Late Tang

Li Jing led his troops into the north gate, but the [-] Fan soldiers had disappeared. As soon as these Fan soldiers entered the city, they began to scatter and plunder everywhere.Li Jing immediately scolded the barbarian dogs for not being able to change eating shit, so he had no choice but to leave them alone.The soldiers and horses went straight to the inner city, the streets were extremely quiet on the way, so many soldiers and horses entered the city, unexpectedly there was no sound response, every house and shop were closed, not even a dog barking could be heard.

Immediately feeling bad, Li Liang quickly reminded behind him: "My lord, I'm afraid there is an ambush here!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of clappers in front, and the sound of drums and horns.All of a sudden, countless human heads appeared on the roofs on both sides of the street, countless torches were lit, shouts of killing shook the sky, and rockets shot down like a rain of meteors.In the alley on the left, Pei You personally led an army out, on the right Wang Gai also led an army out, and behind him was the city lord Wang Pu himself.Attack on three sides together, cover and kill.

Seeing this situation, Li Jing knew that he had underestimated Duli Town.Pei You was right to lure the enemy with false surrender, but they actually expected that the Shamen town army would not really attack from the east gate, but calculated that they would come to the north gate, and they had already set up heavy troops to ambush here.He was going to do it, but he didn't expect Duli Town's plan to fall into the trap.These people ambushed well, and they let go of the previous [-] Tibetan troops, only waiting for Li Jing's Samana army to arrive.

"Retreat!" Although the Samana army is elite, it is too disadvantageous to be ambushed in this kind of battle. The opponent has completely occupied the ground, and there is no advantage in street fighting.Li Jing was very decisive and refused to fight for nothing with the Duli Town Army.

Li Jing led the army to retreat. Although the Shamen Township retreated, they were covered by shield soldiers and large shields, and there were bowmen fighting back in the formation, and there were cavalry on both sides to protect them.Duli Town couldn't please him for a while, so he withdrew to the north gate again.Li Jing still wants to stick to the north gate, as long as he guards the north gate, after a while, he can still enter again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he retreated to the north gate, fires broke out everywhere, countless strong bows and crossbows came at him, many artillery and carts were added to attack, and there were even flying fire cans.But at this time, the five thousand Tibetan soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and they ran away like mice.Regardless of the formation laid down by Li Jing, these Fan soldiers rushed directly into the formation, eager to get out of the city.The formation that Li Jing had set up with great difficulty was broken through by them.At this time, Wang Pu Peiyou's soldiers and horses came, Li Jing gritted his teeth and ordered to exit the north gate.

The two armies fought at the gate of the city for a while, from the inside to the outside of the city. During the chaotic battle, Wang Gai led hundreds of elite cavalry to attack from the flanks not far from Li Jing.Li Jing opened his bow and shot arrows on the horse, and every arrow hit one person, and all those who hit the horse fell off the horse.The cavalry in Duli Town were terrified, and no one could approach them.Wang Gai hid behind a cavalry horse and attacked Li Jing with a crossbow. The crossbow arrow hit Li Jing's chest sixty steps away and shot him off the horse.

"Li Jing was hit by an arrow and died!" Wang Gai shouted excitedly!

"Li Jing is dead!" Countless Duli Town soldiers shouted in unison, the momentum was overwhelming.Wang Gai led his subordinates to rush forward, trying to snatch Li Jing.At this time, Zhang Chengzong and Liu Shouqian rode their horses to kill Li Jing, who had fallen to the ground, and left.The two sides fought until dawn, and then they ceased their troops.

The coalition forces retreated to the camp and guarded the gate and wall. The morale of the soldiers in the camp was somewhat low.Everyone knew that Li Jing was shot by an arrow last night, and although he was rescued, he was unconscious.

In the large camp of the Chinese army in the village, Li Jing's chest was wrapped with thick gauze, and some blood stains were faintly leaking out.Sitting at the top, looking at the demoralized generals, he couldn't help laughing and said, "It's so careless to underestimate the enemy. I underestimated these people in Duli Town. This revenge will definitely be paid back."

The loss in this battle was not small. Li Juli led [-] brave battalions into the city. As a result, the east gate collapsed and trapped the city.Although Wang Pu led the main force to ambush the North Gate, but the East Gate also had a lot of ambushes, and the [-] soldiers and horses were only civilians.Brother Li Juren rushed to meet them, and with great difficulty, they brought back the last thousand remaining soldiers.When he came back, Li Juren led the soldiers and horses in the rear, but was hit by a stone in the hip of the horse, lost the horse, and was shot in the abdomen by the pursuers.Li Juyi led his troops to rescue him desperately, but at that time his intestines flowed out and he bled profusely, and he has not been rescued yet.

Two-thirds of the [-]-Dare Battle Battalion was lost, and Li Juren and the others lost hundreds of troops in support.The situation on Li Jing's side was not very good either. Five thousand Tibetan soldiers rushed into the city to loot, but when the ambushes were exhausted, they were too late to gather, and finally escaped from the city desperately, but their corpses were all over the street, with nearly a thousand casualties. .The situation on the side of the Shamen town army is a bit better. Except for Li Jing who was accidentally injured by a crossbow arrow, only more than [-] troops were lost in Shamen town.

The crossbow that hit Li Jing was very powerful, but fortunately Li Jing was also wearing double armor. The outer mountain armor is the most arrow-resistant, and the inner armor is also worn.In addition, when Li Jing heard the wind, although he couldn't dodge it in time, he was able to lift his cloak at the time of Guan Jian.With these layers of protection, although the crossbow shot through the cloak, mountain armor and inner armor and penetrated into the chest, it did not penetrate deeply.It's just that the force was too much at that time, and Li Jing was shot off the horse, his head was slightly concussed, and he passed out.He woke up halfway, but Li Jing never let anyone announce the news.

Zhang Hong said in a low voice, "The walls of Duli Town are strong and thick. If you can't outsmart them, then you must not attack by force. Fortunately, today is only a small defeat, and the general is fine. In my opinion, it's better to suspend the army for now."

Li Jing asked the generals, "What do you mean?"

Lin Wu also had the intention of retreating, "Strong attack is not what we are good at. My idea is that it is better to besiege. Duandu Li Zhenhai Lushang Road. In this way, a knife will be put on their necks. After a long time, they will break down without attack. If they dare to go out of the city to fight in the field, they are not afraid, field fighting is our strength."

The other generals also agreed with Lin Wu, Li Jing looked at Li Liang: "Why is the military master silent?"

Li Liang sighed: "Yesterday's defeat is my fault. I was too eager for quick success and instant benefits, which is a bit of a waste. But I don't think it's time to retreat now. If I retreat after being defeated, I will lose my momentum. This attempt to send troops has failed. I I feel that we should wait a little longer, maybe then there will be a chance.”

"No need to wait, now I have a plan to defeat the enemy!" Li Jing said with a smile: "Today the enemy saw that I fell from the horse with an arrow, and the generals can arrange people to stay in the camp. It is a rumor, and they lied that my arrow hurt my heart. He died after being rescued. Let the army set up a white flag and prepare to withdraw the troops. When Duli Town hears the news, it will definitely not let it go easily, and will definitely attract troops to attack. Tonight, I will first deploy troops outside the Great Wall, leaving only one empty space. The stronghold waits for it to attack, and then ambushes in all directions, which can defeat the Duli town army."

Li Liang clapped his hands and said: "What the lord said is really a good strategy. Wang Pu, the town of Guanduli, is a tough guy. Now I have this opportunity, I will definitely not miss it. We just return them an ambush battle, so painful Revenge for being laid down."

Everyone also praised him one after another, so news spread from each battalion that day that Li Jing had been shot dead by an arrow.Let the soldiers of the battalions raise the white flag, wear hemp and mourning, and prepare to withdraw from the camp.The news had already been reported back to Duli Town in detail. When everyone in Duli Town heard that Li Jing was shot by an arrow and died in the village, they couldn't help cheering and cheering loudly.Because Wang Gai shot Li Jing to death with an arrow, he took the lead and was praised by everyone.Even Pei You was praised by everyone for his contributions.

Wang Gai said proudly, "I want to take advantage of his illness to kill him. Since Li Jing is dead, the Shamen town army is just a mess. Right now the morale of the enemy army is weak, and it is time to send troops to defeat them in one fell swoop. Tonight we will I am willing to lead troops out of the city and attack the enemy camp at night."

The representatives of other families completely forgot their previous fear of Li Jing at this time, crying and shouting for money to pay for Li Jing's withdrawal.

Pei You shook his head and said: "General Wang, don't underestimate the enemy. Even if Li Jing is dead, we must guard against the mourners. What's more, our ambush of Li Jing in this battle is only a small victory. Last night, we wiped out three thousand enemies." Yu, but we also suffered more than [-] casualties. Now there are only [-] soldiers in the city, and there are still insufficient defenses. How can we fight easily. In my opinion, we should take advantage of the new victory and actively negotiate with Li Jing. "

Zheng Jiezhi was puzzled and asked: "Previously Thief Li was very powerful, and everyone proposed to negotiate a peace, but you insisted on fighting. Now that Xinsheng has won, why did you propose a peace instead?"

"At this time, at that time." Pei Youdao: "Previously Li Thief was very powerful, if we took the initiative to negotiate a peace, we would definitely be slaughtered by the other party, and it would be difficult to obtain real peace. But now we have won new victories, and Li Thief has lost new times. Jing died in battle, and if we propose a peace at this time, we have the initiative and the situation is under our control."

Wang Pu, the city lord, also nodded: "What General Pei San said is true, and I agree with the negotiation. Right now, we are in a situation where both sides will suffer. If we continue to fight, even if we can defeat Shuang Li, we have to guard against others sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger." Fighting, I want the profit of the fisherman. It is better to stop the army and negotiate a peace, and restore vitality. Re-recruit troops, build warships, and wait for the strength to recover. At that time, there is no fear in dealing with Shamen Town and Qingnipu without Li Jing. huh?"

However, Wang Pu and Pei You obviously underestimated the representatives of the families at this time. Now that these people heard that Li Jing was dead, they all exhaled and raised their eyebrows, and raised their chests again.They all insisted on taking this opportunity to destroy the coalition forces, just like the last time Li Lingfu and his coalition forces were destroyed.It would be best to take the opportunity to occupy Qingnipu in one fell swoop.

In the end, everyone directly asked for a vote, and the decision to send troops was decided by an overwhelming majority. Wang Pu and Pei You could only sigh helplessly.But now that the decision has been made, the two did not passively slack off.Instead, he began to prepare for the attack wholeheartedly.

In the end, everyone agreed that Wang Gai, who killed Li Jing, would be the main general, and Pei You, who had defeated Li Jing with his advice, would be the deputy general. They would choose 8000 cavalry, [-] infantry, and a total of [-] troops to attack the coalition camp at night.

During the day, Pei You conspired to send an envoy to mourn in the camp of the coalition army, firstly to verify with his own eyes whether Li Jing was really dead, and secondly to propose a truce to the coalition army to paralyze them.

The envoys rushed to the camp of the coalition army and found that all the soldiers in the camp, except those foreign soldiers, looked sad. Everyone was in mourning, wearing linen and mourning, and white flags.After entering the Zhongjun camp, I was surprised to find that not only Li Jing was dead, but also Li Juren, the young lord of Qingni City, and his third brother Li Juli were also dead.The two commanders of the coalition army were killed in the first battle, and this result made the emissary tremble with excitement.

When expressing condolences, the envoy personally saw that Li Jing, Li Juren, and Li Juli were all lying in the coffin. They were dead and could not die again.After proposing a series of truce treaties to Shamen Town, he hurried back to Duli Town.

"Are you sure Li Jing is really dead?" Wang Pu asked again.

"Dead, it's absolutely true. I personally saw Li Jing lying in the coffin with a pale face. And not only Li Jing died, but two of Li Lingfu's three sons died in Qingni City. The third son died yesterday. He led his troops into the east gate at night and died in battle. The boss led his troops to respond, but his horse was hit by stones and shot by the soldiers who arrived. It is said that the intestines flowed out at that time, and he died when he returned. Now the coalition forces except those Outside of the Fanzi, everyone is wearing sackcloth and filial piety. Judging by the appearance of those soldiers, they are definitely not fake. They are already packing their luggage and preparing to return to camp tomorrow."

"God helped me in Duli Town. Li Jing, Li Juren and Li Juli all died at once, and the coalition army has no leader. This is a great opportunity to defeat them with one blow." This, even the cautious Wang Pu couldn't help but relax, and gave birth The idea of ​​killing the coalition forces in one fell swoop.

At the second watch of the night, there was no moon in the sky, the stars were dim, and the night was pitch black.

Wang Gai led [-] cavalry as the front army, and Pei You as the deputy general led [-] infantry in the rear.He secretly opened the city gate and went straight to the coalition army Dazhai.

A man with a title, a horse with a hoof bound, three thousand cavalry arrived first, only to see the torches in the camp, and the tents in the camp.From time to time, the sound of drums and bangzi in the camp could be heard, and in the darkness, one could still see the shadows of guards in the arrow tower and the camp.

"Kill!" Wang Gai's eyes showed a gleam of excitement, and he shouted loudly. He took the lead, leaped across the horse, and rushed straight into the camp first.Three thousand cavalry followed closely behind at this time, without the expected counterattack, they rushed straight into the camp with ease.

But when they rushed into the village, they found that there was no one in the camp, and all the tents were empty.Only then did they realize that the figures they had seen in the arrow tower and the village were all made of dry grass, with clothes on and spears in their hands.

Wang Gai's complexion changed, he knew he had been tricked, and quickly shouted: "I've been tricked, withdraw!"

But at this moment, there was a burst of drums and horns, countless shouts of killing sounded from all sides, countless fires were blazed, and the coalition forces ambushed everywhere.Li Jing took the lead and led a thousand cavalry to charge straight over. When Wang Gai saw Li Jing, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock, and said in a trembling voice, "Didn't you already die under my arrow?"

Li Jing laughed loudly in the distance: "Then I am the ghost who came to take your life now, so hurry up and take your life!"

The two armies took the lead in fighting each other, and then Pei You led [-] infantry to rescue each other, but the soldiers of the Sixth Battalion of Shamen Town also went straight to kill.Li Juyi led [-] control crane troops and [-] infantry soldiers from Qingni City to attack from the left wing, and Gao Rong led [-] Fan soldiers to attack from the right wing.

Surrounded on all sides, the Duli town army was terrified and retreated desperately, fighting to the death.At the last moment, Wang Pu led the remaining soldiers and horses in the city to rescue them. The two armies fought from midnight to dawn. Finally, Wang Pu barely rescued some of the defeated soldiers and retreated into the city.Counting the soldiers and horses, [-] soldiers and horses went out to fight at night, but only less than half of them were rescued.Even the general Pei You was captured alive again, Wang Pu immediately ordered to guard the city, sealed the gates with stones, and dared not come out again.

Under a round of red sun, the coalition forces won a complete victory. The flags of the coalition forces were planted all over the city. Within three days, if Duli Town can't send 500 million yuan of money and materials, as well as Feng Changgui's family to our military camp, I will attack the city in three days!"

(To be continued)