The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 473 Outsmarting Hengshui
"Liu Heitai is dead, don't make unnecessary resistance anymore, those who surrender will not die!" Yang Yong shouted. "The survivors will not die! The rebels give preferential treatment to the prisoners..." Qu Tutong, Luo Shiying and other soldiers also shouted in unison.

A soldier is the prestige of a general, and a general is the courage of a soldier.The Tang army was already in a state of panic. When the general died, the morale of the army was completely shattered. No one's life was brought by the strong wind. They saw that stubborn resistance could only lead to a dead end, so they threw down their guns and knelt down and begged for surrender.So far, in addition to 8000 of the [-] Tang troops who died in battle, more than [-] people became prisoners of the rebel army.

Yang Yong opened a police station for them on the spot, asking these prisoners if they would like to be rewarded for their meritorious service.The captives were handed over to others as soon as they obeyed orders, and they had to let others decide what to do, and it didn't matter if they didn't cut off their heads.What, you can still be rewarded for your meritorious deeds?Where can I find such a good thing!So there was a light of disbelief in their eyes, and they all expressed their willingness.

Yang Yong told them that as long as they sincerely surrendered, they would be treated the same as the rebels in terms of food and wages, and they would be rewarded as if they had made military achievements, and they would never be discriminated against.Those who don’t want to join the army don’t force it. They can abandon their swords and guns, take off their armor and go home to farm. They must never fight against the rebels.

I don't know whether it's fear or suspicion, but none of the more than [-] captives is willing to leave, and all of them expressed their willingness to follow Yang Yong wholeheartedly.

Yang Yong was overjoyed, and ordered someone to pick out a man who resembled Liu Heitai in stature and facial features from among the prisoners. Heitai’s Zhangba Snake Spear, let these captives help clean it up like Liu Heitai, and let him learn a few words, movements and expressions of Liu Heitai, and wait for this person to fully accept it. After Liu Heitai dressed in this outfit, Yang Yong took a cold look and found that it was really Liu Heitai.

Then Yang Yong selected more than a dozen of Liu Heita's personal followers from among these captives, and another thousand captives were selected as Liu Heita's suits.Then, he selected more than 100 female battalion soldiers from his own women's personal guard camp and tied them up, pretending to be Liu Heita's captives, and asked Luo Shiying to take two thousand rebels, including the remaining more than 1000 female battalion soldiers, here temporarily with knives and guns. Take care of the remaining captives and tell them to wait until they are reorganized before they can become a formal rebel army.

After doing this, Yang Yong asked the remaining thousands of rebels to put on the Tang army's armor and put on their banners. In order to distinguish them from the Tang army in the city, Yang Yong ordered them to wrap a white cloth around their left arms.In this way, 100 "Tang Jun" was collected, and this fake Liu Heitai led more than [-] "beauties" to Hengshui.

Fearing that this Liu Heitai and the thousand Tang army captives would deceive him, Yang Yong and Qu Tutong pretended to be Tang generals and followed closely behind "Liu Heitai". The other thousands of fake Tang soldiers also watched. One, keep an eye on the thousand Tang Army prisoners, just like that, [-] "Tang Army" drove to the city of Hengshui when it was dark.

This Liu Heikai really looks like him, and now he can’t do it anymore, because behind him are Yang Yong and Qu Tutong. But both of them quietly held a short knife in their hands. If the performance fails, he will be the first to be knifed.Therefore, this counterfeit Liu Heita tried his best to overcome his nervousness, shook his head shirtless, pouted his big mouth, bossed around, and ordered people to call the city.

The generals and soldiers of the Tang army guarding the city stared wide-eyed, and saw that the city was covered in darkness, all of them were soldiers and horses, and they could not see the side at a glance. The faces in front were all familiar faces. Clearly, there are still so many beautiful women in custody, this is indeed their prince who has returned victorious.As for the 1 Tang troops, there are now 3 left. Because the light is not very good, no one can count them.

Therefore, the soldiers guarding the city had no doubts at all, and hurriedly ordered people to open the city gate, and the general who was temporarily in charge of guarding the city came down to greet their prince himself with his entourage.

The two sides met at the gate of the city. This kind of close face-to-face face-to-face, the counterfeit was exposed.Because no matter how similar they look, the counterfeit is different from the real Liu Heitai after all. The chief general in charge of Tang Jun's temporary defense of the city is also Liu Heitai's confidant general. It was impossible to entrust him with such a heavy responsibility when he left the city. Therefore, just as the general was about to salute "Liu Heitai", he saw the flaw at a glance by the light of the torch, and couldn't help but be taken aback. This is Liu Heitai, isn't he? It's clearly a counterfeit!

"Who has the guts to pretend to be a prince?" The general yelled angrily and took off his sword.

Seeing that the performance could not go on, the counterfeit trembled with fright, unable to speak, turned his face to look at Yang Yong and Qu Tutong behind him.

Yang Yong saw that he was exposed, so there was no need to pretend to be cowardly. He raised his head, raised his face and laughed loudly: "Damn, I don't even recognize your prince, so look at who I am?"

"Yang Yong?" The general of the Tang army was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse, and the hundreds of followers around him all froze, as if their nerves had been taken out of them, and they all froze.

"It's okay, I recognize Lao Tzu. Kill!" Yang Yong gave an order, and these pretending Tang army soldiers had been prepared, each with a knife and gun, to kill these Tang army soldiers. Qu Tutong took off his sword and took the lead, killing the Tang army general Beheaded under the horse, Yang Yong took the 1 people in and killed them.

A fast-running general of the Tang army shouted as he ran, "Amazing! Yang Yong has cheated the city, and they're coming in. Close the city gate—"

The officers and soldiers of the Tang army who were in charge of guarding the city gate were shocked when they heard it. Ah, Yang Yong came in?They wanted to close the city gate, but there was no time. Yang Yong and Qu Tutong rushed in with [-] soldiers, killing anyone they saw. In the blink of an eye, the soldiers guarding the city gate were laid down on the ground.Those Tang Jun who hadn't died turned their heads and ran as soon as they saw it. Those who couldn't run were caught up and killed by Yang Yong and others in the city gate.

At this time, there were still nearly [-] Tang soldiers guarding the city.After the rebel army occupied the city gate, some soldiers were left to guard the gate of the city. Yang Yong and Qu Tu sent troops to attack the city in two ways. The rebel army was unstoppable. .Some officers and soldiers of the Tang army didn't know what was going on, why their own people were fighting against their own people, and they went to see Lord Hades in a daze.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Yang Yong ordered the rebels to shout to them. Some Tang soldiers surrendered on the spot, and some wanted to resist, but soon became ghosts of Yang Yong, Qu Tutong and others. Ma Dao ran down the city and escaped through another city gate.

When the day came to the second watch, Yang Yong's troops occupied Hengshui City, unloaded the bodies of Luo Shixin and Du Yi from the top of the city, and sent people to protect them. Then Yang Yong asked Qu Tutong to set up the city defense, treat the wounded, and clean the battlefield , He personally led 1000 troops out of the city and brought Luo Shiying and more than 2 troops (including the captured Tang army) into the city.

After counting the number of people, in this battle, Yang Yong devised a clever plan to kill Liu Heita with only 3 volunteers in one day, recaptured Hengshui City, and captured nearly [-] Tang troops. In the two battles, the rebel army also suffered more than [-] casualties.

The next day, Yang Yong took Luo Shiying, Qu Tutong and other soldiers to set up a mourning shed in the city, put portraits of the two heroes in the middle of the mourning hall, and put Liu Heitai's head on the altar for the two of them, formally offering sacrifices. After the obeisance, he found a geomantic treasure in the city, and let the second general bury himself in peace.

Next, in order to stabilize the morale of the army and influence the captives, Yang Yong rewarded meritorious soldiers in front of more than 2 Tang army captives in the city.Yang Yong directly promoted the guy who pretended to be Liu Heita from an ordinary soldier to commander-in-chief, and rewarded him with a hundred gold.This is called reaching the sky in one step. This person was so grateful that he cried and kowtowed to the ground. Yang Yong pulled him up and patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him to do a good job.

Then for the thousand captives, Yang Yong gave them a great merit, and each of them was rewarded with ten taels of silver on the spot. Of course, someone would pay the money, and Yang Yong didn't need to shake his pockets, deducting it from the mountain of booty that captured Liu Heitai.

As a defeated and captured person, it would be good to save their lives. They couldn't imagine such treatment.The thousand captives knelt down and thanked each other with silver coins, some were so moved that they wept, and some bold ones took the lead in shouting "Long live Yang Yong!"

Seeing that Yang Yong kept his word, the remaining [-] captives were all sincerely eager to join the rebel army. At this time, no one doubted or hesitated anymore, and they all shouted, "Long live Yang Yong..." The momentum Shocking.

Yang Yong was happy and asked Luo Shiying and Qu Tutong to reorganize them, and these people officially became Yang Yong's volunteer army.

So far, the [-] volunteers brought by Yang Yong not only avenged Luo Shixin and Du Yi, but also recaptured Hengshui. Moreover, after two battles, the total number of troops not only did not decrease, but doubled The total number of rebels in Hengshui exceeded [-].

Yang Yong saw that the battle was a waste of money, so he ordered people to report the victory to Li Jing and others in Linyi City, and then sent an order to reward the three armies with a feast.

While they were congratulating, a small school came to report: "Reporting to the prince, Li Yuan's [-] troops are less than a hundred miles away from here. Please make plans early."

Yang Yong was startled when he heard this, and looked at the sky. For a distance of 10 horses, the Tang army would be able to approach the city tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest.How can the [-] rebels fight against the [-] Tang army?Hengshui has just been regained, can it be held?The boss of this Tang army is Li Yuan, the great ancestor of the Tang Dynasty who was famous all over the world in history!

Seeing Yang Yong's troubled face, Qu Tutong saluted and said: "My lord, if soldiers come to block you, and water comes to cover you, a hundred thousand Tang troops are no big deal. There are 3 troops in the city. We will stick to it and not fight. No matter how powerful Li Yuan is, Just let him attack."

(End of this chapter)