Although Gao Buer and Xiao Mo fell into a confrontation, they were not idle. Xiao Mo is busy deploying troops, and Gao Buer is also dispatching troops.

Because Li Xiaogong failed in attacking Yiling, the war in the north was tight, Li Shimin was fighting Wang Shichong, and he had to guard against the Turks, so he couldn't spare his hands for a while, so Gao Buer had to send Li Jing to lead 50,000 horses to support Li Xiaogong by land.

In order to make Li Jing's march go smoothly, the warships of the Gao Buer Displacement Army kept provoking on the Yangtze River, and the two sides fought countless battles, but the final decisive battle was not carried out.

In this way, the time came to the first month of 621, Li Jing led the army to meet Li Xiaogong, at this time Li Xiaogong was stationed in Kuizhou, and Yiling was separated by a Three Gorges with rapid waters.

Li Xiaogong wept when he saw Li Jing and said: "You have finally arrived with the army, and I heard Your Majesty say that the King of Chu sent you to lead troops to help, so I look forward to your coming early every day, so I am ashamed, you can rest assured, Your Majesty has confessed, and you are the leader in the military." ”

Li Jing nodded, came to the big tent of the Chinese army with Li Xiaogong, and asked, "Chief, you can tell me in detail about the previous battle." ”

Li Xiaogong nodded and said: "Our army came out of Kuizhou, everything went well, who knew that it was about to arrive in Yiling, the thief army actually set up five or six barrage iron cables on the river, and set up dozens of trebuchets on the cliffs on both sides. ”

Li Xiaogong sorted out his emotions and continued: "Don't you know, the warships prepared before the first battle lost forty percent, and the men and horses lost thousands, so they can't afford to continue to attack Yiling, so it's good for you to come." ”

Li Jing stood on the sand table and asked Li Xiaogong to point out to him the location of the enemy's barrage and trebuchet, which was easy to deal with, but the trebuchets on both sides of the strait were located at the highest place, and they were vulnerable to attack, and if it weren't for the six artillery pieces he carried this time, it was estimated that he would have lost a lot of soldiers and horses.

So Li Jing said to Li Xiaogong: "Boss, you are familiar with the road, I have brought a few new weapons this time, which can attack the enemy's position from a distance, but the peaks on both sides of the Yangtze River are too high, so it is not too advantageous to put it on the boat to attack on the back, so please send a few familiar people to lead two teams along the river to secretly approach the enemy's trebuchet position and raid?" ”

Li Xiaogong said: "This is easy to say, but what about your new weapon, there are a lot of people in the trebuchet camp on the other side, there are more than 5,000 people on one side, and there are no 15,000 people who are difficult to take." ”

Li Jing smiled and said, "In this case, please go out with the chief manager to see how powerful the new weapon is?" ”

Of course, you have to look at it, and you can rest assured when you see it. Li Jing and Li Xiaogong came to the riverside and were ordered to set up an artillery.

Li Xiaogong pointed to the cannon that looked like a bamboo knot and said: "What can this thing do, I estimate that this iron guy weighs three or four hundred pounds, who can carry it." ”

Li Jing smiled and didn't answer, to be honest, before he saw its power, he believed in the steel knife in his hand, after seeing this thing, he liked it, if there were a hundred and ten such artillery pieces attacking together, what battle formation would not break?!

Seeing that more than a dozen soldiers had finished setting up the artillery, Li Jing ordered the artillery to be fired at the river, only to hear a thunderclap in the sky, and a huge column of water of several tens of meters rose on the surface of the river.

The sergeants on the side were dumbfounded, and Li Xiaogong also covered his ears and squatted down at the moment of the cannon, for a long time, only to hear him praise loudly: "Good guy, this thing was originally used like this, and I just want to get it, but I don't know how to attack the city?" ”

Li Jing asked people to clear a hill and ordered the sergeants to open fire on the hill. After the smoke of gunpowder, Li Xiaogong ran over first, looked at the big pit in front of him, and shouted to Li Jing: "Why didn't you take out this good thing earlier, obediently, this is definitely a siege weapon, no wonder the king of Chu has been able to conquer everything in recent years." ”

Li Jing said: "The chief manager is fallacious, since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Emperor has roped the world's iron tools, you have also seen this thing, without a large number of iron tools, it really can't be made, and I heard the King of Chu say that the success rate of making this thing is also low, and all this new weapon of the King of Chu is here, because it is powerful and rare, so I have walked so slowly this way." ”

Li Xiaogong laughed and changed the subject: "When is the general going to send troops?" ”

"The king of Chu is still fighting against Xiao Mo in Nanjun, we can't afford to delay, without further ado, we will send a surprise sergeant to set off now, five thousand people on one side, and the other military horses will go down the river by boat in five days, just wait for the enemy trebuchet camp to break, we will immediately attack Yiling, and the warship will have to bother you to prepare."

"Okay, please rest assured about this, Your Majesty has already arranged it." Li Xiaogong also hoped that this battle would be disgraced, and now the soldiers and horses were thriving, so he immediately agreed to Li Jing's deployment.

Five days later, it rained heavily in the Three Gorges area, and the waves on the already rushing river surface were bigger and the river water was more urgent.

Li Jing and Li Xiaogong stood by the river, watching the heavy rain without stopping.

Li Xiaogong said: "General, now the water on the river is very bad, and the Three Gorges is probably ten times even worse, now we still send troops?" ”

Li Jing pondered for a while, and said: "We are worried that the situation on the river is bad, and the enemy army is afraid that they will have the same concerns, and they will definitely relax their vigilance, and this is our opportunity." Moreover, now that the soldiers have boarded the ship and the sergeants for the sneak attack have been in place, if the troops are not dispatched, I am afraid that I don't know how long it will be delayed, which is extremely detrimental to morale. ”

Li Xiaogong said in a deep voice: "What the general said is very true, then please decide." "I said in my heart that Li Xiaogong did not approve of sending troops now.

Li Jing glanced at Li Xiaogong and said to the adjutant general: "When the army sets out, it must pass through the Three Gorges quickly, and after leaving the Three Gorges, it will contact the ambush soldiers. ”

The deputy general went to pass the order, Li Jing asked Li Xiaogong to lead the army as a follow-up to respond, Li Xiaogong hugged his fist, said take care, and hurried to dispatch the rear army.

Because of the high wind and heavy rain, Li Jing's army ship quickly headed downstream with half sails, and after narrowly crossing the Three Gorges, the ambush artillery on both sides of the strait sounded, and soon defeated the unprepared Wen Shihong's army and horses, occupying two high grounds.

Li Jing saw the sound of arrows in the ambush, and ordered the whole army to follow, and when they came to the position of the barrage, they had been blown up by the sergeant and sank into the Yangtze River. After receiving the ambush troops on both sides of the strait and boarding the ship, the whole army set up, and the front was a large ship with six guns, which went down the river and soon arrived at the foot of Yiling City.

The scribe Hong who guarded Yiling heard that the first pass he set up in the Yangtze River was broken by the enemy, he was shocked, and hurriedly commanded his men and horses to climb the city wall to prepare to meet the enemy, Li Jing ordered the artillery to bombard Yiling City, and soon the city wall was blown open a big gap, Li Jing took advantage of the situation and ordered people to take the pedal, and the cavalry directly entered the city.

Wen Shihong saw that the enemy army had attacked Yiling, and the enemy army was strong, so he immediately led the army to retreat and fled from Wangnan County. When Li Xiaogong led the rear army to Yiling, he found that the Tangzi military flag had been raised at the head of the city, and he entered the city.