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Chapter 705 Robbery Grain (Second Change)

Seeing the Tang army's ambush, all the generals under Shan Xiongxin showed annoyance.

At this time, Shan Xiongxin said to the left and right: "At this point, there is still no doubt, we can only fight together."

At this time, a general galloped over and said to Shan Xiong: "General Shan, General Xu has something to say, he is willing to lead his troops to the rear, and begs General Shan to retreat immediately!"

Shan Xiongxin was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, Xu Shiji's troops had retreated at this time, but he actually took the initiative to stand in the rear for him.

Shan Xiongxin felt ashamed when he heard this, but he also knew that this was not the time to act on his own will, otherwise tens of thousands of lives would be lost.Shan Xiongxin clasped his fists at the general and said, "Thank you, General Xu, order the army to retreat!"

At that moment, Shan Xiongxin led his army to retreat.Li Xiaogong personally led the Tang army to start the pursuit bravely, and the besieged Tang army also re-energized and launched a counterattack.

Shan Xiongxin sent Qi Ashu's three thousand cavalry to cooperate with Xu Shiji's Luo Shixin's three thousand cavalry to harass the Tang army.

The cavalry of the Tang army caught up and fought, but the cavalry of the Tang army was not yet the opponent of the cavalry of the Zhao army.However, at this time, Tang Jun Sheng Yan's division had already circled to Zhao Jun's side and launched an attack.

The two armies fell into a fierce battle...

After the fierce battle, the two armies retreated separately. In this battle, Meng Yigui, the brother of Meng Haigong, the general of the Zhao army, died.

However, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing's army on the South Road crossed Yique and approached the city of Luoyang. They echoed with Li Tang's army on the North Road on the bank of the Yellow River to the north of Luoyang. Zhao Jun's situation in Luoyang was immediately in danger.

Wangwu County, Hanoi County.

Wangwu Mountain stands tall here.

Wangwu is adjacent to Taihang on the east, Zhongtiao on the west, Taiyue on the north and Yellow River on the south.

There are countless high mountains and dangerous passes near Wangwu Mountain. Zhiguanxing passes by, and there is also the world-famous dangerous pass Zhiguan.On the Zheguan Xing is a narrow path. Jin Wengong widened this path in order to enter the Central Plains, but the path is still not spacious.

Five thousand soldiers of the Tang army and [-] Hedong civil servants are escorting the army rations of Li Tang North Road, trekking on Zheguan Xing.The hard-won rations were the autumn rations that Li Tang had just harvested from more than [-] prefectures in Guanzhong. This rations had long been used as a reserve for this spring's war, so they had not been put into storage.

The person in charge of escorting the grain and grass was General Qian Jiulong of Youwuwei.Qian Jiulong was originally a general of Li Yuan's family, and he followed Li Yuan before he raised troops in Jinyang.Li Yuan had a lot of trust in Qian Jiulong. Whether it was Li Shimin or Li Jiancheng, Qian Jiulong was with the army and served as Li Yuan's eyes and ears.

Now in Zhiguanxing, [-] civil servants are pushing one-wheeled rooster carts. Chicken carts are popular in Sichuan and Shu.

Civil servants wear hoods on their shoulders, hold the handlebars with both hands, and wear white scarves on their heads. They push on the narrow mountain roads. Each rooster cart can carry at least two to three stones of military rations. Although it is not much, it adds up. , [-] civil servants supported tens of thousands of rooster carts to carry out, and transported [-] to [-] shi of military food, which was enough to support the frontline army for a period of time.

However, it was very difficult for Zhe Guanxing to travel. In order to hurry, Qian Jiulong ordered the servants to leave early every morning, which made these servants miserable.

This is also helpless, Qian Jiulong knew that the army of Li Tang North Road would run out of rations this time, and if the tens of thousands of rations did not keep up, the 10,000+ troops would starve.So Qian Jiulong's urging was inevitably a little tighter.

These civil servants don't understand that the military rations are related to the outcome of the battle, and this service is nothing more than regular service for them.According to the Zuyong dispatch order issued by Li Tang, every citizen of the Tang Dynasty had to send two stones of millet to the country for rent;

Compared with the government soldiers who are obliged to fight for the country, life as an ordinary person is actually more difficult.The people of Li and Tang could not help but envy the people of Zhao State. Although Zhao State also paid rent and taxes to the people, it did not require the people to serve.

And when the Li and Tang civil servants arrived at the official duty this time, it was the season of spring plowing. At this time, the people were transferred. Also be hungry.So Li Tang's civilian servants wanted to end the war as soon as possible and go home to take care of their few acres of fields.

Qian Jiulong urged the grain team to have just crossed Wangwu Mountain and approached the Yellow River, thinking that in three to five days, all the grain would be sent to the camp in Hanoi.Qian Jiulong secretly relieved himself.But he didn't expect that the five thousand Zhao Jun Prairie Fanqi near the mountain road had already set their sights on him.

Yinghe Fu knew that it was impossible for his [-] cavalry to stop the Tang army from crossing the Yellow River this time, so the only way was to harass the Tang army's grain road.

Therefore, after Yinghefu reached a tacit agreement with Su Dingfang, he was asked to defend the three cities of Heyang, while he led his army to sneak into Hanoi County.At present, the main force of the Tang army is on the front line of Heyang, and the defense of various parts of Hanoi County is insufficient.Yinghefu then ordered the general to appear in Hanoi County with 5000 troops, pretending to attack Hanoi County with great fanfare, attracting the attention of the Tang army.

And Yinghefu himself led five thousand elite riders to sneak into the area of ​​Wangwushan.He knew in his heart that the vicinity of Wangwu Mountain was the only way for Li Tang's grain road, so he lurked here for the purpose of Tang army's grain and supplies.

At this time, Qian Jiulong's grain transport army had just left the Wangwu mountain range and arrived on the plain.After finishing this hard journey, the civilian servants and soldiers of the Tang army were exhausted and asked to rest.Qian Jiulong suppressed the civilian servants all the way. Seeing that the civilian servants couldn't move anymore, he didn't dare to embarrass them anymore, otherwise it would trigger a civil uprising.

Qian Jiulong immediately asked them to rest beside the road.

Immediately, the whole road was full of resting people. Qian Jiulong looked at the terrain. On the left side of this road was a hillside, and on the right side was a slope. Further away, the Yellow River could be seen.

The civilian servants were resting next to the road, and the chicken bus was left aside so casually. The soldiers took off their leather headbands, picked up their skin bags to drink water, and chewed some dry food to fill their stomachs.

The civil servants, on the other hand, looked enviously at seeing the soldiers of the Tang Army have something to eat, because the imperial court did not provide food for the civilian servants during the official service, and the civilian servants had to prepare their own food.These few days of marching and civilian service have not eaten much food, and the rest must be put on the road behind to fill their stomachs. They dare not fill their stomachs like the soldiers of the Tang Army.

As for the grain and grass on the chicken bus, the civilian servants dare not make up their minds. The Tang army has strict military laws. Beheaded.

Qian Jiulong saw the soldiers and civilian servants sitting on the ground in a state of loose sand on one side.Qian Jiulong couldn't help shaking his head, and immediately he waved his hand, and immediately the vanguard of the White Army under the tent straddled their swords and ran towards the left hillside in a short trot.

The two reached the top of the mountain, at this moment one turned around and shouted: "No, there are enemy troops at the bottom of the mountain!"

As soon as the words fell, a war horse appeared from the left side of the soldier. The soldier on the horse had a bearded face and a machete in his hand. He could tell at a glance that he was not a Han Chinese.But seeing him swinging the knife down, the armor on the chest of this vanguard was easily torn apart like paper.

The vanguard rolled and rolled down the hillside.

Qian Jiulong shouted loudly: "The enemy is attacking, let me fight!"

After Qian Jiulong pulled out his sword, a mass of cavalrymen appeared on the right side of the mountain, and horseshoes roared in the valley, and countless Fanjun cavalrymen wearing animal skins appeared on the mountain ridge, which looked like a black horse from a distance. Wire.

Yinghe Fuyu stood on the hillside, pointing his spear forward at the foot of the hill, and the cavalry of Fanjun galloped down the hillside.

You must know that the cavalry descending from the hillside is a technical job. If the cavalry galloping in front is not careful, it is easy to stumble, which will cause a chain reaction of the cavalry behind.It is said that Yue Yun, the son of Yue Fei, once trained his horse downhill when the horse stumbled and fell down. Yue Fei was so angry that he almost beheaded Yue Yun.

But all of this is extremely proficient for the Fanjun cavalry who were born and grew up on horseback.But I saw them driving their horses and forming a dense formation from the top of the mountain, rushing to charge the Tang army's grain army down the mountain.

The sound of hoofbeats continued.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Tang army at the foot of the mountain changed their expressions.
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