After the Jiaozhao Incident, Cai Ting first served as the commander of the Jingsheng Army, the pacification envoy of the Jingyuan Road, and finally the commander-in-chief of the military and horse capitals of Jingyuan, Linyan and other five routes. He was in charge of the Western Army of the Five Routes. It can be said that he was the commander-in-chief of the army.
The ultimate.
During this period, although Cai Ting adjusted the five forbidden army defense zones to prevent anyone from reliving the old accounts, and adjusted the main army on Jingyuan Road to the Xiaosheng Army, in fact, in the Xiaosheng Army, Wang Xiaocheng could not be replaced
Wait until the traces of the Wang family's children are erased.
On the one hand, it is the composition of the Western Army. In addition to the regular army, the Xiang army, rural soldiers and Tibetan soldiers recruited from the Tibetan people in border states have strong combat effectiveness and cannot be ignored. Every two or three years, a group of capable generals will be formed.
Xiang troops, rural soldiers and even Fan soldiers were added to the regular (forbidden) army; many of these Xiang troops, rural soldiers and Fan soldiers were recruited by Wang Xiaocheng, Wang Ju and other Wang family members, or they were commanded
of.
On the other hand, both the Liu family and the Wang family were born as generals in Jingzhou. The two brothers Liu Shidao and Liu Shizhong took charge of the Xiaosheng Army successively, appointing and promoting a group of generals and military officials in Jingzhou, many of whom were old acquaintances of the Wang family.
, there are even some in-law relationships.
As for Liu Yan and Chen Yuan, they were no strangers to the Wang family. Chen Yuan even served as an official under Wang Ju in his early years and was a member of the Jingzhou Township Soldiers.
At this time, they saw that no one in Chihu Jianrui could challenge Wang Ju's powerful iron spear, so they immediately recognized him.
Since Xu Huaidu may be Wang Xiaocheng's son, it is not difficult to imagine that Wang Ju escaped from the fire in the state prison that year.
There were several veterans around Liu Yan who knew some of the events of that year. Many people even secretly rumored that the fire in Jingzhou Prison was caused by someone sent by Liu Yan's uncle Liu Shidao. At this moment, they couldn't help but look at the fire.
Liu Yan looked over, wondering what choice he would make.
Before surrounding the hundreds of captive soldiers who dismounted and fought in Pogang, Xu Huai, Liu Yan, and Chen Yuan had already drawn up a battle plan. They also considered that when Xu Xin'an and Yin Peng led the ambush troops to attack, the hundreds of captive cavalry on the flanks were likely to directly attack
Bite a remnant of the Western Army and attack.
At this time, it is necessary for the other two groups of remaining Western Army soldiers to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese soldiers on the hilltop to prevent them and the Japanese cavalry on the flanks from focusing on the first group of Western Army's remaining soldiers.
The advance of the war at this time was completely within the scope of their expectations. If Liu Yan and Chen Yuan did not move at this time, before Xu Xin'an and Yin Peng led the ambush troops into the battlefield, Xu Huai and the others would be faced with more than 200 captive soldiers attacking from behind.
Even when the other 300 captives came to kill them, they would be able to complete the encirclement of Xu Huai and the rest of the Western Army before Xu Xin'an and Yin Peng.
Liu Yan recognized Wang Ju. At this moment, he was both surprised and suspicious. He was not without distracting thoughts, but he hesitated and stared at him with many eyes. Especially when Xu Huai was killing the enemy, he glanced at him from time to time, like fire.
Burning, he gritted his teeth and roared: "My sons, follow me to annihilate the enemy on the mountaintop, don't let my Western Army's strong ambitions fall!"
Liu Yan led his men to attack Po Gang. Chen Yuan had no reason to hesitate and attacked from the west side.
Their task was to use their superiority in armor and strength to annihilate the hundreds of soldiers on the hillocks, and to leave the task of intercepting the outer cavalry to the remnant soldiers and two subordinates led by Xu Huai.
In the woods to the north, the ambush came out from behind the ravine.
Unless absolutely necessary, the other one hundred cavalrymen, as the last reserve troops, would not easily come out of the valley.
"Liu Yan is better than the previous generation of Liu family!"
Xu Huai, the eleventh person in front, is not only like Pan
The stone, more like a sharp knife, cut into pieces the hundreds of soldiers who rushed over. The remaining soldiers of the Western Army behind were frightened, but they also had a foundation of bravery in their bones. Under the leadership of several military officials, they
The two wings surrounded and attacked the scattered horsemen.
The battle situation here has stabilized, and Xu Huai and Wang Ju have enough time to observe the movements in other directions.
Seeing Liu Yan, Chen Yuan still led his remaining troops to attack the captive soldiers on the hillock from the east and west sides, but Wang Ju wanted to look down on them.
Of course Xu Huai had considered Liu Yan, and Chen Yuan might have acted stupidly after finding out Wang Ju's identity, but if that were the case, they would have no choice but to force their way out, and from now on they would no longer have the extravagant hope of rescuing many from this chaotic battlefield.
The Western Army collapsed.
Fortunately, the performance of Liu Yan and Chen Yuan did not disappoint them.
At this time, three hundred cavalrymen had already galloped to the south of Pogang, but the attack launched by more than a hundred cavalrymen from the southeast had been completely blocked. Hulejian, the general of the hundred households, also knew that continuing to entangle would only make him more passive, and he could only carry the enemy with him.
The men and horses galloped back and met up with the three hundred reinforcements.
Hulejian turned his horse's head and looked towards the hillside behind him. His heart was full of bitterness and he wanted to cry but had no tears.
There were still many war horses running in front of the hillside, but there was no one in the saddle.
Dozens of corpses lay in front of the slope, with blood still flowing out; some of the seriously injured Chihu Jianrui were knocked off their horses and had no way to escape, so they became lambs to be slaughtered.
The remnant soldiers of the Western Army were also merciless, grabbing the braids on the back of the heads of these wounded red soldiers and pulling them back, exposing their throats, and then cut them open with a bag knife.
This scene made Hule Jian, the general of hundreds of households, his eyes tearing open. He said to the general who arrived with three hundred reinforcements: "Kuo Wei, the southern thieves are treacherous. I accidentally followed his path and ended up killing more than twenty men."
, It’s really hateful! I’ll listen to you no matter how you say you’re going to fight next!”
Kuoti tightened the reins and swept towards the hilltop like a pair of sharp-eyed hawks.
Although the hundreds of men who were the first to dismount and fight were already confused with the two remaining groups of Western Army soldiers, and were obviously at a disadvantage due to their numbers and armor, Kuo Ti did not rush to order each group to cover up and rescue the siege.
His eyes first glanced at the remaining soldiers of the Western Army, and then stared at the Tongbai soldiers advancing south along the foot of the slope on the east and west sides. He pointed at them with his whip and said: "Huljian, look at those people whose clothes and armor are in tatters."
, but they moved forward in such an orderly manner, with no chaos on the left and right, and there were not many gaps that could be opened during the march. How could they be broken soldiers escaping from the south bank of the Hui River? A small group of people was ambushed here before. I doubt these.
People should be prepared for this!"
Hu Le said patiently: "I just hit my head and was bleeding, how could I still not see it? Especially those dozen southern thieves, who were obviously brave enough to have more than a hundred generals, but they pretended to be ordinary soldiers and killed them.
Wearing iron armor under the uniforms, we were deceived, especially the two leaders. It can be said that they are as powerful as an enemy of a hundred people, and there are ten thousand generals. I don’t know where they came from. Such brave generals are very rare in the southern bandit army.
Is it common?”
"Mo Lihu and the Southern Dog want us to pay attention to the possibility of sending troops in the direction of Shuozhou. Maybe these people are from Shuozhou?" Kuo Ti said doubtfully.
"There are only a few thousand southern soldiers in Shuozhou. If they really mobilized so many brave men and were obviously prepared, how could it be that thousands of people in Shuozhou are hiding in this mountain?" Hulejian asked in surprise.
Although only four days have passed since the official declaration of war, Kuo Jie and Hu Lejian have participated in large and small battles in these four days, and they have already had a fairly intuitive understanding of the attack on the Yan army.
impression.
In their opinion, these dozen people could withstand the charge of more than a hundred cavalry in front of the formation without moving, and could also kill twenty of them in less than a cup of tea.
I am afraid that every one of the southern army has the courage of a general, and I cannot help but suspect that there are more ambushes hidden in the mountains to the north.
"..." Kuo Ti narrowed his eyes and looked towards the hills to the north.
If you really look carefully, you can still see some clues.
"How are we going to fight next? We still have more than a hundred men trapped on the slope. We can't let these southern thieves encircle and annihilate us, right?" Hulejian asked.
"We immediately sent people to report to Molihu." Kuoti was worried that these southerners had set a trap and would not dare to follow through. He said to Hulejian, "Our troops will be divided into groups and harassed from the flanks. I hope we can drag them to
Mori suddenly arrived!"
"Why didn't they charge up?" Yuan Lei saw three hundred cavalry coming for reinforcements and joined the dozens of cavalry who had retreated. However, he had no intention of organizing a cavalry attack again. Instead, he separated into several teams and took bows.
Crossbow fired from the flank and asked doubtfully.
The distance between the two sides was only four or five hundred steps. Xu Huai could clearly see the way Kuo Ti, Hu Lejian and other Tibetan generals looked towards the hills to the north from time to time. He frowned and said, "They may suspect that we have more weapons hidden in the mountains."
There are so many ambushes, so we don’t dare to act rashly at this time! You can see that there are fast cavalry galloping to the southeast and southwest. They should be calling more cavalry from the outside. We have to quickly annihilate all these soldiers on the slope and hurry up.
Before more enemy cavalry arrives, flee to the mountains to rest for a while!" Then he said to Wang Ju, "Uncle Qi, you can take a few people to stay here and stay here, while Niu Er, Xiao Yi, Yuan Lei and I go to help Liu.
Yan, Chen Yuan and the others can lend a helping hand!"
Liu Yan and Chen Yuan led the remnant troops. Most of the soldiers still could not completely get rid of the panic of being frightened birds. At present, they only relied on their superiority in armor and numbers to suppress more than a hundred soldiers, making them unable to break out. But in a short time
If you want to annihilate these more than a hundred soldiers, you must have a stronger will to attack the enemy. The momentum is like a rainbow and penetrate into the hundreds of soldiers, cut them into pieces, and then divide them and annihilate them.
It is difficult for Liu Yan and the remaining troops led by Chen Yuan to do this at this time.
Xu Huai was worried that if the delay continued, more enemy cavalry would inevitably gather. He decided to wear armor again and go into battle to help Liu Yan and Chen Yuan.
"Shuozhou soldiers and horses have entered the east and west wing positions and can support here at any time. Just two or three people can accompany me to set up the formation here. Let Wang Xian go there with you." Wang Ju said.
Xu Huai confirmed that the captive cavalry on the periphery would not attack again in the short term, and agreed with Wang Xian to climb the slope and fight together.
However, as the advance team, six or seven of them fought up the slope hillock from the south, but they were still a little weak. He looked at the remaining soldiers of the Western Army on the left and right, pointed at the captive soldiers gathered together on the slope hillock, and asked: "What are you doing?"
It is said that the Western Army is the strongest in the world, but are there any brave soldiers who have climbed up the mountain first and dared to climb the slope with us to kill those barbarians?"
The Xiaosheng Army and the Xuanwu Army were defeated so quickly under the attack of the Chihu people. Of course, they are not qualified to be called a strong army. The so-called elites are only the relatively weaker and more pitiful Forbidden Army in Hedong, Hedong and other places.
In terms of.
However, under the pursuit of the red cavalry, some people were still able to gather and escape here, and they were still able to barely participate in the battle. Both in terms of skill and tactical literacy, they were definitely better than ordinary soldiers. Xu Huai now wanted to see if there were any
Not many people dared to stand up and climb the slope with them to kill the enemy!
