Volume 2 Conquest and Killing Chapter 258 Defeat after defeat
Just after the Lower Tang Dynasty and Xiliang successfully captured Xiangzhou, Jincheng Qingxing, the king of Ruti, had begun to attack Mozhou, which was the Liang Dynasty city closest to Xiliang in Donghu's hometown. The king of Xuti had already contacted the Donghu people before he started, and those Donghu people who did not want to become subjects of the Liang Dynasty responded positively and promised to respond internally.
The defender of Mozhou is Wen Shangnong, the commander of the cavalry guard, and he only has 10,000 troops under his command, which is really not his fault. When Emperor Liang ordered the Guangyuan army to go to Xiangzhou to assist in the defense of the city, Yang Zhong directly took most of the troops away in order to fully demonstrate his loyalty, and left a guard to guard the two states in Donghu's hometown.
10,000 troops is not too much, if it is not too little, it all depends on the enemy's offensive forces. At present, the army of the King of Ruti is not much, although it is claimed to be 100,000, but according to reliable information, it is only 40,000 at most.
Wen Shangnong still believes that he can protect Mozhou, but only if he needs to face enemies outside the city. Soon after the Xiliang army began to attack, there was turmoil within Mocheng, and those old Donghu ministers who had long been in contact with Xiliang began to make trouble, and they pulled out the blades that had been hidden and attacked the defenders in the city.
In this way, the cavalry guards will have to face enemies on both sides inside and outside. Wen Shangnong was still a relatively capable general, he sent people to send a letter to the neighboring Cangzhou to ask for assistance, and on the other hand, he divided his forces to deal with the turmoil in the city, after all, compared with the heavily armed Xiliang cavalry outside the city, these rebellious parties in the city were still easy to deal with.
But Wen Shangnong miscalculated this time, those Donghu people who lived in their hometown all the year round were far more familiar with the city than Xiao Caiwei. Once the cavalry guards were dispatched, they hid and engaged in street battles with the cavalry guards, which dragged down the cavalry guards and left them with no time to take care of the city defenses.
The Donghu also began to burn down their houses, causing even greater unrest in the city. The king of Xuti was quite satisfied with the performance of the Donghu people, and he ordered his men to attack the city with a more violent momentum, and all of a sudden the casualties in the city of Mozhou were counted.
The defenders of Cangzhou were Tang Shaoqian, the commander of the Tiger Benwei, who immediately sent troops to help after receiving the distress letter, but as soon as the reinforcements on the front foot left the city, turmoil broke out in the city on the back foot. This has not happened in the past two years since the establishment of Cangzhou, and those old Donghu people have obediently surrendered to the Liang Dynasty since Donghu was destroyed, and there have been almost no rebellions.
Who would have thought that at this time, the Donghu people would vent the resentment they had accumulated for two years in an instant. After all, the people of the Liang Dynasty were the enemies of destroying the country, and the Donghu people were also extremely hard to fight, all of which were due to the King of Xuti, who had sent people to lobby secretly early on. This kind of rebellious work is not useful by grinding the skin of the mouth, and the king of Ruti is extraordinarily generous, and he is never stingy with real money. Finally, it's time to pay off.
"It's time to pay back!"
Jincheng Qingxing stared at the gate of Mozhou City, which had begun to creak. He as the West Liang
One of the Nine Kings, he does not have the sturdy body of Bei Chunkang, and can personally kill the enemy; There is no such thing as the royal back of Lorenmo, which is already difficult for ordinary people to achieve; He doesn't have the terrifying appearance of the red pupil. Jincheng Qingxing is one of the nine kings of Xiliang by virtue of the ancestors' military exploits, the Jincheng family has been serving in the army, it is the efforts of generation after generation finally achieved the title of one of the nine kings in his father's generation.
Jincheng Qingxing is from an ordinary person, and all he can rely on is his military exploits. In the Nine Kings before, his father and he had not been taken seriously, and even after his father's death, he was even more despised by others. After all, he is not yet thirty years old, and he inherited the position of the Nine Kings at a young age, and ordinary people are somewhat unconvinced.
"Not convinced? Then fight until you are convinced! ”
Jincheng Qingxing once again ordered people to wave the corner flag, so that the Xiliang cavalry attacked the city with all their might.
"Lord Wang, you will definitely win a big victory today. Let the last general serve the prince! ”
Kneeling at the feet of Jincheng Qingxing is the Xiliang Army Qianchang Chun Yuxuan, if everyone has no impression of him, then mention that his younger brother is Chun Yuqian who died in the hands of Xuan Shaoning when the Xuanjia Army was hiding from the cloud village.
"Chun Yu Qianchang, it's time to avenge your brother."
"Revenge is secondary, being able to serve the prince is the first."
"Well, I love to hear you talk like that! Then don't delay, your dead men will use it. ”
"The last general obeys!"
Chun Yuqian has never been able to find a chance to take refuge, but now is his best chance to show his usefulness, so he fights extremely hard. Being looked at by others is a kind of affirmation, and only when others think that it is useful is a recognition of their own ability, otherwise others will not even give the opportunity to be used.
Chun Yuzhen knows this very well, since his younger brother was killed, and then led his troops to battle and was defeated, he has been enduring the accusations and ridicule of others behind his back, for three years, for three whole years, all he can do is to endure and wait. No, the opportunity has finally come, and it is also an undesirable opportunity to perform in the eyes of the Nine Kings of Xiliang, even if this person is only the least valued of the Nine Kings.
In the city of Mozhou, Wen Shangnong was already anxious, the rebellion in the city was intensifying, the offensive outside the city was not abated for a moment, and the reinforcements were still on the way. There are really not enough people under him, and Wen Shangnong is far less than the negative effect of the gap in the city defense to boost morale.
Xiliang is a cavalry, and one of the advantages of cavalry is that it is highly mobile. In Mozhou's city defense, the south gate is the strongest, and the west gate is the weakest. To the west is a mountain plateau, on which the Guangyuan Army originally stationed troops, but this time Yang Zhong also took this group of garrisons with him when he left. This point was not paid enough attention by Wen Shangnong, so the mountain plateau became the best place for Xiliang to attack.
Pure selection
The chosen location was this natural hill, from which the cavalry galloped down, naturally with an unstoppable momentum. The city defenders to the west were already small in number, and they began to show flaws under several cavalry attacks. Chun Yu seized the flaw and led his troops to rush to the city gate, and before he could break the door, the city gate took the initiative to open from the inside.
It's Donghu people! Taking advantage of the battle between the two armies, the Donghu people slipped to the gate of the city, pushed the bolt of the door and fled in a hurry. As long as Chun Yuzhen slammed it a few times, the city gate was completely opened.
"Report back to the prince immediately!"
Chun Yuzhen naturally knows that this kind of good news must be reported to the coach as soon as possible, which is the first credit, and it must not be snatched away by others.
Chun Yu has been careful, Jincheng Qingxing has already credited this credit on his head, but there are more important things to do now. The reinforcements from Cangzhou had arrived, and their march was already very fast, and it only took two hours, all because the two cities were not far apart.
It's a pity that the reinforcements are still late, and they are not to blame. When reinforcements were sent at the beginning, Tang Shaoqian must not have expected that Mozhou City would be breached so quickly.
The arrival of reinforcements at this time not only failed to help the robes in the city, but put themselves in danger. The siege of the city was invented by the Liang people, and this time Jincheng Qingxing planned to borrow it, and he personally led the troops to attack the reinforcements.
Chun Yuyu rushed into the city with his army to fight with the Xiao cavalry guards, and the south gate of Mozhou was in danger. Wen Shangnong immediately decided to abandon the city, retreated to Cangzhou with his troops, reported the battle situation to the imperial court, and then set out to recover Mozhou after the imperial court sent a large army. To say that Wen Shangnong's idea is not wrong, but he did not find the battle outside the city, and now it is difficult to retreat.
The reinforcements were only 2,000 people, facing the siege of 100,000 troops, they could only retreat towards the city, and when they retreated to the gate of the city, they happened to meet the cavalry guards who planned to withdraw from the city.
The city was already in flames, and the back roads outside the city were cut off. Whether it is holding on to the city or desperately breaking through, the consequences may be similar. Wen Shangnong gritted his teeth and made up his mind: break through!
The battle outside the city intensified, lasting from morning to evening, with no casualties on both sides. The Xiliang army killed nearly 10,000 people in the battle, and the Xiao cavalry guards were basically wiped out.
Wen Shangnong and his last guards are still fighting in the direction of Cangzhou, they have never given up hope, but God is not on their side. As the soldiers around him fell one by one, Wen Shangnong, who was hung with colors in many places all over his body, could no longer run, and could only rely on a long knife to support his body.
A soldier, he is a soldier, and even if he dies in battle, he must maintain the dignity of a soldier. Wen Shangnong faced Jincheng Qingxing, who was walking towards him, and tried to restrain the fear in his heart. He only saw Jincheng Qingxing bow to himself, and then his hand fell with the knife, and Wen Shangnong completely lost consciousness.
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