Chapter 114: Conquering Huoyi and the Three Counties of Lianke

With Li Shimin's order, the army under his command continued to rush towards Song Laosheng's rear, at this time Song Laosheng had been glued together with Li Jiancheng and Chai Shao's department, and as soon as Li Shimin's department joined the battle, Song Laosheng instantly felt a little powerless.

At this time, Li Shimin rushed to kill while holding a rifle, and shouted loudly: "Song Laosheng has been captured alive, and the Huoyi defenders surrendered quickly." ”

The soldiers beside him also shouted in unison when they heard the words, and for a while, the Huoyi defenders had no time to distinguish the truth of the news, so they could only slowly close the east city gate.

Song Laosheng, who was rushing to kill in the battle, slashed a soldier in front of him with a long sword, and shouted angrily: "This will be here, why do you want to close the door?" shouted three times in succession, but the sound of the tragic battle on the battlefield instantly drowned out his voice.

In desperation, Song Laosheng led the rest of the men and horses to run in the direction of the south city gate, and at this time, Chu Mofeng, who was rushing with the army in the formation, swung away a spear that stabbed him, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a person dressed as a general leading a team of men and horses to flee in the direction of the south city gate.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but feel anxious, and in a moment of stunned effort, a spear stabbed from a tricky angle, and a blood mark blew under Chu Mofeng's ribs.

I only heard the sound of broken bones, and the person in front of him was forced to be smashed by Chu Mofeng through the helmet, and the blood flowed down the top of his head, seeing that he had succeeded in one blow, Chu Mofeng reached out and tore off a piece of cloth on his clothes, and simply pierced the wound under his ribs, and the whole person fell on the horse, his legs were clamped between the horse's belly, and the crotch was in pain, and he ran forward with Chu Mofeng.

Song Laosheng was busy fleeing at the moment, and he didn't know that the killing god behind him was coming, and the soldiers behind him saw the rear riding alone, and they couldn't help but have the idea of killing this person on the spot.

I heard a man who looked like a commander shouting: "Everyone follow me back to meet the enemy and protect your lordship's retreat." Hearing the order, the soldiers under his command quickly turned around and rushed in the direction of Chu Mofeng.

Li Shimin, who was rushing to kill in the crowd, saw that Chu Mofeng was chasing Song Laosheng alone, lest he make a mistake, and shouted anxiously: "Archer, Chu Shaoxia is fifty steps ahead, throw." ”

The black-armored archers who heard the order turned neatly on their horses, raised their longbows and shot arrows at a distance of fifty steps in front of Chu Mofeng, and when they saw that the archers had completed a round of throwing, Li Shimin immediately shouted: "Liu Hongji, lead the team to support Chu Shaoxia." ”

Liu Hongji, who was on the side, heard Li Shimin's shout and shouted: "Get the order, all the soldiers will rush to kill with me." After speaking, he led the soldiers under his command to run in the direction of Chu Mofeng.

At this time, Chu Mofeng, who was charging into battle, looked at the Sui soldiers not far in front of him through his mask, and couldn't help sneering in his heart, tightened the strip of cloth tied to the burning sky in his hand, and was about to continue to rush forward with a rein, when suddenly the Sui soldiers in front of him suddenly fell to the ground like harvested wheat.

After taking a closer look, I don't know where a rain of arrows flew in the sky, which instantly defused the opponent's attack, Chu Mofeng turned around and looked back, only to see Liu Hongji leading a kind of soldier rushing in his direction, and couldn't help laughing.

Without the obstacles ahead, Chu Mofeng shouted and ran in the direction of Song Laosheng, while his free left hand touched the dart bag behind him.

At this time, Liu Hongji had already caught up with Chu Mofeng, and the two ran towards the front side by side, only to hear Liu Hongji shout loudly: "Chu Shaoxia, the person in front is Song Laosheng, the guard general of Huoyi." ”

Chu Mofeng nodded and didn't answer, but said coldly: "General Liu, Chu gave you a fortune, whether you have fate or not depends on your creation." After speaking, he grabbed the three darts and threw them at Song Laosheng's back.

I saw three darts like three golden lights running straight towards Song Laosheng's back, and at this time, Song Laosheng, who was blindly fleeing, did not realize the danger after arriving at him, and thought while riding his horse and galloping, Lao Tzu entered the city from the south gate this time, and then had to stick to the city and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

While thinking about it, Song Laosheng suddenly felt a tightness in his back, as if something was inserted in his back, and then an indescribable pain came from his back, only to feel that it was dark in front of him, and the whole person fell into the trench on the side with the war horse.

Liu Hongji, who was parallel to Chu Mofeng, saw that he succeeded in one blow, and knew in his heart that this was the wealth that others gave him for nothing, and then shouted to Chu Mofeng: "Chu Shaoxia's kindness Liu will write it down for the time being, and in the future, Liu will definitely repay Chu Shaoxia's kindness." After speaking, he urged the war horse under his crotch and ran in the direction of Song Laosheng's planting.

At this time, Song Laosheng stood up from the trench with the pain behind him, and when he was about to take a look, he suddenly flew from above his head and fell down in the direction where he was standing.

Hearing only the sound of 'click', Song Laosheng looked at the broken long knife in his hand, and a trace of despair suddenly surged in his heart, and then he felt that his body fell to both sides.

It turned out that Liu Hongji jumped down the trench on his horse, and saw that Song Laosheng was about to resist, so he had to raise the treasure knife in his hand and slash it down with all his strength.

After the full blow, Liu Hongji couldn't help but feel a little out of strength, but thinking of the stalemate on the field, he endured the exhaustion of his body and climbed up the trench and shouted: "Song Laosheng has surrendered, and the Huoyi defenders surrendered quickly." ”

The soldiers of the Sui army who were fighting hard in the field were shocked when they heard Liu Hongji's voice, and some of them reluctantly dropped their weapons and squatted on the ground to make a gesture of surrender; and some were unwilling to be captured, and still fought hard with Li Yuan's army in the field with their blades in their hands.

As the last stubbornly resisting Sui soldier fell to the ground, there was no Sui soldier on the entire battlefield, and the soldiers under Li Yuan's command saw this, and they raised their weapons high and shouted loudly: "Victory, victory, victory." ”

The remaining defenders at the head of the city saw that the guard general Song Laosheng had died, and that the soldiers who fought under the city were either dead or surrendered, and they couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly checked whether the four gates were closed, and then retreated in the city and did not dare to go out of the city to fight.

Li Yuan, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, laughed out loud, and then ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and after the army cleaned up the battlefield, he returned to the camp proudly, only to see Li Yuan standing in front of the handsome tent, looking at the people who returned to the camp with a smile on his face.

When everyone walked in front of him, Li Yuan arched his hand to the soldiers and said: "The soldiers have returned victoriously in this battle, and the official is very pleased, after this battle, the defensive strength in Huoyi County is gone, at this moment, you quickly return to the camp to eat, and after a short rest, you will capture Huoyi with all your might, and everyone will be rewarded at that time." ”

When all the soldiers heard this, they shouted in unison: "Obey the orders of the commander." After saying that, they went back to the camp to bury the pot and cook, and Li Shimin on the side turned over and dismounted and said to Li Yuan: "Qiyu Marshal, Song Laosheng has died under the knife of General Liu Hongji, but the person has been split in half, and the head cannot be retrieved. ”

"It doesn't matter, this time against Hongji has made a great contribution, and after the capture of Huoyi, the official will definitely reward his merits. Stand aside for now. Hearing that Song Laosheng was dead, Li Yuan was quite happy in his heart, waved his hand at Li Shimin, and motioned for him to retreat first.

Just when Li Yuan was making a big commendation, Chu Mofeng returned to his tent earlier, and when Hua Ling'er saw Chu Mofeng coming back, she hurriedly greeted him and said anxiously: "I'm back, I'm not injured." ”

Looking at Hua Ling'er's anxious eyes, Chu Mofeng shook his head slowly, walked straight to the seat and sat down, Hua Ling'er on the side poured a glass of water and handed it to Chu Mofeng, who was about to hand it to Chu Mofeng, when he suddenly found the strip of cloth wrapped under his ribs, only to see that the originally white strip of cloth had been dyed red by blood, and blood oozed out from time to time.

Seeing Chu Mofeng's wound, Hua Ling'er lost her mind, the teacup in her hand fell to the ground, pointed to the wound under Chu Mofeng's ribs, and cried out with red circles in her eyes: "Didn't you say that you were not injured? What is this? Why are you so careless." After saying that, he turned around and ran out of the tent, and shouted loudly: "Doctor, doctor, come here quickly, someone is injured here." ”

A shout did not call the doctor, but led Li Shimin from the tent next door, looking at Hua Ling'er's anxious appearance, Li Shimin grabbed her and asked, "Why is Miss Ling'er so flustered, is something wrong?"

Seeing that it was Li Shimin, Hua Ling'er couldn't help crying anymore, and while crying, she took Li Shimin's hand and said, "Second son, go and see Brother Chu, he is so seriously injured." ”

Hearing that Chu Mofeng was injured, Li Shimin felt a sigh in his heart, shook off Hua Ling'er's hand and rushed into the tent, only to see Chu Mofeng sitting on the seat, taking out a pill and putting it in his mouth.

Seeing Li Shimin rushing in, Chu Mofeng swallowed the pill and smiled and said, "Why did you recruit your kid?"

"I heard Ling'er say that you are injured, let me see where you are injured?" Seeing that Chu Mofeng still looked cynical, Li Shimin walked forward quickly and anxiously probed on Chu Mofeng's body.

Seeing the wound under Chu Mofeng's ribs at a glance, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a tightening in his heart, and hurriedly held Chu Mofeng's shoulder and said, "Brother, why don't you say that you are injured? If you have three long and two short, how do you let my brother explain to your ladies? How do I explain to my father?"

"Okay, it's just that I was bitten by a small soldier, don't you see the blood from the wound stopped, don't worry, I know it in my heart. Seeing Li Shimin's anxious look, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and hurriedly spoke to comfort him.

At this time, Hua Ling'er walked in, completely ignoring that Li Shimin was still on the side, and threw herself into Chu Mofeng's arms and cried: "If you have three long and two short, how can I still live?"

Looking at the lovely pear blossom with rain crying in his arms, Chu Mofeng patted her shoulder and said, "Don't cry, don't you see I'm fine?"

Listening to her lover speak to comfort herself, Hua Ling'er cried tears like rain, Chu Mofeng said with a smile when she saw this: "Get up quickly, I have pressed my wounds, and I am bleeding again." ”

Hearing Chu Mofeng's shout, Hua Ling'er hurriedly jumped up, carefully examined Chu Mofeng's wound, and found that there was no blood, so she couldn't help wiping a handful of tears and said, "Brother Chu, you scare Ling'er again." ”

At this time, Li Shimin suddenly said: "Then I think you won't go to the siege later, take a good rest, and I'll talk about it from my father's side." ”

Chu Mofeng stood up and waved his hand and said, "It's okay, there is nothing to worry about with minor injuries, and the city wall is easy to defend and difficult to attack, I have to go with you." ”

Li Shimin was about to stop him when he heard this, but Hua Ling'er on the side suddenly stepped forward and hugged Chu Mofeng and said, "People don't allow you to go, so you just listen to the second son?"

Chu Mofeng pulled Hua Ling'er's delicate shoulders and said with a straight face: "Ling'er, you are obedient, this attack on Huo Yi has already killed Song Laosheng, and it is just the last blow, so you can't fall short." ”

When Hua Ling'er heard this, she was about to refute it, but she saw Chu Mofeng whispering something in Hua Ling'er's ear, Hua Ling'er's cheeks suddenly flew red, and she slapped Chu Mofeng's chest with her hand and said, "Oh, Brother Chu, you are dead, how can you make fun of people with this kind of thing." ”

Chu Mofeng smiled and said, "You wait here obediently, my second son and I will be back soon." ”

Seeing that her lover had made up her mind, Hua Ling'er had no choice but to nod helplessly, and suddenly a rallying horn sounded outside the tent, Chu Mofeng and Li Shimin glanced at each other and hurriedly walked out of the tent.

Looking at the morale-ready soldiers, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng hurriedly turned over and got on their horses, only to hear Li Yuan shouting loudly: "All the soldiers, break through Huoyi in this battle, this official wishes you all success and departure." ”

The army slowly marched towards Huoyi City, Huoyi had already received the news that Li Yuan's army was attacking the city again, at this time the people in the city were panicked, except for the soldiers coming and going on the street, there was not a single figure of the people.

As the war drums sounded, Li Yuan's troops quickly launched an offensive, and the defenders in the city had no choice but to put on a defensive posture, because most of the soldiers in the city were killed or surrendered in the previous battle, and at this time, the four gates in the city could not even gather archers.

In addition, the fighting spirit of the soldiers in the city was greatly reduced, and when he saw that the arrows flying down on the city wall looked so weak and powerless, Li Shimin shouted loudly when he saw this: "On the ladder and pole, you must quickly occupy the city wall, the archers cover, and the siege vehicles will quickly attack the city gate with the infantry." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw several teams of men and horses quickly running out of the army, some carrying long ladders, and some holding a long pole, running towards the city wall without regard for their lives.

Seeing this, the defenders on the city wall couldn't help but shout: "Archers shoot quickly at the ladders and poles below, don't let them get close to the city wall." With an order, the few archers on the city wall showed their heads and shot sharp arrows at the soldiers who were running hard under the city.

Constantly someone was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, and the person behind him immediately took the ladder or pole of his comrades, and continued to rush forward, no one cared about the life or death of others, because this is the battlefield, everyone has only one belief in their hearts, rush over, attack, and win.

Seeing that the siege team was blocked, Li Shimin hurriedly shouted: "Archers, quickly return fire to ensure that the siege team advances." "The archers, who received the order, under the command of the commander, quickly opened fire on the archers on the walls.

At this time, Chu Mofeng looked at the city wall with an expressionless face, and said to Li Shimin in a low voice: "There are only a few people left who can go up to the city wall when you rush like this. Find someone to cover me. After speaking, he shouted behind him: "Come and a group of pole strut teams to charge with me." ”

I saw Chu Mofeng pull out two long knives from the waists of the soldiers beside him, and urged the war horse under his crotch to rush towards the direction of the city wall. After speaking, he threw the lance in his hand into the ground, drew out two long knives and rushed out.

Seeing this, Duan Zhixuan, the head of the army behind him, hurriedly rushed forward with Li Shimin, and Chai Shao, who was on the side, hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and cover, cover." ”

As soon as the archery team saw their boss rushing out, regardless of the soreness of their arms, they shot the bows and arrows of the quivers one by one to the city, and with this wave of intensive shooting, the archers on the city head fell to the ground one after another, at this time Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng had already rushed to the city wall, and the pole team behind them also followed.

Seeing this, the two of them each held the front end of a pole, and the whole person kicked hard against the city wall, and the pole team behind them used all their strength to push the two to the city wall. The defenders at the head of the city saw that someone was attacking, and hurried in this direction.

I saw Chu Mofeng come to the city wall with the momentum of the pole, and let go of the pole with a leap, and the whole person flew down like a goshawk, pulling out the double knives behind his back in the air, and the moment he was about to land, he was like two reamers cutting hard in front of him, and he saw the two defenders who came on and fell to the ground with their legs broken in response, and then wailed miserably.

Li Shimin also rushed to the head of the city at this time, stood back to back with Chu Mofeng, drew his double knives and looked at the defenders in front of him vigilantly, everyone saw the tragic situation of their comrades, and they did not dare to step forward.

Seeing this scene, the two shouted, each killed in one direction, for a while, the sword flashed and blood flew, and Li Yuan's department under the city saw the two of them attacking the city wall, and hurriedly stepped up to set up a ladder, as more and more soldiers rushed to the city wall, the Sui Dynasty soldiers on the city wall gradually showed a trend of decline.

At this moment, a deafening noise was heard from the city gate, and then someone was heard shouting: "The city gate is broken." ”

Li Shimin, who was at the head of the city, heard someone shouting, and with a wave of the double swords in his hands, he repelled the enemy in front of him, and then took out a ring dart from his arms and threw it towards the sky, and then clenched his double swords and went forward to kill again.

The black-armored cavalry under the city heard the sound of darts in the sky, and hurriedly urged the war horse to rush towards the city gate, and the siege convoy that was attacking at the city gate heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and hurriedly pushed the siege vehicle away, and quickly opened the city gate, only to feel a whistling sound passing through his ears, and the black-armored cavalry had already rushed into the city.

The city gate had been breached, and the defenders in the city no longer had any intention of fighting, and threw their weapons on the ground, but the black-armored cavalry did not even look at it, and rushed towards the main facilities in the city.

Li Yuan, who was in the rear, heard that Huoyi City had been breached, and laughed three times in succession, and then ordered the rest of the men and horses to march towards Huoyi City.

After a day of finally taking Huoyi County, Li Yuan quickly entered Huoyi City with the army, at this time the battle was nearing the end, except for a few stubborn resistance, the rest of the defenders surrendered.

Li Yuan looked at the surrendered army in front of him, generously exempted them from capital crimes, and scattered them all into the existing establishment.

Coming to Huoyi City, Li Yuan looked at the destroyed city gate and the scarred city wall, and couldn't help but feel a little unbearable in his heart, at this time, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng came together, looking at the two people who were stained with blood, Li Yuan's eyes couldn't help but fall on the long knife in the hands of the two, only to see that the side of the blade was full of gaps, and the hands of the two holding the knife had been trembling.

Seeing this scene, Li Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and patted the two of them on the shoulder and said, "Good boys, this battle is beautiful. ”

Who knew that Li Shimin suddenly said: "Father, the child thinks that he should take a break at this moment, and quickly attack Jiangjun and Linfen with a great victory. ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Yuan turned his head to look at Chu Mofeng and said, "What do you think of Mofeng?"

"What Li Lao Er said makes sense, I implore you to send an additional team of men and horses to the two of us to take Jiangjun and Linfen. Chu Mofeng nodded, and threw the already tattered twin knives in his hand to the ground.

When Li Yuan heard this, he summoned a herald and said: "Order Yin Kaishan, Chai Shao, Liu Hongji and Shi Danai to lead their soldiers and horses to attack Jiangjun with Li Shimin and the others, and there must be no mistake in setting off quickly." ”

The herald responded and turned around and ran towards the location of the army, and after a while, the four teams came to Li Yuan one after another, only to see Li Shimin shouting: "Where is the black-armored cavalry." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw the black-armored cavalry that had rushed to the city before running neatly in the direction where Li Shimin was.

After the soldiers were assembled, Li Shimin said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have just proposed to the marshal that I want to go to Jiangjun and Linfen with a great victory, are you willing to go together?" ”

Hearing that there is a battle to fight all over the world, everyone is ecstatic, and having a war means having military merits, which is not a good thing for everyone who relies on military merits to earn salaries and be promoted.

Seeing that everyone did not refute, Li Shimin turned to Li Yuan and said: "The marshal will be stationed in Linfen in a few days, please wait for the good news here." After speaking, he and Chu Mofeng turned over and led the four people and horses towards Linfen and Jiangjun.

When he came to the city of Jiangxian, Chen Shuda, who was guarding the city, had already received the news of the destruction of Huoyi City, and looked at the murderous Li Yuan's subordinates under the city, and couldn't help but feel a trace of cowardice in his heart.

At this time, Li Shimin and the others were not in a hurry to attack, but accompanied by Chu Mofeng and several personal soldiers, they went to the city of Jiangjun, and shouted to the city wall: "The defenders of Jiangjun have listened, at this time, the army has not yet eaten, and the official has already ordered the Huotou army not to cook for the time being, and will make up for food after the army invades Jiangjun, so the official will give you a stick of incense to consider the time, and decide whether to open the city and surrender for yourself." After saying that, he didn't care if anyone on the city wall answered, and turned away from this place.

Hearing Li Shimin's shout, Chen Shuda did not want to fight against him, so he immediately invited a group of officials in the city to discuss countermeasures.

Li Shimin looked at the incense that was about to burn out in front of him, and said coldly: "Everyone, it seems that someone wants to give you military merits on your hands, and I ordered the army to start attacking the city." As soon as the words fell, I saw the gate of Jiangxian County slowly open, and Chen Shuda, the guard, led a group of officials of all sizes to walk out.

Li Shimin laughed happily when he saw this, and then ordered Shi Danai to lead his men into the city to receive the city, while he took the rest of the men and horses to rush in the direction of Linfen.

Perhaps it was the heavens that favored Li Shimin, and Li Shimin's troops did not receive too much resistance in the first battle of Linfen, and easily took Linfen, and then Li Shimin ordered the three troops to repair in Linfen, and sent someone to report the news to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan, who got the news, looked up to the sky and laughed, and then arranged for some of the men and horses to stay in the city, while he led the main force to Linfen to join Li Shimin.

At this time, Qu Tutong, who was stationed in Hedong, had already received the news of Li Shimin's three counties, and he couldn't help but be horrified, and hurriedly ordered the city to close the four gates, and sent a scout horse to investigate the news while guarding it.

At this moment, there was only Longmen between Linfen and Hedong, Li Yuan immediately ordered the army to put on an offensive posture and approached Longmen, during which the most powerful armed forces, Sun Hua and Feng Yi, who were too guarded by Xiao Zao, led their troops to surrender to Li Yuan.

At the same time, Sima Liu Wenjing led the Turkic general Kang Shelisuo to lead 500 troops and 2,000 horses to arrive, which greatly increased Li Yuan's strength. Li Yuan then sent Wang Changhuan and Liu Hongji, the commander of the left and right forces, and Shi Chen Yanshou, the commander of the left and right leaders, to lead 6,000 cavalry from Liangshan (now Hancheng, Shaanxi) to cross the river and camp on the west bank of the Yellow River to wait for the army.

At this point, the battle of Hedong was imminent, and with the frequent mobilization of Li Yuan's army, the frowning brows of Qu Tutong, the defender of Hedong, were never soothed......

There is a way that the soldiers are strong, the horses are strong, the personnel are sufficient, and the momentum of victory is indomitable, and seeing Li Shimin's voice attacking the east and the west, Liu Wenjing and his husband are guarding Tongguan, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......