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Chapter 1008 Hard-to-Eat

An Jinquan was about to go crazy. After Li Keyong died, he was like a mattress trying to repair Shatuo's broken house, which was leaking and shaking, but no matter how hard he tried, he finally couldn't make it happen. The Shatuo clan was over, and he knew very well. After the deaths of the three brothers Li Guochang, Li Youjin and Li Jinzhong, all the old men of that generation died. Now Li Keyong is dead again, and his sons are still young, and it is difficult for the brothers to take on the great responsibility. Even Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao, who were originally under Li Keyong's disciples, turned away from Shatuo one after another.

Now, Li Ke used Bianliang to kill pigs and was destroyed. Nearly 20,000 elite Hedong soldiers lost Bianliang. Li Jing chose the most unlikely time, and suddenly Hedong was in Hedong.

This was an opportunity that no one expected. The peace talks half a year ago had just been reached, and all the Qin army's eyes turned to the second towns of Hebei, which were betrayed by them. Everyone thought that the Qin army would focus on the Hebei battlefield for at least one or two years. But in just one month or one month, Li Jing shocked everyone to pacify Hebei, and completely ignored the peace talks set by the New Year, and launched a lightning raid on Hedong. An Jinquan led the army to hurry up after hearing the news, but it was still one step late.

Li Jing's brother, General Qin Fan, led 30,000 troops and horses to the south from Shuozhou, broke through Loufan Pass, took Lanzhou, fought against Shizhou, drank horses by the Fenshui River, snatched the Queshi Valley, occupied Jiahu Fort, and blocked their passage to rescue Taiyuan like a rock.

One man is in the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open. In front of the Jahu Fort in the Jushi Valley, which is described as only a sparrow rat, 30,000 coalition forces in the Hedong and the rivers attacked for three days and three nights, but only left corpses in the narrow valley. More than 5,000 were lost. However, the black flying eagle flag on the Jahu Fort was still flying high.

Hedong settles the various prefectures. Now Xinzhou to the north of Taiyuan, Lanzhou and Shizhou to the west were occupied by the Qin army. Now only Taiyuan City is besieged, and Fenzhou, Yizhou and Qinzhou to the south are left. But if Taiyuan is lost, the remaining three prefectures will become rootless foundations and cannot be defended at all.

"Report!"

A fast horse came, and the prodding horse, dressed in blood-stained constituent clothes, rolled down from the saddle, shouted in panic and desperately: "Jinyang, Jinyang City is lost!"

Once Jinyang City is lost, the counties around Taiyuan Prefecture will inevitably be out of protection. Another newly settled home in Shatuo people will be gone, and this time, they will have no way out.

An Jinquan's face turned pale again. The Qin army's offensive was so fast that he couldn't understand it. Jinyang City, Taiyuan Prefecture, was the largest city in the north. In recent years, under the control of Zheng Cong-yi, it has recovered its vitality and is very stable. The city wall defenses are intact, and the city's food and grass reserves are still sufficient. However, after the Qin army pacified Hebei, it sent troops to Hedong. In less than half a month, Taiyuan was gone.

Is it because naive will destroy Shatuo?

Li Cunzhang, who was standing by, seemed to disbelief, "How is this possible? Even if you can't stay for three or five years, you will definitely be fine if you stay for a year or two, why would you lose it?" He didn't blame him for not believing that Taiyuan was originally a city, not to mention that after staying, Li Cunxiu still had a total of 50,000 troops, even if the elite soldiers were enough, there would be nearly 10,000. If the people in the city were mobilized, and at the critical moment, there would be no problem to gather 50,000 or 60,000 people to the city to help defend it, there would be no problem. How could he lose it if he said it would be lost?

"After staying, he received Li Jing's personal letter of persuasion, and opened the city to surrender."

Li Kexiu surrendered, and the remaining generals in the city arrived in a steady stream of force. None of the elite Qin army surrounded all over the country dared to fight. After receiving Li Jing's letter of advice to surrender, promising that as long as they surrender, they would save their lives and property, no one would resist stubbornly. Even Li Kexiu hesitated for a while, he chose to take more than 300 young and old Zhu Xie family out of the city to surrender. Taiyuan, the largest city in the north, surrendered without fighting.

The once domineering and proud northern cavalry, Shatuo Zhuye, did not dare to fight again when facing the Qin King Li Jing, and finally surrendered.

Li Keyong is dead, and the Shatuo clan's spirit of resisting to the end has also been destroyed.

"Retreat!" The Hedong Jiedushi marched Sima, and the current decision-maker of the Hedong Army, An Jinquan, issued an order in great pain.

"Where to retreat?" Li Sien and other generals asked in a daze. Hedong Town is their home, Taiyuan is their foundation, and their families are also there. Now Taiyuan is in Li Jing's hands. Where are they going to retreat?

"Go to Hezhong first." An Jinquan calmed down and replied calmly. Taiyuan has been lost, all the most important places in Hedong Town have been lost, and the remaining three states cannot defend at all. They only have 30,000 people, and there are 10,000 of them. It is impossible for them to retake Taiyuan. It is a mantis arm to block the chariot and overestimate their ability. The most important thing at the moment is to protect themselves. He thought about it carefully just now and could withdraw Hezhong first. Li Jing would definitely capture the entire territory of Hedong Town next, and then he would definitely not stop acting. They would be able to go to Hezhong.

When the situation moved south, Wang Chongrong of Hezhong Town had to face Li Jing's army. In this way, Wang Chongrong would have to resist Li Jing, and it was even possible that the Yang brothers in Chang'an would have to send troops to rescue Li Jing at that time. They could help Wang Chongrong fight against Li Jing first in exchange for a temporary place of residence. As for what to do next, it was still too far away. Maybe, they would retake Hedong Town with the court and return to Taiyuan at that time. Maybe they could not, then they would have to find another way.

In short, these 20,000 people are their last capital and they must not be defeated here.

The flags of the Shatuo people were retreating, and the two river coalition forces, which were just attacking fiercely, began to retreat like a tide. They even retreated in a panic and were anxious to come.

The Qin army was shocked, and Lin Wei finally achieved the goal. They took down Shizhou, Lanzhou, entered Fenzhou, seized the Queshi Valley, and now blocked the two river coalition forces returning to the army and repelled them. The Qin King envoy Lin Wu, who came from Taiyuan, brought great news to seize Taiyuan without bloodshed, which made Lin Wei understand the reason for the retreat of the two rivers at this time.

Behind the two brothers Lin Wei and Lin Wu, there are the most elite Silver Sad Light Cavalry Army. They are all warriors who have participated in the Northeast War and have been stationed in Shanxi. They are also an extremely powerful lancer. They can not only radiate the Qin army's chest plaque cavalry formation, but also use their powerful legs to clamp the abdomen and control the horse with their legs. Then they hold the raft with their hands. With the help of skillful cavalry, they use their rafts to break the shield and destroy the formation, charge and fall into the formation, and they are invincible. Such elite cavalry had only three armies in Shanxi Province. This time, Lin Wei went south for the commander of the left army, and got the military talisman and transferred to the silver Sad Lancer cavalry to obey the order.

Before heading south, in Xuanhua City, Li Jing once held Lin Wei's arm and said, "Brother, I will hand over the important task of the left road to you this time. Your left army will not only take down Lanzhou and Shizhou west of Taiyuan, but also take down the Qushi Valley in Fenzhou. You must not only attack the defenders of Lanshi and Shizhou, but also intercept the reinforcements from Hedong, and be prepared to intercept the Guanlong towns west of the Yellow River and the troops in the Hezhong at any time. In addition, there is a top priority, Taiyuan City will be taken down soon, which is inevitable. As long as Taiyuan City is taken down, I hope that my brother will immediately turn defense into offense and must take down the Shatu army returning from Henan. The Shatu people are not always rebelling. This army is the source of chaos. We will completely wipe them out this time and never leave any future troubles."

The Shatuo people have indeed caused a lot of trouble to the Qin army over the years, and it is also one of the few enemy troops in the Qin army that cannot be killed repeatedly in recent years. This time, Li Jing was preparing to kill their lives in one fell swoop and no longer keep them.

Lin Wei's breathing was still very stable, but his hand holding the sword began to exert force more and more forcefully, and his joints turned white. Anyone who is familiar with Lin Wei knows that this move by An Guogong Lin Wei means that he is not calm at this time. Holding the hilt with force is his special way to relieve tension.

Seeing that the retreat of the two river coalition forces became more and more urgent, and even the chaos began, even the Duke of Ning Guo Lin Wu was a little impatient. The Duke of Baoguo, Wang Chong, who had just arrived with him, had already wandered in front of them several times. In order to ensure the annihilation of the last viable force of Shatuo, Li Jing sent two four-star generals, Lin Wu and Wang Chong, and brought elite silver spears and five thousand elite light cavalry to assist in the battle. He had not waited for Lin Wei to issue the order, and Wang Chong could not help but urge: "Duke An Guo, why don't you attack?"

The two light cavalry troops of Silver Saddle Lancers and Silver Saddle Lancers were rested and ready to attack, so they stayed behind the closing. Each cavalry replaced another main war horse that had been moving forward with an empty saddle along the way, and wore bright silver breastplates and half-body armor, with a bright silver silk cloak hanging on his shoulders, picked up the bright spear and rifle and silver shield. Even their war horses were all pure white, and the quiet cavalry formation was placed there, just like a dazzling sunlight.

Just by waiting for Lin Wei's order, the two armies could attack at the fastest speed, killing all the way to the rear of the Lianghe Army and breaking through their formation!

Lin Wei, Lin Wu, and Wang Chong, who had formed a golden orchid with Li Jingyi back then, have now become the top Dukes of the Qin vassal. They all hold high positions and command heavy troops. However, with years of war experience, the three Qin kings' righteous brothers have always performed very well, especially Lin Wei, who was in charge of the base camp countless times when Li Jing was personally expeditioning, and his calmness was unattainable.

Wang Chong and Lin Wu were both eager to attack, but Lin Wei was still waiting, and he was still waiting for the best opportunity.

"At this time, the Two Rivers Army is still in a vigilant mood. It is not the best time for us to attack. Wait aside, when the Two Rivers Alliance sees that we are not pursuing, they will inevitably relax their vigilance. The two armies are in a hurry to retreat, and the formation is difficult to maintain. At that time, our army will attack again unexpectedly. Taking advantage of the fact that they relax their vigilance, the formation is chaotic, the morale is low, and the troops are exhausted, they will surely defeat the enemy."

After waiting, it was almost time to dusk, and it had been more than an hour since the Two Rivers Army withdrew its troops.

Lin Wei looked at the sky and it would be completely dark for another hour. No matter how fast the Two Rivers Army retreated, they would not have enough time to get to the nearest city. They would either take advantage of the darkness tonight or camp in the wild. No matter which, this was under Lin Wei's plan.

He took out the gold watch in his arms and lifted the lid, carefully calculated the time, looked at the sky again, raised his head suddenly, and whispered the commander: "Prepare to attack!"

Get ready to attack! Get ready to attack!

The order was passed over and over again. The cavalry who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground stood up one after another when they heard the order. The soldiers jumped onto the horses and raised their rifles, looked at the distance of Guancheng, and shot a passionate fighting spirit in their eyes. They did not attack at the first time, but just to harm the other party. Now, the time has finally come.

Shatuo dogs, the time for your destruction is here, let’s kill you!

The Duke of Ningguo Lin Wu and the Duke of Baoguo Wang Chong were like a sharp arrow, and they rode their horses out at the first time.

The sound of wind calling us came from my ears. The closing door of Jiahu Fort had been opened and the suspension bridge had been put down. Under the eagle flags and red flag officers' gun flags, teams of elite cavalry rode their horses and roared towards the distance.

Lin Wei was very accurate. After the withdrawal of the two rivers coalition forces, they did arrange for the troops to cut off the rear at the beginning to be vigilant. An Jinjun and Li Cunzhang each led an army to ambush the broken rear on the road, and just waited for the Qin army to pursue them and ambush halfway. However, after waiting for a long time, there was no movement in the city. An Jinquan also withdrew most of the troops to evacuate, so they withdrew their troops and followed them to evacuate. After walking for a long time along the way, when it was dark, there was no movement in the Qin army. Although An Jinquan and others were still in a vigilance, the soldiers below had already relaxed.

After several days of fighting in the Jiahu Fort, and with almost constant battles and marches during this period, they were exhausted. They even did not even dig camps and ditches. They just drank horses and water and ate dry food, and they fell asleep in the open air. They were so tired.

Although An Jinquan was a little dissatisfied with the soldiers' relaxation, it was obvious that everyone was tired and couldn't bear to blame him anymore, he still sent an order and had to set off in the dark after only two hours of rest.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

An Jinquan was responsible for pillowing a small drum at night to listen to the movements of the land. The sentry, who was specially used to listen to the footsteps of the horse's hooves, suddenly heard the roar of iron hooves coming like a storm. It was the sound of the continuous ups and downs of iron hooves knocking on the ground. This sound was at least 10,000 enemy soldiers.

However, the cavalry was extremely fast, and it was too late to wait until An Jinquan quickly sent an order to prepare for formation.

The Qin cavalry was as fast as a rush, and rushed forward, moving forward unstoppable.

Facing the two river coalition forces that hurriedly got up to form a formation, the Qin cavalry lit the thunder fire on the fuse wrapped around their left hand without any grace, and then threw them into the Shatuo Army formation like hail.

"Array!Array!"

Facing the cavalry that was rushing forward, only dense and generous infantry spear formations and the archer formation behind them could be curbed. However, these officers who subconsciously shouted to form a formation to deal with the cavalry as they advanced. However, the important thing was that the Qin cavalry was not ordinary cavalry. They were a cavalry with the ability to destroy the formation, because they had sufficient grenades and specifically dealt with infantry formations. The denser the infantry formation, the stronger their grenades would be.

"Boom!"

One after another, another, followed by a scream and wailing with exhausted grenades. The two river coalition forces, which formed a dense infantry formation under the dense projection of grenades, were beaten to be beaten.

The explosion brought by hundreds of grenades destroyed the dense square formation of the Two Rivers Army, smashed their shields, and sputtered and killed countless soldiers.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the first phalanx formed by the Two Rivers Army was completely destroyed!

"Submit the weapon and surrender without killing, those who resist the stubborn will die!!"

The two dukes Lin Wu and Wang Chong each led an elite cavalry, attacked rapidly from left to right, and charged into battle, which was unparalleled!
Chapter completed!
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