Han Shizu

Chapter 487

Climbing up to the earthen city wall and stroking the wall to look south, Guo Rong finally breathed a sigh of relief, looking relieved.

"My lord, there are not many soldiers and people in this city, and the city has been purged, and it is under control. But there are too many prisoners, more than [-] people, and the pressure on the guards is too great. We have temporarily confiscated the weapons and armor, and guarded them at the east and north gates separately! " An Shouzhong found Guo Rong and reported.

The problem of too many prisoners is probably a happy trouble for the victorious Han army.Regarding this, Guo Rong pondered for a while, and directly ordered: "Take the captives of the Tang army, the soldiers and the civilian husbands, the generals and the soldiers, and put them in separate custody, and give them less food, and starve him!"

"Yes! The general will deal with it!" An Shouzhong replied.

"Wait!" Guo Rong suddenly called An Shouzhong.

An Shouzhong stopped and asked, "What else can you order?"

"I'll go with you!" Guo Rong thought for a while, and said: "These captives have to find a way to take them for their own use! Since the Southern Expedition, at least 150,000 conscripts have been recruited before and after the transfer of supplies, military service, and city garrison. Now In the beginning of spring, it will be the time of farming, and the husbands will return home. As far as the Central Plains and Huaibei states are concerned, the strength of the people is exhausted and the burden is too heavy. If the Tang army can be captured and the people of Huainan can be captured, it will be of great benefit to our military strategy.

His Majesty sent Wang Qiwu to know Haozhou, Dianzhou affairs, control the people, and win the hearts of the people. This is a long-term plan!The captives of this battle should be selected for their strength and willingness to serve, and they will be compiled as auxiliary soldiers, and they will be used by the army! "

"Shijun's words are justified!" An Shouzhong responded, and couldn't help hesitating: "However, this move may be suspected of expanding the army without authorization."

Hearing this, Guo Rong couldn't help turning his head and glanced at An Shouzhong's eyes, his eyes were obviously full of surprise, he paused, and then said: "Xinchen, you have a promising future!"

"Far waters can't quench your thirst. It's the most important thing to deal with these captives. Otherwise, if so many captives gather together, troubles will come next. I'm afraid it will slow down our army's actions!" Guo Rong said at the same time: "I will write a memorial and send it to Shouchun. With the wisdom of the emperor, I will agree. I don't know how the battle in Shoushouzhou is going."

Before Guo Rong went to deal with the captive issue, Zhao Yanjin found him first, with a look of excess energy.Guo Rong asked: "How is the situation?"

"According to the captives, Huangfuhui went north, leaving only 2000 soldiers at Qingliu Pass! Moreover, yesterday, Huangfu Hui issued an order to transfer [-] people from Qingliu Pass to the north. But hearing of their defeat, they withdrew! "Zhao Yanjin reported: "Emissary, do you want to take the opportunity to seize Qingliu Pass?"

Guo Rong thought about it, threw a punch, and said to Zhao Yanjin: "With your five hundred soldiers, put on the armor of the Tang army, pretend to be defeated, cross the clear water, and go to the fraudulent pass! Remember, act according to the situation, if you are prepared , cannot be forced!"

"Follow the order!" Without the slightest hesitation, Zhao Yanjin responded, "The last general will go immediately!"

When Guo Rong won the great victory in Lai'an, solved the difficulties of the Han army, searched for the entire Huaidong, and drank the Yangtze River, Zhao Kuangyin, the deputy envoy of Huaidong's economic strategy, led [-] troops, all the way east, to aid Shanyang.

[-] soldiers and horses seem like a lot, but in fact, only less than [-] of them are trained in the Suzhou regiment, and the rest are selected from Huaibei Dingzhuang. They are still peasants with swords and guns.Of course, there is no shortage of warriors in the Central Plains. These people, as long as they fight a battle and survive, they can become qualified soldiers.

There was no way, even Guo Rong only led four thousand paces to deal with Huangfu Hui.On the Xuyi side, we have to leave enough strength to restrain him. After a long period of entanglement, Guo Tingwei is not an easy opponent to deal with. If he relaxes, the tens of thousands of Tang troops in Xuyi, led by Guo Tingwei, will definitely It will cause big trouble for the Han army.

It was almost along the route of last year's raid on Shanyang last winter, except that the winter scene turned into a spring scene, there was not much change along the way, and Zhao Kuangyin even felt familiar.Although facing the siege of the Tang army, the situation in Shanyang has become critical to a certain extent, Zhao Kuangyin was ordered to help, and he was not impatient.

Since the conquest of the Huai River, in this situation, the main combat method of the Han army is to besiege the city and fight for aid.It is uncertain whether Tang Jun will come to such an incident, and Zhao Kuangyin has to guard against it.

Therefore, while sending troops to investigate the battle situation in Shanyang, they walked slowly all the way, thinking repeatedly about how to fight.After entering Hongze and considering the situation in Chuzhou, Zhao Kuangyin made up his mind on how to fight this battle.

He divided the army into two, one with 2000 soldiers, mainly composed of Suzhou regiments, led by Dang Jin, and hidden behind.The remaining about [-] people are those auxiliary soldiers. Although some officers have been mobilized to lead them, their combat effectiveness and execution ability are worrying.

Zhao Kuangyin, on the other hand, led the two thousand soldiers, and headed towards Shanyang swaggeringly without concealing their whereabouts.

On the other side of Shanyang, [-] Tang troops have surrounded the city. Of course, [-] of them are from the navy to help in the battle.But Xishanyang was built by the river, and it was these water armies that threatened it the most. The warships of the Tang army were as high as two feet.

It is learned that although there are not many reinforcements from the Han army coming from the west by land, it can also be seen from this that the Han army is short of troops in Huaidong.Yao Feng, the chief general of the Tang army, obviously didn't want to be affected by this army when the city was broken, so he sent a lieutenant general with [-] troops to Fuliang westward to defeat the reinforcements of the Han army.

Tang Jun's action was exactly as Zhao Kuangyin intended, and it was even unexpected joy.He only intended to show the enemy weakness with the remnants of the army, and lure some Tang troops to the west to share the pressure of Chen Sirang's defense of the city.

Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed that Yao Feng was so generous that he sent five thousand troops directly.Then, it is still the old routine, pretending to be defeated to lure the enemy, ambush troops everywhere, and smash them.But this time, due to the urgency of the war, Zhao Kuangyin's feigned defeat was actually a real defeat, and he was almost driven into Hongze by the Tang army to feed the fish.

However, because of the real defeat, the strategy of luring the enemy is more effective. When Dang Jin led the main force to fight out, the five thousand Tang troops were directly defeated. .

After defeating this Tang army, Zhao Kuangyin did not chase death to the north as usual, beheading the defeated soldiers, but only expelled them to the south.After that, Zhao Kuangyin only reorganized the army a little, and divided the army into two again. One of them selected all the wounded and auxiliary soldiers, raised the flag, raised Zhao Kuangyin's general flag, and continued towards Shanyang in the northeast.

On the other hand, Zhao Kuangyin joined the party, led the remaining [-] Suzhou regiments, turned to the southeast, crossed the canal at Baoying, south of Shanyang, and wiped out the [-] defenders left by Yao Feng. The goal is also very clear.

On Yaofeng's side, the front fan also received a report of beating the reinforcements of the Han army, and the report of defeat followed closely behind, and the defeat was complete, directly causing the reinforcements of the Han army to approach the canal.Although the number of the Han army is small, it is tantamount to a shot in the arm for the Sanyang defenders who are on the verge of desperation.

The Tang army clearly felt that the originally crumbling city defense was stabilized by the Han army.When he noticed the "Zhao" flag on the west bank of the canal, Yao Feng just realized that the Han who came to aid would be Zhao Kuangyin, who had won the great victory in the previous round.

Regarding this, Yao Feng immediately raised his vigilance. Although he had many troops and was not afraid of the Han army, after consideration, he decided to suspend the offensive against Sanyang.After days of onslaught, the guards of the Han army in Shanyang City suffered heavy losses. The Tang army was also exhausted and needed to rest.

If it was only for rescue, judging from the response of the Tang army, it had already achieved good results. Although the symptoms were not cured, it at least gave the Han soldiers in the city a chance to breathe.However, Zhao Kuangyin led the main force, sneaked southward, and crossed the river through Baoying. It can be seen that he has a big plan.

In the middle of the night, outside Shanyang City, the four land and water Tang army villages were completely silent, except for the gusts of wind and the constant snoring, only the soldiers of the Chinese army patrolling the camps made some movement.

Upstairs in the Nanying Village, the guards tried their best to maintain vigilance, condescending, observing the surroundings, but under the night, the surroundings were pitch black, and only the outlines of trees could be seen.The spring night is very cold, and the hands and feet are cold and numb. When the hardship hits, the guards can only hope that the time will pass faster and wait for the person on duty.

Just about two miles away from the southern camp, Zhao Kuangyin personally led more than [-] soldiers and sneaked up to this point. The black armor of the Han army completely blended in with the night, and the dim moonlight above his head.Looking far away, observing the situation of Tangying.

They all slept for a full afternoon during the day, and then took advantage of the night to sneak to the north for nearly forty miles.Standing beside Zhao Kuangyin, Dang Jin also looked around, feeling nervous and excited at the same time: "Looking at the layout of the Tang camp, it's fairly organized, and it's not without vigilance!"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, but his expression was extremely stiff, his pupils were extremely bright, and he said to the party: "Tonight, I will risk my life to fight, if I succeed, I will make great achievements, if I lose, I will die, have you ever been afraid? "

"Brother Zhao's words, you underestimate the brothers! It's just Tangying, and it's not a dragon's pond or a tiger's den, so why not go there?" Dang Jin immediately became unhappy.

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin smiled slightly.Staring at the enemy camp closely, his expression was solemn: "pass on the order, night attack is a dangerous strategy, all the soldiers of the battalion follow their command, follow me to charge the flag, don't get lost. Although the Tang army is called [-], However, the infantry is only half, and after the casualties and exhaustion of the siege, it is still not to be feared. As long as the land camp is disturbed and defeated, the navy army is not to be feared!"

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, before the soldiers of the Han army completely cooled down, Zhao Kuangyin gave an order, went out first, led the people, and quickly headed towards Tangying.This time I didn't ride a horse, so the goal was too big.

There were more than 2000 soldiers, holding their cards in mouth, keeping silent until they approached Tangzhai and were observed by the Tang soldiers, then suddenly there was a loud shout of killing.Under the leadership of Zhao Kuangyin, the goal was unified, the steps were in unison, several battalions were broken in a row, killing and chaos fell on the head of the Tang army
Following Zhao Kuangyin's army's big night attack, rushing to the camp to startle the dream, stepping on the camp and kicking the tent, the Tang camp under Shanyang City soon fell into chaos.

(End of this chapter)