Chapter 43: The Siege of Yangming
After receiving the surrendered troops, Cheng Zhijun escorted Yang Yecheng back to the camp. After a long time, I heard that someone from Luofeng City asked to surrender. Liu Chengzhi accepted the demotion table, and a group of people came to Luofeng City.
The population of Luofeng City is close to tens of millions, but it is also a large state capital. The land here is also very fertile, and there is a lot of grain production, which can be used for military purposes.
Liu Chengzhi thanked Yang Yecheng for leading the troops in a good way, and he wanted to take it for his own use. Therefore, I talked to him three times and twice, but Yang Yecheng was very loyal to Yang Xiyue, and he couldn't do it for a while. Liu Chengzhi had no choice but to put him under house arrest, entertain him with good food and drink, and wait for him to change his mind.
Soon the spy shadow door came to report, but it was Yang Xiyue who brought 100,000 elite soldiers to capture Fengcheng. Luofeng City was originally the richest place under Yang Xiyue's jurisdiction, but it was seized at this time, and he hurriedly ordered soldiers to fight.
Liu Chengzhi was not in a hurry, and immediately summoned a cadre of generals and strategists to agree on countermeasures, and led Xiang Wuji, Liu Yan, Li Xiuqi and other generals to lead 80,000 troops to set up an ambush on the road from Yangming Mansion, the capital of Kunyang Province to Luofeng City.
After the Chengzhi army lay in ambush for four hours, a force gradually came into view.
After most of the troops entered the ambush circle, Liu Chengzhi gave an order, the golden drums sounded in unison, and the 80,000 Chengzhi troops rushed out in an instant.
Yang Xiyue's army's combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of Chengzhi's army, and it was unexpectedly surrounded and assaulted, so after more than half an hour of confrontation, the battle ended. The Chengzhi army captured 50,000, annihilated 20,000, and 10,000 enemy troops escaped from the encirclement.
Considering that Yang Xiyue's troops have been almost consumed, he can't be given a chance to breathe. Liu Chengzhi and his generals and strategists agreed to leave 50,000 elite soldiers led by Xiang Wuji to defend Luofeng City, and he led his troops to urgently march to Yang Xiyue's jurisdiction.
Within ten days, Liu Chengzhi had occupied most of Kunyang Province, leaving only Yangming Mansion, the provincial capital of Kunyang Province, to become an isolated city, guarded by 50,000 soldiers led by Yang Xiyue himself, and the other "three tigers" under Yang Xiyue, one was captured by Liu Yunli, one was killed, and one Liu Chengxian led the remnants of 20,000 people to flee back to Yangming Mansion.
On that day, Liu Chengzhi led his troops to besiege Yangming Mansion and was planning whether to attack the city. But Liu Chengzhi knew that the difficulty of attacking the city was more head-on, and he didn't know how much it was bigger, and casualties were inevitable, so Chengzhi hesitated a little, so he summoned the strategists and generals to discuss the matter.
Liu Yuhu said: "Second son, go to the army to fight, then cut the exchange, and finally attack the city, the siege loss is too great, the Chengzhi army has not been built for a long time, and it is really unaffordable!"
Liu Chengzhi said: "What Brother Yuhu saw is very much in line with my wishes, but this Yang Xiyue is stuck in the city, trapped beasts are still fighting, I am afraid that he will not surrender easily!"
Wang Chengwen thought for a while and said, "Second son, I am willing to be a lobbyist, go into the city to talk, and try to seize this city at the lowest cost." ”
Yun Li frowned slightly, thought about it for a while, and then said: "Mr. Ruijin, I need to use you a lot in the future, and the risk of entering the city alone is too high, no!"
Wang Chengwen said: "The two armies are fighting, and if you don't kill them, besides, I am a scribe, even if I can't say that Yang Xiyue is moved, I can guarantee that I will retreat with my whole body!"
Liu Chengzhi secretly admired Wang Chengwen's courage in his heart, but he also cherished this subordinate more and more, and secretly decided that he would also enter Yangming Mansion with him to ensure the safety of this strategist.
Thinking of this, Liu Chengzhi gritted his teeth and said, "In this way, as a scribe, I will also accompany Mr. to enter this Yangming Mansion to find out!"
At this time, the generals and strategists were taken aback, and they were too busy to talk.
But Liu Chengzhi said: "I have made up my mind, you don't need to say much, you can rest assured, Yang Xiyue doesn't know my identity." ”
When they saw that he persisted, they had no choice but to give up.
The next day, Liu Chengzhi and Wang Chengwen came to the city and shouted to the city. Soon the gate of Yangming City opened, and the two entered the city.
After the two entered the city, they looked at it at a glance, only to see that everywhere they went, there were soldiers who maintained law and order, because of the war, the streets were extremely desolate, there were no people, and there was no atmosphere in a city, Liu Chengzhi couldn't help but feel a sense of desolation in his heart, and secretly determined to end the current troubled times as soon as possible.
After entering Yang Xiyue's mansion, after the soldiers went in to report, the two of them quickly came out, covered their eyes with black cloths, and brought them into the mansion.
After the black cloth was removed, the two looked around, only to see a hall, about four zhang long, three zhang wide, two zhang high, in front of the lobby sat a tiger-eyed bearded man, left and right side by side sitting dozens of big men.
The big man said: "You two are here to be lobbyists? To tell you the truth, Lao Tzu hates you sour literati the most!"
As soon as Wang Chengwen was about to speak, the big man clapped his hands, and two big men came over next to him, both holding big knives in their hands, and each put the knife on the neck of the two.
Liu Chengzhi is not afraid, he is only one step away from Wang Chengwen, and it is not difficult to rescue the subordinates in front of him. He couldn't help but wonder how his advisor reacted.
I only heard Wang Chengwen laughing, and his voice was loud and spread throughout the hall.
The big man frowned and asked, "Your Excellency will die soon, I don't know what is ridiculous?"
Wang Chengwen's face did not change, and said: "If you want to kill, you will kill, ask more what it means, it is only ridiculous to say that Yang Xiyue and Lord Yang are the heroes of the world, but I don't know that he is just a gutless rat!"
Dahan snorted and said, "Although Yang doesn't dare to call himself a hero, he is also a bloody man, why is he a gallless rat in your mouth?" After thinking about it, he said: "Don't come to the method of agitation, give me a quick cut!"
I saw that the big man in front of Wang Chengwen was about to slash, but Wang Chengwen's face did not change, and he glared angrily.
Liu Chengzhi secretly admired, and was quite annoyed by Yang Xiyue's cruelty in his heart! I saw him take a diagonal step, stretched out his left hand and pinched it with two fingers, and clamped the knife that was slashing at Wang Chengwen into two pieces.
Yang Xiyue was furious, and threw a knife he was playing with at Liu Chengzhi, only to see that the knife showed a half-moon arc, flying quickly towards Chengzhi's door.
Liu Chengzhi saw that this knife was strange, and he didn't dare to hold it up, so he swept his birth law to Wang Chengwen's side.
Sure enough, the knife flew halfway, half faster, but it shot towards Wang Chengwen again, Liu Yunli had to cast a palm technique to remove the power of the knife, and finally the knife reached Yunli's hand.
Yang Xiyue was taken aback, she didn't expect that there was such a master in the Chengzhi Army, just now there was a faint sound of dragon roaring in this person's palm, I don't know what kind of martial arts it is, and I couldn't help but reevaluate my opponent.
In the past few days, the progress of the Chengzhi army has been extremely rapid, his own army is about to collapse at the touch of a button, Yang Xiyue has felt that the combat power of the Chengzhi army has been difficult to match, at this time I saw that the strategists sent by Liu Chengzhi were brave and strategic, and although the bodyguards next to him seemed to be weak, they were also extraordinary, and their subordinates were invincible.
It can be seen that the Yunli army is full of talents, and half of the fighting spirit in his heart has already been vented, thinking that if he defends the city, he is afraid that he will not be able to stop it in less than half a month, and then there will be no chips in his hand, only to roar the mountains and forests again.
Thinking of this, Yang Xiyue laughed and said, "Two, just now I just tried your guts, come here, give me a seat!"
Liu Chengzhi saw that his face changed faster than turning a book, but he was angry and funny in his heart, and the two of them were not polite and sat down in the guest seat.
Yang Xiyue said: "I don't know what position the two of you have in the Yunli Army?"
Wang Chengwen said: "I am just an ordinary scribe in the Yunli Army, surnamed Wang, and this is an ordinary commander in our army. ”
"Captain?" Yang Xiyue was skeptical.
Wang Chengwen continued: "The general must have known that my lord is the son of the prince of the current dynasty, the martyr of his stepfather and brother, and his subordinates are full of talents! I came to the general's office today mainly for the sake of the general's future!"
Yang Xiyue laughed and said, "Mr. Wang, don't trick me, I'm just afraid that you are just a lobbyist!"
Wang Chengwen said: "It's right to be a lobbyist, but the general must also know that with the strength of your and my two armies, it won't take half a month for our army to break through this Yangming Mansion! The reason why my lord sent me here is just for the sake of the creatures in this city!"
Yang Xiyue said: "It's right that you can break through my city, but after you capture it, I'm afraid it can only be an empty city, and your losses will not be small!"
Wang Chengwen said: "So, the general wants the jade to be burned together?"
Yang Xiyue said: "That depends on what kind of chips your family master's guild comes up with!"
Wang Chengwen said: "The general is really wise, my lord has given me full authorization, as long as the general can lead his troops to surrender, in order to avoid the misery of life, not only Yangming Mansion is still under the jurisdiction of Mr., but also the general can be appointed as the assassin of Kunyang Province, still in power, as a prince!"
When Yang Xiyue heard this, her eyes lit up, but she immediately calmed down and said, "I don't know what credentials Mr. has?"
Wang Chengwen took out a letter from his arms and said: "At this time, my father-in-law wrote a letter to the general, I hope the general will not doubt it!"
Yang Xiyue was suspicious in her heart, but the opportunity in front of her was too good, so she couldn't help but hesitate.
Wang Chengwen said again: "After the general surrenders, he can still keep the army, he can still control Kunyang Province, if there is a change in the future, the general can completely rebel, so he can advance or retreat, and the general An Neng said that I am not thinking about your future?"
Yang Xiyue's eyes lit up, and said, "So much depends on Mr. for me to plan a lot!" After that, he clapped his hands twice, and saw two maids coming up on both sides, each holding a pair of jade in his hand, Yang Xiyue said: "Sir, please smile!"