The battlefield Gongsun Xun was on was just hastily formed, and it was very different from the pontoon where many torches were lit and a large number of troops gathered. In addition, the Junchou River in summer was very wide, so in the dark, the troops on the south bank of the river were
I can't see clearly what's going on here, I can only hear the shouting of killing!
But no matter what, it was obvious that we encountered the enemy just after crossing the river... Therefore, the soldiers and officers on the south bank of the river suddenly changed their colors.
At this moment, the first person to react was the scribe Lu Fan. This recognized second-in-command in the army did not say anything nonsense, but directly pulled off the armor that had just been placed on the horse, and then said nothing.
Fa hugged the horse's neck and went into the water... The Han army behind him suddenly looked ashamed when he saw this, and then rushed to cross the river.
Immediately afterwards, Cheng Pu, who was entrusted with the responsibility of commanding the army, also changed his strategy temporarily. He immediately looked back and gave a stern order: "Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, you two should not cross the river here, ride your horses directly from the pontoon.
Support Gao Heng, no matter what, I just want to prevent the Xianbei people over there from daring to move! Let’s go to Caiguantun as well. The enemy troops are dense, so we can just set up crossbows on the pontoon and shoot without worrying about any accidental damage!"
Wei Yue was still hesitant for a moment, but was pulled directly by Cheng Lian, but he quickly turned back to his horse... At this point in the situation, if he had some conscience in his heart, he would naturally support them for more than a year for Gongsun Xun.
Fight to the death for kindness; even those who don’t have much virtue in their hearts should still work together to help each other and seek a way out!
Therefore, after a moment of confusion, the Han troops on the south bank of the river actually shared the same hatred and became excited.
On the other side of the Jieqiu River, the situation was not as bad as imagined.
By the way, why don't you just cross the river in the evening? Why do you have to fight at night?
There are of course countless reasons, but a very important one is that the Xianbei people are, after all, a tribal alliance that has only existed for less than 20 years. Even in the royal court where Tanshihuai established the Khan, their various systems are
It was far behind the formation of the Han army. But once the night battle happened, this group of enemy troops, which were connected by large and small tribes, would not be able to achieve unity and smooth command...
In fact, when the night battle began, for the remaining royal court and the Xianbei nobles in the east, the only thing they could do seemed to be to shout loudly at the northern section of the floating bridge, the most obvious and brightest, to show their presence.
As for someone suddenly shouting that another wave of Han troops has come from somewhere... God knows where it is in the dark. God knows whether it is true or not? Even if someone vaguely noticed the movement upstream and felt that they should send someone to deal with it quickly, God knows how.
In this case, drag your own tribe out of the bridge?
Therefore, the situation at Gongsun Xun's place is really not very critical. All they need to deal with is the passing group of enemy troops and the scattered tribesmen who were called over by these people... In fact, there was no large group of troops from beginning to end.
The enemy troops came to support.
On the contrary, thanks to Lu Fan's impatient decision-making and Cheng Pu's sudden decision-making, both Han armies received timely reinforcements.
Soldiers kept crawling out of the river behind Gongsun Xun, and soon they were encouraged by the general to join the battle. Han Dang also fought hard, desperately galloping in the faint light of the fire... This force
The enemy troops were quickly suppressed.
At the same time, with the formation of horseshoes, support came from the pontoon bridge. The first wave was hundreds of cavalry!
"Make a way!" Gao Heng, who was trapped at the end of the bridge, was almost ecstatic when he saw the rescue. "Let the cavalry charge into battle!"
The soldiers naturally did as they were told... However, what disappointed the Han army and even made them collapse was that the war horses were so smart! The pontoon bridge had seriously hindered the speed of the war horses. The so-called "charge into the formation" was originally
The war horse was forced to rush forward, and the horse was not blindfolded in the hasty battle. Therefore, under the reflection of the surrounding fires and torches, facing the spear formation on the opposite side, the smart war horse simply stood still.
No move forward!
Not only that, Gao Heng spread out the previously solid circular formation in order to make it easier for the horses to rush into the formation, but now it has become a breakthrough point for the Xianbei people.
At this time, the Xianbei nobles commanding nearby did not care about who was coming. Instead, they quickly mobilized their troops in the hope of capturing this Han army... As long as they could capture this Han army and recapture the pontoon bridge, they would
No matter where a troop actually sneaks over, it can be dealt with calmly.
"Ruined!"
Gao Heng, whose face was covered in blood, was filled with hatred!
I remember that when I was young, I was ignorant and only knew how to fight bravely. When I was crowned, I saw that all the direct brothers in the clan had a future, and then I was determined to make a career. And when I came to Shanggu with a group of rural rangers to join the army
In the end, although there were quite a few twists and turns, I finally fell in the eyes of a noble man like Xia Yu. Thinking about it, there is still a future. Even when the war started, I was overjoyed and just thought about making military achievements and gaining fame.
.
Who would have expected that this battle would encounter such an accident... Not to mention whether he could go back alive from this battle, even if he could go back alive, how could his lord Xia Yu, who he relied on as his foundation, have a good outcome? This battle
, he was obviously the one who wrote the letter asking for a fight!
At this thought, the frustrated Bohai Gao Xuanqing almost wanted to wipe his neck and end the matter!
But at this moment, Gao Heng suddenly heard someone shouting something again. When he took a closer look, he found that it was the cavalryman who came to support the place, Tun Tun Chang Cheng Lian... I saw that this man was not commanding the battle.
, instead of taking the lead, he and his subordinate led Wei Yue to jump off the horse, and then each held a ponytail in one hand and a knife in the other, not knowing what to do.
"Dear fellow residents of Jiuyuan!" Na Cheng Lian grabbed his ponytail and his face turned red. "If it hadn't been for Sima Houde, we would have become other people's slaves when we immigrated! And this
For more than a year, has Sima ever wronged us in the army? Is there any shortage of money and food? Are there any interruptions in rewards? Are our families protected by him? If it weren't for Sima's benevolence, would we be able to keep this beast?
?At this time, what else is there to worry about?"
After saying that, Cheng Lian and Wei Yue looked at each other, then each raised his hand and stabbed his own horse in the buttocks. The two horses immediately went crazy with pain, and then they didn't care about any spears or torches in front of them.
, rushed directly to the Xianbei formation ahead!
The Xianbei people in front of them were all at a loss when they saw such a situation... If there were people on these two horses, they might have gritted their teeth and resisted out of battlefield instinct. However, it was just two crazy horses rushing towards them, and there was no one alive on the grassland.
You all know that you should dodge first, right? But as soon as they dispersed their formation and dodge, unexpectedly, two people suddenly jumped out from behind the war horse. Not only were these two people strong and flexible in their movements, they also cooperated tacitly, and in an instant they were ready.
Kill several people!
Obviously, this tactic, which was almost child's play in Gao Heng's eyes, had a miraculous effect!
When the cavalry composed of immigrants from Tunjiuyuan behind them saw this, they no longer hesitated and followed suit. They cut the horses' buttocks and forced them to rush into the battle, regardless of whether the horses were alive or dead, but they followed them by pulling the tails of the horses.
Rush into the Xianbei formation and fight at close range!
These things seem dazzling, but everything is just a flash of lightning. After this drastic change, the Xianbei people who had been moving forward enthusiastically before were immediately thrown into chaos. Many people turned around and fled, and even trampled on each other and collapsed.
the trend of.
Seeing such a situation, Gao Heng and the soldiers who crossed the river first could not endure it. They all pulled themselves together and charged forward. Even the garrison officer who had just arrived on the pontoon made the decision not to stay, but to collect his crossbow.
Draw your sword and ride your horse directly across the river to join the formation!
The entire bridgehead was in chaos! But there is no doubt that compared to the Han army's momentum to survive despite death, the Xianbei people are clearly on the verge of collapse!
The Xianbei nobles on the periphery were also panicked. They finally managed to hold on and wanted to fight back the defeated troops. Unexpectedly, the horseshoes behind them sounded, and then there was a burst of bowstrings. Several Xianbei leaders who were giving loud orders immediately fell off their horses, as if they were Gongsun Xun and Han Dang.
Seeing that the fighter planes had appeared here, they desperately swooped down from upstream to attack.
This blow was the final word. The Xianbei soldiers who had lost their command had been fighting fiercely here for a long time. They could not imagine why there would be Han troops coming from the flanks. Coupled with the crazy horse-style assault behind them, they finally lost the battle completely.
It means. From the nobles in the royal court to the tribal leaders, to the soldiers and herdsmen below, almost all of them chose their own way to escape. I don’t know how many people were trampled to death, and I don’t know how many people were chased by the Han army behind them.
and then killed them with a single blow. However, these people still ran north regardless, not knowing whether they wanted to escape into the royal court, which gave people a sense of security, or to sneak into the dark night.
In other words, the collapse of the Xianbei people at Qiaotou does not necessarily indicate the great loss of military strength in Wang Tingzhong, but the Xianbei army that has been officially organized so far is completely gone, and the Han army has gained the initiative on the battlefield in the blink of an eye.
At this time, of course Cheng Pu would not let the troops swim across the river from upstream, but directly ordered all troops to wear armor and cross the river from the pontoon bridge to attack!
"Sima!" During the chaotic battle, Wei Yue, who was covered in blood, found another horse from nowhere, and then jumped directly to Gongsun Xun, who was looking happy. "The enemy army collapsed so quickly... we
It's better to ignore the royal court, take the opportunity to gather the troops, and run downstream along the river, maybe we can return with the whole army!"
Gongsun Xun immediately glared at him, only because he didn't reprimand the other party because he had just accomplished a great feat. Wei Yue, after receiving such a glare, quickly turned his horse around and rushed towards the royal court in front of him knowingly.
"Go and pick up the torches, those who are wet!" After driving Wei Yue away, Gongsun Xun turned to face the followers who had just caught up behind him. The official shouted. "Pick up the bows and arrows abandoned by the Xianbei people on the ground.
The enemy retreats, quickly catch up and set fire to them!"
Still have to set fire!
It is nonsense to not set fire in a night battle, and setting fire is the initial strategic goal of this battle, because only if the entire royal court is burned can the main force of the royal court dozens of miles away notice the situation here and turn around to rescue.
The reason why Gongsun Xun decided to take such a risk was because the royal court seemed to be easy to burn... Are the houses of the Xianbei people, a newly established grassland people, made of bricks and stones? They don't know how to burn bricks at all.
!Do they have any fire prevention measures in their royal court? This place has never suffered any military disaster since it was built more than ten years ago, and they have never thought about how to deal with fires!
Therefore, taking advantage of the summer heat and southerly wind, taking advantage of the lush vegetation around you, and taking advantage of the enemy's retreat, it's time to catch up and set fire!
"Don't enter the streets of the royal court to fight," Gongsun Xun rode forward, chasing Xianbei's defeated troops all the way to the royal court. Then he stood on his horse and continued to shout loudly. "Don't pursue the enemy soldiers too much, just set fire! Burn those trees.
They burned the fences they made, burned the tents they had built haphazardly, burned their horse porches, burned their barns, and burned the fodder they dried outside! When the fire is strong, this battle will be our victory, and we can return along the river.
Home!”
As soon as he finished speaking, in the chaotic night fire, an arrow suddenly flew out of nowhere and shot the unarmored Gongsun Xun off his horse.
At this moment, the Han troops around them all turned pale, the Xianbei people were all shocked, and the entire battlefield seemed to be stagnant!
For a moment, some people were overly surprised, some had subtle thoughts, some were at a loss, and some were frightened to death... However, it turned out that everyone was overthinking it, because after just a few breaths, before the surrounding sergeants came forward to check, Gongsun Xun actually
He climbed back on the horse, then gritted his teeth and broke the arrow on his shoulder directly in front of everyone.
"What are you looking at?" Gongsun Xun threw the broken arrow on the ground, then pressed his left arm and roared loudly. "Will you die if you are hit by an arrow in your arm? Go and set fire to me!"
Seeing this scene, the morale of the Han army was boosted again. However, the Xianbei leaders who originally wanted to rely on the Wangting Fence to organize some resistance were all pale-faced. They turned around and fled again, allowing the Han army to set fire!
Since Gongsun Xun ordered Gao Heng to attack, the Han army and Xianbei fought hard for more than half an hour. For both sides, there were surprises, plans failed, and the battle situation was handled by improvisation. But in the end,
It was the Han army that defeated the opponent with a bloody courage, first forcibly crossing the Jieqiu River, and then setting fire to the Xianbei Royal Court!
It was summer, and the south wind was blowing... and the Xianbei Royal Court was, after all, the royal court of a country thousands of miles away. Various tents, warehouses, and wooden corridors were spread all the way to the halfway point of Danhan Mountain, so the fire started to spread.
Difficult to control.
Looking from a distance, it looks like a torch standing abruptly on the grassland, making it difficult to look away!
"Bo Gui, I, Sun Wentai, have something to say. Your brother is a true hero!" Dozens of miles away, Sun Jian looked at the fire in the distance and was stunned for a moment. Then he couldn't control himself and couldn't help but turn around and say this to the person next to him.
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Gongsun Zan immediately stood aside, looking north, holding his own double-headed spear, but remained silent.
And on a small slope a few miles away from these two people, in the dark night, Tan Shihuai, the founding Khan of Xianbei who was just forty years old but already covered with frost marks, reined in his horse and turned to stare at him.
The royal court was silent.
——————I don’t have the money to cross the 520 dividing line——————
"... they scrambled into the water. The enemy army was very large. Since Taizu was the first to fight and had no armor, he was repeatedly hit by swords and arrows. Anyone who received several wounds was not wrapped up. Anyone who received several arrows were broken and thrown to the ground.
At this time, the three armies were at their wits' end, and the thieves were frightened. At this time, there would be those who lost their horses or rushed into the formation by dragging their robes and horses' tails. Those who had all their arrows would grab Xianbei's body and continue shooting. Therefore, even though there were many thieves, they would still be defeated quickly! Taizu was
Approaching the royal court, they set fire to it. The summer night wind was strong, and its light and smoke shone hundreds of miles away, shaking the south of the desert!" - "Jiu Yan Shu". Volume 1. The Chronicles of Emperor Taizu Wu
PS: Thanks to book friends for their 17-year reward, and thanks to Lily Niang for her second book recommendation...
Also... the tactic of pulling a horse's tail to rush into the formation is a classic tactic used by the Nian army when facing Senggelinqin. It is usually a two-person team, one person rides a horse or even a donkey, and the other person pulls the horse's tail or the donkey's tail to follow.
Running from behind, the former is responsible for breaking up the formation, and the latter is responsible for finishing the damage... This tactic is not very comfortable against an army that is not well organized.
