Chapter 617 Battle at Shanxi

Sun Chuanting and Zuo Liangyu would naturally not let it go easily if they could get such a good opportunity to show their ability. Early the next morning, they ordered more than 12,000 people and rushed to Shouyang. After them, the Liaodong Army, which was full of cavalry, also drove out from Pun Dingzhou, bypassed a circle, and rushed straight to Taiyuan with light cavalry, waiting for the troops there to be empty, and took advantage of the opportunity to occupy the most important place in Shanxi.

However, Shouyang is actually a territory for pacifying Dingzhou. It was only because the rioters were too powerful and the local officials and military forces could not be fought against, so they were occupied by the rebels. However, after occupying this city, Shouyang's anti-army forces decreased. Because there were still a large number of cities around it that needed them to capture, and the Guotianxing and Shangtianlong tribes that had occupied it also lost most of their troops due to the previous battle. Now there are only 5,000 people guarding the city. This is the result of the joint help of other anti-army forces.

Seeing the official army coming in a mighty manner, seeing that the posture was 30,000 to 50,000 people, the anti-army guarding in the city was a little worried. After all, they were not formally trained soldiers, and they could still take advantage of the situation when it was smooth, but once there were really some difficulties, they were prone to psychological problems. However, they also knew that only by perseverance could they save their lives, so although they were worried, they still arranged according to the orders and prepared to block the official army's attack.

Seeing the anti-army in the city waiting for the enemy, Sun Chuanting and the others were not too worried. They knew the combat power of more than 10,000 Liaodong troops. The walls and defense of Shouyang City, which are located in the heart of the Central Plains and are rarely affected by military disasters and are not a critical place, cannot be compared with those in the strong city gates in Liaodong to resist the Jin people. Moreover, they have prepared several artillery pieces. It is not difficult to blow open the not-so-strong city gate. However, they knew that their attack on Shouyang was not the real purpose. They were just to attract all the anti-army near Taiyuan and lay the foundation for a surprise attack on Taiyuan.

So after settling the camp, they only sent more than 2,000 people to launch a tentative attack on the city. They suppressed the city's top with archers, and sent some soldiers to attack. The anti-army on the city would not think that this was just a tentative attack of the official army, and they did not dare to slack off at all, and fought back against the official army that had reached the city with all their might.

The anti-army army in the city lacked bows and crossbows, and could only use the most basic defensive weapons such as stones and rolling wood to block it. At the same time, a pot of boiling oil was also poured down from the city, which really hurt many of the official troops rushing to the front. Seeing this, Sun Chuanting called out gold and stopped the troops. He had to preserve his strength and wait until the right time to issue the most powerful blow.

It was not until the Ming army completely retreated at the city that the anti-army on the city stopped their actions. They had consumed nearly half of the weapons they had prepared, while the casualties of the official army were only more than a hundred people. This also reflects the insolence of these people, who only knew to blindly smash the stones and wood, but did not expand the killing of the weapons to the strongest.

At this time, the mind of guarding the city was still on Tianxing. After learning about the loss at the city, he was also very worried. He demolished many buildings in the city overnight as a weapon behind. But Shouyang is not a big city, and there are not many buildings that can be demolished, which is obviously a temporary solution.

On the second and third day, the government troops continued to attack Shouyang, but they often retreated in small battles and kept losing the supplies on the city. This was soon seen by the knowledgeable people in the city, but no matter what they said, the mobs guarding the city came to the city when they saw the government troops coming in a terrifying manner, they were still so scared that they desperately killed the weapons on the city in order to prevent the government troops from constantly moving forward, which led to the fewer weapons available in the city.

"King, now we can only ask others for help." The confidant beside Guo Tianxing persuaded.

At this moment, looking at the mess in the city, Guo Tianxing lost his former heroic spirit. He thought that the government army was just a group of incompetent people, and that thousands of brothers in his hands could build a large foundation. But now it seems that not only fighting on the ground, but also defending the city, his brothers were still a little too tender. This made Guo Tianxing very depressed and nodded as the original ambition. He nodded and said, "No, but who can really help us now? The dragon of heaven has been captured, and the other people's troops are not as strong as ours."

"King, now they can only surrender to Chuangtaotian and others. They are the strongest force in Shanxi now. It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of people who control Taiyuan and many surrounding cities. As long as we can get their help, these official troops will naturally not be their opponents."

"Okay, then I'll send someone to ask for help from Chuangtatian and others. The official army is our enemies, and I think they won't be saved by death." Guo Tianxing still agreed with this proposal. In their minds, Luo Rucai and Liu Guoneng are the leaders of the army now.

However, now the official army is besieging the city from all sides, how to go out for help has become a difficult problem before them. After thinking about it, Guo Tianxing finally decided to spend all his troops at night and send people to break through.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu and the others were also worried about this matter in the official camp outside the city. They surrounded the entire Shouyang in an instant, so how could the anti-army ask for help? It seems that it is unlikely to place their hopes on the initiative of the thieves in Taiyuan.

"Brother Zuo, I thought the thief would definitely try to send people to break through the siege in the past two days. They have consumed too much stone wood and boiling oil in the past few days, and there are very few weapons they can use. If they go down, they will not be able to defend the city at all."

"Yes, but how should we let them go? If we don't stop them, we're afraid they will see the flaws, but if we stop them, we're afraid they won't be able to break out at all." Zuo Liangyu smiled bitterly, and there was still hope that the enemy who was surrounded could go out for help. They knew the ability of the anti-army, and under the siege of the Liaodong Army, they couldn't kill them at all.

"I can only look at it again then. I hope those people won't let us down." Sun Chuanting also smiled bitterly.

On this night, the anti-army trapped in Shouyang City suddenly counterattacked, and three thousand people rushed out at night and rushed towards the official army's camp. However, this could not disrupt the Ming army's formation. No matter when, the official army would arrange nearly a thousand soldiers to guard outside the camp, and these thousand people were enough to resist the three thousand anti-army people.

Soon, the others in the official army camp were awakened and killed with weapons. Although they did not wear armor and did not have time to get on their horses, the Liaodong army was still not something that ordinary anti-army could resist in infantry battles, and the anti-army was killed and left in scattered.

The battle soon came to an end. At this time, in the midst of the chaotic anti-army, several people suddenly turned around and did not retreat to the city like others, but instead ran to the west. On the other side, when the archers who saw their actions were about to shoot them off the horse, Zuo Liangyu's personal soldiers rushed over and issued an order: Do not chase the enemy, let them escape to weaken the fighting spirit of the anti-army! Although I felt that this was wrong, these well-trained official troops still followed their orders.

On this side, the official army did not take advantage of the victory to attack Shouyang, but continued to siege it, which also made the anti-army troops who fled into the city in a hurry breathe a sigh of relief. They finally saw the power of the official army, and some people were even glad that they had not taken the initiative to attack the official army with Guo Tianxing and others before.

After withdrawing the troops, Sun Chuanting immediately wrote the news and sent it out with the carrier pigeon that Tang Feng gave him. This was the most critical step in the entire plan. As long as Tang Feng could receive the news as soon as possible and respond in time, Taiyuan would be more likely to be taken down by them.

The carrier pigeons flew overnight and flew into Tang Feng's army the next morning. This carrier pigeon specially raised by the Jinyiwei can not only recognize the way, but also recognize the owner, so even in a strange place, they can quickly find their destination and convey the news. At this time, Tang Feng's army was hiding in a small town called Wangjiaji, only more than fifty miles away from Taiyuan. Everyone here was controlled, so no one knew that the official army was here.

After reading the news, Tang Feng smiled with satisfaction: "It seems that Sun Chuanting and the others are doing well. In just a few days, they can force the enemy in Shouyang to ask for help." Speaking of this, his face became solemn: "Send orders to the scouts, be sure to keep a close eye on Taiyuan. Once there are troops and horses out there, report to me immediately!" After waiting for another day, the scouts heard that there are troops and horses in Taiyuan City, and it depends on the situation that Shouyang is going to reinforce.

At this time, the troops in Taiyuan City were constantly mobilizing, and the two most powerful people in the Shanxi chaos army were also discussing how to reinforce Shouyang. They knew very well that the lips and teeth were cold, and they would not allow the official army to easily take down the necessary path to Taiyuan. However, there was still a little difference between them, that is, how to reinforce them?

Liu Guoneng, who was the most intelligent way to directly reinforce. However, Luo Rucai, who was more wise than him, had his own opinion. He thought of besieging Wei to save Zhao and attacking and pacifying Dingzhou to rescue Shouyang. His reason was also very simple, because Shouyang's troops were not his own subordinates, so why bother to marry others? Moreover, the government army is attacking Shouyang with all its strength, so their rear must be empty, and they will conquer Pacifying Dingzhou in one battle.

Liu Guoneng disagreed with this strategy. In his opinion, their enemy was the official army. As long as the official army was wiped out, those cities would not move and would naturally fall back to their hands. Moreover, this time, Guo Tianxing came to ask for help. As long as he saved them, he would not only get the loyalty of the people, but also make great contributions. How could he only care about small profits and ignore the other party's request for help?

The moment before sending troops, the two still could not reach an agreement. In the end, Liu Guoneng said: "Since that's the case, let's divide our troops into two groups. Anyway, our troops are still surplus now, and half of them are enough to defeat the official army and protect Shouyang."

Luo Rucai agreed with this. They fought with the official army for not once or twice, so naturally they would not think that their troops were not the opponent's opponent. So the two generals under their command, Mao Chang and Hu Kong, each led 20,000 troops to fight, one to assist Shouyang and the other to pacify.

Coincidentally, the path taken by the troops led by Hu Kong coincided with Tang Feng's idea. He actually bypassed Shouyang from the north and then attacked Pingding. And they were walking along the way and just passing by the town called Wangjiaji.

On the tenth day of April, at the morning of the morning, just as Tang Feng and the generals were discussing how to attack Taiyuan, whether to attack or bombard the city with artillery, a scout rushed into the town hurriedly. When he saw Tang Feng, he reported: "Marty, there were all men and horses more than ten miles ahead. It was probably a counter-army dress."

"Hmm?" Everyone was a little surprised, and a thought flashed through their minds: "Can our whereabouts be revealed? Did the anti-army send troops to fight us?"

Tang Feng was very calm about this: "No, they were obviously not here for us. Otherwise, we wouldn't have known their whereabouts so soon. They must have gone here to rescue Shouyang. Have they found out how many people have been?"

"Looking at the formation, it should be between 20,000 and 30,000." Although he was a professional scout, he could not clearly judge the opponent's strength for the somewhat messy formation, so he could only say a rough idea.

Tang Feng glanced at him and immediately knew the reason. Now he was even more sure. If he really came to them, how could the anti-army be so unruly? "If you pass the order, the whole army will be dispatched. This time we will fight a big ambush!"

The Liaodong Army did not care about the anti-army whose troops were stronger than theirs. With Wu Sangui's previous victory, how could they still be afraid of these mobs? So soon, the official army was ready and hid on both sides of the road outside the town. At the same time, many crossbowmen and musketeers were laid in some houses in the town. As for the people in the town, they were temporarily taken to the woods behind the town and waited for them to come back after the war.

Hu Kongzhi proudly took his men and horses on the official road. He was originally a pig-killing family. He was attracted by Luo Rucai because he had learned martial arts for a few days and had another strength, so he became one of his confidants. Now he could actually bring tens of thousands of men to war, which was something he could never have imagined in his dreams. However, he did not have any worries because they had been doing everything since the uprising, and the government army was just a decoration, so this time was naturally no exception.

Seeing that it was almost noon and there was another town in front of him, Hu Kong ordered: "Brothers, be diligent, hurry up and take a rest when you arrive in the town. Let's hurry up after the meal."

This of course won the approval of others. Although these anti-army soldiers claimed to be themselves, they were actually farmers, small merchants and gangsters, which made them feel embarrassed for a long time. They left Taiyuan yesterday afternoon for more than 30 miles, and this morning it was more than ten miles, which had already left them tired. Now that they could take a break, everyone was naturally happy and their steps became much lighter.

In order to get a little more rest, some anti-army unconsciously increased their speed, which made the already messy team even more unrestrained. Hu Kong did not interfere in this, and he had limited knowledge of this set and would only lead people to rush.

Just when the town was about to get the news, with a "bang", many neatly dressed cavalry suddenly broke out from both sides, and rushed straight towards the anti-army with murderous intent.

When the battle began, most of the anti-army army did not react at all. The people on both sides were quickly washed away, and then they screamed and wanted to scatter. Not many people could organize decent resistance. Hu Kong drew his sword in his hand, trying to bring people to fight the sudden outbreak of the official army, but then he found that he was completely unable to command and the team was in chaos.

"Kill!" Wu Wangui held a spear and rushed back and forth among the enemy with one horse. Suddenly, he saw the man riding on the horse and his armor was different from that of another. He knew at that time that this person should be the leader of these rebels. Without saying a word, he slapped his horse off and rushed towards Hu Kong.

The rushing wind sounded, and one person came straight for him. Hu Kong suddenly felt a cold sweat on his body, but no one could save him at this time. He had to shout and wave his sword to resist this fierce move.

"Dang!" The two weapons collided together, and at the same time, the knife in Hu Kong's hand was also knocked to the ground. Wu Sangui not only had greater strength than his opponent, but also used the power of the horse. How could such a butcher who had learned martial arts for a few days be able to compete with? Just when he was stunned, Wu Sangui had already turned the horse's head, stretched his arms, and pulled Hu Kong off the horse. The official army that followed him came forward and tied it up.

The fall of the commander general made these anti-army lose their fighting spirit. After more than a hundred people died, the others put down their weapons and surrendered. This surprised Wu Sangui and his soldiers. Can this still be called war?

Taking prisoners with a far more numerous than his own, Wu Sangui returned to the town. At this time, Tang Feng had already come out. After praising the soldiers, Tang Feng asked someone to bring Hu Kong up, and then carefully asked about his identity and the reasons for coming here.

Hu Kong was so scared that he was completely out of his mind. Now he naturally answers questions and dared not hide anything at all.

After hearing his purpose, Tang Feng smiled and said to him: "You have two choices now, one is to be executed, and the other is to follow my instructions. Which one are you willing to choose?"

Is this a matter of course Hu Kong chose the latter. This time, Tang Feng also found a plan to take down Taiyuan City more conveniently...
Chapter completed!