First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 206 Ambush on the Miragawa River
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When the news from Xia County reached Baibi, Li Shimin was furious, but Li Xiaoji was Li Yuan's cousin and also Li Shimin's uncle, so he was of a higher seniority, so Li Shimin could not reprimand him.

It's just that Li Zhongwen and Pei Ji were defeated one after another, losing troops and land. Now Li Xiaoji, the majestic Li Tang clan, and senior Li Tang officials such as Minister of Industry Dugu Huai'en, Minister of Internal History Tang Jian, etc. were captured, and the impact was extremely bad.

Li Shimin was worried about going on like this, lest the people in Hedong would lose their hearts, so Gao Chong thought of an ambush, and that was the Battle of Meiliangchuan.

In this battle, Qin Qiong faced Yu Chigong for the first time, Yuchi Gong was defeated, and only fled alone with the main general Xunxiang.

Although Gao Chong didn't know who came up with this plan, but now that Li Shimin was frowning and helpless, at this time he was also shamelessly speaking up.

"Your Majesty, now that King Yong'an and others have been captured, Yuchi Jingde's task of rescuing Xia County has been completed, and he will definitely return to the north and join Song Jingang in Huizhou.

I checked the map and found that Bobi is in the northwest of Xia County, and the east of Bobi is a vast plain. Once you pass through this plain and return north, it is difficult to hide your whereabouts. Therefore, Yuchi Jingde can only go through the northeast of Xia County if he wants to return to the army. Meiliangchuan may set up an ambush in Meiliangchuan, intercept Yuchi Jingde's troops, and look for opportunities to rescue Yong'an Wang and others."

Gao Chong didn't blush, and said without heartbeat.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurried to the screen to check the map.

At this moment, Yin Kaishan, Minister of the Ministry of War who had returned to his original post, hurriedly entered the account, "Your Majesty, the scouts have just come to report that the bandit army, Chi Jingde, is retreating to Weizhou. The final general requests to set up an ambush in the middle road, and he will definitely be defeated." .

Li Shimin looked at Gao Chong when he heard the words, and couldn't help laughing: "It's a step late to open the mountain."

Yin Kaishan was stunned, and looked at Gao Chong, who nodded with a smile, but suddenly realized that it was Yin Qiao who offered a plan to intercept Yuchi Jingde.

"Youzhi has already asked for a fight, and I have agreed," Li Shimin said directly: "But since he also intends to open the mountain, he will go with the army."

Yin Qiao hurriedly thanked him with joy, and then Gao Chong said: "I heard that Yuchi Jingde has the courage that a man should not deserve, and I ask the king to send a strong general to go with him."

"Gao Sima worried too much, you and I are enough," Yin Qiao said hastily, he didn't want more people to come to share the work.

However, Li Shimin nodded when he heard the words, "Recently losing streak, morale is low, and a victory is urgently needed to cheer up people's hearts. In this battle, you must win and you must not lose. Qin Qiong is a brave general of Wagang. I will transfer him to go with him. Remember to open the mountain. The main thing to do is to do what you want, and you must not violate the order."

Although Yin Qiao's official worship of the Minister of the Ministry of War is higher than Gao Chong's, but at this time Yin Qiao is restrained by Li Shimin, the marshal of the army, and he has no choice but to obey.

Hearing that Qin Qiong was with the army, Gao Chong also nodded, Qin Qiong's bravery is no less than Yuchi Jingde.

Then Li Shimin dispatched [-] troops to Gao Chong, and Gao Chong led the army straight to Meiliangchuan.

As soon as Gao Chong left, Li Shimin received another bad news. The former general Wang Xingben of the Sui Dynasty gathered troops to separatist Puzhou. Li Shimin immediately sent troops south to attack Puzhou.

The situation in Hedong at this time is extremely unfavorable to the Tang army. Since Liu Wuzhou sent troops, he has won consecutive battles, while the Tang army has retreated steadily.

Gao Chong led the army to rush all the way, and when they came to Meiliang River, they arranged an ambush according to the terrain of this mountain and river. First, the crossbowmen on both sides blocked it from front to back.

As soon as the arrangement was completed, the scouts came to report: the enemy army has been two miles away.

"Brother Shubao, later you will lead the rear army to block the enemy's retreat from behind, and I will lead the front army to meet it head-on," Gao Chong looked at Qin Qiong and said directly.

Qin Qiong originally defected to Wang Shichong with Cheng Zhijie and others, but because he couldn't get used to Wang Shichong's treacherous behavior, he joined the Tang Dynasty.

Qin Qiong has always been a respectful person, and he naturally responded when he heard the words.

Gao Chong looked at Yin Qiao, and his attitude was also extremely kind, "At that time, I will trouble Duke Yun to command in the middle. If the front army is weak, it will support the front army, and if the rear army is weak, it will go to support the rear army."

Yin Qiao responded with a smile on his face when he heard the words.

Not long after, I saw a large group of people slowly approaching from a distance, about 6000 people, and the two generals headed by them played the general flags of "Xun" and "Weichi"
In the middle of the line, there were more than ten prison carts, Gao Chong had very good eyesight, and at a glance he saw that the first prison cart was Yong'an Wang Li Xiaoji.

Xunxiang and Yuchi Jingde are both famous for their bravery. They captured so many high-ranking officials from Li and Tang in the first battle to aid Xia County. Into the ambush.

After all the enemy troops entered the ravine, Yin Qiao immediately ordered to release arrows. After a round of arrow rain, the puppet Han army was in chaos, looking for a rage, and shouted: "Don't panic, line up to meet the enemy."

Yuchi Jingde looked at the mountains to the left and right, there were jagged rocks, not a gentle slope, so there was absolutely no possibility of an ambush, so there was only the front and back, so he immediately raised his spear and shouted, "We need to panic, pass quickly".

At this time, I saw a large group of people blocking the way forward, and it was Gao Chong who shouted: "You are already surrounded, surrender quickly, Paul will not die."

Xun Xiang was furious, and immediately raised his gun and yelled: "Where did the yellow mouth kid come from, how dare you intercept your family Xun Aye?"

Gao Chong frowned, raised his spear and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy", and then led the troops straight to find Xiangxiang.

Yuchi Jingde was about to fight, when suddenly there was confusion in the rear army, Qin Qiong led the army to block the rear from the other side, Yuchi Jingde was shocked and furious, and shouted: "Don't love to fight, rush out quickly", then slapped his horse and rushed straight Qin Qiong went there.

"Little Huangkou, Xunjia Aye will send you to reincarnate." Xunxiang was tall and tall, and he wielded an iron spear, which was very brave.

Seeing the force of this move, Gao Chong naturally had no way of resisting it head-on, he immediately tilted his horse spear to meet him, and let go of most of his strength. Then, without changing his move, he straightened his spear and went straight to find Xiangxin.

Surprised, Xun Xiang hurriedly returned his gun to block, and the two passed by on the wrong horse.

"How capable, who is your adult?" Xunxiang really regarded Gao Chong as a "yellow mouth child", and he only blamed Gao Chong's immature face. Although he was nearly twenty years old, his face looked like he was sixteen or seventeen generally.

Hearing these words, Gao Chong was immediately sullen, and immediately increased his strength, stabbing with the tip of the spear around Xun Xiang's vital point, Xun Xiang is a powerful and powerful general, every move and every move, he uses strength to win.

But don't forget that Gao Chong used double maces before, and double maces are the representative of heavy weapons. Gao Chong's brute force is not inferior to Xiang Xun, and he knows the secret of heavy weapons. I go, attack each other for several rounds.

On the other side, Qin Qiong also fought with Yuchi Jingde. The two future "door gods" can be said to be rivals at this time. Youlong, the tip of the lance is flickering with cold light, and every move can't leave the vital point.

"Who are you?" Yuchi Jingde asked loudly, "You are so brave, you must not be an unknown person."

"Shandong Qin Shubao", the horse lance in Qin Qiong's hands is very fine, it is a family heirloom horse lance, extremely tough, the lance is sometimes straightened and sometimes bent, within ten feet, Yuchi Jingde hurriedly broke the defense.

(End of this chapter)