If Guanzhong is compared to a mansion, then Hedong County is undoubtedly the entrance of this mansion, and the two gates that enter Guanzhong, Pujindu and Longmendu, are all in Hedong County.

At this time, there were still 5,000 garrisons in Hedong County, of which 4,000 were stationed in Hedong City, and 1,000 were stationed next to the Pujin Bridge Ferry.

Unlike Li Shuliang's army to cross the Yellow River through Longmen, Li Shimin took Pujin Crossing, the water of Pujin Crossing was gentle, and two long iron chains were pulled on both banks, so that a pontoon bridge was laid here, which could quickly cross the Yellow River and lead directly to Pujin Pass on the opposite bank.

The pontoon bridge was also an extremely important strategic route, guarded by 1,000 elite soldiers, and 15,000 heavy troops were stationed at Pujin Pass on the other side of the Yellow River to prevent Yang Yuanqing's army from taking advantage of the emptiness of Hedong County to enter the pass.

The night shrouds Hedong County, the starlight is dim, August has entered autumn, the night breeze by the river is a little cooler, in the night, the official road north of Hedong City is particularly quiet, there are no pedestrians and merchants, occasionally a few badgers drill out of the grassland beside the road, run wantonly on the official road.

This is extremely far away from the battlefield of Linfen County, hundreds of miles away, the Sui and Tang armies confronted each other in Linfen County for nearly half a month, for the people of Hedong County, only the occasional appearance of the brigade grain truck on the official road will remind them that the war in Hedong has not subsided.

At this time, there was a rumbling sound of wheels in the distance of the official road, the earth began to shake slightly, several badgers burrowed into the bushes, disappeared, and after a while, a team of hundreds of ox carts and horse-drawn carts composed of grain convoy appeared on the official road, but there was no grain bag on the grain cart, the grain cart that should send the grain back, the car was covered with a rain cloth, it seemed that there was something hidden inside?

There are about 500 grain wagons, one cart is equipped with two coachmen, a total of 1,000 coachmen, and there are 500 cavalry guards on both sides.

At this time, Yin Jing's gaze was very complicated, and he would occasionally sneak a glance back, although he couldn't see anything, he knew that there was a 10,000-strong cavalry three miles away, and it was following them from a distance.

"General Yin, if you want to live, cooperate obediently, otherwise my knife will pierce your body." Beside him, a young soldier said coldly.

The reins of Yin Jing's war horse were controlled in the other man's hand, and a snowy short knife pressed against his waist.

"You take the knife away, and I will cooperate with you."

Yin Jing let out a long sigh in his heart, and he remembered the thrilling scene two days ago, when they were resting in a forest, and the 20,000 Fengzhou army cavalry surrounded them, and none of them escaped.

Yin Jing looked into the distance again, and a swarthy city appeared two miles in front of him, which was Hedong City, and finally came to the moment he didn't want to face.

Three miles away, Xu Shiji led 10,000 cavalry to follow the grain convoy from afar, this was the first bold action he planned alone, a few days ago, Yang Yuanqing only gave him a simple order: cut off the retreat of the Tang army.

There are several ways to cut off the retreat, such as intercepting the enemy's main force from behind, or occupying strategic cities, and Xu Shiji chose to cut off the retreat of the Tang army to cross the river, one is Hejindu in Longmen County, and the other is Pujindu in Hedong City, Hejindu is completed by Luo Shixin, and he is responsible for the most critical Pujindu.

"General Xu, a few miles ahead is Pujin City." A henchman reminded him in a whisper.

Concubine Xu Shiji turned around and ordered: "Order the brothers to follow, check the swords and spears, and prepare for battle." ”

The city east of the river was very quiet, it was already one watch, most of the defenders were asleep, and only more than a hundred patrols patrolled back and forth in the city.

At this time, some soldiers at the head of the north city heard the sound of rumbling wheels, they stared for a moment, only to see a team of grain trucks from the north, there were hundreds, this is the north to deliver grain carts back.

Immediately a soldier went to report to Hou Junji, the lord of the city, Hou Junji was ordered by Li Shimin to lead 5,000 troops to guard Hedong County, all the troops were distributed in Hedong City and Pujindu, Hou Junji was woken up in his sleep, he yawned and went to the city and asked: "Who is back?" ”

"It's General Yin!"

"Oh! This kid came back pretty quickly. ”

Hou Junji walked to the battlements, leaned over and looked down, in the firelight, the general who called the door under the city was Yin Jing, he had a good relationship with Yin Kaishan, and Yin Kaishan entrusted him to take care of his son.

"Yin Saburo, why did you come back in the middle of the night? disturbed my drowsiness. Hou Junji complained a little.

Xueliang's knife once again resisted Yin Jing's lower back, the tip of the knife stabbed the flesh, and a sharp pain came, Yin Jing bit his lip, hated it in his heart, but he had no choice but to raise his head and scold: "You can still fucking sleep in the quilt, Lao Tzu rushed back from sleeping all the way, don't say cool words, open the door quickly, Lao Tzu will also go into the city to sleep!" ”

Hou Junji didn't have the slightest suspicion, grinned, and waved his hand: "Open the city and let them in!" ”

The drawbridge was slowly lowered, the city gate rumbled open, and five hundred grain trucks entered the city in turn, Hou Junji walked to the other side of the city, watching the grain carts enter the city, he found that the grain carts seemed to be filled with things, so he asked strangely! "What's in the car?

"It's all military equipment such as tents, war drums, and Gong Qin ordered us to bring them back." A soldier replied in a loud voice.

Hou Junji did not suspect it, he knew that transporting grain to the north was just to deceive the Fengzhou army, making the Fengzhou army think that they were going to fight, but in fact, Qin Gong wanted to withdraw the army.

Most of the grain trucks entered the city, and at this time, a garrison brigade commander standing by the city gate saw that the 'military supplies' on the carriage seemed to move, and he was puzzled, so he secretly lifted a horn of oilcloth while people were unprepared, and what he saw was not a tent war drum, but three heavily armed soldiers, and he was stunned for a moment.

Suddenly, he suddenly reacted and shouted: "General, they are not our people......"

Before he could finish his shout, a spear peeked out of the tarpaulin and pierced his chest, and the brigade commander screamed and fell to the ground.

This scream woke up Hou Junji like a dream, this was the Fengzhou army deceiving the city, he was so anxious that he shouted: "Call the police, close the city gate!" ”

The alarm bells hanging over the city' dang! While! While! The ground rang, the piercing bells pierced the quiet night, and the food delivery procession that had entered the city was also launched, the tarpaulins were lifted, countless heavily armed soldiers jumped out of the carts, the coachmen drew their swords from under their seats, and the five hundred cavalry guards rushed to the city gates, assassinating more than a hundred soldiers defending the city.

The Sui army into the city amounted to thousands of people, they quickly rushed to the city, snatched the drawbridge winch, at this time the north city guards were only more than 200 people, Hou Junji saw that the general situation was not good, and ran to the darkness, running out of a hundred steps, he suddenly stopped, seemed to hear something, looked back to look outside the city, only to see the surging cavalry outside the city to the east of the city to kill.

Hou Junji was so frightened that he ran to the west city wall and went over the city, this location happened to be the place where Yang Liang deceived the city in women's clothing, guarded Qiu and escaped from the city, after 12 years, Hou Junji repeated this scene.

The city of Hedong fell.

Just the day before the fall of Hedong City, there was also an accident in Hejindu, Longmen County, in the morning, more than 300 defenders of Longmen County suddenly felt an earthquake, the soldiers were surprised to look around, only to feel that the tremor was getting bigger and bigger, and there was a thunderous roar in the distance.

In a moment, a black-pressed cavalry team appeared on the official road a mile away, and they were like a long black dragon, galloping southward on the official road, aiming at Hejindu, which was more than 30 miles away.

This is an elite cavalry of 5,000 people, each equipped with two horses, led by the general Luo Shixin, they set out from Longquan County, all the way south, in two days to run hundreds of miles, straight to Hejindu.

"General Luo, the front is Longmen County!"

A scout pointed to a small city in the distance and reported: "To go to Hejindu, you must pass by the county seat of Longmen. ”

"The official road and the city are far apart?"

"Less than fifty steps!"

This is within the range of the bow and arrow, Luo Shixin's lips were tightly closed, stretched into a straight line, staring at Longmen County for a long time, and resolutely ordered: "Ignore it, rush over!" ”

In a moment, five thousand cavalry galloped past the county seat of Longmen, and the thunderous sound of horses' hooves had already frightened the defenders of the city, and they hid behind the battlements, and secretly looked out, and through the small gaps in the arrow holes, they saw a long cavalry team rushing southwest at a rapid pace, and that was Hejindu.

The county magistrate of Longmen County surnamed Jiang, he got the report, rushed to the city to inspect, only looked at it for a moment, he suddenly understood, shouted, "Not good! ”

Jiang Xian Ling immediately turned back and ordered: "Go and send a letter to the Duke of Qin quickly, the Fengzhou army will cut off their retreat." ”

Jiang Xianling was shocked into a cold sweat, his back was soaked, if he didn't guess wrong, this army was going to Hejindu, they must be going to destroy the ferry and cut off the back road for the Tang army to withdraw to Guanzhong.

An hour later, billowing smoke appeared in the direction of Hejindu, straight into the sky, Jiang Xianling stared blankly at the firelight, he knew that it should be hundreds of ferries parked at the ferry port were burned, and there was an inexplicable fear in his heart, could the army of the Duke of Qin be wiped out in the east of the river?

On the night of Xu Shiji's occupation of Hedong City, he personally led 5,000 troops to Pujindu, ten miles away, and the 1,000 soldiers stationed in Pujindu had been brought back to the other side by Hou Junji, and they directly burned the Pujindu pontoon bridge.

The Hejin ferry port in Longmen County was also attacked by Luo Shixin's army, and hundreds of Sui troops crossed the river to the west and burned hundreds of ferries moored on both banks......

Although the contest between Yang Yuanqing and Li Shimin on the battlefield has not taken place, the contest outside the battlefield has not stopped, Yang Yuanqing's means are obviously slightly higher, after the news of Xie Sili's successful envoy to Western Qin came, he knew that Li Shimin's army would inevitably retreat westward, so before Li Yuan's order to withdraw westward was transmitted, he ordered Xu Shiji to take the lead and destroy the ferry boat and pontoon bridge for the Tang army to return to Guanzhong, cutting off the back road of Li Shimin's army to retreat westward.

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