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Fifty miles southeast of Taihang is Xiangzhou. The city where the pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info Xiangzhou is located is called Yecheng. Speaking of Yecheng, it is very famous. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was divided into three parts, and Yecheng was the birthplace of Cao Wei. At that time, Cao Cao refused to defend Yecheng to recruit talents from all over the world, and once built three world-famous buildings in Yecheng. A Jinfeng Terrace, a Tongque Terrace, and an Ice Well Terrace. Cao's father and son recruited wise men on the banks of these three high platforms to sing the wind and the moon, and wrote the article on the style of Jian'an and the great cause of dominating the world.

Today's Yecheng has long since ceased to be as prosperous as it used to be, and the Tang Dynasty has not known how many cities are more prosperous than Yecheng. This ancient city now only exists as the seat of Ye County, which belongs to Xiangzhou, and is just an ordinary city.

When An Lushan raised his army, Li Rong, the Taishou of Yecheng, was the first to surrender, which also filled in a heavy stroke for this ancient city, which was just a smear. In fact, according to the city defense of Yecheng, it is much stronger than the plain county administration in the southeast, and if you want to hold on, it has more advantages than Pingyuan City. However, the strength of the city does not depend on how strong the city defense is, but on the steadfastness of the defenders, which has been proven by countless facts.

It was almost noon, and although it was already the beginning of August, the weather was extremely hot due to days of drought and sun exposure. Up and down the east gate of Yecheng, soldiers could still be seen in the early morning, but when the sun rose overhead, even the shadow of a soldier was gone.

A few willow trees at the city gate were wilting and hanging their branches and leaves, and in the shade of the city gate hole, more than 20 soldiers sat in the ventilation area with their blades in their arms, half-open and dozing off. These were the defenders above and below the city gates. The defenders under the city gate were not enough, but the defenders on the city tower were too hot to withstand the scorching, so they slipped down one after another and hid in this shady and windy place to escape the heat.

No one blames them for being lazy, because that's the norm for them. The weather is so hot, standing guard in front of the city gate every day, who can afford it? Even the little leader of the city guards agreed with this, and even if he saw their lazy appearance, he would not say anything to blame, and he himself was lying in the crowd and snoring.

There seemed to be a muffled thunder rolling across the sky in the distance, and a soldier in the cave of the city gate was awakened, wiping his saliva and looking into the bright and dazzling sky. But seeing the blue sky in the sky and the cloudless sky, how can it be like it is going to thunder and rain, I can't help but be a little puzzled.

"Well, did you hear that? It looked like it was thundering, but it didn't look like it was going to rain in the sky, which was strange. Could it be that something is wrong with my ears? Rumbling and muffled. The soldier asked, looking at him in surprise.

Several of the dozing soldiers also woke up, and they also heard the dull thunder, and the sound was getting louder and louder, and even the ground seemed to shake a little.

"Fuck, what's going on? Was there an earthquake? One soldier scolded.

"When I went up to the city, I saw that it was a sound from the west. Has the summit of Taihang Mountain collapsed? Otherwise, how could there be such a big movement. The other soldier smacked his lips.

These words alerted several men, and the two soldiers hurried up the steps behind them to the top of the city, and they were dumbfounded as they poked their heads out of the city walls and looked in the direction from which the muffled thunderous sound had come with their hands.

But in the distance, the yellow dust rolled up, like a rainstorm swept in. However, it was not a dark cloud in the sky, but dust rising from the ground. Beneath the dust, countless small black dots were moving rapidly, and the black dots shimmered with dazzling light, making it impossible to look at them directly. It dawned on them that it was a group of cavalry speeding towards the city gates.

"Amazing, like cavalry? It probably wasn't our people. What do you think? ”

"It's not our soldiers and horses at all, it's coming out from the direction of Taihang Mountain, it must be the enemy."

The two of them figured out the situation in a few words, and then shouted in unison: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!" ”

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At the head of the city of Yecheng, the head of Xiangzhou, with the shouts of the two soldiers guarding the city, the head of the city suddenly exploded and made a mess. Hearing that the enemy army was coming, the little leader guarding the city gate hurriedly led people to climb above the city wall, and when he saw the overwhelming black cavalry, he was almost so frightened that he peed his pants.

"Pull up the drawbridge and close the gates." The little leader's voice was shrill with panic and fear.

Seven or eight soldiers rushed to the top of the city gate, hurriedly stirring the ropes of the drawbridge, and in the hole of the city gate below, more than a dozen soldiers rushed to the city gate and began to push the heavy city gate to slowly close.

Hoofs rumbled, smoke billowed from the dust, and countless cavalry were getting closer and closer, and they were no longer enough miles away from the city gates. The defenders on the city gate frantically stirred the winch, pulling the drawbridge up more than a foot above the ground, and the city gate below also closed a door. The little boss on the tower breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the drawbridge had been pulled up so high that the passage to the city gate was cut off, and these cavalry could not directly rush into the city. As long as they closed the gates and pulled up the drawbridge, they could only look at the city and sigh, and soon the reinforcements from the barracks arrived, and they could calmly defend themselves against the enemy.

The small leader loudly urged the soldiers to quickly twist the drawbridge winch, while looking at the formation of the swarming enemy cavalry. Suddenly, he saw a black horse galloping like lightning along the official road at the city gate. The black horse threw out the other cavalry hundreds of paces, and the rest of the cavalry was still outside the city wall, and this black horse was already less than two hundred paces away from the city gate. But he saw two people sitting on the black horse, one in front of him wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, dazzling in the sun, and behind him sat a petite man. If it weren't for his good eyesight, he would almost have ignored this person, because the guy in the golden armor in front of him was too eye-catching.

"What about running fast? Can you still fly up? The little leader hurriedly sarcastic, turned his head and urged the soldiers around him to speed up the rotation of the suspension bridge winch rope, the suspension bridge was already more than a foot above the ground, and it would soon be closed. The other gate below was almost closed. Judging from the current situation, the enemy cavalry who had raided had nothing to do. Even if the black horse runs to the city, it will be in vain.

However, the black horse showed no signs of slowing down, like a bolt of lightning, and in the blink of an eye it came to a distance of fifty or sixty paces, and the faces of the people on horseback could be seen clearly. The one in the gold armor was a handsome young general, and behind him sat a handsome woman in armor. But seeing that the young general's lips moved a few times, the woman in armor behind her suddenly leaned out, and with an extra bow and arrow in her hand, she opened it like a full moon and faced the city.

The woman let go of her arrows, and a black arrow shot at the city. The little leader subconsciously shrank his head, although he knew that the arrow was not aimed at him, because the direction of the arrow was not the city tower, but somewhere above the city gate hole below the city tower.

With a bang, the arrow did hit the wall below the tower, raising a cloud of dust that almost blinded the eyes of the defenders at the head of the city. The little leader was about to say a few words of ridicule, when suddenly he heard a violent crash from under the tower, followed by smoke and dust rising into the air. At the same time, he heard the exclamations of the soldiers churning the noose.

"What's going on? Why not continue to pull up the suspension bridge? The little leader asked.

"I can't twist the drawbridge, the thick rope of the drawbridge is broken." A soldier shouted.

The little leader looked down at the city in amazement, but saw that half of the entire drawbridge had fallen off, and the drawbridge hung diagonally under the tower in an inclined position. The loud noise and smoke just now were the smoke and dust caused by the fall of this half of the suspension bridge rope and re-falling to the ground.

With a buzz, the sound of arrows breaking through the air came into his ears again, and the little leader watched as the second arrow accurately hit the drawbridge rope on the other side. The rope as thick as a child's arm broke on its back, and with a loud bang, the suspension bridge on the other side also fell with a bang, and the entire suspension bridge instantly returned to the moat.

At the same time, in the smoke and dust, the black horse rushed over the drawbridge and rushed towards the city gate. Even though the smoke and dust were filled, the little boss above still saw the sword light shining in the dust, and the blood sprayed in the dust. There is no doubt that the city gate has not had time to close, and it has been forced into by this black horse.

On the black horse were Wang Yuan and A Luo. After charging from miles away, the dark horse was far ahead with the advantage of foot strength. Wang Yuan wanted to take advantage of the black horse's foot strength and arrive in advance before the soldiers and horses charged to the city, because once the soldiers and horses charged, they would inevitably be discovered by the defenders at the head of the city, and they had to occupy the city gate and the drawbridge before they closed the city gate.

Sure enough, after approaching the city gate, the enemy army was closing the city gate and pulling up the drawbridge, how could Wang Yuan allow them to do this, he had already prepared for it, using Ah Luo's precision archery skills to shoot the drawbridge rope with an iron arrow was one of the methods. If this method didn't work, Wang Yuan had another way, that is, to let Ah Luo launch the hook and hook the drawbridge, but the two of them grabbed the rope and swung over. But Ah Luo obviously did not disappoint Wang Yuan, the spare plan did not come in handy, Ah Luo shot two arrows, the thick rope of the suspension bridge was broken, and the entire suspension bridge slapped on the ground like a huge fly swatter, connecting the city gate and the other end of the moat. Wang Yuan urged the black horse to plunge into the smoke and dust and rushed to the city gate.

At the gate of the city, a dozen soldiers had already closed half of the other gate, but a black horse rushed out of the smoke and dust, and immediately waved a long sword, almost without time to react, and the two soldiers were cut to the ground.

The rest of the soldiers shouted in amazement, and when they realized that they had only two people riding in the rush, they immediately raised their swords and rushed up to fight. Wang Yuan rode his horse into the hole in the city gate, the long sword in his hand swept all the way, and behind him, two soldiers fell to the ground, blood pouring all over the ground. Wang Yuan turned his horse's head and rushed towards the remaining dozen or so soldiers again, he wanted to kill all these soldiers at the city gate, in case they closed the city gate.

The dozen or so soldiers obviously understood Wang Yuan's intentions, and listened to the rumbling of horses' hooves outside the city getting closer and closer, obviously a large force of enemy cavalry was approaching, so several people made a look, three of them shouted loudly and raised their spears to meet them, and the other eight or nine people turned around and struggled to continue to push the hidden city gate. Their idea was simple, risking their lives to close the gates of the city and keep a large number of enemy troops outside the city.

Wang Yuan shouted angrily and rushed forward. Taking advantage of the length of their blades, the three pikemen shook the spear into a flower and dotted it in front of Wang Yuan's horse's head. Running towards the eyes, nose and neck of the big black horse, stabbing indiscriminately, whirring in the mouth.

Of course, Wang Yuan was worried that the dark horse would be injured, but because the attack range of the long sword was too short, it couldn't reach the opponent. Seeing that the eight or nine soldiers were using their strength to close the city gate little by little, they shouted angrily and cursed.

"Buzz." Behind him came the sound of three bowstrings vibrating. Wang Yuan only felt the strong wind sweeping in his ears, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw three black shadows flying out of his ears. The next moment, the three spear-wielding soldiers in front of him turned over and fell as if they had made an appointment. Everyone had an arrow stuck in their chests, apparently three arrows in a row, killing the enemy in an instant.

"Well done!" Wang Yuan cheered loudly and urged the horses to rush towards the city gate.

Ah Luo said proudly: "Today, I can show my face with this archery." Finally, they can not be inferior to the twelve mothers. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "It turns out that you are here to compare." Shoot those men, and they will shut the gates. ”

Ah Luo raised his bow and shot, and the arrows were fired. In the short time that Wang Yuan urged the horse to rush to the side of those soldiers, she had already shot five soldiers in a row. The remaining four or five soldiers knew that the tide was turning. Although there was only a crack left in the city gate, they could not push it shut. And even if these four or five people could close the door. To put a few log bolts on the city gate, it also requires at least six or seven people to work together. The inside of the city gate is not supported by a door bolt or a log, which is actually no different from an open one. But now it's not possible.

Several soldiers saw Wang Yuan rushing to his side, how could they have the heart to meet the battle, and they fled out of the hidden city gate one after another. However, when they got out of the door and stood at the gate of the city, they were so frightened that their legs and feet were sore, and they couldn't move their steps at all. In the midst of the billowing smoke and dust, countless tall horses had already stepped on the drawbridge, less than twenty steps away from the city gate, and were rushing towards them at a very fast speed.

Several soldiers could not avoid it, and there was nowhere to hide around, so they turned sharply and tried to run into the city gate again, but it was the short time of this delay that dozens of horsemen swarmed and trampled several soldiers under the hooves of their horses, and soon they were trampled into meat sauce.

The 3,000 Shence Army personal guard cavalry charged into the city in this unreasonable way, and soon, the cross-current of the Shence Army cavalry rushed through the streets and alleys of Yecheng. After receiving the news, more than 4,000 defenders of Yecheng hurriedly met the battle, but it was the opponent of these fierce and vicious Shence Army personal guard cavalry. The cavalry of the Shence Army crushed them, chasing them everywhere with nowhere to hide.

An hour later, the battle in Yecheng came to an abrupt end. The panicked people listened to the sound of fighting outside, so they dared to push open the cracks in the doors and windows and peep out. The bold ones saw that there was no movement in all directions, and they dared to probe their brains and come to the street.

But on the street, the corpses of the rebel defenders were piled up on the street, and the streets and alleys were full of blood, and the scene was terrible. The vast majority of those lost were the soldiers of the Great Yan Kingdom who defended the city, and the cavalry soldiers and horses who rushed in to fight were very few killed or wounded. And I don't know why they suddenly disappeared at this moment.

Soon after, news circulated in the city. Thousands of soldiers and horses in Yecheng were killed, and all the officials in several yamen were killed. There are big letters written on the door of the granary material warehouse, asking the people to divide the grain and grass materials by themselves. And the siege cavalry that did all this did not stop at all. After the killing, he walked out of the east gate, and at this moment he had already disappeared without a trace.

The people were amazed and delighted, and did not know what to say. There is no doubt that this soldier and horse is the soldier and horse of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty has been a long-standing word in the hearts of the people of these long-occupied state capitals, and they have begun to get used to being subjects of this new Great Yan State. However, the sudden appearance of the Datang soldiers and horses was like a sobering agent, reminding them that the original Datang had not perished, and had actually begun to attack the soldiers and horses inland.

But what makes people puzzled is that it stands to reason that the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are either far west of Chang'an or far south of the Yellow River, how could such inland state capitals suddenly appear their figures? Could it be that they grew wings and flew over?

The people looked at each other suspiciously, puzzled, and did not know what kind of taste rose in their hearts. At this time, the cavalry of the Shence Army had already gone to the northeast and rushed to the next target: Xingzhou.

Xingzhou is sixty miles away from Xiangzhou, and the city of Xingzhou is governed, with 3,500 defenders. The distance of sixty miles was only a matter of more than an hour for the cavalry. Even though the weather was extremely hot, Wang Yuan allowed the cavalry to escape the heat in a wooded area on the way, and fed the horses food and water. But this did not delay the arrival of Xingzhou City.

Before mid-afternoon, the three thousand Shence army guards swept through the small Xingzhou City like a violent storm. Even worse than Yecheng was that the lazy Xingzhou defenders never dreamed of being attacked, so when the 3,000 cavalry rushed into the city gate, they didn't have time to react. The cavalry of the Shence Army crisscrossed the city like tigers and wolves, crushing thousands of hastily facing the defenders.

It also took only one hour for the rebels in Xingzhou City and the big and small officials in Xingzhou City appointed by the Great Yan State to be bloodbathed. When the Shence army went away like the wind, the people in the city were still in a daze as if they were still dreaming at the corpses of the rebels everywhere.

After leaving Xingzhou, the guards went all the way to the southeast, aiming at the city of Weizhou, eighty miles away. It was also the last city of the attack, the last of the three state capitals within a hundred and fifty miles of the Grand Canyon east of Taihang.

As the sun sets, the nightmare of the rebels in Weizhou Mansion officially unfolds. The sudden arrival of the enemy army rushed into the city like a swift wind, sweeping all the streets and alleys of Weizhou City. The surviving soldiers of the rebels who escaped from Weizhou will never forget that bloody evening for the rest of their lives. The dusty, blood-stained cavalrymen suddenly appeared in the city, like demons crawling out of hell. A massacre unfolded against the hastily faced defenders.

Those repeaters fired in a row. Bows and arrows, the remnants of the rockets that flew like meteors over the East Gate barracks. The wails of the dead soldiers who blocked the barracks and burned them alive in the camp. Those horrific sights of being hunted down by several ghostly enemies and dying. Forever in the memory of these lucky survivors. Including the name of the soldier and horse that they later learned and the name of the general who led them.

In one day, Wang Yuan's 3,000 personal guards cavalry crisscrossed three places, spanning a range of 200 miles, attacked three cities one after another, and annihilated nearly 10,000 rebel soldiers and horses, while his own losses were less than 400, which was simply an incredible victory. Who would have thought that a small group of cavalry soldiers and horses deep behind enemy lines would be bold enough to take the initiative to attack the state capital, and it was a continuous success. It's crazy, and both the people who do it and the people who hear it think it's crazy.

Many, many years later, when people of later generations talked about Wang Yuan's military campaign, they were still amazed. Wang Yuan's action was not only to flaunt his courage and the courage of his subordinates, but also to eliminate the hidden worries after leaving Taihang. As he said, the ultimate purpose of suddenly launching this crazy blitzkrieg was to rescue Yan Zhenqing, who was holding on to the Plains City. He didn't want the soldiers and horses of these state capitals to gather together and become the tail that followed him to the city of the plains, and finally led to the front and back being restrained. But what Wang Yuan didn't expect, the significance of this incident was far greater than his actual purpose. After sweeping these three cities, the morale of the people was boosted beyond his imagination. Later, in a conversation with a senior general of the rebel army, Wang Yuan realized how huge the blow of this combat operation was to the An Lushan rebel group, and this operation directly affected the deployment of the rebels' troops, which directly led to another huge defeat for them, which had a huge impact on the situation of both sides. This is something that Wang Yuan did not expect beforehand.