Chapter 602: War and Chaos in Hedong
Tocharian attacked Xiazhou, Raza attacked Yinzhou, and Suizhou was only a small group of Tibetan soldiers and horses to carry out a limited diversion attack. After Li Cunzhong led his troops to Suizhou in Hedong, he found that Suizhou was just a false shot from the Tubo people, and the main force of Tubo was in Yinzhou, which formed an overwhelming advantage over Han Qi in terms of troops. As a result, Suizhou once again formed an empty state, and neither Tubo nor Zuo Wuwei invested too many troops anywhere.
Li De will lead the 8,000 cavalry who have just returned from meritorious service to attack Suizhou.
They are not just a false shot, but to really control Suizhou, and then march to Xiazhou, echoing Xiazhou Du Youcai, and launch a counterattack against Tocharo.
As soon as the reinforcements of the right Wuwei arrived, Du Youcai was embarrassed to shrink back any longer.
"Eight thousand cavalry is a bit small!" Li De touched his head and said, "It may not be a big problem to take down the empty Suizhou, but if you want to find trouble with Tocharo, there will be a problem." ”
"Don't worry, you're just in the vanguard." Zhang Jia said with a smile: "Li Xiang has already made up his mind, Xue Chong's cavalry belonging to Zuojin Wuwei is on the way back, and they will also be put into the Ansui battlefield in a month, which is also a cavalry of five thousand people." ”
"That's pretty much it." Li Dedao. "But the general is preparing to march into Hedong, will they welcome it?"
Zhang Jia laughed: "I followed behind the ass of Delhi Chinan, and our right military guard is chasing the remnants of the Tubo army, whether they are welcome or not?" ”
"There's one thing the general needs to take to heart." Li De thought for a while and said: "The cavalry is all gone, only the foot soldiers are left in the right guard, and there are many cavalry in the Delhi China South Division, be careful that he uses the mobility of the cavalry to kill a horse gun." ”
"Don't worry!" Zhang Jia said: "I just march slowly, step by step, walk one place, and then tamp down one place, I want to make Delhi China Nan feel a lot of pressure, forcing him to attack the front desperately, if he wants to hit me back, I don't mind letting him taste it again." ”
The two of them looked at each other and laughed.
The pursuit is fake, but the attitude of the pursuit must be made. In fact, the bigger task of the right guard is to wipe his ass. Once Xue Jun and others in Hedong were defeated by Delhi Chinan, they would inevitably fall into chaos, and at this time, the appearance of the Right Armed Guard Army would be able to stabilize the local order in time and restore the rule of the government.
The current Zhang Jia can be described as a spring breeze. Back then, he was pitted by Hedong Han Qi, Li Cunzhong and others, and now he has heavy troops, and the area he guards is not only Shuozhou, but also expanded to the entire Tiande defense area, and on the other hand, Li Cunzhong and others are already in the waning mountains, and after this battle, I am afraid that they will have to withdraw from the historical stage.
The evil breath that has been accumulated in my heart, how can I not be happy when I see that it is about to come out?
It's important to follow the right people. Zhang Jia summed up a rule, he followed the right person to have today's glory, and people like Han Qi and Li Cunzhong still want to hold the emperor in Zhenzhou who can't move and can't speak against Li, and it's no wonder that the end is not miserable.
Now seeing the predicament of Han Qi, Li Cunzhong and others also made Zhang Jia frightened, and he was also afraid of the young imperial chief assistant of Wuyi. Such a wrist, such a calculation, when you think about it, is really shocking.
A war against the invasion of Tibet was used to the extreme by Li Ze. In the end, I am afraid that not only will the Tubo people be beaten with a stick, but also Han Qi and others will be beaten, and Hedong will also fall into the hands of Li Ze again.
Zhang Jia doesn't know yet, what he knows is only part of it, not only Hedong, Hezhong is also in this plan, if he knows this, I'm afraid he will be even more admired.
The next day, Li De, who had been in good spirits for a night, went into battle again with his wife Liu Xiaochan, leading 8,000 cavalry to Suizhou, while Zhang Jia led 20,000 foot soldiers to follow the footsteps of Delhi China and slowly pressed to the east of the river. Yang Ying, another lieutenant general of the right military guard, commanded more than 10,000 men and horses, divided the town into Tiande Defense Area and Shuozhou and other places, and guarded their hometown for them.
At this time, Xue Chong's Zuo Jin Wuwei thousands of cavalry were rushing towards this area at a fast pace. While the left and right Qianniuwei are still making final preparations, they will be the first to enter the battlefield.
For the sake of this northwest strategy, aside from Li Cunchong's left Wuwei, Li Ze also mobilized Zhang Jia's right Wuwei, Tu Lichun's left Weiwei, Xue Chong's Zuo Jinwuwei, Wang Sili's Zuo Qianniuwei and Liu Ruyan's right Qianniuwei, with a total strength of more than 100,000 people.
Tubo Luo claims to be 200,000 people, but the real elite soldiers, at most 80,000 or 90,000 people, the rest are mostly slave army, Han army and some small tribes composed of coalition army, combat effectiveness and the real Tubo elite is very different, whether in organization, or in terms of logistics supply, and the well-organized Tang army, it is completely incomparable.
It's just that so far, only the left and right guards have really been put into the battlefield, and the remaining soldiers and horses are still waiting for the best opportunity.
And this opportunity is naturally the failure of Hedong Xue Jun and others.
Hedong, Daizhou, and Delhi Chinan are also facing serious problems.
In the battle with Zhang Jia, his real loss was not too great, and the main death was Peng Fang's subordinates, but the occupation of the city in the west gave him a blow to the head, and now he has no other way out except to penetrate the east of the river.
But what stopped in front of him now was the more than 10,000 men and horses gathered by Xue Jun in Hedong.
This is something that Delhi China never expected.
Originally, I thought that all the soldiers and horses in Hedong had been attracted to Yinzhou, Suizhou and other places, and Hedong was empty, at best, some young and strong people who had been temporarily organized, and they would inevitably be able to defeat with one blow, but they never expected that there were nearly 10,000 elite armed forces in Hedong.
When he first arrived in Daizhou, attacked for the first time, and after appreciating the skillful combat skills of those soldiers, Delhi Chinan suddenly fell into a panic.
Isn't this another conspiracy?
Although Zhang Jia's 20,000 troops behind him advanced in a turtle retreat, walking at most twenty miles a day, it still caused great pressure on Delhi Chinan.
"Xenobud, Ashdulla!" After much thought, Delhi China finally decided to take a risky move.
"The two of you, 5,000 cavalry from each unit, bypassed Daizhou and went deep into the hinterland of Hedong." Delhi Chinan said solemnly: "You guys are going, there is no logistics, there is no support, you are fighting to support the war, I need you to make the momentum as big as possible, so that the more chaotic the east of the river, the better." ”
"Understood." The two Tibetan generals shouted their orders.
Going deep into the hinterland of Hedong to burn and loot, making the people of Hedong panic, not only can shake the morale of these soldiers and horses stationed in Daizhou, but also affect the main force of the Hedong Army in Yinzhou at this time. Of course, they also took great risks when they went deep into the east of the river, and once they fell in, if they wanted to get out, I am afraid it would not be so easy.
10,000 Tubo cavalry marched away under the gaze of Xue Jun in Daizhou City.
Xue Jun fell into extreme anxiety.
In addition to his 10,000 soldiers and horses here, of course, a large number of young and strong troops have been organized in various places, but these people are the opponents of these wolf-like Tubo cavalry.
"I can only take a risk." Xue Jun sighed and looked back at the generals on the left and right: "It is the real Tubo elite who is leaving, and these Tubo foot soldiers left behind are all slave army, Han army and small tribal alliance army, Delhi Chinan This is to lure us out of the city to fight with him, whether it is a trap or not, we have to jump in." ”
The generals under the tent are all silent, this is something that cannot be helped. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses guarded Daizhou City, and the Yefan people naturally had no way to conquer it, but the hinterland of Hedong was in chaos, how could the soldiers under his command have a reason not to be chaotic? If you take 10,000 steps back, even if you hold Daizhou City, and the east of the river becomes a white land, what is the point?
Moreover, at this time, the generals here are basically from the children of the Hedong families, and more than 10,000 Tubo cavalry have entered the hinterland of Hedong, and their own families are in extreme danger, so how can they not save them?
For both public and private purposes, they must give up their stubborn defenses and go out of the city to fight Delhi Chinan.
Even if it's a trap.
Everyone was lucky in case, if they could quickly defeat Delhi Chinan in front of them, then everything would have room for redemption.
And if you lose?
Nobody thinks about it.
Because everyone didn't dare to think about it.
On the third day of the first month of March, Xue Jun in Daizhou City led the main force out of the city and fought a decisive battle with Tubo Delhi in Chinan at Yukou.
There is no way back for both sides, and winning is the only goal for both sides.
The fierce battle lasted for a whole day and night, the Tibetan general Ashidulla led the cavalry back according to the pre-plan of Delhi Chinan, and 5,000 cavalry joined the battlefield, the Hedong army was defeated and lost, Xue Jun only led more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to flee the battlefield, and went to the direction of Taiyuan, and Daizhou fell.
And with the loss of these 10,000 soldiers and horses, Hedong basically has no room to fight back.
Delhi Chinan no longer had any scruples and marched to the hinterland of Hedong in a big way.
The Tibetan cavalry divided the road, burned, killed and looted in the east of the river, and did everything. The east of the river is full of smoke, and there is wailing everywhere.
At the same time, Zhang Jia's 20,000 right-hand guards suddenly quickened their pace, stepped into the Hedong region, and occupied Daizhou in the first step.
In the middle of the river, Tu Lichun's Zuo Weiwei also immediately opened, and the cavalry took the lead in entering the Hedong area. After entering the east of the river, this Zuowei cavalry of more than 5,000 men only did one thing, and that was to protect a passage from the river to Yinzhou, so that the area in the middle of the river could provide the necessary grain and grass to Han Qi's troops in Yinzhou. Ensure that Han Qi's troops can still form a confrontation with Raza in Yinzhou.
The main cavalry force of Tubo, after looting in Hedong, also gradually transferred the main force to this passage and competed with Tu Lichun.
They had only one purpose, to destroy the import of grain and grass to Yinzhou.
And in March, something that seemed calm in Hezhongfu, hidden deep underwater, gradually began to surface.