Chapter 895: Surprise Attack and North (4)
"What happened?" Liu Wuzhou's heart hung in the air, and he vaguely guessed that something had happened to the Turkic army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"There is news from Lingqiu County that signs of the Northern Sui Army have been discovered."
"Ahh Liu Wuzhou was stunned all of a sudden, did the Northern Sui Army appear?
In the past few years, the Northern Sui Army has never stepped into Feihu County, and Liu Wuzhou also knew that the Northern Sui Army was using itself to contain the Tang Dynasty, so he never worried that the Northern Sui would attack Yanmen County, and even canceled the defense of Lingqiu County.
Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Zhang Xuan sent troops.
Liu Wuzhou gritted his teeth with hatred, "I knew that Zhang Xuan was a despicable and shameless bastard in his bones, why didn't I kill him with one knife back then!" ā
"King, our family members are all in Shanyang County, Shanyang County has an empty defense, and I am willing to lead my headquarters to guard Shanyang County." Song Jingang's eyes flashed with a sly light.
Liu Wuzhou was so confused that he didn't notice that Song Jingang's vision was different, and he also wanted to go to Shoushanyang County, but the Turkic army would arrive at Loufu Pass today, and he couldn't leave.
Song Jingang married Liu Wuzhou's sister as his wife, with this layer of in-law relationship, he is Liu Wuzhou's most trusted confidant, plus Liu Wuzhou's brothers have been killed in battle, the other clansmen are either unusable, or they are too selfish, Liu Wuzhou only has Song Jingang, a usable person, he nodded, "It's okay, you can't let the Sui army get supplies, you set off immediately!" ā
Song Jingang was ecstatic in his heart, he hugged his fists and saluted, and then hurried down, not long after, Song Jingang led the headquarters of three thousand troops to the north and rushed north, running out of twenty miles, Song Jingang ordered the army to rest, and he summoned several henchmen to discuss.
"Everyone also knows the current situation, the Sui army has sent troops to Yanmen County, and Liu Wuzhou's destruction is imminent, I want to take the opportunity to find another way out, let's see if there are any good suggestions."
Everyone looked at each other, and didn't know what to say for a while, Song Jingang said again: "The situation is critical, we don't have much time, you are all my henchmen, let's just say it!" ā
The general Xun Xiang cautiously said: "General, surrendering the Sui army is a way out?" ā
Song Jingang shook his head, "If I could surrender to the Sui army, I would have surrendered a long time ago, and it would not be to this day, when the eldest husband should dominate the world, how can I look at the eyes of others, I will not surrender Zhang Xuan." ā
He glanced at Yao Kai, a staff member next to him, "Mr. has been very silent for the past few months, I think he should be worried!" ā
Yao Kai was the first staff of Guo Xuan, the governor of Youzhou, and later defected to Lu Mingyue and became Lu Mingyue's military advisor, after Lu Mingyue was killed, he followed Song Jingang to Bingzhou to join Liu Wuzhou, but Liu Wuzhou didn't like him, and he had nowhere to go, so he had to follow Song Jingang.
Yao Kai sighed and said: "Liu Wuzhou brutally annexed the state, and the people of the state hated it to the bone, Zhang Xuan will kill Liu Wuzhou in order to merge the hearts of the people, and the general's surrender to the Sui army is actually the same death, none of us can survive, and the general wants to rise again to the east, only to the west." ā
"Sir, you mean to enter the customs?"
Yao Kai nodded, "Yan'an County is the best place to raise troops, Liang Shidu is greatly injured, retreat to Lingwu County, Li Yuan collects troops in Guanzhong, and the counties in Guanzhong are empty, isn't this a foundation for the general?" ā
Song Jingang was overjoyed, "Sir's good plan has won my heart!" ā
At this time, his henchman Lu Chongmao suggested to him again: "The general needs money and grain to raise troops in the pass, and the money, grain and treasures plundered by Liu Wuzhou are all hoarded in Shanyang County, and the general should take them as funds for raising troops." ā
Another general, Zhang Wei, also said excitedly: "Shanyang County not only has treasures, grain and grass, but also thousands of war horses, countless mule carts, and I know that there are still a lot of sheepskin rafts, which were specially prepared by Liu Wuzhou to cross the Yellow River last year, just for us to use." ā
Everyone was extremely excited, as soon as you said a word, Song Jingang's heart suddenly burst into joy, and he immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to get up and prepare to go!" ā
The generals got on their horses one after another, and the soldiers also packed up their armor, at this time, Yao Kai whispered to Song Jingang: "I had something to say in public just now, although the general does not want to surrender Zhang Xuan, but I believe that Zhang Xuan must be happy to see the general go west to Guannei, so it is best to send someone to contact the Sui army, so that the Sui army can let us go west." ā
Song Jingang suddenly woke up, wasn't it Zhang Xuan who let him leave Hebei to come to Merge State? He couldn't help but pat his forehead, "Sir's reminder is too timely. ā
Yao Kai smiled again: "Favors also have to be done, why didn't the general give Liu Wuzhou's whole family to the Sui army, and there is also food, we actually can't take so much, the general can distribute the surplus grain to the people of Shanyang County, buy people's hearts, Zhang Xuan will remember the general's kindness, maybe your life and my life will fall on this matter in the future." ā
Song Jingang sighed secretly in his heart, some things still have to listen to the advice of the literati, he immediately nodded and said: "Just do what Mr. says!" ā
Song Jingang then wrote a short message and sent his henchmen to Yanmen County to deliver it to the Sui army, and he led an army of 3,000 to Shanyang County, which was twenty miles away.
At this time, the main force of the Sui army had already killed Zaolin Town, which was about thirty miles away from Lou Fu Pass, but the Sui army did not immediately march into Lou Fu Pass, but stationed next to Zaolin Town.
According to the plan agreed before the troops, the task of the Sui army on the southern front is not to capture Lou Fan Pass, they will not move, let the Tang army capture Lou Fan Pass, once the Tang army enters Lou Fu Pass, after attacking Mayi County, then they will cut off Lou Fu Pass, lock the main force of the Tang army in Lou Fu Pass, at that time, the Taiyuan defenders are less than 10,000, the Sui army will attack Taiyuan from Shangdang County, to that step, and half of the land in the state will be returned to the Northern Sui.
At this time, a soldier reported at the door of the tent: "Qi Qi military division, General Su asked the military division to go and said that there is something important to discuss." ā
Fang Xuanling put down the pen, got up and walked out of the big tent, and walked towards the handsome tent.
Fang Xuanling is not the main general, he is only responsible for coordinating the cooperation between Su Dingfang and Pei Xingyan's two armies, and he is also responsible for making suggestions, Su Dingfang, the chief general of the southern front army, but Zhang Xuan has previously ordered that whether Su Dingfang or Pei Xingyan, the two of them must obey Fang Xuanling's dispatch.
When Su Dingfang came to the big tent of the Chinese army, he saw that Su Dingfang was thinking about something, so he smiled and said, "Is there something wrong with General Su looking for me?" ā
Su Dingfang hurriedly said: "There are indeed important matters to discuss with the military advisor. ā
He took out a letter and handed it to Fang Xuanling, "This is a letter sent by Song Jingang, just now!" ā
Fang Xuanling was slightly stunned in his heart, what did Song Jingang want to do? He opened the letter and read it, and it turned out that Song Jingang was ready to lead the army to retreat to Guannei.
"Is that all there is to it?" Fang Xuanling raised the letter in his hand and asked.
"Not only that, Song Jingang has already gone to Shanyang County, he will hand over all Liu Wuzhou's family members to us for disposal, it is very difficult to be humble, please ask the military advisor for guidance."
Fang Xuanling thought for a while and asked with a smile: "Then what does General Su think to do?" ā
Su Dingfang hesitated and said: "Actually, I think that if Song Jingang goes to the Guannai to raise troops, then he will become the second Liu Wuzhou, which will greatly consume and contain the resources of the Tang army, which is a good thing, but how can we bargain with the thieves?" If this kind of thing gets out, there is always a feeling of self-damage to your reputation. ā
"Then ignore Song Jingang, just don't know anything, the general can directly send troops to attack Shanyang County, if Song Jingang escapes, the general doesn't chase after him." Fang Xuanling smiled slightly.
"Ignorance, understood!"
Su Dingfang immediately ordered: "Order General Luo Cheng to come to see me!" ā
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At night, the bad news came to Lou Fu Pass one after another, first the defenders of Shanyang County came with the news, Song Jingang captured all the members of the Liu family, Liu Wuzhou's uncle and two cousins were beaten to death by sticks on the streets of Shanyang County, Liu Wuzhou's sister and wife hanged themselves, and the three sons were missing, Song Jingang immediately swept all the wealth, grain and thousands of war horses in the warehouse, and retreated to the northwest.
This news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, making Liu Wuzhou want to cry without tears, he could never have imagined that Song Jingang, who he had always trusted, would do such a heartbreaking thing, Liu Wuzhou was so angry that he almost fainted, and this time, Kang Sheli sent someone to send another terrible news, the Turkic army of Fu Qibo had been defeated by the Sui army, Kang Sheli decided to retreat to the Turks, he suggested that Liu Wuzhou immediately retreat north, and then make a comeback when the time was ripe.
A series of two news completely crushed Liu Wuzhou, he lost confidence, he didn't know what to do, at this time, the news of Song Jingang's robbery of Shanyang quickly spread throughout the army, causing an uproar, most of the soldiers' families are in Shanyang County, Shanyang County has an accident, how can the soldiers continue to defend the city with peace of mind?
The already low morale of the army finally broke out a wave of escape, seeing that the destruction was imminent, no one wanted to give Liu Wuzhou his life, in just one hour, the 5,000 army fled more than 4,000 people, and only a few hundred Liu Wuzhou's personal soldiers were left in Lou Fu Pass.
At this time, more than a dozen pro-soldiers rushed to Liu Wuzhou's room, only to see that Liu Wuzhou was drinking with his hair over, and he was already a little drunk, and the pro-soldiers shouted: "King, the brothers have run out, let's go quickly!" As soon as the morning dawned, the Tang army was about to attack the city. ā
Liu Wuzhou asked with a drunken smile, "Go?" Where else can I go? ā
"Go to the Turks, didn't Kang Sheli let the general retreat north? There will be a chance to kill it back in the future. ā
Regardless of whether Liu Wuzhou wanted to or not, the pro-soldiers put armor on him, and forcibly put him on a war horse, at this time, the pro-soldiers had already brought all the supplies, hundreds of pro-soldiers got on the horse, and the army rushed outside the city around Liu Wuzhou.
"Wait!"
Liu Wuzhou suddenly shouted, and all the relatives stopped, at this time Liu Wuzhou finally came to his senses, he looked back at Lou Fuguan, and sneered: "Zhang Xuan, since you want to calculate me Liu Wuzhou, then I will also let you taste the taste of being calculated!" (To be continued.) )