Chapter 395: Cover Up
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Hengshan County, Xingtang County.
The county seat of Xingtang County is a simple earthen city, the city is only more than one zhang high, there is no arrow tower, and the defenders are only three or four hundred village soldiers.
Now under the city gate, Li Tang's county official and county lieutenant Cheng held the official seal letter in his hand, and knelt on the ground tremblingly.
Early this morning, the sudden cavalry of the Youzhou Army, like a tide, surrounded Xingtang County.
The county seat was low and the garrison was weak, so the city did not think much about it and immediately made the decision to surrender.
Now the county commander held the seal letter in his hand, looked up at the general in front of him, dressed in Mingguang armor, tried not to let his voice tremble, and said: "Xingtang County County Commander brought the people of Hecheng to surrender, and asked this general to be merciful and let the people go, and the whole city is very grateful." ”
The general said: "Don't worry, the military discipline of Wuyouzhou is strict, and there is no crime in the autumn, and I, Xue Wanche, promise you the people of Hexian that I will never touch you at all." ”
Listening to the general's assurance, the county order and the three county chiefs behind him were all relieved.
Although I knew that the Youzhou army was strictly disciplined, I always had to hear it in person to feel at ease.
Xue Wanche immediately sent 500 men and horses to take over the county seat of Xingtang, and as for the county order, the guards in the city were temporarily imprisoned.
Xue Wanche asked at the moment: "General Wei Chi must have been one step ahead of me when he set off from Taiyuan County, where have they been?" ”
The general on the side said: "I just got a message from Baili Urgent, General Wei Chi fought hard with the Tang army defenders in front of Jingcheng Pass, and has not yet broken through the checkpoint. ”
When Sima Jichuan heard this, he said: "Jingcheng Pass is a natural danger, and if General Wei Chi wants to overcome it in a battle, I am afraid it will take some effort." ”
Xue Wanche said: "The soldiers are fast. We can't wait for General Chi for the time being, how far is it from Lingshou County? ”
A local guide said, "General Hui." There are still thirty or fifty miles to go. ”
At this time, a horse came at a rapid speed and said, "General Qiqi." It was Lin Sima's secret letter. ”
Lin Dangfeng's secret spy arranged in Hengshan County played a great role this time, not only sending the information that Xi Shiling was going to ambush Li Chongjiu in advance, but also providing a guide.
Merchants go from south to north, and wherever there are cities, there will be markets, and there will be merchants.
Lin Dangfeng's Lin Family Chamber of Commerce is quite powerful in Hebei, and it is also the head of the fur industry merchants in Youzhou, and they will be nostalgic. The leather of Yuyi Town is vigorously dumped in Hebei, and it is also the eyeliner of the Lin Family Chamber of Commerce, which is also spread in several counties near Youzhou.
Xue Wanche opened the letter at the moment and looked at it, and said: "Lin Sima has sent news that Xi Shiling led the soldiers of Hengshan County to set up an ambush for Shanggu Gong's army near the left of Shiyi County. ”
Ji Chuan said: "This is the time when our army is attacked from two ways and makes its belly and back suffer from the enemy. ”
Xue Wanche said: "We can storm Lingshou County, use the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and let them return to the division." ”
Ji Chuan was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that Xue Wanche was still thinking about attacking Hengshan County first at this time.
Ji Chuan said, "General Xue." I'm a ...... of the Overseer."
Xue Wanche waved his hand and said with a smile: "I know, Lin Sima said that he has sent someone to inform Shanggu Gong, and it must be fine." As long as we can attack Lingshou County. Xi Shiling must be frightened. ”
Shiyi County is close to the left, and the fog is thick in the early morning.
The dew in the morning light trembled on the grass, and suddenly one foot flattened the grass. The owner of the foot that stepped on the grass squinted his eyes ahead of the mist. He glanced at the hazy place and said with a smile: "It's really foggy." God help me, so if I sneak attack the Youzhou military camp, it will be even more impossible to be discovered. ”
This person is Li Yuan's personal general Zhendong, the tomb of the Yan County Gongxi.
"Dashuai, is it too quiet?"
Hearing his subordinates' inquiry, Xi Shiling frowned and asked, "Can the enemy send scouts?" ”。
"Yes, the five people in the bright sentry and the three people in the dark sentry have all taken them."
"So what's so suspicious?"
After saying that, this person beckoned, and suddenly behind them, more than two hundred gray-clothed soldiers appeared from the fog.
They bent over and prostrated themselves as they slowly approached the camp.
The hundreds of soldiers under the command of Xi Shiling are all elites selected from tens of thousands of county soldiers, and they are all raised as personal soldiers on weekdays, and their military salaries are ten times higher than that of ordinary soldiers.
They first swept the sentries on the enemy tower with blow arrows, and then quietly removed the antlers and climbed directly through the trench, over the wooden fence, and directly into the enemy camp.
The enemy is still in the dark.
Xi Shiling sneered at the moment and said: "I heard that the Youzhou army swept the Khitan and Goguryeo, if it is a head-on battle, I will definitely not be an opponent, but I secretly attacked, hmph, you would never have expected it here, I had already planted an ambush." ”
At that moment, the door of the camp opened, and at this time, the urgent gong sound of the police was issued in the camp of the Youzhou Army.
"It's late," Xi Shiling said with a sneer, "It's slow." ”
In the hidden valley on the side, countless county soldiers took off the grass rings on their heads and the shaded leaves, and slaughtered them out of the valley together, heading straight for the camp.
And the cronies who entered the camp took the opportunity to set fire everywhere, and suddenly thick smoke billowed out.
Xi Shiling personally led more than 40 cronies to take advantage of the chaos to kill the Chinese army, but strangely it was that the number of people in the enemy camp was very small, even after setting fire, a military tent was set on fire, but there were not a few people running out of the military tent.
Xi Shiling secretly wondered why there were so few people in the enemy camp.
Is this an empty camp? Impossible, Xi Shiling saw with his own eyes that the enemy army was stationed here, could it be that the enemy army predicted his own sneak attack in advance, so he secretly transferred the men and horses, impossible, this battalion has been watching, unless the enemy army will fly away.
At this time, in the midst of the noise, the thick fog gradually dissipated.
Xi Shiling, who was killed in the camp of the Chinese army, was shocked to find that in the camp of the Chinese army, the enemy troops were wearing iron armor and holding guns and spears, and they were lined up in a phalanx.
The armor folded in the morning light, the swords and guns were dense like a forest, the men and horses were dense, and the army stood solemnly.
Xi Shiling thought that he was a foolproof sneak attack, but he didn't expect the enemy army to see through it, and he had already taken precautions.
In the Chinese army, Xu Shiji looked at the enemy troops scurrying around in the camp, sneered at the moment, and shouted: "Kill!" ”
The tens of thousands of soldiers in the camp put down their spears, shouted, and killed them together.
Xi Shiling saw the opportunity, knowing that the plan was seen through by the enemy, and immediately shouted: "Brothers, go!" ”
Xi Shiling didn't even have the idea of resisting, but just led his own soldiers to run wildly.
The soldiers of the Wagang Army charged directly behind, and the soldiers of the Tang Army who entered the large camp were easy to advance and difficult to retreat, panicking along the way, and crashing like headless flies in the camp.
The military tent that had just been set on fire became something that blocked their advance.
Xu Shiji, Guo Xiaoke and other Wagang generals who newly joined Youzhou County had the intention to show their merits in front of Li Chongjiu, so they worked hard to chase and kill.
Xu Shiji led the army to cover up the killing, and the Tang army soldiers abandoned their armor and fled from the barracks.
The Tang army, which escaped from the barracks, had not yet breathed a sigh of relief, when the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and Wang Mahan led three thousand Youzhou light cavalry to kill from the side.
The Youzhou cavalry danced with horse lances and scimitars, and more people were armed with bows and arrows, covering and killing from the side.
The heart of the Tang army had already collapsed, and when they saw the cavalry coming, how could they dare to resist, and they dispersed in a hurry at the moment.
The Youzhou cavalry controlled the bow and arrows on the horse, and took the opportunity to show their riding skills.
Under the gallop of the war horse, the Tang Army was running, and the vest became an arrow target, and from time to time there was a muffled snort, and the whole person flew forward and fell to the ground.
The Wagang army, which led the army to cover the killing, saw the Youzhou cavalry and showed such a riding skill, and they were all secretly admired at the moment.
Youzhou Jingqi is the hero of the world, this is not a lie, fortunately, such an enemy is now a friendly army, if it is an enemy, it is really terrifying.
Under the pursuit of the cavalry, the Tang army was not stupid, knowing that two feet could not run on four legs, and they did not dare to flee at the moment, and the Tang army soldiers knelt on the ground, raised their hands high, and said: "We are willing to surrender, we are willing to surrender!" ”
The Youzhou cavalry ignored the Tang army that did not flee, and only pursued and killed those who were on the run.
If it weren't for the woods in front of them, the valley blocked the speed of the cavalry, and I am afraid that it would be difficult to escape the annihilation of the whole army.
After the fiasco, Xi Shiling went to a valley to pack up his men and horses, and there were less than 2,000 people left, and the rest were either scattered or captured.
When Xi Shiling saw the defeated army, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed: "At the beginning, I started an incident in Lingshou, and after several years of work, I easily accumulated this little bit of people, I wanted to use this to be crowned the king and worship the general, but I didn't expect that today's fiasco is like this, what face do I have to see the Son of Heaven." ”
The generals on the side persuaded one after another that the general should not be discouraged, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. As long as we hold Hengshan County, we can recruit as many soldiers and horses as we want.
What else could Xi Shiling say, he hung his head and said to his subordinates: "At present, there is only a retirement Lingshou, but fortunately, the enemy army is just passing by." King Yong'an's men and horses should be coming soon. ”
It was midnight when he came to the city, but he saw a few torches lit at the head of the city, and he didn't see the soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city wall.
Seeing this, Xi Shiling couldn't help but be furious, and said in his heart that the generals who stayed behind, how could he be so careless, in case the army followed by the Youzhou army took the opportunity to attack the city, what should it be.
At that moment, several soldiers stepped forward to call the door and shouted, "Are you blind? I didn't see the handsome soldiers and horses coming back, so don't hurry up and open the city gate! ”
The person in the city tower said: "I can't see clearly in the night, please come forward to meet you." ”
"Bastard, I don't even recognize Cheng Lao Liu, which battalion are you from?"
The man on the tower shouted, "Brother, I am also cautious, and I will ask the general to meet me." ”
Xi Shiling, who was not angry at the moment, stepped forward, came to the city tower, took the torches of the soldiers, and shouted: "Do you see clearly? You rammer, when you return to the city, you will be told to eat whips. ”
Xi Shiling had just finished speaking, but suddenly heard the sound of a bowstring collapsing on the city tower.
Xi Shiling's secret path was not good, but it was already a step slower, and countless arrows were densely packed on the city.
Xi Shiling and several personal soldiers beside him were instantly turned into hedgehogs and pounced on the ground.
Immediately, the suspension bridge fell with a bang, and the sound of killing came from the earthquake in the city.
ps: Two shifts tomorrow, ask for a monthly pass. (To be continued......)