Besides, Gao Jie galloped to the rear, and saw two armies fighting in the distance a few miles due north. At this time, the sky was getting dark and dense, and it was hard to see how many people were on the other side. Anyway, the river embankment was crowded.
"Hua Ma Liu, where is Hua Ma Liu..." Gao Jie ran all the way and shouted, and the soldiers evaded along the way. He didn't meet Liu Liangzuo until he was a hundred meters away from the battlefield: "We are blocked..."
"I'm not blind!" Gao Jie shouted: "How many people are there in the bandit army?"
"I can't survive more than two thousand people. I'm damn lucky I found out early, otherwise they would have killed them all and blocked the way back. Then we would have been caught in a trap!" Liu Liangzuo gritted his teeth.
Due to Liu Zeqing's instructions, he rode 300 horses to the rear for inspection. When he arrived at Sturgeon Town, he saw thousands of bandit troops swarming along the lake due west. This frightened the officers and soldiers, and he sent someone to inform Liu Liangzuo urgently.
, and then took the initiative to fight. As veterans of the battlefield, they knew with rich experience that if the retreat was blocked, the entire army might be annihilated, so even if they were defeated, they had to fight quickly to buy time for those behind.
After receiving the report, Liu Liangzuo was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse. You must know that the intersection due to the north is extremely narrow and only a few dozen meters wide. If it is blocked by the bandit army... I'll go and send someone to report Gao Jie immediately. At the same time, he will lead three people
Qian Hou's army killed him.
The miles of road suddenly became extremely far away. When they were still a few miles away from the intersection, the three hundred officers and soldiers who were fighting had been pushed back by the rebels.
"Don't lose the intersection! Fight out! Fight out..." Huama Liu shouted wildly, asking the cavalry to rush over madly, trying to break through with the cavalry.
Unexpectedly, the other party was also prepared, and they also used their cavalry to squeeze in. The rebel army wanted to block the officers and soldiers in the river embankment, squeeze them bit by bit, and crush them...
"We can't fight like this." Gao Jie looked at it for a while. The enemy and we were fighting fiercely to compete for the intersection. However, although the officers and soldiers had the advantage in strength, they were unable to invest their troops due to the narrow terrain.
"If we continue like this, it will get dark, which will be extremely disadvantageous for us." Gao Jie jumped up and down anxiously, but he couldn't think of any good ideas. He suddenly looked at the lake and was startled: "Hua Ma Liu, can your people swim?"
Liu Liangzuo immediately understood what Gao Jie meant. The intersection ahead was narrow and there was no space for troops to enter, but the soldiers at the rear could only worry. Gao Jie wanted them to swim around and fight at the rear.
"Some of them know how to do it, but how can the bandit army easily let them ashore..." Liu Zeqing was worried, and Gao Jie couldn't help scolding him: "You have no fucking brain, they might not have noticed it unless it was dark.
I just realized that blocking them would not be enough to divert their forces..."
Damn it! Liu Liangzuo slapped his head: "I'm confused, I'm confused..." Then the two of them mobilized soldiers who could swim from the water on both sides to swim towards the enemy's rear. Liu Liangzuo's soldiers had been fighting in the south for many years and were very familiar with water.
There are actually thousands of them.
Not to mention that this trick actually worked. Although thousands of people crossed the water from both wings and were discovered by the rebels, it also caused great panic. Everyone knew that once these soldiers were allowed to get behind them, it would cause
With disastrous consequences, they began to block the intersection, but the defensive force at the intersection became weak. Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie actually broke through with force!
The officers and soldiers broke out, but the bandits were exhausted and could no longer form an effective blockade on both sides of the waterway. Instead, they retreated steadily after being killed by the officers and soldiers, and finally fled westward along the lake. Gao Jie and Huama Liu did not dare to pursue them in the dark.
Hurry back to meet Liu Zeqing.
Here, Liu Zeqing retreated safely from the river embankment while fighting. Fang Niandong, who was in front of him, also stopped his pursuit and withdrew his troops. Gao Jie and the other three joined forces at Sturgeon Town to count the damage, and there were nearly a thousand. The three of them were worried for a while.
Not only was the first battle unsuccessful, but they were ambushed.
A few days ago, I was so arrogant and clamoring to capture Anqing Fucheng, but now I was beaten up before I even touched the city wall. It's really embarrassing!
"Victory and defeat are normal things for a soldier. There is nothing to be ashamed of. None of us have ever lost a battle. If you feel embarrassed like this, then you are a stupid soldier." Gao Jie rolled his eyes and began to boost morale. He looked at Er Liu and said: "Don't
They think so much, but I have nothing to do with it. I'm carrying the governor, so we should think more about how we can touch the Anqing city wall."
"Difficult!" Huama Liu sighed: "There are only two roads to Anqing, the mountain road to the west and the marsh road between the two rivers. After this battle, the rebel army will definitely block it tightly. No matter which way we take,
easy".
"We can only fight hard!" Liu Zeqing also sighed: "The mountain road is rugged and difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The bandit army only needs to deploy a small number of troops to make it difficult for us to fly, so we can only go to the east river embankment, but its narrow length is not suitable for cavalry combat.
The bandit army only needs to station troops in the center to block the way, and there is no other way but to attack forcefully."
Gao Jie thought for a while: "Let the governor know first. Maybe he has some ideas. Let's take advantage of the opportunity to repair them. If we hadn't been too exhausted in the past few days, it might not be so difficult to beat them today!"
On the night when Gao Jie and the others were almost made dumplings, in Chaohu on the other side of Wuhu, Lu Zhenfei and Zhang Liang had just assisted the officers and soldiers on the east coast to transport food, horses and troops and welcomed a new customer.
The main army led by Li Yan and Huang Degong finally arrived. It was a combined army, including cavalry, infantry, the Shenji Battalion of the Beijing Camp, and the emperor's personal soldiers.
Those who come are guests. Lu Zhenfei and Zhang Liang gritted their teeth and entertained tens of thousands of guests. They had previously promised Gao Jie and the others to ensure that the logistics supply was completed, but they were only close to ten thousand people. Now tens of thousands more came. I heard that they were coming later.
There were still tens of thousands (the rear foot soldiers of Gao Jie and the others) and the two of them were almost scared to the point of weakness. It would not be enough for so many people to wipe out all the Luzhou Prefecture.
Fortunately, Li Yan was considerate and said that he had brought some food and grass and Nanjing would provide it, so long as the Luzhou government tried its best! Lu and Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, and then explained the situation in the past few days to Li Yan and others in detail.
, it naturally caused a lot of exclamations, the film produced by The Little Eunuch must be a good blockbuster, and in a short period of time, it has gone straight into the movie. It is so exciting, and it has also inspired everyone's fighting spirit, and they are gearing up to make contributions.
"The three commanders led by General Gao are all cavalry and are not suitable for fighting in the mountains. They may have reached the gates of Anqing City at this time, but they have no baggage and can only besiege the city but cannot attack it. Moreover, their supplies are inconvenient and will not last long. We should be careful
"Go." Li Yan slightly raised his eyebrows: "The most powerful thing is artillery suppression when attacking a city, but now there is a shortage of artillery, so we have to rely on the Shenji camp." Then he turned to look at Wu Weiying: "Marquis Yexun has to take the first step if he is tired!"
"
Wu Weiying cupped his hands and said with a slight smile: "How about we rush on our way after resting for a few hours?" Li Yan nodded and glanced at the commanders of the Guards: "Then you will be able to help a few nobles."
Zhang Qingzhen, Wei Shichun, and Liu Wenbing stood up, cupped their hands, and said to Wu Weiying: "Then I will be with Mr. Wu later." Although the three of them had little experience, the Eighth Guards of the Emperor's personal army under their command
They are all battle-hardened soldiers. Li Yandian will order them to go first, which will give them a chance to make achievements.
Huang Degong had some objections to Li Yan's arrangement: "All the good things have been given to others. How can we, two brothers, travel thousands of miles to have fun?"
Li Yan smiled and said, "Don't be impatient, Mr. Huang. If you want to make meritorious deeds, there will be more to come. Do you think Bai Wang is so easy to beat?" Huang Degong rolled his eyes: "Thieves with hundreds of thousands of thieves have been beaten into obscurity. He is just a white man." So what if it’s prosperous?”
Li Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If Bai Wang was so easy to beat Zuo Liangyu, he wouldn't have suffered so much. Although the white thief is not as powerful as the intruder, he has taken advantage of the time, place and even people, not to mention anything else. Just this geographical advantage is enough for us to drink a pot. If you can't beat him head-first into the mountains, he will rush out from behind you as soon as your front foot takes off. It will be endless. It's not like the two sides fighting face to face in the north. Who can Who wins or loses depends on his ability."
After saying this, Huang Degong nodded slightly. He had fought with Zhang Xianzhong in the Qianshan and Huoshan areas for more than a year. He knew that it was extremely difficult. In many cases, you could not start a fight just because you wanted to. The bandit army used guerrilla warfare to the extreme, so that The officers and soldiers spent a lot of time and effort and gained little.
"Now that the rebel army is willing to fight us head-on, it is a good thing that we can only hope for. I am afraid that they will go into the mountains and forests from behind." Li Yan sighed: "This kind of battle is like a quagmire. If you step into it accidentally, you will be swallowed up. Even the little governor There is no guarantee that I will be able to escape unscathed."
"You mean this battle is going to be endless and it can't be decided as quickly as in the north?" Huang Degong's brows furrowed into knots, and Li Yan nodded slightly: "I'm just worried about that."
At this time, Li Yan didn't know that Gao Jie and the others were frustrated outside Anqing City and were beaten before they even touched the corner. Otherwise, the whole army should be mobilized to support quickly, and not just the Shenji Battalion and the Guards Army should be sent first, but He and Tonghuang Degong were still taking their time behind.
This is not because he is lazy. Although almost all cavalry were used in this trip to the south for reinforcements in order to speed up the troops. However, due to the heavy weight of food and grass and the long journey, it was raining and scorching heat all the way. Morale is in a slump, and it is very necessary to repair and adjust the situation in a timely manner.