Chapter 485: Siege
The time came to the ninth year of Chengping, September 22.
Li Xun climbed the city wall and looked at the endless Tubo army outside the city, his face was heavy, and his mood was equally heavy.
A few days ago that night of the battle, Li Xun in order to keep the Qiu Bai 10,000 cavalry, but also desperate, personally went into battle to kill the enemy, the commander with his life, the three army soldiers were naturally more courageous, and finally annihilated the other party, Dezui under the horse was shot to death, De'an gave him his own horse, let him get out of the way, he was a foot battle to break through, and was finally shot by Lei Wanhai, the Qiu Bai 10,000 cavalry were wiped out, Dezui almost only spared, his own brother was killed, just escaped with dozens of people.
Li Xun's losses were equally heavy, with more than 5,000 killed in battle, and 3,000 or 4,000 lightly and seriously wounded, nearly half of whom were injured.
Another battlefield less than 20 miles away from Li Xun, the 5,000 cavalry led by Li Xiao and Gao also fought a beautiful ambush battle, and the more than 20,000 infantry led by Daang were caught off guard.
Subsequently, Li Xun and Li Xiao and Gao joined forces together, and then fought again, Li Xun deliberately spread the news of the defeat of the two armies of Daang and Dezui, and the accessibility was frightened, and he did not know the reality of the Jin army, so he did not dare to fight, so he had to lead the army and retreat towards Broken Dragon Fort.
Hu Xian led 5,000 cavalry, in Shanzhou night attack, won a big victory, the three Tubo barracks outside the city, were scattered one after another, Gu Yong led 20,000 Jin troops from the city rushed out, and Hu Xian flanked back and forth, defeated the Tubo army besieging the city, and killed more than 20,000 enemies.
Subsequently, Li Xun, Gu Yong, Li Xiao and others joined forces, nearly 40,000 troops, more than 80,000 people, and retreated towards Xiaogu County.
After Gewa grasped the power of Tubo, launched the second battle of Longyou, which can be described as a smooth sailing, first take Liangzhou, defeat Anbei Jiedu to make Ma Wu, and then take the state, kill Xu Chengliang, the envoy of Longyou South Dao, and capture Liu Zhigu, the prime minister of the Jin Dynasty, Langzhou guard Zhao Feidu fled without a fight, and only Shanzhou was left in Shanzhou in the entire Longyou North Road, although the plan to unite the Hu people to take Anbei was finally bankrupt, but the Liao Dynasty promised that it would never help the Jin Dynasty and deal with Tubo.
The process of the second battle of Longyou, the beginning of the situation for Tubo, can be described as a very good, Gewa is full of ambition, actively preparing the next plan, for himself, for Tubo, to achieve unprecedented glory.
However, in just two nights, a Jin Dynasty general named Li Xun, led no more than 30,000 troops, did not retreat but advanced, troops entered Langzhou, in the battle of ambush, defeated 20,000 troops in Dezui, and 50,000 follow-up troops led by Daang, the next night, and used the same method, at the cost of abandoning Langzhou, 80,000 Han people as bait, luring Dezui to lead the army to pursue, the defenders of Xiaogu County also boldly attacked, and once again in the battle of ambushes, defeated Dezui, 10,000 cavalry of the Bai tribe were wiped out, Dezui's own brother, At the same time, the Jin army raided Shanzhou with 5,000 cavalry, and the 20,000 defenders in Shanzhou City flanked back and forth, defeating the more than 80,000 Tubo troops besieging the city.
The Jin army, which was originally divided into several places, joined forces in one place, hit the saddle and took a single one by surprise, killing and wounding thousands of people, although I don't know how the Jin army that was originally trapped in Shanzhou suddenly arrived in Langzhou, but there must have been something big over there, and there must have been a big incident over there, and there must have been more than one bad luck over there, and finally, for the sake of conservatism, Saddle Moo gathered alone in Langzhou, self-protection, and did not fight with the Jin army.
Subsequently, Li Xun led the army, triumphant all the way, and made contact with the 10,000 cavalry of Kedu, both sides did not use much force, because Kedu had learned that his back was copied by the Jin army, Daang was defeated and retreated, tens of thousands of troops came from Langzhou, and he didn't know what happened to Langzhou and Shanzhou, Kekedu was afraid, afraid that he had become a lone army, and that it would be dangerous, so Kedadu did not dare to fight, and led the army to take the initiative to retreat and fled to Broken Dragon Fort.
Without resistance, Li Xun led more than 40,000 troops and nearly 170,000 people to successfully return to Xiaogu County.
"Li Xun, your injuries are all right."
There was a voice behind him, Li Xun turned his head to look, but it was Gu Yong who walked over.
Li Xun chuckled and said, "A little skin trauma doesn't matter." ”
The fierce battle with Dezui that night, both sides fought to the end, both were already red-eyed, even Li Xun, who rarely fought on the field, rushed to the front line, which finally led to the advantage of numbers, in the final struggle, defeated the Qiu Bai clan, De'an was killed, Dezui was seriously injured and fled, but Li Xun also suffered some injuries, an arrow in the shoulder, which was shot by De'an, and was slashed a few times on the body, but the injuries were not critical, which is a blessing.
In fact, with De'an's bravery, he finally grabbed the war horse, and he had a chance to break out of the encirclement, but when he saw Li Xun, not far away, his eyes were immediately red, his brain was hot, and he rushed over, although he gave Li Xun an arrow, but he finally left his life behind.
Gu Yong glanced at the Tubo army outside the city, on the plains, dead bodies were everywhere, on the city, many soldiers were leaning against the wall, closing their eyes and resting, at this time, some soldiers came to the city with baskets and distributed food to the soldiers.
The more than 200,000 troops of Tibet arrived at dawn today, and they immediately launched a siege of the city, from day to dusk, and launched five rounds of attacks in a row.
Li Xun followed Gu Yong's gaze and sighed: "It seems that our strength is still a little small after all, and we can't change the overall situation." ”
Gu Yong shook his head and said softly: "Li Xun, you have created a miracle, if it weren't for you, the 20,000 soldiers, including me, would probably have died in Shanzhou, and at that time, with more than 20,000 soldiers in the hands of Wang Renzi, in the face of more than 200,000 troops in Tubo, I can't even hold it for a day." ”
After this battle, Gu Yong was impressed with Li Xun, and Li Xun's actions made him admire him very much.
The two met a few years ago, it was still during the Battle of Jiangnan, at that time Li Xun had just debuted, with such a fictitious position as a military judge, and entered the official career, although Li Xun performed quite well in the Jiangnan War, but afterwards, Gu Yong did not establish any friendship with Li Xun, but rarely communicated, it is not difficult to understand, Li Xun was born with a mud leg, relying on the relationship of the concubine Li Yi, and entered the official career, which in Gu Yong's view, is a typical nouveau riche, he looks down on it at all, and he does not disdain to deal with Li Xun, although later, Li Xun has done a lot of things and made a lot of achievements, but in terms of political background, in the eyes of Gu Yong, who was born in a famous family, Li Xun is still very lowly.
But Li Xun's performance in the previous time can be regarded as turning the tide, winning the war one after another, and rescuing Gu Yong and other 20,000 soldiers trapped in Shanzhou, which can almost be compared with the head of the general among the ten thousand armies, in terms of military affairs, it is a miracle that is not big or small, and all these things have given Gu Yong a comprehensive understanding of Li Xun, and his attitude has also changed fundamentally.