Late Tang

In Guiyi County, Liu Rengong and others believed that the victory was imminent, so although the three generals secretly guarded against each other, they also held a banquet that night to celebrate in advance.The wine lasted until midnight, and Zhang Xingze, the landlord, did not dare to neglect the more than 2 soldiers and more than 3 auxiliary soldiers in the city. He asked the logistics battalion to kill pigs and sheep, carry the wine and carry the pulp, and reward them heavily three armies.The officers and men of the three families were very happy to receive these rewards of wine and meat. They all ate and drank happily, and no one provoked them.

Liu Rengong also drank a lot of wine, and was sent by Zhang Xingze to a mansion in the east of the city that originally belonged to a rich man to rest.In a daze, there was a maid and a group of people to help undress and help her bed, and she slept until midnight.

In the middle of the night, he almost woke up from the wine, Liu Rengong was thirsty, and opened his eyes to ask someone to pour water.

But suddenly I heard a shock under my body, and then there were exclamations from outside.

Liu Rengong's complexion changed suddenly, he quickly sat up from the bed, called in the soldiers to help him wear the armor, and then left the mansion.

Walking out of the house, Guiyi County was already in a state of panic, and people everywhere exclaimed.Liu Rengong quickly rushed up to the tower of the North City. It was about four o'clock, the sky was about to light up, and it was pitch black and low.

On the top of the city, Zhang Xingze and Li Kuangwei had already arrived earlier with their generals, and they looked out of the city in panic.Seeing Liu Rengong arrived, he quickly pointed to the outside of the city.Liu Rengong followed their fingers to look out, opened his mouth slightly, and didn't close it for a long time.

On the north side of Guiyi City, the night is full of dots of fire, which are one after another torches, densely packed, completely covering the north of the city.

"It's Liao soldiers!" Zhang Xingze said bitterly.

At this time, Li Kuangwei did not have the prestige of the golden-headed king, his face was pale, and the fire outside was extremely bright, at least tens of thousands of horses.Ordinarily Li Jing should be under Cangzhou City at this time, how could he suddenly run to the north of Guiyi City?

Although I can't figure it out, this is the truth.

"Cavalry, all cavalry, at least [-] cavalry outside the city!"

Liu Rengong's face was completely dark at this time, he was really worried about something.

"Don't worry everyone, this must be one of Li Jing's partial divisions. There is nothing to be afraid of if there are more than [-] cavalry. The three families in our city have a total of [-] troops."

Liu Rengong's 25-year-old eldest son, Liu Shouwen, hurried over with his brother Liu Shouguang, his face still full of fear.

"Father, the Northeast Army has been found outside the city, with over [-] cavalry!"

Upon hearing this news, everyone in the city felt a little nervous.Just now they thought that there were Liao soldiers only in the north of the city. No one thought that except for the [-] cavalry in the north of the city, they also found it in the east of the city.

"Send someone to investigate in Nancheng and Xicheng." Liu Rengong ordered calmly.

Soon, the sent people came back again, and under the expectant eyes of Liu Rengong and others, they said words that made them ashamed.

"Guiyi City was surrounded, and at least [-] cavalry were found outside the city!"

"This is impossible!" Li Kuangwei's eyes were full of shock, how could this be possible with more than [-] cavalry.Li Jing has a lot of cavalry, but it is said that all Li Jing's cavalry is only [-].This time he brought [-] to the south, but Li Jing was heading for Cangzhou, and had already captured Lucheng and Jingcheng. Wang Jingchong's news said that Li Jing's main force was close to Cangzhou.Now why suddenly more than [-] cavalry came here.

"Could it be mounted infantry? I heard that Li Jing's soldiers and horses, even infantry, are equipped with horses."

Although both cavalry infantry and cavalry have horses, their natures are completely different.The infantry is equipped with horses, which are generally ordinary horses, which are used for walking instead of riding.Moreover, cavalry is not called cavalry when riding on a horse. If you have a horse, you must have a professional cavalry.The infantry on horseback borrows the speed of the horse for one step, but they still dismount when fighting.

Liu Rengong shook his head bitterly. After the shock, he had almost figured out the current situation.

More than [-] soldiers and horses that should have been in Cangzhou suddenly appeared in Guiyi City between Zhuozhou and Mozhou. The one over there should be a surprise soldier.Since the main force here is the main force, according to him, the cavalry outside should be the real cavalry, and Li Jing's infantry is probably coming.

I'm really in the middle of the game, I can't see the whole situation clearly.

I grass mud Ma Le Gobi!

Liu Rengong couldn't help roaring in his heart at this moment, Li Jing's sword was not aimed at Cangzhou, but Moying Erzhou.Nima, everyone was misled by the news that Li Jing only brought seven days of food and grass and light troops south.

It's true that Li Jing only brought food and grass for seven days. It's not difficult for Li Jing's soldiers and horses to take a city casually.

He should have joined the Children's Palace a long time ago, how could Li Jing be so calculating.It turned out that they used themselves as a bait, but Sizhen immediately foolishly regarded Li Jing as a fool. In fact, they were the fools Li Jing played.

If everyone were more cautious, and after learning the news of Li Jing's going south, they immediately deployed defenses along the Juma River in layers at Mo Yingcang, how could it be possible for Li Jing to take advantage of it.As a result, they wanted to catch big fish, so they divided the soldiers and horses into several parts, which gave Li Jing an opportunity.

At first, I thought it was just a sudden attack from outside the city, but now it is good, there is no chance to break out and retreat at this time.

"With [-] cavalry besieging the city, Li Jing's [-] infantry are sure to arrive soon. We are blocked, and it looks like Li Jing is going to swallow us up." Zhang Xingze, the governor of Zhuozhou, had also seen the situation clearly. Said in despair.Although there are [-] soldiers and horses in the city, there are only more than [-] soldiers in battle.Guiyi is only a small town, facing the world-famous Li Jing, he has no hope at all as the governor, let alone the soldiers below.

The three soldiers and horses in the city and the people of Guiyi soon knew that Guiyi City was besieged.Surrounding them was the king of Andong County, Marshal of the Northeast Army of Hebei Province.As for the soldiers and horses, there are [-] iron cavalry.

Immediately, the whole city fell into a great panic. Under the order of Liu Rengong and others, these soldiers climbed to the top of the city in fear, preparing to defend.

Liu Shouqian led the Longxiang army in high spirits and rode over on horseback, and appeared at the city of Guiyi where the dawn had just dawned.The small landlord back then, a refugee, defected to Li Jing, from the leader of Li Jing's servant team, in just a few years, he has become the leader of the first infantry army under the command of the county king, the Longxiang Army.

Although the leader of the infantry army was less valuable than the leader of the cavalry army, at this time the [-] cavalry army rushed to surround Guiyi City first, but it was not necessary to wait for him to lead the infantry.

Liu Shouqian saw that [-] cavalry had surrounded the small Guiyi City like an iron barrel, the gate of Guiyi City was closed tightly, and the defenders on the city were completely gone, he couldn't help laughing and said: "The king of the county is really clever, once the plan comes out , mobilized hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from the four towns, and let the soldiers and horses of the three states of Moyingzhuo take the initiative to run out of the nest and send them to the mouth."

The six armies of the infantry arrived one after another, and Li Jing immediately set up a tent for the Chinese army five miles north of the city, and called all the generals into the tent for discussion.

When Liu Shouqian rushed to the tent, several people including Wang Yanzhang and Li Cunxiao were asking for a battle in front of Li Jing.

As a result, as soon as he came in, he just heard Li Jing scolding the two bravest disciples.

"In war, you must use your strengths to avoid weaknesses, and use your strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. Damn it, you two have the guts to use cavalry to attack a city guarded by tens of thousands of horses. Tell me, I should praise your bravery, or Want to scold you pig brains? Especially you, don’t turn your head, I’m talking about you, Li Cunxiao, I handed over the heavy cavalry built with a lot of money to you, and you actually want to take them to attack the city, you are so fucking talented and capable Creativity, throughout the ages, I guess you are the only one, there is no one before, and there will be no one in the future.”

At this time, Wang Yanzhang and Li Cunxiao were like Meng Sheng in front of a private school teacher, they kept their heads down and did not dare to say a word.

Li Jing also knew that the two of them had probably had a good time, and had fought with him for several years, so it was impossible for them to be the same as they were when they fought against Daibei.But even so, Li Jing had to seize the opportunity to give them a good lesson, to make the other generals more vigilant.

After scolding for a long time, he happened to be thirsty, and just about to ask someone to pour tea, Liu Shouqian shouted a report at the door, and then came in to salute seriously.After the ceremony, he poured a cup of tea for Li Jing very discerningly, and handed it to Li Jing.

Li Jing moistened his throat, and smiled at Liu Shouqian in satisfaction, "Mr. Liu, you came just in time. The king of Guiyi City has surrounded him like a bucket and no one has escaped. Next, it's up to you. You How long will it take to take him down?"

Liu Shouqian puffed out his chest and said loudly: "As long as the county king sends all [-] infantry troops under his command, he will guarantee to take this city within three days."

Li Jing shook his head, "I don't have three days. This king can only give you one day. Although there are tens of thousands of people in the city, there are no more than [-] of them. If you destroy the city, you will be too disappointed."

Liu Shouqian's face turned red and white after being stimulated by these words, he gritted his teeth, and roared: "One day is one day, but the firearms cannot be limited."

Only then did Li Jing smile, "As long as you can take Guiyi City one day, not to mention unlimited firearms, I will immediately appoint you as the commander of the third army of the southward army."

The so-called Third Army is the temporary wartime establishment of six infantry armies with 3 horses. This time, they will go south with 8 horses, and they will be divided into three armies. The first and second armies are both cavalry armies, each with five armies. Twenty-five thousand people.

The commander of the First Cavalry Corps is Li Jing, the commander of the Second Cavalry Corps is temporarily vacant, and the deputy commander is Guo Shunli. The commander of the Third Infantry Corps has not been appointed, and now it is handed over to Liu Shouqian, which immediately makes him excited The skin of the face is swollen.

After setting up the military order to win Guiyi City within a day, Liu Shouqian turned around and went out to command the siege operation.

Guiyi City is just a small county town, the walls are made of adobe bricks, no more than two feet high.

Liu Shouqian had already seen the defense of the city. Apart from the dense crowd of human heads on the top of the city, there were no fortifications. There were no arrow towers, not many archers, and there were not many rolling stones.

After only one turn, he already had seven or eight points of confidence in his heart.

Before returning to the north gate, all the heavy crossbows brought by the infantry of the Sixth Army and the cavalry of the Tenth Army had been laid out, and many small catapults were also assembled and placed behind.

According to Liu Shouqian's order, the ten cavalry troops had already dismounted and lined up in the city.All the cavalry had bows, and at this time they formed a bow formation one by one.

"put!"

Liu Shouqian stood in the formation in front of the city, drank a lot, and pointed the long sword in his hand. Immediately, the ten thousand cavalry scattered in the northern part of the city, a total of ten thousand bow formations, immediately opened their bows and shot a volley towards the top of the city to suppress it. .

"put!"

Liu Shouqian shouted again, and the flag bearer and trumpeter behind him immediately waved the flag and blew the horn.Watching the flag and hearing the signal, the infantry artillery general who received the order immediately shouted: "Reload the smoke bomb and launch!"

Both the heavy ballista and the catapult were quickly loaded with smoke bombs and smoke packs.With one order, dozens of explosive bags and gunpowder cans roared and smashed towards the city.

boom!

Explosive packs and gunpowder cans fell one after another on the top of the city wall, and clouds of yellow smoke quickly burst out on the city wall.These poisonous smog immediately filled the air. It was only a dim morning, but the city was immediately shrouded in smog.

The smoke blocked the sight of the defenders on the city, and the acrimonious gas stimulated the defenders to tears and cough continuously.

The artillery array under the city did not stop firing, but was divided into three sections and started firing uninterruptedly.After each wave of smoke bombs, there will be a wave of explosive bombs, and then another wave of stone bombs, and this will repeat itself, violently plowing across the city.

Under such fierce fire suppression, [-] cavalry also acted as archers, carrying out uninterrupted volley coverage attacks.

Seeing that the effect of the attack was unexpectedly good, Liu Shouqian waved his hand immediately.

The Longxiang Army of the Third Army, which had been waiting for a long time, was the first to charge. Amidst the rush of charging horns and the sound of passionate drums, Guo Xiong, who was in half armor, was the first to step forward. He swung forward with the eight-foot-flag gun in his hand, and he rushed out like a leopard. Behind him, a group of people also attacked.

Guiyi City didn't even have a moat, so Guo Xiong and the others quickly approached the city.

One after another, ladders were put up on the top of the city, and groups of infantry soldiers in half armor like iron cans held shields in one hand, biting knives in one bite, and quickly climbed up.

On the other side, dozens of people held their shields and carried a coffin dug from a mass grave outside the city and rushed towards the city gate.

While the defenders on the top of the city were busy, they saw a group of Liao soldiers rushing towards the city gate carrying a coffin, they were all stunned, wondering what they were doing?

Is this a kind of witchcraft?

The group of soldiers quickly rushed to the city gate, and then these people raised their iron shields upwards, and quickly formed a large iron shield formation, forming a steel dome.

Immediately after the steel dome was erected, soldiers began digging in front of the city gate with shovels, picks, and hoes.

This time, Liu Rengong who heard the news also felt bad.

Liu Rengong was nicknamed Liu Kutou because he won the battle by digging tunnels during the war.

However, he didn't think the Northeast Army wanted to dig tunnels, because it was impossible to dig tunnels in front of the city gate, and the tunnels were not dug with coffins.

"No, there must be Feihuo in the coffin, they are going to dig a tunnel to blow up the city gate!" Zhang Xingze finally guessed Liao Bing's plan.

Ever since Li Jing fought against Duli Town and Daxie Village Fengjia, he repeatedly used Shenhuo and Feihuo to defeat the enemy. These two things have attracted countless people's coveted.Unlike Shenhuo, which Li Jing strictly controlled the secret of the formula, the so-called Tianhuo was not only known by Li Jing.

Skyfire, also known as Feihuo, is black powder.At first, Duli Town used it first. This was originally a formula sold by Taoist priests to Duli Town, but the formula that Li Jing came up with later was more advanced.Although Duli Town later became attached to Li Jing, many families still mastered the formula.Up to now, basically all major forces have more or less mastered the gunpowder technology, the difference is only whose is more advanced.

Speaking of which, there is no one who has more advanced gunpowder technology than Li Jing.However, because of the high cost of refining black powder and its low power, there are not many people who really vigorously research and use this new type of weapon.But Zhang Xingze also knew that the flying fire of the plane was loud, but the lethality was not strong.But if it is a flying fire with a whole coffin, and then dig a hole directly under the city gate, stuff the gunpowder of the coffin inside, and then light the fire, if there is a sound, this small city of Guiyi City The door probably couldn't bear it.

"Hurry up, burn oil down, splash water, smash wood and rocks!" Liu Rengong also reacted immediately, damn, if the gate of this small broken city is lost, it will be a fool.

At this time, the defenders on the top of the city finally had wet towels on their faces and large shields in their hands. After suffering huge casualties, they stabilized their positions, and encountered such a major event.He couldn't help being a little flustered, although Liu Rengong ordered repeatedly.

It's a pity that it was a little late at this time. There was a huge steel dome standing above the head. The Northeast Army assault team below had quickly dug a big pit that could accommodate the coffin, and quickly put the coffin into the hole. , and began to block the hole, and finally only a small opening was exposed.

Under the top of the shield, the assault team leader Zhao Wenjie ignited the lighter with a snap. Amidst countless loud bangs above his head, the yellow flame approached the fuse, and finally ignited the fuse with a chirp.

"withdraw!"

With a loud shout, in a short time, only 100 people remained in the [-]-member assault team.Hearing the order, everyone immediately retreated quickly holding their shields.

Liu Rengong and others on the top of the city were happy to have finally repelled the Liao soldiers, but when someone lowered their heads, they just saw a puff of white smoke rising from the city gate.

"Nine"

"Eight"

"Seven"

.......

"three"

"two"

"One"

Zhao Wenjie, who had already run to the front of the battle, was panting heavily while staring at the city gate, counting down the time.

After reading a word, but did not hear the sound of the explosion, Zhao Wenjie's eyes froze, feeling extremely disappointed.

But at this moment, there was a violent shaking under the feet, and then there was a sound of landslides and ground cracks, like thunder from the nine heavens, and the sound was many times louder than the bombs before.

"boom!"

After a loud bang, a burst of flames burst into the sky from the gate tower of the north city. Accompanied by the flames, there were also the two gates of the north gate of Guiyi City, and the bricks and stones of the gate hole.

Both sides of the battle on the battlefield stopped fighting, and their eyes turned involuntarily to look in the direction of the explosion.

As the gunpowder smoke fell, the north gate of Guiyi City, which was originally dilapidated, had been blasted into the sky, and the gate tower with the gate opening, together with the nearly [-] defenders above it, were all destroyed.

The smoke slowly dissipated, and a huge gap appeared in front of everyone!

The city guarded by 6 to [-] people had already been blown open within an hour of the battle!

Liu Rengong and the others looked at the huge gap of four or five feet, their faces were dusty, like a mourning concubine.

But outside the city, after a brief silence, there were endless cheers on the battlefield.

Liu Shouqian also seemed to be startled for a moment, then overjoyed, he drew out his command saber with a clang, swung it forward fiercely, and roared loudly: "Kill!"

"kill!"

Countless soldiers of the Northeast Army yelled and rushed towards Guiyi City like a tide! (To be continued.)