Chapter 10 Winning the Central Plains Section 43 Duan Xuan commanded the Tiger Ben army to enter the battlefield, and under the cover of the Xianbei Iron Cavalry, they quickly lined up and continued to move closer to Xian Yuyin's army.

Gao Gan seized the opportunity at the right time and ordered the assault troops to gather forces and launch a fierce attack on the junction of the two armies, trying to take advantage of the good opportunity of the unstable foothold of the reinforcements in northern Xinjiang to break through the encirclement.

But Gao Gan didn't expect that this support army was the palace garrison army in Hebei, and it was the strongest army in the Northern Xinjiang Army, with strong soldiers and well-equipped, and the Yuan army could not be compared with it.

After Yuan's army rushed in, he did not come back, and all 600 people were killed. Gao Gan was furious, and personally led the army to kill him, but after rushing in, Gao Gan regretted it, he and his soldiers were like falling into a huge whirlpool, tumbling violently in the rough rapids, dizzy, helpless, watching his companions struggle in the rolling torrent, screaming, and then being quickly devoured.

Gao Gan couldn't help himself, and was swept to the forefront of the fierce battle by layers of big waves. The Tiger Ben soldiers are in a tight battle formation, cooperate with each other, have both offense and defense, and are extremely sharp.

Gao Gan felt that his opponent was like an airtight one

The "city wall", every knife cut down, every shot pierced into it, is a hard shield, and there is no way to see the defending enemy.

The spears that burst out from behind the shield were as dense as the woods, and the long arrows that were shot were like a raging storm that made people nowhere to hide.

Gao Gan roared angrily, and the war knife was chopping on the same shield like chopping melons and vegetables, and his shield seemed to be an iron plate, unmoved, undamaged.

Gao Gan reluctantly took a few steps back, panting and trying to breathe, but in front of him

The "iron plate" suddenly cracked, and three spears and two crossbows appeared in front of Gao Gan. Gao Gan's eyes suddenly widened, and he opened his mouth to let out a desperate exclamation.

The crossbow arrow roared sharply, and it was nailed to Gao Gan's chest in an instant. Four crossbow arrows crashed into the armor, leaving two deep pits in the armor from the spark sputter.

Two crossbow arrows pierced Gao Gan's lower abdomen and nailed to the ground with two beads of blood. Gao Gan was unsteady on his feet, and was knocked upside down by the impact of the crossbow arrow.

At the moment when his body was flying backwards, three spears plunged into his body at the same time, and blood immediately flowed from his shoulder, lower abdomen, and left thigh.

Gao Gan flew up, and a terrible howl rushed out of his mouth at this time. He fell into the arms of his guard.

Seeing the guards hugging him and screaming loudly, he felt the screams get quieter and quieter, as if coming from the distant sky.

He was picked up by the guards and quickly retreated through the dense crowd. He felt his body bleed, he felt his life slipping.

He opened his eyes hard, saw the blood-colored sunset on the horizon, saw the gorgeous sunset, he wanted to raise his head to take a closer look, but he didn't have the strength anymore.

He let out a long breath, then slowly closed his eyes. Gao Gan was put to the ground. Zi Sui was covered in blood, with a spear in his hand, and limped in front of Gao Gan with the support of the guards.

Gao Gan was killed. Zi Sui was discouraged, and knelt on the ground weakly, he could no longer control his emotions, and tears poured out.

"My lord, the right flank of the army was broken through by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and Gao Ran and Lei Chong rushed to kill them in two directions, and they were already approaching the Chinese army."

"My lord, Pang De and Feng Qing's iron cavalry have once again broken through the left flank of the army and are killing the Chinese army." The heralds swarmed in, and the panicked shouts made the sub-rate almost collapse.

"Your Excellency, give the order. If the Northern Frontier Army breaks through the left and right flanks and hits the Central Army, we will be divided and surrounded by the Northern Frontier Army. A military commander leaned close to Zi Yuan's ear and asked in a low voice,

"My lord, are we going to attack, or are we going to retreat?" Zi Yu wiped away his tears and looked up into the distance.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Han Sui's battle flag was still fluttering in the wind, but the speed of the big flag was moving slower and slower, and around the big flag, the battle flag of the Northern Frontier Army was getting denser and denser, and it had formed a trend of encirclement.

If you want to kill at this moment, you must break through the resistance of the Northern Frontier Army and join Han Sui. Han Sui killed desperately, obviously trying to help him break through.

After the two armies converged, the strength doubled, with the current strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army, it is impossible to encircle and annihilate again, so that the army can not only successfully break through the encirclement of the Northern Xinjiang Army, but also safely withdraw back to Chang'an, but will the Northern Xinjiang Army give itself time to break through?

The war drums of "knock knock ......" alarm rose to the sky. The Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry is getting closer and closer to the Chinese army, and the battle flags of the old opponents Gao Ran and Lei Chong are also faintly visible.

It was going to be dark soon, and it was impossible for the Xiliang people to hold out until midnight, and it was impossible for them to break through the resistance of the Northern Frontier Army before dark.

The battle is over.

"Command the ministries to withdraw to the rear." Zi Rate shook his head painfully, pointing to the battlefield in front of him,

"Lower Lord Gao's battle flag and tell Han Sui that Lord Gao has died in battle, and we have lost the strength to fight again, please ask him to withdraw his troops quickly."

"Gao Gan is dead." Koji could barely believe his eyes, and he rushed to the front of the battle amid the cheers of his soldiers.

Yuan's army retreated rapidly, and the formation was extremely chaotic. The handsome banner of the high cadres has indeed disappeared, and now it is the sub-rate who commands the Yuan army.

The morale of Yuan's army was dealt a fatal blow, and they no longer had the ability to break through, unless a miracle happened.

Koji Yi looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, ecstatic, and ordered repeatedly.

"Urgently tell Gao Lan and Lei Chong, and then lead the army to cover and kill, surround them, and surround them."

"Tell Yang Feng, Zhang He, and Huaxiong again to withdraw from the battle and strengthen the defensive line before dark."

"Order the generals Xian Yuyin, Zhao Heng, and Duan Xuan to reorganize the battle formation on the spot to ensure that the army still has the strength to fight again."

"Urgently order Pang De and Feng Qing to lead the army to the west, encircle and annihilate the Xiliang army, and encircle and annihilate Han Sui."

"Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet......" Koji Yi rode like a horse, raised his hands and shouted,

"Reorganize the queue, reorganize the queue, and follow me to besiege and kill the Xiliang people......" The horn sounded for a long time. The Xianbei people turned their horses' heads, followed the handsome banner of Koji, and hurried towards the battlefield to the west.

Han Sui looked up to the sky and screamed. The war horse stood upright, raising its hooves and neighing, as if it wanted to vent all the grief and despair in its chest with its master.

The Xiliang army slowly stopped, the horns of retreat came and went, and the various departments urgently changed their battle formations, and the battlefield was chaotic.

Gao Gan died, died at this most critical juncture. The Yuan army lost its commander, lost its morale, lost its determination and courage to break through, and lost the battle.

In order to repay Han Sui's rescue, Yuan Jun lowered Gao Gan's battle flag at the first time, passed the news of Gao Gan's death to the Xiliang people, and asked them to retreat quickly.

Yuan Jun's approach was tantamount to completely burying himself, but it gave the Xiliang people time to retreat.

"Withdraw, withdraw...... Ma Chao turned his horse back, looked at the sky-high smoke and dust swept from both wings of the battlefield, and roared in despair,

"Evacuate ......"

"They're all here, they're all here......" Liang Xing almost suffocated nervously as he faced the black and oppressive iron cavalry army around him,

"Let's rush out, rush out......"

"Brothers, fight to the death, fight to the death......" The rear army of the Xiliang people became an assault front army. The horse takes the lead, and the cavalry rushes to kill,

"Tear through the enemy and fight your way out." The Xiliang people reversed the direction of attack in the shortest possible time, and more than 10,000 cavalry troops advanced rapidly to the southwest under the command of Han Sui.

In the northeast direction of the battlefield, Xin Bi and Zi led the army to shrink the defense and defend their own position. To the east and north of it was the army of Yang Feng, Hua Xiong, Liang Baiwu, and Li Yun of the Northern Frontier Army.

To the west of it, there is an army of Gao Lan, Lei Chong, Xian Yuyin, Zhao Heng, and Duan Xuan. To the south of it was the army of Zhang He, Hou Cheng, Xu Yan, and Zhao Xuan.

The Northern Xinjiang army surrounded the demoralized Yuan army with an army of about 40,000 troops. In the southwest of the battlefield, Han Sui and Ma Chao led the Xiliang army to break through.

Lu Yi, Pang De, Bu Du Geng, and Feng Qing led the army to attack its rear formation, Liu Bao, Lan Rong, Lei Zi, and Nie Xiao led the army to attack its left and right flanks, and Yan Rou, Huangfu Li, and Xie Wu led the army to block the Xiliang people head-on.

Angered by the Xiliang people, he threw Xu Rong's orders behind him and commanded about 35,000 iron cavalry to besiege on all sides,

"At all costs, besiege and kill the Xiliang army and kill Han Sui."

"Knock knock knock......" The Northern Xinjiang Army beat all the war drums, and the drums were earth-shattering, and the entire battlefield trembled in the drums.

"Woo woo woo ......" all the trumpets sounded, and the loud and passionate trumpets resounded throughout the field.

The soldiers of Northern Xinjiang were excited, and they went forward one after another, forgetting their lives and death, and fighting fiercely. The people of Xiliang were surrounded on all sides and were in danger.

In the middle of the battlefield, the Xiliang Chinese Army. Han Yi, Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi, and Cheng Yin received an urgent letter from Ling Ru on the way to retreat.

Han Sui and the Xiliang Army failed to rescue the senior cadres, and were surrounded by the Northern Xinjiang Army, which was in danger, so please withdraw your troops quickly and support the right flank battlefield as soon as possible.

Han Yi and the others were still nervous, worried that the army would be scolded by Han Sui if they withdrew from the left flank battlefield without Han Sui's permission, but who knew that the battle situation was changing rapidly, and now even Han Sui himself was surrounded by the Northern Frontier Army.

Han Yi was worried about his father's safety, so he asked Cheng Yin to lead the army of foot soldiers to continue to retreat, and he, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yi led the iron cavalry to rush to the Chinese army.

Ling Ru was in a hurry, sweating profusely, and was surprised and delighted to see Han Yi arrive with reinforcements at a rapid pace.

"Quick, hurry up to support the battlefield on the right flank, help the adults break through, quick, quick, ......" Ling Ru briefly explained the battle situation,

"You have to rush up with all the iron cavalry and take the Northern Frontier Army by surprise."

"The iron cavalry on the battlefield on the left flank are all here." Yang Qiu smiled bitterly,

"The beard of the Northern Frontier Army suddenly came out of our flank, and we were caught off guard and forced to retreat." Ling Ru was stunned for a moment, and blurted out, "Is the loss big?" How many more Iron Riders? ”

"About five thousand people." Yang Qiu said,

"The army of foot soldiers was once besieged and suffered heavy losses. Cheng Yin is leading them to withdraw to the Chinese army. Li Kan has already died. Ling Ru's heart ached, and his face became more and more pale,

"Withdraw our troops, we will withdraw immediately, now. Hurry up and pick up your lordship, quickly. Han Yi, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yi turned their horses and wanted to leave, when they heard the horn in the rear of the Chinese army, and an iron horse with sky-high smoke and dust suddenly appeared in the rear of the army.

Everyone was shocked, and all of them changed color.

"It's our people, it's Zhang Ji and Master Jiang Yin." Han Yi suddenly exclaimed,

"Could it be that Chang'an City has been lost?" After Han Sui led his army into Zhengbaiqu, those who remained in Chang'an were Zhang Ming, Zhang Ji and Jiang Yin.

Now that Zhang Ji and Jiang Jian have appeared on the battlefield with a large army, the fate of Chang'an City is more than auspicious. Zhang is about thirty years old, handsome and resolute.

Jiang Jian is in his twenties, tall and strong, dark-skinned, and heroic. The two of them were dusty and exhausted, and after seeing Ling Ru and the others, Zhang Ji preemptively asked, "What about the adults?" Where's the adult? ”

"How did you get here? Something happened to Chang'an City? Ling Ru asked impatiently.

"Chang'an City is fine." Zhang Ji said,

"We have been confronting Wei Jun of the Northern Xinjiang Army near Anling. But last night, Wei Jun suddenly crossed the river, and there was no trace. Lord Zhang Ming was worried that Wei Jun would sneak attack the grain and grass in the rear of the army, so he specially ordered me and Master Jiang to lead 3,000 iron horsemen, and then pursue them with fast horses. Have you found Wei Jun? Yang Qiu nodded and glared at Zhang Ji fiercely,

"Why didn't you get to the battlefield sooner? We were attacked by Wei Jun and returned defeated. Zhang Ji and Jiang Jian glanced at each other, and said helplessly: "It is more than a hundred miles from Anling to here, and we can rush to the battlefield now, and we have done our best." ”

"Okay, don't talk a lot of nonsense." Ling Ru said urgently,

"You're here just in time. The adults were trapped on the battlefield on the right flank, so they went to the rescue, and then withdrew to Chang'an overnight. ”

"Withdraw to Chang'an?" Jiang Jian asked in surprise,

"We defeated?"

"It's not just defeat." Ling Ru sighed and shook his hand again and again,

"Quick, quick, quick, rescue the adults, and we will withdraw immediately." Xu Rong stroked his long beard, looked at the chessboard and said with a smile,

"Wen Xin, you lost."

"The battle has been won." Chen Wei put down the chess pieces in his hand and said with a smile,

"After this battle, shouldn't Han Sui return to the Western Frontier?"

"Tomorrow we will march to Chang'an." Xu Rong couldn't control his excitement and said happily,

"After arriving in Chang'an, I want to have a good talk with Han Sui. Now the eldest princess intends to set the capital of Chang'an, but the ministers of the court and China oppose it fiercely. If Han Sui can take the Han Dynasty as the priority at this time, take the initiative to retreat to the western frontier, and put pressure on the imperial court on the matter of defending the western frontier, I believe it will be of great help to the eldest princess's proposal to set the capital of Chang'an. ”

"Why didn't your lord tell Han Sui about this before the big war?" Chen Wei hesitated for a moment and asked cautiously.

"Han Sui's strength is too large, and it is a threat to our stability in Guanzhong, I must use this battle to consume his strength, force him to give up dominating Xiliang, and unconditionally submit to the imperial court." Xu Rong said with a smile,

"If the imperial court wants to control Xiliang, Han Sui is a huge obstacle, and weakening his force is the only way to remove this obstacle. When the imperial court stabilizes Guanzhong, Han Sui will leave Xiliang. ”

"Let Han Sui leave Xiliang?" Chen Wei asked in surprise,

"This is what the imperial court means?"

"Yes, the general has always meant this, and the eldest princess agreed. Of course, the ministers of the court and the central government would prefer to see Han Sui leave Xiliang, but their purpose in letting Han Sui leave Xiliang is different from ours. Xu Rong stretched out his hand to beat his back and said slowly,

"The eldest princess intends to let Han Sui enter the court as a secretary. If Han Sui can enter the court, with his qualifications, knowledge and prestige, he will have a great impact on the court's Zhongxing strategy. ”

"My lord, you mean ZTE strategy? Can Han Sui have an impact on ZTE's strategy? What impact? Chen Wei asked hesitantly.

"The influence of Dingdu Chang'an on the strategy of Dahan Zhongxing is self-evident, but this influence needs to be promoted." Xu Rong said after a little muttering,

"The general and we all believe that the first priority of the Han Dynasty is to ensure the stability of the western and northern Xinjiang. The 400-year history of the Han Dynasty has clearly told us that the stability of Western Xinjiang and Northern Xinjiang is directly related to the fate of Han Zuo. If the war between the western and northern Xinjiang continues, the Han Dynasty will not be able to prosper. ”

"There are many debates about how to stabilize the western and northern Xinjiang, but the most critical ones are two points, one is how to pacify and suppress the Hu people, so that the Hu tribes have always been loyal to the Han Dynasty, and the other is how to develop the border counties, so that the people in the border counties can be fed, clothed, and warm to live and work in peace and contentment. When these two problems were solved, the western and northern Xinjiang were stable, but these two problems were too complicated, involving the imperial court's policy towards the Hu people, the land system, the tax system, the military system, and so on. Because the involvement is too large, the interests of all parties must be taken into account, and with the development of Zhongxing Daya step by step, there are more and more powers in the court, and there are fewer and fewer people in the west and north of Xinjiang, and the transformation and change of the court's strategy is inevitable. ”

"You and I are both from the northern Xinjiang, so you might as well say it directly." Xu Rong waved his hand and continued,

"Now that the government is basically in the hands of our people in northern Xinjiang, we cannot predict how the situation will develop in the future. In order to prevent trouble before it happens, take precautions and draw people from Western Xinjiang with similar political views into the court, which is extremely beneficial to the sustained stability of the imperial court's Zhongxing strategy. Chen Wei suddenly realized,

"My lord, if you tell Han Sui this, I believe he will not go against the imperial court again, because his future battlefield is not a small western frontier, but the court of the Han Dynasty. As long as he can help the imperial court continue to implement various Zhongxing strategies that are conducive to stabilizing Western Xinjiang and Northern Xinjiang, many problems in Western Xinjiang will be easily solved. ”

"It's very difficult to get Han Sui to leave Xiliang." Xu Rong said with a smile,

"So, today's battle must be fought no matter what. After the fight is over, after winning the war, he will be able to listen to these words, he will carefully weigh the gains and losses, and will seriously consider whether to accept the request of the eldest princess and the court to enter the court as a secretary. The two were chatting when the latest news from the right-wing battlefield came.

Chen Wei glanced at it roughly, his face changed greatly, and he exclaimed,

"It's not good, General Koji Yi has gathered all the iron cavalry and is besieging Han Sui."

"What did you say?" Xu Rong snatched the battle report, and before he finished reading it, he was already furious. He held back his anger and pointed at Chen Wei and said, "Hurry to the battlefield with my seal letter and warrant, tell Koyi to stop the attack immediately, and let the Xiliang people leave the battlefield." Chen Weifei rushed down the tower.

The more Xu Rong thought about it, the more angry he became, and he slammed his fist on the chessboard, and black and white chess pieces flew all over the sky. Jump to