Chapter 426: A Thousand Shots, Six Hu Bloody Battles
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On the 14th day of the first lunar month, the defensive battle of the Tang army camp under Shuozhou City had reached the most critical moment, and Li Keyong led Kang Junli, Li Youjin, Xue Tieshan, Xue Zhiqin, Li Siyuan, Li Sizhao and others to attack the Tang army camp.
12,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry, a full 15,000 Shatuo soldiers stormed the camp all night, and by daybreak, they had broken through 18 companies and camps in succession. The camp on the left flank to the north was almost entirely lost.
The Tang battalion is ten miles away, a total of seventy-two battalions are connected, eighteen battalions on the left and right, and thirty-six battalions in the middle.
At this time, the Tang battalion had already been dispatched, and Zheng Congyan had already led his own family team to kill it, and there was no reserve in the whole army.
Zheng Congyan and Cui Anqian were carrying a jade sword, and the blood-stained robes were stained, and the two Wenchen not only came to the front line of the front army at this time, but also had already swung their swords to fight and fight. Seeing the black-clothed and black-armored Shatuo people rushing one after another under the black banner, the two could only smile bitterly. No one could have imagined that they had just sent Yu Xuan and the five cavalry out, and this damn Li Keyong would actually follow and kill.
At this point, it is already exhausted, if it weren't for the fact that he was still looking forward to Yu Xuan and Li Jing's help, Zheng Congyan would have been ready to commit suicide and martyrdom.
Cui An sighed: "It's enough to kill so many, even if we are defeated here." There are Yu Gong and Li Zhenguo. The Shatuo people will also be defeated in the last place. The only regret. The old man can't see this day for himself. ”
Zheng Congyan was also full of bitterness, at this time he couldn't blame Li Jing, Li Jing sent 19,000 soldiers and horses to the camp, and it was he who sent Yu Xuan and 18,000 cavalry to Mayi. He sent a letter asking for help to Li Jing and Yu Xuan yesterday morning, Yu Xuan and Li Jing were a hundred miles away, and it would take at least a day for the letter to arrive. Unless. Unless Yu Xuan decided to return to Shanyang as soon as he captured the horse, otherwise, they would have caught up with the support.
The Yicheng army made Li Chong rush to Zheng Congyan with a horse, he was hit by an arrow in the arm, and he was half-hung around his neck with a piece of cloth, and his face was a little pale.
"Dashuai, the brothers can't support it, it's better to withdraw, and leave the green mountains behind. I'm not afraid of running out of firewood. ”
Heyang Jiedu made Li Zhuo also rush over, and just heard this sentence. said angrily: "At this time, can you still withdraw?" Now if you fight hard with the enemy to the end, you can still earn a back, but if you retreat at this time, if you move, the whole army will inevitably be defeated. All the cavalry in our army went to Mayi with Yu Shuai, and how did the two legs run over the four legs of the Shatuo people. Li Zhuo insisted on fighting to the death, he was a Jiedu envoy sent from Chang'an not long ago, and his soldiers and horses also belonged to the soldiers and horses of the feudal towns that the imperial court could control.
Zheng Congyan also made up his mind, "Fight to the death with the enemy!" ”
"Marshal, I can stay, you are the commander of the whole army, you can't afford to lose. Da Shuai, Cui Shuai, and Li Shuai rode lightly to Ma Yi to meet Yu Shuai!! Li Zhuo said the purpose of coming. If all the envoys of the four towns of the camp were captured and killed by the Shatuo people at once, it would cause a great shock.
Zheng Congyan didn't want to leave, and Cui Anqian didn't want to leave, so he abandoned the army and fled, which they couldn't do. However, at the moment, among the four towns, Li Chong didn't want to stay, and tried his best to persuade the two to leave. In the middle of the controversy, Wang Jian, one of the eight generals of the loyal and military forces, rushed over with a group of people covered in blood, which frightened Cui Anqian and them, thinking that these soldiers were going to mutiny.
"Dashuai, something is not quite right on the side of the Shatuo people, it seems that reinforcements have arrived, do we take the opportunity to launch a wave of counterattacks?" Wang Jian said loudly, he is now playing a real fire, the eight loyal and martial arts are fighting very fiercely, but the casualties are also very heavy, Wang Jian's eighth capital, now there are less than five hundred people left, and half of the brothers are gone. Wang Jianda was a ruffian in the countryside when he was a child, he killed cattle, slaughtered sheep, slaughtered pigs, stole donkeys and touched chickens, and sold illicit salt. The loss was so great this time, which completely stimulated the bloody nature of death in his bones.
Hearing Wang Jian's words, the four town marshals of the big camp stopped arguing and looked up.
Indeed, in the light of the rising sun, the offensive of the rebels noticeably stalled for a moment, and then the offensive slowed down a lot. From time to time, the black-clad herald cavalry of the rebels could be seen running back and forth in formation, waving flags and transmitting some passwords. The officer in front of the Shatuo formation was also shouting loudly, and his tone looked a little panicked.
To the northeast behind the rebels, smoke and dust were rising from the sky, and a dull rumbling sound was rapidly approaching.
Zheng Congyan and Cui Anqian, as well as Li Chong and Li Zhuo, glanced at each other, and their eyes showed surprise and confusion, "Could it be that Yu Xuan's cavalry has arrived, but how could it arrive so quickly!" ”
"An army appears in the northeast!" Wang Jian's old partner, Jin Hui, one of the eight generals of loyalty and martial arts, rushed back excitedly with a knife to report.
"Rushing to the front, yes, it's the red flag! That was the banner of the Don Army. ”
"It's cavalry! All of them are cavalry, there are a lot of them, the details are unknown! ”
"Dashuai, you can see the banner of the front army clearly, it is the banner of Yu Shuai, and the banner of Li Shuai, the Zhenwu Army and the Zhenguo Army have arrived, and the cavalry of the five tribes has also arrived!"
"The reinforcements have arrived, look at the banner of nearly 20,000 cavalry!"
One by one, the scouts came back to report, and the tone of each scout who reported the message was extremely excited.
Wang Jian's voice choked up with excitement, the hero bled without tears, but all of a sudden, such a drastic change, the feeling of escaping after the catastrophe, made Wang Jian, a scoundrel, unable to help but burst into tears at this time.
Zheng Congyan and Cui Anqian were also very excited, the reinforcements arrived, and finally arrived.
As if to confirm the scouts' report, the cavalry who hurried in neatly erupted into an earth-shattering roar!
"Datang! Datang! Datang! ”
This is the battle cry of the cavalry charge!
Zheng Congyan was extremely pleasantly surprised, and even his face turned red with excitement, and his whole body trembled slightly. The arrival of reinforcements not only saved the fate of the 40,000 Tang Army, but also locked in the victory of this rebellion. It also saved his life, as well as the glory he had accumulated in half his life, and avoided the end of defeat and death when he was old age.
Yu Xuan came quickly, he did not wait for Zheng Congyan's letter of help before sending troops, in fact, as soon as he captured Mayi, after interrogating the prisoners, he learned that Li Keyong led 8,000 elite cavalry to send troops almost at the same time as him, he killed and galloped to Mayi, but Li Keyong killed and went to Shuozhou City.
After some judgment, Yu Xuan thought that Zheng Congyan might not be able to stop Li Ke's Shatuo cavalry. So he urgently reported the news to Zheng Congyan, and after a short rest, he left 3,000 cavalry of the Zhenwu Army to hold on to Mayi, and he led 15,000 cavalry of the five tribes to Shuozhou City again. The cavalry of the five tribes was very strong, and although they marched continuously, they had no problem.
Yu Xuan's march almost reached the limit, and the night before, he marched from Shanyang City to Mayi overnight, and raided and captured Mayi City. After resting for a short time, he rushed back in the evening, and marched back in one night, one day and two nights, hundreds of miles back and forth, and captured a large city in the middle.
When they arrived at the battlefield, the Shatuo people were inevitably a little chaotic because they attacked the Tang army company camp all the way, and the infantry and cavalry were in a scuffle. Yu Xuan didn't mean to stop at all, "The whole army will rush me!" ”
Bai Yicheng had some objections, our army was already exhausted in continuous hurry, and it was not superior in numbers, should we first bypass the enemy army and return to the Tang army camp to join the infantry in the battalion? ”
Yu Xuan said bluntly: "Our army has just arrived, and although it is tired now, it is the time when the morale is sharp. Now is the time to take advantage of this momentum and defeat the Shatuo people in one go, without giving them time to react. As for the number of soldiers and horses in our army, the Shatuo people do not know our number. What's more, I have other preparations. ”
After speaking, Yu Xuan called Zhang Chengye, the military envoy of the Zhenguo Army. Zhang Chengye was ordered by Li Jing to join Yu Xuan on the way, and he brought a thousand cavalry of the Zhenguo Army. Although there were not many soldiers and horses, they brought a large number of Zhenguo Army flags. 1,000 cavalry, but with the banner of 5,000 cavalry.
The fifteen thousand cavalry of the five tribes, plus the one thousand cavalry of the Zhenguo Army, at this time the banner of 20,000 cavalry was raised. What's even more important is that Zhang Chengye's 1,000 cavalry not only brought the banner of 5,000 cavalry, but he also brought Li Jing's handsome banner over.
Li Jing's Zhenguo Army and Yu Xuan's Zhenwu Army were launched at the same time, followed by the Ruhai Jing Banner.
Seeing that Li Keyong, who was almost able to break through the Tang Army's Chinese army camp, suddenly saw Yu Xuan and Li Jing's banners appear, and his face couldn't help but change. Hurriedly transferred troops to intercept it, but in a hurry, Shatuo's soldiers were all filled into the battlefield, and only came to transfer the 2,000 reserve cavalry commanded by Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao for a while.
Although the Tang army had a large number of reinforcements, Li Keyong was not afraid, fighting in the field or on horseback, and the Shatuo people were never afraid. As long as he blocks the opponent's attack, he can calmly mobilize troops and horses to deal with it.
The two junior generals Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao led the elite two thousand Shatuo cavalry to roar, and without fear, they rushed towards the Tang cavalry who were rushing to kill like tigers in the mountains.
The cavalry of the Tang Army broke out again and roared into the sky: "Great Tang! "The horse's hooves were like thunder, and the cavalry composed of the five cavalry of Dangxiang Tuoba, Tuyuhun Helian, Tiele Qibi, Sogdian Sage, and Sogdian Anqing stepped on the sound of thunderous hooves, like a galloping tide swept towards the Shatuo people.
The two armies approached quickly, and in this great cavalry battle, the real Tang people were only 1,000 men and horses of the Zhenguo army, and the rest were the attached Hu tribes, Shatuo, Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, Tiele, Anqing, and Sage.
For the glory given by the Tang Dynasty, the six Hu cavalry launched a bloody battle. (To be continued......)