Volume 2 Heroes in Troubled Times Chapter 5 Section 8
Chapter 5 is like a bamboo, the eighth section of May, Xu Wucheng. Gongsun Fan galloped on the avenue with three thousand iron horses, and the smoke and dust rolled up flew into the air, covering the sky and the sun.
Suddenly, a horse came galloping head-on, and immediately the knight lay on his horse's back, and the horse's hooves soared into the air, as if he was about to fly.
"My lord, that's our scout, it seems that something has happened......" Gongsun Fan was secretly surprised, and hurriedly rode out of the queue and quickly caught up.
"Order the troops to slow down and slow down." The scout came in the blink of an eye, his face frightened, panting, and his cry was terrified,
"Adults, Karasuma people, Karasuma people......"
"How many? Where is it? Gongsun Fan asked sharply.
"There are at least tens of thousands of people all over the world, just outside Xu Wucheng."
"Why didn't you see that just now? Why is it only now? Gongsun Fan's heart was suddenly cold, and his voice trembled.
"The Karasuma people suddenly appeared in Xu Wucheng without the slightest warning beforehand." The scout wiped the sweat from his face and said with a sigh of relief,
"It seems that they have been hiding in the mountains all along."
"Is there any news from Luronse?" The scout looked at Gongsun Fan in surprise and shook his head. Since the Karasuma people appeared in Xu Wucheng, of course Lu Longsai was lost, so there is no need to ask?
Adults are not scared and confused.
"Withdraw ......" Gongsun Fan looked at the lush mountains in the distance and shouted loudly,
"Withdraw, immediately withdraw to the Endless City."
"Whew...... Boom......" Several chirping arrows flew into the sky, and a terrible howling sound soared into the clouds.
"Uh......h Woo ......" The desolate and majestic sound of the horn pierced through the mountains and mountains, resounding through the mountains.
"Knock...... Knock ......" The thunderous drums of war came from far and near, and the passionate sound set off heavy waves, cracking stones through the clouds.
The earth was shaking, and the roar was like a mountain torrent, and the cry was thrilling. A large banner suddenly rushed out of the mountains, and a black-armored knight suddenly jumped into everyone's eyes.
The Panther's battle flag danced wildly in the wind. The black-armored knight jumped on his horse and raised his whip, roaring like thunder,
"Kill...... Kill the ......" The sound of killing shook the world.
"Withdraw, withdraw quickly......" Gongsun Fan whipped down, the war horse was in pain, and flew into the air with a neigh, galloping away like a lightning gallop.
At this time, the three thousand iron horsemen had already turned their horses' heads and were speeding along the avenue, when they suddenly saw the pursuers approaching, they immediately panicked, and the speed of their running suddenly increased.
Smoke billowed up. The horses were restless, raising their hooves and neighing from time to time. The heavily armed Karasuma people stood quietly beside their horses, waiting for the moment to fight.
Lu Huanyang looked up at the smoke and dust flying in the distance,
"Plop" spit out the grass stalk in his mouth, turned his head to Lou Lu, who was lying on the grass with his eyes closed and pretending to sleep, and said, "King, Gongsun Zhan's iron horse has arrived." Lou Lu opened his eyes and looked at the white clouds in the blue sky, and a smile rose from the corner of his mouth.
"We haven't been at war in years?"
"Four years." Lu Huanyang said lightly.
"Time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, it's been four years." Lou Lu stretched, then got up and patted his stomach,
"I haven't fought for a long time, I'm getting fatter, and I'm covered in meat." The deer smiled and smiled,
"Now that the general is sitting in the northern frontier, who dares to fight? Except for Gongsun Chan, a madman. ”
"He has been crazy for a long time, and even Lord Liu dares to kill him." Lou Lu shook his head,
"If he had been following the general, how could he have come to this point."
"He is the famous White Horse Gongsun Zhan, in his eyes, he may be the only one in this world who is qualified to rule Youzhou, and everyone else should listen to him." Lu Huanyang sneered,
"How many innocent Karasuma people has he killed over the years? This is his retribution. He kills innocents indiscriminately, and God will punish him. Lou Lu laughed and flew on his horse.
The horn sounded, and the Karasuma people jumped on their horses, ready to go. Lu Huanyang unfurled the panther battle flag, clamped the horse's belly, and rushed out first.
Five thousand Karasuma iron horsemen followed the banner and galloped on horseback. Gongsun Fan looked at the Karasuma people who had been killed from afar and let out a desperate howl.
Not only did these damn Karasuma people go into Luronse, but they also ambushed behind them, and this time it's all over.
The Karasuma people were like a hurricane blowing in the mountains, roaring all the way, and rushed into the flank of the Youzhou Iron Cavalry with overwhelming momentum.
Lou Lu raised his sword and shouted: "Hoho...... Hohoo ......"
"Hoho ......" Karasuma's voice was hoarse, like a raging bloody beast, opening its bloody mouth and biting down,
"Kill ......" Youzhou Iron Cavalry was cut in two by the Karasuma people in an instant. Xian Yuyin, Li Su, and Ying Qin followed with 5,000 iron cavalry, and the Youzhou iron cavalry was attacked before and after, and the army was defeated.
Gongsun Fan, under the cover of his own guard cavalry, fought desperately to get out of the encirclement. Li Su and Lu Huanyang each led a team of iron horsemen to chase after them.
"Shoot, shoot...... Shoot them......" Li Su saw that the distance between the two sides was getting bigger and bigger, and he couldn't help but roar in anger.
The crossbow arrows of the border cavalry roared out, and the strong bows of the Karasuma people followed, shooting at will. The Youzhou soldiers turned on their backs and suffered heavy casualties.
Gongsun Fan hit several arrows in a row, changed three horses, and escaped in embarrassment under the sworn protection of the guards.
In mid-May, Baoqiu Water, Baochuan Pavilion. Baochuan Pavilion is located in the south of Lucheng, fifty miles away from Lucheng. The drums of war are like thunder, and the sound of killing is earth-shattering.
More than a dozen arm-thick ropes lay across the river, and hundreds of cowhide rafts carried the stormtroopers back and forth through the ropes.
Li Zhe stood by the river, looking at the fierce fighting on the other bank, anxious. According to Koyi's military order, Gao Shun's army must cross the Baoqiu River today to occupy Baochuan Pavilion and cut off Gongsun Zhan's road south to Yongnu.
However, the number of defenders stationed at Baochuan Pavilion far exceeded originally estimated, and the Northern Army encountered stubborn resistance from the enemy during the crossing of the river.
"Your Excellency. The tall man is here. The guard standing behind him whispered. Li Zhe hurriedly looked back.
Gao Shun took a few personal guards, and while greeting the soldiers who were about to cross the river to attack, he strode towards the river embankment.
When the soldiers saw Gao Shun, they were all excited and kept shouting
"My lord......", some of the junior officers slapped their chests
"Bang bang",
"Don't worry, my lord, we will definitely be able to take the Baochuan Pavilion." Gao Shun walked to the embankment and saw the corpses floating in the river and lying on the embankment on the opposite bank, and his face suddenly sank.
"Are there many casualties?" Li Zhe nodded apologetically,
"There are too many enemies on the opposite side, and we don't have enough tools to cross the river, so we can't concentrate on tearing apart the enemy's defensive position." Gao Shun glanced at him,
"You're ill-prepared, aren't you?" Li Zhe's face turned red, and he bowed his head and was speechless.
"If you continue to fight like this, you won't be able to cross the river tonight." Gao Shun said with a serious expression,
"Immediately select five hundred elite soldiers, and let the military commanders and military candidates of each department personally lead the team to kill them."
"My lord, I'll cross the river myself." Li Zhe raised his head sharply and said resolutely,
"My lord, you are here to command, and I will go and take down the Baochuan Pavilion." Gao Shun shook his head.
"I'll go there myself."
"Your Excellen......cy," Li Zhe shouted in surprise,
"Adults, never." Gao Shun glared at him,
"Go!" Long arrows rained down. The raft was hit by several arrows, and immediately deflated, and quickly sank into the water. Gao Shun's eyes were quick, and in the exclamations of the surrounding soldiers, he grabbed the barrage rope.
"Let's go, let's go......" Gao Shun roared, his body hung in the water, his hands climbed the rope, and he hurried towards the opposite bank.
"Let's go, let's go......" pushed away a floating corpse, Gao Shun struggled to paddle in, and layers of red waves surged from time to time in the bloody river, hitting him on the head and face.
A dense stream of long arrows whistled, and a soldier standing on a raft screamed and plunged into the water. Gao Shun grabbed the big rope in his hand, struggled to soar into the air, and grabbed the wounded soldier.
"Killing ......" The soldiers did not wait for the raft to approach the embankment, jumped into the water one by one, and fought bravely.
Gao obediently stood up from the water, holding the wounded soldier in one hand, and waving it in the other,
"Brothers, kill up, kill up......" The soldiers who ascended the song first saw that General Zhonglang personally led the team to attack, and all of them were full of morale, and they all roared loudly and rushed past Gao Shun.
Gao Shun staggered up to the riverbank and put the wounded soldier on the grass,
"Lie down, wait for someone to come to your rescue......" The soldier's eyes widened, and he had been angry for a long time. Gao Shun felt a pain in his heart, slowly reached out and closed his eyes, and gently wiped a handful of water on his face.
The long arrow whistled in, and Gao Shun dodged it. Several long arrows slammed into the soldier's body, sinking into the feather.
Gao Shun roared angrily, stood up abruptly, took off the war knife on his back, and ran wildly towards the enemy in the distance,
"Killing ......" in mid-May, Lucheng. Gongsun Chan walked around in the big tent, restless. Guan Jing lay on the map and looked at it, and kept whispering in his mouth.
"Shiqi, let's retreat south immediately."
"At present, we don't see Yan Liang's army, and we can't break through to the south." Guan Jing said very calmly,
"Now that Lu Longsai has been lost, Xu Wucheng has also been surrounded by the Karasuma people, and Baochuan Pavilion is also in Gao Shun's hands, and our two retreats have been blocked by the Northern Frontier Army." Guan Jing slowly stood up and thumped his legs,
"At this time, our only way to survive is to go south, break through from the direction of Baochuan Pavilion, and strive to reach Yongnu and retreat to Liaoxi before Yan Rou's iron cavalry arrives. But we think so, and Ko Yi thinks so too, so Yan Liang's army must still be in Yongnu now. Gongsun Chan lowered his head and thought for a long time,
"Then we will retreat north, along the Baoqiu River towards Yuyang, and lead the Northern Xinjiang Army to Yuyang." Guan Jing shook his head and said, "If you go north, you just fall for Koji Yi's ** plan." He pointed to the map and said,
"Your Excellency, you see, the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked from the east, west, and south, but left Yuyang in the north without attacking, why? Apparently there were ambushes here. If I'm not mistaken, the Iron Riders of the Xianbei must be waiting for us here. Gongsun Chan snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "The leopard used the iron horse of the Hu people to beat me, what kind of face do you have if you win?" Guan Jingran sighed.
The reason why the leopard is strong is because he has the iron horse of the Hu people, and if the leopard did not have these loyal Hu people behind him, he would have died a long time ago.
Now that the Hu people have surrendered to the Han Dynasty, he used the Hu people to beat you, which is justifiable, so how can he say that he is ashamed?
Gongsun Chan and Leopard have diametrically opposite attitudes towards the Hu people, which is the most fundamental reason why Gongsun Chan's force and Leopard cannot be compared.
If Gongsun Chan treats the Hu people well, if he is supported by the Karasuma people, why is he afraid of the attack of the leopard now?
Guan Jing didn't dare to say these words. What he is most worried about now is that with Gongsun Zhan's jealous and hateful character and bloody murder of Hu, he will be able to persevere if he escapes to Liaodong in the future?
"Shiqi, what can you do?"
"Before the encirclement of the Northern Frontier Army is closed, divide the army into three and break through in three ways." Guan Jing sneered,
"I want to see how the Northern Frontier Army still surrounds us."
"Break out in three ways?" Gongsun Zhan's eyes widened and he said in disbelief,
"That army is bound to be destroyed."
"We only need iron cavalry, and we don't want other armies. A few days ago, we were too careless and lost Gongsun Fan's 3,000 iron horsemen in vain, which is a pity. We should send a few thousand foot soldiers to Luronse. Guan Jing smiled bitterly,
"To tell the truth, except for the existing 7,000 iron cavalry and the 10,000 people that Gongsun Xu brought to Youbeiping, the rest of our army are Tuntian soldiers and county soldiers stationed in the city from all over the country, and they don't have much combat effectiveness. If Zhao Yun and Yan Rou of the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked with tens of thousands of iron cavalry, these 50,000 Tuntian soldiers would definitely be defeated and flee. Although these people have participated in the Battle of Jicheng in the past, they have been planting for five years, where do they still have the courage back then? Guan Jing sighed and continued: "If we are surrounded in Lucheng and the Northern Frontier Army has support for each other, it will be difficult for us to break through from the direction of Baochuan. Therefore, I plan to divide the army into three, one part will go north and go in the direction of Yuyang, one part will turn around and return to Jicheng, and fight fiercely with the Northern Xinjiang army that is chasing after me, dragging the army of Liyi and Zhao Yun, and part of it will go south along the west bank of Baoqiu Water, bypassing Baochuan Pavilion, and directly attacking Yongnu. Gongsun Chan looked at the map carefully, and then asked suspiciously, "So you can trick Yan Liang's army out of Yongnu City?" ”
"Although I said that I would break through in three ways, what the Northern Xinjiang Army saw was that we divided the army into two, one went to Yuyang, and the other turned around and returned to Jicheng, breaking through in two ways. This will create a false impression for the Northern Frontier Army, and they will think that the army going to Yuyang is only to cover and coordinate the return of our main army to Jicheng. But now, no matter what the purpose of our breakout is, and no matter which way is the main force, as long as we break through by dividing the way, the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army will be seriously insufficient.
"The Northern Xinjiang Army can not give up the army besieging Yuyang in the north, but also concentrate the main force to besiege our army that has returned to Jicheng. At the same time, the Northern Xinjiang Army also had to divide its troops to surround the three cities of Jicheng, Changping and Wuzhong, and also sent troops to garrison the two cities of Lulongsai and Yongnu, so the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army was simply insufficient. ”
"After our army was surrounded near Jicheng, in order to win the battle, Koyi must urgently transfer the army of Yongnu to Jicheng to participate in the battle. In this way, Yan Liang left Yongnu. ”
"We took 7,000 iron horsemen with the army that had returned to Jicheng, and when the army crossed the Gushui River and fought fiercely with the Northern Army, we headed south. By the time we arrived near Yongnu, Gongsun Xu should be attacking Yongnu City. As long as Gongsun continues to surround Yongnu City, even if Yan Liang does not leave Yongnu, we are not afraid of him blocking it. Guan Jing patted the case table and said excitedly,
"That way, we can break through." In the second half of May, Lu Yi, Zhao Yun, and Wen Chou led the army to advance to the west bank of the Gushui River, and Jiang Wu, He Feng, Xu Huang, and Mustafa led the army to cross the Gushui River and approach Lucheng from the north and south.
And Yan Liang's army has advanced to a distance of forty miles from Lucheng, Gao Shun occupies the Baochuan Pavilion, and the iron cavalry of Xian Yuyin and Li Su is getting closer and closer to Lucheng.
The armies of all walks of life in northern Xinjiang are about to complete the encirclement. At this moment, Gongsun Zhan's army suddenly split in two.
All the way north, rushing towards the fox slave and Yuyang. All the way across the Baoqiu River and the Gushui River, turn around and attack Jicheng.
Gongsun Zhan's sudden move caught the Northern Xinjiang Army off guard. Lu Yi, Zhao Yun and other generals in northern Xinjiang carefully discussed the direction of Gongsun Zhan's breakthrough and decided that he would only go south.
Who knew that at this moment, Gongsun Zhan not only did not go south, but instead divided his troops into two routes, all the way north to Yuyang, all the way to the west, to Jicheng to fight, to return to Jicheng.
Gongsun Zhan put on such a posture of self-destruction, which made the generals in northern Xinjiang dumbfounded. At this time, the Northern Xinjiang Army had no time to communicate with each other, so they could only hold the goal of annihilating the Youzhou Army and fiercely pounce on the enemy closest to them.
Jiang Wu, He Feng and Xian Yuyin each led a large army, along both sides of the Baoqiu River, one east and one west, to surround the Youzhou legions that fled to Yuyang.
Gao Shun and Li Su each led a large army and attacked Lucheng from the east, south, and north. Xu Huang, Yan Liang, and Mustafa each led their armies back to cross the river, and the armies of Liyi, Zhao Yun, and Wen Chou flanked back and forth, and surrounded the Youzhou army attacking Jicheng on the west bank of the Gushui River.
After Koji Yi commanded the army to complete the siege, he immediately realized a serious problem, and from beginning to end, Gongsun Zhan's iron cavalry was not found.
Koji Yi urgently told Jiang Wu, Xian Yuyin, Gao Shun and others that if they found Gongsun Zhan's iron horse, they would be killed immediately.
But only half a day later, the generals sent urgent reports from different places to complete the siege, but no iron cavalry of Gongsun Chan was found.
That night, Xiang Cheng, who was stationed in Yongnu City, urgently reported to Lu Yi, and Gongsun Xu led a large army to attack Yongnu City, occupied the ferry, and asked for support.
"Gongsun Chan ran away." Koji Yi smashed his fist on the smash and roared angrily,
"Calling back and forth, we actually let Gongsun Chan escape from the siege with an iron horse. Outrageous. ”
"I immediately led the army to kill Yongnu." Zhao Yun bowed down to fight.
"We have now surrounded four cities, and we have surrounded two groups of enemies on both sides of the Gushui River and Baoqiu River, how can we have the strength to pursue and kill Gongsun Zhan?" Koji sneered,
Gongsun Zhan thought that he would be free to die if he escaped Yongnu City, which was a joke. He'll just wait to die. Zhao Yun smiled slightly: "Let's chase after it." If he chases Gongsun Chan in a hurry, he will not have time to rest, which is good for killing Gongsun Chan. ”
"Is it enough for you to give you 2,000 men?" Koji asked.
"Five hundred is enough." Zhao Yun arched his hand and smiled. Jump to