Northern Dynasties

Duan Shao moved to Guangling this time. In addition to his own troops, he also took thousands of prisoners of the Liang army who had been defeated in previous battles. Naturally, these prisoners would not be assigned war horses and mounts, which would inevitably slow down the marching speed greatly.

But there was nothing he could do about it. He led his army south this time, carrying only elite light cavalry, and he did not carry much supplies and baggage with him. He fought in various places, and although he had defeated several southern armies with lightning speed, Liang's army, but its own troops were already exhausted, supported by the momentum of successive battles and victories, and were in urgent need of new reinforcements.

Duan Shao also obtained a certain amount of personnel and material replacements from Xuyi and Jingzhou that he had previously rescued, as well as some cities occupied by the Northern Qi along the way. However, due to the huge variable of Li Boshan of the Western Wei Dynasty still existing in Huainan, it also caused Duan Shao did not dare to overuse the resources in these cities, lest it be difficult to defend against another attack.

Although these Nanliang divisions are not of great use, driving them forward can also provide early warning of the enemy's whereabouts and attack the enemy's formation. Especially the latter, it is simply too important for his cavalry army, which has no means of attacking fortresses.

When relieving the siege of Xuyi, Duan Shao still relied on his unexpected surprise attack to cause chaos in the enemy's formation, and they pursued him one after another. When he attacked Yan Chaoda's army in Jingzhou, it was because of the defeated soldiers of Nan Liang who rushed forward to disrupt the Liang army's position that he was able to defeat the enemy's formation within a single blow.

Although he defeated Liang Jun one after another, Duan Shao's mood did not improve much. In addition to the huge threat posed by Li Boshan, a powerful enemy, the Liang Army Chen Baxian who was scouting Guangling was still besieging the city and attacking, and did not break the siege and leave. This means that if you want to break the siege of Guangling, you may still have to fight hard.

Duan Shao led his army lightly armed all the way south. Of course he was not afraid of a fierce battle, but this was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

For him, in order to break the siege of Huainan, how many Liang Jun soldiers he killed was not the most important thing. It is impossible for him to wipe out all the Liang troops in Jiangbei, and as long as Liang still has warworthy troops, it is inevitable to enter Jiangbei.

What Duan Shao wants to do is not to kill as many enemies as possible, but to destroy Nanliang's popular support in Jiangbei as much as possible.

The reason why Huainan has been in chaos for a long time is not because the Northern Qi Dynasty is not strong. In addition to the Nanliang army repeatedly entering the north of the Tujiang River after quelling Hou Jing's rebellion, there is also the fact that the locals in Huainan do not have high recognition of the rule of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Given the opportunity, those Huainan powerful men wanted to get rid of Northern Qi's control.

Duan Shao knew that today's Nanliang seemed to be a whole, but in fact the internal contradictions and estrangements were very deep. There were many overt and covert fights between generals such as Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian, and other generals were also very selfish and did not care about their own interests. Gains and losses are far more important than the safety of the country.

Therefore, after defeating several Liang soldiers and horses one after another, he hoped to use this shock to scare away Chen Baxian who was besieging Guangling. It is not that we are timid to fight with him, but that we want the Huainan soldiers and people in Guangling City and other places to recognize the weakness of Liang Jun and withdraw immediately when the situation is not good, without any determination to fight, so as to dissuade these Huainan powerful people from continuing to collude with Liang Jun. The idea of ​​​​causing chaos in his hometown.

When he learned that Chen Baxian's army had not withdrawn and was still maintaining the siege of Guangling, Duan Shao immediately darkened his face. He waved to the people under his command and ordered: "The whole army hastened forward. After defeating the thieves and relieving the siege of Guangling, Let’s go to the city to eat and rest today!”

Although the soldiers were quite tired physically, they were still in high spirits. They felt so good after winning consecutive battles. After hearing Duan Shao's order, they all nodded in agreement, and many soldiers sighed with regret. : "It's a pity that I couldn't fight the traitor Li Boshan. I couldn't personally test whether he is really brave and invincible."

After hearing this, Duan Shao's eyes flashed. Although Li Boshan had been enemies of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi for many years and had many great victories, Duan Shao never had the chance to fight against him. In fact, he was slightly unconvinced in his heart. , and hope to have the opportunity to fight with it.

It's just that the main army of the country is still accompanying His Majesty the Emperor on his expedition to Rouran, and Duan Shao's first task is to stabilize the current situation in Huainan. The risk of fighting Li Boshan is too high, so it is not advisable to be too aggressive at the moment and avoid powerful enemies. Yu Kou is the real plan.

At this time, under Guangling City, Chen Baxian had also dispatched his troops, distributed battle formations, and was waiting in full formation under Guangling City. Before the enemy troops arrived, Chen Baxian summoned his general Zhou Wenyu and whispered: "Guangling City has been besieged for a long time, and the people are exhausted. But after the reinforcements arrive, I am afraid they will be brave enough to fight back when the time comes." . Jingde does not need to fight externally, but leads five hundred elite soldiers to lie within the long siege. As soon as the enemy comes out of the city to counterattack, he will kill them with crossbows for me, so that I have no worries!"

After hearing this, Zhou Wenyu quickly accepted the order and immediately selected [-] brave soldiers from his troops to ambush and wait for the battle according to Chen Baxian's instructions.

In addition, Chen Baxian made some other arrangements. Soon he came under the banner of the Chinese army, ordered to open his guard of honor so that all the soldiers in the army could see where he was, and then became quiet. Waiting for the arrival of enemy troops.

In the afternoon, the troops led by Duan Shao also arrived outside Guangling City. When he saw the troops under the city, who were hunting with banners and in strict formations, Duan Shao couldn't help but sigh and said: "Chen Baxian is worthy of being a hero of the South. The troops and formations are really impressive." After that, he directly ordered: "Driving the army These Liang soldiers move forward to disturb the enemy's formation!"

After the soldiers heard this, they naturally had no mercy for the Liang soldiers. They immediately rushed towards the scattered Liang soldiers and waved their whips, swords and guns to drive them forward.

Those Liang soldiers trekked all the way and finally arrived outside Guangling City. They saw that there were still friendly troops from their country waiting in formation here. They thought they had a chance to survive, but they did not want to be ruthlessly expelled and killed by the soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty. So he mustered up the remaining strength in his body and rushed towards the friendly army formation on the opposite side, shouting for help while running.

When the Liang Army officers and soldiers in the military formation saw this scene, they were also very troubled in their hearts. Looking at the twisted and pitiful faces of those running, the bows and crossbows that had been raised were slowly lowered.

However, at this moment, the drum order announcing the launch of a counterattack suddenly sounded in the military formation. Chen Baxian held his knife and stood upright under the banner, frowning slightly and said in a deep voice: "Anyone who enters the formation, kill! Anyone who is timid and refuses to attack in the formation will be killed!"

Within the array, there were mountains of military orders. Under the urging of the urgent drum orders, the soldiers also put away the pity in their hearts. As soon as a living person broke into the range of the front, whether they were Northern Qi soldiers or not, they would snap their bows one after another. shoot.

The captured Liang soldiers were already disarmed and protected, and when they were shot by this powerful bow and crossbow, a large number of them were immediately killed or wounded. The Northern Qi cavalry who were advancing from the rear and were about to charge towards the enemy could not help but tremble slightly when they saw this bloody scene. Some Qi soldiers who rushed too far forward were also shot by stray arrows. Originally, The momentum that should have been launched in time was immediately defused.

Duan Shao frowned deeply when he saw this. He held the horse's belly between his legs and rushed forward with all his strength. The horse in his hand pointed at the enemy's formation and shouted: "Charge the enemy's left wing!"

Following his order, all the soldiers converged their formation and formed a powerful torrent, charging straight towards the enemy's flank.

Because the prisoners were too scattered before, the long-range strike capability of the entire front was weakened. At this time, the enemy suddenly rushed to the left wing, and the hasty long-range counterattack also seemed a bit weak, and the enemy's position was immediately blocked. The sharp and fierce horse spear pierced through several layers, causing a crack to appear in the originally complete military formation.

However, this gap only existed for a short period of time before it was blocked by the soldiers from the rear with large cowhide shields and no fear of death. The soldiers who rushed into the formation were stabbed or hooked by hooks, spears and other weapons in the formation. Several holes with blood gushing out suddenly appeared on both men and horses!

A fierce battle continued, and although Liang Jun's formation was constantly being torn apart, the gaps were quickly filled in time. The entire front line was painted with a shocking blood color, but the military formation was still as tenacious as ever.

Duan Shao even risked the loss of hundreds of cavalry, and separated a small formation of hundreds of soldiers from the enemy formation. They attacked and surrounded him repeatedly, trying to induce Liang Jun to come to rescue, but the main force of Liang Jun still failed. Moving like a mountain.

Although the overall casualties of the Liang army were far greater than those of the Qi army, in the end the Qi army was exhausted. Seeing that it was getting late, and fearing that the Liang army would attack the camp at night, Duan Shao could only order the trumpets to be blown and the troops retreated to wait. Fight again tomorrow.

Seeing the enemy troops retreating like a tide, Chen Baxian still did not dare to order a contact alert. He waited until there was no trace of the enemy troops in his field of vision, then he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said calmly on his face: "The Qi army is no better than a powerful force. In this way, the former and the generals are incompetent to achieve their reputation. Even if the thieves are as cold as the wind, how can they make me stronger than Mount Tai!"

After hearing this, all the surrounding officers and soldiers couldn't help but raise their arms and shout. Although the actual battle losses were far greater than the opponent's, this fierce battle also proved that this enemy army was not invincible. , still a body of flesh and blood that human beings can resist!
The strong enemies outside were forced back, and good news came from the long siege. Just as the battle between the two sides was in full swing, men and horses from the city were also sent to prepare for a sneak attack on Liang Jun's rear line. However, they were ambushed by Zhou Wenyu's leader. The powerful soldiers fought hard to force them back, and fought back all the way to the city gate.

After hearing the news, Chen Ba pondered for a moment, then retreated to the direction where the night was already dim, and then looked at the corpses of the Qi soldiers and horses abandoned in front of the line. After pondering for a while, he said: "This thief The corpses of all the men and horses were brought to the front of the city, and they immediately made fires and cooked food, and attacked the city overnight!"