The Longxi soldiers were indeed stronger than the Sui army in Guanzhong in terms of combat effectiveness. Even if they met Li Jingjun, the strongest partial division of the Sui army in Guanzhong, Li Jingjun, who was the best at battle and knew how to fight in the Sui army, was still attacking. During the battalion battle, Li Jing's army was beaten so hard that even Li Jing, the god of war, had to give up the outer battalion and shrink the defense line. Basically, as long as Chen Sangliang didn't dispatch the main force in time to force Xue Ju to return to the division, Xue Ju's main force to wipe out Li Jing's army was indeed With great confidence.
But it is a pity that the Sui army's partiality was a trap. Although the main force of the Sui army who fought against Xue Jujun for the first time did not know much about Xue Jujun, they successfully created a series of false appearances, which made Xue Jujun's decision-makers seriously misjudge the main force of the Sui army. He even believed that Chen Sangliang, who was unbelievable on the battlefield in the Central Plains, was sick and unable to command the battle. He foolishly ran deep into the mountain to try to annihilate the partial division of the Sui army, which severely weakened the strength of the Eastern Front. When the main force of the army attacked and showed its true strength, Xue Jujun was dumbfounded.
If it is on a plain terrain, it is okay to say that the distance between the east and west lines is only fifteen miles, which can be regarded as non-existent for Xue Jujun, who has a large number of cavalry. However, Xue Jujun is fighting on narrow mountain roads. Although the mountain ridge is relatively low, it still severely limits the maneuverability of Xue Jujun's ace cavalry. Finally, coupled with the obstacles of Xue Jujun's own camp and fortifications, Xue Jujun's room for movement has actually been compressed to a rather terrifying level. As the Sui army's main force and partial divisions continued to attack and attack, this space became smaller and smaller.
Being pinched in a narrow space is even more painful. What is even more painful is that the main force of the Sui army still has bronze artillery that can projectile and bombard. Later, the Sui army artillery did not need to aim at all. The cannonballs were absolutely unmistakable, and a dozen of Xue Ju’s soldiers could be killed, let alone a single cannonball. The shells roared and rebounded irregularly, and Xue Ju’s soldiers fell to the ground wherever they passed, with broken tendons and bones or vomiting blood. Countless people had their internal organs smashed and their heads were smashed. The soldiers of Xue Ju screamed incessantly. Running around to avoid bullets not only disrupted the queue, but also severely damaged the morale of the army. He only cares about running for his life, and has no intention of resisting and fighting.
The defeat has been decided, even if Xue Ju's command has all-powerful abilities, they can't change the situation. Xue Ju has no choice but to order to abandon the camp and retreat, save his strength as much as possible and retreat to the way he came, preparing to return to Changwu, the current base. For the Sui army in Guanzhong, this battle was undoubtedly a godsend opportunity to solve the problem on the western front in one fell swoop. Therefore, not only did Chen Sangliang immediately order the main force to pursue it with all its strength, but the already exhausted Sui army Regardless of the huge physical exertion, Li Jing's department resolutely joined the pursuit battle, and a pursuit battle that determined the future direction of Guanzhong also kicked off.
Flames rose in Xue Ju's camp. The soldiers of Xue Ju's army who were scrambling for their lives knocked over the fence, tore down the camp tent, and overturned the food truck. , but Xue Ju's soldiers had no time to consider whether the fires were burning precious military supplies or more precious food and grass. From top to bottom, they strode northward and fled towards the open Randian. The soldiers of the Sui army who were chasing and killing also had no time to cherish the precious spoils that were within reach. They just chased after the fleeing enemy in great strides. The slogans were completely submerged in the deafening shouts and noise.
The infantry of the Sui army led by Kan Leng was firmly nailed to the north gate of Xue Jujun's camp like a thick iron nail. Slashing and smashing also completely shattered Xue Ju's dream of forming a large-scale escape. Xue Ju's two generals, Zong Luohu and Liang Lisu, who were ordered to the back of the palace, even if their soldiers and horses could barely condense into a group, they still couldn't break through the Kanling army. The square formation on the main road could only lead the troops to flee down the mountain from the two wings of Kan Leng's army. The northern fortification fence of Xue Ju's camp was all overturned by his own soldiers, trampled into pieces, and the fragments of the fence went up and down. It was the corpses of Xue Jujun soldiers layer by layer, almost in the shape of meat sauce.
Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong at the foot of the mountain were also slashing and killing Xue Ju's defeated soldiers, and snatched as much precious horses as possible, and replaced them with the usual Longxi cavalry who lived on horseback for a living. However, at this moment, the Longxi cavalry, who are skilled in bow and horse, have no desire to fight. Even if they see the Sui cavalry rushing towards them, they don't want to raise their swords and guns to fight back. They just keep avoiding and fleeing north. The Sui cavalry who were inferior to them were massacred wantonly like machetes cutting vegetables, including General Xue Jujun who disobeyed Shizheng. They were all stabbed off their horses by two unknown Sui cavalry in this chaotic army, and then they were quickly killed. The horseshoes were trampled into meat paste, and there were no bones left.
Although the Sui army on the northern front fought very well in the interception battle and gained a lot, but to borrow a famous saying from a certain general in later generations, even if there were 50,000 pigs, it was impossible for a certain bandit to catch them in three days and three nights! Coupled with the fact that it is daytime with sufficient light and the terrain in the north is relatively open, the chance of accidental injury from trampling on one another is far less than that at night, and there are also more than 50,000 troops. Still, more than half of them overcame the interception of the Sui army on the northern line and fled into the more open Randian area, including Xue Ju himself and his precious son Xue Renguo, Zong Luohu, Hao Yuan, Zhai Changsun and Liang Li. The vulgar waited for Xue Jujun, a civil and military minister.
Chen Sangliang and his cousin Li Jing had a quick meeting in the Xue Jujun camp, and after persuading his cousin to return to the camp to rest but was rejected, Chen Sangliang did not force him, but quickly said to Li Jing: "Cousin, then you take the army to be responsible On the Randian battlefield, I led the main force to chase into Qianshuiyuan. I have already gone to the camp to give orders. They are already moving northward. You command, pay attention to keep in touch with me."
Li Jing agreed, and asked again: "Nephew, have you arranged an ambush in the north?"
"I asked Guo Feng, Chen Ci, and the others to report to the national army to go north, and to lie in ambush on Randian's only way north to Qianshuiyuan." Chen Sangliang replied.
"Too few, there are only six regiments with more than 1,200 cavalry, too few." Li Jing shook his head and said, "Nephew, your only deployment mistake in this battle is that you left too many reserves, and the mountain roads are narrow. These reserves cannot be put into the battlefield immediately, so they are useless at all, if you send more troops to the north to ambush, we will be more confident in annihilating the main force of Xue Ju's army."
"I didn't expect it to go so smoothly." Chen Sangliang replied rather depressingly: "Xue Ju's army is quite powerful, in order to ensure that he can break through his eastern defense line and his camp, he stayed on the eastern front. There are too many reserve teams, if I had known it would go so smoothly, I would have deployed tens of thousands of ambushes on the northern front.”
"Forget it, it's useless to regret. You also sent too many troops to the north to ensure victory. It must be difficult to hide from the eyes of Xue Ju's army. It is also useless." Li Jing comforted his nephew and said: "Xian Nephew, the opportunity to fight is rare. If you pursue the enemy with the main force, you must not be more cautious. Even if you chase after Changwu City, you must try your best to kill Xue Ju and his son! Xue Ju's bandit army still has tens of thousands of soldiers in Changwu City. Ma, there are more than 50,000 troops left in Tianshui, the old nest. If Xue Ju escapes, it will be more difficult to completely wipe him out. Give everyone a chance to breathe!"
Chen Sangliang agreed without hesitation, and immediately led the main force to pursue northward. At the same time, it was at this time that Chen Sangliang realized that in addition to mistakenly keeping too many reserve teams in this battle, he also made a mistake in not giving Qu Tutong sent an order, otherwise, if Qu Tutong took his remaining thousands of troops south in time to set up defenses in Qianshuiyuan, not only would he be able to win a greater victory, but his confidence in killing Xue Ju and his son in Qianshuiyuan would also be greater. many.
Regret was useless, and after asking himself to keep these two mistakes in mind, Chen Sangliang comforted himself secretly, and said in his heart: "There is also the Nationalist Army. The Nationalist Army has always been very lucky in capturing thieves and kings first, and we will definitely catch them." Xue Ju himself, maybe he will capture Xue Ju and his son alive in front of me like Yang Xuangan and Turkic Khan were captured alive."
Chen Sangliang is just a traveler who is not a god, and it is impossible to predict everything like a god. Today, Chen Sangliang made a mistake. The newspaper army who was lucky in capturing the thief first captured the king. When they arrived at Xue Ju's commander-in-chief, they also immediately attacked to chop Xue Ju. But the good luck of serving the national army ended here. Following Xue Ju's immediate order to lower the commander's flag, the soldiers of the reporting army who were a little far away immediately lost their target, and Xue Ju, who had already changed into the clothes of ordinary soldiers, When the father and son led the cavalry and fast horses straight to Qianshuiyuan, it would be more difficult for the Bao Guojun to find Xue Ju himself.
Fortunately, as long as it is confirmed that Xue Ju is hiding in this cavalry, after killing many infantry cavalry soldiers of Xue Ju's army with knives during the charge, the Nationalist Army rushed into Qianshuiyuan with the enemy team without hesitation, biting Watching the enemy army that Xue Ju was hiding in, he slashed and killed the enemy as much as possible, while looking around for Xue Ju's whereabouts.
However, soon, Guo Feng, Chen Ci and Zhao Yu, the generals of the national army, gradually realized that the situation was not good. The shallow water field that was too open not only gave Xue Ju's cavalry too much room to escape, but also gave Xue Ju's cavalry to shoot with their hands. The kite repays the opportunity of the soldiers of the national army. While fleeing, they turn around and shoot arrows, desperately delaying the pursuit speed of the national army. As a heavy cavalry, although the Baoguo Army even wears horse armor on their war horses and has a strong defense against bows and arrows, they are naturally limited in speed and cannot catch up with the Xue Jujun cavalry who left everything behind. Not only failed to close the distance with Xue Jujun's cavalry, but was thrown further and further away.
"Fuck it! Let's go!" It's impossible not to take some risks at this point, Guo Feng shouted: "Chen Ci, Zhao Yu, just take off our iron armor and horse armor! Qingqi chase! Anyway We still wear gauze in our underwear, so it can be healed if we are injured by the arrow!"
Chen Ci and Zhao Yu also knew that the war opportunity was fleeting, so they immediately roared in agreement, loudly ordering the soldiers to take off their heavy armor and throw down their horse armor, and go into battle with light clothes to hunt them down with all their strength, leaving only a small number of wounded soldiers and recruits with insufficient combat power to guard their equipment. At the same time, when he turned around and saw the officers and soldiers of the Bao Guo Army disarming themselves, Xue Ju also became ruthless, and shouted: "Everyone rein in the horses, set up my handsome flag again, turn around and form a team, and kill these white-robed men!"
"Your Majesty, let's go back to Changwu Fort first." Hao Yuan wiped his sweat and said, "We will be safe when we return to Changwu Fort, and it will not be too late to take revenge!"
"Fuck you, there are a thousand cavalry, am I still afraid?" Xue Ju pushed Hao Yuan away, and shouted loudly: "The whole team, the whole team, we still have five thousand cavalry here, turn around and kill the white robes." Bing, let him, Chen Yingliang, cry too!"
The Longxi soldiers were indeed brave, and did not hesitate after hearing Xue Ju's order. They immediately reined in their horses and formed a charging formation. They also raised Xue Ju's handsome flag again as required, and then charged under Xue Ju's leadership. They charged head-on at the Nationalist Army who had changed from heavy cavalry to light cavalry. Although Guo Feng, Chen Ci and others did not expect Xue Ju to have such a skill, they charged without hesitation and collided head-on with Xue Ju's cavalry. Launch the most brutal cavalry melee combat.
This day is also the most dangerous day for the Baoguo Army since it became an army. The soldiers of the Baoguo Army who have long been accustomed to heavy cavalry tactics suddenly become light cavalry, and they still fight cavalry close combat, which requires extremely high defense. Mentality and habit are both unavoidable. Generals such as Guo Feng and Chen Ci, who were brave enough to avoid sudden attacks, were injured and killed on the battlefield because of their habitual refusal to fear sudden attacks. In addition, the number of cavalry in Xue Ju's army was at least four times that of the national army. Fighting with two fists and four hands, the Baoguo Army was at a disadvantage on the battlefield for the first time, and it was a bit difficult to parry when being killed by Xue Jujun's cavalry who jumped over the wall.
If it weren't for that accidental coincidence, the Nationalist Army would definitely be defeated today. However, probably because a certain young monk recited peace mantras for his elder brother all day long, a Sui army that no one expected in advance suddenly turned up. Appeared on the edge of the battlefield, and rushed to help the battle without hesitation. Taking a closer look at the banner of this mysterious Sui army, Xue Ju was also dumbfounded along with the generals of the Baoguo army.
"Qu Tutong?!" Guo Feng and Chen Ci, who were at a disadvantage, shouted in unbelievable surprise, "When did General Qu Tu's army come here?"
"Qu Tutong? Why did that old man suddenly appear?" Xue Ju screamed in disbelief, and said angrily, "I didn't use all my strength to take down Ding'an, and put old man Qu Tu in a sack for use." Stamping three thousand war horses to death is simply the biggest mistake in my life!"
No matter how regretful it is, it is useless. Xue Ju's cavalry, who had already started a melee with the Baoguo army, could not regroup the army to intercept the sudden appearance of Qu Tu Tong's army, let alone quickly leave the battlefield to get rid of the entanglement. Qu Tu The infantry under Tong's command rushed to the cavalry with steps, relying on the physical strength of the new force, and rushed into the battlefield like flying, nimbly walking into the battlefield like swimming fish, stabbing the enemy up and cutting down on the enemy's horse, killing Xue Jujun's cavalry who had seriously weakened their physical strength. It was too difficult to parry, and the Baoguo Army, which was once at a disadvantage, also took the opportunity to fight back. With the experience of martial arts, they slashed and killed the Xue Ju cavalry who had already encountered the enemy in a hurry and fell into chaos, completely turning the tide of the battle.
Another Sui army infantry detoured back to the north, and blocked Xue Jujun's escape route to the north. Xue Ju, who was in a panic, shouted that he was unlucky, but did not dare to continue fighting. Fleeing to the north, however, it was not so easy for Xue Jujun's cavalry, who had already been caught in a melee, to withdraw from the battlefield. During their hasty retreat, they were either stabbed down by the Baoguo army or cut down by Qu Tutong's infantry. The infantry of the Sui army also advanced in formation, quickly reducing the space for the cavalry of Xue Ju's army to move, and shooting arrows continuously to kill the cavalry of Xue Ju's army who fled alone.
To the north is Jingshui with no way to go, behind is the Sui army chasing soldiers, looking back is looking for death, the northwest direction leading to Changwu City is blocked by the Sui army infantry, it is difficult for the exhausted Xue Jujun cavalry to break through. Xue Ju could only run south with the army. Xue Ju's cavalry retreated in chaos on their own, fleeing all over the mountains and plains. At the same time, they threw down Xue Ju's damn handsome flag, and reported to the national army shouting to capture Xue Ju alive The slogan of the Sui army pursued closely, and the infantry of the Sui army who participated in the melee also relied on their sufficient physical strength to chase after the cavalry, biting the tail of Xue Ju's defeated army.
On the battlefield, there is also a cavalry belonging to the new force that has been standing still. The number is only about 600. This army is the last capital of the cavalry under the command of Qu Tutong, a veteran of the Sui army. People around persuaded Qu Tutong to launch a chase immediately, but Qu Tutong shook his head and refused. He just ordered the infantry in the formation not to move, to help intercept Xue Ju's defeated soldiers who were gradually fleeing behind. The battlefield, looking for Xue Ju's whereabouts.
After looking for the enemy who had not seen the conspicuous armor for a long time, Qu Tutong came to a conclusion and said: "Xue Jupifu must have changed into the clothes of ordinary soldiers. There is no target to report to the national army. I am afraid it will be difficult to find Xue Jupifu himself."
"Then what shall we do?" the subordinate asked.
"I can only catch up and try my luck." Qu Tutong sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It's just the old man's luck in the past few years..., alas!"
With a long sigh, Qu Tutong, who had mastered his ideas in the past few years, still led more than 600 cavalry to launch a pursuit, and handed over the infantry to his deputy for temporary command, but led the energetic cavalry to catch up with Xue Jujun's cavalry. However, Qu Tutong was extremely sad to see that there were stragglers everywhere on the battlefield. Not only could he not even see Xue Ju's cavalry who had grown to a certain size, but the sky was getting dark. It would be a challenge to find Xue Ju. God is still difficult.
Unwilling to give up, he led the cavalry to continue chasing wildly, until he reached the entrance of the narrow passage in the north of Qianshuiyuan. Qu Tutong did not find Xue Ju's shadow, and he took a few prisoners without asking a decent confession. Said that he and Xue Ju ran away, and did not know Xue Ju's whereabouts at all.
The left and right subordinates refused to give up, and suggested that Qu Tutong chase into the narrow road and approach Changwu City to find Xue Ju's whereabouts. Qu Tutong was a little tempted, but he didn't immediately accept it. He took out an arrow from the inside, touched the arrow with both hands and faced the sky, and said solemnly: "God, the old man's famous name has been completely lost in the past few years. Today is the best opportunity for the old man to avenge his shame. I hope you have mercy, and point out Xue Jupifu's whereabouts for this old man! God bless you!"
Roaring, Qu Tutong threw the feather arrow away with both hands, and when the feather arrow landed, the tip of the arrow happened to point to the direction of the forest in the north.
"Old general, the hexagram you bought points to the northwest mountain forest, where people can hide, and there must be a small road into Changwu City, let's chase it." A general suggested.
Qu Tutong didn't say a word, staring at the feathered arrow for a moment, Qu Tutong suddenly shouted, "I don't believe in my good luck! I only believe in my bad luck! Go south! Go in the opposite direction!"
Roaring, Qu Tutong turned his horse and headed south with the cavalry. All the soldiers of the Sui army could not laugh or cry, but the commander did not dare to object to the order, so he could only pat the horse and follow him. As a result, after walking about two miles to the south, not only did Qu Tutong and others not see Xue Ju's shadow, but even the ordinary soldiers of Xue Ju's army did not see two of them. It's getting livid.
It was almost dark, and when Qu Tutong, who had no hope of finding the bandit chieftain, was lamenting his bad luck, a soldier suddenly pointed to the south and shouted: "Old general, there are more than a dozen people ahead!"
Qu Tutong quickly raised his head and saw more than ten enemies riding in the snow field wearing Xue Ju's military uniform, one of them was still wearing a literati costume, Qu Tutong also yelled, "There are civil servants! It is probably Xue Ju! ! Surround them!"
Roaring, Qu Tutong took the lead and patted his horse forward, leading more than 600 cavalry to cover the tide. The dozen or so Xue Jujun cavalry were shocked when they saw it, and hurriedly patted their horses and ran for their lives, but the horses were all exhausted, and their speed was fast no matter what. He couldn't get up, and before he had time to escape into the forest where he could hide, he was surrounded by the cavalry regiments of the Sui army coming like a tide, and then Qu Tutong jumped out, pointed at the man in literati clothes with his whip, and asked: "Who are you? Where is Xue Ju?"
There is no way to go to heaven, and no way to go to earth, but the middle-aged literati with blood and dirt all over his face is silent, with his head bowed and not answering, while a strong man in his thirties next to him holds a knife across his chest, looking vigilant. Looking at Qu Tutong, he asked, "One thousand taels of gold, can I change another way, okay?"
"Of course not." Qu Tutong shook his head and said with a smile, "I've been reciting it for several years, and finally captured a few decent prisoners. How could I let them go? However, if you know where Xue Ju is, take the old man to find him." He, the old man promises to protect you from death in front of the prime minister!"
After speaking with a smile, Qu Tutong shouted again: "Put down your weapon, don't force me to do it!"
"Put down your weapons!" All the soldiers of the Sui army shouted in unison.
The burly man gritted his teeth, and Jiama seemed to want to fight to the death, but an equally thick arm grabbed him, and then a tall man in his fifties stepped out, shook his head and sighed at Qu Tutong , said calmly: "Going south on purpose and being surrounded by you is my bad luck, and it is also my destiny. Since it is destined, then I can only accept my fate. I am Xue Ju, and I surrender."