The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 723

Li Xiuning and Chai Shao's vanguard battalion arrived in Yanliang, and the two generals ordered people to set aside the battlefield to scold outside the city, but Wei Zheng stood firm and did not fight.The two saw that Yan Liang's defense was very strict, and they didn't dare to act rashly because they only had a few thousand soldiers under him. After Li Yuan's brigade arrived, the Tang army began to attack the city aggressively.

However, in Yanliang County, 10,000+ Tang troops attacked for two days, but they could not take it down. Tens of thousands of Tang troops had been killed or injured in the siege. Li Yuan saw that the Tang army had suffered heavy losses, so he stopped the siege immediately, and then called all the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Pei Ji paid attention to Li Yuan and asked Li Yuan to avoid the truth. He believed that Daxing City must be empty at this time. Let Li Yuan's troops contain Wei Zheng's main force and send a division to attack Weinan. defeat.

Li Yuan adopted Pei Ji's suggestion, stopped the siege of the city and fortified the walls, and at the same time asked General You Yiwei Li Shentong to lead [-] Tang troops southward to attack Weinan.The small town of Weinan, with few soldiers and few generals, really couldn't resist Li Shentong's attack, and fell within a few days. After Li Shentong took Weinan, he led the Tang army straight into Daxing City.

When the news reached Yan Liang, Wei Zheng was really scared, and he abandoned the city and retreated. Li Yuan led the main force of the Tang army to chase after him.Not long after, the two Tang armies led by Li Yuan and Li Shentong arrived outside Daxing City. At this time, it was only two months before Li Yuan sent troops from Taiyuan.Li Xiuning and Chai Shao took the opportunity to capture Xianyang, and Daxing City became an isolated city. 10,000+ Tang troops surrounded Daxing City.

In addition to the original defenders, there are only 6 horses in Daxing City now, and Wei Zheng dare not go out to fight. He can only strengthen the city defense and stand by for help.

Li Jing, who was fighting Liang Jun in Jingzhou, was also surprised when he received Wei Zheng's urgent letter. Li Yuan's imperial conquest came to Puzhou so quickly?Li Jing felt that the situation was critical, otherwise Wei Zheng would not have asked him for help. Considering the lack of major generals in Daxing City, all the generals who are used to fighting have been transferred away. What can Wei Zheng do to resist Li Yuan's 10,000+ Tang army?Daxing is the home of the rebels, and Puzhou is not far from Daxing. Yang Yong and many family members of rebel generals are in Daxing City. If Daxing City is lost, the consequences will be disastrous.

The more Li Jing thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he didn't dare to delay, but he didn't have many troops. After two years of fighting, there were still more than 15 people left in this group of [-] troops. The battle of Dongting Lake alone cost nearly Thirty thousand rebel soldiers, but now they can no longer continue to attack Jingzhou, so quickly send an order to retreat.

Due to the heavy responsibility, Li Jing sent someone to send a letter to Yang Yong in Yuzhang, and at the same time asked General Qin Qiong to lead 6 troops to guard Yichang, Zhang Ying and Zhao Sheng to lead [-] troops to guard Jingmen, and told the three generals to only guard the city and not allow trade. Enter.Then Li Jing personally led generals Shan Xiongxin, Cheng Yaojin, Ding Tianqing, etc. to lead the remaining [-] people to Xiangyang and Shiyan, and returned to Shaanxi.

The news of Li Yuan's dispatch of troops and Li Jing's withdrawal soon reached Xiao Mian's ears. Xiao Mian thought the time was ripe, and let the patriarch Liu Jingxuan sit in the capital. Starting from Yueyang, 25 soldiers were divided into two groups, the first being the king of Chu. Zheng Wenxiu and Qi Wang Zhangxiu were the main and deputy Dayuan divisions. They commanded 15 troops to go south to Yiyang, went to Changsha and Zhuzhou, and attacked Yuzhang from the south; along the way, Xiao Xian personally led the [-] troops plus [-] naval divisions, a total of [-] troops. People and horses went down the river to attack Jiujiang, accompanied by generals such as Xu Xuanche, King of Yan, Yang Daosheng, King of Song, and Wan Zan, King of Lu.

Xiao Mian's wishful thinking was that two groups of troops besieged Yang Yong. After Yang Yong heard the news that Li Yuan was going south and Li Jing was retreating, he would definitely have to withdraw his troops. The territory of the five kings in the south of the Yangtze River is all his.

The reason why Xiao Xian took the main force to attack Jiujiang was because at this time, Yang Yong and Xu Maogong had taken Jiujiang by land and water.

It turned out that after the beginning of spring, after two months of preparations, Yang Yong had gathered 18 volunteers near Yuzhang, and the food and grass had been prepared. Almost at the same time that Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, Yang Yong ordered Hou Junji to guard Yuzhang and give him Leaving 17 elite soldiers to guard the city, he and Xu Maogong led an army of [-], including [-] sailors, to go north along the Ganjiang River, pass through Poyang Lake, and head towards Jiujiang.

Jiujiang is one of the important military towns in the east of Xiaoliang. There are [-] elite soldiers stationed in the city. Ruichang and Hukou outside the city are the two wings of Jiujiang, each stationed with [-] elite soldiers. The small county is the grain and grass reserve for the soldiers of Jiujiang. There are [-] elite soldiers stationed there. In addition, Jiujiang City is high and deep, and relies on the natural danger of the Yangtze River.

After Yang Yong and Xu Maogong found out about these situations, they discussed and decided to cut off its wings first and not attack Jiujiang first. Instead, they used the main force Chen Bing to watch Jiujiang near Jiujiang. At the same time, they sent three partial divisions. Hukou, the second route led by Bai Yu, Bi'er and Zhu'er led [-] naval forces to attack Pengze, and the third route led by military adviser Xu Maogong led generals Luo Song and Yu Chi Gong to attack Ruichang with [-] rebels.Yang Yong led Chen Bing, the main force of the [-] rebel army, outside Jiujiang City, and stood still.

Ruichang, Hukou, and Pengze, these three places were attacked by the rebels at the same time, but the soldiers in Jiujiang City did not dare to support them anywhere, because Yang Yong's nearly [-] troops were watching, and they could only stay honestly. In the city, dare not act rashly.But they couldn't sit still, but sent someone to ask for help from nearby Jiangxia.

Jiangxia is today's Xianning, Hubei. It is only about [-] miles away from Jiujiang. It is said that this distance is not too far, and the cavalry can arrive within two days.But Yang Yong's men and horses moved too fast, and before Jiang Xia sent reinforcements, Ruichang, Hukou and Pengze fell one after another, and Jiujiang became an isolated city.

10,000+ water and land rebels trapped Jiujiang City, but Yang Yong knew that Jiujiang City was high and deep, and the cost of forcibly attacking the city was too high, so he discussed with Xu Maogong to fill in soil and build a platform outside the south gate of Jiujiang City.

Yang Yong and Xu Maogong planned to build three high platforms outside the city, the height of which should exceed the city wall, and then send troops to climb up the high platforms to shoot arrows into the city, and then attacking the city will be as easy as turning a finger.Generals Zhang Ruixiang, Kang Jinyu, and Yang Guowen were in charge of building the platform. Each led [-] troops to dig, transport, fill, and move bricks. up.

In order to fear that Liang Jun in the city would come out to make trouble, Yang Yong ordered Luo Song, Yu Chigong, Zhang Jiaxiang, and Zhao Sihai to lead [-] troops each to guard the scene.

After Yang Yong made the arrangements, he sat in the tent, accompanied by some beauties, had tea and drinks, chatted and played chess, and waited for the good news. But every day he and Xu Maogong would go to the site to check the progress of the platform construction.

Halfway through the construction, the Liang army in the city really saw through the intention of the rebel army, and couldn't hold back any longer. In the middle of the night, the city gate suddenly opened, and two generals came out of the city and led [-] Liang soldiers to make trouble. , in an attempt to destroy the high platform of the rebel army.

The four generals Luo Song, Yu Chigong, Zhang Jiaxiang, and Zhao Sihai moved upon hearing the news, and surrounded them with 4 troops shouting from four directions. A single charge killed the Wanliang army, and two Liang generals also died in the rebellion. among.An hour later, none of the ten thousand Liang soldiers returned, and all of them were dead outside the city.

Originally, these 1 people could run back several thousand, but because the rebels were in a hurry and it was dark, Liang Jun in the city was afraid of being fooled and lost the city, so he dared not open the city. As a result, these Liang Jun were cheated.

In the middle of the night and the fourth watch of the second day, 5000 Liang troops in the city abandoned the city and fled, breaking through the siege overnight. At dawn, [-] or [-] people broke out of the siege from the water and fled.Yang Yong didn't order people to chase after him, but ordered people to stop building the platform, and led a large group of people into the city.

After a two-day truce in the city, on the third day after taking Jiujiang, Yang Yong ordered general Zhang Ruixiang to lead 15 troops to defend Jiujiang, and Xu Maogong led an army up the river. The next goal was to capture Jiangxia.As soon as Yang Yong's men left Jiujiang, they got the battle report. Xiao Mian personally marched, and 20 troops plus Jiangxia's defenders of nearly [-] had already stationed in Jiangxia.

Yang Yong was delighted when he heard that, "Damn it, you still dare to fight in person? I made you the second Lin Shihong this time!"

(End of this chapter)