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Under the close attention of the officials and soldiers, Wang An, the thief of Linqing, not only did not panic, but advanced faster, tens of thousands of rabble with sticks and ragged clothes, and marched along the embankment on the south bank of the Yongji Canal in a hurry, but to the expectations of the officials and troops, Wang An did not cross the canal to attack Qinghe City, but quickly passed the outer defense line of Qinghe City, and continued to go northeast.

This next paragraph has reached the target of the Linqing thief, and Wang An wants to fight Hou Cheng.

Houcheng is located dozens of miles northeast of Qinghe City, is one of the important satellite cities in the surrounding area of Qinghe City, and is also the official warehouse of Qinghe County, and it is also the place where Duan Dasuo led the rebel army to hoard grain and grass.

Hou Cheng is the main hall of the Hou family, the second-class nobles of Qinghe, its predecessor was the dock fort of the Hou family, as a township-level city, the official investment in the expansion is very limited, the city is not tall and strong, the defense facilities are relatively simple, and the garrison force mainly relies on the local armed forces dominated by the Hou clan.

In the past period of time, Hebei rebellions have erupted, especially on both sides of the Yongji Canal, but whether it is the thieves of Gaojibo who are close at hand, or the thieves such as Zhang Jincheng of Qinghe and Hao Xiaode of Pingyuan, who are relatively far away, have not taken the initiative to attack Houcheng, the reason is self-evident, Houcheng is the territory of the Hou clan of Qinghe, and the official warehouse of Houcheng is actually to rob the private collection of the nobles and rich people of Qinghe.

This time Duan Da entered the Qinghe rebellion, the reason why the army's grain and grass were placed in Houcheng, one is that Houcheng is an important storage place along the Yongji Canal, which is convenient for the army to receive materials transported from the eastern capital, and secondly, once there is a problem with the supply of grain and grass for the army, you can rely on the Qinghe official warehouse to replenish it in time, and the third purpose is very insidious, Duan Da deliberately used Houcheng as a "bait" and set up a "trap" in Houcheng, if the Hebei people in order to defeat or drive him away, they intended to let the Qinghe Hou clan and the Hebei thieves join in. If he planned properly and was lucky, he could not only severely damage the thieves in Hebei, but also take the opportunity to attack the Qinghe Hou clan, and use this as a threat to force the Hebei nobles to bow their heads and have to compromise.

But Duan Da's plan has not been successful, the bait and trap have no effect, who expected that when he had nothing to do, the Hebei people finally couldn't help it, "hooked", Linqing thief Wang An jumped into the trap set by Duan Da with tens of thousands of thieves.

Zhao Shizhu was overjoyed, changed the deployment as quickly as possible, ordered all prefectures and regiments to prepare for battle, and waited for Duan Da to give an order, and hurried to Houcheng to deal a fatal blow to the traitor.

Duan Da was worried, he felt that the battle situation was strange, and there were many abnormalities.

Linqing thief Wang An is an inconspicuous "small role" among the thieves in Hebei, his strength is weak, he has always been hiding and hiding, and he has never been in direct contact with the officials and soldiers, but this time he is unusual, like a chicken blood, he opens his teeth and claws, shouting all the way, lest the officials and soldiers do not know, and he runs to fight Hou Cheng in a hurry, which is not a matter of the cautious Wang An Yu at all. If something goes wrong, it is a demon, and there must be a mystery here.

Zhao Shizhu saw that Duan Da was always worried, looking worried and worried, so he asked with a smile, "Is Ming Gong worried that the people of Hebei will see through the trap we set in Houcheng, so he will use his own way to govern his people, and use the Linqing thief Wang An to attack Houcheng to make a plan, and in turn dig a trap for us?"

Duan Da bowed slightly, and said in a low voice, "We don't have definite evidence to prove that the movements of Gao Shida and Zhang Jin's thieves detected by the scouts are accurate. This is Hebei, and in order to deal with us, the nobles and bureaucrats and traitors are in collusion, and the wolves are treacherous, and they do everything they can. For us, it is not the traitors who are really terrible, but the Hebei aristocracy and bureaucrats, if they plot to inflict heavy losses on us in Houcheng, are we sure that we will do what we plan and deal them a heavy blow in turn? ”

Zhao Shizhu looked at Duan Da and secretly slandered himself, how could he be qualified as the commander of any army if he was so indecisive, suffering from gains and losses? At this critical moment, we should make a decision, there is no need to think too much, thinking too much will be a bad thing, indecisive, at a loss, will only delay the fighter.

"The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch follows." Zhao Shizhu said with a smile, "Is Ming Gong worried that after entering the battlefield of Houcheng, he will suddenly be attacked by Gao Shida and Zhang Jincheng thieves, and fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on his belly and back?" ”

Duan Da was silent, but from the solemn expression on his face, it could be seen that he did have such worries.

"Why did Ming Gong overestimate the strength of the traitor?" Zhao Shizhu was surprised, "Although the traitor fled when he heard the wind before, and deliberately avoided our edge, but in the later stage, we fought with Gao Shida and Zhang Jincheng in the area of Zongcheng, and the traitor's strength was too poor to be vulnerable." Taking a step back, even if the traitors have reservations on the battlefield in order to preserve their strength, but in the battle of Houcheng, the weather is cold, and when we fight in such bad weather, our advantage will be more obvious, and the difference in strength between the two sides will be even greater, and we still have absolute certainty to defeat the traitors. Of course, the number of traitors on the battlefield may far exceed ours, but those are all farmers with sticks and iron rakes, all of whom are hungry and cold, and dying, and they can't change the balance of strength between the two sides at all, so even if Gao Shida and Zhang Jin call the thieves 'yellow birds', they also flew to the battlefield of Houcheng, but after all, they are weak and weak, not only can not reverse the fate of defeat, but they are given a good head. ”

Duan Da shook his head and said in an unquestioning tone, "It's better to be cautious." Before the Eastern Crusade, did we take the Goguryeo people seriously? The result? The 360,000 soldiers of the two armies of the water 6 attacked Pyongyang, even if they couldn't conquer the city, they would not be defeated, but the fact is that 200,000 soldiers died on the battlefield and buried their bones in a foreign land, so ......" Duan Da looked at Zhao Shizhu with a stern expression, and said in a very solemn tone, "It is unforgivable to capsize the boat in the gutter, let alone turn it over twice, especially now that the political situation in the eastern capital is turbulent, and the second Eastern Crusade is on the line, at such a critical moment, if we are defeated in the Hebei Rebellion battlefield, do you know how severe the consequences are?" Do you know how much trouble and passivity it will bring to the Holy Lord? Do you know that it will further worsen the political situation in the Eastern Capital and affect the decision-making of the Second Eastern Crusade? ”

Zhao Shizhu immediately closed his mouth, although he was very disdainful of Duan Da's excessive caution like a cup, but Duan Da was in a high position, and all he thought about was the political capital of the Eastern Capital, and even the small battle of Hou Cheng that was not worth mentioning, Duan Da had raised it to the political level, so what else was there to say? You are the commander of the first army, and you can fight how you say.

"You lead the main force first, and a certain will follow, but you must remember, don't rush into the battlefield of Houcheng." Duan Da solemnly warned Zhao Shizhu, "You must advance slowly, wait and see the changes, and see the battle situation clearly before making a move."

"There must be a mystery behind the sudden attack on Houcheng by the thief Wang An of Linqing, and the goal of the Hebei people must be us, so the principle of this battle is to respond to all changes without change, be invincible first, always control the initiative, fight if you can, and leave if you can't, in a word, I would rather evacuate the Qinghe battlefield, and would rather be charged with the unfavorable crime of fighting the chaos, and I can't lose the battle, and I can't lose the army. This is our bottom line, and it is also the bottom line of the Holy Lord and the Guardian Mansion, out of this bottom line, we will have to worry about our lives, and our heads will inevitably be difficult to protect. ”

Zhao Shizhu was secretly shocked, and his attitude changed, from the original arrogance to cautious. Hebei traitors are not terrible, what is terrible is the Hebei nobles, if the Hebei nobles are behind the scenes, even if they have the strong strength of the three thousand Youzhou elites, I am afraid that they will be stabbed, and the blood will flow like an infusion.

Soon, news came from Hou Cheng that the Linqing thief Wang An surrounded Hou Cheng and attacked at the first time, and Hou Cheng asked for help.

Zhao Shizhu was resolute and immediately led the army out, but after rushing thirty miles, he stopped and made a wait-and-see attitude, while the Linqing thief Wang An, who was storming Houcheng forty miles away, turned a blind eye and was not afraid, and continued to wave his army to attack, fighting with sound and momentum.

Zhao Shizhu noticed the abnormality, there must be a problem here, under normal circumstances, if Wang An has no "back hand", there is no way to deal with the official army, and it is still a very sure way, even if he dares to brush the "tiger whiskers" and hit Hou Cheng, which is close to the official army, but once the main force of the official army rushes over, it is impossible for him to continue to attack Hou Cheng, unless he is bent on death and does not want to live.

Zhao Shizhu ordered his tent scouts to expand the scope of their exploration to see if they could find other rebel teams ambushing in the vicinity of Hou Cheng.

The next day, Duan Da also went out of the city and joined Zhao Shiju. At the same time, the scouts reported that they had searched all the places within a radius of about forty miles from the center of Houcheng, and there were no other rebel troops, nor any anomalies.

Duan Da and Zhao Shizhu were puzzled, could it be that the Linqing Thief King An was so hungry that he lost his mind, so he made a crazy move to attack Hou Cheng?

After the two repeatedly discussed and deduced, they decided that Hou Cheng was a "trap", and the Hebei people had already sharpened their knives and were waiting to "kill pigs and sheep", so they became more cautious. In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Shizhu led the main force to advance five miles, slowly advancing.

Wang An turned a blind eye and continued to attack the city, and despite the severe cold and fatigue, he attacked the city overnight. Hou Cheng was in danger and crumbling under the attack of the rebels, but fortunately, the three hundred guards who Duan Da stayed in Hou Cheng to guard the grain and grass played a role, and the local armed forces dominated by the Hou clan also firmly believed that the official army would be killed immediately, and everyone worked together to fight bloodily to temporarily protect the city.

On the third day, Zhao Shizhu advanced five miles again, and it was only about thirty miles away from Hou Cheng, which was within easy reach

Duan Da then followed up, unhurried, however, the bad news suddenly came, Hou Cheng fell, and Linqing thief Wang An actually captured Hou Cheng at noon on the third day.

This is an incredible thing, with Wang An's weak strength, it is impossible to capture Hou Cheng, so there is only one explanation, the fortress of Hou Cheng was broken by traitors from the inside, and the inner part of the city should take advantage of the scarred and exhausted defenders in the city to attack, and the city fell.

The sudden change in the battle situation is very unfavorable to the officers and soldiers, because the officers and soldiers have lost their grain and grass baggage, lost the Qinghe official warehouse, and also lost the military spirit and morale, on the contrary, the traitors because they have grain and grass weapons, have the fortress of Houcheng, coupled with bad weather, morale is high, and they can hold on long enough, and after a long battle, the advantages of the officers and troops will be lost one by one, and finally fall into the predicament of no grain and grass weapons, no reinforcements, tired soldiers and low morale, at that time, Gao Shida and Zhang Jin said that if the thieves attacked from the north and south banks of the Yongji Canal, the official army would inevitably be defeated.

Duan Da is in a dilemma, to fight or not to fight? There is a danger of defeat in the fight, and if you don't fight, you will lose the chaos and will be punished by the Eastern Capital.

At the same time, the soldiers of the rebel army cheered in Houcheng, but they did not ransack Houcheng, but seized the time to strengthen the city defenses, rested in shifts, and prepared for the next battle to defend the city.

Wang An followed Li Fengyun to inspect the city defense, his soul was overwhelmed, as if he was sleepwalking, and the strong sense of unreality made him feel agitated, and he was still immersed in the thrilling battle and couldn't extricate himself.

This was an incredible victory, if it were not for Li Fengyun's strong strength as a guarantee, and without his determination to take this opportunity to show his strong gambling mentality, he would not have been able to follow Li Fengyun to attack Houcheng. In the process of attacking Houcheng, the focus is not on attacking the city, but on blocking and supporting the official army, for which Li Fengyun put half of his troops on the blocking battlefield, preparing to fight a bloody battle, but it is unbelievable that the official army actually stagnated dozens of miles away, this is simply a "miracle", an incredible "miracle", the result is that Li Fengyun captured Houcheng and reversed the tide of the war in one fell swoop.

Now the headache is Duan Da, he is too passive and has to pay a heavy price for his mistakes. Wang An can be sure that Li Fengyun has "decided" Duan Da and is waiting for Duan Da to attack the city, and Duan Da has no idea that his opponent is Li Fengyun, the number one traitor and white thief in Middle-earth today.

Li Fengyun stood on the city wall, the abyss was pure and mountainous, the white was dancing wildly in the wind, and the black was hunting, and the momentum was unusual

Wang An stood aside in awe, following Li Fengyun's gaze to the boundless land outside the city.

"Is the general waiting for Duan Da to come?" Wang An had nothing to say, so he broke a sentence.

Li Fengyun shook his head and asked rhetorically, "Gao Shida and Zhang Jincheng heard that you have captured Hou Cheng, will they come at a gallop day and night?" ”

Wang An was stunned for a moment, suddenly thought of something, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "The general has no last resort, just like a celestial." ”

Li Fengyun smiled slightly, "The praying mantis made a mistake and fell into the trap, whether it can be killed depends on whether the two yellow finches fly fast or not." ”

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