Volume 2 Rising Winds and Storms Section 1 Fierce Battle in Qinzhou
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Qinzhou, a mountainous city located at the junction of Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, has a long historical memory. It is 420 miles away from the military town of Chencang and 800 miles away from the capital Chang'an.
There are large and small rivers in the territory such as Wei River, Bangsha River, Sandu River, Hulu River, Yingchuan River, Dongke River, and Niutou River.
When Li Shimin led 3,000 elite cavalry to cross mountains and rivers to the border of Qinzhou, forty days had passed since Yuwen Chengdu left 20,000 defenders behind.
Twenty days ago, Xue Ju was overjoyed when he received the news that Yuwen Chengdu had left Qinzhou. It was not that he had never had the idea of Qinzhou, but he was defended by Yuwen Chengdu twice when he invaded Qinzhou. He had to return to Lanzhou due to lack of food and grass.
Now was a good opportunity. Taking advantage of the fact that the general of the Sui army had left and there was no one to lead the defenders in the city, he once again led 80,000 elite troops southward at full speed. In five days, they crossed Longyou Road and reached the city gates.
Unexpectedly, the Qinzhou garrison rose up under the leadership of Lieutenant General Yin Kaishan to resist. Before his arrival, a tall outer city wall of fifty miles was built to surround Qinzhou City tightly. In order to facilitate the entry of reinforcements and food from the direction of Chang'an, the city wall was only
An east gate was left, and there were hills on the north and south sides. Only a narrow passage was left, making it impossible to gather and attack.
Siege warfare was the most difficult. Even though it was 80,000 people versus 20,000 people, it was not enough to surround the fifty-mile outer wall, so he simply gathered all his troops at the west gate of Qinzhou and attacked day and night.
Yin Kaishan adjusted his troops and defended the west gate wall. He used stones and trees to beat off Xue Ju's attacks again and again, and he held on for twenty days.
Xue Ju was brave and invincible. He fought on the city wall several times, but was forced back by a hail of arrows from the Sui army. Without the back-up soldiers, no matter how powerful he was, he could not break through the city wall alone.
The five thousand people who dug a tunnel were burned by Yin Kaishan with a fire. They were all wiped out. The screams reached the sky and lasted for a long time.
After the fire, Yin Kaishan ordered people to fill up the tunnel, and Xue Ju did not dare to take the risk of digging a tunnel to attack again.
It's not that he didn't think about attacking the East Gate, but if he couldn't attack the East Gate in a hurry, Chang'an, and Chencang sent Western aid to the Sui army, then he would be attacked from both sides and fall into a passive position.
The siege turned into a tug-of-war. Yin Kaishan's rogue way of defending the city made the ambitious Xue Ju furious, but he was helpless.
After breaking through Qinzhou, Chencang is easy to attack and difficult to defend. It is easy to break the city. Using Qinzhou and Chencang as a springboard, a few three to four hundred miles further is the capital Chang'an. You can also look forward to the emperor's position.
Xue Ju had been attacking the city continuously for twenty days, losing nearly 8,000 men and horses, but making no progress. He had to summon the generals to discuss countermeasures. The eight generals and his eldest son Xue Ming all gathered in the Chinese army's tent.
This Xue Ming, named Rengao, is only fifteen years old this year. He is taller and burlier than Xue Ju, and his military strength is as good as Xue Ju's. It really proves the saying that a tiger father has no dog son.
The tall Xue Li was in his thirties, wearing a white battle armor without a helmet, with long hair hanging behind his shoulders, a Chinese character face, a beard, and a long sword hanging on his waist. When he saw that everyone had arrived, he said loudly
: "The siege is not going well, do you have any good suggestions?"
Xue Ming was wearing blue armor, a gray helmet with red tassels, and a face like a crown of jade. He looked like a handsome man. However, there were still uncondensed blood stains on his armor. It was obvious that he had just returned from the siege front line.
The eight generals all wore yellow armor and gray helmets with blue tassels. They were all equally tall and of different ages. The youngest was only twenty-two years old, and the elder was only forty.
Xue Ju divided all the troops into nine prefectures, with ten thousand people in each prefecture, one general and two lieutenants. However, the generals of the five prefectures were all his close associates. This time he attacked Qinzhou, leaving only 10,000 people to defend it.
Hometown Lanzhou.
When everyone saw Xue Li asking, they glanced at each other. A fat general in his thirties raised his hands and said: "Master Fu, in my humble opinion, since we can't attack from above and there is no moat on the outer wall, we might as well dig out the foundation of the outer wall.
, making it unable to collapse under the force, and as soon as the collapse mouth appears, the army can be led in."
Another strong general in his thirties said: "General Xiao Shi can give this plan a try. Originally he only thought of digging tunnels, and the troop transport was limited. The Sui army was well prepared, and five thousand brothers were killed."
Xue Li said: "When I was on the city wall, I saw that the outer city wall was at least two to three hundred steps away from the west gate. Even if our army broke through the outer wall, it would not be easy to cross the moat that is three to four feet wide.
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Xue Ming said: "Father, since the Sui army has left the east gate, we will attack the east gate from the west. You dig the foundation here, and Ming'er will lead five thousand soldiers with light body skills to sneak attack the east gate and let them take care of it."
Lose that."
Xue Ju said worriedly: "This strategy was good if it was used earlier. Twenty days have passed, and their reinforcements may have arrived."
Xue Ming said: "Don't be afraid when we arrive. We will set up an ambush at the Qiujia Pass with two thousand elite cavalry, which will be enough to withstand their 10,000 to 20,000 reinforcements for two to three hours. As long as we seize this period of time, we can attack from east to west and break the city."
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Xue Ju thought for a while and then said to the eight generals: "What do you think of Ren Gao's plan?"
The eight generals really couldn't think of any other way, so they raised their hands and saluted: "The eldest son's plan is indeed the best way to break the situation at the moment. It just needs to prevent the reinforcements from passing the Qiujia Pass."
After Xue Ju heard this, he waved his big hand and said: "If we continue to fight, we will suffer chaos. A small Qinzhou can hold back our army for so long. If we don't break the city as soon as possible, how can we talk about marching eastward to Chencang and capturing Chang'an? Ren Gao
"My father has given you ten thousand soldiers and horses, so you act accordingly,"
Xue Ming received the order, turned around and left the Chinese army's tent, ordered his troops and picked generals. After preparations were completed, he jumped on his horse and crossed the uneven dirt road two feet wide outside the south city wall to the east city.
Seeing Xue Ming come out of the commander's tent, Xue Ju ordered: "You should go and prepare too. Use 20,000 to pretend to attack the city wall and 10,000 to dig the foundation. Cooperate with the action over there tomorrow. The others will take turns to rest."
The generals received the order, saluted and went to make arrangements themselves. The battle was finally almost over, but they just hoped that the victor would be themselves.
Luo Yu was watching Zhang Yang and the others busy in front of the beautiful bamboo building. The three of them walked along the dirt road in the mountains for four or five miles, and saw a tall stone arch standing between two high mountains.
The stone gate is about one foot wide, and the two wooden doors in the middle are closed tightly, so you cannot see what is outside. There are small stone houses on the left and right above the stone gate, which should be a resting place for the villagers on duty.
On the Shimen side of the stockade, there is a lookout tower about three feet high made of logs. There is also a man on duty on it. He stares outside intently. If someone comes to invade, he can ring the copper bell hanging above his head at any time.
When they arrived, a young man in gray clothes was wielding a wooden sword and practicing martial arts on the stone gate, and the voice of guidance came from the stone house on the right.
There is no need to show off this kind of defense method. They worry about the enemy coming without knowing it. They want to go out and see what it is like outside, but they can't do it now. After all, they came privately and were discovered by the people on duty. It won't be a good cause of trouble.
There will also be conflicts.
So the three of them hid in the mountains, and after some discussion, they decided to go back and tell Luo Yu the situation first, and then make plans.
As soon as they arrived at the school, they met Luo Yu and others who were coming over. Since Li was away from them, they had to find an opportunity to report to the instructor again.
This place is indeed beautiful. The stone mountain has circled a semicircular space here, covering an area of about four to five hundred square meters. It is backed by a mountain cliff as smooth as a knife. There are lush ancient trees on the mountain. There is a two-story building next to the dirt road opposite.
A small lake measuring hundreds of squares.
The water in the small lake is clear, with schools of swimming fish, and the gentle breeze blows, creating circles of ripples.
The flowers around the lake are swaying gently in the wind, and the fragrance of the flowers is floating in the air, making people feel relaxed and happy. Looking beyond, there is another large mountain of green trees.
The school is built not far below the cliff. It is not big and can accommodate fifty or sixty people. It is two stories high. It uses logs as thick as the mouth of a bowl as the bones, and then seals the surface with bamboo slices as wide as a palm, leaving gaps.
Clay is applied everywhere, and the top is covered with thin red tiles.
There was also a bungalow built not far to the right of the school. It was of the same style. Luo Yu counted it and found that it had seven or eight wing rooms. This was where the gentlemen stayed.
The school has no walls, and there is a flat lawn in front of it, about fifty or sixty square meters. It can be converted into a martial arts training ground, but it cannot produce a group of useless talents.
The bamboo building is very clean inside. There are no tables, chairs or benches. The floor is paved with stone slabs of different sizes. There are two large windows on both sides. The sunlight shines in from one side, making it bright and warm.
Zhang Yang and the three of them are using logs left over from building the house outside to strengthen the windows. They may feel that the windows are a bit wide and unsafe.
Li Xiuning and Yang Man took Lu Xiao and the others to the bungalow. They wanted to sort it out and might spend the night there tonight.
Ali introduced the origin of this building to Luo Yu: "This building was built ten years ago. I heard from my grandpa that it was proposed by a tribesman who came back from outside. I learned to read here when I was a child, but later I didn't
You know what happened, after this place was built, he only stayed for a month and then left the village, so the building became idle, and people from the village would come and clean it every few days."
Luo Yu then understood why Kunshan called this place a school. It turned out that someone actually taught here before.
There are still a lot of things missing, such as tables, chairs, blackboards, textbooks, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, etc. These things need to be discussed with them back in Kunshan. I hope they can be completed quickly so that I can start teaching.
Li Xiuning and the others stopped calling for now. Zhang Yang seemed to have something to say and asked him to go to Li's hometown together to stay with the old man while waiting for Kunshan and the others to discuss the outcome.
Thinking of this, he said to A Li: "Sister A Li, how about you stay here with your sister Xiuning? I want to go to the elders of Kunshan to discuss the school."
Ali smiled and said, "Okay, you go."
Luo Yu called Zhang Yang and said to the other two people: "After you are done, find materials to make a blackboard and use chalk to see if there is any way to make it."
The two agreed and got busy.
Of course they knew about blackboards and chalks. Luo Yu had already used them in their teaching during the special training in Chang'an. It was not difficult to make them.
On the way, after listening to what Zhang Yang said, Luo Yu felt relieved. This village can exist here for so long, so they naturally have their own methods. Why worry about it if they have nothing to do?
Forget it, let's settle the school matters first. After thinking about it, we walked quickly towards Li's hometown. He should be awake now.
Li Shimin had dispersed all the three generations of team members who stayed with him long before they set off, and they should have taken root here by now.
He wanted to go to Yin Kaishan first to read out Yang You's imperial edict, so that he could take over Qinzhou in a just and legitimate manner. After all, the soldiers in Qinzhou still recognized Sui Dynasty as the rightful master.
But just as he passed the Qiujia Pass, a third-generation special operations team member sent information, saying that Xue Ming, the son of Xue Ju, led troops across the south gate and attacked directly towards the east gate. Just as he was about to give the order, another person
Come over and say that the enemy has divided its force into two thousand and is coming towards Qiujia Pass.
The topography of Qiujia Pass consists of two mountains sandwiching a ditch, with a large difference in height. Fortunately, the slope is not very steep, and war horses can come up. However, if the enemy troops occupy it first, it will be a bit troublesome to pass.
Fortunately, I have passed the Qiujia Pass, but if I go any further, I will encounter the enemy head-on. If two thousand cavalry are to be wiped out, it will be difficult to do so in such a narrow terrain.
After looking at the map drawn by the special forces team, he called the team member who sent the intelligence and asked: "How big is this valley?"
The third-generation member replied: "General, the valley is about two miles away from here and can accommodate thousands of people. However, there are huge rocks blocking the entrance. People can go in, but war horses are inconvenient."
Li Shimin asked again: "How long does it take for the enemy army to reach the valley?"
The team member replied: "According to their marching speed, they should be able to get there in half an hour."
Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "Xue Li, let me take a thousand people over and hide them all in the valley within half an hour. After the enemy troops pass through the valley entrance, you block their retreat. We are going to fight Qinzhou here."
The first battle.”
Xue Li promised loudly, and Li Shimin added: "The mountain road here is relatively narrow. You must be prepared for them to fight to the death. Remember, try to delay as much time as possible and try to annihilate them all. Do not use gunpowder bombs to avoid attracting Xue Ming's attention."
Xue Li received the order and picked a thousand soldiers. After they dismounted, they rushed to the valley at full speed under the leadership of a third-generation team member to look for things and prepare to block the road.
These two miles would become a sad place for the enemy. Li Shimin ordered all the remaining two thousand people to dismount, organize their equipment, eat some dry food, and wait for the enemy to come.
This first battle must be fought fiercely and fiercely. After wiping out all the enemy troops, they will march towards Qinzhou at full speed. Xue Ju is still attacking the city, and Qinzhou is still in crisis.
The wait was long. Half an hour passed. When another member of the third generation came over to report that the enemy had arrived, Li Shimin ordered the entire army to mount their horses immediately, taking advantage of the enemy's unsteady footing to catch him off guard.
The war horses neighed, breathed heavily, and used their iron hooves to gently scratch the ground. They seemed to feel the excitement and nervousness of the knights, and they charged with all their strength as soon as the knights gave the order.
This mountain road, which can only accommodate six horses side by side, will soon become the Soul Field of Shura and the Kingdom of Blood. But whose soul will be scattered and whose blood will be shed more? Li Shimin is also looking forward to this narrow encounter in which the brave will win.
Fierce fighting.
Two thousand versus two thousand, and they didn't send scouts to investigate. Do they really think they can't or are not afraid of an army coming?
Such a leading general would have been killed long ago under Li Shimin's command. How could he be allowed to harm his brothers?
Soon, Li Shimin's first match as head coach will take place.