On November 12, the third year of Guanghua, after receiving a letter requesting for help from Bohai State's Zishou doctor, Pei Ting, the young eunuch of the Academy of Literature, and Gao Yaoyi, the right-leading army general, Li Chengzhong, the governor of Yingzhou, ordered the eastward march.
For this battle, the Yingzhou Army's infantry battalions 1, 2, and 3, as well as the cavalry battalions A, B, and C, and the entire middle battalion were mobilized. The Wyoming Allied Forces temporarily organized the first and second cavalry battalions to form the eastward marching regiment. Two thousand eight hundred people. The elite personnel of the Third Division of the headquarters and all the lieutenants of the Huaiyue Yuhou Joint Headquarters were transferred to form the Eastward Advance Command. Li Chengzhong appointed himself the commander of the Eastward Advance Command, with Zhong Shao as the capital lieutenant. In November On the 13th, we crossed the Liao River and entered the Liaodong Plain.
At the same time, the Yingzhou Governor's Mansion once again established the Northern Command, with Zhou Kan as the headquarters commander and Jiang Miao as the capital's education envoy and Yuhou, who were responsible for the first, second, and third infantry battalions and the cavalry battalion of the Yingzhou Army. A total of 800 troops from Dingdu and Wudu marched to the northern foot of Helong Mountain to prepare for the Khitan. A total of 750 people from Liucheng Reserve Battalion, Yanjun Reserve Battalion and Jinxian Reserve Battalion were mobilized to Lumingwa for military exercises. Under the control of the Northern Command, the northern defense line was unifiedly constructed.
The East Marching Corps arrived in the deserted Liaocheng on November 15th and stayed here for three days to conduct coordinated infantry and cavalry drills between the Huaiyue Allied Forces and the Yingzhou Army. The battle plan was to arrive in Hezhou on November 20th. After resting for two days in Hezhou, with the Bohai Kingdom's right leader Wei Zuolang, General Gao Mingxu as the guide, they marched southward overnight. At dawn, the leading Huaiyue Allied Forces temporarily Zhao Yuanping, the commander of the first cavalry battalion of Jiadu, came to report that Jiadu had arrived at the mouth of the Luanhe River, eighty miles north of Xijing. As soon as they crossed the Luanhe River, the army would point at the back of the "Bohai Recruiting Army".
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At the head of the west stable, Gao Mingcan blocked the horizontal sword of a Bohai sergeant and stepped into his arms. He staggered the Bohai sergeant, then took a step forward and hacked him to death before he could retreat. His body was suddenly grabbed by his arm and pulled back, and he dodged a short spear thrust from the ground in an instant. Gao Mingbo didn't think much, he raised his left hand like a conditional shot, and pulled the trigger of the short crossbow. He fired a crossbow at the enemy holding a short spear. Because the distance was too close, the crossbow arrow had already penetrated into the enemy's throat as soon as it came out. The man threw away the short spear. He covered his throat with both hands and fell down with his eyes wide open...
Two soldiers from the Bohai Rebellion Army jumped up again at the gate of the city. Gao Mingbo saw several soldiers from his own side rushing out and stabbed them with their guns. In the blink of an eye, another brawl ensued. He himself was grabbed by the arm and pushed back by the people behind him. Drag it away and let it go until you get to the bottom of the tower.
Gao Mingbo was sitting on the ground, breathing heavily. When he looked back, he saw that it was Zhang Xiaohua who was dragging him. Zhang Xiaohua complained: "I rushed too far, and these fighting things have their own consequences." Brothers, do it. Don't go up there anymore." Gao Mingbo smiled and had no strength to speak. He just nodded. When Zhang Xiaohua saw him nodding, he led people to patrol along the wall next to the tower again. If there was any crisis, he would Where to rush.
When Gao Mingbo saw him leaving, he loaded the crossbow with arrows, raised his knife and stood up with all his strength. However, he was protected by two agents from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics left behind by Zhang Xiaohua. He was not allowed to step forward and could only watch from behind. The battle continued for an unknown amount of time. Captain Guo Yi, a member of the Bohai Rebellion Army who was leading the attack on the city, was killed by Gao Mingbo's eldest brother, Gao Mingxun, the eldest son of Gao Yaoyi. The morale of the Recruitment Army was reduced and they were quickly defeated. A burst of cheers suddenly broke out from the top of the city.
This is the second siege today by the Bohai Rebellion Army. It is also the thirteenth battle since the ninth day of fighting between the two sides. The Bohai Recruitment Army lost one Captain Guo Yi and 180 sergeants in this battle. There were more than ten soldiers, and the siege soldiers retreated back to the main formation below the city like a tide. The defenders were unable to fire arrows to fight back. They were all staggering around and panting from exhaustion.
A sergeant came to report that a military meeting was held in the city tower. The Tang envoy was invited to attend the meeting. Gao Mingbo straightened his clothes, wiped the blood and dust on his face a few times, and then came to the military hall inside the city tower. Pei Ting and Gao Yaoyi had already been in the military hall. Waiting inside, when seeing Gao Mingbo's embarrassed look, Gao Yaoyi said with pity: "Jiulang has a rest, don't work too hard." Pei Ting said reproachfully: "As an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, my nephew has great responsibilities. Why? Can you go to the front line in person? If something goes wrong, it will be a loss for the overall situation. The soldiers are responsible for the fighting. My nephew must not go into battle rashly again."
Gao Mingbo smiled, said nothing, took the hot towel handed by the sergeant, wiped his face, and sat aside.
Not long after, all the generals on duty at the top of the city arrived. Gao Yaoyi was in the middle, Pei Ting was on the left, Gao Mingbo was on the right, and the remaining dozen people filled the hall.
After the success of the incident on the first day of this month, Pei Ting established the "King Qin Army" in Xijing with the secret letter of the royal brother's great title. He appointed Gao Yaoyi as the general manager of the King Qin Army and appointed himself as the supervisor. He sent King Qin's letter to all parts of the Bohai Kingdom, directly targeting the prime minister. Zhu Chengming was ambitious and wanted to subvert the country. He called for "the whole country to work together to kill this wolf."
Zhu Chengming was furious and issued a summons order. He appointed his brother-in-law Zhu Chengyu as the capital rebel envoy, commanding 15,000 Xiaowei and Shence troops on the left and right to go to Xijing to "quell the rebellion". The rebel army encountered him on the way and rushed from Zhengzhou. Gao Yaoren's son Gao Mingxiang, who came to seek refuge, led the left-wing army guard with 3,000 men. The army joined forces, surrounded Xijing, and attacked with all their strength.
The main force of King Qin's army was the right-leading army guards who rushed to reinforce from Hezhou, and the remaining left-leading army guards gathered in the city. They resisted for days. Fortunately, Xijing was defended until today.
"Don't talk too much. It's still early today. I'm afraid the enemy will attack the city again. Please report your losses in preparation for planning." Gao Yaoyi explained in a few words, and each department began to report.
After all the reports were finished, Gao Yao frowned.
Gao Mingxun is the eldest son of Gao Yaoyi. He has been leading the army in Hezhou. This time he rushed back to support him. He was the main general of King Qin's army. He said bitterly: "It's all Ba Lang's fellows who betrayed the Gao family. It's really hateful." Ba Lang is Gao Mingxiang. He led the left army guard to join the expeditionary army. His troops have been attacking Xijing these days. The offensive is so fierce and ruthless that it is hard to believe that this person is actually a descendant of the Gao family. In fact, these few The fighting in Japan has always been an internal fight within the Gao family, and the bloodshed was all the children of the Gao family. The right Shence Army and the left and right Xiaowei of the expeditionary army were unscathed and could only watch from the sidelines.
Gao Mingbo said: "Brother, the matter has come to this, and it is useless to say more. If we continue to fight like this, I am afraid that before the reinforcements from Yingzhou arrive, Xijing will be exhausted and fall into the enemy's hands. You should go out of the city to counterattack, and you should not defend it, but take the initiative to attack. Maybe we can achieve good results." From his perspective, the rebel army outside the city actually didn't have much fighting power and was often afraid of fighting. However, King Qin's army inside the city was even worse. They relied on the tall West Stable Wall to fight fiercely for nine days. The losses of King Qin's army were very serious. Now there were only 5,000 soldiers left to fight, and the losses were as much as those of the army attacking the city.
Everyone deliberated for a while and decided to follow Gao Mingbo's suggestion and recruit 500 people to prepare for a counterattack out of the city.
As expected, an hour later, Gao Mingxiang led his army to attack the east gate of Xijing again. This time the attack was different from the previous one. There were actually rows of sergeants rushing under the city to throw rain of arrows at the top of the city, covering dozens of wooden structures. Ladders were put up on the city wall, and groups of soldiers climbed up with horizontal knives in their mouths. At the same time, a group of recruiting sergeants rushed over, pushing a newly completed rush cart across the leveled passage on the moat. Launch a collision towards the east gate.
A dull crash resounded outside the east gate, and also hit hard in the hearts of the defenders at the top of the city. Xijing has not seen a war for a hundred years. The city gate seems thick, but in fact it is already decayed and broken. As the impact becomes more and more serious, It was so violent that the east gate was about to be hit by a car.
Gao Mingbo ignored Pei Ting and Gao Yaoyi's obstruction, summoned hundreds of soldiers to go down to the city, and waited for the city gate to be broken down, then he would go forward to fight.
With a teeth-breaking noise, the huge wooden door could no longer withstand the impact. One side was knocked crooked, revealing a half-person-high gap. Large groups of wall-turned rubble fell from the wall. Mixed with thick smoke, it spread in all directions. In the smoke, only a few more crashes were heard, the dust rose again, and the city gate was in a mess.
After the smoke and dust dispersed a little, he saw a large group of armored soldiers pouring in. Gao Mingbo shouted: "Fire arrows." Dozens of arrows were shot into the smoke at the door, and only pitiful screams were heard. After a while, the vision was clear, and the door was in sight. Dozens of rebels had gathered everywhere, all carrying wooden shields half as tall as a man. They whistled and shouted to kill. Gao Mingbo raised his arms and shouted: "Kill". The soldiers of King Qin followed behind him. The two sides entangled each other at the doorway, raising their swords and guns simultaneously, shouting to kill Zhentian.
In less than a moment, more than ten people from King Qin's army were killed. When the remaining soldiers saw that the city gate was breached, they were already panicking and kept retreating. Gao Mingbo was anxious and tried hard to boost their morale, but the morale of the army was already unstable and they were about to collapse.
Gao Mingxun led five hundred dead men out of the north gate, and went around the city wall to fight towards the east gate. But the so-called "dead men" actually didn't have much courage. Nearly half of them were automatically defeated along the way, and passed by the recruiting army. Once they were blocked, more people escaped. When they broke through the blockade and reached the east gate, there were only dozens of Gao family's children and veterans left. But Gao Mingxun killed them at the right time. At this most critical moment, he came from behind. He fiercely attacked the city to recruit troops.
The rebel army was unprepared and was attacked from both sides and was dispersed in an instant, leaving more than a dozen corpses behind and fled in a hurry.
King Qin's army gathered inside and outside, pushed the chariot out of the gate and ignited it. The raging fire blocked the second wave of attacking troops from the rebel army. At the same time, they desperately piled up bricks and gravel inside the gate. If there was not enough blue bricks and gravel, they came from near the city gate. After the fire burned out, dozens of archers and spearmen were mobilized to guard the door. It would be difficult for the rebel army to rush into the city again.
Because the hundreds of Qinwang troops summoned by Gao Mingbo retreated too quickly, not only did they almost lose the east gate, but they also exposed him and several Bureau of Investigation and Statistics operatives to the attack and siege of the rebel army, causing three of them to die on the spot. Gao Mingbo Bo himself was also injured, with several wounds on his face and body. In a rage, Gao Mingbo personally beheaded a few of the fastest escaping ones. He wanted to kill again with martial law, but saw that the sergeants around him were cowering. He shrank back to dodge, suddenly feeling weak, he closed his eyes and sighed, thinking secretly: "General Li, I have tried my best, when will you arrive?" Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!