Chapter 63 Situation Transformation

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Not long after, Yan Chongxi, Zhao Erlu and others ran over quickly and came to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian immediately reported the situation of the officers and soldiers to these men, and said to them in a low voice, "The name of Crazy He did not live up to the truth, so he suffered a little loss, so he shrank back and did not dare to fight with us here!" At present, I guess this man is leading his troops to move north. It is likely that he wants to cross the river from the pontoon bridge in the upper reaches and rush back to Longzhou City! At present, the two officers passing through the river have retracted back to the pontoon bridge in the north. They should want to protect the pontoon bridge and wait for He Renlong's main force to cross the river, and the army in the south has also stopped and is not moving forward! He also hurt some of our scout brothers! What do you think we should do now?"

As soon as Xiao Tianjian's words fell, Luo Li immediately quarreled: "General, let's just drive north, then block He Renlong and beat him! He Renlong is a little famous. In my opinion, He is not a powerful role. Let's just block him here and beat him down!"

What I didn't expect was that Luo Li's voice fell. Zhao Erlu, who usually didn't like to drill his head forward, also stood up and quarreled, "Brother Luo is right. This crazy man is not good. Although he has more people, as long as we go there to defeat his men first, we can block the madman and make him unable to cross the river! Let's see how many pounds he is a madman!"

Xiao Tianjian couldn't help but be a little stunned, but he immediately understood their intentions.

In the first battle just now, they just used Liu Bao's new barracks, and with some firemen, they beat the officers and soldiers, which must be unconvinced by the soldiers. They are a little jealous of the achievements of the new barracks, so they are willing to go to fight with He Renlong now, which is better. Achievements, and after these two battles, everyone is not much afraid of He Renlong. They must think that He Renlong's generals are just at this level, so everyone is no longer worried that they are not He Renlong's opponent. Zhao Er's donkey jumped out to fight.

So he turned his eyes to Yan Chongxi, who had always acted steadily. Yan Chongxi saw Xiao Tianjian looking at him, so he shook his head slightly and said, "General, I don't think it's the best strategy for us to go north to stop the He madman now!" Although He Renlong has suffered two defeats in a row, his strength has not been greatly damaged, and his strength still far exceeds ours! At this time, if we go north, the officers and soldiers who have crossed the river will definitely intercept us desperately, and He Renlong will definitely speed up the speed of crossing the river. Once He Renlong crosses the river, it will be more unfavorable to us. Even if we win He Renlong in this battle, I'm afraid we will lose a lot!

At present, we have defeated He Renlong two times in a row, and we have made great gains! If you fight with He Renlong again, I don't think it's wise! It's better to let He Ren cross the river and return to Longzhou! We can keep an eye on the officers and soldiers in the south and take advantage of the situation to eat down the officers and soldiers on this road! It is estimated that as long as He Renlong's officers and soldiers are killed, He Renlong's loss will be big enough!"

"Brother Yan, what are you talking about? How can we be afraid of the crazy man? Since the madman He has been beaten by us, it's better to take this opportunity to kill him at once, so that he will lead the army back to Longzhou City. Isn't it more difficult to fight in Longzhou City? Zhao Erlu shook his head and said to Yan Chongxi, as if with a trace of disdain, he looked down on Yan Chongxi's fear of war.

"I said Zhao Erlu, you don't want to see how much good is this Longzhou city for us? Not to mention that Gao Yingxiang estimated that he would bring a lot of people here soon. Even Li Hongji's command, there are nearly 10,000 horses. When Longzhou City is beaten down, how much can we get? What's more, Longzhou City is strong and profitable. Even if Longzhou City is knocked down, it is estimated that it will be difficult to take down Longzhou City in less than ten days and half months! Let's fight with He Renlong for the old capital. What's the benefit for us? Humph!" Yan Chongxi glanced at Zhao Er donkey with a sneer and asked Zhao Er donkey with a contemptuous look.

When Yan Chongxi asked, Zhao Erlu really opened his mouth and became tongue-tied. Compared with Yan Chongxi, it was okay for Zhao Erlu to play a little cleverness, but for the overall situation, Zhao Erlu was not as good as Yan Chongxi, a guy who had been in the border army for many years, so when Yan Chongxi asked, Zhao Erlu had nothing to say. It is.

Xiao Tianjian looked at Yan Chongxi with relief. Under his command, so far, although there are several brave generals available, the most important one is Yan Chongxi. Yan Chongxi considers problems, which is more comprehensive than other guys. He can often think of a place with him and can see things further. Some, so this is also the reason why he has always attached more importance to Yan Chongxi.

"Yan Chongxi is right! We really can't fight to the end with the madman He now. In that case, even if we can win, it will only be a tragic victory in the end! Since Yan Chongxi wants to go back to Longzhou, let him go back! It's enough for us to keep an eye on the officers and soldiers in the south! As long as you eat this road of officers and soldiers, the madman will lose a lot of strength. As for fighting Longzhou City, that will happen in the future! Don't argue, just do it according to the advice of Brother Yan. Now go down and clean it up, and let's start to the south immediately!" Xiao Tianjian finally made up his mind.

A quarter of an hour later, all the sentries will be packed up and start lining up again. The artillery team has made great contributions today, but the losses are not small. A Franco machine copper cannon was overturned by the cannon of He Renlong on the other side and could no longer be used. So it cleaned up the wreckage of the Franco machine gun, and the artillery team also withdrew and returned to the battle.

With Xiao Tianjian's order, more than 1,000 soldiers of Xing Tianjun immediately took action. A team drove in the direction of the lower reaches of the Wanzi River. At the back of the team, more than 50 captured officers and soldiers were tied with ropes like sugar gourds. In a short time, Xing Tianjun left the west end of the Dashi Bridge. There are only more than 200 corpses of stripped officers and soldiers left here, with a strong smell of blood. The crows who had been waiting in the sky for a long time saw that Xing Tianjun had left, so they fell down one by one.

As for the bodies of those officers and soldiers, Xiao Tianjian didn't have time to collect them at this time, so he had to hand them over to He Renlong to send someone to clean the battlefield.

He Fang was dejected with 700 officers and soldiers and auxiliary soldiers in his hand. He gave up the northward action and began to turn to the west. Unlike when he crossed the river just now, the soldiers under his command are a little depressed.

Originally, he was ordered to choose the Wanzi River in the downstream, and then rushed from the wing to the direction of Dashi Bridge. He fought left and right with Bai Youliang, who was crossing the river on the upper reaches on the other side, to destroy the damn thief army. However, he didn't think that when he had just crossed the river, there was news that He Renlong sent Mr. Qian Huang Qian to lead his troops to attack the Dashi Bridge again, but he was The thief army blocked in the big stone bridge almost killed the whole army. He Renlong sent people to order him to act carefully. Don't act recklessly, but was taken advantage of by the thief army.

After the news came, He was shocked. Although Lv Pin was killed by the thief's army in the first battle, it was Lv Pin's rashly grabbing the bridge under the condition of unknown thief's firepower. Unexpectedly, he was gathered by the thief's army and gathered a considerable amount of artillery, firearms and archers who took advantage of the terrain. Lv Pin was repelled.

But the second time Huang Qiang led his troops up, he obviously heard that Huang Qiang had robbed the stone bridge and rushed to the west of the bridge, but he didn't think that he was still beaten by the thief army. At this time, He Convenience was a little worried.

Because he has a good relationship with Huang Qiang and works together under the command of He Renlong all year round. Of course, he knows the combat effectiveness of Huang Qiang's subordinates. In his opinion, since Huang Qiang led his troops across the big stone bridge and nearly 500 generals under him, he should not be the opponent of those more than a thousand thieves on the other side! However, He Renlong sent people to send the news that Huang Qiang not only did not defeat the thief army, but was almost defeated by the thief army. Five hundred people only fled back to Hedong for less than 200 people, and the rest were lost in the west of the bridge.

At this time, He Fang had to reconsider the weight of the thief army. How could He Fang not believe it? However, more than a thousand thieves could fight so well that Huang Qiang actually came to this end. So can the generals he brought with be the opponents of this thief army?

However, He Fang was still lucky and felt that there was another Bai Youliang who was also crossing the river upstream. Their two compartments were put together, and their strength was not weaker than the thief's army, so they should still have the opportunity to eat the thief's army and fish it back, so he continued to supervise the army to cross the river and advance in the direction of the big stone bridge.

But soon after that, He Renlong sent the fast Ma Lai newspaper again, informing him to give up attacking the thief army, and ordered him to lead his subordinates and immediately rush in the direction of Longzhou City, meet his main force and return to Longzhou City to garrison.

The successive changes made He Fang a little nervous. Since He Renlong ordered him to turn to Longzhou, it is obvious that Bai Youliang may have received the same order. Once Bai Youliang does not compete with this thief army, how many chances does he have to win this thief army alone with the strength of an army?

Where is Huang Qiang's example? Since Huang Qiang is not the opponent of the thief army, he may not be able to please him, so he immediately ordered to stop moving forward and prepare to go in the direction of Longzhou.

But soon his men found that several thieves on horseback were found in the direction of their flanks and explored his news, so He Fang did not dare to be careless. He immediately led more than 30 cavalry and suddenly launched an attack on the scouts of the thieves.

After the first battle, there were five thieves. Although they killed four on the spot, they still allowed a thieves to escape. He Fang failed to pursue, so he had to collect his cavalry and turn back to the array.

Judging from the appearance of these thieves, he knew that his whereabouts had been exposed, and the thieves should have known the position of his team of officers and soldiers. Next, he could not guess what the thieves would choose to do next, which made him and his generals a little uneasy.

So he didn't dare to stay here any longer. He immediately urged his men to go on the road and rushed in the direction of Longzhou City. At the same time, he also sent a few nights to explore in the direction of Dashi Bridge.

It didn't take long for a few nights to catch up with the horse and said to He Fang, "Mr. He Qian, the thief army is chasing us!" Mr. Qian, please make a final order!"

He Fang's heart tightened and realized that the thief army they met today was definitely not simple. The other party knew that he had nearly 700 officers and soldiers here, but he dared to chase him, obviously wanting to leave his team here. In this way, his prospects would be worrying.

"Go and contact Bai Youliang immediately. Please meet me in Tianjiazhuang in front of me! Pass the order and speed up! Be sure to get to Tianjiazhuang before dark! As long as we enter Tianjiazhuang, the thieves can't do anything about us!" He Fang immediately ordered.

The officers and soldiers also seemed to be aware of the danger approaching, accelerated the pace of the march, and hurriedly followed He Fang in the direction of Tianjiazhuang.

After Xiao Tianjian left the Dashi Bridge, he sent Li Lingfeng to lead several scouts to continue to explore the movements of the officers and soldiers on the road. At the same time, he personally led his troops to follow in the direction of the officers and soldiers.

Xing Tianjun is not very familiar with the area of Longzhou. If they hadn't sent scouts to explore in advance, they would not have chosen Dashiqiao as the place to block He Renlong this time, but after all, the number of scouts is limited, and they can't know the surrounding situation very well, so this makes them chase this one. In the matter of officers and soldiers, they seemed to be a little passive.

At the same time, Xiao Tianjian had to guard against the main force of He Renlong behind him, so when he left the big stone bridge, he also sent Shi Ran to personally lead two teams to guard the north. Once he found that the main force of He Renlong was approaching this side, he immediately caught up and reported to him.

The sound of drums with big feet stepping on the marching drum fell into the grass. When the brigade passed, they trampled a path on the land where there was no road.

The terrain here began to become gully and undulating. In order to maintain the search for a larger area, Xiao Tianjian had to scatter all the available scouts at hand to the front of the Xingtian Army Brigade and let them go up and search for the location of the officers.

A few miles is not far, but when the brigade marched, there was no road to walk, which made their speed much slower, especially the artillery cars accompanying the army and the carts carrying heavy vehicles. Under such road conditions, their marching speed slowed down a lot.

Xiao Tianjian, who was walking in the team, couldn't help sighing. If he had a slightly larger cavalry under his command, he could first send cavalry to catch up with the officers and soldiers today. Even if the number of cavalry was a little less, he could not eat the officers and soldiers on the road, at least it could harass and delay them.

Unfortunately, now they have nowhere to get a large number of war horses. In addition, the war horses also consume a lot of food and grass, so he can't form a cavalry team at all. A small number of scouts can't contain the actions of hundreds of officers and soldiers, which makes Xiao Tianjian a little helpless.

Shortly after their departure, Xiao Tianjian has realized that the officers and soldiers on this road are likely to have given up attacking him at Dashiqiao, because if they went in the opposite direction, they should have been about to have contact with the officers and soldiers on this road, but until now, the previous scouts have not sent back any news, which means that the officers The army is likely to have turned, so that the originally planned battle has been transformed into a pursuit battle.

The officers and soldiers wanted to escape, but they wanted to fight. Between the escape and the chase, the two conveniences opened the distance. Xiao Tianjian couldn't help but be a little worried about whether this pursuit could make him eat the officers and soldiers as he wished.

An hour later, a fast horse shouted at Xiao Tianjian, who was walking in front of the team from afar: "Report..."

He Fang looked at the thief army that rolled over the earth beam behind them in surprise, and the scarlet Xingtian flag, and his eyes suddenly widened.

There are still nearly three or four miles of land from Tianjia Village, which he is expected to reach. From the earth beam just now, you can see the wall of Tianjia Village, but he is still caught up by the abominable thief army here, and the officers and soldiers in the team have got up one after another, especially those who are acting with the troops. Bai Fubing, as soon as he saw the thief army rolling behind him getting closer and closer, they all panicked.

"Stop moving forward! In the left mound! Hurry up! Those who dare to kill!" He Fang immediately gave the order! Although there is only such a close distance left, if they can enter Tianjiazhuang, then rely on the wall of Tianjiazhuang, with the hundreds of officers and soldiers in his hand and auxiliary soldiers, as well as the Zhuangding township bravery of Tianjiazhuang, no matter how strong the thief army is, he is confident to withstand the attack of the thief army. The thief army only has a force of about a thousand people, if If you want to conquer Tianjiazhuang, it is simply a joke. If you can wait for Bai Youliang to lead his troops to come, the two armies will be in cooperation, and it is completely possible to eat this thief army.

Unfortunately, he was still half a step slower and could not get to Tianjiazhuang. Although he urged his subordinates to speed up the speed up all the way, he was still caught up by the thief army when he arrived here. If he did not fight on the spot, he would continue to lead his troops to run towards Tianjiazhuang. I'm afraid that just these three miles will be enough. His team had a nightmare. The thief army chased after him, and his people ran wildly in front of him. Not to mention maintaining the formation, I'm afraid that the retreat would soon turn the retreat into a defeat. Even if he rushed to Tianjiazhuang at that time, I'm afraid there would be no few people left.

So he knew that it would be dangerous to stop, but He Fang still ordered to stop moving immediately. He chose the left mound to seize the high ground and began to form a formation. After all, it was close to dusk at this time. As long as it was nightfall, He Fang thought that his pair could be safe. No matter how powerful the thief army was, it was dark, he did not dared to As long as he persists until dawn or He Renlong rushes here, there is still the possibility for his troops to retreat.

So He Fang chose to stay and meet the thief army that defeated them two times in a row to see what power they had. That is, the difference in this idea made him regret for the rest of his life. The soldiers under his command began to run to the mound, placed an array, and turned back to meet the chasing Xingtian army.