Soon after Li Sheng led his troops to leave Tongguan, he remembered that he still didn't know how the soldiers and horses who stayed in Huayin to pursue and kill the rebel rout were progressing, so he instructed the captain of his own army: "You take ten people back to Huayin to contact the first battalion to see how they are chasing and killing the rebels, and if there is any news, immediately report to Yongfeng Cang!" ”

"No!" The captain of the pro-soldiers agreed, and then selected ten pro-soldiers to return to Huayin with him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Sheng continued to march to the north with a large group of men and horses, the purpose of this trip was to take Yongfeng Cang, Yongfeng Cang is a large granary located on the south bank of Weishui in the northeast of Huayin, it is also an extremely important granary in Guanzhong, after the rebels captured Tongguan, the surrounding counties surrendered one after another, Yongfeng Cang did not have many troops, could not resist the rebels, so it also surrendered.

Yongfeng warehouse stores the official grain of several surrounding counties, and the amount of grain and grass in reserve is extremely huge, as long as it is taken here, it can be eaten by the Beiting army for a long time, and it can also cut off the grain and grass of the surrounding rebels, which is a good way to harm others and benefit oneself!

On the way to Yongfengcang, the soldiers of Li Sheng's army basically had no time to rest, eating some dry food when they were hungry, and drinking some water in the cowhide water bag when they were thirsty. After nightfall, the army continued to march, and the soldiers advanced all the way, but fortunately, there was a soldier in the army who was familiar with the road, so Li Sheng ordered this soldier to lead the way in front.

When they arrived, the army finally approached the vicinity of Yongfengcang.

At this time, the soldier who was leading the way in front stopped, and Li Sheng also stopped when he saw this, and asked, "Why did you stop?" Has it arrived? ”

A vague dark shadow of a building not far from the soldier who led the way said: "General, that's Yongfeng Cang!" Hey, why is there a shout of killing from over there? Isn't there something going on in Yongfeng Cang? ”

Li Sheng looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he saw a large fortress-like building two miles away, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing and the sound of weapons in the dark night.

Li Sheng immediately arrived: "Scout cavalry, send someone to investigate the situation!" Go back quickly! ”

"Command!"

It didn't take long for a horse to return from a sentry and see Li Shengyu reporting: "General Qiyu, there are two soldiers and horses in Yongfeng Cang who are fighting each other, we caught a soldier who escaped from Yongfeng Cang for interrogation, and learned that these two soldiers and horses who fought each other were originally the rebel defenders of Yongfeng Cang, but one was a rebel, and the other was originally stationed here The imperial garrison, after Tongguan was broken by the rebels, this defender was shocked by the rebel forces, and later surrendered. Today we defeated An Shouzhong, defeated his men and horses, a small group of routs fled here, the news was known by the original generals, the general saw that the imperial army counterattacked, so he took his soldiers and horses to fight with the rebels! ”

Li Sheng listened to the report and immediately decided: "Without further ado, I will quickly go to reinforcements, and all the soldiers will come with me!" ”

"No!"

As Li Sheng's army arrived under the walls of Yongfeng Cang, the two soldiers and horses that were fighting in the warehouse suddenly stopped, obviously both sides found a large number of soldiers and horses approaching, but they didn't know whether this suddenly arrived soldiers and horses were friends or foes, so they had to stop fighting.

At this time, a person's voice came from outside: "Listen to the friendly troops in the fort, it is Li Sheng, a general under the command of Zhao Dashuai, the deputy marshal of the imperial court counterinsurgency, quickly open the gate of the fort!" ”

The general of the original Yongfengcang garrison was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately shouted: "Cao Mazi, quickly open the gate of the fort and let the imperial army in!" ”

Guarding the fort gate and the city gate, the rebels have always disdained it, because this is a chore, the soldiers guarding the city in various cities are basically the Tang army who surrendered, and this time the fort gate happened to be controlled by the original garrison, which was also a miscalculation of the rebels.

The soldiers of the original garrison slowly opened the fort gate under the crazy attack of the rebels, Li Sheng rushed in, and saw that the soldiers who opened the fort gate were wearing imperial court armor, and there were a large number of soldiers wearing armor with strong northern nomadic characteristics, so he knew who was friendly and who was the enemy! So he shouted: "Listen to the soldiers, it is your own people who wear the armor of the imperial court, and the others are enemy soldiers, kill!" ”

Li Sheng roared and rode his horse into the rebel crowd, and the horse lance in his hand was either chopping or stabbing or splitting, and he killed a large area in a moment, as if he encountered no one's land! Behind him, the cavalry of the Beiting Army also rushed into the fort with him, and the rebel soldiers were rushed in by this large force of cavalry, and they were either cut down or knocked away.

After less than half an hour of fighting, the battle in Yongfeng Cang stopped, more than half of the rebels were killed, and the other half saw that the general situation was gone, and there was no way to escape, so they had to drop their weapons and kneel and surrender.

Li Sheng collected his weapons and arranged for people to escort the rebels down and lock them up, but at this time, a panicked shout came from a distance: "Oh no, no, the traitors set fire to the grain and grass in the No. 1 warehouse!" Fight the fire, put out the fire! ”

Li Sheng's face changed, and he immediately organized the soldiers to quickly look for pots and pans to fill water to extinguish the fire, and suddenly the entire Yongfeng warehouse was chaotic, as the grain and grass in the No. 1 warehouse were ignited, a large amount of smoke rose, and soon shrouded the entire Yongfeng warehouse, and the soldiers had to cover their mouths and noses, staring at the smoke to forcibly extinguish the fire.

After some rescue, the fire was finally extinguished, but half of the grain and grass in the No. 1 warehouse were burned, and the other half was also wet with water, but fortunately, it is July, and the weather is hot, as long as you get it out to dry for a day or two, you can dry it.

After extinguishing the fire, the soldiers were so tired that they threw away the containers and sat on the ground panting, sweating profusely, obviously very tired.

Li Sheng was also relieved to see that the fire had finally been extinguished, and he walked up to the soldiers of the original garrison and asked, "Who is the guard of Yongfengcang?" ”

A middle-aged general walked over with his head draped and saluted with his fists in a cloak: "The last general, Shi Daniu, has seen the general!" ”

Li Sheng glanced at this stone bull a few times and asked, "I heard that after the loss of Tongguan, your Yongfeng Cang surrendered quickly, why did you fight more rebels this time?" ”

Shi Daniu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Hey, general, it's not that the last general is greedy for life and afraid of death to surrender to the rebels, although the last general is the general of Yongfeng Cang, but he is not the principal here, at that time, the warehouse official of Yongfeng Cang is Zhu Liangcai, he is in charge of all the affairs of Yongfeng Cang, and the last general will also be controlled by him, when the rebels came, he said that he wanted to surrender, and the last general did not agree, so he sent someone to tie up the last general, and then ordered someone to open the fort door to let the traitors in, and later the last general had to surrender for the sake of his brothers. Today, a group of traitors came in a panic, and the last general sent someone to inquire about the news, and learned that the imperial army had counterattacked, and defeated the rebel general An Shouzhong under Huayin City, so the last general wanted to take the brothers to kill the traitors here, and seize Yongfeng Cang, so that they could be returned to the imperial court, which can be regarded as the last general and the brothers for their own forgiveness! ”

When Li Sheng heard this, he appreciated Shi Daniu's behavior very much, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Your matter, I will report to the big handsome, with what you say today, you will definitely be able to make up for it, don't worry!" ”

Shi Daniu arched his hand and said, "Thank you so much, general!" ”

Li Sheng thought to himself that if he completed the task assigned by Zhao Ziliang in a very short time, he would have to attack him unprepared, and the speed of the attack made it impossible for the rebels to react, and all actions would be impossible in the eyes of the rebels!

Should you attack Feng Ling first, or should you collect ships to cross the river and raid Pujin Pass first? Li Sheng saw Shi Da Niu and asked, "Do you know how many rebels are stationed in Feng Ling?" ”

Shi Daniu said: "It should be no less than three thousand!" However, most of these generals were originally captured in the Battle of Lingbao and surrendered to the imperial court! ”

"What about the Yellow River crossing? How many rebels were stationed? ”

Shi Daniu said: "There are not many rebels at the ferry, there is no danger to defend that place, even if there are many people and horses stationed, it is useless, the last general heard that there are less than five hundred people, but there are many ships, all of which are the ships of the imperial court that were captured before!" ”

Li Sheng thought for a while and said to Shi Daniu: "General Shi, can you please send someone to contact the defenders of Feng Lingcheng, if the person you send can say that Feng Ling's rebels can surrender, this general will ask the marshal for your credit, what do you think?" ”

This will not be so simple, Shi Daniu did not dare to pat his chest casually, just said: "The end of this matter will not dare to pack tickets to the general, but the end will do his best!" ”

Li Sheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you!" Even if I can't do it, it doesn't matter, wait until I collect the boats to cross the river and capture the Pujin Pass, and then return to the army to attack Feng Lingcheng! ”

The people who put out the fire just now were all Shi Daniu's men and horses, and the soldiers and generals under Li Sheng's command couldn't help, so they didn't consume much physical strength, and just now they rested for a while, Li Sheng decided not to rest tonight, and collected boats overnight to cross the river to attack Pujin Pass, and killed them before the news reached the other side of the Yellow River and the enemy army got the news.

Li Sheng immediately took a large group of men and horses to raid the ferry, the soldiers have been trained for a long time and high-intensity, even if they don't sleep for several days and nights, they can hold on, and some time ago, they have rested for ten days and half a month, and they have already recovered their spirits, and now they have only been fighting for two consecutive days, which is nothing at all.

The rebels at the crossing of the Yellow River were still asleep at this time, and the undefended barracks of the ferry were pitch black, only a few lanterns hung on the heads of horses, but they were also blown by the wind on the river and swayed continuously, and they could be extinguished at any time.

"Surround it, surround Lao Tzu tightly, don't run away!" After the soldiers and horses quietly approached the ferry, Li Sheng waved his hand.

The soldiers rode their horses and silently dispersed, encircling the entire ferry tightly.

After the encirclement was completed, Li Sheng took the rest of the men and horses to take the lead in picking up the blocking horses and rushed into the ferry barracks, and suddenly, the entire ferry barracks were in chaos, and a large number of naked rebel soldiers ran out of the barracks in panic, but the scene they saw shocked them, and they had to fall to their knees and beg to surrender. (To be continued.) )