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Beidu, Jinyang.
The young King of Jin Li Cunxu put his hands on the city wall, biting his lips and staring at the enemy troops arrayed in the city. The brothers in the past had now become enemies. This feeling made Li Cunxu very sad.
The "Han" flag flying in the military formation below the city deeply hurt Li Cunxu's heart. Because of the distance, Li Cunxu could only vaguely see Li Siyuan under the "Han" flag. Li Congke was looking up at the city, and he didn't know.
What on earth were they thinking.
Three days ago, Jinyang was surrounded by the three kings of Han, Zheng and Jin, each of whom attacked a city wall. Today, the soldiers stationed in the south city under Li Cunxu had suffered more than 600 casualties. Including the casualties in the east city and west city, the total number of casualties was thousands.
A sergeant. It only lasted three days. In the past, the Xuanwu Army did not achieve results that it took a month to attack the city, but it was achieved in three days by the brothers who had fought side by side. How can this not be sad and confusing?
Since the emperor removed the title of "King of Jin", although Li Cunxu and others did not admit it, ordinary Hedong soldiers were shaken. One after another, thousands of soldiers sneaked out of the city and surrendered. According to Guo Chongtao and Zhang Chengye
It is estimated that if this wave of escape cannot be effectively contained, Jinyang City can only hold on for three more days at most.
No, maybe they can't hold on for even two days, because there are only more than 6,000 people left in the city, and more than 2,000 of them are Black Crow soldiers. And the original leaders of the Black Crow Army were Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei.
The two are now attacking the East City and the West City.
A new round of siege battles began again. Li Cunxu had no time to think about it anymore and personally raised his sword to supervise the battle. Amid the thundering horns and thunderous fighting sounds, a new life-and-death struggle began again above and below the city. Fortunately, Jinyang
Cheng Jian waited until dark and finally withstood Li Siyuan's offensive. However, Li Cunxu was hit by an arrow again on his shoulder.
After treating the injury, Li Cunxu returned to the Jin Palace. Guo Chongtao and Zhang Chengye had been waiting for a long time. Li Cunxu asked Meng Zhixiang, who was stationed at the north gate, why he didn't come. Guo Chongtao said that there was an enemy ambush outside the north gate, and Meng Zhixiang did not dare to go down to the city.
Monitor.
All four gates were surrounded. Could it be that Li Siyuan, Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei were really so cruel that they wouldn't even give themselves a way out? Li Cunxu's heart sank. Guo Chongtao and Zhang Chengye also looked very ugly.
Guo Chongtao said slowly: "Your Highness, let's abandon the city, Jinyang can't take it anymore."
Li Cunxu didn't speak, his head was lowered and he was silently in a daze.
"Your Highness, let's go. Now the morale of the army has been lost. If we continue to defend, all the soldiers will escape." Zhang Chengye also began to persuade.
There was the sound of hurried footsteps, and a sergeant reported that Meng Zhixiang was back.
Meng Zhixiang looked anxious and walked in quickly: "Your Highness, there are enemy traces at the north gate. They are Zhou Dewei's cavalry. There are estimated to be thousands... Also, a commander under a certain command left the city and surrendered to the enemy. He took him away
More than six hundred sergeants..."
In fact, before the siege, the three of them persuaded Li Cunxu to abandon the city. But Li Cunxu did not agree. This was the place where the Li family had been stationed for twenty years, and he was really reluctant to part with it. However, the situation was not up to anyone. After three days of fierce fighting, defeat was inevitable.
To avoid it, the question now is how to evacuate.
"What should I do with my family?" As soon as he asked this question, it meant that Li Cunxu finally agreed to abandon the city.
Guo Chongtao, Zhang Chengye and Meng Zhixiang looked at each other for a moment. Meng Zhixiang said: "Let's leave tonight. We will go out of the north gate with light troops, taking our families and carts with us. A certain person will lead his troops to attack the south gate to attract the enemy's attention."
"Then how are you leaving?" Li Cunxu asked Meng Zhixiang.
Meng Zhixiang said: "After His Highness left, I returned to Jinyang and continued to defend the city in the name of Your Highness. The day after, I dedicated the city to Li Siyuan."
Li Cunxu looked at Meng Zhixiang in surprise. Meng Zhixiang felt magnanimous and stared at him without flinching. He then looked at Guo Chongtao and Zhang Chengye, both of whom nodded.
"Have you discussed this?" Li Cunxu asked.
"Yes." The three of them said in unison.
"What should I do if I take my family out of the city and encounter pursuers?" Li Cunxu asked again.
"Jiemuli has already led the tribal cavalry to wait ten miles outside the north gate. His Highness only needs to rush through these ten miles to be out of danger." Meng Zhixiang handed over an arrow book, which was what Jiemuli had just sent into the city.
After Meng Zhixiang got it, he immediately rushed to the Jin Palace.
Li Cunxu didn't say anything. He sighed and patted Meng Zhixiang on the shoulder.
…
Bochang camp.
After a night of military discussions, Zhong Shao looked exhausted and sat alone in the tent for a long time. He only stepped out of the military camp when the morning sun rose.
The sergeants had already had breakfast and were packing their bags, putting away their backpacks and putting them on the cart. The soldiers of the logistics battalion were dismantling the battle equipment, catapults, ballistas, and rams installed on the camp.
, traffic jams, antlers, wooden fortresses, ropes and other objects were all sorted into categories and dismantled into parts one by one.
The work scene in the camp was very busy, but Zhong Shao could feel a faint atmosphere of sadness and the reluctance in the eyes of the sergeants. After all, he had been stationed here for two years, and when he suddenly left, everyone felt sad.
Uncomfortable.
Ge Congzhou's Taining Army had entered Zizhou three days ago. Wang Shifan personally led the Pinglu Army. No, perhaps it should be called the "Qi Army" at this time. It had also approached Qiancheng, less than thirty years away from Bochang.
Li Di. Within a hundred miles around Bochang, the number of enemy troops that have been identified has reached more than 60,000. It is said that more enemies are marching towards Bochang in a steady stream.
Dark clouds are coming over the city, and the war is about to begin!
There are more than 15,000 Lulong Army battalions under the jurisdiction of Bochang's camp. Compared with the enemy's army, the force is weak, but Zhong Shao does not think that he cannot fight.
Once upon a time, Zhong Shao was just a civilian carrying earth to fill the river under Weizhou City. Zhong Shao never thought that he would become the commander-in-chief of an army six years later, leading an army of tens of thousands to compete with the heroes of the world. All of this happened back then.
He found himself by the canal and was given by the tall officer who recruited him into his army of only about twenty people.
Zhong Shao is very satisfied to have reached this point. He wants to fight for that officer to the best of his ability and help him realize his dream of conquering the world and reviving the Tang Dynasty. He will never regret it even if he dies! Even if the difference in strength is so disparate, he still wants to
Guard Bochang and drive this nail south of the river for His Highness King Yan.
Zhong Shao has experienced wars for a long time. He knows that Ge Congzhou's Taining Army and Wang Shifan's Pinglu Army are not the Bohai Navy back then. The Xuanwu Army has strict battle formations and rich experience. The Qingqing Army is brave, fearless, and tenacious. He wants to be like that back then.
It is almost impossible to defeat ten with one. However, Zhong Shao has 3,000 cavalry under his command. With the obviously superior cavalry power, although he cannot defeat the enemy, he can control the hundreds of miles of countryside around Bochang and form a huge formation against the attacking enemy.
Threat, thereby creating conditions for the firm defense of Bochang, Zhong Shao is confident that there is still a chance.
For this reason, Zhong Shao had made arrangements a month ago and sent suggestions to Youzhou. He hoped that the two thousand cavalry of the Liaodong Security Army could return to Bochang and be placed under his control.
But what Zhong Shao, who was eager for war, was waiting for was a withdrawal order, requiring him to abandon Bochang immediately and withdraw to Dizhou north of the river. Looking at the short and cold military order, Zhong Shao found it difficult to accept, but then Zhang Xingzhong gave him
He understood it with his own handwritten letter.
The emperor sealed the world, and the king of Liang allied with the princes in the eastern capital, gathering a force of one million troops, preparing to enter Hebei from the Shangdang area and attack Lulong!
With Hebei alone fighting against all the heroes in the world, such a huge disparity in strength does not allow Lu Long to support multiple battlefields. The intention of the General Administration of Military Staff is to give up Qingqing, shrink its troops, and try its best to prevent the coalition forces of the princes from attacking Shangdang.
.If this is not possible, we must retreat to Taihang. Rely on the steepness of Taihang to ensure the safety of Hebei.
So, how to safely withdraw across the river in the face of superior enemy forces? In this regard, the General Administration of Military Staff also gave a clear answer. Through private and secret communication with Wang Shifan, the United Front Office obtained the new King of Qi
He promised that the Qi army would stay in Qiancheng for three days to give Lu Long's army time to cross the river. The condition was that Bochang City and surrounding military camp facilities were not allowed to be destroyed. At the same time, the King of Qi also told Lu Long that although the Qi army participated in the alliance of the princes,
, but I have no intention of becoming an enemy of Lu Longjun. I hope King Yan will not worry.
Three days were very tight, but Zhong Shao was very confident in the army he commanded, and there should be no problem in safely retreating to the north bank of the river. In addition, Zhong Shao looked at the busy but well-organized military camp, and made up his mind that he would rush to Shangdang.
Go to this battlefield where Lu Long's life and death are concerned.
…
Hedong, north of Luzhou, Xiangyuan.
In the middle of the night, a group of torches quickly approached, arousing the vigilance of the sergeants at the top of the city. In the blink of an eye, there was a loud bang, and hundreds of sergeants were already pouring out of the east gate of the city, with their bows and crossbows strung, and their swords and guns shining brightly.
When the torch arrived at the city, an officer in the cavalry was the first to shout: "This is An Zhongjiao, please open the door quickly!"
After watching carefully, the officer at the city head exclaimed: "An Yatou is back, open the door!" The city gate opened, and An Zhongjie led hundreds of people from Hengdu to rush into the city. He turned back and shouted to the city: "Hurry up and close the city."
Door! Let your commander go to the county government office to meet with someone!"
An Zhongjie rushed directly to the county government office without stopping. After a while, five or six officers rushed to the county government office out of breath. After the meeting, An Zhongjie immediately ordered them to pack their bags quickly and led the sergeants to evacuate with him.
"Going in such a hurry?" an officer asked.
An Zhongjie nodded: "Yes, the Lu Long Army is here. It has been stationed seven miles away and will arrive tomorrow. I'll give you an hour to quickly pack up and evacuate overnight. By the way, are there any family members of the army stranded here?
of?"
The officer replied: "It has already been deserted. There are only sergeants in the city."
An Zhongjie took a long breath and said: "The only plan now is to take the Tiger Level Trail. It is more dangerous, but it can avoid the enemy - we can no longer go to the north. The man has already arrived at the county...
"
The officers looked at each other, and one of them said: "Prince Jin has arrived at the county?"
An Zhong taught: "The false king of Jin!"
The officer lowered his head and said: "Yes, the false king of Jin..."
"The townships and counties are stuck on the main road in the north and can no longer be walked, so there is only the Huping Trail. Tell the brothers to abandon all the luggage and travel lightly. When you arrive in Qinzhou, you will have everything!"
Xiangyuan County suddenly became noisy, and they kept fussing for two hours before hurriedly escaping from the west gate. The whole county immediately fell into deathly silence. Because after Xiangyuan is recaptured in the future, this small town will be placed under the rule of King Han.
Therefore, An Zhongjiao strictly prohibited the soldiers from destroying the city.
At dawn, Xiangyuan ushered in a bustle again. The Lulong Army of the Brigade entered this deserted town and immediately began to take over the defense and build combat equipment.
The flag of the "Youyan Security Army" was erected high on the city tower. Under the flag, Li Xiaoxi led the generals to look north in the distance.
"This is our battlefield. From today on, we must stick to this place to ensure the safety of the north of Luzhou and the control of Fukouxing. Everyone, don't you need to say more about the significance of this battle?" Li Xiaoxi asked
All the officers said.
The officers nodded one after another with solemn expressions.
Li Xiaoxi turned to Liu Dutou beside him and said: "Old Liu, I have no choice but to ask you to temporarily serve as Dutou. The establishment of the security army camp head is in the hands of the General Administration, and someone is inevitable. If I can make a contribution in this battle, I will report to the General Administration."
If the department asks for establishment, we will give you a battalion!"
Liu Du bowed his head and said: "General Li, don't worry, the brothers in Dongyangdu will never disgrace the banner of the security army."
Since April, the General Administration of Military Staff has increased the deployment of troops to the Shangdang area. Li Xiaoxi was ordered to transfer the entire third brigade and nine battalions of the Security Army to Shangdang. But Li Xiaoxi still felt that these troops were not enough, so he simply
I came up with the idea of Dongyang Du, and after talking to Liu Dutou, Liu Dutou immediately joined the security army. He had already had this intention, how could he refuse?
Everyone waited until noon, when an army came from a distance. Several outpost scouts had already rushed to the city, shouting: "Which general is in the city? His Royal Highness the King of Jin has arrived!"
Li Xiaoxi smiled and said to the officers: "Everyone, come with me to welcome King Jin. King Jin is familiar with me, so you don't need to be restrained when you arrive, haha!" (To be continued...)