Vicious shouts and curses sounded from time to time behind him, and Suo Zhou fled westward along the city wall in embarrassment. He knew that he could not escape. There was no city gate on the west side, and the dozen or so guards around him scattered... They were very nervous.
It is clear that Liu Heier's goal is just to get Zhou Zhou.
Finally unable to run anymore, Suo Zhou stopped, turned around, lowered his hands on his knees and panted heavily, looking at Liu Heier who was slowly approaching, "You...you surrendered to the Tang Dynasty?"
"How can you surrender to Tang Dynasty!"
"Don't forget that it was Liu Nu who hid and captured Duan Decao alive. Li Huairen would cut off the Jihu people's heads and build a Jingguan!"
"If you surrender to the Tang Army, Your Majesty will definitely kill your uncle..."
Liu Zhao, who had already caught up, chuckled, "Brother is now the leader of the bodyguards around the King of Handan."
"What?!" Suo Zhou was stunned. His information channels were much better than Liu Hei'er's. He had long known about Su Dingfang, Wang Junhao, Zhang Zhongjian, Liu Hei'er's seniors, and even knew about Hou Hongtao and Qu Silang...
Liu Zhao added: "On New Year's Eve, the King of Handan personally led 800 warriors to Xiaoguan."
With a clanking sound, the knife in Suo Zhou's hand slipped involuntarily. He initially thought that Liu Hei'er had secretly linked up with the tribe to rebel after defecting to the Tang Dynasty. The reason why he threatened Liu Hei'er just now was because Xiao Pass had not been lost, and Master Liang could deal with Liu Nu's hiding at any time.
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"How...how is it possible!"
"Such a big...such a big snowstorm..."
Suo Zhou's words were incoherent and unbelievable. Why did the Tang army attack so fiercely? Why did Su Dingfang refuse to withdraw his troops? All the inside stories had been revealed, but it was before he died.
Liu Zhao looked at Suo Zhou sympathetically. In fact, he understood Suo Zhou quite well. He set off in the afternoon on the first day of the first lunar month. A small half of the journey was horse-riding. There were two or three towns in the middle to replenish supplies, and the wind and snow had stopped.
In this way, they did not arrive at the city until the afternoon of the third day of the first lunar month, and the King of Handan detoured through the mountains and reached Xiaoguan when the wind and snow broke out.
Suo Zhou couldn't hold on any longer, he knelt on his knees, stretched out his neck, "I'm willing to surrender, I'm willing to surrender..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Heier took two steps to the side, struck down the long knife in his hand, and chopped off Suozhou's head squarely.
"Brother?" Liu Zhao kicked the rolling head away, "He said he was willing to surrender... The King of Handan won't blame him, right?"
"No." Liu Heier said simply, "Mr. Lang allows me to take revenge."
Lifting the head by his hair, Liu Heier looked eastward. The war seemed to be almost over.
On December 27, the eighth year of Wude, the Tang army attacked fiercely in the snow and fought with the Liang army in Luojiatuo.
On December 28, Liang's army retreated to that city. Tang's army pursued it despite heavy wind and snow, but were unable to attack the city.
On the third day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of Taketori, this war, which seemed to be protracted and would cause heavy losses to both sides, came to an end in an unimaginable way and at an unimaginable speed.
From the time Jihu cavalry arrived outside the city to the time Xue Wanche and Hu Yan killed the city and opened the east city gate, it did not last more than two seconds. From the moment the city gate was lost, it seemed that Liang Jun had lost his fighting spirit.
Suo Zhou was beheaded by Liu Hei'er. All his generals either died or surrendered. Thousands of Liang soldiers knelt down and surrendered... so much so that Duan Zhixuan, who hurriedly killed the infantrymen after they arrived, was extremely regretful. Why did you surrender?!
"It's okay, it's really okay!"
Facing the gazes of so many generals and facing so many problems, Liu Heier couldn't help sweating on his forehead and repeatedly assured: "I'm absolutely fine!"
"On the 29th, there was a heavy snowstorm. On the 29th, a village was seized and settled. On the 30th, the army marched until nighttime before arriving at Xiaoguan. Duan Decao, Liu Rengui, Hou Hongtao, and Wang Junhao secretly climbed up the city wall, opened the city gate, and attacked in all directions."
"All the generals below Feng Duan were having a banquet and were captured by a single force. By the way, Xin Li'er beheaded Feng Duan as a sacrifice. Two thousand Liang soldiers collapsed at the first touch."
"Lang Jun ordered to block the news. On the first day of the first lunar month, he sent a certain person and Huangfu Zhong, and Wang Junhao led his troops south... By the way, where is Wang Junhao?"
Su Dingfang breathed a long sigh of relief, and Zhang Shigui on the side asked: "Is His Highness injured?"
"I have some frostbite on my hands..."
In the middle of Liu Heier's words, Huangfu Zhong came over and said: "In addition to frostbite on his hands and feet, the cold air entered his body during the two days of marching in the wind and snow. If he does not take care of himself, His Highness may lose his vitality."
Li Keshi and Su Dingfang looked at each other, and they both guessed that there must be some inside story... But at least it meant that Li Shan was fine.
At this time, Wen Yanbo, Li Daoxuan, and Dou Gui, who had received the news in the morning and rushed over, also arrived. Wen Yanbo asked excitedly: "We really took down Xiaoguan!"
"Yes." Su Dingfang responded, "It was half a day later than planned. We broke through the barrier on New Year's Eve. There were still hundreds of Jihu cavalry in the city at that time. Fortunately, Liu Heier persuaded us to surrender."
Dou Gui clicked his tongue and praised: "On New Year's Eve, there was a heavy wind and snow, and we made a surprise attack to break through the barrier. The outcome was settled in one fell swoop and will be left to future generations."
The generals nodded one after another and took Xiaoguan, completely reversing the battle situation between Tang Army and Liang Army, and firmly grasping the initiative on the battlefield, not to mention in such a legendary way... This kind of achievement is enough to leave a mark in history.
Li Daoxuan smacked his lips, thinking that Huairen's military exploits in the past few years seemed to be quite legendary, and most of them were qualified to leave their names in history.
At this time, Wang Junhao finally came back. He chased and killed a group of Liang soldiers who were lucky enough to escape from the city and fled to the west. They killed them all before returning.
"Thank you for your hard work, Junhao." Li Daoxuan, who was also quite familiar with Wang Junhao, said with a smile: "I am afraid that you, the county prince, will become the county prince."
"Probably not..." Wang Junhao said with a smile: "After this battle, I will return to the Guards."
"Such military exploits are enough for promotion... Now I am Zhonglang General, which is enough for the Sixteenth Guards to get a general." Dou Gui knew in his heart that Li Shan had no way to reward him anymore. Military achievements would probably be shared among his generals. Liu
Hei'er is a demoted general, Duan Decao's merits and demerits are equal to each other, Liu Rengui is too junior and his status is too low. The most likely to benefit are Wang Junhao, Hou Hongtao and Qu Silang.
Su Dingfang remained silent. After a moment of greetings, he asked, "What is your order?"
Wang Junhao said sternly: "Lang Jun has an order. The Duke of Xihe County will be stationed in the central army. Duke Dou and the King of Huaiyang will be stationed in Nanguan Town. Zhang Shigui, the governor of Yuanzhou, will lead the front army to seize the city and confront Guyuan County."
"Order Guo Xiaoke, the general manager of Longzhou, to send troops to Longshan Pass."
"Zhao Guogong Su Dingfang led 3,000 troops to go north immediately, dispatched Hu Yan, the governor of Ningzhou, and Li Keshi, the general of Qianniu Guards on the right, to go north with the army. He then ordered the cavalry chief, Xue Wanche, to lead 4,000 cavalry to slow down the march, but they had to arrive at Xiaoguan before the tenth day of the lunar month.
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Xue Wanche is a brave general with a straightforward temperament, but he is not a simple fierce general. Hearing these words, he frowned, "Seven thousand troops... Is Xiaoguan that big?"
Liu Heier on the side whispered: "Uncle led four thousand cavalry to garrison in Tongxin County."
Dou Gui put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "The big deal has been decided!"
Although Liang Luoren and his main force of more than 5,000 Liang soldiers were still twenty miles away from the city, everyone knew that the war in Yuanzhou had come to an end, and the next step was to recover Lingzhou and Huizhou... and Liu Nu hid under his command.
The four thousand cavalry will give the next war a perfect start.
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