Chapter 166: Purge Sichuan (Part 2)

Style: Historical Author: Song HunWords: 3399Update Time: 24/01/12 11:34:02
When he looked at the leaders of the security group, he had an idea.

He and Xiao Guanghua drove their horses to Li Hantie, hugged him and explained their intention.

When Li Hantie saw them coming, he didn't know what they were thinking.

He stepped forward and whispered to Xi Xing and Yang Yun. They looked at Xiong Shubin and nodded together.

After Xi Xing and Yang Yun nodded in agreement, Li Hantie, on behalf of Zhaojiazhuang, promised to give them two thousand thunderbolts and two thousand horses.

However, Hong Tianlei and horses cannot be given to them immediately. One is needed to attack Tongchuan Prefecture in Chengdu.

More importantly, the use of Hongtianlei must be taught, otherwise it will be very easy to hurt oneself.

Xiong Shubin and Xiao Guanghua were overjoyed when they heard this. They came here purely to increase their presence and to accumulate experience, so their role was not very big.

He unexpectedly received two thousand horses and three thousand thunderbolts from Zhaojiazhuang for free, which was the greatest kindness of Zhaojiazhuang.

Although they knew that Zhaojiazhuang was doing this for the sake of Yu Zhizhi, they were still very happy.

After many years, the regular army of the Song Dynasty finally had a decent cavalry general!

Although Zhaojiazhuang also has a cavalry general, he is not a serious officer.

However, it is still a civilian security group in name, and it is not a relegated soldier with a residual system.

The two of them bowed to thank Li Hantie, Xi Xing, and Yang Yun, hugging each other and crying together.

After the security team took a tea break, they mounted their horses again and pursued closely behind the Hu cavalry.

With these horses abandoned by the barbarians, the security regiment now has a cavalry of one man and two horses, and there are even extra horses to transport grain and grass.

After chasing for an hour, the security regiment cavalry finally caught up with the Hu cavalry in Qingshen territory.

The thunderbolts of the security regiment kept exploding behind the Hu cavalry.

The three thousand cavalrymen were like frightened birds. When they heard the explosion of thunder, they had to speed up their pace and escape. Even eating was done on horseback.

He couldn't even sleep. As long as he showed the slightest movement of setting up camp, the thunder from the cavalry of the security regiment would come immediately.

Under constant pursuit and harassment by the cavalry battalion of the security regiment, some Hu people left the team and became lost.

When the Hu people arrived in Chengdu, there were only about 2,000 people, and they lost a thousand people along the way.

Seeing that the overall situation has been decided, Wang Qiwan and Cao Kebing split into two groups.

Wang Qiwan continued to lead 1,500 cavalrymen, while Yang Yun led the rest of the security regiment to rescue Tongchuan Mansion.

There are still 10,000 Hu infantry in Tongchuan Prefecture who are attacking continuously.

The Hu leader who attacked Tongchuan Prefecture was named Yu Yuanjie, who was also a Confucian general.

Unlike Jiading Hu who had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, these ten thousand soldiers and horses were obviously insufficient.

Therefore, Yu Yuanjie believes that the main approach to Tongchuan Mansion is to encircle it, and to attack it as a supplement.

If he did not attack for a long time, it would also have an impact on morale, but he did not dare to attack in large numbers.

Unlike Jiading, this place is close to central Sichuan, not far from places like Changzhou.

Therefore, he had to be extremely careful, defending and attacking at the same time.

He was shocked when he heard that the Kuizhou border troops and Changzhou soldiers and horses were coming to attack.

Tongchuan Prefecture itself has 3,000 garrison troops, plus 5,000 troops from Kuizhou and Changzhou, so they do not have much strength advantage.

If they attack with all their strength and the defenders are killed from inside, the outcome of both sides will be uncertain.

Unexpectedly, the soldiers and horses of Kuizhou and Changzhou suddenly and quietly retreated, which made Yu Yuanjie finally heave a sigh of relief.

Yu Yuanjie also understood why they retreated. Later, he heard that Kuizhou was in a tight situation and had to retreat.

But Yu Yuanjie still did not relax because there were still Changzhou Xiang troops.

The key thing is that Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Tongchuanfu Road.

Yu Yuanjie never expected that the remaining troops would be the Changzhou Xiang army.

The attack power of the Xiang army was not as good as that of the frontier army, not to mention that a scholar was leading the army.

Seeing the Kuizhou border troops leaving, Changzhou also retreated.

At this point, Yu Yuanjie was finally completely relieved and thought happily that it was better for Nanman to be led by literati.

If a general led his troops and constantly harassed the Hu people, Yu Yuanjie would be in a dilemma.

No matter what, this is also a record. Yu Yuanjie calmed down and wrote a report to the commander. He "repelled" the attack of five thousand soldiers and horses of the Southern Barbarians.

After writing the letter, Yu Yuanjie summarized today's offensive gains and thought about how to attack tomorrow.

Since all the Nanman reinforcements had retreated, he decided to attack with all his strength tomorrow and strive to capture Tongchuan Mansion in one fell swoop tomorrow.

After all, there were no generals in Tongchuan Prefecture, and all capable generals were attracted to Jiading Prefecture by the marshal.

After doing these things, he was exhausted and went to bed to rest without knowing it.

Seeing all these reinforcements, he personally led all the troops and horses the next day and attacked with all his strength.

In order to boost morale, Yu Yuanjie personally boarded Lu Gong's chariot and attacked from the east gate.

Unexpectedly, the Nanman had been fighting for several months and had already run out of food in the city. The Nanman defended purely by instinct.

Originally, they insisted on the support of friendly forces, but they did not expect that the friendly forces would run away with a false shot.

In fact, not only the friendly troops ran away, but also the subordinate Xiang army in Changzhou.

The morale of the defenders in Tongchuan Prefecture suddenly plummeted, and everyone was unable to do their best.

In desperation, the prefect of Tongchuan Prefecture personally took a sword and went to the city to defend it.

Yu Yuanjie fought all the way in, not only killing the regiment training envoy of Tongchuan Prefecture, but also capturing alive the prefect Li Hua of Tongchuan Prefecture.

Rumble, rumble, rumble, a huge thunder suddenly sounded in the sky.

He stretched out his hand to grab it, but it was empty. It turned out to be a beautiful dream.

But the rumble, rumble, rumble of thunder still kept ringing.

He immediately came out of the tent and took a look. The stars in the sky were still there. Could it be a bolt from the blue?

No, this sound seems to be the sound of thunder. Could it be that the Nanman is attacking.

He immediately woke up his soldiers and beat the drums.

With the sound of heavy drums, the barbarians running around finally found the backbone and moved closer to him.

The two hundred soldiers moved the fastest, and soon they rode to the camp of the captain of ten thousand men.

Soon, other barbarians came here one after another, but many of them were very embarrassed.

Some were disheveled, some were shirtless, and some were not even carrying weapons.

Yu Yuanjie didn't care much and immediately led the group to fight out.

Unexpectedly, more and more Hu soldiers crowded over.

Behind them were the Southern Barbarian cavalry. They seemed to be throwing a kind of firearm constantly. The firearm kept exploding and emitted bursts of lightning.

It turned out that the sound of thunder he heard in his dream was coming from them.

After all, Yu Yuanjie was a captain of ten thousand men. He observed carefully from his tall horse and found that the sound of thunder was not dense.

It seems that the opponent does not have many firearms, or the opponent does not have many cavalry.

He immediately shouted: "The southern barbarians don't have many firearms, follow me and attack."

After saying that, he immediately led two hundred soldiers to attack the southern barbarians. When the other soldiers saw the Captain personally leading his soldiers to charge towards the Nanman, their morale immediately increased and they all launched an attack on the Nanman.

It was Yang Yun who came to attack. Yang Yun followed Zhao Ping's method of attacking the Hu people in Jiading!

He first notified the 4,000 defenders of Tongchuan Prefecture through archery, and then Yin Shi used explosives to blow open the gate, allowing 200 cavalry and 1,000 infantry to throw thunderbolts at the Hu camp.

Sure enough, the barbarians in Tongchuan Prefecture were just like Jiading in bombing the camp! They are still infantry!

But I didn't expect that this captain of ten thousand men would be so powerful. In such a critical situation, he not only beat drums to gather troops, but also launched a counterattack.

Yang Yun had almost used the Thunderbolt on the road, and the sound of explosions became increasingly sparse.

This captain of ten thousand was not a weakling. He obviously saw that the security team was running out of firearms.

To Yang Yun's disappointment, the Tongchuan Mansion defenders did not take the opportunity to come out, leaving them to fight alone.

Little did Yang Yun know that although the defenders of Kuizhou and Changzhou said they were attacking the Hu people in Tongchuan Prefecture, they actually just fired a false shot and retreated without saying a word.

Originally, the offensive of the Kuizhou and Changzhou defenders had boosted their morale, but their sudden retreat greatly reduced their morale.

Tongchuan Prefecture originally lacked brave generals such as Zhang Yu and Wang Weizhong, as well as strategic advisors such as Ran Pu and Ran Jing.

There is also a lack of commanders like Yu Jie who are both civil and military. There is only one commander named Lan Dayuan who leads 3,000 soldiers to hold on.

It should be said that it was not easy for them to persevere when they were surrounded by several barbarians.

The key thing is that the soldiers and horses of Kuizhou and Changzhou suddenly retreated, causing them to lose confidence in external reinforcements.

They were very afraid that this was a conspiracy by the barbarians.

Lan Dayuan saw the letter, thought for a long time, and decided to attack at the fourth watch.

However, Tang Jianbin, the prefect of Tongchuan Prefecture, held him tightly and refused to let him attack.

Lan Dayuan wanted to take risks and make meritorious deeds, but Tang Jianbin must be responsible for Tongchuan Mansion.

After all, he is a literati, and he views this matter purely from a literati perspective.

Moreover, if Lan Dayuan wanted to attack, he had to obtain the consent of the prefect. This was where the Song Dynasty relied on literature and military force.

Although Lan Dayuan was in charge, the highest military officer in Tongchuan Mansion was not him but Tang Jianbin.

Yang Yun shouted: "Well done, kill me."

After saying that, he pulled out his Hu-killing knife and rushed out first, closely followed by Feng Yongcheng, Song Fei, and Ran Liyuan.

Yu Yuanjie couldn't help but be overjoyed. The Southern Barbarians were able to suppress them with firearms. Now without firearms, they would have the upper hand.

He was even more happy and shouted: "Kill the Nanman, and everyone will get a prize."

He drew his sword and rushed towards Yang Yun with his horse. He had already seen that Yang Yun was the leader of the opponent.

Clink, clang, clang, the sounds of swords from both sides continued to sound.

The two sides quickly fought together, and Yu Yuanjie slashed directly at Yang Yun with his broadsword.

Feng Yongcheng, Song Fei, Ran Liyuan, Tan Xing, and Ma Li are also under great pressure. They are facing a thousand captains.

Yu Yuanjie was strong and powerful, but Yang Yun did not fight him head-on. He kept pulling his horse and spinning around the opponent, forcing Yu Yuanjie to follow him and follow him.

After twenty or thirty rounds of fighting between the two sides, Yu Yuanjie became more and more frightened because the cracks in his broadsword were getting bigger and bigger.

He couldn't help but be shocked. His sword was already made of hundred-refined steel. Could it be that the long knife in the opponent's hand was even more powerful than the hundred-refined steel.

In less than forty rounds, the sword in his hand snapped into two pieces.