Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 871 Surrendered City

Not far from Jiuyuan City, on the bank of the Yellow River.

Siye and Yin Kaishan, Duan Zhixuan, and Hou Junji were discussing the military situation.

"We are now Huyan Valley. To the north is Niutou Chaona Mountain. This Huyan Valley is also known as the Beiqi River. Tanma reported that there is currently a Tang army that has just entered the west bank of the Yellow River and is building a city. Looking at the scale, it seems There are about 1 people, and they should have come from Jiuyuan."

The scouts scratched their tongues a few times, and learned the identity of this soldier after a preliminary inquiry.

This is an army sent by Li Shuliang after reorganizing Yun Dingxing's army. Yun Dingxing sent two armies to the east, one of which was the army stationed not far to the west. It is said that the city they are building It's called Zhongshoujiang City, you can tell by the name, and there will definitely be an Dongshoujiang City.

The East Surrendered City was actually another army going east, but that army crossed the Yellow River at the foot of Muna Mountain in the west and marched along the south bank of the Yellow River instead.The reason why they went to the south bank of the Yellow River was because the south bank belonged to the territory of Shengzhou, and Guo Zihe, the governor of Shengzhou, was originally a general of Liang Shidu. and food supplies.

They will go eastward until Shengzhou City, leave behind the court envoys and officials sent, then cross the river to the north bank, and then build a new city on the south bank of Jinhebo near the mouth of the Jinhe River. Surrendered city.

There are the Central Shoucheng City and the East Shoucheng City, and naturally there will also be the West Shoucheng City.

Xishoujiang City is located in Fengzhou, but it is not in Jiuyuan City, but in the south of the mountain pass in its northwest.

In Jiuyuan City, Fengzhou, there are only 2000 troops of Li Shuliang stationed.

The name Shoujiang City was not chosen by Li Shuliang, nor by Yun Dingxing, but it existed in the Han Dynasty.At that time, the Han Dynasty specially built the Surrender City to accept the surrender of the Hun Zuo Dawei. This is also the only surrender city in the Han Dynasty that was really built to accept the surrender of the enemy.

Although Li Tang set up three surrender cities, they were not built to accept the surrender of the Turks. After all, Li Tang is still pretending to be a grandson to the Turks now.

These three cities are actually just a defense system for Li Tang in the Hetao area. After all, the Great Wall is further south, and there is no Great Wall to defend in the north.

Even though Li Yuan verbally promised to cede the two prefectures of Fengsheng and Sheng to the Turks in the future, in fact Li Yuan did not really plan to give up the land of Hetao, so while claiming the land and borrowing troops from the Turks, Li Yuan sent troops to strengthen the defense of Hetao. At the same time, three additional cities were built here.

The three surrendered cities were guarded by three armies. Li Yuan personally bestowed the three military titles as Tiande Army, Zhenwu Army and Hengsai Army.

Three cities and three armies guard the land of Hetao to serve as the Pingfan in the north of Guanlong.

The Tang Dynasty does not have the strength to build the Great Wall now, so it can only be replaced by this.

"Is the news reliable? There are only two thousand soldiers in Jiuyuan City?" Siye asked.

Hou Junji said, "Your Majesty, although there are only two thousand soldiers from Li Shuliang in Jiuyuan, the Xishoucheng City is not far from Jiuyuan. Besides, we have to go through the Zhongshoucheng City, where there are still [-] troops. .”

Siye said disapprovingly, "Chai Shao's [-] troops were completely defeated by us, so what is [-]?"

Duan Zhixuan also thought it was possible to fight. Originally, after they ambushed Chai Shao in Dali City, they could have detoured to Niupi Pass to reinforce Yunnei Liu Hongji, but they didn't, but went west unexpectedly.

The purpose is to stab Hetao Jiuyuan here. After all, after Chai Shao's defeat, the place is already very empty.

"Now the Tang army doesn't know we're coming. This is our advantage. We took the unexpected and made a quick decision, and then fought all the way to Jiuyuan City, completely driving out the Tang army's forces outside the Great Wall, and cutting off Xieli and Li Tang. The connection in Guanzhong, cut off one wing first!"

Siye is the kind of person who likes to take risks and is also a bold person.

I only have 3 horses, but I dare to run for eight hundred miles.

"We still have an advantage. The Zhongshou Surrendered City is still under construction and has not yet been completed, so this battle is both a surprise attack and a field battle, which is beneficial to us."

Siye's Dingxiang army is mainly cavalry, well-equipped, and all of them are veterans who are skilled in combat.In contrast, Li Shuliang's troops left behind by Chai Shao are already old and weak, and they also mixed up Yun Dingxing's soldiers. Now 2000 people have come here to build the city, and it is not expected that Siye will appear here this.

Therefore, before the war started, Siye and the others were already full of confidence that this battle would surely be won.

night.

After the meal, Siye left thousands of people to guard the horses by the Huyan River, and then led [-] riders, abandoning their burdens, and took advantage of the night to touch the surrendered city in the middle of the Tang army.

In the Hetao in June, the night is as cool as water, and it is extremely comfortable.

The soldiers of the Tang Army and Tiande Army who worked hard to build the city all day also fell asleep early and fell asleep one after another.

Under the moonlight.

The Qin army arrived quietly, and began to gather and line up on the east and north sides of Tangying.

With a handful of long spears picked up, the knights all mobilized their horses and rushed towards the sleeping Tang Ying.

The sound of horseshoes broke the silence of the night, and also the dreams of Tang soldiers.

Many people were killed in their dreams before they even woke up.

Fire broke out everywhere, and horses rushed everywhere.

The knights of the Qin army waved their sabers and threw the lit torches into the camp of the Tang army.

Some knights also took rope hooks, hooked and dragged down tents one after another.

In the dark, Tang Jun had no idea what happened easily.

The attack was too sudden.

After all, if the soldiers of the Tiande Army want to come, there are General Chai Shao's 20 troops in the east, and Jieli's 10 troops, not to mention the tens of [-] troops of Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, etc. How could this be possible? Are there any enemies coming?
While letting the cavalry rush to kill, Siye made people shout that Chai Shao Dali was defeated and the entire army was wiped out. He even made people say that the Emperor Qin had already broken through Yanmen and killed the rebel general Liu Wuzhou, and then defeated Jieli in Mayi.

"Jieli has been defeated and fled to Mobei, our Great Qin Heavenly Army has arrived, and those who resist will die!"

"Those who abandon their weapons and surrender will not die!"

The chaos also lasted for about an hour. Although the generals of Tang Tian's German army tried to gather soldiers and horses several times, they were all scattered.In the end, the original Yun Dingxing's Monan soldiers were the first to abandon their weapons and surrender.

Tang Jun fought alone, seeing that the general situation was over, they finally surrendered one after another.

After dawn, Chai Shao, a prisoner accompanying the army, saw many old acquaintances and made many new friends.

"It's true that Xieli has already fled to Mobei?"

Li Deliang, the leader of the Tiande Army, is the younger brother of Li Shuliang, who was named the Xinxing King. When he saw Chai Shao, he was terrified.

Chai Shao shook his head in shame, "It was the Qin army who lied to you. Jieli was not defeated and returned to Mobei, but the situation is very good. He has already attacked Dingxiang and killed him in Yunzhong. I am ashamed of your majesty. In the city, Luo Siye's trick was defeated by an ambush."

"The [-] troops are gone?"

Chai Shao lowered his head, "It's all gone."

Li Deliang covered his face and couldn't help crying bitterly. Chai Shao's [-] troops were wiped out, and now his [-] Tiande troops were also wiped out overnight. Next, needless to say, Luo Siye will definitely continue to attack his brother in Jiuyuan City to the west .

"It's over, the Hetao is gone."

Chai Shao was also silent. Along the way, he had hoped that Li Shuliang would be able to stop Luo Siye.But who knows, Li Deliang's entire army was wiped out in the first moment.

"I hope that some brothers can break out and report to King Changping first."

"I hope." Li Deliang said in a daze.

(End of this chapter)