The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 490
Now Luo Song has completely convinced Yang Yong, Luo Cheng is so cruel to Yang Yong, instead of killing him, Yang Yong let him go.Yang Yong is righteous, and he is absolutely benevolent to the Luo family, and this kneeling also has elements of apologizing for his father and brothers.

Yang Yong also didn't care that this was a battlefield, he waited for this moment for too long, Luo Song finally surrendered himself, and the twists and turns of himself and Li Jing were finally not in vain, he was overjoyed, flew off his horse and helped Luo Song up: " You don’t have to be like this, general, please hurry up, if it wasn’t for the general’s reminder just now, Yang Yong would have died on the battlefield long ago, the general has made great contributions, he is Yang Yong’s benefactor!”

Luo Song listened with shame on his face: "My lord, my brother Luo Cheng is ignorant of current affairs and almost hurt the lord, Song's crime."

Princess Yujing said: "Since they are all our own people, don't be polite. Li Shimin wants to run away, let's chase after him."

Yang Yong saw that what Princess Yujing said was true, Li Yuanba did not dare to disobey at this time, galloped away, and followed Tang Jun as if the tide was ebbing towards the south city.Yang Yong ordered: "Chasing!" He and Luo Songfei got on the horse and chased after Tang Jun's ass.

Tang Jun just ran for his life, a little panicked, and was chased and killed by the rebels, making the city run wild.Fortunately, Tang Jun has now captured a city gate, which is Nancheng.Under the protection of Li Yuanba, Luo Cheng and other soldiers, Li Shimin took the injured Li Xiaogong and Changsun Wuji, led the remnants of the defeated generals, and ran out from Nancheng.

Yang Yong, Li Jing and others led the rebels out of Nancheng, chased after them for a while, and then retreated back to the city.

Yang Yong asked the military doctor to apply medicine to Su Dingfang's wound again, so that he could rest well. He and Li Jing visited his injured soldiers again, and ordered the military doctor to speed up the rescue of the wounded, and sent people to strengthen the city defense, repair the damaged west gate, and clean the battlefield.

Although Linyi City was saved, the rebels suffered heavy casualties in this battle. There were less than [-] rebels capable of fighting in the city. In just a few days, more than half of the [-] rebels in Linyi City were lost. What made Yang Yong even more distressed was the death of General Wu Tianxi. , counting Wu Tianxi, three of Yang Yong's original five tiger generals have been killed, and now only Qin Qiong and Shan Xiongxin are left.

The generals persuaded Yang Yong, and what comforted Yang Yong was that he accepted General Luo Song and rescued Yang Yuling and Princess Yujing, two beautiful wives.That night, in order to entertain Yang Yong, Yang Yuling, Xiao Meiniang, and Princess Yujing murmured in private that the three beauties wives were all dressed up and ordered a sumptuous banquet to be set up in the dormitory tent, surrounded by the three beauties, Flying around like butterflies to serve Yang Yong in turn, three women and one man complained about the pain of parting, and Xiao Mei Niang was good at dancing with her long sleeves, even singing and dancing with wine and meat. Yang Yong hadn't enjoyed it like this for a long time. And sleep.

The Tang army suffered heavy losses in the recent attack on Linyi, with 12 horses and only 6 left. Li Xiaogong and Changsun Wuji were seriously injured. Now the only generals Tang can fight are Li Yuanba and Luo Cheng.Li Shimin was unable to attack, so he withdrew the siege of Linyi, and set up camp [-] miles away from Linyi city, waiting for a fighter.

A few days later, Li Shimin got a report that Prince Li Jiancheng's West Route Army was blocked by Wei Zheng's tens of thousands of troops on the Qinghe River, making it difficult to advance. They lined up with Li Jiancheng's men and horses, but they couldn't take Hengshui.The rebel army was unable to counterattack due to insufficient troops, so the two sides entered into a strategic confrontation.

A month later, Su Dingfang recovered from his injuries, and Yang Yong invited him and Li Jing to the tent to discuss the military situation.

Li Jing said: "My lord, although the Tang army's iron-armed encirclement strategy failed, the current situation is still that the enemy is strong and we are weak. If you want to defeat the Tang army, you have to wait for a chance. Most of the troops were attracted to the battlefield in Shandong, and the area around Bingzhou was bound to be empty. The day Xu Jundi breaks through the Tongguan defense line and crosses the Yellow River is the time for our army to counterattack. By then, the Tang army will be defeated."

Su Dingfang nodded in agreement, Yang Yong accepted Li Jing's suggestion, wrote a personal letter to Xu Maogong, told Xu Maogong in detail about the battle situation in Shandong, and asked them to try to cross the Yellow River as soon as possible and march into Shanxi.After the letter was written, for the sake of safety, Yang Yong asked Su Dingfang to go to Tongguan in person, handed the letter to Xu Maogong, and asked Su Dingfang to stay on the battlefield in Tongguan to help Xu Maogong.

After Su Dingfang took the order, he took the letter with him, picked up dozens of entourages, and left Linyi to beat horses and gallop towards Tongguan.

The camera temporarily shifts to the Tongguan battlefield.These days, Xu Maogong, the military adviser, is also anxious. No matter how much he scolds, Liu Wenjing and Li Shentong refuse to defend and just don’t fight. Li Jiancheng and Chai Shao took half of the troops. , defend the strong city, do not save meritorious deeds but seek innocence.They used the word "defense" to respond to all changes without change. When the rebels came to attack them, they would strictly defend them. In this way, the two sides have been in a state of confrontation.

Xu Maogong lured the enemy several times, but failed. He couldn't take Tongguan by force. Just when he was in a hurry, Su Dingfang arrived.Xu Maogong brought Su Dingfang into the camp. After the greetings were over, Xu Maogong asked about the war in Shandong. After Su Dingfang gave a brief introduction, he accepted Yang Yong's letter.

After Xu Maogong took it over and read it carefully, he discussed with Su Dingfang. In the end, the two decided to give up Tongguan for the time being and adopt a retreat-for-advance strategy to take Shanxi.

Soon, the [-] volunteers withdrew from the Tongguan area, and then the two divided their troops into two groups, and asked Su Dingfang to lead the general Ding Tianqing to lead [-] elite troops to retreat to Weinan.

Xu Maogong led Shan Xiongxin and Hou Junji to lead [-] elite soldiers down the Yellow River, went around to Hanoi (now Jiyuan, Henan Province) and forcibly crossed the Yellow River, and sent troops to capture Changping County (now Jincheng, Shanxi), and then went north. Within a month, Lian Ke Shangdang, Lingchuan, Huguan, and Luzhou counties and more than ten states and counties, due to the emptiness inside the Tang Dynasty, the states and counties lacked major generals. middle.

Urgent documents from all over the country flew like snowflakes to Bingzhou, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Now Li Yuan is personally conquering Shandong, and Li Yuan's in-law Chai Shen is in full charge of Bingzhou.

After discussing with the officials, Chai Shen reported to Li Yuan, and at the same time hurriedly mobilized soldiers and horses to resist the enemy, but now the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are able to recruit generals who are used to fighting in the Shandong battlefield, and there are no soldiers in the states and counties.In the end, some mediocre people were brought in to lead tens of thousands of Tang troops to confront Xu Maogong's troops, but the Tang army would collapse at the first touch, and they were simply blocking the car with their arms.As a result, Jinzhong also fell into the hands of the rebels, and Bingzhou was once again in a hurry.

Chai Shen had no choice but to call back the soldiers from Tongguan.Liu Wenjing and Li Shentong had to give up Tongguan and return to the army to relieve the crisis in Bingzhou.They left 5000 troops to garrison Tongguan, which can be regarded as a break, and they withdrew from Tongguan with nearly [-] troops.

Not two days after they crossed the Yellow River, Su Dingfang led an army of 4 and captured Tongguan, and then crossed the Yellow River, chasing after Liu Wenjing and Li Shentong's men. The Lvliang Mountain area was ambushed by Xu Maogong, and Su Dingfang led people to flank him. Liu Wenjing and Li Shentong were killed and defeated. When they broke out of the siege, there were only [-] horses left around them, and they retreated to Wenshui in embarrassment.

Chai Shen had no choice but to appeal to Li Yuan again. At this time, Li Yuan was already not calm. After Li Shimin broke up, he ordered the three groups of troops to retreat.

Yang Yong and Li Jing were overjoyed when they got the report, the time has come for the rebels to counterattack!

(End of this chapter)