Chapter 694: King Liao Attacks
The Emperor Tianshi felt a little regretful when he thought that Zhang Lang was about to be defeated, and showed a lonely smile and muttered to himself: "It seems that there has never been an invincible hero in the world!"
Cheng Yaojin led 50,000 elite troops to set up a huge trap near Shangjun. At about the same time, Zhang Lang personally led the eight thousand warriors to quietly leave Taiyuan under the cover of night, silently
He walked around Li Daozong's camp without interruption and ran straight to the southwest. A day later, he passed by the west side of Gushe Mountain and then drove straight to Hukou Mountain.
Before Tianhe, the eight thousand war cavalry had already arrived near Hukou Mountain. This Hukou Mountain is on the east bank of the Yellow River to the east of Shangjun, and is an important pass on the Yellow River. Li Shimin led a large army to capture Shangjun and advance to Yan'an.
After the city was under the city, a thousand people were sent to guard the Hukou Mountain Pass. The eight thousand war cavalry led by Zhang Lang came very suddenly, so that the defenders of Hukou Mountain thought they were cavalry mobilized by their side. When the attack came, these
The Tang army had not yet reacted. The eight thousand war cavalry broke into the Hukou Mountain Pass like a whirlwind. In an instant, a thousand Tang army was killed and fled everywhere. Zhang Lang did not waste time in Hukou Mountain, and immediately
After passing through the Hukou Mountain Pass and crossing the Yellow River from the Hukou Mountain Ferry.
The emergency report soon reached Cheng Yaojin, who was in Shangjun. Cheng Yaojin was so excited that he learned that Zhang Lang had crossed the Yellow River. He immediately ordered the troops to prepare for combat. At the same time, Cheng Yaojin was in order to
To prevent the Liao army from discovering his ambush, almost all the scouts were taken back and observation posts were set up on a few high mountains.
Li Shimin, who was outside Yan'an City, received a letter from Cheng Yaojin. He was a little surprised and frowned slightly and said, "The King of Liao actually crossed the Yellow River from Hukou Mountain? I originally thought he would be in the direction of Yongheguan.
Crossing the Yellow River..." The so-called Yonghe Pass is also a pass on the Yellow River. It is more than 200 miles north of Hukou Mountain and is now controlled by the Liao army. If you cross the Yellow River from near Yonghe Pass, you can do it.
The Tang army noticed it. However, this was just a normal situation. Now Li Shimin has expected that Zhang Lang would cross the Yellow River from the direction of Yonghe Pass, so he had already sent experts to lurk near Yonghe Pass to monitor the movements of the Liao army. If Zhang Lang really left
There will naturally be noticed.
Li Shimin walked to the map, looked at the map and looked at it with a thoughtful look. He asked, "Is this the King of Liao's suspicious plan?" Xu Maogong shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be the soldiers Zhang Lang can mobilize.
There are not many horses, and there are about 10,000 Liao cavalry passing through Hukou Mountain, which is almost all the troops that Zhang Lang can mobilize at present. Furthermore, there is no abnormality in the direction of Yongheguan, so the direction of Hukou Mountain is
The Liao army is not a suspicious army, and the general who is suspected of the Liao king mentioned in the information report must be the Liao king himself! The Liao king often likes to lead the army to launch a critical attack!" Li Shimin thought and nodded. He felt that Xu
Mao Gong said nothing wrong, as the current situation should be like this. However, Li Shimin could not let go of it. He felt that the whereabouts of the King of Liao were too simple to be exposed.
Speaking of which, after learning that the eight thousand war cavalry led by King Liao had crossed the Yellow River, Cheng Yaojin was concentrating on waiting for the arrival of King Liao. Cheng Yaojin was a little excited because he could finally fight with the legendary invincible King Liao.
This is what he had always dreamed of in the past! However, a day passed, and the Liao cavalry that should have arrived had never appeared. Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but get anxious. After waiting for almost a long time, the Liao army still didn't
Appeared. Cheng Yaojin finally couldn't help but send a scout to investigate the movements of the Liao army. However, beyond Cheng Yaojin's expectations, the eight thousand Liao army cavalry that crossed the Yellow River not long ago disappeared without a trace
Now!?
Li Shimin rode his horse back to the big tent, tied up his war horse, jumped down, and quickly walked into the big tent. Xu Maogong, who was waiting in the big tent, immediately came forward and worshiped: "King of Qin, I just received the flying from Lao Cheng.
The pigeon passed a letter saying that the Liao army had lost its traces and disappeared!" As he said that, he presented a note to Li Shimin. Li Shimin couldn't help but be shocked, and quickly took the note and read it. As Xu Maogong said, Cheng Yao
Jin Zai Feige passed the letter and said: "King of Qin, the Liao army did not come to attack the county, and they are nowhere to go!"
Li Shimin was calm and composed, but at this moment he couldn't help but feel panic. He quickly walked to the map, looked at the cities and rivers on the map, and felt helpless, and his eyes were floating on the map with a little aimless look.
Xu Maogong said: "Will he notice our intentions and give up halfway?" Li Shimin frowned and said: "If this is the case, he must have passed Longquan County and returned to Taiyuan. However, Longquan County had already received my order.
Closely monitor all the dynamics in its territory. If the Liao army retreats, there will be no unaware of Longquan County!..." Xu Maogong felt that what Li Shimin said makes sense, so he nodded, and couldn't help but frown, thinking about the Liao army
trends.
Li Shimin's eyes fell on Yan'an County and murmured to himself: "Has he guessed my intention, so he did the opposite, and did not attack the county but came to raid my camp?!"
, but he couldn't help but shake his head, "No. This is impossible! Even if he could launch a surprise attack on me, how could his mere eight thousand cavalrymen fight my hundreds of thousands of troops? He should know this.
!…….If it weren’t for this, then what exactly did he want to do?…” When Yan thought of this, Li Shimin couldn’t help but become a little anxious. Li Shimin experienced many battles and was always calm in the face of Zhang Lang, but now he can’t help but lose control of his emotions!
Li Shimin reluctantly calmed himself down and put himself in Zhang Lang's position to think slowly. Suddenly, a terrifying thought surged into his heart, and his eyes immediately fell on Gaoling, which was not far from Chang'an on the north bank of the Wei River.
.Gaoling is just a small county town, but it is a place where water and land transportation gathers, so it is very prosperous. Nowadays, a large amount of grain and grass prepared by the imperial court for the army are stored in Gaoling. Gaoling's grain and grass will be transported to Shangjun by land five or six hundred miles north.
The transfer station of the Shangjun transfer station is then transported to Yan'an Daying through the Shangjun transfer station. In other words, all the food and grass at the Shangjun transfer station comes from Gaoling. If the fall of Shangjun will cause the Tang army to suspend the attack, then if there is a problem with Gaoling, the situation will be serious
Chapter completed!