Chapter 14 The Great War

Zhuge Shuang led 5,000 people to evacuate the furnace city, and Meng Kai was reported and ordered 10,000 troops to chase him. Zhuge Shuang asked to turn enemies into friends with Meng Kai. Meng Kai judged that it was very likely that Zhuge Shuang would not be the enemy of the Rebel Army, because this person had participated in the Pang Xun Uprising and later submitted to Li Tang, but he was not a loyal figure, so he could use it to divide and disintegrate Li Tang's camp. Meng Kai decided not to fight with Zhuge Shuang and let him lead his troops back to Ruzhou. Zhuge Shuang was overjoyed and thanked him, and ordered people to inform Kangshi and Pingshi Ru in Yelu City to lead their troops back to Ruzhou.

Meng Kai led the troops back to the camp. At this time, the East wanted to know. Huang Kui was preparing equipment to attack the city, and the rebels had just had breakfast and were ready to set out to attack the Yelu City. Meng Kai talked about the release of Zhuge Shuang last night. Huang Kui felt very puzzled and asked, "Brother Meng Kai, will you let the tiger go back to the mountain by doing this? If Zhuge Shuang beats us in the future, it will be worthless this time."

Meng Kai smiled and said, "I don't think there will be any big mistake. Zhuge Shuang is very resourceful and has a set of military command. This man was a beggar and participated in the Pang Xun Uprising, so he was born at the lowest level and could not be loyal to Li Tang. At present, Li Tang's overall strength far exceeds that of us. If we have a war with every town, it will be difficult to seize the world. Therefore, it is necessary to strive for the wavering elements in Li Tangzhong. Zhuge Shuang is such a character. We can use him to divide and disintegrate the Tang army, which has many advantages and disadvantages for us. Of course, we must also guard against people like Zhuge Shuang. As long as it is handled properly, it is absolutely beneficial to us, so I will not let him go in vain this time. In the future, when we counterattack the Central Plains, people like Zhuge Shuang will come in handy.

Huang Kui listened and realized something. Meng Kai immediately ordered the whole army to go south, go straight to Langling Mountain, join forces with Huang Siye's people and horses, defeat Qi Kerang first, and then deal with Qin Zongquan, who is stationed in Wu Fang.

It is said that since Shenzhou sent troops to encircle and suppress the Rebel Army, the 30,000 Tang troops he led by him have been stationed on the front line of Langling Mountain and dare not advance. He wants to wait until Qin Zongquan and Zhuge Shuang's people arrive together, and then encircle the Rebel Army of Lushan. Qi Kerang's good thinking was good, but bad news kept coming: Meng Kai and Huang Siye led a large number of volunteers to enter the mountain and Zhao Zhang to meet; Zhuge Shuang gave up the furnace city and fled in battle; Qin Zongquan stationed Wu Fang and did not move for a long time.

Zi Ke asked him to say to the deputy general Wang Shi: "Teacher, this time it is not good to encircle and suppress the thieves of the bald mountain. Zhuge Shuang fled from the battle, and Qin Zongquan has been watching. You and I have been stationed in Langling Mountain for more than half a month, and there is not much food and grass in the army. What do you think we should do now?

Wang Shihui thought for a while and said, "General Qi, now 30,000 elite soldiers are hanging alone in Langling Mountain. It is definitely not a way to go on like this, either marching into the army or withdrawing from the army. My opinion is that troops have been sent this time. Anyway, let's have a fight and see what's going on. If there is no war and the court blames it, it will be difficult for you and me to answer. Sooner or later, Zhuge Shuang and Qin Zongquan will be dealt with by the court.

Zi Kerang nodded: "The teacher's words are reasonable. We have 30,000 elite soldiers, and the thieves are just mob, and there is no fear. I agree with you. Now I will launch a sudden attack on the thieves. You lead 10,000 horses, and I will lead 20,000 horses to take over. The attack and kill should be more fierce, and let the mountain thieves learn about the power of our elite division of the Tang Dynasty!"

Wang Shihui said loudly, "General Qi, please rest assured that I will launch an attack on the Wencheng fence of the thieves early tomorrow morning!"

The next morning, Wang Shihui led 10,000 horses all the way north to the Wencheng Gate. Wencheng Gate is an important strategic place for the Rebel Army, which has accumulated a lot of military supplies and is guarded by 8,000 soldiers led by Lu Jingren and Wang Yu. A lot of trapped horse pits were dug outside the fence, which were full of deer forts, astringent land, hoofs and so on, and the fortifications were very strong. The Rebels explored Ma Fei and reported to Lu Jingren: "General Lu, Qi Ke asked the deputy general Wang Shihui to lead a large number of Tang troops to kill in the direction of Wencheng Gate!"

Lu Jingren said unhurriedly, "The soldiers come to block, and the water will flood. It is said that Wang Pan will lead 3,000 soldiers out of the village to defend the outskirts. I will lead 5,000 people to defend the inner village and protect the grain and grass. Quickly report to Si Ye and ask him to increase the main force of the Rebel Army to reinforce Wencheng Gate!"

Wang Fan took the phoenix-headed axe, turned over and jumped on the silver mane horse, and shouted, "Three thousand righteous brothers, follow me to the outskirts of the Wencheng gate to stop the Tang army!"

Wang Shi will advance quickly. As soon as he reached the periphery of the Wencheng Gate, he ordered the Tang army to attack. Ten thousand Tang troops went out on the whole line and came to the Wencheng gate like a tide. Wang Shi will wave the Qiu Long knife and lead his own soldiers to rush to the Rebels. The leading troops of the Tang army fell into the horse pit one after another, causing heavy casualties. Under the strict order of the Wang Shihui, the Tang soldiers behind still sacrificed their lives to attack Wenchengzhe. The two sides were short-handed, and the battle was very tragic. After all, the Rebels had more recruits, and their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Tang Army. After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the Rebels gradually could not resist the enemy. Wang Fan saw this and ordered the Rebels to withdraw quickly into the village.

Wang Shi will order the Tang army's archers to line up in a dense formation and attack the fence *. The rocket of the Tang army's bow crossbowman was quite powerful. The arrow hung a small oil gourd behind it. After lighting it, it was launched by the crossbow and shot into the Rebel Village. Suddenly, there was a sea of fire in the Wencheng Gate.

Lu Jingren saw that the situation was critical, and if he continued to fight like this, the whole army was bound to be destroyed. He waved the golden dragon and led the rebels to rush out. Wang Pan picked up the phoenix-headed axe, chopped left and right, and followed Lu Jingren out of the village. Wang Shi will push forward and raise the knife to kill Lu Jingren and Wang Yu. Lu Jingren's golden dragons are as anxious as a meteor, attracting the key points of the Wang Shihui. The two generals will fight 50 or 60. Wang Shi will be timid and pull the horse back to the front and order the Tang soldiers to besiege Lu Jingren and Wang Yu's assault men. The two sides fought for many times, and the shouts of killing shocked the world. At this critical moment, after a burst of **, Huang Siye and Bi Shiduo led more than 20,000 people from the main force of the third village to arrive and vigorously cut down, killing the bodies of Tang soldiers all over the field and bloodshed into rivers.

Wang Shihui was shocked and quickly organized people and horses to break through the siege. After a fierce fight, Wang Shihui finally came out of the siege and led the defeated soldiers straight to Ciqiu.

At the time of the fierce battle in Wencheng Gate, where did Qi Kerang's 20,000 horses go? It turned out that when Qi Kerang heard the shout in front of him, he knew that the people of Wang Shihui were attacking the Wencheng Gate, so he urgently ordered the Tang army to accelerate the march, but he was intercepted by Meng Kai's army halfway.

When Meng Kai led a large army to march south, he had long been ambushed in the northern mountain forest of Langling Mountain, bowed and waited, deliberately letting the people and horses of the Royal Division go there, in order to catch Qi Ke to let this big fish, and Qi Ke let him fall into the trap according to Meng Kai's arrangement. Qi Kerang's 20,000 horses were killed by Meng Kai and Huang Kui's ambush. They were killed and abandoned their armor and defeated. Huang Siye and Bi Shiduo led the winning division to roll over. Qi Kerang waved the spring and autumn knife, sacrificed his life to kill, went straight through the siege, fled with the remnants, and went straight to Shenzhou.

When he arrived at the city of Shenzhou, it was noon. Tang Bing was tired and returned to his heart like an arrow. Zeke ordered the sergeant to shout to open the door. Suddenly, a bell-like voice came from the tower: "General Qi, the last general has been ordered to take over Shenzhou for a long time. Please go back to the court to report your duties! We are in military affairs, and we will not send each other!"