Chapter 301 The Road to the South (16)
The black robe that destroyed one eye roared Liu Jiye, and a long spear was elusive. He picked up several guards who were surrounding him and rushed out of the formation. No one along the way had captured him and watched him break out.
Hou Dayong looked at Liu Jiye's back. The Type 09 military pistol was not fired. He grew up listening to the stories of the Yang family generals since he was a child. He really couldn't bear to see such a folk hero disappear before his eyes. Liu Jiye and Zhao Kuangyin were different. Zhao Kuangyin was a great enemy who could win the Central Plains, and Liu Jiye was just a brave general. Leaving a hero is a legend that could make countless latecomers look forward to, and it was also considered a great achievement.
The situation on the battlefield has changed at this time.
Under the attack of the Black Eagle Army's strong bow and crossbow, the infantry of Li Yun's troops continued to suffer casualties. In fact, the casualties were not serious. However, the infantry saw terrifying long crossbows flying unstoppable, and fear quietly grew among the Northern Han army.
Moreover, there was a Black Eagle cavalry staring at the side, ready to pounce on it at any time and give a fatal blow.
Li Yun knew that as long as he ordered a retreat, the Iron Du Guard would become the prey of this cavalry. He hesitated for a moment and made the same choice as the black-robed general Liu Jiye - attack. Instead of waiting for the morale to fade away, it would be better to fight happily.
Li Yun stared at her eyes and gave an order: "Attack."
War is mysterious. During peacetime, it is always calm to study wars and will summarize the key points of victory or defeat of war. However, on the battlefield, war sometimes seems to be determined, and perhaps there are some chances. When Heng Wen attacked Shu, in the final decisive battle outside Chengdu, the Chenghan army trapped beasts and fought, staring with big eyes, swinging a big blade and rushed forward. The invincible Jin army could not withstand the offensive. The Jin general was forced to order a retreat. The Jin army drummers who were ordered should have sounded the Jin army retreated, but after winning battles for a long time, the Jin army drummers had become a habit, and subconsciously beat the war drums. The Jin army was well-trained and had an instinctive obedience to various drum beats. When they heard the attacking drum beats, they turned around and rushed towards the Shu army. The two armies met and the brave won. The Jin army turned defeat into victory, and destroyed the Chenghan country, which had dozens of countries established.
History is surprisingly similar. The drummers of the Iron Du Guard had long been afraid. After receiving the order to attack, they subconsciously called out the gold to withdraw their troops. The Iron Du Guards were all a little stunned when they heard the call for retreat. At this moment, the Black Eagle Army infantry appropriately shot another volley. I don’t know who in the Iron Du Guards shouted: “Run.” The Iron Du Guards were in chaos and retreated in chaos.
The Wu family strongman waited for a long time and certainly refused to miss such an opportunity. He led the Jinshan Camp iron cavalry to rush towards the flank of the infantry. As the saying goes, the defeat was like a mountain. It was originally a even-match battle between dragons and tigers, but it suddenly turned into a one-sided massacre.
Seeing this, the Black Eagle Army infantry gave up the attack on the Iron Duwei Infantry Army, and they surrounded the Northern Han infantry Army in the fierce battle from all sides.
At this point, the overall situation has been decided.
"It's so popular that we can destroy this food, destroy the boats, kill the corpse, blood, and soldiers, wrap the horses and corpses, wear corpses, shirtless, and help the enemy, and the sword is tense." Feng Sha's mind, who had been following Hou Dayong, had inexplicably surged out of his mind. When the black robe led Liu Jiye to break the formation, Feng Sha's mind was already blank. At this time, his literary nature poked his head out of his wet clothes.
As Hou Dayong's master, he actually experienced the danger. The guards who had recovered a little hardened all sweated in cold sweat and put away the pleasure of killing the enemy in the formation. They protected Hou Dayong to a safe place.
The fierce battle lasted until the evening. The battlefield on the south bank of the Zhang River was filled with corpses, blood was floating, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. This smell penetrated into the land on the north bank of the Zhang River. A few years later, when Hou Dayong revisited his hometown, he could still smell the bloody smell left by that year from the land.
On the battlefield, Hou Dayong and Shi Hu finally met. The two looked at each other for a long time, and there were thousands of magnetic odors in their eyes. For a moment, they could not express it.
Shi Hu looked at the flesh-and-blood battlefield and said casually: "The late emperor passed away in the sixth year of Xiande." Hou Dayong nodded and said: "This is God's will."
Shi Hu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "It's a pity that Li Yun and Liu Jiye ran away." "It's not worth worrying about losing all the minions." Hou Dayong paused and added, "This is also God's will."
Shi Hu said lightly: "Cizhou has fallen into my hand." Hou Dayong smiled slightly and waved his hand, "Then Li Yun has no way to escape."
A roar came from a distance: "Li Yun is killed." A team of cavalry rushed over from the direction of the Zhang River. It was Luo Qingsong's cavalry who was the first to cross the river.
Shi Yilang picked Li Yun's head and followed Luo Qingsong with a happy expression on his face. Shi Yilang was one of the leaders of the united soldiers of Cizhou. When Li Yun entered the army, the people of Cizhou were implicated and killed and were recruited for hard labor. Shi Yilang hated Li Yun deeply. After beheading Li Yun's head, he ran wildly on the tip of the gun.
Luo Qingsong was elusive in Cizhou and Luzhou, and constantly raiding the food and supplies teams of Li Yun's troops. Li Yun hated him deeply and sent troops to encircle and suppress him several times. Luo Qingsong was born in the Lion Camp and deeply understood the essence of harassment. He fought if he could win, and ran away if he couldn't win. Li Yun sent the subway guards to come in a fierce manner, but returned in a dilemma.
When the war began, Luo Qingsong hid in the upper reaches of the Zhang River with his men. The enemy was large and we were few. Five hundred cavalry appeared on the battlefield too early and did not help the battle situation. He watched the situation on the battlefield with vigilance. If the situation was wrong, the five hundred cavalry could be used as the final assault force.
After the Northern Han cavalry appeared, the Black Eagle Army appeared again, and Luo Qingsong's troops were all still in control. After Li Yun's troops were defeated, the 500 cavalry of Luo Qingsong's troops were waiting for their work and intercepted Li Yun's cavalry. Shi Yilang showed his might and broke into the chaos of enemy generals. He raised his gun and easily assassinated Li Yun, who had become a frightened bird.
During the battle on the north bank of the Zhang River, Li Yun's troops were wiped out, and only 2,000 cavalrymen of the Northern Han army fled, while 30,000 reinforcements in Dazhou were all lost. Shi Shouxin was killed in battle, Wang Tengxiang and Guang Zitu were seriously injured, and more than 40,000 troops of the Black Eagle Army also lost 3,000 troops.
After a little rest, the Black Eagle Army ran towards Cizhou City.
The Black Eagle Army messenger took Li Yun's seal and Hou Dayong's handwritten letter to the Luzhou Army camp outside Cizhou City.
On the battlefield of Zhanghe River, the Iron Du Guard was wiped out so clean that no one reported the message to the Luzhou Army. Zhang Chenghao, deputy commander of the Luzhou Army, still surrounded Cizhou City. Zhang Yongde sent troops to attack several times, but they were all defeated by Zhang Chenghao's troops. The two armies confronted each other again.
Zhang Chenghao had a chance to meet Hou Dayong in the early years of Xiande. After receiving the seal and handwritten letter, he did not make a decision. When the Black Eagle Army appeared outside Cizhou City, Li Yun's head was hanging high in front of the formation. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Zhang Chenghao ordered the entire army to surrender to the Black Eagle Army.
Zhang Yongde opened his mouth wide on the city wall and looked at the majestic Black Eagle Army. He was inexplicably afraid of this reinforcement that fell from the sky, but he had no reason to refuse the Black Eagle Army to enter the city. After hesitating for a moment, the city gate of Cizhou City was still wide open. Zhang Yongde personally came to the city gate to welcome Hou Dayong and his party.
Zhang Yongde was Guo Wei's son-in-law, and was once the head commander of the imperial guards in front of the hall. He and Li Chongjin were both important generals of the imperial guards. They were powerful for a while. Chai Rong also felt the threat of Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin. When cleaning the river, two wooden signs with rebellious words appeared one after another. Then he adopted Hou Dayong's suggestion to divide the imperial guards into six. Zhang Yongde, the head commander of the hall, and Li Chongjin, the head commander of the guards in front of the hall, were both transferred out of the imperial guards, one guarding the Northern Han border and the other guarding the southwest border, decisively solving the hidden danger of being too big to lose.
When Hou Dayong saw Zhang Yongde waiting outside the gate, he also took the opportunity to get off the horse. The two walked side by side in Cizhou City, which had survived the disaster, as close as brothers. The Black Eagle Army succeeded in attacking Luzhou with two thousand infantry troops. At this time, Luzhou City was not stable. Hou Dayong was doing some panheng in Cizhou City. Without dinner, he left the city to deal with the Luzhou surrendered troops outside the city.
There were 40,000 surrendered troops in Luzhou outside Cizhou City. Although they were composed of united soldiers, these united soldiers were good at border areas and were all healthy people, and they were also a force that should not be underestimated.
Two tall wooden stakes were erected outside Cizhou City. One was hung with the place to collect grains and the other was hung with the Luzhou army's flag. Those who were unwilling to stay in the Luzhou army would be dismissed on the spot after receiving the grains. Those who were willing to stay in the Luzhou army would all be reorganized. After the Unity Army surrendered, they all sat in the camp dejectedly. When they learned of this order, most of them went to collect grains. Soon, 40,000 Unity Army soldiers put down their weapons and left most of them. There were only about 4,000 soldiers willing to stay in the Luzhou army.
The weapons and armor were piled up outside the city. After the bows and crossbows were cleared out, the remaining swords and guns were handed over to Zhang Yongde's army in Cizhou City.
Looking at the army that was leaving, Zhang Yongde breathed a sigh of relief. He secretly compared himself in his heart: "If the army in front of the palace is complete and compete with the Black Eagle Army, what is the outcome?" Thinking of the power of the Black Eagle Army, Zhang Yongde was secretly shocked.
The army rushed to the forthcoming. In the early morning of the next day, it entered Luzhou City and captured the land of Luzhou City. Liu Shixu, deputy commander of the Black Eagle Army infantry. After he occupied Luzhou, he immediately posted an announcement of the people, issued a curfew, and sent half of his troops to patrol the streets to stabilize the order of Luzhou. All the slaves of Li Yun's mansion were driven out. Liu Shixu sent troops to defend Li Yun's mansion, and no scoundrels were allowed to take the opportunity to rob. This details is the commander of the Black Eagle Army Shihu repeatedly reminded Liu Shixu.
As expected, after the Black Eagle Army entered Luzhou City, Hou Dayong moved directly into Li Yun's mansion. After Li Yun's bed items were replaced, the personal guards had boiled the hot water. They fought fiercely for a day and marched overnight. Even though Hou Dayong was as physically energetic as before, he was a little unworthy. Taking a comfortable bath at this time is also a great pleasure in life.
Hou Dayong replaced the lightweight armor made of Qing Party armor, put on a round-necked blue gown, and walked into the bathhouse.
Chapter completed!