Late Tang

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Cangzhou City, Qingchi.

Wang Jingchong's 8 cavalry, [-] infantry, [-] young and strong auxiliary troops, and [-] troops have been stationed here for three days.

But by this time, the expected large-scale attack by Li Jing still did not appear.It has been seven full days since Li Jing left Huichang from Tan Mabao, but up to now, Li Jing has only captured the two cities of Lucheng and Jingcheng. After occupying these two cities, the Liao soldiers have not moved.

He sent several scout teams to check and control the military situation near the two places, but every time they did not get close, they were wiped out by the rangers of the Liao soldiers.

This makes Wang Jingchong still confused about the enemy's situation in the north.

Just in the middle of the night yesterday, a shocking news came from Yingzhou. Zhang Xingze's three armies gathered in Guiyi County, Zhuozhou, but they were suddenly surrounded by [-] Liao soldiers.The three divisions added up to [-] soldiers, and [-] auxiliary soldiers defended the city. As a result, under the attack of Li Jing's own army, the city was destroyed in only half a day, and the three divisions were defeated.Nearly [-] troops were wiped out, and the life and death of Liu Rengong, Li Kuangwei, Zhang Xingze and others were unknown.

This shocked Wang Jingchong, but he couldn't believe it.

Guiyi County is only tens of miles away from Huichang County controlled by Li Jing. Li Jing's main force should be in Lucheng and Jingcheng in front of Cangzhou. How could it be possible to appear in Guiyi City?If there are [-] Li Jing soldiers in Guiyi City, does it mean that only [-] Liao soldiers captured Lu City and Jing City?

This news seems absurd, but it is very possible.

Before that, although Cangzhou was not in danger, it had a full [-] soldiers, [-] young and strong guarding the city, and there would be [-] reinforcements from King Wei immediately behind.It can be said that the army is strong and the horse is strong. Li Jing wants to win Cangzhou, at least it is absolutely impossible to win Cangzhou in a short time.

On the other hand, all of Mo Ying's defenders were transferred to Guiyi City, preparing to bypass Li Jing's back when Li Jing attacked Cangzhou.Guiyi is a small city, there is no danger to defend, and there are few soldiers and horses.

It is indeed more likely that Li Jing would attack Cangzhou to attack Guiyi, but what they had been staring at was that Li Jing had only seven days of food, and they believed that Li Jing was going south via Cangzhou this time.No one would have imagined that Li Jing, who was going south with light soldiers, would dare to enter the hinterland of the three towns of Lulong, Yiwu, and Chengde.

Li Jing borrowed their misunderstanding of thinking, and it turned out to be a surprise.Wang Jingchong, who wanted to understand these things, was worried. If Guiyi was really defeated, then Mo Ying would really be empty.Could it be that Li Jing was really so dangerous?

Early in the morning, I was still hesitating in my heart, secretly hoping that when it was just a rumor, soldiers from below rushed to report, and soldiers and horses came from the northwest direction of Yingzhou.

Wang Jingchong hurriedly landed on the Qingchi tower, overlooking the direction of Yingzhou in the north.

In the direction of Cangzhou and Yingzhou, Jingcheng had already been captured by Liao soldiers, and there was no communication between the two places for several days.But at this time, there is a cavalry fleeing in a panic.

Looking from afar, smoke and dust billowed everywhere, there were about a thousand cavalrymen, there was no formation at this time, they just focused on running away.But behind them, another cavalry carrying the Black Eagle battle flag was chasing and killing them.Some of the fleeing cavalry were constantly being chased, and then they were submerged in the red tide guided by the black eagle battle flag.

"Hurry up and open the city gate, we are the Dingbadu cavalry under the command of Liu Shijun, the governor of Mozhou!" The cavalry who rushed to the city first shouted in an anxious voice.

The generals on the gate tower looked at Wang Jingchong.

Wang Jingchong's face was livid, but he didn't say a word.

A general on the side shouted: "You can't open the city, be careful of fraud."

His words actually have two meanings, one is that the soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared below may indeed be fraudulent.After all, it suddenly came out last night that Li Jing's army had defeated the Allied forces in Guiyi. The news was just a rumor heard by the scouts, and they had not seen it in person. Who knows if this is fake news deliberately released by Li Jing.Perhaps, that news was the fake news released by Li Jing from Jingcheng, and it is possible that Li Jing's army is actually in Jingcheng.

And the defeated army that suddenly appeared now, who can guarantee that he is not a fake sent by Li Jing, but the real one?

Of course, the general's words had another meaning.That is, even if the defeated soldiers below are real, with so many people, it is really not worth the risk to open the city gate for them.After all, the enemy is chasing after them.

"Immediately open the city gate and send a cavalry out of the city to respond."

Wang Jingchong said coldly, he had already seen a familiar figure among the defeated army running closer and closer in the distance, that was Liu Rengong, governor of Mozhou.

The order sounded, the west gate of Cangzhou slowly opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, and a cavalry galloped out of the city.The cavalry who were fleeing from defeat automatically made way for the cavalry, allowing the cavalry to rush straight forward.

Liu Rengong saw that the city gate was opened, and troops were dispatched from the city to respond. After walking for two days, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally got his life back.At the moment, he was not in a hurry to go back to the city, but reined in the horse's head, shouted, gathered the defeated soldiers and regrouped, and transferred back to meet the enemy with the Cangzhou cavalry.

There were not many cavalry in pursuit, only about [-] cavalry. At this time, the number of cavalry sent from the city was also about [-]. Including Liu Rengong's troops, the number was still higher than that of the chasing troops.

However, the chasing cavalry saw that the cavalry and defeated soldiers in the city did not retreat into the city in a hurry, but were ready to fight.A loud horn sounded, and the cavalry rushed over without hesitation after regrouping for a while.

The black eagle on the scarlet battle flag spread its wings in the wind, and the cavalry rushed towards it amidst the billowing smoke and dust.

The cavalry of Cangzhou City is backed by Cangzhou, and the number is also superior, so they also want to compete with Laiqi.

The cavalry on both sides kicked up countless smoke and dust, each holding their horses and lances, thundering and thundering, galloping towards them, like two huge waves approaching quickly.

Seeing that they were about to approach, Liao Qi, who was rushing to the front, suddenly ignited the Thunderbolts one after another, and flung them skillfully on the horse.

When Liu Rengong, who was on the flank of the Cangzhou cavalry, saw the black spots all over the sky, he screamed bitterly in his heart, and hastily reined in his horse.No one knows the fear of these things better than him. The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Guiyi City collapsed in one round under the blow of these things.

The Cangzhou cavalry didn't know what was on the opposite side, they were still charging without slowing down, their lances leveled, their eyes fierce.

Soon, the eyes of these people turned into fear!

There was a thunderous sound, and thunders exploded among the Cangzhou cavalry.

The thunder that exploded exploded after landing, so although the cavalry had armor on their bodies, the belly of the horse was a blind spot for defense. When attacked by the fragments, dozens of horses were injured, killed, injured, or even shocked. mad.

The cavalry of the Northeast Army have undergone anti-shock training, not only beating gongs and drums, but also undergoing anti-shock training against explosions.In this regard, the cavalry in Cangzhou are far behind, and their horses have at most received drums and gongs to prevent shocks.Where have you seen such a dense explosion?

For a moment, the horses turned on their backs, and more horses behind were not injured, but they stood up in surprise and ran in all directions.

Countless knights were thrown off their horses by their own horses, and then trampled to death among the chaotic horses.

Like a gust of wind, more than [-] Liao cavalry came rolling in, stabbed with long spears, flashed with sabers, and one by one Cangzhou cavalry fell.

Liu Rengong rushed halfway, and decisively led his headquarters back.

At this time, Wang Jingchong and others watching the battle on the top of the city were all shocked, four thousand against three thousand, cavalry against cavalry.

And it can also be regarded as this battle, fighting against the city, waiting for work with leisure, even if it is not as good as the elite Liao cavalry, at least it can be a tie.But now, the Cangzhou cavalry was completely massacred by the Liao cavalry.

After a moment of shock, Wang Jingchong jumped into a rage.

"Send infantry to respond, hurry up!"

He only has 3000 elite cavalry under him, and now [-] people are about to die, so how can he not be surprised.And if the three thousand cavalry were to be massacred in front of the eighty thousand soldiers and horses in Cangzhou, the morale of the soldiers and horses in Cangzhou would be severely hit.

Under Wang Jingchong's fury, another team of soldiers and horses came out from the city soon.This time, instead of sending cavalry, they sent infantry.The spearmen and shield soldiers were in front, and the archers were behind. They were arranged in a neat array and slowly pressed forward.

This array is cautious and extremely cautious.

Liu Rengong and the remaining cavalry in Cangzhou retreated to the rear of the infantry formation in embarrassment and panic, while those Liao cavalry calmly killed the cavalry who were surrounded by cutting, and then calmly roared and galloped around the city of Cangzhou. Only then did I leave proudly.

But the infantry who left the city only dared to stand in front of the city gate, and did not dare to go forward at all. They watched their arrogant demonstration before leaving.

The generals in the city watched this scene, and collectively lost their voices.

Shame, before the [-] troops, watched the three thousand Liao cavalry massacre nearly half of their own three thousand cavalry, and then let them leave arrogantly.

When Liu Rengong entered the city, the Chengde soldiers in the city looked at them with unkind eyes.The Cangzhou cavalry went out to rescue them before, but they turned around and ran away at the time of Guan Jian. This can be said to be clearly seen by countless people.

Comrades like this on the battlefield can be said to be the most resentful and dissatisfied.

Liu Rengong lowered his head and smiled wryly in his heart. Could it be that I know that I am going to die, but I want to accompany you to die?

Do you know how I survived the past two days? Is it easy to escape here?

Wang Jingchong on the top of the city threw his sleeves and went down to the temporary commander's mansion in the city. Although he also hated Liu Rengong at this time, that was not the most important thing.

Liu Rengong fled to Cangzhou in such embarrassment, and there was only such a dissatisfied Qianqi left, what happened is self-evident.

The defeat of Guiyi City seems to be a fact, Li Jing's main force is really in Guiyi, this fact makes his teeth almost gnaw.For so many days, Lucheng and Jingcheng opposite him had only [-] cavalry each, but he was sitting in Cangzhou City with an army of [-] in his hand, completely fooled by Li Jing.

Now, with Guiyi's defeat, there are no soldiers in the direction of Moying to the west of him, and even the Pingyishen controlled by Chengde's army is now extremely empty.Right now, what he has to consider is not how to gather and annihilate Li Jing's troops under the city of Cangzhou, but whether his old lair will be lost. (To be continued.)