"General, the enemy's force is so strong, why not retreat back to Chanyuan..."
Wang Xiaohu, Liu Heitai's confidant and strong general, advised in a low voice that they were all generals who grew up in the rebel army, but no matter who they were, it was their usual style to turn around and run when the situation was not right.
Liu Heitai regretted it so much that he almost turned green. He felt that he should not show off his bloody courage and come to the beach to confront the Tang army. Looking at the posture on the other side, not to mention the 50,000 people he led, he only managed to get 100,000 people.
Tens of thousands of people will be crushed by others.
So many cavalry, my God, he has been in the army for many years, but he has never seen so many cavalry. If they all rushed across the river...
Liu Heitai imagined it for a moment, his cheeks twitched involuntarily, and he had the urge to turn around and run away.
"Wang Cong, is there no news from Liu Ya? Do you want to sit back and watch me fight with the Tang army, and finally come to take advantage?"
Wang Xiaohu shook his head firmly, "Wang Cong retreated to Anyang a few days ago and there has been no movement. The people he sent have not come back either. Maybe he was killed by him.
General Liu is watching the city... I can't believe it, maybe he has withdrawn his troops and returned to Wei City by now, so the general is honest and brought us here."
After hearing this, Liu Heitai was furious, threw away his hand and gave Wang Xiaohu a slap in the face, and then kicked him again, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill you."
The fierce gleam in his eyes was indeed a bit majestic.
Then the treacherous Jin came, grabbed Wang Xiaohu by the collar and said to his ear: "You can take charge of my own soldiers, obey my orders, and we will start fighting in a while... If something is wrong, follow me and withdraw immediately."
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Wang Xiaohu was overjoyed, "Are you going back to Chanyuan?"
Liu Heita gritted his teeth and said, "What are you going back to Chanyuan for? Let's go directly to Youzhou. Emperor Dou is reluctant to part with his possessions, so we can't bury him with him."
While Liu Heitai was talking, he glanced at the cavalry formation on the other side. He was so frightened that he didn't know if our two legs could outrun someone else's four legs. If not, we would have to imitate it.
Back then, I went into the mountains to escape for a while.
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A general is as courageous as a commander, let alone others.
At this time, General Gao Yaxian of Zuo Yiwei, who was leading the front army, was completely panicked when he saw how quickly the Tang army built the pontoon bridge.
Gao Yaxian was also a leader of the rebel army. He surrendered to Dou Jiande earlier than Liu Heitai. After the deaths of Tong Guangshou and others, he became friends with Liu Heitai, Liu Ya and others.
Today was also the day of bad luck, Liu Heitai was in control of the army.
Liu Heita came with great energy and prepared to compete with the Tang army on the shore, letting everyone know that it was the old people like them who could be most useful in times of crisis, thus making these people miserable.
Once the Tang army's military formations were deployed on the south bank, the Xia army started to stir up a bit. If we had left aside the previous rebels, those who had escaped by now would have appeared in groups.
Nowadays, the formation can still be kept intact and it is basically capable of fighting. This is also due to two points. One is that the Xia army arrayed by the river is indeed the elite of the Xia army and has gone through many battles.
Secondly, the Xia Army has been reorganized many times in recent years. Whether it is combat effectiveness, cohesion, or even weapons and equipment, logistics supplies, etc., they are all moving closer to the regular army.
The soldiers from Shandong and Hebei left over from the former Sui Dynasty gradually joined Dou Jiande's rule and began to hold positions at all levels in the army, which significantly improved the Xia army's combat effectiveness.
But having said that, when you really face the enemy of hundreds of battles, it is no longer a matter of being dwarfed.
"Go and call General Su." Gao Junya said hurriedly.
The General Su he spoke of was his adopted son Su Dingfang.
Su Dingfang was a famous martyr, whose nickname was Dingfang, and he was known by his name. He was a native of Wuyi, Hebei Province. He was a prominent figure in the countryside. In the last years of his great career, wars broke out. He was still a young man, and he joined his father in fighting bandits and stabilizing the village.
In other words, the father and son did not mobilize people to rebel, but sided with the government and the army. In addition to suppressing bandits, they probably also wanted to gain fame.
After his father Su Yong's death, Yang Yichen led his army into Hebei to conquer the rebels. Yang Yichen felt that his troops were insufficient, so he recruited strong men from Hebei to join the army. Su Dingfang then led his troops to his account, and he barely had a career.
During this period, Su Dingfang fought bravely and led the troops well. While fighting with the Hebei rebels, he defeated Zhang Jincheng and captured the murderous devil alive.
Later, he led his army to defeat Yang Gongqing and gained a lot. However, this man saw the wars raging and was unable to suppress them. At the same time, he stayed in his hometown, so he gathered his troops to defend himself, and no longer followed Yang Yichen to fight everywhere.
It later proved that his vision was good. Soon Yang Yichen disbanded the army on the spot and was recalled to Luoyang to report on his duties. Later, Su Dingfang worshiped Gao Junya as his adoptive father and surrendered to Dou Jiande.
But they didn't get much use, because they could only be regarded as one of the Hebei rebels who surrendered to Dou Jiande. Moreover, Su Dingfang was from the army and was not in harmony with other rebel generals. Otherwise, he would not worship Gao Yaxian as his adoptive father.
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When Wang Cong, Cui Junsu, Pei Ju and others were promoted to important positions one after another, the situation was different. The rebel leaders were obviously suppressed. Su Dingfang was also suppressed because of his low background.
However, Gao Yaxian was very close to his adopted son and kept him with him all the time. If there was any difficulty, he would discuss it with him before making a decision.
When the battle was about to begin, I felt that the situation was very unfavorable and immediately thought of my adopted son.
Su Dingfang hurried over and without Gao Yaxian speaking, he hurriedly said: "Father, we can't walk now. There are two ways. One can fight the Tang army desperately. Maybe we can suppress its momentum and escape, otherwise...
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Su Dingfang was as anxious as Gao Yaxian. Liu Heizi just put 50,000 people on the beach. The Tang army from the other side came with an overwhelming force.
His face was full of ferocity, and he gritted his teeth and said: "My foster father will return to the army with me, kill Liu Heizi, and give his head to the Tang army. We may still have a way to survive."
Gao Yaxian only hesitated for a moment, and Su Ding added conveniently: "The pontoon bridge has been built, and the Tang army will cross the river soon. Even if we return to attack, the Tang army will not show mercy to us.
As soon as the army passed by, they were all turned into fans...Liu Heizi, relying on his closeness to the emperor, never took us seriously. Does his adoptive father still want to fight for him? I brought so many brothers from home.
But we can’t all die in one place, otherwise who will take care of the family and the children?”
At this point, his eyes were already red and he was about to cry. The father and son had been fighting desperately over the years, and their original intention was just to protect the village from being massacred by bandits.
Otherwise, he would have followed Yang Yichen to Luoyang to become an official.
Gao Yaxian was not a good person either. After hearing this, he just paused and said: "Then I'll follow you..."
After that, he ordered people to summon his confidants and told everyone: "Liu Heitai is incompetent. He led us to die and put us in front. It is obvious that he wants us to block the Tang army. He must have seen that the situation is not good."
If you leave us alone, what do you think we should do?"
Everyone was already terrified, and someone immediately said: "We can't lose our lives for no reason like this."
"We all listen to the general. We will do whatever the general tells us to do."
Everyone responded in confusion, and the atmosphere was like chickens being put in a cage to be slaughtered. They were obviously very scared, but they still kept making noises, hoping that the general would come up with a good idea and save everyone's lives.
His mood was almost the same as when he was in the rebel army. Gao Yaxian immediately said loudly: "You all go back and organize the army. Listen to my order. Let's rush over and kill Liu Heizi and surrender to the Tang army."
Well, even after so many years, some generals of the Xia army still have the style of the rebels. When a disaster is approaching, they don't want to fight against a powerful enemy together, but first want to fight among themselves to escape.
After everyone dispersed to lead the troops, Gao Yaxian said to Su Dingfang: "Go to the other side and tell us that we have surrendered. Don't let anyone kill us all."
Su Dingfang was grateful, knowing that his adoptive father wanted him to save his life first, so he shook his head and said: "Let Dalang go. I gave my adoptive father advice, how can I be alone? I led the troops first. It is said that Liu Heizi is brave and good at fighting.
Let me chop off his head today and let him be Zhang Jin's companion."
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Then a scene that made Tang Jun feel quite uncomfortable happened.
At this time, Yuchi and his troops were already organized and in position to cross the river. The Tang army soldiers who crossed the river first held onto their shields, swords and guns. The familiar war atmosphere made their breathing gradually become heavier, and bloodshot eyes gradually appeared in their eyes.
When the army of Hundreds of Battles is about to go into battle, the murderous intent is condensed into substance. He puts aside life and death, has no fear, and only wants to use the blood of the enemy or his own blood to open the door to victory for the army.
But before the horn of the attack sounded, and not a single Tang army boarded the pontoon, the Xia army in the front row on the other side had already burst out with a roar of killing, turned around, and rushed towards the Xia army's center.
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Stunned, the soldiers of the Tang Army looked at each other in silence for a while, and then started to stir up a commotion. After holding back their breath, the opponent fell first before the fight started. How do you think this breath should be vented?
The commotion of the Tang army lasted for a while before it calmed down under the suppression of generals at all levels.
Bu Qun and Qiu He, who were standing high up, were stunned. After a while, Qiu Hecai murmured: "Why bother with a mantis' arm as a chariot?"
Bu Qun, who didn't know a few big words over there, could only curse him.
Gao Junya's eldest son Gao Yicheng was quickly brought to Bu Qun. In fact, Bu Qun had already made adjustments to the army.
He ordered Yu Chikai to move away from the beach immediately, and ordered Li Nian to lead his army forward to cross the river as quickly as possible to prevent the Xia army on the opposite side from escaping.
This inevitably caused some chaos in the Tang army, but the generals of the Tang army all understood that a good battle was completely disrupted by the Xia army.
They surrendered to the enemy before the battle and rebelled before the battle. They should have been lucky to have shed a lot of blood, but the generals were not very happy.
This battle is a battle to destroy the country. Only a battle like the one under Nanyang City is worthy of it. If we break into Dou Jiande's lair so easily, what credit can we claim? All the credit belongs to others.
This is the thinking of the generals before the army. Sometimes defeating the enemy lightly is not worthy of their happiness...
This chapter has been completed!