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"Kill!" The generals dressed as the Southern Dynasty army poured into the city gate with their weapons, and the fighting began, and the sound of shouting, screaming, roaring and the clanging of weapons spread.

The west city gate fell quickly, and when the two thousand cadres disguised as reinforcements from the Southern Dynasty rushed into the city, a thousand cadres of cavalry followed.

"The first, second, third, and fourth gates go to the south, south, and north gates respectively, and control the three gates as quickly as possible, and no one is allowed to escape! Buildings [-], [-], and [-] are responsible for clearing out the Southern Dynasty soldiers patrolling the streets. The others follow me to attack the prefect's mansion." !"

Under Liang Yi's order, the generals of the Qianjun Army started to move separately, and the entire Xingyang City was in chaos, with the sound of fighting everywhere.

Chapter 709 Enabling Captives to Defend the City

In the time of Chou, outside Hulao Pass, there was a camp of the Southern and Western Route Army.

The sound of a few running footsteps broke the silence of the night outside the camp, and the guard post on the camp was awakened. He grabbed the longbow, fetched a rocket, lit it on the torch, and shot it at the firewood pile not far away.

With a sound of "swish", the burning rocket hit the pyre drenched in kerosene, and with a sound of "boom", the pyre was ignited, illuminating the surroundings, and several soldiers ran towards the gate of the camp weakly. Come on, it seems like it's going to fall at any moment.

The guard post immediately shouted: "Stop whoever comes, or shoot and kill!"

Several soldiers sat down on the ground, all sweating profusely, and one of them shouted: "We escaped from Xingyang, let us in quickly, we have important military information to report to the general!"

The gatekeeper at the gate of the village saw that there were indeed only a few people on the other side, and the accent was also from Jiangnan, so he ordered the gate to be opened to let them enter the camp.

A moment later, three soldiers drenched in sweat were brought into the tooth tent weakly.

Shen Qingzhi is over 50 years old, with a mighty appearance, long beard, and a pair of eyes that shine from time to time.

"Who are the three of you and why are you here? Tell me quickly, if there is a lie, you will be punished!" Shen Qingyi slapped the table and stared at the three of them and shouted.

As expected of veteran generals for many years, the three soldiers who came after running for thirty or forty miles trembled in fright. One of them calmed down and said, "General Qi, the three of us are all soldiers under General Yin's account. Yesterday afternoon During Shenshi, a cavalry cavalry of the Gan army suddenly came to the outside of Xingyang City. General Yin ordered to close the city gate and raise the suspension bridge in time, and then sent a messenger to inform the general who led the reinforcements, but he was killed by cavalry cavalry of the Qian army as soon as he left the city. At night at Xushi Left and right, I heard that reinforcements seemed to have arrived, and they entered the city through the west gate, but it didn't take long before there were shouts of killing everywhere in the city, and a large number of dry army soldiers wearing our army's armor and a large number of dry army cavalry killed anyone they saw in the city, Yin The general was about to lead his troops to reinforce the city, but the Qian army had already reached the eunuch's mansion. I waited to protect the guards to the death, but there were still heavy casualties. General Yin knew that since the Qian army had entered the city with a large number of troops, Xingyang must not be able to defend, so he ordered me to When the three escaped and reported the news to the general, the general was also prepared! I took the opportunity to escape, and then fled all the way to the direction of Hulaoguan. I also encountered two groups of pursuers on the way, and I escaped in time to avoid being killed! "

The atmosphere in the tooth tent was dignified. No one expected that Xingyang City would be recaptured by the Gan army so soon. As a result, the West Route Army would be in danger. You must know that Xingyang is only more than forty miles away from Hulao Pass, which is considered normal. Marching, the cavalry will only need half a day at most to arrive.

After a long time, Shen Qingzhi asked: "Do you know what happened to Yin Xianzu?"

"Back to the general, when I escaped from Xingyang, the general was still leading the brothers to fight to the death. After escaping from Xingyang city, I didn't know the news!"

Lieutenant General Liu Yuanjing asked: "You mean that the reinforcements entered the city from the west gate during the Xu Dynasty, but those reinforcements were disguised as Qianjun?"

"Yes, General Liu!"

"Do you know how many soldiers entered the city?"

"According to the villain's speculation, it should be the three thousand cavalry who arrived outside the city yesterday afternoon!"

Liu Yuanjing was worried about his younger brother. He frowned and said, "Where did Liu Shuren's two thousand reinforcements go? Why didn't they go to Xingyang?"

One of the soldiers who reported the letter said: "The three of us saw a large number of corpses of our army on the way here, just thirty miles away from here. If the villain reads correctly, they should be The reinforcements sent from here, they should have encountered dry cavalry!"

Liu Yuanjing seemed to be struck by lightning.

Lu Fangping stood up and said: "General, the matter has become clear. It should be that the Qianjun cavalry intercepted and killed the messenger after they arrived in Xingyang City. After learning the news of the arrival of the reinforcements, the Qianjun ambushed the reinforcements. Late at night, the Qianjun replaced them. Our armor and equipment pretended to be our army and tricked us into opening the west gate of Xingyang and entering the city!"

Shen Qingzhi couldn't help looking at Liu Yuanjing, and found that he was worried about the safety of his younger brother Liu Shuren when he noticed the change in his expression, so he comforted him and said, "General Liu, I don't think your younger brother may be... Maybe he escaped or was captured by the Gan army , At this time, the general should cheer up and never be affected by this matter!"

Hearing this, Liu Yuanjing came to his senses, clasped his fists to Shen Qingzhi, and said, "Thank you, General, for your concern. In fact, the brothers and sisters of the General have already been mentally prepared to die in battle. If my younger brother dies in battle, that's all. It's a worthy death. He There is little possibility of escaping, otherwise he would have returned long ago, and what the general is worried about is that he will be captured by the Gan army, which would be a great shame not only to him, but also to my Liu family!"

All the generals in the tooth tent didn't know how to comfort Liu Yuanjing, but Liu Yuanjing suppressed his worries first, and said to Shen Qingzhi: "General, since the vanguard of the Qian army has broken through Xingyang, it means that the main force of the Qian army should not be far away from Xingyang. It's far away. The news we got before is that the Gan army claims to be [-], but it should be only about [-]. A capable woman must not be underestimated. Zhongmu is only [-] or [-] miles away from Xingyang, and it can be reached in two days. Generally, the vanguard has to go half a day ahead of the main force, and the marching speed of the vanguard is also faster than the main force. In other words, At the latest before dark tomorrow, Hua Mulan's main force will arrive in Xingyang for the first start

"Now our army has three choices: first, continue to attack Hulao Pass, take Hulao Pass before the Qian army arrives, and then wait for help; Before the main force arrives in Xingyang, take back Xingyang and wait for help; third, give up attacking Hulao Pass and Xingyang, and immediately retreat to Yingchuan!"

Shen Qingzhi looked at the other generals and asked, "What do you generals think about the three options proposed by General Liu?"

Lu Fangping said: "The general thought that he couldn't break through Hulao Pass in a hurry, otherwise we wouldn't be blocked for several days, so the first choice was to give up!"

Pang Faqi, the prefect of Lueyang, said: "General, if our army abandons the attack on Hulao Pass and Xingyang and chooses to retreat to Yingchuan, it will be equivalent to exposing the left wing of the Central Route Army to the dry army. There is a mistake, I am afraid that even a hundred heads are not enough to cut off!"

Shen Qingzhi glanced at the generals, "So, our army can only go back to counterattack Xingyang, and then defend Xingyang to the death to wait for reinforcements from the Central Route Army?"

Liu Yuanjing thought for a while and said: "General, it is not necessarily a bad thing for our army to retreat into Yingchuan. Although the left wing of the central road was exposed to the Gan army, it is impossible for the Gan army to completely ignore the existence of our West Route Army and do everything possible. The Central Army, isn't Hua Mulan afraid that our army will follow her after she leads the army to the east, and come out from behind when she is fighting the Central Army? Hua Mulan must first deal with our army if she wants to fight the Central Army , and our army can deal with it around Yingchuan, and after the Chinese army has settled the city of Jufu, we will move westward and join our West Route Army to attack the main force of the dry army!"

Shen Qingzhi thought for a long time, and immediately issued an order: "The order will be passed on. The whole army will march to Xingyang overnight. After arriving in Xingyang, they will immediately attack Xingyang. If they fail to hit, they will quickly retreat to the south. They will never love to fight!"

All the generals knew that Shen Qingzhi was still reluctant to leave Xingyang behind, and wanted to give it a last chance.However, they also knew that Shen Qingzhi's idea was good. If they controlled Xingyang, they could not only contain the army in Luoyang area, but also contain the [-] troops under Hua Mulan's command.

"Obey!" All the generals, Shen Qingzhi, had made up their minds, they clasped their fists together and agreed, and then they left to make preparations for evacuation.

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The battle in Xingyang City did not end until the ugly time. Under the command of Liang Yi, the Gan army took control of Xingyang City, killing more than 800 defenders of the Southern Dynasty and capturing more than 1000 people.

Just before dawn, Liang Yi ordered someone to post up an Anmin notice, and at the same time ordered someone to write a battle report and send it to the main force of Hua Mulan who was leading the army.

At the time of Chen, the generals who captured Xingyang City were carrying supplies and equipment to the city wall after breakfast. Now that they captured the city, they had to make preparations for defense and defend the outpost for the main force. .

"General, it's not good, the army of the Southern Dynasty and the West Road is coming to us from outside the Hulao Pass!" A soldier rushed over to report to Liang Yi.

As soon as Liang Yi heard this, he immediately led people towards the west city gate.

When I came to the tower, I saw a large number of soldiers and horses marching from the west, the banners covered the sky and the sun, and the smoke and dust rushed to the sky.

The deputy general next to him said to Liang Yi: "General, our army is all cavalry, not good at defending the city! If the army of the Southern Dynasty attacks the city, I don't know how long our army can resist it. If it is broken before the main force arrives, the soldiers of our army will be defeated." They will die in vain!"

Liang Yi thought for a while and asked: "How many people were there in the original defenders who were rescued by us last night?"

"There should be more than 2000 people. The general doesn't want to... let these people help us defend the city?"

Liang Yi knew what the deputy general was worried about. The former defenders of Xingyang were all members of the Wei family. I am still not very relieved, after all, the time for these people to surrender is too short.

Liang Yi waved his hand: "Don't worry, you bring people to bring enough food to these more than 2000 people, make them full, give them weapons, bows and arrows, and bring them to defend the city!"

"Yes, General!"

When more than 5000 Southern Dynasties soldiers and horses arrived at Xingyang City, more than 2000 former Xingyang defenders had already eaten and drank enough to come to the city wall with weapons, bows, crossbows and arrows.

"The former Xingyang guard general Zhang Shilianti pays his respects to the general!" A tall and strong man in armor walked over and saluted the two wings under the leadership of the lieutenant general.

Liang Yi sized him up and asked, "General Zhang Shilian mentioned that Xingyang City was captured by the army of the Southern Dynasty in your hands. This is a crime of ineffective defense. If you want to pursue it in the future, I'm afraid it will not only be the loss of the official position." Dismissal. Today, I will give you another chance to make meritorious deeds. If you can lead your more than 2000 soldiers to guard against the attack of the Southern Dynasty army, I will plead with the imperial court for you and let the past go!"

Zhang Shilian immediately clasped his fists and said gratefully: "Thank you, General, the last general will definitely stick to Xingyang. People are in the city, but the city will be destroyed and people will die!"

Chapter 710

On the way from Zhongmu to Xingyang, a large army stretching for ten li was marching.

Hua Mulan looked at the sky and asked, "How far is it from here to Xingyang?"

"Back to the marshal, there are still forty miles, and the army should be able to arrive before Shen Shi!"

At this time, a fast horse galloped forward, stopped in front of Hua Mulan and reported: "Marshal, I am the messenger under General Liang's tent. This is the battle report from General Liang to Marshal!"