After the fall of Chaisang, a small number of broken troops broke out, broke through the blockade of the Jingzhou Army, and fled southward into Taishi Ci's camp.
Taishi Ci knew that Chaisang could not defend it, but it was beyond his imagination that it only lasted five days before it was declared defeated.
"Xu Wenxiang..." Taishi Ci sighed in his heart. Although he had not yet received the exact information about Xu Sheng, he believed that Xu Sheng's hope of escaping was very slim. In addition, he was a loyal and courageous man with a strong temperament, so he was probably in trouble.
Taishi Ci was not in the mood to pity Xu Sheng's misfortune. His situation was also very dangerous and he might follow Xu Sheng's footsteps at any time.
The reason why Taishi Ci was able to stand still when the food route to the rear was cut off was because there were still twenty days of food in the camp. He could also temporarily recruit some rice and grain from the two counties of Ai and Xi'an in the west for emergency use. These two counties were Taishi Ci's.
If you manage the county under your command, there will be no risk of food shortages in the short term.
But now that Chai Sang has been lost, he has no reason to stay. He must evacuate quickly before the Jingzhou Army reacts, so as not to be surrounded by the Jingzhou Army and make it difficult to escape.
First of all, we must not retreat to the south. Liling in the south has been occupied by the Jingzhou army. When the time comes, there will be interceptions in the front and pursuers in the back. If there is a mistake, the whole army will be in danger of being annihilated.
For the current plan, the only way is to go west. Back then, he fought against Liu Pan's invasion in Ai and Xi counties, and won the hearts of the people in the two places. As long as he can retreat into Ai and Xi counties, he can protect himself.
However, the Jingzhou Army will definitely not let him leave easily. It is still unknown how many people will eventually retreat into Ai and Xi County.
Taishi Ci was a decisive person. Now that he had made a decision, he immediately summoned his troops without waiting for nightfall, burned the military supplies and grain, ordered the soldiers to each carry a few days of rations, and abandoned the camp and left.
Taishi Ci asked hundreds of soldiers to flee south with more than 2,000 civilians. The team planted many flags and made a bluff to confuse the Jingzhou army. He himself fled west with more than 4,000 troops.
Taishi Ci's approach did play a certain role, but it couldn't stand up to the Jingzhou army's strong strength. It didn't matter if he couldn't distinguish the main force. He just sent heavy troops from both sides to pursue him.
Taishi Ci and his troops only escaped for more than ten miles. Before dark, they were overtaken by the Jingzhou Army's cavalry and tightly entangled. Soon the infantry also arrived, so Taishi Ci had to form a formation to fight.
Xu Zong was riding on his horse, pointed at Taishi Ci's left formation, and said to Han Guang: "General, these enemy soldiers are wearing little armor and no shoes. They must be in Shanyue. Although the people in Shanyue are vigorous, their military discipline is loose and they cannot endure hard fighting.
If you fight, swarms will arrive; if you lose, birds will flee, and the crowd will swarm."
Han Guang nodded frequently when he heard this. He had fought against Taishi Ci several times before, so he naturally recognized the Shanyue soldiers under his command.
I saw Xu Zong saying again: "Now the enemy army has been defeated in consecutive battles and fled westward in panic. The mountains and rivers must have lost their fighting spirit. The general can send his iron cavalry to attack sideways, and it will be easy to break them. Then he can drive them to attack Taishi Ci's central army. The battle can be decisive."
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Han Guang couldn't help but smile and said: "If we can win this battle, it will all be due to Xu Shenjun's advice."
Originally, Han Guang looked down on Xu Zong, who surrendered without a fight. Han Guang had seen many nominal celebrities like him in Chang'an. Now it seems that Xu Zong is not an incompetent person, and he does have some resourcefulness in his heart.
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"Don't dare to take it..." Xu Zong is quite self-aware. Now the morale of the Jingzhou army is high. Facing Taishi Ci's troops who have no fighting spirit, they can win even if they go forward rashly. His strategy can only be regarded as the icing on the cake at best.
Han Guang then said no more and ordered Gao Xiang to command the infantry to attack Taishi Ci's position head-on. When the battle broke out, Han Guang immediately led 600 elite cavalry, circled the formation, detoured to the enemy's left flank, and launched an attack on the Shanyue Phalanx.
charge.
Han Guang's six hundred cavalrymen were all riding high-quality Guanxi horses. As they ran, the sound of horse hooves rumbled, shaking the heaven and earth, like muffled thunder.
The first hundred horses were all wrapped in strong helmets and thick armor, with only their eyes exposed. Even the front half of the mounts were also covered in iron armor. The human and horse equipment were like galloping steel chariots.
The five hundred cavalry behind them were not as well equipped as the former. They were covered with armor and the horses were used as chests. In fact, this was the standard equipment for the assault cavalry in this era.
Facing the cavalry that swept in with the sound of wind and thunder, the Shanyue soldiers were all frightened, and everyone wanted to abandon the battle and run away.
The Shanyue soldiers had suffered enough from the Jingzhou Army's cavalry in previous battles, but at that time there was always a camp that could serve as a safe haven. Even if they were defeated, they could escape back to the camp to protect themselves.
Now they are on the way to escape. Facing the charge of the Jingzhou Army's cavalry, the only thing they can rely on is their own flesh and blood and the weapons in their hands. The collision of the two is like throwing an egg against a rock.
Silly, how could you fight to the death?
"Boom...boom...boom..."
Shanyue's sparse arrows did not have much impact on the Jingzhou Army's cavalry. They rushed to the Shanyue position like a tsunami. The Shanyue soldiers in the front row almost collapsed. There were very few who actually fought, and most of them did not even resist.
, turned around and ran away.
As soon as the formation was broken, the crossbowmen behind were instantly swallowed up by the rushing iron hooves.
The spears and halberds were also rushed by the retreating troops in front and were thrown into chaos. They lost the protection of the formation and fought on their own. How could they withstand the collision of the Jingzhou Army's cavalry? The horses' hooves passed by, leaving only corpses and corpses on the ground.
Injury.
If you look down from above at this time, you can clearly see that the Shanyue Phalanx is collapsing and disintegrating at a speed visible to the naked eye, just like dominoes being toppled.
After overpowering the Shanyue phalanx in one fell swoop, Han Guang continued his efforts and led his cavalry to drive away Shanyue's defeated troops, heading towards Taishi Ci's middle army.
Seeing the erosion of the left wing, Tai Shici's face turned pale. Han Guang's methods were not very clever, but the situation was stronger than others. Even if he saw through the opponent's tricks, it would be useless. The only hope now is to persist until dark, and then borrow
Breaking out under the cover of darkness.
The Jingzhou Army's frontal offensive was very fierce, and Tai Shici was temporarily unable to escape, so he used Sun Ben's troops on the left wing to reject Wu Jin's formation.
Wu Jin is one of the most powerful generals under Sun Ben. Even if he is in dire straits, he is still willing to fight and die.
But his subordinates were completely opposite to him. They were all subordinates of Sun Ben, and their families were all in Nanchang. Their desire to return home was very urgent, so they were kind to Taishi and did not return to Haihun and Nanchang in the south, but rushed west to Ai and Shen to the west.
Feel dissatisfied.
If Taishi Ci was not very strict in running the army and was concerned about the military law, they would have dispersed in a hurry. It is conceivable that there was some resistance.
Sun Ben's tribe was first attacked by Shanyue's defeated troops, and then trampled by the Jingzhou Army's cavalry. He was immediately defeated like a mountain.
Wu Jin, who was supervising the battle behind the formation, was furious when he saw this. He stabbed several people with spears in his hand, trying to force the retreating troops to return to the battle.
However, the usually effective method failed unexpectedly today. Wu Jin and the supervising team were beaten to pieces by the defeated troops.
The Jingzhou Army's cavalry arrived in an instant, and individual bravery was obviously insignificant in the face of the overwhelming momentum of the cavalry's charge. Although Wu Jin was brave enough to lead the army, he was nothing more than a stronger ant when faced with armored cavalry equipment.
The cavalry roared and swept past, but Wu Jin failed to make any waves. His body was cut like a rag doll, his right arm was broken off at the elbow, and his head was cut off by the Jingzhou Army warriors.
Taishi Ci did not expect that Wu Jin would be defeated so quickly and trigger a chain reaction. Even his troops began to flee.
"The big thing is over..." Taishi Ci sighed heavily and looked up at the dark sky. If he could hold on for half an hour longer and wait until the sky turned completely dark, it would be easier to break out of the encirclement. However, God failed to fulfill his wish.
At this point, it was useless to complain. Taishi Ci made a decisive decision and ordered the entire army to break out westward, and then fled westward with dozens of horsemen.
As soon as the general Tai Shici fled, the entire army collapsed. The soldiers were panicked, and it was dark, and they could not distinguish between east, west and north. They ran in one direction, and their armor and weapons were regarded as cumbersome and abandoned by the roadside.
Jiangdong's army fled in all directions, but everyone has a herd mentality, and the number of people fleeing to the west is undoubtedly the largest. Han Guang left Gao Xiang to clean up the battlefield, and he led the cavalry to pursue. However, as night fell, Han Guang had to stop the pursuit.
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Han Guang stopped pursuing, but Taishi Ci kept running and ran for dozens of miles overnight. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he crossed Fu Yichuan.
During this period, broken troops continued to come to join Fu Yichuan. There were more than 800 people in total. Taishi Ci reorganized them into a battalion. In case the Jingzhou Army would pursue him, Taishi Ci did not dare to stay long and continued westward, arriving in Xi'an County two days later.
"It would be great if Pan Zhang was still in Xi'an County..." Taishi Ci looked at the small but strong and well-defended Xi'an County in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh. The solidity of Xi'an is all due to Pan Zhang, but it is a pity that he has been transferred to the post of Chief of Jianchang
, the current county magistrate of Xi'an is a Confucian scholar who doesn't know how to fight.
After Taishi Ci led his troops into Xi'an, he didn't bother to talk to the county magistrate. He simply explained the current situation and began to issue orders: first, close the city gates on all sides and allow entry but not exit. Then he counted the population of the city, including adult men over fifteen years old.
A total of more than 600 people, together with dozens of county officials, were all recruited into the army.
At the same time, Taishi Ci sent his cronies up the Xiushui River to take over Ai County.
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