At Mengjindu, about two miles away from Zhonglizhou, dozens of horse riders hid in a forest, looking at a sea of fire that stretched for miles on the south bank of the Yellow River. These were thousands of large ships frozen in the river.
It was lit, and the fire spread into a sea of fire, and thick smoke rolled. Teams of Sui cavalry were seen running on the river with torches.
These warships were all warships of the Wagang Army. The Sui Army could not capture them, so they burned them all with fire. Most of these warships were ships of the Sui Dynasty, and were built in the prime of the Sui Dynasty, but the people were unable to survive.
Today, it is no longer realistic to build so many warships. The riders couldn't help but sigh. Yang Yuanqing's desperate plan made their army cross the Yellow River north in a vain.
"General, there is also a fire in Zhonglizhou!" A knight shouted, pointing to the flames inside the Yellow River two miles away.
In front of the team, a burly man was squinting his slender eyes and staring at the flames ignited in Zhonglizhou. It should be Heyang Pass, and the Sui army actually began to attack Heyang Pass.
This group of people was the envoy sent by Wang Shichong to Hanoi to meet Yang Yuanqing. As soon as Yang Yuanqing arrived in Hanoi, he was discovered by Wang Shichong's spies. The leader was Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Renze. They rushed day and night to cross the Yellow River at night, but found Heyang
The battle situation at the end.
Wang Renze's eyes are very complicated. Although the city in Zhonglizhou is called Heyang Pass, it should actually belong to the land on the south bank of the Yellow River. Although it can also be explained that the Sui army wanted to strengthen the defense of Henei County, it seized Heyang Pass.
The greater strategic significance of this is to directly oppress Henan, and Mengjindu is almost its possession.
This made Wang Renze feel surprised and suspicious. What was the real intention of the Sui army to seize Heyang Pass? Did the Sui army really have the intention to get involved in Henan?
But Wang Renze also knew that the Sui army would not be able to consider Henan in the short term. Their strategic goal was to take Heyang Pass. The acquisition of Heyang Pass should be temporarily considered from the perspective of defense. Despite this, Wang Renze still turned around and ordered a subordinate.
"Go back and report this to the prince!"
One of the followers turned their horses and ran towards Luoyang City, and another subordinate asked, "General, what should we do now?"
"We just pretended that we had seen nothing and went to Heyang County!"
Wang Renze urged him to approach the river surface and faced the severe cold on the surface, heading towards the opposite bank of the Yellow River.
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In front of Heyang Pass, the fire on the moat bridge was still burning. The defenders on the city were in chaos. They had realized the intention of the Sui army and poured a pot of hot water down the city, but it had no effect at all.
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Yang Yuanqing immediately stood on the mound, watching the defenders on the city rushing to put out the fire. At this time, he saw soldiers carrying bags of sand and soil on the top of the city. Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered, "Use heavy crossbow to suppress it!"
"Dong!Dong!Dong!" The rapid drum sounded, and a thousand Sui troops ran out of the queue. They held a huge Jue Zhang Chong crossbow, which was a seven-stone yellow crossbow that must be combined with two strong soldiers.
Only by force can we use crossbows, and the range can reach 350 steps. If it is launched within 200 steps, you can use a large military arrow, using iron as the arrow, which is two feet and four inches long, and can penetrate the enemy within 150 steps.
Shield.
One thousand soldiers held five hundred heavy crossbows in their hands. Two people stood facing each other, stepped on the crossbow with both feet, pulled the string with four arms, opened the bowstring slowly, and buckled the string. A soldier carried the heavy load on his shoulders.
Crossbow, another soldier was loaded with arrows.
One thousand soldiers were all Yang Yuanqing's personal guards, well-trained. They were proficient in movements. In just a moment, five hundred heavy arrows pointed at the top of the city. A Ying Yanglang general shouted, "Shoot!"
Just a crack sound, five hundred iron arrows broke out from the strings and roared towards the city. Some arrows shot into battlements, Mars splashed everywhere, and gravel flew around, and some arrows shot into the soldiers on the city.
The group of soldiers on the city wall were caught off guard and were pierced by iron arrows, and screamed and shot. Then the second round of arrows came again, and dozens of people were shot down. The powerful crossbow arrows of the Sui army
The Wagang Army was frightened, and the defenders were so scared that they squatted down one after another, not daring to show their heads again.
The moat bridge burned for half an hour, and the moat bridge that had been burned to carbon could no longer bear its own weight and broke with a bang. Part of it was hung on the wall by iron chains, while the other part was heavily hit on the ice.
, broke into five or six pieces.
"Heavy crossbow covers, beat drums to attack the city!" Yang Yuanqing issued an order for a formal attack.
The giant drum suddenly rang, "dong-dong-dong-dong!" The deafening drum sounded throughout Zhongtanzhou, and even Heyang City ten miles away could be clearly heard.
Wang Renze, who was about to arrive on the other side of the Yellow River, suddenly turned around and looked nervously in the direction of Zhongtanzhou. At this time, hundreds of patrol cavalry rushed from all sides, surrounding Wang Renze dozens of people, and hundreds of crossbows pointed at
them.
"Who is it?" the chief lieutenant shouted sternly.
Wang Renze raised his hand and shouted in the cold wind, "We are the envoys sent by King Zheng of the Eastern Capital, please see His Highness the King of Chu!"
"Drop off your horse and put down your weapons!"
Wang Renze turned over and dismounted his horse, threw the sword on the ground, and all his followers put down their weapons. Dozens of Sui soldiers stepped forward to pick up the weapons, searched them again, and turned around to report, "Captain, they have no weapons anymore!"
"Take them into the city!"
Hundreds of soldiers escorted Wang Renze and his group to the Heyang County Town.
In front of Heyang Pass, amid the loud drums, the attacking ram was launched. This was a attacking ram made of a thousand-year-old giant wood. The hammer head was filled with pig iron, the hammer body had a handle, weighing thousands of kilograms, and it was a
Hundred and twenty soldiers were lifted, sixty people stood on each side, and two hundred people raised their shields to cover them.
The huge siege ram was like a black centipede, walking slowly towards the city gate along the pine road. Behind them, one thousand five hundred cavalrymen were already lined up and waiting for the city gate to break open and then rushed into the city.
At this time, the Sui army's heavy crossbow had suppressed the enemy. Rounds of iron soldiers and arrows shot towards the city. The sound of jingling came one after another, and gravel splashed on the battlements.
Sun Fu, the chief general of the Wagang Army, was anxious. He saw the attacking ram slowly approaching the city gate through the cracks of the battlements, but his soldiers were so pressed by the powerful crossbow arrows of the Sui army that he could not raise his head. He shouted anxiously: "Prepare to get out of the wood."
Stone!”
Hundreds of soldiers hugged and piled up three-foot-long rolling wood and dozens of kilograms of stones on the top of the city. They dared not look up and could only throw the rolling wood and stones down the city by throwing it.
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Most of the suspension bridges cracked into five or six pieces and lay on the ice. The fire had been extinguished, but the carbon-burned suspension bridge still had sparks. The dark red flames disappeared and dozens of Sui soldiers rushed forward and swung their big swings.
The axe slashed and completely smashed the suspension bridge.
At this moment, the rolling wooden stones on the top of the city fell like raindrops. Dozens of Sui soldiers were caught off guard and were hit by stones and wood, and fell to the ground screaming.
The captain who commanded the city to crash was furious and roared, "Crash the wood!"
One hundred and twenty soldiers accelerated suddenly, carrying the attacking ram and hitting the city gate. 'Boom!' A earth-shaking loud noise, ten thousand kilograms of force hit the city gate. The city gate shook violently, and sand and stones on the city gate rustled.
When they fell, many soldiers on the city fell to the ground in pain and curled up. The huge impact force when they hit the city almost broke their hearts.
A desperate feeling spread in the castle. Many soldiers realized that the castle would not be able to defend it. Without heavy weapons to defend the city, the city gate would sooner or later be broken. Moreover, Yang Yuanqing personally led the army to attack the city, and the morale of the army began to collapse.
Many soldiers took advantage of the night to run towards the south city quietly and fled from the south city wall.
There were only a few hundred people on the wall of Sun Fujian. He was so anxious that he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Bump down with stones!"
Dozens of soldiers around him were carrying stones and smashing them down desperately. At this time, another round of five hundred soldiers shot at him. More than 20 soldiers were shot to the ground, and Sun Fu was also shot with an arrow.
The shot hit his left shoulder, and the huge arrow force overturned him to the ground, the tip of the arrow came out from his back, and the heart-wrenching pain made him almost faint.
With the unison roar, the attacking rifle hit the city gate again. The city gate could not hold on again and was knocked open. More than a hundred Sui troops followed the attacking rifle falcon into the city.
Seeing that the city gate had opened, Yang Yuanqing waved his sword and ordered: "Kill in, and no one of the defenders in the city will be left behind, and kill them all!"
One thousand five hundred cavalry suddenly ran away, their horses galloping, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky, and waved their swords to kill them towards the city.
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At the third update, Yang Yuanqing led his army back to Heyang County. Zhongtanzhou and Heyang Pass had been taken over by a thousand Sui army, and more than 400 warships anchored in Zhongchaozhou were seized, while 1,500 on the south bank of the Yellow River were captured.
All hundred warships were burned.
"Maintain!"
As soon as Yang Yuanqing entered the county town, a lieutenant rushed forward to report, "Report to the Chief Manager, Wang Shichong's envoy has arrived. It is his nephew Wang Renze, who is waiting for the Chief Manager to receive him."
It was already my turn, and Yang Yuanqing was a little tired. He was about to say goodbye tomorrow, but after a second thought, he nodded, "Take him to see me!"
Yang Yuanqing was temporarily stationed in the county government office. He returned to the official room. There was a brazier in the room. The room was as warm as spring. Pei Qingsong stepped forward to take off the cloak for Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing rubbed his cold hands and asked, "There is a place in Taiyuan."
What news?"
Pei Qingsong smiled and said, "There is no news in Taiyuan, but news came from Chang'an that Pei Ji was removed from the position of Minister of Personnel and sent to Bashu as a pacifier. Sheng Yanshi was also transferred to Beijing, where Pujin Pass
He Chang took over."
Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, "This old Li is very good at being a peacemaker! Each side beats fifty boards."
Yang Yuanqing sat down, reached out to bake the baking on the charcoal basin, looked at Pei Qingsong again and said, "Tell me what you think."
Pei Qingsong lowered his head and thought, "I think that on one side is just an ordinary general in the army, but on the other side is the first prime minister of the dynasty. It seems unbalanced. If a general under Li Shimin was demoted, he might be defeated by fifty people.
But Pei Ji was demoted, and it was not the same thing as Bei Zhi."
Yang Yuanqing nodded in praise. Pei Qingsong had no political experience, but he could think of this step, which shows that he had extraordinary talent.
"You're right. This should be the prince's counterattack. They seized Pei Ji's handle. However, Lao Li was more experienced and putting two things together, it looked like he was hitting fifty boards each, but Li Yuan
He Chang, who was not appointed as the chief general of Pujin Pass, was transferred to Guangtong Cang, and there should be articles in it."
"Master, what articles will be here?"
Yang Yuanqing sneered, "I don't know this, but Li Yuan actually appointed He Chang, who killed my division, as the commander of Pujin Pass. Is he provoking me?"