Han Shizu

Chapter 488
At the head of the west city of Shanyang, Han general Chen Sixang was sleeping with his sword in his arms.After several days of attack and defense, Ximen's defensive pressure was the greatest. As the main general, he stayed at the top of the city to command and dispatch, and even participated in the fight himself.

Chen Sirang served in the Later Tang Dynasty, Later Jin Dynasty, and Northern Han Dynasty. He served in the army for more than 20 years.Every time he takes office, he has good deeds and no bad governance, and his reputation has always been good.

After the establishment of the Northern Han Dynasty, he successively served in Zizhou and Mizhou. When Liu Chengyou was planning the strategy of Huainan, Guo Wei recommended Chen Sirang to Liu Chengyou as the training envoy of the Yizhou regiment. Like Zhao Kuangyin of Suzhou, he used it for this Southern Expedition.And in the front and back battles, he also made a lot of military exploits.

At the moment when the sound of killing sounded outside the city, Chen Sirang woke up from his sleep, rubbed his head to make the drowsiness go away, and his first reaction was to think of reinforcements.

As a veteran, Chen Sirang had a lot of experience, and he also knew the reality of the Chu and Sihan armies. He knew that even if Guo Rong sent reinforcements, not many troops would come.

"I don't know who is leading the army, who has the guts to attack the Tang camp at night! Or did they come from the south, where did they cross the canal?" Thinking in his mind, Chen Sirang's movements were not in a hurry, he strictly ordered the guards to be on guard, and walked quickly Go to the south gate of Shanyang.

Arriving at the top of the city, staring at the movement outside the city, the Tang camp is already full of noise, the sound of killing is loud, fireworks are looting everywhere, and the camp is in chaos.Under the night, it could be clearly seen that an army, like a sharp knife, was piercing through the Tang camp, and the Nanzhai had completely collapsed, and was attacking eastward.

"Okay!" The tired face was filled with joy, and Chen Sirang immediately ordered: "Reorganize the army, follow me to rush out, and help the reinforcements!"

"My lord, do you want to look at the situation again, if there is a fraud, I'm afraid there will be losses in Shanyang!" A military academy dissuaded.

Chen Sixang immediately shook his head, pointed to the Tang camp outside the city and said, "It's been a few days since the fight, and the Tang army outside the city can't make such a move. There are few reinforcements and there are many enemy troops. If the Tang army can react , I am afraid that Tuo will change. The battle situation is changing rapidly, fleeting, and there is no room for delay! Listen to the order, draw two hundred soldiers from each of the four gates, gather at the east gate, and follow me to fight!"

Due to the previous attack and defense, not to mention the servants, there are less than 2000 people in the city who can fight, and Sanyo's defense is indeed on the verge of collapse.Concentrating 800 people to fight, Chen Sirang has already given it a go.

As Chen Sixang said, when Zhao Kuangyin's army attacked the South Village, the Tang troops in the East and North Villages did react. Although it was relatively slow, when Zhao Kuangyin led people to attack the East Village, they encountered great resistance.Even if the combat capability of the Tang army is weaker than that of the Han army, Zhao Kuangyin's army cannot break through and defeat it in a short time.

This kind of surprise attack is afraid that the offensive will slow down and fall into a fierce battle to be strong.At the expense of casualties, forcibly breaking the stronghold and abandoning the attack on the stronghold, and attacking the southern camp, two thoughts quickly lingered in his mind. When he gritted his teeth and prepared to bring people forcibly, Chen Sirang led the army from the east gate and stormed the Tang camp.

The decisive attack of the defenders made Zhao Kuangyin overjoyed, and praised Chen Shijun for being a famous general.Immediately, a strict order was issued, and those who feared the war would die, and join the party to attack the enemy with blood.Under attack from both sides, Tang Jun Dongzhai also followed in the footsteps of Nanzhai.

The two armies of Zhao and Chen joined forces and made a decision on the spot. Chen Sirang and Dang Jin led the army to drive out the defeated Tang army and go to attack Beizhai.But Zhao Kuangyin led an army by himself, turned to Nanzhai, and attacked it again.

When the night attack was launched, Yao Feng, the chief general of the Tang army and the superintendent of the aid, was at the water camp, and he could only send a military order to the generals of the battalion to suppress the chaos and gather troops to meet the enemy.But the news came that the South Village was destroyed, the defenders in the city came out, the East Village fell, and the North Village was attacked. For a while, Yao Feng panicked.

He was very puzzled, why the reinforcements of the Han army were still on the west bank, why did they attack from the south.But at the time of the change, there was not much time for him to think carefully. When testing the general's resilience, Yao Feng was obviously unqualified.

A Tang general suggested that the number of Han troops who attacked at night was not large, and if the defenders attacked, the city would definitely be empty.Shanyang has long been a city in danger of defeat. If the city is broken by the opportunity, the Han army will have nothing to rely on.

After hesitating, Yao Feng chose to refuse, thinking that attacking the city was too risky. If the Han army were to destroy all three camps, the loss of soldiers would be huge.Therefore, Yao Feng led a thousand soldiers from the water village, and went to the south village to gather the defeated soldiers and suppress the situation.

The effect is naturally somewhat, however, when facing Zhao Kuangyin's return to the horse, he was defeated again in the first battle, and fled back to the water village in embarrassment.Yao Feng's retreat also indicated that his efforts to save the defeat were completely in vain. The Tang army's infantry battalion completely collapsed, and the army was defeated like a mountain.

Seeing that the defeat had been decided, the general of the Tang army had no choice but to gather thousands of defeated soldiers and then directly set sail and retreated south.
In the second half of the night, the Han army basically spent the strangulation and capture of the defeated Tang army. It was not until dawn that calm was restored outside Shanyang City.Corpses are strewn all over the field, full of scars, and the rolled-edged sword tells the cruelty of war.

After the war, Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Sixang met, and they had a heart-to-heart exchange, commercial nonsense, I praise you for your wisdom, you praise me for my bravery, the atmosphere is very good.

At the head of the west city of Shanyang, looking at the dilapidated city walls, knife wounds and sword marks, smoke and fire, many guards were sleeping with knives on their pillows, their armor was torn, and their bodies were mostly traumatized.Looking at the old-fashioned Chen Sixang, Zhao Kuangyin bowed his hands to him and said: "Your Majesty defends the city alone, resists ten times the enemy with strength, is tenacious and fearless, and I am defeated!"

"More than half of the soldiers in the city were killed or injured, and Ding Zhuang is even more difficult to count. It's not easy!" Chen Sirang said with emotion, and returned to Zhao Kuangyin: "No matter what, this time General Zhao Yu and the soldiers under his command have the grace of life. Huize, the old man has written it down!"

"The envoy's words are serious!" Zhao Kuangyin displayed his communicative attributes, appearing very humble: "I came here under the order to defeat the enemy and help. This is the mission of the envoy. How dare I accept the gift of the envoy. Besides, if it was not for the envoy last night, How can you attack decisively, break Tangzhai and retreat the enemy army so quickly!"

Hearing his words, Chen Sixang couldn't help but nodded, looking at Zhao Kuangyin, he felt even more emotional: "General Zhao is worthy of being a young talent valued by the emperor, with outstanding courage and strategy. The future is boundless!"

"Don't dare to be that," Zhao Kuangyin replied with a smile: "A loyal, brave, prudent, and capable talent like an envoy can be the pillar of the country, the mainstay!"

"Haha!" Chen Sirang couldn't help laughing, pointing at Zhao Kuangyin and said, "I tell you the truth. At the beginning, the imperial court used you as the trainer of the Suzhou regiment, and I underestimated you for being young and penniless. But now, it seems that you, Zhao Yuanlang, are more than just the son of a state. That's right!"

In the afternoon, after a morning's rest, the exhaustion of the night was relieved.After inspecting and handling some military and political affairs, Chen Sirang began to inspect the city. Although the Tang army retreated and there was little pressure to break the city, he should be cautious and dare not neglect.

In the south of Shanyang City, the army that came with Zhao Kuangyin's aid was stationed here.After a day and night of fighting, the losses were not small, with more than half of the casualties. Even though the Tang army was weak, it was not completely allowed to be slaughtered by the Han army, especially in the battle of fortifications.He did not choose to enter the city. Although the Tang camp was already dilapidated, with a little tidying up, it was ready for Zhao Kuangyin to garrison, and the captured supplies were enough to replenish.

When Chen Sirang came to visit, he saw that in the camp, except for the wounded soldiers, soldiers on duty and prisoners in custody, there were nearly [-] soldiers left in a concentrated formation, and Zhao Kuangyin stood tall with a sword in his hand.In front of the battle, dozens of soldiers kneeled while their armor was bound, and behind each of them stood a soldier carrying a torture knife. The scene was extremely serious.

"Well, this general has explained before that you can be tortured with peace of mind. I will record you as dead in battle and find a pension for your family. Go at ease!" Staring at those people, he waved his hand indifferently, ignoring Those soldiers begged for mercy and ordered to kill them all.

Dozens of heads fell to the ground, adding a bit of blood and solemnity to the Han army that had just won a big victory.Zhao Kuangyin took two steps forward and said in a loud voice: "I will reiterate that military law is ruthless. Please be on your guard and don't touch my law!"

"Yes!" The whole army of soldiers responded in unison.

After the soldiers dispersed in an orderly manner and learned of Chen Sixang's visit, Zhao Kuangyin changed his face and greeted him with a spring breeze on his face: "Your envoy has not come in time to welcome you, but I hope you will forgive me!"

Naturally, Chen Sixang didn't take things too seriously, and when he returned the salute, he had a panoramic view of Cai Cai's situation, and he couldn't help asking curiously: "As soon as the victory was won, the soldiers were beheaded. What military law did those dozens of soldiers violate?"

Looking at the corpses being cleaned up, Zhao Kuangyin smiled slightly and said: "I rushed to attack Dongzhai last night. I issued a military order. Below me, those who are afraid of retreat will die. All the soldiers of the army are eager to move forward and fight to the death. .Only these dozens of people are afraid of the battle and stay in the rear. Those who fear the chaos of the army and don't follow my order, they should be killed to show the prestige of the army!"

"How do you identify these dozens of people?" Chen Sirang asked.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "I ordered my soldiers to draw sword marks on their helmets and back armor. After re-inspection today, many soldiers suffered wounds on their chests. Only these people are intact, and there are sword marks on their armor, so we can know!"

Nodding his head, Chen Sixang couldn't help but sighed: "Mr. Zhao, there are laws and measures to govern the army! From what I can see, the elites of the Suzhou regiment can become the Tokyo Imperial Army!"

In fact, in Chen Sirang's heart, his evaluation of Zhao Kuangyin was really higher. This person is full of wisdom and courage, full of courage, and also has a strategic strategy.Therefore, for this general who was almost two rounds younger than himself, Chen Sixang couldn't help but show some respect in his tone.

(End of this chapter)