Chapter 127 Do not eat the bait soldiers, do not stop returning to the teacher
Zhang Di's southern Hebei army had also discovered Xiao Tang's cavalry army at this time. Since Tongdan (near Changzhi, present-day Shanxi Province) is surrounded by a plateau terrain consisting of the Taihang Mountains and the Taiyue Mountains, and there are many mountains and forests around it, it is very easy to fall.
Hidden, and the officers and soldiers' horse patrol sentries are also quite difficult to use in the shade of the trees.
Many of the strong men in the southern Hebei army are those who cut trails in the mountains and forests on the border of Hedong all year round. Although they are not able to climb mountains and ridges as if they were walking on flat ground, they usually hide in the mountains and forests to spy on the merchants coming and going. It is estimated that they are good at waiting for opportunities to plunder.
When I saw the officers and soldiers stationed near the mountain, it seemed that the southern Hebei army did not dare to advance because of the large number of soldiers. This horse army seemed to only have two or three hundred men.
The spies among the thieves noticed clearly and decisively returned to the camp to report to Zhang Di.
Zhang Di was overjoyed when he received the news. At present, the strongmen from all the ministries have gathered enough food and grass, and they are just waiting to sneak into the mountains to fight a war of attrition with the Song army. The Hebei and Hebei roads are mostly plains, and Damingfu is the center to control Heshuo.
The Liao Kingdom was the most important military area. Zhang Di's every move in Mingzhou could easily arouse the vigilance of the imperial court. Therefore, since the army came to conquer this time, they simply moved their forces to the rugged terrain and mountainous areas. In addition,
There is also a natural chasm between Shanxi and Shaanxi where the Hedong Road of the Yellow River diverts.
When he was in Mingzhou, he suffered several defeats, and the officers and soldiers continued to pursue him. Zhang Di had long wanted to destroy the prestige of the officers and soldiers. The strong men in the stronghold who he persuaded and surrendered to him had been killed by the Song army several times.
Road, this has made Zhang Di feel extremely resentful, and this time, this hatred can be washed away with the blood of this Song Army pioneer.
A large net was quietly opened. In the dead of night, Zhang Di led Li Tianxi, who was familiar with the terrain around Tongtan, to force people all the way, and Bian Xiang, Wang Ji, Zhong Liang and others led a total of 5,000 troops to surround him from four directions and quietly went around to Xiao Tang's camp.
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Zhang Di sat firmly in the military tent, staring coldly at the Song Army camp at the foot of the hill. He waved his hand and shouted: "Light the fire! Kill!"
Suddenly, countless torches shot up from the dark mountain forests everywhere, and they formed a group and rushed towards Xiao Tang's garrison camp at the foot of the hillside. Several groups of thieves were like a torrent pouring down from the hills, threatening to kill everyone.
All the officers and soldiers in the camp were swallowed up!
Xiao Tang heard the strange movement and quickly rushed out of the camp with his sword. He saw Sun An, Hua Rong, Suo and others also rushing out. Although it was already time to rest, everyone was wearing armor and holding weapons. It was obvious that
Already prepared.
"Zhang Di is indeed here!" Xiao Tang sneered. In the past few days, all the soldiers under his command have been sleeping with their armor on, and he has ordered each battalion to take turns to stand guard so that if the thieves attack at night, they can respond immediately.
"Send the order, get on your horse and break out!" With everything ready in front, Xiao Tang gave the order decisively, and led a group of cavalry generals and an army of more than 200 horses to rush out of the camp like lightning and wind.
Suo Yima took the lead, and saw that his beard was like flying, his eyes were darting around, and a thunderous shout came out from his teeth: "Kill!" After that, he waved his big ax and rushed into the crowd of rebel soldiers.
Suo swung his ax and chopped up more than a dozen thieves who came to attack the camp. Suddenly, he felt a strong wind coming, and someone broke out from the bandit army, which also caused a big ax to hit Suo hard.
Suo swung his ax to block it, and fought the man head-on for a few moves. When he turned around and looked intently, he couldn't help shouting: "It turns out it's you again!"
The brave enemy general who suddenly appeared was Bian Xiang. Bian Xiang snorted and said: "You are not bad at all, just want to fight with me again!" After that, he raised his ax and attacked.
The gold-dipped ax was stuck left and right under Bian Xiang's mountain-opening ax, which was easy to use. It was full of dangers, and it was obviously a defeat.
But Xiao Tang and Hua Rong rushed out immediately after Suo Suo. Bian Xiang raised the corner of his mouth. It was a normal scene when he fought with Xiao Tang for the first time. Although he was an enemy rather than a friend of the famous Xiao Renxia, it was a good fight.
Enjoyable!
Bian Xiang's brothers, Scarfaced Tiger Fu Xiang, Angry Eyed King Kong Yan, and Green Bamboo Snake Kou Chen, could not tolerate Xiao Tang and others bullying the smaller ones. However, when they were about to rush forward with their swords waving, the officers and cavalry were among the soldiers.
He killed one person, brandished his two swords and suddenly appeared with a sharp light, and managed to entangle the three of them with his own strength!
It turned out that the person who was killed was Sun An. The dragon slayer who was extremely skilled in the two swords was fighting against the three generals. The scene looked more calm than Bian Xiang who was struggling to resist the combined attacks of Xiao Tang, Hua Rong and Suo.
Duo. At this moment, two more cavalrymen came to support Sun An and Xiao Tang respectively, making it difficult for Bian Xiang and his three brothers to resist, and they were about to be defeated.
The two people rushed out again, one was the Phantom Lord Qiao Daoqing, and the other was the Blood Knife Zhu Jing. Here Qiao Daoqing helped his close friend Sun An, slashing him down with a sword, almost killing Guan Yan under his horse, and over there Zhu Jing
The broad-edged iron sword in his hand was dropped with such force that Bian Xiang broke out in a cold sweat. Bian Xiang was surprised and secretly said: It was not long since the last battle, where did Xiao Tang attract so many enemies?
Master?!
"That's it! If we continue to fight, my three brothers and I will be buried here." Bian Xiang sighed secretly, flicked his axe, turned his horse and drove away.
Xiao Tang took advantage of the situation, brandishing a gold-chiselled tiger-headed dragon-tooth spear, and a group of fierce generals led 200 fine cavalry into the bandits' formation like a gale. Taking advantage of Bian Xiang's sword, he slashed the horses and kicked them, causing the bandits to get into chaos. Originally, the bandits of the Southern Hebei Army planned to take advantage of the situation.
The officers and soldiers were unprepared and surrounded and strangled them with several times the force. Unexpectedly, Xiao Tang led the officers and soldiers who had been prepared and killed them by surprise. Although the thieves and soldiers were numerous and powerful, they were like a ball of scattered sand at this time.
The combat power was greatly reduced. Although it was several times stronger than the enemy, it was still like a sheep being chased out of the herd by a tiger.
Not far away, another group of thieves led by Zhong Liang of the Southern Hebei Army crashed out. Although the elite cavalry of the officers and soldiers were unstoppable, Zhang Di was cruel this time and surrounded Xiao Tang's soldiers and horses.
, and the green forest thief Li Tianxi who fell into the grass in Tongtian Mountain. He had known that the nearby mountains and forests were surrounding, and the army and cavalry rushed in for a while, but this place is not a flat plain after all. Relying on the favorable geographical situation and taking human lives to fill it, he forced this cavalry to retreat.
Once the army slows down and loses its impact, sooner or later it will be surrounded and killed by the thieves of the Southern Hebei Army who are surrounding it from all directions!
Seeing Li Tianxi leading thousands of thieves from the left and Wang Ji from the right outflanking them, Xiao Tang led his cavalry in a detour and rushed straight towards a mountain.
Although there are many thieves, they cannot stop him.
Zhang Di, who was watching from a distance, was overjoyed when he saw it: He rode up the mountain and was surrounded by my army. How can you escape except to grow wings? I will leave you with no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth. You will live on this lonely mountain.
Destroyed by me!
Xiao Tang took the lead in rushing up the mountain. When he looked down, he could see a large group of thieves at the bottom of the mountain. The torch in his hand turned into a sea of fire. What was reflected in the fire at this time was a murderous picture.
With ferocious and twisted faces, every thief has madness and bloodthirsty eyes flashing, ready to eat Xiao Tang and his gang alive!
"As expected, we just have to wait and see when we can get there." Xiao Tang said excitedly when he saw this. He ordered his soldiers to prepare everything in the past few days and hide them in the rolling logs and rocks on the mountain.
Push it down. Each rolling stone makes a heart-stopping muffled sound, and dozens of thieves are immediately smashed into a pulp.
Hua Rong and a group of cavalry dismounted and occupied the commanding heights. They picked up their bows and arrows and shot at the leader of the bandits. Although the thieves also shot arrows in response, the sharp arrows flew a short distance and then lost momentum. They were far less powerful than the officers and soldiers.
Due to the favorable geographical situation, the lethality of bows and arrows from the mountains is great.
Down below, Shi Jing, the second in charge of Wang Ji's command in Mishan, Gaizhou, rushed a little harder, giving Hua Rong a real look, and shot an arrow through his throat. Wang Ji was furious when he saw it, and he roared and ordered his men to risk their bows and arrows.
When rocks fell, a group of people swarmed towards the mountain to kill.
The winding road through the mountains is a narrow path, and only two or three people can pass through the narrow place. Sun An and Zhu Jing are blocking the entrance of the main road, and only one of them can guard the pass. Ten thousand people cannot open it. Now there are two of them.
The capable generals blocked the road, which made one of the thieves break, and the other two were killed!
After fighting for a long time, seeing that although the officers and soldiers under Xiao Tang's command were trapped on the mountain, the bones were so difficult to chew, Zhang Di was so angry that he felt that something was wrong: there were many officers and soldiers in this team.
They were cavalry, but they crashed into the dead ground of the mountain. Even if they were allowed to resist for a few more days, as long as our army guarded the main road down the mountain and trapped them, they could starve to death even if they were hungry. Those guys seemed to be
I have been prepared for this for a long time. Is it possible that you deliberately lured me to wait here to die?
Although I have doubts, seeing that this army only has more than 200 people, we can't just withdraw like this. Otherwise, if we can't even defeat this army, how can we fight against the conquering army to the end? Thinking of this, Zhang Di
With a gloomy face and silence, he allowed the strong men under his command to attack the mountain with all their strength.
Seeing that all the rolling logs and rocks on the mountain had been smashed, Hua Rong and his men were running out of arrows and arrows, and they were choking Sun An on the main road up the mountain. At this time, Zhu Jing was panting and expending a lot of energy. Suddenly, the burst became more intense.
The shouts of "killing" spread everywhere. In an instant, people were shouting from all directions. Instead, the officers and soldiers of the brigade were outflanking the bandits of the southern Hebei army under Zhang Di!
Zhang Di was shocked to see the officers and soldiers surrounded from all sides with the names "Zhongshan Anping Jiedu Envoy Lone Tiger Kaikai", "Daming Prefecture Military and Horse Superintendent Da Dao Wenda", "Dezhou Commander Shenhuo General Wei Dingguo, Shengshui General Shan Tinggui" and so on.
After raising the flag, I was shocked to realize that Xiao Tang’s army was just a bait, and the army of conquest and suppression had already arrived near Tongdi County silently!!
Xiao Tang looked at the sudden change in the war situation below the mountains. He raised the corner of his mouth and said in his heart that the plan had indeed come true. A few days ago, the horse came to report that the army had been dispatched to Huiting Town, Longde Prefecture, and would arrive in Weisheng within a few days.
When he reached the border between the army and the territory, he hatched a plan in his mind. He asked the sergeant to inform the commander Wang Huan that he would not join the army for the time being. The army stopped its troops and quietly moved forward, stationing several miles away from Xiaotang.
When the thieves from the southern Hebei army see that Xiao and Tang's troops are outnumbered, they will come to attack them in ten minutes. By then, as long as they have to hold off the enemy for a few hours, and wait for the large army of conquest and suppression weapons to come and outflank them, they will be able to catch the thieves off guard.
"This Zhang Di doesn't know anything about military matters." Xiao Tang smiled coldly and said leisurely: "If you don't hear the bait, don't eat the soldiers, and don't stop them when they return to the army?"
