Late Tang

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When Duan Shan arrived with five hundred Qingqi from the Special War Battalion, it was already late.

The county seat of Feixian County is not big. Last time when Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao, and Wang Jingwu's three-way army surrounded Taining Army Jiedushi Li in Yizhou, they plundered the surrounding cities in all directions, and Fei, which was not far northwest of Linyi, was attacked , looted.

This time Huang Chao and Wang Jingwu made a comeback, and when they attacked Linyi, they also sent a thousand soldiers to take Fei County.When a thousand soldiers arrived, they did not encounter any resistance at all, and occupied this county with only a thousand people left at this time.

When the special warfare battalion passed through Fei County, no one noticed it at all.Duan Shan ordered the whole camp not to light fires, and the hooves of the horses were bound, and no conversation was allowed. He followed the guide sent by Kang Chenghui and proceeded cautiously in the mountains and forests.Quickly, Duan Shan found the whistle in the forest, but he didn't say anything.Sure enough, after walking for about half an hour, suddenly countless people and horses emerged from the surrounding forest and surrounded them.

"My own people, we are Zhen[***], Duan Shan, the captain of the Zhen[***] Special War Battalion under Marshal Li's command!"

Duan Shan held up his military badge, as well as the letters and tokens written by Li Jing and Kang Chenghui.The guide next to him also immediately identified himself. An officer came to take some things and left. After a while, a general from the Pinglu army came out and returned the things to the two of them.Smiling and patted him on the shoulder: "It turned out to be a subordinate of the young marshal. It was a misunderstanding. I am Cui Decheng, the former general of Chishan Town. Now the left wing of the Pinglu Army knows the soldiers and horse envoys. The young marshal and I are also old friends." Let's go, the commander-in-chief wants to see you."

Song Wei's military camp was set up in a hidden valley less than [-] miles away from Feixian County and Linyi City. If someone hadn't led the way, most people would never have thought that there would be an army of tens of thousands in this valley. army.

After seeing Duan Shan and Zhang He, Song Wei said softly, "If you want to come to Qizhou, it has already been recovered, right?"

Duan Shan reported some of the situation in Qizhou, and said: "The young commander sent his subordinates to lead the special warfare battalion to listen to Marshal Hou's order. Moreover, the young commander specially asked his subordinates to bring a batch of flying fire to the general. Handsome. As long as the commander gives an order, I am willing to lead five hundred brothers from the Special War Battalion to take down the Linyi City Gate for the commander.”

Song Wei looked at Duan Shan's arrogance and smiled, "Ji Yu has a heart, but since I handed over the mere Linyi City to the thieves, I am sure that I can take it back easily again. Zhen [***] Special Warfare The old man who is famous in the camp has long heard that they are all Ji Yu's precious lumps, how dare the old man waste them in vain. Since you are here, you can stay by my side."

Seeing Duan Shan's puzzled look, Cui Yunqing smiled and said: "The commander-in-chief dug more than a dozen tunnels in Linyi City to lead to the outside of the city, and ambushed many brothers in the city as internal responses. At three o'clock tonight , I sent [-] Pinglu troops to Linyi, and then entered the city directly through the tunnels to open the city gates, to receive the army into the city, and directly kill Wang Nihuang and the yellow bandits.

Zhang Wanrong, the supervisor of the army, said with a smile: "The grass robbers are only [-]. Although they are all soldiers, it is estimated that there are only half of them, and the rest are just mobs. The commander has a clever plan to secretly lead [-] soldiers and horses first." He quietly rushed to Linyi, but he didn't enter Linyi, but hid in the valley. The grass thief took Linyi city easily, and now he must think that our army is still behind him. Tonight, the grass thief will definitely not How many precautions do you have? If we suddenly enter the city, we will definitely be able to defeat the thief in one fell swoop."

Duan Shan nodded again and again. If Song Wei was stationed in Linyi City, although it seemed more advantageous, Huang Chao and others might not dare to attack the city and fled to other places instead.But now, deliberately letting Linyi out is tantamount to letting the grass thief get into a cage by himself.

Judging from the numbers of the two sides, the Pinglu Army now only has [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers, but the soldiers of the Pinglu Army are considered elite, and even the auxiliary soldiers are mostly united soldiers and have fought for nearly a year. veteran.On the contrary, the grass bandit and Wang Jingwu, with [-] soldiers and horses, are not only at a disadvantage because they are small in number, but they are definitely not as good as the elite.

"If the commander-in-chief doesn't think our department is useless, he is willing to let the last general lead his department to participate in the mission of seizing the door!" Although Duan Shan felt that without them, this battle would be won, but since he came from a long distance, how could he come here? Watching the theater.

"Okay, according to your words, go and prepare!" Song Wei readily agreed.

In the past half month, Song Wei has been haggard and haggard.Although Cui Yunqing and Zhang Wanrong were taking care of him, he insisted on riding a horse.When sending troops abroad, if he rides in a carriage, it will inevitably affect the morale of the army.

However, the temperature was getting hotter day by day, and his frail body became more and more unbearable.

As soon as he lay down, he felt sore all over, as if he had fallen apart.Especially the viscera and six internal organs, there are bursts of pain, breathing is not smooth, and coughing is constant.Since he went south from Changbai Mountain, his body has not been recuperated, and the poison on his body has become more and more severe.The doctor accompanying the army had already told him that if he didn't take good care of him, he might only have half a year to live.

He was obviously very sleepy, but when he lay down, he couldn't fall asleep.For a while, he thought that he only had half a year to live, and for a while, he thought that the thieves had fallen into his trap, and he would be able to wipe out the thieves in one fell swoop.After fighting for a lifetime, he can finally die with the glory of victory.

Originally, he didn't come to fight this battle, he firmly believed that even Li Jing could destroy the thief.But in the end he still insisted on coming. If it wasn't for his sick body, he might not be able to hold on anymore, maybe he wouldn't chase after him.For the imperial court, he always remembered the fate of the handsome Kang Chengxun.At the beginning, Kang Chengxun devoted himself to serving the country, and finally led his troops to wipe out the Pang Xun Rebellion.However, Kang Chengxun did not get a good death when all the birds were hidden.

For more than a year, Pinluping has repeatedly fought against Wang Jingwu, and it has been difficult to wipe out the rebels.This is due to the fact that Wang Jingwu is very powerful, and that the Pinglu Army has a lot of hills, and many generals have nothing to do with sending troops.But in fact, if Song Wei wants to kill Wang Jingwu, as long as he is willing to show his determination, he can kill Wang Jingwu in only half a year.He has been procrastinating. In fact, the bigger reason is that he has been playing a big game of chess by using the war to wipe out Wang Jingwu. Using this war, he will continue to weaken the power of the leaders of the Pinglu Army and cultivate his own power.

But first, Li Jing's Zhendong Army rose up, which led to Dengzhou and Zhen[***] directly establishing their own, which seriously hit Song Wei's prestige.Immediately afterwards he was stabbed and hit by a poisoned arrow, which completely disrupted his plan.If this is not the case, Song Wei is sure to fight this chaotic battle for two to three years, and then quietly and completely flatten the hills of the Lu army, smashing them into pieces again.

It's a pity that he doesn't have this time anymore. He has no son himself, let alone a nephew who is suitable to take over.Moreover, with Li Jing as the adopted son, whoever takes over as the commander of the Pinglu Army will not last long.After much deliberation, he simply passed it on to Li Jing.First of all, Li Jing can be regarded as his adopted son, although the relationship between father and son is not close.As long as he has this name, he will pass the position to Li Jing and support Li Jing to take over as the commander-in-chief of the Pinglu Army, and the Song family will also fully support Li Jing.What this support will be exchanged for is the care and protection of the Song family in the future by Li Jing, the foster son of his predecessor, Unlimited.

This time he dragged his sick body and wanted to kill the grass thieves himself, one of which was naturally to give himself a perfect achievement in life, and similarly, he also had a deeper idea.Li Jing's jumping speed was too fast, so fast that people were shocked and unbelievable.This is a good thing, but also a very dangerous thing.

Li Jing had already defeated Wang Xianzhi's [-] soldiers once, and recovered many counties. Song Wei was very worried if Li Jing wiped out Huang Chao, Wang Jingwu and other thieves again.Then maybe what happened to General Kang Chengxun back then may happen to Li Jing again.In particular, Li Jing has offended Tian Lingzi, who is so powerful.

He is about to die, and he is willing to be the hunting dog that wipes out the last cunning rabbit.

The night wind was getting cooler, the tents were under military orders, and there was no sound. The whole army was taking a final rest to accumulate energy.

He vaguely heard Duan Shan discussing some details of the siege with Cui Decheng and other officers.

I couldn't help but think that, in fact, although Li Jing has set up his own family, Li Jing has been a more affectionate and righteous person from the beginning to the end.Judging from Li Jing's past treatment of Cui Yunqing, Li Jing is not a person who has forgotten his roots.

It's a pity that I once had a period of hostility with Li Jing that both sides knew well. Although everyone's identities are different now, that old thing has become a thing of the past.But thinking about it now, I still feel a little regretful. If he could see that Li Jing had such a great future, he might not have those thoughts of suppressing this young man.

When he first recognized Li Jing as his adopted son, he felt a little aggrieved, but now, he feels a little lucky.After his death, with this name, Li Jing will never forget the Song family.

At Haishi (nine o'clock at night), the officers began to wake up their subordinates, and meals were already prepared in the auxiliary barracks.

There will be a battle tonight, and the meals are very rich, stewed pork with seaweed, plus mutton soup, and white rice.Everyone has enough.After eating, each person was given a catty of jerky, four flatbreads, and a large bag of boiled cold water.After eating and drinking enough, they began to equip their weapons, the officers inspected them, and then set off.

The combat battalion went first, the auxiliary soldiers followed, and the light cavalry led.

Traveling all the way in a hurry, when it was nearly three o'clock, the army had already arrived near Linyi.From a distance, Linyi City is not very high under the night sky, and many gaps in the city wall that collapsed during the last siege are still like mouths with missing teeth.

On the city tower, colorful and various grass army flags hang high and fall, shaking slowly with the wind.

Although it was already the third watch, Linyi City was not quiet.The countless flames soared into the sky, and there were screams everywhere in the city.Among the screams, there were not only the shouts of Yinxie from the Cao army, but also the howls of pain and screams of panic and fear from the people in the city.

Unsurprisingly, the bandits are enjoying the fruits of victory. No matter which city they capture, whether Wang Xianzhi or Huang Chao and others are willing or not, the discipline of the Cao army will be difficult to maintain.Zhu Wen sat in the barracks, covering the whip marks on his face, his eyes seemed to spew fire.Today's whip made it difficult for him to calm down.Even if the one who beat him was Wang Xianzhi's general, Bi Shiduo, one of the top ten commanders, he couldn't let it go.

Zhang Tailiu carefully wiped the wound for him and applied the medicine.

The door opened, and Zhu Zhen and Zhu Cun walked in in armor.

"Third brother, everything has been arranged." Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice.

Zhu Zhen waved to Zhang Tailiu and let her go back to the back room.

"Has Bi Shiduo's camp been found?" Zhu Wen asked coldly.

"I found out clearly that Wang Xianzhi's troops are all stationed in Beicheng. Bi Shiduo robbed the house of a large family in the north of the city. Now he is happily taking over the wives and concubines of that family. He is busy. There are not many guards in the house, only 50 people. All the brothers in the middle will be transferred up, and they will be wiped out directly." Zhu Zhen said.

"No, Bi Shiduo is one of Wang Xianzhi's ten votes, and Wang Xianzhi values ​​him very much. If we attack him directly, I'm afraid Huang Shuai will not protect us. This matter must be careful and secret, and we must not be exposed." Zhu Wen gritted his teeth. He said, Bi Shiduo's whip was simply a great shame and humiliation to him.

"How about we pretend to be Wang Xianzhi's men and pretend that it's their internal strife?" Zhu Cun suggested.

Zhu Wen shook his head and was deep in thought when there seemed to be bursts of shouting, which could not be heard clearly.He listened intently, and suddenly there was a loud noise, and hundreds of people shouted in unison, and the momentum shook the sky.Among the countless shouts of killing, there were countless screams of dying.Immediately afterwards, it seemed that the entire Linyi City was in chaos, with shouts of killing everywhere.

The three of them were stunned for a moment. The surrounding area had been scouted for a long time, and there were no officers and soldiers at all. What's going on?

With a bang, the door was opened, and an officer from Zhu Wen's command barged in panting, out of breath, and shouted loudly: "It's not good, there's a fight outside!"

"Which side are they coming from, and which door are they attacking?" Zhu Wen asked immediately.

"It wasn't people outside, it was inside the city, and there was a fight in the city. First, Wang Dutong's barracks were attacked, and soon the whole city was in chaos. Now the city is in chaos, and it is impossible to understand what happened. "

Zhu Wen's expression changed, and he waved back the reporting officer, telling him to return to the camp immediately to mobilize troops and horses, and prepare for orders.

"Wang Xianzhi's camp was under attack?" Zhu Zhen suddenly chuckled, "Could it be that Huang Shuai attacked Wang Xianzhi?"

"It's not impossible. Wang Xianzhi didn't succeed enough and failed more. When he was defeated, he came to vote for Huang Shuai. As soon as the battle broke out, he immediately fled. He didn't care about the brothers in the friendly army. This happened twice. Now he dares to send him to the door, and today The third brother went to welcome Huang Shuai on behalf of Huang Shuai, and they dared to whip the third brother, and I heard that Huang Shuai was very angry when he found out about this." Zhu Cun thought about it, and the only possibility was this.

Zhu Wen couldn't help but sneer, "If that's the case, then of course we have to help Huang Shuai."

"If you don't wait for the soldiers, Huang Shuai didn't give us a military order." Zhu Cun said worriedly.

Zhu Zhen curled her lips, "Second brother, you are too cautious. Of course, the less people know about this kind of thing, the better. How can it be known to everyone. Let's take this opportunity to find that surnamed Bi, his mother , revenge for injustice, revenge for revenge!"

"Let's go!" Zhu Wen shouted, raised his sword and left. (To be continued.)