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Chapter 343
Xiushi County, Lishi County.

Blood was smeared all over the city wall, and corpses were spread across the city gate.

Countless banners were fluttering outside the city, and Xi Jun's cavalry, carrying sabers, surrounded Xiushi County tightly.

The generals of the commanding army, Etuo and Yinghefu, stood on horseback and watched the fierce siege battle.

As a border county, Xiushi County still attaches great importance to military equipment. Fan Jun's surprise night attack in the first round, under the command of the county lieutenant, the city soldiers repelled abruptly, causing the opponent to leave more than a dozen corpses behind. .

As a result, Xiushi County did not end up being breached in one attack like other cities.

However, at dawn the next day, the defenders on the city were terrified when they saw the cavalry of the Xi tribe crowded under the city.

Although the opponent is a cavalry soldier, he is not good at attacking the city, but there is only a wall of more than one foot high and low, if it can stop the surprise attack of the Fanjun cavalry.No matter how high and thick the city wall is, how could a thousand defenders be able to resist the [-] Xi tribe cavalry who swarmed from all sides.

Now the gate of the city was about to be breached, and the Xi tribe used ropes to climb up the city walls from all sides and continued to attack the city.

Looking at the battle in front of him, Er Tuo, the commander in chief, yawned for a long time.

On the side, Ying Hofer, dressed in bright two-tier armor, glanced at the forehead rest and asked, "Why is this battle so boring?"

Forehead shook his head and said: "I didn't close my eyes for two days and one night, and I wasn't so tired when I boiled the eagle."

Yinghefu laughed, waved his horsewhip, and said: "Even if you take this city, you can't rest. Yan Yelie did a good job. With cavalry like Shi Wei and Bai Yu, they broke through five cities in a row. We can't fall behind him."

"Yan Yelie, when we were under Khan's tent, this kid didn't know where he was, and he dared to fight with us. Don't worry, the city gate has been broken, and they won't last long."

Yinghe Fu said: "You think I'm worried about this broken county, hmph, with just this few people, what I want is Lishi County, which is where the county seat is, and they must not be allowed to compete for success."

Er Tuo glanced at Yinghe Fu angrily, and said: "Okay, I will let the clansmen do their best!"

At that moment, the general at the forehead moved his hand, and the general at the side shot three cymbals towards the top of the city. Immediately there was the sound of thousands of horses galloping, and the three thousand cavalrymen of the Xi tribe beside the forehead got on their horses one after another, raised their scimitars, Go to the gate of the city.

The horseshoes raised smoke and dust, covering the city gate, and all the horsemen poured into the city gate, disappearing one by one.

When the dust floated in front of Inhofer, Eto saw him push it away with his hands.Inhofer, who had been listening carefully to the sound, finally straightened up on the horseback, smiled lightly and said, "The city is broken!"

As the dust settled, the soldiers of the Xi tribe, wearing leather armor, carrying bows and arrows, and carrying machetes, dragged out five or six people from the city.

Yinghe Fu saw that these five or six people were all wearing armor or official robes, and they should be county magistrates and county lieutenants in the city.They had apparently been captured after a fierce battle.

"Caught a big fish." Eto said with a chuckle.

"Fangou!" Several people on the other side yelled angrily, Yinghe Fu and Eituo are proficient in Chinese, how could they not know the meaning.

Er Tuo pulled the knife out of its sheath, and shouted: "Say another word if you have the guts!"

"Fangou, there is a way to kill Lao Tzu! Datang will avenge us!"

"That's right, Fangou, there's a way to impress me."

"Looking for death!" Forehead raised the knife high, and suddenly felt his hand sinking, and Yinghe Fu supported his hand.

Yinghe Fu said: "These people are good guys, it doesn't matter if they are scolded a few times?"

Er Tuo stopped angrily and said, "I'm just trying to scare them. After breaking down the city, you can't kill prisoners, disturb the people, or plunder. The Khan has too many rules."

Yinghe Fu smiled and said: "Didn't Khan give us a lot of rewards after the war? Put it down, so that we can take care of it."

"Yes." Xi Ren cavalry at the side beat these people with old punches, and immediately put them down.

At this time, a fast horse came and said: "Report to the two commanders that Yan Yelie has captured Lishi County!"

"What?" Inhofer and the forehead all showed a look of astonishment.

After the astonishment passed, the two felt even more angry about being robbed of credit.

Lishi County is the county seat of Lishi County. The city is tall and thick, guarded by sharp soldiers from the government. Yan Yelie has only 1 horses, and he can break through in one day.

Yinghefu and Ertuo rode to the foot of Lishi City overnight, and saw a human head protruding high above the city wall, and wrote a letter to Shizhou Inspector.

Yinghofer thought to himself, could it be that Wang Jian, the governor of Shizhou, entered the city gate, but saw that the city was in a mess, and there were scenes of fire everywhere.Yan Yelie's cavalry maintained order on the street at will, and everyone talked and laughed, without any appearance of taking the city after a hard fight.

Yinghefu, Etoto entered the county government office, but saw Yan Yelie talking and laughing happily with one person.

When Yan Yelie saw Yinghefu and Ertuo, he immediately said: "The two commanders, this is Liu Jizhen. Without his help, we would definitely not be able to take this city."

"Who is this?" Yinghe Fu and his forehead both secretly asked.

The other party smiled, and clasped their fists at Yinghe Fu and his forehead, and said, "I have admired you for a long time."

After listening to Yan Yelie's introduction, Yinghefu and Ertuo knew who this person was. It turned out that the other party had rebelled in Lishi County at the end of Daye and established himself as king.

Later, Li Zhongwen, a general sent by Li Yuan, was defeated by Zhang Lun and surrendered to the opponent. He was awarded the governor of Shizhou and named the king of Pengcheng County.This time Li Chongjiu's army surrounded Lishi County, and Liu Jizhen and his younger brother Liu Liu'er killed Wang Jian, the governor of Shizhou.

Yan Ye's private soldiers captured Lishi County without bloodshed.

Yinghefu and Erto heard all the curses, and it was good luck for Yan Yelie to meet him like this, otherwise this Lishi County government would cost a lot of money if it was attacked by force.

At this time, Li Chongjiu was waiting to lead the infantry of the main force of the government army, on the way to cross the Luliang mountains.This area is all loess terrain, with a few clumps of valley grass swaying on the hillside, it looks very desolate when marching.

Etuo, Yinghefu and the others are cavalry, they have no worries, and they have auxiliary cavalry that can be transferred, so they can attack the enemy's territory at night for hundreds of miles in a day.But the infantry couldn't do it anymore, the infantry itself was not moving fast, and they had to protect the long train, so for several days, Li Chongjiu was still circling in the mountains, which was really annoying.

However, Li Chongjiu waited to hear that Ying He Fu, Er Tuo, and Yan Yelie had captured the five counties of Lishi County, which was unexpected.He originally thought that he would have to wait for his infantry to arrive before he could capture the county seat of Lishi County, but he did not expect to be able to capture it with their hands.

Li Chongjiu asked people to write the news of the great victory with Lu Bu, and they won the victory along the way, and the three armies who were marching heard the news of Fang's great victory before, and they cheered thunderously.There is a long line, the sound waves are louder and louder, and the prohibition against making loud noises during the march is all forgotten.

After Wang Mahan heard the news, he laughed even more, and said to Li Chongjiu: "Little Jiu, breaking through Lishi County in these two days is enough to make Li Yuan terrified, and Shanxi is shaken."

Li Chongjiu heard the words and said: "It's not necessarily that Li Yuan is timid. Don't underestimate the enemy. Li Yuan has not been away from Shijun for a long time, and his people have not been attached, so he is taken advantage of by us. It is not because our army is used to fighting."

Wen Yanbo on the side said: "The governor can win without being arrogant, so our army will continue to be invincible."
"The momentum is like a broken bamboo!" Li Chongjiu said slowly, "You are right. We must attack Taiyuan quickly. Our army does not have much food and grass. If we are trapped under the fortified city, we will be frustrated, so we must speed up the march."

Wang Mahan and Wen Yanbo both agreed.
Li Chongjiu said: "At present, Liu Jizhen and Liu Liuer are attached. This is an unexpected result. In this way, our army will not have to cross this mountain and go to Lishi County. Immediately order Ertuo, Yinghefu, and Yan Yelie Lead the army and come to Taiyuan County to join our army!"

Wang Mahan laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said: "Okay, the army will join forces, and this is a battle with Li Tang."

The first year of Tang Wude, September.

The first year of Sui Huangtai, September.

After Li Chongjiu broke through Shizhou, he led the army at the moment. The main force of the Mohe army was 3 horses, and continued to go south from Yanmen to Taiyuan County.

Under Yinghefu, Ertuo and Yan Yelie who broke through Shizhou, they also led [-] cavalry troops to attack Taiyuan County from the west.

For Li Tang, Shizhou was breached after only holding on for two days, which was beyond everyone's expectations and disrupted Taiyuan's subordinates.

(End of this chapter)