The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 689
Yang Yong used troops from five directions, advancing both land and water, intending to conquer Yuzhang and destroy Lin Shihong in one fell swoop.

At this moment, bad news came that Li Jing's men and Xiao Mian were defeated in the battle at Dongting Lake, and they lost their troops and retreated to defend Jingzhou.Chu State and Liang State formed an alliance to deal with Yang Yong's rebel army. Now Xiao Liang's forward force of 10 horses has arrived in Yuzhang.

Yang Yong was taken aback when he heard that, what, Li Jing lost the battle?How is this possible?This is a God of War figure in history, and their troops and soldiers are not weak. There is a 15 army, and the generals who follow the army include Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin, Cheng Yaojin, Ding Tianqing, Zhang Ying, Zhao Sheng, etc. , they accounted for two of the five tiger generals under his command, and with a god of war like Li Jing as the commander, he should be invincible and invincible, but why did he lose the battle?
Yang Yong inquired about the military academy in detail before he knew the reason.It turned out that the reason why Li Jing's troops lost the battle was also because of the lack of naval forces, and the northern soldiers were not familiar with water warfare, so they lost in Dongting Lake.Winning or losing is a common thing for military strategists, and Yang Yong didn't care too much about it.

However, in the battle of Dongting Lake, Xiao Xian's prestige was greatly enhanced, and people with lofty ideals from all over the world rushed to vote.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Mian, king of Liang, wantonly named kings, posthumously named his grandfather as King Zhonglie, his father as King Wenxian, added Dong Jingzhen as King of Jin, Lei Shimeng as King of Qin, Zheng Wenxiu as King of Chu, Xu Xuanche as King of Yan, Yang Daosheng was the king of Song, Wan Zan was the king of Lu, Zhang Xiu was the king of Qi, and so on.Xiao Xian sealed more than a dozen princes in one breath, and promised to the outside world that anyone who came to join him, who could bring a hundred thousand soldiers or capture a state city, would be crowned king, and anyone who came would not be rejected.

For a while, Xiao Mian was tossing around in his Daliang country with a huge momentum.

At the same time, King Lin Shihong of Chu lost consecutive battles. After the fall of Raozhou, only [-] of the [-] Chu army remained. The defeated generals retreated to Yuzhang, lingering on their last days.

Now Lin Shihong has too few soldiers to call in front of him. Even counting the soldiers guarding Yuzhang, Lin Shihong has less than 10 troops.Nearly half of the more than 9 horses are naval divisions, and the remaining 5 horses are divided into troops to guard Jingshan, Poyang, Gao'an and other places. This is the barrier of Yuzhang. There are only more than 3 horses.For the big city of Yuzhang, the capital of a country, it is a kind of irony to defend the city with soldiers and horses.

However, Yang Yong's rebel army clung on all the way, and Lin Shihong had no time to mobilize troops to condemn the generals. Besides, there were no troops nearby to mobilize, and the generals from Meizhou, Ganzhou, Panyu and other places in the distance would not be able to arrive in a short time.

Lin Shihong, king of Chu, obviously felt the pressure from Yang Yongyi's army. There was no news from Wen Xi, the envoy to Liang Guo.

The envoy hadn't left Beijing yet. The first envoy, Wen Xi, came back with a letter from Xiao Mian, saying that Xiao Liang agreed to send troops to support Chu State with all his strength, and was willing to form an alliance with Chu State to deal with Yang Yong's troops. Xiao Mian The first batch of [-] troops dispatched by King Lei Shimeng of Qin has already entered the ground of Jiujiang, and will arrive at Yuzhang soon.Lin Shihong was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately regained his confidence.

Xiao Liang's alliance means that Chu State has a strong backing. According to the administrative divisions of the 21st century, the two countries rule including Hunan Quanjing, most of Hubei Province, a part of Jiangxi Province, and Guangxi and Yunnan provinces. , including vast areas such as what is now Hanoi, Vietnam.The total strength of the two sides combined exceeds 60, and there are more than [-] generals.

Yang Yong was very surprised when he heard the news. This Xiao Xian has really become popular. Judging from his current strength, he is even worse than Li Yuan and his son of Datang.Even Li Jing, the god of war, lost the battle, which is really not to be underestimated.

It seems that the Yuzhang County in front of me is even more difficult to fight. I only have 4 horses, and the 7 navy of Baiyu and Liao Yong is only 15 horses. There is a huge disparity between the few and the few.

Yang Yong felt the pressure, but he could not retreat. The plan of the five-way army had been implemented, and the four-way troops had already set off. It was simply impossible to order a retreat now, and it was not Yang Yong's style. send.

Therefore, Yang Yong still ordered [-] troops to line up in Yuzhang City according to the original plan, and ordered people to fight against the enemy.

The line of sight turned temporarily to Yuzhang City, at this time Chu Emperor Lin Shihong was ascending to the palace.Lin Shihong, with a dragon crown on his head and a rolled dragon robe, was sitting in front of the dragon book table, behind him were two maids holding barrier fans, and beside him stood the eunuch on duty.In the main hall, there are hatchbacks in the east and west, and all of them have serious faces.

In front of the Longshu table, there was a chair with a hanging head, which was considered a guest seat. This was arranged by Lin Shihong himself. At this time, a guest was seated. This man was over forty years old, eight feet tall, with big ears. Three locks of long beards flutter across the chest.With a golden helmet on his head, a golden armor on his body, and a sword hanging from his waist, this is the only person in the hall with a sword-faced king.

His name was Lei Shimeng, and he was King Qin Qiansui who was newly crowned by Emperor Xiao Xian of Liang. This time, he was ordered by King Liang to lead an army of [-] to support Lin Shihong. Out of courtesy and respect, Lin Shihong specially added a chair here.

Behind Lei Shimeng's chair were two young generals, both of whom were silver armored, the one on the left was nicknamed Yinjia Taisui Zhang Dianchen, and the one on the right was nicknamed Xiao Wen Hou Lu Fang.

Lin Shihong looked down at the generals, Chong Lei Shimeng smiled and nodded, and then said in a loud voice: "Brother Qin Wang, dear friends, Yang Yong and Chen Bing outside Yuzhang City are fighting against the enemy and are extremely arrogant. Let's all discuss how to defend against the enemy. "

Lei Shimeng pursed his lips and did not speak.

At this time, Dong Wenli, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, came out of the squad to salute: "Your Majesty, Yang Yong is invincible with a sharp gun, and there are many masters under his tent. In addition, our army has been defeated in a row, and the morale of the bandits is in full swing. Therefore, I think that I can only be outsmarted and cannot be defeated. The bandits travel far away. Come, we can stick to it without fighting, and wait for work with ease."

Lin Shihong nodded slightly after listening and did not speak. Dong Wenli returned to the class after playing.At this time, Guan Jin, a general known as one of the Four Great Swordsmen, came out of the squad and saluted: "Your Majesty, the bandits are not yet stable, and the last general is willing to lead a team to steal the camp and rob the village at midnight tonight. Yang Yong's head will definitely be taken." .”

Wang Yuanhua, one of the eight great lances, advocated robbing grain.

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All the civil and military discussions came and went, and no one advocated opening the city to fight. Lin Shihong did not dare to express his opinion without authorization, and looked at Lei Shimeng with a smile on his face, "Brother Qin Wang, what do you mean?"

Lei Shimeng didn't even move his buttocks, but just cupped his fists like Lin Shihong said, "Your Majesty, what's so difficult about this? What's the point of being invincible with a sharp gun? Why do you need to wait for work at leisure? There's no need to rob food or steal camp. After the king's death You can choose one of the two generals, and you will be able to drive back the bandits!"

As soon as this remark came out, all civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were in an uproar. Lin Shihong also felt that Lei Shimeng was too arrogant, but he was not angry at all. Instead, he said happily: "Then please send troops out of the city to meet the enemy, Brother Wang!"

(End of this chapter)