Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 39 Yizhou Offense and Defense
At the Twelve Guards Youwuwei Camp, Qin Qiong opened the map and pointed to the map and said, "The Chiefs and the others are going to guard the front line of Gyeongju and Lingzhou. The task is the heaviest, and it is also the most likely route for the main force of the Turks, because the Turks haven't come to fight in the spring yet." It is the habit of the generals to come to grab supplies for the winter when the horses are fat and strong in autumn, so this time they must come directly to Chang'an. King Hejian and the others have to guard the front line of Daizhou, and the Turks should basically come from there, Youzhou , Yizhou is guarded by King Li Yi of Yan. We are mainly helping to prevent the Turks from Daizhou. All the people are evacuated to Hengzhou, General Feng, you take 5000 of your men to Yizhou, I will inform King Yan, after all, the main force of King Yan is currently in Youzhou, if there are many Turkic people, I am afraid he will not be able to defend there, "two The people all lead the order to go to prepare,
This time Feng Daiwen brought more than 10000 soldiers and horses. Feng Daiwen asked Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui to lead 1000 cavalry to Youzhou to evacuate the people. Feng Daijin and Feng Daihuo led 9000 elephants, 800 elephant soldiers, and 3000 civilian husbands came slowly with logistics,

On March 20th, Feng Daiwen arrived in Yizhou and took over the Yizhou military. Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui had already evacuated the people to Yizhou. Trend, at this time Feng Daiwen had received the news that the Turkic soldiers were divided into two groups, one was led by Jieli Khan himself with 2 troops, and Liang Shidu sent 10 troops to cooperate with the Turks to attack Qingzhou directly from Shuofang. The intention was obviously to point to Chang'an. All the way, Tuli Khan led 4 troops to Shuozhou in the cloud. The Turks who came out of Shuofang were attacked by Yu Chigong all the way, tired, and marched slowly. Tuli's soldiers were also blocked by Li Ji and Li Xiaogong in Fenzhou. They fought several times, each with casualties, but Ren Tuli was unable to move. Qin Qiong and Changsun Wuji joined Duan Zhixuan and led [-] troops from Taiyuan to encircle and wipe out Tuli.

Feng Daiwen received the news that Ma Zhou was summoned, Su Dingfang discussed how to march to cooperate with Qin Qiong, and reported,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and several cavalry came at a gallop, before reaching Feng Daiwen's camp, Feng Daiwen had already heard it, Quickly took Su Dingfang and others out of the account to check,
"Report to the general, Captain Xue urgently reports that the king of Yan rebelled, sent 5 troops, and came straight to Yizhou with 3 Turkic cavalry. It is almost 100 miles away," the scout hurriedly reported, and handed over Xue Rengui's letter,
Feng Daiwen was greatly surprised, he hurriedly took it and took a quick look, frowning; why did King Yan rebel at this time?

Ma Zhou thought for a while and said, "It's not surprising. Luo Yi is located in Youzhou and should have hooked up with the Turks for a long time. After all, since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the border gates have been supported by the Turks. Luo Yi was originally built by the former prince. This time the sage was enthroned, but he was not granted a title. I guess he was dissatisfied with it. Although the general led the troops to inform the King of Yan this time, he was a guilty conscience after all, thinking that the sage would do something to him, so he turned against him."

"King Bin is right, that's the reason why things are almost inseparable, but you see how we should act." Feng Daiwen thought about Ma Zhou, Su Dingfang and others arrived,
"At the moment, we have to stick to Yizhou City, and let the surrounding small towns evacuate to the back of Yizhou, and send a letter to the general manager. After the general manager, they beat back the Turks and come to rescue." Ma Zhou thought for a while and said;
"We only have 10000 troops, not enough cavalry, so we have to defend the city," Su Dingfang also agreed;
"Well, let's arrange it like this. Dingfang arranges for the army to enter the city, and Dingfang is responsible for arranging the city defense. Xue Rengui is ordered to inform the surrounding towns to evacuate. King Bin summons the people in the city. Rich merchants send people to help, so that Rengui will join Dai Jin after the matter is over. They wait for the opportunity," Feng Daiwen quickly arranged, there is a city to defend, and Feng Daijin's logistics is coming soon, Feng Daiwen is not worried that Luo Yi's 8 horses cannot be defended,
On March [-], Luo Yi's men and horses completed the siege of Yizhou, encircling three squares and one. Luo Yi is also a veteran in the battlefield, and he is still a soldier. The simplest art of war is also the most practical. The defender's way of life is actually a scheming, if he retreats from the empty gate, he will be chased and killed by the three-way army.

"Feng Daiwen came out to answer." Luo Yi rode his horse to a stone's throw away from the city and shouted:

"Feng Daiwen is here, the sage will take you well, why does the king of Yan rebel, now turn around and destroy the Turks, I will definitely ask for credit for the king of Yan in front of the sage" Feng Daiwen stood up and replied loudly, taking the opportunity to provoke.

"Li Shimin killed his brother and imprisoned the king. This king is the king who leads the army to serve the king. Why don't General Feng go to Beijing to serve the king together with this king?" Luo Yi shouted his slogan for sending troops, implying that Feng Daiwen rebelled with him. It's going to be a big trouble to rebel.
"Fart, King Qi murdered the king for rebellion and killed the prince. You, Luo Yi, were dissatisfied with the saint's heart. You dared to rebel, and you even seduced the Turks to kill our people. You deserve death. You will be punished in the future. Do the soldiers Are you going to follow Luo Yi in killing your compatriots?" Feng Daiwen roared angrily;
"Siege" Luo Yi became furious, retreated directly, and attacked with his army.
"Swords and shields step forward, prepare bows and crossbows" Feng Daiwen ordered; Yizhou city is a rectangle with narrow sides, so Luo Yi let the Turkic soldiers defend the two sides, and he led the attack in the middle, Feng Daiwen and Su Dingfang led the troops to defend half , 9000 men and horses are divided into 8000 and 4000 teams take turns to guard here. It happens that 4000 men are in a team, and 2000 bows and crossbows are combined with 2000 other arms.

Luo Yi is worthy of being a veteran who has led the army for many years. His soldiers and horses are all well-trained. A large number of shield soldiers are in the front, sword and shield soldiers are in the middle, and archers are behind. Yes, a group of strong men came straight to the city gate carrying giant logs under the cover of shield hands,,,

"Did Luo Yi underestimate me, actually wanting to go down in one fell swoop, and sent 2 people into the palace at one time, and Chen Hu ordered all the archers to come up, pay attention to Dingfang and bring people to support at any time?" Feng Daiwen looked outside and asked Chen Xiong arrives;

"The general is young, Luo Yi has never met the general, presumably Luo Yi does not take the general to heart," Chen Xiongwen returned in a low voice;

"Haha, let Luo Yi see how powerful he is," Feng Daiwen laughed loudly, "Set up the shield, prepare the bow and crossbow" loudly ordered.The giant shield soldier immediately raised his big shield obliquely, the crossbowmen squatted behind the shield soldier, and the sword and shield soldier raised their shield to protect themselves.

The archers below the city shot arrows and suppressed the city, "Hold on, hold on, get closer!" Feng Daiwen peeped at the city with a shield and shouted orders.

The soldiers and horses under the city had already attacked 50 meters below the city, and the shield soldiers scattered in all directions, releasing the sword and shield soldiers who followed behind,

Let the arrows,,, let the arrows,,,, Feng Devin's loud order

The crossbowmen immediately stood up and did not need to aim. Anyway, there were people everywhere in the city, and they shot out immediately. One crossbow had 5 arrows. One team retreated immediately after shooting, and the other team went on. Just change the arrow box, go forward and shoot again. , the two teams rotated, the rain of arrows continued, Feng Daiwen chose the timing very cleverly, it happened that the shield soldiers under the city retreated, released sword soldiers to attack the city, and released arrows while covering the archers behind, and suddenly countless sword soldiers and archers were shot under the city , This batch of crossbow arrows shot at least 7 to 8 crossbow arrows in this short period of time, especially the archers were only a few thousand, and basically none of them were intact. The men and horses protected by the shield soldiers retreated blankly and frightened.

"Stop,,," Feng Daiwen ordered loudly,
Luo Yi's face turned red with anger, knowing that he had underestimated Feng Daiwen, at least 1 people were killed or injured, and his morale was seriously damaged, so he had to withdraw his troops and retreat 3 miles to set up camp.
Feng Daiwen ordered to clean up the battlefield. The crossbows and arrows are powerful, but they are also consumed quickly. Take back what can be recycled as much as possible. The enemy outside can save those who can be saved, and those who can't be saved are piled up and burned together. After all, it is common sense to prevent epidemics in wars,,,

"General, it seems that Luo Yi will not attack today," Su Dingfang said to Feng Daiwen.

"Well, the city defense will be arranged by Dingfang. I'll go to Dismount Zhou, try to let the soldiers rest reasonably, grind Luo Yi's morale, and destroy him when the time is right," Feng Daiwen said fiercely,

"Don't worry, general, the city defense will definitely not have any problems," Su Dingfang patted his chest and said;
(End of this chapter)