20demayo Chapter 184
Chapter 184
Yue Zhuoqun bid farewell to Shang Xiuxun and returned to Xingyang with Qian Qian.
Bi Shouxuan and his men were sent back to Yinkui Sect. Zhu Yuyan needed to integrate the Demon Sect and needed people.
All the way to the north, there were still constant wars.
Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, who was entrenched in Hailing, formed an alliance. Li Zitong's rebel army crossed the Huai River and cooperated with the Jianghuai Army to occupy Liyang. They were now attacking Danyang.
Danyang and Liyang were two important towns along the river. Once they were taken, they could cut off the connection between Jiangdu and Nanjing, leaving Yang Guang, who was trapped in Jiangdu, completely isolated and helpless.
The Great Sui Dynasty was about to end!
Such a situation was a good opportunity for Wagang to attack Xingluo Cang and Luoyang.
A month later, Yue Zhuoqun returned to Xingyang.
Shen Luoyan, Xu Shiji, Pei Renji, Li Jing and others went out of the city to greet him.
After this period of precipitation, the Wagang army has expanded to 30,000, and under the training of several people, the military discipline is strict and the strength is strong.
In the general's mansion, everyone sat down.
Yue Zhuoqun looked at Li Jing who was sitting below, and asked with a smile: "Brother Li has been in Xingyang for a while, I wonder what you feel?"
Li Jing's face was full of emotion: "General Yue has a good way to control his subordinates, and the Wagang army is strong and powerful. Li Jing admires it very much."
These days, he is not only a guest in Xingyang City, but also led by Shen Luoyan to visit the three major military camps. He is not analyzing the general situation of the world and exchanging military strategies with Shen Luoyan, Xu Shiji and others, or competing in martial arts with Zhang Xutuo, Luo Shixin, Pei Yuanqing and others, and he has a deep feeling.
Because of his age and experience, Li Jing's ability to command troops is not at its peak, and he is not yet a so-called military god, but his talent is enough to look down on the world.
However, Shen Luoyan and Xu Shiji were no less talented than him in commanding troops, and Luo Shixin and Pei Yuanqing were even more brave than him.
Even the 30,000 ordinary soldiers were strong and powerful because of their practice of Dragon Elephant Prajna.
Such a force, as long as the future policy is not wrong, is enough to conquer the world.
"Next, I will raise troops to attack Xingluo Cang. Brother Li, are you willing to stay and help?"
Li Jing stood up and bowed solemnly: "Thank you for your appreciation, General Yue. Li Jing is willing to serve!"
"Okay!"
Yue Zhuoqun laughed heartily, stepped forward a few steps to help him up, patted his shoulder and said: "The three armies of Wagang, the first army is led by me, the second army is led by Shiji, and the third army is led by Renji. But I am not a qualified commander. Commanding troops and fighting should be handed over to the right people, so I want Brother Li to be the commander of the first army. What do you think?"
Li Jing was both excited and terrified.
When he was in Du Fuwei's Jianghuai Army, he was just a small leader and had never led so many troops.
"Li Jing is new here, how can he take on such a big responsibility?"
"I believe in your ability."
Shen Luoyan, Xu Shiji and others also came forward to comfort him: "During these days of getting along, we are very impressed by Brother Li's knowledge and ability. Brother Li is more than enough to be the commander of an army, so there is no need to refuse."
Li Jing stopped refusing and nodded: "In this case, Li Jing will accept the order with a thick face."
Yue Zhuoqun nodded with satisfaction, walked to the main seat and sat down again, and said solemnly: "Li Jing, Xu Shiji, Pei Renji listen to the order!"
"Here!" The three did not dare to be careless and knelt on one knee to listen to the order.
"Let Li Jing lead the first army as the main force, Xu Shiji lead the second army to cooperate on the flank, and Pei Renji lead the third army to garrison the key points of Wagang. Three days later, the army will set out to capture Xingluo Cang!"
"I obey your order!"
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As Yue Zhuoqun's order was passed down, Wagang was mobilized as a whole.
The battle to capture Xingluo Cang was led by Li Jing, which was both a test for him and an opportunity to make him famous.
Li Jing did not dare to be careless in his first battle, and he deployed his troops and advanced steadily.
The army went west from Xingyang, occupied Shangjie half a month later, and approached Hulao Pass in Chenggao County.
Hulao Pass is located between Gong County and Xingyang, and is an important pass for advancing westward.
As long as Hulao Pass is taken, Xingluo Cang built in Gong County will be in front of you, and there will be no more dangerous passes when advancing to Luoyang.
This shows the importance of Hulao Pass.
Yang Guang, who was trapped in Jiangdu, did not dare to be careless after learning that Wagang attacked Xingluo Cang. He immediately ordered Liu Wengong, the Tiger Guard, to lead 25,000 infantry and cavalry to set out from Luoyang to garrison Hulao Pass.
At the same time, he ordered elite troops from all over the country to rush to help, and appointed Xue Shixiong as the commander-in-chief of this operation.
However, when Xue Shixiong's troops arrived at Qilijing in Hejian, they were sniped and annihilated by Dou Jiande, the rebel army of Hebei.
Yang Guang had no choice but to order Wang Shichong to succeed as the commander-in-chief, leading 20,000 Jianghuai elite soldiers to Luokou, and Liu Wengong, who was heading to Hulao Pass, to contain Wagang.
Unfortunately, their marching route was too far, and distant water could not quench thirst.
Before Liu Wengong's army arrived, Li Jing took the Dragon Elephant PillSeveral fierce generals of the army blasted open the gate of Hulao Pass.
After taking Hulao Pass, they immediately rested on the spot.
When Liu Wengong led his army to the place where his horses were exhausted, Li Jing, who was waiting for him to get tired, led his troops to attack and caught him off guard.
Fortunately, a considerable part of Liu Wengong's 25,000 troops were cavalry, so he escaped with more than 10,000 remnants and retreated 50 miles to reorganize his troops to resist the enemy.
However, after losing the dangerous Hulao Pass, he had no chance of winning. After resisting for more than two months, he was completely wiped out by the two armies of Li Jing and Xu Shiji.
This battle took more than three months. Wagang not only successfully occupied Xingluo Cang, but also seized thousands of war horses from Liu Wengong.
Li Jing became famous in one battle!
On the other side, at Luokou, Wang Shichong and Pei Renji fought several battles, but did not gain much advantage.
After receiving the news of Liu Wengong's demise and the fall of Xingluo Cang, he could only lead 20,000 troops and several other reinforcements to retreat to Luoyang.
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While Wagang attacked Xingluo Cang, other places were not peaceful either.
The Piaoxiang of the Dongming faction heading inland was attacked by the Haisha Gang and the Jukun Gang successively. Dugu Xiong, a master of the Dugu clan, sneaked into the ship when Shan Meixian and Shan Wanjing went to Li Shimin's banquet in Pengcheng and stole the transaction account book.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, at the instruction of Li Shimin, also went to the Piaoxiang to steal the account book and intercepted it from him.
Afterwards, Kou Zhong gave the Li clan account book to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin got the account book and returned to Taiyuan. He used it as an excuse to persuade Li Yuan to rebel against the Sui Dynasty.
Li Yuan first allied with the Turks and supported Yang You, the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, as emperor. He became the prime minister and was named the King of Tang, and then led his troops to attack the capital Chang'an.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling took the Yuwen clan account book to Jiangdu, and joined forces with the Dugu clan to tell Yang Guang that they wanted to avenge the great hatred of being hunted down by Yuwen Huaji and Fu Jun'er being severely injured.
However, Yuwen Huaji had arranged spies around Yang Guang in advance, and took the initiative to lead his troops into the Jiangdu Palace and killed Yang Guang.
After the news of Yang Guang's death spread, the world was in complete chaos.
Xiao Xian used Jiangling as a city and called himself the King of Liang. Bandits such as Shen Liusheng joined him one after another, and the number of troops increased to tens of thousands.
Wang Shichong, who occupied Luoyang, supported King Yang Tong of Yue as emperor and ordered Yang Tong to confer him the title of Duke of Zheng and take charge of the military power.
After Li Yuan occupied Chang'an, he immediately forced Yang You to abdicate to him and founded the Tang Dynasty.
By the time these situations were settled, it was already the end of the 14th year of Daye.
At this point, the Great Sui Dynasty was basically declared extinct.