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Qin Qiong's popularity value is also very high, second only to Cheng Yanjin, he is righteous, helpful, and his mother is extremely filial, known as Meng Wei and Saizhuanzhu.

And the popularity of the general Wang Junkuo is not good, not because he was born in Taihang bandits, like Cheng Yanjin said all day long that he was born in Wagang bandits, but no one took it seriously.

The key is that Wang Junkuo is more dangerous, the city is deeper, he rarely has a heart-to-heart with people, and no one knows what he is thinking? With him, his heavy gaze always makes people shudder.

In addition, he is ruthless and vicious, and his heart for fame and fortune is extremely heavy, it can be said that he will do whatever it takes to make a name for himself, although everyone admits that he is strong in martial arts and admits that he has brains, but no one likes him, and many people keep a distance from him intentionally or unintentionally.

However, Yang Yuanqing doesn't care much about Wang Junkuo's character and popularity, he is high, treats everyone equally, treats success or failure by military merit, rewards and punishments are clear, Wang Junkuo has also repeatedly made meritorious contributions, and was named the general of the right martial arts and the prince of Yongqiu County.

This also made Wang Junkuo grateful to Yang Yuanqing and loyal, and he also bet his future and destiny on the New Sui Dynasty.

This time, Yang Yuanqing went south to the south of the Yangtze River, and only brought Xie Yingdeng and Wang Junkuo, which also shows the importance attached to Wang Junkuo.

Wang Junkuo led 10,000 cavalry and traveled to the twilight. After running thousands of miles, he entered Yiling County yesterday, and his target was Yichang County.

Wang Junkuo is also a person who knows the art of war and is good at strategy, and he is very aware of the important importance of capturing Yichang County, which is related to the impact of the Jingxiang War on the entire battle situation.

Strangling the Yiling Road also cut off the road for the Jingxiang Tang Army to retreat west to Bashu, and also opened the east gate of Bashu. Create opportunities for the next step into Bashu.

At this time, the 10,000 cavalry of the Sui Army overcame all kinds of difficulties after more than half a month of marching. It is less than 100 miles away from their ultimate goal, Yichang County.

But the soldiers of the Sui army were also a little exhausted, and it was just dawn at this time. As dawn broke, a moist mist filled the mountains and basins, and on a windy, dry river, 10,000 Sui soldiers were still asleep, wrapped in thick military blankets, lying on the bank of the river for miles.

The horses slowly gnawed on the fresh grass on the meadows by the river, and horse food has always been a big problem for this cavalry, and they have thought of various ways to solve the food for the horses along the way, even including looting villages and seizing bean cakes. Despite this, hundreds of war horses died on the road for various reasons.

However, as long as they capture Yiling County, they will soon have a fleet full of grain and grass to come to their aid.

On a flat boulder by the river, Wang Junkuo was sitting in front of a map, pondering a strategy for capturing Yichang County.

From the guide, he learned that Yichang County is a dangerous city. Built at the west foot of Huangniu Mountain on the south bank of the Yangtze River, there are cliffs on both sides, there is no road on the north bank, only the south bank passes through the Huangniu Mountain and there is a road to continue westward, Yichang County is located on this westbound road.

The terrain of the city is dangerous, and it can be said that it is a one-man pass. If there is a garrison, it will not be easy to capture it.

Although he still didn't know anything about the garrison in Yichang, he knew that since Yichang County was a strategic location for the Tang Army, there would inevitably be a garrison, but it was just a matter of the number of garrisons.

Judging from the map, they are still about 100 miles away from Yichang County, they are now on the north bank of the Yangtze River, they must first cross the Yangtze River from Qiting ten miles away, the opposite bank is Anshu City, there is a rope bridge between the two cities, which was repaired by the Northern Zhou army.

After crossing the river, go west, walk 30 miles to Yiling County, and then walk about 60 miles to Yichang County, the road is not smooth sailing, only one crossing the river will take them a day.

At this time, Wang Junkuo was not in a hurry, he was patiently waiting for the scout's reply, and at the same time he had to give the soldiers plenty of rest.

At this moment, a sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and two cavalrymen galloped over, Wang Junkuo was slightly stunned in his heart, this is the scout who went to explore Yichang County came back, but they only left in the middle of the night, did they come back so soon? Yichang County is nearly 100 miles away from here!

The scout team turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and said: "General Qiqi, we intercepted a Tang Army messenger delivering a message halfway, and learned an urgent information, a Tang army of about 5,000 people is about fifty miles away from our northwest and is heading in the direction of the Yangtze River, and they are coming from the direction of Yuan'an County. ”

This news surprised Wang Junkuo, five thousand Tang troops, and then he felt a burst of happiness, this is simply God's favor to them, if they come one day later, the situation in Yiling County will change greatly, he immediately turned back and ordered: "Find the guide!" ”

In a moment, an old man in his fifties was brought to Wang Junkuo, the old man's surname was Liu, he was a medicine picker, who had been running between Yiling County and Yichang County all the year round, and knew the terrain of this area well. ”

"Let me ask you, is there another way to Qiting from Yuan'an County?"

The old guide shook his head, "We go three miles south on this road, there is a double fork, called Wolf Head Slope, from there you can see a road to the north, there is to go to Yuan'an County, if there is an army from the north, you can only take that road, the two roads converge in Wolf Head Slope, and go south for another seven or eight miles, it is Qiting, there is a rope bridge over there to cross the river." ”

Wang Junkuo lowered his head and fell into deep thought, a bold thought surged in his heart, this is also the opportunity given to him by God, it depends on whether he can seize it......

After resting for the night, the 5,000 Tang army continued to move south in the early morning, and at noon they were only a dozen miles away from the wolf's first slope, and they walked less than twenty miles to Qiting, from where they could cross the Yangtze River.

The 5,000 Tang Army was mainly infantry, and the soldiers were all southerners, mainly from Bashu and Jingxiang, and the main general was called Wang Yi. Originally, he was a partial general of the Liang Dynasty, and after surrendering to the Tang Army, he was made a general, which made him feel quite honored.

Wang Yi himself is a native of Yiling, and it is precisely for this that Li Xiaogong ordered him to lead the army to support Yiling County and serve as the general of Yiling, the one thing Wang Yi is most eager for now. is to lead the army into Yiling County, so that the hometown father and old man can see how he returns with glory.

He seemed to see himself as he rode through the streets, riding on a tall steed in armor. The villagers around him pointed at him, 'Isn't this the second Wang Mazi of the year?' actually became a general, what a scenery! ”

The mother who married Zhang Tofu will also secretly regret it! Hehe...... The more Wang Yi thinks about it, the more beautiful he becomes. Their eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile.

"General! Checkmate! ”

A partial general interrupted Wang Yi's white dream for some reason, and he glared back viciously, "What's the matter?" ”

The general was startled, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "It's already noon, do you want to ......?"

Wang Yi looked up and looked around, the mountains on both sides were high, the woods were dense, and the ground was rugged, he shook his head, "This is not a place to rest, not far in front of the Black Wolf Water." Let's rest by the river! ”

When the soldiers heard that they could rest by the river in front of them, they all quickened their pace and hurried towards the river, which was miles away.

A quarter of an hour later, the five thousand Tang troops arrived at Langshui, which was open to the public. Far away can see a more than ten zhang high soil slope, that is the wolf's head slope, it is rumored that a white wolf once looked back on the slope and got the name, the wolf water bypassed, to the east, there is another road to the east. Cross the river from Wolf's Head Slope and head straight south.

The Tang army walked all morning, already exhausted, they finally saw the river, they all cheered, and ran to the north, the river was crowded with soldiers drinking water, at this moment, there was a sudden sound of bangs in the opposite woods, and a dense rain of arrows suddenly shè from the woods on the opposite bank to the Tang army.

The Tang army did not have a trace of defense, and in an instant, a large area was overwhelmed, and the screams became a one, Wang Yi was taken aback, and he found that there were dense soldiers in the woods opposite, holding bows and arrows, and striking at this side.

"It's the Sui Army!"

Wang Yi shouted hoarsely, turned his horse's head and fled, at this moment, hundreds of arrows came out from the woods on the left, and shè at Wang Yi, Wang Yi was caught off guard, and hundreds of arrows turned him and the war horse like hedgehogs, and fell down with a bang.

The sudden attack made the Tang army a mess, no one knew where the Sui army was, it seemed to be in all directions, in the chaos, they turned around and fled the way they came, at this moment, from the woods on both sides of the Sui cavalry, the war horse galloped, and instantly rushed into the Tang army soldiers, cutting off their way to the north, mercilessly killing the Tang soldiers in the chaos.

On the other side of the river, 3,000 crossbowmen continued to fire arrows, flying like rain, densely shè into the enemy group, so that the Tang soldiers had nowhere to hide, and the screams came one by one.

At this time, on the wolf's head slope not far away, Wang Junkuo led a thousand cavalry to appear, he looked coldly at the slaughtered Tang soldiers, there was no pity in his eyes, at this time, the deputy general next to him, Zhou Wencong, finally couldn't help but say: "General, some prisoners are not bad, we also need labor." ”

Wang Junkuo nodded slowly, "Pass the order, those who surrender can not be killed, and anyone who dares to resist will be killed!" ”

Several Sui cavalry rushed up and shouted: "The general has an order, those who surrender can not be killed, and those who resist are killed!" ”

The Tang soldiers who suffered heavy casualties and were desperate were finally amnesty, countless people threw away their armor and surrendered on their knees, thousands of Tang soldiers fell to their knees on the ground, huddled together, and then 10,000 Sui cavalry surrounded from all directions, murderously surrounding the ambushed Tang army.

Wang Junkuo urged him to step forward, and Adjutant General Zhou Wencong stepped forward to report: "General Qiyu, a total of 3,400 Tang Army soldiers were captured, more than 1,000 people were killed, and basically no one escaped. ”

Wang Junkuo nodded and asked, "Are there any father-son soldiers in it?" ”

Soon, the soldiers of the Sui army pulled out three pairs of father and son soldiers from the soldiers, and Wang Junkuo saw a forty-year-old veteran holding his teenage son tightly in his arms, and pointed with a horsewhip, "It's him, bring it up!" ”

The soldiers of the Sui army brought the father and son with them, and the veteran fell to his knees and begged: "General, I will bear everything, please spare my son!" ”

"Good!"

Wang Junkuo sneered, bowed his head and said to the veteran: "Your son's life is in your hands, go to Yichang County to deliver a letter for me, I will spare your father and son's life, and reward one hundred taels of silver, if you dare to betray me, I will use your son's heart and liver to drink." ”

Wang Junkuo's subordinates are all northerners, and the accent is wrong, this veteran's accent seems to be a local, and it is best for him to be a messenger.

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