Saizhou is located between Yizhou and Shezhou, the city is nine feet high, built of rammed earth. There were 3,000 rebels in the city, and when they heard that the Tang Dynasty had sent a large army to quell the rebellion, the people in the city were panicked.

The lord of the castle is Kang Guiping, the nephew of Kang Yuanzi.

The city was like a great enemy, and the soldiers on the city wall were heavily guarded with guns and spears.

Originally, the city lord was the patriarch of the Tongluo clan, and after he was attached to Kang Yuanzi, the position of the city lord was replaced by Kang Guiping. The patriarch of the Tongluo tribe dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

Guo Li's army slowly approached Saizhou.

The first 300 people were the famous Liangshan regiment. I saw that although the soldiers on the city wall were holding spears and spears, the banners were crooked.

Zhou Peng said with a smile: "It seems that the people in the city are panicking, and they can't even put the flag straight." ”

Li Guangbi said: "Don't be careless, this is the first battle of counterinsurgency, and it must be won smoothly, otherwise it will become more and more difficult to fight later." ”

"Exactly, the first battle has to be won beautifully, and quickly." A lieutenant said.

The 5,000 military horses commanded by Guo Li had five captains. Three of the five lieutenants were very unconvinced by Guo Li, why did a small lieutenant ride on the captain's head and?

Guo Li understands the thoughts of these captains in the army, and after five years in the Tang Army, he knows that these people are straightforward bosses and coarse people, and there is nothing bad about them. Only when they see miracles, they will naturally be convinced. Therefore, Guo Li has never communicated with these lieutenants.

The servant Gu Chengen arrested the young and strong people of more than 200 tribes, and the different voices in the clan disappeared. In this attack on Saizhou, the Servant Bone family gathered 500 people from the clan to participate in the attack. Guo Lilai does not refuse, the more the merrier.

Looking at the low city wall in front of him, Guo Li thought about what method he could use to break the city as soon as possible.

Fire attack?

Flooding?

Although you don't have any large siege equipment, your opponent's walls don't have a moat.

By the way, the other side does not have a moat.

Guo Li suddenly thought of how to break the city.

"Captain Tan, I order you to dig a tunnel that leads directly to the bottom of the opponent's city wall within two hours, so you don't need to dig into the city. Can it be done? ”

Digging a tunnel in two hours is a breeze.

"The last general commands."

"Liu Duwei, I ordered you to dig a tunnel to the bottom of the opponent's city wall within two hours, three feet away from the tunnel dug by Tan Duwei, you don't need to dig into the city, can you do it?"

"The last general commands."

"Zhao Duwei, I ordered you to dig through the tunnels dug by Tan Duwei and Liu Duwei within two hours, without digging into the city, can you do it?"

"The last general commands."

Digging tunnels is not a charge, but a hard job. The three lieutenants gladly accepted the order and went with their soldiers to do the coolies.

"Captain Tao, this official ordered you to dig up the rammed earth on the city wall within half an hour, can you do it?"

"The last general commands."

"Lee Kwang-pil"

"Kudi Hope"

"Yang Duwei"

"I order you to see the city wall collapse, and attack the city from the collapse opening, whoever kills Kang Guiping first will be the first to take the credit."

"Commanded"

Kang Guiping saw that Guo Li's army was lined up a hundred feet in front of the city gate, which happened to be out of range of bows and arrows. Neither besieged nor talked, I don't know what the other party is doing.

"General, it's not good, the soldier who listened told the other party that he was digging a tunnel."

"Digging tunnels?" Kang Guiping smiled.

If you dig a tunnel, I will dig a ditch in the city, and arrange for the soldiers who listen to you to dig into the city, dig down from above, and discipline you to come and die.

Kang Guiping has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he knows how to deal with digging tunnels.

Kang Guiping reported the good news to the soldiers, and after a while, the soldiers came to report that the other party had dug under the city wall and stopped.

Stopped?

What's the use of you digging tunnels when you stop?

Kang Guiping was thinking about it when he heard the soldier come to report: "General, it's not good. The other side is digging the city wall. ”

Before the words fell, only a loud bang was heard.

The rammed earth walls collapsed, revealing a gap seven or eight feet wide. Seeing the gap, Guo Li rushed out first, took the lead, and killed!

In the past, when Guo Li was a fire chief, he was not afraid of death at all, and developed the habit of charging into battle. After rushing out, I found that I had reached the bottom of the city wall, grandma's, just rush, don't be afraid of death.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty saw the main general charging with their own eyes, and they worshiped with blood, Lao Tzu had been a soldier for so many years, and this was the first time he had seen this situation.

"Guo Xianfeng has rushed up, what are we doing behind?"

"Everyone, we can't let General Guo run in front of us."

"The first time Lao Tzu saw the general charge, the general was not afraid of death, Lao Tzu was afraid of an egg."

Kang Guiping was shocked and fled with his guards abandoning the city. The battle was soon over, and the soldiers cheered for victory.

It's a pity that Kang Guiping escaped.

Thirty-eight men were lightly wounded, nine were seriously wounded, and eighty-nine were annihilated, none of whom died. The results are a bit small, Guo Li is not satisfied.

Standing at the head of the city of Qizhou, the soldiers who cheered at the head of the city, and several captains cast admiring glances. Guo Li knew that this battle had established his prestige in the army.

Li Guangbi, Zhou Peng, and Ku Di Shuowang gathered around him and looked south together. There are still four cities to be recovered.

Guo Li sent all the patriarchs of the Tongluo tribe and many Tongluo people in the city who had no time to escape to Lingzhou and handed them over to Zhang Shuo for disposal. All the property of the Tongluo people was confiscated and used for military purposes. Since you participated in the rebellion, you have to bear the consequences that you should bear.

In the evening, the Servant Bone Clan held a bonfire party. The victory was won, and everyone celebrated the victory happily.

The next day, at dawn, the army marched. When it was already dusk when I walked to Shezhou, who knew that the gate of Shezhou was wide open, and there were many people standing in front of the city gate, as if welcoming the army into the city.

What's going on?

It turned out that the rebels guarding Shezhou heard that Guo Li had captured Qizhou one day, and after getting the news, they led their soldiers to run away, and the city is now empty.

And such a good thing?

Guo Li ordered the army to enter the city to take over the defense, but all those who participated in the rebellion were escorted to Lingzhou and their property confiscated. The situation in Luzhou and Lizhou is the same, Guo Li went to four cities in four days. The soldiers are elated, who is not afraid of death? You don't have to pay a price to take the city, what a good thing. Only Guo Li was in a complicated mood, and as a result, Gyeongju's military strength increased greatly. How to conquer Gyeongju is probably a difficult problem.

Gyeongju is no better than Cheju.

The walls of Gyeongju are three feet high and belong to the fortress city. The foundation of the city wall is a huge stone, and the city wall is made of bricks and stones, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. What's even more troublesome is that Gyeongju has a moat, and attacking Gyeongju with Guo Li's current strength is undoubtedly a fool's dream.

Guo Li led an army of nearly 6,000 and set up camp three miles from Gyeongju.

Kang Yuanzi heard Tanma's report that Guo Li's army was only three miles away from Gyeongju, and he was resolute in his heart. With only 6,000 men, it is delusional to capture Gyeongju.

If Kang Yuanzi had led the elite of the clan to kill them in the past, the thousands of people and horses who had withdrawn from Shezhou, Luzhou, and Lizhou now needed to be appeased. Although these people fled without a fight, now is not the time to pursue them.

Since Kang Yuanzi rebelled, he didn't want to grovel and be a slave with the second surname again.

Surrender is a dead end.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty would not tolerate a rebellion. 、

Resistance, perhaps, there is still a way to live.

Kang Guiping stood beside Kang Yuanzi and did not speak. In the current situation, everyone knows that Kang Yuanzi has failed. The biggest reason for the failure was that they did not contact the tribes on the steppe to start up together, and now the defeat is certain.

Even if you die, you have to die vigorously.

Guo Li fell into deep thought.

The retreat of Gyeongju terrain is just around the corner, how can we take Gyeongju as soon as possible with the current strength. There were 12,000 rebels in Gyeongju City, and only 6,000 on his own side. The Art of War: Siege warfare should be fought with one out of ten. Now the situation is the opposite, one against two.

Guo Li said in his mouth that he could not attack by force, but only by attacking his heart.

Just when Guo Li was at a loss, he heard the soldier shouting.

"Report, Liangzhou Governor Wang Shouzhen asks to see him."

Wang Shouzhen did not come without permission.

Guo Li was like a bamboo all the way, connecting four cities. Chang'an City was beaming with joy after receiving good news. Zhang said that he wrote a letter asking Liangzhou to send troops to besiege Gyeongju. Although Zhang said that Ren Shuofang was the envoy of the festival, Lingzhou was too far away from Gyeongju, and the army spent countless military rations back and forth. Zhang said that 20,000 elite soldiers were sent from Liangzhou, and Gyeongju could go down. Li Longji considered that what Zhang said was reasonable, and issued an order to the eldest prince of Liangzhou to send troops to Gyeongju to quell the rebellion. The eldest prince ordered General Yangju to lead 20,000 horses and horses to Gyeongju as soon as possible.

After receiving the order, General Liangzhou quickly ordered 20,000 horses and ordered Wang Shouzhen to lead 5,000 men and horses as the vanguard and go straight to Qingyang.

Wang Shouzhen had long heard that his brother-in-law Guo Li led troops to quell the rebellion, and when he received an order at this moment, he couldn't wait to put on his wings and fly over. took 5,000 soldiers and horses, bypassed Qingyang City, and joined Guo Li's division.

"Uncle, how is this battle fought?" Guo Li asked.

They are all their own brothers, so they don't need to be polite.

Wang Shouzhen abandoned Wen Congrong, but in a peaceful and prosperous world, there was no battle to fight. This time, the soldiers sent to Gyeongju, and they were naturally very excited. After calming down, think about the fact that there are only a little more than 10,000 soldiers and horses at present, and there are more than 10,000 horses in Qingyang City, the city is high and the moat is deep, and a hard attack will not work at all.

For a while, Wang Shouzhen was also stumped.

Do you have to wait for General Liangzhou to lead his men and horses to come over before attacking the city?

Wang Shouzhen had no choice but to look at Guo Li. Who knew that Guo Li happened to look at Wang Shouzhen, and at the moment when the two looked at each other, Guo Li thought of a plan.

"There you go. Kang Yuanzi knew that there were only 6,000 men on our side, and this was his basis for resolutely defending the city. At this moment, the army in Qingyang City is unstable, if there is an emergency, the army in the city is in turmoil, Kang Yuanzi may have to abandon the city and flee. After all, this is not a battle between the two countries, and for Kang Yuanzi, it is better to leave his life behind than anything else. ”

Wang Shouzhen knew that Guo Li had not finished speaking.

"My brother could have his soldiers each carry two torches, and march in a circle. In this way, when I found that our reinforcements were endless, I didn't know how many military horses came from outside the city, so I naturally fled in panic overnight. As for the direction of escape, it just so happened that General Liangzhou came from the south, let go of the south, hold the east and west directions, and leave a thousand people in the north to bluff. The uncle can send someone to inform the general of Liangzhou. ”

"Ziyi's clever plan."

"Uncle can go and arrange it now, remember one thing, ring torches, keep walking."

"Understood".

Wang Shouzhen is gone.

"Li Guangbi Ge Mengyin listened to the order: lead the Liangshan regiment and the servants of the Gu clan to hold the north of Qingyang, and if the enemy forcibly passes, they must not be forcibly blocked."

"The three lieutenants Tan, Liu, and Zhao listened to the order: you and the other three of them each led their troops and horses to the west to dig a pit, set up a horse rejection post, and if anyone escaped from the city gate, the feather arrows would wait. Just scare the enemies away. If the enemy attacked, you can retreat flexibly and not fight to the death. If the enemy turns around and flees, they should not chase after them, but take the opportunity to seize the city gate and capture Gyeongju. ”

"Yes."

"Captain Tao and Captain Yang listened to the order: You wait for the two of you to gather troops and horses as a reserve. When the time is ripe, the tail chases it, lures the snake out of the hole tonight, and drives the wolf and the tiger. ”

In the middle of the night, the defenders of Qingyang City suddenly found a group of men and horses coming from the east, looking at the number of torches, four people were in a column, circling continuously, as if countless soldiers and horses were coming. An hour later, the other side was still on the move. That's how many soldiers and horses are coming. The defenders hurriedly reported back to Kang Yuanzi, and when Kang Yuanzi went up to the city and saw it, his face turned pale. Reinforcements so soon?

The people in Qingyang City were originally panicked, but now it is rumored that the imperial army is coming, and the army is even more unstable. Kang Yuanzi saw that instead of sitting and waiting to die, it was better to fight to the death. Immediately gathered the people in the city, took advantage of the darkness of the night, opened the west gate and fled. As soon as he left the city for three miles, he heard the sound of killing in front of him. Kang Yuanzi turned around and walked away, heading in the direction of the south gate.

Tan, Liu, and Zhao secretly sighed that Guo Li was like a god. According to the military order, the city should be sieged. When the soldiers went to the bottom of the city, they found that the gates of the city were wide open, and the guards did not know where to flee for their lives. Successfully took over the city defense, the three captains guarded the south gate, the west gate, and the east gate respectively, and sent people to the north gate, echoing Li Guangbi and Kudi Shuowang to guard the north gate.

In less than three watches, Qingyang Prefecture has changed owners.

Guo Li took two lieutenants, and after receiving the urgent report, he quietly followed Kang Yuanzi's army to the south. In two hours at most, Kang Yuanzi will meet the army of General Liangzhou, and at that time, these two thousand soldiers and horses will be killed from behind, which will play a decisive role.

Wang Shouzhen received the news that Kang Yuanzi had fled from the south gate, stopped the Ecstasy Array, and hurriedly led his troops in pursuit.

Kang Yuanzi led 10,000 soldiers and horses to march southward, preparing to cross Liangzhou and march in the direction of the Western Regions. Once you go to the Western Regions, the sky is high and the birds fly, and the sea is wide and the fish jumps. The vast world of the Western Regions makes it easy to find a place to stay. Most of Kang Yuanzi's 10,000 soldiers and horses were from the Tiele tribe, which was originally a nation on the grassland.

The army stopped fifty miles south of Gyeongju.

Kang Yuanzi laughed and said: "Ben Jiang still thinks that Guo Li has a lot of ability, if he ambushes a soldier and horse here, Ben will be in a desperate situation." ”

As soon as the words fell, there were bursts of shouts of killing in front.

What's going on?

Kang Yuanzi stepped forward, only to see that the vanguard was already fighting fiercely.

There are ambushes here.

Get on your horse and rush forward together.

At this moment, I heard a report from the soldier, "General, at least 5,000 soldiers and horses have been found attacking behind you." ”

When Kang Yuanzi heard this, he didn't care about arranging the troops, so he slapped the horse's ass and rushed out first.

The sound of killing shook the sky and blood flowed like a river this night, and tens of thousands of people were entangled together to kill you to the death.

It's dawn.

On the vast earth, there are tens of thousands of corpses.

……..

In this battle, Guo Libu killed 39 people, seriously wounded 85 people, and slightly wounded 260 people. Seventy-six people were killed, 340 seriously wounded, and 958 lightly wounded. The Liangzhou General Headquarters suffered 660 dead, 846 seriously wounded, and 1,454 lightly wounded.

Nearly 10,000 bodies were left at the scene, and Kang Yuanzi's whereabouts are unknown.

Back in Qingyang City, all the rich and noble families in the city participated in the rebellious people's homes, and the property was confiscated.

Guo Li was in the temporary office of the former Gyeongju government, and Kudi Shuowang walked in and fell to his knees.

Guo Li understands that Kudi Shuo wants to avenge the murder of his father.

"Get up, the Liangshan regiment is temporarily under your control, and whether you can take revenge depends on your creation."

"There are enough servants of the Bone Clan, there is no need for the Liangshan Regiment, everyone has war horses. Shuowang came to borrow five hundred horses from the general. "A long-distance chase requires two horses to change rides, which is faster.

"Go, remember that no matter if you can't catch it, you must come back alive." Guo Li patted Kudi Shuowang's shoulder. This sixteen-year-old has too many things on his back.

Kudisus looked away.

……

Kang Yuanzi is like a lost dog.

Finally, it was dawn, and there were only eighteen horsemen left. When Xiang Yu was defeated and left the Wujiang River, there were also eighteen horsemen around him. Kang Guiping was covered in blood, panting and said, "General, I can't run." ”

Kang Yuanzi looked at the embarrassed people in front of him, and suddenly laughed and said: "The general thought that Guo Li was the reincarnation of Zhuge , but that's it, if a soldier and horse were ambushed here, it would be difficult for him to escape death." ”

Kang Guiping rolled his eyes. The laughter just now attracted the ambush of tens of thousands of troops, and he finally escaped, and he was laughing at Guo Li again.

At this moment, the surrounding killing sound shook the sky.

"Capture Kang Yuanzi!"

"Kang Yuanzi, where to run? This is where you will die. ”

"Kang Yuanzi, pay for my father's life."

Kudi Shuowang held a spear and headed for the door of Kan Yuanzi.

"I'm dying," Kan Yuanzi closed her eyes.

Hearing only a scream, Kang Guiping blocked in front of Kang Yuanzi and shot him, which was picked open by the gun.

"Guiping!" Seeing Kang Guiping blocking a shot for himself, Kang Yuanzi went crazy and grabbed the head of Kudi Shuowang's gun. Seven or eight guns suddenly stretched out from all around, all of which were pierced into Kang Yuanzi's body.

Seven or eight wounds, bleeding profusely.

Cudi withdrew the tip of the gun and stabbed it hard in the heart of Kang Yuanzi.

Kang Yuanzi finally died, and after he died, he was not in vain, and the whole person stood still, and only after the servant bone clan drew a gun did he fall to the ground and die.

The boy jumped off his horse, fell to his knees, and wept.

Dad, my son has avenged you. You've made it all the way!

Dad, forgive his son and change his name to Servant Bone Huaien.

The young man kowtowed three times in the direction of Mupangu, comforted his father, cut off the past, and finally became a real man when he got up.

From now on, there is no more hope for Kudi Shuo in the world, and from now on there is only the servant bone Huai'en in the world.