According to Zhang Xuan's deployment before, Liu Lancheng's 10,000 internal guards first entered Fangling County, and then took a small road from Fangling County through the Wudang Mountains, entered Xiyang County, and hid in Anfu County on the south bank of the Han River. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

10,000 internal guards waited patiently in Anfu County for nearly ten days, and finally waited for the commander's order to send troops, Li Shimin turned his attention to the Sui army's harassment of the logistics and grain route to Guo Shiheng's Huai'an army, which created an opportunity for Liu Lancheng's internal guard army.

Although Li Shimin successfully predicted that Guo Shiheng was going to sneak attack the baggage convoy and laid a trap in advance, he not only annihilated Zhou Wenzhong's 3,000 troops, but also sent Liu Hongji to attack Biyang County and occupy the entire Huai'an County, which can be described as a brilliant result.

However, Li Shimin's tactics could not compete with Zhang Xuan's strategy, and at the same time as Huai'an County was annihilated, the Northern Sui Internal Guard Army of Xiyang County began to plan the long-planned 'Sword Operation'.

The main reason why the logistics center of the Tang Army was located in Danshui County and not in Nanxiang County, which was a little south, was that Danshui County had a spacious and flat official road leading directly to Jutan County in the north of Nanyang County, and from Jutan County there was an official road leading to Xiangcheng County, which not only saved time and shortened the distance, but also made transportation very convenient, and Danshui was destined to become a strategic logistics center for the Sui army.

Hundreds of temporary warehouses were built outside the north city of Danshui County, all of which were built with giant woods, covered with tiles to shelter from the wind and rain, the Tang Dynasty hoarded 400,000 stone grain here to support the Tang army to defeat Wang Shichong, in order to protect this strategic warehouse, Li Shimin sent Li Zhongwen, the former governor of the state who was good at defense, led an army of 10,000 troops to garrison Danshui County, also known as the general An Zixin, led an army of 3,000 troops to garrison Junyang County in the south, only the Sui army had signs of going north, and first had to face the pass of Junyang County, And Li Xiaogong of Nanyang County can rescue Xiyang County in time, which can be described as foolproof.

It's just that Li Shimin didn't expect that the Sui army would enter Xiyang County from Fangling County through the mountains and mountains, and directly insert it into the back of Xiyang County, bypassing Junyang County.

As soon as the morning dawned, the Tang Army logistics battalion in Danshui County began to change guards in the morning, and the soldiers who had stood all night were tired and hungry, and they just wanted to go back to the camp to eat and sleep immediately.

At this time, on a small hill to the east of the camp, Liu Lancheng watched the deployment of the logistics battalion, just like the original Junyang County warehouse, the Danshui County logistics battalion was also restricted by the terrain, the east is a gentle hilly area, and the woods are luxuriant.

There is a spacious and flat official road in the middle of the hills, which extends to the east, this is the famous Danju official road on the Nanxiang Road, connecting Danshui in Xiyang County and Jutan County in Nanyang County, half a month ago, Wang Shichong decided that the Tang army went south only to compete with the Sui army for Jingzhou, and did not attempt to attack Zheng Guo because the Tang army did not take this road in the southern expedition.

But in fact, it was Li Shimin's suspicious plan, and he deliberately did not take the Danju Road and made Wang Shichong's judgment wrong.

Because there are not many flat lands along the Danshui River, it is long and narrow, so the Tang army camp and the warehouse camp covering an area of 1,000 acres are spread on the bank of Danshui, stretching for more than ten miles, but the Tang army seems to have learned the lesson of Junyang County, and did not separate the camp and the warehouse, but mixed the two together, the military camp is in the south, the warehouse is in the north, close together, surrounded by a camp fence as high as two zhang high to surround them, there is a guard tower every fifty steps outside the camp fence, and the defense is very tight.

"General, it seems that the Tang Army has learned the lessons of Junyang County well." Li Keshi said with a smile on the side.

Liu Lancheng sneered and said: "No matter how well they think about it, they can't change the limitations of the terrain, and the terrain is their biggest weakness." ”

"The general said a lot, it was actually more than ten miles long, and when the Tang Army's rescue arrived, many things would be too late to be saved."

Liu Lancheng looked at it for a while, and then said, "Let's go!" ”

The group quickly left the hill and returned to their temporary station, a hidden valley.

In a marching tent, Liu Lancheng used stones to lay out the formation of the Tang Army's logistics battalion, and said to Li Keshi and Zhang Li: "The enemy's sentry is a threat, but it is too dense and not easy to kill, but the sentry is only fifty paces at most at night.......

"Only thirty steps!"

Zhang Li emphasized: "These two days have been cloudy, I tested it last night, and it was dark thirty steps away. ”

"If it's thirty paces, it's even more advantageous, the distance between the sentry and the sentry is fifty steps, and we can completely destroy the sentry without being detected."

Liu Lancheng pointed to a few taller stones and said: "There are a total of two hundred and seventy-two warehouses, all of which are made of big wood, fire is their taboo, and there are not many people to destroy these warehouses, we send three soldiers to be in charge of a warehouse, as long as eight hundred soldiers are enough, and then use two hundred soldiers to deal with the patrol in the warehouse, one thousand soldiers are enough, the key is to raise fire at the same time, we arrange a signal soldier on the opposite hill, and launch three rockets at the third watch, so that all the soldiers can see it." ”

"What about the Tang army barracks? They'll be able to kill it quickly. Li Keshi said on the side.

"That's why I said that only a thousand soldiers were used to burn the warehouse, and another nine thousand soldiers attacked the enemy camp at night, directly disrupting their assembly, and the signal was the same, with rockets on the hill as the signal!"

Zhang Li pondered for a moment, "All the assumptions in this plan are that the Tang Army sentry or patrol post did not find us, what if we were discovered?" ”

Liu Lancheng nodded, "There is indeed this possibility, so we must have a second plan, or even a third plan, to ensure the success of the raid." ”

Liu Lancheng changed the position of the stone and said: "Let's talk about the second plan first, if it is discovered by the enemy sentry and the alarm bell rings, how should we deal with it?" ”

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The day passed without alarm, and it was night in a blink of an eye, the second watch moment, the sky was gloomy, there was no star and moon, the night was extraordinarily dark, the river wind was strong, and the big flag on the flagpole was blown loudly, Li Keshi led a thousand soldiers with fire oil leather bags on their backs and quietly appeared in the northwest corner of the warehouse camp, which is close to Danshui, because the terrain is uneven, the river bank is covered with large and small stones, which is not conducive to the construction of guard towers, so there are not many sentry posts in this area, only three, about fifty or sixty steps apart, Huge rocks are good for sneak attack soldiers to hide.

Li Keshi stared for a moment, waved his hand lightly, and the six soldiers touched the three guard towers vigorously, there was plenty of time, they were not in a hurry, sometimes using the big stone to cover, sometimes crawling on the ground, and in a moment, the figures of the six people disappeared into the darkness.

After a while, the three soldiers rushed back, and the report had been successful, Li Keshi was overjoyed, and shouted in a low voice: "Go!" ”

A thousand soldiers rushed to the warehouse, they cut down a few barracks, revealing a big gap, the soldiers got into it, the three of them were in charge of a warehouse, because this was only a temporary warehouse built of giant wood, there were many loopholes, far less tight than the official warehouse, the soldiers found the gap and quickly drilled into the warehouse, hidden in advance, waiting for the third watch to come.

The soldiers of the Sui army acted in a very orderly manner, advancing layer by layer, until they walked ten miles, and they encountered the first warehouse patrol team, consisting of a total of twenty people, and before they could react, they were shot and killed by the Sui soldiers with random arrows.

Two quarters of an hour later, the warehouse was dead silent again, except for the whining of the wind and the crackling of the flagpole in the distance.

Time gradually passed, at the third watch, a rocket suddenly shot out on the opposite hill, the red flame illuminated the night sky, it was particularly dazzling, the Tang army sentry was the first to find out, and the alarm bell rang one after another, and the alarm bell sounded in the warehouse.

At this time, all the warehouses were set on fire, and the Sui soldiers had already poured the fire oil they carried on the grain bags and hay, and when the rockets were fired, the soldiers ignited the ignition and quickly left the warehouse, and groups of black shadows rushed towards the place where they came.

The two hundred and seventy-two warehouses were set on fire almost at the same time, and in a matter of moments, thick smoke billowed out and gathered in the sky, which was extremely spectacular, and the alarm bell rang again, this time more urgently, with the shouts of the soldiers, "There is a fire!" There was a fire! ”

But at this time, the Tang army camp was also in chaos, at the same time as the mountain rocket was fired, Liu Lancheng and Zhang Li each led thousands of troops to kill into the Tang army camp, although the Tang army camp in Danshui County also maintained a certain vigilance, but after all, this is not a front-line battlefield, but a logistics center far away from the battlefield, plus there is no abnormal situation in Junyang County and Jutan County, and it is even more impossible for the main general Li Zhongwen to not allow soldiers to sleep at night and set up an empty camp.

At the time of the third watch, when the soldiers were asleep, 9,000 internal guard soldiers suddenly entered the camp, and the barracks were suddenly in chaos, a big tent was set on fire, and the soldiers cried and screamed, and were chased and killed by the soldiers of the Sui Army, killing the soldiers of the Tang Army with a river of blood, and there were countless people who surrendered on their knees.

Li Zhongwen was captured alive by a team of soldiers and escorted to Liu Lancheng, Li Zhongwen knelt on the ground and bowed his head and begged: "The general let the soldiers go!" ”

Liu Lancheng said coldly: "Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist will be killed!" ”

At this time, Li Zhongwen suddenly remembered something and looked up at the direction of the warehouse, only to see that the direction of the warehouse was full of flames, and the fire was more than ten miles long, and the smoke was straight into the sky.

There was a wail in his heart, Xiyang County was over, and the Tang Army's southern expedition was over.......

The fire burned for three days and three nights before it ended, the entire warehouse group was burned to a white ground, the Tang army's 400,000 stone grain was burned, and countless armor materials were also burned.

(To be continued.) )