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Li Xiaogong glanced at it and saw that this person was indeed Hou Junji. It's just that Hou Junji's face is pale, his eyes are closed, and it seems that his injuries are not light.

He was about to order the city guards to open the city gate and let these people in, but he inadvertently caught a glimpse of several cavalrymen beside Hou Junji. These cavalrymen were all riding tall horses with cold expressions.

Li Xiaogong frowned and asked the adjutant general beside him, "Do you have Arab war horses in our army?" ”

The deputy general was puzzled when he heard it, but he still hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, but they are all in Guanzhong, it seems that only the Xuanjia elite horse specially trained by King Qin is an Arab horse to ride, but it is still in training, and King Qin said that it will take at least two years before it can be put into actual combat." And you also know that this kind of horse can only be produced by big food, and it is extremely expensive to transport it all the way to the Central Plains. How can our army afford such horses? ”

When Li Xiaogong heard this, he smiled happily and said: "Fortunately, General Ben found out in time, otherwise he would have almost been deceived by these thieves to open the city gate!" ”

At this time, he pointed to the cavalry under the city and said, "Look at the war horses they are riding, aren't they Arab war horses?" ”

The lieutenant was originally a horse herd, so he naturally knew Arabian horses. After looking at it carefully for a while, he also said with a look of surprise in his eyes: "Sure enough, it's an Arab horse, how did General Hou's personal soldiers get it?" ”

"Humph! Do you still think they are Hou Junji's people? Li Xiaogong sneered: "If I'm not mistaken." Hou Junji was afraid that he had been defeated and became a prisoner of the enemy. The enemy used Hou Junji to deceive the city! ”

"Fraud?" The lieutenant general was not stupid, and reacted immediately. He was surprised: "Could it be that these people are Liu Wuzhou's army?" ”

"I'm afraid Liu Wuzhou's army can't afford to use Arab horses, if General Ben is not mistaken. They should be Yuming's Zhou Jun. Only the Zhou army in Liaodong has so many good horses! What Fu Jie said before, Hou Junji encountered 100,000 Zhou troops in the original city, I'm afraid it's true. Li Xiaogong said with a gloomy face: "I expect that I am afraid that the original has already fallen into the hands of Yuming, and then the Zhou army wants to use Hou Junji to deceive the city gate and easily seize Xia County." ”

The deputy general and the generals around Li Xiaogong suddenly realized. At this time, Fu Jie saw that the city gate had not been opened, and he was also anxious, so he hurriedly shouted: "General Li, please open the city gate!" Otherwise, General Hou will not have time to be treated! ”

"Hou Junji's attack suffered such a crushing defeat, which caused my Tang Dynasty to lose its troops. I don't think there is any need for treatment, let him fend for himself! Li Xiaogong smiled coldly, then waved his hand and said, "Release the arrow!" ”

The soldiers of the Tang Army, who had already prepared, immediately shot a volley of arrows downward.

Hearing the sound of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh", the row of Zhou soldiers standing at the front was immediately shot down.

Seeing this, Lin Mo, who was hiding behind Fu Jie, guessed that Li Xiaogong had already seen through the plan to deceive the city. Although he didn't think clearly where he was exposed. But he had no choice but to take Fu Jie and Hou Junji to retreat in embarrassment.

Yu Ming, who was in the rear, also sighed when he heard that the deception had failed, and secretly thought that this Li Xiaogong was one of the twenty-four heroes of the Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty in the later generations, and he was really wise and brave. I originally thought that the eldest grandson Wuji's method could succeed, but it still fell short.

It's just that he also has an emergency plan for the failure of the deception. After Lin Mo and the others retreated, he immediately ordered a strong attack.

The soldiers of the Zhou army began to push one trebuchet and another siege rammer, resisting rows of ladders, and launched an attack from the north of the county seat of Xia County.

Although Li Xiaogong saw through the plan to deceive the city, he fell into a greater crisis. His soldiers had just fought a bloody battle with Song Jingang's army on the southern wall during the day, and the soldiers were already very tired. At night, I wanted to have a good rest and recuperate, but I had to rush to the northern city wall to continue the bloody battle with the Zhou army......

And the movement in Xia County naturally fell into the eyes of the scouts sent by Song Jingang. They hurriedly reported this important news to Song Jingang.

At this time, Song Jingang was worried that the food and grass in the army were approaching, and it was difficult to make progress in the siege. Liu Wuzhou also informed him, saying that there were already soldiers on the Baibi front line who had begun to flee, and he was about to lose it, and asked Song Jingang how long it would take to break through Xia County.

When he was in a hurry, the scout reported that an army was attacking the city wall in the north of Xia County, and most of the Tang army that was originally guarding the southern city wall was transferred to the north city wall to defend.

This news immediately shocked him, and Song Jingang's first reaction was that the original Liu Jun had come to help.

Of course, he didn't think that with the original 10,000 old and weak soldiers, it would be almost impossible to break through the walls of Xia County from the north. However, the arrival of Yuan's reinforcements could disperse the forces of the Tang army, and at the same time leave the enemy without rest, so that he could hopefully break through the walls of Xia County from the south.

"Pass my order: Our reinforcements have arrived under the city of Xia County and are attacking the northern city wall. In order to cooperate with friendly attacks. Tonight, our army will also intensify its efforts and continue to attack overnight, striving to bow down! Song Jingang said with a happy face in his camp.

Song Jingang has always had his soldiers divide into two shifts and take turns to attack Xia County. Now he sent the 20,000 soldiers who had not participated in the attack during the day to attack again.

Li Xiaogong learned that Song Jingang in the south had also begun to attack, and he couldn't help but secretly complain. Because the defense of the city in the north was very tight, the combat effectiveness of the Zhou army was much stronger than that of Liu Wuzhou's army. Moreover, they were well prepared, brought a large number of siege equipment from the original city, and had the advantage of troops. Li Xiaogong put almost all the troops that could be mobilized on the northern city wall, which barely resisted the enemy's attack. Now that there is an enemy on the southern wall, how can he mobilize troops to resist?

After the defenders desperately resisted for an hour, the southern city wall was the first to be breached, and a large number of Liu troops entered the city to clear the Tang army in the city.

After the southern city wall was lost, the Tang army at the north gate suddenly lost their fighting spirit, and they were originally a little overstretched to deal with the Zhou army. I also heard that the south city gate had fallen, and I felt that the general trend had gone. As a result, the northern city wall was quickly lost, and the Zhou army also took advantage of the victory to enter the city. Li Xiaogong was captured.

After clearing the Tang army in the city, the Liu army and the Zhou army fought again in the city, and a new battle was about to break out. The generals on both sides did not expect that after breaking through Xia County, they would encounter the army of the first side.

"General Qin, why did you come to Xia County? What happened to the original? Song Jingang stood at the gate of the county government in Xia County and said to a general of the Zhou army in front of him. He recognized this as Yuming's right-hand man Qin Qiong. He had been with this man several times before.

"General Song, before Li Xiaogong sent Hou Junji to attack Yuan, King Zhou was worried that Hedong would fall into the hands of Li Tang, so he led his army to rescue Liu Yuanjun! Fortunately, King Zhou had foresight, and as soon as Hou Junji's troops appeared in Yuanyuan, they were discovered by our army and completely annihilated. General Song can rest assured, it is under the control of my Great Zhou! It's very safe! Qin Qiong said.

Song Jingang is not a stupid person, he secretly thought that if it was really the original defenders who asked Yuming for help, the messenger ran from Yuan to Beiping, and Yuming led the Zhou army from Beiping to rescue, but he was afraid that it would be too late in a month. But Hou Junji had just arrived in Yuan, and Zhou Jun came. I'm afraid that this king of Zhou has already had the intention to seize Hedong.

But now that the two sides have not torn their faces, Zhou Jun is still nominally an ally of Liu Wuzhou, and he naturally will not erect another strong enemy in addition to Li Tang.

It's just that it has already fallen into the hands of Yuming, but this matter is not trivial, and he has to send someone to report to Liu Wuzhou immediately.

Thinking of this, Song Jingang's face softened and said, "Since King Zhou personally led the army to come to the rescue. Song paid a visit to him and asked General Qin to introduce him. ”

Qin Qiong's image of Song Jingang is actually quite good, and the battle situation on the Baibi front line is unknown, and Yuming has also explained that he should try not to conflict with Liu Wuzhou's army. He even secretly thought that if he could persuade Song Jingang to surrender to King Zhou, it would be very beneficial for the next battle.

"Okay! Please come with me, General Song! At this time, Qin Qiong led Song Jingang to the Zhou army camp in the north of Xia County. At present, Zhou Jun and Liu Jun are both in Xia County, how to arrange men and horses to garrison, and how many people are stationed on each side. How to coordinate the relationship with Liu Jun and the next battle against the Tang Army. This is what Yuming can do.

Song Jingang walked into the tent of the Zhou army and met the youngest marshal in the Sui army. Today's Zhou Wang Yuming. Although he had long known that Yu Ming was very young, he never expected that Yu Ming was only twenty years old this year.

Looking at this handsome, tall, and bright-eyed young man, there was a high-spirited momentum in every move. Song Jingang couldn't help but feel a sense of worship.

"General Song, please take a seat!" Yu Ming smiled and raised his hand.

Song Jingang hurriedly sat down, and then sighed: "I didn't expect His Royal Highness King Zhou to be so young. It is really a generation of talents, each leading the way for several years. Some people said before that the future lord of the world may be Yuming. Now it seems that King Zhou is indeed the most likely person to take the lead in the crowd! ”

Yu Ming laughed, of course he would not be praised by Song Jingang's words.

"Actually, this king can only be said to be lucky, when he started from Liaodong, he accepted the materials and garrisons of the Sui Dynasty during the expedition to Goryeo. Compared with other candidates, the capital is stronger. But after really fighting the Central Plains, you still need to rely on the help of all the fierce generals and good talents......" Yu Ming smiled slightly, and then said to Song Jingang: "This king has always admired General Song's bravery, I wonder if the general is interested in being loyal to me?" ”

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