First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 322 Hussar General Zhang Shigui

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As the soldiers of the Eastern Han Army rushed into the city through the corridor, Li Shimin turned around silently, his eyes were red, and his fists were clenched with veins exposed. This sense of powerlessness in watching his generals die but could not be saved made Li Shimin feel a pang in his heart.

Dong Kangmai looked at the crumbling Luo Shixin from a distance, raised his head and laughed wildly, and patted Gao Yaxian on the shoulder beside him and said loudly: "The king praised him as a tiger in the world, so what, he died at the hands of you and me, Your injury can be regarded as revenge."

Gao Yaxian's arms were hanging, his face was pale, it was the injury he suffered during the siege the day before yesterday, it looked very serious, and he gritted his teeth and said in hatred, "For this little Mingshui City, I almost lost my life, I will definitely finish Na Luo Shixin with my own hands." After saying that, he bowed his head and ordered: "Dingfang, go and capture Na Luo Shixin."

Behind Gao Yaxian, a young general who was standing upright promised, turned and left.

"You have adopted a good son," Dong Kangmai praised, twiddling his beard.

That young general is the adopted son of Gao Yaxian, whose surname is Su Minglie, and whose style name is Dingfang. He is nearly twenty years old. Later, he defected to Dou Jiande, and was deeply loved by the general Gao Yaxian, so he adopted him as his adopted son.

Su Dingfang rode in the lead, overtook the Handong army that was marching forward, and went straight to Mingshui City. Under him was a good horse from the north that was bestowed by Dou Jiande. The soldiers of the Eastern Han Army retreated one after another.

"I am Su Lie, under the command of the Eastern King of Han," Su Dingfang scolded with a gun, and then dismounted and charged forward with a gun, "Don't bully you without a horse, I will fight with you."

Luo Shixin was holding an iron spear, grinning with great difficulty when he saw this, "Among the bandit army, there are actually good men?"

It was obvious that Luo Shixin was out of strength, and he could barely rely on the city wall to fight on foot. If Su Dingfang charged forward with his horse, he only needed one charge to knock Luo Shixin into the air.

Su Dingfang respected this opponent very much. After several days of attacking the city, he supervised the battle from a distance, and he saw it clearly. Luo Shixin deserved the title of "Hu Ben".

The two also became famous at young ages. One general Yang Yichen defeated Qinghe Zhang Jincheng, and the other general Zhang Xutuo defeated Zhuojun Lu Mingyue. They are both famous for their bravery. Although Su Dingfang is a hero, he is helpless. Many soldiers of the Eastern Han Army seriously injured Gao Yaxian, and Su Dingfang was doomed to be unable to recruit him to surrender.

Just as Su Dingfang was charging forward with his gun, he heard a commotion in the rear army and the sound of piercing through the air, Su Dingfang turned pale and hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it.

With a bang, an arrow brushed past his cheek, and the arrow pierced the city wall, but the arrow actually sank into it, and the arrow feathers were still shaking and trembling, which showed how powerful the arrow was.

Su Dingfang was startled into a cold sweat. If he hadn't reacted quickly, the arrow would have hit the back of his head. It can be seen that the bowman's archery skills are amazing.

"General, the Tang army has raided since then", a soldier rushed to report, "The tall general has been dispersed...".

Hearing this, Su Dingfang turned pale with shock, and glared at Luo Shixin, "Heaven taught you to save your life."

Luo Shixin squinted his eyes and saw that the soldiers of the Eastern Han Army who were besieging the city were in great chaos. A Tang army rushed from the northwest side. There is a word "Zhang" written on one side of the general flag.

"Zhang?" Luo Shixin raised his brows, looked at the Han Dong army retreating in a panic, with a smile of the survivors on his face, and muttered: "I don't know which general saved me, I will definitely treat him to a drink later."

After the words fell, Luo Shixin couldn't hold on any longer, staggered and fell to the ground, the left and right soldiers hurriedly supported him, after some investigation, he found that he was just fainting, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

"My lord, quick, quick look, reinforcements, reinforcements are coming", Li Shiji, who has always been calm, was trembling with excitement, "Cross the river quickly, Duke Shan is saved."

Li Shimin was startled, and hurriedly climbed up the high slope to have a look. He was overjoyed at this sight, only to see that the Handong bandits who attacked the city were in a panic and fled in all directions. .

"Quickly send the order, the whole army will attack, and this bandit army must be swallowed up," Li Shimin ordered immediately.

According to everyone's eyesight, it is natural to see that this is really the Tang army's reinforcements, and it is definitely not a fraud. After all, it is impossible to act so realistically on the battlefield.

Qin Qiong cheered up, straightened his long spear, and led the horse army to detour and head straight for Liu Heita's camp. Qin Qiong charged with a burst of energy, not only Qin Qiong, but Tang Jungui at this time was all fighting against each other, and watched helplessly. Seeing that the comrades in Mingshui City fought desperately, they were powerless on the other side, and this pain spread throughout the entire army.

With the rapid construction of the pontoon bridge, under the command of Li Shimin, the Tang army scrambled to cross the river.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Heikai was already panicked and furious at this time, hurriedly put on his armor, got out of the tent and mounted his horse, and angrily shouted at a general beside him: "Where did this Tang army come from? Luoyang? Fan Yuan, aren't you Said that the Luoyang Tang army will take two days at the earliest?"

Fan Yuan hurriedly climbed onto his horse, "Don't be angry, the king, the Tang army in Luoyang has definitely not arrived, as for this Tang army...".

Before he finished speaking, several soldiers came to report in a hurry.

"My lord, the former army's tall general was killed, and the former army was defeated...".

"My lord, the Tang army on the other side has rushed to cross Mingshui, and its vanguard cavalry has arrived three miles outside the camp...".

Liu Heitai's face darkened, and he shouted an order: "Don't mess up, pass the order, shrink the defense line, and retreat to the camp."

"Your Majesty, why don't you withdraw to the capital?" Fan Yuan asked hastily.

"Idiot", Liu Heita scolded angrily when he heard the words: "Withdrawing the army at this time, the Tang army will chase and kill, and it will definitely be defeated all the way."

Fan Yuan didn't dare to speak again when he heard the words.

Facts have proved that Liu Heita's move was very correct. Liu Heita's camp in the north of Mingshui was built tall and strong. The former army that went out to attack Mingshui City had been defeated. Shrink the line of defense, take all the troops back into the camp, and guard the camp.

Although Gao Yaxian of the former army was defeated, the main force of the Eastern Han Army still survived, and now they retreated to the camp to hold on. Liu Heita did not believe that the Tang army could break through the camp.

After the reinforcements from the northwest killed Gao Yaxian, the former Handong army was defeated and fled all the way to the Handong camp on the north bank. The general of the Tang army named Zhang dispatched people to Mingshui City and personally led the army to hunt him down.

And Qin Qiong led the horse army to detour to the opposite bank first, and met the former army of the Eastern Han Army who was fleeing in a panic. Under the attack of the two sides, many prisoners were beheaded.

"Wu'an is in front?" Qin Qiong had very good eyesight. He saw the leading general holding a horse lance and galloped to kill him. He was very brave and asked immediately with great joy.

"Shubao, it's a certain family", the general holding a lance laughed loudly, and immediately rushed forward, "Shubao, it's been a long time."

It was the hussar general Zhang Shigui, named Wu'an.

(End of this chapter)