Gong/An County is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, about 80 miles away from Jiangling, is a subordinate county of Nan County, Gong/An County originally only had 300 garrisons, more than a dozen fast boats, responsible for patrolling the river, after the grain ship incident, Lu Zushang realized the importance of Gong/An County, so it increased its garrison to 1,000 people, and the size of the ships also increased to 50, patrolling day and night.

Gong/An County is only a small county, with a population of only more than 1,000 households, close to the Yangtze River, the army is stationed in the city, about two miles away from the city, there is a small river that flows into the Yangtze River, the Tang army regards this small river as a natural harbor, and more than 50 large and small ships are parked in this small river.

Since the grain boat incident, the Tang army of Gong/Anxian County also seemed to know that the Sui army would come to retaliate, and became extraordinary, with soldiers patrolling the small river day and night to protect the boats.

That night, the dark clouds covered the river, the moon was dark and the stars were dark, and the river and the earth were shrouded in a dark and dreary night, and as usual, more than a hundred soldiers patrolled on both sides of the river, guarding the thirty or so boats in the river, which should have been fifty boats, and a dozen boats went to patrol the river and did not return.

The night is particularly quiet, the warm chūn wind blows the willows on the riverside, hundreds of willows have grown luxuriantly, lush, about five or six miles away from the river, there is a gentle hill, more than ten zhang high, about twenty miles long.

The hills were covered with large dense forests, and at this time, the forest was full of people, and a cavalry of 5,000 men had unknowingly lurked into this forest.

The leader of the general is Wang Junkuo, at this time Wang Junkuo's eyes are flashing with yīn cold and fierce gaze, two days ago, some Sui soldiers who escaped from the grain ship ran to Yiling County, reported to him the incident of the grain ship being intercepted, which made Wang Junkuo furious.

Wang Junkuo has more than 10,000 war horses and needs a lot of forage every day, while there are not many livestock in the south. There was no such forage to feed his war horses, so he had to try to find bean cakes and wheat stalks everywhere, the wheat stalks were rough, and the war horses refused to eat them, so they had to chop them finely and add grain bean cakes to feed the horses, and as a result, the military rations began to be nervous.

Wang Junkuo spent every day in the torment of lack of food and materials, waiting for the arrival of the grain ship. Unexpectedly, he looked forward to the stars and the moon. In the end, the news that the supply ship was intercepted made Wang Junkuo burst into murder.

At this time, Wang Junkuo hid in the woods and patiently waited for the news of the ships in the inner harbor ahead, this time he attacked Gong/Anxian County at night for two purposes, one was to seize the ships, and the other was to capture the Tang army. He needed to exchange the Tang Army prisoners of war for some fodder, and he was exhausted by the shortage of horse fodder.

In the river about a hundred steps away from the river port, there were more than a dozen Sui soldiers hiding with extremely high water. Each of them was shirtless, with only a knife behind him, and the leader was a partial general. This person is Yuan Song, the partial general of the grain ship.

Yuan Song is a native of Jiujiang County, grew up by the river since he was a child, and is very familiar with the water, and after jumping off the boat to escape, he swam ashore. led more than 600 Sui soldiers who also escaped to Yiling County to defect to Wang Junkuo.

Yuan Song was about 30 years old, he was a water thief when he was a teenager, he killed people and oversold goods, he was ruthless, extremely fierce, he was quite famous in Jiujiang County, nicknamed 'Jiang Wolf', he changed his evil and returned to the army at the age of 20, followed Lai Hu'er to fight Goryeo, and then he has been following Lai Hu'er's side, and finally surrendered to the Sui army with Lai Hu'er.

The robbery of the grain ship in Jiangling this time was also a great shame for him, if he did not find this field, he would fall into the name of "river wolf", Yuan Song's eyes were like wolves staring at the river port a hundred steps away, they had two tasks, one was to investigate intelligence, and the second was to protect the pontoon bridge - a temporary bridge made of more than 20 small boats paved with wooden planks.

"General Yuan, it seems to be back!" A soldier whispered as he pointed to the river harbor in the distance.

A torch was planted on both sides of the river port every dozen steps, and in the firelight hunt, a fleet of ships could be seen sailing into the river port, which was the return of the fleet of river patrols, and there was a faint commotion, and his opportunity was very short, and he had to intercept all the ships before the next group of sentries went out to inspect the river.

Yuan Song immediately ordered one of his subordinates, "Hurry up and go to the shè rocket!" ”

The rocket was hidden on the shore, and the rocket shè came out, which was the signal of action, and the soldiers immediately climbed ashore, and the cat's waist ran to the depths of the darkness, and Yuan Song waved his hand, "Three people follow me, and the rest guard the bridge." ”

He took a deep breath, plunged into the water, and disappeared, followed by a dozen or so men who split up, three of them following him to dive towards the river harbor, while the rest turned around and swam to a small bridge not far away.

Yuan Song is like a fish diving under the water, he is experienced, from under the boats to the river port, the so-called river port is actually a section of the small river into the river, about two miles long, along the east bank of the river moored fifty large and small ships in turn, large ships of thousands of stones, small boats of hundred stones, can resist the river waves beating.

At this time, it is the time of the first watch, just when it is the time to change the guard, the patrol fleet returns from the Yangtze River, and the other more than 100 people are ready to set off, making the river chaotic, noisy laughter and scolding one after another, there are more than a dozen rooms not far away, it is the resting place of the patrol soldiers, the soldiers returning from the patrol run to the house, and the soldiers who are ready to patrol are lazy, slow, sleepy-eyed, shouting and scolding.

In just a stick of incense, Yuan Song and his three subordinates dived to the estuary, they slowly showed their heads, observing the situation at the estuary, the estuary was not wide, that is, more than ten zhang wide, Yuan Song's eyes fell on a few hundred stone boats, and he suddenly had a plan in his heart.

With a wave of their hands, the four of them lightly flipped onto a large boat, on which was a Tang soldier who was making preparations for the patrol, he stood in the bow of the boat, with his back to the four people, arranging the rope in a circle, not realizing that the danger was approaching.

Yuan Song's cat waist slowly approached, like a leopard quickly pounced, covered the mouth of the Tang soldier, the sharp dagger cut his throat, and then backhanded, stabbed into his heart, killing people cleanly, the means were vicious, and the Tang soldiers fell to the ground and died without saying a word.

The others searched around the cabin again, but when they didn't find anyone else, they began to split up.

The boat was put on the iron stake on the shore with iron chain links, and the four people moved quickly, took off the iron chain, and used a penny to prop the boat across the estuary, and concocted according to the law, and the other two big boats were also horizontal at the mouth of the river, and the three big boats were tied to each other with iron chains, and the length was just right to block the estuary.

At this time, there was a voice in the distance, this was the soldier who was about to go out on patrol, and the four of them each took a skin bag from their backs, and quickly sprinkled the fire oil on the big ship.

At this time, a question came from the river, "What's going on with those three boats?" How do you cross the middle of the river? ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a bright spot flying into the sky in the distance, this is a rocket shè up the sky, followed by another one, three rockets in a row went up to the sky, which immediately caused a burst of chaos among the soldiers by the river, and countless people ran out of the house, looking at the southwest direction and whispering, who didn't know what was going on.

At this time, dozens of Tang soldiers ran towards the mouth of the river with spears and bows and arrows in their hands, and the three boats across the estuary aroused their suspicions.

"There is an enemy!"

The appearance of rockets and the light of the fire in the river harbor caused a great confusion among the Tang soldiers in the house, some rushed to the city to report, some jumped on the boat and prepared to escape into the river, but unfortunately the three burning boats blocked the estuary, so that the ships could not rush out of the estuary, and the boats fought for the way, and they were crowded in the river port.

In the distance, there was a thunderous sound of horses' hooves, five thousand Sui cavalry rushed out of the mountains and forests, to the river port to kill, the heavy horses' hooves hit the earth, so that the earth also trembled slightly, the momentum was terrifying, the Tang army in the river port saw that the situation was not good, rushed ashore, and rushed to the city.

Wang Junkuo led the army to rush and kill, and the cavalry rushed across the small bridge and went to the county seat......

The county seat was only two miles away from the river port, and the rockets and the fires on the boats had already alarmed the defenders of the city, and more than a thousand defenders rushed to the city, looking nervously to the west, they had heard the thunderous sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and they were all terrified and panicked.

The main general of the Tang army is named Li Qun, and he is also a partial general, he turned out to be just a captain, and was promoted to a partial general by Lu Zushang because he found that the grain ship was meritorious, at this time he was extremely nervous, these days he has also been worried about being retaliated by the Sui army, and he spent every day in anxiety, he knew in his heart that the supply of more than a hundred large ships was intercepted, how could the Sui army in Yiling let them go.

He prayed every day that the Sui army would go to Nanjun for trouble, and not come to Gong/Anxian, but God didn't seem to hear his prayers, and the Sui army still arrived as scheduled, and he looked at the Sui cavalry that was overwhelmingly killed under the city, and his face turned pale with shock.

Li Qun was originally just a school captain, and he did not have the command ability and courage to stand alone, and when the five thousand cavalry of the Sui army came to kill, he was in a mess in his heart, and he didn't know what to do.

At this time, Wang Junkuo urged him to step forward, he glanced coldly at the low city wall, raised the Qinglong Yanyue Knife and pointed at the head of the city, and shouted loudly: "I am Wang Junkuo, the general of the Great Sui Dynasty's Right Wu Houwei, persuade you to surrender immediately, you can save your life, otherwise, the Sui army will enter the city, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!" ”

Wang Junkuo is known as 'Xiao Guan Yu', he is very famous in the Central Plains and the southern part of Hedong Road, Li Qun is a native of Feng Yi County, and he also heard that Wang Junkuo is famous, the famous Taihang thief leader, he is even more afraid in his heart.

At this time, several captains stepped forward and persuaded: "General, we have no way to ask for help, the city is short, and we can't stop the Sui army's iron cavalry, so it's better to surrender!" The brethren can also leave a xìng life. ”

Wang Junkuo shouted again under the city: "Give you a stick of incense time to consider, and if you surrender when it is too late, you will be killed!" ”

The cavalry of the Sui army slowly retreated, giving way to the open space of three hundred steps, Li Qun was extremely conflicted in his heart, he was afraid that after surrendering, the Sui army would hold him accountable and kill him the same, although the Sui army was fierce, but the cavalry had no siege weapons, maybe they could still hold the city.

Several lieutenants saw that he was reluctant to surrender, so they exchanged a glance with each other, and the lieutenant standing behind Li Qun slowly pulled out his knife and slashed it from behind, Li Qun was caught off guard, his head fell to the ground, and several lieutenants picked up his head and shouted: "We are willing to surrender!" Surrender! ”

The city gate was wide open, more than 1,000 Tang troops raised their hands from the city gate, Wang Junkuo was overjoyed, and shouted the order: "Drive the whole city out!" ”……)

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