It has to be said that the Tang army was very efficient in the decision-making of rescuing Jiexiu, and only half an hour later, 2,000 Tang troops rushed to Jiexiu County as the vanguard army, and Li Deliang immediately led 10,000 troops to leave Taiyuan City and rush to Xihe County to rescue. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The army led by Wei Chigong is still haunting the east of Taiyuan City, playing the role of containing the Tang army in Taiyuan City, Pei Lin also saw this, in addition to strengthening the scout investigation, he is not as close to the enemy, at this time he is more concerned about the battle situation in the Bird Mouse Valley, Pei Lin is worried, from Taiyuan City to Jiexiu County is at least more than 400 miles away, during which it will bypass Wu Ze within a radius of hundreds of miles, it is obvious that the Zhou army will rush to Jiexiu County before the Tang army, the key is to see how long the resistance of Jiexiu County can last, Pei Lin has no confidence in this.

On an abandoned official road near Taigu County, southeast of Taiyuan, an army of more than 10,000 people was marching at a rapid pace, the army was waving its flags, its armor was distinct, and its steps were vigorous, showing good training quality.

He ordered Hu Benlang to disguise Zhang Lin's 10,000 troops as 20,000 to continue to confuse the Tang army east of Taiyuan, and he himself led 10,000 troops to secretly go south.

The task of Wei Chi Gong's westward expedition this time is to seize all the states except Taiyuan City, controlling the Bird Mouse Valley is their first step, and the second step is to annihilate the reinforcements from Taiyuan to the south, Zhang Xuan made an accurate strategic judgment, whether Pei Lin or Li Deliang will definitely not sit back and watch the Bird Mouse Valley fall, and will definitely go south to rescue.

After marching for half a day, Wei Chigong led the army into the territory of Qi County, which is located north of Wu Ze, about 150 miles away from Taiyuan, with flat terrain and a large population, and is a famous grain-producing area in Taiyuan County.

In a wooded area about 20 miles away from the official road, a cavalry of the Zhou army of more than 10,000 people was hidden here, and this cavalry rushed to Qi County from Shangdang County only yesterday, preparing to intercept the Tang army that was coming south to rescue.

The cavalry commander is Luo Cheng, he was ordered to lead 10,000 cavalry to support Wei Chigong's capture of Bingzhou, and it was not the cavalry led by Luo Cheng to support the army, and Wei Wentong led 30,000 troops from Hanoi County to Hedong County in the west to cut off the Tang Dynasty's rescue army from Guanzhong.

The characteristics of this Bingzhou campaign are scattered and low-key, and the deployment was completed as early as two months ago, so when they were still immersed in the atmosphere of preparing for the New Year, the Bingzhou campaign had quietly begun, and several directions were carried out at the same time, and the progress was very rapid, and when the deployment of the Tang Dynasty was not completed, the Bingzhou campaign was over.

Luo Cheng had already let go of the vanguard of the Tang Army in the morning, their target was not the vanguard of the Tang Army, but the main force of the Tang Army behind, their scouts paid close attention to the main force of the Tang Army to the south, from the beginning of Li Deliang leading the army out of the city, the whereabouts of the main force of the Tang Army were firmly in the hands of the scouts of the Zhou Army, and the scouts continued to pass the news south, just half an hour ago, the main force of the Tang Army had appeared on the official road fifty miles away.

Luo Cheng was a little anxious in his heart, seeing that the main force of the Tang Army was coming, but the news of Wei Chigong had not yet come, would Wei Chigong miss this encirclement and suppression?

"General, in fact, we don't have to wait for General Wei Chi, our army can also wipe out the other party." Deputy General Xiao Jinan said in a low voice.

"Wait a little longer, be patient."

At this time, a cavalry scout rushed over, clasped his fists and saluted Luo Cheng: "General Qiyu, General Wei Chi has arrived with his army, and the deployment in the north has been completed. ”

Luo Cheng was overjoyed, got up and ordered to the deputy general Xiao Jin'an: "Immediately let the brothers get up and prepare to go north to face the battle." ”

Xiao Jin'an immediately issued an assembly order, and the 10,000 Zhou troops who were resting got up one after another, packed up the blankets and kettles, and then turned over and began to go to the woods to assemble.

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The main force of Li Deliang's 10,000 Tang Army had already entered the territory of Qi County, and they were still about 250 miles away from Jiexiu County, and they had to rush to Jiexiu County within two days.

Li Deliang knew very well that the city defense of Jiexiu County was not dangerous, the city wall was not tall and strong, there were only 3,000 defenders in the city, and if 10,000 Zhou troops attacked with all their might, they could take the county seat in one day.

Li Deliang could only hope that the Zhou army would arrive in Jiexiu County later and rest for another day, and at the same time, the defenders of the county town would show great courage, so that they would still have a glimmer of hope to rush to Jiexiu County to rescue.

Although the Tang army was in a hurry to march, Li Deliang still sent several scout teams to probe along the way to prevent being ambushed by the enemy, generally speaking, the scouts on the march only explored within ten miles along the way, that is, five miles on each side of the official road, so as to ensure that the army would not enter the ambush circle, as for the enemy troops five miles away, there was no need to worry too much, once discovered, the army still had a certain amount of time to respond, and there was time to assemble to meet the battle.

At this moment, a green smoke rose from the air in the distance, which was a rocket shot into the sky, which meant that the scouts had discovered the enemy's situation, Li Deliang was taken aback, and immediately raised his hand and shouted: "Stop marching, assemble immediately!" ”

The 10,000 Tang troops lined up for two miles on the official road began to quickly shorten and assemble, and a muffled thunderous sound was faintly heard in the sky, and the dust covered the sky in the distance, and the earth began to tremble.

The soldiers of the Tang Army looked at each other, and everyone showed fear in their eyes, they all had experience, this was the cavalry killing.

"Lord Wang, it's a cavalry!" The soldiers shouted in horror.

Li Deliang's face changed greatly, if the other party was really a cavalry, then their situation would be terrible, at this time, more than a dozen scout cavalry rushed back and shouted: "Lord Wang, it's cavalry, 10,000 cavalry are coming." ”

Li Deliang's face was as shocked as earth, and he shouted in a trembling voice: "Retreat, retreat quickly!" ”

He knew in his heart that 10,000 cavalry against 10,000 infantry, that infantry only had the fate of being slaughtered, and there was a forest more than ten miles away to the north.

All the soldiers of the Tang Army were frightened, and without the urging of the commander, they turned around and ran northward, although the soldiers were exhausted, but with the support of the belief of fleeing for their lives, 10,000 Tang soldiers still burst out with great potential and rushed to the north.

At this time, 10,000 cavalry of the Zhou army had appeared two miles away, they were divided into two roads, chasing along both sides of the official road, gradually, they caught up with the slower part of the Tang army, in an instant, more than 1,000 Tang soldiers at the back fell into the hell of killing, the war knife slashed, the soldiers screamed and rolled on the ground, the heads fell to the ground, blood splashed, the Tang soldiers were frightened and scattered, and they knelt down and surrendered.

The Tang army in front was not optimistic, they had just run less than ten miles, and suddenly a Zhou army appeared in front, about 10,000 people, lined up in a three-layer arrow array, and tens of thousands of cold crossbows were aimed at them, blocking their way.

There was an ambush in front, there were chasing soldiers in the back, 10,000 Tang troops were cornered, Li Deliang's eyes were red, he brandished an iron gun and roared, "Rush out of the encirclement!" Rush out! ”

He raised his shield and rushed towards the Zhou army's arrow array two miles away, and the Tang soldiers behind him ran with him, roaring together and charging towards the intercepting Zhou army.

Wei Chigong looked coldly at the Tang army that was getting closer and closer, hundreds of people led by him had already rushed into a hundred steps, and thousands of people behind were surging towards this side.

"Shoot!" Wei Chigong gave the order to shoot.

The Zhou army fired thousands of arrows in unison, and the crossbow arrows shot towards the oncoming Tang army like a storm, the powerful arrow rain was indestructible, Li Deliang's shield was shattered by random arrows, he let out a long scream, and was shot like a hedgehog by hundreds of arrows all over his body, and fell from his horse, and behind him were pieces of Tang soldiers who were shot down, except for surrender, they no longer had any chance of survival.

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Several Tang army scouts who escaped from the periphery finally brought unfortunate news to Pei Lian, Li Deliang was unfortunately killed, and 10,000 troops were annihilated, at the same time, Pei Lin also received a message from Jiexiu County, the defenders surrendered the city, and Jiexiu County was occupied by the Zhou army.

Pei Lin sat in the room for an hour, and he felt that the battle of merging states had not yet begun, but it was over.

Although Li Deliang is dead, Pei Lin has completely controlled the military power of Taiyuan City, but he is not happy at this time, the consequences of the loss of the Bird Mouse Valley are much more serious than Li Deliang's death, the fall of the Bird Mouse Valley means that Taiyuan has become an isolated city, even if the Tang Army wants to come to the rescue, it is impossible.

What should he do? Do you want to go out of town to fight? Pei Lin knows better than anyone else that now he can only end up with Li Deliang when he goes out of the city to fight.

For a long time, Pei Lin let out a long sigh, even if he was unwilling, he still had to report this unfortunate news to the Son of Heaven immediately. (To be continued.) )