After returning to Chang'an, Yan Ling's life suddenly returned to peace, and he no longer rode on horseback all day long, fighting everywhere.
Now that Guanzhong has been pacified, Li Shimin is plotting with Li Yuan in Luoyang and has not officially sent troops to Guanzhong, so Yan Ling is able to spend every day in the Sutra Collection Pavilion in the Qin Palace.
This Sutra Pavilion is where Li Shimin collected martial arts from all over the world. Every capable person and stranger who entered Tiance Mansion left their martial arts here. Even Yan Ling also put the Xingyiquan training method into it.
, Nowadays, as Li Shimin's reputation grows, more talents are recruited, and the collection of books in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion becomes richer.
The Sutra Pavilion can be said to be Yan Ling's favorite place. Here, he can see Yuchi Jingde's whip technique and appreciate Li Jing's ten bloody battle styles. All kinds of martial arts come into Yan Ling's eyes.
, improving Yan Ling's martial arts cultivation.
Although there are no immortal seals in the Sutra Pavilion such as Evil King Shi Zhixuan's Immortality Seal or Ning Daoqi's Sanshou Bapu, there are almost all common martial arts secrets in the world, but it is enough for Yan Ling.
Now Yan Ling's cultivation strength has reached the innate limit, but he has not learned much martial arts, and his understanding of the basics of martial arts is insufficient. As the saying goes, tall buildings rise from the ground, and the importance of basics to martial arts is self-evident!
The knowledge in the Sutra Pavilion can make up for Yan Ling's lack of martial arts foundation. Yan Ling is naturally addicted to the Sutra Pavilion. As for the advanced martial arts moves, Yan Ling is confident that as long as he reads a lot of books, he can accommodate hundreds of rivers and evolve his own.
My own unique skills!
"General, the King of Qin sent back news yesterday, asking us to lead the Lingyun Army to Hulao Pass for support!"
Just when Yan Ling was immersed in the vast martial arts knowledge of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Li Shimin had already sent troops to Guanzhong and captured Hulao Pass. Now the troops are surrounding Luoyang, and a great victory is just around the corner!
Yan Ling put down the secret book in his hand and asked Li Jing who walked into the Sutra Pavilion: "Isn't the King of Qin overwhelmingly conquering Luoyang? Why does he need our support?"
Li Yuan had previously consecrated Yan Ling as General Lingyun, and the cavalry battalion formed its own army. Now it is recruiting soldiers, so Li Shimin did not bring Yan Ling's Lingyun army with him this time.
Li Jing said with a complicated expression: "The King of Qin wrote that Xiaoling and Xiaozhong rushed to Luoyang to aid Luoyang. The King of Qin expected that Xiaozhong would ask Dou Jiande for help, and the King of Qin would also let Xiaozhong and Xiaoling break through the defense line and reach Dou Jiande's territory, so he asked General Ling Yun's army to support the tigers.
Laoguan, defeat Dou Jiande's army together!"
Yan Ling was silent for a while. He had spent so much time with Li Jing and his wife in the army, and he also knew a lot about the relationship between Li Jing and Kou Zhong. They had known each other since childhood and had a life-long friendship, but now they had to meet on the battlefield and face each other for life and death.
, Li Jing was definitely feeling unhappy, but as an outsider, Yan Ling couldn't say much.
"Got it!" Yan Ling stood up and said, "Let's go, let's set out as a whole army!"
After leaving the Prince of Qin's Mansion, Yan Ling and Li Jing walked towards the Lingyun Army camp outside Chang'an City.
After this period of recruitment and expansion, the current Lingyun Army has exceeded 30,000 people, but among them, only the original 5,000 elites can be seen by Yan Ling. Under the leadership of Yan Ling, these 5,000 cavalry have fought countless victories.
, morale, strength, and experience are all considered the best among the best, even more terrifying than the black armor cavalry in the hands of Li Shimin!
"This war is related to whether the Tang Dynasty can unify the north, so there can be no mistakes. I decided to take the 5,000 elite cavalry battalions and the 5,000 soldiers conquered in Longxi, a total of 10,000 troops, and leave the rest to me.
Continue training, you go down and count the men and horses, and set off immediately!"
Yan Ling sat at the head of the military tent, looking at the officers at all levels below, announcing the troops who were leaving the station this time!
"yes!"
The generals took the order and left!
After a while, Yan Ling led 10,000 elite cavalry and marched toward Hulao Pass!
As the gateway to the east of Luoyang and an important pass, Hulao Pass is connected to Songyue Mountain in the south and the Yellow River in the north. It is surrounded by mountains and ridges, making it a natural danger. It has the potential of "one man can guard the pass, and ten thousand people cannot open it". It has been a battleground for military strategists of all ages.
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If Dou Jiande wants to break the siege of Luoyang, he only needs to capture Hulao Pass, and then he can coordinate with Luoyang to attack Li Shimin's army, allowing Li Shimin's militia to siege Luoyang without attacking. Therefore, Yan Ling only needs to attack Hulao Pass.
Guan Zhongjing is waiting for Dou Jiande's army to invade!
Sure enough, not long after Yan Ling arrived at Hulao Pass, he received news that Dou Jiande was leading an army to assist Luoyang and was about to cross the river to attack Hulao Pass to relieve Luoyang's difficulties.
Dou Jiande had recently defeated Meng Jiong, and the army became arrogant. Once they crossed the river, they ignored the hard work of the army and rushed towards Hulao Pass, expecting that there would be nothing to guard the Hulao Pass.
Dou Jiande set up a battle formation at Niukouzhu, connected to the Yellow River in the north, flooded water in the west, and Que Mountain in the south. The formation stretched for more than 20 miles, and the drums were beaten. However, Yan Ling's subordinate Li Jing, who knew the art of war well, gave Yan Ling advice and refused to cooperate with him.
Dou Jiande's army clashed and avoided fighting, which made Dou Jiande's army anxious and agitated. At the same time, a small group of cavalry was sent to attack as a harassment, which made Dou Jiande's army even more exhausted.
When Dou Jiande's army was exhausted physically and mentally and its morale was unstable, Yan Ling personally led Lingyun's army directly towards the enemy's formation. Li Shimin's soldiers who stayed in Hulao Pass followed up and met Dou Jiande's army in close combat.
The majestic Hulao Pass suddenly turned into a grinding mill. The armies of both sides were fighting each other. Countless soldiers were killed on the spot at every moment. Rivers of blood flowed and corpses were strewn across the fields. It was a horrific scene from hell!
Yan Ling waited for work, and Ling Yun's army attacked and drove Dou Jiande's army to pieces. Yan Ling led his three hundred soldiers who were always on the battlefield to penetrate Dou Jiande's army and killed Dou Jiande's army.
Then the cavalry turned around and continued to attack Dou Jiande's army!
Dou Jiande saw that the situation was not going well, so he led his troops to retreat secretly, leaving Qingshan without fear of running out of firewood. However, he was discovered by Li Jing, who had the war situation in mind, and chased Dou Jiande with Hongfu Nu. The two were very powerful.
The cavalry under his command were so high-spirited that they captured Dou Jiande alive on the battlefield.
"Dou Jiande has been captured, and you still won't surrender!"
Li Jing used his true energy and shouted loudly throughout the battlefield. The morale of Dou Jiande's army, which was already exhausted physically and mentally, plummeted. They no longer had any intention of resisting, and they all put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender!
"Well done!"
Yan Ling rushed to Li Jing's side on horseback and patted Li Jing on the shoulder, expressing his appreciation without hesitation!
Then Yan Ling turned around and ordered the Lingyun Army to cooperate with the Hulao Pass garrison to collect the prisoners, clear the battlefield, and send a soldier to Luoyang to send the news of the victory to Li Shimin as soon as possible so that Li Shimin could launch a strategy.
Plan for the ancient city of Luoyang.
"How did King Qin reply?"
Yan Ling sat in the military camp and asked the returning soldiers.
The soldier looked at Yan Ling with reverence and replied: "After the King of Qin learned that the general had won a great victory and captured Dou Jiande alive, he was overjoyed and ordered the general to escort Dou Jiande to Luoyang!"
"I understand, go down and rest!"
Yan Ling nodded. Li Shimin had the same idea as him. Since Dou Jiande was captured, it was necessary to make some fuss about Dou Jiande and press outside Luoyang City to undermine the morale of the Luoyang defenders. This was the most straightforward approach.
But this matter is not urgent. Luoyang City is now surrounded by Li Shimin's army, and the food routes around it are cut off. It can't hold on for long. It doesn't matter if it's earlier or later. It just allows Lingyun's army to rest and recuperate. After arriving in Luoyang, it can directly join the battle. (To be continued.)