Xuzhou was first established in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and governed by Gushi County (now northeast of Gushi County, Henan). At the beginning of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty, Xuzhou was abolished and changed to Yicheng County. In the first year of Wude, Yicheng County was abolished and renamed Xuzhou. Xuzhou, the prefecture was governed by Yicheng. Xuzhou City (Yicheng) is located in the center of the "Qin, Jin, and Henan" major triangle, and is known as the "Thunchback of Jin and Pingyang Gate". Since ancient times, it has been a must-fight for military strategists.

The prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jiancheng, the governor of the Central Army, stood the commander of the Central Army on Xiangshan, south of the Tunyi City, also known as Aoxiang Mountain and Xianggao Mountain. It was called Yugao Mountain and Yugao Mountain in ancient times. It is a branch of Zhongtiao Mountain. It is a vein of Zhongtiao Mountain. It is a shaped like a bird wing and is about to fly in the air, so Yicheng is named.

If Li Jiancheng set up an artillery position in Xiangshan in the era of hot weapons, there would be no possibility of Yicheng defending it. However, Yicheng, which is six miles away from Xiangshan, has no weapons that can be threatened in this era.

In name, Li Jiancheng controlled the Hedong army, but Xu Shiji was the one who commanded the siege in the front line, and he used Yuan Baozang as his deputy. Although Xu Shiji had good skills in leading troops to fight, it was hard to cook without rice. The Tang army troops under Xu Shiji were unable to carry too heavy equipment. The main method of siege was to use powerful crossbows to suppress the archers on the city, and then continue to advance!

The two powerful crossbowmen crawled closer with heavy crossbows on their backs, and there were shields next to them to cover them. They sat down together at a distance that the general calculated correctly and used their waist force to open the crossbow!

The main forces of the Hedong Tang Army were basically completely damaged. At this time, the Hedong Army was basically reorganized by the Wagang Army. The Wagang Army has one characteristic, that is, its equipment is very poor. Especially after Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong in Mangshan, he basically defeated all the wealth accumulated by the Wagang Army in several years.

Now, Xu Shiji inherited almost 80% of the remnants of the Wagang Army, but the more than 20,000 troops had only more than 2,000 crossbows, far lower than the regular Tang army's crossbow equipment of more than 70% of the Tang army's equipment. Although the equipment of the Tang army in Hedong is different, it is necessary to compare with whom. Compared with Liu Wuzhou's Tianxing Army, the Tianxing Army is more like a beggar army.

Xu Shiji had more than 2,000 powerful crossbows, but Song Jingang had only more than 5,000 archers, including only more than 1,000 powerful crossbows. In terms of the number of powerful crossbows, the Tang army on the siege side was more than a little stronger than the Tianxing army on the siege side.

Xu Shiji was quite a thief, and he ordered: "The ladder is gradually advancing!"

A team of shield hands guarding the infantry, carrying dozens of cloud ladders toward the city of Wuzhou.

When the general guarding the city saw this scene, he immediately ordered: "Arrower is ready!"

However, the voice of the defenders of the Xu State had not yet fallen, and the flag in Xu Shiji's hand fell down fiercely.

More than 2,000 powerful crossbowmen from the Tang army in Hedong subconsciously aimed at Zhu Yuan, shooting him with a long mark.

"Swish swish swish swish..."

A sharp sound of breaking through the air sounded, and densely scattered crossbows were fired. More than two thousand crossbow arrows tore the air into the air. Countless Tianxing Army archers on the city wall of the city were caught at the same time. Even Song Jingang was almost shot by accident.

The range of bows and arrows is actually similar to that of later submachine guns. Although the rate of fire is much higher than that of crossbows, its power and range are far inferior to that of powerful crossbows. As soon as they fought, Tianxingjun suffered a loss and was shot at hundreds of people in an instant. Among them, what made Song Jingang vomit blood the most was that his most precious crossbowman lost more than 200 people.

Originally, his strong crossbow was far inferior to the Tang army, but he lost more than 200 people at once. The gap in strength between the two sides was even bigger. However, the number of archers in the end, can make up for the disadvantage of insufficient strong crossbows. Although the Tang army had the advantage of strong crossbows, the Tianxing army was condescending and had a geographical advantage that was difficult to close.

In short, both sides have their own strengths, and arrows come and go, and it is difficult to distinguish for a moment.

Although the infantrymen who were siege at the city could put a ladder on the top of the city, all three attacks were killed by Song Jingang leading elite troops. Seeing the morale being frustrated, Xu Shiji sighed helplessly and said, "It would be great if there was a bed crossbow. Even if there was only one, as long as it could shoot Song Jingang, the city would be broken."

Unfortunately, there are not so many ifs in reality.

Seeing Xu Shiji's order to withdraw his troops ahead, Li Jiancheng was also full of disappointment. However, he understood at this moment that continuous attacks were fruitless and that the soldiers were frustrated, it would be useless to fight again.

At this moment, the Eastern Palace Lang General Erzhu Huan turned over and got off the horse, ran to Li Jiancheng with sweat, bowed down, crossed his hands to his shoulders, and handed a thin bamboo tube.

"Report to the Crown Prince, Yang Wengan, the Gyeongzhou General Manager, reported urgently!"

Li Jiancheng took the bamboo tube and pulled out it, pulled out a paper roll from it, and then opened it and glanced quickly, and a look of joy appeared on his face. Wei Zheng looked at Li Jiancheng and asked curiously: "Your Highness, is there good news from Qingzhou?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "It's not the good news from Qingzhou, but the good news from Lingzhou."

"Lingzhou?" Wei Zheng said: "General Chen repelled the Turkish attack? This is a great joy. Lingzhou is alone. Not only does it have to resist the attack of Liang Shidu, but it also has to face the Turkish soldiers. The pressure will not be less than that of Hedong!"

Li Jiancheng handed the note in his hand to Wei Zheng, and Wei Zheng took it and saw it: "My minister Wei Zheng congratulates His Highness the Crown Prince!"

It happened that Xu Shiji returned to the tent with a frustration and reported his life. He looked at Wei Zheng with a happy look and asked, "Has Guanzhong sent reinforcements?"

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "It's not Guanzhong reinforcements, but General Chen Ying, the general of Lingzhou, captured Liu Wuzhou's old nest, Shuozhou!"

"What? Shuozhou has captured?"

Xu Shiji said in disbelief: "How is this possible?"

Liu Wuzhou was originally the Yingyang Captain of Mayi County. He took advantage of the chaos in the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty to kill the prefect of Mayi Wang Rengong, opened a warehouse to provide relief to the poor, and sent a letter to the territory. He received more than 10,000 soldiers and claimed to be the prefect. Later, Mayi County (Shuozhou) can be said to be the place where Liu Wuzhou started his family and had a strong foundation in the hearts of the people. How could he capture it just by attacking?

Not only Xu Shiji couldn't figure it out, but even Li Jiancheng was surprised.

In fact, it is better to say that Shuozhou was captured by Chen Ying, Liu Wuzhou gave up Shuozhou. In order to please the Turks, Liu Wuzhou allowed the Turks to come and go to Shuozhou. These Turks were not good things. When they saw money, they shone golden light, and when they saw women, they shone red light. The people of Shuozhou, regardless of their nobles, were basically caused by human disasters by the Turks. The officials appointed by Liu Wuzhou not only did not uphold justice for the people of Shuozhou, but instead helped the evil and accomplice the tiger.

When Chen Ying led his army to attack Shuozhou, not only did there not a single Shuozhou people work hard for Liu Wuzhou, but the people who Liu Wuzhou wooed were all fence-bearers who had breasts. Seeing that Chen Ying was in a big way, he either surrendered or took off his armor and turned into a people.

Li Jiancheng, regardless of whether Liu Wuzhou gave in or not, Shuozhou was taken down and Liu Wuzhou's lair was also lost. The Tang Dynasty lost Taiyuan, and Liu Wuzhou lost Shuozhou, and now it is even.

Shuozhou, thousands of miles away, was lost, and there was no sign in advance. Many people couldn't even believe it after hearing this! It was not until Li Jiancheng ordered a grand reward for the three armies that they would go all night tonight to celebrate the victory. The soldiers of the Hedong Army were sure that the news was true!

"Captained Shuozhou, captured Shuozhou."

This unbelievable news was like he had grown feet, and it spread throughout the Hedong Army in a moment. The soldiers of the entire army were boiling! Originally, Xu Shiji led everyone to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty lost Taiyuan here, but the situation in Hedong turned straight. The Tang Dynasty even lost its last foothold, the last place of foothold, Yuzhou. At this time, it was absolutely false to say that the entire army had no complaints.

Now, their complaints have disappeared. Instead, they are all grateful that they did not follow the wrong person. The Tang Dynasty is really powerful. They took Liu Wuzhou's capital quietly. Liu Wuzhou even lost his capital. Will Liu Wuzhou still be far away from being defeated?

From Xu Shiji below, the pride of the former Wagang Army soldiers has increased unprecedentedly!

"General Chen is really powerful. It can be said that he has reversed the entire battle situation with his own strength!"

Afterwards, Li Yuan from Chang'an City also received the news that Chen Ying took Shuozhou and the troops forced Yanmen Pass. Li Yuan was stunned for a full incense stick. After repeatedly deciding that the news was correct, Li Yuan laughed happily and suddenly laughed out loud.

Li Yuan couldn't help but secretly rejoice, glad that he didn't really believe Ashina Mohe's opinion, and used Chen Ying's head to exchange for the Turks' retreat from Hedong.

Li Yuan was happy for a while and said, "I have been governing the world with literature, suppressing the rebellion with martial arts, and praised his virtues and rewarded him with talents. Pei Jian, what should I do if Chen Ying has made such a great contribution now?"

"Your Majesty" Pei Ji said: "The marriage matter needs to be stepped up."

"Marriage?" When talking about this, Li Yuan hesitated. Li Yuan was born into a family, one of the eight pillar states in Guanlong, and now he is a super royal family. Chen Ying is only a commoner and a lowly family. Although Li Daozong's sister is not a princess, she is also his niece. She is a dignified daughter of heaven and is very aggrieved by Chen Ying.

In ancient China, the concept of "meaning the family" was very important. There were two households on the lintel, corresponding to officials from the fifth to seventh ranks. There were four households on the lintel, corresponding to officials from the fourth rank or above. As for the twelve households, they could only be used at the rank of princes or above. In other words, even if they were royal relatives, they would not dare to build three doors and embed twelve households.

But there is a problem, that is, this family is not only about one generation, but also about the father and ancestors. Chen Ying's ancestors had no outstanding figures, but also about the common people who didn't even have a household. However, Li Daozhen's father was also a prince of eight households. Even if Li Daozhen married, he should marry the son of a duke or county prince, and he would marry the son of a marquis again, and it would never be possible to marry a white son.

Seeing Li Yuan hesitating, how could Pei Ji not know what Li Yuan was thinking, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, Hou Mochen should be matched with the lord of Baicheng County, and he is also considered a match!"

"Hou Mochen?" Li Yuan was slightly stunned and said in surprise: "Are you saying that Chen Ying is the descendant of Hou Mo Chen Chong?"
Chapter completed!