However, except for the five hundred cavalry, his soldiers and horses were all infantry, and the speed of the march was really limited, and the reinforcements from various places were not coordinated, and the road of the march was always crooked, and at the end of the day, at most eighty miles, this was the result of his constant urging, if he did not urge, the soldiers and horses behind him could travel fifty miles a day.

In this way, I rushed all the way to the outside of Tengxian County, and it was eight days later.

More than 40,000 local soldiers and horses from Shandong and Datong have surrounded Tengxian County, and reinforcements from all over the country are also coming one after another.

When Yang Xiaoyu rushed to the outside of Tengxian with 10,000 soldiers and horses, Yang Guodong and Yang Zhaoji, the general soldier of Datong, took twenty or thirty generals out of the city to greet them.

Looking at the generals who knelt on the ground to greet him in front of him, Yang Xiaoyu smiled bitterly, and finally slowed down for many days.

However, since people came to greet him, the Lord of the Qincha, he always had to give face to the generals from other places, so he immediately turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "You have to come to greet you, and Yang is ashamed of it." As he spoke, he bowed to the people who were kneeling on the ground.

After everyone got up, a middle-aged man in his forties took the lead in speaking: "Lord Yang led 3,000 soldiers and horses to defeat 30,000 thieves, which should be a great achievement!" ”

Yang Xiaoyu saw that this person was wearing the regular clothes of a second-grade military general, so he knew that this person was the commander of Yang Guodong, and said with a smile: "Yang Du commanded the envoy and Yang Zongbing to be heroic, and within a few days, he even sent down the thief army in seven cities, and even rushed to Teng County at the fastest speed, Yang is very envious of the two!" As he spoke, he looked at the old man in his fifties on the left, with a gray beard.

"Lord Yang is polite, this is not the place to speak, prepare food and drinks for the adults in the big tent of the Chinese army, and wash the dust for the adults!" Yang Guodong said with a smile.

Yang Xiaoyu smiled, did not refuse Yang Guodong's kindness, and exchanged pleasantries with the officials for a while. Then he turned over his horse and headed towards the camp of the Chinese army.

More than 40,000 soldiers and horses gathered in the small city of Tengxian County, and the camp stretched for more than ten miles.

Yang Xiaoyu followed the generals to the big tent of the Chinese army, and the generals smiled and asked Yang Xiaoyu to take the main seat, Yang Xiaoyu excused himself and sat on the main seat. Then the sergeant walked in with a fragrant meal.

After waiting for the wine and food to be served, Yang Guodong picked up the wine glass and saluted Yang Xiaoyu with the others and said, "I'll wait for a glass to the adults!" ”

"Drink together!" Yang Xiaoyu said with a smile.

The generals and Yang Xiaoyu are all new acquaintances, and there are not many words between each other, only Yang Guodong plays a round and talks to Yang Xiaoyu from time to time with a smile.

Wine over thirty years, food over five flavors.

Yang Guodong said: "Lord Yang, there are more than 30,000 thieves in the small city of Tengxian County, and its thief leader Xu Hongru fled to this county to gather defeated soldiers from all walks of life. Use this city as a barrier, call the king and hegemon, arrogant and unreasonable, and suggest that tomorrow send a captivating army to capture the city. ”

Yang Xiaoyu thought about it, anyway, he has the least troops, and the people here are all generals with heavy troops, and they are all experienced in a hundred battles. Since they are willing to attack Teng County, why don't they give them a chance?

"That's what you mean. Then gather troops tomorrow to attack the city! Yang Xiaoyu smiled and said.

As soon as the generals heard the words of Lord Qincha, they immediately saluted Yang Xiaoyu three bowls of wine, and after the banquet, Yang Xiaoyu said goodbye to the generals, got on the war horse with the support of the guards, and came to the west.

The local generals in Shandong learned that Yang Xiaoyu was coming with his army. Set up a tent for Yang Xiaoyu's army in the west of the city!

When Yang Xiaoyu came back, all the departments had already moved into the simple camp, and Yang Xiaoyu was left with a good camp, which was fully furnished, with tables and chairs.

These days have been on the march. Tired, his whole body was sore, and after drinking a little wine, he fell asleep groggily.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already three strokes in the sun, and the sound of the drums made his ears hurt, and he hurriedly called Tiqi to ask only to know that the generals had gathered troops to invite battle.

Yang Xiaoyu knew that the first few sieges were tentative, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it and continued to sleep.

For three days in a row, the officers and troops were tentatively attacking the city, and did not launch a strong attack.

It was not until the fourth day that the official army tried out of the defense of the thief army in the city, and then began to forcibly attack the city.

Tens of thousands of troops began in the morning and fought and shouted until evening.

The next morning, the sound of fighting began again.

Yang Xiaoyu stood on the fence outside the camp, watching waves of officers and soldiers climb the city wall, and then they were driven down by a thief army, and the cycle continued......

Until the afternoon of the seventh day, Yang Guodong invited Yang Xiaoyu to go to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss the military situation, Yang Xiaoyu knew that the city was broken in this move, so he didn't dare to delay, and took his cronies to ride a horse to the big tent of the Chinese army.

After the generals gathered, Yang Guodong stood up and said: "Lord Yang, after a few days of fierce fighting, our army has figured out the number of thieves, early tomorrow morning, the army will launch a strong attack on the small city of Tengxian County, and one day it will break through the city of Tengxian County. ”

Yang Xiaoyu knew that he was here to mix up the merits, and it was not appropriate to contradict the local generals, so he said with a smile: "There is no need to supervise the formation, this official will lead the Jinyi Guards to escort the generals, and you can rest assured that you can go to attack the city." ”

"That's great!" Yang Guodong snorted, smiled, bowed to Yang Xiaoyu, and sat down.

The generals said some important things about the siege, and finally came up with their own ideas to solve them!

Yang Xiaoyu nodded after the audience finished speaking, waved his hand and asked the generals to go down to prepare, and he returned to the camp in the west.

Because he was going to attack the city tomorrow, Yang Xiaoyu summoned all the generals under his command and instructed: "Pass this official order, early tomorrow morning, watch the battle in front of the West Gate, and without the order of this official, you must not attack the city without authorization." ”

"My lord, this siege must be a matter of hand-to-hand capture, why doesn't our army attack the city, but only watch from the side?" Zhou Tong thought that capturing the city should be a great achievement, but he didn't understand why Yang Xiaoyu only watched the battle and didn't fight, so he asked puzzledly.

Yang Xiaoyu sneered: "This official and you are all from the capital, and this place is the boundary of Shandong, our army is only 3,000, and the Shandong army and reinforcements have as many as 50,000 or 60,000, how can the local generals give the good deeds of earning credit to this official for no reason, besides, our army is not good at attacking the city, and it is in vain to give up his life if he goes, it is better to watch the battle under the city and accumulate siege experience!" ”

The generals nodded one after another, and these days, the Shandong soldiers and horses have guarded the brocade guards like thieves, and they all feel the same way.

After a while, Yang Xiaoyu finished ordering everything and ordered everyone to go down to prepare.

Knock knock!

The sound of war drums in the early morning rumbled, and it was clearly audible within a radius of dozens of miles.

Yang Xiaoyu led his 3,000 soldiers and horses to line up five miles away from the West Gate, watching the Shandong army advance like a flood, looking at the past, dense, not clear at all, only to see that the city was full of armor.

Boom Boom!

The artillery of the officers and soldiers shot out again and again, hitting the city wall, splashing smoke and dust, rolling rubble, and the city wall collapsed in many places by artillery fire.

After the artillery covered the city wall, before the smoke and dust cleared, the Shandong army resisted the ladder, pushed the door crashing car, and rushed towards the city gate like a roar.

The dilapidated city gate could not withstand the bombardment of dozens of soldiers together, and it collapsed in a short time, and the officers and troops outside the city poured into the city like a spring.

Yang Xiaoyu watched coldly as the Shandong army rushed into the city, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, these generals knew that Tengxian County was small and broken, and it was vulnerable, but they still pushed and shoved it for many days to break through the city gate, which shows that they are very vigilant against their own imperial court!

"Pass the order, go back to the camp to pack your bags, and prepare to return to the capital on a later day!"

As soon as the war here is over, the lands of Shandong are smooth, and there is no need for him to quell the rebellion, Yang Xiaoyu got the credit, and he didn't want to stay here to see the eyes of others, so he ordered to go down.

The generals nodded in agreement, and returned to the camp with their respective subordinates to pack the supplies needed for the march.

At noon, Yang Xiaoyu had already sorted out the official documents, and recorded the credit for breaking the city on the heads of Yang Guodong and Yang Zhaoji, ready to show the two, if there was no objection, he sent the song to the capital on a fast horse, ready to move back to Beijing.

At this moment, a Shandong Mansion soldier ran into the hall with burning eyebrows, knelt down and said: "Lord Qincha, the thief leader Xu Hongru fled from the north gate with two hundred fast horses, and Yang Du commanded the envoy to ask you to send troops to help!" ”

Yang Xiaoyu heard this, and said secretly: Good opportunity!

"Back to Lord Yang, this official will lead his subordinates to ride forward to capture the thief!" (To be continued......)