Poor Family Chapter 593

  Chapter 593 Conquering Yi County

Gao Shixuan hesitated for a long time. Li Yanqing's archery skills have long been known to him, especially the bronze bow and iron arrows. Even if he wears thick armor, he can't resist it. To cover up, even Tong Guan has no choice but to die in vain.

  Gao Shixuan remembered that he defected to Tong Guan, which had caused dissatisfaction among many of his generals. If there was a disturbance at this time, it might not end.

   But if Fanyang County is not captured, he will not be able to explain to Tong Guan, so Gao Shixuan's face turns red and turns pale, but he is still unable to issue orders.

At this moment, the battle drums on the top of the city were beating rumblingly, and an army of about 3,000 people rushed out of the city. The leader was Li Yanqing just now. By Gao Shixuan.

At this time, Li Yanqing hurried forward and shouted: "Listen, brothers, Gao Shixuan betrayed General Zhong and joined Tong Guan, but you are still the Hedong Army, and you are still the elite troops brought out by General Zhong. Hebei sons who don't want to betray the commander-in-chief and don't want to work for Tong Guan, please stand by my side, Li Yanqing!”

  Gao Shixuan was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted to the left and right: "Don't listen to his nonsense, Tong Taiwei is the court's secret envoy, there is no betrayal at all, everyone should not act rashly!"

   At this time, Liu Tie, the general of the third battalion, shouted: "I am willing to follow Commander Zhong, brothers, come with me!"

  He ran out of the camp, and a thousand soldiers followed him and ran towards Li Yanqing's camp.

Liu Tie is Liu Qi's younger brother, so of course he didn't want to follow Gao Shixuan to seek refuge with Tong Guan. Driven by him, Zhang Zhao, Ding Mengshan, Yao Hong and others who were single-handedly promoted by the original teacher also led troops to Li Yanqing's camp defected.

  In addition, the Hebei warriors recruited by Liu Kai were unwilling to work for the notorious Tong Guan, and they also ran out of the camp one after another, running towards Li Yanqing.

  Gao Shixuan couldn't stop shouting, 8,000 of his original 10,000 men defected to Li Yanqing, Gao Shixuan was furious, and swung a knife to kill Li Yanqing.

   "Bastard, I will fight with you!"

  At this time, a young general rushed out wielding a sledgehammer, "The thief who betrayed the master, I will meet you!"

It was the mighty Cao Meng. Although Gao Shixuan was good at martial arts, he was far from being Cao Meng's opponent. After only three rounds, Cao Meng clamped Gao Shixuan's sword with a pair of hammers, and forcibly took it away. Gao Shixuan was unarmed. , pull the horse and flee.

Cao Meng swung his hammer to chase after him, but was stopped by Li Yanqing, who loudly said to Gao Shixuan: "It's all Song soldiers, I won't make things difficult for you, but the commander-in-chief will use military law to deal with you, you go! "

  Gao Shixuan was ashamed and annoyed, so he had to order: "Let's go!"

He left Fanyang County with the remaining 12,000 people and headed for Yizhou. If Zhuozhou cannot take Fanyang County, the other small counties will be meaningless. In Zhuozhou, disaster is imminent for him, Gao Shixuan knew in his heart that he can only rely on Tong Guan to protect himself now.

   Li Yanqing saw that Gao Shixuan's army was gradually leaving, so he ordered, "Take back the troops and return to the city!"

  Gao Shixuan's generals came forward to greet him one after another, Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Let's talk about it when we go back to the city. I believe Commander Zhong will be moved by everyone's loyalty."

  The army began to turn around and return to the city, and the soldiers on the top of the city cheered. The main general let the opponent's troops disappear without hurting a single soldier. This ending is really exciting.

In Yizhou, the 80,000 troops attacking Yi County has been going on for the third day. Although there are only 3,000 Khitan defenders in the city, Xiao Yuqing mobilized more than 10,000 Khitan young and strong to fight together. The idea of ​​the country's ruin and jade fragments, and desperate fierce fighting, caused heavy casualties to the Song army who attacked the city, but they still could not break through Yi County.

  But the army defending the city also suffered heavy casualties. The Khitan Qingzhuang peasants suffered more than 6,000 casualties, and the 3,000 Khitan army only had more than 700 people, and almost half of them were injured. It is meaningless to continue to defend.

At nightfall, during the pause in the siege battle, Xiao Yuqing led more than 700 people to the gate of the west city. The fierce battles in the past three days were in the south city and the east city, and the north city was also besieged by heavy troops. Quiet, although there is also a Song army besieging the city outside the west city, Xiao Yuqing still found a loophole, that is the northwest corner. The Song army dispatched soldiers there to attack the south city this afternoon, but they did not replenish them in time, causing a hole to appear in the northwest corner. A large hole with few troops.

   "Breakout is all about this. If you can't break through, then do your best for the country!"

  Xiao Yuqing glanced at the crowd. Although more than 300 people were wounded, he could only do this. Whether the wounded soldiers can break out depends on their perseverance.

   "Everyone get on your horse!"

  The Liao cavalry mounted their horses one after another, and Xiao Yuqing shouted: "Open the city gate!"

  The suspension bridge was lowered at the top of the city, and several soldiers opened the city gate. Xiao Yuqing shouted, "Break out with me!"

  He rushed out first, followed by 700 cavalry who urged their horses to gallop, and a group of cavalry rushed towards the northwest corner like lightning.

  There are indeed not many Song troops in the northwest corner. It was Xin Xingzong's negligence. After he transferred the troops away, he failed to send them back in time, so Xiao Yuqing took advantage of this loophole.

   It was the time of the second watch at this time. The Song army who had attacked the city for a day was exhausted and fell asleep. They would continue to attack at dawn. The soldiers were already exhausted and had no choice but to hurry up and rest.

No one would have imagined that the Liao army would break through the siege. Seven hundred cavalrymen suddenly killed them, and they were immediately discovered by patrol soldiers. They hurriedly sounded the alarm bell. They left the camp, which was a mile wide, and disappeared into the darkness.

General Xin Xingzong didn't fall asleep at this time. He was under too much pressure these two days and couldn't sleep. Tong Guan had already sent over a dozen military orders for him to take down Yi County immediately, but he fought desperately, and the soldiers were killed or injured. If it was over ten thousand, he just couldn't win Yi County, which really made him anxious. Seeing that the Taiwei is coming tomorrow, how can he explain to the Taiwei?

At this moment, the outside of the camp suddenly seemed to be bombed, and the alarm bell rang loudly. Xin Xingzong was taken aback, got up and walked out of the big tent, only to see that the commotion seemed to be coming from the north. A moment later, a soldier came to report, "Report Commander, the Liao army breaks through the encirclement in the city!"

  Xin Xingzong was taken aback, and asked anxiously, "Where did you break out from?"

   "It seems... the northwest corner?"

  In Xin Xingzong's mind, 'hum! ', he knew something was wrong, he even forgot to send troops to the northwest corner, which exposed a big hole in the siege, and the enemy seized the opportunity so quickly, his mind went blank, and he stood there blankly.

   "Marshal! Marshal!" Several soldiers called him in a low voice.

  Xin Xingzong finally came to his senses, and suddenly there was a hint of bewilderment in his eyes. He slapped his forehead hard, how could he be so stupid! It is a good thing that the Liao army broke through! Didn't Yi County just take it down?

  Xin Xingzong wished he could slap himself a few more times, scolding himself for being stupid.

  He immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to attack the city immediately!"

   As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier rushed to him, knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to the commander, the gates of Yi County are wide open, and a large group of officials have come out of the city to surrender!"

   Xin Xingzong heaved a sigh of relief, Yi County was finally taken down. ． ． ． ． ． ．

Tong Guan arrived in Yi County the next morning. He squinted his eyes and looked at the tall and strong city wall. Although Xin Xingzong's ineffectiveness made him very annoyed, he finally captured this strong city second only to Fanyang County. Gao Shixuan made him feel better.

Thinking of Gao Shixuan, Tong Guan felt hatred in his heart. He valued him so much and let him form an army on his own. He led 20,000 troops to take down Fanyang County, but Li Yanqing made him look ashamed. He lost without touching the city. Eight thousand troops sounds unbelievable, but it happened again. Of course, Tong Guan would not admit that the army was not attached to him. He only hated Gao Shixuan for being incompetent.

   At this time, Xin Xingzong led dozens of generals to greet him out of the city. Xin Xingzong knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Xin Xingzong, the humble officer, sees the Taiwei!"

  Tong Guan snorted coldly, "General Xin really did my best. It took an 80,000 army to besiege a county town with only 3,000 defenders, and it took three days. This really makes me very pleased!"

Xin Xingzong was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, and quickly explained in a low voice: "Actually, there are more than 3,000 people. Xiao Yuqing mobilized the whole city of Khitan young and strong to participate in the defense of the city. The civilian husbands and soldiers who died in the battle were interrogated by Yizhou officials, at least 12,000 of them participated in the defense of the city."

   "Are you still making excuses for yourself?"

   "Don't dare to be humble!" Xin Xingzong was too frightened to say anything.

  Tong Guan gave him a hard look, and asked again: "Have all the soldiers who participated in the defense of the city been captured?"

   "Soldiers are searching from house to house, arresting all Khitan men!"

"Very good, if caught, they will all be executed on the spot. All Khitan people in the city will be arrested. Men, regardless of the elderly or children, will be executed. Women are good at their own merits. Then write a battle report to me, understand. Do you mean Ben Shuai?"

  Xin Xingzong suddenly understood what Tong Guan meant. All Khitan men who were killed would be reported to the imperial court as military exploits. This is the result of annihilating 12,000 enemies!

   "Humble job. I understand."

   "If you understand, do it!" Tong Guan reprimanded Xin Xingzong coldly, and then walked towards the county surrounded by a large group of guards.

  (end of this chapter)

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