Chapter 601: The Only White General

Li Huaitang swore to go on the third day of his arrival in Danzhou, the situation was not optimistic, Zhang Shousi sent a fast horse to send an urgent report, and a small group of Bohai Navy and the rest of the Khitan kept invading Yingzhou, and Yingzhou was in an emergency!

The army was 35,000 men, light and armed, and highly mule and horse.

The light cavalry is composed of more than 10,000 Ningyuan iron cavalry and 5,000 cavalry soldiers led by Wu Zhiyi, and the military cavalry is composed of 2,000 strong crossbowmen, 1,000 Mo swordsmen and more than 10,000 newly recruited troops, mainly responsible for transporting and protecting military supplies such as grain, grass, arrows and arrows.

According to the plan, the army went out of Shanhaiguan, along the corridor of western Liaoning, and quickly 'inserted' into the ancient county of western Liaoning, Jinzhou, and responded to Yingzhou from the flank.

The western Liaoning corridor starts from the ancient county town of western Liaoning in the north, reaches the mountain customs of Yuguan in the south, high mountains on one side, Liaodong Bay on the other, the terrain is treacherous, once the road to advance is blocked, more than 30,000 people can only set up a long snake formation on the narrow corridor of western Liaoning, and will be intercepted from both sides at any time and the army will not be formed.

Therefore, the strategic position of the ancient county town of Liaoxi is quite important, and if you want to enter the hinterland of Liaodong, you must first conquer this city.

Bai Xiaode was once again ordered by Li Huaitang to provoke a surprise attack, and it was the important task of opening up the road to the Eastern Expedition for the army.

In terms of talent, Bai Xiaode is inferior to Wang Zhonghe, but the emperor Lao'er refused to let Wang Zhonghei come, which made Li Huaitang feel regretful, it seems that Li Longji also fell in love with this thousand-mile horse.

However, Bai Xiaode is not an ordinary person, brave and strategic, young and vigorous, and has no lack of combat experience. When Li Huaitang was planning in Luoyang, he had already planned for the capture of the old county town of Liaoxi, and the 'elite' scouts sent with a very forward-looking 'sex' vision collected a lot of relevant information, specifically including the 'sex' personality and habits of the guards.

The prophets often said that opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. Bai Xiaode was well prepared, so he gambled on whether the 'female' god was on his side.

As long as you are not an idiot who "why not eat 'meat' mince", you can see it, not to mention the outstanding and ambitious martial arts?

He appointed the Confucian general Zhang Wenchong, who was known for his prudence, and the brother of Zhang Wenxiu, the general of the Bohai Navy. Zhang Jiayi's 'door' three masters, among which the youngest general Zhang Wenbai had bad luck, in the process of chasing and killing the traitor Da'men' art, he unfortunately met Li Huaitang and became a prisoner who withdrew from the stage of the war early.

Wen Chong is erudite and talented, enterprising enough, and more than enough to defend the city. This is the pertinent evaluation of Da 'Gate' Art on him.

Speaking of caution, Zhang Wenchong is indeed impeccable, and there are no other branches in the city he guards, only half a 'door'.

Yes, only half, before he took office, there were three 'gates' in the ancient county town of Liaoxi, after he arrived, he ordered two to be completely blocked, and the remaining one 'gate' was also half sealed, and this city 'gate' was still north, facing the hinterland of the old nest.

Once, the great martial arts led the army to see the majestic Shanhaiguan, passing by the old county town of Liaoxi, entering the city has been depressed, only half of the city 'gate' made him very unhappy, and when he wanted to go out of the south 'gate', the whole person was dumbfounded on the spot: 'door'?

Lao Zhang's answer was reasonable: I'm sorry, the king's question is not within the scope of the general's responsibility. Ben will only be in charge of defending the city, regardless of leaving the city.

Then, what should I do if this king wants to go south? Do you want to go out of the west 'gate' and circle around the city?

The answer made the great martial arts an unprecedented pain: I beg your pardon, the West 'Gate' does not really exist. If the king wants to achieve his goal, he can go back the way he came, and go around the city for half a circle.

Can such a dedicated general be responsible? The answer is a reluctant no.

No wonder Lao Zhang is not worried that his 'chest' will be damaged, and he always swears that there will be no problem with the city defense when he reports on his work every year.

Can there be a problem? I'm afraid that the Tang army, which broke through the defense of the city, will vomit blood! The 'gate' of the city, there is, but it has no appearance, and the passage behind the 'gate' is completely blocked by mud and stones.

If it is someone else, it will inevitably suffer a lot when you meet Lao Zhang. However, Bai Xiaode will not, the hard work pays off, and months of investigation and investigation have paid off, and he knows the situation of the target city well.

Of course, this is thanks to the audacity of the crows and other scouts.

The key to the surprise attack is that it is secretive and sudden, and it is destined to have only a small number of people and be 'lean'. Bai Xiaode brought not many people, only 500 people, compared to the 3,000 defenders in the city, the disadvantage was obvious.

Bai Xiaode didn't plan to fight hard. According to the information provided by the crow, he has his own plan.

In a large forest in the north of the ancient county of western Liaoning, Bai Xiaode and others lurked all night, they set off lightly, avoiding the scouts of the Bohai Navy, and spent several days of hard work to climb over the rugged and undulating mountains and go around to the north of the old county town.

With Zhang Wenchong's 'sexual' personality, scouts are definitely indispensable in his rear. Orders are good, but the will of the ruler depends more often on the execution of the person. For decades, even in the southern corridor of Liaoxi, the Tang army was rarely seen, and over time, the scouts' daily tasks gradually became a formality, and the inspection became a parade along the avenue.

The negligence of the scouts of the Bohai Kingdom provided Bai Xiaode with a great space for maneuver, and in the vast field, cattle and sheep were everywhere, and the herdsmen were leisurely, and no one expected that there were hundreds of deadly killers under their noses.

As an important military town, the inhabitants of the county town were all military households, and in their spare time, they grazed for the defenders, and in wartime, they served as soldiers temporarily.

The herdsmen's work and rest rules are very strict, driving cattle, horses and sheep out of the riverside pasture more than ten miles north of the city at dawn, and rushing back in the evening, perhaps because they are located in their own territory, or because of the lack of troops, the defenders did not send troops to accompany them to protect.

As the sun waned, another day was about to pass, and the herdsmen drove herds of well-fed and well-fed livestock towards the north 'gate'.

At this time of the day, the cautious Zhang Wenchong would lead his army to wait at the head of the city, rain or shine.

Today's Zhang Wenchong was restless, and the reduction of his troops made him feel weaker than ever. According to the report of the spies in Youzhou, the Tang Dynasty intended to crusade against the Bohai Sea, however, the king chose to fight on two fronts at this time, the main force went to fight Silla, and the other part was divided into a joint Khitan remnant to prepare to take Yingzhou to give the Tang a dismount first, and the city under his jurisdiction had a task, and five hundred people had to be assigned to transport grain.

The departure of 500 soldiers, taking away 500 sense of security, unexpectedly, this is just the beginning, yesterday, a ragged knight appeared under the city, bringing bad news, the king's newly married Silla beauty during the trip, inexplicably secretly ran to Duli Town to watch the sea to look at what rich Tang Dynasty, very tragically met Haikou was captured.

He hated the inner 'servant' who reported the news, but he was very helpless, who let this inner 'servant' hold the king's token? And his station is very close to the place of the incident, and it is his duty to rescue the princess.

The willingness carried by the token is to let the guards of each city give protection to the traveling beauty. Originally, in the rear, the so-called protection was at most just sending people to pretend to be the 'door' face, but who knew that the 'getting' was self-defeating, and the bad luck of sending troops to rescue came to Zhang Wenchong's head.

The token to ride is not absolute, Zhang Wenchong found many excuses to push. However, as the saying goes, a kind of rice raises a hundred kinds of people, and the 'sexual' personality on the deputy general Lang Gui Xian Meiyue is incompatible with him, and his unwillingness to go does not mean that Lang Gui is willing to give up this opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune.

As a result, Langgui went and took eight hundred horsemen with him.

In other words, Zhang Wenchong only had 1,000 soldiers left in his hands, among them, there were 200 scouts cruising in the Hexi Corridor, and only 1,000 and 5 people were really defending the city.

Zhang Wenchong seemed to be haunted by bad luck, and while he kept cursing the inner 'servant' who brought the token, a herdsman galloped to the city gate.

"What? Attacked by a pack of wild dogs? ”

The legend of drinking cold water and stuffing his teeth accidentally hit Lao Zhang's waist. When the evil is 'forbidden' with the god of mold, any strange phenomenon can happen, and a group of fierce wild dogs came out of nowhere, frantically attacking the herdsmen's cattle and sheep, and the cattle and sheep were frightened and fled in all directions.

Night soon fell, and the cries of various beasts in the wild could still be faintly heard.

Cattle and sheep are the food of the defenders of the city, and if they are lost, they will have to drink the northwest wind to fill their stomachs in the coming cold winter days.

"Damn! Kill them all! Zhang Wenchong finally broke out, and the anger that had been 'reverberating' in his heart for a long time was vented on the herdsmen with the momentum of a volcanic eruption.

After a horsewhip, he quickly ordered his soldiers to follow him out of the city to drive the dogs and gather the cattle and sheep.

The soldiers defending the city looked at each other, such heavy work was really difficult for Zhang Wenchong, who regarded himself as a Confucian general, but there was no way, time did not allow other troops to be gathered.

There were 500 horsemen who followed Zhang Wenchong out of the city, rolling up the dust in the sky.

Time was passing, the sky was getting darker, and in the distance, in the direction where the guard was about to disappear, finally the sound of rumbling horses' hooves was heard.

It's back!

The guards hurriedly opened the 'gate' of half of the city to greet them.

The sound of horses' hooves approached, unhurried.

"Password!"

A green head is accustomed to 'sexually' opening his mouth.

"Smack!"

The five-fingered mountain of the guard of the 'gate' was imprinted on the face of the ignorant subordinate.

Looking for 'pumping' you? Didn't you notice that General Zhang was in a bad mood? He deserves to be a pawn for the rest of his life...... Hey? Brother, you are so good-looking, where is General Zhang?

The answer to the 'doorman' was a scimitar that slashed through his eyes like lightning, cutting off his panic cry in time.

Stunned, don't you just ask for a password? Why is General Zhang so angry? Wrong!

The stunned screams were also blocked in his throat.

The cavalry swarmed into the city and was unstoppable. When the first horse is brave and invincible, the horse lance in his hand is like an arm, pointing out that the god is incredible, and the person who meets is either picked up by him or swept away, and there is no enemy.

The cavalry that entered the city had a clear division of labor, and hundreds of cavalry took advantage of the situation to rush into the city, stirring up the city and delaying the enemy's time to assemble and counterattack; Two hundred men dismounted and ascended to the head of the city; Two hundred men blocked the gates of the city with corpses and debris.

There were not many defenders at the head of the city, and it was quickly swept away. In the blink of an eye, the only 'gate' of the old county changed hands.

Immediately afterward, several fireworks burst into the sky of the city, dazzling and bright, visible more than ten miles away.

"Good! Who can immediately cross the sword, only I am General Bai! ”

Li Huaitang breathed a sigh of relief, and for the sake of safety, he personally led five hundred horsemen to follow and stayed in the mountain col more than ten miles west of Liaoxi City. In the unlikely event that the surprise attack fails, he can also activate a second backup plan, and if he succeeds, he will immediately support him.

"Let's go, go and help General Bai!"

is also watching the fireworks, Zhang Wenchong's mood is diametrically opposite. He is strict in governing the army, and the soldiers under his command will never risk their heads to engage in this kind of entertainment.

If the fireworks weren't set off by the defenders, who else would it be?

Zhang Wenchong didn't even have the courage to think about it, so he didn't want half of the cattle and sheep he had collected, so he gathered his subordinates and hurried back. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon