The original creation was shortly after Yang Yuanqing led his army back from Wenxi County and rushed westward, Dugu Huaien, the prefect of Jiang County, received the news. He immediately realized that the Fengzhou army must have been to intercept Li Shuliang's army.
He was very anxious and immediately ordered his general Cao Ji to lead three thousand troops to support Li Shuliang
The army was sent out, and Dugu Huaien was uneasy. He climbed up to the wall, held the wall and looked west. In the distance, there was a dark night se, and the stars reflected a blurry outline of Zhengping Mountain several miles away.
Dugu Huaien sighed. When Li Yuan asked him if he was willing to enter Guanzhong or stay in Hedong, he chose to stay in Hedong. Now it seems that his decision was a bit wrong. Hedong is a place where all military strategists must compete for.
Even if Yang Yuanqing doesn’t come, Dou Jiande will come. Going to Guanzhong is a wise choice.
Dugu Huaien turned around and wanted to go down the city, and suddenly a soldier shouted, "Empress, an army is coming."
Dugu Huaien was shocked and looked carefully at the wall. He saw about a thousand people running towards him. Then someone shouted under the city: "Emister, open the city gate quickly, it's me!"
It was the voice of the general Cao Ji. He had just left for less than an hour, so why did he come back? Dugu Huaien quickly ordered the door to open, and he ran to the city gate. He saw a large group of defeated soldiers pouring in, and many of them were injured.
His body was covered with blood. Cao Ji held it on his horse and an arrow was inserted on his back.
Dugu Huaien was shocked and stepped forward and asked anxiously: "What's wrong?"
"Empress, we were ambushed in Zhengping Mountain, and our brothers were killed and injured."
"How many ambushes are there?" Dugu Huaien asked again.
"I don't know, the other side is a cavalry and a bow and arrow, surrounding us. Huye is to fight to the death to break through the siege."
Dugu Huaien couldn't say a word for a while, and an ominous premonition poured into his heart.
Li Shuliang stood on the mail tower, looking at the brigade of enemy troops with a serious look, but he was not happy at all. A intuition told him that the enemy's departure was like a beast retreating, for the sake of a more powerful and fatal
hit.
Li Shuliang sent several teams of scouts to investigate. He returned to his camp worriedly. Deputy General Liu Hongji had been waiting for him in front of the tent for a long time.
"Master, do you think the enemy has really retreated?"
Li Shuliang shook his head, "They are a group of wolves. How could they retreat without eating their prey?"
Li Shuliang sighed and walked into the big tent. Liu Hongji followed into the big tent and hurriedly said, "Master, Bei Zhi believes that the purpose of the enemy's retreat is to wait for us to withdraw from the camp and then attack us halfway.
We have no defense to garrison. We can only fight hard against them. This is the best way to break our defense."
Li Shuliang sat down and lowered his head for a long time without saying anything. He didn't want Liu Hongji to say this, but no matter what he thought, Liu Hongji was completely correct. Unless he didn't leave, maybe the other party could do nothing to him, but as long as he moved
.The other party will seize the opportunity, and he hugged his head in pain. How should he deal with it?
Liu Hongji's lips were pursed into a line, his eyes were very serious. He had realized that the other party was an experienced general. He could intercept them between Jishan and Zhengping County. This shows that the other party is good at seizing the fighter. Is the other party good at seizing the fighter?
The main general is Yang Yuanqing?
If it was him, then the situation they faced was severe, and Liu Hongji became nervous. "Master, now we need to ask for help from the lord, otherwise we will be in danger of being wiped out."
Li Shuliang sat without saying a word. His mind was a little confused and his thoughts were in a mess. He crossed his hands on his legs and leaned weakly against the big box behind him. He seemed to be thinking about Liu Hongji's suggestions, but it was like
I was in a daze with no choice.
After sitting there for a quarter of an hour, Liu Hongji did not dare to disturb him and was about to slowly withdraw from the tent. At this time, Li Shuliang's heavy voice came from behind him.
"Before leaving, the King of Tang had already told me that he could only take out 20,000 troops and asked me to assemble the troops of Hedong counties and the defenders of Taiyuan, so that there would be a hundred thousand troops to compete with Yang Yuanqing. Even if we ask for help, he
It can also allow the defenders of Hedong counties to support us, but have you ever thought that the troops of each county will set out to support us, will they be defeated by Yang Yuanqing's army?"
Liu Hongji was shocked and turned slowly. He had to admire Li Shuliang's careful thinking. Yang Yuanqing had 30,000 cavalry, and only 10,000 were here. It is very likely that the rest of the troops were broken up in order to prevent the counties from coming to rescue them.
"What about the five thousand defenders in Zhengping County? We can call them to support us."
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier reported outside the tent, "The Dugu Prefect sent someone to report the news, saying that there was an emergency."
"Let him in!"
After a moment, a report soldier was brought in. He knelt down on one knee to report, "The Dugu Prefect sent troops to help, but was ambushed by the enemy on the mountain road, and suffered heavy casualties. The Dugu Prefect could only defend the city, hoping that the General Li could lead his army into the city.
Joint defense.”
After saying that, he presented a letter. After reading the letter, Li Shuliang handed it to Liu Hongji and ordered his side to "take him down and give him a reward of 500 yuan!"
"Thank you for the reward of the commander."
The newsman retreated, and Li Shuliang glanced at Liu Hongji, "What do you think you should do now?"
"Master General, the other party is a light cavalry, and he should not bring much food and fodder. We might as well stick to the camp and wait until they have enough food to retreat."
"It is impossible to have enough food. Jiang County is a rich place. It has just collected wheat. They can't get any food. Besides, except Zhengping County, there are basically no defenders in other counties. It is easy to seize it. Besides, they just said that
Defeating the reinforcements of Zhengping County should have seized a lot of food and grass. Although the letter did not say it, we should have wanted it."
Li Shuliang sighed. He was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do.
At dawn, the scout brought back the intelligence and found that the opponent's cavalry was twenty miles away and did not go far. Li Shuliang knew that his judgment was correct and that the other party could not withdraw his troops. He was waiting for them to set off and attack them halfway. Li Shuliang was even more so.
Dare to take the risk to set off, he finally accepted Liu Hongji's suggestion and sent someone to Guanzhong for help.
Yang Yuanqing's cavalry rested overnight in a wooded forest twenty miles away and recovered their physical strength. At this time, Xu Shiqiu, who ambushed the enemy reinforcements in Zhengping Mountain, also returned. He led a thousand cavalry to set up an ambush in front of Zhengping Mountain and defeated Zhengping County reinforcements.
More than 1,000 enemies were annihilated, more than 600 were captured, and a lot of military supplies were seized, which could maintain the army for three days.
This unexpected gain suddenly solved the hidden danger of insufficient food and grass in Fengzhou. Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed and remembered Xu Shiji's great achievements.
At noon, Yang Yuanqing rode a horse to inspect the situation in the army. This time they were traveling lightly and did not carry tents and other supplies. They mostly camped in the woods. If it rained, they would go to the county town to station.
The 10,000 army consists of eight thousand cavalry and two thousand heavy armored infantry. Heavy armored infantry does not need war horses when fighting. When marching, they usually ride horses. They are equipped with two horses, and a war horse is specially used to carry equipment.
At this time, Yang Sien was leading the heavy armored Modao Army to train. Their Modao has been replaced, lighter, longer and harder. It is no longer a slap, but a real Modao, enough to fight the impact of powerful cavalrymen.
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The two thousand Modao Army were divided into four teams, and they were training in the team, shouting and killing sounds were like thunder.
Not far from the Modao Army training, thousands of soldiers cut down thousands of big trees and were busy tying up the tree strata. On another open space, there were fire cloths carried by the soldiers. The fire cloth was a strip of cloth.
Soaked in tinder oil and dried, it becomes extremely flammable. It is usually used to make rockets. Each soldier will carry a pack of equipment. At this time, the Fengzhou Army's unique equipment was used.
At this time, a soldier reported: "Report to the Chief Executive, the scout caught the other party's spy!"
Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed and immediately turned his horse's head and ran towards the marching tent.
In the tent, a scout captain knelt down on one knee to report to Yang Yuanqing: "Report to the general manager, the brothers found that two teams of enemy spies had 20 people, all surrounded and annihilated, and two prisoners were captured."
“Bring it up!”
Soon, the personal soldiers pushed the two prisoners into the tent, and the prisoners knelt on the ground and begged, "General, please spare me!"
Yang Yuanqing looked at them and said, "I can spare your lives, but you must confess honestly. If there is a lie, I will take your heads to sacrifice to the flag."
"We dare not hide it at all."
"Okay! Let me ask you first, how many troops are there in the camp, who is the main general, and who is the deputy general?"
"Report to the general, there are a total of 20,000 troops, about 3,000 cavalry, 15,000 infantry, and 2,000 baggage soldiers. The main general is Li Shuliang and deputy general Liu Hongji."
Yang Yuanqing nodded. He could hear that the other party was not lying, and asked again: "How much food is there, what kind of war horses are there, and what are the soldiers' equipment?"
Xu Shijie next to him heard Yang Yuanqing ask very carefully, and he secretly praised in his heart. No wonder Yang Yuanqing is known as the No. 1 general in the border area of the Great Sui Dynasty. From his inquiry of information, he can see his rich experience. He even asked what kind of war horse the other party was clearly.
, mastering all the details is to know yourself and your enemy, and win every battle.
Yang Yuanqing asked for more than half an hour, and then he ordered people to take down two exhausted prisoners of war. The three clerks next to him were quick and recorded all the inquiries. The three clerks retreated.
Don't account
Seeing Xu Shiji's face was surprised, Yang Yuanqing smiled and asked, "Didn't the Wagang Army do this?"
Xu Shiji shook his head, "We just asked some key questions, never more than a quarter of an hour, nor more than twenty questions. This is the first time I have encountered it when I ask carefully like the general."
"I shouldn't ask."
Yang Yuanqing pointed to the Zheng Cao Army next to him and said with a smile: "The Fengzhou Army has its own strict system and has a special interrogation officer. Zhang Shenjun should be interrogated. But I am more anxious, so I will interfere. Zhang will wait for it.
I have to ask again when joining the army.”
He asked Zhang Shu again, "Zhang Jun, are there any missings in my interrogation?"