Chapter 915: Master Kang is Hard to Control

Chapter 915: Master Kang is Hard to Control

Hongnong is located on the south bank of the Yellow River to the west of Weishan Mountain. It was called Shaanxi in ancient times. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Gong and Zhao Gong divided Shaanxi to rule the world. Today's Shaanxi and Eastern Shaanxi are called this as the boundary. Later generations also called the powerful local forces of Fangzhen Fenshaan, such as Jingzhou in the Southern Dynasties, which was the power of Fenshaan.

Hongnong City was built in the old years when Wang Sizheng was in charge. Later, General Li Yuan stayed here for a long time and expanded Hongnong City on the original basis. Therefore, this city is also quite majestic and can be called It was the largest military town east of Tongguan in the Western Wei Dynasty. It was of great significance for the advancement and retreat of the east and west.

Previously, the army of the Western Wei Dynasty fled in Jiuqu City, Yiyang and evacuated westward along the Nanjiao Road. Li Bi, the Zhuguo who was stationed in Xin'an, Beiyang Road, had no choice but to evacuate after hearing the news. Since Li Bi's troops had not yet lost their discipline, their organization was still intact, and the distance was shorter, they arrived at Hongnong first.

Knowing that Dugu Xin, Zhao Gui and his entourage were heading west via Hongnong first, Li Bi did not stay in Hongnong for long. He placed some grain and grass supplies here to gather the defeated troops, and then led his troops directly to Tongguan.

After retreating from Yiyang for hundreds of miles, the soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty struggled to survive on rugged mountain roads with deep snow. When they arrived at Hongnong City, which was relatively stable in the rear, most of them were already exhausted, so they chose to take a break in Hongnong City.

When Yu Wenhu and his entourage helped Yu Wentai's coffin arrive at Hongnong, nearly 20,000 people had gathered here. After arriving in Hongnong, Yu Wenhu's mood calmed down slightly from the initial panic. The retreat of Yiyang's armies confirmed his uncle's prediction during his lifetime. The Hongnong defenders also reported that Duguxin and his party had passed through Hongnong to the west five or six days ago, which made him feel even more depressed.

Five or six days is enough time to do a lot of things. Even if they run all the way to catch up, it will be difficult to catch up. Especially now that the army is out of order, their strength has been greatly reduced. If they rush to Guanzhong like this, they will not have the power to control the situation.

So after a short discussion, they decided to organize 5,000 troops from the soldiers gathered in Hongnong and hand them over to Yuwenhu to lead them to Tongguan, while Li Yuan and Yuchigang stayed behind in Hongnong and continued to gather the defeated army. And here to resist the pursuing troops from behind.

However, after Yu Wenhu led his troops to leave first, the situation in Hongnong became a little unstable again. The reason why the armies stopped here before was because the masses were exhausted. Now that their physical strength has recovered, it is of course safer to escape back to Guanzhong Township. Few people are willing to stop and continue fighting with the enemy, so the armies are more numerous. There were secret escapes.

Seeing that repeated orders could not prevent the sergeants from escaping, Yuchigang simply set up a fence at the western border of Hongnong to intercept them, and all the captured deserters were executed on the spot. After collecting and beheading hundreds of deserters one after another, and with Li Yuanjiu suppressing Hongnong and being appeased by many parties, the troops' retreat was restrained.

In the next two days, more than 10,000 troops arrived in Hongnong, bringing Hongnong's garrison to nearly 30,000. But these soldiers are a ragtag group of people with lingering fears. They need to undergo some reorganization before they can gradually regain their combat effectiveness, but the enemy will obviously not give them this time.

Hu Luguang, as the vanguard general of the Northern Qi army, led thousands of fine cavalry to pursue the defeated soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty. He did not massacre the defeated disciples along the way, but tried his best to outflank and drive them into a group of people. He kept a slight distance along the way, so that these defeated soldiers could recover some physical strength and continue to escape without recharging their energy. Come back and fight back.

This method of warfare is often used by horsemen on the grassland. It usually drives the enemy's herdsmen, cattle and horses to attack the enemy's battle formation, and uses these animals and livestock as cannon fodder to consume the opponent's strength and fighting spirit. Especially at the moment when the enemy is fighting, charging from behind will push these humans and animals away. If the effect is good enough, it can directly overwhelm the enemy's formation.

Duan Shao had used similar tactics before when he fought in Huainan, and Hu Luguang had followed his father to fight in all directions since he was a child, and he was even better at using related tactics.

After hundreds of miles and several days and nights of pursuit, more and more Guanxi soldiers were driven by him. The dark group numbered thousands of people, including many Western Wei generals who were recruiting defeated troops along the way. The defeated troops gathered could not reach that many.

For these people from Kansai, the escape experience in the past few days was like being trapped in hell. They had to run on the mountain road non-stop. Once they stopped on the way, they would be chased from behind. The Qi army's rangers were shot and killed.

Only when night falls, they are allowed to stop in the snow nest for a short rest for one to two hours, and they are not allowed to light a fire to keep warm. If there are fireworks, they will also be massacred by the Qi army. In this way, they were hungry and cold along the way. As long as they were still alive, they would be driven to continue walking. Those who had no strength to go on were all massacred by the Qi army.

When these people came to the outside of Hongnong City after all the hardships and saw their Western Wei flag flying on top of the city and many armored soldiers standing on the city wall, they couldn't help crying for joy for a while, saying that they were finally rescued. Everyone used their remaining strength and ran towards the city gate.

At this time, Hu Luguang, who had been pursuing the enemy unhurriedly, also ordered his troops to attack the enemy's rear, and used his agitation to make the Western Wei sergeants rush faster. However, these soldiers had already run out of fuel at this time, relying solely on a desire for survival and the illusion of salvation. Even if they were charged again, they could not increase their speed.

Naturally, Hu Luguang had no mercy for these enemies. He rode with his horse in hand to drive them away. All the enemy soldiers caught up by his galloping horses were stabbed to death. Some of them were paralyzed on the ground and cried and begged, but he turned a deaf ear to them. , killing without mercy.

"Don't close the city gate, don't! Let the sons and daughters enter the city, let them enter the city..."

When they saw the bandit cavalry approaching, the generals guarding the city ordered the city gate to be closed. However, when the soldiers saw a group of haggard country disciples running away just a few steps away from the city gate, they couldn't bear to close it with their own hands. The livelihood of these villagers.

Since ancient times, Ci has not commanded troops. While the soldiers guarding the city were still arguing about whether to close the city gate, the enemy cavalry had already rushed to the bottom of the city. Some of the defeated people outside the city were chopped by swords and horses and trampled to death on the eve of their rescue, while others were rushed away by enemy cavalry and scattered on both sides of the city gate. They watched the door of survival being slowly closed by the defenders. These were closed. The soldiers outside the city gate all cried out in despair.

"Spare your life, spare your life! I'm willing to surrender, I'm willing to surrender..."

Seeing that there was no hope of survival and entering the city, the desperate Guanzhong sergeants kowtowed and begged for mercy. However, they were still greeted by the ruthless blades of the enemy.

"Take no prisoners and storm the city gate!"

Hu Luguang saw that the city gate was blocked by the corpses of people and horses piled up in front of the city and was not completely closed. His eyes suddenly lit up, so he ordered his subordinates to continue driving away the Guanzhong sergeants who had fled outside the city and headed toward the city. The door rushes.

At this time, many soldiers were already lying on the ground exhausted. In order to continue to unleash the potential of these people, the Jinyang soldiers whipped them with whips, stabbed them with swords and guns, and even trampled them with horses. The warm blood of human body continuously sprayed on the land in front of the city, and even the snow-frozen soil became muddy.

Scenes of massacres were staged in front of the city. The officers and men in the city were so shocked that they saw the villagers dying in such miserable conditions. Finally, one of the city's generals couldn't stand it any longer. He waved his sword and gun and shouted loudly: "The dog thieves are cruel." , who will come with me to rescue Erlang?"

At this time, many soldiers were also carried away by anger. Regardless of the restrictions of military orders, they grabbed their weapons and rushed out of the city to fight the Qi army for a life-or-death showdown. The city gate that was originally ajar was opened again, and many soldiers rushed out with roars.

Seeing the enemy troops rushing out of the city, Hu Luguang led his troops to retreat temporarily. After more enemies rushed out of the city and were some distance away from the city gate, Dangjie led his disciples to fight back from the side. The killings in front of the city gate suddenly became more brutal.

Li Yuan in the city is still waiting to organize the troops to defend here, but the defeated soldiers in the city will not know the soldiers or the generals, so it is more difficult to make effective arrangements in a hurry.

As the enemy cavalry charged into the city, Li Yuan could only fight and retreat with his troops. When he retreated to the west of the city, he was informed that Yuchi Gang had led his troops to flee. After learning about this, Li Yuan felt that he had no way to save his life, so he could only lead hundreds of armored soldiers around him to abandon the city and flee.

As the generals fled one after another, the situation in Hongnong City suddenly became more chaotic.

The Guanzhong sergeants who thought they could take a breather here did not expect to be faced with a greater massacre. If the Northern Qi army still had some strength in the pursuit before, but now it has arrived in the hinterland of the Western Wei Dynasty. Hongnong, they fought without mercy. As Hu Luguang led his troops to rush back and forth in the city, almost the entire Hongnong city was painted with a layer of blood.

Not long after Hu Luguang entered the city, Ping Qin King Gao Guiyan also led the rear army to Hongnong. The killing was no longer limited to the city, and the people who fled outside the city were also pursued, attacked and killed.

On the evening of the next day, when Duan Shao led the main force to Hongnong, the corpses of Western Wei soldiers and horses were scattered everywhere inside and outside the city. Qi soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, collecting the weapons and materials dropped by the Wei army, and placing them in the city. All the heads from the corpses were chopped off and piled on the carriage. It's not to do tricks, but to build the capital to frighten the enemy.

"Why is the king so late? Yesterday in the battle of Hongnong, Mingyue and I killed over ten thousand enemies. How happy we are!"

Ping Qin King Gao Guiyan led his troops to greet Duan Shao in front of the city gate. After meeting him, he laughed and said: "Now that Hongnong has been conquered and Tongguan is in front of us, can the current victory be compared to Dunzu Yiyang's majesty?"

Duan Shao did not respond after hearing this, but when he heard that Hu Luguang had led his troops to Tongguan this morning, he couldn't help but murmured: "Master Kang is difficult to control, and disaster is not far away... "