Chapter 156 New Year's Offensive

After hearing this, everyone immediately got excited. From this time, Xiao Tianjian suddenly led the cavalry battalion back to Jinnan. They had secretly guessed that Xiao Tianjian could not come back this time just to visit his relatives. It must be a little big. As for where Xiao Tianjian wanted to take, they had also vaguely guessed eight. Now that Xiao Tianjian said it himself, it confirmed their speculation, so a group of people immediately straightened their chests and shouted, "I used to die for the general!"

Even Luo Rucai quickly stood up and shouted, "Luo is willing to listen to the commander-in-chief!"

Xiao Tianjian stood in the position of his hand, glanced at the crowd, and nodded with satisfaction, "Okay! Then let's not talk any more nonsense and start to act now! But pay attention to one thing. The action should be as secretive as possible. At the same time, you should do a good job of changing your defense. Go to Gaoping to gather in batches. I will come to Gaoping on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month!"

Everyone responded loudly again, and then Xiao Tianjian began to arrange everyone's work in detail.

On the day of the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, a batch of soldiers of the first division began to change their defenses from everywhere. After packing up and stopping, they immediately rushed to Gaoping in batches under the leadership of the officers of various departments, and Fu Deming, who was in charge of logistics supply, and his men immediately began to mobilize a large number of materials to transfer to Gaoping. There was less festive atmosphere in the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army in Jinnan, but there was a little more busy scene.

This New Year's offensive was also the first time for Luo Rucai, who defected to Xiao Tianjian, to participate in such a large-scale military operation with Xiao Tianjian, so Luo Rucai also followed Xiao Tianjian everywhere to check the preparations before the war.

Through this trip to Jinnan, Luo Ru also had a clearer understanding of Xiao Tianjian's strength. In addition to the regular army of Xiao Tianjian's three standing divisions in Henan, it turned out that he also left a super-staffed and strengthened division in the Jinnan area. In this way, Xiao Tianjian's strength is much stronger than he thought. Looking at the various material reserves of Xing Tianjun, Luo Rucai was even more surprised. Xing Tianjun not only had a large number of grain reserves, but also stored a large number of weapons and ammunition in Jinnan. If it hadn't been for Xiao Tianjian's order for mobilization, Luo Rucai didn't know that Xing Tianjun's original accumulation was so large. Thinking about it, he was thinking about it at the beginning. With the idea of being self-reliant again one day, Luo Ru felt a little ridiculous.

On the 29th day of the first lunar month, Xiao Tianjian and Luo Rucai led Situ Liang's cavalry battalion to arrive in the area of Hexi Town, south of Gaoping County. When they arrived here, most of the soldiers and horses of Yan Chongxi's first division had also arrived here, completely martial law on the whole area within ten miles, and a large number of materials were also Through Zezhou, it is constantly gathering here, and it can be said that it is piled up in the new camp.

In this New Year's offensive, Xiao Tianjian not only mobilized most of the main forces of the division, but also temporarily mobilized two reserve battalions from Zezhou to participate in the battle as auxiliary soldiers of the first division. He was responsible for the transportation of heavy transportation and covering the rear wing of the main force, and basically concentrated the elites of Jinnan in Gaoping.

A total of five battalions, an enhanced artillery battalion and two reserve battalions of a cavalry battalion were used, with a force of more than 10,000.

Outside a half-war barracks facing Xu Dingguo in Gaoping City, they are basically stationed in Hexi Town, forming a quite strong attack group.

At this time, Xu Dingguo did not expect that Xiao Tianjian would return to Jinnan from Henan at this time, nor did he expect that Xing Tianjun would choose to suddenly exert his strength during the Spring Festival. After entering the twelfth lunar month, because he led his troops to attack Gao Ping for a long time, his soldiers could not help but be a little discouraged and looked at the weather. Entering the cold winter, they all became war-weary and unwilling to fight under Gaoping City. Therefore, Xu Dingguo had to take the initiative to retreat to the north of Gaoping County and basically stop the attack on Gaoping County. He Yihu, who was stationed in Gaoping County, because his strength was not enough to defeat Xu Dingguo's headquarters, After Xu Dingguo retreated, he also stopped the counterattack against Xu Dingguo's troops, and the whole Gaoping County temporarily entered a short period of calm.

However, as the New Year's festival was approaching, Xu Dingguo began to gradually receive bad news. Some of them sneaked into the south of Gaoping and began to give him feedback, saying that in the south of Gaoping, there were constantly thieves coming out of Zezhou and gathered in Hexi Town in the south of Gaoping County, and there were countless vehicles that kept coming out of Zezhou, and all kinds of Materials were transferred to the area around Hexi Town.

Such news immediately alerted Xu Dingguo. He couldn't figure out what Xing Tianjun was going to do, but he had an ominous hunch. He felt that Xing Tianjun's behavior was very abnormal this time. Obviously, it was going to be the Spring Festival, but they didn't stop to rest, but made such a big move. What was the purpose? Question mark

So he hurriedly sent a night to bypass Gaoping County and explore in the direction of Zezhou. However, at this time, the area of Hexi Town had been martial law by the Xingtian Army. No one could enter and exit, and within ten miles around Hexi Town, there were many bright and dark whistles, not to mention near the river. Xizhen has explored the news. Even the night and fine work under Xu Dingguo's command of these warning lines could not penetrate at all, but many people were captured and killed by the Xing Tianjun.

As a result, Xu Dingguo was unable to find out how many troops the Xing Tianjun had gathered in the area of Hexi Town, how much materials he had concentrated, and what he was going to do, so he could only judge that the Xing Tianjun might make a big move after the New Year, and he himself made preparations to withdraw after the New Year, intending to end this attack against Gao. The offensive of Ping County.

Although Xu Dingguo guessed Xing Tianjun's plan to a certain extent, he still did not expect that Xing Tianjun would attack him on the first day of the Chinese New Year.

Xiao Tianjian began to take action after killing the flag oath in the temporary camp of Hexi Town on the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year. This time, Xiao Tianjian personally returned to Jinnan and led their soldiers of the Xingtian Army to go on an expedition. These generals were not only not dissatisfied because they had to come out to fight during the Spring Festival, but on the contrary. However, under the command of Xiao Tianjian, they stepped out of the barracks and rushed towards their set goals.

On the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year, Xu Dingguo, because he and his subordinates drank a few more cups last night, and was still holding the two generals in the tent, who were specially invited to him from Lu'an City. Suddenly, he heard his men shouting outside the tent, "Your Excellency, please get up quickly. A large number of thieves are coming!"

Not waiting for Xu Dingguo to be confused, the sound of killing sounded in all directions around the army camp. Several family members were anxious and couldn't care so much. They directly broke into the warm tent where Xu Dingguo lived, regardless of the two pink and tender women. Crying, he pulled up Xu Dingguo and put his clothes and armor on him.

At this time, Xu Dingguo woke up a little and asked urgently, "What's going on? What the hell is going on?"

A family man shouted at him and said, "It's not good, my lord! Just now, he came back from the night and reported that a large number of thieves suddenly bypassed Gaoping County and rushed straight to our camp. However, after a while, a large number of thieves killed outside the camp. Now they are lined up outside the camp, and the camp is about to attack the camp! Now that the camp is in chaos, you'd better prepare to withdraw to Lu'an Mansion quickly! I can't stay any longer!"

Xu Dingguo suddenly fainted when he heard this. He almost fell back on the couch and roared, "What are those generals doing?" Why don't you quickly gather troops to guard the camp?

The family almost cried and shouted to Xu Dingguo, "Don't mention it. Just now, when Huozhou guerrilla Ma Yue heard the attack of the thieves' army, he immediately lost his soldiers and horses. He first escaped from the north gate with dozens of Jiading, and when he escaped, the others were also panicked. Now they are running out! The soldiers are in a mess. If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave!"

Xu Dingguo is so angry! When they were drinking last night, the generals under them still patted their chests and said bold words one by one, saying that if the thief dared to come after the Spring Festival, they would definitely kill him like this. But today the thief army really came, and these grandsons directly peed their pants, and they didn't even shout and run away, so they ran away first. Listen to the noise in the camp, the scolding of the officers and soldiers, and Xu Dingguo also knew it! This time, he was completely defeated by Xing Tianjun again. It was too late to turn the tide at this time, so he rushed out of the big account under the guard of the generals of the Ding family. As for the two fans who slept with him all night, they didn't have time to take it. More than 2,000 horses with his headquarters were immediately strong. They killed a road in the chaotic camp and fled from the north gate. As for the remaining thousands of officers and soldiers who were unattended, they could only ask for more blessings.

Situ Liang and Diao Zheng led their troops to attack Xu Dingguo's battalion. It can be said that it took little effort. In just a moment, they opened the gate of the officer's battalion, and led the soldiers immediately rushed into the battalion. When these wolf-like Xingtian army officers first entered the camp, they were angry that these officers and soldiers took the old hundred in Gaoping County during this period. The scourge of the surnames is too severe. It doesn't matter whether they kneel down and surrender or not. They cut down when they meet people and kill when they meet people. In a short time, they killed hundreds of officers and soldiers in a row. They were shocked that the remaining officers and soldiers rushed around the camp and cried for mercy.

Situ Liang led the cavalry battalion around the camp and chased and killed them all the way in the direction of Xu Dingguo's defeat. The cavalry chased the troops, which was a matter of stability. If Xu Dingguo still had the determination to fight to the death, it would be more troublesome to eat them, but Xu Dingguo saw Xing Tianjun clearly at this time. After the fierceness, and the fact that his men had lost all their will to fight, and they could not stop effective resistance at all, so they were caught up by Situ Liang and killed them. Even if the chaos turned into a group, Xu Dingguo was also a great blessing. Under the escort of 200 families, he rushed out desperately and left the officers and soldiers under his hand. Only then can he escape from the ascension.

In less than a day, the more than 5,000 officers and soldiers led by Xu Dingguo who attacked Gao Ping were defeated by Xiao Tianjian. Except for a few who escaped, most of them were basically annihilated in Gaoping County.

At the same time, Yan Chongxi led another road from the northeast of Gaoping County to Lingchuan County in the eastern part of Gaoping County. It can be said that there was almost no resistance along the way, and it was convenient to kill to Lingchuan County on the night of the first day of the Chinese New Year.