First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 48

46. ​​Fight Xin Liaoer, capture Yang Zichong

Traveling to a section of hilly valley, I can only see that the left and right are very high. The official road ahead is a steep turning slope, and this place is halfway up.

Seeing this, Yang Zichong frowned, ordered the whole army to stop, and recruited his subordinates, "What's the name of this place?"

The local soldiers under his command replied: "This is Mount Matou".

"Matou Mountain...", Yang Zichong nodded in thought, looked around, and ordered: "This place is dangerous, it is not suitable to stay for a long time, pass quickly."

Unexpectedly, the soldiers had exhausted a lot of physical strength by marching in a hurry. After stopping, they staggered and rested, and now they suddenly had to speed up to pass.

Yang Zichong was furious when he saw this, and was about to scold him, when a horn sounded suddenly, and when he looked up, he could only see a large group of cavalry rushing down the steep slope ahead, and arrows were also flying from the left and right ridges.

"Enemy attack", Yang Zichong's eyes were about to burst, he drew his sword and tried his best to resist the arrow.

After a round of arrows, Tang Jun rushed down from the left and right sides of the brigade.

"Don't leave Yang Zichong." On the top of the slope, Gao Junya held the horse spear in his hand, and immediately rushed down to join the battle group.

Although the Sui army had 5000 men, they gathered in the valley without any formation at all, and a round of arrows was a mess.

"There are not many thieves and soldiers, don't panic, fight back in formation."

Yang Zichong took a closer look. Although the enemy army was powerful, there were no more than 500 cavalry, and the combined ambushes on the left and right were no more than 2000, which was less than half of the Sui army.

But wars are often not based on how many people there are. These five thousand government soldiers are mostly old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are exhausted from the day and night march.

"Junshou, I can't stop you anymore, let's retreat quickly," Li Lang of Zhongyang Mansion saw that the situation was not going well, so he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

Yang Zichong was about to get angry, but seeing that the situation of the battle seemed to be one-sided, he couldn't help feeling desperate.

"Yang Zichong, stop leaving", Gao Junya came straight to Yang Zichong with a straight spear, Yang Zichong was so startled that he was at a loss, looked closely, and said in surprise: "Gao Junya, it turned out to be you".

"Governor hurry up", General Li Lang was in a hurry when he saw this, he slapped Yang Zichong's horse's butt with a knife, and beckoned his soldiers to run away, Gao Junya was blocked by the rear army.

Just now he turned his horse's head and didn't run very far, only to bump into a group of people head-on. Yang Zichong was overjoyed when he saw it, "Zhou Lang will kill me soon."

It was General Zhou Lang who was coming to meet him. Hearing Yang Zichong's words from afar, Zhou Lang General glanced at the corner of his mouth, and led his subordinates to charge straight over without saying a word.

"No, sheriff, that's not ours." General Li Lang took a closer look and found that the soldiers beside General Zhou Lang were not Lishi's Sui army.

"Brother Li, I have defected to King Liang, do you want to stop me?" Seeing that he had been seen through, Zhou Lang asked immediately.

Yang Zichong and others were shocked when they heard the words, "You are so brave", Yang Zichong angrily reprimanded General Zhou Lang.

Li Langjun saw that there was an interception in front of him, and there were pursuers behind him, and his face was ashamed immediately.

"Yang Zichong, you have hurt me in Lishi County, how can you say me?" Zhou Lang pointed his gun at Yang Zichong, and then looked at Li Langjiang, "Brother Li, you still have to work for such a person ?"

General Li Lang was silent when he heard this, Yang Zichong was a little panicked when he saw this, "Li Ran, don't do anything foolish."

"Brother Zhou, Master Liang is cruel and heartless, following him may not be a good choice," Li Ran, the general of Zhongyang Fu, looked at Zhou Lang and said with a frown.

But General Zhou Lang gritted his teeth and was very angry, "This guy left me in the queen, do I have a choice? I don't want to hide it from you, the reinforcements under King Liang's command will come soon."

As soon as the words fell, a large group of people rushed forward. The soldiers after Gao Junya's defeat were chasing all the way, but they saw the two sides confronting each other.

On the other hand, looking at another wave of people, the banner of Liang Zi was waving in the wind.

"Brother Zhou, have you caught Yang Zichong?" Under the flag of Liang Zi, a thin man with the appearance of a barbarian asked with a long gun in his hand.

"General Xin", General Zhou Lang nodded in salute, then pointed to Yang Zichong and said, "That is Yang Zichong, but Li Yuan from Taiyuan is also there."

The barbarian general was taken aback when he heard the words, then carefully looked at the situation on the battlefield, stepped out and said loudly: "I am Xin Liaoer, the general of the Liang Kingdom, who is facing me, tell me your name."

Gao Junya galloped out upon hearing the words, "Gao Junya".

"Gao Junya? I seem to have heard of it. What is your current position?" Xin Liaoer frowned and continued to ask.

Unexpectedly, Gao Junya snorted coldly, ignored it, and looked directly at Yang Zichong, "Yang Zichong, you can't even vote for Master Liang?"

Being regarded as an air man by Gao Junya, Xin Liaoer grinned angrily, pointed his gun at Yang Zichong and the others, "Get over here, surrender and don't kill."

Seeing this, Yang Zichong dismissed it, ignored it, and looked directly at Gao Junya, "It is in vain for you to be called Xiao Zhoulang, who has read poetry and books, but failed the grace of the saints and became a traitor."

"Holy Grace?" Gao Junya's expression was filled with grief and indignation, "Do you remember Qi Guogong?"

Yang Zichong was silent, of course he remembered Gao Jiong, he was speechless for a while.

Seeing that the two of them ignored him, Xin Liaoer screamed angrily and shouted: "Kill me!" After saying that, he led his men and horses to kill him.

General Lang Li Ran was shocked when he saw this, and looked at Yang Zichong, who was thinking about life and death. He immediately put a knife on Yang Zichong's neck, and went straight to Gao Junya's camp. ?”

He stabbed Xin Liao'er heavily head-on. Xin Liao'er was a barbarian, and he was quite powerful across the grassland, fighting straight with his spear.

He blocked it with a single shot, and slashed at the top of Gao Junya's head with a backhand shot. He used the long spear like a long stick, very imposing. Long lance, shook his hand, and blocked it horizontally. The two of you come and go, and they will fight.

Afterwards, General Zhou Lang saw Tang Jun coming to kill him, he couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly shouted: "General Xin, it is not appropriate to start a war with Li Yuan at this time, retreat quickly."

Liang Shidu is now operating Lue Shuofang County as his base camp, and is trying his best to capture Diaoyin, Yan'an and other places to expand his territory. The sphere of influence does not conflict with Li Yuan, and it is indeed inappropriate to start a war.

Xin Liaoer is a barbarian, he is not stupid if he can be a general under Liang Shidu's command, he couldn't help but froze when he heard this, Gao Junya slapped him heavily, and repelled him.

"Do you want to fight again?" Gao Junya asked.

Now that Li Yuan is going south, conquering Guanzhong is the top priority, so naturally it is not easy to start another dispute with the Western Liang masters, so Gao Junya did not pursue and fight fiercely.

Xin Liaoer licked his lips, and said fiercely: "You are very good, I will definitely compete with you in the future."

Then he looked at Yang Zichong, "I want to take this man away." After all, Yang Zichong used troops against Shuofang every few days, and now he finally caught him, how could he let him go.

Gao Junya frowned, shook the long spear in his hand, and said nothing, Xin Liaoer spat and cursed when he saw this, turned the horse's head, and beat the horse away.

"Brother Li, just leave now." General Zhou Lang looked at Li Ran and the others who were tightly protected by Tang Jun, and turned his head to leave.

The two Lishi County generals who fought side by side in the past have embarked on completely different paths.

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