Turbulent Times Chapter 1557: Blitz and the Black Key
Thirty miles to the southwest of Shuozhou City, there were only 20,000 people left in the camp where Wang Junlin and his party were resting.
At this time, Wang Junlin was leading a few people to have an open-air barbecue on the open space in front of the handsome tent.
It's just that apart from the 10,000-strong army, there are only Shen Guo'er, the Spring and Autumn Valley Master, the Chong Yao and 1,000 soldiers around him. Luo Shixin and Wu Si led an 80,000-strong army last night. From here the camp disappeared mysteriously.
Shen Guoer skillfully grilled a handful of mutton skewers, divided them among Wang Junlin, Spring and Autumn Valley Master, and Chong Yao, and she only held a skewer, and asked while eating: "My lord, Guo I have always had a question in my mind, and I want to ask the prince to explain it."
"Guoer, what questions do you girl have?" When there were not many people present, Wang Junlin and Shen Guoer were more casual. He secretly muttered to himself that although he had cumin from the Western Regions, but without chili, the barbecue was still not tasty enough, not satisfying.
Shen Guoer saw Wang Junlin's dissatisfaction with the taste of the barbecue, and while continuing to grill the meat more seriously, he said: "The entrance and exit of this mountain road is hidden in a cave. Guoer sent thousands of spies but they couldn't find it. A secret road, I don’t want the prince to know such a secret mountain road just by taking a look at the top of the mountain, which really surprised Guo’er.”
"This matter! It's a little fantasy." Wang Junlin smiled, thinking that there is no way to answer this question, he can't say that the mountain road and the secret road were developed into tourist attractions in later generations, and he just happened to play here However, standing on the top of the hill that day, I suddenly recognized the terrain and remembered it.
Shen Guoer has seen too many mysterious things about Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu these years, and at the same time she was shocked, she immediately stopped asking, but said: "My lord, the two counties on the other side of the Luliang Mountains Because it is separated from Mayi County by the mountains, it is difficult for the army to pass, so they have to go around. According to the secret report of the military intelligence office, the Li family defenders in the county and the county have been relatively slack. In addition, there are already our troops in every county and county. Internal response. And Luo Shixin and Wu Si's 80,000 cavalry will divide their troops into two groups and attack Luliang and Xinkou counties at the same time. They will definitely catch the opponent by surprise, and if they come to these two counties, they will definitely be able to win."
Wang Junlin ate the last piece of meat, handed the stick to Shen Guoer, nodded slightly to express his affirmation, but then shook his head and said: "During war, any situation or accident may happen, and we also There is no guarantee that both counties will be captured."
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80,000 cavalry, mighty and mighty, suddenly drilled out from the Luliang Mountains, one man and two horses. Xinkou County and Luliang County galloped away.
The horses galloped wildly in the wilderness. Every half an hour, the knights would flip up and down on their horses, jumping from the back of one horse to the back of their own. The horses kept walking. From the evening to the early morning of the next day, the army of the whirlwind battalion led by Luo Shixin had already arrived near the city of Luliang County, which was nearly 200 miles away from Luliang Mountain.
For the defenders of these two counties, they were caught off guard. They never thought that the other side of Luliang Mountain was attacking the Far East Army in Shuozhou, and suddenly appeared in Luliang County and Xinkou County. In the past, only a very small number of people crossed Luliang Mountain from Shuozhou to reach these two counties. There had never been a large number of troops crossing Luliang Mountain, let alone a full 80,000 cavalry coming over the mountain.
As Shen Guoer said, because these two counties have the natural danger of Luliang Mountain to rely on, and they also know that the Far Eastern Army is far outside Shuozhou City, so the county towns and the generals and soldiers in the county towns of these two counties have been lost. Be vigilant, with the abilities of the spies and masters of the military intelligence government, it is not difficult to swindle the gates of the city and send troops straight into the city by committing crimes boldly and entering the city under false pretences.
The 80,000 cavalry came on light cavalry, and they had neither supplies nor siege equipment. As a bait, he led more than 10,000 people to stay in a camp of 100,000 people, and placed them 30 miles outside Shuozhou City. The officers of the Military Intelligence Office killed all the spies sent by Li Shentong or drove them far away. After that, Wu Si and Luo Shixin led 80,000 people to lead 80,000 horses at night without knowing it, and walked the secret road of Luliang Mountain, and suddenly killed Luliang County and Xinkou County.
At the same time, the most powerful assassins and spies under his command were dispatched to create panic in the counties and counties in Shuozhou, which convinced Li Shentong that Wang Junlin's target was still Shuozhou, and then Taiyuan Prefecture.
In addition, the high-level secret agents hidden by Li Shentong's side for the past few years were also used, which made Li Shentong's intelligence system and spies unresponsive, and failed to figure out the situation in the first place.
This kind of planning can be said to have exhausted the means and power in hand, but at most it can only win for one day.
After all, there are 80,000 troops, and there is no way to hide Xingzang. As long as the Li family's army reacts, and all the Li family's military forces in Luliang County and Xinkou County react, they will never give them time to raid these two counties.
Therefore, Wang Junlin could only create an impossible miracle, conquering two counties in one day. Otherwise, the 80,000 troops would have to return to Shuozhou the way they came, and continue to attack Shuozhou City, which was clearly well-prepared.
Facts have proved that most of the generals and soldiers in Xinkou County and Luliang County are very slack, just like the results of the previous investigation and analysis by the Military Intelligence Office.
Because, the county towns of the two counties and the four main county towns were easily breached.
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When five hundred cavalrymen from the Whirlwind Battalion in the uniform of the Li Family Army arrived five hundred paces away from Luliang County City, they were discovered by the defenders on the city wall of Luliang County. When the twenty soldiers at the gate were about to close the city gate under the leadership of the gang leader, the killers from the military intelligence government and the masters from the martial arts guild who sneaked in ahead of time started to attack, killing twenty soldiers easily, and the reaction was not too slow. Nearly a thousand defenders rushed over and blocked it for a short time.
And before this short time had passed, the five hundred cavalrymen from the Whirlwind Battalion dressed up as the Li Family Army rushed in like a torrent, and firmly guarded the city gate.
At the same time, 20,000 iron cavalry from the Whirlwind Battalion who were hiding two miles away, also wearing the armor of Li Jiajun's military uniform, rushed towards Luliang County City with all their strength.
Two miles is only one thousand meters. For the cavalry who sprinted at full speed, they rushed over in less than a minute. At this time, the defenders in Luliang County completely faced the five hundred Cyclone Battalion who were guarding the city gate. The cavalry launched a siege.
The result can be imagined, five hundred cavalry suddenly moved out of the way, and the incomparably brave Luo Shixin led 20,000 cavalry to sweep over from the gate of the city. Raid.
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The sudden war has plunged the entire city of Luliang County into chaos. The people are running all over the street, the doors and windows of the vendors are closed, and there are soldiers of the Far East Army riding tall horses and wearing their own army uniforms everywhere. The rampage in Luliang City.
Whirlwind Battalion's powerful combat power, coupled with one side coming prepared, the other side is caught off guard
And defense, even though there are 30,000 soldiers in Luliang County, which is not a lot of troops, but the war lasted for half a day and it was basically over.
Nearly half of the 30,000 defenders in Luliang County died, about 10,000 surrendered and were disarmed, and thousands more fled.
The cavalry of the Whirlwind Battalion led by Luo Shixin lost less than a thousand people.
In Luliang County, the people thought that these soldiers of the Far East Army would be like the officers and soldiers or bandits they had encountered in these years. , When you see a woman and grab something, the reality is quite different.
Next, the city gates were closed and entry and exit were prohibited. Twenty thousand troops went up to the city walls and began to deploy defenses. Five hundred people guarded each of the two city gates, one thousand people guarded the prisoners, and one thousand people acted as law enforcement teams. Patrolling to maintain order, 7,000 people went to the top of the city, and another 10,000 people went directly out of the city and galloped to other counties.
With the help of the spies of the Military Intelligence Office and the powerful propaganda and guidance capabilities of the Xiaoyu Theater, in the evening, order in Luliang County City has been restored. Ordinary poor people are no longer afraid of the Far East Army. , closed the door and dared not come out, the streets and alleys were extremely deserted.
At the same time, the same method, the same style of play, and similar scenes happened in the four counties of Luliang County, Xinkou County and the four counties.
It's just that compared with the attack on Lvliang County, the number of troops lost in the battle, the degree of success and the time taken are different. In addition, there are two counties in Xinkou County and one county in Luliang County, which failed to attack the city.
The main reason for the failure of the siege of these three counties is that these three counties were deeper into the hinterland of the river east than the county towns and other counties, and they were nearly a hundred miles away, so they were discovered in advance. Reinforcements also came, so it failed.
In fact, the success rate of these four county towns being taken down is much lower than that of other counties in these two counties. It has been deduced, and it has been expected and made a corresponding plan-after the other two counties and seven counties are captured, the necessary defenders will be left immediately, and the surplus troops will immediately attack these three counties. And it does not count the loss of gunpowder packs.
Attacked three counties, not counting the loss of gunpowder packs, and Wang Junlin specially dispatched in the army some dead soldiers personally trained by Nie Xiaoyu on Snake Island, who were dressed in dead soldier armor. At the cost of more than a dozen dead soldiers, a section of the city walls of these three counties were blown up, and then these three counties were occupied.
So far, in just one day, Luliang County and Xinkou County under the rule of Hedong Liyuan Group were occupied by the Far East Army.
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Surrounding Shuozhou City, within a radius of a hundred miles, there are hundreds of spies from the Military Intelligence Bureau, members of the Wulin Guild, and members of the Xiaoyu Theater with various identities lurking, rushing from Xinkou County and Luliang County All the messengers who saw Li Shentong fell into their hands.
So, Li Shentong, who had been waiting for the Far Eastern Army to attack the city in Shuozhou City, was still kept in the dark. He was still waiting for the Far Eastern Army to attack the city. Send the weirdo who claims to be No. 1 to assassinate Wang Junlin.
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At noon, the sun was shining brightly.
Hedong in October can already feel the breath of winter, the cold wind howling, blowing on the face is painful.
Li Shentong is Li Yuan's younger brother. He is distinguished in the Li Yuan Group and can be pampered at ordinary times. Get up and enjoy the special treatment.
Being old and not having a good night's rest, Li Shentong felt exhausted just after inspecting the city wall, and he was resting his mind on the tower with his eyes closed. Next to it, several soldiers and followers were adding firewood to the copper stove to make tea.
"Report to Commander! The Far Eastern Army has never moved, but our spies can't get within two miles of the other side's camp." A spy galloped from outside the city, entered the city gate, and was led up all the way After getting out of the gate tower, he knelt down on one knee to Li Shentong at the gate of the gate tower and reported loudly.
Li Shentong didn't even open his eyes, and said lightly: "Okay, let's investigate again. Pass the order down, and send a spy to report the situation to the commander every half a stick of incense."
Not long after this spy left, another spy came and knelt down on one knee and said, "Commander, the Far Eastern Army still hasn't sent troops to attack the city."
Li Shentong opened his eyes sharply, with a puzzled expression on his face, he said, "Why doesn't Wang Junlin attack the city? Could it be that he wants to go directly through Shuozhou and attack Taiyuan?"
"But although Wang Junlin is very courageous on the battlefield, he is not arrogant. After I lead a hundred thousand elite soldiers by his side, he can rest assured to attack Taiyuan directly. Isn't he afraid that the lone army will go deep and be attacked by me layer by layer?" The army is exhausted?"
"Or does he think that my Tang Wang army is the same as that Li Mi and his ilk, and that 50,000 troops led by Xuanba can overthrow it?"
Li Shentong had a puzzled look on his face, and he frowned and began to think.
After a while, Li Shentong murmured to himself: "There is only one possibility. A few days ago, I easily lost to that boy Luo Shixin. While Wang Junlin despised me, he also treated our army well." Combat power is becoming more and more underestimated."
"It should be like this. After all, I have been acting timid and losing again and again."
Thinking in this way, the doubts that Li Shentong had had just disappeared.
However, at this moment, another spy came to report: "Commander, General Huang asked the humble officer to report to the commander, and the situation is not good."
Li Shentong's heart skipped a beat and he shouted, "What happened?"
The spies said: "General Huang led the spies around to the south of the Far East Army camp, and found that a large number of cavalry had left the Far East Army camp for Luliang Mountain, and have not returned yet."
"Going to Luliang Mountain? What's the meaning of this?" Li Shentong's body was shocked when he heard the words, and he was stunned for a moment. Xinkou County?"
"How is this possible?" Li Shentong is still very familiar with the terrain around Luliang Mountain, because he once considered hiding an ambush in the mountain.
The spy immediately said: "Report to the commander, General Huang said that according to the traces of the march, at least 50,000 cavalry from the Far Eastern Army entered Luliang Mountain and have not returned yet."
Li Shentong was stunned. He looked in the direction of the Far Eastern Army's camp and felt something was wrong, but he also believed that the infantry of Luliang Mountain could still cross the mountains and mountains, and the cavalry was impossible.
Before Li Shentong could think about the matter clearly, a young general in the distance led a team of about 500 cavalry galloping towards him.
Everyone looked up quickly.
"Marshal! It's General Huang who is in charge of inquiring about the military situation! Huh... there seems to be another wounded soldier." A general next to Li Shentong had the best eyesight and was the first to recognize the person through the dust. identity of.
Soon, General Huang
Xing rushed into the city gate, and the burly General Huang flew off his horse from a distance, personally carried a wounded soldier, ran up the tower, came to Li Shentong, and said loudly with a serious expression: " Commander! This is a messenger from Xinkou County."
Then he said to the wounded soldier in his arms: "This brother, this is Marshal Li, hurry up and tell the Marshal what you said earlier."
Speaking in this way, he had carefully placed the wounded **** on the ground and drank a sip of water from him.
The wounded soldier was obviously seriously injured, took a sip of water, and said intermittently: "Marshal! The 80,000 Far Eastern Army cavalry were wearing our army armor, and the soldiers were divided into groups to attack Lingluliang and Xinkou at the same time The county towns and nine county towns of the two counties, now Luliang County and Xinkou County have all fallen..."
Speaking of this, the wounded soldier tilted his head and passed out.
Hearing this, Li Shentong felt a thunderbolt from the blue sky, as if struck by lightning, and said loudly: "How is this possible, how is it possible for 80,000 cavalry to pass through Luliang Mountain... Wang Junlin, what a powerful method."
As soon as the words fell, Li Shentong staggered and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the guards beside him reacted quickly and supported him.
Everyone was in a hurry, Li Shentong's personal soldier, the general Chinese medicine officer, came to him, and after the diagnosis, he said: "The commander is old, the cold wind is relatively strong today, the commander has signs of contracting the cold, and just now he was angry again , That's why I was dizzy for a moment. Now I have to move the commander to a place where there is no wind in the house, otherwise the commander is likely to get sick."
Li Shentong's soldiers were extremely loyal to Li Shentong. Hearing what the medical officer said, without saying a word, they protected Li Shentong down the tower and returned to the place where he lived in the city.
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At the end of October, the first snow appeared in Hedong in the 14th year of Daye.
A snowflake fell from the sky, and the weather has become very cold. These days, Luo Shixin and Wu Si, with the help of the Military Intelligence Office, Wulin Association, Xiaoyu Theater, Fanyang Chamber of Commerce and other forces, have gradually moved Xinkou County He basically controlled Luliang County, wiped out the remaining enemies, and repelled or annihilated the invading enemies of the Li family army.
The main force and elite of the Li family army in the east of the river are all in Shuozhou City. The troops in Guanzhong are restrained by Shangguanhu, Zhou Hu, Jiang Mulang, Su Changqing, Wu San and others, and they dare not move a little. Li Shimin's 100,000 troops in the east in this way.
In Shuozhou City, because Wang Junlin led 20,000 troops not far from Shuozhou City, Li Shentong dared not lead the main force to retake Luliang County and Xinkou County.
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The 20,000 horses and 1,000 soldiers are actually for the safety of Wang Junlin.
In the early morning, when Wang Junlin walked out of the warm tent, he saw Shen Guoer shivering under the bitter cold wind behind him, and asked, "How are the soldiers keeping warm in such a cold weather?" ? Don’t freeze!”
Behind him, Shen Guoer tightened the windbreaker on her body, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord. Before the soldiers came, gloves, headgear, brand-new cotton jackets, and quilts were all sent out. Our soldiers, except for two eyes , and the rest are covered tightly. And half of them are soldiers who have fought with Wu Si in the Western Regions for many years. Every winter there is far colder than here, and they will never freeze."
After a pause, Shen Guoer continued: "And there are inexhaustible firewood on Luliang Mountain for heating. Although the weather is really bad, it doesn't affect us at all."
Wang Junlin nodded. As early as three years ago, he had ordered Shangguanhu, Su Changqing, Wu San, Zhou Hu and others to plant cotton in the northwest counties under his control, and to manufacture cotton according to the design drawn by Nie Xiaoyu. A batch of cotton plucking machines such as bows, grinding discs, and popping hammers were developed, which enabled large-scale production of plucked cotton, and produced a batch of cotton clothes, which were widely loved by soldiers in the Northwest and exported to the Western Regions.
Although the current production of cotton is not high, it is mainly used for military use, and the rest is sold at high prices to earn high profits. However, cotton padded clothes have now become Wang Junlin's biggest source of profit in the northwest after Weapons Town.
For soldiers, cotton clothes are indeed much more comfortable than silk and linen clothes. Under Wang Junlin's promotion, the Far East Army has begun to popularize them.
Wang Junlin's investment in the army has always been quite generous.
"My lord, this kind of weather is actually beneficial to us. The Li family's army's thermal equipment must be much different from ours. The longer the time drags on, the more their morale and combat effectiveness will decline."
Wang Junlin nodded and said: "Before Li Shentong always thought that we came from a long way, because of food and grass, we couldn't afford to delay, so, it is expected that we will attack Shuozhou if we don't fight with us in the field There is nothing wrong with that, but we now have two counties in Hedong, so it is not us who are worried at this time, but Li Shentong."
But at this moment, Wang Junlin's expression changed, and he reached out to take out a small black key from his pocket, and the small black key was vibrating slightly at this moment.
After carefully looking at the small key, Wang Junlin already had a solemn and vigilant expression on his face.
Shen Guoer and the others next to him were shocked suddenly, with incredulous and puzzled expressions on their faces. They hadn't seen such an expression on Wang Junlin's face for a long time.
At this time, one by one stared at the small black key that was still vibrating, secretly guessing what the key was and why it could vibrate by itself, acting like a living thing, it was really weird and miraculous.
This small key is pitch black and looks like iron but not iron, jade and not jade, and stone but not stone. It was made by Nie Xiaoyu for Wang Junlin four years ago. Wang Junlin doesn't know the specific principle and material. He only knew that it was built to guard against the No. 1 Killer King who hadn't appeared for several years.
According to what Nie Xiaoyu said, as long as No. 1 Killer King is within ten miles of him, the little black key will vibrate slightly.
For the past four years, Wang Junlin has been wearing it close to his chest with a rope as a necklace. He has long discovered that every time Nie Xiaoyu approaches, the little black key will vibrate.
But Wang Junlin knew very well that Nie Xiaoyu could never be in Hedong at this time, because he ordered Nie Xiaoyu to follow Yuchi Jingde on the eastern battlefield, and kept staring at the battlefield where he was fighting Li Shimin.
So, now that the little black key is vibrating, there is only one possibility, the No. 1 Killer King who has not appeared for several years finally appeared.
"What does number one want to do here?"
"He wants to kill me?"
"Kill me among thousands of troops on the battlefield?"
"Killing me at this time, could it be that No. 1 and Li Yuan are colluding secretly?"
"That's right, No. 1 also knows the original history. He knows that Li Yuan and Li Shimin are people of destiny. Most likely they found the Li family and cooperated with them. It's normal to deal with Xiao Yu and me."
"It's just that No. 1 never knew that Xiao Yu created such a magical little black key for me."
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