Chapter 693 The armies fight in chaos

Chapter 693 The armies fight in chaos

There is a Runan City in the north of Jiangxia. It was the seat of Runan County established by overseas Chinese during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Today, Runan City is under the jurisdiction of Anzhou in the Western Wei Dynasty.

A few days ago, Li Yunxin, the governor of Yingzhou in the Western Wei Dynasty, led his troops to defeat the troops of Xiao Lun, king of Shaoling, and stayed to watch the battle in Yingzhou.

However, because Li Tai did not agree to Hou Jing's win over, Li Yunxin's troops were expelled by Hou Jing's general Ren Yue. In addition, Hou Jing's army marched westward, Qichang was too close to the war zone, so Li Yunxin withdrew to Anzhou and stationed there. In Runan City.

Runan City is only more than twenty miles away from Jiangxia, so when Jiangxia was attacked and the Western Army was defeated, Li Yunxin in Runan City also learned the news immediately.

On the one hand, Li Yunxin arranged for personnel to quickly deliver the news to the rear. At the same time, he also sent people to Anzhou to request reinforcements. Although their Jingzhou Governor's Mansion was not openly hostile to Hou Jing's rebellious army, Hou Jing's tens of thousands of troops were here. After crushing the Jiangling army that blocked them in one fell swoop, no one could tell what they would do next.

Runan City is too close to Jiangxia, and it is very likely that Chiyu will be affected. There used to be more than 2,000 defenders in this city, but because the former city lord Li Su secretly colluded with Shaoling King Xiao Lun and were punished, and all the remaining soldiers were transferred back to Anzhou, so there were only more than 3,000 soldiers from Li Yunxin's headquarters available.

Of course, Li Yunxin wanted to stay aside and protect himself at the beginning. After all, with his strength here, he couldn't make waves even if he wanted to.

However, he soon discovered that the development of the situation was not under his control, because Runan City was too close to Jiangxia, so many Jiangling defeated soldiers came here to escape pursuit. Soon, more than 2,000 defeated soldiers gathered under the city and shouted for help. .

At the same time, the pursuers from the rear were also brought here. Seeing that there was still a city here that had not been captured, Dang even reorganized the battle formation and looked like he was going to capture this city in one go.

"These thieves are really rampant. I don't want to fight with them, but they dare to come and provoke them!"

Li Yunxin knew that there was no reason to argue against these random soldiers. They only knew how to kill everyone and did not care whether the people on the other side were friends or foes. Besides, no matter how you calculate it, the Jingzhou General Manager's Office can't talk about being friendly with them. At most, they are just well water and not river water. But now that the rapids collide, there is no difference between well water and river water.

In order to avoid being surrounded by these random soldiers, Li Yunxin immediately summoned hundreds of armored elites in the city to mount their horses, and immediately led his troops to kill the enemy soldiers who had not yet formed their formation.

Although these rebels numbered in the thousands, they were all exhausted after chasing the defeated soldiers from dozens of miles away on the battlefield. The original plan was to rely on the momentum of a great victory to swarm the city and surround it first, and then recruit reinforcements from the rear. At that time, the ants would attack the city.

But they never expected that the city in front of them did not belong to the Jiangling Military Mansion at all. They did not know that the defenders in the city were completely unaffected by the defeated army and had the courage to go out of the city to attack. However, they were immediately attacked and dispersed by Li Yunxin and his troops.

After dispersing the rebel army, Li Yunxin did not take advantage of the situation to continue the pursuit, but led his troops back to the city. Before the general gives any further orders, his duty is to defend the city.

When Li Yunxin withdrew his troops and returned to the city, the defeated troops who had gathered in front of the city cheered and rushed to the battlefield to collect the armor, weapons and staff left behind by Hou Jing's rebellious army.

After being re-armed, they did not take advantage of the situation and leave. Instead, they returned to gather in front of the city and used it as a temporary habitat. And with these people setting an example, more and more soldiers fled here. After a whole day, thousands of Jiangling's defeated soldiers gathered in front of Runan City.

When Li Yunxin saw this scene, he had a headache for a while. Looking at this posture, when the main force of Hou Jing's rebellious army approaches this place, even if he says that this place is not controlled by Jiangling Military Mansion, he is afraid that the other party may not be willing to believe it.

However, with so many Jiangling soldiers gathered here, if they are slightly reorganized, they will have considerable fighting power. Even if Hou Jing's rebels attack again, they can stop them for a while.

After pondering for a while, Li Yunxin did not order the Jiangling defeated soldiers gathered outside the city to be expelled, but instead ordered people to throw some food, felt tents and other items on the top of the city for them, allowing them to eat a little and stay outside the city. stand up.

In the evening, Ma Bofu from Anzhou led a thousand soldiers to rush to support the defense of Runan City. This made Li Yunxin feel a little relieved, and then he sent a message to the defeated soldiers outside the city to recommend a few generals to come to the city for discussion. In the follow-up, we will temporarily formulate an agreement for coordinated defense.

In Yingzhou City, Hou Jing's generals Song Zixian and Ren Yue also learned that a large number of Jiangling defeated troops had gathered outside Runan City not far to the north. Naturally, they did not fight like ordinary soldiers. They knew that Runan City was the territory of Li Boshan in Mianbei. If they attacked rashly, they might provoke a powerful enemy, so they quickly sent someone to ask Hou Jing, who was now in Wuchang, for instructions.

"The defeated army is not brave enough. Li Boshan must not have sent people to detain the defeated soldiers in order to help Jiangling. Now that Yingzhou has been conquered, the next step is to capture Baling. After Jiangling is briefly captured, Jiangbei has not yet made any further achievements. Late!"

Hou Jing defeated Xu Wensheng's army in one go, and was one step closer to Jiangling, an important midstream town. He was very proud of himself. After learning about this situation, he did not pay attention to the thousands of defeated soldiers. They didn't want to cause trouble and started a war with Li Tai now, so they responded like this.

Because Hou Jing's rebel army deliberately ignored it, Runan City became the closest and safest enemy to the Yingzhou battlefield. Therefore, the number of Jiangling's defeated troops who defected here also increased sharply in the next two days. Although some took a short rest and then left, during the coming and going, the number of soldiers staying outside Runan City once reached more than 7,000.

Most of these troops were members of Xu Wensheng's tribe. Because they came from Ningzhou to participate in the war, they were not familiar with the geography here. After the army was defeated, they did not know where to flee. They came here by accident. Due to Jingzhou The reputation of the General Manager's Mansion was so great that it enjoyed protection.

Xu Wensheng, who quickly retreated upstream, also learned that there were so many tribesmen gathered outside Runan City, so naturally he couldn't give up just yet. Moreover, the army was defeated, and he was also worried that he would be punished by King Xiangdong if he returned, so he stopped halfway and returned, hoping to lure back this tribe that unexpectedly survived.

However, before Xu Wensheng arrived, someone else was eyeing this group of people, namely Xiao Yuanzheng, the Marquis of Jiang'an in Nanliang.

Xiao Yuanzheng was the second son of Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling, who was in the middle of Shu. He served as the governor of Xiyang and was controlled by the king of eastern Hunan.

The King of Xiangdong was already full of suspicion towards his relatives, and his nephew was no exception. And Xiao Yuanzheng did not disappoint his seventh uncle's suspicion. Although he served as the governor of Xiyang, he never appeared on the frontal battlefield with the rebels during the battle in Yingzhou, but stayed away from the battlefield. In addition, he used his father's name to recruit people, and his number has reached tens of thousands.

This time the Yingzhou armies were defeated. Xiao Yuanzheng was able to survive because he had been fishing outside the battlefield. He had already retreated to the vicinity of Mianyang. When he learned that nearly ten thousand troops had gathered near Runan City in the Western Wei Dynasty, he immediately took action. He immediately sent an envoy to Runan City and ordered Li Yunxin to return these troops.

Li Yunxin originally passively accepted these people, but was scolded by Xiao Yuanzheng's envoy. He was so angry that he asked the generals outside the city. It turned out that these people didn't know anything about Jiang. Anhou Xiao Yuanzheng. Naturally, Li Yunxin would not be polite and beat the envoy severely and then drove him out of the city.

Xiao Yuanzheng's temperament was somewhat domineering and flamboyant, and now he had many powerful men and horses under his command. Even his uncle, King Xiangdong, wanted to treat him with courtesy. However, the envoy he sent was beaten, punished and humiliated, so he was naturally unhappy.

When he learned that the main force of Hou Jing's army had marched towards Baling from the south bank of the river, Xiao Yuanzheng sent his troops back without any scruples, intending to annex the nearly 10,000 troops under Runan City and punish the Runan City defender. Ichiban.

When his troops arrived near Runan City, Xu Wensheng also led dozens of followers from the rear under the guidance of his guide. After his subordinates introduced Xu Wensheng into the army and told him his intention, Xiao Yuanzheng became furious after hearing this. : "The old thief used to govern Ningzhou, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Yifu. He recruited people from this state and did not obey Yifu but went to Jingfu instead. He was already a disloyal person! Now that the army has been defeated and the country has been humiliated, how dare he take this place again? Renmamu composes a private song!”

Xu Wensheng was the former governor of Ningzhou, and theoretically he was under the supervision of Xiao Ji, the governor of Yizhou. However, King Wuling's residence was deep in Shu, and there was no way to take advantage of the enemy. Xu Wensheng wanted to go to the national disaster, so of course he had to go to Jing Mansion.

He used this reason to argue again, saying that he was definitely not underestimating or betraying King Wuling. However, Xiao Yuanzheng did not listen to his explanation and directly ordered him to be detained in the army, and then continued to lead a mighty army. Approaching Runan City.

Li Yunxin did not expect that this man of the Xiao family, who had just been beaten away by Hou Jing, would have the guts to lead an army to besiege Runan City, so he ordered the city defense to be strengthened, and at the same time sent someone to inform Anzhou of the news. .

Not long after Xiao Yuanzheng's army arrived in Runan City, Li Tai, who heard the news from Mianbei, also led five thousand elite cavalry to the south and encountered his army outside the city. As soon as the two sides met, they immediately started fighting.