Shi Huaiyi is the first fierce general under Li Xiaogong's account, when he was captured by the Sui army during the battle of Fushui in Jiangxia County, he would rather die than surrender, Zhang Xuan also admired his backbone, so he did not embarrass him, but imprisoned him, and finally when Chen Shubao negotiated, he was replaced by the Tang Army as a bargaining chip. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Xiaogong did not doubt the use of people, and did not snub Shi Huaiyi because he was captured, but continued to appoint him as a pioneer, it was this trust that moved Shi Huaiyi very much, he carried two guns on his back, held a shield in his hand, and was the first to climb towards the city.

At the moment when Shi Huaiyi approached the city, he threw away the big shield, drew two spears from his back, and jumped onto the city, and tens of thousands of Tang troops under the city cheered.

Immediately after that, more than 100 Tang soldiers climbed to the top of the city and rushed to the city, and after a while, the gate of Wuguan opened, and a Tang soldier ran out of the city and shouted: "The enemy army has indeed retreated, and there is no one." ”

The soldiers of the Tang army cheered and rushed towards the city, but Li Xiaogong was puzzled, the Sui army could obviously refuse to defend the city and inflict heavy losses on itself, why did they abandon the city and leave?

At this time, the warrior Tong stepped forward and said slowly: "Your Highness still can't think of it?" ”

"What comes to mind?"

Wu Shi Tong smiled bitterly and said: "The Sui army's attack on Shangluo County is false, and it is true to drive us out of Xiyang County, so how can the Sui army defend Wuguan to the death?" ”

Li Xiaogong was speechless, and after a while, he nodded silently and said: "But the problem now is that you know that Zhang Xuan's strategy is like this, and you have to follow his transfer, and you really lost Shangluo County, and no one can afford this responsibility." ”

"Your Highness, what should we do next?"

Li Xiaogong shook his head, "I don't know what to do, but in short, I have to recover Shangluo County first and give an explanation to Shengshang." ”

"Your Highness has a point!"

Li Xiaogong immediately arranged for 2,000 people to defend the city, and he and Wu Shitong led an army of 33,000 to kill Shangluo County and Shangluo County, preparing to fight to the death with the Sui army. ”

There is also a small river called Xiwuguan River about 80 miles northwest of Wuguan, and the river water flows directly into Danshui and becomes one of the tributaries of Danshui.

The terrain around the Seibuguan River is far less steep than that of the Tobu Seiki River, and the area is dominated by hilly terrain, and thanks to the irrigation of the Tobu Seiki River, there are scattered farmlands of all sizes around the hills, and it is also a small agricultural area in Sangluo County.

At the same time when the Tang army arrived at Wuguan, the 6,000 cavalry led by Liu Lancheng arrived here, which was a plan made by Zhang Xuan in advance, and the Tang army that came from the south to support would inevitably go north to Shangluo County and Shangluo County, so the Sui cavalry would go south from Wuguan and return to Xiyang County.

According to Zhang Xuan's negotiations, Li Yuan would no longer allow Li Xiaogong's army to leave Shangluo County, which ensured the Sui army's full occupation of Xiyang County and completely cut off the Nanxiang Road that the Tang army had worked so hard to open.

At this time, a messenger cavalry galloped from a distance, ran to the Sui army camp and turned over and dismounted, a soldier led the messenger cavalry into Liu Lancheng's big tent, the soldier knelt down on one knee and said: "General Qiyu, the Tang army has captured Wuguan, the army is going north, and Wuguan only left two thousand troops to guard. ”

"Where is General Lee now?"

"General Li is on his way to the Tobu Guan River."

Liu Lancheng knew that the time was ripe, and immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to immediately pull out the camp and go south!" ”

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The most important strategic place in Shangluo County is the official road running through the north and south and the two counties of Shangluo and Shangluo on the official road, between the two counties is the richest area of Shangluo County, with convenient transportation and sufficient water sources, and it concentrates eighty percent of the county's population and most of the grain fields, which is the cabbage core of the entire Shangluo County.

In addition to Shangluo and Shangluo counties, most of the rest of Shangluo County is dominated by mountains and hills, the north and west are endless lofty mountains, and several other small counties such as Luonan, Fengyang and Shangjin are almost all distributed in the mountainous areas, sparsely populated, fresh products, and not valued, for the Tang army, as long as the control of the north and south official roads and Shangluo and Shangluo counties, it means that the entire Shangluo County is controlled.

Therefore, when Li Xiaogong seized Wuguan, he immediately sent an eagle letter to Chang'an, and his main army swung north, directly attacking Shangluo County, hundreds of miles away, and Li Yuan learned that Li Xiaogong had recaptured Wuguan, and Li Shentong of Lantian Pass immediately led 30,000 troops to the south, and the Tang army in the north and south to attack the north, and be sure to annihilate all the Sui cavalry that invaded Shangluo County near Shangluo County.

Shangluo County is the county of Shangluo County, and it is also the largest city in the county, and it is the core of the entire Shangluo County, where the terrain is flat, which is very conducive to the cavalry to play the advantage of rapid mobility, and there are quite a lot of food stocks, which can bring sufficient supplies to tens of thousands of troops, whether it is from the perspective of strategic influence or military operations, Li Shentong and Li Xiaogong agree that the main force of the Sui army is near Shangluo County.

Three days later, Li Xiaogong's army took the lead in recovering Shangluo County, and the county ordered Zhang Zhi and Li Shiche to come to see the king of Zhao County with trepidation, before Liu Lancheng led the army to Shangluo County, these two people went out of the city and surrendered to the Sui army, and now the Sui army has withdrawn, so that they are really shameless to face the Tang army that killed back.

"Weichen knocks on His Royal Highness the King of the County!"

The two knelt down and kowtowed to Li Xiaogong, Li Xiaogong didn't care whether they surrendered to the Sui army before, this was a matter for the officials, and it had nothing to do with him, he only cared about whether Shangluo County was stable or not, and the detailed information of the Sui cavalry.

"Get up! I have something to ask you. ”

The two of them heard that the tone of the county king was not harsh, and they didn't seem to intend to pursue their surrender to Sui, so they both secretly breathed a sigh of relief, stood up together, and lowered their hands to listen to the order.

Li Xiaogong said again: "First of all, I want to know, what is the name of the commander of the Sui army, I think the two of you should know." ”

Zhang Zhidao, the county commander: "Weichen knows that his surname is Liu, and the soldiers call him General Liu." ”

"What does he look like?" Li Xiaogong asked again.

"It's a long hand."

Zhang Zhi recalled, while described: "A long square face, thick eyebrows, dark skin, looks like ..... It's like a very responsible farmer. ”

After listening to the description of the county order, and knowing the surname Liu, Li Xiaogong knew that it must be Liu Lancheng, it seems that His Royal Highness the King of Qin's inference is not wrong, it is indeed the most elite internal guard cavalry of the Sui army, if his 20,000 troops rush into Shangluo County, it is likely to suffer the fate of the destruction of the whole army, and fortunately, the army of Wushi Tong arrived in time.

"And where are they now?" Li Xiaogong asked again.

"I don't know where exactly Weichen is, I only know that they went north to Shangluo County five days ago."

"Have you ever been back?"

The county next to him shook his head, "I never came back, they seem to have said that they were going to attack Lantian Pass." ”

Li Xiaogong asked a few more questions, and then asked the soldiers to take them down, at this time, he asked the warrior Tong, "What does the martial prince think?" ”

Wu Shi Tong had been silent just now, and he finally said slowly: "Your Highness, do you remember what I said when we took the Wuguan?" ”

"Wu Gong thought at that time that the Sui army deliberately let us go north."

Wu Shi Tong nodded, "That's it, has Your Highness thought about it, since we have gone north and the purpose of the Sui army has been achieved, will they still fight to the death with the two Sui armies in the north and south in Shangluo County?" ”

"Probably not!"

"I don't think so."

The warrior sighed and said, "In that case, where should the Sui army be now?" ”

Li Xiaogong thought about it and suddenly woke up, "Could it be that the Sui army has already gone south?" ”

Wu Shi Tong nodded, "I also think so, Liu Lancheng has already led the army south, and it is likely to be in the Wuguan area." ”

"Then why didn't they ambush us, you must know that Li Shentong is still far away and can't support us at all." Li Xiaogong's face was full of confusion.

Wu Shi Tong shook his head, "I don't know the reason, maybe they don't have this plan, or maybe they don't have enough troops, didn't Zhang Xianling also say it just now?" The cavalry of the Sui army is only five or six thousand, if there are really only five or six thousand, no matter how elite they are, they will not be able to fight against our 35,000 people. ”

"Wu Gong has a point, so what should we do now? Turn around and kill back? ”

The warrior Tong bit his lip and said: "If you think about it militarily, I think you should turn around and kill back, but if Your Highness still wants to gain a foothold in the court, then you can seize Shangluo County as quickly as possible before Li Shentong, does Your Highness understand what I mean?" ”

Li Xiaogong was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, "I understand." ”

The warrior looked at him and said, "Then Your Highness knows how to make a decision!" ”

Li Xiaogong sighed helplessly, "I know, immediately raise troops to kill Shangluo County." ”

Half an hour later, Li Xiaogong's army left Shangluo County and continued to kill in the direction of Shangluo County, the army marched extremely fast, Li Xiaogong had to seize Shangluo County before Li Shentong, and the credit for recovering Shangluo County was in his pocket. (To be continued.) )