It took less than half an hour from the time the two armies met until the Tang army fled towards Fenyang over the mountains and plains.
In other words, the Tang army did not survive the first round of attacks and was defeated by the Daizhou cavalry offensive.
The collapse started from the left wing of the Tang Army. Shi Chenglu's tribe took the lead in fleeing backwards, and then affected the Lu Feng tribe. The front army invaded the middle and rear armies. The chain reaction was not something that could be stopped by manpower.
Luo Shixin achieved his goal. He led the army forward vertically and horizontally, defeated the obstruction of two Tang armies one after another, rushed into the middle of the Tang army, and killed him covered in blood. He raised his horse and raised his sword, and cut off Dou Jing from his horse with a single blow.
With one sword, the flag officer of the Tang army was killed.
While laughing wildly, he grabbed the flag of Li Yuanji, the general manager of Bingzhou, and raised it triumphantly over his head to show off. A wave of cavalry galloped past him, smashing the Tang army into pieces.
Liu Jingsheng led his troops to defeat the Tang Army's cavalry that had gathered hastily to meet the enemy, and then attacked the Tang Army's rear.
When Li Po led his heavy cavalry to the battlefield, the two armies had already fought their way through the Tang army, tearing apart the formation consisting of tens of thousands of Tang troops.
Luo Shixin used the fastest speed to send someone to deliver the Tang Army's commander-in-chief flag to Li Po to claim credit, along with Dou Jing's body.
The defeated troops of the Tang army seemed to have covered the area as far as the eye could see. Like headless flies, they dropped pieces of corpses and piles of baggage and fled in all directions.
Li Po immediately sent an order to divide the army into thousands of troops and chase them north, hoping to annihilate the entire Tang army within Yanmen territory.
In the evening, the army set up camp.
Groups of surrendered soldiers from the Tang army were also sent here one after another.
That night, count the results.
In addition to the capture of countless Tang army baggage, the Tang army surrendered more than 15,000 soldiers in the evening of this day.
There are four senior generals of the Tang Army headed by Shi Chenglu, and the remaining low-level officers number in the dozens. Moreover, this number is constantly increasing. It can be seen that the Tang Army has begun to surrender in an organized manner.
And under the pursuit of Daizhou cavalry, it is unlikely that anyone can lead hundreds or even thousands of people to escape from Yanmen.
The surrender of too many prisoners immediately delayed the march of the army.
Li Po simply stationed here and let the army rest here for a day.
In the morning of the next day, the infantry at the rear finally caught up. Looking at the battlefield that had been almost cleaned, groups of Tang troops surrendered prisoners, and the baggage was captured one by one.
The eyes of Brother Yuchi, Xue Wanche and others were about to turn blue with envy. In front of the mighty Daizhou Cavalry, infantry generals like him seemed very redundant.
They didn't share the merits of the battle, but they still had to work hard behind the cavalry and wipe their butts.
Especially after this battle, Li Po may lead his troops north to Yunzhong soon, and the infantry will be even less likely to follow. The grassland will always be the domain of cavalry, and the infantry will not be redundant, but a burden.
Already.
But there was nothing we could do. Everyone knew the importance of the infantry. However, now, Li Po, the commander-in-chief of Daizhou's march, used the cavalry superbly and could always find opportunities to defeat the enemy in a field battle using a method similar to a surprise attack.
Under such circumstances, the infantry had little room to perform.
In fact, the Yuchi brothers had already begun to think about letting the infantry mount war horses a long time ago. Following the example of Daye in the 11th year, Li Po used the infantry as cavalry to create a very fast marching force.
, a dual-purpose infantry unit that does not rely much on logistical supplies but can dismount and fight at critical moments has emerged.
In that case, at least they can keep up with the battle rhythm of the army.
But those must be light infantry, and they will face the serious problem of insufficient combat effectiveness.
As for the transformation of the army, Li Po did some things when he suppressed the army in Heng'an, but a series of wars left him no time to carefully consider the composition of his army.
Moreover, it requires efforts in all aspects to achieve it.,
The Heng'an Town Army, which grew up from the war, is still moving forward according to inertia. Many of its problems have been exposed. For example, the increase in new recruits has caused a rapid decline in combat effectiveness. When large armies fight together, their command is often ineffective and they rely solely on generals.
Be adaptable.
The number of soldiers and horses in various places has never been very accurate, and there is a lack of a strong and strict conscription system, which makes the recruitment of various ministries seem too random. The soldiers in the army are gradually uneven, and factional fighting is further intensifying.
This is obviously the situation faced by all armies in the world. Years of war have made it impossible for all the heroes in the world to sort out their internal affairs carefully, and Daizhou is no exception.
It's just that the Daizhou Army has covered up these problems with one victory after another. If things continue like this, the decline of Li Mi and others will actually be an example for the Daizhou Army.
Of course, at this time, Li Po would not think of these problems.
As soon as the infantry arrived, he immediately ordered Wei Chixin to lead a thousand infantry, together with two thousand cavalry, to escort the Tang army's soldiers back to Yanmen.
Over the course of a day, the number of surrendered soldiers of the Tang army increased rapidly, and soon exceeded 20,000.
In this battle, the Tang army that marched north to Yanmen was almost completely wiped out.
Shi Doujing, the governor of Bingzhou, Zhang Da, the chariot general, and others were killed on the spot, and more than 25,000 Tang soldiers were captured. The rest followed one after another, and the people of Yanmen sent the Tang soldiers who had fled to the mountains to Yanmen County.
Receive reward.
In this battle, the main force of Jinyang's defenders was wiped out.
In June, Li Po sent his army south to attack Fenyang.
Li Yuanji, the general manager of Bingzhou, really did not dare to stay in Fenyang any longer this time, so he abandoned the city and fled with a group of confidants who had escaped.
Li Po fought without a single blow and reoccupied Fenyang.
After resting for three days in Fenyang, Luo Shixin was sent out of Yanmen County to explore in the direction of Jinyang.
At this time, he was still a little hesitant. Taking away Li Yuan's lair was nothing, but could a fortified city like Jinyang be captured by his own troops, mainly cavalry?
He had seen siege battles in Liaodong, and the brutality was beyond words.
A Liaodong city was attacked by millions of troops, but it was not captured. Of course, Sui Emperor Yang Guang helped the Goguryeo people a lot, but the difficulty of the siege battle was that Li Li, who had stayed under the Liaodong city for many days,
The damage is also visible at a glance.
Moreover, the Daizhou Army, which was almost built by him, was not good at attacking the city.
But another surprise came. In mid-June, Luo Shixin sent a few people to Li Po.
These few people are said to be descendants of the Wang family in Jinyang and want to see the general manager of Daizhou's march.
In fact, Li Po was already planning at this moment. He would attack Yuci first, and move towards Jinyang. At worst, he would fight the Tang army behind Jinyang, and completely inflict pain on the Tang army in Hedong.
But the Wang family of Jinyang, who was once unattainable to Li Po, offered to surrender at this time, hoping to lure Li Po to attack Jinyang.
Li Po felt a little dizzy. After meeting a few people, he was full of suspicion.
He invited Wang Zhibian to identify them, and found out that several of them were indeed children of the Wang family, and their identities were not simple. One of them was the legitimate son of the main branch of the Wang family.
When Wang Zhibian saw him, he had to call him uncle.
Wang Zhibian and Li Po mumbled, saying that there were no good people in the main branch, and the general manager should not trust them gullibly.
This kind of subjective conjecture is naturally beyond the scope of Li Po's consideration. This man is similar to Wang Qing. He has turned against the Wang family of Jinyang, especially Wang Zhibian, who personally killed Wang Que, the former prefect of Yanmen. What he said
Naturally it is not allowed.
Of course, Li Po, who had used many conspiracies and tricks, could not help but consider whether the Tang army in Jinyang was using some trick to lure the enemy.
After asking around for a while, Li Po finally asked the whole story, and what he heard was very fresh.
Qi King Li Yuanji, who ran away as fast as a rabbit, actually did so many "good things"?
If Jinyang was really captured, it was obviously not Li Po's credit. Li Yuan's fourth son was the hero behind the scenes.
Li Po thought about it secretly for a long time, invited everyone to discuss it again, and finally decided to lead his troops south to attack Jinyang.
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At this time, the city of Jinyang was already filled with gloom and gloom. The news of Li Yuanji's defeat at Yanmen had vaguely spread. Jinyang City, which was already panic-stricken, had an undercurrent surging.
Yu Wenxin, who was "cultivating" in the mansion, heard the report before Li Yuanji fled back to Jinyang. He was so shocked that he almost vomited a mouthful of blood.
Li Po, the commander-in-chief of Daizhou's march, used civil unrest as bait to lure Jinyang soldiers and horses northward. Almost the entire army of nearly 40,000 troops was wiped out in Yanmen County, and only more than a thousand people escaped.
Yu Wenxin could hardly believe his ears. How was this battle fought? How many days had it been since he had been out? It was such a disastrous defeat?
Yu Wenxin was so shocked and angry that he almost fell ill.
He had no time to vent his anger with Li Yuanji, and even scolding him felt unnecessary.
He immediately ordered people to send letters to the counties in Hedong and Chang'an, just two words, asking for help.
He also wanted to enlist the young men in Jinyang City to join the army, but he was stopped by his confidants. The people in the city were inherently unstable. The Jinyang Wang family even regarded Qi King Li Yuanji as an enemy bandit.
At this time, there will be a large-scale recruitment, and there will definitely be chaos. Once the situation is chaotic, the city may be lost immediately, and there are still the emperor's family members in the city...
In the end, Yu Wenxin sighed deeply, thinking that Jinyang could no longer be defended, but who would be responsible for the loss of Jinyang? Li Yuanji? Or Yu Wenxin?
In the end, his choice was no different from Dou Dan's, it could only be based on selfishness.
As the saying goes, a wise person will appear upright if he uses it, but a foolish person will appear despicable if he uses it.
Li Yuanji is actually the best example.
When Li Yuanji and his men fled back to Jinyang in embarrassment, before they entered the city, they were stopped by Yu Wenxin more than ten miles outside the city.
At this time, Li Yuanji was ashamed, but also full of anger. He felt that Yu Wenxin came in front of him at this time, and he must have wanted to see his embarrassment with his own eyes.
So don't let him admit his mistake personally. When they met, Li Yuanji mocked Yu Wenxin and said: "General Yuwen is not recuperating in the mansion? Why did he come out of the city? Aren't you afraid of catching the cold and not being able to afford it?"
Having said this, Li Yuanji really had other thoughts. He looked around and wanted to immediately order Yu Wenxin to be killed here, and then blame him for the defeat.
