Volume 2 Conquest and Killing Chapter 257 Give Up
"Lord Wang"
Chishu Hitomi waved his arm with only the skeleton left and motioned for someone to sit down, and they all sat down under Chishu Hitomi's hand and said, "The prince has suffered in recent days. ”
"It's all about what I think, Wu Yu underestimated us Xiliang, thinking that after the defeat of the last army, we had to rely on them. Since this is the case, then I will take advantage of the situation to give face to Xia Tang, they want to act as a striker, then it is good to go, and I am happy to watch the excitement in the back. ”
"The prince is a good plan!"
"Lord Dumo, you are not here to flatter the king for such a rare trip. What's the news from the royal court? ”
"Shan Yu sent the king of Xuti to lead his troops to attack Donghu's hometown. In order to deal with our coalition forces with the Tang Dynasty, the Liang Dynasty transferred some of the soldiers and horses from Donghu's hometown to the front line, which just left a gap for us. ”
"Shan Yu is not very old, but there are a lot of ghost eyes, no wonder he can sit on the throne. In this case, does Shan Yu have mentioned how to cooperate with this king? ”
"Lord Wang, you have done a very good job, Shan Yu is very satisfied, such a way to preserve your strength even Shan Yu himself did not think of it!"
Chishu Hitomi giggled, and the face that had no flesh became even more ugly as soon as he pulled it, and he had never seen a terrifying and ugly person, but no one could stand out.
"The prince" finally saw that the time was almost up, and presented a secret letter that had been hidden in his sleeve, "This is news from the palace of the Liang Dynasty, and the prince will definitely be useful." ”
Chishu Hitomi took the secret letter and glanced at it casually, then opened his mouth to swallow it, and after taking a sip of tea, he said, "Is this woman reliable?" ”
"Lord Wang, please rest assured at this point, Lord Huangfu has always had a way to control it."
"That's good, this king is waiting to see a good show, so that Xia Tang can also lose some troops to taste it."
Xiangzhou is the city closest to the southeast front line among the thirteen states in the Central Plains, so the offensive and defensive sides have set up a position outside Xiangzhou City. Originally, the garrison in Xiangzhou was the Guangyuan Army transferred from the hometown of Donghu, commanded by Yang Zhong. Today, the reinforcements appointed by the imperial court also arrived, which were 20,000 god-killing turquoise cavalry led by Wengu of Shantai.
The city of Xiangzhou is not large, but the city has hoarded enough food for the soldiers and civilians of the city to eat for a year, and there can be 80,000 garrisons plus a strong city, so it stands to reason that there should not be a big problem in defending the city. Unfortunately, there is always an exception to everything, and this exception appears in the edict.
As the supreme military commander of Xiangzhou, Yang Zhong was naturally fully responsible for the defense of Xiangzhou, but the Divine Killing Raiders who came on order did not intend to obey Yang Zhong's command. The contradiction in this is in the edict, the edict only said that the god killed the cavalry to assist in the defense of the city, but coincidentally did not add the phrase "everything is under the command of Yang Zhong".
Does this sentence matter? It's all about the generals who cooperate, and ordinary people will acquiesce to such an old rule, but unfortunately Wengu is not an ordinary person, since he entered Xiangzhou, his status is on an equal footing with Yang Zhong, and the army under his command naturally only obeys his dispatch. As a result, two armies that were not subordinate to each other appeared in Xiangzhou.
Wu Yuhou did not dare to take it lightly at first, and in the face of the Liang Dynasty's army, he always adopted a strategy of testing and harassing. However, after several attempts, he was surprised to find that the west of Xiangzhou City was as if it was independent, they did not participate in the battle of the city, and when the west of the city was attacked, other troops did not help.
"This is a ruse, deliberately trying to lure me into the bait, right?"
"Why don't you have a real fight?"
Wu Yushu just rolled his eyes, he didn't care too much about the red jutsu pupil, this Xiliang prince only had a mere 10,000 people around him, but he had an army of 100,000.
"When the prince said this, could it be that he was planning to take the lead? That's okay, the prince's army has been idle for a long time, soldiers, you have to come out to practice, and it's useless to hide behind all the time. ”
"What Tuobon said is reasonable, and this king also thinks so, but he has already been guessed by Tuobon before he speaks, and this king is ashamed."
"Then don't waste time, the military rations are being consumed every day, why don't you set off immediately?"
"Obey the orders of Tuojung! The king mobilized men and horses to attack the west of the city, and asked Tuo Rong to seize the opportunity to break the city. ”
Chishu Hitomi began to storm towards the west of the city with 10,000 horses, as before, in the face of the increasingly critical situation in the west of the city, the army of the Liang Dynasty did not go to the rescue. So Wu Yushu didn't plan to wait any longer, he personally led an army of 100,000 to press on the whole line, and chose the target to the south of Xiangzhou City.
Yang Zhong did not go all out to garrison, he had already calculated a series of plans in his heart, now the enemy's siege momentum is so fierce, if he blindly defends, then his own troops will suffer heavy losses, but he can't escape without a fight, if this reaches the ears of Emperor Liang, his net worth and life will not be saved.
"Always pay attention to the movements in the west of the city, and report any news immediately!"
Yang Zhong glanced towards the west of the city a few times, he couldn't see the situation in the west of the city, he could only hear the shouts of killing that kept coming into his ears, and more often he couldn't tell whether these shouts of killing came from his side or from the west of the city.
Tangtai Wengu is also paying attention to the battle situation in the south of the city, he is completely implementing the strategy given by his third brother, if there is any difference between this, it is that he also listened to Ou Luyang's advice.
"Commander, there are only 10,000 enemies on our side, but Yang Zhong has 100,000 on his side, even if he puts it in front of the emperor to speak, we will be at a loss." Ou Luyang said.
"So what do we do according to your mind? Do you want to attract the enemy? ”
"Naturally not! The number of Divine Killing Riders is not large, they are all cultivated by the commander for so many years, and they cannot be damaged at will. The last general means that we should retreat earlier. ”
"Leave Xiangzhou alone?"
"Commander, only those who can be invincible when the news spreads quickly, do you think the emperor will believe that he heard it first or heard it later?"
Wengu didn't hesitate for too long, and naturally he didn't completely follow the strategy of the Scythe, and after resisting for nearly an hour, the Divine Killing Rider began to retreat in an orderly and quiet manner. The movements were relatively secretive, and they didn't attract anyone's attention at first, including the Xiliang Cavalry and Yang Zhong.
The first to notice the change in the battle situation was the red jutsu pupil, and the resistance of the castle head gradually weakened, and the men who carried the giant wood and slammed the door received fewer attacks. Akoshu Hitomi smiled, and sure enough, it was as the secret letter said.
"Liang people, you are fighting among yourself, then it's no wonder that I'm not guilty!"
At this time, Xiangzhou was still completely under the control of the Liang army, and Wengu led his men through the city to run towards the north of the city, which was the only one that was not besieged by the enemy, and opened the city gate to escape, and even the city gate was too late to close.
This incident was a big problem, and Yang Zhong finally noticed the change in the battle situation in the city, especially when he heard that his subordinates reported that the Divine Killing Turquoise Cavalry had all withdrawn, and he was even more furious, swinging his knife and splitting a section of the female wall.
"Can't hold it, retreat!"
At this time, it was really too late to think of retreating, and before Yang Zhong could run to the north of the city, the west of the city had already been breached, and the Xiliang army began to pour into the city from the west of the city. The sudden destruction of the city shocked the defenders of Xiangzhou and the Xiangzhou Assassin, and the assassin resolutely personally mounted his horse and led the soldiers to fight with the enemy at the moment of crisis to protect the evacuation of the people.
In contrast to the heroes of the Xiangzhou Prefecture Soldiers, the Divine Killing Cavalry who had escaped from the city and the Guangyuan Army who were about to escape from the city. Feng Chu, as a veteran who has fought on the battlefield for many years, really can't see Yang Zhong's approach, so he resolutely took the lead in opposing it, unwilling to be a deserter.
Yang Zhong planned to kill Feng Chu on the spot on the grounds of disobeying military orders, and it happened that at this time, the Tang army also broke through the city from the south of the city, which was almost undefended. Time did not allow, and Yang Zhong didn't bother to deal with Feng Chu, so he led the army to escape from the north of the city.
Feng Chu's 10,000 Zhenfu guards followed behind the commander, and no one took half a step back, they took advantage of the terrain in the city to begin to organize a counterattack. Zhenfuwei cooperated tacitly with the soldiers of Xiangzhou Prefecture, and used the limited strength to give the enemy troops entering the city a head-on attack.
At this time, Chishu Hitomi ordered the whole army to stay still for the time being, and they waited in the west of the city and handed over the entire battlefield to Xia Tang. After all, there are 100,000 troops in the witches, and it will take time for them to pour in from the city gates. After the vanguard entered the city, they were killed on the spot.
Obviously, the city was broken, but when he entered the city, he encountered such strong resistance, Wu Yu was angry, and his subordinates were also human. So he ordered the people in the city to be used as meat shields, expelled them into the city, and at the same time used fire to force the Liang army back.
Under the implementation of the dual strategy, the advance of the Lower Tang Army has obviously become much smoother. The Lower Tang Army outside the city had already begun to surround the entire city, and the last retreat to the north of the city was about to be sealed.
Xiangzhou Assassin Shi held back his tears and urged Feng Chu to retreat, retain the main force of the army, and still have the hope of recovering the lost territory in the future. Feng Chu didn't know, but if he left like this, it would mean that Xiangzhou had completely fallen, and the mission of the soldiers did not allow him to do so.
In the end, Xiangzhou Assassin Shi was forced to die, Feng Chu had no choice but to escape with the remnants of the army, and Assassin Shi was martyred.
"Commander, shall we go after the large army?"
"No, let's go....... Mobei! ”