Chapter 14 Accidental Strike

Let's say that Zhang Zimian led the main force of the Tang army to attack Tanzhou, but suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat to Qiaokou Town and think of another way. "Sai Fox" Hu Zhen offered a plan to attack while the troops of "thief" Jizhou and Qianzhou were empty. Zhang Zimian listened to it and adopted this plan.

Sun Mei, Shang Rang, Xu Jian, Mi Shi, Li Tangbin, Kang Shiming, Li Yan and Yang Neng's two soldiers and horses met in Tanzhou. The trophies were piled up like mountains, and the military and the people were excited. Sun Mei ordered to reward the soldiers and civilians, repair the damaged city walls, rest and replenish the soldiers, and step up military training.

A few days later, Sun Mei still stationed Li Jian and Yang Neng to station in Tanzhou and closely monitor the movements of the Tang army in nearby prefectures and counties. She and Shang Rang, Xu Jian, Mi Shi, Li Tangbin and Kang Shiming led the army to advance to Dongting Lake to reinforce the fourth village of Daqi under the command of Yue Lingfei, who was holding the islands of Dongting Lake.

Yu Lu had nothing to say, and the volunteers quickly approached the Yuanjiang River. At this time, the Dongting Lake Volunteer Army and the encirclement and suppression army commanded by Tang generals Zhang Yu, Liang Zhen, Mei Qiang and Zhu Ba had been fighting fiercely for many days, and both sides died tragically and were in a state of stalemate. Gao Qian took the opportunity to lead another Tang army to occupy most of Yuezhou and Langzhou. For a while, the Tang army was invincible, and the Dongting Lake Rebels were in a difficult situation.

Yue Lingfei personally led the troops many times to break the encirclement and suppression of the Tang army, but the strength was weak, and the soldiers could not be supplemented, so he had to return to Chishan Island, Taifu Mountain and other islands.

One day, Yue Lingfei checked the situation of the troops on the islands, which surprised him. The number of volunteers on the Dongting Lake islands dropped sharply to 7,000 or 8,000 from the beginning, most of whom were injured. The soldiers and horses in other states and counties scattered in the south of the Yangtze River could not quench their thirst and were attacked by the Tang army, and many areas have fallen into the enemy. Zhao Zhang's 30,000 soldiers and horses in the area of the mountain garrison could not move lightly, and Yue Lingfei was puzzled and unhappy.

Zhang Wei was overjoyed when he learned that Yue Ling was besieged by Dongting Lake Islands, and his combat effectiveness gradually declined. One day, Zhang Yu called Liang Qiang, Mei Qiang, Zhu Ba and other generals to drink and talk together, and ordered to reward the three armies. Tang soldiers and Tang generals were drunk and drunk.

Liang Yu said, "General Zhang, although Yue Lingfei's thief is currently surrounded by our army, he can completely kill the siege with his gun. It is only because he wants to protect the injured thief soldiers that Yue Lingfei has been staying on the island. Our navy is so naves that we can't help the thieves on the islands of Dongting Lake. They can hit us at any time, but we can't beat them at will. I think it's better to be more careful.

"Yue Lingfei's martial arts skills are unrivaled, but we have a wide range of soldiers. What are we afraid of what he will do?! Drink it, it's okay!" Zhang Wei said as he picked up the wine urn and poured wine into the bowl.

Liang Zhen shook his head gently with a helpless face.

Late at night, the village wind roared outside. In the Tang camp around the Yuanjiang River, Tang soldiers and Tang generals fell asleep, and only a few Tang soldiers stood guard guard trembling. In the middle of the night, it became colder, and soon it began to snow heavily. The Tang soldiers on duty hid in the tent one after another and surrounded the stove to keep warm. Some Tang Bing took out the wine jug and drank it.

As the saying goes, when the Tang army was unprepared, Sun Mei and Shang Rang's army were in the middle, Xu Jian and Mi Shi's army were on the left, and Li Tangbin and Kang Shiming's army was on the right and launched a sudden attack on Yuanjiang Tang camp!

The rebels quickly attacked the Tang army's fence. Before they understood what was going on, many Tang soldiers became ghosts. Zhang Yu, Liang Zhen, Mei Qiang, Zhu Ba and other Tang will wake up from their dreams and hurriedly organize Tang soldiers to fight, but it was too late. Tang soldiers had no fighting spirit and fled.

Yue Ling flew on Chishan Island and heard the sound of killing on the other side. When he saw the Tang soldiers flying around in the fire, he knew that the reinforcements had arrived. He immediately ordered 3,000 soldiers, divided into large and small warships, and sailed to the shore of the Yuan River. After landing, Yue Lingfei held high a steel gun and ordered his subordinates to rush into the enemy array. He cooperated with Sun Mei and Shang Rang reinforcements to attack the Tang army, killing the Tang army crying father and mother, calling his brother and looking for brothers, and surrendering one after another.

Zhang Yu, Liang Yu, Mei Qiang and Zhu Ba saw that the defeat had been decided, so they had to break through separately. Zhang Yu * silver mane horse, holding a five-section serial gun, turned over more than a dozen volunteers in a row and roared to break through from the middle road. Liang Zhen waved the seven-star folding knife and followed Zhang Wei to rush out to kill. Sun Mei and Shang Rang couldn't stop it and watched Zhang Yu and Liang Zhen leave the encirclement with a few soldiers.

Mei Qiang and Zhu Ba's luck is not as good as Zhang Yu and Liang Yu. One is that their martial arts skills are not as good as Zhang and Liang's two generals; the other is that the opponents they encounter are stronger and are destined to fight on the street.

Mei Qiang is like a headless fly, rushing left and right with his subordinates in the snow, making it difficult to get out of the siege. In a panic, Xu Jian and Mi Shi led the soldiers to kill. Xu Jian raised the golden dipping axe and hit Mei Qiang's head in his pocket. Mei Qiang couldn't dodge it. Xu Jian's axe cut his skull and immediately divided it into two halves and died.

When Zhu Ba saw Mei Qiang fall and died, his soul was scattered. He hit the horse and ran wildly. He chopped everywhere with a tiger-headed knife. Instead, he killed and injured some volunteers. Seeing that he was about to rush out of the encirclement, Yue Lingfei urged the green horse to come over. At this time, the heavy snow had just stopped and looked at each other very real. Yue Lingfei couldn't help but be furious when he saw Zhu Ba slashing and killing volunteers in a row. He took a bow and arrow and shot at Zhu Ba.

Zhu Ba heard the sound of the bow string behind him and quickly turned sideways. The arrow was in the left shoulder socket. Zhu Ba shook his horse a few times and cracked his teeth with pain, but in order to survive, he had to continue to rush out. Yue Lingfei was not willing to give up. He hurried over and stabbed his gun. Zhu Ba was injured and moved slowly. He was shot in the back by Yue Lingfei and stabbed him with a cold heart. He walked leisurely and went to Huangquan Road.

Sun Mei, Shang Rang and Yue Lingfei finally met. The rebels seized a large number of trophies, and military supplies piled up like mountains, some of which supplemented Sun Mei's soldiers and horses, and most of them were transported back to Dongting Lake Islands by the volunteers under the command of Yue Lingfei. The people of nearby states and counties were greatly encouraged when they heard the news and got in touch with the rebels and harassed the Tang army all the way. Yue Lingfei's soldiers and horses quickly expanded to more than 30,000, and joined hands with Sun Mei and Shang Rang's army to recover Yuezhou in one fell swoop.

Zhang Yu and Liang Yu led more than 10,000 remnants of the soldiers and fled to Langzhou in confusion. At the sight of Gao Li, Zhang and Liang II couldn't help bursting into tears and telling them about their defeat. Gao Qian saw that the general was sad and tearful, so he did not feel deeply responsible. After all, these two have made a lot of military achievements for him. Gao Qian comforted him and shocked the two generals with wine. The sad mood of Zhang Yu and Liang Zhen gradually calmed down.

During the banquet, Zhang Lin said, "Our army has besieged the Thief Yue Lingfei's troops on the islands of Dongting Lake, and planned to drive a boat to suppress it after the cold winter. Because of my carelessness, the thief Sunmei and Shang Rang's troops raided our troops on the snowy night. Dongting Lake's plan to suppress thieves wasted. It's a pity! It hurts!"

Gao Yu sighed: "It's just that I paralyzed the enemy and won several battles in a row, thinking that the thief was vulnerable. Unexpectedly, the thief had already set a trap to lure our army into it. This time, we were fooled by the Huangchao thief! Mei Qiang and Zhu Ba's two generals are greatly damaged!"

"Gaodu unification, according to the horse exploration report, Zhang Zimian's army's attack on Tanzhou was blocked and turned to Jizhou and Qianzhou. I don't know if it can be defeated? Our army is trapped in Langzhou, which is not a long-term solution. There is not much grain in the army. Once the grain is cut off, the army will be confused. If the thief sends troops to attack Langzhou, Langzhou will be lost! I think we should quickly send people to Lizhou and Chenzhou to let these two states send * grain to reinforce Langzhou. Lv Yongzhi shook his head and said the right thing.

Yang Fuguang's face was gloomy and Xu said, "Gao Dutong, I think Lv's method is good. At the same time, we should continue to find the main force of the thief and the decisive battle. You can't be afraid of the enemy because Yuanjiang is frustrated!"

Gao Yu saw that Yang Fuguang's idea had been decided and did not dare to neglect it. He immediately ordered: "Lv Yongzhi and Pang Cong led 20,000 troops all the way to the east to find the main force of the bandits. I, Yang Jianjun and Zhang Shouyi led 30,000 troops and then followed up. Zhang Yu and Liang Yu led the remaining 10,000 people to garrison in Langzhou to rest and prepare for the war. Jingxian was responsible for going to Lizhou and Chenzhou to urge food and soldiers. Everyone is responsible for their respective duties, and there must be a new rise in a short time!"

"Order!" Everyone took the arrow and left the council chamber.

As Hu Zhen expected, the number of "thieves" in Jizhou was not large, and it was difficult to deploy a comprehensive defense. Zhang Zimian led his army to attack Jizhou quickly. Another reason for the rapid fall of Jizhou is that Zhu Wen led his army to leave Jizhou not long ago and went to Shezhou to join Huang Chao's army to prepare troops to enter southern Xinjiang. After Zhu Wen's soldiers left, the sequelae of his previous indiscriminate killing of Jizhou and returning to the Tang soldiers were further highlighted. Some of the people of Jizhou took a hostile attitude towards the Rebels. These people provided the Tang army with information about the Jizhou Daqi garrison, and some acted as an internal response, so that the Tang army successfully invaded Jizhou.

Zhang Zimian took advantage of the victory to pursue and went south to attack Qianzhou. After tenacious resistance, the soldiers and civilians of Qianzhou Daqi were finally defeated by the Tang army because of their weak troops and weak city defense fortifications. Although Zhang Zimian ordered three times and five times, he was not allowed to burn, kill and plunder after entering the city, many Tang soldiers and Tang generals fought desperately because of the soldiers and civilians of the Great Qi Dynasty, regardless of the old and young. The people of Qianzhou fled into the nearby mountains and made a living by picking wild fruits and fighting wild beasts.

Hu Zhen and Cao Quanyu's two generals have always been strict in governing the army. They captured some Tang soldiers who had started to kill, and immediately beheaded them to show the public. The three armies were shocked, which controlled the chaotic situation. However, after this war, Qianzhou was dilapidated and could not satisfy the support of Zhang Zimian's army. Zhang Zimian had no choice but to discuss with the generals. In order to preserve his strength, he took his troops north, crossed the Yangtze River, and went to Zhengzhou. He no longer cared about the death of Gao Yu's army. This was the inevitable result of the division of the late Tang Fanzhen. It is not surprising.

Gao Yu got the Ma Feibao and learned that Zhang Zimian had left his army and crossed the river to Zhengzhou alone. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood. The Confucian general who can write poems and paintings scolded: "Zhang Zimian, you escaped from the battle this time, regardless of the friendly army, let's ride a donkey to read the song book, wait and see!" When my class teacher returns to Ezhou, I will immediately report to the court and ask the emperor to punish you. If I don't get you to be dismissed, I won't be surnamed Gao!"