Chapter 1312: The Mixed Hu Coalition (Part 2)

As Peng Yang expected, as soon as Lu Zhen finished speaking, He Loukang from Xianbei stood up and said: "Yes, now that the Tang army has occupied Baitu City, they are not in a hurry to leave the rear, but are constantly reinforcing the city. If we wait for them After the city is repaired, the Tang army can advance and attack, and retreat and defend. At that time, we will be in a dilemma. Rather than doing this, it is better to defeat the Tang army as soon as possible while its foothold is not stable. "

"good."

"Lord Helou, what you said makes sense."

For a time, the leaders and chiefs of several Xianbei tribes who had fled from Baitu City stood up to express their approval.

Chuliansi also said: "Master Huchu, Master Lu is right. We should not wait here, but should take the initiative to attack. Otherwise, after the Tang army repairs Baitu City, it will be like fighting in the east of Yuanshui River." Now that we have gained a firm footing, it won’t be that simple if we send out troops again.”

In fact, Huchuquan also agreed to send troops, because after all, although there are three Guangyan cities in the south of Meiji City, it is still too close to Meiji. And he also knew that the Tang army only had 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, while his coalition army had nearly 50,000 cavalry. Even if he faced the Tang army in the wild, he was not afraid.

The reason why Huchuquan is so clear is because there are also golden eagles in the Southern Xiongnu Royal Court, so Huchuquan is also relatively clear about the situation of the Tang army.

Seeing that someone offered to send troops to attack the Tang Army, Hu Chuquan was extremely happy, so he winked at his ally Qianren. Upon seeing this, Qianren agreed to send troops. After all, once the Tang Army attacked near Pingding, , it is difficult to protect one's two cities from being attacked.

Seeing Hu Chuquan giving him a wink, Qianren quickly stepped out and said, "It is true that as several adults said, the Tang army has made it clear that it will encroach step by step. If we only have tens of thousands of elite cavalry and sit back and watch them stand firm, If he follows, his next target will probably be your own city. By then, none of our troops will be able to save it."

Seeing many people in the tent nodding in agreement, Hu Chuquan took advantage of the situation and said: "In this case, the army will set off tomorrow to attack the Tang army and drive the Tang army out of Henan."

"Drive the Tang army out!" Upon hearing this, everyone raised their hands and shouted;

Early the next morning, nearly 50,000 Zahu coalition troops set off and headed towards Baitu City.

In Baitu City, Huangfu Chaobo already knew about the situation less than two hours after the Zahu coalition left. Hearing He Ruobi's report, Huangfu Chaobo also let out a long sigh. The reason why he made such a big splash in Baitu City The purpose of making such a big noise was to mobilize the Zahu coalition forces.

As early as not long after the troops were dispatched, Huangfu Chaobo already knew the news that Huchuquan was connecting the tribes. As for the situation of the various tribes in Henan, he had already learned the general situation from Liu Bao, so if the tribes really If they unite, it is not good news for the Tang Army. With as many as 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry, the Tang Army can only barely maintain an even balance even if they gather all the cavalry, not to mention that each tribe can still pull more. The cavalry, which appeared in varying numbers, were like the new infantry recruited by various princes in the Central Plains.

Therefore, the best way is to attract the Zahu coalition forces and leave them to attack the city they are defending. Fortunately, they finally did what they wanted. The next step is to prepare for the battle.

The distance of more than a hundred miles took most of a day for the cavalry. By the afternoon, the Zahu coalition had arrived more than ten miles northeast of Baitu City. At this time, after receiving the news, the Tang army immediately withdrew all the soldiers outside the city into the city, and then placed a large number of defenders on top of the city, quietly waiting for the Zahu coalition forces to attack the city.

Outside Baitu City, Lu Zhen led his thousand Lu Shuihu cavalry to pursue the Tang army scouts who hurriedly fled back to Baitu City. Seeing the Tang army cavalry hurriedly fleeing for their lives, Lu Zhen couldn't help laughing: "How? One morning I have said that the Han cavalry are as good as clay.

It was useless, but now there were only more than a thousand cavalry, and they drove the Han cavalry outside the city into panic. "

Not only Lu Zhen was very proud, but the leaders and generals of other tribes were also very happy to see such a situation. It seems that as everyone said, the Han people were only good at defending cities and did not see their cavalry seeing their own. When the cavalry came, they didn't even dare to stay outside the city and fled back to the city.

Nearly 50,000 cavalrymen stopped a few miles outside Baitu City. Huchuquan and a group of tribal leaders and general cavalry arrived two hundred steps outside Baitu City. They saw the soldiers hiding behind the city wall at the top of the city. Everyone was running around in panic. From time to time, shouts and curses from the Han generals were heard from the top of the city. Everyone couldn't help but look at each other and laugh.

"Did you see that?" Hu Chuquan raised his right hand holding the whip, pointed in the direction of the city, and said: "When the Han people saw our cavalry, they could only hide inside the city and did not dare to fight with us. warriors fighting in the wild."

"Yes," He Loukang responded with a smile; however, his expression immediately became serious, pointing in the direction of the city wall and said: "My lords, fortunately we sent troops. You see, in just a few days, the Tang army has already More than half of the city wall has been repaired. If we are a few days later, they will probably have repaired the entire city wall. By then, if we try to attack the city again, the warriors will suffer a lot of casualties. "

Everyone looked at the wall attentively after hearing this. As Helou Kang said, many parts of the wall of Baitu City had been renovated. From where they were, they could clearly see that the color of the soil and stone in those parts was different from that in other parts.

Fortunately, what reassured everyone was that the entire wall had not been completely repaired. Only more than half of it was completed. There were still several places with gaps about ten feet wide. The height of those places was not high. The short places were only seven or eight feet, and the high places were only ten feet. For the cavalry, although they could not ride into the city on horseback, it was not difficult to attack on horseback.

Seeing these plots, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, it's late today. Let's retreat five miles and set up camp. When tomorrow morning comes, we will start to attack the city. However, everyone should be careful. The Tang army did not expect us to attack on our own initiative, so everyone should pay attention and never let the Tang army run away overnight." Huochuquan said to everyone with satisfaction;