Chapter 78 Victory in the First Battle
In fact, after leaving Wu Pass, you will directly enter the territory of Jingzhao Yin, from Wu Pass to the northwest for more than 600 miles (Hanli, now about 220 kilometers). When you pass Shang County, Shangluo will come to Baling, and after passing Baling, you will be Chang'an.
Since Wuguan was under Yuan Shu's rule before and was later forcibly captured by Liu He's army, for the sake of Chang'an's safety, Li Jue had to send his subordinate Wang Fang to guard Shang County.
Wang Fang was originally a general of Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo was killed, he followed Li Jue and Guo Si to counterattack Chang'an. After victory, he was appointed as a captain and led his army to guard Wuguan. However, before Wang Fang could reach Wuguan, he heard the news that Wuguan was taken first by Yuan Shu. After that, Wang Fang had no choice but to ask for the order to station in Shang County.
"Haha, this Wang Fang is just a brave man, there is nothing to worry about. We just need to use a arrogant military strategy to easily seize Shang County and kill Wang Fang."
In the tent of the pioneer Li Tong, the adviser Cui Jun's face was full of smiles and he made a gentle suggestion.
"Haha, I think so too, Mr. Zhouping, we divided into three groups, one by me, and went to the city to provoke, and the other by General Qiao Rui, setting up ambush in the dense forest fifteen miles outside the city. After Wang Fang led his army to come, he listened to my orders and killed the thieves together. Mr. Zhouping led the third group of troops and ambushed outside the city. After Wang Fang's army left, he took advantage of the emptiness in the city and attacked Shangxian City. Everyone, this is our first battle after we arrived in Guanzhong. We must fight beautifully. Please help me here."
Li Tong said, bowing to Cui Jun, Qiao Rui and others.
Cui Jun, Qiao Rui and others were so panicked that they all returned, "Why is General Wenda? Please rest assured, we will do our best to fight this battle well. Wang Fang's thief will definitely be unable to fly this time!"
Li Tong nodded, led three thousand cavalry to the city of Shang County, shouting in a loud voice: "Listen to the thief army on the top of the city. I am the first officer of the General Liu He who was in charge of rebellion. The Fenwu School Captain Li Tong is also ordered to conquer the traitors today. I hope you and others will know that you will surrender quickly and may even be able to die. Otherwise, you will definitely die without a place to bury you!"
After Li Tong's voice, all the soldiers on the city were furious. They quickly reported the news to the main general Wang Fang, and even said many bad things about Li Tong.
Wang Fang was furious when he heard this. When he came to the city, he immediately smiled and said, "This Li Tong is just an unknown rat, and there are only about 3,000 people under his command, and even the formation is not uniform. How dare they be so arrogant? Let's see if I lead my army out of the city, and I'm at the level of the throne, hanging at the city gate, giving Liu He a deterrent, and letting Mr. Li know my Wang Fang's talents."
Then Wang Fang ordered eight thousand cavalrymen, ordered people to open the city gate, and shouted: "Ignorance, how dare you shout under my city? Do you really think that my Xiliang army is gone? Today's battle will definitely let you know the power!"
Then he ordered the army to attack.
Only the sound of horse hooves was heard, and the majestic Xiliang army immediately killed them like a tide.
Li Tong led his army to resist slightly and immediately ordered the army to retreat. Although he was panicked on his face, there was a faint smile in his eyes.
"The thief was fooled and acted as planned." Li Tong gave a quiet order, and then led the army to retreat outside the city.
When Wang Fang saw Li Tong's panicked retreat, he was even more convinced that this was a "green" unit that had not passed through the war. He happened to take the opportunity to defeat the other party and make him more contributions, so he did not hesitate at all and immediately rushed to chase him.
After walking about fifteen miles, I saw dense forests on both sides of the road, but the enemy stopped slowly. The leader Li Tong said with a smile: "Thief Wang Fang, you are ambushed by our army today, so you should dismount and surrender, otherwise, today will be your death!"
Wang Fang has also experienced a long battle formation. When he saw this scene, he immediately knew that he had been trapped. He was panicked and immediately ordered to retreat. But at this moment, he saw the flag in front of him swaying, and thousands of crossbows came from the dense forest.
The soldiers under his command were killed and injured in an instant, and the formation became chaotic.
At this time, Li Tong also led his cavalry to come over.
"Haha, today I will also let you see what a real cavalry is!"
Li Tong laughed loudly, and the spear in his hand swept away the fallen leaves like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves. No one was his enemy wherever he passed.
The cavalry soldiers under his command were like tigers going down the mountain, launching a crazy massacre at the soldiers of Xiliang.
These soldiers are already very willing to fight. With the bonus of Li Tong's skill "Cabine General", each person's combat power is stronger than the most elite Xiliang cavalry. Not to mention that these Xiliang soldiers are now in a chaotic formation and have no fighting spirit. Even when their morale is high, they are not opponents, so now, they are naturally one-sided slaughter!
"I didn't expect that the combat power of this cavalry was so powerful. I, Wang Fang, really underestimated the heroes of the world." On the one hand, Wang Fang fled, but on the other hand, he regretted it. He really shouldn't underestimate the enemy, and thus suffered a crushing defeat today.
But unexpectedly, at this moment, a sound of horse hooves came from behind him. When Wang Fang looked back, he saw that the enemy's chief general Li Tong had actually killed him alone. No one could defeat him where a gun was located. Anyone who dared to stop him was stabbed to death.
In just a moment, Wang Fang saw Li Tong coming behind him and shouted loudly: "The thief general Wang Fang, surrender, you will be spared from death."
Wang Fang did not respond. His family was still in Chang'an. If he surrendered, he would probably be killed by Li Jue. So he tried hard to beat the horse and kept running back. There were still three thousand soldiers in the city. As long as he came to the city and guarded him behind closed doors and asked Li Jue for help, he might be able to hold on until reinforcements arrived. In that case, although he would be punished if he lost the battle, he would not be worried about his life. In this way, at least his family could be reunited.
But this time he was destined to be unable to realize his plan, because Li Tong quickly rushed up, stabbed the spear in his hand and pierced his back, directly pierced his back heart, then raised him high, and laughed loudly: "The Lord General is dead, and you will not surrender yet, when will you wait?"
Seeing that the other party was so brave, the commander of his side had already died. He had already lost his fighting spirit and had no time to escape. The Western Liang cavalrymen dared not resist and all dismounted and surrendered.
Seeing this, Li Tong was overjoyed and immediately ordered the deputy general to recruit surrendered troops.
After an hour, Li Tong counted the results of this battle. More than a thousand cavalry under Wang Fang died and about three thousand escaped. Nearly four thousand surrendered, and all the Western Liang cavalry with skillful bows and horses also harvested 5,000 complete war horses!
Chapter completed!