xianzhi. They were worried that Mu Renyu would not be able to defend it.
Du Qing suggested, "Then we will temporarily hand over the command of the central army to General Zhang Zimian, the Left Guard!"
Ximen Sigong was a little moved by this proposal, and Zhang Zimian was his person. However, Zhang Zimian's prestige was not enough. Although he was named General, Zuowei Guard had long been in name only, and General was just a resignation. Now that Zhang Zimian was transferred to Xuanwu Army, his actual position was just an adjutant in Yingzhou. Mu Renyu and Li Zhongke were both Jiedushi.
Zhang Zimian, who is 44 years old, is good at riding and shooting, and is good at riding and shooting. In the early years, because of the rise of thieves, he organized the village chariots and defended the village. Later, the imperial court formed the Nanxing Camp, and ran to the army alone to work. Due to his merits, Zhang Ming recommended the general of the Central Army to be appointed as the General of the Central Army. After that, he made many military achievements and gradually promoted his official position. Finally, he entered the capital. However, this time, Tian Lingzi's purge of the imperial army, as a veteran subordinate of Ximen Sigong, he was transferred out of the capital and appointed as the governor of Yingzhou.
Moreover, Zhang Zimian was affiliated with Xuanwu Army, but he had a better relationship with Cui Anqian, the governor of Zhongwu Army. He had a bad relationship with Mu Renyu. At this time, he was asked to command the central army, but he was afraid that it would be difficult to order Mu Renyu and Li Zong.
The governor of Zhaowu saw his concern and whispered: "The chief minister can send orders to mobilize Mourinho and Li Shuai to come and command the battle together. Just let them hand it over to governor Zhang for command."
Ximen Sigong's eyes lit up. In this way, Zhang Zimian would naturally have no problem in commanding the central army. He immediately agreed and sent a commander to the central army.
In the afternoon, Mu Renyu and Li Zhong were both transferred back to the temporary camp of the left wing. The important task of the central army was handed over to the General of the Left Wei Guard and the governor of Yingzhou Zhang Zimian. After Zhang Zimian took over the command, he immediately mobilized various troops. With years of combat experience, Zhang Zimian quickly built the entire central army defense line, and several fierce attacks of the Cao Army were blocked back.
The officials relied on excellent equipment, sufficient equipment, and sufficient training. After the initial panic, under Zhang Zimian's exquisite command, the Cao army's attacks were resolved one by one.
At this time of the battle, the advantage of the air strikes was gradually lost, and the official army that came back to their senses had gained the advantage again.
Due to Zhang Zimian's superior command, he even sent some of the defeated soldiers from the original right wing to the left wing to strengthen their troops. By the afternoon, the left wing of the official army had already concentrated 50,000 people, including 8,000 light cavalry.
With a command, the melodious horn sounded. The war drums shook like thunder. The left-wing official army, who had been prepared for a long time, rushed directly to Wang Xianzhi's troops on the opposite side as if they were out of a cage.
Wang Xianzhi's troops had only 20,000 troops, and their strength was weak. They were under great pressure when facing the left-wing officers and soldiers. At this time, they could no longer support the attack of the official army, and the front was defeated by the official army. After the auxiliary army was defeated, Wang Xianzhi fled again without any hesitation.
As soon as Wang Xianzhi's commanding flag retreated, the Cao army's right wing opposite the left wing official army was defeated again. The temporary reorganized Cao army's right wing auxiliary soldiers fled in groups, and the situation on the entire battlefield changed again.
After Wang Xianzhi was defeated and fled again, Huang Chao's right wing was exposed.
Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong led Du Qing, Du Shenquan, Li Zhuo, Cui Anqian, Li Zong, and Mu Renyu, and led 50,000 troops to fight back with victory.
Before Huang Chao could figure out a way to break through Zhang Zimian's camp, he had to turn around to fight the official army.
At this time, the Xuanwu Army and the Yicheng Army, who had been captured on the right wing of the official army, saw the situation change drastically, and they took advantage of the situation to fight back and attacked.
Huang Chao's soldiers were attacked from both sides, and the situation was even more unfavorable, so he had to retreat step by step!
The golden crow falls westward, and the jade rabbit rises eastward.
The two armies have been fighting for two days and two nights, and are still fighting endlessly. The battles are endless on the battlefield, killing sounds shook the sky, wailing constantly, corpses are all over the ground, and blood flows into a river.
Huang Chao's disadvantages are getting bigger and bigger. Huang Chao has seen that Wang Xianzhi once again betrayed the Cao Army and betrayed him. At this time, if they fight hard with their strength alone, there is only a dead end. He has to take revenge with hatred while the night falls.
Ximen Sigong suffered a big loss yesterday. If he was willing to let them go today, he would definitely pursue them to the end. Despite the opposition from Cui Anqian and others, Ximen Sigong personally led his troops to pursue them!
The Cao Army was defeated and fled from all directions. The Five Tiger Generals of the Cao Army and Zhu Wen were leading the cavalry to clean up the remaining troops behind. Seeing the official army chasing them, they immediately led the cavalry to lead some of the scattered soldiers to fight back and attack behind Ximen Sigong's pursuit.
It was already late at night. The official army, who was chasing and attacking, suddenly found that they were attacked behind them. They thought they had been ambushed by the bandits and were frightened.
Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong were also shocked, fearing that the situation would go back to the future, so they had to give up the pursuit and lead the army back to the Juye camp.
The two consecutive days of war finally came to an end. Although the official army finally defeated the Cao army, the battle was also very dangerous. Especially in the second day's battle, more than 10,000 people were killed in battle, thousands were captured, and countless serious and minor injuries were injured. After the war, the 100,000 troops were only 80,000 troops left. Among them, the war soldiers lost 8,000 and the auxiliary soldiers were 12,000. The infantry lost nearly 7,000 and the cavalry lost nearly 1,000. Dozens of officers died in battle, and tens of thousands of stones of food and grass in the official army camp were burned, causing heavy losses.
Although the official army won the final victory in this battle, it had lost the ability to continue pursuing the thieves. First, the official army suffered heavy casualties and was exhausted for two consecutive days. Another more important reason was that the official army's food and grass were burned, and there was no way to continue pursuing without food and grass. Yunzhou, Ji and Yan in front were almost robbed by the thieves, and they could not solve the problem of food and grass at all. At this time, they marched on their own, and they had no victory.
Finally, the generals agreed that the troops would return to Jiyin City, Caozhou to rest and wait for food and grass to be replenished. However, Huang Chao and other thieves could only leave them to Li Jing and others to intercept them. Although they were unwilling to accept it, they could do nothing.
As Clausewitz said: "The attacker often encounters the end of the attacking distance, and even if he wins in a battle, he has to retreat because at this time he does not have enough offensive power to develop and utilize victory, nor can he replenish the lost troops."
The casualties of the official army reached 20%, while the Cao army suffered even heavier losses in this battle.
After defeat, Wang Xianzhi escaped again at the battle, leading his 4,000 cavalry to flee eastward, enter Yanzhou, and flee to Rencheng to rest.
Huang Chao, after knowing that Wang Xianzhi fled to Rencheng, Yanzhou, did not follow him. Instead, he directly gathered the remnants in Juye, fled northward, and returned to Juancheng, Puzhou Prefecture City. After arriving at Juancheng, Huang Chao ordered the count of troops and horses, and finally received a report. In the end, only 20,000 people were left behind to return to Juancheng.
After two days and two nights of battle, ten stops went to eight stops.
Huang Chao had to reorganize his troops and horses, and 20,000 troops were divided into forty battalions and twenty wings, belonging to the five armies in front, back, left, center and right.
Zhu Wen, the left wing of the front army, was promoted to the rank of general of the country, but his troops changed from the original 10th battalion to 1,000 horses to two battalions. Only one thousand people were all defeated soldiers! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please read it.)
Chapter completed!