Chapter six hundred and ninety second hanging sheep drumming
With such a powerful archer behind the enemy general, the bearded man could no longer hope to defeat Yang Hu in front of him.
The two fought for a few more moves, and Yang Hu gradually gained the upper hand from a high position. The big sword in his hand flew towards Beard's vitals, but Beard was timid of the archery skills of the archer behind Yang Hu, and was so timid that he couldn't resist it at all.
After a few rounds, he could no longer hold on and ducked into the soldiers behind him to avoid it.
With such a defeat for Bearded Beard, the morale of the Song army immediately dropped. After the defeat, the soldiers could no longer regain their original energy. When Jiang Binzheng saw this, he certainly would not let go of such a good opportunity to counterattack, and immediately waved
The sword pointed forward, and the morale of the Jiazhou army behind him also waxed and waned. They all shouted, and then mustered up the courage to charge forward.
The retreating Song army saw that the situation was not good and simply ran back. Anyway, the task Zhu Biao gave them was to lure the enemy. Although it was no longer a feigned defeat, it was just used to lure the enemy into taking the bait. In the blink of an eye, they were
After running dozens of steps, six or seven hundred people were defeated like an avalanche.
Jiang Binzheng did not doubt that he was there. In his opinion, this was indeed a victory. The Song army was completely defeated by him and fled. How could he think that he was luring the enemy? You must know that the bearded man was still very powerful at the beginning.
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The Jiazhou Army followed and pursued them all the way. The Song Army in front fled forward with familiarity, and all the military flags they held dropped. They led their pursuers around Zhuang Tian to the west of Guyang Town and ran straight out.
After more than ten miles, we stopped.
Chasing all the way, the Jiazhou Army's formation had already become a mess, and their strength was even weaker. Everyone was panting. Jiang Bin was looking at the Song Army who suddenly stopped in front, with joy overflowing on his face. He felt that he
The people could no longer run, and the Song army would no longer be able to run either. He reined in his war horse and was about to give the order for the whole army to be escorted. Suddenly, he heard the sound of drums, and then he saw a village crashing behind him on the right.
A group of cavalry passed by. There were not many in number, only about five hundred, but it was enough to kill them.
Jiang Binzheng and Yang Hu loudly ordered their sergeants to form a formation, but how could they make it in time with such a small distance? And every Jiazhou Army has already become a weak shrimp...
The Song Army gained a victory, which was absolutely no problem. The two thousand troops were defeated in panic, not to mention organized resistance. They themselves were trampling on each other! In order to fight for a way to survive, they even fought against each other.
No matter what, in one sentence - there were countless casualties.
Finally, thousands of prisoners were gathered, and the Song army happily drove them towards Baoxian County.
This battle in the west of Guyang Town was not the only one. During the day, more than 10,000 troops sent by Fan Zhao were defeated in many directions. Many of them were wiped out. In the end, the defeated troops were gathered together, and 7,000 soldiers were severely damaged.
Fan Zhao was about to burst with rage. He spent the whole day in Changgang City and lost less than a thousand soldiers.
In the silence of both parties, five days passed in a hurry. With the reinforcements of the Sizhou Army led by Xiahou Muyan, Fan Zhao finally launched a fierce attack on Changgang County.
There is a saying in "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu on Earth: The method of using troops is to encircle it by ten, attack it by five, and divide it by doubling it.
There is no Sun Tzu's Art of War in this time and space, but the military principles are the same.
The Jiazhou Army joined forces with the Sizhou Army, with a total of 90,000 men and horses. Ten times the Song army in Changgang County was not enough, but five times was more than enough. Fan Zhao, who suffered a heavy loss first, naturally advocated a fierce attack. Fight. Xiahou Muyan considered that the Sizhou Army had been chasing the Song Army for two months without any decent results, so after some deliberation, he agreed.
So the two men feinted on one side and attacked fiercely on the other. On the other side, they let go, divided their 90,000 troops into two parts, and launched a round-the-clock attack on Changgang County.
In the past few days, the two armies in Changgang County fought at least five or six times a day, and at most there were more than ten battles. The two sides were like two monsters with teeth and claws engaged in hand-to-hand combat, with flesh and blood flying between the claws and claws.
In just a few days of fighting, the Song army in the city lost nearly half of its troops, and Qu Wutong himself was seriously injured.
Of course, the coalition forces outside the city were not feeling well either. The Changgang garrison's fight to the death left them with bloody heads when they banged their heads on the southern city wall. This was twice the number of casualties suffered by the defenders, and the coalition's combat strength dropped sharply from the 90,000-strong army. It was reduced to 70,000 troops.
The most indispensable thing for the Song army, which did not regard Changgang County as their own territory, was stones and wood. All they needed to do was demolish the houses in the city, and then they would have them all. The rain of rolling wood and rocks completely destroyed the siege of the city. The Jiazhou Army and the Sizhou Army fought with no temper. Every time they charged into the city, they had to be prepared to kill or injure some of them in advance. This was a heavy blow to the coalition forces both in terms of personnel and morale... …
"Report..."
A cry outside the tent alerted Fan Zhao, who had already rested. Fan Zhao, who was originally depressed due to the continuous unsuccessful attacks, immediately frowned after waking up, and a muffled voice came out: " Come in and report!"
The person who came was Fan Zhao's general, and he knew that his 'report' was not at the right time, but the matter was so important that he had no choice but to report, "General, the scouts have discovered that there are rebels gathering in the east of the camp." After saying this, the general left. He hung his head tightly, not daring to express his anger.
"Oh, making trouble again?" Fan Zhao was not surprised after hearing this, but frowned even more tightly, and scolded the general with a dissatisfied look: "You want to report this little thing?" These days, Song Jun is at night He goes out to the city every day to cause trouble, either hunting down the sentries who are keeping watch at night, or attacking the camp. He is so noisy that no one can sleep well, but now he is used to it.
"Sir, there are many of them this time. I'm afraid there are two to three thousand people in a large area." The general said with a bitter face. If it were the same trivial matter as before, he would not report it. But the matter is really There was a change, the number of people was much greater than before, so he continued to speak complacently.
"What, two or three thousand people?" He was suddenly startled. Fan Zhao's sleepiness was immediately forgotten, and his eyes widened. Could it be that Song Ni was planning to make a big move? So many people came down at once? Before, there were only three to five hundred! "Have you notified General Xiahou?"
"A message arrow has been sent, but there has been no response from the south of the city. But if Song Ni makes such a big move, the Sizhou Army will also find out."
"Yes!" He nodded and understood. Fan Zhao did not dare to slack off. He immediately stood up and dressed. All the soldiers gathered in front of the tent, and then led a group of people to the front of the village.
When they waited, they saw that the general of the night watch army had already supervised the preparations of the archers and infantry under his command, so the two armies merged into one and went straight to the east.
It was already dark, and everything was dark.
But the situation is indeed different today. Taking advantage of the faint moonlight in the east of the camp, Xiahou Muyan and Fan Zhao vaguely saw figures looming outside the camp. Looking from such a distance, although they were not friendly, they were vague shadows.
You can still see it.
I don't know how many people there were, but two or three thousand people were probably too many.
"Fire arrows!" Fan Zhao immediately concluded that the Song army sent troops to launch a sneak attack. He immediately ordered his archers to fire arrows. Suddenly, a hail of arrows fell on the heads.
The sudden rain of arrows made the Song army outside the camp seem to be in a panic. Many figures fled in confusion, holding their heads in their hands. Then bursts of miserable roars and screams could be heard in the night.
Ten rounds of arrow rain covered every inch of the figure. Tens of thousands of sharp arrows were shot out, resulting in a deathlike silence. When the arrow rain stopped, there was no human figure shaking in the field of vision.
All that was left was a faint wailing sound.
"General, do you want to go up..." A military commander asked Fan Zhao in a low voice, pointing to the land not far away.
"It's not necessary. We'll know everything at dawn." Fan Zhao directly gave the order to retreat. Everything must be done carefully at night. If you can avoid one thing, don't go and make one more thing, especially when Zhu Biao, the leader of the Song Army, is on the opposite side.
The situation should not be underestimated. The troops retreated and returned to their military tents to rest.
However, less than an hour later, Fan Zhao was awakened again. Enemy troops seemed to be moving to the west of the camp, and the sound of drums could be heard faintly in Changgang City.
Fan Zhao stood up solemnly, what happened tonight? The Song army seemed to be in trouble with him, and he could not come to the west if he did not go to the east.
It is said that the first three days of the army's attack on the city were fought by the coalition forces day and night. Now the coalition forces stopped at night, but the Song army rejoiced at night. A night of rampage is better than a night.
This time, the Song army seemed to be well prepared. Under the baptism of a hail of arrows, although there were endless screams, they could hold out for a much longer time, and many people managed to escape back.
Over and over again, no one in the Jiazhou Army Village in the north of the city, from Fan Zhao himself to the civilian men accompanying the army, could sleep peacefully that night. First, it was to the east, then to the west, then to the north, and finally to the north.
Returning to the east, except for the south where the Jiazhou Army was heavily stationed, the other three sides were all in commotion for a while, with the Jiazhou Army rising up all night.
After such hard work, Fan Zhao has lost the energy and joy of the beginning. He dares to bet that those 'Song soldiers' shot outside are 10% fake. Because, if the Song army is really like this
If he was a prodigal, his series of victories would have killed 5,000 soldiers of the Song Dynasty. Is this possible?
After a night of hard work, he was exhausted. If he could really kill and injure two to three hundred Song army rebels after such hard work, Fan Zhao thought it would be good. Sure enough, when it got daylight, the conclusive news arrived, and he shot the straw men all night long.
As the sky dawned, fires broke out all over the east, west, and north of Jiazhou Junjunzhai. A large number of scarecrows in tattered military uniforms with sharp arrows stuck on them were burned by the raging fire, and black smoke billowed like columns.
, soaring straight into the sky. When the soldiers saw this thing, it really hurt their morale.
After working hard all night, tens of thousands of sharp arrows were wasted in vain, and the thousands of archers under his command made all his arms numb and weak. Although Fan Zhao was angry, he could still bear it, but the generals in the camp
He was so furious that he immediately raised troops to march out of the stronghold and prepared to attack Changgang again.
In Changgang County, the banging of war drums continued to be heard. However, Fan Zhao, who led his troops to the city, was surprised to find that not a single Song soldier showed up on the city wall, and the huge city wall was empty.
Not long after, news came from the Sizhou Army in the south of the city. Their encounter at night was exactly the same as that of the Jiazhou Army, and now there was no Song Army general at the south gate of Changgang County.
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"Traitor, you bullied me too much!"
Half an hour later, Fan Zhao led his troops and finally arrived at the county government office. When he saw the goats hanging upside down on the twenty war drums in the courtyard, he pointed to the west and cursed angrily.
Then 30,000 Jiazhou troops chased toward the west like a torrent of water.
"Chase, chase for me! Don't leave the traitor——"
Behind the Jiazhou Army, Xiahou Muyan of the Sizhou Army hesitated for a moment and then sent 20,000 soldiers to chase after him.
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There is a reed marsh more than thirty miles west of Changgang City. Countless Song army figures are looming in it. And ten miles east of the reed marsh, there is a low slope, and Zhang Nan is standing on it.
.Quietly without saying a word, he was wearing a silver helmet and a white cape, and pointed a long spear at the ground, looking very majestic.
If the soldiers following him hadn't become confused and abandoned their armor at this moment, it would have happened all of a sudden. From a distance, these soldiers looked like a bunch of rioters with weapons, not a single one of them.
They were fully equipped with weapons and armor, and no one could connect them with a group of elite Song troops.
But they are still the elite of the Song Army. Everyone has great endurance and has a pair of iron feet. They are very suitable for escaping after a while!
As long as there are less than 3,000 people, what can we do to stop them? It is true that they just drop their picks and run away.
Zhang Nan has also told them not to fight to the death, but to retreat as soon as they are blocked. That little life is his own.
They quietly slipped out of the city in the middle of the night. These soldiers really couldn't understand why they left the three thousand cavalry unused and used their own infantry to block the attack? Could it be that their combat power could be more powerful than the three thousand cavalry? Look at the cavalry above.
It's too precious, no one's life is worth more than one life.
Many infantrymen were thinking about this when they suddenly noticed billowing dust and smoke rising from the horizon ahead. They knew that this must be the arrival of the coalition's pursuers. They straightened up and prepared to fight.
"Are you all ready?" Zhang Nan himself seemed to be weak, and his words were very depressing.
"Coming!" Someone shouted softly in the military column. The soldiers quickly put aside the distracting thoughts in their heads and turned their attention to the army that had just appeared on the horizon. The darkness was so thick that it brought up
The sky was filled with dust and smoke, and the black shadows were so dense that it seemed impossible to see the end.
At this time, Fan Zhao had also discovered the Song army on the hillock in front, and their bright swords and guns were shining brightly in the distance.
Immediately he ordered the soldiers to kill him. After he finished speaking, he spurred his horse forward and rushed forward.
Soldiers versus soldiers, generals. Zhang Nan and Fan Zhao fought together, and the Song Army also fought with the Jiazhou Army. The former was evenly matched, but the latter was much worse. The Song Army's army could not hold out for less than two moments.
The bell collapsed. The situation turned unfavorable. However, Zhang Nan and Fan Zhao seemed not to be affected at all. The two spears flew up and down. The fight between you and me was still fierce, and three or four months passed in the blink of an eye.
Ten moves.
But regardless of whether Zhang Nan's martial arts skills were not inferior to Fan Zhao's, when his soldiers turned around and fled, he himself could only fight for his life.
Fan Zhao, on the other hand, was full of enthusiasm for fighting, and felt that Zhang Nan was about to be shot to death. When he found that the guy ran away without even saying hello, he angrily shouted to his left and right: "Chase! Here!
I'll chase you!"
After shouting, he immediately urged his horse to rush towards Zhang Nan.
There were two groups of people. The one with the smaller number of people was running in front like a merry-go-round, and a large group of people behind him were chasing after him. Moreover, Zhang Nan didn't just keep running. As he ran, he turned around and shot at Fan Zhao.
The first shot of the cold arrow directly removed the tassel on Fan Zhao's helmet, and almost killed Fan Zhao.
After this scare, Fan Zhao hated Zhang Nan even more. Gradually, the 30,000 Jiazhou Army with a neat military appearance was pulled into a long line during the chase. This was because of the terrain of Changgang.
, there are always hills and hills, and after the flood, there are endless potholes, which even divide the road. It is also because Fan Zhao chased too fast. But even in such a hurry, he still could not catch up with Zhang Nan.
Fan Zhao only had a few hundred cavalry at hand, but he knew the number of cavalry in the Song army, so he always stayed at the front of the infantry for fear of being caught.
At this time, a military general rode up to Fan Zhao and said anxiously: "General Zhang Nan seems to be deliberately luring our troops deeper into the area. I'm afraid there is an ambush ahead of them!" And this man was lucky.
Before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of war drums from the reeds on the side. Fan Zhao and the general looked together in a hurry, and found that the Song army was ambushing and killing the general.
But then Fan Zhao laughed and said to the general: "This is the army that Song Ni ambushed? Do you still want to defeat my army with just this ambush? I will not give up until we reach Baoxian today!"
Hundreds of thousands of Huizhou troops have returned to their positions, and 200,000 imperial troops have also reached the west of Qianzi County. The Song army's westward path has been tightly blocked by 400,000 troops. The main force of its army has been completely contained in Baoxian County -
- Shuiyi, Fan Zhao didn't think Zhu Biao could send many more troops to reinforce Chang Gang.
The Song Army’s cavalry, which had been very active in the past few days, has disappeared now. There are no cavalry in the ambush. They must have been transferred to patrol along the Binshui River and Canglan River!
After saying that, he ignored the general and continued to urge the army forward, and met with the Song army's ambush and Zhang Nan who turned back.
Fan Zhao's troops formed a straight line. At the beginning, they had few soldiers. Even with the support of hundreds of cavalry, they were at a disadvantage. However, as more and more Jiazhou troops arrived, he quickly restored the situation.
, and then for another two quarters of an hour, the Song army could no longer hold on and turned around and fled again.
Seeing Zhang Nan running away in front of him again, Fan Zhao was so anxious that he yelled on his horse and immediately urged his soldiers to catch up. Even the generals around him advised him that the road ahead was dangerous and it was a reed marsh, but he didn't listen.
Blindly pursue forward.
"What about the reed swamp? Look at the water stains below. Can a large army still be ambushed here?"
Zhang Nan, who was running away, looked at the Jiazhou Army who continued to follow behind, and was overjoyed. Half of Zhu Shuai's plan was completed...
