Chapter 486 Soldiers at the River Bridge

Chapter 486 Soldiers at the River Bridge

"Quick, quick!"

On the road on the south bank of Gushui, Li Tai galloped on his horse while looking back at his subordinates who were urging him. At this time, in addition to anxiety, his mood was also mixed with a lot of laughter and laughter.

Since coming to this world, he rarely recalled the people and events of later generations, but today he remembered a popular science program called "Approaching Science". This program taught him a truth, that is, many seemingly mysterious phenomena often have a simple and simple reason.

Some of the dynamics in the enemy camp tonight are a bit difficult to explain and unclear, but there is probably a very simple reason, such as the enemy general being drunk...

Although this reason seemed ridiculous and ridiculous, after realizing this possibility, Li Tai quickly remembered that the last guy who got drunk and died in Qianjinyan was much better than Xue Guyan. He was the former Zhao Emperor Liu Yao.

But this was just Li Tai's own guess after all, so he only led the 300 elite cavalry who had prepared for a night attack as the forward, and the rear cavalry was led by Liang Shiyan and Gao Le, who followed them one after another. In this way, even if the judgment is wrong, the entire army will not fall into a trap.

But when he saw that the enemy camp was already in sight and the countryside was full of ownerless horses galloping around, Li Tai knew that he was worrying too much. These drunkards were addicted to alcohol and just wanted to have fun without caring about anything else. . And his thinking was too normal, and he could no longer catch up with the thinking level of Xue Guyan, a drunkard.

"Whoever captures and kills the thief general Xue Guyan will be rewarded with five thousand pieces of silk! Charge!"

Li Tai shouted for rewards while riding his horse towards the enemy camp, which was already in panic. It's not that he can't afford a higher price, he just stubbornly feels that Xue Guyan, a general, should not be more expensive than Gao Aocao.

At this time, the enemy's camp was already in chaos with people jumping on their backs and running away in fright. There was no order at all. The reason for such chaos was not only because He Ruodun destroyed the enemy's horse camp, but also because Han Xiong, who was supposed to be trapped in the isolated city, led his troops to break out.

The enemy troops had already gathered at this time, and Han Xiong's troops, who were the first to bear the brunt, naturally did not dare to neglect and put on armor early and prepared for battle. But nearly an hour passed, and no enemy troops were seen attacking.

Just when Han Xiong was also full of suspicion, the enemy troops who were originally gathered in the camp were shocked to hear that the war horses blew up the camp and fled. Naturally, the tired and anxious soldiers had to separate to encircle them.

Han Xiong, who had been paying close attention to the enemy's movements, saw this chaotic scene, how could he miss it? When he led five hundred fully armed troops to attack the enemy's camp gate, the enemy troops that had dispersed suddenly became even more confused. Concerned about one thing and not the other, the camp gate was quickly breached by Han Xiong, and some of the enemy soldiers who had gathered in a hurry were also killed and forced to retreat.

As Li Tai led the elite cavalry into the enemy camp, the situation suddenly became even more chaotic.

These enemy soldiers are not unworthy of bravery. Even in such a chaotic situation, there are still soldiers who collect their horses and form battle formations under the orders of their respective commanders, forming several hundred or ten combat teams, shouting in the military camp. Drink and wander around, trying to reorganize the people and horses.

But they have to deal with not only the enemies who have already invaded the camp, but also those frightened and unrestrained comrades, especially the latter who are even more difficult to deal with. Many soldiers were reluctantly organized, but soon the panic surged into their hearts again and they fled, so much so that even the original array organization was destroyed.

"You hurry up and attack the traitor's tent, and the others will follow me to hunt down the remaining bandits!"

In the process of charging into the enemy camp, Li Tai quickly saw Han Xiong's troops and quickly handed over the mission to him, while he led other troops to kill wherever the troops gathered in the camp. , the point that Zhang Feng pointed was like a huge war hammer, crushing and beating the camp repeatedly, killing and disintegrating the enemy troops who were still in formation into defeated soldiers, and could no longer be reunited.

At this time, after a series of attacks, Han Xiong and others also successfully entered the enemy's camp and seized tokens such as talismans, flags, and banners that the enemy general had thrown away in a hurry near the tent, but they were missing. He found the traces of enemy general Xue Guyan.

In the camp at this time, the fierce fighting had gradually ended. Many defeated soldiers fled across the camp. Those who were still proud and stubborn in the camp were gradually surrounded and killed. The remaining ones were frightened and abandoned their weapons and fell on the ground. Please surrender.

Han Xiong ordered people to quickly search several nearby camps, and selected several commanders and generals among the prisoners to ask the generals whereabouts one by one, but all of them yielded no results. It was basically certain that the enemy general Xue Guyan had escaped from the camp.

When Li Tai learned about this situation, he immediately frowned. Failure to capture and kill the enemy's general in battle not only affects the size of the achievement, but also means that the enemy's organization and command system cannot be completely disrupted.

The current situation in the enemy camp seemed miserable, but in fact the actual number of enemy soldiers killed, wounded, and captured was less than half of the enemy's strength, and the rest were still fleeing. After the enemy general escapes here, he can still recruit and reorganize his defeated soldiers during the escape, restore a certain combat effectiveness, and even fight back.

In particular, some troops with light cavalry as the main force will often agree with the commanders and generals of the armies before the battle on a post-war assembly place, so that they can gather as soon as possible after the battle is unfavorable.

"Reporting to my lord, the thieves are fleeing eastward with their troops. General He Ruo has already followed them. Please return to my lord with your servants and send troops for reinforcements as soon as possible!"

Just as Li Tai was thinking about where to pursue, a soldier who had followed He Ruoden in the past was drawn closer and crossed his arms to report.

Li Tai was overjoyed when he heard this, and at this time the rear cavalry troops had also arrived at the camp, so he immediately ordered Gao Le to lead five hundred fine cavalry, one person and two horses, to continue the pursuit eastward, and at the same time, he also captured the Xue Guyan's flags and banners are given together, which can be used to confuse the audience in some cases.

After a lot of running and fighting, Li Tai was exhausted now, but his spirit was still very high. When he entered the enemy camp and saw the fragments of wine jars and pottery jars on the ground, he couldn't help but laugh. As expected.

It was not until dawn, when the sky was about to break, that the battlefield of the enemy camp was initially cleared. The biggest gains were naturally the horses.

Although these war horses fled everywhere because of fright yesterday, they gradually returned after dawn. By early morning, more than 2,000 war horses had gathered in the horse camp again. As for saddles, bridles, stirrups and other supporting items, a total of three to four thousand pairs were confiscated. More than 600 people were killed and injured, and more than 500 people were captured.

It can also be seen that this army is indeed an elite group. In such a chaotic and disadvantaged situation last night, most of the enemy soldiers were still able to avoid being killed or captured. This life-saving ability is definitely a leverage. If it weren't for the unreliability of Xue Guyan, Li Tai would have had to fight an arduous battle if he wanted to defeat this group of troops.

As the car and foot troops on the back road also arrived at Jingu City, in order to prevent the defeated soldiers from regrouping nearby and fighting back here, in addition to Gao Le's troops who went east to pursue and kill, Li Tai dispatched several more teams Chase down the defeated soldiers in the vicinity, hoping to eliminate as many of the remaining effective forces of this group of troops as possible.

When Han Xiong led his troops into the camp in the middle of the night, Xue Guyan had actually woken up. Although he woke up, he was still drunk and staggered, making it difficult to wear armor to defend against the enemy, so the soldiers in his tent They first took advantage of the chaos to escort his men out of the camp and fled eastward, hoping to wait until they regained consciousness before leading their troops to fight back.

The group of people arrived first at the northeast corner of the old city of Luoyang, which was more than ten miles away. However, they did not stay for long, and the several groups of soldiers who were sent to lure the defeated troops all left and never returned. In order to avoid being tracked by the enemy, they had no choice but to Continue to get on the horse and flee eastward.

Although He Ruoden did not appear in the sight of the fleeing people in the front, he was still chasing after him, and he was not alone. In addition to one of the soldiers who had been accompanying him, there were nearly twenty people following him.

These people were not the righteous soldiers from the nearby villages that he had recruited, but the scattered soldiers of the Eastern Army who had been recruited from last night to now. These stragglers were not prisoners under duress, but disciples who sincerely sworn to He Ruoden.

It may be strange to say this, but in troubled times, these soldiers each have a very strong admiration for strength. In the minds of some soldiers, this complex even exceeds loyalty to the regime. They don't care which side they serve, they just want to follow a strong lord.

With his archery skills, He Ruoden directly conquered these admirers on the battlefield, making them switch sides to follow him and hunt down their original commander.

When Gao Le and his party caught up, more than thirty soldiers had gathered around He Ruoden.

In the pursuit of Xue Guyan, these young men were more enthusiastic and fanatical than all the soldiers of the Western Army. When they occasionally chased Xue Guyan, they brainstormed and discussed where Xue Guyan might go. He took the direction and actively led the way before tracking the target again.

Because he was being chased so closely, Xue Guyan had no time to stop and recruit the defeated troops, so he could only flee all the way to the northeast. After fleeing for most of the day, two of his mounts were killed. The river bridge was finally in sight, and there were only a few soldiers left beside him.

"As long as you enter the city and defend it..."

Looking at Heyang Nancheng on the river bank in front, a tired soldier murmured.

However, Xue Guyan shook his head after hearing this and said: "All the soldiers and horses in the city were lost to the south. There are only a few thousand soldiers left. How can we stop the thieves' tigers and wolves? Entering the city is a desperate situation. Go north quickly to call for reinforcements and bring in more troops." Only by killing him can we get revenge!"

Most of the Fan soldiers left behind in Heyang Nancheng were Hebei Han soldiers. Xue Guyan only worked as slaves on a daily basis. Now that the army was defeated, he did not believe that these Han soldiers could withstand the Western army, which even defeated him. Therefore, He had no intention of returning to the city to defend the city, but rushed directly to the river bridge and continued to flee north.

"The dog thief escaped quickly!"

Seeing Xue Guyan and his entourage rushing up the river bridge to the north from a distance, He Ruodun sighed with regret, then looked at the crowded Heyang Nancheng on the city head a few miles away, and then looked at where Gao Le and his entourage were. Carrying the banner, he laughed happily and said, "Let Liangbi and I take over this den of thieves!"