Seeing that everyone around him looked confused, Li Shan realized that Zhuge Liang's strategy of emptying the city was from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and it was estimated that Luo Guanzhong would still have a thousand years before he left the city.
Zhang Zhongjian led his army to advance a hundred steps north, but Liang Jun was unable to advance. Wang Junhao came out of the battle with his horse in hand and yelled curses. Some generals of Liang Jun could not help but come out of the battle, but Wang Junhao stabbed him off his horse within two rounds.
Li Shan saw in the telescope that Liang Jun was in a commotion, but did not move rashly, and even his position was a little loose. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "He Sui's entire army was wiped out. Liang Jun should know that reinforcements from the Tang Army have arrived."
This time Chang Da came to his senses and came out of the air, "We know that His Highness is leading his personal guards north, but Liang Jun doesn't know."
"That's right!" Zhang Wenguan suddenly realized, "Calculating the schedule, it has been several days since Liang Jun defeated Lingzhou. The DPRK should send a general to lead the war. Brother Huairen is a famous general in the clan. Logically speaking, the general should lead the troops to help."
Li Shan nodded, it was indeed the case. If the Turks came, he would not dare to do this. Whether it was Jieli Khan, Tuli Khan or Ashina Sheer, knowing that he was here, he would probably be cautious but determined. Come over.
But facing Liang Jun, who was just testing Longzhou to attack, Li Shan still had the confidence to resort to the empty city strategy.
When the Tang army was defeated and Huating fell, Li Shan happened to arrive. Although it was to snatch away brothers Zhang Wenxi and Zhang Wenguan, after successfully ambushing He Sui, Li Shan actually took over the war... even though he only had 700 personal guards in his hands.
But Liang Jun didn't know... Li Shan specifically spread the news that King Handan of the Tang Dynasty was here, just to frighten the enemy and at the same time give a signal that reinforcements had arrived.
The King of Handan of the Tang Dynasty, who defeated the Turks three times in Shuozhou and Yunzhou last year, has arrived. Will he only have less than a thousand cavalry around him?
If he chooses to retreat at this time, Liang Jun may not have the courage to pursue him. During the retreat, he will be pursued by the opponent's cavalry. Li Shan can only push all the way to Liyuan County to gain a foothold... Not to mention other things, Longzhou North Gate and the strategically important Huating County will be completely controlled by Liang Jun.
Now Li Shanluo gathered the remaining soldiers and marched north, assuming a confident posture to confront Liang Jun. The other party was afraid of the reputation of the King of Handan and the Tang army's reinforcements had arrived, so he was naturally suspicious.
Of course, the most important thing is that Li Shan has this confidence, with Zhang Zhongjian leading the army, and 700 elite guards under his command, plus more than a thousand Tang soldiers gathered together, facing 3,000 Liang soldiers, even if he cannot win , and will not be defeated.
By the time Li Shan and his party came down the hill and drove their horses into the army, Wang Junhao in front of the formation had already assassinated three Liang generals, and Qu Silang and Hou Hongtao were fighting over who should continue...
Li Shan smiled and scolded: "I really thought I was picking up a bargain, I'm not stupid at all!"
Qu Silang was startled. Hou Hongtao led dozens of personal guards to drive horses out into battle. As expected, the opponent no longer stupidly sent generals to fight in a single battle, but instead a small group of cavalry attacked from the flank.
Chang Da's heart tightened, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Li Shan looking as if nothing had happened.
Zhang Zhongjian did not send troops to rescue him. Faced with more than a hundred Liang cavalry, Hou Hongtao became energetic, danced with horses and horses, and turned to meet the enemy with thirty or forty guards.
The origins of Li Shan's bodyguards are very mixed. In terms of equestrian skills, people from Daizhou and Shuozhou have always been better than people from Hedong, Zhu clan and Hebei. However, Hou Hongtao's bodyguards all come from Longxi. They fight with the Hu people all the year round. Everyone is a good horseman.
Under the command of Hou Hongtao, dozens of personal guards made an arc in front of everyone, giving way to the opponent's front formation, and entered the formation. Under the trampling of hundreds of horse hooves, the yellow sand was so diffuse that it was almost impossible to see Clear silhouette.
Li Shan turned around and said with a smile: "The eldest son of the Hou family is very brave."
Hou Chen was not worried, "Back then, the Tang army and Tuyuhun joined forces to attack Li Gui, and Dalang led his troops into battle. Later, he was awarded the title of General of Hussars for his merits."
They were just ordinary Tang cavalry. The personal guards around Li Shan were first-class in terms of equipment and martial arts. Zhang Zhongjian didn't care, and his eyes fell on Liang Jun's formation, which seemed to be in commotion.
Zhang Zhongjian could clearly feel that the commotion among Liang Jun was not due to a possible attack, but because there seemed to be internal disputes and the troops were likely to retreat.
Turning his head and glancing at Li Shan, Zhang Zhongjian thought to himself that Lang Jun claimed that he had no generals, but in fact this was definitely not the case.
In today's battle, whether he chose to break out of the siege from the north of the city, or later chose to march north, although Lang Jun attacked with a sword, every choice he made was profound in the art of war, and it can be said that the mystery lies in one heart.
Well, after Li Shan ambushed He Sui today, he admitted that he had no generals and gave credit to Zhang Zhongjian... Zhang Wenguan very skillfully added "a little bit of understanding" to his friend, which made Wang Junhao, Zhu Ba and other old people burst into laughter.
"Retreat, retreat!" Liu Nv Nicheng glared at one of the Liang generals, "If you want to die, don't take us with you!"
"The King of Handan did not retreat but instead marched north. How could there be no reinforcements!"
Another Liang general on the side also agreed: "80% of the time the Tang Emperor sent the King of Handan to lead the war, there must be reinforcements."
"That's right!" Liu Nücheng analyzed confidently: "It must be that the reinforcements were temporarily unavailable. The King of Handan personally led the elite to go north first, defeated He Sui first, and then pestered us, waiting for the reinforcements to arrive and encircle us."
"A thousand troops were defeated by the King of Handan. You also saw the elite of the Tang army in the formation...well, they have been defeated!"
The yellow sand that filled the formation had gradually dispersed. Hou Hongtao was holding a Liang general and throwing him on the ground. He was holding a horse and showing off his power. Only twenty or thirty of the hundreds of Liang cavalry escaped in embarrassment.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat!" Liu Nücheng no longer hesitated, and personally led a thousand cavalry to press the formation, and Liang Jun slowly withdrew to the north.
Zhang Wenguan excitedly pulled Li Shan's sleeves, "Brother Huairen, they have withdrawn, but do you want to pursue them?!"
Li Shan was not surprised by this result. Liang Jun did not start the war immediately, which had roughly determined the direction of the war.
Looking at Zhang Zhongjian who was also looking at him inquiringly, Li Shan smiled and said: "Sanlang will take care of himself, but don't pursue aggressively in the early stage."
Zhang Zhongjian was stunned and showed a rather ferocious smile.
Although the Liang army retreated without chaos at first, the Tang army did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, but slowly pressed forward. Zhang Zhongjian sent Hou Hongtao, Wang Junhao, Qu Silang, He Fang and other generals to take turns leading hundreds of personal guards to either harass or charge into the formation.
The more than a thousand Liang troops who were behind were really helpless. The reason was very simple. On the one hand, Tang Qi's impact was unmatched by them. Especially before Tang Qi charged into the formation, more than a hundred Tang crossbows were launched together, at least dozens of them. Liang Qi fell off his horse, and Tang Qi broke through the gap again, killed a lot, and then retreated with the support of the Tang army.
On the other hand, more than a thousand Liang troops were cut off from the rear, but the more than 2,000 Liang troops who retreated early had already retreated northward, completely ignoring the friendly forces behind them.
This stalemate lasted until dusk. Liang Jun, who was behind the scenes, gradually couldn't bear it anymore and gradually accelerated his speed. On the southeast side of Huating County, Zhang Zhongjian accurately selected his fighter plane and led 500 cavalry to break through the formation. The rest The Tang army did not respond outside this time, but launched a full-scale fierce attack.
Unexpectedly, Liu Nücheng had already arrived outside Huating County. At this time, the Tang army launched a general offensive. Caught off guard, the camp was torn open by the Tang army. Zhang Zhongjian led his elite troops to attack the Chinese army.
As Liu Nücheng fled, the more than a thousand Liang troops behind them collapsed. However, Zhang Zhongjian and Wang Junhao did not pursue them fiercely. Instead, they drove the remaining defeated troops northward from all directions. The remaining two thousand Liang troops were gone. Fighting intention... Several Liang generals guessed that it was probably the main reinforcements of the Tang Army that had arrived.
Anyway, Liu Nu's hiding was not his direct descendant. More than 2,000 Liang troops retreated towards Yuanzhou. Li Shan ordered not to go north to pursue, but to mop up the remaining enemies in the surrounding areas.
Chang Da and Zhang Wenxi stood at the opened north gate of Huating County, feeling as if they were in a dream.
Chang Da looked up and saw that the setting sun had not completely set yet, casting its last ray of light on the battlefield of corpses... Before noon today, it was here that Liang Jun succeeded in attacking the city and captured Huating. As a result, the sun did not even pass through the night. Before sunset, Huating had already been recovered.
At this moment, Chang Da was completely convinced and bowed to the pacing Li Shan, "Thank you, Your Highness."
(End of chapter)
