The soldiers of the Tang Army emerged from the deep woods, and then shadowy figures emerged from the woods, gathering in twos and threes. Then these Tang Army soldiers approached the Zhao Army camp and ambush them.
Obviously they were just the first wave of reconnaissance troops. After a moment, these forward reconnaissance troops discovered that there was no movement from the Zhao army in the camp, and a large group of Tang soldiers and horses appeared in the woods behind them. The war horses were biting their bits, the armors on the soldiers were clanging, and many of the soldiers were holding fire starters. Now the black soldiers of the Tang Dynasty appeared outside the Zhao army camp, but they did not make the slightest sound. This shows how the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were doing. Well trained.
This is dawn, the time when human spirit and will are at their weakest. If it had not been detected in advance, there is no doubt that this was a perfect sneak attack.
Qin Qiong pulled out his golden mace at this time, and the soldiers who were ambushing Zhao on the side also raised their crossbows, and the soldiers in the back row raised their swords.
After the Tang army assembled outside the Zhao army¡¯s camp, the Zhao army civilians in the camp also discovered the Tang army¡¯s assembly. According to the original plan, these civilians screamed loudly and fled in all directions, making the Tang army more convinced that there was no defense inside the camp.
"The Tang army will definitely win!"
With a uniform roar, earth-shaking, the Tang Army's cavalry charged towards the Zhao Army's camp, and the scouts they sent were rewarded. There were no snagging ropes, iron thorns, or carbines in front of the Zhao Army's position, and not even the simplest trench was dug.
For the well-trained cavalry of the Tang Army, it was too easy to break through such a defense.
Qin Qiong could feel how excited the Tang army was at this moment.
¡°Give me the order to go down and prepare to shoot arrows!¡±
"General, is it too early? It won't be too late to wait for the Tang army to break into the camp!"
Qin Qiong snorted and said: "I'm worried that the Tang army will destroy my rations. I'm going to give the order that each person can only shoot one arrow. After shooting one arrow, the whole army will attack!"
"No!"
The rapid sound of the cornet sounded in the dense forest where Zhao Jun was ambushing, and then an overwhelming barrage of arrows hit the charging Tang Jun.
The Tang soldiers who were galloping on their horses immediately fell on their backs and fell on the charging road.
After the first round of arrows was fired, Zhao Jun¡¯s captains drew out their swords and shouted: "Charge!"
"kill!"
In response to him, there were roars from all sides, and soldiers from Zhao emerged from the jungle and started to kill the Tang army together.
Sergeant Zhao held his spear flat and jumped out of the jungle, shouts of killing came from all directions. The Tang soldiers who were charging couldn't help but exclaimed: "We have fallen into a trap."
Qin Qiong led hundreds of light cavalry to the front, charging wherever there were many Tang soldiers. The two golden maces in his hands were harvesting lives in the darkness. No one among the Tang soldiers could be his combined general. Under Qin Qiong's assault, the Tang army's assault formation was completely disrupted.
There was a huge crowd, and the soldiers of the Tang Army were confused for a moment in the woods. General Huang Junhan of the Tang Army wanted to catch Qin Qiong to fight, but he was surrounded by people who could not discern the movement, and the Zhao army dispersed the soldiers of the Tang Army.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were not in a formation, but were fighting in a scattered mess.
It was originally a perfect sneak attack, but it was ambushed by Zhao Jun. Instead, the camp robbers were ambushed. How could this be a foolproof plan? Why could the plan that defeated Xue Ju in Qianshui Plains not be used in front of Zhao Jun?
Huang Junhan couldn't figure out this problem. He didn't know which part went wrong.
At this moment, the Zhao army was attacking from all sides. Spears were swung in, spears were stabbing, Mo Dao was slashing, and the sound of horse hooves was deafening.
Huang Junhan saw that Li Junxian's troops on the left wing were still resisting bravely and fighting Zhao Jun, but his troops were already defeated. Most of the elite members of his direct line were killed or injured in the water battle on the Yellow River. Although the new troops this time were trained, they still did not have the same foundation as before.
Huang Junhan had already seen that his sneak attack had failed, and he immediately said to his left and right: "Now is the time for us to repay His Majesty's great kindness. Everyone, don't be afraid of death and follow me to charge. Cover the Fifth Lady and he will fight his way out of the siege."
The soldiers on the left and right agreed together and followed Huang Junhan towards the direction of Zhao Jun's camp.
Huang Junhan personally led a hundred infantrymen wearing heavy armor to advance. The sound of metal crashing from the front kept coming, accompanied by the screams of the soldiers. Huang Junhan's troops who broke away from the formation were immediately besieged by several times the Zhao army's troops.
After only advancing fifty steps, a hundred elite heavy armor soldiers were all killed or wounded. Huang Junhan took off his armor early, smeared blood on his face, and fell to the ground pretending to be a corpse.
Li Junxian¡¯s tribe was besieged by the Zhao army. Li Junxian, the dignified general of the Tang army, led hundreds of elite soldiers and was surrounded at the core.Nearly a thousand Zhao troops besieged him. The fierce fighting lasted until dawn. No one under Li Junxian survived, and no one surrendered.
The shouts of killing on the battlefield have stopped, and Zhao Jun began to clean up the battlefield. Cao Wen said to Qin Qiong, who was covered in blood: "Congratulations, general, this is a great victory!"
After hearing this, Qin Qiong raised his head and laughed loudly: "Yes, this battle was really enjoyable. If not for me, Lao Qin, I am not ignorant. If it weren't for your two flat-headed beasts, we wouldn't have been able to discover the Tang army's sneak attack intention. "
Cao Wen said: "What did General Qin say? How could I be able to kill Tang Army General Li Junxian? This was General Qin's great contribution. This battle was enough to earn me a title. Waiting for admiration.¡±
When Qin Qiong heard about the knighthood, he proudly touched his beard. He had given birth to two sons, both of whom were still in their infancy. Right now, he was concentrating on planning for his son.
Official positions cannot be passed down, but titles can. In the future, with the title, the old Qin family will be regarded as a distinguished minister in the Zhao Dynasty. No matter how you say it, you have to capture the county magistrate. Hmm, it should be the county magistrate. If Huang Junhan is captured, the victory will be even more certain. It is a pity that the thief escaped.
Thinking of this, Qin Qiong couldn't help but feel that something was wrong.
Then Cao Wen wrote a report of the victory and sent it to Li Chongjiu in front of Pujin Pass.
It says that in the Battle of Zhongtiao, more than 2,000 Tang troops were annihilated and the enemy general Li Junxian was killed. After this battle, our army's food supply no longer had to worry about.
There was a raging fire at Pujin Pass. Li Chongjiu, who was riding into the city, looked at Qin Qiong's good news and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
The Tang army that attacked the grain road was annihilated, and with the breakthrough of Pujin Pass, the success of the Zhao army's battle in Hedong was far beyond their imagination.
Now that Pujin has been conquered, Xue Wanjun's 5,000 troops landed at Longmen on the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Li Shimin's force, which was blocking the Yellow River from the front, also disappeared.
Now the road ahead has been cleared of obstacles, and Chang'an is in front of us.
So after crossing the Yellow River, will the final battle between him and Li Shimin be about to come? Li Chongjiu looked at the Yellow River and thought deeply. r1152