Chapter 351
The north wind is howling and snow is flying all over the sky.
The world is covered with white space.
The Wuding River had long become a glacier. The vanguard of Yanzhou Duan Decao, General Li Zihe, the iron cavalry of the Right Wu Guard, walked along the Glacier River valley, passed through the thousands of ravines and ravines in northern Shaanxi, and crossed the Hengshan Mountains.
At the foot of the Great Wall.
The Wushui River and Yulin River converge in the upper reaches of the Wuding River, under the Rulin City of Yinzhou.
The glacier has been stained with blood.
Under Yinzhou City, broken arrows and spears were everywhere. The flag of Daliang Kingdom and the flag of the Turks were mixed together, and the eyes were gone, and the bodies were everywhere.
The knights of the Tang Dynasty were cleaning the battlefield.
A strong smell of blood soared into the sky, and scorched crows hovered in the vast sky.
This is a sudden battle, and it is also a battle with no suspense.
Duan Decao, the governor of Yanzhou, is the son of Duan Shao, the three major war gods of Northern Qi. Since his martial arts, he has been in control of Yanzhou for a long time and has defeated Liang Shidu many times and become the archenemy of Liang Shidu.
Li Zihe was originally named Guo Zihe. He was originally the left guard of the Sui Dynasty. He was exiled to Yulin for crimes. At the end of Daye, there was a famine in the county. Guo Zihe and 18 death-stricken soldiers captured the county magistrate Wang Cai, listed his crimes of not mercying the people, killed him to open warehouses and release grain to provide relief to the victims, proclaimed himself the King of Yongle, and later owned two thousand cavalry, connected with Liang Shidu in the south, and served the Turks in the north. Shibi Khan once enthroned Guo Zihe as the Emperor Pingyang, but Li Zihe did not dare to accept it, so he was appointed as a house profit.
At the end of Daye, Guo Zihe was a northern separatist hero who was like Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, Gao Kaidao, etc. who surrendered to the Turks.
When Li Tang established the capital of Chang'an, Guo Zihe submitted a petition to Chang'an, which made the Turks furious. So Guo Lehe led all his troops to evacuate Shengzhou and was ordered to move south to Yanzhou to settle. Later, he made great contributions to the conquest of Liu Heita and was granted the title of Duke of Hui and General of Right Martial Guard.
The two generals Duan and Li, both veterans in the northwest of Jiuzhen, took advantage of the storm of Yinzhou this time. They did not encounter too many obstacles under Yinzhou City, which is known to be guarding the Wuding River and controlling the Great Wall Pass.
The battle begins in the early morning.
Li Zihe led his headquarters to challenge the city of Shengzhou first. Li Zhengbao, the defender in the city, insisted on sending troops to fight despite the opposition of other generals, saying that it was a storm between wind and snow. The Tang cavalry came from afar and waited for his leisure to work. He defeated it in one fell swoop and beheaded to make meritorious contributions.
Li Zhengbao ordered the slaughter of sheep and cattle to cook, and while sending troops to fight, he said that they would come back to have breakfast after they won.
So Liu Cheng led three thousand troops out of the city to fight against Li Zihe.
Who knew that as soon as Liu Cheng left the city, Li Zhengbao ordered the city gate to be closed and then launched a mutiny in the city. It turned out that Li Zhengbao had been secretly instigated by the Pacification Department and was about to surrender to the Tang Dynasty for a long time.
Liang Shidu was born in Shuofang, Xiazhou. His family was a local wealthy family and was known as a governor. For six generations, the family has been governors for generations, and has produced more than a dozen governors. Liang Shidu's father Liang Ding was a local rich man. His father died early and was adopted by his uncle Liang Pi and became his fourth son. His clan name was Liang Xuanmo.
Liang Pi's grandfather Liang Yue was the governor of the three states of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and his father Liang Mao was the governor of the Northern Zhou Erzhou. He served as the viscount of Zhou and became the marquis of Sui Dynasty. He served as the governor of Xiningzhou for eleven years. When he was in the reign of Emperor Yang, he became the Minister of Justice.
It was precisely because of Liang Pi's status in the Sui Dynasty that his eight sons, including Liang Shidu, had six of them as governors, and Liang Shidu also became General Yingyanglang at the end of his great cause.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Liang Shizhong was dismissed from his post and returned home, so he made friends with local tyrants and bandits who killed officials and rebelled, and handed over the Turks. He once captured the Diaoyin, Yan'an, Honghua, Shuofang, Yanchuan and other counties in the north and south of the Great Wall of Baishan.
The Turkic Khan gave him a wolf-headed flag and sealed Dadu Vijay Khan.
Liang Shidu ascended the throne and his country was named Liang.
The Northern Liang army commanded several Lingwu, but they were defeated by the Tang Dynasty. They led the Turks into the invasion several times, and Gan became the vanguard, but they did not gain any benefits. Instead, their strength became smaller and smaller, and their territory was less and less.
He also often listens to slander, and kills his generals when he moves.
Everyone is in danger.
When the Tang Dynasty defeated Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Liu Heita, etc., everyone knew that the Daliang Kingdom of Liang Shidu had been in a few days.
There were many people who abandoned Liang and surrendered to Tang, and some planned mutiny and killed Liang Shidu to surrender to Tang. For example, the former governor of Xia, Liu Min and Sima Chengdu planned mutiny, but the result was that they led their troops to surrender to Tang. Liu Min was named the governor of Yanzhou by the Tang Dynasty.
Not long ago, Jihu General Liu Rucheng also conspired to join Tang, but the matter was leaked and he was killed, which made everyone even more uneasy.
Generals like Li Zhengbao were actually planning a way out early.
This time Li Zihe led his army to come, how could he really fight with the Tang army?
Liu Cheng, who was all concerned about Liang, tricked him out of the city, and immediately took his confidants to clear the rest of the loyal people in the city, and then raised the Tang Dynasty flag at the top of the city.
Liu Cheng was deceived out of the city, with Guo Zi of the Tang army and the elite cavalry in front of him, and Li Zhengbao who had turned him out of the city behind him.
The morale of Liu's tribe instantly fell to a low point.
Li Zihe took advantage of the situation and led his troops to launch a fierce attack. Most of his subordinates were old subordinates brought from Shengzhou. Hu Fengsheng from the northern border was even more martial, and they all rode and shot.
Li Zhengbao still shot arrows at Liu Chengbu on the city.
For a moment, my abdomen was attacked.
Liu Chengbu was completely suppressed.
Li Zihe's troops attacked fiercely, and Liu Cheng's troops had no intention of fighting, and the battle almost became one-sided massacre.
Countless corpses were left by the Wuding River outside Rulin City.
The Turkic cavalry brought out of the city were not spared.
On the hillside on the south bank of Wuding River.
Facing the Tang army's banner, Duan Decao, the governor of Yanzhou, immediately looked at the battlefield.
Qin Yong, dressed in bright light armor, was standing side by side with him.
"I didn't expect that Duke Yi was far away in Hetao, but he could instigate the Yinzhou City garrison to rebel. It's really amazing."
Duan Decao has been guarding the northern land since Wude. He led his troops to regain Yanzhou and Suizhou from the Liang Shidu, but he never was able to take Yinzhou.
Even Master Liang firmly guarded Yinzhou, so he guarded the Great Wall, and protected Shuofang with the dangers of mountains and rivers.
Yinzhou is too dangerous, and Wuding River Valley is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
But now, Qin Lang is planning and winning thousands of miles away.
When he met Qin Yong in Yanzhou, he didn't quite believe in Qin Lang's plan, but Qin Yong also brought the Governor of Lingzhou and Pingzhang served Qin Qiong's letter, so Duan Decao had to give it a try.
Who would have thought that Yinzhou, which had been captured countless times in the past, could be captured so easily.
"Li Youwu's men are very strong." Qin Yong said with a smile.
"After all, it's a northern border, with martial arts becoming a trend, a ranger willful, and he is really capable of riding and shooting." Duan Decao said that when Li Zihe gave up Shengzhou and moved to Yanzhou, he has been stationed in the old Yanzhou city. The relationship between the two is quite special. In fact, Duan Decao doesn't like this group very much.
"Donald of Yiguo intends to transfer Li Youwu back to Shengzhou, but this is indeed a soldier that can be fought." Duan Decao said.
Qin Yong looked at the Yinzhou City, "Dun Gong, the city gate has been opened, please enter the city!"
Duan Decao looked at the open Yinzhou City, feeling complicated. He had thought of countless scenes of invading Yinzhou, but he never expected that he had been guarding Yanzhou for many years, but in the end he had to enter Yinzhou by Qin Lang's plan.
He knew very well that the mastery of this destruction of Yinzhou was actually Qin Lang's.
Qin Yong was also secretly looking at Duan Decao. Duan Decao's father Duan Shao was a famous general who was a general and prime minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty. He was granted a king in another surname and had no other titles. Duan Shao's nine sons and sons were all very impressive. Duan Shao even earned the title of Duke and Marquis for his sons during his lifetime.
After his death, his two sons even inherited the title and were named king.
Duan Decao, the governor of Yanzhou, has a low official position and title. Although the Duan family no longer flourished in the Tang Dynasty, they are still very strong. After all, the Duan family was once a prominent figure in the Northern Qi Dynasty, so there is still some distance between them and the Guanlong Group.
Qin Lang once told Qin Yong that the Duan family could win over them, that they were not from the Guanlong Group, so there was no need to be afraid of them.
"What is the next plan for Duke Yiguo?"
Duan Decao turned around and asked Qin Yong.
"This time we will solve the problem of Liang Shi at one time, and Yinzhou will be sent, and then the Duke of Yi will arrive soon."
"Duke of Yi is coming?"
"The grand event of the destruction of Liang, Duke Yi will definitely come and take a look."
Destroying Liang's army is a great achievement, and Qin Lang certainly would not miss it. This is a rare military merit, and the Tang Dynasty values military merits the most.
On the other hand, from Shengzhou to Shuofang, the traditional routes all have to pass Yinzhou City.
"Duke Yi is so sure to win the Liang Shidu?" Duan Decao was still a little suspicious. The Liang Shidu was actually quite capable. Although the biggest reliance was the support of the Turks, if he had no ability, he would not be able to survive until now and become the last anti-king.
Duan Decao and Master Liang have been fighting for nearly ten years, but they have never been able to destroy Master Liang.
"Duan Duan, although my Duke Yiguo is young, how long has it been for him to go to Hetao? How much has it changed there now?"
Duan Decao stopped talking.
Yes, he was in Yanzhou for ten years, so what? With the support of the imperial court, he attacked Liang Shidu many times, but he still couldn't destroy Liang Shidu. Qin Lang was right, but he was also bold in his actions. It took him so long to build the three surrendered city and station the soldiers at Jie Li's Shanyu Terrace.
The veteran was tall and stout, his iron clothes were a little worn, and his burqa was not so bright. Even the saddle of the mount was not carved with silver paint, but the horse spear in his hand was a treasure spear. The ancient horse spear was cold and exuded a solemn and murderous aura.
"Okay, I'll wait for Duke Yi in Yinzhou City!"
When he rode a horse into Yinzhou City, Li Zhengbao led his troops to surrender.
Duan Decao did not accept the request from these people immediately, but said to Qin Yong beside him, "This is the righteous brother of Duke Yi, the adopted son of Duke Qi, and he is also an important member of the imperial court tutoring department. Let General Qin replace Duke Yi to accept surrender!"
The sound of horse hooves came.
A cavalry came from the north.
"Is it the soldiers of Liang Shidu or the Turks?"
Qin Yong smiled, "It must be Duke Yi from his close friend!"
Duan Decao, Li Zhengbao and others suspected that how could Qin Lang come so quickly? He came just after he captured Yinzhou City?
But when the people approached, they saw that they were indeed attacking the flag of the deputy protector of Yanran Protectorate. The brigade of light cavalry guards sent a young general to appear on a strong war horse.
Qin Yong stepped forward.
"Qin Yong, the governor of the Ministry of Punishment, pay homage to Duke Yi!"
Chapter completed!