Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 627
Outside the west city of Runzhou.

Deng Wang Li Congyi took more than 3000 horses, all of whom were composed of Imperial Guards, and stayed in the Qixia Mountains in the northwest of Runzhou, watching the camp outside Runzhou City.

It was the camp outside the west city gate of Wu Yue's army. It stretched for two miles, with about 2 troops stationed. Li Congyi had to rush through this barracks if he wanted to enter the city.

This time, following Li Congyi, among the 3000 troops, there are one thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry. They are all elites selected from the imperial army. risk.

Shen Lang, the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, said to Li Congyi: "King Deng, we can choose to charge in the second half of the night at five o'clock, when the sky is about to dawn. Sleeping, the resistance we encounter when we charge will become smaller, and when we fight and rush over, the sky will be brighter, and the soldiers defending the city will be able to see our flags and armor badges clearly. stop."

Deng Wang Li Congyi nodded slightly after hearing the words, and felt that what the deputy capital commander said was very reasonable. This node was chosen so that the people in the enemy camp could not see their troops clearly. The sky was already bright, but the defenders on the top of the city could see them clearly.

In this way, it is equivalent to a time difference, which is beneficial to breaking through. Li Congyi nodded and said: "Okay, then choose the fifth watch to charge."

Shen Lang, the deputy commander of the capital, said: "For the sake of safety, please replace the brocade robe and silver armor that King Deng is wearing, and you can wear the armor of ordinary Du Yuhou. Come and stop more, so that you can ensure personal safety."

Li Congyi thought about it, and felt that this method was good. In this way, his personal danger could be reduced.

Although he is a prince, after all, he has rarely fought on the battlefield. This time, he has to penetrate the enemy's camp and charge into the battle. It is full of unknowns and is quite dangerous. It is impossible for him to fight the enemy himself, but he needs to be banned. The guards, guarding in the middle, can rush to the city gate.

Li Congyi nodded and said: "Okay, everything will be done according to what Shen Lang ordered!"

Shen Lang folded his head and fists to accept the order, and then began to order everyone to rest, wait until the fourth watch, the whole army prepares for battle, and choose to charge as soon as the fifth watch is over, obeying orders.

All the soldiers tensed up, took turns to rest, and waited for the opportunity.

Shen Lang released the scouts again to counter-kill the enemy scouts who passed by here, so as to avoid being spied on the military situation.

As night fell, it rained lightly that night, the camp looked lonely and desolate, the campfire was extinguished, and the whole camp was plunged into darkness.

At five o'clock, Shen Lang and Li Congyi, who were fully armed, looked at each other, and then King Deng gave the order: "Charge."

Shen Lang nodded, turned around and shouted to several Duyuhous and Dutou: "Don't love to fight, quickly kill the enemy's barracks, and rush to Fengtianmen in the west city. Our task is to break through and protect Deng Wang's safety. Don't love to fight for other things." .”

"Obey!" All the soldiers took the order with clasped fists, and their morale was high. After all, they were the main force of the imperial guards. At this time, they were shouldering heavy responsibilities, so they cheered up and drew their swords and guns.

Shen Lang waved his hand and asked Zhao Kui, Marquis of Yu, to take the lead and lead three hundred cavalry to charge forward.

"rush--"

Zhao Kui took the lead with [-] cavalrymen, and descended the hillside with a rumble, clearing the way as the vanguard.

Afterwards, Shen Lang, Deng Wang and Li Congyi led cavalry and infantry directly down the hillside and charged towards the camp.

The Wuyue guards at the camp heard the sound of horseshoes and immediately blew their horns.

"Goooooh—"

The archers in some towers saw the unknown cavalry approaching the camp, immediately drew their bows and fired arrows, and shouted loudly.

Whoosh whoosh.

More than a hundred arrows were shot out to block the enemy's charge.

"The Tang army has attacked the camp." Wu Yue soldiers shouted, and with the blowing of the horn, the soldiers in the nearby camps were awakened, and they hurriedly dressed and prepared for the battle.

It was too late, but soon, 240 cavalry arrived in the blink of an eye, dozens of people were injured, and there were more than [-] cavalry left. They rode horses and held shields, rushed into the fence, and knocked a gap in the fence of Wu Yuebing's camp.

The cavalry behind continued to gallop in, as fierce as a torrent of steel armor breaking a dam.

The cavalry bombed the camp, which was very destructive. The infantry of the imperial guards in the rear, armed with long guns and knives, began to chop and chop the guards.

Along the way, many Wuyue soldiers woke up and went out of their tents, and came to block them with weapons, but it was chaotic for a while, and they could not be organized effectively, and it seemed impossible to stop them.

At this moment, Li Congyi was so frightened that he bent down and leaned on the horse's back, looking left and right, and found that the surroundings were extremely bloody and cruel, and people were being killed constantly. His whole body was shaking, and he was afraid that he would die here in battle.

"Keep rushing, don't stop!"

Shen Lang led the charge, opened the way with cavalry, and stepped on the battalion, which had a good effect.

The entire camp was about two miles long and twenty feet wide. With this fighting speed, it took less than a stick of incense to reach the gate from the rear to the front.

Some of the imperial guards were blocked by Wu Yue soldiers and became a lone army.

"Let's go, leave us alone!" shouted one of the imperial guards, Du Yuhou, knowing that they could not get out, so instead of doing this, they chose to stay and fight to buy time for King Deng to escape.

Shen Lang sighed in his heart, did not turn around to rescue, and led the breakout team forward resolutely, passing through all the way.

Lu Yanzhu, the guard here, discovered this situation, and had already guessed that this breakout army only wanted to break through, and was not here to really break the camp, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Yanzhu immediately mobilized thousands of troops to pursue them. Even if they chased to the city of Runzhou, they had to kill some people who had broken through the siege, and let out a breath of anger, otherwise the camp would be destroyed by them and many soldiers in the camp would be hurt.

"Hurry up and open the door, His Royal Highness Deng Wang is here!"

Zhao Kui led dozens of vanguard cavalry, all covered in blood, rushed to the gate of the city first.

The officers and soldiers of the Tang army at the top of the city heard the sound of fighting outside the city, and found that just after the sky was bright, a Tang army's flag and armored soldiers and horses rushed to the bottom of the city. Dutou, who was in charge of duty, was worried that it was a trick of the enemy, so he hesitated and did not open the door.

"Without General Su's warrant, you are not allowed to open the city gate. The military order is like a mountain. Please forgive me. I will send someone to report to General Su immediately."

The soldiers and the capital here were very worried that the soldiers and horses outside the city were being disguised by Wu Yue spies. After all, General Lu Jiang was injured by spies who infiltrated the city people and almost broke the city.

Therefore, no one knows whether these military horses are really Tang Jun!

"Presumptuous!" Li Congyi shouted from the top of the city: "I am Li Congyi, the king of Deng, and I order you to open the city gate as soon as possible. If the king is in danger, I will not let you wait!"

"Kill!" Wu Yue soldiers were chasing and killing them. The situation was very critical, but the city gate was not opened here, which made Li Congyi unavoidably angry. He was afraid, worried, and furious.

He is very worried now, he went to the barracks without any accident, but died under the city, that would be too embarrassing.

Therefore, he cursed loudly, hoping that the officers and soldiers would be intimidated by the prestige of King Deng, but the capital and soldiers on the top of the city didn't know King Deng, or even met him, and he was only wearing the ordinary Duyuhou armor. In a mess, he doesn't look like a royal relative at all.

No one believed that this person was King Deng, so the defenders at the top of the city still insisted on reporting to General Su, who would decide.

"His Royal Highness Deng, generals, we are also under orders. General Su has a military order. Anyone who wants to enter the city, except for the scouts and the codes, and large-scale troops entering the city must obtain his permission and tokens before they can enter. , in case the enemy troops pretend to be our troops to fish in troubled waters and enter, please forgive me."

King Deng furiously said: "Presumptuous, is it true that what I say about my majestic King Deng is not as good as that of Jiang Zuo Su Lang, who has just been a general for a long time, and you only see General Su in your eyes, without the imperial court, without the emperor's relatives?"

"King Deng calm down, General Su will arrive soon!"

Deng Wang and Li Congyi almost vomited blood out of breath after listening to it, but the guard couldn't listen anyway.

"Kill them all!" Wu Yue soldiers rushed over, there were four to five thousand people, and the horns in the camp sounded, and soldiers and horses kept waking up and rushed towards the city.

Wu Yue soldiers also found out that the city gate was closed to prevent the reinforcements below the city from entering, so they planned to seize this opportunity and plan to annihilate the top of the city and the soldiers and horses below the city.

At this time, the archers of the defenders at the top of the city drew their bows and arrows one after another, and shot arrows in the direction where Wu Yue soldiers were coming. They also blew their horns and drums to send signals to the city.

It was just after dawn, and many people in the garrison in the city hadn't woken up yet, and they were immediately alarmed when they heard the horn.

Many people were amazed, they didn't expect that today's war would start so early, this was beyond everyone's expectation.

"Go and defend the city!" The Tang army stationed in the barracks in the west city hurried to the gate of Fengtianmen to join them.

At the same time, two flying knights have already rushed towards Su Chen's mansion, wanting to convey the news of Xicheng to the commander.

(End of this chapter)