The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 418 Surprise Attack on Pingyuan County

Li Jing suggested to Yang Yong that if he wanted to subdue Jiang Song, he had to move Jiang's mother, but the first step was to get rid of Li Xiuning in front of him.Now that Luo Song was captured, Li Xiuning had lost an arm, and they had to report it. Luo Shiying sent troops from Dongying to capture Gao Qing, and Yang Yuling sent troops from Qinghe to capture Wuyang.In this way, from Qinghe and Wuyang in the west, to Jiyang and Yucheng in the south, and to Gaoqing, Huantai and Dongying in the east, they are geographically connected to each other and have formed a semi-encirclement of Linyi. Dealing with Li Xiuning is as simple as eight words: close the door and beat the dog, catch the turtle in the urn.

After hearing this, Yang Yong agreed again and again, and ordered to beat drums to gather the generals.As soon as the gathering drum sounded, Yang Yong's generals arrived and lined up in the tents. Yang Yong and Li Jing sat in the middle, and Li Jing began to divide the troops and send generals: order people to ride fast horses and send orders to Princess Yujing in Jiyang It is not necessary to come to support Linyi and attack Shanghe; order Yang Yuling to attack from Wucheng and attack Hengshui westward; let Li Wan'er from Huantai cooperate with Luo Shiying from Gaoqing to attack Binzhou.After several commanders took the order, they rode fast horses to deliver the order.

Sent here and there, without Luo Shixin's role, Luo Shixin became a little impatient, and saluted: "Military division, I have something to do, so what should I do? Is it going to attack Linyi on a large scale? I will take the lead in attacking the city. Don't listen to me argue!"

Li Jing smiled: "General Luo, don't worry, there is a hard bone waiting for the general in front of you, how dare you take orders?"

Luo Shixin was amused when he heard it, and he intervened to salute: "Why not? The military division only assigns assignments, and if they can't complete the tasks, the last general will be willing to serve as a military order!"

Li Jing smiled and nodded: "Okay, my military division will give you [-] elite soldiers to attack Pingyuan. Pingyuan is a small county, and the guard Xiong Fei is a mediocre man. With the bravery of a general, it is like finding something out of a pocket. The key is to capture it." After the plain, you don't have to worry about Linyi in front of you, you must fire your army westward and go straight to Dezhou.

What you have to make clear is that Li Zhongwen, the Dezhou defender, is not an ordinary person. He has both civil and military skills and is a general.There are still [-] elite soldiers guarding the city, this is Li Xiuning's way back.Moreover, Li Xiuning has rich experience in leading troops and has a quick mind. With Li Xiaogong's advice, they will soon know our army's intentions and send people to support them. Dezhou is not far from Linyi, so Dezhou is the most difficult place to crack bone.You have to take it before Li Xiuning's reinforcements arrive, otherwise, the general is in danger of being attacked by the enemy.And if we don't win Texas, it's a small matter that the general is in danger, and we're all lost, you know? "

As soon as Luo Shixin heard the veins on his forehead burst out, his tiger eyes widened, and he vowed: "Military commander, please rest assured that we can't take Texas within three days. Luo Shixin is willing to come and see you!" up.

Li Jing said to Yang Yong: "Your Majesty, there are still 5 troops left in our battalion. Just keep an eye on Linyi City and wait and see what happens. When our army's troops succeed, we will clean up their foreign aid and cut off their retreat. There is only one lonely city left in Linyi, and when we send troops to encircle or attack by force, Li Xiuning will be unable to fly." Yang Yong nodded and sent an order to disperse the tent.

After Luo Shixin ordered all the soldiers and horses, in order to conceal his actions, he rested for two hours, and did not set off until after dark.

3 horses quietly left Yang Yong's camp. In order to avoid Li Xiuning's probing horses, they headed back towards Yucheng. Head west toward the plains.

After another fifty or sixty miles, the small town on the plain was looming under the night sky.Someone came to report: "General, this place is only about ten miles away from Pingyuan County."

At this time, it happened to be the third watch, and it happened to launch a surprise attack.Luo Shixin quietly adjusted his men and horses into a siege formation, and approached Ping County in the shape of a fan.The horse team is in front, the archers are in front, and the soldiers are in the back.When they were four or five miles away from the city, they suddenly launched an attack.

The soldiers reached 3 and boundless, and [-] horses were overwhelming, and the shouts resounded through the sky, breaking the silence of the night.

Pingyuan County is an ordinary small county with no danger to defend, not even a moat, and the city wall is not high.It's just that when the war broke out recently, Li Xiuning's general Xiong Fei led 5000 troops to seize this place. In addition, Yang Yong and Li Xiuning fought in Linyi, so this place became the gateway to the southwest of Linyi City, and its position became more important.

Xiong Fei and his 5000 men temporarily built fortifications here, digging ditches outside the city, reinforcing the city walls inside the city, and the city is densely covered with bows and arrows, rolling logs and stones, etc., waiting for the battle.I didn't expect it to come in handy today.Unfortunately, they encountered the titan Luo Shixin, 3 horses fell from the sky in the middle of the night, and attacked suddenly, so this small plain county became their nightmare.

When the city defenders found out, they rose up to fight back, but it was too late. With just one charge, Luo Shixin's troops broke through the defense line outside the city, rushed to the bottom of the city, and set up ladders to attack the city.

The guard Xiong Fei woke up from his dream. He was frightened out of his wits after hearing the news. He dressed neatly and flew on his horse to command the battle in person. But even so, more than half of the 5000 troops rushed to the battle with sleepy eyes. What's more, Luo Shixin's generals attacked the city.Therefore, within half an hour, Luo Shixin's warriors ascended to the top of the city, and the two sides fought fiercely on the city.

Luo Shixin had more and more soldiers. During the melee, someone killed the city gate and opened the city gate. Luo Shixin took the lead and led the crowd to swarm in.

As soon as Xiong Fei couldn't keep guard anymore, he led his men and horses to kill the top of the city and planned to abandon the city and flee.But before he left the city, Luo Shixin led his men to catch up, and he was picked off the horse with only one shot.As soon as the main general died, the rest of the soldiers threw down their swords and guns and begged to surrender.Most of the [-] enemy soldiers in the city died in battle, and about a thousand more became prisoners. In this way, Luo Shixin successfully occupied Pingyuan City.

This battle took just over an hour from launching the attack to taking down the city.

Luo Shixin was full of energy, and he left a confidant with 3000 troops to defend the plains, clean up the battlefield, guard the prisoners, and deal with post-war affairs. Then he led the brigade to Dezhou overnight without stopping.At dawn, Luo Shixin's men suddenly appeared near Dezhou.

This time he was not in a hurry to attack, but set up camp. After eating and fighting, he left a small number of camp guards to prevent the soldiers and horses in the city from coming out to steal the camp, and the rest of the soldiers would all sleep soundly.Luo Shixin's plan was to wait until night before aggressively attacking the city, planning to take Texas in one go just like he was attacking Pingyuan County.

Luo Shixin's move was also considered creative, marching and fighting at night and resting during the day, this really caught the enemy by surprise.

Early in the morning, Li Zhongwen, the guard in the city, didn't know what was going on. Suddenly, a small school came to report in a panic, saying that there were about [-] Yang Yong's troops outside the city.

Li Zhongwen was so startled that the tea bowl in his hand almost fell to the ground, what, Yang Yong?how is this possible?It is more than 150 miles away from the Linyi battlefield, and there are natural barriers such as plains and Wucheng to the west and south. Our army is stationed there, guarded by generals. Could it be that Yang Yong's men and horses fell from the sky?After a long time of commotion, Dezhou was the rear, he didn't know that Pingyuan fell last night, and he didn't know that Yangcheng fell the day before, so it was a mistake.

Panicked, Li Zhongwen hurriedly led his personal guards to Nanchengtou to watch the enemy's situation, which made him gasp!
　It snowed heavily last night, just stopped, more than half a foot deep, even later, sorry.But there are still two updates today, and one more tonight.

　　
　
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