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Chapter 496 The Battle of Gaoyang
The Hebei scholars who accompanied the army were still talking loudly, as if they were not fighting, but outings.

Li Shentong's Tang army's goal of declaring troops and showing off their martial arts was achieved. Seeing this elite Tang army make dozens of Hebei scholars who accompanied the army fight against the Tang army's combat power, it is really a lot of high praise.

Li Shentong listened to the praise words from Hebei scholars, his face was full of spring breeze, but his heart was as cold as winter.If he had known that Wang Bo was such a person, he would not have led [-] Shandong Tang troops alone to attack Liyang Cang, no matter what Li Shentong said.

"I didn't expect that I, Li Shentong, would be caught in a difficult situation. I would have known that I would not have boasted about going to Haikou." Li Shentong said in his heart. He has always been a person who cares about face. , and retreated from Liyang City, how would the generals and those Hebei elites think of themselves.

Li Shentong thought of this, looked at the soldiers of the Tang army behind him, and thought in his heart, he had 2 troops, and there were only [-] Zhao troops in Liyang City, so why retreat, it would be good to restrain them here.

So Li Shentong thought about where to camp.

Li Shentong opened the map. On the map, Li Yang was built with Dagu Mountain facing north.

The west gate leads directly to the ancient ferry of Weihe River, then to Qishui in the west, Dunqiu in the northwest, and Yongyu and Qikou in the southwest.

To the north of Liyang City is the city of Yankou. When the servant of the Shangshu of the Northern Wei Dynasty Gao Longzhi built Yedu, he built a furnace to make iron here, also known as Yankou Ye. Further north is Mingzhou.And to the east, there are Jindi and Liyang Ferry.

Li Shentong thought for a while, and decided to camp [-] miles northwest of Liyang, here to echo Liu Heita's main force in Mingzhou, and at the same time monitor the Liyang warehouse, and return to Hanoi in case of failure.

After Li Shentong made his decision, Tang Jun immediately stationed in the camp along Dunqiu and Qishui.

In order to guard against Li Chongjiu's Youyan iron cavalry, not only Li Shentong, but also the Tang army will camp along the river. As the top priority of camping, it has been implemented.

At this moment, on the top of Dagu Mountain in the south of Liyang City, Li Chongjiu was wearing a big cloak, overlooking from the top of the mountain.When Wagang occupied Liyang, Li Mi built a Chinese military pavilion on the top of Dagu Mountain to monitor the waterway of the Yellow River.

Li Chongjiu, Xue Wanshu, and Xue Wanche looked at the rolling Yellow River together.

Xue Wanche said: "When Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty conquered the world with the forces of You and Bingzhou, he first set up a camp in Liyang to block Hebei. Later, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought troops, they all took Liyang as the place to win. Now the Yongji Canal will be connected. Liyang is adjacent to the big river in the south, the canal in the east, Ye and Prime Minister in the north, and Hanoi in the west. In the opinion of my humble minister, in the future, if Zhuolu is in the Central Plains, Youjing is really beyond reach. It is better to set up a platform in Liyang to control Hebei, Henan, and Shandong. military affairs."
Before Li Chongjiu opened his mouth, Xue Wanshu reprimanded him: "At present, Liu Heita, Yu Wenhua has not been pacified, Li Shentong is still in Hebei, and you are looking at Shu before you get Long."

Hearing his elder brother's reprimand, Xue Wanche said unconvincedly: "Only Guangwu has a trace to take over the world with Youyan. Guangwu went up to the valley, and Yuyang's sudden cavalry cut off all the heroes in the world. Why don't you learn from it today, my lord."

When the two were arguing, a scout suddenly came to report: "The general of the Tang Army, King Huai'an, is in Qishui and Dunqiu line up."

Qishui, Dunqiu.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help laughing and said: "There is a saying in the Book of Songs, sending Zi Sheqi away. As for Dunqiu, it seems that Li Shentong is an elegant person."

Xue Wanche and Xue Wanshu couldn't help smiling when they heard the words, and the quarrel just disappeared.

Li Chongjiu asked: "Where has Li Wenxiang's Hebei surrendered army gone?"

Xue Wanche reported: "We have arrived in Neihuang. The king wants to join Li Wenxiang and attack Li Shentong together."

Xue Wanshu said: "Li Shentong has 2 horses, our army is less than [-], and nearly half of them are soldiers from Hebei. If we suddenly start a war with the Tang army, we will not be sure of victory, not to mention that Wang Bo will turn back at any time. Let alone the Tang army. The Qishui line where we are stationed is really not conducive to the use of our cavalry."

Li Chongjiu said: "Li's supernatural powers are exhausted. Wang Bo joined him. He knew that he was alone, but he couldn't advance, and he was afraid of being ridiculed when he retreated. He was really stuck here. His general had lost his vigor. What are you afraid of?"

Li Shentong looked at Xue Wanche and said: "I will order you and Luo Shixin to lead a thousand light cavalry each to bypass Qishui and harass Li Shentong's food road."

"No!" Xue Wanche strode away after he obeyed.

Hejian County, Gaoyang City.

The city was covered in blood.

The soldiers' shouts of killing rang out again and again.

The siege of Gaoyang City lasted for twenty days.

The main attacker was Xu Shiji, a famous general of the Zhao army, who made a surprise attack on the Xia army's camp in the first battle of Yishui, captured Dou Jiande, and established a great reputation.

And the main guard is Dou Jiande's sworn brother Gao Yaxian, who is also a famous general of the Xia Army.

After persuasion failed, more than [-] people from Xu Shiji's headquarters joined Yu Chigong who had retreated from the north, and Xue Wanjun's troops, a total of [-] troops, began to besiege Gao Yangcheng where Gao Yaxian's [-] Xia soldiers were stationed.

At the beginning of the war, the two sides fought fiercely. Facing the [-] elite Zhao army, Gao Yaxian's troops defended the city without giving up an inch.

Both armies above and below the city are piled up with dead bodies, piled up like a mountain.

Ten days before the fierce battle, even under the command of the famous general Xu Shiji, he was still helpless, and the Zhao army's siege soldiers suffered heavy casualties.Gaoyang City was like a hard walnut, snapping off Zhao Jun's big teeth.In order to conquer Gaoyang City, Xu Shiji had no choice but to use the kerosene bombs and eight-point guns made by Zhao Jun's armory shop. These were originally reserved for attacking Liu Hei's headquarters, Mingzhou Yongnian City.

The kerosene bombs were exhausted, and most of the eight-shoot cannons were broken. Finally, on the 17th of the siege, Zhao Jun used eight-shoot cannons to bombard a city wall in the south of the city.

The two armies fought on the city wall for a whole day, and finally Xia Jun declared that the city wall had fallen.

According to normal warfare, if the city walls were lost, the defenders would be helpless, but under the command of Gao Yaxian, the Xia army still fought fiercely with Xu Shiji's siege army for two days.

Most of Xia's 1 troops guarding the city were wiped out.

Now the battle in Gaoyang City is coming to an end, inside the arsenal in the south of the city.

Nearly a hundred soldiers of the Xia army were still fighting stubbornly. Su Dingfang climbed to the third floor of the arsenal with Gao Yaxian on his back, holding a big knife.

Xia Jun's soldiers guarded the stairs, Su Dingfang put Gao Yaxian on the ground, pressed desperately on the bleeding wound on the other's left chest, and said with tears in his eyes, "Father!"

Gao Yaxian slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Su Dingfang, and asked, "How is the battle going?"

Su Dingfang shook his head, and said: "Lieutenant Liu and Gaogao Lieutenant died in battle. Second Uncle Lin, in order to protect us, after breaking up at the intersection, I'm afraid he will also..."

"I see." Gao Yaxian showed a happy smile on his face instead.

Su Dingfang wept and said: "Father!"

Gao Ya Xianping said peacefully: "You may ask me, why do you want to defend a city that cannot be defended at all?"

Su Dingfang shook his head, and said: "Father, what do you say, even if I go through fire and water, I will do it without blinking."

Gao Yaxian smiled and said: "Don't be stupid, nothing is as important as life. Back then when the King of Xia raised troops in Hebei, our brothers gathered together so powerfully. Now that the Xia Kingdom is about to perish, what I, Gao Yaxian, did today is also the same. You are worthy of King Xia, Liu Heita and the two of them."

(End of this chapter)