Turbulent Times Chapter 1628: Li Shimin VS Cheng Yaojin

Surrounded by a group of people including Changsun Wuji, Li Shimin looked at the village named Manhan Village from a distance on the top of the hill, with an ugly and heavy expression on his face.

My important arm, Duan Zhixuan, failed in his plan to borrow troops in the Mann King's City, not to mention that even he was involved in it. Li Shimin received the news that night.

Just as the relationship between Yishuishu and the Far Eastern Army is close, the relationship between the Hei Luo tribe, one of the major tribes of the Yi barbarians, and the Li family is also extraordinary.

Earlier, Duan Zhixuan had even agreed with the head of the Heiluo Department that he would attack Cheng Yaojin and Shen Guang last night, but Cheng Yaojin and Shen Guang colluded with Si Shuishu to strike first.

However, although Duan Zhixuan's group were all included, the leader of the Hei Luo Department immediately sent someone to tell the news to the Li family's secret contact person nearby. People reported the news to Li Shimin as quickly as possible by means of flying birds.

Although Li Shimin was extremely depressed and scolded Cheng Yaojin and the eighteenth generation of Shen Guangzu in his heart, he made the most correct decision right away without any delay.

He gathered all the troops in Sichuan and Sichuan overnight, and even withdrew the defenders in Hanzhong County and six county towns, including Zhu Can's more than 40,000 horses that he gathered in the past few days. The 100,000 troops directly surrounded the nearly 30,000 Wagang Battalion troops led by Xu Shiji in the Manhan Village.

The speed of this process was so fast that even after the scouts sent by the Far Eastern Army's military intelligence office and Xu Shiji reported the news to Xu Shiji, they didn't have time to react too much.

Li Shimin knew that if the barbarians were fully mobilized, they could mobilize 50,000 horses, but even if Cheng Yaojin could borrow the army of the barbarians in the end, there would be a maximum of 20,000 to 30,000 horses, and there must be a process for this.

Therefore, Li Shimin is scrambling for time. Before Cheng Yaojin and Shen Guang borrow the barbarian army, he will fight to the death with the Wagang camp. The nearly 30,000 Wagang Battalion elite soldiers led by Xu Shiji were about to be wiped out, and as long as the Far East Army was wiped out in the Sichuan and Shu army, he would have all kinds of means to win over the barbarians in his hands again.

"Second son, all the generals have arrived in the big tent." Li Shimin was looking at the Manhan village, and a subordinate came to report.

Li Shimin took a deep breath, thinking that if he loses this battle, not only will most of the land in Sichuan and Shu be lost, but it will even be difficult to gain a foothold, unless Xiao Jue in the south can dispatch at least 100,000 troops to the north to attack Sichuan. There is a chance to flop.

But having said that, with Wang Junlin's vicious name and the power of the Far Eastern Army, even Xiao Ju, who occupies half of the south, would never dare to provoke the Far Eastern Army unless necessary.

Returning to the big tent, after meeting each other, Li Shimin cut to the chase and said, "Everyone, we don't have much time left, so we don't want to delay the matter. Now let's discuss the matter of attacking the barbarian stronghold."

When Li Shimin spoke, he glanced at the audience and found that the generals in the tent looked very dignified. Some of Zhu Can's subordinates even looked away, showing a faint look of fear. It was obvious that they had been beaten by the Far Eastern Army in the past few days. Scared.

Li Shimin noticed this, cursed secretly in his heart, and continued to speak loudly: "I have personally seen this barbarian village. Although there is a wall, it is considered tall and solid among ordinary villages, but it is far from being compared with the city wall. Moreover, our force is nearly five times that of the Wagang Camp, so we will surely win this battle.”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin's eyes flickered coldly, and no one dared to look at him, so he continued: "When attacking the barbarian Hanzhai, there are three rules. Those who climb the city first will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and promoted to three ranks! Those who are cowardly and cowardly will be beheaded! In addition..." He paused for a while, and then continued: "The first to climb the city can open the gap and make the rear army Those who continue to advance, all the wealth and women in the barbarian Hanzhai will return to this army, and half of the armor of the Far East Army will be rewarded to this army! After breaking down the stronghold, you can plunder it for a day, and you can slaughter the stronghold."

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he found that there was an aura of greed in the tent. Knowing that the effect had been achieved, he breathed a sigh of relief and began to issue orders.

With every order issued by Li Shimin, some people are happy and some are disappointed

Looking forward, some people even felt resentment, and Zhu Can's soldiers turned into cannon fodder to varying degrees.

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At the same time, in the barbarian village.

Xu Shiji had already summoned all the generals and issued the mobilization order and various defensive tasks. All the people in this small village became passive and began to carry out defensive tasks nervously and orderly.

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Half a day later, on the wall of the barbarian stronghold, Xu Shiji commanded the soldiers of the Wagang camp to continuously attack with strong crossbows and hard bows. There was no need to aim at all. Soldier.

At a few important openings, the captains braved the enemy's arrow rain and led people to push down the rolling stones and woods. Some peasants in the village set up iron pots on the city walls, fanning the fire desperately, and burning them. oil pan.

As soon as the oil boiled, soldiers from the Wagang camp immediately poured it down the city, and there was a sound of wailing from the city.

However, under the instigation of Li Shimin, the soldiers of the Li family army seemed to be desperate for their lives. They continued to attack and fight.

So, the onslaught of the Li family's army on the barbarian village was like a storm from the very beginning, but after more than an hour of onslaught, they still did not see the slightest weakening, instead, they became stronger and stronger.

The Wagang Camp at the head of the city has never stopped madly killing the enemy with bows and arrows, strong crossbows, kerosene, rolling logs and other sharp weapons for defending the city.

At a certain moment, the gate of the village suddenly opened from the inside. Ten thousand cavalrymen from the Wagang Battalion held high their battle flags. rabid bird.

Xu Shiji never thought of blindly defending the wall of the village. He even dared to open the gate of the village and let the cavalry go out to charge when the siege was the most intense. Performance.

As the cavalry rushed out of the city, the morale of the Wagang Battalion at the top of the city suddenly increased. They waved their sabers and killed the soldiers of the Li family army who had climbed up to the top of the city.

However, Xu Shiji, who was standing at the head of the city and commanded the dispatch, was surprised that the soldiers of the Li family army outside the wall were not defeated, let alone the expected scene of the mad bird leading the cavalry to chase down the attacking enemy.

And immediately afterwards, he heard the sound of war drums and horns from the east, which was the sound of the enemy cavalry charging, and then he saw a total of 50,000 cavalrymen of the Li family army coming out of the city from four directions. 10,000 cavalry from the Far Eastern Army surrounded and killed them.

"Li Shimin actually anticipated my plan and made preparations in advance." Xu Shiji's heart sank, his face was solemn, "This person is indeed difficult to deal with, no wonder he is valued by the prince."

When the morale of the Li family's army was severely damaged at the head of the city, Xu Shiji sent out 10,000 fine cavalry who had been recharging their energy for a long time. He wanted to launch a surprise counterattack when the Li family's army was the most exhausted and the morale began to drop. With preparations, the 10,000 fine cavalry led by Kuang Niao not only failed to defeat the enemy who attacked the city, but instead trapped the 10,000 fine cavalry outside, and they were about to be surrounded by the enemy.

Li Shimin stood on a nearby hillside with a clear view, watching the battle intently. As long as the 10,000 cavalry of the Far Eastern Army who came out of the city can be wiped out, the strength of the Wagang camp in the barbarian village will be reduced by half. The morale of the guard and battalion must also have a great impact, and it is not impossible to break through the barbarian stronghold within a day or two.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

"Impossible!" Li Shimin saw the sudden change in the camp behind them, and couldn't help but change his face. Something completely unexpected happened in his vision,

All the original battle flags of the Li Family Army camp fell down suddenly, and were replaced by hundreds of Wagang camp battle flags.

In Li Shimin's field of vision, there are at least 20,000 cavalry galloping and killing people in the western camp, and behind the forest not far away, the military flags are flashing and the dust is flying. Come here in a hurry!

"Reinforcements from the Far East Army?"

"Where did the reinforcements come from?"

"How come the troops of the barbarians were borrowed by Cheng Yaojin so easily and quickly, and they returned so many of them."

It's not that Li Shimin didn't think of Cheng Yao

Jin can borrow the troops of the barbarians, but in his mind, it will take at least four or five days, and judging from the past situation of the barbarians, it would be good to borrow a maximum of 10,000 to 20,000.

However, now it is clear that Duan Zhixuan and the others had an accident, and the barbarians set off before dawn the next day, otherwise it would be impossible to come here at this time, and now there are at least two people who have seen it with their own eyes. It's over, and it seems that there are more people killed in the woods in the distance.

"Now it seems that the Far Eastern Army's control over the barbarians is still beyond my imagination."

"Perhaps apart from the barbarians, the Far Eastern Army has other troops hiding nearby."

Li Shimin had a lot of thoughts, and for a while he didn't make up his mind whether to retreat first.

On the top of the city, Xu Shiji also saw the reinforcements that suddenly attacked the enemy's rear camp. He was also taken aback at first. The barbarian reinforcements led by Cheng Yaojin arrived at least a day faster than he expected. , but this does not affect him making the most correct decision at this time.

"The reinforcements have arrived, follow me to fight out of the city and kill all the enemies." Xu Shiji loudly issued an order, and soon his order spread throughout the army.

"Reinforcements have arrived, go out of the city and kill all the enemies." Shocking cheers erupted from the Wagang camp in the city, and the sound of drums and horns was loud.

On the hillside, Li Shimin listened to the cheers from the Neiwagang Camp in the Manhan Village, and watched Xu Shiji in the city mobilize his troops to rush towards the gate of the village. He didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and ordered in a deep voice: "Send the order, all the troops go north immediately. Withdraw! Order Li Shaoguang's men and horses to cut off the rear. Before the army withdraws, burn all the equipment, food and grass as much as possible, and line up. Those who dare to disturb each other will be killed!"

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Of course, Cheng Yaojin didn't know that Li Shimin would lead all his troops to attack Xu Shiji's barbarian stronghold so quickly, and he didn't know that Xu Shiji would let Mad Bird lead 10,000 elite riders out of the stronghold at the most tense moment of attack and defense. It also prevented him from leading 20,000 barbarian cavalry to appear at this most suitable time for a sneak attack, and forced the 20,000 horses to make at least 60,000 to 70,000 people kill them.

Because, only at this time, the Li family army camp has the fewest troops left behind, and the 10,000 elite cavalry led by the wild bird are attracted to leave the camp.

So, when Cheng Yaojin waited for the Li family army camp to come out in full force, he personally led 10,000 barbarians into Qingqi, captured the west camp of the Li family army camp, planted the flag of the Far East Army, and sent 5,000 people to disperse. The galloping horses made the illusion of charging the Li Family Army's camp in a large area, while leaving 5,000 people behind in the woods to gather suspicious soldiers, giving all the Li Family Army soldiers the feeling that the Far East Army had a lot of reinforcements in the field of vision, making the Li Family Army go up and down. Thinking that he was caught in an ambush, the army's morale was instantly in turmoil.

And Xu Shiji showed a decisive side of a seasoned general, leading the remaining 10,000 Wagang camp troops in the city to rush out of the city without hesitation, which made Li Shimin suspect that the other party already knew about him He will lead an army to attack, so he has already prepared for an ambush, and quickly withdraws his troops in a haste.

Outside the city, 20,000 barbarian cavalry led by Cheng Yaojin and Shen Guang joined forces with 5,000 fine cavalry led by Mad Bird.

In the process of chasing and retreating, it was even more difficult for the generals and soldiers of the Li family army to figure out how many Far Eastern troops were chasing behind them.

Half a day later, the Far Eastern Army beheaded more than 30,000 people from the Li Family Army and returned with a big victory.

Li Shimin withdrew north to Lueyang County, Hanzhong County. After analyzing the intelligence sent back by the spies he sent out later, he found that he had been tricked by a suspicious soldier. The army was sent again, but not to mention the heavy losses in this battle, the loss of morale was severe, and a lot of food and grass were also lost. In a short period of time, they had lost the ability to take the initiative to attack and could only defend passively.

So far, in the Sichuan-Shu war, the Far Eastern Army led by Xu Shiji and Cheng Yaojin with the Wagang Battalion as the main force has firmly gained the upper hand, and will be able to crush Li Shimin's troops next, unless Xiao Ju sent a large army in the south to make a large-scale northern expedition.

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