"The enemy troops have already withdrawn to support, hurry back and report to the general!" In the vast night, a pair of black-clothed men stared at the troops withdrawing from this section of the riverbank, and one of them said, the general in his mouth was Luo Shixin, and this team was the army sent by Luo Shixin to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and the enemy army had left at this time, and they had to go back to report immediately. It is impossible to ignite and transmit information, and it is not necessary to see whether the other side can see it first, and once it ignites, it will be exposed first, so it can only be reported back by wading water.

"Yes!" A small group of five people took the order and left, each holding a log and going down the river, the boats on the bank had already been seized by the enemy, the purpose of which was to prevent anyone from reporting to the enemy troops on the other side of the river. Although the river water is relatively slow at night, the river is too wide after all, who knows if there will be any accidents, for the sake of insurance, it is necessary to send a few more people, and also leave some people here to wait for answers.

At this time, Luo Shixin had already assembled his troops, and no matter whether the plan set for today could succeed or not, he had to cross the river, even if it was a forced crossing, but the location of this forced crossing would be changed to the place where Cheng Yanjin's troops were located.

"General, the man is back!" Just when Luo Shixin was fidgeting, the guard suddenly walked into the tent with the two of them and said.

"How's it going?!" When Luo Shixin saw a man in black, he knew that both of them were dripping and came back to report.

"Report to the general, the enemy on the other side has retreated, the captain is still monitoring on the other side, our group of five people has come back from the water, and the other three have already ......" The five of them are all good swimmers, but unfortunately only the two of them came back alive.

"Don't worry, Ben will not let his brothers die in vain, you go to rest first, Ben will lead the army to cross the river!" Luo Shixin sighed, sacrifice is inevitable, as long as the sacrifice can be exchanged for victory in this war, it is worth it.

"General, we can still go to war!" The two men also asked to go with them.

"You ...... Well, get on board! Seeing the firmness in the eyes of those two people, Luo Shixin couldn't refuse.

Luo Shixin didn't say much, he waved his hand directly, and the soldiers who were ready to go to the bamboo raft and fishing boat in a group walked to the bamboo raft and fishing boat, because six of the ten naval warships were sent to support Cheng Yanjin, and only four could transport troops to him, and it was unrealistic to transport 100,000 troops to the other side at one time, but fortunately, Luo Shixin had prepared a large number of bamboo rafts and fishing boats in advance, and Rao was so that it took two or three round-trips to transport 100,000 people, and now the river is densely packed with large and small bamboo rafts. If you look at it during the day, it is estimated to be even more spectacular.

"General, the enemy army has withdrawn, to Chaoyi to encircle and suppress General Cheng, there are no enemy troops here, just now there was an enemy patrol passing by, the subordinates were afraid of startling the snake, so they did not leave them, it is estimated that they will not come back for a while." After seeing Luo Shixin go ashore, the captain of the reconnaissance team immediately reported the situation to Luo Shixin.

"Well, you guys are doing a good job, are you familiar with the road from here to Chaoyi?" Although this place is not too far from Chaoyi, it is difficult to find the road after dark, so it is necessary to rely on this reconnaissance force to guide the way!

"Please general, rest assured, the subordinates have already figured out the road, just waiting for the general to lead the army!" The scout captain replied respectfully.

Luo Shixin asked all the troops to rest in place, waiting for the follow-up troops to cross the river, because most of the soldiers were northerners, so some of them had the phenomenon of seasickness, so they could not march in a hurry, and resting in place was the best choice, of course, it was inevitable to send scouts to patrol around. In less than half an hour, all the troops had already crossed the river, Luo Shixin ordered a group of people who arrived behind to stay and rest, and he galloped towards Chaoyi with his men and horses, because if he waited for one more minute, Cheng Yanjin would be more dangerous.

What he expected was good, although Cheng Yanjin had the support of 20,000 reinforcements at this time, the situation was not optimistic, because the enemy army also had a large reinforcement, which can be seen from the enemy's unweakened offensive momentum!

"Hasn't the army arrived yet?" Cheng Yanjin looked up at the dark night sky and sighed, he didn't know how long he had been here, and he didn't know how many heads had been harvested in his hands, by now he was almost numb, and the eyes of the soldiers behind him were no longer bright, only the deepest trace of faith in his heart was supporting them.

"Listen to the people in front, my army has arrived, and you no longer have the slightest resistance, surrender, surrender and spare you death!" Li Xiaogong signaled his subordinates to shout to Cheng Yanjin to persuade him to surrender, because the stubbornness of the enemy army was beyond his expectations, and if he could surrender, then his side would have an additional army with extraordinary combat effectiveness. Of course, this is just his wishful thinking, hearing the words of persuasion, all the soldiers of the Great Sui not only did not have any heart, but even more disdainful, only the soldiers of the Great Sui who died in battle, and there were no ghosts who were afraid of death who surrendered! Each soldier held the weapon in his hand tighter, and even if he died, he had to pull a few pads.

"Let's attack!" Seeing that the enemy army did not have any response, Li Xiaogong had to sigh and say, he couldn't wait for the enemy's reinforcements to arrive, fortunately, the enemy's reinforcements were only twenty or thirty thousand people each time, otherwise he might not be able to hold the river bank, and the enemy army had reached nearly 100,000 people, and he would not feel good if the enemy swore to fight back!

"The two armies meet!"

"The brave wins!"

"Kill!" Cheng Yanjin led all the soldiers to rush towards the enemy without hesitation, killing one is enough, killing two will be earned, at this time they only have the will to die in their eyes, at this time they are the real backwater, if they don't succeed, they will become benevolent!

"However, such an elite is not my Datang army!" Li Xiaogong turned around and stopped looking at the already predestined result, and suddenly saw a scout army galloping from behind the troops in a panic.

"Lord Wang, it's not good, the enemy army, it's all enemy troops, we are surrounded!" The scout rushed to Li Xiaogong and said.

"What did you say?" Li Xiaogong was shocked in his heart, but he didn't expect the enemy to be willing to use 100,000 people to trap him, "Break through!" Hurry up and break through! Li Xiaogong did not hesitate to give the order to let the troops break through, otherwise there would be a strong enemy in front and a siege in the rear, if they didn't break through while the enemy's encirclement had not yet formed, then none of them would be able to get out alive! It's just that Cheng Biting Jin played back that they retreated safely, the answer is, of course, no.

"Kill! Reinforcements are really coming! Let's work together to destroy the enemy and avenge our dead brothers! "I have to say that the energy of hope and hatred is huge, and the soldier who was still depressed just now heard the arrival of reinforcements, and the suppressed grievance in his heart was instantly released! They went from mourning to winners!

"Can't let the enemy run away, kill me!" Luo Shixin also discovered the movement of the enemy army, knowing that the enemy army was going to run, he immediately led the soldiers to cover the past, and Li Xiaogong's army, which had just forced Cheng Yanjin to be cornered, instantly became the target of siege and killing, it was really thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, this retribution came too quickly!

"Lord, you go quickly! Let's resist! "The original Li Xiaogong's old troops immediately persuaded Li Xiaogong to break through quickly, if Li Xiaogong was captured or killed, they would really be all over!

"Don't worry, this king will definitely avenge your dead soldiers! You will surrender directly, Yang Junjun has never killed prisoners, you have to keep a useful body! After Li Xiaogong finished speaking, he bowed to the generals and gods, and then got on his horse and broke through to the south with the escorts, the reason why he went to the south and not to the north of Li Jiancheng's camp was because if he lost the battle and went to see Li Jiancheng, then he didn't have to think about the consequences and knew what the consequences were, not to mention that there was Li Shimin guarding the south.

"How? General Li has a way to break the city? Outside Hongnong Palace, Yang Yichen and Li Jing had already arrived with a large army, and Yang Yichen accompanied Li Jing to observe the terrain all day.

"There is a solution, but it will take some time to implement, and the 100,000 horses in our hands are estimated to be insufficient!" Li Jing looked at the fortified city in front of him and said, the last time he led the troops out to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Yang Xuangan, although he entered the Hongnong realm, but he did not go to the front of the Hongnong Palace, but he did not expect that the Hongnong Palace after Yang Xuangan's rebellion was still repaired, it seems that in order to resist them, the enemy army has made a lot of efforts.

"Oh? I don't know what to do? Yang Yichen asked, although Li Jing is now serving as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses and the deputy marshal of the Tang Dynasty, his title and qualifications are higher than Li Jing, so everything is decided by the two of them together.

"At that time, it took nearly 500,000 troops to break Yang Xuangan in General Hu'er, and it was only Hongnong that was broken when Yang Xuangan lacked soldiers and few weapons, and we only had 100,000 people, and the enemy was fully prepared, it was difficult for us to break the city directly, so we could only lure out the enemies in the city and destroy them, so that Hongnong Palace would be self-defeating!" Li Jing said.

"Oh? Don't know how to lure the enemy out? Yang Yichen asked curiously, he also knew that it was of course good to lure the enemy out for a decisive battle, but as long as the enemy generals defending the city were not stupid, they would definitely not go out of the city easily.

"It's not difficult to say, it's not easy to say, as long as our camp is empty, the enemy can be bold enough to lure the enemy out." Li Jing said with a smile, he already had a plan in mind.

"Seeing that General Li is confident, there is no need to sell Guanzi." For Li Jing, Yang Yichen was very convinced, and did not look down on Li Jing because of his title and high qualifications, because Li Jing conquered Yang Yichen with his own true skills, if Yang Yichen led these 100,000 horses to attack Hongnong Palace, he didn't know where to start, not to mention that he had already had a plan for Li Jing to go around a few times, and he was still confused.

"This strategy still needs to be implemented by General Yang himself......" Then Li Jing told Yang Yichen the strategy in his heart, Yang Yichen smiled knowingly, and then led half of the people away.

"Lord Wang, the enemy army has been outside the city all day without any movement, I don't know what conspiracy is playing, let my subordinates lead a group of men and horses out to kill!" On the wall of Hongnong Palace, Wei Chigong said to Li Shimin.

"Don't worry, since the enemy has no intention of attacking, then we will wait with them, the enemy army is only about 100,000 horses, we also have 100,000 horses, it is impossible for them to attack it, they are waiting for us to send it to the door or they are just trying to contain us." Li Shimin stopped Wei Chigong's thoughts, it was broad daylight, and he couldn't take advantage of going out, not to mention that he only had a subordinate like Wei Chigong who could be regarded as a martial artist available, although Liu Heimin was not bad, but after all, Wei Chigong was better, in case Wei Chigong couldn't come back, then he really had no one available.

"Lord Wang, look! The enemy is moving! At this time, Liu Heimin shouted, Li Shimin and Wei Chigong also looked ahead, and sure enough, they saw that the enemy army had tens of thousands of people from the camp and went south.

"What the hell are the enemy trying to do?!" Seeing this situation, Li Shimin was very puzzled, the enemy clearly did not look like he was going to attack the city, and if there was any conspiracy, he would not swagger and mobilize his troops in broad daylight.

"Let the soldiers' eyes be brighter, and don't let the enemy play any conspiracy!" Li Shimin instructed, since he couldn't guess what the enemy wanted to do, then wait for the enemy to make a move, anyway, they were on the defensive.

At night, the nerves of the ** side stationed in Hongnong Palace have been tense for a whole day, and another group of people left the enemy camp halfway, and then there was no movement at all, this war does not seem to be like an offensive and defensive war, so far it is still a sit-down war.

"Lord Wang, I have found out clearly, part of the enemy army is attacking Shangluo County, Luonan, Shangluo, and Fengyang have all been lost, and Shangluo is in danger!" Li Jing did not surround Hongnong Palace, firstly, because the troops were not enough, and secondly, he wanted to give the enemy a way to retreat, and the enemy would not be so desperate if there was a way out.

"What?" Li Shimin was shocked when he heard the news suddenly, but he didn't expect the enemy to shoot a shot right under his nose and attack Shangluo instead. "Did the enemy bury the pot tonight?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

"Yes! Tonight, the smoke of cooking from the enemy's camp was particularly thick, as if it was cooking for more than 100,000 people! The soldier replied very simply, not paying attention at the time, but now it seemed that the enemy's feet had already been exposed, but they had not paid attention.

"Fooled! It turns out that the enemy army outside the city is confusing us, and it is estimated that the enemy camp outside the city is just an empty shell at this time! "The enemy army left in two batches and never came back at all, where did so many people come from, Li Shimin now has the urge to cut people.

"Order the troops to assemble!" Li Shimin decisively ordered to go to the enemy camp outside the city first, see if the enemy is still playing tricks, and if the enemy really leaves, then go to support Hongnong.

"Lord, I'm ......" Wei Chigong gathered his troops, saw Li Shimin coming, and wanted to quickly ask for guilt, if it wasn't for his negligence, Shangluo might not be so critical.

"I'll talk about it when I come back, if Shangluo is fine, it will offset the merits, and if Shangluo loses it, I will punish you!" Li Shimin interrupted Wei Chigong's words, there is a shortage of people now, and it is not good to punish him, everything can only be said after this battle is over.

"Yes!" Wei Chigong was moved and vowed to repay Li Shimin for meritorious service.

Li Shimin led the army to the Sui army camp, only to see that the camp was brightly lit, but there was no sound, and no one patrolled, "Hei Min, you take 10,000 horses in to have a look!" Li Shimin was afraid of repeating the situation in Yan'an County, so he became cautious this time, and first asked Liu Heimin to take people in to find out the situation.

Liu Heimin led people to rush in directly, and after a while, he came out and said to Li Shimin: "Lord Wang, there is no one inside!" ”

"Well, Jingde, you take people to patrol the neighborhood, and this king will go in and have a look!" It was expected that there would be no one inside, but if he wanted to go in and have a look, of course, Wei Chigong had to patrol the surroundings, otherwise it would be bad if someone came to catch turtles in an urn like last time.

There were lights in the camp, but there was no one, and there was still a trace of warmth in the earthen stove where the rice was made, and Li Shimin took a general look at it, and it was really enough for 100,000 people.

"Lord Wang, a large amount of grain and grass has been found!" Liu Heimin came over at this time and said.

"Grain and grass? Can it be eaten? Is it poisoned? Li Shimin felt very strange that there was still grain and grass left in the army, and if the grain and grass could not be taken away, it could be destroyed, so staying in this way was not equivalent to supporting the enemy, Li Shimin's first reaction was the enemy's conspiracy.

"I tried it, and I randomly checked a few bags for the war horse to eat, and there was no adverse reaction." Liu Heimin replied.

"Lord Wang, there is no enemy in the surrounding area for several miles, I am afraid that all of them have withdrawn." Wei Chigong came in at this time and said.

Li Shimin felt that something was always wrong, but he couldn't say it, but it was certain that the enemy was attacking Shangluo, and it was unknown what conspiracy there was.

"Leave 2,000 men and horses to transport the grain back to the city, and the rest of the people will support Shangluo with this king!" Since he couldn't guess Li Shimin, he simply didn't guess, and since the enemy sent them food, then he didn't have to be polite. Leaving two thousand men and horses to transport grain, Li Shimin led the rest of the men and horses to run directly towards Shangluo!

"General, the enemy has rushed to support Shangluo, and only two thousand men and horses are left to transport the food in our camp!" At this time, no one could have imagined that there were more than 10,000 men and horses hidden in a mountain range a few miles away from the Sui army camp in Hongnong Palace, and fortunately, they were hiding far away so that they were not discovered.

"Well, you go and tell the marshal, and say that the enemy has gone in his direction." Su Dingfang said that this team of more than 10,000 people was led by him, and it was responsible for the task of capturing the empty Hongnong Palace.

"You take 5,000 men and horses to bypass the camp from the left side and block the enemy's way back to the city, and you can't let go of any of them, otherwise the mission will fail, and I will directly lead 5,000 people to attack directly from behind the camp." Su Dingfang said to the deputy general.

"Let's go!"

For more than ten minutes, when the ** soldiers were happily carrying the grain and grass left by the Sui army, they didn't know that the catastrophe was coming!

"Kill! ~" Su Dingfang roared and led people to attack directly at the unsuspecting **! After a fight, most of the soldiers were killed and wounded, and some took advantage of the chaos to run away, but Su Dingfang was not worried, there were people waiting for them in front.

"Hurry up and change into the enemy's clothes!" Su Dingfang gave an order, and the 2,000 people who had assigned the task in advance hurriedly changed into the enemy's clothes, and the rest unloaded the grain and grass, and then a few people hid in the car.

"Go, set fire some tents!" Su Dingfang commanded, the soldiers were puzzled, but did not hesitate, and after a while, the fire in the camp tent was soaring.

"Let's go!" Su Dingfang led the team to escort the "grain and grass" to Hongnong Palace.

"Stop! Who is under the city? The soldiers defending the city asked when they saw a troop of men and horses carrying things coming.

"General, we are transporting grain and grass, and the prince has instructed us to transport the grain of the enemy's battalion back to the city, and please open the city gate!" Su Dingfang came out and said, it was dark at this time, and they were wearing ** military uniforms, and the enemy was not easy to distinguish at all, not to mention that everything he said was true, but the people had changed.

"Slow! Open up the grain and grass and take a look! The general defending the city felt that he still had to be careful, so Su Dingfang did so, cut two bags of grain, scattered the grain on the ground, and then scolded and said that it was a waste.

"What's going on with the fire in the enemy camp?"

"Back to the general, when the brothers grabbed the spoils again, they set fire to the big tent of the enemy commander, and I have already taught me a lesson!" Su Dingfang said that after the fight just now, he was afraid that the sound would reach Hongnong Palace, so Su Dingfang asked the soldiers to set fire to the two military tents as cover.

"Put the drawbridge, open the gates, let them in!" After seeing that there was no problem, the general defending the city decisively let him go.

"Do it! Take the gates! After the convoy entered the city, Su Dingfang decisively gave an order, and the soldiers wearing ** military uniforms immediately controlled the city gate, and the soldiers in the grain carts also came out one after another.

"Attack!" Seeing the success of Su Dingfang's multiple gates, the deputy general immediately led the soldiers who were ambushed outside the Hongnong Palace to take the opportunity to kill into the city!

"Hurry up and inform the prince, just say that Hongnong Palace has been lost!" The general of the enemy army defending the city ordered the soldiers to report the news, the enemy army had entered the city, and it was only a matter of time before the Hongnong Palace was broken, and the 20,000 people in the city were too scattered to support at all.