Chapter 578: Chaos is about to begin
Chapter 578: Chaos is about to begin
Chapter 576: Chaos is about to begin
Seeing that his enemy had won through "despicable" means, not only did he not show any shame, but he looked magnanimous, Wu Yunzhao felt filled with hatred.
"Dianwei, one day you will die by my hand."
Wu Yunzhao shouted angrily, glanced deeply at Dian Wei, and then joined forces with Wu Tianci to break out of the encirclement.
Dian Wei just wanted to pursue, but several hidden arrows were shot from a distance. Dian Wei quickly blocked with his halberd. Although most of the arrows were knocked away, one arrow penetrated his right shoulder.
Dian Wei ignored the injury, pulled out the arrow, and cursed angrily: "Which **** hurts someone with a secret arrow?"
“Those who shoot arrows are Xue Li and Xue Rengui.”
Xue Rengui, who was a hundred meters away, shouted coldly, and then continued to fire his bow and arrows to cover the retreat of the generals.
“Ding dong, Xue Rengui’s skill ‘Arrow God’ is activated, the force is instantly +6, the basic force is 103, the equipment is +2, the Halberd God is +4, the current force is increased to 115.”
“General Dian, you are injured. The task of hunting down the Han general will be left to…”
Before Li Jin could finish his words, his mount was hit by an arrow, and he was immediately knocked to the ground. Long Qie Yuexi quickly stepped forward to help him block the rest of the arrows.
After Wu Jiang and his brothers broke out of the encirclement, when they passed by Xue Rengui, Wu Yunzhao thanked him sincerely: "Thank you very much, Brother Xue, for your help."
"It's just a matter of hands." Xue Rengui said calmly, and then continued to shoot arrows.
Under Xue Rengui's arrows, the pursuing Ming army generals were either forced back or suppressed and did not dare to raise their heads. This allowed the Han generals to escape easily.
Soon, all the arrows in the pot behind him were shot, and Xue Rengui had no choice but to retreat.
Although Xue Rengui failed to kill Long Qie in this battle, he still shot and killed several generals, and several others were wounded by him. This military exploit was already great enough.
After the meeting between the Han generals and the Fei Xiong Army, they all tacitly chose to cut off the rear, because only in this way could the damage be minimized. When all the troops and horses had withdrawn from the pass, the Fei Xiong Army, which had cut off the rear, began to fight and retreat.
After Xiang Yu led the army to drive the Han army out of the pass, he chased for ten miles before withdrawing his troops and returned. At this point, the second battle of Hulao Pass finally came to an end.
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In August of the third year of Zhongping, Jin Marquis Qin Wen personally led an army to attack Hetao.
Temujin, who was attacking Xianbei, urgently dispatched Jebe and his army to return reinforcements after receiving the news. The two sides fought again in Hetao.
At the same time, Ming Dynasty also carried out a major operation in Sizhou and released 200,000 prisoners of war. Xiang Yu, who had disappeared for a long time, finally appeared.
Under the leadership of Xiang Yu, the prisoner-of-war army broke through Sizhou all the way, while the 100,000 elite Han troops led by Lu Zhi and Li Shimin pressed forward step by step.
After Hulao Pass, there was a vast plain and no danger to defend, so the prisoners of war had to wait for reinforcements.
On September 7, the Han army advanced and entered Hulao Pass. Zhang Liang led his troops in a street fight to the death.
Finally, after Xiang Yu and Zhang Bao arrived with Bawang Cavalry, Emperor Ming Zhang Sheng personally arrived with 150,000 reinforcements.
After a fierce battle between the Han and Ming Dynasties in the pass, Li Shimin ordered the entire army to withdraw from Hulao Pass in order to prevent excessive casualties. So far, 100,000 Yellow Turban prisoners of war have been completely rescued.
The camp of the Han army.
Li Shimin paced back and forth with a gloomy look on his face. All the Liangzhou generals below lowered their heads, and the atmosphere was unusually dull.
“Have the casualties been counted?” Li Shimin asked solemnly.
In the previous battle, because Li Shimin saw a bad opportunity and decisively ordered a retreat, the Han and Ming Dynasties did not completely fight to death, so although the casualties were large, they were certainly within the tolerance range.
It can be seen that Li Xiuning's face is extremely heavy, and Li Shimin knows that he may be thinking too beautifully.
"There were nearly 20,000 casualties, and 10,000 were killed in direct battle. The Flying Bear Army now has less than three out of ten left..." The 100,000-strong Han army lost 30,000 horses in the first battle. Even the most elite Flying Bear Army was crippled. This can be seen from this. The battle was brutal.
Of course, if Li Shimin had not ordered the retreat in time, the number of casualties would have been even greater. After all, the Ming army would definitely not have retreated.
“What proportion of the Sizhou Army’s casualties accounted for the total?”
Li Shimin asked again. There were all Liangzhou generals present, so he had no scruples about what he said.
When the generals heard Li Shimin's question, they remembered that the Sizhou Army was the main offensive force in that battle, and only the most elite Feixiong Army in Liangzhou participated in the battle.
“The Sizhou Army suffered more than 15,000 casualties…”
The Liangzhou generals' eyes immediately lit up, and only then did they realize that the Liangzhou army was not the biggest loser. Instead, it was a blessing in disguise that they became the real overlord of Sizhou.
Li Shimin was relieved after hearing this. The Liangzhou Army did indeed suffer heavy casualties in this battle, but he took the opportunity to further weaken Lu Zhi's power, thereby consolidating the Liangzhou Army's position in Sizhou.
"This battle can be regarded as a gain and a loss. I think my father-in-law won't blame me too much, right?"
Li Shimin thought to himself, and at the same time he was very grateful for his caution before the war. Sure enough, there was nothing wrong with being cautious.
“But what should we do next?”
Although the Han army gave up the pursuit and withdrew from Hulao Pass, it did not mean that the battle was over.
In the past, it was Li Shimin's decision whether to fight or not, but now the Han army can't fight, let alone not fight.
The Ming Army's 150,000-strong army has already garrisoned. A forced attack will surely cause heavy casualties, and it may not be possible to defeat them.
But if we don’t fight, Hulao Pass is the east gate of Sizhou. Its geographical location is so important that it must not fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
“I have a headache.”
Li Shimin is now forced into a situation where he cannot advance or retreat. If he is not careful, his career may end here, so he has no choice but to be careless.
Seeing his brother's troubled look, Li Xiuning hesitated for a while and then stood up and said: "Second brother, Xiuning has a plan to make the Ming army withdraw from Hulao Pass without spending a single soldier."
Li Shimin frowned slightly when he heard this and said, "Xiuning, there is no joke in the army."
Li Xiuning immediately clasped his fists and said seriously: "The last general is willing to issue a military order."
Of course Li Shimin would not really ask his sister to issue a military order.
"There is no need for a military order. Just tell me and listen to it."
Li Xiuning glanced at the generals, and his meaning was self-evident. Seeing this, Li Shimin could only wave his hand to signal the generals to go out. Although the generals were very dissatisfied with this, they did not dare to disobey Li Shimin.
“You can say it now.”
Li Shimin said with a helpless look, he did not believe that Li Xiuning really had a way to make the Ming army withdraw from Hulao Pass without spending a single soldier, because this was basically impossible based on the current situation.
A strange look flashed in Li Xiuning's eyes, and he whispered: "Second brother, you have noticed that Emperor Ming Zhang Sheng is a bit like my little sister."
“Yes, you are equally bold.”
To be honest, Li Shimin admired Zhang Sheng very much. After all, as an emperor, he dared to go to the battlefield in person. This courage was not possessed by ordinary people, and his sister was equally bold.
Li Xiuning's face turned red and she said loudly: "That's not the case."
(End of this chapter)