Chapter 41 It’s not easy to leave

If Guanzhong is compared to a large mansion, then Hedong County is undoubtedly the entrance to this large mansion. The two gates entering Guanzhong, Pujin Ferry and Longmen Ferry, are both within Hedong County. This time, Li Shimin led his army to support Hedong, and Hedong City is his main logistics location.-< Shuhai Pavilion >-net.

At this time, there were still 5,000 troops stationed in Hedong County, of which 4,000 troops stationed in Hedong City, and 1,000 troops stationed next to the Pujin Bridge Ferry.

Unlike Li Shuliang's army who traveled to Longmen to cross the Yellow River, Li Shimin went to Pujin Ferry. The water in Pujin Ferry was gentle. Two long iron chains were drawn on both sides, which allowed a floating bridge to be laid here, which could quickly cross the Yellow River and directly connect to Pujin Pass on the other side.

This floating bridge is also an extremely important strategic road, guarded by a thousand elite soldiers, and Pujin Pass on the other side of the Yellow River is also stationed in 15,000 heavy troops to prevent Yang Yuanqing's army from taking advantage of the emptiness of Hedong County into Guanzhong.

The night is shrouding Hedong County, the stars are dim, August is already autumn, and the night wind by the river is a little cooler. In the night, the official Dou north of Hedong City is particularly quiet, without any pedestrians or merchants. Occasionally, a few badgers emerged from the grassland beside the road and ran freely on the official road.

This place is very far from the battlefield of Linfen County, hundreds of miles away. The Sui and Tang armies confronted each other in Linfen County for nearly half a month. For the people of Hedong County, only the brigade of grain trucks that appeared on the official road by chance reminded them of the war in Hedong that did not subside.

At this time, a rumbling sound of wheels came from the distance of the official road, and the earth began to vibrate slightly. Several badgers got into the bushes and disappeared. Soon, a convoy of grain transport vehicles composed of hundreds of ox carts and horse carts appeared on the official road, but there were no grain bags on the grain truck. The grain truck that should have returned was covered with rain cloth on the truck, and it seemed that something was hidden inside?

There are about 500 grain trucks, each truck is equipped with two coachmen, a total of 1,000 coachmen, and there are 500 cavalry guards on both sides. The head officer is an Eagle Fighter General, named Yin Jing, and is the third son of the general Yin Kaishan.

At this time, Yin Jing's eyes were very complicated. He would occasionally look back secretly. Although he couldn't see anything, he knew that there was a cavalryman three miles away, following them from afar.

"General Yin, if you want to survive, cooperate obediently, otherwise my knife will pierce your body." A young soldier next to him said coldly.

Yin Jing's reins were controlled in the other person's hand, and a sharp short knife pressed against his back.

"Take the knife away, and I will cooperate with you."

Yin Jing sighed in his heart, and he remembered the scene that shocked him two days ago. They were resting in a forest, and 20,000 Fengzhou cavalry surrounded them, and none of them escaped.

Yin Jing looked into the distance again, and a dark city appeared two miles ahead, which was Hedong City. Finally, the moment he didn't want to face the least.

Three miles away, Xu Shiji led 10,000 cavalry to follow the grain transport convoy from afar. This was his first bold action planned by himself. A few days ago, Yang Yuanqing only gave him a simple order: cut off the Tang army's retreat.

There are several ways to cut off the retreat route, such as intercepting the main force of the enemy from behind, or occupying a strategic city. Xu Shiji chose to cut off the retreat route for the Tang army to cross the river. One was the Hejin Ferry in Longmen County, and the other was the Pujin Ferry in Hedong City. The Hejin Ferry was completed by Luo Shixin, and he was responsible for the most critical Pujin Ferry.

"General Xu, you will walk a few miles ahead and you will be Pujin City." A confidant reminded him in a low voice.

Xu Shiji immediately turned around and ordered: "I ordered my brothers to follow up, check the sword and spear, and prepare for battle."

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The head of Hedong city was very quiet. It was already the first time that most of the defenders fell asleep, and only more than one hundred patrol soldiers patrolled back and forth at the city.

At this time, soldiers on the north city heard the rumbling sound of wheels. They stared for a moment and saw a team of grain trucks coming from the north, with hundreds of them coming back. The trucks that went north to deliver grain were back.

Immediately, soldiers went to report to the city lord Hou Junji. Hou Junji was ordered by Li Shimin to lead 5,000 troops to guard Hedong County. All the troops were distributed in Hedong City and Pujin Du. Hou Junji was woken up in his sleep. He yawned up to the city and asked, "Who is back?"

"It's General Yin!"

"Oh! This kid is coming back very quickly.-< Shuhai Pavilion >-Net."

Hou Junji walked to the battlement and leaned down. In the light of the fire, the general calling the gate at the city was Yin Jing. He had a good relationship with Yin Kaishan. Yin Kaishan asked him to take good care of his son.

"Yin Sanlang, why are you back in the middle of the night? It disturbed my sleepiness." Hou Junji complained a little.

The sharp knife once again pressed against Yin Jing's back waist. The tip of the knife stabbed the flesh. A severe pain came. Yin Jing bit his lip, feeling extremely hated, but he had no choice but to raise his head and curse, "You can still sleep in the quilt. I'm rushing back all the way to the open. Don't talk sarcastically, open the door quickly, I'm going to go to the city to sleep!"

Hou Junji was not suspicious at all, grinned and waved his hand and said, "Let them come in!"

The suspension bridge slowly lowered, the city gate rumbling open, and five hundred grain transport trucks entered the city one by one. Hou Junji walked to the other side of the city again and watched the grain truck enter the city. He found that there seemed to be something in the grain truck, so he asked strangely: "What is in the car?"

"It's all military funds like tent war drums. Qin Gong ordered us to ship it back." A soldier replied loudly.

Hou Junji had no doubts. He knew that transporting grain to the north was just to deceive the Fengzhou army, making the Fengzhou army think that they were going to fight. In fact, Duke Qin wanted to withdraw his troops.

Most of the grain trucks entered the city. At this time, a military guard standing by the city gate saw that the "military capital" on the carriage seemed to move. He was confused and secretly lifted a corner of the oil cloth while the person was unprepared. What he saw was not a tent war drum, but three fully armed soldiers. He was stunned.

Suddenly, he suddenly reacted and shouted, "General, they are not our people..."

Before he could finish his shouting, a spear came out of the oil cloth and pierced his chest. The coach screamed and fell to the ground and died.

This scream made Hou Junji wake up after a dream. It was Fengzhou army scammers in the city. He shouted in a hurry: "Call the police and close the city gate!"

The alarm bell hanging on the top of the city was ringing, and the harsh bells pierced the quiet night, and the food delivery teams that were mixed into the city were also launched. The tart cloth was lifted one after another, and countless fully armed soldiers jumped out of the carriage. The coachmen also pulled out their battle knives from under their seats. Five hundred escort cavalry rushed towards the city gate and assassinated more than a hundred soldiers guarding the city.

The Sui army entered the city with thousands of people. They quickly rushed to the top of the city and grabbed the suspension bridge winch. At this time, there were only more than 200 guards in the North City. Seeing that the situation was not good, Hou Junji ran into the darkness and ran a hundred steps away. He suddenly stopped and seemed to have heard something. He turned around and looked out of the city and saw the surging cavalry outside the city coming into Hedong City.

Hou Junji was so frightened that he ran to the west wall and overturned the city. This location happened to be where Yang Liang widowed the city in women's clothing, and the prefect Qiu He overturned the city and escaped. After twelve years, Hou Junji repeated this scene.

The Hedong Chongcheng fell.

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Just the day before the fall of Hedong City, something happened to Hejin Ferry in Longmen County. In the morning, more than 300 defenders in Longmen County suddenly felt an earthquake. The soldiers looked around in surprise, feeling that the vibration was getting bigger and bigger, and a roar of thunder came from the distance.

After a moment, a black cavalry team appeared on the official road one mile away. They ran south on the official road like a long black dragon, aiming directly at the Hejin Ferry more than 30 miles away.

This is a five thousand elite cavalry, everyone is equipped with a pair of horses. Leaded by the general Luo Shixin, they set out from Longquan County and headed south. In two days, they ran hundreds of miles and rushed straight to Hejin Ferry.

"General Luo, Longmen County is ahead!"

A scout pointed to a small city in the distance and reported: "You must pass by Longmen County when you go to Hejin Ferry."

"How far is the official road and the city wall?"

"Less than fifty steps!"

This was within the range of the bow and arrow. Luo Shixin's lips were closed tightly, stretched into a straight line, staring at Longmen County for a while, and resolutely ordered: "Don't pay attention to it and rush over!"

After a moment, five thousand cavalrymen rushed past Longmen County. The sound of horse hooves like thunder scared the defenders on the city. They hid behind the battlements and looked out secretly. Through the tiny gaps of the archery holes, they saw a long cavalry team running fast southwest, and there was Hejin Du.

The county magistrate of Longmen County was surnamed Jiang. He received a report and rushed to the top of the city to check. After only a moment of watching, he suddenly understood and shouted, "Not good!"

County Magistrate Jiang immediately turned around and ordered: "Go and send a letter to Duke Qin quickly. The Fengzhou army will cut off their retreat."

County Magistrate Jiang was in a state of cold sweat and his back was wet. If he had guessed correctly, this army was going to Hejin Ferry, and they must have destroyed the ferry and cut off the Tang army's retreat to Guanzhong.

An hour later, thick smoke appeared in the direction of Hejin Ferry and rushed straight into the sky. County Magistrate Jiang stared at the fire light blankly. He knew that hundreds of ferries parked at the ferry were burned. He felt an inexplicable fear in his heart. Will Qin Gong's army be wiped out in Hedong?

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On the night that Xu Shiji occupied Hedong City, he personally led 5,000 troops to Pujin Ferry ten miles away. The thousand soldiers stationed in Pujin Ferry had been taken back to the other side by Hou Junji, so they directly burned the Pujin Ferry floating bridge.

The Hejin Ferry in Longmen County was also attacked by Luo Shixin, and hundreds of Sui troops crossed the river to the west, burning hundreds of ferries anchored on both sides of the river...

Although Yang Yuanqing and Li Shimin had never fought on the battlefield, the competition outside the battlefield had never stopped. Yang Yuanqing's methods were obviously slightly higher. After the news of Xie Sili's successful mission to the Western Qin Dynasty came, he knew that Li Shimin's army would inevitably retreat westward. Before Li Yuan's order to withdraw westward, he ordered Xu Shiji to take the lead, destroying the ferry and pontoon bridges that the Tang army returned to Guanzhong, and breaking the retreat for Li Shimin's army to retreat westward.

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Chapter completed!