Su Lie came over and asked, "Did something big happen?"
"Maybe it's a routine drill." Huaiyu said with a smile.
Su Lie was a little helpless, "I am your deputy. If something big happens, you can't hide it from me. I have to be mentally prepared."
Just as he was talking, Niu Jianwu came over with a leg of lamb, "I ordered it in advance from the business group. It has just been roasted. It is hot and delicious."
Huaiyu could see through this guy's thoughts at a glance, "You want to know too?"
"You can't keep us all in the dark, right? Besides, if there is really going to be a big move, Erlang, don't you have to show us the ordering talisman?"
Although Wu Huaiyu had the privilege of being appointed by the emperor and having two banners and two festivals, he did not have the final say in the army alone. The proper procedures had to be in place, otherwise there would be no chaos.
Huaiyu looked up at the sky.
Su Lie and Niu Jianwu also looked at the sky, but there was nothing else except the sun and clouds. The weather was fine.
"hold on."
"What are you waiting for?"
"Wait until the sun goes down,"
As expected, Huaiyu waited until the sun went down before ordering the soldiers to be summoned.
At dusk, the distant mountains look like dark blue.
Wu Huaiyu took out a secret letter.
"The Sima of Binzhou, Zhao Cihao, and the commander-in-chief of Binzhou, Yang Ji, sent an urgent message half a day ago. The governor of Jingzhou and the King of Yan, Li Yi, pretended to be a secret edict and sent troops south to defraud the city of Binzhou.
Li Yi rebelled!"
As soon as these words came out, it was shocking.
Everyone didn't realize it for a while. King Yan Li Yi rebelled? They all fought from Jingzhou to Binzhou, and even swindled the city of Binzhou.
Isn't that just twenty miles north of them?
But why did Marquis Shouyang ask them to stop here for a long time after getting such important military information, and waited until dark before announcing it.
"Although we were ordered to go to Yanzhou to defend the city, since we happened to encounter Li Yi's rebellion, it was time for us to serve the country.
I have sent people to contact Zhao Sima and Yang Tongjun and agreed to attack the rebels in Binzhou City at midnight tonight!
Gentlemen, it’s tonight that you can defeat rebellion and put an end to the chaos, and make achievements!”
"Follow me to rebel!"
The crowd ignited.
The morale is great.
The soldiers and horses immediately broke out of camp and set off,
Su Lie followed Huaiyu on horseback and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Li Yizhen rebelled?"
"You can see him in Binzhou City soon."
Su Dingfang couldn't help but marvel.
He and Li Yi are no strangers. They were both in Hebei back then. At that time, Li Yi was still called Luo Yi. He divided Youzhou and dominated one area. However, although Luo Yi was fierce, he was trapped in a corner of Youzhou and was watched by people from all walks of life.
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At that time, Dou Jiande also sent large armies to attack Luo Yi in Youzhou several times, and Su Dingfang was still a vanguard general. However, even Dou Jiande, who occupied most of Hebei when he was strong, could not capture Luo Yi's Youzhou City.
Luo Yi is really good at fighting, especially his Youzhou Cavalry, which is impressive.
"Why did he rebel?"
Su Dingfang couldn't understand that Luo Yi was besieged by various forces and was very difficult in Youzhou. Finally, he had no choice but to ask Li Yuan of Chang'an to join him. Later, after the Tang army defeated Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai and others, Luo Yi also took the initiative to request to join.
towards.
He also became Li Yi, King of Yan of the Tang Dynasty, and was included in the clan membership. Now he is a very popular official in the Yitong Sansi Division of Kaifu. He has reached the top of his official position, so why should he rebel?
"It shows that this person has always had ulterior motives and is just a rebellious person by nature."
"Isn't it a bit sudden for us to go straight to Binzhou now? Do we want to carefully reconnoiter the enemy's situation and plan and deploy in detail?" Su Lie reminded.
Huaiyu said, "What I want is to catch him off guard."
"Don't be careless. I fought against Luo Yi several times and never got any advantage. When Lord Xia sent hundreds of thousands of troops, he couldn't do anything to Luo Yi and his Youzhou City."
"Senior brother, don't worry, I already have a complete plan."
Huaiyu and Su Lie led two thousand elite soldiers to Binzhou City, leaving about three thousand militiamen and camp personnel behind.
The twenty-mile journey was not far away. Although we were marching at night, we quickly approached Binzhou.
Binzhou City.
Li Yi arrived in the morning and defrauded Binzhou City without spending a single soldier. After he led his army into the city, he placed Zhao Cihao and other officials in the city under house arrest, and then asked his men to seize the city's treasury, collect grain, grass, equipment, and divide the troops to guard it.
, prepare to send troops to attack Yang Wei tomorrow.
However, Li Yi's behavior still made many of his soldiers and generals suspicious. Originally, Li Yi also mobilized his troops south in the name of obeying the secret edict and did not follow the formal procedures.
Now he entered Binzhou like this and even started to occupy it, which frightened some soldiers who did not know the details. Li Yi's confidants and informed soldiers were only a few, and people were uneasy for a while.
Late at night, Li Yijun fell asleep in confusion. Li Yi moved into the Governor's Yamen and was guarded by his Youzhou personal barracks.
The more elite Youzhou Cavalry were stationed outside the city.
It's quiet at night.
Undercurrents began to surge in Binzhou City, and many people began to sneak out from various places under the cover of night to take action.
The north gate of Binzhou faces the Jinghe River.
It was late spring in February, and the wind was biting in the middle of the night. A group of Jingzhou defenders huddled in the city gate to warm themselves by the fire. The soldiers on top of the city were also squatting under the battlements to take shelter from the wind, looking forward to an early shift. Some soldiers were secretly discussing why they
Now we will be in Binzhou City.
The sound of the watchman's bang came, indicating that it was the third watch in the middle of the night.
An official from the Binzhou Yamen came with a team of Yamen servants carrying hot soup cakes.
"According to the order, I specially cooked soup cakes for the soldiers on duty at night to keep everyone warm." A foreign official wearing a crimson uniform came forward.
When the lid of the bucket is opened, the aroma of noodles is fragrant, as well as the smell of coriander, garlic, and mutton fat.
"Oh, I'm cold and hungry right now,"
The soldiers guarding the gate gathered around after smelling the smell, and the servants from Jianggong hurriedly made soup cakes for them. Hot soup cakes, fingernail-sized noodles, cooked soft on the outside and chewy on the inside. The soup was thick and fragrant.
Tangy.
He took the beaten soup cake and drank it immediately, not caring that it was still hot. While drinking, he turned the bowl around. The soup went into his throat and lower abdomen, which immediately warmed up his frozen body.
"Cool!"
Soon, the soldiers on duty at the city gate and on the top of the city all squatted on the ground and started shrieking with a big bowl each.
While sucking, some people even didn't forget to give a few words of praise to Jiang's public servants and people, and also to Binzhou Yamen.
The official in Jiang's uniform smiled enthusiastically and said, "Everyone still has enough. Let's add more after eating. It's too hard to have to march in this cold weather and watch the night."
The clerk was holding a long ladle and squatting next to the noodle bucket chatting with them. Whoever was about to finish their food would add another bowl to them and say, "There's not enough."
One person ate three bowls in a row and was very satisfied. Just as he was about to eat the fourth bowl, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen.
"hiss,"
The bowl in his hand fell to the ground, and then the person also fell to his knees.
Soon, another guard also fell down clutching his stomach.
People fell down one after another.
"poisonous!"
Some people wanted to pick up a knife or a spear, but they couldn't stand firmly.
The official in Jiang's uniform looked at the fallen soldiers and said with a smile, "The only thing to blame is that you followed the wrong people and rebelled with Li Yi. This is asking for your own death."
After saying that, Jiang Gongfu led his men to quickly replenish their wounds, then went to the city gate hole, took out a few bags of oil and poured it on the door shaft, then quickly removed the city door bolt, and then opened the city gate.
After adding oil, the heavy city gate was opened without making any sound.
After successfully capturing the North Gate, the agreed signal was sent, and soon Yang Wei, who had lurked near the North Gate, quickly led his troops into Binzhou City.
They went straight to the Governor's Mansion where Li Yi was located.
Yang Wei's thousands of men were all wearing iron armor, and they were even equipped with crossbows.
Of these thousand soldiers, 500 are Jianghuai crossbowmen who were transferred with Li Keshi last year to help defend against the Turks, and the other 500 are cavalry transferred from Weibo, Hebei.
Wei Bo's heroic cavalry and Jiang Huai's powerful crossbows join forces to attack tonight.
Although the crossbow is not as maneuverable as the bow, the Jianghuai crossbowmen are also a well-known and powerful force. At this time, the night raid was even more powerful, and they went straight to the governor's mansion.
Jingzhou soldiers who were on guard duty along the way tried to intercept, but were shot over by their rows of crossbows. At this time, Wei Bo's knight was galloping through the deserted city streets in the middle of the night.
They fought until they reached the governor's house before they encountered some decent resistance. Li Yi's Youzhou soldiers screamed a warning and tried their best to intercept them.
But it's too late.
The crossbowmen fired in a row, and the cavalry also fired quickly with horn bows and crossbows on horseback. After rushing closer, the Jianghuai crossbowmen instantly transformed into Jianghuai infantrymen.
At that time, Wang Shichong relied on these Jianghuai crossbowmen to make his fortune. These were elite soldiers who could stand up to the cavalry, especially those from the Xuanzhou area of Runzhou. That was Danyang County in ancient times, which had produced elite soldiers since ancient times.
In front of the Governor's Mansion, countless torches illuminated it as bright as day.
At this time, the commander of the army, Yang Wei, also raised the banner of fighting against rebellion and quelling the rebellion, asking the soldiers to shout loudly that Li Yi was rebelling and quelling the rebellion.
This made the already chaotic situation even more chaotic.
Some Jingzhou soldiers arrived from other stations in the city. After hearing these words, they hesitated.
However, the Binzhou City Gate has been gradually controlled by Yang Wei, Zhao Cihao and their men, and they have cooperated with the outside world and locked the city gate, blocking Li Yi's 1,000 Youzhou Cavalry and 1,000 Jingzhou Cavalry from outside the city.
There are only a thousand troops of Li Yi in the city, but except for the personal barracks that are resisting tenaciously, the rest of the soldiers who are coming are either kept at a distance or have begun to hesitate and cower.
The people who truly know the truth and are willing to rebel against Li Yi are still a minority after all. It's already this time, who is still willing to rebel again?
When Huaiyu arrived with his troops, there was still a loud killing sound in Binzhou City, and the two thousand troops outside Li Yi City were also in chaos. Some of Li Yi's cronies led their troops to attack the city, trying to rush into the city to protect the Lord, but
Some generals hesitated and waited.
Su Lie led the 800 cavalry to be the first to arrive. He charged at the rebels attacking the city from behind and scattered them.
Wu Huaiyu also rushed up with his infantry, shouting as he rushed.
They shouted that Li Yi had rebelled and rebelled, and their Yanzhou army attacked and suppressed the rebellion.
"Those who conspire to rebel and rebel will be punished with unforgivable crimes, and those who follow the traitors and follow them will all be punished."
"Anyone who has been deceived and coerced by Li Yi should quickly stop the situation and kill the thief to pay for his crime!"
"Request rebellion!"
"Kill the thief!"
Li Yi came to Beijing under the guise of being entrusted with the secret order, and in a hurry he brought only 3,000 troops to defraud Binzhou. Li Yi successfully defrauded Binzhou without spending a single soldier, but he ignored one thing.
Among the 3,000 soldiers he led, even if he thought he was more reliable, when he really raised the banner of rebellion, there were only a few who could risk their lives, wives, children, and families with all their heart.
Wu Huaiyu Su Lie first charged forward on foot and on horseback, then loudly announced that Li Yi had rebelled, and then had people shout that Li Yi had been killed in the city.
The two thousand men and horses outside the city were almost dispersed.
No fighting spirit.
No matter how brave the Youzhou Cavalry is, they still have to fight for a goal, and the goal must be clear. In such chaos as tonight, from generals to soldiers, too many people are confused.
How can such an army fight, especially a battle like tonight?
This is just like the 300 elite Youzhou assault cavalry who were given to them by Li Yi last year. They were very brave under the leadership of Xue Wanche in front of Xuanwu Gate. The Yuancong Forbidden Army led by Jing Junhong and others could not stop them.
But when Yuchi Gong displayed the heads of Jiancheng and Yuanji at the Xuanwu Gate and announced the emperor's edict that Jiancheng and Yuanji should be punished for treason and rebellion, they immediately broke up.
The scene below Binzhou City in front of me is exactly the same.
Without fighting spirit and determination, no matter how good the equipment or brave soldiers are, they can't win the battle. Many people simply put down their weapons, knelt down and begged for mercy, shouting that they had been deceived by Li Yi and had no chance at all.
I thought about rebelling.
Others turned around and attacked their original companions, just to atone for their sins.
Wu Huaiyu and the others controlled the 2,000 Jingzhou soldiers outside the city with almost no effort, including the 1,000 well-equipped Youzhou assault cavalry, and 300 of them were armored cavalry who had no time to put on armor.
When Huaiyu entered the city, the governor's office was still fighting.
Li Yi was surrounded and turned into a bastard. His personal camp was still fighting. Li Yi also wore armor and fought with a bow. But when Wu Huaiyu led the way and showed his flag, announcing that the two thousand soldiers outside the city had surrendered, the governor's office
The rebels were desperate.
Yang Wei and other Tang troops burst out with deafening cheers. Although some people wondered why the Yanzhou garrison passed by so coincidentally, they knew that they had won.
Soon the remaining rebels were slaughtered as if they were chopping melons and vegetables. Yang Wei took the lead bravely and was the first to enter the mansion.
Li Yi Changshi was killed, and his wife Meng who was accompanying the army was also killed.
Li Yi failed to escape, but Wu Huaiyu and others arrived just in time. They were unable to quickly disintegrate the two thousand soldiers outside the city, and none of the thousand Li Yi soldiers in the city were able to escape from the city.
Close the door and beat the dog.
Catching turtles in an urn.
Li Yi and his son also wanted to change their clothes and run away to hide. Jingzhou Sima Du Zhongda and Li Yi's personal commander Zhao Qi looked at each other.
Then the two of them attacked at the same time,
Du Zhongda slashed Li Yi's son's neck with his knife, while Zhao Qi pierced the chest of his lord Li Yi fiercely.
Li Yi looked at Zhao Qi in disbelief.
This is his adopted son, who has been with him since he was a tiger general in Peiping. For more than ten years, he has been relying on him as a confidant, but unexpectedly tonight he stabbed his own chest with a spear.
"Why?" Li Yi vomited blood, his eyes widened with anger, and he was extremely confused. He was not so surprised by anyone who betrayed him.
Zhao Qi pulled out the gun, but Li Yi held it tightly. He gritted his teeth and raised his leg to kick Li Yi in the abdomen, using his strength to pull out the gun, causing blood to splash everywhere.
Zhao Qi looked at Li Yi who was still struggling on the ground with a gloomy face, "You should not collude with the Turks to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and it is impossible for me to rebel against the Tang Dynasty with you,"
Li Yi died with eyes closed.
A generation of heroes ended so hastily.
When Huaiyu saw the corpses of Li Yi and his son, and saw Li Yi's angry expression as he stared at death in silence, he felt no pity or sympathy for him at all.
"Have you checked to see if it's the traitor Li Yi?"
"It is indeed the traitor Li Yi,"
Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief, the important task assigned by the emperor was successfully completed.
It was much easier than expected, even too easy. The main work was done by the commander of the army, Yang Wei, and there was no Sima Zhao Cihao.
However, Wu Huaiyu and the officers and soldiers of Yanzhou were indispensable for this great achievement. They defeated and surrendered two thousand elite troops outside the city, and then entered the city to attack the governor's mansion. Even the bodies of Li Yi and his son were dedicated to the Yanzhou soldiers by Zhao Qi and others.
What many people don't know is that outside tonight's battlefield, there is another battle without weapons, which is the action of the troops led by the six-door flying snake Li Wujie.
Including his adopted son Tongjun Zhao Qi, who killed Li Yi in the last attempt, he had actually been instigated by Li Wujie to rebel long ago.
"Why did he die?"
"How could he die like this?"
The most unacceptable thing was Su Dingfang. He had had many confrontations with Li Yi and had a high opinion of Li Yi. But now he looked at Li Yi's tragic death with eyes wide open. Although the face was very familiar and it was confirmed to be Li Yi, he
But some didn't want to believe it.
A brave general like Li Yi died here without even causing a stir?
"Times make heroes. If Li Yi insists on acting against nature, he will perish without even being able to set off a wave."
"Come here, take down Li Yi's head, put it in a box, and send it to Chang'an as quickly as possible!"
"All Jingzhou soldiers will be disarmed, detained in the camp, registered and reviewed, and Li Yi's gang members will be strictly investigated..."
