Ma Yiping gave a bitter smile, threw the weapon in his hand on the ground, and said: "We surrender."
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Cui led more than 50,000 defeated troops all the way back to Boling County City, and immediately ordered the city to be defended.
Because within half a day at most, Yuchi Jingde would lead the Tiger Battalion to arrive, lay siege to the county city, and then carry out a violent attack.
Nowadays, they can't defeat the Far Eastern Army in the field with more attacks and fewer attacks, and with more troops than the Far Eastern Army attacking the city, they also have no confidence in defending Boling City, even if there is enough food in the city.
However, Taiyuan Li Yuan sent someone over, and tens of thousands of reinforcements would arrive, which gave Cui a lot of hope.
These reinforcements did not come entirely from the Li family in Taiyuan, but from the private armies of various wealthy families. They were of the same nature as the Cui family's troops.
In the hall of the county government office, Cui Shenggang, the head of the Cui family, looked at the tall and handsome man in his thirties and asked: "Your Excellency once served as the county magistrate of Mayi. Before Liu Wuzhou colluded with the Turks to rebel, he resigned and left.
He also joined Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty. Looking at your experience, it is hard to believe that you are good at using troops and strategy."
The man smiled slightly, with an indescribable sense of confidence, and said, "Don't Mr. Cui believe Mr. Tang?"
Cui Shenggang shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't believe Li Yuan's words, but it's a matter of great importance and I have to be cautious."
The man said calmly: "Actually, Mr. Cui has no choice, because depending on your ability to defend the city, Boling City will be destroyed by the Far Eastern Army in at most three days, but if it is left to my command and control, I can guarantee that it will take half a month."
The city is not broken, but within half a month, all the powerful families will mobilize their armies, and then they will be able to relieve the Cui family from danger."
Cui Shenggang smiled bitterly and said, "I hope Li Yuan's words are credible and that you have the ability to match the arrogance you show."
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"Your Majesty, I just got the news that Li Jing was sent to Boling County by Li Yuan and sneaked into Boling City." Shen Guoer reported in a low voice in the study of Prince Qin'an's Mansion in Fanyang County. To be honest, if the prince hadn't specially ordered it, she would have been
I don’t understand how capable this Li Jing is, spending so much manpower...
Staring straight.
When Wang Junlin heard this, his expression suddenly condensed, his eyes widened, and he smiled inexplicably: "Yu Chi Jingde attacks the city, and Li Jing defends the city. I don't know what the result will be."
Shen Guoer said again: "Your Majesty, there are another seven groups of bandits with a total of more than 70,000 men heading to Boling County from the counties of Shandong and Hedong. However, according to the intelligence we have, these seven bands of bandits are nominally rebels.
Mountain bandits or horse thieves are actually secretly controlled by various powerful families. They have sophisticated weapons and equipment, sufficient food and ammunition, formal training, and rich practical experience. They are at least as powerful as Cui's Boling Army."
A cold light flashed in Wang Junlin's eyes, and he said in a cold voice: "We are destined to have difficulty coexisting with these powerful families, and these powerful families, mainly the Dugu family, also know this, so they are absolutely unwilling to sit back and watch us grow in power.
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After a pause, Wang Junlin asked again: "There are people from Shandong. Behind one of the thieves must be the Gao family of Gaoxuan County."
Shen Guoer said quickly: "Your Majesty is wise, one of the thieves is from Gaoxuan County, and the person behind them is indeed the Gao family."
Wang Junlin sneered and said: "Gaoxuan County is located in the south of Donglai County, facing the East China Sea. He must be worried about our army going south, so he rushed to join in the fun. In this case, send an order to Huang Shaoqiu and ask him to lead the Haisha Water Camp to capture Gaoxuan County!
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Shen Guoer wrote down what Wang Junlin said and asked: "Your Majesty, what should we do over there in Boling County?"
Wang Junlin thought for a while and said: "Wang Bodang came to me yesterday and wanted to send troops, so let him lead the Xiongwu Camp! In addition, let Zhang Tiangang lead the other members of the special team to Boling County, including the two of them and Yuchi Jingde is in an invincible position in Boling County, even if his opponent is Li Jing."
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When Dugu Cheng'e, the guard of Yangshan Gate, received the news that Yangshan County had been attacked and fell, he was eating breakfast when he heard a clang and his rice bowl fell to pieces.
"How many people are coming?" Looking at the scouts he sent out, Dugu Chenger stood up nervously.
"Returning to the general, I only saw cavalry. There were about 10,000 cavalrymen. They attacked Yangshan County overwhelmingly. At that time, I saw that the Yangshan County was already in flames. I expected that the enemy must have attacked the city. Unexpectedly
If he dared to move forward, he rushed towards Yangshanguan. Unexpectedly, there were enemy cavalry all the way, and he was almost stopped." The spy was still frightened.
"They want to block the news. By the way, since the enemy cavalry is attacking in large numbers and Yangshan County is already on fire, it means there are lurking enemies in Yangshan County. Yangshan County is probably not safe. I just don't know if Ma Yiping has Didn't you escape?" Dugu Cheng'e asked.
"I don't know. When I was leaving, I heard loud shouts of killing from the other side of Yangshan County. There are so many enemy troops. I'm afraid it will be difficult for General Ma to escape."
Dugu Cheng'e wanted to ask again, but suddenly alarm bells rang outside, and the bells resounded throughout Yangshan Pass. Dugu Cheng'e took off the sword hanging on the wall, and ran outside.
"The enemy is coming so fast!" Dugu Cheng'e shouted loudly as he ran out of the house: "Here comes someone, send the order, the whole army is assembled, go up the city wall, the enemy is coming!"
When Dugu Cheng'e climbed to the top of the city, ten thousand defenders were already waiting in formation. Eight bull slaves and trebuchets pushed against the city wall that was more than seven feet high, and ferocious sharp arrows emerged from between the battlements. , the trebuchets were tightened, and the stone bullets were placed in the trebuchets. The soldiers bent their bows and arrows, aiming downwards. The two sides of the city wall were directly connected to two extremely steep mountains. As long as they held This towering city wall makes it difficult for enemy troops to break through.
"It's General Ma Yiping from Yangshan County!" A captain suddenly exclaimed, "General Zhou, it's General Ma Yiping from Yangshan County. There are pursuers behind them."
Dugu Cheng'e held his sword tightly, leaned over the city wall, and watched a large flag with the character "horse" approaching quickly in the distance. Four to five hundred defeated soldiers followed the flag with the character "horse" toward Yangshan. Guan ran wildly, many of them didn't even have weapons, and more of them threw away their armor, spread their legs, and ran towards this side desperately, while a few miles behind them, flying cavalry The hooves trampled up a flying dust dragon, which was approaching quickly.
"Captain Zhang, you take a thousand people out of the city to meet you. We will let the long-range attack weapons on the city wall meet you. You must take General Ma and his party into the city. Hurry up. Once General Ma enters the city, you will immediately Retreat to the city. The opponent's horse is fast, so be careful of your opponent taking the opportunity to rush up and seize the city gate." Dugu Cheng'e said in a deep voice.