Zhou Huan saw Cao Shixiong wearing armor and riding a tall yellow-maned horse. He came out of the city with only a dozen elite guards left in the city. His eyes turned red and he swallowed hard and shouted,
"The dog thief Xu Huai bullies people too much. Zhou Huan will be shattered to pieces today, but he still has to save the two young masters for Jieshuai!"
Cao Shixiong glanced at Zhou Huan with his gloomy eyes, then looked at the generals behind Zhou Huan, and said in a deep voice:
"The thief Xu Huai has repeatedly attacked Lanzhou and deceived me into being incompetent. I, Cao Shixiong, swear that I will fight with this thief life and death. But in today's battle, all generals should not think of my two children. They were captured by Xu Huai's dog thief.
Life or death, it is their fate. Today's battle is to avenge the shame of our Lanzhou and avenge the slaughter of thousands of athletes in our Lanzhou..."
The eldest son died unexpectedly, and the eldest grandson was taken away by the refugees without a trace. Cao Shixiong was getting older and had many wives and concubines, and it was difficult for him to have children. If something happened to his second son, his family would be extinct. How could he not hate or be anxious in his heart?
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However, he knew better how dangerous it was to fight a cavalry formation with an infantry brigade, and the second son was completely under Xu Huai's control.
If he fought this battle with the goal of rescuing people, their formation would be disrupted and confused by Xu Huaiyi's backhand.
Not to mention rescuing the two sons at that time, the five thousand generals fighting out of the city will most likely fall into a place of eternal destruction.
How can a soldier act recklessly if his life or death is a matter of life?
The current situation dictated that Cao Shixiong had to go out of the city to fight, and Cao Shixiong put on armor and went out to the battle in order to suppress Zhou Huan and other generals from acting impulsively.
"Kill Xu Huai's dog thief and avenge his shame!" the first batch of generals who came out of the city to form an array roared.
Cao Shixiong put on his armor and went out of the city, asking Zhou Huan and his troops to advance in a tight formation. When the following troops and horses gradually filled the vacated space, he ordered the city gate to be closed, and sternly ordered to Meng Jian in front of the city tower:
"General Judge Meng Jian received my military order: In today's battle, I and the dog thief Xu Huai will fight to the death. You quickly close the city gate and fill the gate hole with horses and antlers. Before I fight the dog thief Xu Huai, there will be no
Under my command, whoever dares to open the city gate without permission will be killed without mercy and his clan will be killed. If unfortunately I die in battle, you, Meng Jian, will take over the post of governor of Lanzhou, take control of the military aircraft, and order the troops to retreat to Ningwu.
, people are running away from the building, and you must not open the city gate to accept the retreat, so as to prevent Xu Huai's dog thief from taking advantage of it. Meng Jian, do you understand?"
"Jie Shuai..." Meng Jian stood at the top of the city, choking with sobs and bowing to his fate.
Feibi relied on the city to fight, and took the initiative to leave the protection of the city wall and enter the deep battlefield. Without the reinforcements of bows and crossbows at the top of the city, the enemy cavalry could easily attack in a roundabout way, and the heavy weapons could not be dragged onto the battlefield. Cao Shixiong now ordered the city to be closed.
The generals and soldiers were injured and could no longer retreat to the city in time, and there was no way to take turns to fight.
All the advantages of fighting against the city will be lost. Five thousand infantry will have no advantage in front of more than two thousand cavalry.
And because the city gate is closed, once the infantry array is dispersed by the cavalry, the consequences will be unimaginable. However, to prevent the Chushan cavalry from taking advantage of the chaos to seize the city, it is necessary to motivate the soldiers to survive in the current situation.
Determined to rush to the battlefield, Cao Shixiong had to order the city gate to be closed...
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"I have to say that Cao Shixiong is a character..."
Seeing that Cao Shixiong not only dared to storm out of the city, but also ordered the city gates to be closed and put to death to survive, Chen Zixiao couldn't help but sigh.
The result they were most looking forward to was just to lure the one or two thousand enemy soldiers who had left the city first and formed a formation in the city into the relatively open river valley area and annihilated them at the lowest cost.
In this way, the morale of the Qing Shun army was low and the morale of the army was disorganized. He and Xiao Yanhan led more than 2,000 captured soldiers of the Tianxiong army, supplemented by a small number of cavalry, and stayed in Lanzhou, which was enough to deal with the Qing Shun army; while Xu Huai
Then you can lead the main force of the Chushan Cavalry to attack Taiyuan at the fastest speed and complete the early combat goal of attacking Taiyuan.
They still underestimated Cao Shixiong.
Cao Shixiong rushed out of the city with the attitude of risking death to survive. They wanted to annihilate all the enemy troops, but the casualties would be difficult to control.
Once Chu Shanqi, who was the main force in the attack, suffered too many casualties, his successors were weak, and he could not take advantage of the chaos to seize Lanzhou City, it would be difficult to say that Gu Jiqian would send out a large number of troops.
Then their early combat goal of raiding Taiyuan would be difficult to achieve, and Chu Shanqi would have to stay in Lanzhou to contend with the Qing Shun Army.
Once the situation in Lanzhou is not clear for three to five days, the Taiyuan soldiers will become alert. Xindai Yingshuo and Yunzhou soldiers will quickly gather to reinforce Lanzhou, and they will have to retreat to Fuzhou sadly.
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Seeing Cao Shixiong commanding two groups of infantry at this time, slowly moving in a combat formation towards the ferry in the south of the city, causing his troops to spread out along the Fenshui River Valley, still relying on the city behind him and the Fenshui River to the east as much as possible
He shielded the flanks, and Chen Zixiao had to admit that Cao Shixiong was a man of the order of heroes.
Xu Huai said lightly: "Cao Shixiong is indeed a person, but it's a pity that he met me!"
Xiao Yanhan glanced at Xu Huai with her beautiful eyes, wondering if she could finish this battle before bragging?
Xu Huai dismounted, looked at the five or six hundred captured soldiers of the Tianxiong Army who were lined up on the hillock behind him, and said in a loud voice:
"A month ago, I told you that I came here to attack Taiyuan and relieve the siege of Taiyuan. You nodded in response, but I know that few of you believed it. Even when we marched to Minglu Village yesterday,
, you are still full of fear and hesitation in your hearts. This is human nature, and I have no complaints against you. On the contrary, the fear, worry, and human emotions in your hearts are good things, and it shows that you are not insensitive. However, now you are still
Believe me or not?”
"...Taiyuan has been besieged for nearly a year. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians would rather die than surrender. You, who once boasted of being brave soldiers of the Tianxiong Army, have earned back the humiliation in Datong. They are truly willing to die rather than surrender. The imperial court once decreed
If they were asked to surrender Taiyuan, the Hulu would also let them go south, but they would rather resist the decree and die in Taiyuan than sacrifice the city to the Hulu. They are unwilling to make peace with this bastard world, and are unwilling to give up living and dying together.
People. Among them are your gray-haired parents, your wives who are longing for your return, and your sons who are not even taller than a horse whip and are standing on the city wall with spears. I don’t know whether the battle in front of me will be won or lost.
There is no chance to fight to the gates of Taiyuan City, but I want to ask you now, are you afraid to join me and die fighting for your wives, children, and parents on the banks of the Fenshui River? Let our blood dye the Fenshui red, and let the river dye red.
Flow to Taiyuan, so that your wives, children, and parents can see that we fought and died for them here and did not abandon them?"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Yuan and the general will die on the battlefield!"
The prisoners of Tianxiong Army roared and screamed.
Three years in captivity made them numb for a time, but it also erased all their bad qualities.
Among the soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan who had been besieged for a year and preferred to die rather than surrender, there really were their parents, wives and children. At this moment, they were reborn, awakening the seeds of unyielding fighting spirit and fighting spirit deep in their bones.
This is called mourning soldiers.
This kind of fighting spirit cannot be inspired by Xiao Yanhan, Chen Zixiao and others, but Xu Huai can.
Of course, this is mainly because Xiao Linshi had long ago intended to secretly preserve this part of the combat power for Xu Huai, and did not prevent the story of the rise of the soldiers from Yantong and Baishan in the first and second northern expeditions from spreading among the prisoners.
Use captured soldiers.
In order to strengthen the organization of captured soldiers, Gu Jiqian selected dozens of former Tianxiong Army soldiers who had attached themselves to Fuzhou after the fall of Lanzhou and incorporated them into the third compartment of the Xuanwu Army.
Although this allowed Fuzhou to have a certain influence on the third wing of the Xuanwu Army, these military officers and soldiers deeply recognized Xu Huai's illustrious military exploits in Shuozhou and Lanzhou.
"Okay, your task today is to guard the small piece of slope under Pinglan. Even if you die in battle, your corpses will be buried deep in the frozen soil to build a gold and stone barrier, and the soldiers will be smashed and bleeding.
!" Xu Huaizhen gave the order, sending Xiao Yanhan and Chen Zixiao to lead 500 captured soldiers of the Tianxiong Army into the predetermined battlefield.
The cavalry directly attacked the waiting array of soldiers, causing too many casualties. One or two combat forces were needed to insert into the battlefield like steel nails, making it impossible for the Qing Shun army to calmly deploy the infantry array.
This will create opportunities for the cavalry to attack and pull the flanks.
This task can only be undertaken by a battalion of captured Tianxiong soldiers led by Xiao Yanhan and Chen Zixiao, and a battalion of Qinfeng horse and infantry led by Zheng Jinqing, who have already entered the edge of the battlefield.
As the two battalions of infantry entered the battlefield, Cao Shixiong waited silently and was not in a hurry to surround and kill the two battalions of infantry. He knew that Xu Huai's real trump card was the thousands of soldiers who were still located on the periphery of the battlefield but could kill them with lightning speed at any time.
Yu Chushanqi.
The Qingshun Army looked at the large number of people on the Fenshui River in the south of the city, but there were really not many among them who could be considered elite soldiers. The Qingshun Army had lost its elite soldiers before and had lost too much blood. Now as long as a flaw is revealed,
, what will usher in will be catastrophe.
What Cao Shixiong is doing now is to constantly send out the guards around him to see if each array is in order and to see if there are gaps between arrays. He wants to use shields and spears to form copper and iron walls and spread them out on the banks of the Fenshui River.
If Xu Huai really points his sword at Taiyuan, then Chu Shanqi will have to hit these copper and iron walls.
After all, the time left for the Chushan Cavalry to raid Taiyuan was extremely limited.
If it takes two days at most, Taiyuan will be ready.
It would take at least one day for the Chushan Cavalry to cross the Luliang Mountains and enter the north of Taiyuan.
As long as they block the Chushan Cavalry by the Fenshui River for one day, they will have a chance to win.
Real war is never measured by the number of enemy soldiers killed or injured, but by whether the combat intention can be achieved.
If they block and hold back Chu Shanqi, they win; if Chu Shanqi flees sadly, it means defeat.
Because there is not much time and opportunity left for the Southern Dynasties.
Xu Huai watched all this in silence, waiting for the main force of the Qing Shun Army to launch a battle formation along the Fenshui River Valley in the south of Lanzhou City, then he waved his hand to Shi Hu behind him ferociously and ferociously, and said: "You can continue with the two puppies.
Take them out and run away! Since they choose to be dogs, they must be aware of being treated like dogs and slaughtered!"
Shi Hu received the order and led several cavalrymen to escort Cao Shixiong and his two sons out, but this time they no longer tied them to the saddles, but directly put iron chains and leather ropes around their necks and tied their hands.
