One hundred and two chapters decisive battle on the party (seventeen)
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Late at night, at the foot of Wuxiang City, a group of sergeants were calling the city at the south gate. The officers on duty did not dare to neglect and quickly reported to the patrolling general Li Shaohong. Li Shaohong was already resting at the foot of the city. After hearing the news, he immediately went to the city. When he came up to take a look, he saw outside the south gate.
Nearly a hundred sergeants were waiting with lanterns and torches.
"Whose soldiers?" Li Shaohong asked.
The officer on duty at the south gate quickly reported: "His Royal Highness the King of Han's soldiers are Erlang An."
Li Shaohong lay on the battlements and looked down. He saw that the leader was An Chongmeng, An Zhongjie's younger brother. He felt nervous and opened his mouth to ask: "An Erlang? This is Li Shaohong. Why did he come back so late at night?"
An Zhongmeng raised his head and said loudly: "General Li, the battle ahead is very tight. His Highness the King of Han asked someone to come quickly to ask for help. Please open the city quickly!"
Li Shaohong asked the officer on duty to put down the sling, and then went down from the city tower. When he came to the city gate, he saw An Chongmeng and his sergeants swarming in. Li Shaohong asked: "An Erlang, is the battle not going well?"
An Chongmeng urged the sergeants to enter the city and said: "General Li, the Yan army is fierce and stubborn, and the battle is not easy to fight. Xiaoyazi was defeated in Shideng Shanxi and was captured by the enemy."
Li Shaohong was shocked: "Xiao Yazi has been captured? How could it be so?" No wonder Li Shaohong was surprised. Li Congke enjoyed the name of "Xiao Yazi". In the old Hedong Army, he pursued "Yazi General" Li Cunxu bravely and was defeated.
Not surprising, Li Shaohong had heard about it before, but with Li Congke's ability, he still had the ability to lead an army to fight a bloody path, so why was he captured by the enemy?
An Chongmeng did not answer, but asked Lian Sheng: "Where are Prince Zheng and Prince Jin now? Have they rested? I want to meet with the two highnesses immediately!"
Li Shaohong asked curiously: "An'er, you didn't see your two highnesses on the road?"
An Zhongmeng was stunned: "What?... Your Highnesses are not here?"
Li Shaohong said doubtfully: "Your Highnesses personally led the army south a few days ago. You should have seen them on the way..." He suddenly became suspicious, and felt that An Zhongmeng's face looked a little strange under the light of the torch. Then he looked at the people entering the city.
These more than a hundred sergeants did not seem to be entering the city, but were approaching the brothers guarding the city gate. So they couldn't help but put their hands on the scabbard and asked: "An'er, which way did you take when you came back?"
A sergeant behind An Chongmeng rushed to Li Shaohong in a few steps, stood next to An Chongmeng and smiled: "Li Shaohong, do you still know a certain family?"
Li Shaohong took a closer look and was suddenly struck by thunder. This person was not Li Cunxu, but who he was!
Before Li Shaohong could speak, Li Cunxu shouted: "Do it!" The sword struck down like lightning, Li Shaohong's head flew up, and blood danced all over the sky from his bare neck.
Following Li Cunxu's order, more than a hundred soldiers who entered the city rushed to both sides and hacked to death all the more than ten defenders guarding the door. By doing so, the hundreds of soldiers divided into two groups and followed An Chongmeng along the corridor.
Climb the city and fight towards the city tower; follow Li Cunxu and rush inward to the north gate. Wuxiang city is small, with only two gates in the north and south. After capturing the north gate, Wuxiang city can be in your hands.
After An Zhongmeng led his sergeants to board the south gate, he dispersed the defenders who were caught off guard. Then he held a torch and swung it from side to side on the city gate tower. Between his heels, a long dragon like a river of lights emerged from the distance.
They quickly approached Wuxiang. Not long after, the shouts of killing shook the sky. Li Xiaoxi took the lead and led the army into the city.
Li Cunxu quickly arrived at the North Gate with dozens of personal guards. At this moment, earth-shattering shouts were heard from the direction of the South Gate. The officers and soldiers on duty at the North Gate were looking to the south in confusion. They saw dozens of sergeants attacking fiercely.
Come over. The officer shouted: "Stop! The north gate is closed at night, no trespassing! Which army are you in?..."
Without saying a word, Li Cunxu chopped his head towards the officer. The officer was already prepared and immediately drew his knife to block. The blades met, and a harsh metallic sound erupted, sending sparks flying everywhere. With one strike, the knife struck the officer.
The officer's right arm was sore and numb, and he tried to swing his sword to receive the attack, but he couldn't muster the energy.
Li Cunxu was extremely talented. He could shoot a one-stone bow at the age of eleven. Now he can shoot a four-stone bow. Since the death of Li Cunxiao and Kang Junli, Li Cunxu was the first in the Hedong Army in terms of martial prowess. How could an ordinary officer be his opponent?
, under his fierce strength, my whole body felt numb and weak.
The second sword came at him as fast as thunder. The officer only had time to blink his eyelids before he was slashed into two ends. Then the two sergeants behind him rushed in front of him and slashed at Li Cunxu with their swords. Li Cunxu's left hand
He flipped over, grabbed the arm holding the knife, and pushed hard on his waist and abdomen. The sergeant was thrown out of his hand and flew more than ten feet away. It seemed that he could not get up no matter what.
Li Cunxu took advantage of the situation and turned to avoid the sword of another sergeant. He struck the sword directly into the soldier's abdomen with his right hand. At the same time, he kicked forward and rushed up against the soldier, chasing him behind him.
The five or six people who came over were pushed and fell to the ground.
The general showed his power, and Li Cunxu's personal guards rushed forward like tigers, killing the defenders at the north gate in the blink of an eye. Bangs sounded on the city tower, and hundreds of defenders walked down the corridor to the city, trying to recapture the north gate, but were unable to do so.
Li Cunxu killed three people in a row.
Some defenders had already recognized Li Cunxu and exclaimed: "It's General Yazi!"
The general guarding the north gate was Li Sizhao's general Tang Li. Tang Li also saw Li Cunxu's face clearly. He couldn't help being frightened and said in a panic: "Quick! Quick! Shoot the arrow! Quick..."
A group of archers picked up their bows and buckled their bows. A dense rain of arrows shot at Li Cunxu, but Li Cunxu's bodyguard blocked them with a shield formation. Li Cunxu shouted: "Charge!" The shield formation pressed in the direction of Tang Li. Li Cunxu held up his sword behind him and said,
Laughing loudly: "Tang, how could Li Sizhao dare to betray you if you hadn't been talking behind you like a locust? I'm going to take your life today, so hurry up!"
Tang Li's face turned pale, and he yelled at the sergeant who stepped forward to resist him. However, Li Cunxu's reputation for evil was well known, and ordinary sergeants were already aware of it. Seeing him killing people like a piece of grass, how could they dare to come forward to die? They all ducked to both sides, exposing Tang Li.
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Tang Li turned around and wanted to run, but was blocked by the crowd behind him. Li Cunxu jumped out of the shield formation, strode into the crowd with long strides, lifted Tang Li out like a chicken, and slapped him with both hands. Tang Li choked his head on the ground.
All broken, dead!
Li Cunxu stood in the crowd of defenders, holding a knife in one arm, pointing around, and sneered: "I am Li Yazi. I have recovered Wuxiang today. Who else dares to try my blade!"
Under Li Cunxu's threatening gaze, the defenders dropped their weapons one by one, knelt on one knee, and said one after another: "General Yazi, I am willing to surrender!"
Not long after taking the North Gate, Li Xiaoxi sent someone to invite Li Cunxu, saying that he had captured Zhang Gui, the governor of Xizhou.
Li Cunxu arranged the defense of the north gate and rushed to the Wuxiang County Government Office. Li Xiaoxi, Guo Chongtao, Ji Wenyun, Zhang Jingshao, Jie Muli, An Chongmeng and others had already arrived. There was another person sitting there, but he had just been persuaded to surrender by Guo Chongtao.
Zhang Gui.
Zhang Gui was blocked by Li Xiaoxi in the county government office. He was tied up tightly by the Youyan security forces who rushed in before the silk ribbons of his armor were tied up. He was different from Li Shaohong and Tang Li. Li Shaohong and Tang Li were tied up tightly.
Li was very excited about the independence of the three kings, but he did not want Hedong to be divided from the bottom of his heart. On that day, Li Cunxu was blocked by Zhang Gui's troops when he fled from Jinyang to Luzhou. If Zhang Gui had not released him, Li Cunxu would have probably escaped.
Not coming out.
Therefore, when Guo Chongtao saw that he had captured Zhang Gui, he begged Li Xiaoxi to release him and personally persuaded Zhang Gui to surrender. Zhang Gui immediately agreed.
When Zhang Gui saw Li Cunxu, he immediately knelt down and saluted: "Your Highness... Zhang... you are a sinner..."
Li Cunxu supported him with both hands: "Prince Zhang, please get up quickly. There is no need to mention the past, no wonder Zhang Ci...Moreover, without Zhang Ci's noble hand, I would not be alive today. From now on, Zhang Ci will not be called "Xiang"
Your Highness, I have asked King Yan to resign from the title of King of Jin."
Not to mention the mixed feelings in Zhang Gui's heart, Li Xiaoxi immediately reported the military situation when everyone was present. If there was any unclear information, Zhang Gui, who was sitting there, filled it in one by one.
It turned out that after Li Congke was defeated and captured, Li Siyuan reduced his military strength in Shiyu. The news spread to Wuxiang, which made Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei deeply depressed. They suggested to Li Siyuan that they hope that Li Siyuan would withdraw to Wuxiang and watch the battle in Gaoping before making any other plans.
. But Li Siyuan was still hoping that An Zhong would send out surprise troops to save the war situation, but he was not willing to raise his troops and retreat, so he rejected Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei's proposals for various reasons, and made his situation even more dangerous, and even simply said
It has been bitten by the enemy and cannot retreat at all.
Li Sizhao was very angry and wanted to stop supplying Li Siyuan and force him to evacuate Shiyu, but was stopped by Zhou Dewei, who was equally angry but not irrational.
According to Zhou Dewei, the reason why Hedong has reached this stage is because of the suspicion of the old Jin King Li Keyong, but the actions of the three are not blameless. Regardless of who is right and who is wrong, the world is in chaos now.
After all, Li Siyuan and the two of them came from the same lineage in Hedong. If they want to gain a foothold in these troubled times, they must protect and help each other and work together. Otherwise, how will they deal with the oppression of King Liang after Yan is destroyed in the future?
Zhou Dewei suggested that we should not just watch Li Siyuan's defeat in Xiangyuan. Since Li Siyuan's situation was not good, we should go to support him. Not only support, but also strong support. What Zhou Dewei meant was to simply concentrate all the main forces and storm Luzhou to take advantage of the Yan army.
When the main force was in a stalemate in Gaoping, they captured the entire Luzhou in one go. Luzhou blocked Fukouxing, the main road leading to Hebei. When the time comes when the Liang King wants to attack Hebei, it depends on the faces of the three brothers. So
Only then could he stand upright in front of King Liang.
In the end, Li Sizhao was persuaded by Zhou Dewei to mobilize the main force of his elite troops and headed towards Shiyu, leaving Zhang Gui, Li Shaohong and Tang Li to guard Wuxiang. This was what happened in the past, and it was also the reason why Li Xiaoxi and Li Cunxu were able to capture Wuxiang so easily
main reason.
The capture of Wuxiang means that the entire three kings' coalition forces are wrapped between Wuxiang and Xiangyuan. The situation of the Yan army is excellent. Now it depends on how to kill more than 50,000 people in the next step.
In this regard, Guo Chongtao made a suggestion, sealing off Wuxiang to prevent military information from being leaked! Later, he also included several plans, and the conspiracy was so large that it was beyond imagination!
But such a big plan was obviously not something that these few people in Wuxiang could decide, so Li Xiaoxi sent people to quickly return from the Zhuozhang Valley Trail and report to Zhou Kan, the interim commander-in-chief of the Luzhou battlefield.