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Chapter 703 Night Attack
Li Tang's Sichuan and Shu army directly crossed Nanyang and headed straight for Luoyang.

This way is the [-] Sichuan and Shu army of Li Jing and Li Xiaogong, the elite who broke the beam last September, and now after five months of rest, they are back on the battlefield.

Li Xiaogong led the general and governor of the entire army, and then ordered Zhou Faming to be the commander of the water army to be in charge of transporting grain from the river. Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang, was the deputy general, Li Jing was the commander of the army, the governor of Guzhou was Ren Guifeng, Pang Yu, and Li Daliang were the deputy pioneers. Advance along the Yihe River Valley passage, rushing straight from Xiangyang City to Yique.

Yique, Yi refers to Yishui. In Yique, there is Longmen Mountain Jiahe opposite, and Yishui flows. It looks like a natural gate from a distance, so it is named Yique.At that time, Bai Qi defeated 24 Korean and Wei coalition forces here, and his reputation shook the world.

Li Xiaogong's army joined several Tang troops, and their troops were Tian Zan, the governor of Huai'an County; Cui Shu, the governor of Yingchuan County; Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Youwu Marquis; Du Caigan, the governor of Nanyang County; Shi Derui, the governor of Huaiyang County; Guarding Wei Lu, Xu Yiju, the governor of Handong County, and Sheng Yanshi, the governor of Songzhou.

Except for Master Sheng Yan, most of these people were Wang Shichong's old subordinates. When Li Tang attacked Zheng, they took the lead in defecting to Tang.Now that Li Xiaogong is going on an expedition, they each raised their troops to join up.

After Li Xiaogong received the reinforcements of these governors, his troops increased sharply, and the South Army that attacked Luoyang reached 12.After joining forces, the Tang army was very powerful, and the army went straight to the city of Yique.

And around Yique, Xue Wanshu and Shan Xiongxin have also been operating for half a year. At first, they existed as a barrier to the south of Luoyang, just like Heyang.

After Li Tang's army arrived, general Zhang Gongjin, together with pioneers Ren Gui and Pang Yu, attacked the city.The morale of the Tang army was like a rainbow, and Yique just held on for two days before declaring his fall.

At this time, Xu Shiji led Wang Bo, Meng Haigong and the soldiers of the Tunwei Army. After crossing the mountains around Wuguan, when they were about to reach Yique, they heard that Yique City had been captured by the vanguard of Li Tang's army.This shocked Xu Shiji's army slightly.

Now Xu Shiji was watching the formation from the sidelines of Yique City, seeing the Tang army forming a lineup under Yique City, he said to the left and right: "It's not a big deal for Yique City to be captured, but I think Tang Jun's army on the South Road is strong, and that's what I'm most worried about. Moreover, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing are famous generals comparable to Bai Qi and Wang Jian, it will not be easy for our army to defeat them."

After Xu Shiji finished speaking, a soldier on the side came up on horseback and said, "General, my general led 2 horses and came from Luoyang to camp [-] miles north of Yique. He decided to counterattack Yique and carry out a night attack tonight. , and ask General Xu to cooperate."

Xu Shiji heard the words and said: "General Shan sent 2 people here, so Luoyang City has become an empty city. What kind of soldiers and horses are used to defend the city? General Shan decided to attack at night when he arrived here. It is too risky to do so. will not agree."

The soldier said: "Reporting to General Xu, General Shan said that if Luoyang is currently trapped, under the combined attack of Li Tang's northern and southern armies, the situation will fall into a passive situation. It is better to concentrate our forces first and break Li Tang's road first. As long as we defeat Li Tang's army on the South Road, then even if the main force of the Tang Army's North Road crosses the Yellow River, it will not be afraid."

Xu Shiji said: "General Shan's idea is very good, but he still doesn't know that Li Tang's South Army has received reinforcements. There are more than 3 Tang troops in Yique city, not to mention the main force of the Tang army coming from Xiangyang. .”

The soldier's face changed when he heard the words, obviously he didn't expect the Tang army to have so many troops in Yique city, but he still said: "General Shan said that there is no turning back when he opens his bow. Even if the main force of the Tang army is in Yique, he will attack Yique." Que's heart will not be shaken either. If General Xu doesn't cooperate, then that's fine, he will independently counterattack and recover Yi Que, if he loses, he will take the blame, and if he wins, the credit will be shared with General Xu."

As soon as this remark came out, the generals of the guard army under Xu Shiji's tent all looked very ugly.Shan Xiongxin did this entirely to force Xu Shiji's guards to make the same decision as him.

"General! This is too deceiving." The subordinate said to Xu Shiji.

Xu Shiji stopped his hand, and he was also angry in his heart, and he didn't know that the risk of Shan Xiongxin's night attack was very high.But Xu Shiji thought for a while, and then said to the left and right: "General Shan is right to think about it. The Tang army attacked Yique for one day, and the soldiers were very tired, and their defenses must be lax at night. If our army succeeds in the night attack, it would be an opportunity, and it would dampen the spirit of the Tang army. "

The generals heard Xu Shiji do this, but they all kept silent. Xu Shiji had a high prestige in the army, and he had no plans. When he said there was a chance, the generals thought there was a chance.

Seeing that Xu Shiji used his prestige to stabilize the generals, he said: "However, I have agreed with General Shan that no matter what the battle situation is tonight, we must withdraw from the battle at dawn."

Under the city of Yique that night, it was the moon and the stars.

Because the city of Yique was small, the soldiers of the Tang army were all stationed outside the camp, but there was silence inside the camp, the noise of the day had stopped, and the soldiers entered the warehouse.

The forward of the Hou Wei army, Qi Ashu, led 3000 troops and arrived in front of the Tang army's camp.

He looked at the Tang Army's camp for a while and couldn't help but smiled and said to the left and right: "The battle in the daytime really exhausted the Tang Army."

A person on the side asked: "How does the general know?"

Qi Ashu said: "The army of the Tang Dynasty is strictly disciplined. Every camp is set up with a general in the center. The front army of the right wing, the right army of the right wing, the Houyu army of the right, the Houhou army of the left, the left army of the left wing and the rear army of the left wing are outside. A large formation encloses a small formation, and a large camp encloses a small camp, just like the blossoming of six flowers."

"Not only that, each battalion has its own length, the number of rows, the depth of the trenches, and the location of the camp gates.

The general at the side showed a look of admiration and said: "Master, you have been a general of the Han people in the past few years, and it seems that you have learned a lot of skills."

Qi Ashu said: "What are you talking about, I have joined the government army now, so don't call me the leader of the army anymore. Tell the brothers to follow me to break the camp! The soldiers and horses of the guard army will attack from the other side to cooperate with our army's attack! "

After speaking, Qi Ashu took his three thousand cavalry to the camp.

The cavalry of this army were originally the elite cavalry of the Shidexi Department. After they were incorporated into the Houwei Army, they underwent strict drills and their equipment was replaced.

Qi Ashu chose a Tang army camp that was not well-arranged, and suddenly wedged in from the position.Tang Jun's camp was really arranged very sloppily. When they went down to the village, they didn't even place antlers and barbed wire.The trench was not dug to a width of one foot and two according to the standard, and the Fanjun cavalry easily crossed the trench, broke through the fragile camp and entered the Tang Army camp.

Under the night attack, the Tang army was not prepared at all. The Fanjun cavalry who begged for Ashu carried knives and slashed in the Tang army's camp, while the Tang army soldiers ran around crying and shouting like headless chickens.

(End of this chapter)