Late Tang

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It was late and the night was cool.

The evening breeze was gentle, and the Khitan soldiers who drank some wine were so smoky that their eyelids drooped when they were blown by the cool evening wind.Although he didn't drink a lot of wine, he was already exhausted after two days of marching on the road, bumping and bumping on the horse on that hot day, and drinking some wine made him feel drowsy even more.

The half-drunk Khitan soldiers lay casually in the barracks, and some even lay directly outside the tents, all of them took off their armor and only wore a pair of shorts, sleeping soundly.

A black shadow sneaked into Gao Zhaokang's tent. Gao Zhaokang was sitting in the tent with eyes full of energy, holding a whetstone in his hand, and was sharpening the horizontal knife in his hand.

"My lord, it's almost time. The Khitan soldiers are fast asleep, so it's time to start." Gao Bing said in a low voice.

Gao Zhaokang stopped, put the whetstone aside, picked up a damp cloth, and gently wiped the horizontal knife clean.

"Then let's do it!"

A group of men dressed in ordinary people's clothes quietly emerged from the streets and alleys of the city, then gathered together, and rushed towards the city gate silently.The guards at the gate of the city are the supporting soldiers of Khitan's main soldiers. The Khitan's main soldiers are all cavalry, all of them are brave warriors.Each soldier has two auxiliary soldiers, one is the auxiliary soldier who specializes in hunting grass and valleys, responsible for collecting food and grass, and even helping them rob property.The other main job is to guard the camp, so that the soldiers can get enough time to rest.

There are 60 Khitan auxiliary soldiers guarding the gate in front of the gate of the mountain city. These people include young people of [-] or [-] years old and old people of [-] or [-] years.They are not as brave as the soldiers, but they are also quite fierce.The Khitan people are a people on horseback, and they have been trained in riding and archery since they were young. Therefore, these young people and those old people are actually much stronger than the ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty.Even the auxiliary soldiers of the Khitan people are stronger than the general soldiers of the Tang army.

In the darkness, those who sneaked up to the city gate made tactical arrangements with hand gestures by the faint moonlight, and the arrangements were soon made.

"Hoo!" A crossbow machine was launched first, and the black crossbow nails shot directly at a Khitan officer on the top of the city.Before the man could react, the crossbow nail had already hit him between the eyebrows, causing him to be shot dead before he even groaned.

After the first arrow was shot, the people behind pulled the string knives of the crossbow one after another, shooting down the locked targets one by one.The gatekeeper Khitan was shocked and screamed, but at this time they had already fallen 30 to [-] people.Moreover, those raiders had already rushed forward. In the dark night, although the Khitan soldiers' archery skills were good, but in the dark night, within a short distance, they were simply incomparably stronger and faster than crossbow arrows.One after another, the Khitan guards fell to the ground, and soon they had captured the city gate.

A commotion can already be heard in the city, but the raiders have successfully opened the city gate.

Amidst the creaking sound of the city gate opening, the suspension bridge also fell down, and the Tang army ambushing outside the city poured into the city like a tide.

The east and west cities were opened almost at the same time.

"beep!"

A feathered arrow passed through the window and shot into the room. The arrowhead was firmly nailed into the table beside the bed, and the arrow feathers were still buzzing and vibrating.

Yelu Dachi woke up suddenly, looking at the arrow that was only a few inches away from him, his forehead couldn't help sweating.Listen carefully, it seems that there are shouts of killing everywhere.

"Damn it!" Yelu Dachi's first thought was that the damned Tang army had entered the city, and his second thought was Gao Zhaokang's false surrender.

Standing on the gate tower, Gao Zhaokang could clearly see the flames and shouts of killing everywhere in the city, and not far from the other side, another mountain city was also in chaos.He knew very well that Li Jing's plan had succeeded.

Without waiting for dawn, the [-] soldiers and horses of Khitan Yelu Dachi will all perish here.

Perhaps Yelu Dachi would never have imagined that he would actually give his life to the person who hated him for taking his wife and feigned surrender to the Khitan people.

Yelu Daguang was still complacent last night, but now he has become a turtle in a urn.Li Jing will not let these self-defeating people go, there are hundreds of special soldiers arranged by Li Jing among the people in the city.On the south bank of the Fudu River, Li Jing had already arranged [-] soldiers and horses from the Shenjie, Feixiong, Yingyang, and Leopard Cavalry.Right now, [-] Tang troops have poured into the two cities, and Yelu Dachi will not have the slightest chance to escape.

Gao Zhaokang had to admit that Li Jing was indeed cunning and scheming.Even though Li Jing clearly possessed a large army with an extremely superior number, he did not directly advance all the way. Instead, he asked him to feign surrender to the Khitan people, luring them to come, and then set up this trap to surround six thousand Khitan people in two places at once. in a city.

Although the Khitans were very good at fighting, they were all equipped with horses, and they were equipped with two horses.They fought countless battles with the Tang army, and what they are best at is ambushes, mobilizing the Tang army, and then setting up ambushes in some dangerous places.Immediately after a blow, use the mobility to walk away.But now, they were deceived by Li Jing to stay away from Jian'an Prefecture and came here, and they were finally deceived into the city, where they were closed and beaten.

If he can run again, he will be equipped with a Khitan Qingqi with two horses.At this time, there is absolutely nowhere to escape.A total of [-] cavalry, accounting for one-third of the Jian'an Khitan Company's assassination troops, just like this, none of them can escape, and they are about to be destroyed.

And last year, their Gao family took all the soldiers and horses of Jili Prefecture, as well as reinforcements borrowed from other cities, and their military strength was still higher than that of the Khitans, but in the end they were defeated by the Khitans, leaving only one mountain city.

This is the gap between them and Li Jing, the gap is too big.

The closer he gets to Li Jing, the more he feels the distance from Li Jing.I bear the burden of humiliation, is there really a day of revenge?

Yeluda Chi still had a little luck in his heart, thinking that it might only be Gao Zhaokang's people who made the surprise attack.If so, he still has a chance to come back.

"Come closer, come closer to me!" Yelu Dachi shouted.

But what responded to him was only rows of bows and arrows from Tang Jun.

"Archer, let go!"

Zhao Ji was in charge of commanding the attack on the west city, holding a long sword in his hand and shouting orders.All the formations of Khitan soldiers trying to get close to the gathering will immediately be hit by a volley of Tang army archers.The closer you get, the more you gather, the faster you die.

The Khitan wanted to escape, but they had nowhere to escape.

In the first time of the raid, the Tang army had already occupied the stables of the Khitan people.The Khitan cavalry without horses is actually just ordinary infantry.Even the cavalry who were attacked were still a little dizzy, and some armors rushed out naked before they had time to put them on.

Facing the Tang army with neat formation, strong armor and orderly command, they could only retreat steadily, leaving one corpse after another.

Standing beside Gao Zhaokang, Gao Bing looked at the Khitan soldiers who were defeated again and again under the attack of the Tang army, and sighed.

"Zhen [***] is stronger than I imagined. No wonder it took only half an hour to capture Langu Mountain City. With such a good army and strong generals, Li Jing can directly defeat Yelv Dali even if he doesn't need to feign surrender. Jian’an prefecture. Even if a [-]-strong army goes to Liaodong prefecture in one go, it won’t surprise anyone.”

Gao Zhaokang also sighed, "That's how Li Jing is. Even if he hits a rabbit, he will use his full strength. A lion fights a rabbit with all his strength. Such a person is terrible. He asked us to feign surrender and lure the enemy. Annihilated a vital force in Jian'an Prefecture at the lowest cost. Moreover, no matter what happens, we will no longer be able to surrender to the Khitans."

"Who is this Zhao Ji?" Gao Zhaokang asked.It was Zhao Ji who attacked Langu City, and now it is Zhao Ji who invaded Xicheng City. I don't have the slightest impression of this Zhao Ji, Gao Zhaokang, and I have never heard of such a person in Li Jing's army before.But this man was really too strong, he stormed the mountain city of Langu, and captured the mountain city in half an hour at the cost of only [-] casualties.It has only been about half an hour since they attacked the west city and entered the city. The [-] Khitans in the city have been killed and cannot be gathered together. It is estimated that in another half an hour, the battle will be over.

Gao Bing also sighed, "I heard that Li Jing just begged for the general from other envoys in the Central Plains. He turned out to be a tooth general. He's over 50 years old, but he didn't expect him to be so powerful."

At dawn, the battle between the east and west cities was finally over, and only the Tang army was still in the city to hunt down and wipe out sporadic Khitan fleeing soldiers.

Because this was a surprise attack, and it was the Tang army who controlled the encirclement and suppression of the city gate, none of the six thousand Khitan soldiers escaped from the city.

At noon, Zhao Ji, the leader of the Flying Bear Army, Zeng Yuanyu, the leader of the Shenjie Army, Liu Shouqian, the leader of the Yingyang Army, and Chengzong, Gao Zhaokang, and Gao Bing of the Leopard Cavalry Army finished cleaning the battlefield.Li Jing has led the Jinjiashengjie Army and the Silver Spear Jiaojie Army to cross the Fudu River and reach the city.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, there are six thousand Khitan soldiers, two thousand soldiers, and four thousand auxiliary soldiers under Yelu Dachi. In this battle, more than [-] Khitan soldiers were wiped out, and more than [-] prisoners were captured. Four thousand first-class war horses, eight thousand ordinary war horses, more than four thousand sets of ordnance and armor, and many sets of flags and golden drums were seized!" Zeng Yuanyu reported excitedly to Li Jing loudly.Last night he directed the attack on the [-] Khitan soldiers in the East City, and the results were equally astonishing. He finally saved the face he lost in Langu Mountain City.

Li Jing nodded to them, then turned to Gao Zhaokang with a smile and said, "General Gao has done a good job, and he deserves the first credit. In addition, General Zeng and General Zhao, who command well, should also be credited with the second credit." .General Liu and General Zhang also performed outstandingly, and they should also record a third-class merit. The Feixiong, Shenjie, Leopard Rider, Yingyang, and the Korean army who participated last night all recorded their achievements in battle."

Li Jing did not hesitate to praise the generals, especially Liu Shouqian and Zhang Chengzong, the two earliest servants, and Li Jing even patted their shoulders kindly and praised them loudly.These two people can be said to be Li Jing's confidantes. They were unable to participate in the battles of Youzhou, Daibei, Songzhou and Jeju because they went south.But they also performed extremely well heading south.During the previous large-scale reorganization, Li Jing fought hard to discuss, and finally promoted the two to become the commanders of the Pinglu Army Yingyang and the Leopard Cavalry Second Army, and became Li Jing's senior generals in one fell swoop.

"Where is Yelu Dachi, bring him up, I want to meet him personally." Li Jing said with a smile! (To be continued.)