The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 332 Wei Zheng's defeat at Hulao Pass

The two fought for more than 40 rounds with no outcome. Liu Heita's 100 dead men who crossed the river were also surrounded and killed by Wu Tianxi's thousands of men. Wu Tianxi shouted behind him: "General, the enemy is about to cross the Yellow River by force!"

Hearing this cry, Wu Tianxi hurriedly looked up the river. He was very surprised when he saw this, and he saw that the whole river was filled with dark warships, and he did not know how many troops were crossing the river.Wu Tianxi's mind was alert, and then he remembered that he had the heavy responsibility of defending the position, instead of fighting fiercely with this Liu Heitai here.

Thinking of this, he immediately yelled: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up, let the brothers attack all fronts, and don't allow them to cross the river!"

Only then did Wu Tianxi's soldiers get a clear order. Ten thousand soldiers and horses rushed into battle, and countless warships also went up to meet them.

But at this time, the initiative of the fighter has been lost. Dou Jiande already has a large number of troops, and the soldiers have already rushed to the center of the river. Wu Tianxi only has 100 soldiers and horses. Nailed into Wu Tianxi's team, how easy is it to pull out this nail?Although there are very few of the hundred dead men crossing the river now, Liu Heitai became more and more courageous as he fought, while Wu Tianxi, on the contrary, cared about the war on the river at this moment, so he had no intention of entangled with him.

Therefore, Wu Tianxi was quickly defeated, trying to command his troops to prevent Liu Heita's troops from crossing the river.This is what Liu Heitai wanted. He led a dozen horsemen and guns in pursuit, and there was no one to join him. It was a rampage. In the end, Liu Heitai and the dozen people insisted. Disturbed Wu Tianxi's camp and effectively responded to the soldiers who forcibly crossed the Yellow River.

After Wei Zheng and Qu Tutong heard the news and rushed to meet them with their troops, only Liu Heitai was left to show his power in Wu Tianxi's ten thousand horse army. The mission fell.But Wu Tianxi's camp was even more chaotic, with dead bodies everywhere, and the river was defeated. At this time, tens of thousands of soldiers led by Dou Jiande's generals Wang Xiaohu and Dong Kangmai had crossed the Yellow River. A scuffle broke out in the beach area.

Wei Zheng and Qu Tutong brought 2 iron cavalry and more than 4 infantry to meet Wu Tianxi. In addition to Wu Tianxi's original troops, the two wanted to take advantage of the 1 horses to drive away the more than [-] people who had just crossed the river. back to the river.But it was only after this battle that they realized that they were wrong.There is more than one general under Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai, who is powerful. Wang Xiaohu has an ordinary name, but he is very brave in combat, not inferior to Liu Heitai. Thousands of horses are very difficult to deal with, the two sides have been killed, the sky is dark, the sun and the moon are dark.

In the scuffle, Qu Tutong met Wang Xiaohu. Qu Tutong, who was so powerful, was not Wang Xiaohu's opponent at all because of the impact of the wound on his buttocks, and was defeated in a dozen rounds.Wu Tianxi over there was entangled by Liu Heitai and Dong Kangmai, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

At this time, Dou Jiande's men were still rushing to cross the Yellow River. As more and more soldiers abandoned their ships and went ashore, Wei Zheng's men began to be defeated.

Wei Zheng didn't like it, so he quickly sent an order to retreat, but he was firmly bitten by the troops led by Liu Heita, Wang Xiaohu, Dong Kangmai, Cao Zhan and other generals.Wei Zheng was defeated and retreated to the camp of the Chinese army. These people chased them to the camp of the Chinese army. The morale of Wei Zheng's troops was greatly reduced. Can't resist the attack of these fierce soldiers.

Wei Zheng, Qu Tutong, and Wu Tianxi led the troops and had to lose again. There were only a few thousand people left in the camp on the left, which was a drop in the bucket. Therefore, they joined forces with Wei Zhengbing, and the two generals protected Wei Zheng all the way to the southwest. Even Xingyang was lost, and they didn't hold back until they retreated to Hulao Pass.Check the number of people, counting the defenders in Xingyang, they have a total of 8 horses, but there are only 3 horses left in front of them, and they retreated more than 100 miles in one breath. Only in this battle did the three generals truly understand what it means to be a soldier Lost like a mountain.

Now Wu Tianxi was convinced. In the commander's tent, when Wei Zheng asked how he failed to defend, Wu Tianxi didn't dare to hide the truth, and knelt down in front of Wei Zheng to plead guilty.Wei Zheng smiled wryly, "Get up, general, I will remember this incident for you first, and I will deal with it when the prince comes back."

The situation was so passive that Wei Zheng really wanted to kill Wu Tianxi in a fit of rage, but after thinking about it, it would be more appropriate to leave it to Yang Yong to handle it, not to mention relying on this mighty general to defend the pass and resist the enemy.

Wu Tianxi had thanked the military adviser for his kindness, and at this time someone came to repay it, and Dou Jiande's men took Xingyang and rushed to Hulao Pass.Wei Zheng issued an order to avoid the war and hang high, to rest the troops and horses, and stick to the pass.Wei Zheng intends to wait for a fighter opportunity based on the danger.Now his only chance is for Xu Maogong, who went to Shandong, to return to his army for support. If not, he can only ask Yang Yong, who is thousands of miles away, for help.

A few days later, Dou Jiande, Liu Ya, Fan Yuan, Liu Heita and others were discussing the military situation in Dou Jiande's Chinese army camp outside Hulao Pass.Because no matter how much he yelled and scolded these two days, Wei Zheng just stood firm and did not fight. It is obviously not the best policy to storm this dangerous pass.

Liu Ya advocated abandoning Hulao Pass first, going south to take Xuchang and Nanyang, and then taking Luoyang in a detour, Hulao will be defeated without attack.Fan Yuan, on the other hand, advocated going eastward and taking Bianzhou and Liangzhou to clear the way for the rear.Liu Heikai did not advocate retreating, and should wait for the opportunity to attack Hulaotou and point directly at Luoyang.

Before an agreement was reached, someone came to report that Xu Maogong, who was fighting in Shandong, left generals Shan Xiongxin and Hou Junji, each with 15 troops to guard Wuyang (now Liaocheng, Shandong) and Langya (now Tai'an, Shandong) counties. With [-] horses back to Bianzhou.Yu Wenhua and Fanshui refused to give up Dezhou and Binzhou and other counties to Dou Jiande, and Gao Yaxian, Marshal of the East Route Army, asked for Wang's order.

Dou Jiande took the case and said: "This old man really didn't keep his word. Seeing that Xu Maogong has retreated, he is not willing to part with these territories. If we don't send troops to Shandong, will Xu Maogui retreat so quickly? Tell me, what should the king do?" ?” Looking at the two advisers, Liu Heitai, Wang Xiaohu and other generals.

Fan Yuan said: "My lord, Yu Wenshu died of illness, Yuwen Chengdu was killed in battle, the era of the Yuwen family has passed, Yu Wenzhi and the mediocre generation, Yu Wenhua and Naizhong's dead bones, they have no value to use."

Liu Ya nodded and said: "Yes, my lord, take this opportunity and let Marshal Gao eat him."

Dou Jiande nodded, and immediately ordered someone to ride a fast horse to deliver the order.A few days later, the news came that Gao Yaxian was defeated by Yu Wenhuaji, and the general retreated to Hengshui with lost troops.Dou Jiande and the generals of the whole camp were shocked. After discussing with the counselors, they asked the counselor Fan Yuan to lead Cao Zhan to lead [-] troops to support Gao Yaxian, and told Fan Yuan, Gao Yaxian and other generals to destroy Yu Yu at all costs. Culture and, otherwise, come and see us!
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