More than 500 grain ships of the Sui army were moored on the water surface of the Yongji Canal, about ten miles south of Gonggao County, and this area was very wide due to the injection of the Zhangshui tributary, almost a long and narrow lake, more than 30 miles long.

At the fourth watch, more than 500 grain ships were quietly moored on the shore, and there were Sui army patrol posts patrolling back and forth around, the number of patrol guards was not large, and it took half an hour to go back and forth, which caused a loophole of no one patrolling for a short time.

In the woods a mile away in the distance, there was an ambush of a large group of cavalry, they had been waiting for a long time, Jiang Liming found a loophole in the Sui army's patrol post, he was overjoyed in his heart, it was simply God helped him succeed, he waved his hand, and asked his subordinates to wait patiently.

At this time, a team of patrol guards went south from them, Jiang Liming kept looking at the back of the patrol post and went away, and he immediately ordered in a low voice: "Attack!" ”

The 4,000 cavalry lying in ambush in the woods suddenly burst out, like the tide of the sea, rushing towards the Yongji Canal a mile away.

Thousands of cavalry were getting closer and closer to the grain ship, but the grain ship did not react at all, as if the crew was already asleep, and no one knew that death was coming.

Jiang Liming suddenly had a strong bad premonition, it was impossible for the fleet to be unaware, there must be a problem, but at this time, the army was galloping, and he could no longer order the cavalry to stop, and he couldn't even stop himself, otherwise he would be knocked over and trampled by the cavalry group behind.

The cavalry group was getting closer and closer to the river, and it was less than a hundred paces, and at this moment, there was a sudden sound of bangs on the river, and I saw countless soldiers emerging from the side of the boat, holding crossbows.

The dense arrows shot like a storm at the oncoming cavalry, and suddenly a group of people turned on their backs, and the horses and soldiers who were hit by the arrows tripped the cavalry behind them, and the shore was in chaos.

Soon, the second round of 10,000 crossbow arrows was fired again, and the cavalry of the Bohai Navy suffered extremely heavy casualties. More than 1,500 cavalrymen had already been shot by crossbow arrows, and the momentum of the charge could not be maintained, and the cavalrymen were so frightened that they turned around and fled into the woods.

Just as they were about to flee into the woods, drums suddenly sounded in the woods, and countless arrows burst out of the air. Hundreds of cavalrymen who fled to the front were shot and fell.

Another burst of war drums sounded, and countless cavalry were killed from the woods, but this was the cavalry of the Qingzhou Army, they were obviously different from the Bohai Navy cavalry, each wearing a white coat, brandishing war spears and long knives to kill the Bohai Navy cavalry.

At this time, the cavalry of the Bohai Navy was attacked by the enemy, and the morale of the army was in turmoil, after all, they had formed an army for too short a time, and they had not yet completed the final integration. The training did not begin either, and if there were no twists and turns, they could barely complete the task, but once they encountered twists and turns, the army would fall into chaos.

More than 2,000 cavalry were frightened by the enemy cavalry killed in the woods, and they turned their horses and fled separately. He had to turn around and run north, but met Pei Xingyan, the chief cavalry general of the Sui army.

"Where is the enemy going to go?" The lance in his hand stabbed like lightning.

Jiang Liming was so shocked that his liver and gallbladder were cracked. Swinging the knife to block, the long lance suddenly disappeared, Jiang Liming slashed into the air with a knife, his body did not sit firmly, and he shook on the horse, revealing a flaw.

Pei Xingyan could see it clearly. If he hadn't received Li Jing's repeated instructions in advance, he would have picked the enemy general under the horse with a lance, and he retracted the lance, and at the moment when the two horses were staggered, he caught the flaw in the other party's panic. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed Jiang Liming's armor silk silk, directly dragged the other party off the war horse, threw the other party to the ground, and shouted left and right: "Tie me up!" ”

Seven or eight soldiers rushed up and tied Jiang Liming firmly, Pei Xingyan lowered his head and said coldly: "It's easy for me to kill you, but I decided to give you a chance to live, and it depends on your own choice if you want to die or live." ”

Jiang Liming sighed low and lowered his head, he still has elderly parents at home, how can he want to die?

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After defeating the cavalry of the Bohai Navy, Wei Chigong was responsible for collecting and surrendering the surrendered soldiers and war horses, while Li Jing and Pei Xingyan immediately led the cavalry north, leading 10,000 cavalry to Hejian County at a gallop.

At noon the next day, a tired cavalry team came to the city of Hejian County, with more than 2,000 cavalrymen, many of whom were wounded, looking embarrassed and tired.

This cavalry is the uniform of the Bohai Navy, and someone has already run to report to the main general Hu Lusheng.

Jiang Liming walked at the front of the group, followed closely by two soldiers, their sharp daggers against his waist.

Jiang Liming was helpless, so he had to raise his head and shout: "Open the city gate quickly, the brothers urgently need healing!" ”

At this time, the guard general Hu Lusheng had already arrived at the head of the city, he looked at it for a moment and asked, "General Jiang, what's going on?" ”

"Ambushed by enemy troops, many brothers were wounded and urgently need medical treatment!"

Hu Lusheng did not doubt it, although the master of the meeting asked him to deal with the cavalry of the Sui army carefully, but Jiang Liming was the henchman of the master, there should be no problem, and Hu Lusheng did not dare to offend this person.

He waved his hand, "Open the gates!" ”

The drawbridge was slowly lowered, the city gate opened, and the cavalry began to fish into the city, and at this moment, the drums in the distant woods were loud, and suddenly countless cavalry rushed out, and the yellow dust was rolling, rushing towards this side.

Hu Lusheng was taken aback, ran to the city, and met Jiang Liming head-on, he shouted and asked, "General Jiang, what's going on?" ”

Jiang Liming didn't answer, he cowered and took two steps back, revealing the shiny dagger at his waist.

Hu Lusheng suddenly understood, and shouted in a hurry, "Close the city gate quickly!" ”

But it was too late, Pei Xingyan rushed from the city gate, sneered, waved the long lance, and stabbed when he was distracted, the lance was as fast as lightning, and Hu Lusheng couldn't dodge, 'Poof! With a bang, the tip of the lance pierced his chest, and Hu Lusheng screamed miserably, and immediately died by the side of the road.

Pei Xing regained a lance, chopped off Hu Lusheng's head with a lance blade, and used the tip of the lance to provoke the head and shouted: "I am Pei Yuanqing of the Qingzhou Army, those who resist will be killed, and those who surrender will not die!" ”

10,000 Sui cavalry immediately entered Hejian County, the defenders in the city surrendered on their knees, and hundreds of resisting Bohai cavalry were also killed by Sui cavalry.

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Li Jing was the specific planner of this operation, and Zhang Xuan gave him full authority to carry out the strategy, and ordered Pei Xingyan and Wei Chigong to follow Li Jing's orders and arrangements.

Li Jing's original plan was to ambush the Bohai naval cavalry, and when the ambush was deployed, Li Jing discovered the loopholes of the Bohai navy, and he could use the Bohai naval cavalry to deceive the city gate of Hejian County, which proved to be the success of his plan, and the Hejian County guard knew Jiang Liming and knew that there was such a secret cavalry.

The official warehouse of Hejian County has been opened, and Li Jing led a large group of soldiers into the granary, where there are mountains of grain and countless moldy leather armor and rusty swords, Li Jing is not interested in armor, he only cares about food.

From the grain inventory in the warehouse in Hejian County, he can provide Zhang Xuan with the most detailed information, and the chances of victory in the big war are often hidden in these intelligence details.

At this time, the granary steward was brought up, it was an obese middle-aged man in his forties, he looked a little trembling under the fierce gaze of the Sui army soldiers, and bowed to Li Jing and said, "The villain is willing to serve the Qingzhou army." ”

Li Jing glanced at him, and saw that he was sweating profusely and his face was pale, so he softened his tone and said, "You don't have to be afraid, as long as you tell the truth, I won't embarrass you, and I will let you continue to be in charge of the warehouse." ”

"Thank you for your trust, the villain knows everything."

As he walked, Li Jing inspected the grain depot and asked, "How much grain is there here at present?" ”

The steward followed Li Jing's side and hurriedly said, "At present, there are a total of 126,000 stone grain in the warehouse. ”

"It's not a little, how much food did Gao Lie bring to Raoyang?"

"Gao Lie has been transporting grain to the Raoyang military camp before, and a total of about 60,000 stone of grain has been transported before and after, and in terms of time, the grain in their hands can support about twelve to fifteen days."

"Are you sure?" Li Jing looked back at the manager of the grain depot.

The steward nodded, "I have been in charge of the grain depot for many years, and I know very well how much food their army consumes every day, basically about three thousand stone of grain per day, when they come to urge food, I know how much food they have left, generally not wrong, the food in Gao Lie's military camp can only support fifteen days at most, and even fifteen days can't support it, if the Sui army doesn't come, he will send someone to urge food tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”

Li Jing was overjoyed, if the Sui army confronted the Bohai Navy for another fifteen days, they would win without a fight.

Li Jing immediately returned to the big tent and wrote a report to Zhang Xuan, reporting to Zhang Xuan the details of the ambush of the enemy cavalry and the capture of the Hejian army.

After writing the report, Li Jing immediately sent people to rush to the camp of the Sui army in Raoyang to report to Zhang Xuan the important information obtained after seizing Hejian County. (To be continued.) )