Original Hanoi County belongs to Hedong Road, south of the Taihang Mountains and north of the Yellow River. The county governs ten counties. It has a dense population, fertile land, and numerous rivers. It is a famous grain-producing area. Guangji Canal is the Qin River that starts in the county.
Water, crossing half of Hanoi County, is an important irrigation and transportation hub. I want to
Since the Taihang Mountains are a natural military barrier in the north, Hanoi County is relatively safe. Song Jingang took a fancy to this and led 30,000 troops south to occupy Wangwu County in the northwest of Hanoi County. He also
He sent his plan to Yang Yuanqing to occupy Wangwu County to raise troops and wait for an opportunity to attack the rear of Li Shimin's army. This plan got Yang Yuanqing's tacit approval.
But Song Jingang soon discovered that a small Wangwu County could not support an army of 30,000. He took advantage of the confrontation between Yang Yuanqing and Li Shimin to quietly seize Jiyuan County in the east, giving him a large area of fertile land west of Jishui.
Yang Yuanqing also knew that one Wangwu County could not support his 30,000 troops, so he did not blame him for his eastward expansion, and he acquiesced to his actions.
But this time Song Jingang made a mistake in judgment. He regarded Yang Yuanqing's acquiescence as Yang Yuanqing's inability to interfere with him. His ambitions began to expand. Opposite the rich counties in Hanoi, he finally couldn't help but stretch out his claws for the third time.
Occupying Heyang County in the south, the entire west of Jishui became his sphere of influence, while to the east of Jishui was the richest land in the entire Hanoi County, and the county government of Hanoi County was located in it.
When Song Jingang took the first step of greed, he would take the second and third steps. At this moment, Dou Jiande and Li Mi discovered Song Jingang's sweet cake at the same time, and almost unanimously extended an olive branch to him.
Li Mi even ordered people to send him 20,000 shi of grain from Liyangcang, which relieved Song Jingang's urgent need. Dou Jiande also sent people to send him 10,000 pieces of armor, so that Song Jingang's army was no longer poorly equipped.
Food and soldiers were like two wings on Song Jingang's body, making his ambitions take flight. With the support of Li Mi and Dou Jiande, he no longer took Yang Yuanqing seriously and refused Yang Yuanqing's order to send troops three times.
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Song Jinjiang had decided to occupy the entire Hanoi County. It became his capital to obtain a high position. After repeated consideration between Li Mi and Dou Jiande, he finally decided to surrender to Dou Jiande considering that the geographical location of Hanoi County was more towards Hebei.
Dou Jiande was overjoyed and immediately made him the King of Shangzhu Kingdom and Hanoi County, and ordered him to seize the entire Hanoi County.
At night, an army of 20,000 people crossed the Jishui River and headed east. The uniforms of this army were mottled. Some wore leather armor, some wore cloth, and some had spears. Some had long knives, and some carried
Bows, arrows, and weapons were very mixed. But Song Jingang was surrounded by three thousand elite cavalry, all uniformly dressed in armor, with bows and arrows on their backs, horizontal knives, and spears and shields in their hands.
Song Jingang was riding a horse in front of the team, with hundreds of flags waving behind him. Song Jingang had a gloomy face, his thin eyes were shining, and he was staring at the front thoughtfully. He was extremely cunning, and he knew
If Hanoi County is captured first, it will inevitably arouse Yang Yuanqing's anger. His target this time is Anchang County and Wen County. After capturing most of Hanoi County, he will turn around and swallow up Hanoi County.
"Prince, do you think Yang Yuanqing will send troops to attack us?" Song Jingang's general Lu Chongmao said worriedly.
Lu Chongmao was a native of Xia County, Hedong County. He wielded a large iron spear and had superb martial arts skills. He was one of the two most powerful generals under Song Jingang. The other one was Wang Junkuo who guarded Jiyuan County.
Song Jinjiang smiled and said, "Of course Yang Yuanqing will send troops to attack us. But we are not afraid of him. Dou Jiande has promised to send troops to assist me. I know that he really wants to capture Hanoi County. He can only dream of it."
"Why?" Lu Chongmao asked puzzledly.
"It's very simple. The other side of the Yellow River in Hanoi County is Luoyang. Dou Jiande also wants to compete in the Central Plains, capture Luoyang and become the lord of the Central Plains. Especially in winter, the Yellow River freezes and Dou Jiande's cavalry can cross the ice. How could he not want to capture Hanoi County?
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Song Jinjiang was very confident in himself. He knew the temptation of Hanoi County to Dou Jiande. Even if Yang Yuanqing's army attacked, Dou Jiande would never sit idly by. The top priority was to capture Hanoi County first to become his political bargaining chip.
"Everyone, work harder and get to Wen County before dawn. A large piece of meat, a large bowl of wine, and the money in the official warehouse can be shared with everyone."
Most of Song Jingang's soldiers were from Mayi County, Yanmen County and Loufan County. They came to Hanoi County just to eat well and make enough money to go home. After hearing Song Jingang's promise to open the official warehouse, 20,000 soldiers suddenly had
After regaining consciousness, they all speeded up and moved forward.
Lu Chongmao was still a little worried about Yang Yuanqing, but there were some things he didn't dare to ask, so he had to swallow them. Song Jingang glanced at him and saw that he was worried, so he asked with a smile: "What are you thinking about? Why are you so worried?
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Lu Chongmao hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Prince, I am thinking, why can't we surrender to Yang Yuanqing? We must surrender to Dou Jiande and Li Mi."
"That's a good question."
Song Jingang looked at the dark sky in the distance and said slowly: "Actually, I semi-surrendered to him at first. Later, he promised me that if I surrendered, he could make me the governor of Mayi County. Did you see that my army would not be there?"
He was just a mere governor of Mayi County, but Dou Jiande gave me the prince and allowed me to keep my own army. Can Yang Yuanqing do it? Yang Yuanqing followed the system of the Sui Dynasty, but I don’t like this system. I prefer it.
If you like to be loose and can do it, Dou Jiande can do it, and Li Mi can do it too. I, Song Jingang, would rather be the head of a chicken than the queen of an ox."
Lu Chongmao didn't speak for a long time. He sighed secretly in his heart. He was a little worried about his family members who were still in Xia County.
Song Jingang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "When I become big, I will make you the King of Hedong County, bring you an army back to your hometown, and let you honor your ancestors."
Lu Chongmao smiled bitterly, what was the point of Song Jingang conferring this title on him, unless it was the Emperor of the Northern Sui Dynasty who conferred it on him.
At this moment, several messengers rushed in from a distance, shouting from a distance: "Your Majesty!"
Song Jingang reined in his horse. When he saw several soldiers running toward them anxiously, he suddenly felt an ominous feeling. "What happened?" he went up to them and asked.
"General Wang ordered us to report to the county king that a large Sui army was discovered in Zhiguanxing, with seven or eight thousand people. They have approached Wangwu County, and the defenders are calling for help urgently!"
Song Jingang was shocked. The Sui army actually approached Wangwu County, and Jiyuan County was also in danger. It was his military supply area. What surprised him even more was that the Sui army had already sent troops to Hanoi. The army in Changping County only had 3,000 people.
The Sui army numbered seven to eight thousand people, so they must have been killed from Taiyuan.
Song Jingang was in confusion. What should he do? Next to him, Lu Chongmao said anxiously: "Prince, since the Sui army has come, we should do our best to rescue Jiyuan County. If we attack Wen County now, we will miss the opportunity."
Song Jingang forced himself to calm down. In fact, he had a plan. What would he do if Yang Yuanqing sent troops to attack him?
Song Jingang thought for a while, then called a soldier, took out a life silver medal and handed it to him, "You quickly go to Dou Jiande and ask him for help. Tell Yang Yuanqing to attack Hanoi County in a big way. If he still wants Hanoi County, please
He came to the rescue immediately!"
The soldier took the silver medal and galloped away with the two of them on horseback. Lu Chongmao looked at the soldiers' retreating backs and asked worriedly: "Prince, will Dou Jiande come to the rescue?"
"Yes! Dou Jiande will definitely come to help in a big way. This is an opportunity to get Hanoi County."
After saying that, Song Jingang immediately issued an order, "The army turns around and rushes to Jiyuan County!"
Xu Shiji and Luo Shixin divided their troops into two groups, each leading 10,000 troops to move south quickly. According to Yang Yuanqing's deployment, Luo Shixin took Baixing to cut off Song Jinjiang's retreat from the east.
Xu Shiji went to Taihangxing, first controlled Hanoi County and obtained a logistics base, and then the two armies joined together to launch an attack on Song Jingang's tribe.
But Yang Yuanqing also knew that the situation on the front line was changing rapidly, and he could not predict the changes in fighter planes in advance, and Song Jingang was not a puppet waiting for them to encircle and suppress them, so Yang Yuanqing gave them the power to adjust their tactics according to changes in the situation.
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Luo Shixin did not encounter any abnormal information. He still followed the original plan and entered Hanoi County via Baixing. However, Xu Shiji encountered an abnormal situation. To be precise, they discovered a fighter plane.
Xu Shiji received a scout report that there were no defenders in Zhiguanxing, and Song Jingang's main force was in Heyang County in the south. He came up with a bold idea to attack Song Jingang's hinterland directly from Zhiguanxing. If he could capture Song Jingang's grain and grass
If Jiyuan County is an important area, then Song Jingang's army will be in chaos without a fight.
Xu Shiji immediately divided his troops into two groups and ordered his general Qi Xiaoyong to lead 3,000 troops to Taihang County and stationed in Hanoi County to strengthen defense. He and his deputy general Cheng Yaojin changed to Zhiguan County and led 7,000 troops to kill Jiyuan County.
Xu Shiji led his army all the way south. They easily captured a pass on the north side of Wangwu Mountain, entered Zhiguanxing, and continued to advance towards Hanoi County.
Zhiguanxing is an extremely long canyon mountain road, starting from Jiyuan County in Hanoi County in the south and ending in Quwo County in Jiang County in the north. It is a military thoroughfare hundreds of miles long. Because the road is narrow, only one military vehicle can pass.
Named Zhi Guanxing.
Xu Shiji did not enter Zhiguanxing from Jiangjun, but entered Zhiguanxing from a small road in Changping County and directly passed through Wangwu Mountain.
At night, seven thousand troops camped at Qiziling for the night. Cheng Yaojin came to Xu Shiji's side and whispered: "I said Lao Xu, I just heard a soldier say that Wangwu County is very close to here. How about we capture Wangwu County first?"
Find a place to stand?"
Xu Shiji was silent for a moment. He was also thinking about this problem. It was only a dozen miles from Qiziling to Wangwu County, and more than twenty miles to Zhiguan Town. He was considering which side to go to first, or to divide his troops to go to Wangwu County.
Wangwu County, but I don’t know how many defenders there are in Wangwu County.
"General Xu, the scout is back."
Someone shouted and saw several scouts running back. Xu Shiji was overjoyed and stood up immediately. He urgently needed information now, "How many troops are stationed in the two counties?"
This was the issue that Xu Shiji was most concerned about. A scout came forward and knelt down on one knee to report: "General Qi, there are thousands of troops stationed in Wangwu County, and there are thousands of troops stationed in Jiyuan County. The general of the two counties is named Wang Junkuo!"
"It's him!" Xu Shiji and Cheng Yaojin both shouted in unison.