Chapter 593: Burning Kasaka

The scout waved his horse to report, the gate of Pusaka was wide open, and Pei Xingyan led two thousand soldiers and horses to attack quietly.

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard the news, and laughed a few times, "As soon as Pei Xingyan leaves the city, my strategy has a seven-point chance of winning." ”

Chai Shao and other generals were also overjoyed, and they all sighed in their hearts, every critical moment when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, God seemed to be on their side. At the beginning, this was the case in Shenwu City, in Yanmen, in Taiyuan, and now it is still the same in Pusaka. This couldn't help but make Chai Shao and the others believe in the prophecy of the Li family even more, feeling that this is the destiny of heaven, and the king is immortal.

"Are the soldiers and horses ready?"

"Report to the general, the soldiers and horses are all ready according to the policy."

"The heavy infantry of the Xuanjia Army and the heavy cavalry of the Xuanjia Army are all ready?"

"One thousand Xuanjia cavalry, two thousand Xuanjia heavy infantry are all ready, ambushed on the left and right. As long as the general gives an order, the two armies only need half a moment to complete the armor. ”

"Are the siege squads and catapults ready?"

"The 5,000 death siege teams are all in place, and all the ladders and catapults that have been made in the army have begun to be prepared with the death squads. As soon as the general gives the order, they can immediately start the siege. ”

Li Shimin smiled, and now, he was a little more sure about taking Pusaka City.

"It is said that the Pei brothers, one is good at scheming, the other is brave, and the two brothers defend the same city and complement each other. But looking at it today, although his performance was not bad before, Pei Xingyan actually wanted to attack our army at this time, but it was nothing more than that. Pei's two heroes, but that's it. Pass the order down, let's get started! ”

"Yes!" The herald looked at the faint smile on Li Shimin's face, and felt inexplicably relaxed in his heart. "Our army will win!"

The cold night is silent, dark and moonless.

Pei Xingyan ignored the order of his eldest brother, and quietly left the city with half of the soldiers and 2,000 men in the city, and came straight to Li Shimin's camp. In today's battle, 5,000 defenders suffered nearly 1,000 casualties. Although they at least received more than three times the casualties of the Tang army, the Tang army had 20,000 horses, which was five times as many as theirs.

As long as Li Shimin is ruthless and continues to attack so strongly, within three days, it is estimated that Pubancheng will be free of soldiers. When the time comes, how will Kabasaka be saved? Pei Xingyan has always believed in one sentence, that is, the best defense is offense.

Attacking instead of defending, as long as Li Shimin's soldiers and horses are defeated first, then Puban City will be worry-free.

The two thousand Jiang and Han troops were all light horses, and they quietly rushed to the outside of the Tang army camp five miles away from the city under the cover of night.

In addition to Pei Xingyan's armor, he also put on a night walking black robe, and he stood on a high slope, carefully observing the situation in the Tang camp. I saw that the Tang camp did not know about their arrival at all, and more than 10,000 Tang troops were scattered on several miles of unmelted snow. Some were cooking, some were bandaging and treating wounded soldiers, and some were chatting in twos and threes. Others simply fell to the ground and lay down in their clothes, seizing the time to rest.

Except for the occasional patrol of cavalry, the entire camp not only did not erect fences, but also did not have defensive facilities such as ditches, deer feet, enemy platforms, and Diao Dou.

Pei Xingyan's face was excited, and sure enough, as he expected, the Tang army really thought that they didn't dare to go out of the city, and they didn't even have a defense. At that moment, his confidence increased greatly, and after a while, he had found Li Shimin's Chinese army camp. Looking at the Li family's banner flying high, as well as the dozens of tents, plus the only guard who could be seen on guard, he was even more sure that it was Li Shimin's camp.

"Action! Rush! ”

Pei Xingyan jumped on the horse, and pointed at Li Shimin's tent.

The two thousand Jianghan light horses were like arrows from the string, and they galloped in an instant.

The rumbling and galloping Jiang Han light cavalry was like a sharp blade, plunging straight towards the most central part of the chaotic Tang camp. Along the way, I saw countless frightened Tang troops fleeing in all directions, but no one dared to come forward to fight. …,

Without encountering any resistance, the cavalry quickly rushed to the center of the Tang army camp. As long as he advances more than 300 steps, he will be able to immediately level Li Shimin's Chinese army camp tent, cut down Li Shimin's general flag, and cut off Li Shimin's head.

Three hundred steps.

Two hundred steps.

One hundred steps.

It was getting closer and closer, but Pei Xingyan gradually felt uneasy.

It was too quiet, except for those Tang troops who saw them fleeing in all directions at the beginning, they didn't encounter half of the Tang troops who resisted along the way. Even the closer he got to General Li Ziqi, the fewer Tang troops there were, and by the time he arrived at the Chinese army, he couldn't see a single Tang army, and even the hundred or so Tang troops in front of the Chinese army's tent had all disappeared without a trace.

Pei Xingyan gradually changed color, and after a long battle, he immediately understood that he had been fooled.

Bell, bell, bell

There was a banging sound, and suddenly there was a large number of footsteps around. Pei Xingyan turned his head to look, and saw that suddenly countless torches were lit up around the Tang camp, among which there were many figures, war horses galloped, and they were surrounded by the Tang army.

Pei Xingyan shook the reins and roared, "Retreat south and retreat to the city." ”

The sound of bowstrings sounded, and a large rain of arrows came suddenly. Dozens of cavalrymen were hit, screaming and falling off their horses, trampled into pulp by the horses behind.

A burst of iron hooves roared in the distance, and the first general raised his horse lance and rushed straight towards Pei Xingyan.

"Pei family child, it's not so easy to leave, leave the head behind!"

The war horses staggered by, Pei Xingyan blocked the opponent's attack with a lance, saw the opponent's face clearly, and shouted, "Your subordinates are defeated, and you dare to fight!" ”

Chai Shao led a group of light horsemen to entangle Pei Xingyan's men and horses, and there were countless Tang troops on all sides. Gradually, Pei Xingyan's 2,000 cavalry continued to fall, although they rushed left and right, they could no longer highlight the encirclement of the Tang army.

Looking at the array of spears and iron shields that came from all sides, Pei Xingyan felt a sense of despair in his heart.

In Puban City, Pei Xingjian's face was pale, and he sighed.

A scout hurried over, "General, it's not good, the second general has fallen for the tricks of the Tang army and has been heavily surrounded." ”

Pei Xingjian smiled bitterly and sat down on the ground. Li Shimin is really fierce and cunning, and he has no room for it. When Xing Yan was going to fight the Tang camp, he was not moved. Thinking that his second brother had been surrounded, he couldn't help frowning.

There was another rush of footsteps outside, and a soldier covered in mud ran in, "General, the letter from Your Majesty and Pei Shuai has arrived." ”

"Bring it quickly."

Pei Xingjian hurriedly opened the letter, and after a long time, his heart became even heavier. In the letter, his father had informed him of the latest situation of the battle in Fenhe, and Li Yuan had defeated Wang Shichong's soldiers and horses in Jiangxian County and reopened the grain route. And at present, the Tang army has begun to fight with them, and the Jianghan army has achieved a big victory in the first battle. At present, Li Yuan has held on to the large array of grain trucks and has been facing each other for several days. But the imperial court has already figured out a way to deal with Li Yuan, and within a few days, it will be able to completely defeat Li Yuan's army.

Although my father and His Majesty's army could defeat Li Yuan's army in a short period of time, it also showed that in a short period of time, I would not be able to get their reinforcements. And even if you come to help, you are afraid that far water will not quench your thirst.

Pusaka City originally had 5,000 soldiers and horses, but the first battle suffered nearly 1,000 casualties. There were 4,000 soldiers and horses left, but they didn't listen to their orders, and took another 2,000 out of the city without permission. Now he was besieged outside the city, and there were only 2,000 soldiers and horses left in the city. If the 2,000 soldiers and horses in Xingyan can't come back, then with the 2,000 people in the city now, they can't stop Li Shimin's soldiers and horses from attacking the city.

What's more, outside the city is his own brother, how can he see death and not save him.

If you can't hold on to it, you can't save it when you die, and in the end, all you can get is to hold on for a day or two more. …,

"That's it, that's it."

Pei Xingjian stood up, "Captain Liu, the general will give the order immediately, so the soldiers and horses will gather immediately, and we will abandon the city." ”

"General, stick to Kasaka, but at the will of His Majesty, how can we take the initiative to abandon the city and leave?" Captain Liu was shocked.

Pei Xingjian sighed, "Xingyan is besieged, and there are only two thousand soldiers and horses left in our city. No matter how much you insist on it, you won't be able to keep it for a day or two. It's better to go out of the city to rescue Xingyan, Your Majesty's army will be able to defeat Li Yuan in a few days, and then we will come back and recapture Puban City. Stay in the green mountains, are you afraid that there will be no firewood? ”

Captain Liu's face was extremely ugly, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "The last general will be ordered." ”

At that moment, Pei Xingjian gathered all the soldiers and horses in Puban Guanzhong, and took the initiative to burn all the grain, grass and equipment in Guanzhong, and led the soldiers and horses to take the initiative to open the Guancheng and go straight to the Tang camp.

In the dark night, the fire that ignited in the warehouse in the city of Pusaka lit up most of the night sky, and the sky-high fire could be seen for dozens of miles from far and near.

In the Tang camp, Li Shimin sent people to surround Pei Xingyan, but he was not in a hurry to attack. He also knew that he was really going to be in a hurry, and the battle of two thousand Jianghan cavalry trapped beasts, and a fish would die and the net would be broken, which would also bring them a lot of casualties. Moreover, he surrounded Pei Xingyan and was not in a hurry to annihilate him, and there was a more important purpose, that is, he hoped to lure Pei Xingjian out of the city.

His real purpose is to take the city of Pusaka, not to fight to the death with the Pei brothers. It's really all over the people, and it won't do him any good.

"General, look!" One of the guards suddenly pointed at Kabasaka Castle, which had burned half of the sky, and shouted.

When Li Shimin heard this, his face changed greatly.

"This, this is Kasaka Castle on fire?" The guard said in shock.

"No, this must be Pei Xingjian burning the city." Li Shimin gritted his teeth.

"Report, the gate of Pusaka was wide open, and Pei Xingjian led more than 2,000 soldiers and horses to rush out of the city gate and kill our army."

First there was a fire in Pusaka, and then Pei Xingjian took two thousand people out of the city, is Pei Xingjian really going to abandon the city? Li Shimin's brows furrowed, and after turning around a few times, he shouted loudly, "Immediately send an order to the siege death squad that has been prepared for a long time, let them immediately rush to seize Puban Pass, extinguish the fire in the city, and go quickly." ”

The herald had to order the horse to hurry away, Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "Pei Xingjian, since you dare to burn my Puban City, then I will let your brothers have no return today." Pass my order to let the Xuanjia heavy cavalry and the Xuanjia heavy infantry wear armor immediately. After a while, Pei Xingjian was put in first, and then immediately fenced it off, today, none of the Pei brothers wanted to leave alive. ”

Pei Xingjian killed more than 2,000 people, but he did not rush directly to Pei Xingyan's soldiers and horses. Instead, it has been surrounding the Tang Army encirclement outside, constantly circling in circles.

Pei Xingyanjun, who was desperate, suddenly found that his eldest brother had led soldiers and horses to come to the rescue, and he was very excited. The more than 1,000 cavalry in the formation roared in unison, bursting out with a huge desire to survive. At present, more than 1,000 cavalry are like a sharp arrow, constantly galloping, launching a fierce impact on the besieged Tang army, trying to meet Pei Xingjian outside.

One husband is desperate, and ten husbands are unstoppable.

In order to save Pei Xingyan, Pei Xingjian even discarded Puban City, and at this time he tried his best to attack the Tang army with two troops and horses, one inside and one outside. Although Li Shimin still had more than 16,000 soldiers and horses, he had already sent 5,000 men and horses to Pusaka. Another 1,000 heavy cavalry and 2,000 heavy infantry were still in armor, and the Tang army in the formation at this time was only more than 7,000 people.

Shi Wanbao, the general under the command of Li Shimin, personally led 5,000 men and horses to attack Puban City, originally they were planning to wait for the lure of the city and then send troops and horses to rescue Pei Xingyan, and immediately rush to capture Puban. As a result, he didn't expect that Pei Xingjian would abandon the city and pour troops to rescue Pei Xingyan. …,

Looking at the firelight in the city, Shi Wanbao dropped all kinds of siege equipment that had been prepared, and led 5,000 men and horses straight to Pusaka City.

When the army galloped all the way to the foot of Pusaka Castle, they saw that Pusaka Castle was extremely quiet, and the eastern gate of the city, which could not be attacked for a long time during the day, was silently open at this time. High above the city, there are no ghosts.

Shi Wanbao couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, his voice trembled and waved his hand to the city gate, shouting, "Hurry into the city and immediately extinguish the fires everywhere!" ”

The Tang soldiers took steady steps, stepped on the suspension bridge to cross the moat, passed through the city gate hole, and entered Puban City.

Shi Wanbao watched the teams of soldiers and horses enter the city, and his mood was excited.

He was about to ride forward and rush into the city, but he heard a sudden loud noise, and then several screams, only to see the drawbridge in front of the city gate suddenly and slowly pulled up. Immediately after that, countless boulders fell on the head of the city, and the east gate was instantly blocked by boulders.

Then all I could hear was the sound of countless bowstrings in the city, followed by one scream after another.

After a long time, the city was quiet again, and the silence made people's hearts furious.

Shi Wanbao stood in front of the moat outside the city in a daze, looking at the suspension bridge hanging high in disbelief, and the city gate blocked by huge stones.

In just a moment, nearly half of his 5,000 soldiers and horses were gone. All the soldiers and horses that entered the city were now silent. And this city, which had just swallowed more than 2,000 people, was extremely silent at this time.

Except for the suspension bridge, the gates were blocked by boulders, as if they had been restored to the state they had just arrived.

ps: It's been so hot these days, and it's so hot that the state of the wooden yard is not good. So recently, it has returned to the state of three updates and 10,000 words a day, and it is impossible to add more. I hope that when it rains and the weather cools, I will add more...... Ask for tickets, and you need to recommend tickets......

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