Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 133 Recovering Xianglin County

It didn't take long for both of them to report, and there was roughly no difference. It turned out that this time Chenla divided its troops into two groups, with 5000 people attacking Nichinan and 5000 people attacking Xianglin.Today's defeated troops are those [-] people, and there are no reinforcements behind them.

Feng Daiwen called Zhao Chengen and asked him to arrange people to guard the city and guard the prisoners.Then choose hundreds of people who are familiar with the terrain to follow him to Xianglin County the next day.

After a victory, more than 5000 people were killed, nearly [-] people were captured and injured, and the others escaped without a trace.Looking at the Lingnan soldiers, we have to say that recruits are recruits. Even if it was a smooth battle, dozens of unlucky ones were killed, and even more unlucky were dozens of people who were accidentally injured or injured by themselves.However, after a great battle, the spirit was completely different. The spies from Rinan County found that the Chenla people had indeed retreated. It should be said that they were frightened and ran into the mountains and fled without a trace.Due to the hot weather, the bodies were buried on the spot, and Lingnan soldiers took away the ashes after cremation.

The wind went smoothly, and they rushed to Xianglin County three days later. Since they didn't know the situation in the city, they went ashore ten miles away and sent scouts to inquire about the news.

Half an hour later, Tan Ma brought news that Xianglin County didn't even close the city gate, but there were more guards at the gate.It is impossible to ascertain how many guards there are, nor what the situation in the city is.

Feng Daiwen decided to take a look with his own eyes before making a decision, and brought Wang Xuance and others outside Xianglin City. In the woods in Lidi, Feng Daiwen observed carefully for a while and asked, "What do you think? Tell me what you think."

The oldest Wang Xuance clasped his fists and replied: "General, from the point of view of the general, these Chenla people should not have much defense. After all, the two largest counties are surrounded by their people, and the former Linyi soldiers and horses are mainly in these two. place. Therefore, the general thought that he could sneak attack at night, so he must come down in one fell swoop."

Feng Daiwen didn't speak, but looked at the other people, Li Yifu said with a smile: "I don't understand military affairs, so I won't talk nonsense."

Liu Rengui said: "The final general agrees with Wang Changshi's opinion. It is because the new army, although they have seen bloody soldiers and increased casualties, still prefer sneak attacks."

"You also have the same opinion, how to arrange the sneak attack?" Feng Daiwen still didn't express his opinion, looked at them and asked again.

"From the point of view of the general, the two sides of the city are flat, one side is against the mountain, and the other side is against the sea. It is better to attack from two open spaces. The enemy can only flee to the side of the mountain, and then arrange some people to ambush here." Liu Renyuan suggested.

"That's right, it's your first time to go out on an expedition. It's hard to think of so many things according to the situation. When attacking a city, you must not only consider the terrain, the enemy's situation, but also the weather. Not only must you try your best to save your own people, but you must also save your own interests." Maximize, so this time we can't let the enemy escape, understand?" Feng Daiwen said with a satisfied smile.

"Hey, this lowly official understands a thing or two, but the general wants the wealth square in this city." Li Yifu said with a smile.

"That's right. After all, Xiang Lin has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, so it's not easy to do anything in normal times. Now that the young prince died in the enemy army, it's a good time to avenge the young prince." Feng Daiwen glanced at Li Yifu, and couldn't help but sigh that he was indeed a treacherous minister, and he was so sensitive about money.

It was only then that the others realized that one could imagine how much wealth there is in a capital city that has been around for hundreds of years. It just happened that the rebels entered the city, and there was no way to find out in the future.Wang Xuance and Liu Rengui's expressions were a little ugly for a moment.

"Tell everyone that all seized items are not to be kept privately, whoever finds them will be killed, and will be rewarded uniformly after the war. With this wealth, our Great Tang can produce a lot more weapons and equipment." Feng Daiwen ordered.

Only then did everyone understand that Feng Daiwen's intentions were not that they wanted to take it for themselves.Wang Xuance said with shame: "The last general is ashamed to doubt the general's intentions."

Liu Rengui also lowered his head and said, "The general gave advice with all his heart, and the general is really ashamed."

Feng Daiwen waved his hands indifferently and said: "It's good that you are so thoughtful. I'm very happy. This shows that you are not greedy for money. Just fight this battle with your heart."

"Also please order the general!" With Feng Daiwen's appreciation, everyone happily raised their heads and clasped their fists.

"What you just said is very good, but the attack efficiency at night is too low. Arrange to attack tomorrow morning. Veterans will enter the city to open the city gate. They will be divided into teams of hundreds of people to advance and encircle on three sides. Xi Junmai leads Wang Xuance, Cheng Wuting, and Feng Daihuo. Liu Renyuan and Liu Rengui each led 3000 men to attack on both sides, and Li Yifu led 500 men to guard the gate on the side of the sea. If anyone escapes, he will surrender, and if he is not obedient, he will greet you with crossbow arrows. If you don’t have generals on your side, try not to fight hand-to-hand.” Feng Daiwen worked hard for this. They explain clearly.Then go back and order Zhao Chengen to lead people into the city to find out the enemy's situation.

Arrange people to guard the three gates that night to prevent the enemy from evacuating suddenly, and explain to a group of new recruits how to conduct urban warfare and how to cooperate with them.

As soon as it was a little light in the sky at Yinshi, each led his troops and set off. It happened that they were all infantry, and they were not afraid of disturbing the city with too much noise.As soon as Feng Daiwen brought people under the city wall, he saw a head protruding from the city wall and shouted in a low voice: "General, General Feng."

Feng Daiwen was startled, he thought he had been discovered, but when he looked up, he saw that it was Zhao Chengen.

"Wait a moment, general, the general will open the city gate immediately." Zhao Chengen shouted in a low voice.

It turned out that Zhao Chengen touched the gate of the city and found that there were not many guards at all, so he led people to clear the guards and waited for Feng Daiwen to arrive.

There was a heavy door opening, but no one came to check. Zhao Chengen's tense face finally relaxed as the city gate opened.

"Have you found out the main force of the enemy?" Feng Daiwen asked.

"I found out, they are all in the former palace, the current Prince's Mansion, and the others are all near the city gate." Zhao Chengen replied quickly.

"Chen Xiong took 500 people to clean up the barracks at the city gate, and the others will follow me." Feng Daiwen ordered immediately, and then went straight to the palace.

It is said to be the palace, but it is actually a group of palaces. When Feng Daiwen led the people to rush, the city was full of fighting sounds. There were soldiers and horses rushing out of the palace. They probably thought that the people in the city were rioting when they heard the fighting outside, and wanted to suppress it.

The two sides just met at the gate of the palace, Feng Daiwen raised his hand and shot, and the guards behind him shouted: "Let it go!" A rain of arrows fell on the heads of the Chenla people, and a large group of people lay down on the opposite side, crying continuously.

Feng Daiwen hung the crossbow on his waist, lifted the knife and shouted: "Kill!"

The three hundred guards roared and rushed forward without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)