Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 523 Avoid and not fight?
Although the various ministries of the Han army, which had been suffocated for a long time, were rushing to Yandi from different directions to participate in the battle at the fastest speed under the command of the Han court to extinguish the largest rebellion since Xiang Kang's ascension to the throne, but the counter-insurgency battlefield The most important thing is still the Dongyuan battlefield in Hengshan County.

If the Han army can successfully defeat the Yan army that took the initiative to cross the border and attack on the Dongyuan battlefield, then it goes without saying that the Yan army, which is safe to defend, must be left passively beaten in front of the Han army, but if the Yan army can create a miracle , taking advantage of the opportunity of the Han army to attack separately, creating a time difference to defeat each Han army one by one, not only can buy a lot of time for the Yan army, but other turning points are not hopeless. ——At the very least, the talented and bold Maodun would never let go of this opportunity to intervene in the Central Plains, and he would never care about trivial matters such as the border tribes being attacked by the "Yan Army".

Zang Quan, who was in a hurry to make great achievements, of course dreamed of creating such a miracle, so after resolutely choosing to besiege the city and fight for aid, Zang Quan not only sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Han army, but also sent people to attack Zang Quan. In addition to explaining the reason and asking for follow-up reinforcements, there is also a desperate effort to boost morale and morale, and has made various preparations for a decisive battle with the Han army on the Dongyuan battlefield early on.

Zang Quan did have the capital to fight to the death with the Han army. Although the Yan rebel army under his command only maintained a scale of about 2 after being damaged and supplemented, the cavalry strength among them reached an astonishing 4000 People, or veterans who have experienced many battles in frontier wars for many years, their combat effectiveness is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary troops, and there are more than [-] elite infantry to help them. If it wasn't for the fact that the Hengshan Han army had been on the defensive and had fortifications to rely on, they would have been wiped out by the Yan army a long time ago!
Such reliance of course made Zang Quan more eager to fight. Fortunately, Xia Shuo, the first opponent who came from the south, did not keep Zang Quan waiting for a long time. Only three days later, Zhao Xiangxia, who was named by Uncle Zhou in place of Xiang Kang, had already received Watching the [-] Han troops he gathered in Handan passed the Yuan clan, and under the banner of the Zhao army, they rushed all the way to the vicinity of Dongyuan. Zang Quan was overjoyed when he heard the news, and quickly left Yan Xiangzhao to shoot his tail to guard the camp for him. Fifteen thousand cavalry rode southward, and took the initiative to meet Xia Shuo's troops, which had more than twice the strength of their own army.

Of course, Zhao Jun also sent scouts to investigate the enemy's situation first, and Zhao Jun's scouts also reported the news of Yan Jun's initiative to attack the enemy to Xia Shuo at the first time. As a result, Xia Shuo's generals came forward one after another, suggesting that Xia Shuo Immediately set up a battle formation and fight to the death with the Yan army on the spot.However, Xia Shuo didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately pointed his horsewhip at the Xiaotian Mountain near the east of the road, and shouted, "Go up the mountain and set up camp immediately! Hurry up, the sooner the better!"

"Why Xiangguo?" General Feng Ding asked puzzledly: "Our military strength is more than double that of Yan Guo's bandit army, and we have just arrived and are in full swing. Why do we avoid fighting and set up camp on the mountain?"

"Our army is far away, and the soldiers are exhausted, but the bandit army of Yan State is waiting for work, and is full of energy. It is not good for us to fight at this time." Xia said the answer was straightforward, and urged: "Be careful, don't waste time Hurry up and set up camp on the mountain, this is a military order, you must not violate it!"

No one dared to take the risk of beheading to disobey the military order, and was forced to do so. Zhao Jun, who had a huge advantage in strength, could only quickly divert to the east, and hurry up to board the small road on the east side, which was not too high but also had a good geographical advantage. Tianshan took advantage of the geographical advantage to rush to build defensive fortifications, preparing to take a defensive position to meet the attack of the Yan army.During this period, all the generals of Zhao Jun discovered another dangerous situation one after another, and hurriedly sent people to Xia Shuo to report: "I want to report to Xiangguo, there is no water source on Xiaotian Mountain, and we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to stay for a long time."

"Hurry up and collect ice and snow that hasn't melted yet, turn snow into water, and use it sparingly. As long as you deal with the swallows and withdraw their troops, you don't have to worry about running out of water."

Facing Xia Shuo's decisive and concise answer, all the generals of the Zhao army had no choice but to obediently bow their hands and sing their promises. Only Xia Shuo, the grandson of Le Yi, the famous general of Yan State, who was discovered by Han Ting in Zhao State, nodded and smiled, and praised him. One sentence, "Xiangguo is wise."

During the busy preparations, the Yan army led by Zang Quan approached the foot of Xiaotian Mountain. Seeing that Zhao Guo's army was so shameless that they slipped to the mountain to set up camp without firing an arrow, Zang Quan was proud of his sharp soldiers. There must also be a sense of emptiness as if the fist hit the cotton. After a little calculation, Zang Quan, who did not want to use the cavalry as the main force to attack the mountain, simply sent a team of scolders, rode his horses to the foot of Xiaotian Mountain, and greeted Xia with his voice. Eighteen generations of mothers and nineteen generations of sisters and brothers-in-laws, by the way, asked Xia Shuo's wife if she had any concubines and adulterers, in an attempt to provoke Xia Shuo and make Zhao's army venture down the mountain for a decisive battle.

"Xia said it's a fool! Shameless bastard, some kind come down the mountain and fight us to the death!"

"Zhao Guoxiao, Xia Shuo, besides betraying your King Zhao, what skills do you have? If you have the skills, come down and fight with us!"

"Xia said dog thief! First sell Zhang Er, then sell Zhao Xie, and if you don't come down the mountain, are you going to sell your wife too? Where will you sell it? You are the first to greet your wife!"

There are many heroes in the land of Yanzhao. Hearing these unbearable insults, many of the generals in the Zhao army inevitably turned black and clenched their fists. Xia Shuo, the main target, laughed and said: "Yan's dog thieves should really learn more from the army of our imperial court. This kind of scolding may be useful in the past. Now, after fighting with the court for so many years, such scolding is not true. Said it was completely useless."

"It's true, since you Xia Xiangguo joined the court, your face has become countless times thicker."

All the generals of the Zhao army were slandering, but Uncle Le remained calm and said to Xia: "Xiangguo, since the Yan thief tried to provoke us to go down the mountain with yelling, we might as well do the same and send a team of yelling back. It doesn’t need to destroy our prestige, maybe it can also inspire the swallow thief to attack us and touch our stone with eggs.”

"As expected of General Le, this sentence speaks to the truth, so let's do it this way." Xia said with a laugh, and said: "I will leave this matter to you, if the cursing you arrange can provoke the swallows to attack the mountain , the truth will be credited to you immediately."

Le Yi's grandson, Uncle Le, did not miss this opportunity to make meritorious deeds. The scolds he arranged rushed to the side of the mountain and cursed for a while, threatening to arrest Zang Quan's wife and send them to Zhao Jun's camp. , launched an attack on Zhao Jun’s fortifications that were still under construction, and the result is needless to say, the overwhelming dense feather arrows of course shot the soldiers of the Yan Army like ghosts and howling, and suffered heavy losses. Even after paying a heavy price, they barely rushed to Zhao Jun. In front of the hastily built defense line, the generals of the Zhao army were also fought back by the generals of the Zhao army by taking advantage of their geographical advantage and superior force, without giving the Yan army any chance to attack the top of the mountain.

After all, the Yan army had limited strength, no matter how arrogant Zang Quan was, he did not dare to consume too much force in the battle. Seeing that the attack could not be defeated for a long time, Zang Quan had no choice but to order gold immediately, and after a little calculation, Zang Quan sent another The envoy went up the mountain with a white flag, sent Xia Shuo his own handwritten war document, and invited Xia Shuo to line up at the foot of the mountain the next day, and fight to the death in an upright manner.But Xia Shuo's answer made Zang Quanqi turn his nose, "Fuck off! The truth is that there is no decisive battle. Let's see if you can bite the truth's balls!"

There was really nothing to do with Xia Shuo, who was led by Xiang Kang, Uncle Zhou, and the Han army, and seeing that it was getting late, Zang Quan had no choice but to lead the army back to the camp to rest angrily, and tried to think of another way to provoke Xia Shuo to a decisive battle.As a result, Zhaoshe shook his head and said, "My lord, there is no possibility. Xia said that this man's purpose of avoiding fighting is very clear, that is, to pester us and prevent us from attacking Dongyuan and Jingxing. His follow-up reinforcements will buy time, no matter what we think of, he will never fight decisively."

Zang Quan, who refused to give up, still refused to listen to Zhao She's persuasion, and still racked his brains to figure out how to force Xia Shuo to fight as soon as possible, but what surprised Zang Quan and Zhao She's tail was that when the sky was completely dark, Xia Shuo actually dispatched a secret envoy to the Yan army camp with letters and gifts to persuade Zang Quan to secretly contact Zang Quan's deputy, Zhao She Aowei, to persuade Zhaoshe Aowei to kill Zang Quan and lead the army to surrender in exchange for life and preservation of glory and wealth. In the letter, he mentioned that Xiang Kang sealed Zhaoshe off-tail as Marquis of Yuanshi, and promised that as long as Zhaoshe turned off his tail, he would ask Xiang Kang to continue to seal Zhaoshe off-tail as Marquis of Yuanshi.

Unfortunately, due to bad luck, Xia Shuo's envoy failed to directly contact Zhaoshe Huowei, and was captured just after arriving near the Yanjun camp, and all the letters and gifts were presented to Zang Quan.As a result, it goes without saying that even though Zhaoshe Huawei repeatedly swore to show his loyalty, Zang Quan still kept this matter in his heart, and at the same time sent someone to secretly report the matter to Zang Tu without mentioning it.

In the early morning of the next day, Zang Quan, who is not dead, deliberately sent a small group of cavalry to shout at the foot of Xiaotian Mountain, harassing the soldiers of Zhao Jun who were carrying water up the mountain for military use, in an attempt to lure Xia Shuo to send troops to pursue them, and took advantage of the swift maneuverability of the Yan Army cavalry to find them. The decisive battle opportunity, but Xia said that he still refused to be fooled. He also just sent a small group of cavalry down the mountain to protect the water tanker, and launched many small-scale cavalry contact battles with the Yan army cavalry. , every time the Yan army cavalry was beaten away, never chased ten miles away, let the heavily armed Yan army superior cavalry wait in the camp for a day, and Zang Quan was so angry that he yelled again, but took it again. The brazen Zhao army has nothing to do.

The sun came out from the west, and just as Zang Quanna was helpless against Zhao’s army, which was resolutely avoiding the battle, on the third morning when Zhao’s army arrived in Dongyuan, Xia Shuo suddenly took the wrong medicine and his head got flooded, leaving only more than 5000 soldiers behind. The troops defended the camp, led [-] troops out of the camp and headed northward, and took the initiative to attack the Yan army camp. Submitted Xia Shuo's handwritten letter of challenge - I want to fight, I will accompany you to the end today!Never die!
Of course, Xia Shuo's initiative to fight made Zang Quan ecstatic. After asking the guards to drive Xia Shuo's envoy back to his command, Zang Quan immediately decided to lead [-] steps out of the camp and go to the south of Dongyuan City to fight the Zhao army. In the wilderness, Zhaoshe, who sensed that the situation was not good, quickly stopped him and said, "My lord, don't take risks. Xia said that the man has avoided fighting for two consecutive days, and today he suddenly took the initiative to ask for a fight. The purpose is very suspicious. We'd better It's better to stay calm, stick to it first, and wait until you figure out why Xia said that Pifu suddenly wanted to fight."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Zang Quan roared angrily, "We have finally caught this opportunity for a decisive battle, are we going to miss it? No matter what Xia Xia said, the man is in a hurry to fight for something. Let's fight first!"

Zang Quan didn't even blink his eyelids after drinking away the disappointing and suspicious Zhaoshe, and immediately urged the Yan army to hurry up and get out of the camp to assemble, and then relying on the full preparations in the past few days, it didn't take much time, including eight thousand The [-] Yan army infantry, including Jingqi, had completed their camp assembly, lined up neatly, strode south aggressively, and marched head-to-head with the Zhao army from the south, and met in the early spring of the southern suburbs of Dongyuan. wilderness.

When the two armies met, they immediately split their formations. In order to maximize their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, Zang Quan, of course, arranged the Yan army to form an offensive-oriented conical formation. However, Zang Quan was dumbfounded that Xia, who had been a coward for two days, said It turned out that Zhao Guo's army was ordered to form a cone formation, posing a posture to attack the Yan army.Seeing this, Zang Quan couldn't help but said: "Xia said that Pifu is crazy? His cavalry only has a total of more than 2000 people, and he dares to fight against me?"

"Report—!"

The sudden emergency call made Zang Quan turn his head. When Zang Quan hurriedly turned his head to take a look, he saw a knight rushing towards his camp, and rushed directly to the flag array he had just set up. , Dismounting his horse and saluting, he played: "I want to report to the eldest son, Fanwu urgently reported that in the middle of the night yesterday, the tyrant army suddenly moved eastward from Jingxing, and arrived at Fanwu at dawn, and sent a message to the security troops stationed there. Launching an attack, our army's Fanwu garrison is weak and unable to resist, and has been defeated by the tyrant's army."

"The traitors from Jingxing are here?" Zang Quan suddenly understood the reason why Xia Yue took the initiative to ask for a fight, and quickly asked, "How many of the tyrants from Jingxing have come?"

"Reporting to Eldest Young Master, the size of the Jingxing tyrant's army has not yet been clarified, but it must be more than 3, and it is very likely to reach [-]!"

The report of the emergency envoy of the rear battalion changed the expressions of Zang Quan and the generals of the Yan Army present. Several generals of the Yan Army immediately screamed out, saying, "Why are there so many? How could the tyrant army be in Jingxing?" There are so many troops?"

"Damn it! He was fooled! No wonder Xia Shuo suddenly dared to fight decisively!" Zang Quan cursed a curse, and completely understood why Xia Shuo was so eager to fight.However, after a little calculation, Zang Quan quickly summoned up his courage and said loudly: "Don't panic, the tyrant's army just arrived at Panwu this morning, and at least they have to arrive here before the afternoon. We just need to hurry up and As soon as possible, kill the Xia Shuopifu on the opposite side, and then you can turn around and calmly deal with the tyrant from Jingxing..."

Boom boom boom boom boom!The sudden sound of the marching drum interrupted Zang Quan's impassioned enthusiasm. When Zang Quan quickly turned his head to look, he saw that Zhao Jun had already sounded the marching drum, and one army from each wing of the battle formation rushed towards his own two wings first. Zang Quan couldn't help being dumbfounded again, and said doubtfully, "Isn't it? Xia said, why does he seem to be more anxious than me? He must know that he has reinforcements to count on, so why is he so eager to attack us? Logically speaking , he should give priority to taking the defensive position to buy time for his reinforcements?"

At the same time, in the Yan Army flag formation, Xia Shuo, the leader of the Zhao Army, changed his playful smile from the first two days. He only stared at the Zhao Army infantry attacking from the two wings with sharp eyes, but when he saw the Yan Army cavalry on the two wings Shouting to charge and launching a counterattack against Zhao Jun's flanks, Xia Shuo didn't even blink his eyelids, and shouted decisively: "As a flag, the Chinese army will send four thousand troops to directly attack the front of the Yan thief army!"

"Xiangguo, are you in a hurry?" General Zhao Feng Ding said hastily: "Our soldiers on the two wings have not yet engaged with the enemy, and the situation is still unclear. There is no need to attack from the middle so soon, right?"

"It has to be so urgent." Xia replied calmly, "If it's too late, if Tao Xi's army arrives and we haven't defeated the Yan thief army, our credit will be taken away by others."

The Zhao Jun generals present looked at each other, Feng Ding was even more confused, and couldn't help but whispered to Uncle Le who was standing next to him: "General Le, listen to me, Xiangguo seems to be more anxious to get credit than us? Why? Didn't he dare to fight the Yan thief yesterday?"

"General Feng, this is the key reason why Xiangguo was able to secure Zhao's position."

Uncle Le smiled and said in a low voice: "Yesterday and the day before yesterday, we haven't confirmed that the reinforcements will arrive soon, and the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom are indeed more difficult to deal with. Xiangguo, just to be cautious, is afraid that something will happen to us that will damage the peace between the emperor and the court." The rebellion was a major event, so I was depressed and refused to fight decisively. But now it is different, we are sure that reinforcements will arrive within today, even if there is any mistake in this battle, we still have reinforcements to count on to make up for it, don't worry lead to dangerous consequences. But if we win this battle before our reinforcements arrive, all the credit will be ours. Now that we are invincible, we don't have to worry about other consequences. If Xiangguo still has What scruples, if you don't rush to grab the credit, then he is not worthy to sit in Zhao Xiang's position."

Feng Ding was stunned, and it took him a long time to slander his superior again, secretly saying: "It is indeed completely ruined by our court."

Xia said how bad it was, in fact, it was still beyond Feng Ding's imagination. Zhao Jun attacked in three directions, and fought with Yan Jun in full swing. A messenger of the Han army brought a letter from Tao Xi, a general of the Han army who was known to like to fight for merit, asking Zhao's army to entangle the Yan rebels first, and then join forces to launch an attack when the reinforcements of the Han army arrived.Xia Shuo laughed, and said, "No problem, General Tao's request, I remember the truth. Come here, take General Tao's messenger back to the camp to rest, good hospitality!"

After sending away the envoys sent by Tao Xi, and looking at the situation ahead, Xia Shuo had a grim expression on his face, and shouted, "Show the banner, step up the drums, and attack with both wings! No matter what, we must give the truth to our reinforcements." Before we arrive, defeat the traitor army of Yan State head-on! Take the first victory in suppressing the rebellion!"

(End of this chapter)