October 26th, night falls.
The heavy rain still didn't stop, it was pouring down.
A total of more than 16,000 officers and soldiers of the Beiting Army You Yi and the Second Guard Army were already well-fed and well-fed.
They were all wearing weapons, armor, horses, and sweaters to keep out the cold.
Everyone was wearing raincoats and sitting in the tent waiting.
Follow the order.
Zhao Ziliang stood in the tent with open arms and let the soldiers wrap him up.
He was wearing a thick sweater under the armor, a blanket as a cloak outside the armor, and a raincoat outside to protect him from the rain.
Chen Qing walked into the big tent and reported: "Commander, everything is ready, the soldiers can board the ship at any time."
Zhao Ziliang, who was wearing the clothes, said: "I am ordering You Yijun and the escorts to board the ship in order.
No one is allowed to make loud noises.
Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed."
"Follow your orders" An hour later, more than 300 large warships connected with wooden planks and iron ropes were filled with Tang army soldiers and war horses.
Zhao Ziliang then boarded the flagship with his own bodyguards and cavalry.
With an order, the boatmen and The soldiers began to paddle hard.
There is a rebel camp on the other side of the river.
The rebels are worried that the Tang army will attack at any time, so people patrol the river day and night.
In order not to attract the attention of the rebels on the other side, no lights are lit on the more than 300 large warships.
The sky is dark It was pitch dark and the visibility was too low.
In order to prevent warships from The collisions on the river caused terrible casualties.
Zhao Ziliang also ordered the boatmen to connect all the more than 300 warships with wooden planks and iron cables beforehand, so that they would be stable and avoid collisions.
Because it was raining heavily now, Don’t worry about a repeat of things like burning Red Cliff.
There was a heavy downpour, and granular raindrops the size of soybeans kept falling from the sky, resting on the Tang Army soldiers on the deck of the warship.
Even if they were wearing raincoats and helmets, a small amount of rainwater could penetrate into the armor inside, but wearing Wearing a raincoat is much better than wearing nothing at all.
It was also dark on the opposite bank of the river.
It was raining so heavily.
The rebel soldiers who usually patrolled had long since disappeared, and they didn't know where to hide in the corner to take shelter from the rain.
The Yellow River is very long, but not wide.
Only half an hour after setting off, more than 300 large warships arrived on the other side.
A violent vibration made everyone almost fall, but it also told all the people on the warships that The soldiers of the Tang Army have arrived on the other side.
The soldiers of the Tang Army standing at the front of the warship put thick wooden boards on the river beach to make springboards.
The soldiers of the Tang Army behind started to mount their horses.
When the pedals were set up, one by one the Tang Army cavalry stepped on the pedals and walked to the river beach.
Everything was going on quietly, and the soft sound of rain covered up the insignificant sound and the cruelty that was about to come.
The soldiers of the Tang Army trotted up the river embankment on their horses.
In the hazy night, a large number of rebel camps were stationed under the river embankment.
Zhao Ziliang and his personal guards also rode up the river embankment.
After looking at the blurry rebel camps below, a shout came from one of the rebel camp's tents: "Who is on the river embankment?"
Zhao Ziliang immediately took out his bow and arrow, pulled the string and shot out.
Soon he heard a scream.
He put away his bow and arrow, took out his horse spear and shouted: "The whole army listens to the order, with the team as the combat unit, kill!"
"kill" The cavalrymen of the Tang Army who stood on the several-mile-long river embankment, led by their respective officers, rushed down to the rebel camp at the foot of the river embankment.
They went from being silent to suddenly coming like huge thunderbolts.
Momentum only lasts in the blink of an eye.
The rebel camp was too close to the river embankment, and they were almost camping at the foot of the river embankment.
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Zhao Ziliang led more than 16,000 Youyi troops and escort cavalry into the rebel camp in only two or three breaths.
"Kill!"
The Tang generals and soldiers made a loud killing cry.
They rushed into the rebel camp and overturned the tents with their long weapons.
The rebel soldiers who were still sleeping in the tents were covered by the collapsed tents.
The Tang army's war horses trampled over the fallen camp, and the rebel soldiers who were pressed to the ground screamed in agony.
The large-scale massacre officially began.
The Tang Army cavalry quickly rushed into the rebel camp and started killing.
The rebel soldiers had no time to escape, let alone gather to resist.
Every rebel was trampled by war horses.
Death means being hacked to death and stabbed to death.
The body keeps falling to the ground and blood flows continuously.
The rebel soldiers in the rebel camp farthest from the river embankment still discovered the situation.
They started to escape before they had time to get their weapons.
Everyone knew that at this time, no one could save anything.
A tragic defeat was still the best outcome.
The entire army It is normal to be annihilated.
At this time, the only way to survive is to escape.
This raid went so smoothly.
No one among the rebels thought that the Tang Army would cross the river to raid at this time.
Others were unprepared.
The first thing the rebel general Zhu Xicai did after he found out that he was attacked by the Tang Army's cavalry was that he ran out immediately.
After untying the reins of the war horse in front of the camp door, he immediately mounted his horse and galloped away towards the north.
At this time, he could no longer care about anyone and could only worry about escaping for his own life.
Faced with this situation, Zhu Xicai understood very well that God would have mercy on him if he could escape.
If he wanted to gather his troops and escape under such circumstances, it would be tantamount to seeking death.
After killing a group of rebels, the other rebels all knelt down and surrendered.
No one had the courage to resist in this situation.
Zhao Ziliang saw that the situation had stabilized, touched the blood on his face and shouted: "Herald, I ordered the escort troops to stay behind to clean the battlefield, collect the prisoners in custody, and stay in place to meet the follow-up troops of the army, You Yijun.
I will continue to pursue the fleeing rebels northward."
"promise" Thirteen thousand officers and soldiers of the Youyi Army followed Zhao Ziliang and continued to pursue some fleeing rebels to the north, while the escort commander Er Zhumou led 3,000 escorts to stay behind to collect the surrendered rebels.
He first searched and suppressed all their weapons, and then ordered They rebuilt the camp to provide shelter and rest for the army.
Many rebels who fled north were quickly overtaken by the Youyi Army led by Zhao Ziliang, but a small number of them fled quickly towards Dunqiu City on war horses, led by General Zhu Xicai under Li Huaixian.
Zhu Xicai, who was risking his life and running wildly, was already scared to death.
He was sent by Li Huaixian to guard against the Tang army across the river.
He was originally very unwilling.
Ever since he knew that the Tang army across the river was personally led by Zhao Ziliang, he had already given birth to a child.
Although he wanted to escape, but frightened by Li Huaixian's lust, he had to force himself to escape.
The soldiers wearing headbands continued to station under the river embankment to monitor the Tang army, but he did not expect that the Tang army would dare to forcibly cross the river in such heavy rain and quietly approach the river embankment to launch a surprise attack.
This unconventional and bold combat method was what he thought He didn't even dare to think about it.
Now he just wants to escape as quickly as possible, as far away as possible "General, it's bad, there is a large group of Tang troops catching up behind us.
Their horses run faster than ours, and we are about to be overtaken."
A soldier shouted anxiously to Zhu Xicai from behind.
"What?"
Zhu Xicai was horrified and calculated the distance.
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Dunqiu City should be less than five miles ahead.
The Tang army should not be able to catch up before reaching Dunqiu City, but the gate of Dunqiu City was by no means a short time at this time.
It will be able to open it, which means that if he leads thousands of soldiers to Qiucheng, he will definitely be overtaken by the Tang Army's cavalry.
Zhu Xicai quickly made up his mind that he could not stop at Dunqiu.
Stopping would mean death.
This was a blind act.
Even if he dismounted and surrendered, the Tang army would not be able to see it.
The only way to survive a hail of arrows was to bypass it.
Dunqiu City continued to flee to Kuang City in the north.
"General, Dunqiu City is ahead," a soldier running in front shouted loudly.
Zhu Xicai wiped the fruit and saw a vague outline of a city appearing in the darkness.
He immediately shouted: "Don't go to Dunqiu City, go around to the right, we will go directly to Kuang City."
Zhao Ziliang led the vanguard of the army and chased them to the gate of Dunqiu City.
At the same time, he also saw the backs of a small group of rebels bypassing Dunqiu and escaping to Kuangcheng in the north.
He reined in his horse and stopped and said with a smile: "Ha, these people actually also You’re not stupid.
If you knew you couldn’t enter Dunqiu City at this time, you would go around and run straight to Kuang City.”
You Yijun's envoy Xuan Ba heard this and said: "Commander, there is news that the general Zhu Xicai under Li Huaixian is stationed on the river bank.
Those who escaped just now may be Zhu Xicai and his soldiers."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Forget it, let them run and let's not send people to chase them.
It's easy to get sick if you are exposed to rain for a long time in this weather.
Go and call Xuan Shiba, the commander of the Huya Army."
"Promise," a soldier agreed, and rode towards the back.
After receiving the order, Xuan Shiba quickly ran over and clasped his fists at Zhao Ziliang and said: "Commander" Zhao Ziliang pointed to the southern wall of Dunqiu City in the darkness and said: "Are you looking at this city gate?
Take your Huya Army and go over there.
Climb up the wall and open the city gate.
Use the fire at the city gate as a signal.
If there is a torch shaking, I will march my army into the city.
This mission only needs to be successful and cannot fail."
"General, I understand."
Xuan Shiba agreed and immediately ran to the rear.
After a while, he led more than 500 Huya troops carrying melee weapons and running towards the city wall with ropes and hooks on their backs.
Heavy rain is very hateful.
It makes the roads muddy and makes people who have to go out feel bad.
In short, it can hinder many things, but it can also cover up many things.
Crimes and killings can be covered up by it.
More than five hundred soldiers of the Huya Army ran towards the city wall on foot.
The rebels in Dunqiu City were not aware of it.
The heavy rain covered up the sound of footsteps.
When they reached the city wall, the soldiers of the Huya Army took out ropes and hooks and threw them towards the city wall.
At this time Because when we went down, the city wall was empty except for some soldiers sleeping in the tower.
The soldiers of the Huya Army climbed up the city wall easily and rushed towards the city tower at full speed with their weapons.
Some rebel soldiers in the city tower were killed in their sleep.
Xuan Shiba led his soldiers and rushed to the city gate opening from the stairs. , there was no one under the city gate, he waved his hand, and some soldiers immediately went to open the city gate, while other soldiers went to deal with the sleeping rebels in the nearby barracks.
The city gate was quickly opened, a torch was lit, and a Huya Army soldier stood at the opened city gate and kept waving the torch.
Gradually, the sound of horse hooves sounded, and soon turned into rolling thunder, and the sound inside Dunqiu City The common people and rebel soldiers thought it was real thunder, and each one wrapped their quilts tighter
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