Late Tang

The dark clouds linger on the moon, and the night is as black as ink.

In the middle of the night, Guo Chongtao led the army to the east gate of Youzhou, stopped the soldiers and horses, and sent people to the city to watch.Not long after, the scout reported that he had contacted Guan Guan, and the other party's signal was exactly the one agreed upon earlier.Guo Chongtao was overjoyed, and immediately rushed forward to the east gate.

When it was closed, three lanterns rose up, and there were several generals standing under the lanterns, but the leader was Wang Sitong, the envoy of the Yin Gourd Capital.

"Let Liu Rengong lead his headquarters into Guanzhong first." Li Cunxin rode his horse and whispered behind Guo Chongtao. Although he was the one who came up with the strategy of coordinating internally and externally, tonight things went smoothly beyond his expectations. Li Cunxin, who has always been cunning, couldn't help but He regained his composure, and became vigilant in his heart.Guo Chongtao nodded when he heard the words, and sent someone to send an order to Liu Rengong, asking him to lead [-] troops from his headquarters into the city first, and Li Cunxin to lead [-] troops to the rear, just in case.

The east gate opened slowly, the suspension bridge was lowered, and the generals Wang Sitong and Li Chengyue rode out of the city to welcome them.Although Liu Rengong was full of Guo Chongtao who sent him to scout the way, but seeing that the original Lulong generals had arrived, he no longer doubted him.Excited, he quickly led his troops into the customs.

The cavalry of the three thousand Dingba capital entered the city smoothly, without any accident.

Guo Chongtao waited outside for another quarter of an hour. Seeing that Liu Rengong had already climbed to the top of the wall to signal, he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the whole army to enter the city.

As soon as he entered the city, Liu Rengong led Wang Sitong and other generals to greet him.Wang Sitong said: "Report to General Guo that Li Kuangwei and his Yiwu Army generals are stationed in the inner city of Yacheng. I'm afraid they are still asleep in their dreams. The last general is willing to be the general's vanguard and lead his troops to attack Yacheng. Li Kuangwei's head was brought here to present to the general."

"Okay, if you win Li Kuangwei's head, I will personally report to the king the merits of all of you." Guo Chongtao said with a smile.

Wang Sitong and other surrendered generals said some flattering words, and then they resigned and led their troops to attack the inner city.Just as Zhu Lulongjiang left, suddenly there were several loud noises in the silent and dark night, and then there were shouts of killing everywhere.

Guo Chongtao was shocked, this would never be something that Wang Siping would cause by attacking Li Kuangwei.And listening to this voice, the shouts of killing seemed to be coming from all directions.

"No, we fell for it." Guo Chongtao's expression changed, and he immediately understood what Wang Sitong said just now.They were tricked, the damn generals of Lu Long didn't surrender at all, but designed to lure them into the city, the shouts of killing must be ambushes everywhere.

"Quick, get out of the city." Li Cunxin who had just entered the city shouted.

"No!" Guo Chongtao shook his head with a dark face.Although he had already fallen into Li Kuangwei's plan to annihilate him, Guo Chongtao didn't know that Youzhou City was actually under the control of the Qin army, let alone that Li Jing was in control of the city at this time.According to the information he knew, there were only Li Kuangwei's 2 Yiwu Army and Lu Long Army in Youzhou City. [-] people, twice the number of troops he led.But Guo Chongtao is not afraid, Li Kuangwei is just an unknown junior, how can he take it seriously.

On the contrary, instead of panicking, he felt that this was an excellent opportunity.If they didn't want to lure them into the city to ambush, they would not have had a chance to enter Youzhou City for a while.Now that he has come, how can he leave easily.If you miss such an opportunity, it will be difficult if you encounter it again.

"Let's go directly to Yacheng, capture the thief and the king, and go straight to the thief's den!" Guo Chongtao shouted coldly.

As soon as these words came out, the generals Li Cunxin and Liu Rengong, who were a little panicked at first, also stabilized their minds at this time, and after thinking about it, it was true.If you want to retreat at this time, you will definitely crash into the enemy's ambush circle.And if they attacked Yacheng in the opposite direction, they might not be able to capture Youzhou in one fell swoop.Thinking of this, all the generals turned their worries into joy and became happy again.

"kill!"

Guo Chongtao yelled loudly, Liu Rengong and Li Cunxin each led their headquarters and continued to charge forward, directly attacking Yacheng.

On the gate of Yacheng in Youzhou, Li Jing and Gongsun Lan are leaning on the railing to look out, shrouded in little fire.

"Sanlang, you guessed right. After being ambushed, Shatuo's army not only didn't turn around and fight out of the city, but went straight to Yacheng." Gongsun Lan watched a fire dragon meandering towards him, and couldn't help admiring him.

Summer nights are cool and windy, if there is no loud shouting and killing, this may be a beautiful summer night.

Li Jing couldn't help but chuckled as he looked at the Shatuo army that broke into the sky and land he had set up.

Guo Chongtao is a powerful general. Historically, he was not only Li Keyong's general, but also the pillar of the later Tang Dynasty. After the war, he attacked Khitan.However, although Guo Chongtao is just a fledgling, he has already emerged and performed extraordinary, but he is still very young after all.Compared with Li Jing, he has limited information in his hands, and is young and vigorous, so he can't help being conceited.

As a result, tonight's defeat is already doomed.

Guo Chongtao was still full of enthusiasm at this time, ready to enter the inner city.

Nearly Wan Shatuo's army completely disregarded that the way back was dead, and just blindly charged towards Yacheng.Along the way, all the soldiers and horses in the city seemed to be unstoppable, and they ran one after another.Guo Chongtao quickly led his troops to the gate of Yacheng.

The gate of Yacheng was closed tightly, and Guo Chongtao ordered the houses to be demolished and wooden doors knocked down.

All of a sudden, there was a sound of war drums beating on the city, and then the city suddenly burst into flames, and countless defenders poured out of the city, all of them holding bows and crossbows. With one order, arrows rained down, and stone bullets fell like hail.

In a blink of an eye, a large number of Shatuo soldiers fell down. Guo Chongtao and others were all taken aback. They didn't expect that there was such an elite soldier in Yacheng.At this time, Li Kuangwei led more than [-] troops from the Yiwu Army to lead troops to kill them, and the generals came from the left.

Liu Rengong led Dingbadu Qingqi from the headquarters to fight, and Li Kuangwei faced Liu Rengong.In the past, Liu Rengong and Li Quanzhong, the father of Li Kuangwei, were both Li Maoxun's subordinates, colleagues and friends, and family friends of the two families.At this time, their eyes were red and they were fighting each other.Li Kuangwei didn't care that Liu Rengong was his uncle before, and Liu Shouwen and Liu Shouguang didn't seem to have called Li Kuangwei's brother at all.The two armies and horses fought in a scuffle on the long street.

The two armies fought hard, and not long after, Wang Sitong, Li Chengyue and other generals from the original Lulong army also came with [-] troops.Guo Chongtao fought in person, but Lu Longjun was at a disadvantage.

"Sanlang, it seems that the Yiwu Army and Lu Long Army have lost to the Shatuo Army, and they seem to have ordered Generals Liu and Li to fight?" Gongsun Lan saw the fierce fighting below, but Lu Long and Yiwu's armies had nearly 2 people, and they were no match for the enemy. Sha Tuo Wan could not help but feel a little worried.

Li Jing watched the scuffle on the long street below the city, 3 to [-] horses wrapped half of the city into the battlefield, fighting everywhere.The Shatuo soldiers were put to death and then reborn. At this time, the battle was extremely fierce and crazy.On the other hand, the Yiwu Army and Lu Long Army didn't do their best to preserve their strength, but instead they were suppressed and beaten.

He was naturally aware of the state of mind of the two warring parties at this time, but Li Jing did not plan to send his troops immediately.Right now, in Youzhou City, it can be said that there are two camps, with people from all directions.Shatuo soldiers are on one side, and Li Jing and Li Kuangwei are on the other side.But Li Jing's side can be divided into two parts, Li Jing and Li Kuangwei, plus the original Lu Long Army part that was swallowed into the Yiwu Army, and now there are plans to separate the Yiwu Army, so it can be said that Li Jing's side is actually a tripartite alliance.

Each family has its own small calculations, but Li Jing only has more than [-] soldiers and horses in the city at this time, and his strength is not the strongest.Therefore, what he needs is to control the bureau, let Yiwu and Lu Long fight Shatuo together, and the Qin army will be the reserve team, maintaining deterrence at all times, acting as the supervisor.

"Now is not the time, let them fight again."

He knew that Lu Longjun wanted to leave Yiwu Army and join Li Jing.But now the defeat of this Shatuo army is certain, and Li Jing also intends to gather this army.But even if Lu Longjun and Guo Chongtao's troops are incorporated, it is not without conditions, that is, they must be weakened first, and their strength cannot be made too strong.Now, it is not necessary for Li Jing to make a move, let them fight and hurt both of them first, this is the last choice, why is he in such a hurry to end the battle?

Gongsun Lan personally conveyed Li Jing's intentions to Liu Xun and Li Cunxiao, and the two honestly suppressed their desire to fight and waited for orders wholeheartedly.

Guo Chongtao fought fiercely at the beginning, and Li Kuangwei and Wang Sitong were somewhat unable to support their stances.But soon, he felt that things were a little weird.Because as time passed, the Youzhou defenders not only did not collapse, but became more and more tenacious.How did he know that Li Kuangwei and Wang Sitong didn't try their best, and they just wanted to wait for Li Jing's troops to attack.But they waited and waited, but they didn't see the Qin army sending troops. They couldn't guess what Li Jing was thinking at this time.

But even if they understood what Li Jing was thinking, not only did they dare not continue to slack off, but they had to use all their strength.After all, if the fight continues like this, Li Jing may really not dare them to live or die, and they may really be defeated.At that time, they will either die at the hands of the Shatuo people, or be swallowed up by Li Jing after the war.Now, no matter how they look at it, in order to protect themselves, they have to use their housekeeping skills to win this battle.

As soon as Yiwu Army and Lu Longjun fought desperately, the battle situation fell into a stalemate.

The Shatuo army fell one by one, and the Yiwu army and Lu Long army also continued to fall, but Li Kuangwei and Wang Sitong did not dare to stop.They knew the current situation better than Guo Chongtao. There were [-] of the most elite cavalry of the Qin army in Youzhou city, and there were more Qin troops rushing over not far from the periphery of Youzhou.

The three armies fought in a melee, and it was almost dawn.

Just when Li Kuangwei and Lu Long's generals were bleeding in their hearts, the sound of war drums finally sounded again on Yacheng, and the gate of Yacheng, which had been closed for a night, suddenly opened wide, and a cavalry army galloped out of the city, as if The tiger came down like a mountain.

Guo Chongtao, who was leading the army to beat Lu Longjun, suddenly heard the news: "It's not good, the general is not good, the Qin army is here!"

"Li Jing's banner, Li Jing is in Youzhou City, and he is in Yacheng!"

"This is Li Jing's trick. It is Li Jing who ambushed us, not Li Kuangwei!"

"General, the military capital is urgently reported, the Qin army attacked the military capital at night, and the military capital has been lost.

"Our way back is broken!"

"We are surrounded!" (To be continued.)