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Li Jiancheng said at this time: "Lord Liu, judging from the combat effectiveness of the Zhou army that broke out before, the quality of the soldiers and weapons and equipment of this Yu Lin Wei are far above our army, and there is also a mysterious explosive weapon, so that the soldiers of our army dare not step forward at all." If you launch another attack, you don't know when you will be able to conquer the Zhou army's camp, and if you don't do it, you will fall short. But five miles away, the cavalry of the Zhou army could be killed in less than a meal. At that time, they will be killed from behind our army. At that time, our army will be flanked by a strong enemy in front and rear, and it will surely suffer a crushing defeat! ”

Liu Jing thought about it, if something happened, he would inevitably be beheaded by Li Yuan.

However, another general, Dou Gang, was really unwilling to retreat immediately.

So, Dou Gang asked tentatively: "Your Highness, do you want me to lead half of my troops to the back, block the reinforcements of the Zhou army, and let the remaining half of the men and horses attack the Zhou army's camp?" ”

After Liu Jing heard this, he said angrily and funny: "General Dou, your idea is not good!" We divided half of our forces to resist the reinforcements of the Zhou army, not to mention whether they could resist the enemy's 10,000 reinforcements. The strength of the attack on the Zhou army's camp alone is less than half, and with the enemy possessing that kind of mysterious weapon that can explode, do you think you can still capture their camp? ”

"This ...... That's what it says! What should we do, Your Highness? When Dou Gang heard this, he also panicked.

Li Jiancheng put his hands behind his back at this time, and after pacing back and forth on the ground for a few steps, Fang Chang sighed: "Under the current situation, I'm afraid we have to retreat first!" ”

"Retreat? Is it to withdraw to the county town of River? Dou Gang hurriedly asked.

"You can't retreat there!" Liu Jing immediately retorted: "Since the enemy can draw reinforcements from the direction of Hejian County, this city must have fallen. Now that our army is returning to Hejian County, it will only throw itself into the net! ”

"That'...... So where do we retreat? Dou Gang frowned.

Liu Jing took a map at this time, looked at it for a while, and said, "Let's retreat west to Wu'an County." There were 5,000 Tang troops stationed there, and the city walls were high and thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if the Zhou army conquered Hejian County and opened up the connection with Beiping. The loss will be great, and there will be no power to recover Hedong! Our army can hold on to and wait for reinforcements, so that at least we can keep Hedong from losing! ”

"Good! Just do what Lord Liu wants! Li Jiancheng also took a deep breath, and then said loudly: "Pass the order, the whole army will retreat to the west, and at the same time, let the remaining guards in the counties of Hedong strengthen their vigilance to prevent the Zhou army from attacking!" ”

Although he was unwilling, he could only do so. Although it did not occupy Hebei according to the planned goals. However, after occupying Hedong, it also posed a great threat to the two most important cities of the Zhou Dynasty, such as Beiping and Luoyang, and it could be regarded as an explanation to Li Yuan. After the strength of the Tang Army is in place in the future, it is not too late to map Hebei.

In fact, Li Jiancheng didn't know that behind the smoke and dust, the so-called soldiers of the Wanzhou Army were actually only more than 10,000 wounded soldiers, and some of them even lacked arms and legs, and they could only travel on horses. These people simply do not have combat effectiveness. As long as he makes more efforts, gritted his teeth and persists, or orders a desperate attack, the camp of the Zhou army will definitely be breached, and Yulinwei will be wiped out, and Yuming is afraid that it will be difficult to get rid of the fate of being captured. No one knows what kind of changes will take place in the world in the future.

However, history is often like this, a small negligence will cause a complete change in the course of history, and when the person concerned later understands, there is no regret to eat.

Now, although the rolling torrent of history has paused and hesitated here, it is still surging in the direction favorable to the Great Zhou......

And when Yuming finally turned the corner, the attack of the main force of the Zhou army on Hejian County had also come to an end.

At the gate of the city guard mansion in Hejian County, with a large number of Zhou soldiers entering the city, they gradually began to adapt to street fighting. The people's army, which was composed of the people of the city, fought fiercely until the second half of the night, and finally lost their strength, and retreated again and again, and before dawn, they were finally defeated on all fronts.

And that's to be expected. After all, if some civilians are organized to fight, at the very beginning, they can also take the Zhou army by surprise with their enthusiasm and bravery. But when the Zhou army reacted, factors such as individual soldiers' physical fitness, martial arts, combat quality, and combat will became the key to winning the battle.

By dawn, most of the city had fallen into the hands of the Zhou army. Only the city guard in the center of the city was still under the control of the Tang army.

Wang Junlang, the defender of the Tang army, insisted on refusing to surrender, and the city guard house was also fortified, and there were also guard boxes at the four corners, on which the Tang army's archers stood condescendingly, holding their bows and arrows and firing at the Zhou army.

Wei Chi Jingde also launched an attack, but the attacking troops had just approached the gate of the city guard, and shouts broke out on the courtyard wall and in the sentry box, and sharp arrows were shot like locusts, and countless Zhou soldiers fell from the arrows, screaming and wailing one after another. The first attack of the Zhou army failed.

However, after Qin Qiong led the reinforcements up, several Zhou generals discussed it and quickly changed their tactics.

They first let the soldiers shoot arrows at the enemy from a distance to attract the attention of the Tang army. Then let the sappers demolish the row of houses facing the street, open the passage, and push the catapult in. Then stone projectiles began to be fired at the guard box and courtyard wall of the castle guard.

With the four loud sounds of "tom, tom, tom, tom", the sentry boxes on the four corners of the castle guard house were quickly smashed to pieces by stone bullets, the obstacles to the attack were cleared, and the enemy's defensive strength was greatly weakened.

Qin Qiong soon led the elite Mo Dao Army, pushed the siege car to the gate of the city guard mansion, and slammed into this gate.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

With the violent impact of the big hammer of the siege vehicle, a moment later, only a loud "boom" was heard, and the gate of the castle guard was smashed to pieces and fell down.

The Zhou army, who had already held back his strength outside the door, immediately shouted and entered the city guard mansion.

Just when Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong succeeded in attacking the main gate, Song Jingang and Guo Yi's attack at the back gate of the city guard mansion also made a major breakthrough.

After Song Jingang gathered all the catapults and bombarded the weak points in the courtyard wall, it only took a meal to collapse the courtyard wall.

Under the strong attack of the Zhou army, the Tang army defenders at the back gate could not resist at all, and retreated backwards, Song Jingang and Guo Yi took the lead, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and they were killed in front of the last palace hall, and the remaining Tang troops all surrendered.

However, what made the generals of the Zhou army strange was that neither among the captives nor among the corpses found Wang Junlang.

Later, they learned from one of Wang Junlang's personal soldiers that as early as when the palace was lost, Wang Junlang handed over the task of commanding the battle to the deputy general, and then he quietly came to the Cui family compound in the city with a few entourages and escaped from a hidden tunnel.

And the 10,000 horses led by Li Jiancheng, Hou Junji, Liu Jing and others also sneaked out of the city from this tunnel and launched a surprise attack on the Zhou army camp.

When the generals were worried, they finally relaxed a little.

The defense of the entire Hejian County has completely collapsed by now, and Li Jiancheng will not be able to return to the sky even if he has great ability. The Zhou army finally opened the road to Beiping, and the southern and northern parts of Hebei were reunited into one to avoid being split in two by the Tang army.

Although the battle of the remnants of the resistance continued before it came to an end. However, the recovery of Hejian County also meant that the Zhou army had recovered most of the land in Hebei, and only a few county towns near Hedong were still in the hands of the Tang army.

Most of the Tang troops left behind in these counties were old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were not many troops. The county with the largest number of Tang troops was only guarded by four or five soldiers. With the current strength of the Zhou army, it should be easy to take.

Although the Zhou army broke through the county town of Hejian, the price paid was not small, and the entire city was almost razed to ruins, and most of the people in the city died. But what makes Yuming happy is that in this way, his rule in Hebei is more stable.

The generals of the Zhou army were a little surprised and puzzled that the surnames in Hejian County did not help the Zhou army, but helped the Tang army. Because it stands to reason that according to the management strategy of the Zhou Dynasty, the surname of the jurisdiction is very kind. The people in other places support the Great Zhou, why is the surname here in Hejian County so resentful of the Zhou army?

After Yuming sent people into the city to investigate, he finally found out: it turned out that after he attacked the Shandong Shi clan two years ago, many resentful Hebei clans fled to Hejian County, which is geographically important and rich in natural resources. They have always held a grudge against Yuming, who were originally in the city, and most of the surnames who supported Da Zhou were excluded and left. Therefore, most of the people who remained in the city were some surnames and scholars who opposed the Zhou Dynasty.

According to the interrogation, these big clans in the city are still secretly discussing within themselves, preparing to find an opportunity to raise the banner to rebel. And Li Jiancheng led the Tang army to arrive, but they saw another way to turn over: that is, to surrender Li Tang in order to regain the original status of several big families in Hebei.

And the surnames in the city are almost all dependent on these families, and they obey their words. So they naturally followed the Tang army and regarded the Zhou army as an enemy.

"It's fine! In this way, the hidden danger buried in Hebei has been solved. After this battle, most of the soldiers and civilians in the city were killed and wounded, and most of the people who survived were women, children and children. There are almost no big waves. As long as they are scattered and reorganized, and scattered to Liaodong, Silla, Ji and other places, Hebei can be restored to peace. Yu Ming said secretly in his heart at this time.

And just after Yuming spent a few days pacifying Hejian County, the scout finally sent Li Jiancheng's information. This person led more than 20,000 Tang troops to defeat and retreated to Wu'an County to station.

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