Chapter 700: Reversal

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Cangzhou Prefecture City, Qingchi.

Wang Jingchong's 10,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry troops, 20,000 young and strong auxiliary troops, and 80,000 people have been stationed here for three days.

But by this time, the expected Li Jing's large-scale attack still did not appear. From the time Tanma reported that Li Jing left Huichang, until now, seven full days have passed, but up to now, Li Jing has only captured the two cities of Lucheng and Jingcheng, and after occupying these two cities, the Liao soldiers have not moved.

He sent several scouts to the vicinity of the two places to check and control the military situation, but every time he didn't get close, he was annihilated by the Liao soldiers.

As a result, Wang Jingchong is still confused about the situation of the enemy army in the north.

In the middle of the night yesterday, a shocking news came from Yingzhou, the eldest son of Li Quanzhong, the envoy of the Yiwu Army and the king of wings, Li Congwei, the assassin of Yingzhou, Liu Rengong, the commander of the Dingba capital of the Lu Long Army, and Zhang Xingze, the assassin of Zhuozhou of the Lu Long Army, gathered in Guiyi County, Zhuozhou, and was suddenly surrounded by 70,000 Liao soldiers. The three divisions added up to 23,000 soldiers, and 33,000 auxiliary soldiers defended the city, but under the attack of Li Jing's personal army, the city was broken in only half a day, and the three divisions were defeated. Nearly 60,000 troops were wiped out, and the lives and deaths of Liu Rengong, Li Congwei, and Zhang Xingze were unknown.

This made Wang Jingchong shocked and couldn't believe it.

Guiyi County is only a few dozen miles away from Huichang County controlled by Li Jing, and Li Jing's main force should be in Lucheng and Jingcheng in front of Cangzhou, how could it be that it appeared in Guiyi City? If there are 70,000 Li Jing's soldiers and horses in Guiyi City, can it be said that there are only 10,000 Liao soldiers who captured Lucheng and Jingcheng?

The news seems absurd. But it's very possible.

Before that. Cangzhou is not in danger. But it has a full 60,000 soldiers, 20,000 young and strong defenders of the city, and there are 60,000 reinforcements from the King of Wei immediately. It can be said that the soldiers are strong and strong, and if Li Jing wants to take Cangzhou, it is absolutely impossible to take Cangzhou in a short period of time.

On the other side, the defenders on Mo Ying's side were all transferred to Guiyi City, ready to wait for Li Jing to attack Cangzhou. Detour around Li Jing's back. Guiyi is a small city, there is no danger to defend, and there are few soldiers and horses.

It is indeed more likely that Li Jing will attack Cangzhou and return to righteousness, but what they have been staring at before is that Li Jing only has seven days of food, and they believe that Li Jing is going south through Cangzhou this time. No one could have imagined that Li Jing, who was lightly marching south, would dare to enter the middle hinterland of the three towns of Lulong, Yiwu and Chengde.

Li Jing borrowed the misunderstanding of their thinking, and the result was a surprise. Wang Jingchong, who wanted to understand this, was worried, if Guiyi was really defeated, then Mo Yingke would really be empty. Don't. Is Li Jing really so dangerous?

Early in the morning, I was still hesitating in my heart. Secretly looking forward to the time when it was just a rumor, a soldier from below hurriedly came to report, and soldiers and horses came from the direction of Yingzhou in the northwest.

Wang Jingchong hurriedly landed on the Qingchi City Tower and overlooked the direction of Yingzhou in the north.

In the direction of Cangzhou and Yingzhou, Jingcheng has already been captured by Liao soldiers, and the two places have not communicated for several days. But at this time, a cavalry was fleeing in disarray.

From a distance, smoke and dust were rising, and there were about 1,000 cavalry, and there was no formation at this time, just trying to escape. Behind them, however, a cavalry with the Black Hawk banner was chasing. The fleeing cavalry was constantly overtaken, and then drowned in the red tide guided by the Black Hawk banner.

"Open the city gate quickly, we are the cavalry of the Dingba capital under the command of Liu Yuanjun, the assassin of Mozhou!" The cavalry who had rushed to the city first shouted loudly, and his voice was anxious.

The generals on the upper floor of the city gate looked at Wang Jingchong.

Wang Jingchong's face was pale, but he didn't say a word.

A general on the side shouted: "You can't open the city, be careful of deception." ”

In fact, there are two meanings of his words, one is that the soldiers and horses that suddenly appear below may indeed be deceitful. After all, it was suddenly reported last night that Li Jing's army had defeated the allies in Guiyi, and the news was just a rumor that the scouts heard, and they didn't see it in person. Perhaps, that news is simply a fake news released by Li Jing in Jingcheng, and it is possible that Li Jing's army is actually in Jingcheng.

And now this defeated army that suddenly appeared, who dares to guarantee that he is not faked by Li Jing but is real?

Of course, there is another meaning to the general's words. That is, even if the defeated soldiers below are real, but with such a thousand people, it is really not worth risking opening the city gate for them. After all, there are enemy pursuers behind them.

"Open the city gates immediately and send a cavalry out of the city to meet them."

Wang Jingchong said coldly, he had already seen a familiar figure among the defeated troops who were getting closer and closer in the distance, it was Liu Rengong, the assassin of Mozhou.

The order sounded, the west gate of Cangzhou slowly opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and a cavalry in the city galloped out. The defeated cavalry automatically bypassed the way, allowing the cavalry to rush straight ahead.

Liu Rengong saw the city gate open and the city sent troops to respond, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief after two days of continuous travel, and this life was finally picked up again. At the moment, he was not in a hurry to return to the city, but reined in the horse's head, shouted, gathered the defeated troops again, and transferred back to meet the enemy with the Cangzhou cavalry.

There were not many cavalry chasing after him, only more than 3,000 cavalry, and the number of cavalry sent out in the city at this time was about 3,000, plus Liu Rengong's department, the number was still above the chasing soldiers.

However, the pursuing cavalry saw that the cavalry and defeated troops in the city did not rush into the city, but prepared to meet them. A loud horn sounded, and the cavalry, after a little formation, rushed over without hesitation.

The black eagle on the crimson battle flag spread its wings in the wind, and the cavalry rushed in the smoke and dust.

The cavalry of Cangzhou City is dependent on Cangzhou, and the number is also advantageous, so they also want to compete with the cavalry.

The cavalry on both sides stepped on countless smoke and dust, each holding a horse lance and a cavalry spear, rolling thunder, galloping forward, like two huge waves rapidly approaching.

Seeing that it was about to approach, the Liao cavalry who rushed to the front suddenly ignited the earth-shaking thunder one after another, and skillfully threw it out on the horse.

Liu Rengong, who was on the flank of the Cangzhou cavalry, saw the black spots in the sky, and secretly screamed bitterly in his heart, and hurriedly reined in his horse. No one knows the fear of these things better than him, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Guiyi City have collapsed in one round under the blows of these things.

The Cangzhou cavalry didn't know what was on the other side of the road, and they were still charging without slowing down, with their riding guns flat and their eyes fierce.

Soon, the eyes of these people turned to horror!

Heaven-shattering sounds sounded, and sky-shattering thunderbolts exploded in the Cangzhou cavalry group.

Those exploding earth-shattering thunderbolts exploded after they landed, so although the cavalry had armor on their bodies, the belly of the war horses was a defensive blind spot, and when they were attacked by the fragments, dozens of war horses were immediately injured, killed, injured, and even frightened.

The cavalry of the Northeast Army has undergone anti-shock training, not only beating gongs and drums, but also undergoing anti-shock training on explosion sounds. In this regard, the cavalry of Cangzhou is far behind, and their war horses have been at most drummed and guarded against alarm. Where have you ever seen such a dense explosion?

For a while, people turned over on their backs, and more horses behind them were not injured, but they stood up and ran in all directions.

Countless knights were stripped off their horses by their own horses, and then trampled to death in the chaos of horses.

Like a gust of wind, more than 3,000 Liao cavalry had already rolled in, spears were stabbed, sabers flashed, and one after another the Cangzhou cavalry fell.

Liu Rengong rushed halfway and led the headquarters back very decisively.

At this time, Wang Jingchong and others who were watching the battle at the head of the city were all shocked, four thousand against three thousand, cavalry against cavalry.

And it can be regarded as this battle, relying on the city to fight, waiting for work, even if it is not as good as the elite of the Liao cavalry, at least it can be a draw. But now, the Cangzhou cavalry was completely slaughtered by the Liao cavalry.

After a moment of shock, Wang Jingchong jumped like thunder.

"Send infantry to meet you, quick!"

He only has 10,000 elite horsemen under him, and now that 3,000 people are about to end, how can he not be surprised. And if these 3,000 cavalry let the 3,000 Liao cavalry be slaughtered in front of the 80,000 soldiers and horses in Cangzhou, it would be an extremely heavy blow to the morale of the soldiers and horses in Cangzhou City.

Under Wang Jingchong's rage, a team of soldiers and horses soon came out of the city. This time instead of cavalry, infantry was sent. Spearmen and shieldmen were in front, and archers were behind, and they slowly pressed forward in a neat array.

This array is cautious and discreet.

Liu Rengong and the remaining cavalry of Cangzhou retreated behind the infantry formation in embarrassment and panic, while those Liao cavalry calmly killed the cavalry that was cut and surrounded one by one, and then calmly roared and galloped around Cangzhou City before leaving proudly.

And the infantry who came out of the city only dared to stand in front of the city gate, and did not dare to step forward at all, watching them demonstrate so arrogantly, and then left.

The generals in the city watched this scene and collectively lost their voices.

Shame, in front of the 80,000 troops, I watched the 3,000 Liao cavalry slaughter nearly half of their own 3,000 cavalry, and then let them leave arrogantly.

When Liu Rengong entered the city, when the Chengde troops in the city looked at them, their eyes were not good. Before, the Cangzhou cavalry went out of the city to rescue them, but when they were critical, they immediately turned around and fled, which can be said to be clear to countless people.

Such comrades-in-arms on the battlefield can be said to be the most resentful and dissatisfied.

Liu Rengong lowered his head and smiled bitterly in his heart, could it be that Lao Tzu knew that he was sending you to death, and he wanted to accompany you to die?

Do you know how Lao Tzu survived in the past two days, and is it easy to escape here?

Wang Jingchong at the head of the city threw off his sleeves and went down to the city to return to the temporary marshal's mansion in the city, although he also hated Liu Rengong at this time, but that was no longer the most important thing.

Liu Rengong fled to Cangzhou in such a mess, and there were only so many dissatisfied Qianqi left, what happened is self-evident.

The defeat of Guiyi City seems to be a fact, and Li Jing's main force is really in Guiyi, a fact that makes him almost crush his teeth. For so many days, Lucheng and Jingcheng opposite him only had 5,000 horsemen each, and he was sitting in Cangzhou City with an army of 80,000 in his hand, completely tricked by Li Jing.

Now, Guiyi has been defeated, and there are no more soldiers and horses in the direction of Mo Ying to the west, and even the calm wing controlled by the Cheng German army is now extremely empty. At present, what he has to think about is not how to gather and annihilate Li Jing's troops under Cangzhou City, but whether his lair will be lost. (To be continued......)