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When Yu Xuan led the cavalry of the five tribes to the battlefield, Li Jing actually arrived near Shanyang City almost at the same time as Yu Xuan. Li Jing, who originally planned to lead his troops to relieve the siege of the camp, saw that Yu Xuan had arrived, and after pondering for a while, he asked Zhang Chengye to bring a thousand cavalry with a large number of Zhenguo army flags to join Yu Xuan, but he did not rush to the battlefield.

On the battlefield, Li Keyong has been guarding against Li Jing's 5,000 cavalry on the flank, but in fact, it is just a thousand cavalry led by Zhang Chengye. The real Li Jing rushed to the battlefield with 4,000 cavalry after Yu Xuan rushed to Shanyang City, which was only more than 20 miles away from the battlefield.

It was found that there were only 3,000 infantry left in the city, and almost all of them were new recruits, and there was no general behind them. Li Jing had already decided to take the opportunity to take this city, because Li Keyong and other generals of the Shatuo army led the army to fight only twenty miles away, so there was no defense in the city.

Duan Shan took the cavalry of the special operations capital to change into the black clothes, black armor and black flags of the Shatuo people, and approached the city under the banner of rushing from Shuozhou to deliver a letter, and the defenders who deceived the city gate with almost no effort were opened. As soon as the 200 special combat members entered the city, they immediately quickly killed the defenders of the city gate and captured the north gate, and then Li Jing, who had been waiting for a long time, quickly led 3,000 cavalry into the city. On the one hand, 800 cavalry were specially sent to surround the other gates to prevent soldiers from fleeing in the city.

Under Li Jing's surprise attack, the 3,000 recruits defending the city were defeated before they could react, and without the command of the general, many recruits surrendered directly to the Zhenguo army. Originally, Li Jing just planned to take this city, but he didn't expect to capture it so easily, and he didn't even attract the attention of the battlefield twenty miles away.

Li Zhen proposed to simply disguise himself as a defender. Prepare to shade Li Ke with it. Li Jing has this intention. Clean up the battlefield now. The soldiers of the Zhenguo Army changed into the armor and clothing of the defenders, and escorted several officers defending the city to the top of the city, with daggers against their waists.

Things went smoothly as expected, and with Yu Xuan's support, Li Keyong was unable to defeat the Tang army, and finally had to collect his troops and return to the city.

10,000 Shatuo soldiers returned to the city, and the former army was Xue Zhiqin, one of the seven generals of Yunzhou, with 3,000 cavalry. When we arrived at the bottom of the city, it was business as usual. The gates of the city were closed, the black banners of the Shatuo people were planted on the city, and the soldiers at the head of the city were lazily basking in the sun. Everything was normal, and even Xue Zhiqin saw at a glance that Shi Shoushun, who was left behind, was standing on the head of the city and smiling at him.

He had just fought a big battle, but he failed to achieve the final victory, Xue Zhiqin's face was so tired and gloomy that he didn't notice Shi Shoushun's smiling face, the corners of his mouth were twitching, and a pair of eyes were also looking at him, but unfortunately Xue Zhiqin didn't see anything.

He just wanted to get back to the city early. Take a hot shower and change out of your blood-stained clothes. Eat a bowl of hot mutton soup, and if there is a pot of mare's milk wine, it is naturally the best.

Since they had only just left Shanyang City for less than a day, after arriving at the city, even the always elite Shatuo cavalry could not help but relax, and the continuous rush and battle made them tired, and at this time they withdrew from the battlefield to the city, and were about to enter the city, and all the people did not have the slightest vigilance. Their weapons were sheathed, and the ranks were loose and straddling, and there was no formation left.

The three thousand former troops broke into the city in this way, seeing that their eyes and small movements failed to attract Xue Zhiqin's attention, Shi Shoushun at the head of the city was worried. Seeing that the front army had completely entered the city, and the Chinese army was about to enter the city, this Li Ke finally disregarded his own lives with his loyal Shatuo subordinates and shouted below: "Don't come in, there is an ambush"

Halfway through his words, the Zhenguo army behind him had already changed their faces and directly stabbed him to death.

However, his voice had already been shouted, and many Shatuo people in the city heard it, causing chaos. Li Jing, who was standing at the head of the city, immediately made a decision and immediately ordered the city gate to be blocked.

The stones that had been prepared for a long time immediately fell, and soon sealed the city gates, separating the front army from the rear army of the middle army. Li Jing originally wanted to trick Li Keyong into the city, but now he can only block the 3,000 former troops in the city.

"There's an ambush!" Xue Zhiqin's face changed drastically, and as soon as he shouted, Zhou Dewei had already pierced his throat with an arrow, Xue Zhiqin blocked his throat with his hand, but he couldn't say anything, only the sound of air leakage came out of his throat, and then he fell directly from the horse and was trampled by the chaotic Shatuo soldiers.

"Shoot the arrows!" Zhou Dewei fired the first arrow, and the cavalry, which had already been ambushed on the rooftops and shops near the city head and gates, opened their bows and fired one after another.

Rows and rows of dense archers appeared on the head of the city, and arrows rained down on the heads of the unsuspecting Shatuo troops, for a while, people turned over their horses, and the suddenly blocked city gate cut the Shatuo army into two sections that could not correspond to the beginning and tail, and the front army lost the command of Xue Zhiqin and became a mess.

The Zhenguo army continued to pour out from the rooftops, shops, houses, and the hidden soldiers in the caves at the head of the city, pouring a dense rain of arrows on the 3,000 Shatuo troops who were trapped in the city.

The Shatuo cavalry was very strong, but they were trapped in a small street at this time, and they wanted to rush, but the Zhenguo Festival, which had been waiting for a long time, did not give them the slightest chance. On the long street, the Zhendong Army continued to pour out, dividing the three thousand Shatuo Army on the Sheng Street into countless small sections, and the entrances of each street and alley were also made of countless sharp wooden piles at this time, and the horses were dragged out one by one, blocking the various intersections.

The cavalry of the Shatuo people completely lost the advantage of galloping vertically and horizontally, and were forced into small war groups, but in the face of arrows shot from all directions, they could only fall weakly one by one.

Li Ke, who was outside the city, was anxious with a blue tendon on his face, and ordered to attack the city, wanting to recapture the city and rescue his subordinates.

But no matter how strong the Shatuo people were, they couldn't fly up to the city. The seven thousand tired Shatuo people faced the city guarded by Li Jing, and although they desperately launched several waves of attacks, they only left piles of corpses behind.

After about half an hour, the shouting and killing in the city was getting weaker and weaker, and Li Keyong understood that Xue Zhiqin and the three thousand cavalry were afraid that they were gone. At this time, he came to his senses, and looked at the Shatuo cavalry who were still attacking the city wall like a suicide, and suddenly his heart felt like blood. hurriedly stopped his subordinates. The other Shatuo generals also knew it at this time. Li Siyuan, Li Sizhao, they have been awake. But he also had a little luck in breaking through the city gate and rescuing the front army.

But now, there is no such thing as a fluke. For this bit of luck, they paid the loss of more than 300 horses.

"Let's go! Back to Jincheng! At this time, Li Ke finally remembered his wife Liu's words, no matter how much he fought, he couldn't change the strength gap between them and Datang. Ma Yi was lost, Shuozhou City was lost again, plus the losses of the Tang army, he lost nearly 10,000 horses in these battles. Among them were more than 6,000 of his elite cavalry. Coupled with the 6,000 elites who died in the Jinglu Military City before, there are not many Shatuo warriors left.

Li Keyong finally showed his heroic nature at this time, and left without hesitation, leaving more than 6,000 Shatuo cavalry all the way to the north and heading straight to Jincheng.

After losing Li Keyong's request for help, the Zhenguo army in the city completely became a turtle in an urn. The Zhenguo army closed the door and beat the dogs, and used horses, shields, bows and arrows to completely restrain the 3,000 elite cavalry of Shatuo, and divide and encircle them. A little bit of annihilation. The Shatuo cavalry completely lost their supremacy of mobility, and at the end of the day, they could hardly even pull a cushion. Li Jing was not in a hurry at all, he only ordered a slow encirclement and killing, and was not in a hurry, and was dedicated to ensuring safety.

The entire army of the 3,000 Shatuo troops was killed in battle, and none of them surrendered, showing their fierce nature. Li Jing admired these people very much, but after admiring them, Li Jing still mercilessly ordered to behead all the leaders of the Shatuo people, and then sent people to report to Zheng Congyan in the camp.

In the camp of the Tang army, after Zheng Congyan and Yu Xuan and others converged, they realized that although Li Jing's banner had arrived, Li Jing only sent a thousand cavalry, and he did not participate in the battle from beginning to end, Li Jing himself did not come at all, and he and his 4,000 cavalry did not know where Lu Dao was.

In this regard, some generals thought that Li Jing deliberately sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, did not save him when he saw death, deliberately avoided the battle without fighting, and preserved his strength. Of course, some people say that although Li Jing's 1,000 cavalry did not participate in the battle, they could bluff the banner, but they also kept the Shatuo people on guard and played a role in diverting the situation.

But when it comes to where Li Jing himself is now, no one can say.

"When I came, Li Zhenguo had already led his troops to Shanyang not far away." Zhang Chengye faced the question of the marshal of the seven towns, so he had to answer honestly. To be honest, Zhang Chengye also couldn't understand what Li Jing was doing, and even couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could it be that Li Jing really deliberately avoided without fighting in order to preserve his strength.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, and suddenly someone outside the tent reported.

"Report to the commander, the messenger of Li Zhenguo has arrived!"

"When the battle is over, his messenger has arrived, and he has really been watching us fight around here before?" Li Chong of the Yicheng Army said in a low voice with some dissatisfaction, although this battle was aided by Yu Xuan, the camp was saved from defeat. But after this battle, his Yicheng army only had 800 people left, and the losses were extremely heavy, so he was very dissatisfied with Li Jing, who was near here but did not come to help.

The one who came to deliver the letter was Liu Xun, Li Jing's eldest disciple, and all the generals and commanders also knew Li Jing's six protégés.

Zheng Congyan asked: "Where is Li Zhenguo now?" ”

Liu Xun straightened his chest, and in the unfriendly eyes of everyone, he replied loudly: "Back to the big handsome, after Deputy Envoy Li divided 1,000 troops to come, he personally led 4,000 cavalry to raid Shanyang City in one fell swoop, and sent a capital of soldiers to disguise themselves as Shatuo troops from Shuozhou, deceived the city gate and captured Shanyang City, and annihilated 3,000 defenders in the city. Just now, our army disguised itself as a defender of the city, lured Li Ke into the city with 3,000 cavalry of the former army, and then closed the city and annihilated it. After storming the city for a while, leaving behind hundreds of corpses, Li Ke had already retreated to the north. ”

Hearing the news, all the generals in the tent were shocked on the spot.

Their tens of thousands of infantry and more than 10,000 cavalry came to help, adding up to more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, against Li Ke with 15,000 soldiers and horses, fought for nearly a day and a night, and only after the last annihilation did Li Ke use 5,000 soldiers and horses. And their casualties paid more than 10,000, plus the previous battle, the siege of Shuozhou City, plus Li Ke burned the grain and grass with the attack camp, and then the big battle from last night to today, after three battles, in addition to Li Jing's 20,000 soldiers and horses, the other 60,000 soldiers and horses, lost half of them and nearly 30,000 horses. But their results in the three battles were only about 7,000 Shatuo soldiers.

Now Li Jing only has 4,000 people in his hands, not only has he captured Shanyang City, but he has also annihilated 6,000 enemies before and after, including 3,000 elite Shatuo cavalry used by Li Ke.

It's just unbelievable, but for such a thing, it is impossible for Li Jing to lie about his military exploits, because he can know the truth clearly without a random check. Well, that's the truth, but it's a surprising and shocking fact.

In the big tent, those who were still saying just now that Li Jing did not come to the battle and was deliberately preserving their strength were speechless all of a sudden. Before, tens of thousands of troops couldn't capture Shuozhou City, but now Li Jing easily took Shuozhou City. Although this is also because of the great battle between them and Li Keyong, the soldiers and horses in the city were exhausted, so that Li Jing could get his hands, but no matter what, Shuozhou City was captured by Li Jing, and more than 6,000 soldiers and horses of the Shatuo people were destroyed.

Zheng Congyan was still in shock, but Cui Anqian had already grown up, and Ha Luha laughed loudly: "Although Li Zhenguo is young, he has the demeanor of a famous general, and this battle is good." Even if Deputy Envoy Li participated in the war, he didn't play a big role, not to mention that one of his banners had actually had the same effect, greatly restraining part of the Shatuo people on the battlefield. Now that Li Zhenguo has directly outwitted Shanyang City and annihilated more than 6,000 Shatuo people, this choice is quite wise. It's a good fight, it's a good fight. ”

Cui Anqian said this, Yu Xuan naturally wanted to speak for his protégé, and nodded with a smile at the moment: "Ji Yu fought really well in this battle, Shanyang City was taken, not only took down a fortress of the Shatuo people, but also annihilated so many Shatuo soldiers and horses, and more importantly, got the grain and grass of the Shatuo people in the city, and now we have more than 30,000 soldiers and horses to eat." ”

Zheng Congyan also thought about the problem of food at this time, yes, their grain and grass had been burned, and they were still hungry for a day and a night. Yu Xuan's more than 10,000 people returned to help, but they didn't bring food at all. If Li Jing hadn't taken Shuozhou City, even if they had temporarily repelled Li Keyong, as long as Li Keyong hid in the city and spent a few days with them, their tens of thousands of soldiers and horses would have collapsed.

"Cui Shuai and Yu Shuai are right, in this battle, Li Zhenguo's choice is extremely correct. Li Zhenguo should be the first to take credit for this battle, he saved our defeat and helped us lock the battle. After speaking, he turned to Liu Xun and asked expectantly: "Shanyang City has been taken, can the grain and grass in the city be taken?" ”

Liu Xun was extremely proud at this time, no matter how powerful the soldiers and horses of Zhuzhen were, if there was no Zhenguo Army to capture Shanyang City and force Li Ke to flee north, the soldiers and horses of the Seven Towns would not last for three days. Smiling slightly, he said loudly: "Please rest assured, Shanyang City, as one of the three cities that Li Ke has worked hard to manage, has hoarded a large amount of grain in the city. After our army captured Shanyang City, a lot of grain in the city was protected, and there were enough 100,000 stone of grain! ”

"100,000 stones?" Zheng Congyan exclaimed, there is so much food, they don't have to worry about the supply of food within half a year.

Liu Xun saluted Zheng Congyan and the others again: "Li Zhenguo has asked people to prepare the dinner of the army, and now I invite all the marshals and soldiers from all towns to move to Shuozhou City!" ”

"Good! Let's go now! After being hungry for a day and a night, Zheng Congyan felt that his chest was pressed against his back, and at this time, he couldn't help but be a little impatient. (To be continued......)