One hundred and thirty-ninth chapter borrowing the child to use
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Xu Huai looked at the trembling two sons of Cao Shixiong standing in front of him, and his mood was quite complicated.
A year ago, Xu Huai captured them together with Cao Shixiong's eldest son, Cao Xuanwen, in Lanzhou City. After executing Cao Xuanwen in Taohua Chong, he handed over Cao Xuanwu and Cao Xuanxing, who had not yet become adults, to the Linfu Road Soldiers and Horses Governor's Office for disposal. Of course, the Gu family
Not wanting to have a deadly feud with the Cao family, he escorted Cao Shixiong's two sons to Bianliang in the name of the general manager of the military and horse capital on Linfu Road.
Xu Huai did not expect that those in the court would beg for peace and secretly release Cao Shixiong's two sons back to Lanzhou, but they did not know about it for a long time.
But a trick of fate caused Cao Shixiong's two sons to fall back into his hands.
"What's going on with these two girls?" Xu Huai looked at the two girls behind Cao Shixiong's second son and asked.
"Cao Shixiong and his two sons went with Cao Shili to Minglu Village for training. They took the two maids to Minglu Village to warm their beds." The captors pulled Cao Shixiong's two sons out from hiding in the mountain col. They had already completed the interrogation and left.
Step forward and report.
"You are so young, you are full of evil," Wang Ju stared at Cao Shixiong and his two sons, held down the saber on his waist, and said coldly, "They all have whips now. Since the Cao family surrendered to the barbarians, then they can
Hulu will rule by law!"
The Cao family defected to Yue and then defected to the Red Husbands. They were willing to be the vanguard of the Red Husbands and charged into the battle. The two sides formed a life-or-death feud. Wang Ju killed all his life. Of course, he would not have any sympathy for the two bastards of the Cao family. He thought
Just kill him and finish the job.
"..." The two sons, Cao Xuanwu and Cao Xuanxing, were both thirteen or fourteen years old. They had been well clothed and well-fed since childhood. They were imprisoned in Fuzhou and escorted to Bianliang. Because everyone from all walks of life had small thoughts, they did not suffer much.
At this time, Wang Ju, who saw his robe and armor stained with blood, looked over with murderous intent and wanted to beg for mercy, but his teeth were chattering and he couldn't say a word. A stream of heat gushed out from his crotch.
"These two bitches are so scared that they pissed themselves!" Tang Pan came over on horseback and saw that the crotches of Cao Shixiong's two sons were wet. He laughed disdainfully, stretched out his hand to lift one of them up, and said, "If you can help us make money,
How about opening the gate to Peach Blossom Village and sparing your lives?"
"Did the soldiers escape in the direction of Taohuachong?" Xu Huai was moved and asked Tang Pan.
"More than forty people fled to the mountains to the north, and seventeen or eight people fled to the southeast..." Tang Pan said.
Guanchuan Mountain has steep slopes and deep ravines, but overall it is far less steep than Luliang Mountain and Changshan Mountain (Yanmen Mountain) to the north.
After Xu Huai raided Lanzhou City a year ago, he led his troops to escort Wang Gaoxing, Qian Zerui and other officials and hundreds of their families to evacuate across Guanlui Mountain to Fuzhou, while Langu City returned west to Fuzhou City.
There is a post road that crosses the northwest foot of Guanhui Mountain; in the past, tens of thousands of grains were transported from Taiyuan to Fuzhou via Lanzhou every year to support the consumption of the General Administration Office of the Military and Horse Capital on Linfu Road.
Because there are large areas of gently sloping meadows in the mountain, Guanchuan Mountain was an extremely important horse breeding land during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Therefore, Xu Huai and others had no way to annihilate all the enemy soldiers here. A small number of enemy soldiers were destined to escape and rush to Langu, Kelan and other places to report the news.
However, although Zhufeng Villa is a certain distance from Huanglongpoyi, overall it is still on the eastern half of Guanlui Mountain.
The escaping enemy soldiers were also generally familiar with the terrain. When the east and west ends of the gorge were blocked by ambushes, in order to survive, they fled to the three cities of Loufan in the southeast, Ningwu in the northeast and Langu in the northwest. This was their best option.
s Choice.
Tang Pan had just taken over the command of the battlefield. He stood on a high place and looked at the battlefield. He could also see the direction in which dozens of enemy soldiers were escaping. Although many of the enemy soldiers who escaped had no time to catch up, he confirmed that no enemy soldiers were escaping in the direction of Taohua Chong.
"These two cowards, they look useless, they are willing to help us in order to survive, but they are afraid that they will be exposed before Taohua Chongzhai," Wang Ju looked at Cao Shixiong's second son with disdain and said, "
However, it’s still worth a try!”
The most important thing in this battle is not how to reach Taiyuan, but how to withdraw from Taiyuan.
Going east and south, you will encounter the main force of the captive soldiers. They don't have enough manpower to play. The Chihu people have moved in a large number of tribes in the north, intending to manage Yunshuo as its core area. It seems that there are not many soldiers left behind.
, but these Fan tribes that have been attached to the Chihu people in the early years have not all been recruited into the army by the Chihu people. They are all good at riding and shooting. The tribes maintain a semi-military nomadic habit and organize their troops very quickly.
If you try to escape through the Huihe River Valley (Yunshuo), you will only fall into the siege of more and more Fan cavalry.
The only feasible way is to enter from Lanzhou and then come out from Lanzhou.
Therefore, in the early stage of the raid on Taiyuan, the focus is to do everything possible to attack and weaken the Qingshun army stationed in Lanzhou, so that they lose the ability to intercept and block them tenaciously in Lanzhou. It is best to control several key nodes first.
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Heiyan Station and Huanglongpo Station are very critical nodes, but it does not mean that Taohuachong, Minglu Village, and Langu City are not important.
In fact, Taohuachong and Minglu Village are more important. A small group of elite troops can cross the mountains without taking the main road. But how can the hundreds of thousands of weak soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan cross Guanlui Mountain before a large group of pursuing troops catch up?
However, these strongholds are extremely strong, and Cao Shixiong stationed hundreds to more than a thousand elite troops in these strongholds, making it extremely difficult to attack them by force.
People rely on the city to defend. In addition to well-trained soldiers, sharp swords and guns, and strong bows and crossbows, a large number of rolling stones, wood, gold juice, boiling oil, wolf teeth, etc. are usually placed on the wall to assist defense.
If we can't deploy calmly and rush to attack with only hundreds of elites, how many people will have to die to take down such a stronghold?
Xu Huai directly led the raid this time with only 3,000 elite troops. There were three to five hundred casualties in one battle. Should there be another fight next?
Xu Huai's original plan was to bypass these fortresses first, and when the Taiyuan soldiers and civilians were ready to withdraw to the west, he would use the weak but extremely large Taiyuan garrison to attack these fortresses and open the way for the westward retreat.
However, now that there is an opportunity to drive Cao Shixiong and his two sons to deceive the gate of Taohua Chong Village, even if there is a possibility of failure, of course they must give it a try.
"Well, let's borrow the two sons of Cao Shixiong first. Tang Pan, you immediately select two hundred men and horses to put on the soldiers' armor and escort the two sons of the Cao family to Taohuachong. I will send another person to escort Wang Xian
Lead a battalion directly to Taohuachong to meet you," Xu Huai said, "but you must remember one thing, if you cannot deceive the gate of the village to open, you must not attack by force!"
They were west of Guanlui Mountain, and the first batch of only 800 men and horses lurked in despite the wind and snow.
In the battle on the gorge road, casualties were very limited, but Xu Xin'an needed to seize the Black Goose Station and cut off Yang Guang's old road before Cao Shixiong could react.
Xu Huai will then lead the hundreds of men and horses who have just fought hard to rush to Huanglongpo Station.
In addition to the need for urgent rest and recuperation for the troops who were directly involved in the battle just now, the more important thing is to seize this key point, which can divide the Qingshun army in Lanzhou into three parts, making it impossible for them to gather in one place in a short time.
Otherwise, Cao Shixiong saw through their intentions, abandoned Langu, Ningwu and other cities, and gathered all 14,500 men and horses in his hands to the east bank of Fen River. Relying on Lanzhou City, he established a camp on the east bank of Fen River. They would have to catch him blind.
Now, only two hundred men who had no chance to participate in the battle could be given to Commander Tang Pan to earn money and join the stronghold.
However, they have a large number of troops lurking in the mountains between Shengjun Fort and Taohua Chong Village. As long as Tangpan can successfully open the gate of Taohua Chong Village, they will naturally send troops and horses directly from there to reinforce and capture Taohua Chong Village. A key pass in the southwest of Ilangu County.
Of course, Xu Huai dared to disperse his troops in this way because he was angry that Cao Shixiong had just wiped out the last bit of elite combat power that could maneuver quickly.
Cao Shixiong sent his infantry out of the city to fight. Braving the wind and snow, he had to maintain a combat formation to prevent the cavalry from charging from the flank at any time. He completed the less than 20 miles from Lanzhou City to Huanglongpo Station in one day. All slopes are considered fast.
By the time Cao Shixiong mobilized troops from Ningwu and Langu to encircle them, Pan Chenghu, Xu Wujiang, Tang Qing, Yin Peng, Han Qi, Yang Qiye, Zheng Jinqing and others had also led their troops into the vicinity of Huanglongpo Post.
In order to raid Taiyuan, Chushan seemed to have mobilized two thousand troops, but basically all the core generals were gone.
When Tang Pan counted all the troops, Xu Huai ordered Niu Er, Shi Hu, Wu Chihai and others to follow Tang Pan to Taohuachong.
Deceiting the village gate to open and then holding it until the reinforcements arrive means that the two sides may have fiercely fought for the village gate before. But in the narrower battlefield, Niu Er, Shi Hu, Wu Chihai and other brave warriors The greater the role people can play...
