Chapter 397: Three Ways to Win
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In the city of Zhending, Li Tang's Hengzhou Assassin Wang Gongzheng looked at the plaque with 'Virtue and Classic' written in the public hall with his hands, and was silently distracted.
There are virtues and classics from Shangshu Gao Taomo, and the original text is from the heavenly narrative and classics, and the mandate of heaven is virtuous. When he came to Hengshan as an official, his brother sent this plaque to encourage him, and after he returned to Li Tang, he specially hung this plaque on the public court.
This is what Gao Tao said, after Li Yuan entered the Guanzhong, he was the ancestor of Gao Tao surnamed Li, so he hung this plaque, which is also a set of means pursued in the officialdom.
But now Wang Gongzheng looks at this plaque with four characters of virtue and classics, but he has a different mood.
In Wang Gongzheng's view, it is a sure thing that Li Tang is now seizing the world. Therefore, he has long regarded Li Yuan as the future lord of the world.
But now, outside the city, the Youzhou army is surrounded by a large army, and the city is impassable.
The head of the Youzhou army general Xi Shiling was directly hung up and surrendered to the city, and the prince couldn't help but lose color when he saw it.
Xi Shiling was defeated and killed, the main force of the county soldiers was annihilated, to Wang Gongzheng's knowledge, with less than 1,000 township soldiers in the city, to resist the offensive of the Youzhou army, it is not easy to talk about dreams, once the city is broken, he and his wife and children will inevitably be prisoners.
Thinking of this, Wang Gongzheng couldn't help but feel sorry, but if he said that he wanted to surrender to the Youzhou army, Wang Gongzheng had no plan, because he was not optimistic that the Youzhou army could seize the world. Li Tang will be the lord of the world in the future, and if he surrenders to the Youzhou Army because of his greed for life and fear of death today, then how can Li Yuan ask a person like him to surrender a second time.
Rather than so. It's better to be a minister who keeps festivals, and the Tang Dynasty will win the world in the future. He is also famous in history, not to mention the last hope of King Yong'an's reinforcements.
Thinking of this, the prince made up his mind. He said, "Someone! β
"No, envoy." A servant came to the court.
Wang Gongzheng said: "The order will go down, the strong men of the city, ten people as a team, all sent to the city to defend the city, and the rich households in the city are not exempt, draw their parts, and the family will be called together, if there is a violation of the order, those who do not obey." Kill! β
"No." After listening to the order, the official was about to turn around.
"Wait."
"What else does the envoy command?"
The prince said: "Prepare another coffin and carry it to the city." β
"Dare to ask the envoy, what is the use of a coffin?"
Wang Gongzheng said: "This is to tell the people, this assassin history will live and die with this city, if the city is broken, this coffin will be left for its own use." β
When the official heard this, he couldn't help but be in awe, and said, "No, the envoy." β
Really set the castle.
I saw the defenders pulling the young man up to the city. Li Chongjiu knew that the other party refused to surrender, and in the original history, after a hundred years, Yan Zhenqing's cousin Yan Gaoqing held on to Zhending City and fought to the end against An Lushan's rebels. In the end, the city was broken and captured. Yan Gaoqing was escorted to Luoyang and killed.
Now Yan Zhenqing, Yan Gaoqing's great-grandfather, Yan Shigu is serving as a resident under Li Yuan. Yan Shigu's brother Yan Xiangshi, participated in the military for Tiance Mansion. He is one of the eighteen bachelors under Li Shimin.
I saw the prince of Zhending County, and the scene of carrying the coffin to the city. Li Chongjiu couldn't help but think that if Li Tang won the world in the future, this person would be famous in history, and he would be like An Lushan and Shi Siming, and he would be punished for future generations.
The truth of becoming a king and defeating a king is really not easy in ancient and modern times.
But now it seems that when the city is lost, the prince still pulls the young and strong to defend the city, which is purely a lot of killing.
"Our army is gathered, and the enemy army is stubbornly resisting, which is really a fluke."
"Kamitani, please let the last general fight!"
Xu Shiji and Xue Wanche asked for their lives together, and Li Chongjiu promised at the moment.
Bang!
The war drums beat, the soldiers of the Youzhou army, wearing armor, carrying ladders, began to attack the city with half a boat, because the city is not strong and thick, and the defensive forces are insufficient, so other siege weapons such as building cars and shield cars have not been built.
As the Youzhou army approached the city, and there was a row of bows and arrows sparsely on the city, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but shake his head when he saw it, this arrow was weak and weak, which showed how inferior the enemy's equipment was.
As for the head of the city, the people and the township soldiers were piled up together, and the Youzhou army who were climbing the city seemed to be in a hurry.
Seeing this, Li Chongjiu felt that the suspense of the next battle was not big, and what he was a little worried about was Wang Mahan's interception of the reinforcements of Yong'an King Li Xiaoji, and whether Wei Chigong took Jingcheng Pass.
At this moment, the battle is fierce at Jingcheng Pass.
Jingcheng Pass is a natural danger, and the road of Jingcheng is a dangerous road where cars cannot be squared and cannot be ridden.
Jingcheng Road is the only passage connecting Taiyuan County and Hengshan County, and then go north to cross hundreds of miles of road, from Yanmen County to Feihu Cheng into Shanggu County, and arrive at Youzhou. And to the south, you have to walk a hundred miles of road, from Fukou from Shangdang County to Handan, Yecheng.
Since ancient times, attacking Hebei from Shanxi, to cross the Taihang Mountains, there are only these three natural holes to walk.
Every place is a dangerous place, but although the road of Jingcheng is dangerous, Wang Jian destroyed Zhao back then, and Han Xin destroyed Zhao from this.
The water on the side of the city, when Han Xin destroyed Zhao, was on this waterside and lined up against the water, breaking 200,000 Zhao troops in a battle.
Although Wei Chigong knew that he could not be compared with Wang Jian and Han Xin, he led 5,000 men and horses to attack this pass for six days. The defenders are just third-rate village soldiers, but it is the first-class elite of the Youzhou Army who is attacking the city.
But it was these third-rate people, relying on the danger of Jingcheng Pass, that they stubbornly resisted Wei Chigong here for six days.
Wei Chigong's face couldn't help but be a little dignified, his black face was even heavier, hundreds of soldiers died in the pass, and the defenders defending the city also suffered a lot of casualties.
At this moment, I heard a bang, and the gate of the checkpoint was finally collapsed by a crash after burning for two days and two nights.
Seeing this, the soldiers under the command of Wei Chigong braved the dense arrows of the defenders at the head of the city to kill the gate.
The defenders wanted to push out the Saimen knife cart to block the door, but they were a step too late, and the Youzhou sergeant cut down several defenders and went directly into the city.
Seeing that the banner of the Youzhou Army was finally planted on the head of the city, Wei Chigong finally dropped a stone, and the passage from Taiyuan County to Hebei was finally opened, and it could be unimpeded from now on.
"Immediately report to Youzhou, just say that after six days of bloody battles, our Wuwei Army captured Jingcheng Pass, and now my captain Chi Gong led the army to Lingshou County, with General Xue, and the Shanggu Guild Division."
After Wei Chigong had just captured Jingcheng Pass, the siege of Zhending County was also about to come to an end.
The night is low, above the head of Zhending County, the torches are bright, and the shouts of killing are not stopped.
The horse road of the city wall, above the battlements, was covered with corpses, broken spears and spears, and blood flowed from the city butterflies and horse roads.
The defenders did their best to resist, but there were no trained people, as well as the village soldiers who had never fought, and the assassin Wang Gongzheng, who was powerless and could only talk emptyly, had no power to fight back in front of the battle-hardened Yuan Wagang soldiers and the famous general Xu Shiji.
In the siege battle, Xu Shiji first feinted to attack the east of the city, and then feigned to attack the west of the city, the defenders were tired of mobilizing, and finally Xu Shiji took advantage of the situation to break through the north gate of the city in one fell swoop.
As soon as the gate in the north of the city was lost, Zhending County was also gone.
In the next less than an hour, the east and west of the city with low city walls were lost one after another, and the county lieutenant and the township lieutenant were either captured or killed, and the township soldiers in the city saw that the county lieutenant and the lieutenant were all captured, and they also surrendered one after another.
In the end, only the prince of Thorn Shi stuck to the south gate of the city, with dozens of clansmen and servants, as well as hundreds of village soldiers, the officials in the yamen, the fast catchers, and the archers, who resisted stubbornly to the end.
In the end, all of them were annihilated by Xue Wanche on the city.
Wang Gongzheng's blood-stained official robe was tied up and taken to Li Chongjiu by five flowers.
Li Chongjiu said: "Wang Tingshi, you let hundreds of innocent people die in vain with your intentions, do you have a guilty conscience?" β
Wang Gongzheng looked up at Li Chongjiu, and said in a heartfelt manner: "Death is lighter than a feather, and it is heavier than Mount Tai, what is the regret, we are all for the Tang Dynasty to observe the festival, although the death is still glorious, you and other clowns jumping off the beam, but for the time being, you are just a projectile land, and when the Son of Heaven arrives in the future, he will be killed." β
Li Chongjiu glanced at Wang Gongzheng and said: "Er Yu fights for fame, I will fulfill you, someone will push it out and behead, and the head of the owl will be hung above the city gate." β
Later, in the midst of the loud scolding of Wang Gongzheng getting farther and farther away, Xu Shiji and Xue Wanche both hugged their fists to Li Chongjiu and said: "Shanggu Gong, Zhending City has been broken. β
Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Pass the order, Zhang Bang appeases the people, and except for Wang Gongzheng, the rest of the people will not be prosecuted." There are also generals who restrain their subordinates and are not allowed to trespass on people's houses, and anyone who dares to take the opportunity to rob JiΔnyin at this time will be killed. β
"No." After the general listened to the order, he immediately passed on the news.
Soon the inspection battalion, composed of Li Chongjiu's personal soldiers, began to patrol the city. The military discipline of the Wagang army was uneven, and Li Mi was good at the beginning, but later after the anti-kings of various ministries surrendered, the military discipline was also corrupted.
Therefore, Li Chongjiu is here to set rules for Xu Shiji and them, so that they can do this in the future, and not break military discipline like the later period of the Wagang Army.
Soon a general came to report and said: "The reinforcements of Li Xiaoji, the king of Yong'an, did not dare to come to the aid of Zhending County after learning that Lingshou County was lost, and hastily withdrew his troops to Xiangguo County, and General Wang led the cavalry to attack at night, won a complete victory, and captured Li Xiaoji, the king of Yong'an. β
When all the generals heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised, Wang Mahan not only succeeded in sniping Li Tang's reinforcements, but also captured the enemy general, which was simply an unexpected joy.
Li Xiaoji is Li Yuan's cousin, which can be said to be his relative, and now he is captured alive, and for Li Chongjiu, he is definitely a very valuable prisoner of war.
Before a happy event was finished, another one came, and another general hurriedly rushed to report: "Qi Shanggu Gong, General Wei Chi, led the armed guards, and has broken through the Jingcheng Pass." β
Xu Shiji and Xue Wanche were all overjoyed, and said to Li Chongjiu: "Congratulations to Shanggu Gong, congratulations to Shanggu Gong, so Hengshan County and Hejun have been owned by our army." (To be continued......)