Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1213
Li Lin led the infantry and rushed into the camp.

The battle was over long ago, the corpses of the Jin soldiers were lying all over the ground, and a large group of prisoners were forced to a corner of the camp, looking terrified.

"There are not many real warriors, let me chase after you!" Li Lin stomped on the corpse on the ground and said angrily.

Embarrassingly, the "corpse" screamed, got up from the ground, and was quickly caught again.

"Chasing!" Li Lin tightened the epee in his hand and said.

"General, what is the pursuit?" A military officer asked.

"Cavalry? Where's the cavalry?" Li Lin shouted, waving his epee.

A cavalry officer trotted over and saluted: "Soldier and horse envoy."

For imperial troops such as the Tianxiong Army, the cavalry cooperates with the infantry in principle and is in a subordinate position.When facing the general of the infantry, he was completely out of breath and could only be submissive.

In terms of promotion, it is generally easier for infantry officers to be promoted. After all, they are more numerous and usually command cavalry operations.To put it simply, it is a bit similar to the relationship between infantry officers and artillery officers in the infantry divisions of later generations.

"The cavalry immediately advance five miles to cover the front and the two wings. There must be no mistakes!" Li Lin ordered.

"Obey." The cavalry officer ran out immediately, gathered his troops, and carried out the order.

"Undo all the harnesses, and carry the armor and spears." Li Lin said again.

The auxiliary soldiers immediately spread out like ants whose nest had been blown up, gathering pack horses and draft horses, and some officers even donated their riding horses.

All things that hinder the speed of marching are all tied up and carried by horses.Everyone carried food and water for several days and moved forward lightly.

After the order was issued, there was no delay for anyone.

The soldiers assembled in no time, there was no need for officers to talk nonsense, everyone sat on the ground, ate some water, and maintained their swords and bows.These have almost become instincts, integrated into the muscle memory of their bodies.

The auxiliary soldiers quickly untied the lasso, fed the horses with some salt water and bean cakes, and some other people sorted out the equipment, sorted it into categories, and began to tie it up.

The cavalry had already got on their horses, and the ban on riding on horseback had been lifted, and everyone rushed out freely, guarding the wings and the front.

After half an hour, Li Lin took the lead and walked forward.

Thousands of infantry followed behind him, marched lightly, and pursued the Jin army.

This chase lasted until noon. Li Lin climbed a high slope and looked at the Jin soldiers who were fleeing in a hurry in the field.

"Finally grabbed a wave!" He laughed, and frowned again: "Where did the cavalry go?"

"There was a cavalry army of Jin thieves nearby, and someone came to report it just now. The fighting was fierce." Xie Bin, the soldier and horse envoy from the right wing, came over and said.

"Don't count on them anymore." Li Lin waved his hand and said, "If you continue chasing, the cavalry may fall behind, and they will be a burden. General Xie, you can raid the formation here, and I will go down and fight."

"Okay!" Xie Bin responded without talking nonsense.

Li Lin led dozens of people and rushed down the slope.

The fight has already started below.The Jin soldiers were chased up, their minds were already agitated, and their momentum was a little weaker. After being charged and killed by Erlang, an army of thousands of days, the temporary defense line formed by the carriage was broken on the spot.

Xia Jun rushed in bravely, stabbing, chopping, smashing, and picking, killing the bandits and soldiers on their backs.

The battle lasted only half an hour, and the Jin soldiers scattered everywhere, running desperately.

Li Lin only caught up with one tail, and after beheading a bandit soldier with his sword as if venting, he stopped resentfully.

"Don't worry about the prisoners, keep chasing!" He threw the epee to the soldiers, jumped into a carriage, and said, "Don't worry about the remnants of the enemy, beat the drums and gather the troops, and move forward."

The soldiers gathered slowly, talking and laughing loudly.

"The Jin thieves have no fighting spirit, and they are all in a hurry to go home."

"Are they all from Lu Longjun?"

"It's Lu Longjun, the old nest has been taken away, just a bunch of bereaved dogs."

"Go to Youzhou, rob money, rob food, rob women."—Crack!Li Lin rewarded him with an ear and neck, and said angrily: "The money and food are returned to the public, and rewards are based on merit. The women will be selected first by the head office, and the rest will be distributed to the meritorious soldiers. Do you understand the rules?"

The soldier who was beaten smiled and said, "Of course the beautiful woman was sent to Luoyang to give birth to the saint. I understand! I understand!"

"You go first!" Li Lin said, "Let's go."

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, their morale high.

******
Li Siben was stationed beside the horse road, looking at the last group of soldiers of the Jin army who passed by, his face expressionless.

It could be seen that the Xia people were chasing very closely, and the soldiers threw away everything they could, for fear that they would not run fast enough.

Sometimes, you don't need to run faster than the Xia people, you just need to run faster than your allies.

Although the Xia people were chasing desperately, every time they caught up with a group of people, they had to fight and waste time.After the battle, the physical strength is greatly weakened, and a rest is needed.

This delayed time is the key to your escape.

Therefore, let others delay the Xia people and run away quickly, this is the right way, and all veterans understand it.

The horse snorted and sniffed the ground boredly.

Li Siben comforted Aima, but still stared at the south.

"Commander." More than a dozen generals surrounded him and gestured with their eyes.

"Wait a little longer." Li Siben said, "The Xia people haven't come yet."

Everyone was relieved and stepped aside.

Li Siben took a few steps, and suddenly said: "If anyone wants to leave, they can leave at this time. It's normal to get together and go away."

Everyone looks at me and I look at you, but no one speaks.

"It's not for me to test you." Li Siben said: "Your family business is mostly in Jinyang, and you suddenly went to the south, and the loss is not small. How can I feel sorry? Really, if you want to leave, you can leave now, I don't stop."

Speaking of this, several people stepped forward, bowed and saluted, and said: "If you don't want to serve the commander, it's really..."

"I understand." Li Siben patted their shoulders and said, "Maybe we will meet again in the future."

Several people wept, and after saying goodbye to each other, they got on their horses and left.

Not only them, but more than a thousand riders also followed, heading for Jinyang.

Li Siben sighed and continued to stand there, waiting quietly.

The thought of surrender has been churning in his mind for a long time.He hadn't made up his mind before, but after this big defeat, he suddenly realized that the prospects of Hedong and Youzhou would become extremely gloomy. After struggling and hesitating until today, he finally made up his mind and led his troops to surrender.

It's ridiculous that when Li Cunzhang passed through this place, he repeatedly asked him to ambush the Xia soldiers to frustrate their spirits, but the result turned out to be like this, which Li Cunzhang probably did not expect.

But to be honest, Li Siben was considered a kind person.

First, he didn't stop the soldiers who left voluntarily, and second, he didn't fight back. He was already very worthy of his old club, and there was nothing to criticize too much.For the sake of the battle, everyone did their best.Shao Shude is really too cunning, he fights unconstrainedly and unconstrainedly, while being eclectic, but also thick and steady, what can he do if he doesn't give you the slightest chance?
Whatever other people like to do, anyway, Li Siben was going to surrender, and he had agreed with his subordinates.Now, the last group of people who have doubts in their hearts have also left, which is also very good.

Li Siben had waited until Haishi to meet the main force of the Xia army who was chasing him, and immediately sent people to contact him.

Li Lin was a little surprised when he heard that.Because the cavalry who opened the way ahead came to report, Li Si's headquarters was originally in ambush behind the woods. When they saw the cavalry of the Xia army who were chasing first, they came out to block them and did not let them pass. They won some points for the fleeing Jin army. time.This kind of performance made Li Lin subconsciously feel that Li Siben was here to cut off the queen, and just wanted to fight with him, but he didn't expect him to surrender on his own initiative.

"General Li is really kind." Li Lin looked at Li Siben standing in front of him and sighed.

"But do things according to your heart and don't ask for anything else." Li Siben replied.

"Why did you surrender?" Li Lin asked.

"Uncle is wise and mighty, unstoppable, so he is willing to surrender." Li Siben said.

"Forget it." Li Lin said: "I'll send someone to take you back to Cangzhou. General Kang's military envoy is currently besieging Cangzhou City. You can listen to him."

"Okay." Li Siben didn't talk nonsense, and immediately agreed.

After the [-] soldiers of the capture army left, Li Lindang entered the deserted Changlu County in the middle of the night.

The bandits left in such a hurry that they didn't even want to stay here to stop them.

On the third day of October, he caught up with a group of Jin soldiers at Laoyadi, killed more than a thousand enemies and captured 300 people.

On the night of the fourth day of October, I went to Lutai Army.This time, they encountered fiercer resistance from the Jin army. They fought in the middle of the night, captured and beheaded more than [-] people, and conquered the city.

On the fifth day of October, it officially entered the boundary of Youzhou Town.And this, perhaps after the hardships, the court king—no matter which court—entered Youzhou for the first time from south to north.

There is no doubt that this is a historic moment.

When more than a thousand Tianxiong soldiers were drinking horses by the Yongji Canal, and their soldiers pointed directly at Duliukou, the people of Youzhou felt a huge shock from the psychological level.

The Xia people landed in Pingzhou, you can also call it a sneak attack.But this time, it was a frontal victory without fancy tricks, so there was no excuse.

Perhaps times have really changed.

******
On the second day after Li Cunzhang escaped, Lu Yanwei, who had been guarding Nanpi County for many days, received the news and finally couldn't hold on anymore.

He ran all the way with the remaining ten thousand soldiers and horses, but was overtaken by the Longxiang army by the Yongji Canal.

Lu Yanwei came to the front line in person, led his soldiers to charge repeatedly, changed three horses in a row, suffered five or six injuries all over his body, and finally ended in a disastrous defeat.

More than five thousand Cangjing soldiers in the battle of trapped beasts were beheaded and more than six thousand were captured.Lu Yanwei led more than [-] people across the river in embarrassment and fled into the territory of Yingzhou.

Ge Congzhou commanded all the soldiers and horses to pursue them all the way.

Lu Yanwei rushed to Jingcheng, Long Xiang's army chased him and defeated him.

Lu Yanwei turned to Hejian, Long Xiang's army chased after him, and pulled out the city in one day.

Lu Yanwei went to Mozhou, Long Xiang's army pursued to Renqiu, defeated the Jin army's Tutuan villager, and Renqiu's officials fled.

Lu Yanwei ran away again, leaving only a few hundred riders with him.Everyone looked haggard and dejected. If they hadn't been hung up, they would have killed themselves long ago.

On the fourth day of October, Wang Rong sent troops to the north, and the Dingnan Army fought against him, and with the support of the first part of the Yi Cong Army who heard the news, they repelled them.

Wang Rongfu sent envoys to seek peace.

Ge Congzhou didn't bother to pay attention to him. After leaving a part of the Yicong Army to monitor Chengde, he led the main force of the Longxiang Army with more than [-] people and went straight to Mozhou.

The rule of the Jin people in Youzhou has been on the verge of collapse.

(End of this chapter)