Chapter 172 Breaking the Game

After the end of the battle in Hexi Village, Xiao Tianjian left Luo Li and led his troops to the Beiliu area to support Zhao Erlu, who was stationed here, to resist the officers and soldiers all the way from Zezhou.

Before he left Hexi Village, he heard the news that the officers and soldiers in Zezhou had killed the Beiliu area before them.

Originally, he planned to travel day and night to stay in the north, but then he received the news of victory sent by Zhao Erlu, saying that they had given up the Beiliu Village, turned around the army group to teased east of Qinhe, and ate nearly 400 soldiers and horses of the officers and soldiers. This news completely relieved Xiao Tianjian and told the people around him. He also praised the wit of Zhao Er's donkey.

So he considered that after the Battle of Hexi, the ammunition consumption was relatively large. In order to be more secure, he was not in a hurry to the east of the Qinhe River, but slowed down on the road and sent someone to replenish a batch of ammunition before rushing to the Qinhe River.

In his opinion, Zhao Erlu's guerrilla warfare is very suitable for his appetite. With a small number of troops in the form of guerrilla warfare, it can completely delay the officers and soldiers in the direction of Zezhou, and constantly consume the enemy's living power in the sports war until it exhausts its energy. At that time, he will lead his troops to the east bank of the Qinhe River. It is easy to get rid of this group of officers and soldiers.

However, what he never expected was that when he led his troops to the west bank of the Qin River, he heard the news from the scout that Zhao Er donkey led his troops and had a fierce battle with a large number of officers and soldiers in the area of Liujiabao in the east of the river. The specific situation of the battle could not be determined because it was disturbed by the officers and soldiers at night.

Xiao Tianjian became anxious and quickly led his troops to speed up. He crossed the river in the upper reaches of the Qin River and rushed to the area around Liujiabao. When they arrived five miles away from the north of Liujiabao, they began to faintly hear the rumble of cannons and fire in the direction of Liujiabao, and they also met a small group of officers and soldiers. No collection at night.

As soon as the officers and soldiers saw the brigade of the Xing Tianjun, they immediately turned around and fled to the position where their main force was. Xiao Tianjian immediately ordered the whole army to rush to Liu Jiabao at a rapid march to rescue Zhao Er donkey, who was besieged in Liu Jiabao.

But when he arrived outside Liujiabao, he found that things were much worse than he expected. From the telescope, he saw that the wall of Liujiabao had been bombarded with holes and tattered by the officers and soldiers, and the number of people on the wall was also very small, which made him a little surprised. He was surprised. The understanding of the military forces is that even if Zhao Er's donkey's strength is much less than that of the officers and soldiers, as long as they lead their troops to guard places like Liu Jiabao and rely on the new bird gun in their hands, they should not be too weak in terms of firepower. Why did this battle become such a virtue? Obviously, they are suppressed by the officers and soldiers, but there is not much power to fight back.

So he no longer dared to neglect it. He immediately waved his division to kill the officers and soldiers who besieged Liu Jiabao. This time, the strength of the two armies was similar, and Xiao Tianjian did not hesitate at all. After arriving at the battlefield, he immediately launched an attack on the officers and soldiers.

In the face of such a sharp blow by the Xing Tianjun, Ma Liancheng was dumbfounded on the spot. Just now, he thought that the Xing Tianjun was not good, but when this large group of thieves arrived, he saw the fierceness of the Xing Tianjun, especially when the two armies fought, the other party's platoon tactics, even in front of his official army. A group of officers and soldiers beat a man and sent cavalry to attack the opponent's phalanx, but the result was very miserable. The remaining 100 cavalry in his hand had not been killed within 30 steps of the Xingtian Army, so they were beaten one after another, and then they were hit back by the opponent's cavalry, so they put him in his hand. The cavalry swept it clean.

Then the Xing Tianjun came flat with a large phalanx. The two wings were bombarded by birds, and the side was the cannons of the Xing Tianjun approaching, and the solid bullets poured repeatedly on the head of the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers fell one after another, although they also carried out at the beginning. With resistance, he mobilized artillery to bombard the Xingtian Army, but in the face of the accurate shooting of the Xingtian Army, the gunners in front of the battle fell to the ground one after another. Soon the gunners on the side of the officer army were swept away, and finally the penetration tactics of the long gunners of the Xingtian Army.

The officers and soldiers, who were already in high morale, declared a complete collapse before dark. More than 2,000 officers and soldiers suddenly collapsed and fled in all directions. The Xingtian Army also sprinkled a large number of villagers and began to chase and kill these defeated soldiers in all directions. The sky was dark, the sky was completely dark, and the surrounding number of soldiers. There are also torches on inside to search for the remnants of the army.

Ma Lian's achievement this time was not as lucky as Niu Tai last time. When the officers and soldiers collapsed, the soldiers protected him and wanted to escape from this place. However, at this time, a bullet hit Ma Liancheng's ribs and lifted Ma Liancheng off the horse's back. The family could not be rescued. Even if Ma Lian was trampled on by the defeated soldiers. At his feet, he was trampled into a scum on the spot and died outside Liu Jiabao.

The only thing that made Xiao Tianjian regret was that he had planned to fight another annihilation war, but because of the drastic changes in the situation, he led his army into the battle in a hurry. As soon as he defeated the army, it was dark, so that Xing Tianjun had no more time to besiege the whole army and kill the whole army, and the good plan was beaten. Chaos made this battle only a defeat battle, but failed to do its best to eat up all the officers and soldiers. A considerable number of the scattered officers and soldiers took advantage of the cover of the night to escape from the battlefield, greatly reducing the results of this battle.

After defeating the officer army, Xiao Tianjian ordered the soldiers to chase and suppress the officers separately, leaving Li Shuanzhu to clean the battlefield, while he himself entered Liujiabao with an iron head to express his condolences to Zhao Erlu, the sentry horse.

Looking at Zhao Erlu, who was kneeling on the ground full of blood to plead guilty, Xiao Tianjian reached out and helped him up and said to Zhao Erli with apology, "It's my rescue too late!" Let your brothers suffer! Get up, Zhao Erlu, everyone is safe!"

Zhao Er Lv stood up. Xiao Tianjian personally appeased the remaining subordinates of Zhao Er Lv one by one, so that they immediately went down to rest and handed this place to the newly arrived general to take over. At the same time, he also comforted the villagers of Liujiabao and greatly praised the villagers who participated in the war.

But Xiao Tianjian is a little strange. With the combat effectiveness of Zhao Erlu's soldiers, even if there is an encounter today, there should be no such a big loss!

With the current establishment of 400 sentry soldiers, Zhao Er donkey should have at least 380 soldiers. However, when he entered Zhuangzi, he saw that there were less than 100 soldiers who could still stand. Is this battle so fierce?

So Xiao Tianjian took advantage of the time when Zhao Er's donkey was bandaged and recruited two of his sentry generals in front of him. He asked in detail about the situation of today's first battle. The two teams told Xiao Tianjian the details of their defeat.

When it was said that their team was disrupted by the officers' cavalry, and Zhao Er's donkey ordered to accelerate to retreat to Liujiabao, the team began to be in chaos. Under the cover of the officers' cavalry, it collapsed, so that nearly half of its staff was lost outside the village.

After Xiao Tianjian heard this, he was furious and scolded with a pale face, "B bastard! It's just nonsense!"

When the two teams saw Xiao Tianjian suddenly angry, they lowered their heads in shame and dared not say any more.

Xiao Tianjian held back his anger, took a deep breath, waved his hand to the two teams and said, "Go down and have a rest!" Wait a minute, after Zhao Er's donkey is dressing, let him come and see me!"

After a while, Zhao Er donkey changed his clothes, wiped his face and returned to Xiao Tianjian. He saw that Xiao Tianjian's face was very bad, so he quickly bowed his head and pleaded guilty to Xiao Tianjian, "General Qi, today is a humble command, so that it has caused today's great defeat! Please forgive the general!"

"Forgiveness? You can almost say that the crime is unforgivable! Zhao Er Lv! What do you think is good for you? Have you forgotten all the things I have told you all the time? Unexpectedly, when the formation was in chaos, it was ordered to accelerate and retreat. Do you know what you are doing? How does your brain grow? Xiao Tianjian finally couldn't suppress his anger and scolded Zhao Erlu angrily.

Zhao Er donkey trembling and quickly knelt down and said, "What the general scolded is that it's the fault of humble position! Please punish the general!"

Xiao Tianjian saw that Zhao Er's donkey had a good attitude, so he shook his head and said, "That's all! In the past few days, you have performed well, and this time you will no longer be held responsible! You go down and think about it! As a sentry general, every decision you make depends on the life and death of hundreds of your brothers. This time, you don't have to think about rewarding each other! It's also a punishment for you!"

After hearing Xiao Tianjian's words, Zhao Erlu's face was full of shame and did not dare to say anything more. After thanking him repeatedly, he turned around and retreated.

After this battle, the officers and soldiers of Qinshui and Zezhou were defeated, and the losses of more than 5,000 soldiers and horses were almost. It can be said that the losses of Niu Tai in the last battle of Beiliu were much greater, and it is needless to say that the main officers and generals of these two teams were killed in front of the army, and they were not held accountable. On the other hand, the officers and soldiers who attacked Yangcheng from Jiang County also suffered the tenacious resistance of Jiang Cheng's troops stationed in Qiaojiazhuang in the mountains. They were always in the area of Qiaojiazhuang, and it was difficult to advance.

What surprised the officers on this road was that not long after they entered the mountain and began to attack the area of Qiaojiazhuang, news came from behind that a heavy team of officers on this road was suddenly attacked by a thief cavalry. The number of cavalry of the thief army was not large, only more than 100 people, but one person had two horses. It came and went like the wind. Under the defenseless defense of the heavy truck carrying military grain, he suddenly killed them, killed one of the heavy trucks on the spot, and scattered the officers and soldiers who transported the grain. He set fire to the grain truck clean, and then quickly disappeared in the mountain, and I don't know where they came from.

It was not others who led a hundred cavalry to raid the grain road of the officers and soldiers in Jiang County. It was the cavalry team that secretly accepted Wang Chengping assigned by Xiao Tianjian. Wang Chengping was instructed by Xiao Tianjian and led his troops to sneak into ambush in Jiang County from a path in the mountain southwest of Yangcheng in advance. After the officer entered the mountain, he looked at the opportunity. At the meeting, he hit the heavy team behind the army. With very few troops, he restrained the whole army from Jiang County, and also favorably supported Jiang Cheng's troops guarding the area of Qiaojiazhuang.

The food channel was cut off, which suddenly made the officers and soldiers panic. In addition, the fierce resistance of the thieves stationed in Qiaojiazhuang, and many hunters helped them and often attacked the officers' camp. The officers and soldiers immediately had no intention to fight, in order to avoid being blocked by the thieves. After baking dumplings in the mountains, the officers had to give up the attack and retreated to Jiang County.

After returning to Jiang County, they soon learned the news of the defeat of the two other officers and soldiers in Qinshui County and Zezhou, so the generals who led the army were secretly glad that their wise move to retreat. If it were not for this, after the thief army could vacate their hands, they might immediately gather heavy troops and go to Qiao's house. Zhuang dealt with them and estimated that if that was the case, maybe they would follow in the footsteps of the other two officers and soldiers and be destroyed in the mountains of Yangcheng.