The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 378

In the past three years when Yang Yong rested from the army, although Li Yuan's soldiers did not go south to fight Yang Yong, Li Yuan and his son were not idle. The reason was that he couldn't be idle if he wanted to. The situation of the Li family father and son.

It turned out that Chai Shao and Li Xiuning did not attack Tongguan with [-] soldiers. Although Li Xiuning hated Yang Yong, after weighing the pros and cons, she discussed with Chai Shao and took advantage of the time when Xue's father and son were fighting Yang Yong. , After sending troops from Wuwei to capture Huzhou, Tongzhou, Jincheng and other more than ten states and counties of the Western Qin regime, they confronted Xue Renguo in Dingxi.

Because Xue Renguo was severely injured by Yang Yong's soldiers, he insisted on not fighting in Dingxi.Because of the friendship between He Panren and Xue's father and son, Li Xiuning sent He Panren, who was born as a horse bandit, as a lobbyist to go to the city to persuade Xue Renguo to surrender.Xue Renguo also hated Li Yuan and Li Xiuning to the core, and really wanted to kill He Panren, but then came the bad news that his father died in Yang Yong's tent.

Xue Renguo endured the pain and grief, and wanted to kill Yang Yong to avenge his father and brother, so he surrendered to Li Xiuning in hemp belt and filial piety.After Xue Renguo surrendered, Dingxi, Tianshui, Qinzhou, Longnan and other states and counties under his rule and all the soldiers and horses naturally belonged to Li Xiuning.

Li Xiuning was overjoyed, and adapted Xue Renguo's soldiers, gained more than 3 troops, and appointed Xue Renguo as a general.It was mid-winter, the weather was bad, and it was not suitable to raise troops. Until the spring of the next year, Li Xiuning was in high spirits and was preparing to attack Chencang. When the Turks suddenly asked Li Yuan to share Li Gui's territory equally, Li Yuan was naturally unwilling. Soldiers have seen battles, and the Turks have raised their soldiers and horses in recent years, and their strength is no small matter.Li Xiuning had to temporarily abandon his plan to attack Shaanxi, and left general Ma Sanbao with [-] troops to defend Longnan, general He Panren with [-] troops to defend Tianshui, and general Xiong Fei with [-] troops to guard Qinzhou. Generals Xue Renguo, Shi Baoshan and others mobilized [-] troops and marched northward to Wuwei to help their father and brother against the Turks.

After more than a year of fighting, both sides had victories and losses, and each other suffered casualties.At this time, Li Yuan suddenly received an urgent letter from His Majesty's decree and Chai Shen and Li Shentongyuan.

After Li Yuan received the order and read the seal letter, his face turned pale with shock.It turned out that Liu Wuzhou, who fled to the outside of the pass after the defeat, rose again, got the support of the Turks, and was named Dingyang Khan by Jili Khan. With the assistance of iron cavalry, they conquered Yanmen Pass, and won the famous generals Song Jingang and Yuchi Gong. The number of troops quickly expanded to one hundred thousand. After losing the battle, he retreated to Fenyang, and the state was in a hurry.The troops of Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng were entangled by Turkic soldiers in Jinchang and could not escape, so they had to ask Li Xiuning and his wife who were fighting in Huaiyuan to return to Bingzhou to rescue them.

Li Xiuning's face paled after receiving the order, it's terrible!Fenyang is where the imperial palace of Emperor Gong of the Sui Dynasty Yang You was located, while Bingzhou (today's Taiyuan, Shanxi) is Li Yuan's hometown. There are hundreds of family members in Jinyang Palace, including Li Xiuning's mother and young brothers Li Shimin and Li Yuanba. , Li Yuanji and others.Liu Wuzhou is Li Yuan's mortal enemy, there must be elements of revenge in this comeback, if these two cities fall into Liu Wuzhou's hands, he must slaughter them, the consequences will be disastrous, how can Li Xiuning not be in a hurry? !

Li Xiuning and Chai Shao didn't dare to be negligent. It was a long way from Huaiyuan (in today's Yinchuan area) to Bingzhou, with Yulin in the north of Shaanxi in between. This is Yang Yong's territory. Bingzhou.

This is a distance of hundreds of miles, and the whole journey will take more than 1000 miles. Halfway through, the bad news came that Fenyang fell, and Li Zitong and Chai Shen protected Sui Gongdi Yang You and all civil and military officials and moved to Bingzhou.Li Xiuning was frightened out of her wits, ignoring the fatigue of the pommel horse, and drove the three armies on their way day and night.Although Li Xiuning's men and horses were in a hurry, it was half a month before they reached the boundary of Shuozhou.

But what makes Li Xiuning less nervous is that Liu Wuzhou captured Fenyang and did not rush to attack Bingzhou. Instead, he selected the beauties in Fenyang Palace who were too late to escape, and gave them to Turkic auspicious Khan, and the rest For his own enjoyment, he chose a good day and auspicious day, and Liu Wuzhou proclaimed himself emperor in Fenyang Palace, and his reign name was Tianxing!

This is equivalent to Liu Wuzhou waiting for Li Xiuning in Fenyang for a few days, Li Xiuning was very happy, finally it was not too late, the whole family is fine, as for losing a few states and counties is nothing, we can get them back again.

Therefore, Li Xiuning's troops rested in Shuozhou with little trouble, and the 5 troops rushed southward. First they sent troops to take Dai County, and then divided the troops into two groups. To wipe out the threat to the northern part of the state.Li Xiuning and Xue Renguo marched southwest with the remaining [-] troops, went straight into the building, and wiped out the threat from the west of Bingzhou.

Li Xiuning's arrangement was perfect, but the two teams were defeated one after another.Chai Shao's team met Song Jingang's team in Dingxiang. Song Jingang was brave and resourceful. He was named Song King by Liu Wuzhou and betrothed his younger sister to him. This is also a very awesome character.

Chai Shao's men and horses came from afar, and they belonged to the tired division.Song Jingang first insisted on not fighting, while Chai Shao was greedy for success, eager to fight, impetuous, arrogant and underestimated the enemy.After Song Jingang dragged Chai Shao for a few days, he rushed out after defeating his soldiers. Chai Shao was caught off guard and was defeated.

On the contrary, Li Xiuning was contrary to her husband. When her troops arrived upstairs, they met Wei Chigong, a general who was as famous as Qin Qiong.This general is brave in killing methods. After taking refuge in Liu Wuzhou, he seized three passes every day and eight strongholds at night. Wherever the guns and horses went, there was no general who could join forces. Liu Wuzhou named him General Longwei and Shangzhu Kingdom.

The vanguard of Li Xiuning's troops was Xue Renguo, who led 5000 troops to clear the way for Li Xiuning.As a result, at the foot of Loufan City, the soap-robed general Yu Chigong fought against Xue Renguo. The brave Xue Renguo was defeated in less than [-] rounds before Yuchi Gongma. Draw on the back.

Xue Renguo was whipped until he vomited blood in his saddle, and ran away with the remnants of the defeated soldiers.Yu Chigong led his troops and chased after them for dozens of miles, until they met Li Xiuning's men, and the two sides fought in a scuffle.Li Xiuning and Xue Renguo joined forces, even with several times the strength of Yu Chigong, they couldn't save the defeat.The reason was that Yu Chigong was too brave, unmatched, and the morale of his men was higher. As a result, in a melee, Li Xiuning and Xue Renguo lost their troops and retreated dozens of miles. They joined forces with Chai Shao and retreated to Dai County with less than 8 troops.

At this time, the bad news came that Liu Wuzhou's imperial conquest took 10 horses, including [-] Turkic cavalry, and surrounded Bingzhou City.

(End of this chapter)