Northern Dynasties

The distance from Heyang Nancheng to Jinyong City is not too far. In order to deal with various unexpected changes and be able to reinforce all parties in time, Zhu Hunyuan has always kept an elite cavalry ready to go into battle at any time.

After knowing the enemy's movement for sure, Zhu Hunyuan immediately issued the order to attack, but in order to avoid it being a suspicious plan, Zhu Hunyuan did not attack personally this time, but only ordered his trusted subordinates to attack. The general will lead his troops there and give the order that no matter what happens, this group of enemy cavalry must be held firmly and not be allowed to harm other parties.

After receiving the order from the general, he immediately led his troops to set off.When they arrived at Jinyong City, the enemy troops had also entered Luobei through the Luoshui Floating Bridge, but they did not come straight to Jinyong City, but went northwest.

"Attack! Your Majesty has an order, this bandit army must not be let go!"

Seeing that the enemy's movement was not in line with the general's prediction, the cavalry general was startled, but he didn't think much about it and immediately gave the order to charge straight towards the enemy formation.

"Follow the flag and don't be tempted to fight!"

When Li Tai heard the sound of galloping horse hooves from the side in the direction of Jinyong City, he did not hesitate and immediately ordered his troops to speed up their march and march all the way north along the Xianshui River Valley to the mountains of Mang Mountain.

The two sides chased and escaped like this, and in the blink of an eye they traveled another ten miles. As they entered the mountains and forests, the river gradually tightened, and the vegetation on both sides became more and more dense.

Since the elite cavalry of the Qi army were ready for battle, and most of the soldiers were covered with armor, while the Western Wei troops had no intention of fighting at all, there was a slight gap in their marching speeds, and the distance gradually widened.

However, as the mountain road gradually became rugged, the advancing speed of the Western Wei people also slowed down.There are seven or eight miles ahead of us. Although the road is still clear and variable, it is so rugged that it is difficult to ride horizontally.

At this time, the Qi army chasing from the rear finally came closer and began to gather momentum to charge towards the rear of the Western Wei people.

However, at this moment, flags were suddenly hoisted and drums and horns were blaring in the mountains on both sides. The ambush troops that had been planned here were condescendingly firing their bows at the Northern Qi troops in the valley.

The sudden change naturally shocked the Qi army. However, because the river valley here was quite wide and most of the soldiers were covered with armor, although they were ambushed, there were no immediate heavy casualties.

Of course, riots are always inevitable. In shock, many Qi soldiers subconsciously turned their horses to flee, or fought left and right, and a series of stampedes inevitably occurred.

"Don't panic, don't panic! The enemy's ambush is small, so quickly form a formation and kill the enemy!"

The cavalry general was quite panicked at first, but it didn't take long to discover that although there was a lot of noise on both sides of the river valley, the actual arrows fired were not many, and they were far away from the river bank, so their lethality was very limited.

Hearing the reminder from the commander, the other soldiers quickly noticed this and hurriedly restrained their troops. Gradually, the commotion calmed down. The soldiers at the front took the initiative to dismount and formed a formation, while the horses were pulled to the rear. A battle formation of infantry and cavalry was quickly set up, which showed that they were elites with rich combat experience and well-trained training.

Li Tai didn't know that Han Xiong and others had already arrived and made such an arrangement, but he was immediately overjoyed when he saw this. He ordered the people in front of him to avoid both sides of the road and immediately dismounted and put on armor, while the light cavalry in the back continued to go inward. Moving forward, he quickly completed the switching between the infantry and cavalry formations, and then led his troops to fight out from the inside along the river valley.

At this time, the pursuers of the Northern Qi Dynasty were forming formations on the river bank. Seeing the Wei army approaching, they met them with infantry formations. At the same time, the rear cavalry penetrated along the river valley to ensure that the rear route would not be blocked by ambushes. They were prepared to fight and fight. retreat.

Soon the infantry soldiers from both sides were fighting together. Each was an elite group, and the battle situation became somewhat stalemate for a while.

As the main attacker, the Jingzhou army struggled to kill the enemy in front of them, but under the stubborn resistance of the Qi army, it was difficult to break the enemy's battle formation for a while.As the battle situation in the infantry formation became stalemate, both sides invariably used their fine cavalry to attack the flanks of the enemy's infantry formation. Of course, another cavalry fight was inevitable.

This time, Li Tai did not join the battle in person to kill the enemy. Instead, he joined Han Xiong and others in the rear who were ambushing and responding. Han Xiong said with shame: "After the last general, General Wei, conveyed the order to the general, Immediately lead the troops north from Xin'an, and the front troops arrived at Mangling the day before yesterday, but due to the small number of troops, they could only bluff and were unable to establish a solid army here."

"General Han, don't worry. I know that your troops have been in a very difficult situation in recent years. I am very grateful that you can come and cooperate this time to protect me from being bullied when I enter the bandit territory!" Li Tai heard Han Xiong say this After saying that, he smiled and said a few words of comfort.

In fact, this meeting did not go through careful discussions in advance. It was just that Li Tai formed an idea and reported to Han Xiong with Wei Xuan. However, even if his troops could successfully and timely arrive at Xishui, he actually could not Guaranteed.Despite this, Han Xiong still led his troops here without hesitation. This was naturally because he had great trust in Li Tai.

"Alas, the general said this, and the junior general and others are even more ashamed. In the past, the general entered the country to fight against thieves and made brilliant achievements. On the day he left the country, although mediocrity caused trouble and the situation was no longer the best, he still managed to maintain his business. There is room. But the Eastern Bandit Masters are back, and they will eventually lose their territory after the defeat, retreat continuously, and all the newly restored lands will fall..."

When Han Xiong said this, his expression became even more disappointed.

Li Tai saw that his beard and hair were gray and his body was much thinner than when they were separated. It could be seen that the past few years had been quite difficult, and he even made no secret of his contempt for Zhao Gui and Yu Wenhu, who had been defeated by the army before. He couldn't help but sigh, and then said: "Although General Han and others are heroes in one place, the thieves used the strength of the whole country to attack. With a small number of enemies, even if they lose, it is understandable."

While he was talking, thunder suddenly roared in the sky, and it seemed like it was going to rain.Li Tai took a look at the battle situation in the valley ahead and it was still difficult to decide the winner. Moreover, both sides were very tenacious in fighting spirit. It was feared that it would be difficult to end the battle in a short time.

Thinking of the soldiers who traveled day and night to arrive here, their physical exertion must have almost reached a limit. If they continue to fight in the rain, they may get sick under the freezing autumn rain. Even if the army carries enough prescriptions and medicines to deal with the epidemic, wind and cold, they will inevitably It would also greatly affect the next actions, so Li Tai wanted to end this battle as soon as possible.

However, seeing that the enemy troops were still fighting bravely, Li Tai had to sigh with emotion at the strong fighting spirit of these Northern Qi troops. They had been threatened by an ambush before, but they could still maintain high morale after slowly turning around. They were indeed very difficult opponents.

Just looking at the enemy's bravery, it would be difficult to end the battle quickly.Han Xiong only has a few hundred soldiers here, and most of them are lightly armored and unarmored. Even if they go into battle, they will not be of much help.

The thunder in the sky became louder and louder, accompanied by lightning, and the entire sky was covered with clouds. This kind of thunderstorm is very rare in late autumn.Thinking of the historical experience of the Western Wei Dynasty's Eastern Expedition, Li Tai couldn't help but feel a little doubtful. Could this kind of weather be the weather BUFF brought by Gao Yang's destiny?

However, after thinking for a while, Li Tai decided to apply this layer of BUFF to himself. He ordered Zhang Shinu to lead more than 100 black-robed soldiers to the top of the rock near the battlefield, taking advantage of the thunder and lightning. During the roar, he shouted loudly below: "This is the tomb of Emperor Xuanwu, Shizong of the Wei Dynasty. You and other traitors followed the Gao family and rebelled against the country. Emperor Xuanwu's heroic spirit was furious! General Li accepted the destiny and defeated the traitors. , the sky thunder assists in the battle and kills the stubborn thieves!"

Li Tai did not lie. The upper reaches of the river were indeed the Jingling Mausoleum of Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty.When Duguxin regained Luoyang last year, Yuwentai took the emperor's ingots back to worship the ancestors' tombs. It happened that Hou Jing led his troops to capture Jinyong City, and then Yuwentai hurriedly went to fight Hou Jing. This triggered the Battle of Heqiao.

Being a thief with a guilty conscience is an eternal truth. Even if there is a thief, there is a moral basis. But why not just say "a thief has a moral code"?It shows that thieves are still unethical things after all. They steal the country from the high seas and become thieves among the people. At least before their monarchy is established, this kind of mentality is also common and unavoidable.

Although the change of regimes in the troubled times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties was only ordinary, the years of the Northern Wei Dynasty finally created a certain orthodoxy. Therefore, when hearing the thunderous shouts of these Wei soldiers, the people in the river valley were still holding on to their stubborn resistance. The Northern Qi troops gradually panicked.

There was a god three feet above their head, and the thunder and lightning above their heads seemed to be like the sky condemning them over and over again, so gradually some of the soldiers lost their courage and began to draw their swords and escape to the rear.As a result, panic quickly spread throughout the battle formation.

Although the general was also trying his best to maintain the battle formation, he was not Xue Guyan who dared to fight the thunder after all. He could only watch the army formation gradually disintegrate and collapse, and he could only lead his soldiers to quickly leave the battlefield. , hoping to gather the defeated people in the rear, and then continue to fight back.

Seeing the enemy's defeat, Li Tai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered five hundred elite cavalry to pursue them one after another.As for the soldiers who retired from the battlefield, they rested in place for a while, then began to retreat into the river valley, and began to busily set up a fence and camp.

If this were the case, it would be a good story to defeat the enemy wisely.However, as the enemy troops retreated, the roar of thunder and lightning in the sky gradually stopped, and the originally thick clouds gradually dispersed, and even a piece of sunset light fell on the valley.

Li Tai looked at the abnormal and extreme changes in the weather and couldn't help but complain a few words in his heart, but soon he noticed that Han Xiong's eyes were slightly different when he looked at him, and there was a bit of surprise in awe.

Seeing the change in Han Xiong's eyes, Li Tai couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. Did this old man think that Tianlei had just been summoned by himself to fight off the enemy?