"Sir, why did you stop marching suddenly?" Lei Wanchun asked with a puzzled look on his face, holding two hammers in hand.
Zhang Xun pointed to the dense forest in front of him and said: "General Lei, look at the dense jungle ahead, there may be an ambush!"
Thumping! ! !
Before Zhang Xun finished speaking, he saw a group of birds flying from the forest as if frightened, and quickly flew into the distance.
Lei Wanchun laughed when he saw this and said: "Sir, I'm telling you you are too careful. Look at the birds flying in the forest, there must be no ambush. Let's hurry up. If it's too late, Li Jiancheng will run away!"
"Be careful with the Ten Thousand Years Ship!" Zhang Xun lowered his head and thought for a moment, then waved his hand and ordered in a deep voice: "Cover with bows and arrows!"
Whoosh whoosh! ! !
Four thousand archers came forward under the command and shot towards the dense forest not far away. Arrows rained down like rain, and bursts of screams were heard. Countless shouts of killing were heard roaring away in the woods.
"There really is an ambush." Lei Wanchun was obviously surprised. He was secretly glad that Zhang Xun was cautious. If it were him, he would have led his army to kill the birds in the forest if he saw them startled.
Li Yan, who was in the Tang army's formation, also looked livid. There was no ambush when the birds entered the forest. This is common sense among military strategists. In order to lure the Sui army, he specially ordered people to capture hundreds of birds. Who would have thought that Zhang Xun was so cautious and had to cover them with bows and arrows no matter what.
"kill!"
Now that the ambush army had been drawn out, Zhang Xun had nothing to worry about. He immediately waved his hand and commanded the entire army to attack the Tang army in front of him.
Li Yan also had a face as bright as a torch, and in a deep voice ordered his Tang army to attack the attacking Sui army. Even though Zhang Xun saw through the ambush plan, his mission was to hold off the Sui army. If he retreated at this moment, he would be chased by the Sui army. Kill, even Li Jiancheng will become unsafe.
In an instant, two armies of tens of thousands of people crossed a distance of several hundred steps and collided like two black torrents.
Bang bang bang!
Click, click, click!
Heartbreaking screams suddenly rose into the sky, and streams of blood spurted out, splashing blood red everywhere. Countless heads and limbs flew up into the sky from time to time, and then fell heavily to the ground. land.
As the war progressed, the Tang army began to show signs of retreat. It’s no wonder, as Chang Yuchun said, Tang’s military division already had a tired army under the old city. In addition, the ambush plan was easily seen through, and the morale of the army was frustrated. Now it is possible to maintain the undefeated formation. Because the general Li Yan was holding the command from behind.
Among the rebellious troops, Lei Wanchun rushed left and right with a pair of bronze hammers in his hand. He smashed all the enemies in front of his horse to death. In just a quarter of an hour, nearly fifty Tang soldiers were killed by his hammer. .
Generals are the courage of soldiers. Under the leadership of the fierce general Lei Wanchun, the Sui army's morale was like a rainbow. They roared and killed the Tang army. Everyone fought bravely and fought for the first place. The corpses of the Tang army who were directly killed were all over the field, and their blood was left in rivers. .
"Kill, capture Li Jiancheng alive and kill all the local dogs in Guanzhong!"
There was another loud shout of killing, and a big flag with the word "Chang" fluttered in the wind not far away. Behind the flag, countless soldiers and horses roared towards them. Countless soldiers shouted and came to kill. Looking from a distance, It was really dark.
Chang Yuchun rode his horse, raised his sword, and charged first, shouting majestically: "Listen, Tang troops from Guanzhong, Li Jiancheng is gone. If you don't surrender quickly, anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"
The appearance of Chang Yuchun's army became the last straw that crushed the morale of the Tang army who was fighting. In an instant, the soldiers of Tang Dynasty, who were still holding on for dear life, were severely damaged mentally and their fighting spirit began to collapse.
Even before Chang Yuchun led his army to kill, the Tang army had already fled. When the two armies were fighting, one person's escape could easily cause psychological changes in the people around him. Soldiers were not as loyal to the dynasty as generals. It is very likely that they will quickly join the escape ranks.
Soon, the rout spread quickly like a plague. Hundreds of soldiers joined the defeated team and fled backwards in embarrassment.
"Wow!"
Li Yan looked at the Tang army's formation, which had begun to retreat on a large scale. His face was pale, his throat was sweet, and he couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood. He tilted his head and fell into a coma.
"Husband!"
When the red lady saw Li Yan fainting, she screamed in surprise. She quickly stepped forward to hug Li Yan, climbed onto her bay-red horse, whipped the horse twice, and fled backwards as fast as it could fly.
The general fainted and fled the battlefield. The morale of the Tang army suffered another setback. The entire army fell into complete collapse. The remaining thousands of Tang soldiers were like frightened sheep, running wildly all over the mountains and fields.
Zhang Xun and Chang Yuchun quickly joined forces and took advantage of the situation to pursue them. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty abandoned their helmets and armor and fled in all directions. If they could not escape, they could only kneel down and beg to surrender. The two men led their troops in a wild pursuit for more than ten miles. It was not until they could no longer see the large-scale shadow of Tang soldiers that they gave the order to stop the pursuit and suspend the march.
After counting the battle losses after the war, the Sui army lost about 2,000 people, while the Tang army lost nearly 4,000 people, and more than 3,000 people became prisoners of the Sui army. Chang Yuchun ordered a partial general to lead his troops to escort the prisoners back to Xinye City. He and Zhang Xun continued to divide their troops into two groups, leading the troops in front and behind to pursue Li Jiancheng.
. . . . . . . . . .
On the Shangyong Mountain Road, Li Jiancheng was looking sadly at Li Yanhong and his wife, who had just retreated from behind. It was raining all night because of the leak in the house, and the boat was late and encountered a headwind. Just a quarter of an hour ago, Li Jiancheng had just received the report of the defeat of the former army. The Sui army generals Li Jing, Su Lie, and Long Zhi led an army of 15,000 to occupy Shangyong County, cutting off the Tang army's return route.
Ma Sanbao, the vanguard general of the former army, was not angry and led his troops to attack. As a result, he was severely defeated by the Sui army. General Wei Ting unfortunately died under the sword of Sui general Long Zhi. In addition, he also lost more than 2,000 soldiers.
Looking at Li Yan, who was now the polished commander and was still in a coma, Li Jiancheng sighed helplessly and ordered: "Send the order to the entire army to camp on the spot, and find a military doctor to give Mr. Li a good look!"
