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Chapter 205 Undercurrent
Camp the next day.

Amidst the sound of horseshoes and the harassment, the generals and soldiers of the Song Army reluctantly rested for a night, and when they went out to fight again, everyone was exhausted.However, Li Chongjiu couldn't maintain the high-intensity attack like yesterday and last night, and only sent [-] cavalry to fight.The two sides fought fiercely for a day, Song Jingang made a hundred secrets, Er Tuo spotted the loopholes in the Song army's right wing, broke through the Song army's defense line, and beheaded a hundred levels, which is considered a turnaround.

On this day, the Song army only advanced five miles.

On the second day, Song Jingang adjusted his tactics and divided his army into two parts.Shilling 5000 men and horses to rest in the original camp, and sent [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers to advance three miles ahead. Under the harassment of Li Chongjiu's cavalry, a temporary fortification was repaired.

After the construction was completed, the remaining 5000 soldiers of the Song Army pulled out of the camp to join up, and then advanced three miles to repair the fortifications.At noon, after the second fortification was completed, Song Jingang moved the 5000 men who had rested to build the third fortification.

Song Jingang's method of fighting step by step made Li Chongjiu and other generals feel refreshed.It's just that the height of the devil is one foot high and the height is ten feet higher. In just two days, Song Jingang came up with a countermeasure, and he really was a famous general.And when Sun Erniang's cavalry attacked, they were lured by Song Jingang and lost more than 80 cavalry.

On this day, the Song army advanced ten miles forward.However, Song Jingang himself had a hard time and couldn't tell. Originally, Fanyang was only sixty miles away, and the army could reach it in two days, so the whole army had only brought food and grass for three days, but now the two armies fought for four days.Now that the Song army has run out of food and fodder, the bigger problem is that the water is still cut off.Song Jun is now shoveling snow and water from the ground.And the method of fighting step by step consumes a lot of physical strength.

Now the Song Army is less than twenty miles away from Fan Yang, but for Song Jingang, it is like a chasm, and it is extremely difficult to move forward, and the way back to Yi County was cut off by Li Chongjiu's army.

"Marshal, please return to Yi County to send reinforcements. Yi County still has [-] troops, and you can send [-] to bring food and grass."

Hearing the general's request, Song Jingang shook his head and said: "Our army's elite are all here, and Yi County is full of old and weak people. How can 3000 people help?"

"Then what should the commander-in-chief do? Right now there is no water or food, and the morale of the army is already floating."

Song Jingang took a deep breath and said: "That's all, our army has advanced to Fanyang for less than [-] miles, we can send people into Fanyang, let Xunxiang abandon Fanyang, and lead the army to join our army. "

"Abandon Fan Yang! Commander, please think again." All the generals were shocked when they heard this.

Song Jingang said with a sneer: "After the autumn harvest, Fan Yang's grain and grass have already been transported to Yi County, so it's okay to lose Fan Yang."
"But Commander, Fan Yang is a battleground for military strategists. If our army loses Fan Yang, with the strength of a county, wouldn't it be difficult for our army to support us alone."

Song Jingang laughed, and said: "Fool, Fan Yang is more than 200 miles away from Feihu County, but only [-] miles away from Yi County. If Li Chongjiu takes Fan Yang and divides his forces, I will be very happy." Hearing what Song Jingang said , all the generals were stunned.

On the fifth day, the Song army continued to march towards Fanyang. The two armies fought fiercely for half a day, and the two sides were evenly divided.Li Chongjiu relied on the sharpness and swiftness of the prairie cavalry, while Song Jingang completely relied on his own generals to defeat Li Chongjiu's advances and attacks time and time again.If it were someone else under the command of Song Jun, the battle would have been decided long ago.

The battle continued until the afternoon, and the Song army had advanced six miles, only ten miles away from Fanyang County. The front army had almost seen the city wall of Fanyang City.At this time, Song Jingang suddenly ordered his subordinates to pile up all the hay and light it on fire. A cloud of black smoke filled the sky above the Song army, and the black smoke rolled straight into the sky like a dragon, making it clearly visible for more than ten miles around.

Seeing this scene, Li Chongjiu realized something, looked in the direction of Fan Yangcheng, and immediately ordered Gao Chu to lead a thousand soldiers down the mountain immediately.

At this time, the south gate of Fanyang City was suddenly opened, and the general of the Song Army in the city, Xun Xiang, collected all available mules, horses, donkeys and horses from the people, and led three thousand defenders to rush towards Song Jingang's army, intending to join forces.Li Chongjiu sent a hundred cavalry into the city to take over the city, and he personally led all the reserve cavalry, as well as Gaochu's thousand county soldiers, to intercept the 3000 men and horses who were looking for the prime minister.

Li Chongjiu didn't directly block the attack, and continued to attack with both sides, peeling off the opponent's body layer by layer.But Xun Xiang was eager to meet his teacher, and didn't pay much attention to it.After a fierce battle between the two sides, Xiangxiang Army, with the reinforcement of Song Jingang's cavalry, finally managed to break out of the encirclement and join forces with Song Jingang's army.However, one-third of the 3000 men and horses he carried had been lost, and most of the mules and horses were lost.

But that night, Li Chongjiu led his army to move into Fanyang City, and the three armies did not commit any crimes.I went in a hurry to find the relative, I only set fire to the arsenal and the granary in a hurry, and then left.After Li Chongjiu's subordinates entered the city, they immediately rescued and extinguished the fire, but saved most of the grain and grass, and kept a little in the arsenal.As for the household registration, laws and regulations in the city, all the books have not been destroyed.

Seeing that Li Chongjiu's army had committed no crimes, the next day the county householder Cao, who was hiding in the city, took the county account books and surrendered to Li Chongjiu. .But he was told that the prefect was directing operations outside the city and asked them to wait.Besides, after the Song army joined forces, Li Chongjiu decided to take advantage of the momentum to pursue.Song Jingang commanded the Song army, endured hunger and thirst, and under the endless harassment of the prairie cavalry, he struggled for three days, and returned to the city with reinforcements from Yi County.After suffering from hunger and cold in this battle, the Song army died of cold and hunger, and the number of people who died of injuries and diseases was more than those who died directly from the sabers of the grassland cavalry.

After returning to Yi County, Song Jingang stayed behind closed doors, and at the same time sent someone to ask Wang Xuba and Wei Daoer for reinforcements.On the other hand, although Li Chongjiu's plan to annihilate Song Jingang failed in one fell swoop, he still won Fan Yangcheng and partially annihilated Song Jingang's vital forces. In the end, it can be regarded as a valuable combat experience, which played a role in training soldiers.

Jinyang City, Taiyuan County.

In the official residence of the Jun Cheng, Wang Wei, the Jun Cheng, is burying his head on the desk and writing quickly.The desk candle was dimly lit.From time to time, Wang Wei thought about it attentively, and then paused to click. When the letter was written to the end, Wang Wei showed a look of determination.After putting the envelope into a letter paper covered with wax paint, Wang Wei looked up at the full moon outside the window for a long time, and finally heaved a long sigh.

"Come on!" Wang Wei whispered.

A powerful servant of Kong Wu entered the room and asked, "What is the master's order?"

Wang Wei asked: "Gao Lang will go to the Liushou Mansion for a banquet, but he is back?"

The famous servant said: "I heard that he hasn't come back yet."

Wang Wei showed a bit of seriousness, and said: "I didn't expect the matter to come to this point, Wang Chun, how does the old man treat you?"

The famous family servant said: "The villain is a servant of the Wang family. He has been working for the Wang family since the grandfather. No matter whether the Wang family or the master treats the villain with great kindness, he must repay it with death."

"Very good," Wang Wei nodded, "There is an urgent matter for you to take care of right now. Tomorrow, you take this letter from me and go secretly to Dongdu. When you go to Yushitai, you must hand it over to Mr. Yushi."

"Remember to hide your identity and don't go to the post station at the same time. This letter is related to the lives of a court official and my Wang family, understand?"

"Yes, master, the villain is faithful, and the villain is dead." The servant nodded.

Wang Wei shook his head and said: "If things go wrong, even if you die, you can't let this letter fall into their hands."

"The little man understands."

"Go." Wang Wei heaved a long sigh.

After the servants left, Wang Wei was always terrified and fidgeted in the chair.

"Drink again! Drink again!" A military general in armor got drunk and was dragged into a carriage in front of Taiyuan Liushou Mansion.

As soon as he got into the carriage, this Wu Yalang, Gao Junya, sat up straight, scratched his throat with his fingers, and vomited all the food and drink into the carriage.As soon as the smell of alcohol went away, Gao Junya's eyes were like knives, and she looked at Taiyuan Liushou Mansion going away behind her, showing a sneer.The cart wheels rolled on the stone road, and the night in Jinyang City was very quiet. Even though there were dozens of personal guards around, Gao Junya, who had just finished her banquet at the Left-behind Mansion, felt as if she had just escaped from a tiger's den. Entering this left-behind mansion is like a grand banquet.

Tapping her knuckles on the bottom of the carriage, Gao Junya ignored the stench of the carriage, thinking about her own thoughts, since Huben Lang killed Pan Changwen in the hands of Wang Xuba, the military power in Taiyuan County fell aside at once.As an important part of the border county, Taiyuan County has [-] Yingyang Mansions, which were originally managed by Pan Changwen.Now that Pan Changwen died, Wu Yalang General Gao Junya should have assumed military power as his deputy, but as far as he knew, two-thirds of the eighteen Yingyanglang Generals had secretly defected to Li Yuan.

Not only that, when Li Yuanping Chai Baochang, when his mother was a child, he surrendered his people and inspected more than ten thousand elites to serve as the army, but this time he ordered Li Shimin, Liu Wenjing, and Liu Hongji to guard against the Turks and crusade against Li Chongjiu and Liu Wuzhou in the name of With tens of thousands of troops recruited, together with the dozen or so Ying Yang Lang generals who secretly loyal to him, Li Yuan now directly controls an army of more than [-].And Gao Junya only had a few thousand troops, if Li Yuan rebelled, it would only take one night, and the entire Taiyuan County would be full of people surnamed Li.

Now the county magistrate Wang Wei has secretly trusted Jiangdu many times, saying that Li Yuan secretly recruited soldiers and horses, and Mayi county magistrate Li Jing even changed from the lock up, using his official status to sue Li Yuan for treason.However, Emperor Sui Yang, who was far away in Jiangdu, was still ignorant and ignored the affairs of Taiyuan County.Gao Junya and Wang Wei secretly discussed this for many times, but they had nothing to do with Li Yuan. The two could only be silent and weep silently every time.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, do you know that Li Yuan failed the Holy Grace and intends to rebel? Do you know?"

(End of this chapter)