Gong/An County is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, about 80 miles away from Jiangling. It is a county in Nanjun. Gong/An County originally had only 300 garrisons and more than a dozen fast ships, responsible for patrolling the river. After the grain ship incident, Lu Zushang realized that Gong
/The importance of An County was increased to one thousand troops, and to fifty ships of all sizes, patrol day and night.
Gong/An County is just a small county with a population of only more than a thousand households, close to the Yangtze River. The army is stationed in the city. About two miles away from the city, there is a small river flowing into the Yangtze River. The Tang army regards this river as a natural harbor.
More than fifty ships of all sizes were parked in this small river.
Since the grain ship incident, the Tang army in Gong'an County seemed to know that the Sui army would come to retaliate and became particularly alert. Soldiers patrolled by the river day and night to protect the ships.
That night, dark clouds were covered with dark moons and dark stars. The river surface and the earth were covered by dark nights. As usual, more than a hundred soldiers patrolled on both sides of the river, guarding more than thirty ships in the river.
Fifty boats, and more than a dozen boats patrol the river and haven't returned. The wind blew the willows by the river, and hundreds of willows have grown lush and lush. About five or six miles away from the river, there is a low and gentle
The hills are more than ten feet high and about twenty miles long.
The hills were covered with large dense forests. At this time, there were many figures in the forest, and a cavalry of five thousand people had already lurked into the forest without realizing it.
The general in charge was Wang Junkuo. At this time, Wang Junkuo's eyes were flashing with cold and fierce eyes. Two days ago, some Sui soldiers who escaped from the grain transport ship ran to Yiling County and reported to him that the grain transport ship was intercepted.
The incident made Wang Junguo furious.
Wang Junkuo had more than 10,000 war horses and needed a lot of forage every day, but there were not many livestock in the south. There was no such forage to feed his war horses. He had to find ways to find bean cakes and wheat straw everywhere. The straw was rough and the war horses refused to eat it.
I had to cut it into pieces and add grain and bean cakes to feed the horses. As a result, the military rations began to become nervous.
Wang Junkuo spent every day in the suffering of shortage of food and materials, waiting for the arrival of the grain transport ship. Unexpectedly, he was looking forward to the stars and the moon. The last thing he was looking forward to was the news that the supply ship was intercepted, which made Wang Junkuo's murderous intent burst out.
At this time, Wang Junguo hid in the woods and waited patiently for news about the ships in the inner harbor ahead. This time he attacked Gong/An County at night for two purposes. One was to seize the ships, and the second was to capture the Tang army. He needed to use Tang army prisoners of war to go
In exchange for some of the forage, he was exhausted by the shortage of horse materials.
In the river about a hundred steps away from the river port, there were more than a dozen Sui soldiers with extremely high water. Each of them was naked, with only a knife behind them, and the leader was a side general. This person
It was Yuan Song, the general who transported the grain ship.
Yuan Song was from Jiujiang County. He grew up by the river since he was a child and was very familiar with the water. After jumping from the boat to escape, he swam ashore. He led more than 600 Sui soldiers who also escaped to Yiling County to join Wang Junguo.
Yuan Song was about 30 years old. When he was a teenager, he was a water thief and killed people and robbed people. He was cruel and ruthless and extremely fierce. He was quite famous in Jiujiang County. He nicknamed "Jianglang". When he was 20 years old, he turned to the army and followed him to Hu'er to fight Goryeo. Later,
He followed Lai Hu'er and finally surrendered to the Sui army with Lai Hu'er.
This time the Jiangling grain ship was robbed, which was also a great humiliation for him. If he did not find this place, he would fall into his name as a "Jianglang". Yuan Song stared at the river port a hundred steps away like a wolf.
There are two tasks: one is to explore information, and the second is to protect the pontoon bridge - a temporary ferry bridge composed of more than twenty small boats paved with wooden boards.
"General Yuan, it seems to be back!" A soldier whispered at the river port in the distance.
A torch is inserted every ten steps on both sides of the river port. In the firelight, you can see a fleet of ships entering the river port. This is the fleet of ships patrolling the river port. There is a faint noise coming from the noise. His chance is very short.
, all ships must be intercepted before the next group of sentries went out of the river to patrol.
Yuan Song immediately ordered a subordinate, "Go to the she rocket!"
The rocket was hidden on the shore, and the rocket was out, which was a signal of action. The soldiers immediately climbed onto the shore, and ran towards the depths of the darkness. Yuan Song waved his hand, "Three people come with me, and the rest guard the bridge."
He took a deep breath, sank into the water, disappearing. The dozen subordinates behind him took action separately. The three followed him to dive towards the river port, while the rest turned around and swam to the small bridge not far away.
Yuan Song dives under the water like a fish. He is experienced and swims from under one boat to the river port. The so-called river port is actually a section of the river entering the river. It is about two miles long, and there are fifty moors along the east bank of Hanoi.
A large ship, a large ship, a large ship, a hundred stones, and a small ship, can resist the striking waves.
It was the first time to change the guards. The patrol fleet returned from the Yangtze River, and more than a hundred other people were preparing to set off, making the riverside chaotic, with noisy, laughter and scolding one after another. There were more than a dozen houses not far away.
, It is the place for the soldiers who sent the patrol to rest. The soldiers who returned from the patrol ran towards the house, while the soldiers who were preparing to patrol were lazy and slow, sleepy, and shouted and scolded Liantian.
In just one stick of incense, Yuan Song and three subordinates sneaked to the mouth of the river. They slowly exposed their heads and observed the situation of the mouth of the river. The mouth of the river was not wide, which was only ten feet wide. Yuan Song's eyes fell on a few.
On the large ship of 100 stones, he suddenly had a plan in his mind.
With a wave of his hand, the four people easily overturned a big ship. On the ship was a Tang army soldier who was preparing for patrol. He stood at the bow of the boat, with his back facing the four people, and tidied up the ropes in circles without realizing the danger at all.
Already approaching.
Yuan Song slowly approached his waist, and rushed forward like a leopard, covering the mouth of the Tang army soldier. The sharp dagger cut his throat, and then stabbed him backhand and penetrated his heart hard. The murder was neat and vicious.
The Tang army soldiers fell to the ground and died without saying a word.
The others searched for a circle in the cabin, but did not find anyone else, so they began to act separately.
The ship used iron chain links to the iron piles on the shore. The four of them moved quickly, took off the iron chain, and used bamboo poles to support the boat across the estuary. They also made the case according to the law, and the other two large ships were also across the estuary. Three large ships were used.
The iron chains are tied to each other, and the length is just the same that the estuary is blocked.
At this time, the voices came from a distance, and the soldiers who were about to go on patrol came. The four of them took off a leather bag from their backs and quickly sprinkled tinder oil on the ship.
At this time, a question came from the river, "What's going on with those three ships? Why are they crossing the middle of the river?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a bright spot flew into the sky in the distance. This was a rocket that was flying into the sky, followed by another one, three rockets in a row, which immediately caused chaos among the soldiers by the river, and countless people
Run out of the room and whispered in the southwest direction. Who doesn't know what happened?
At this time, dozens of Tang soldiers ran towards the estuary with spears, bows and arrows. Three ships across the estuary aroused their suspicion. Before they could run to the estuary, a loud bang, three large ships were lit up at the same time, and several fires were lit up on the three ships.
The black shadow jumped into the river from three large ships at the same time.
"There is an enemy!"
Tang soldiers shouted, rushed forward, and used bows and arrows to scramble in the river. The appearance of rockets and the flames in the river port caused a chaos in the Tang soldiers in the house. Some people rushed to the city to report, and some jumped onto the ship to flee into the river.
It was a pity that three ships burning with fire blocked the estuary, preventing the ship from rushing out of the estuary. The ships competed for the road and crowded into a group in the river port.
The sound of horse hooves like thunder came from a distance. Five thousand Sui cavalry rushed out of the mountains and forests and rushed towards the river port. The heavy horse hooves hit the earth, causing the earth to tremble slightly. The momentum was terrifying. The Tang army in the river port saw the momentum.
It wasn't good, so I ran ashore and ran into the city.
Wang Junguo led his army to rush over, and the cavalry team rushed across the bridge and rushed towards the county town...
The county town is only two miles away from the river port. The rockets and the fire on the ship have already alarmed the defenders on the city. More than a thousand defenders rushed to the top of the city and looked west nervously. They had already heard the sound of horse hooves like thunder in the distance, one by one.
Frightened and anxious.
The chief general of the Tang army was named Li Qun, and he was also a partial general. He turned out to be a captain. He was promoted to a partial general by Lu Zushang because he found that the grain ship was successful. At this time, he was extremely nervous. These days he had been worried about being retaliated by the Sui army.
, spending every day in uneasiness, he knew in his mind that the supply of more than a hundred large ships was intercepted, how could the Sui army in Yiling let them go?
He prayed every day that the Sui army went to find trouble for Nanjun instead of coming to Gong/An County, but God did not seem to hear his prayers. The Sui army arrived as scheduled. He looked at the Sui cavalry who were rushing to death under the city, with a face stern look
He was so shocked that he was pale.
Li Qun was originally just a captain, and he did not have the command ability and courage to stand alone. Five thousand Sui cavalry came in front of him, and he was in a mess and didn't know what to do.
At this time, Wang Junguo urged him to step forward. He looked coldly at the low city wall, holding up the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and pointing to the top of the city, shouting loudly: "I am Wang Junguo, the general of the Right Marquis of the Great Sui Dynasty, and advised you and others to surrender immediately.
You can save your life. Otherwise, the Sui army will enter the city without leaving any chickens and dogs!”
Wang Junguo is known as "Little Guan Yu". He is very famous in the Central Plains and the southern part of Hedong Road. Li Qun is from Fengyi County. He also heard that Wang Junguo is famous and famous as the leader of the Taihang thief, and he was even more afraid.
At this time, several lieutenants stepped forward and advised: "General, we have no way to ask for help. The city is short and cannot stop the cavalry of the Sui army. It is better to surrender! Brothers can still save one life."
Wang Junguo shouted under the city again: "Give you a stick of incense time to consider it, and if you surrender out of date, you will be killed without any reason!"
The Sui cavalry slowly retreated and gave up three hundred steps of open space. Li Qun was extremely conflicted. He was afraid that the Sui army would hold him accountable after surrender and killed him. Although the Sui army came fiercely, all the cavalry did not attack.
City weapons may be able to defend the city.
Several lieutenants saw that he was unwilling to surrender, so they exchanged glances with each other. The lieutenant who stood behind Li Qun slowly drew out his knife and slashed him from behind. Li Qun was caught off guard and his head fell to the ground.
The famous school captain picked up his head and shouted: "We are willing to surrender! Surrender!"
The city gate was wide open, and more than a thousand Tang soldiers raised their hands out of the city gate. Wang Junguo was overjoyed and ordered his left and right: "Turn out the whole city!"