In Hedong County, Li Shentong, who had high hopes for Pei Lian, was also in trouble, he had an army of 70,000 in his hands, but under the mobilization of the Sui army, he successively sent 30,000 troops to reinforce Changping, Shangdang, and Linfen! Later, when Pei Renji and Yao Junsu were galloping across Jiangxian County, they divided his army of 10,000 people.

When Yang Dong personally led an army of 40,000 to sweep through the whole county of Hedong, he had less than 20,000 troops available. In desperation, he had to quickly abandon the counties in Hedong, gather the troops of the whole county and settle in Hedong City, follow the original Qu Tutong, and implement the strategy of waiting for help, but even if the strength of the whole county was gathered, the Hedong City with lost troops was only 35,000 troops.

He was in a hurry to report and asked Li Yuan to send reinforcements. At the same time, Shi Wanbao, the general of Tongguan, was urgently ordered to lead the garrisons of Tongguan and Pujin Pass to support Hedong County quickly.

And for Yang Tong, he must take Hedong before the arrival of Li Tang's reinforcements, if he loses the strategic place of Hedong County, the Tang army can launch a counterattack on Wencheng, Jiangjun and Hanoi at any time, and the state will never be peaceful, and he will be like the later Song Dynasty, he will have to spend a huge price to defend the Tang army, which will seriously damage the world plan that Yang Dong has planned for nearly a year, so this battle must be won, and it must be resolved quickly!

Shi Wanbao is the younger brother of Shi Wansui, a general of the Sui Dynasty, he was originally a hero of Chang'an, and Li Shentong raised troops in Juxian County together, serving as Li Shentong's deputy, when he led the Erguan 30,000 troops to Hedong.

The Xuanjia Army, the Angry Wave Army, the Tsunami Army, and the Flying Feather Archers led by Yang Tong were also killed. The crucial battle to decide the ownership of the state is about to kick off in the southeastern suburbs of Hedong City.

"Your Highness, this battle will be handed over to the last future to fight!" Wei Chigong was a little anxious, and several armies in the state had made great achievements, but he was itching to see him. Now except for Taiyuan City and Hedong City, there is no Li Tang force in Bingzhou, and he is extremely greedy for the 30,000 Tang troops facing each other, "Just these 30,000 miscellaneous pieces, why do you need to go to them all?" It will be handed over to the last general, and the last will be guaranteed by the head of the item, guaranteeing that none of them will be able to enter Hedong City. ”

"I believe that."

Yang Tong said without hesitation, Wei Chigong is famous for his courage and good fighting, and he also has the talent of a commander, as long as he is given enough soldiers and horses, there is no reason to lose, but Yang Tong still refused, and said with a smile: "This battle is not so simple as winning, we must not only win, but also lure out Li Shentong in Hedong City." With Li Shentong's seriousness, it can only work if I go out in person. ”

Wei Chigong is an open-minded person, and seeing that Yang Tong's decision cannot be changed, he said: "In this case, then His Highness will arrange it!" No matter which task you do, make sure that it is done properly. ”

Yang Tong said: "The battle has been fought so far, Taiyuan is already a turtle in the urn, there is no need to worry, whether the war can be decided and the state can be merged, in the final analysis, it is still the Hedong City ahead." But it's so hard that we can't take it! Therefore, this battle outside the city is going to be extremely difficult. Only when Li Shentong sees the hope of victory, will he make a desperate move. Your main task is to eat the reinforcements in the city for me, and I can't let him retreat to the city. The secondary task is to take the opportunity to take Hedong City. ”

Wei Chigong's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized that he retreated happily.

Then, Yang Tong asked Shui Tianji to take the flying feather bow to cooperate with Yu Chigong

As a result, the only troops that could fight Shi Wanbao on the outskirts were the Xuanjia Army and the Nutao Army, which numbered 15,000.

Think of the extravagance of Li Jing, who commanded an army of more than 100,000 people. Thinking about his own poverty, Yang Tong has more than 100,000 "grass and mud horses" in his heart.

He brought a total of 70,000 troops from Hanoi. But first gave Pei Renji half of his troops to recover Jiangjun, and now he has another division of troops, and the available strength has become a little tight.

In the current situation, we must eat the 30,000 reinforcements led by Shi Wanbao and Li Shentong from Hedong City, and at the same time, we must not let them retreat into Hedong City, so as to buy time for Wei Chigong to take Hedong City! What's even worse is that you have to fake a fight......

If the Tang army is allowed to enter Hedong City, it means that the Tang army's defensive strength is equal to its own. The besieging side was already at a loss, and the forces were equal again, let alone victory. When Pei Renji turned around, the Tang Army in Guanzhong also arrived.

This battle is directly related to Yang Tong's future, and victory or defeat is particularly important.

"Your Highness, according to the news from the front, Shi Wanbao's 30,000 reinforcements will arrive in half an hour. This battle is very important, how we should fight, please show your Highness. Qin Qiong, who was personally in charge of finding out the news, hurried over.

"One more hour, to be exact." Yang Tong said with a smile, he knows better than anyone else about the enemy's army, "Shi Wanbao and Li Shentong have already learned the news of the loss of the entire line of Bingzhou, and I also released false news yesterday, saying that Li Jing's 100,000 army will arrive tomorrow, so they are also eager to defeat us, and then enter the city to hold on, and this is less than five miles away from Hedong City, and the changes in the battle situation are all in the eyes of Hedong City, as long as the war is stalemate, Li Shentong will send troops." This five-mile distance is enough for Jingde to penetrate the reinforcements in the city and enter Hedong City. So, all we have to do now is rest, we don't have to do anything, just wait for Swanbao to come to the door. ”

Qin Qiong was stunned at first, then realized and said, "Your Highness is clever, it turns out that everything is under His Royal Highness's control!" ”

"Pass the order, before the defenders of Hedong City come out, pretend to fight for a while."

"Whoa!"

The messenger immediately gave the order to fight.

The scouts of the Sui army had been constantly delivering news of Shi Wanbao's reinforcements to Yang Tong, and they knew the speed of their march well.

It wasn't until Shi Wanbao was still five miles away from them that Yang Tong waited for the news that the entire Tang army was slowing down.

When the news arrived, Yang Tong did not hesitate for a moment, and divided the 35,000 army into three routes: Wei Chigong led the Tsunami Army as the Northern Route Army, and Qin Qiong led the Nutao Army as the Southern Route Army; The Xuanjia army is the middle army, and the flying feather archers are the rear army, so that they can leave the battlefield at any time.

The task was issued, and the 35,000 troops moved together and came to the front of Shi Wanjun's Tang army in one breath.

Shi Wanbao looked at the nearly 35,000 Sui troops two miles away, and his eyes showed a look of worry, the other side actually had 35,000 people, including more than 20,000 cavalry, this was the most severe test since he unified the army.

Shi Wanbao looked at the head of Hedong City, there were still 35,000 Tang troops in the city, but unfortunately these 35,000 Tang troops could not come out to participate in the war, once they went out of the city to participate in the war, it was likely to lead to the fall of the city.

Although Li Shentong said that he would wait for the opportunity to move, Shi Wanbao was not sure in his heart, because with the same strength, in the wilderness battle, the Sui army had a strong advantage in cavalry, and it was impossible to be at a disadvantage.

It was noon and the sun was shining.

It was the first sunny day after the rain, the sun was exceptionally bright, and on the other side of the horizon, Yang Dong had already received news from the Tang army, and they chose to form a formation in a wide field, intending to give full play to the characteristics of their large number of troops. The 35,000-strong army formed a phalanx, and the bright spears glittered in the sunlight, and the momentum was magnificent.

Yang Tong looked at the Tang reinforcements who were waiting for the battle, and did not give the other party much time to arrange, nor did he say any tactical play, but just shouted in the crowd: "Soldiers... Kill me with me..."

As soon as these words fell, he had already led the Xuanjia Army to rush over from the front, as brainless as a reckless man.

The resistance battle kicked off when he was so unexpected and eager.

The front part of Yang Tong is two, one is the 2,000 cavalry led by him personally, followed by the 3,000 cavalry led by Luo Shixin, and the next flying feather archers are also two, the front is led by the general Zhang Zhenzhou, and the back is Shui Tianji!

In the face of Yang Dong's sudden killing, the center and rear of the Tang army's army changed in the middle and rear, and thousands of archers moved to the front, and they quickly bent their bows and arrows, and when Yang Dong rushed into the land of an arrow, they released the bowstring......

The dense arrow feathers pressed towards Yang Dong like a dark cloud, dense and powerful.

For the bow attack, Yang Tong already had a way to deal with it, hanging the cloak on the Sky Splitting Lance, turning violently, and the huge cloak danced wildly, blocking all the arrows within the zhangyu. Not only did he protect himself, but the soldiers around him were also protected. However, in his hand, the soldiers who protect him are in the minority after all.

Soldiers outside the range of the cloak were still strafed by arrows.

Fortunately, the Xuanjia army had been prepared for a long time, and they were all men and horses wearing armor, and they did not lose much in the enemy's first wave of arrows.

The quality of the Xuanjia army was clear at this moment, and the arrow soldiers did not slow down, but raised their arms with one hand to hold the reins, protected the face door with their wrists, habitually held the weapon in their mouths, and reached out to tear off the arrow feathers, and did not slow down in the process. The soldiers who were not hit by the arrows were even happier: because everyone knew that they were lucky that this wave of arrows did not hit them, and the next wave may not have this luck. And the best way to dodge the arrow feather is not to escape, but to get close! Therefore, they all did not flinch and fought bravely.

In the face of the Sui army's desperate sprint, the second wave of arrows of the Tang army did not have time to shoot, and Yang Tong had already taken the first step against their gun array.

The gun array is a great threat to the cavalry who are assaulting at full speed!

When Yang Tong approached a hundred steps, he had already jumped out alone.

The explosive power of the arrow is very terrifying, a hundred steps away in the blink of an eye, Yang Tong slammed forward, and the cloak tied to the Sky Splitting Lance rolled up more than a dozen spears in front of his horse, and the horse lance picked it up, and more than a dozen spears came out of his hand and rushed to the sky.

Without the tip of the spear to block, Yang Tong did not hesitate for a moment to cut into the enemy formation, he did not forcibly tear a hole as before, but rushed left and right in front of him, stirring up the gun formation.

The cavalry who followed him in charge saw that the gun formation was no longer enough to pose a threat to them, and they were greatly encouraged, and they quickened the intensity of their charge, and with a few breaths, they wedged themselves into the gun formation.

Weak!

This is the feeling that Tang Jun gave Yang Tong.

Is the Tang Army really weak?

Not at all!

Yang Tong's barbaric tactics without tactics happen to be the most brilliant tactics......

directly reduced the combat power of the Tang Army......