The Northern Tang Dynasty launched an offensive in the third year of the Xinyuan Dynasty, using 400,000 troops from Hexi, Guanzhong, Hebei, Henan, Shuofang and other places. The goal of the operation was to eliminate the enemies entrenched in Shannan East Road, Henan Road, and Huainan Road, and open up the road to the south.
Tang's Passage.
Among them, Li Siye and Duan Xiushi were in charge of the west road, starting from Chang'an, passing through Lantian Pass to attack Shangluo on the east road of Shannan, and attacking Ashina Chengqing; Guo Ziyi was in charge of the middle road, starting from Tongguan, aiming at Luoyang; Li Guangbi and Pugu Huai'en were in charge of the east road.
, cooperated with Du Huan's navy to attack Shi Siming's lair.
The three armies, like a big net, surrounded the territories of Shi Siming and Ashina Chengqing from three directions, leaving the enemy with no way to escape.
At the end of April in the third year of the New Yuan Dynasty, Guo Ziyi used hundreds of artillery pieces to push almost all the way and captured Luoyang in just five days.
Li Siye and Duan Xiushi made a plan before taking action. They first figured out Ashina Chengqing's defenses. Then Li Siye led the Chinese army to attack the enemy from the front to attract the enemy's attention. Duan Xiushi led an elite army and came from the southwest.
The direction passed through the trail of Xiyi Mountain and penetrated directly into the enemy's rear. Taking advantage of the darkness, they used explosives to blow up Yancen City in Junzhou (now Shiyan City).
Ashina Chengqing led the main force, and originally wanted to go north to attack Li Siye, but suddenly heard that Junzhou was occupied and was shocked.
His troops were sandwiched between Shangzhou and Junzhou, with Tang troops in front and behind them, and the roads were blocked. He didn't know what to do for a while.
Just when the enemy was hesitant, Li Siye captured Shangluo in mid-April and began to move south without rest, and ran into Ashina Chengqing's vanguard.
In the Northern Tang Dynasty, Li Siye was privately known as the "war madman". He marched and fought with great force, rushing to the front of the battle line every time a battle started.
This time, facing the temporary camp set up by Ashina Chengqing's former army, Li Siye simply skipped the formation of troops and directly led his guards and part of the forward troops to rush over.
Facing the sudden attack, the enemy was startled and caught off guard.
Li Siye, who was wearing heavy armor and wielding a Mo Dao, was almost invincible when opening and closing it.
The three hundred personal guards behind him were all one man and two horses. They all used Modao as weapons and had crossbows on their waists. They ignored defense and only focused on offense. They charged with the commander, completely abandoning life and death.
The other mount, used as a pack horse, not only had a spare quiver and supplies, but also a squatting tiger cannon and corresponding gunpowder fixed in the horse's saddlebags.
There were three thousand enemy troops in Ashina Chengqing's former military camp. When they came face to face with them, they were killed by Li Siye and his three hundred personal guards, and they fled without leaving the camp.
After the war, when Li Siye's lieutenant led the main force to the camp, he found that there were only corpses on the ground, but no living people.
After some questioning, I learned that the general Li Siye killed the enemy's front army without stopping, and took 300 personal guards along the mountain road to cover up the enemy's army, and went straight to Ashina Chengqing's Chinese army camp.
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After the deputy general heard the news, he was trembling with fear. He quickly ordered four thousand light cavalry from the army, dropped all his baggage, and went into battle lightly to support Li Siye.
At this time, Ashina Chengqing was resting in a county called Yunxi between Shangzhou and Junzhou, thinking about the next countermeasures.
Sitting in the camp, Ashina Chengqing was looking at the map and sighing when he suddenly heard an urgent report from outside the door, saying that the former army had retreated and had fled to the front of the camp.
When Ashina Chengqing heard the news, he didn't believe it at first and asked: "The former army fled to the front of the camp? The former army had camps and thousands of elite troops to defend it. Why didn't any scouts come to report the enemy's situation beforehand?"
The soldiers who came to deliver the order were hesitant.
It can’t be said that it’s because the former army was defeated too quickly and fled too quickly, so the scouts responsible for reporting enemy encounters didn’t have time to get to the Chinese army’s camp, right?
At this moment, a second soldier who was responsible for reporting military information came outside the door.
The soldier stumbled to the camp gate and shouted miserably: "Commander, the enemy is coming!"
Ashina Chengqing opened his eyes wide and asked: "Enemies? Where did the enemies come from?"
Soldier: "The front army retreated, followed by the Tang Army's war cavalry, who followed them into the camp and are now fighting in the left front compartment!"
Ashina Chengqing could hardly believe his ears.
The Tang army had just defeated the front army, and then they dared to attack the camp. Is such a general going crazy?
While Ashina Chengqing asked his soldiers to put on their weapons, he asked, "How many troops are there from the Tang army?"
Soldier: "It seems...three hundred..."
Ashina Chengqing paused, choked on his own saliva, coughed violently several times, then turned around and asked loudly: "Three hundred?"
Seeing that the general was furious, the soldiers looked frightened, but they still nodded.
Ashina Chengqing pushed away the soldiers who were helping him put on his weapons. The more he thought about it, the more he was holding back his anger. He cursed loudly: "What a bunch of trash! Three thousand people were defeated by three hundred people, and now they actually let the opponent rush into the camp."
Come!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there were sounds of shouts of killing and weapons coming from outside the Chinese army's tent.
Before Ashina Chengqing could speak, a third soldier came running in from the door to report the news.
This time, the soldiers who came to report the news were covered in blood, and they were trembling as if they had seen a ghost.
He knelt down with a plop and said to Ashina Chengqing in a trembling voice: "Commander, those Tang soldiers are all evil spirits. We really can't resist them."
Ashina Chengqing was so angry that he couldn't control himself. He drew out his sword and hacked the fearless soldier to death. He then shouted to the people beside him: "Twenty thousand elite soldiers were defeated by three hundred people. Such a thing
If word of this gets out, you won’t have the face to survive in this world!”
After saying that, the furious Ashina Chengqing strode towards the door.
The guards on the side quickly followed up with weapons in their hands and said softly: "Commander, you haven't put on your clothes yet..."
Ashina Chengqing once again pushed away the guards and said: "The Tang army of three hundred people is not looked down upon by someone! Why do you need any armor!"
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Ashina Chengqing walked out of the camp, came to the high platform, and looked down. He happened to see Li Siye break through the siege and lead his army to the school field in the county town.
A ten-foot-long Mo Dao flashed, and two soldiers wearing armor were cut in half at the waist.
Seeing this scene, the generals on the high platform all gasped.
Ashina Chengqing looked at Li Siye in the field, was silent for a moment, and asked, "Who is that?"
Someone under his command replied: "It seems to be Li Siye, the general of the Anxi Army in the Northern Tang Dynasty."
Hearing the name Li Siye, Ashina Chengqing subconsciously took a step back, but thinking of the people around him, he finally stopped.
However, Li Siye, who had been fighting in the field, had already noticed Ashina Chengqing outside the Chinese army's tent.
He first held the knife with one hand, patted the breastplate with the other hand, then put his five fingers together to form a knife and pointed toward the high platform.
The three hundred personal guards who fought with him were all elite soldiers of the Anxi Army. Seeing this gesture, they naturally understood the general's intention.
I saw that the guards were divided into two groups. One group was arrayed as a front, and the other group hung the weapons on the side pouches of the war horses. They also took out the Tiger Crouching Cannon from the pack horse at the rear. After charging the ammunition, they directly
Hold it around your waist.
After all preparations were completed, Li Siye waved the Modao and swung it forward violently.
The three hundred cavalrymen accelerated instantly and rushed toward the tent where Ashina Chengqing was.
Seeing this, the generals on the high platform quickly advised Ashina Chengqing: "Commander, retreat to the tent quickly, it's dangerous outside!"
Ashina Chengqing knew clearly that he must not retreat at this time. If he retreated, the morale of the army would plummet. As long as he stood here and let the soldiers see the general, then this battle would have a chance of winning.
In fact, just as Ashina Chengqing expected, the appearance of the general boosted the morale of the soldiers in the camp. Facing the Tang army that was like a murderous god, instead of retreating, the soldiers came forward and used their lives to stop the horses.
of iron hoof.
The personal guards under Li Siye used their forward formation to drive away many enemy troops. However, after their horse power became short, their speed gradually slowed down and they were gradually surrounded by the enemy.
At this moment, the Tang Cavalry guard rushed forward, first turned over and dismounted, and then lit the Tiger Crouching Cannon on his waist.
Deafening blasts of artillery were heard, and shotgun shells were like a goddess scattering flowers, covering half of the battlefield in an instant.
The streets in the county town were already narrow, and the enemy soldiers were hit by hundreds of squatting tiger cannons at almost zero distance. The casualties suddenly amounted to hundreds, and the formation was suddenly dispersed.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Siye led his bodyguards to speed up their horses again, drove away the defeated enemy, and launched the final charge towards the Chinese army's high platform.
Facing the blade that was so close at hand, Ashina Chengqing turned around and wanted to escape, but found that his legs seemed to be nailed to the spot and he could not move.
After the sword light shook, followed by a fountain of blood, Ashina Chengqing's head flew into the air and fell to the ground again.
Li Siye used the tip of his knife to pick up the head, threw it into the air again, and reached out his hand to catch it firmly.
When the enemy troops saw this, their morale was shattered, and many of them surrendered and fled.
In the Battle of Yunxi, Li Siye used his 300 sword cavalry to take advantage of the enemy's lack of defense to defeat Ashina Chengqing's 20,000 elite soldiers, and also beheaded the enemy's commander.
At this point, Shannan East Road surrendered to the Northern Tang Dynasty, and the access to Jiangnan West Road (Yiyang, Changde, Changsha) was opened.
