Chapter 18: Persuasion

At the third watch, the rain really fell, but it was not as big as expected, the enemy scouts in the woods had been cleaned up, and I don't know how often these scouts would return to the camp to report, which put Tang Que in a dilemma. If the attack is not as heavy as expected, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to extinguish the torches, then Tang Quan's only 5,000 men will have to deliver food at all; if he does not attack, the matter of the scouts being uprooted will soon be noticed by the enemy, and then tonight's operation will be declared a failure.

What is certain is that there is not much time left for Tang Que to consider, these scouts must return to the camp once an hour at most, and the disappearance of dozens of scouts will immediately make the enemy feel jǐng, and Tang Que must decide whether to advance or retreat within an hour.

A few thoughts flashed in Tang Que's heart, and after a moment of hard work, he still decided to believe in his feelings, so Tang Que turned his head and ordered Zhao Xin beside him, "Pass my military order and attack the enemy camp." It's all for me to pay attention to, don't blindly kill the enemy, create chaos, and protect yourself as much as possible, you are like this, so ......"

Zhao Xin was stunned when he heard this, glanced at Tang Que in surprise, and took the order.

The army began to move slowly towards the camp of Yuan Hongji, and the sound of rain that gradually began to grow louder covered out their footsteps, and at the same time extinguished almost all the torches in the camp, and the dark clouds obscured the moonlight, and everyone was like blind people, moving forward in the dark, until Tang Que was less than two hundred meters away from the soldiers who were on vigil, and the other party still did not find any trace of the enemy.

"Cavalry charge!" Tang Que finally gave the order, Zhao Xin agreed, the spear cut through the rain curtain, and a thousand sharp iron horsemen roared and turned into a torrent of black iron and rushed towards the camp! Tang Que led four thousand people to follow. The sound of iron hooves trampling on the ground finally woke up the enemy soldiers, and the soldiers woke up from a dream and shouted hoarsely: "Enemy attack!

There was a thunderous roar in the air, and the rain instantly became much heavier, and the rain hit people so that they couldn't open their eyes, and their voices couldn't reach far at all under such conditions, and the soldiers who had gone through a day of hard siege were still sleeping peacefully, not knowing that the blade of death had reached their throats.

Zhao Xin took a thousand iron cavalry and rampage, while loudly spreading rumors: "Oh no! Li Zixiong's main force has been killed!" "The imperial court counterinsurgency army has all arrived, with more than 200,000 troops!"

The soldiers who woke up from their sleep were unable to put up any effective resistance, in fact they could not resist, and in the darkness of the night they could not distinguish friend from foe, and often people shouted, "Don't fight, we are our own people, and the enemy is over there!" and slashed at them...... In this situation where it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, the only way out is to strike first, and the result is that most of the deaths of Yuan Hongji's army are actually caused by his own people.

The camp of 100,000 people was in chaos, the defeat was like a mountain, even Yuan Hongsi himself was a dead escape, and finally waited until dawn, he just gathered the defeated army and wanted to organize a counterattack, the iron cavalry led by Zhao Xin arrived, and it was a burst of killing, Yuan Hongsi had no time to arrange the troops and was killed again, and when he gathered the defeated army again, the sound of horses' hooves sounded again......

The same process was repeated seven times!

Yuan Hongji was defeated in seven battles, and retreated all the way to the edge of Fufu County, and the pursuit finally stopped. Under Yuanshou's response, Yuan Hongji was lucky to save his life, but the soldiers behind him were not so lucky, less than 20,000 of the 100,000 troops came back alive, at this time they would rather raise their guns and commit suicide than turn around and engage Zhao Xin behind them.

Tang Que's plan succeeded, no one noticed the black-robed figure mixed in the iron horse, and the name of Tan Wuyi was still unknown, but in the eyes of the real people, this name could be regarded as coming into their sight; with the lifting of the siege of Chang'an, Zhao Xin jumped from an unknown soldier to a world-famous general, and even he never thought that happiness would come so suddenly.

The Yuan family was defeated and retreated, Chang'an was already in Yang Xuangan's bag, Yang Xuangan and Li Mi and others came quickly, and completely took Chang'an in their hands, but on the surface, they still served Yang Yu, the acting king who stayed in Chang'an, but in fact, almost all edicts had to be conveyed through the hands of Yang Xuangan and Li Mi, and Yang Yu was just an ornament at all.

Zhao Xin, who made great contributions in this battle, was promoted to three levels, for the head of a thousand people, given 100 taels of gold and 300 satin of silk, Yang Xuangan wanted to reward Tang Que, but Tang Que refused with "It is not too late to go west to destroy the Yuan clan and then reward him".

On June 15, Yang Xuangan personally led an army of 70,000 to the west to defeat the Yuan clan, and Li Zixiong, Tang Que, Li Mi, and Zhao Xin all went with the army, leaving Yang Xuanting, Hu Shitan, and his eldest son Yang Jun to stay in Chang'an.

In less than a month, the three counties of Tianshui, Anding, and Fufeng were all captured, and the Yuan Ming Dynasty was declared extinct.

Tang Que and others returned to Chang'an with the army, and it was already July. Zhao Xin fought bravely, beheaded Yuan Honghei in the Battle of Fufeng, captured Yuan Shou in the Battle of Tianshui, made the first contribution, moved General Pingxi with military merits, gave 1,000 taels of gold, 1,800 satin silk, and a mansion; Tang Que still refused to be rewarded, but only accepted a mansion; and other military personnel were also promoted.

Even though the army has just returned triumphantly, there is no festive atmosphere in Chang'an, the reason is very simple, the change in Chang'an made Yang Guang withdraw his troops from Goryeo in advance. The two-way army of Laihu'er is menacing, Yang Xuangan is naturally very nervous, the Yuan family has been defeated, and he naturally has no reason to stay in Chang'an, but taking Chang'an into his hands has always been his dream, and it is impossible for him to give up like this, and what he did in Chang'an during this time is also destined to Yang Guang to let himself go, which will not change even if he takes the initiative to withdraw from Chang'an.

Although Yang Xuangan did not openly oppose Sui, everyone could see that in fact, he had already used Longyou and Guanzhong as the basis to divide one side.

After the incorporation of the remnants of the Yuan clan and the defenders of Chang'an, the army in Yang Xuangan's hands has reached 200,000, of which 50,000 troops are stationed in the three counties of Tianshui, Anding and Fufeng, and the remaining 150,000 troops gather in Chang'an to meet the upcoming war.

On the side of Suzaku Street in the west of Chang'an City, Tang Que's current mansion is located.

"There is a lot of noise in the hall today, only Wu Yù is silent, is it already confident?" Li Mi looked at Tang Que with a smile, secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't expect that he hadn't seen him for a while, Tang Que's internal cultivation had improved by leaps and bounds, and he couldn't even guess what he had reached now.

In fact, Tang Que's progress is not as great as Li Mi imagined, Tang Que has been mixed in the army in these wars, and has successfully harvested a lot of heads, and the lives that have fallen into Tang Que's hands are probably more than a thousand, and the Blood Sea Shura ** Blood Sea has reached the minimum standard for triggering blood cháo, and the combat effectiveness has increased by at least one grade; Under the stimulation of Taiyīn, Taiyīn Secret Record actually broke through to the third layer, and the true qi appeared introverted, which was the real reason why Li Mi couldn't detect Tang's lack of strength.

Sure enough, the battle between life and death is the cradle of the birth of the strong, and it is impossible for Tang Que to make such progress forever by hiding behind the scenes.

Despite this, Tang Que knew in his heart that his current strength was far from being Li Mi's opponent, at best, it was just a grade with Shi Qingxuan, but he had the four great skills of the Illusion Demon Body Method, the Immortal Seal Method, the Condensation Palm, and the Spirit Slaughtering Finger, if he really started to do it, Li Mi would also have a headache.

"This battle cannot be avoided. With Yang Guang's xìng grid, even if we really give up all the power of Guanzhong and Longyou, it is impossible for him to let us go. In fact, after we decided to fight for Guanzhong with the Yuan clan, there was no way back. Tang Que shook his head and said, "Instead of arguing with them, it's better to think about how to deal with Laihu'er and Yuwenshu." ”

"I'm not worried about that. Li Mi said, "I am confident that I can repel them once, twice, but even so, how long can we hold out? Guanzhong is different from Lingnan, it is the capital of the emperor, Yang Guang can tolerate Song Que, but it is impossible to tolerate us." ”

Tang Que was silent.

Li Mi's words are heart-wrenching, indeed, with Yang Xuangan's current military strength, it is no problem to hold on for a few months, but in the end it will still be destroyed by Yang Guang, in fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance that no one can rewrite this ending.

"I believe that it is impossible not to see this without yù talent. Li Mi's eagle eyes were full of sincerity, "I don't mean anything else, I just hope that one day, we can join hands again, at that time, the world is so big, there will be no more opponents for us." ”