The loud horn sounded, and the Liangshan army officially set off.
"Leader Sun, can this march be faster?"
Chen Xuan looked at Sun Lei and said, Liang Shanbo's army is marching too slowly. They can only walk fifty miles in one day. It will be tomorrow afternoon when the army reaches Taiyuan Mansion.
"You have also seen that I only have three thousand cavalry here, and the rest are infantry. Walking fifty miles a day is already very tiring. If I really run a hundred miles a day and my strength is exhausted, how will we fight when we get to Taiyuan Mansion?"
Sun Lei looked at Chen Xuan and said, these words made Chen Xuan speechless for a while. The marching speed of fifty miles a day was indeed not slow, but he clearly felt that the Liangshan army had some spare strength.
"You'd better go back to Taiyuan Mansion to report the news first. Don't let Tian Bao lose the city and make my trip go in vain."
Sun Lei glanced at Chen Xuan and said.
Chen Xuan was suddenly startled when he heard this. He cupped his fists and saluted, and rode quickly to Taiyuan Mansion. He had to send back news of reinforcements first.
Under the city of Taiyuan Prefecture, Yang Keshi was commanding the army to attack the city. He kept attacking the defenders on the wall with bows and crossbows, making the defenders unable to raise their heads.
Tian Bao's expression on the city was ferocious. These bows and crossbows were all brought by him last time he went out of the city. They were left behind after the defeat of Fenyang, but they turned out to be sharp weapons in the hands of the enemy.
"Yang Keshi, you loser, kill me if you dare!"
Tian Bao hid behind the city wall and roared, Yang Keshi only had 5,000 men and horses, and the siege equipment only had some bows and crossbows. These could not break the city at all, but they caused extremely heavy casualties to the defenders.
Yang Keshi looked at Taiyuan Mansion with a sneer. He heard Tian Bao's cry, but he would not stupidly let his soldiers build the city wall with their lives.
"It's a pity that we didn't bring the crossbow and trebuchet this time! Otherwise, these thieves would have been killed long ago!"
Yang Keshi said that they thought they were just suppressing bandits when they came out this time, and they did not bring many soldiers or heavy equipment.
In fact, even if you want to, you can't bring them out. After all, the Western Army is the main force to resist Xixia. This year, the Western Army captured the Hengshan area. Xixia lost its best source of troops. Xixia lost its barrier and faced the danger of national subjugation. Xixia Chongzong expressed to the Song Dynasty Surrender, at this time, Xixia needs to be suppressed by force, and it is impossible to take away too many soldiers, horses and equipment.
"Why doesn't Sun Lei come? He wants five cars of jewelry from me!"
Tian Bao looked at Suo Xian beside him and shouted.
"Your Majesty, I just sent the jewelry yesterday. Sun Lei's army is hundreds of miles away. It will take at least two days to arrive!"
Suo Xian said helplessly. At this moment, they regretted not allowing Sun Lei to enter the city. The equipment of Sun Lei's army was much better than that of Yang Keshi in front of them.
"Second King, reinforcements will arrive tomorrow!"
Panting, Chen Xuan ran up the city wall and said to Tian Bao.
"Second King, it's okay to hold on until tomorrow."
Zhang Xiong said.
"We won't defend today. Let the soldiers hide and don't show their faces until the enemy comes to the city. Let Sun Lei fight tomorrow!"
Tian Bao directly gave the order, he gave Sun Lei five carts of treasure, then all the enemies in the city belong to Sun Lei.
"Second King, Sun Lei said that five carts of treasure are only enough for ten days, starting from today!"
After hearing this, Chen Xuan stammered.
"What!"
Tian Bao roared angrily.
"Sun Lei just wants to blackmail us on purpose!"
Xiang Zhong roared angrily, saying that one of the five carts of treasure came from him.
"But we have no choice now. King Jin can't separate his troops. The only one we can rely on now is Sun Lei."
Miao Cheng said.
The rest of the people were silent. The original defender of Taiyuan Mansion was the palace commander Zhang Xiong, who controlled Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue.
Later, Tian Bao was defeated in Fenyang. When he came to Taiyuan, he brought his generals Suo Xian, Dang Shilong, Ling Guang, Duan Ren, Miao Cheng, and Chen Xuan with him.
"Okay, ten days, no, eight days, let's see how he defeats the Western Army!"
Tian Bao was so angry that his teeth itched, but his heart was fierce.
"Send the order, Sun Lei is not allowed to open the city gate even when he comes. I want Sun Lei to fight to the death with the Western Army outside the city! My money is not that easy to get!"
Tian Bao looked at everyone and said.
"The Second King is right! Use people's money to eliminate disasters for others! Sun Lei should go and fight after taking the money!"
Zhang Xiong said, "There are five carts of money, Tian Bao has two carts, he has one cart, Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue have one cart each."
The siege lasted until evening, and Yang Keshi led the army back to the camp.
"Brother, what are we waiting for? Why doesn't General Zhong bring his army over? It's not easy for an army of 30,000 to take Taiyuan in one fell swoop."
Yang Kebi looked at Yang Keshi and asked in confusion. After fighting for several days, they already knew the combat power of the Taiyuan Mansion defenders.
"Commander Zhong said he would be here shortly."
Yang Keshi shook his head. He didn't understand what Zhong Shidao was thinking. Although Fenyang was taken, it was an empty city. They didn't get any supplies. Fenyang and Qinyuan were separated by vast mountains. , it is not easy to attack Qinyuan from there. It is better to capture Taiyuan. Not only can we supply the army, but we can also attack Qinyuan in a detour from Taiyuan Prefecture.
The next day, Yang Keshi still attacked the city with bows and crossbows, but this time the defenders on the city did not show their heads, as if they could not get out and were waiting to attack the city.
"Report, unknown troops and horses appeared in the north, ten thousand people!"
A scout rode on horseback to report to Yang Keshi.
"Ten thousand people!"
Yang Keshi's face darkened. Taiyuan Mansion was already the northernmost city of Tian Hu. How could there be people further north?
"How is the visitor?"
Yang Keshi looked at the scout and asked.
"This... style of clothing and armor looks like the Forbidden Army!"
The scout hesitated and spoke.
"Forces? The defenders in the north?"
Yang Keshi frowned and thought, further to the north is the Daizhou border army. They have been guarding the Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom.
"Impossible. How could the Daizhou border troops be transferred to Taiyuan Mansion? There is no imperial decree from the imperial court!"
Yang Kebi said, the mobilization of the border army requires an imperial decree, just like their Western Army, Tong Guandu has no right to mobilize without an imperial decree.
"Stand back and form a formation!"
Yang Keshi immediately ordered that if unidentified soldiers and horses were approaching, he had better be on guard. Now the world was in chaos, the four bandits were attacking cities and territories, and soldiers and horses were mobilized in large numbers, making it difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
"The enemy has retreated!"
When the defenders on the city discovered that the enemy had retreated, they cheered directly. They all knew that reinforcements were coming. Now that the enemy had retreated, reinforcements must have arrived.
Listening to the cheers in the city, Yang Keshi's expression changed slightly, as if the person coming was from the thieves' side.
Liang Shanbo's army slowly approached Taiyuan Mansion. The army had no intention of entering Taiyuan Mansion, so they bypassed it and arrived at the foot of the mountain to the west of Taiyuan Mansion.
"Where are your soldiers and horses? Do you have any orders?"
Yang Keshi rode to the front of the formation and shouted. He recognized the armor of the army on the opposite side. It was definitely the Forbidden Army, and it could only be worn by the most elite members of the Forbidden Army.
"Haha, this general is General Yang Keshi of the Western Army, right?"
Sun Lei laughed and looked at Yang Keshi and shouted.
"Who are you?"
Yang Keshi frowned and looked at Sun Lei, who was wearing a general's armor. Although he was stationed at the Kansai border all year round, he also knew about military matters. When did such a young general appear in the Forbidden Army.
