Nine hundred and ninetieth eight chapters fisherman profit
Xiang Zuohui led three thousand cavalry and galloped all the way. They arrived at Xiangyang City in the evening of the next day. They abandoned their horses a few miles away and ran to the city on foot. The Xiangyang army did not have cavalry. If they went directly there, they would reveal their secrets.
As night was approaching, Xiang Zuo Hui led 3,000 soldiers to the city. They saw that the city gates were tightly closed, the suspension bridge was hung high, and the defenders on the city felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
The moat of Xiangyang City is wide, but there is a stone bridge in front of the city gate that leads directly to the bottom of the city. The remaining moat in front is only a few feet wide. After the suspension bridge is lowered, it will be built right on the stone bridge.
Xiang Zuohui galloped to the bridge and shouted, "Who is guarding the city?"
The guard at the head of the city was called Li Ling, a lieutenant general. He glanced at Wang You who was standing at the foot of the city tower behind him. Wang You nodded to him. Li Ling understood. He walked to the battlements and looked down.
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"Is it General Xiang? I'm Li Ling."
Of course Xiang Zuohui knew Li Ling. Dong Xizhi stayed behind to assist Dong Zhu in defending the city. Dong Zhu led three thousand troops to the north, but Li Ling did not follow him. This was strange.
However, Xiang Zuohui was not suspicious. He quickly shouted: "Brothers are sleepy and tired, open the city gate quickly!"
"General Xiang, when the young master heard that our lord was defeated, he was so anxious that he led three thousand troops north to meet him. Didn't you meet him?"
"Ah! I haven't met the young master. He must be following the official path! I am following the old path of Xinye."
Seeing that there was still some hesitation in the city, Xiang Zuohui felt annoyed, so he took out the Jinling Arrow and shouted: "This is the lord's Jinling Arrow. The lord is worried that Xiangyang will be lost, so he asked me to come back to garrison first."
Li Ling hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't be angry, General Xiang, because the young master has strict orders not to open the city gate at will. Of course it is best to have the golden arrow to the general. I can also explain to the young master."
He quickly ordered Zuo Hui to throw a covered basket over, and Xiang Zuo Hui asked his soldiers to put the golden arrows into the basket, close the lid, and the basket was dragged back.
Li Ling looked at Ling Jian, then looked back with the corner of his eye, and saw Wang You making a gesture to open the city to him.
Li Ling smiled and said: "The arrow is correct, please wait a moment and open the city gate immediately!"
He turned around and ordered: "Lower the drawbridge and open the city gate!"
The suspension bridge was slowly lowered and the city gates were slowly opened. Xiangyang City is a strategic city. Its four gates are all duplex gates, which is the structure of the urn city. In addition to the outer city gate, there are also inner city gates, and the urn city in the middle.
, among the surrounding gates, the north gate is the main gate, so the barbican is very large, about a hundred paces long and fifty paces wide. The soldiers who defend the city usually train in the barbican.
The outer city gate opened, and the inner city gate a hundred steps away also opened simultaneously.
Xiang Zuo Hui was overjoyed. When the suspension bridge was lowered, he rushed onto the suspension bridge. The three thousand soldiers behind him followed closely and swarmed into the city gate. After rushing into the city gate, Xiang Zuo Hui could no longer conceal his seizing power.
Wanting the city, he accelerated his horse speed and rushed towards the inner city gate. The soldiers behind him also ran wildly, but just twenty steps away from the inner city gate, the inner city gate suddenly closed.
Xiang Zuohui was shocked. He turned around and looked at the outer city gate, only to see that the outer city gate was also slowly closing.
‘Fell into a trap!’ A thought flashed through his mind.
Xiang Zuohui shouted anxiously: "Retreat! Get out quickly!"
At this time, thousands of soldiers suddenly appeared on the tops of the surrounding walls of the Wengcheng. They fired arrows into the Wengcheng together. The arrows were like a rapid rain. Xiang Zuohui was caught off guard. He was hit by dozens of arrows and fell off his horse, killing him on the spot.
Not all the three thousand soldiers entered the city, only about two thousand entered. The more than a thousand soldiers behind who had not yet entered the city found that the city gate began to close and the drawbridge was pulled up. They were so frightened that they ran backwards and fled from the city gate.
At this moment, two thousand cavalrymen attacked from the left and right, and a thousand Zhusi troops outside the city were in chaos. Some fled in all directions, and some knelt down and begged for mercy. Some soldiers who resisted were also mercilessly hacked to death by the cavalry...
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In less than a quarter of an hour, the battle was over. Xiang Zuo Hui's 3,000 soldiers were wiped out, and all 3,000 horses several miles away were captured by the Jin army.
But the annihilation of Xiang Zuohui's 3,000 men was not a big deal. The rout of Li Hongxin's 60,000 men was a spectacular scene.
Li Hongxin's 60,000 troops were exhausted and could not withstand the sharp offensive of 20,000 cavalry. In the chaos, the army collapsed. The 60,000 troops fled in all directions on the wilderness. The 20,000 Jin cavalry pursued and blocked the 60,000 troops.
With no other way out, countless people surrendered.
Li Hongxin led more than a hundred soldiers to flee in panic, but was caught by Yang Xuanying. He led a thousand light cavalry to pursue them quickly. At this time, a river more than ten feet wide appeared in front of him. The river was fast and blocked Li Hongxin's way.
Yang Xuanying's pursuers were dozens of steps away. Li Hongxin was heartbroken and rushed towards them. He waved his sword and shouted: "You will die!"
Yang Xuanying sneered, galloped, and stabbed out the dragon's golden spear in his hand like lightning. Li Hongxin raised his knife to block, but it missed the target. The opponent's spear disappeared in front of him. He secretly screamed something bad, and felt his stomach
As soon as it was cold, the tip of the opponent's spear pierced his lower abdomen. With a twist of the spear, Li Hongxin's liver and intestines were severed. He screamed in pain, turned over and fell off his horse, and the spear pierced his chest instantly. When Li Hongxin landed, he had turned into a human being.
A corpse.
Li Hongxin's men's eyes were red, and they rushed up with a roar. Li Xuanying appeared with a spear and picked off more than 20 people. The other soldiers were frightened and fled one after another. However, they were surrounded by more than a thousand cavalry. In the end, they were all killed and no one escaped.
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The battle gradually came to an end in the pursuit. More than 7,000 of the 60,000-strong army were beheaded, nearly 50,000 surrendered, and less than 3,000 escaped from the battlefield. All kinds of soldiers, armor, and weapons seized by the Jin army piled up like mountains.
After stabilizing the mood of the prisoners of war, Pei Xin left 5,000 men to guard the prisoners of war. He led other armies to the north with great momentum. The governor of Dengzhou surrendered in Nanyang County, but Pei Xin's goal was Luyang Pass, which contained an army of 60,000 men.
The logistics center has 200,000 shi of food and countless supplies of various kinds.
As night fell, 10,000 cavalrymen, led by their commander Pei Xin, arrived at the gate of Luyang Pass. Luyang Pass was mainly used to defend against enemies invading the south from the north. It was a pass city with high mountains and cliffs on the east and west sides, and separate gates were built in the north and south.
A city wall has a terrain that is high in the south and low in the north. It is difficult to attack from the north, but it is condescending from the south.
A large amount of grain and grass supplies were stored in Guancheng. Pei Xin not only wanted to seize these supplies, but also wanted to seize Luyang Pass, a key pass.
There are currently three thousand soldiers in Guancheng, led by General Wang Lie.
Pei Xin immediately stood on a low hill, staring at the Luyang Pass a few miles away. Compared with the tall and solid North City, the South City was much lower, but this lowness was also relative, and it would not be so low as to be unbearable.
It can be captured with siege weapons.
The 10,000 cavalrymen led by Pei Xin naturally did not carry siege weapons, but they did carry powerful alternative siege weapons.
Pei Xin looked at the sky. There was still the last glow of sunset in the sky in the distance, and night was coming.
"After an hour, seize Luyang Pass!" Pei Xin issued the final attack order.
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Night has completely fallen, and the thick night shrouds Luyang Pass. The moonlight is dim and the night is deep. The three thousand soldiers on the pass nervously watch the wind and grass outside. Although the pass is full of torches, as far as they can see, they can only
Within thirty steps.
At this time, dozens of soldiers holding huge shields gathered in a group and were slowly approaching the city gate. They were so big that they were discovered by the soldiers at the top of the city when they were about 80 steps away from the city gate.
Wang Lie shouted: "Concentrate the archers and crossbowmen to shoot, and don't let it get close to the city gate!"
More than 2,000 crossbowmen fired at the slowly approaching enemy troops. The arrows shot towards the black group outside the city like a storm. However, the black group was not defeated and was still moving, but the speed of movement was obviously slowed down.
slow.
"Shoot! Don't stop!" Wang Lie shouted when he saw the shooting effect.
Just when all the soldiers' attention was focused on the moving black shadow, no one noticed that several very hidden shadows were crawling on the ground outside the city. They rolled a huge iron ball and quickly reached the city wall.
, several soldiers climbed up and clung to the city wall. After making sure that they were not discovered, they quickly moved towards the city gate.
The soldiers on the top of the city were all attracted by the black shadow moving left and right, and no one noticed the changes happening under the city gate.
Several men in black set up a wooden frame and placed a huge iron knob on the city gate. Since there was an arc-shaped arch top above the city gate, the city gate was embedded in it, so the defenders above could not see the city gate.
Typical blackness under the lamp is formed.
A soldier lit the fire line, and three soldiers ran wildly to both sides. More than a hundred soldiers who had been moving left and right to attract attention suddenly collapsed to the ground. They lay on the ground, covering their heads and other vital parts with shields.
The shooting stopped at the top of the city, and everything inside and outside the city suddenly became very quiet. General Wang Lie suddenly felt a strong danger in his heart, but before he could make a judgment, he only heard an earth-shattering explosion.
Fire burst out, the city head collapsed in the explosion, smoke and dust filled the sky over Guancheng, and at least thousands of soldiers were buried under the rubble.
"Woo——"
The horn of attack in the distance suddenly sounded, and 10,000 cavalry, led by Pei Xin, rushed toward Luyang Pass in overwhelming numbers...
The fall of Luyang Pass marked that the northern area of Jingzhou was completely controlled by the Jin army.