When the scorching sun in summer began to scorch the wild grasses growing wildly in the deserted acres and village ruins, and gradually exuded the smell of dry soil and vegetation.
The eight-hundred-mile Qinchuan Plain in the pass has already become a battlefield of large and small battlefields between the canines of the official army and the great Qi Yi army, and countless flags and men and horses fought in one group.
Whether it was Hedong, who was the court of the Tang Dynasty, and Cui Anqian, who was commanded by the allied forces on behalf of the Beixing Battalion, or Huangchao, the emperor of Qi, who was the imperial conquer, lost control of most of the subordinates and the situation; and he was left with his own command. The Honjin.
The reason is also very simple. The soldiers from the northeast facing the army from all directions were almost in the distance of Chang'an, and they ran into the Rebel troops hurriedly returning to the division from the west and south to rescue them.
As a result, encounters and melees that broke out suddenly, temporary surprise attacks and long-planned roundabouts, just broke out one after another, and then like a continuously expanding vortex, it drove the enemy and us nearby. The people and horses were all wrapped up together.
Therefore, today's Guanzhong battlefield is like a ball of dough that is constantly fermenting and swelling; with countless blood, soldiers, and horns intertwined, a concerto between struggle and life and death is performed.
Nevertheless, as the first-mover advantage and the obvious superiority of the officers, they were not able to form an overwhelming advantage over most of the rebels who have rushed back to aid. Instead, the publicity became significantly delayed and delayed.
However, the reason is also very simple. The officers and soldiers marched southward into the hinterland of Guanzhong, and spent considerable energy and energy in the raid. When they were regrouped to besieged and attacked Chang'an, they had already spent a lot of effort.
Therefore, although they quickly defeated many of the rebel forces in receiving the enemy, they also reached the end of a certain sense of strength; and they could no longer expand the result of the battle, instead they were gathered by the rebels who came afterwards to defeat them and faced off in the continuous fierce battle. stand up.
After all, these great Qi troops are different from those of the past, lacking food and clothing to describe them as outdated and incomplete, so they can only use sharpened wooden sticks and door panels to fill their numbers.
After seizing many famous cities, including Luodu and Chang'an, the two capitals, various arsenals and storage of weapons and money and grain, they also collected and reduced a large number of defeated officers and soldiers; after entering Beijing, they have already been strong and strong for a while.
Along the way, there are also dozens of land household registrations in the east and west of Tongguan, thinking of supporting people and enshrining the court; although the strength is shared, but because of this, they got rid of the wandering and eating early, and the situation of gathering and dispersing day and night was gone.
In addition, it has been continuously importing all kinds of military supplies, armor, and equipment for long-term communication with the southern region. Therefore, Daqi is under the command of the left and right privy envoys and the twelve generals, which is not inferior to the official army in armor and mule horses.
The only thing that is lacking is obviously a somewhat uneven training level and organization; but after these days the new dynasty has established rules and regulations and sorted out the army, both the Gyeonggi and the local guards have improved somewhat. .
In addition, the three-way conquest army collapsed and retreated in succession a few days ago, causing those who rushed and gathered along the way to float up arms and peripheral forces, and for a while, they lost all their money.
In the end, how many people can gather back are qualified soldiers who have seen the battlefield and bleeding. Therefore, those who were later reorganized and followed Huang Chao's imperial conquest were the elites under the leadership of the rebel generals;
What's more, now, driven by the power of the family members and relatives in the city, they are also very rare to burst out with seven or eight points of strength, wanting to break through and defeat the officers and soldiers in front of them.
However, this created a rather complicated and strangely subtle situation.
In the local battlefield, it is obvious that the rebel generals who are used to breaking the battle in the wandering are better, and can even counterattack the official camp from time to time in the melee.
But at a more specific tactical level, such as small group contacts and melees, most of the volunteer soldiers who are free to gather in groups can only be broken up or pushed back in the face of the cooperation of the officers and the army. come back.
It’s just that a large number of small battle results on the official army’s front have not been able to accumulate and echo each other to become a victory that is enough to change the situation; and the counterattack momentum repeated by the Rebels on the battlefield has not been able to expand the results and was quickly blocked. Up.
So it became like this, surrounding the counties of Xianyang, Jingyang, and Xinfeng near Chang'an, intertwined with each other as the center, partly see-saw advancing and retreating stalemate and confrontation; and leaving a tens of mile wide blank area around Chang'an city Come.
In fact, Saint Zhu Xieyi, who sent troops from Xianyang, was also not immune; when he raised his troops to the south before seeing the magnificent Chang'an city wall, he first ran into the Daqi imperial inspection envoy, Zuo Jinwuwei General Bai, at the foot of Lishan Mountain. Risheng, the rate comes from Huazhou reinforcements.
As the saying goes, "the brave wins when we meet on a narrow road", let alone the new master of victory under the command of Saint Zhu Xieyi. The Shatuo cavalry who had been armed to the teeth had been captured many times, and An Jingsi took the lead and kicked away the dozens of hurried horses.
When he and they killed him in front of the thief general Bai Risheng, he was blocked by the more fierce thief army veteran for a while. However, just as most of the thief army wanted to summon their courage to besieged, this Shatuo cavalry rushed from left to right.
Zhu Xieyisheng also personally led a large group of troops to cover up; and the Black Crow Guard, as a personal soldier, was even more likely to be led by Miao Jilie, and took the opportunity to detour to the other side of Lishan Mountain, highlighting the attack on the old man. The weak rear team.
However, when he wanted to take advantage of the victory, he heard the warning, but Huang Siye from Tongguan stayed behind in Luoyang, and several Kwantung reinforcements led by him joined the battlefield and took the initiative to gather the defeated soldiers who had ascended in the day.
At this point, even Saint Zhu Xieyi had to personally lead the Black Raven guards, and after breaking up the horse team that was trying to roundabout and outflank his own back, the new force also gave up most of the gains and spoils, and it was about to fall into the twilight. Among them, for the time being, Ming Jin retreated his troops and returned to the overlord.
In Xijing City, under the shadow of night, Meng Cao, who presided over the defense of Chang'an, once again ushered in a group of petitioners.
"Stay behind, please let me go out of town to help out..."
This is an attempt to express emotion.
"Seeing that the king's army is about to come back, shouldn't we send someone to respond quickly..."
This is what Xiaozhiyi said.
"Stay behind, you can't wait any longer, otherwise the king will think about it in the future, and you will think about it as the princes and princes..."
This is another faint intimidation to induce a strong relationship.
"Don't move lightly in everything. As a left-behind duty, I have to bear the safety of the hundreds of thousands of military officials and family members in the city. Since you want to go, you should bring your own soldiers, family generals, and tribes. !!!"
However, no matter what they said, Meng Wei just dropped this sentence and closed his eyes and was never moved. Although he was also in a psychological dilemma, the personal instructions that Empress Cao had called before were still in his ears.
"Xiao Meng, the credit they want to get out of the city is just the icing on the cake for you now; but if you are on a business trip in the capital city where you live, no one will share the stakes for you..."
And in Lantian Pass, which has completely changed hands. Don't send the captain Wang Xingkong also frowned, looking at the hordes of defeated soldiers who entered the pass one after another. And the bearded Zhou Mengnan stood beside him and said loudly:
"I've been to see where in Lantian County..."
"County magistrate Huang Yue and garrison officer Huang Qi responded to the two dogs. They both abandoned the city and fled early. I brought the rest of the manpower back."
"Now, whether you want to switch and accept people who are willing to vote, it depends on your words?..."
"Switch, why not switch; just come in batches,"
Wang Xingkong also said flatly:
"Arrange people to identify and screen them one by one, and implement a mutual guarantee and continuous sitting system, and be prepared to prevent spies from mixing in..."
Hearing this, the next few middle-level generals who came to vote first all said in relief:
"That's it..."
"It should be so..."
"I would like to do my best..."
In the far south of Longnan, the four-state defense envoy Huang Hao, who was ready to flee when the situation was bad, was also shocked to receive a news, and his expression became uncertain:
"The Holy Spirit is willing to forgive me? But you have to lead troops out of the Great Sanctuary to redeem it?..."
At this time, someone hurriedly walked in and reported:
"To report to the defense, an envoy from the south brought a message from Shumi Yang..."
Then he sneered and said to the left and right generals:
"This old castrate also wants me to send troops, and the co-op officers will fight at Xingyuan Mansion... What do you think I should do..."
"After all, it's my own family, so I think it's the best way to follow Huang Wang's instructions..."
An old-looking military officer said with some hesitation:
"Okay, well said... I will bother you to take a trip to the king, okay, I have conveyed my thoughts to him..."
Huang Hao suddenly showed joy, and patted him on the back and ordered.
"Actually, on the side of the officer and army, the defense can be used for the time being, just wait for the price to sell one or two calls..."
Then someone spoke again:
"You are right, I will bother you to negotiate one or two this time..."
Huang Hao nodded and said.
However, after the two people appeared one after another for a while, Huang Hao did not order the others to retreat; instead, after a moment, two bloody and hot heads were brought in, and his face changed drastically. The subordinates said:
"There are no people who have different intentions and plans. Now we can make a living together..."
And Huang Chao, who had led the formation to move to the foot of Taibai Mountain, and was stationed in the palace outside Meixian County, looked at a messenger who was kneeling on the ground with a sweating expression on his face.
"Are you saying that Lao Shang was caught by the defenders in Xingyuan Mansion, and he couldn't personally lead the troops north to help the fight?..."
PS Yesterday, my mind was really muddled, sorry.
However, I am trying to post a continuation of a chapter of "Three Wears". (End of this chapter)