After returning to the post house, Zhang Dezheng already knew what was going on. The most important places in Zhang Nan Fort were the barracks, the south gate and the north gate. By capturing these three places, he would control the entire castle.

After dinner, Zhang Dezheng called Mao Jie and several colonels into the room, told them the reconnaissance situation, and then said: "We will take action at midnight tonight. I will lead people to seize the barracks, and you guys will seize the south gate and

North Gate. Actions must be concealed and the enemy unaware!" Mao Jie and several colonels clasped their fists and said, "Yes!"

After the drum beat at the second watch, the oil lamps in Zhang Nan's windows were extinguished one after another, and the castle suddenly fell into the abyss of darkness. When the third watch was approaching, Zhang Dezheng led 300 elite soldiers to leave the inn and headed towards the barracks.

Heading in the direction.

The sky was dotted with stars on the first day of the new year, but the weak starlight could not dispel the darkness on the ground. The streets in the middle of the night were completely silent, and only the footsteps of the soldiers broke the deathly silence. The temperature dropped sharply at night, and my hands hurt from the cold.

Zhang Dezheng took a deep breath and inhaled the near-freezing air into his lungs. The coldness emanating from his body cheered him up.

Two oil-paper lanterns hung at the entrance of the barracks, and the dim light shone on two soldiers holding guns. The two soldiers stood for a long time, and their bodies were almost frozen. They could only keep tapping their feet to keep warm. One soldier with sharp eyes suddenly saw

A large group of figures were shaking in front of me, so I quickly grabbed hold of them

When he was about to shout loudly, an arrow flew with a hissing sound that cut through the air and penetrated his throat. The soldier fell to the ground. The companion next to him was horrified at the sight and was about to shout loudly,

Another arrow flew towards him, shutting his mouth forever.

Zhang Dezheng put away his bow, drew his saber, and ordered in a low voice: "Hurry over and charge into the barracks!" The soldiers rushed into the compound with weapons in hand. It was pitch dark inside, and the enemies were all sleeping in the barracks. Soldiers from the Tang Army broke in.

The barracks were hacked and killed, and bursts of screams came from every barrack.

Standing in the middle of the courtyard and commanding Zhang Dezheng, he heard shouts and sounds of fighting coming from the north and south gates. It seemed that the battle at those two places had also begun.

At dawn, the battle was over, and all the defenders were annihilated. The sun rose as usual, but Zhang Nan Fort had a new owner.

The people of the Qin Dynasty led troops from Longmen to cross the river on ice and camped on the wall of Baibi to confront King Kong of the Song Dynasty... The generals invited King King Kong to fight with King Kong of the Song Dynasty. The people of the world said: "Jingang hangs his army deeply, and the elite soldiers and fierce generals gather here, and Wu Zhou

According to Taiyuan, Yi

The Vajra army is for defense. The Vajra army has no reserves and uses plunder as capital, so it is advantageous to fight quickly. I will use our strength to thwart its front, divide our troops into Fen and Xi, and attack his inner circle. He will run out of food and resources, so he should escape.

Waiting for this opportunity, it is not advisable to fight quickly."

——"Zi Zhi Tong Jian"

In Jiangxian County, Song Jingang's face was full of dark clouds after he came out of the granary. Just now, he inspected the largest granary set up by the army in the county town. There was not much food left in the granary. In fact, since the Tang army captured Zhang Nan a month ago,

After he built the fort and cut off the grain channel on the east side of the Fen River, he never received a grain of grain again. Now, seeing that the grain he had hoarded was about to be exhausted, how could he not be anxious?

Song Jingang felt that Li Shimin was really not a simple person. He had been at loggerheads with him for more than five months and could not get out. Of course Song Jingang knew that Li Shimin was consuming his food, but he was helpless about it and couldn't think of anything.

What are some good countermeasures?

Since last April, Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou sent their troops southward, and they have been invincible along the way. Precisely because the battle was fought so smoothly, the front line was stretched too long. By the time he captured Jiangxian County, the entire front line was more than a thousand miles long.

Once the front line grows, the supply of food and grass becomes a big problem.

Question. Li Shimin garrisoned Baibi, and across the Yellow River was the Guanzhong area. Food could be continuously transported from Yongfengcang. Therefore, Li Shimin's soldiers could eat and drink enough every day, lie on the grass and bask in the sun, while Song Jingang

The soldiers can only have one meal to eat and one meal to hunger.

The current situation on the battlefield is also very unfavorable to Song Jingang. The Tang army also occupied Haozhou (today's Fenyang), Luzhou (today's Changzhi) and Wenxi. Although there were only a few thousand defenders in these cities, they failed to attack repeatedly.

g. If the battle

If the field is compared to a game of chess, these cities are the chess holes for the Tang army to work on Song Jinjiang's territory. However, Song Jinjiang's two chess holes on the Tang army's territory - Pufan and Xiaxian, were successively given up by the Tang army.

Eaten.

At present, except for Zhang Nan Fort, several strategic points from Pingyao to Jiangxian are still in the hands of Song Jingang. However, if Pingyao to Jiangxian is compared to a highway, then several of the Tang army's work

The chess eyes happened to be located on both sides of the avenue. They were constantly squeezing into the middle, threatening his rear safety at any time.

The food and grass are about to be exhausted, and the battlefield situation is extremely unfavorable. Besides retreating, does Song Jingang have any other options?

Returning to the Chinese army's tent, Song Jingang sent his bodyguard General Wei Chigong to call him over. After he sat down, he said: "Mr. Jingde, our army's food route has been cut off by the Tang army, and the stored food is about to be used up.

We can no longer hold on, so for the present plan, we can only retreat." Upon hearing this, Yuchi Gong hurriedly said: "King Song, where do you plan to retreat to?"

"Jiexiu."

"Jiexiu? Jiexiu is nearly five hundred miles away from here. How can we retreat so far all at once?"

Song Jingang nodded and said: "Mr. Jingde, you also know that I, Song Jingang, am not a coward. No one in the Tang army is my opponent. Jiang Baoyi, Li Zhongwen, Pei Ji, and Li Yuanji, they are all defeated by me."

, if Li Shimin dares to come out to fight with me, I believe he will be like those people. But

Yes, Li Shimin stayed put and wasted his time with me. I sent people many times to ask him for a duel, but he ignored me, just like a fucking turtle, hiding in his shell and refusing to poke his head out. He, Li Shimin, doesn't claim to be anything but

Can 30,000 elite soldiers defeat me and Liu Wuzhou and recover the entire Hedong? Why are you so stupid?"

"I, Song Jingang, are not afraid of war, but I am afraid of running out of food and grass. I originally thought that Li Shimin would only hold on for a month or two, or at most three months, before he couldn't help but come out to fight me. But I didn't expect that he would fight with me.

It took me more than five months. It seems that I still underestimated him. I admit that I was defeated by Li Shimin this time because of his patience. I really don’t understand that he is just a second-rate person.

How can a ten-year-old boy have such great endurance?"

"However, Mr. Jing De, I, Song Jingang, will not give up easily. Therefore, I decided to let you lead 10,000 elite troops and evacuate to Jiexiu first. I will lead the army to follow. As long as the army safely evacuates to Jiexiu,

The battle line can be greatly shortened. By then, we can capture Zhang Nan Fort, restore food routes, and build food routes on the Fen River. When we have enough food, we can then fight Li Shimin decisively. I believe we can defeat him.

!”

After listening to Song Jingang's complaints and withdrawal plan, Yuchi Gong left the Chinese military tent. Following Song Jingang's order, he led 10,000 troops to Jiexiu. Five days later, Song Jingang asked Xun Xiang to lead 5,000 troops as a rearguard.

, he personally led the main force of the army and secretly set off to retreat.

On this day, Li Zhiyun was at the new army camp. His second brother sent a guard to find him and asked him to go to the Chinese army camp. Li Zhiyun walked into the military tent and found that many generals had arrived. After everyone arrived, his second brother said: "Generals,

According to reports from scouts, Song Jingang has led his troops to retreat.

.Haven't you always wanted to fight Song Jingang? Now the opportunity has come. Make preparations immediately after you return and set off immediately. We must catch up with Song Jingang and completely eliminate him!" All the generals were very happy to hear this.

Qi cupped his fists and said, "Yes!"

Song Jingang was by no means an idle person. He even escaped without noticing. He led the army to retreat on March 14. It was not until three days later that his second brother got the news. He waited until the seventh day, which was March.

On the 21st, the Tang army led by his second brother caught up with Xun Xiang, who was serving as a rearguard cover, in Juzhou (today's Huo County), more than 200 miles away. However, Song Jingang's main force had already disappeared without a trace.

When Xun Xiang saw that he was overtaken by the Tang army, he immediately led his troops to hide in Juzhou City, closed the city gate tightly, and planned to defend the city. The Tang army immediately surrounded Juzhou City.

After Li Zhiyun arranged for the new army to set up camp, he immediately went to the Chinese army camp to find his second brother. He walked into the military tent and saw that his second brother was pacing back and forth in the tent, seeming to be thinking about something. He said loudly: "Second brother, let's

When will we attack the city?"

The second brother did not answer, but stopped and looked at him and said: "According to the scouts, Song Jinjiang wants to escape to Jiexiu. We can't catch up behind him slowly like this, and we will probably let him slip away. Let's do this, Wu

Brother, I will hand over the army and food to you, and I will personally lead the eight thousand cavalry to pursue Song Jingang.

, Do you think this will work?" Li Zhiyun thought that the second brother's idea was good. They spent more than five months with Song Jingang and finally wore him out. It would be a pity if he ran away. So, he hurriedly

He nodded and said: "Okay, after I capture Juzhou City, I will lead my army to Jiexiu to meet you."

"Okay then, it's settled!"

After the second brother left, Li Zhiyun began to arrange an siege. The second brother only brought 8,000 cavalry, while Song Jingang had tens of thousands of cavalry, which was a huge disparity. Therefore, Li Zhiyun had to capture Juzhou City in the shortest possible time, and then lead the army forward.

Go to reinforce your second brother.

Li Zhiyun asked Scarface to transfer the firearms battalion over and focus on the north gate. Eight red cannons lined up in a row and fired fiercely at the city gate. The gate tower was blown down, and the enemy troops on the top of the city were covered in blood and flesh.

Flying, there were almost no casualties. Soldiers from the firearms battalion rushed into the city gate and shot dozens of

The grenades were tied together and exploded the thick city gate inlaid with huge copper nails. The soldiers swarmed in and in less than an hour, they occupied the entire Juzhou City and captured Xunxiang alive. Li Zhiyun left two thousand people behind.

Soldiers and horses guarded Juzhou and led the army to chase the second brother.

The second brother led eight thousand cavalry to pursue Song Jingang. He took the lead and galloped wildly. Half a day later, they began to catch up with the enemy. These were the laggard officers and soldiers of Song Jingang's army, and their numbers ranged from dozens to hundreds.

The large group of cavalry rushed forward, cutting and killing indiscriminately, just like chopping melons and vegetables, with heads falling to the ground one after another. When encountering a large group of resistant enemy troops, they used the impact of the cavalry to quickly break through the enemy's defense line and annihilate them.
Chapter completed!