The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 321 Li Xiuning's Strategy
Li Xiuning knew that he had been ambushed, and ordered the team to retreat quickly, but it was too late, there were countless arrows raining above, and there were tripping ropes and horse pits below, and there were countless people who were recruited.

It turned out that Li Xiuning's men were in the ambush circle of Yang Yong's general Zhao Sheng. This Zhao Sheng was a descendant of the Sui Dynasty and was the prefect of Huzhou. Manage the Gansu area and surrender a general.This person's martial arts skills are ordinary, and he is not outstanding among Yang Yong's many generals, but he is both civil and military, leading troops, and governing states and counties.In the past few years, he first guarded Tongchuan, and then transferred to Yanzhou (that is, the current Yan'an area).

This time, after Zhao Sheng received the order from the military adviser Li Jing, he selected [-] elite soldiers, marched eastward, secretly crossed the Yellow River, and crossed the Fenshui River, intending to cut off Li Xiuning's way back.However, Zhao Sheng considered that he had a small number of troops, so he did not attack the prefecture or take the county. Instead, he hid in the mountains and forests, and finally set up an ambush in the Luliang Mountain area where Li Xiuning must pass.

After waiting for more than half a month, today, Li Xiuning's soldiers and horses really entered his encirclement.Zhao Sheng, who was hiding in the dark, saw that Li Xiuning was going to leave, so what would happen? We traveled so far and waited so hard. Doesn't it mean that what should we do?So he decisively ordered his men to "start the fight."

Li Xiuning didn't know the depth of the opponent, and had no intention of fighting. He and Chai Shao, Ma Sanbao, and He Panren led the soldiers to rush from left to right, fighting a bloody path, and finally broke out of the encirclement.However, more than 1 horses were lost in this battle, and there were more than 4 horses left. Li Xiuning, Chai Shao and others ignored the sadness and scolding, and continued to rush to Linfen with these people without stopping.

When it was more than sixty miles away from Linfen, the bad news came that Yang Yong's troops had captured Linfen.After learning from the pain, Li Xiuning and Chai Shao had a discussion, and it seemed that they were one step too late. With such a small number of people, it would be easier said than done to recapture Linfen?Chai Shao and Ma Sanbao suggested returning to Bingzhou and moving troops to rescue Linfen, but Li Xiuning disagreed, knowing that there were not many soldiers to send in Bingzhou, so she did not go back to Bingzhou or Mayi, but detoured to Luliang Mountain, 4 Wan Dajun drilled into the forest.

More than a month later, Li Xiuning's men swallowed up several small groups of local mountain bandits, and the number of troops expanded to 200, appearing near the Qingshui River, more than [-] miles northwest of Mayi.

The terrain in this area is complicated, except for mountains and ridges, it is full of lush forests, which is just suitable for Tibetan soldiers.Li Xiuning ordered the locals to act as guides, and quickly found out the situation in this area.

Now Tang Gong Li Yuan is retreating to Mayi. Because of Li Yuan's defeat, Li Gui and Xue's father and son, who were entrenched in Longbei and Longnan, bypassed the northern part of Shaanxi and followed them all the way eastward. Now the large areas in the north and west of Mayi The land has already fallen into the hands of Li Gui and Xue's father and son. The two sides are facing each other in Mayi, and this Qingshui River is the rear of Xue's father and son. grain depot.

Li Xiuning gritted her teeth and ordered all the [-] soldiers to change into the uniforms of Yang Yong's soldiers, including changing all the flags into Yang Yong's banners.Only then did Chai Shao, Ma Sanbao, and He Panren realize that their marshal's talent was general, and they wanted to plant a frame and frame others as the blame, to give Xue's father and son a bottom line, and force him to retreat. It can reduce the pressure on Mayi, and it can also cause a war between Xue's father and son and Yang Yong. This really serves multiple purposes.Several people couldn't help giving thumbs up in their hearts.

That night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the cold was threatening.Li Xiuning ordered He Panren, who was born as a barbarian, to lead the front with [-] cavalry. She, Chai Shao, and Ma Sanbao followed with the rest of the troops as backup. Unknowingly, [-] soldiers came to Xiaoshantun, the grain and grass depot of Xue's father and son.

Xiaoshantun is an important grain depot for the Xue family and his son, and there is all the military rations for the 20 soldiers and horses used by the Xue family and his son this time.There are [-] troops stationed there, the chief general is Yan Xingben, Xue Ju's confidant and beloved general, and this place is only twenty miles away from the Xue family's father and son's Qianzhai Camp.

During this period of time, they fought smoothly, defeated Li Yuan, and dispatched more than a dozen states and counties. On the surface, they were allied with Li Gui, but secretly the two sides competed for territory and loot. The credit is also great, and the heavy responsibility of guarding the grain depot this time fell on his shoulders.

Yan Xingben didn't care at all, he thought it would be easiest to guard food in the rear, because the rear was his sphere of influence, and as for some bandits, he would not dare to come if they had the guts, it was safe to say.Therefore, when he is happy, it is his habit to have a few drinks every night.Tonight was no exception, he drank a lot, he never dreamed that someone would call his attention tonight.

He didn't know how long he lay down, when someone pushed him awake, saying that there was a fire and someone was stealing food from the camp.As soon as Yan Xingben was jolted up, Jiu Jin'er woke up halfway, and sure enough, there was chaos outside, and the flames shot up into the sky.When he dressed neatly, got on his horse with a knife and rushed out of the tent, his grain and grass depot had turned into a sea of ​​flames, and there were still people shooting arrows in it in the distance. The flying rocket shot into a hedgehog.

As soon as the main general died, the grain depot camp became even more chaotic. He Panren led his troops to rush in, and soon Li Xiuning's team also arrived. This battle did not last long, but all the grain and grass were turned into ashes, guarding the grain depot Except for a very small number of [-] soldiers who escaped to deliver letters to Xue's father and son, most of them died in battle. Of course, many were burned to death by the fire. The sexual smell drifted with the wind, and the pungent smell could be smelled several miles away.

Seeing that it was almost done, Li Xiuning ordered the entire line to retreat, and soon her tens of thousands of soldiers would disappear into the forest under the night.

As soon as Li Xiuning left, Xue Ju and his son Xue Renguo led tens of thousands of people to rush there. The scene was so miserable that there was no one alive in the huge battlefield and grain storage. It turned out to be Yang Yong's troops.Xue Ju and Xue Renguo shattered their steel teeth, "Yang Yong, I don't mess with you, but you stabbed me in the back. This time, I will make you pay off your new and old debts together!"

Xue Renguo said impatiently: "Father, let's give up Mayi now and attack Yang Yong's old lair, give the order."

Xue Ju shook his head: "No, our military rations are gone, and there is nothing more ruthless than a lack of rations. He Yang Yong is ruthless. At this time, our attack on Yang Yong is tantamount to killing ourselves. Let's endure it for now and order the three armies to withdraw to Huaiyuan County first." (that is, the Yinchuan area today), and then rectify the army and horses, and use all the troops in Bashu and Longnan to march eastward. This time, I will settle the score with Yang Yong!"

In the early morning of the next day, the 20 soldiers of Xue's father and son retreated westward. Someone flew to report to Li Yuan, but Li Yuan on the head of Mayi City didn't know what was going on.When his son Li Jiancheng asked to go out of the city to hunt him down, Li Yuan thought it was a trick of Xue's father and son to lure the enemy, so he flatly refused. Later, when he saw that Xue's father and son really retreated, they retreated all at once and retreated to Huaiyuan, so he was at a loss.

(End of this chapter)