Wang Junkuo is proud and conceited. The thing he hated the most in his life was that he was not included in the top ten fierce generals in the world. Even his defeated general Shan Xiongxin was even among the ten fierce generals, but he had no share, which made Wang Junkuo feel resentful.

Wang Junguo was nicknamed "Little Guan Yu". Not only did he look like Guan Gong, with his long clouds, his long lying silkworm eyebrows, his eyes, and his three wisps of green beards under his jaw, which made him a Qinglong Yanyue sword, but more importantly, he was also extremely skilled in swordsmanship and skillful martial arts. On the first day he entered Wagang Village, he defeated 36 Wagang generals. Even Shan Xiongxin was defeated in his hands in front of everyone.

But the consequence of this was not that he became famous all over the world, but that he offended many generals in Wagang. Just like a new employee who entered the company was too arrogant and domineering, he did not take the old employee seriously, and even the vice president was slapped on the table and scolded him.

In less than a few days, Wang Junguo was driven out of Wagang and was also criticized as a "Taihang Thief". After many ups and downs, he finally joined Yang Yuanqing's subordinates and gradually began to have a future.

What Wang Junkuo was most grateful to was that Yang Yuanqing appointed people based on his talent and was promoted based on his military merits. Although he was not well-known in the army, he was still named General of the Right Marquis Guard and Duke of Yongqiu County.

At this time, Wang Junguo was full of energy. He wanted to make great contributions before the unification of the world, be promoted to Duke of the State, and lay a foundation for his descendants to be rich.

Wang Junguo led 5,000 cavalry to attack from the side and cut off the retreat of the 10,000 bow and crossbow army by the river. At this time, he saw Li Changyuan, the chief general of the Tang army, and he was overjoyed that a general could kill ten thousand enemies.

Li Changyuan shouted loudly, Xuanhua Kaishan's big axe slashed towards him, and a suffocating wind blew towards him. The power was powerful and domineering. Wang Junguo rode his horse sideways and avoided the fierce axe, but the long sword swung lightly, and the tip of the knife hooked the handle of the axe and swung it outward, adding some strength to the axe.

The sudden increase in force made Li Changyuan unable to control it, and he slashed the air with an axe. He immediately lost the center of gravity and showed a flaw in his chest.

The flaw that passed by in this moment was captured by Wang Junkuo, and the blade slashed upwards. It was as fast as lightning. With a "click", Li Changyuan's head flew out more than ten feet away. The dead body fell to the ground.

Wang Junguo laughed smugly, raised the tip of the knife, lifted the head of the knife, and shouted: "The enemy general is dead, and the surrender will not be killed!"

How could ten thousand bows and crossbows defeat 5,000 elite cavalry? The resisters were killed by the Sui cavalry and were instantly massacred more than a thousand people. As the main general was killed, the Tang army collapsed and the soldiers knelt down and surrendered. There was a mess in front of the defense wall, with dead bodies and weapons piled up,

The Sui cavalry stopped killing and drove the surrenders to gather eastward.

The crossbow army on the dock disappeared, and large ships began to dock one after another. Sui army soldiers lined up and disembarked and quickly assembled on the dock...

On the top of the city, Chai Shao stared at the killing of the Tang soldiers by the cavalry and surrendered in panic. He felt helpless. Chai Shao sighed softly. He now finally understood why the King of Qin was so sad about the fall of the Hexi Corridor.

The Tang army lost its cavalry. Under the impact of the powerful cavalry of the Sui army, the infantry was really hard to resist. Without the cavalry's assistant defense, the support for transportation on the river surface was lost. No matter how he deployed the army, he could not escape this ending.

Not only Chai Shao, but everyone's hearts were heavy. They saw with their own eyes the power of the Sui army's cavalry, and finally understood why the northern army was always stronger. The reason was that the cavalry, under the rapid impact of the fierce horses and swords, the infantry commission was really hard to resist.

Seeing a group of soldiers walking down from the ship, the infantry mixed with cavalry, the army was neat and powerful, in this subtle way, the minds of many generals from Jingxiang began to undergo subtle changes.

Two hours later, in the east of Jiangling City, a Sui army camp about seven or eight miles long and two or three miles wide appeared on a vast field. Tents were quickly built, just like mushrooms growing after a night of spring rain, covering the wilderness.

Yang Yuanqing's central army tent had been erected, and his indispensable sand table was also built. At this time, the personal soldiers were still packing the tent, but Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the sand table and was considering the situation in Xiangyang. He was thinking about whether Xiangyang would come to reinforcements again.

Will Li Xiaogong make a desperate bet and concentrate his troops to fight Jiangling? After all, he is in Jiangling. Once the Jiangling Battle is victorious, the Tang army will likely win the entire Jingxiang Battle.

"Is Your Highness worried that Chai Shao will defend the city to the death. The Battle of Jiangling will be too long?" At some point, Xie Yingdeng appeared beside him.

Yang Yuanqing glanced at him, shook his head and smiled, "Does he still want him to open the city and surrender?"

Only then did Xie Yingdeng realize that there was a loophole in his words. As long as he could capture Jiangling City, Chai Shao could not delay it even if he wanted to. But... he was still a little worried and frowned slightly.

"What are you worried about?" Yang Yuanqing felt his worries and asked with a smile.

Xie Yingdeng sighed and said, "Your Highness, I am very worried that we will not be able to conquer Jiangling City."

"Why do you have this idea?"

"Your Highness, although we have 15,000 elite cavalry, it has no meaning for siege. Our main siege force is still 40,000 Xiaoliang troops, with a slightly weak combat power, while Chai Shao led 60,000 troops to defend the city, and tens of thousands of civilians to assist in defense. Frankly speaking, it is difficult for us to capture the city in the short term. If it is dragged on for a long time, I am worried that we can't afford to drag it down."

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "When will I want to attack the city?"

Xie Yingdeng was stunned. He didn't understand what Yang Yuanqing meant. Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "Those who do not plan the overall situation cannot plan a territory. Jingxiang is originally one, so how can you stare at Jiangling City?"

Xie Yingdeng was confused when he heard this, but Yang Yuanqing smiled meaningfully: "The key is still the Sui army in Nanyang County."

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Among the counties in Henan Road, in addition to Luoyang, there are two most important counties: Yingchuan County and Liang County. Among them, the prefect of Liang County was appointed by Yang Yuanqing's confidant Xiao Guan, while the prefect of Yingchuan County was appointed by the former Sui minister Su Shichang.

Su Shi was about forty years old and had outstanding literary talent. His family was also one of the Guanlong gentry, including Su Wei's nephew. When Wang Shichong became emperor, he served as the right purse. Later, he surrendered to the Sui Dynasty and was appointed as the prefect of Yingchuan County.

Just when the Jingxiang War was in full swing, Su Shichang suddenly sent an urgent letter of help to Taiyuan. Hao Xiaode, the former leader of the bandits in Wagang Village, rebelled again, gathered tens of thousands of people to occupy Daliu Mountain in Xiangcheng County, and was leading the bandits to kill Yingchuan County.

While Su Shichang asked Taiyuan for help, he also issued warning letters from surrounding counties. From Hongjun County to Dongjun, from Xingyang County to Nanyang County, the entire Central Plains received an alarm from him.

This news shocked the Central Plains and Taiyuan.

But it was too late to transfer troops from Taiyuan. Su Shichang sent a letter of help to Xu Shiji who was stationed in Nanyang. A few days later, Xu Shiji, who was stationed in Nanyang County, urgently sent troops and ordered his deputy general Gao Zikai to lead 30,000 troops to rescue Yingchuan County and suppress the rebellion of Hao Xiaode in Yingchuan County.

Xu Shiji felt that his troops were insufficient, so he withdrew his troops north of Nanyang County. This was the reason why Xu Shiji left Xinye County and withdrew his troops to Nanyang County.

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In Xiangyang City, several Tang army scouts rushed from the north and rushed to the city gate and shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, we have urgent information to report to His Highness Jing!"

A crack was opened in the city gate, and several scouts cavalry rushed into Xiangyang City and rushed towards the Xingtai General Administration Office.

The Jingxiang Xingtai General Administration Office is located in the middle of Xiangyang, covering an area of ​​more than 20 acres and consists of five or six large buildings. It is also the Jingwang Mansion and is the center of military power of the Tang Dynasty in the entire Jingxiang area.

At this time, Li Xiaogong also began to completely shrink his troops and took back all the 25,000 troops from Anlu County and Mianyang County back to Xiangyang City.

The battle has become very obvious until now, and other places in Jingxiang are no longer important. The key is the two core cities, Jiangling City and Xiangyang City. The 150,000 troops of the Tang army stationed troops in these two cities respectively.

The Sui army also concentrated its troops in Jiangxia City, Jiangling City and Xinye County. Jiangxia City was their important logistics location and had to guard heavy troops. Xinye County was to restrain Xiangyang City, while the Sui army's conquest was concentrated on attacking Jiangling City.

In the General Administration Office's Office's Office's meeting hall, Li Xiaogong was discussing the situation with several generals and advisers. He had just received a message from Chai Shao to report on the battle situation in Jiangling City.

The Sui army had destroyed all the Tang army's ships, and when they landed, the Tang army soldiers were ambushed and lost 10,000 troops. The troops were not good. At the same time, Chai Shao also sent another exact news, Yang Yuanqing was in Jiangling City.

"Dear generals, there are not many Sui troops in Jiangling City now, only 65,000 people, but our troops in Jiangling City are 60,000. It is almost impossible to capture Jiangling City with the Sui army. I suspect that Yang Yuanqing wants to increase his troops in Jiangling. It is obvious that if he drags on, the situation in the north will gradually be detrimental to him."

Gao Shilian frowned and asked, "What Your Highness is talking about is the resurgence of bandits in Wagang, Central Plains?"

Li Xiaogong nodded and said, "This is an urgent report sent by the court. I heard that Hao Xiaode rebelled again. This person was originally the Haoshang of Douzigang. It would not be surprising if he rebelled again. After all, the Central Plains is empty now, which is a good opportunity to rebel. Su Shichang has issued a warning to the counties in the Central Plains, and I have also received news from the scouts that Xu Shiji from Nanyang County has sent troops secretly. I have sent a scout to verify it. If the situation is true, then something really happened in the Central Plains."

At this time, Yang Gongren, who had been silent, said in a deep voice: "Your Highness means, is this what we mean by sending troops to support Jiangling City?"

He guessed Li Xiaogong's true thoughts, and Li Xiaogong did not deny it and sighed: "The key is that Yang Yuanqing is in Jiangling City, which is of great importance. If we can win in Jiangling City, then we can establish the victory of the entire Jingxiang Battle and reverse the decline of the Tang Dynasty. Yang Shangshu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If we don't seize it, we may really regret it forever."

Yang Gongren was speechless. He did not agree very much, but he could not bear the serious consequences of Jingxiang's defeat, so he could only remain silent.

At this moment, a guard outside the door reported: "Report to Your Highness, the scout from Nanyang County is coming to report urgently!"

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Chapter completed!