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Chapter 394 Three ways to win together (second update)

In Zhending City, Wang Gongzheng, Li Tang's governor of Hengzhou, looked at the plaque in the courtroom with the words "Virtue and Code" written on it, silently lost in thought.

Youde Youdian comes from Shangshu Gao Taomo, and the original text comes from Tianxu Youdian, Tianming has virtue.When he came to Hengshan to serve as an official, his clan brother sent this plaque to encourage him, and after he surrendered to Li Tang, he specially hung this plaque on the court.

This is what Gaotao said. After Li Yuan entered Guanzhong, he regarded Gaotao as the ancestor of the surname Li, so he hung up this plaque, which is also a set of tactics pursued in the officialdom. When others talk about it, he can also speak eloquently , In the future, it will be passed to other people's ears, which will benefit your own official voice.

But now that Wang Gongzheng looked at the plaque with the four characters of Virtue and Code, he had a different mood.

From Wang Gongzheng's point of view, it is a certainty for Li Tang to seize the power of the world now.Therefore, he has long regarded Li Yuan as the future master of the world.

But right now outside the city of Zhending, the Youzhou army is surrounding it, and the city is completely surrounded.

The Youzhou army hung up Xi Shiling's head and surrendered to the city.

Xi Shiling was defeated and killed, and the main force of the county soldiers was wiped out. As Wang Gongzheng knew, it was not easy to resist the Youzhou army's offensive with less than a thousand township soldiers in the city. as a prisoner.

Thinking of this, Wang Gongzheng couldn't help feeling sad, but if he said he wanted to surrender to the Youzhou Army, Wang Gongzheng had no such plan, because he was not optimistic that the Youzhou Army could take over the world.Li Tang will be the lord of the world in the future, if he surrendered to the Youzhou Army because of his greed for life and fear of death today, how could Li Yuan want a repeater like him to surrender a second time.

Instead of this, it would be better to be a minister of chastity. In the future, when Tang Dynasty wins the world, he can leave his name in history, not to mention the last hope of King Yong'an's reinforcements.

Thinking of this, Wang Gongzheng made a decision and said, "Come here!"

"No, envoy." A yamen servant came to the court.

Wang Gongzheng said: "pass down the order, the city's strong men, ten people as a team, send all of them to the city to guard the city, and the rich households in the city are also unavoidable. They will draw their parts, and all the family members will wait for the call. If they violate the order, they will not follow. whoever, kill!"

"No." The yamen servant was about to turn around after hearing the order.

"Hold on."

"What else does the envoy have to order?"

Wang Gongzheng said: "Prepare another coffin and carry it to the top of the city."

"Dare to ask the envoy, what is the use of the coffin?"

Wang Gongzheng said seriously: "This is to tell the people that the governor will live and die with this city. If the city breaks down, I will keep this coffin for my own use."

The yamen servant couldn't help being respectful when he heard this, and said: "No, envoy."

Really set the city.

Seeing the defenders dragging the young and strong to the city, Li Chongjiu knew that the opponent would not surrender. In the original history, a hundred years later, Yan Zhenqing's cousin Yan Gaoqing stood firm in Zhending City and fought bloody battles with the rebels in Anlu Mountain to the end. Finally the city was broken and captured.Yan Gaoqing was escorted to Luoyang and killed.

Now Yan Zhenqing, Yan Gaoqing's great-grandfather, Yan Shigu is serving as a housekeeper under Li Yuan's command. Yan Shigu's brother, Yan Xiangshi, joined the military for Tiance Mansion, and is one of the eighteen scholars under Li Shimin's command.

Seeing the scene of Wang Gongzheng, the governor of Zhending County, carrying the coffin to the city, Li Chongjiu couldn't help thinking that if Li Tang won the world in the future, this person must be famous in history, and he himself, like An Lushan and Shi Siming, will be remembered by future generations Zhu Bifa, if he wins the world, then who will remember this prince in future generations.

The truth of success and defeat is really not easy in ancient and modern times.

But from the present point of view, when the true city is bound to be lost, Wang Gongzheng still pulls the young and strong to defend the city, which is purely killing more.

"Our army is gathered, and the enemy is stubbornly resisting. It is really a fluke."

"Duke Shanggu, please let the last general fight!"

Xu Shiji and Xue Wanche both asked for their orders, and Li Chongjiu agreed at the moment.

boom!
The drums were beating, and the soldiers of the Youzhou Army, wearing armor and carrying ladders, began to attack the city with half of their boats. Because the city was not strong and thick, and the defensive force was insufficient, other siege weapons such as building chariots and shield chariots were not available. build.

As the Youzhou army approached the top of the city, a row of bows and arrows were shot out sparsely from the top of the city. Li Chongjiu couldn't help shaking his head when he saw it. The arrows were weak and weak, which showed how poor the enemy's equipment was.

As for the top of the city, the Minzhuang and the village soldiers piled up in a mess, and the Youzhou Army facing Pancheng seemed to be in a hurry.

Seeing this, Li Chongjiu felt that the suspense in the next battle was not much. What he was slightly worried about was Wang Mahan blocking Yongan Wang Li Xiaoji's reinforcements, and whether Yu Chigong won Jingxing Pass.

At the moment at Jingxing Pass, the battle is fierce.

Jingxing Pass is a natural danger, and the way of Jingxing is just a dangerous road where cars cannot be squared or rode in rows.

Jingxing Road is the only passage connecting Taiyuan County and Hengshan County. If you go further north, you have to cross hundreds of miles, from Yanmen County to Feihuxing, enter Shanggu County, and arrive at Youzhou.And to the south, you have to walk a hundred miles, from Fukouxing, from Shangdang County to Handan and Yecheng.

Since ancient times, when attacking Hebei from Shanxi, there are only these three natural channels to cross the Taihang Mountains.

Everywhere is a dangerous place, but although the way of Jingxing is dangerous, Wang Jian passed through it when he destroyed Zhao, and it was also through this way that Han Xin destroyed Zhao.

The stretch of water next to the city, when Han Xin defeated Zhao, it was by this water that he lined up against the water and defeated 20 Zhao troops in the first battle.
Although Yu Chigong knew that he could not compare with Wang Jian and Han Xin, he led 5000 troops to attack this pass for six days.The defenders were nothing more than third-rate rural soldiers, but the siege was the first-rate elite of the Youzhou Army.

But it was these third-rate people, relying on the danger of Jingxing Pass, they forcibly resisted Yu Chigong's stay here for six days.

Yuchi Gong couldn't help but look a little dignified, and his black face became even more serious. Hundreds of soldiers were killed or injured in the pass, and the defenders guarding the city also suffered a lot of casualties.

At this moment, there was a bang, and the gate of the checkpoint, after burning for two days and two nights, was finally smashed down by a car crash.

Seeing this, the soldiers under Yu Chigong's command shot dense arrows at the Guanmen against the guards at the top of the city.

The defenders were going to push out the door with knives and carts to block the door, but they were a step too late. After the soldiers of Youzhou chopped down several defenders, they directly entered the city.

Seeing that the Youzhou Army banner was finally planted on the top of the city, Yu Chigong finally dropped a stone and closed Jingxing. The passage from Taiyuan County to Hebei was finally opened, and it will be unimpeded from now on.

"Immediately report to Youzhou that after six days of bloody battle, our military guards captured Jingxing Pass, and now we, Wei Chigong, led the army to Lingshou County to join forces with General Xue and Shanggu Gong."

After Yu Chigong captured Jingxing Pass, the siege battle in Zhending County was coming to an end.

As the night fell, above the head of Zhending County, the torches were brightly lit, and the shouts of killing continued.

The horse paths and crenels of the city wall were covered with corpses, broken guns and spears, and pools of blood flowed from the city walls and horse paths.

The defenders tried their best to resist, but the untrained civilians, the village soldiers who had never fought, and the governor Wang Gongzheng, who had no power to restrain the chicken, could only talk empty words. In front of the original Wagang soldiers and the famous general Xu Shiji, they had no strength to fight back.

During the siege battle, Xu Shiji first pretended to attack the east of the city and then the west of the city. The defenders were tired of mobilizing, and finally Xu Shiji took advantage of the momentum to break through the north gate of the city in one fell swoop.

Once the north gate of the city is lost, Zhending County is also gone.

In less than an hour, the east and west of the city with low walls were lost one after another. surrender.

In the end, only the governor Wang Gongzheng stood firm at the south gate of the city, and led dozens of family servants, hundreds of town soldiers, yamen servants, arresters, and archers, to resist to the end.

In the end, Xue Wanche was all wiped out on the top of the city.

Wang Gongzheng's blood-stained official robe was tied up in front of Li Chongjiu by Wuhuada.

Li Chongjiu said: "Inspector Wang, you let hundreds of innocent people die in vain with your own will, do you have a conscience?"

Wang Gongzheng looked up at Li Chongjiu, and said eloquently: "Death is either lighter than a feather or heavier than Mount Tai. What regrets do you have? We all observe the festival for the Tang Dynasty. Although death is an honor, you are a clown, but For the time being, Youzhou is just a small place, and when the emperor's soldiers arrive in the future, they will kill them."

Li Chongjiu glanced at Wang Gongzheng, and said: "If you want to fight for fame, I will make it possible for you. Someone will push it out and cut it off. The owl's head hangs above the city gate."

Afterwards, amidst Wang Gongzheng's yelling, Xu Shiji and Xue Wanche clasped their fists at Li Chongjiu and said, "Shanggu Lord, Zhending City has been broken."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "The order will be passed down, and the list will be issued to appease the people. Except for the prince and the government, the rest will not be punished. There are also generals who restrain their subordinates and are not allowed to trespass. Anyone who dares to take the opportunity to rob and rape at this time , will be killed without mercy."

"No." After the general listened to the order, he immediately passed on the news.

Soon the inspection battalion composed of Li Chongjiu's personal soldiers began to patrol the city.The military discipline of the Wagang Army was mixed. Li Mi was good at the beginning, but after all the anti-kings of various ministries joined him, the military discipline also deteriorated.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu is here to set rules for Xu Shiji and the others, so that they can do this in the future, and they can't break the military discipline like the Wagang Army did in the later period.

Not long after, a general came to report and said: "Yong'an Wang Li Xiaoji's reinforcements, after learning that Lingshou County fell, did not dare to come to help Zhending County, and hurriedly withdrew their troops to Xiangguo County, while General Wang led cavalry to attack at night. Win a complete victory and capture Yong'an King Li Xiaoji alive."

All the generals couldn't help being surprised when they heard the words, Wang Mahan not only succeeded in attacking Li Tang's reinforcements, but also captured the enemy's general alive, this was a surprise.
Li Xiaoji is Li Yuan's cousin, he can be said to be his relative, and now he is captured alive, for Li Chongjiu, he is definitely a very valuable prisoner of war.

Before one happy event was over, another came, and another general rushed to report: "Shanggu Gong, General Yuchi, led the military guards, and they have already broken through Jingxing Pass."
Xu Shiji and Xue Wanche were all overjoyed, and said to Li Chongjiu, "Congratulations to Lord Shanggu, congratulations to Lord Shanggu, so Hengshan County and Hejun County have been owned by our army."

(End of this chapter)