Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 313
Guo Chongtao never imagined that the local war he single-handedly provoked would intensify and gradually become uncontrollable.

But His Majesty the Emperor did not blame him.

This time, Li Ye almost came out in full force.

Suo Xun's Modao Army has 1 people, Yang Shihou's Silver Spear Army has 5000 people, Ge Congzhou's 8000 Zuoyi Sheng Army, Xuanwu Central Army's four-compartment cavalry has [-] people, Chaerming's [-] light cavalry army, Xie Yanzhang's [-] Zhengzhou Army, Guo Yan's [-] Xuanwu rear army, Li Yun's [-] guards, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, and Zhang Cunjing each led [-] troops as the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the army, and the Mabu army totaled more than [-] people. One hundred thousand troops.

The Left and Right Shence Army was left behind, and the Right Shenwei Army guarded Bianliang.Shi Shucong and Kou Yanqing guarded Caozhou and Zhengzhou as horns.

The [-] Zuoyi Shengjun in Ge Congzhou set up camp and crossed the river that day, serving as the vanguard of the whole army.

Three days later, the whole army crossed the river one after another, and as soon as they arrived in Tanzhou, they heard news from the front line.

Anfujiang won a small victory in the front. Three days ago, Anfujiang led his army to retreat. Wei Bojun did not know there was a fraud, and the Qing army pursued him. He was ambushed by Li Cunxiao's army on the way. The forward 2000 men were killed by [-] people. Scared, Huangfu quickly withdrew his troops Five miles, wait for the army to gather.

His Majesty the Emperor was relieved when he heard the news. The number of people in Anfujiang was less than [-]. Facing Weibo's veteran Yamen Army, Li Ye was still a little worried.

"How many people are there in Tanzhou now?"

Duan Kun said: "Originally there were 5000 troops. Eight days ago, [-] troops rushed to Weizhou. There were [-] defenders and thousands of auxiliary soldiers in the city!"

"Tanzhou is uneven, and food supply is worrying. Who among the generals is willing to destroy this city!"

"The last will be willing!"

"The last general was originally Xuanwu Bashan Capital, and this army was specially set up to attack the city. Your Majesty, please allow the last general to attack and pull this city!"

Li Ye nodded and said, "Okay, Commander Guo obeys the order!"

"The end is here!"

"Let you lead the Xuanwu army to capture this city for me!"

"The commander of the last commander!"

"Where is Commander Xie Yanzhang?"

"The end is here!"

"Let you lead your troops to attack Linhuang, Fanxian, Chaocheng, Shenxian, and Qingfeng counties!"

"promise!"

"Where is Commander Liu Zhijun?"

"The end is here!"

"I order you to lead your troops to support Commander Guo!"

"promise!"

"Where's Charmin?"

"The end is here!"

"Let you lead the troops of the headquarters to set out first and join forces with General An Fu. After joining forces, Deputy Chief An will control them!"

"promise!"

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Xu Mengyi, the governor of Tanzhou, turned pale with fright when he saw the [-] imperial army coming.

Guo Yanroutine sent people to the tower and shouted: "Where is Xu Mengyi? Please come out and answer!"

"Someone is Xu Mengyi!"

"Xu Shijun, you have also seen that His Majesty has personally conquered the ministers, and the army of [-] is already under the city. The city of Tanzhou is broken, and there are no chickens or dogs left. Why don't you come down early, so that you can still preserve your wealth and protect your family!"

"My family is all in Weizhou, I'm afraid I will be harmed!"

"Xu Shijun's intention is not to surrender?"

"No, no, let me think twice!"

Guo Yan shook his head and ordered: "Siege the city!"

Sure enough, there is a way to siege the city.

In the southern city of Tanzhou, there are more than a thousand people in the capital, and they protect their bodies with wooden boards. The people below each carry fire starters, run to the city gate, and pile up all the fire starters at the city gate.

On the left and right, there are companies of soldiers and horses, carrying heavy shields to protect, and more than a thousand bows and arrows holding hard bows, shooting towards the walls of the towers.

There were more than a thousand people in armor and climbed up the simple ladder to the city wall. The rest of the troops were feigning attacks in each city, while Liu Zhijun's two thousand cavalry were scattered to each side with more than five hundred people, preventing the soldiers from the city from suddenly rushing out.

As the city gate was on fire, and the south gate shouted and killed all day long, Xu Mengyi couldn't eat it after one round.

The Guo Yan Department has specially trained for climbing the wall. The height of the climbing ladder is exactly three feet below the wall. target.

The cavalry who climbed the wall were not only wearing heavy armor, but also holding round shields in their hands. Bows and arrows could not be shot through, so they could only use boulders. But the ladder was set up on the protruding place. If the boulder was dropped from the wall stack, it would not be able to hit it. arrive.

As for the archers under the city, they were protected by huge shields, leaving only peepholes to shoot at the enemy.

Coupled with a row of eight oxen crossbows, giant arrows were nailed to the city wall. A group of lightly armed infantrymen with shields used the giant arrows as ladders and climbed up.

After a while, more than a hundred people climbed onto the city wall.

"kill!"

The gap was getting bigger and bigger, and there was only a bang, the city gate was burned, and Shuan Falcon fell to the ground with a bang. Liu Zhijun's cavalry rushed into the city on the flames...

Tanzhou was at peace for a day, the army had no worries, more than [-] stones of grain and grass, and more than [-] guan of money in the treasury. Li Ye ordered that the money be used to reward the army.

More than 1000 people from the surrendered army were captured. These people were removed from the armor and weapons, and numbers were branded on their faces, and they were compiled into a list. Ten thousand cattle and horses were conscripted in various counties. Helping people deliver food and grass...

When I arrived in Tanzhou, I realized that Wei Bo was really rich. The fields were not barren, the cattle were everywhere, and the population was dense. Compared with Xuanwu, it was a different scene.

His Majesty the Emperor strictly ordered not to damage the crops. At the same time, Xie Yanzhang was ordered to guard Tanzhou, and the county magistrates and officials sent their families to Tanzhou City.

The next day, the army set off and went straight to Weizhou, where Wei Bozhi was stationed!

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Luo Hongxin, Huangfu Hui and others found out that the emperor was personally recruiting, and a hundred thousand troops rushed to Weizhou. Tanzhou fell again. They were shocked and turned pale, and hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss.

At this time, the Prime Minister, Wei and other states gathered together, and Weizhou had already gathered 5 horses.

Luo Hong said: "Weizhou City has high walls and strong food and grass, so we can stick to it. If I send an envoy to plead guilty, His Majesty will definitely forgive me!"

Huangfu Hui shook his head and said: "I have already sent an envoy to inform Wang Rong, Chengde's Jiedu envoy, to make an appointment. We just need to defend Weizhou, and when the imperial army declines, we will definitely be able to defeat the official army. Why? Plead guilty!"

"This……"

Huangfuhui sneered and said: "Even if we plead guilty, we should wait until we win. Now pleading guilty, the imperial court thinks that we are afraid of them, and they will come again in the future, and if we defeat the imperial army, then my Weibo disciples will all be defeated." When we come back, if we can capture the emperor, it is not impossible to add several states."

"Haha, give me Bianzhou to wait, I heard that the newly built imperial capital is huge!"

"Yes!"

There is no doubt that Huangfu Hui won the military morale of most of Wei Bo's army by relying on his single-handed rescue of Wei Bo's children. However, Luo Hongxin was not able to fight against Huangfu Hui, so he had to keep silent.

At this time, Wei Bo's army was more than ten miles away from Weizhou.

It took only two hours to reach Weizhou.

"It's not good, Commander, the officers and soldiers have sent out all the cavalry!"

"Thousands of cavalry, why panic!"

"They are moving towards Weizhou!"

"Hmph!" Huangfu Hui said in a concentrated voice: "The whole army line up and return slowly!"

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)