The distance from Heyang Nancheng to Jinyong City is not too far, and in order to deal with various sudden changes, all parties can be reinforced in time, but Zhu Hunyuan has always kept an elite cavalry ready to go into battle at any time.
After knowing the enemy's movements for sure, Zhu Hunyuan immediately issued the order to attack, but in order to avoid it being a suspicious plan, Zhu Hunyuan did not attack personally this time, but only ordered his trusted subordinates to attack.
The general will lead his troops there and give an order that no matter what happens, this group of enemy cavalry must be held firmly and not be allowed to harm other parties.
After the generals received their orders, Dang Ji led his troops to set off. When they arrived at the foot of Jinyong City, the enemy troops had already entered Luobei through the Luoshui Floating Bridge, but they did not come straight to Jinyong City, but went northwest.
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"Attack! Your Majesty has an order, this bandit army must not be let go!"
Seeing that the enemy's movement was not in line with the general's prediction, the cavalry general was startled, but he didn't think much about it and immediately gave the order to charge straight towards the enemy formation.
"Follow the flag and don't be tempted to fight!"
When Li Tai heard the sound of galloping horse hooves from the side in the direction of Jinyong City, he did not hesitate and immediately ordered his troops to speed up their march and march all the way north along the Xianshui River Valley to the mountains of Mang Mountain.
The two sides chased and escaped like this, and in the blink of an eye they had traveled another ten miles. As they entered the mountains and forests, the river gradually tightened, and the vegetation on both sides became more and more dense.
Since the elite cavalry of the Qi army were ready for battle, and most of the soldiers were covered with armor, while the Western Wei troops had no intention of fighting at all, there was a slight gap in their marching speeds, and the distance gradually widened.
However, as the mountain road gradually became more rugged, the speed of the Western Wei people's horses also slowed down. Seven or eight miles ahead, although the road was still clear and variable, it was so rugged that it was difficult to ride horizontally.
At this time, the Qi army chasing from the rear finally came closer and began to gather momentum to charge and kill the Western Wei people from the rear.
However, at this moment, flags were suddenly hoisted in the mountains on both sides, drums and horns were blaring, and the ambush troops who had been planned here were pointing their bows at the Northern Qi troops in the valley.
The sudden change naturally shocked the Qi army. However, because the river valley here was quite wide and most of the soldiers were covered with armor, although they were ambushed, there were no immediate heavy casualties.
Of course, riots are always inevitable. Under shock, many Qi soldiers subconsciously turned their horses to flee, or fought left and right, and a series of stampedes inevitably occurred.
"Don't panic, don't panic! The enemy's ambush is small, so quickly form a formation and kill the enemy!"
The cavalry general was quite panicked at first, but it didn't take long to discover that although there was a lot of noise on both sides of the river valley, the actual arrows fired were not many, and they were far away from the river bank, so their lethality was very limited.
Hearing the reminder from the commander, the other soldiers quickly noticed this and hurriedly restrained their troops. Gradually, the commotion calmed down. The soldiers at the front took the initiative to dismount and formed an array, while the horses were pulled to the rear.
A battle formation of infantry and cavalry was quickly set up, which showed that they were experienced and well-trained elites in hundreds of battles.
Li Tai didn't know that Han Xiong and others had already arrived and made such an arrangement, but he was immediately overjoyed when he saw this. He ordered the people in front of him to avoid both sides of the road and immediately dismounted and put on armor, while the light cavalry in the back continued to go inward.
Moving forward, he quickly completed the switching between the infantry and cavalry formations, and then led his troops to fight out from the inside along the river valley.
At this time, the pursuers of the Northern Qi Dynasty were forming formations on the river bank. Seeing the Wei army approaching, they used infantry formations to meet them. At the same time, the rear cavalry penetrated along the river valley to ensure that the rear route would not be blocked by ambushes. They were prepared to fight and fight.
retreat.
Soon the infantry soldiers from both sides were fighting together. Each was an elite group, and the battle situation became somewhat stalemate for a while.
As the main attacker, the Jingzhou Army struggled to kill the enemy in front of them, but under the stubborn resistance of the Qi Army, it was difficult to break the enemy's battle formation for a while. As the battle situation in the infantry formation became stalemate, both sides invariably used their skills to
If the cavalry is to attack the flank of the enemy's infantry formation, it is inevitable that the cavalry will fight against each other again.
This time, Li Tai did not enter the battle in person to kill the enemy. Instead, he joined Han Xiong and others in the rear who were ambushing and responding. Han Xiong said with shame: "After the last general, General Wei, conveyed the order to the general,
Immediately lead the troops north from Xin'an, and the front troops arrived at Mangling the day before yesterday. However, due to the small number of troops, they could only bluff and fail to form a solid army here."
"General Han, don't worry. I know that your troops have been in a very difficult situation in recent years. I am very grateful that you can come and cooperate with me this time to protect me from being bullied when I enter the thieves' territory!"
After Li Tai heard what Han Xiong said, he smiled and comforted him.
In fact, this meeting did not go through careful discussions in advance. It was just that Li Tai formed an idea and reported to Han Xiong with Wei Xuan. But even if his troops could successfully and timely arrive at Xishui, he actually couldn't
Guaranteed. Despite this, Han Xiong still led his troops here without hesitation. This was naturally because he had great trust in Li Tai.
"Well, the general said this, and the junior generals are even more ashamed. In the past, the general entered the country to fight against thieves and made brilliant achievements. On the day he left the country, although the situation was no longer the best due to mediocre people, he still managed to maintain his business.
There is room for improvement. However, the bandits from the east came back, and the generals waited for their defeat and lost their territory. They retreated continuously, and all the newly restored lands fell..."
When Han Xiong said this, his expression became even more disappointed.
Li Tai saw that his beard and hair were gray and his figure was much thinner than when they were separated. It could be seen that the past few years had been quite difficult, and he even made no secret of his contempt for Zhao Gui and Yu Wenhu, who had been defeated here before.
He couldn't help but sigh, and then said: "Although General Han and others are heroes in this area, the thieves used the strength of the whole country to attack. With a small number of enemies, even if they lose, it is understandable."
As he was talking, thunder suddenly roared in the sky, and it seemed like it was going to rain. Li Tai took a look at the battle situation in the valley ahead and it was still difficult to decide the winner. Moreover, both sides were very strong in fighting spirit, and it was feared that it would be difficult to end the battle in a short time.
Thinking of the soldiers who traveled day and night to get here, their physical exertion must have almost reached a limit. If they continue to fight in the rain, they may get sick under the freezing autumn rain. Even if the army carries enough prescriptions and medicines to deal with the epidemic, wind and cold, they will inevitably
It would also greatly affect the next actions, so Li Tai wanted to end this battle as soon as possible.
However, seeing that the enemy troops were still fighting bravely, Li Tai could not help but sigh at the strong fighting spirit of these Northern Qi troops. They had been threatened by an ambush before, but they could still maintain their high fighting spirit after slowly turning around. They were indeed very difficult opponents.
Just looking at the heroic momentum of the enemy, it would be difficult to end the battle quickly. Han Xiong only had a few hundred soldiers here, and most of them were lightly armored and unarmored. Even if they entered the battle, they would not be of much help.
The thunder in the sky is getting louder and louder, and it is also accompanied by lightning. The whole sky is covered with clouds. This kind of thunderstorm is very rare in late autumn. Thinking of the experience of the Western Wei Dynasty's Eastern Expedition in history, Li Tai can't help but wonder.
I have some doubts. Could it be that this kind of weather is also the weather BUFF that Gao Yang’s destiny brings?
However, after pondering for a while, Li Tai decided to apply this layer of BUFF to himself. He ordered Zhang Shinu to lead more than a hundred black-robed soldiers to the top of the rock near the battlefield, and took advantage of the opportunity.
During the thunder and lightning, he shouted loudly below: "This is the tomb of Emperor Xuanwu, Shizong of the Great Wei Dynasty. You and other thieves followed the Gao family rebels and rebelled against the Wei Dynasty. Emperor Xuanwu's heroic spirit was furious! General Li accepted the destiny and attacked the thieves.
If you go against it, the thunder from the sky will help you fight and kill the stubborn thieves!"
Li Tai did not lie. The upper reaches of the Xianshui River were indeed the Jingling Tomb of Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When Duguxin regained Luoyang in the previous year, Yuwentai took the emperor's ingot torch back to pay homage to the tomb, and it happened to be Hou Jingsu.
The soldiers captured Jinyong City, and then Yuwentai hurriedly went to fight Hou Jing, which then triggered the Battle of Heqiao.
Being a thief with a guilty conscience is an eternal truth. Even if there is a theoretical basis for thieves, there is also a way. But why not just say "a thief has a way"? It means that thieves are still unethical things after all. If you steal the country from the high seas, and the others are thieves, at least they are thieves.
This kind of mentality is also common and unavoidable before his authority is established.
Although the change of regimes in the troubled times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties was just an ordinary thing, the Northern Wei Dynasty for so many years had finally created a certain orthodoxy. Therefore, when hearing the thunderous shouts of these Wei soldiers, the people in the valley were still holding on to their stubborn resistance.
The Northern Qi troops gradually began to panic.
There was a god three feet above their heads. At this time, the roaring thunder and lightning above their heads seemed like the sky was condemning them over and over again. So gradually, some generals lost their courage and began to drag their swords and escape to the rear. In this way, panic broke out
His emotions quickly spread throughout the battle formation.
Although the general also tried his best to maintain the battle formation, he was not Xue Guyan who dared to fight the thunder after all. He could only watch the army formation gradually disintegrate and collapse, and he could only lead his soldiers to quickly leave the battlefield.
, hoping to gather the defeated people in the rear, and then continue to fight back.
Seeing the enemy's defeat, Li Tai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered five hundred elite cavalry to pursue them one after another. As for the soldiers who had retreated from the battlefield, they took a short rest on the spot, and then began to head towards the river valley.
He retreated inside and began to busily set up camp.
If this was the case, it would be a good story about how to defeat the enemy wisely. However, as the enemy retreated, the roar of thunder and lightning in the sky gradually stopped, and the originally thick clouds gradually dispersed, and even raindrops began to fall in the valley.
A ray of sunset.
Li Tai looked at the abnormal and extreme changes in the weather and couldn't help but complain a few words in his heart, but soon he noticed that Han Xiong's eyes were slightly different when he looked at him, with a sense of awe and surprise.
Seeing the change in Han Xiong's eyes, Li Tai couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. Did this old man think that Tianlei had just been summoned by himself to fight back the enemy?