Chapter 233: The Battle of Chang'an (Middle) Breaks Tong Pass
"Speed up and go to Xinfeng City to wait for Your Majesty's army to arrive!" Cheng Yanjin knew that since Yang Yan had agreed with him that he could only go to Xinfeng, then he only had the order to obey, although he would not be subject to the order of the monarch outside, but now that the emperor is also outside, if he dares not to accept it, then he will wait to be beaten by the board, it is nothing to be beaten, Cheng Yanjin doesn't care about being beaten by the board, but if he wants to be embarrassed by the board in front of Luo Shixin and Qin Shubao, it will be a big loss.
"Stop!" Although Xinfeng County has been able to see it clearly, but also saw the continuous military camps stationed outside the city, seeing this mile bite gold heart cold sweat, this way over did not find any trace of the enemy, so the vigilance relaxed a lot, after entering Jingzhao County, he did not send scouts to the front to explore the way, fortunately the enemy did not send people to ambush them, otherwise a bad tens of thousands of horses will be all over, Cheng Biting Jin is sure that the enemy found them when he was sure, after all, the enemy must have sent scouts to camp nearby, The local lord will definitely know the news of their arrival, but it is unknown why he gave up such a great opportunity.
"Heng Lie, take someone to find out how many people are in the enemy army?" Cheng Biting Jin Cheng Biting Jin stared at the enemy camp in front of him and said.
"Heng Lie! Where did this stinky boy go, his skin is itchy, isn't it? After waiting for a long time and not responding, Cheng Yanjin turned around and looked back at the half-point shadow without Li Henglie, and subconsciously scolded.
"General, General Li is already dead in battle!" A lieutenant cautioned.
"Oh, then, Ben will forget, so you can take someone to investigate!" Cheng Yanjin came back to his senses at this time, everything was left to Li Henglie to do, but now that he died in battle, he is really a little unaccustomed to such a person who can be called.
"The army retreated five miles and set up camp!" It's too close to the enemy's camp, and the enemy's strength hasn't been figured out yet, so it's better to be careful.
"General, find out, there are more than 50,000 enemy troops, and the lord will be Hou Junji!" It wasn't long before the lieutenant returned.
"Hou Junji? Haven't heard of this person! "Cheng Yanjin has never dealt with Hou Junji, and Yang Jun didn't tell him, besides, there is no shadow of Hou Junji on this expedition, and he won't pay attention to these, so it's normal for him to not know.
"It is estimated that the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is no one, and it is actually filmed that such an unknown person commands an army of 50,000, it seems that God is destined to give me this credit!" Yang Xuan said that he would stop advancing when he arrived in Xinfeng, and it just so happened that the enemy was in Xinfeng, and the number of people was about the same as that led by him, so he could fight a battle.
"Everybody's on orders! Go with Ben and pick up the enemy camp! Cheng Yanjin said hello, and ran towards the ** camp with people! The opportunity is rare, if you wait for the army to arrive, then it is estimated that there will be nothing to do with him.
At this time, Hou Junji was also watching the Sui army's every move, and he already knew it when Cheng Biting Jin had not yet set foot in Xinfeng, but he was too obedient to Li Shimin's orders, and Li Shimin asked him to take a defensive position and not attack without authorization, so he missed a good opportunity to ambush in vain.
"Listen, the people in the battalion, my Great Sui Heavenly Soldiers have arrived, why don't you surrender quickly? Otherwise, Hugh blames Cheng for the guy in someone's hand, you're welcome! Cheng Biting Jin shouted, with the help of the momentum of 50,000 horses behind him, it was like Zhang Fei's arrogance of "Yanren Zhang Yide is here, who dares to fight with me" when he retreated from Cao Jun.
"What? Silent? If you don't come out to fight with your grandfather for 300 rounds, and you don't surrender, what kind of grandson is this going to pretend? Who's that? Hou Junji, right, do you dare to come out and fight with your grandfather Cheng? If you don't dare, you're my grandson, and if you do it, I'll be your grandfather! Seeing that ** had no intention of going to war, Cheng Biting Jin scolded again, according to what he said, Hou Junji was his grandson if he didn't fight.
"General! Let me go out and slaughter him!" The lieutenant couldn't help it and wanted to fight.
"Don't be impulsive, wait for our people to come back and see where the main forces of the enemy army are!" Hou Junji is also short-tempered, Cheng Biting Jin's scolding can't stand it, but he has to consider the overall situation, it's easy to fight, what will happen if you win, what will happen if you lose, he always thought that he was the second boss in the world, Li Shimin, since he was defeated by Qin Shubao, he finally knew that there were people outside the world, which also made him cautious, of course, this does not mean that his temper has changed.
"It is said that Hou Junji is so powerful, I think it is not as good as the prosperity that His Majesty raised in the mansion when he was in Licheng, I forgot to say that the prince is a dog, and he can still bark twice when he sees a stranger!" Cheng Biting Jin's mouth was getting more and more poisonous by Yang Xuan, and he couldn't see that such a big and coarse person was scolding so badly, of course, Lao Cheng was complacent, he felt that he had taken a big step towards the level of Zhuge Wuhou's scolding!
Cheng Biting Jin was scolded, but Hou Junji's face was pale, and he was extremely angry at first glance! Just scold him for being a grandson, who isn't a grandson? Is it still wild? But later scolded him as not even a dog, this is an insult to his personality, if Hou Junji doesn't react again, he will really acquiesce, of course, scolding him knows that he can't bite the gold in the process, but he is not sure who will win in the last game.
"Gather your troops! Ben was going to tear the birdman's mouth off! Hou Junji gave an order, and the soldiers who had been holding back for a long time immediately assembled, just waiting for Hou Junji to lead them out!
"Hehe, I thought he could hold on to it, but I didn't expect to be provoked so quickly, is it because my old Cheng has become powerful or Hou Junji is not in the stream at all? Forget it, I'll know when I catch him and ask, but Your Majesty is really right, attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top, this is really effective! Seeing that Hou Junji began to assemble the army, Cheng Biting Jin was happy in his heart, which was all a credit.
"You take 10,000 people to the left side, you take 10,000 people to the right side, Ben will personally lead 30,000 people to entangle them in the middle lane, and then you will lead people to kill them from the left and right!" Cheng Yanjin instructed the two partial generals to fight with real swords and guns in this wide area, and the two armies were so close to each other.
Hou Junji still sent 20,000 people to guard the camp, and he led more than 30,000 people to meet the enemy, 30,000 against the enemy 50,000, which seemed to be a loss, but the enemy army did not have cavalry, but he had a cavalry of 3,000 people in his hands, so that he could basically be on par with the strength of the enemy, and the mobility of his troops was better than that of the enemy.
"The cavalry chiseled through the tactics, the infantry followed, and the generals were killed!" Seeing that Cheng Biting Jin's soldiers were divided into three ways, Hou Junji was very disdainful, the battlefield was outside their camp, were they still afraid that they would be surrounded? It's impossible to think about it, the enemy is still thinking about a three-way attack, dreaming.
"Kill!" Cheng Yanjin led the group of troops to rush forward with a roar, and did not encounter the enemy along the way, this gang has long been overenergy, and now that they can finally go to war, they must be very excited.
The infantry is not afraid of the cavalry at all, because they have the Mo knife hand known as the battlefield tank, the standard army of 10,000 people must have two thousand archers and five hundred Mo knife hands, and the remaining seven thousand five hundred are infantry, of course, the Mo knife hand is also considered infantry, but it is a heavy infantry, covered by armor all over the body, it is time-consuming and expensive to build, and the selection of Mo knife soldiers is also very strict, so it is very difficult to build a Mo knife soldier, otherwise Yang Yun can directly get a hundred thousand Mo knife soldiers to sweep the world.
"The Mo knife hand entangles the enemy's cavalry, the pikemen are responsible for assisting, and the horizontal sword soldiers will kill with Ben!" With the presence of Mo sword soldiers, the enemy's cavalry's chiseling tactics also lost their effect, and the momentum was blocked, so Cheng Yanjin took the opportunity to lead his troops around and directly meet the infantry led by Hou Junji.
"Vulture thief, take your life!" As soon as Hou Junji saw Cheng Biting Jin, the person who scolded him just now, his eyes suddenly radiated an angry light, and he went directly towards Cheng Biting Jin, and the two immediately fought together. It's just that what Hou Junji didn't expect was that Cheng Yanjin's force was not something he could handle, and he was pressed and beaten by Cheng Yanjin at the beginning, but fortunately, although the gap between the two was not too big, Hou Junji was at a disadvantage, but Cheng Yanjin couldn't behead Hou Junji at once.
"Kill!" Just when the battle situation was in a state of stalemate, the 20,000 soldiers arranged by Cheng Biting Jin came from both sides, and the situation suddenly tilted towards Cheng Biting Jin's side, and the morale was greatly boosted, and the ** was defeated and retreated.
"Archer!" Hou Junji looked at the Sui army that was approaching step by step, and then shouted to the camp behind, and in an instant, ten thousand arrows flew out of the camp!
"Withdraw! Hou Junji, the turtle grandson, is so ruthless that he doesn't even care about his own people's lives! Seeing the rain of arrows falling one after another, and the soldiers fell one by one, Cheng Yanjin had to order the soldiers to throw down the ** soldiers who were entangled with him and retreat. Yang Jian gave him 50,000 horses, but he didn't match him with archers, and he would suffer a loss when he started a battle. Of course, all of this is in Yang Jin's calculations, and with the archer, Cheng Yanjin estimates that he will really be subject to foreign military orders, and he will fight wherever he wants, so that he will not honestly stop in Xinfeng and wait for the arrival of the large army.
Hou Junji who returned to the camp still had palpitations, he didn't expect that any unknown general of the Sui army would have such skills, in his ** estimated that only Yu Chigong's martial arts could have a fight with him, although Yu Chigong was recruited by him, but now the degree of favor is not inferior to him, so he began to be jealous and look down on Yu Chigong, because Wei Chigong's ability to lead troops is not as good as him, but there is one thing he cannot deny, that is, Yu Chigong's martial arts are absolutely above him, and they do not have any people!
"Pay attention to defense, don't let the enemy take advantage of the opportunity, the enemy dares to come and greet them with bows and arrows, no one can leave the camp without the order of the general, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" Hou Junji gave a death order, even he couldn't please him when he went out, the others went out to find death, and they can't afford to lose now, there are only 50,000 horses here, it is said to be the first line of defense, but everyone knows that it can't be prevented at all, it's just a formality, and the final battlefield will be under Chang'an City.
"Send a letter to the Gaoling battalion, and ask them to hand over the task of defense to Liu Hongji and other withdrawn troops, and let them rush to reinforcements!" Li Shimin gave him the right to command 100,000 troops, but he didn't want Liu Hongji and others to take advantage of it and detain his other 50,000 horses, after all, with Liu Hongji and Qu Tutong's qualifications, Li Shimin would not say anything if he wanted to detain his soldiers and horses.
"This mission is not comparable to that time in Changbai Mountain, if you are not careful, you will be crushed, are you all ready?" Li Jing looked at the 3,000 men in front of him and said, these 3,000 people are all the troops that attacked Wang Bo Changbai Mountain Dazhai, and they have always been in charge of Li Jing, just like his own soldiers, the three thousand people are not more than one and one is not less.
"Ready! Don't be afraid to die! They also know that the mission they carried out this time is far more difficult and dangerous than the last time, they want to bypass and climb the Huashan Mountain Range and then attack Tongguan from behind, the steepness of Huashan is one of the best, but there is no way, Tongguan is too strong, the front is almost difficult to break, even if Li Jing brings a cart of explosives, it is difficult to blow up a gap. Therefore, attacking from behind is an important way to break the level, but this method is too difficult, but with this experienced army, everything is possible.
"Let's go!" Li Jing gave an order, and 3,000 men and horses disappeared into the vast night, and they wanted to make a detour to Hongnong County to the south of Huashan to climb.
"From tonight onwards, we will harass Tongguan, and Ben Shuai will make them uneasy for a moment!" Li Jing's order decided the tragedy of Tongguan's sleepless night.
"The Sui army will only play this kind of indiscriminate means, hum! Tonight, the city will be defended in three groups, a group of 30,000 people, and the rest will go to the barracks to sleep with my ears covered, and when the time comes, I will come and change the guard, I don't believe what else the enemy can do! In the face of this kind of obscene tactics of only hearing the figure but not seeing the person, Li Xiaogong was very annoyed. If they ignore it, they will suffer a big loss if they take the opportunity to tackle the problem, and if they take it too seriously and put all the troops here, then the enemy will make trouble for two days, and the soldiers will lose their spirit, which is even more inappropriate. His grievances are all because he can't go out to meet the enemy, and as soon as he gets out of the pass, he will fall into the hands of the enemy, and the enemy is afraid that they won't come out, so he must not go out.
Throughout the night, Su Dingfang and Wang Junke took people to Tongguan with gongs and drums to knock over and over again at night, and the defenders on Tongguan in the back were also used to it, so they ignored it completely, and then Su Dingfang would give them a rain of arrows, anyway, they couldn't let the Tongguan defenders have a good time.
"The weather is really good, I wonder if General Yang is resting?" The next day's weather was indeed good, just after dawn, and the sun had not yet come out but had already dyed the eastern sky golden.
"Fortunately, people are old and sleep less, they are tired of running around for the past two days, and they have slept soundly all night, presumably those people in Tongguan will be very envious, haha!" Although Yang Yichen is close to the age of sixtieth year, his body is still quite tough, and he has long been accustomed to getting up early when leading troops to fight for so many years.
"Go, inform the troops to bury the pot and cook rice, and when you are full, you have to go to Tongguan to go shopping!" Su Dingfang and Wang Junke took turns to harass Tongguan, and it didn't end until after the fifth watch, at this time the defenders of Tongguan were estimated to be sleeping soundly, and when they were full, the soldiers were estimated to hate them half to death.
"See, this is the result of one night!" After eating, Li Jing and Yang Yichen led the army to Lintong Pass again, only to see that the defenders on the pass were dozing, some holding weapons and looking crumbling, and some simply lying directly between the arrow stacks, without realizing that they had come to the city.
"Attack, calculate the time, and they should be at the bottom of the mountain. We must take Tongguan today, otherwise the battle of Chang'an will be none of our business! With Li Jing's order, trebuchets and siege vehicles were exhausted.
"Enemy attack!" When the defenders found that the enemy had already taken the pass, everyone suddenly came to their senses, but the feeling of a sudden headache was not good. Compared with the vigorous Sui soldiers, they were obviously mentally exhausted.
"Hold on! Resist me! "The enemy has been attacking for a long time but there is no sign of withdrawing troops, which is normal for a tough battle, but it is a torment for ** who has not eaten breakfast and guarded the pass on an empty stomach for half a day.
"Deputy marshal, we have suffered a lot of casualties, let the troops withdraw and rest for a while." Yang Yichen looked at the rising casualties, and his heart ached, after all, these were all his old subordinates, who had been with him for several years, and had been fighting from north to south, saying that it was impossible to say that there was no emotion.
"Ben Shuai also thinks, but the opportunity is rare, although we have suffered casualties, but the enemy army is almost unable to hold on!" Li Jing did not agree to withdraw his troops, after all, if he could not win this level in one go, it would be more difficult to take the second and third times, and it also gave the enemy time to breathe.
"Su Dingfang! Bring someone to attack the door for me and blow it up for me! "Although the bombing of the city may not be able to blow up a gap, it should not be a problem to blow up the door, although it is an iron gate, but there are gaps in any way, and there is still hope.
"Yes!" Although the gate is not a key place for the defenders to defend, it is estimated that the entire defenders who have cleared the customs are all on the pass, so there is almost no weak place, and the defense is almost comprehensive. Finally pushed the two truckloads of explosives under the closed door, and quickly led the people back to a safe place, Li Jing immediately Mingjin withdrew his troops, there was no way, in case his own people were affected, it would be a big game.
After the others retreated, Li Jing ordered the archers to change their rockets and shoot gunpowder at the car under the closed door.
With a sound of "boom~", the power of the explosion of the two carts of gunpowder directly overturned the gate, and the city tower on the entire gate collapsed in half, but there was no gap, which shows the thickness of Tongguan. The door was gone, but a long, dark passage appeared, and there was no light coming out of it, so it could be seen that there was still a door inside.
"Sure enough! Go on the offensive! Li Jing ordered, he was not disappointed, he didn't have any hope, the solidity of Tongguan was what he expected, so he pinned his hopes on the three thousand people, it stands to reason that one night plus one morning has passed, and the three thousand people should also enter the pass, why hasn't there been the slightest movement? Li Jing felt a trace of anxiety in his heart, which is also the reason why he did not let the troops rest, once the troops rested, then the enemy army also got rest, if the three thousand people happened to enter the pass at this time, they would undoubtedly fall into the net, so Li Jing must contain all the attention of the defenders.
"Dashuai has already tackled the problem there, and we should also act!" After hearing that loud noise, they knew that Li Jing was already attacking the city with all his might, and the enemy's attention had already been attracted, so they would be very relaxed here.
"Kill!" The three thousand elites hiding in the middle of the mountain did not hesitate to kill the Tongguan at the bottom of the mountain, and broke the Tongguan from the inside out!