"Capital, this city has no soldiers and no food. It is a dead end! It cannot be defended! Moreover, we have lost too many men and horses, and the defenders of the city will surely perish! For the current plan, we can only retreat from the city gate... ..." One of the guards said boldly with his hands in hand.
The soldiers only had the desire to survive in their eyes, and why wasn't Pan Chongche the same? But he knew very well that no matter which city gate he retreated from, there was almost no way to survive. The Wuping army blocked the way back to the south. To the north was Chu and to the west was Xizhou. The lone army without food was nothing more than a desperate struggle. What’s the point of a day or two?
As for the waterway to the east gate, as long as you successfully cross the Yuan River, you can take a detour and return south. But who can guarantee that the Wuping army who secretly ambushed Chencang through the waterway last night will not prepare an ambush by the river? What's more, there are only dozens of small boats on the river bank, how can they carry more than 6,000 people?
Pan Chongche hesitated so much that he subconsciously wanted to call the generals next to him for some ideas. When he came to his senses, he found that they were no longer around. The cavalry of the Wuping Army in front had begun to move slowly to sweep the formation, and the infantry siege formation was pressing over like dark clouds. He could no longer think too much.
"What's your name?" Pan Chongche suddenly turned his head and looked at the guard who had just retreated with a pair of sharp eyes.
The guard swallowed anxiously and hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Back to the capital, the villain's name is Liu Yong!"
"Okay! It's still the emperor's surname, and it's even more brave!" Pan Chongche nodded as if he was serious, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Liu Yong, our commander-in-chief will immediately promote you to be the commander of the front army! From now on, you will It’s the general of Chenzhou! The commander-in-chief will give you five thousand elite soldiers. Quickly cover the retreat of the commander-in-chief and the personal battalion from the East Gate Waterway!"
When his name was called, the new "former army commander" Liu Yong suddenly turned pale. He was suddenly promoted several levels without any trace of joy. He had never regretted his words so much in his life. Sure enough, there is no such thing as a pie in the sky. After the leader was cut off, he was obviously going to be cannon fodder. I thought that as a personal guard of the coach Pan Chongche, he might be lucky enough to survive, but it seems that he is destined to die...
Wu Ping's army under the city finally launched a charge, and the black clouds of more than 10,000 troops were overwhelming the city. In fact, according to the current situation in Chenzhou City, not to mention more than 10,000 people, there were only 3,000 elite troops charging to attack the city. At this time The disorganized Han army was weak enough to withstand it.
Pan Chongche immediately issued an order to retreat, and the unlucky Commander Liu Yong had to lead five thousand death squads to cut off the rear. This kind of death squads accounted for more than 80% of the entire army, which was rare in previous battles. There were only a few bows and arrows on the city top. It only caused two to three hundred casualties to Wu Ping's army.
At the east gate of Chenzhou City, when Pan Chongche was hurriedly leading his troops to board the boat in fear, the cavalry of Wuping Army veteran Wang Changgeng had already rushed in from the south gate in a mighty manner, and what followed was a one-sided massacre. The more than 5,000 Han soldiers behind them could not even hold out for half an hour and had already scattered and fled.
The cannon fodder general Liu Yong was also shrewd. As soon as he saw the suspension bridge under the city crashing down, he wisely led dozens of sergeants around him to drop their weapons and kneel down to wait, respectfully welcoming the arrival of the king's division.
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On August 14, the 10th year of Baoda, Chai Kewu, the left pioneer of the Southern Tang Expedition, lived up to expectations and defeated the "unexpected army" led by Pan Chongche, the first general of the Han Dynasty, in Chenzhou. In this battle, the Han army of more than 15,000 people only had the commander Pan Chongche. He escaped through the waterway with more than a thousand personal guards, most of the others were killed, and more than 3,000 enemy soldiers were captured alive.
This crucial victory not only blocked Pan Chongche's plan to surprise Langzhou, but also meant that the Wuping Army was no longer in the embarrassing situation of fighting on two fronts. The next Battle of Yiyang was the battle between the Han and Tang Dynasties. The most critical battle in the world may directly determine the future ownership of Chu Territory.
At this time, Xie Gui, the general who commanded the 30,000 Han troops outside Yiyang City, obviously had no idea about the war in Chenzhou, which was hundreds of miles away, but his mind could not take into account that far away. The report from yesterday's scouts shocked him. A Wuping army was coming quickly from the north of Yiyang City. A team of no less than 10,000 people and horses and vehicles rolled out of the mountain roads in the rugged area and drove out of the mountain roads.
What is worth noting is that the bright Chinese army banner on the Wuping Army Formation already indicated that the rumored famous general Li Yuanzheng was personally leading the army. This caught Xie Gui off guard. However, as the deputy general recommended by Pan Chongche, He quickly calmed down again, and he had not lost confidence despite winning many battles since the expedition.
Based on the previous battle reports, Xie Gui firmly believed that since Li Yuan's army had just returned from Xizhou and why Dongxi was a dangerous place, as a tired division, its combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced.
Although the Han army outside Yiyang City also besieged the city for many days and encountered stubborn resistance from the city's defenders, which made the sergeants equally tired, but compared to the barren land where poisonous miasma and insect and animal diseases were everywhere, in Chu The situation on earth is obviously much better...
All in all, in the face of the arrival of Li Yuan's army, Xie Gui's final strategy, except for some minor changes, is almost the same as the original one. It is still to attack Yiyang at all costs. If he can win by chance, the door to Langzhou will be opened. If there is a stalemate, , it can also contain Wuping's large military strength, and in any case, it will gain opportunities for Pan Chongche, the commander-in-chief, to secretly attack Chenzhou and attack Langzhou.
In fact, since Yiyang City is the gateway to the south of Langzhou and is in such a dangerous position, it is impossible for Li Yuan not to come to the rescue. In the end, Xie Gui's troops will inevitably have to fight to the death with the main force of the Wuping Army under Li Yuan, and they will be defeated in advance. Nothing special. And Xie Gui already knew from last night's intelligence that Li Yuan's reinforcements this time were actually not as large as he thought.
It's not that Xie Gui has never thought about it, maybe the famous Li Yuan has guessed Pan Chongche's intention. In order to prepare for a sneak attack, he has distributed his limited troops on the east and west fronts. In this way, Chenzhou City has a defense power, but the pressure on Yiyang City naturally increased sharply. This is the fatal point of double-line defense, it is easy to focus on one and lose the other.
Therefore, even if Li Yuan personally led the army, the so-called clever woman cannot make a meal without straw, so how could the naked gap in numbers be easily made up? Although the defenders in Riyang City were annoying recently, for the Han army, they only injured their skin and flesh but not their muscles and bones. Today, the Han army still has an absolute advantage in strength and can still organize a ferocious siege.
On the afternoon of the 14th, the Han army general Xie Gui gathered all the horses in the army and sent hundreds of light cavalry scouts. He bravely rushed to Yiyang City a few hundred steps away and paraded back and forth to test the reaction of the defenders in the city.
At dusk, all the Han soldiers and horses moved to the north of Yiyang City with great fanfare. Then they became very arrogant and deliberately set up camp at the mountain pass directly opposite it in front of the Wuping Army camp that came to reinforce it. Soon, a large camp stretching for two or three miles took shape, with its back against the hillside and its grand opening and closing.
At night, the green elephant flag and the general flag with the word "Xie" of the Han Dynasty's Giant Elephant Army were raised in each camp, and the whole camp was bustling with flags.
At dawn on the 15th, nearly five hundred siege vehicles were assembled and lined up in rows at the front of the Han army camp. One hundred crossbows were also arranged in sequence. These are all important equipment used in recent sieges, and they were placed in a conspicuous position in the camp. Naturally, they were deliberately displayed for the Wu Ping Army on the opposite hilltop to see.
Most of the soldiers of the Han army are even more confident. These are our invincible and invincible weapons. Seeing such a posture, they will definitely give the Tang people on the opposite side a great shock. If they can be made timid before fighting, , nature is the best….
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