Chapter six hundred and sixty-fifth chapter ending
Tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared in the two miles to the north, covering the sky and the ground, giving the impression of a dark cloud overwhelming the city.
Zhu Si's army was in chaos. Liang Tingfen was extremely shocked. He tried his best to keep calm and shouted: "Don't panic, the whole team is ready to fight!"
Zhu Si's 20,000 troops turned around one after another, preparing to fight the cavalry coming from the north. Guo Song also ordered: "The army comes out to fight!"
The suspension bridge was lowered, the gate to the city was opened, and 10,000 cavalry were ready.
At this time, the drums of the northern army were beating loudly. In the fierce drums, 30,000 cavalry broke out with earth-shattering shouts of killing. The cavalry galloped, dust flew, and the earth trembled.
The 10,000 cavalrymen in the city thrust out like a sharp sword. Guo Song took the lead, waving the Fangtian painted halberd, and went straight to the foot of the mountain to kill, followed by 10,000 cavalrymen who followed him.
Wang Yu was so frightened that he rushed to Liang Tingfen and shouted: "General Liang, we are surrounded by enemies from both sides and cannot resist. Hurry up and retreat..."
Before he finished speaking, Liang Tingfen's spear had pierced his chest, knocked him off his horse, and killed him with another shot.
"The old thief deserves to die!"
Liang Tingfen hated this military advisor who came up with bad ideas. In order to catch Guo Song, he made a fool of himself.
He shouted with blood-red eyes: "Hold on, fight to the end!"
In fact, Zhu Si's 20,000 troops were helpless. Forty thousand cavalry rushed into the team one after another, and a fierce battle broke out between the two teams.
However, the Hexi Army was all cavalry, an elite division, with twice the strength of the opponent. At first, Zhu Si's army used its formation to resist slightly, but as the infantry formation was cut into pieces, the war gradually turned into a one-sided massacre.
Liang Tingfen was frantically looking for Guo Song on the battlefield. He saw Guo Song's royal flag and kept approaching it. At this time, Liang Tingfen suddenly saw a general wearing a golden helmet, with a square-shaped halberd on his horse.
Commanding the cavalry in battle.
Liang Tingfen was overjoyed. He drew an arrow, galloped on his horse, and shot an arrow eighty steps away from Guo Song. The cold arrow shot straight at Guo Song's neck.
A soldier suddenly noticed and shouted: "Please be careful!"
Guo Song also felt the sound of piercing the air on his right. He lowered his head to avoid it, and the arrow grazed the back of his neck.
Guo Song was furious. He turned around and saw Liang Tingfen eighty steps away. He turned his horse's head and galloped towards him.
Liang Tingfen missed the target with one arrow. Feeling unwilling to do so, he drew out another arrow and shot it in the face, but was split open by Guo Song with a halberd. At this time, Guo Song was already thirty steps away.
Liang Tingfen had no intention of running away. He hung up his bow, drew out his spear, roared, spurred his horse to charge, and stabbed Guo Song in the chest with his spear.
"Dang!" There was a loud sound, and the guns and halberds clashed. Liang Tingfen was shocked to the point that her arms were numb, and the two horses passed each other.
Guo Song swung his halberd and struck back, as fast as lightning, a cold light flashed, 'Poof!' The halberd blade hit Liang Tingfen on the back of the neck, and the big human head flew up. The headless corpse ran a dozen steps and fell from the horse.
A soldier shouted: "Your Majesty, the person just now is the enemy general Liang Tingfen!"
It turned out to be Liang Tingfen. Guo Song was really surprised. He picked up the head with the tip of his halberd and threw it to the soldiers, "Tell the three armies to show it to everyone!"
A dozen soldiers picked up long bamboo poles and ran quickly on the battlefield, shouting: "Liang Tingfen is dead! Liang Tingfen is dead!"
Zhu Si's army could no longer withstand a cavalry offensive twice as large as his own. The death of the general was the straw that broke the camel's back. Zhu Si's army collapsed across the board. The soldiers fled in all directions, but two legs could not outrun four. Forty thousand cavalry would
All the enemy's escape routes were blocked, and some soldiers shouted: "Those who surrender will not be killed! Those who surrender will not be killed!"
As if they were just waking up from a dream, the enemy soldiers knelt down and surrendered one after another. There was also a general who refused to surrender with hundreds of people and wanted to break out. They were surrounded by three thousand cavalry and were killed in a moment.
The battle finally ended. The surrendered soldiers took off their armor, threw away their weapons, and were taken away in groups. In this battle, nearly 4,000 Zhu Si's troops were killed and more than 3,000 injured. Together with the injured soldiers, 16,000 surrendered.
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If we add the 6,000 surrendered troops from Luoguan and the nearly 30,000 surrendered troops from Yuanzhou, the number of Zhu Si's troops captured in this battle within the pass exceeded 50,000.
The Hexi Army occupied all nine states in Guanzhong except Jingzhou, Pizhou and Fangzhou, and the gate of Guanzhong was opened.
However, Guo Song has no plan to regain Guanzhong yet. This involves the attitude of the Chengdu court. Guo Song does not want to attack Chang'an easily. He seizes Guanzhong mainly because he wants to connect Hedong and Hexi through the corridor of Guanner Road.
This is too important to him, otherwise he would have to take a detour to Fengzhou every time, which is too far.
The news that Guo Song had captured the nine states within the pass quickly reached Chang'an, causing Chang'an to fall into panic. Many Chang'an people left Chang'an City with their wives and children to seek refuge in the countryside to avoid the impending war.
Affected by the cloud of war, the price of rice in Chang'an rose in response, from sixty cents per pound of rice to over one hundred cents, reaching one hundred and fifty cents per pound of rice. However, two days later, the price of rice exceeded three hundred cents. Fortunately, this year Guanzhong Grain
After a good harvest, the price of rice, after exceeding 300 fen per dou of rice, slowly dropped and finally remained at the level of 200 fen per dou of rice.
The news that the pass inside the pass was lost and that the two supporting armies were completely destroyed made Zhu Si furious. He called Liu Sigu, Yuan Xiu and others to the imperial study room and cursed them loudly.
The scolding made everyone look ashamed and bowed their heads in silence. After Zhu Si was tired of scolding, he panted and said: "What do you think we should do now? Should I move all the troops back to Guanzhong to prepare for war?"
His eyes fell on Liu Sigu and said: "First of all, you planned this battle. Now you have to make atonement for me and come up with a feasible plan."
Liu Sigu looked ashamed. His responsibility was not that the aid plan was wrong, but that the information was obtained too late and the reinforcements sent were too late. He was responsible for the information, and it was indeed his responsibility.
"Your Majesty, I originally thought that Guo Song would lead his army to Guanzhong, but he didn't expect that he stopped at Luoguan and didn't even want to talk about Fangzhou. This shows that his original intention of launching this battle was not in Guanzhong, but in Guanzhong.
It is within the pass to open up the channel between Hedong and Hexi. I am almost certain that at least within this year, Guo Song will not attack Guanzhong."
"What do you think?" Zhu Si asked several other people.
Everyone agreed with Liu Sigu's analysis. Yuan Xiu added: "This war between Guo and Song has obviously seriously violated the non-aggression treaty we signed. We should send envoys to severely condemn it. Secondly, I suggest that we stabilize food prices quickly and stabilize food prices."
In addition, considering the three caves of the cunning rabbit, it is necessary for your majesty to transfer some supplies to Luoyang..."
"You want me to move the capital?"
Zhu Si glared at Yuan Xiu with great dissatisfaction, and asked Liu Sigu, "Is it possible that the military advisor also wants to persuade me to move the capital?"
Liu Sigu nodded, "Bizhi does have this idea."
Zhu Si was stunned and asked after a while: "Is the situation serious enough to move the capital?"
Liu Sigu advised: "Your Majesty, as the ancients said, a gentleman does not build dangerous walls. Guo and Song have surrounded Guanzhong on three sides. Guanzhong is actually no longer dangerous for him. As long as he is willing, the army can rush into Guanzhong at any time. Of course we will not
We wanted to surrender Guanzhong, but the capital city is special and must ensure safety, so we moved the capital to Luoyang, and then built Guanzhong into a strong defense base, and used Guanzhong to contain Guo and Song."
Zhu Si felt disappointed. He really didn't want to leave Guanzhong. Seeing that Yao Lingyan had been silent, he asked, "What does Yao Xiangguo think?"
"Bi Zhi felt a little strange. Logically speaking, he could have occupied Fangzhou, Pizhou or even Jingzhou, but he did not do that."
"Why is that?" Zhu Si asked.
Yao Lingyan collected his thoughts and continued: "I feel that Guo Song is worried about Chengdu. If he captures Guanzhong, Li Shi will definitely come back. Then it will be very unfavorable for Guo Song politically. I believe that the Southern Tang Dynasty will gradually encroach on it."
His land, weakening his power, Guo Song simply did not attack Guanzhong, kept Guanzhong in our hands, and used us to cut off contact with the Southern Tang Dynasty. This is the real reason why he let go of the three states of Jingzhou this time."
Zhu Si frowned, "Would Guo Song be afraid of the Southern Tang Dynasty? You should not take them seriously at all, right?"
Liu Sigu said: "Yao Xiangguo's analysis is very reasonable. Guo Song does not take the imperial court seriously, but he has to show off to win the support of the nobles in the world. It should be said that he is not ready yet."
Zhu Si nodded, "Then what Xiangguo Yao means is that there is no need to consider moving the capital?"
Yao Lingyan shook his head, "In fact, I also support moving the capital. We are surrounded on three sides by the armies of Guo and Song. Their armies invade Guanzhong from time to time, and Chang'an will panic. We really lack the security of the capital, and the nobles in Guanzhong don't support us, so why not
Moving the capital to Luoyang will at least ensure safety."
Zhu Si was silent for a moment and said: "Let me think about this matter again."