Chapter 35: The Battle of the Plains (I)
The three of them saw this group of troops on a small hill, this group of troops was a large number, it was Liu Zi's general banner, coming from the direction of Yecheng, and it was estimated that it might be Liu Yi's troops. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Nangong Yunmeng pointed at the group of soldiers and said, "Dead cockroaches, looking at them like this, it seems that they are heading in the direction of the plains." ”
Huang Xiaoqiang nodded, "Looking at their estimates, there are 30,000 people, and they are well-equipped. And the plain now has only 5,000 defenders, and the quality of their equipment is not good enough, it is difficult for the plain to hold. ”
"What should I do then?" Nangong Yunmeng said.
"Let's go back to the plains and report the news. This Liu Taotie is Liu Yi's cousin, Liu Taotie has lost his conscience, and Liu Yi has to avenge him, this Liu Yi should not be a good person. If such a man conquers the plain, then the people of the plain will suffer again. ”
Ximen Xue nodded, "That's right, we can't let them fall into the purgatory they started again." ”
Time was pressing, and when I went back to the plains, I hurried back, and in two days I was back on the plains.
Back in the plains, Huang Xiaoqiang and the others found that Li Shimin and his subordinates lived in the camp, and the luxurious county guard mansion, Li Shimin gave up to many refugees who had been captured and imprisoned. Huang Xiaoqiang thought of the scene when he met the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Army burned and looted at that time, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "What is the gap." ”
Huang Xiaoqiang walked to Li Shimin's military tent, this Li Jiajun has already incorporated many of Liu Taotie's subordinates, the thin soldier who took the lead in surrendering Huang Xiaoqiang will be Li Shimin's personal guard, this soldier is named Zhu Laoliu.
"General, Huang Shaoxia is here. Zhu Lao Liu bowed to the tent.
Seeing that Zhu Lao Liu could be Li Shimin's personal guard, Huang Xiaoqiang couldn't help but sigh that Li Shimin was broad-minded, and said in his heart, "Sure enough, there is no doubt about employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people." Huang Xiaoqiang, if it were you, would you dare to do this?" Huang Xiaoqiang didn't give an answer in his heart, and he didn't want to give an answer.
After a while, Li Shimin smiled happily from the camp tent, walked out, and took Huang Xiaoqiang's hand as soon as he came up, "Brother Huang, you came at the right time, with your help, this plain will be safe." ”
Huang Xiaoqiang said, "Brother Shimin, you already know that the troops from Yecheng are coming to attack the plains. ”
Li Shimin smiled and nodded. At this time, Huang Xiaoqiang and Li Shimin entered the camp together.
Huang Xiaoqiang continued, "Brother Shimin, since you know that there are troops coming from Yecheng, you naturally know the gap between the two sides. As the saying goes, endure a moment of calm. Why didn't Brother Shimin withdraw his troops, give up the plains for the time being, protect himself, and come to save the plains later? Besides, if the Yecheng army pressed the border, Yecheng must be empty, if you avoid its edge and fight Yecheng together with the soldiers of Jizhou, won't Jizhou be able to take it?"
When Li Shimin heard Huang Xiaoqiang's words, he immediately put down Huang Xiaoqiang's hand, smiled a little less, and replied, "Brother Huang, I didn't expect that I really misjudged you." Abandoning the plains, although this seems to be a move from above, is a downward move for the future. If I give up on these people, then I also give up on the very foundation of my life. You said you were going to fight Yecheng, although I did have this idea, but not now. If Brother Huang had come to persuade me to flee this time, I could only say goodbye. ”
This is Huang Xiaoqiang's second test of Li Shimin, and Li Shimin's answer does have the intention of helping the world and reassuring the people. Huang Xiaoqiang thought of Liu Bei, Liu Bei couldn't beat Cao Cao in the early days, but he still didn't give up the people who followed him, Huang Xiaoqiang was very puzzled at the time, and now he finally understands.
Huang Xiaoqiang laughed and saluted Li Shimin and praised, "Brother Shimin, I really didn't misunderstand you, you are really a person who helps the world and the people, and it is not in vain that I turned around and came back to help you on the way to Yecheng." ”
Li Shimin looked at Huang Xiaoqiang and smiled.
In the end, Li Shimin summoned the generals to discuss the military situation, and at this time, the Li family's army had been expanded, and in just a few days, it had expanded from more than 5,000 people to 8,000 soldiers and horses, although compared with 30,000 elite soldiers, it was still too little, but it was already good. The plain terrain is flat, the nearby mountains are not high but there are many, although the woods are few, but dense, you can deploy more suspicious soldiers, and it is in the form of ambush on all sides. However, the most fatal point is that the walls of the Plains City are low, which is difficult to defend. If the opponent's army directly forcibly attacks the city, it will be difficult to hold it.
Huang Xiaoqiang looked at everyone's expressions, and he was not sure about defending the city, so he went next.
Estimating that it would take five days for the 30,000 enemy troops to arrive, Li Shimin hurriedly gathered soldiers to build fortifications. Li Shimin himself also followed the soldiers to dig and carry the mud, and he was very happy, and others looked at him as unharmed as ordinary soldiers. The city walls are easy to attack, so a lot of oil and flammable materials are prepared in advance. And the most terrible thing is the equipment, because Liu Taotie and the equipment they left behind have half of the inferior products, the combat effectiveness is definitely not at the same level, helpless, can only be reinforced, can be on the one hand, after all, it is better than nothing.
The people of the plain knew that Li Jiajun was going to fight against Liu Yi's army, and they also came to help. It may not be possible to let these ordinary people fight, but it is okay to let them help dig the fortifications and then give a little oil and other flammable materials to each house.
Five days later, Liu Yi's army had arrived.
Li Shimin and Huang Xiaoqiang stood on top of the city, looking down, a group of people who were pressed by the black.
An unknown black-faced general came up to scold the battle, this black-faced general was holding a double whip and riding a black horse, but he was also very powerful. It was the first day of the battle, and the morale of the enemy army was high, and Li Shimin could not arrange an ambush, so all the soldiers and generals were in the city.
Li Shimin asked, "Which general dares to meet this black-faced general for a while." ”
This will be a week when the general surnamed came forward to ask for an order, "The last general is willing to go." Huang Xiaoqiang looked at the general surnamed Zhou with a tiger's back and a height of eight feet, guessing that he should be a good player.
Li Shimin said, "Okay, come on, beat the drum." ”
The drums thundered, and the gates opened. On the side of Plains City, General Zhou went to meet the black-faced general with a big axe, and the two fought for a few rounds, and this week the general was a little physically exhausted, and the horses were weak. The black-faced general saw the situation and whipped him on the head, and General Zhou hurriedly blocked it with an axe, but he knew that the black-faced general was too strong. This blow made General Zhou's hands numb and his mouth cracked. With another whip, he knocked down the big axe in General Zhou's hand. With this third whip, General Zhou had nowhere to hide and no weapons to resist. General Zhou's Tianling Gai was hit with a stick and died instantly.
"Good!" "Good!" Liu Yijun kept shouting. But Li Jiajun's morale suddenly fell a lot, and the generals at the head of the city also looked at each other, full of helplessness in their hearts.
The black-faced general easily defeated this week's general, with a contemptuous smile on his face. Walking back and forth in front of the battle, he pointed to the top of the city wall and said, "It's too weak, it's too weak, isn't there one of you who can fight me for ten rounds?" Otherwise, we will rush in and kill you, and you will not be left with a piece of armor. ”
After Li Shimin saw it, he sighed, "This person is really fierce and invincible, evil comes to the world, let's hang up the battle card." Li Shimin heard that Huashan's disciples were strong in martial arts, but he had never seen Huang Xiaoqiang compete, and he didn't know where Huang Xiaoqiang's martial arts were high. This week, among Li Shimin's group of generals, the general's martial arts are considered to be superior, and he will be killed in less than ten rounds. Li Shimin felt that Huang Xiaoqiang was young and would not be much stronger than General Zhou, so he didn't want anyone to go up and send him to death.
Huang Xiaoqiang didn't understand Li Shimin's inner thoughts, and asked, "Brother Shimin, why do you want to hang up the battle exemption card, I feel that this black-faced general's martial arts are average, I can go up and get him." ”
Li Shimin heard the soldiers say that Huang Xiaoqiang was one against a thousand, and said in his heart that this black-faced general has the courage of ten thousand people, and he felt that Huang Xiaoqiang was not the opponent of this black-faced general, and at this time he only said that Huang Xiaoqiang was young and vigorous. patted Huang Xiaoqiang on the shoulder, "Brother Huang, the morale of the enemy army is at the peak at this time, and the enemy general has cut down our general just now, so we can't confront him head-on." ”
Huang Xiaoqiang replied, "Brother Shimin, don't worry, I'll help you bring back your morale." After speaking, Huang Xiaoqiang jumped directly from the city wall and flew to the bottom of the city wall.
"Good!" "Master!" The soldiers on Li Shimin's side praised, and their morale suddenly increased a lot.
Seeing such a situation, Li Shimin put down the stone in his heart, and said in his heart, "Alas, it seems that I am still a frog at the bottom of the well, and I don't know that there are countless strange people in the world." Unexpectedly, Brother Huang was so young, and his martial arts were so high. ”
Huang Xiaoqiang didn't ride a horse, but just carried out light work, and his speed was much faster than that of a horse. shouted, "Black-faced general, suffer death!"