At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 668
Hou Junji led [-] Tang Army Qingqi to Heyang Cang first, and immediately launched an attack. Afterwards, Liu Hongji also led [-] Tang Army infantry to arrive, rushing to build siege equipment overnight, and raced against time, trying to break through Linqing Pass before Qi Army Take Heyang Warehouse before.

As Li Shimin said, the Heyang warehouse is indeed the key to the Tang army's foothold in Hanoi County. Because of the barriers of Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain, the Tang army has to transport military supplies from Changping County in the north. Go to Heyangcang, then the Tang army’s military rations will be available, and there is no need to transport them from Changping County. On the contrary, the Tang army will be in a very passive situation, and even have to choose to withdraw because of the food supply problem, and hand over Hanoi County to Gao. together.

Therefore, the Heyang Warehouse is very important to the Tang Army, but it is relatively less important to the Qi Army, because behind the Qi Army is the Hebei Plain with a flat river, and it is very convenient to transport grain. It can be transported continuously from the Liyang warehouse, which is fast and safe.

As an excellent military strategist with great strategic vision, Li Shimin naturally knew this well, so after he found out the situation, he immediately dispatched two capable generals, Hou Junji and Liu Hongji, to take the Heyang Warehouse.

It is said that the general of the Wei Army who was in charge of guarding the Heyang Cang was named Zhou Wenju. When the Tang Army began to attack, his will to resist was still very firm, but soon, the news of Li Mi's disastrous defeat in the Battle of Beiman Mountain came. Zhou Wenju couldn't help but I was taken aback and became restless.Immediately afterwards, the news that Yanshi guard Zheng Bing, Luokou Cang guard Jia Runfu, and Hulao gate guard Li Gongyi surrendered to Wang Shichong came one after another. Zhou Wenju's psychological defense completely collapsed, and the Wei army officers and soldiers under his command were also panicked. , Morale is low, and everyone has no intention of fighting.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Wenju knew that he couldn't hold on. If he continued to resist, the soldiers under his command might have mutinied before the Tang army came in, so he decided to surrender.

It was the seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the sky was dark and very cold. Zhou Wenju ordered to open the gate of Heyang Cangcheng, and led his generals out of the city to surrender to Hou Junji and Liu Hongji.

But before the Tang army had time to take over the Heyang warehouse, Cheng Yaojin led a thousand Qing cavalry from the Qi army to arrive, but saw the yellow dust billowing, covering the sky and the sun, the horseshoes roaring, and the sound shook the world.

Hou Junji and Liu Hongji's complexion changed drastically, and they hastily ordered to put up a defensive formation to prevent the Qi army from rushing towards them.Zhou Wenju couldn't help being dumbfounded when he saw this, and tried to retreat to the city. He was worried that he would anger Tang Jun and cause misunderstandings, so he stopped where he was and didn't dare to move.

Let’s say that Cheng Yaojin led a thousand Qing cavalry from the Qi army to rush over murderously, and did not order to stop the advance until they were about 200 meters away from the Tang army. of.

When it turned out that there were still [-] miles away from Heyang Cang, Cheng Yaojin received news from scouts that Tang Jun was attacking Heyang Cang. He was afraid that Tang Jun would overtake this guy, so he ordered to advance at full speed and arrived here almost in one breath. No wonder everyone was so tired and out of breath.

Cheng Yaojin took a look, and found that the gate of Heyang warehouse was wide open, he couldn't help but thumped in his heart, secretly screaming, is it that my old Cheng is late?But when he took a closer look, he found that the flag of the Tang army had not yet been erected on the top of the city. Obviously, the Tang army had not yet entered the city, so he couldn't help but said happily: "Hehe, it seems that I am not too late, brothers, enter the city!"

Cheng Yaojin gave an order, and the Qi army rode their horses towards the city gate. Hou Junji and Liu Hongji's noses turned out of anger when they saw this. Think beautifully!

At the moment, Hou Junji gave an order, and the cavalry of the Tang army also went up to meet them tit for tat, but they did not charge, because Li Tang and Gao Qi are still "friendly" neighbors, and they do not interfere with each other, so no one wants to go first. The first "gun", let the opponent occupy the high point of justice.

What is justice?

Justice is justified, whoever strikes first will be unreasonable, unreasonable is unjust, the other party strikes first, and then counterattacks, exercising the right of self-defense, that is justice!

Although it sounds ridiculous and a bit stupid, it is necessary, because only when you are upright can you be strong, gain the upper hand in public opinion, and be famous for your success!
Seeing that Hou Junji stepped forward immediately, he shouted sharply: "I am Hou Junji, the king of Qin in the Tang Dynasty, and I was ordered by the king of Qin to take the Heyang warehouse. The Qi army retreated quickly, so as not to cause misunderstandings and provoke disputes between the two countries. "

Cheng Yaojin also stepped forward immediately, patted the big belly, and roared like a bell: "I am Cheng Yaojin, the general under the throne of Qi, and I came to take the Heyang warehouse under the order of Chief Lu. The Tang army retreated quickly, lest If you cause misunderstandings and provoke disputes between the two countries, the responsibility lies entirely with you."

Hou Junji's nose was so angry that he had seen such a shameless person before. He was clearly playing a rogue and was about to explode. Liu Hongjice immediately winked and stopped Hou Junji, then cupped his hands Said: "It turned out to be General Cheng. This general is Liu Hongji, under the throne of Qin Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty."

Cheng Yaojin laughed and said, "So you are Liu Hongji. I heard that when Li Shimin was defeated by Xue Ju, the overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty, you were also captured by Xue Ju?"

As the saying goes, when you hit someone, you don't hit your face, and if you expose someone, you don't expose your faults. Cheng Yaojin's words undoubtedly both hit your face and expose your faults, killing people and punishing them!

Liu Hongji's face darkened in an instant, and he said coldly: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. When Zhang Xutuo was defeated by Li Mi, Cheng Yaojin also surrendered to Li Mi. Biting gold is so soft!"

Cheng Yaojin rolled his eyes strangely and said, "I surrendered to Li Mi just as an excuse, and I ran away the next day. This is called wit, not soft bones!"

Liu Hongji was stunned for a moment. It seemed that this rough-looking bastard was actually quite cunning.Hou Junji said coldly: "Cheng Yaojin, I'm too lazy to play tricks on you. This general has already taken down the Heyang warehouse. Those who know each other will retreat immediately. We can live in peace with each other. Otherwise, it will be regarded as an insult to me." Don's attack."

Cheng Yaojin curled his lips and said: "Don't scare me, my old Cheng didn't scare me too much. You said that Heyang warehouse was taken down by you. You are lying. Although my old Cheng is illiterate, I am not blind!" Pointing to the top of the wall, he said loudly, "Look, everyone, that's Li Tang's flag, or Li Wei's flag!"

"General Cheng, that's Li Wei's flag!" Qi cavalry replied with a big smile.

Liu Hongji and Hou Junji couldn't help but secretly sneered, trying to take advantage of the loophole, no way!
"Come on, bring the surrendered general Zhou Wenju up!" Liu Hongji shouted.

Soon, Wei General Zhou Wenju was brought up, Hou Junji cupped his hands and said, "General Zhou please explain to General Cheng of Qi State!"

Zhou Wenju's expression was extremely embarrassing. He didn't expect it to be so difficult to surrender, and when he encountered such a situation, he cupped his hands towards Cheng Yaojin and said, "Good tutorial, the general learned that I did surrender to the Tang army. Now Heyang The warehouse belongs to Datang."

Cheng Yaojin immediately widened his bull's eyes, and asked fiercely, "Who are you? Do I know you?"

Zhou Wenju was sprayed with saliva all over his face, but he dared not speak out, and cupped his hands again and said, "Next Zhou Wenju will be the guard under Duke Wei, responsible for guarding the Heyang warehouse."

Cheng Yaojin rolled his eyes and said, "You said you were Zhou Wenju, but you are Zhou Wenju? What evidence do you have?"

Zhou Wenju was very speechless. He had never met anyone who could prove himself to be himself, so he could only hold back his breath and said, "All the guards in the city can prove it. If General Cheng doesn't believe it, you can ask him!"

Cheng Yaojin actually yelled loudly at the top of the wall: "Hey, Wei Jun on the top of the wall, listen, this person is your general Zhou Wenju?"

Zhou Wenju turned his head subconsciously and looked up at the top of the city. At this time, Cheng Yaojin's eyes flashed coldly, and he chopped off half of Zhou Wenju's head with a sharp axe, causing blood and brains to splash all over the ground.

"Look, I told you that you are not Zhou Wenju. How can you have a half-faced Zhou Wenju?" Cheng Yaojin said solemnly, holding a bloody hatchet.

Hou Junji and Liu Hongji were furious, swung their knives and chopped at Cheng Yaojin, the latter was obviously prepared, he fought with two axes, and shouted sharply: "Everyone saw it, it was Li Tang's people who did it first , brothers, fuck it!"

The soldiers from both sides immediately rushed up, and it turned into a scuffle!
Hou Junji and Liu Hongji's lungs exploded with rage, and they pinched Cheng Yaojin from left to right. All the good-neighborliness and friendship, and all the wells and rivers were thrown to Java.

Although Cheng Yaojin's three axes were powerful, they were too weak for one against two, and he was beaten into a very embarrassing situation. In addition, the Tang army still had two thousand infantrymen. We are at a disadvantage.

The current momentum was not right, Cheng Yaojin did not take advantage of the immediate loss, he forced Hou Junji and Liu Hongji back with two blows, and then turned his horse and slipped away.

Seeing that the general had withdrawn, the Qi army hurriedly withdrew. Hou Junji led the cavalry in hot pursuit, vowing to take Cheng Yaojin's life.Hou Junji gritted his teeth and chased for more than ten miles, finally caught the opportunity to bend his bow and set up an arrow, and shot at Cheng Yaojin's back. Unexpectedly, although the latter was fat, he was very flexible and his hearing was also extremely strong. Jia, as soon as you hear the sound of the string behind you, immediately get on the horse's back!
With a whoosh, the sharp arrow flew over the scalp and shot empty!

Hou Junji cursed secretly, and there was no chance to shoot another arrow, because several Qi soldiers had already guarded Cheng Yaojin's back.

After chasing for a few miles, a group of troops suddenly came in front of them, but seeing the flags waving, it was the Qi general Xue Wanche who led [-] infantry to help.

Cheng Yaojin was overjoyed when he saw this, he laughed and said: "Second Xue came at the right time!"

At that moment, Cheng Yaojin turned his horse's head and went back to kill. Hou Junji and Cheng Yaojin fought fiercely for several rounds, and saw that the dust was flying in the east, and another Qi army came to kill him, he couldn't help but secretly startled. Not daring to fight, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards Heyang warehouse.

This time it was really a turn of events, brothers Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun joined forces, with a total strength of nearly [-] troops, and turned back to Heyang warehouse.

Cheng Yaojin caught up with a cavalryman of the Tang army, chopped him down with an axe, and then laughed and said, "Brothers, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. If we have revenge, we will take revenge immediately, kill him!"

The cavalrymen of the Qi army were hunted down for more than ten li just now, and lost dozens of cavalry brothers.

Soon, the Qi army returned to the city of Heyangcang. Liu Hongji had just led the Tang army's infantry into the city. His complexion changed drastically.

The cavalry came so fast that Liu Hongji had no time to make a decision, so Hou Junji rushed into the city gate in a panic, and Cheng Yaojin led the cavalry of the Qi army to rush across the suspension bridge.

bang...

With a swing of Cheng Yaojin's big axe, he cut off the iron chain of the suspension bridge, and then rushed directly into the city, followed by the Qi army's infantry swarming in.

As a result, the two armies fought a fierce street battle in Heyang Cang. They fought from morning to noon, and from noon to evening. His eyes were red with blood, and he would never hold back again.

After all, the Tang army was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and finally gradually ran out of support, so it could only slowly withdraw from Heyang Cangcheng. However, when the Qi army was about to completely occupy the entire city, reinforcements from the Tang army arrived.

This is another group of troops from the Tang army going to Guanxing, led by Tang general Yin Kaishan, with a force of [-] troops, but the vanguard of the Tang army, about [-] soldiers and horses, arrived first.

Hou Junji and Liu Hongji received reinforcements and immediately launched a fierce counterattack, which gradually reversed the situation. The Qi army had to withdraw from the city temporarily, but when they retreated, they destroyed the city gate and set fire to all parts of the city.

In the middle of the night, the Tang army finally completely occupied the Heyang warehouse, but they were busy fighting the fire, so they had no time to pursue the Qi army.Cheng Yaojin, Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche retreated thirty miles away, and only then did they find a high ground and set up camp.

At this time, Qi Jun was exhausted, and Cheng Yaojin's arms were sore, he couldn't even lift his axe, and he sat on the ground panting for breath.

Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche counted the troops and found that the cavalry had lost [-]%, and the infantry had also lost nearly a thousand people, which can be regarded as a heavy loss. The key point is that the Heyang warehouse has not been captured in this battle, which is a big loss!

Cheng Yaojin was extremely annoyed, and sighed: "This battle is my fault, and I will bear it all."

Xue Wanche shook his head and said, "It's not about General Cheng's military affairs. It's not a crime of war. It's because the Tang army's reinforcements came in time, and the Tang army's losses are only a lot more than ours."

Cheng Yaojin smiled wryly and said: "But we lost the Heyang warehouse. After careful calculation, Tang Jun still made money."

As soon as the words were finished, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes in the quiet night, Cheng Yaojin and Xue's brother's expressions changed drastically, they only thought that Tang Jun was chasing them, and hurriedly raised their weapons and mounted their horses.

It turned out that the sound of horseshoes came from the east, and there was a high probability that it was a friendly army. Sure enough, not long after, Qin Shubao arrived with a Qi army.

Everyone couldn't help letting go of their hearts, Cheng Yaojin slapped his thigh and said: "Brother Qin, it would be great if he came earlier!"

"But Heyang warehouse was occupied by the Tang army?" Qin Shubao asked in a deep voice.

Cheng Yaojin briefly told the story in frustration, Qin Shubao was very calm after hearing it, and said lightly: "It's okay, I will take it back tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)