After Li Mi retreated from Hulao Pass, he quickly gathered the defeated troops, regrouped, and gathered hundreds of thousands of troops to station troops in Changle Town, thirty miles outside Hulao Pass. 56 library new website:
Wang Shichong also led a heavy army to station troops at Hulao Pass and defended it to the death. He repelled Li Mi's more than ten attacks in succession, and the war situation reached a stalemate for a while.
In order to break the deadlock, Li Mi ordered Zhu Wen, the general stationed in Xuzhou, to lead troops to help. Wang Shichong also sent a messenger to Jingxiang to find Yang Gao and asked him to quickly send troops to rescue Luoyang.
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In Yingchuan County, 40,000 elite soldiers led by Chang Yuchun have arrived at Changshe County, the administrative center of Yingchuan County. They have joined the 20,000 Sui troops coming from the direction of Nanyang and surrounded Changshe County.
The leader of the Sui army in Nanyang was Yang Yanzhao's father Yang Ye. Yang Ye's implanted identity was the concubine of Sui Emperor Yang Jian's cousin. He had been guarding Yanmen Pass for many years and fighting against the Turks. During the Daye period, he offended the powerful officials of the dynasty and was dismissed from his official position.
However, Yang Ye was very loyal. Hearing that Emperor Wu Yang Guang was avoiding trouble in Jiangdu, he specially sent his most proud son Yang Yanzhao and his son Yang Yansi, who was the best in martial arts, to Jiangdu. Later, he heard that Yang Yanzhao had made great contributions and had been named the county king. He immediately The whole family moved south to join Yang Yanzhao.
Yang Yanzhao knew that his father's biggest dream in his life was to return to the battlefield, so he asked Yang Gao to write to Yang Gao when he sent troops to the Central Plains to recommend his father Yang Ye as the leading general. Yang Gao knew Yang Ye's ability, so he pretended to betray Yang Yanzhao to save face. , agreed to Yang Yanzhao’s request with a stroke of his pen.
Yang Ye had a total of four lieutenants on this trip, Lin Chong and Hao Siwen, who served as partial generals, and the other two were Yang Ye's sons, Yang Yanping and Yang Yande, both of whom were brought out by Yang Ye.
After the two armies joined forces, they immediately launched an attack on Changshe County.
Li Mi has mobilized an army of 200,000 to attack Wagang. Although Changshe County is the seat of Yingchuan County, there are only less than 3,000 defenders. The defender Gao Quan was originally the leader of a small village and didn't know much about anything. In the art of war, facing the siege of tens of thousands of Sui troops, I had already panicked and didn't know how to deal with it.
"Siege the city. The first one to attack the city will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold!"
Chang Yuchun waved the command flag in his hand and shouted an order.
Yang Ye, Lin Chong, Yang Yande, Hua Rong and other generals led the charge. Tens of thousands of troops rushed to the foot of the city wall like a dragon crossing a river. With shields on their heads and ladders on their shoulders, they shouted and roared and launched a stormy attack on Changshe County. offensive.
"Bow and arrow suppression!"
Chang Yuchun gave an order, and tens of thousands of crossbowmen on standby under the city wall unfurled their bows and nocked arrows, shooting towards the top of the city.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Suddenly, arrows rained down and fell from the sky like locusts. The Wagang army on the wall was screaming in agony. They tried their best to run around with their heads lowered to avoid the arrows. How could they think of stopping the Sui army from attacking the city.
The Sui army attacking the city reached the city wall almost without any hindrance. They put ladder after ladder on the city wall and climbed up bravely with a shield on their head.
"Soldiers, this is the time to make great achievements. Follow me and kill!"
Yang Ye laughed wildly, holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, wearing a strong sword and taking the lead, climbing up the ladder slowly.
Chang Yuchun saw him from behind and sighed, "Old General Yang is getting stronger and stronger, and his sword is still young. He is truly a role model for our generation. I should personally beat the drum to cheer for the old general!"
With that said, Chang Yuchun jumped off his horse, took the drummer's hammer, and started hitting the big cowhide drum hard.
Encouraged by Chang Yuchun's fierce drumming, Yang Ye roared, kicked off his feet, and suddenly jumped onto the city wall.
"He who understands the current affairs is a hero. Do you traitors still have to fight in the corner?" Yang Ye slashed horizontally and vertically with the golden-backed sword in his hand. He cut down several defenders in succession, rushed into an open area, and shouted: "Put down your weapons and let us capture you." Those who do not will be spared from death!"
"Old General Yang is so brave at nearly sixty years old, how can we, the younger generation, lag behind him?"
Yang Ye's bravery greatly boosted the morale of the Sui army, and Lin Chong, Hua Rong, Yang Yande and others also climbed onto the city wall one after another.
Gao Quan, the guard of Changshe County, saw that the situation was not good and wanted to abandon the city and flee. Unexpectedly, he had already been targeted by Yang Ye, who was the first to reach the city. He had just taken a few steps and was blocked by Yang Ye.
"Old man, how dare you block my way, you are seeking death!"
Seeing that his way was blocked, Gao Quan was frightened and furious. He shouted violently, swung his sword like a mad bull and slashed at Yang Ye.
Yang Ye snorted disdainfully, and slashed out with the golden-backed sword in his hand like the autumn wind sweeping down fallen leaves, and collided with Gao Quan's sword.
throat!
As sparks flew everywhere, Gao Quan groaned and staggered back a few steps. A surge of energy and blood surged in his chest, and he was horrified, "This old man is so old, but his martial arts are still so powerful. Such martial arts." Not to mention me, even if Wang Bodang, Shan Xiongxin and others bump into me, they may not be able to win!"
Yang Ye saw the timidity in Gao Quan's heart, and was secretly happy. He slashed out with the golden-backed sword in his hand, and the layers of sword shadows enveloped Gao Quan. Gao Quan mustered up his energy to block with the sword, struggling to hold on. In less than ten rounds, it was already full of loopholes.
Yang Ye saw an opening, slapped Gao Quan to the ground with a backhand knife, and shouted, "Come here, tie up this thief!"
The general was captured, and the Wagang army defending the city lost even more fighting spirit. Within a quarter of an hour, the entire Changshe County city was replaced with the battle flag of the Sui army. Seven or eight hundred of the three thousand Wagang army defending the city died in the battle. people, and the rest were all captured.
Gao Quan was an old man. After he was captured and brought to Chang Yuchun, he immediately knelt on the ground and begged for surrender without saying a word: "General, this villain followed Li Mi to rebel because of the situation, but he has always had his heart in mind. I belong to the imperial court, and I have never thought of going against the imperial court. The heavenly soldiers are here today, and I am willing to surrender!"
Chang Yuchun's eyes widened angrily, and he slapped the case and yelled: "You villain, do you think this general is a fool? If you really had no choice but to rebel, why did you lead the resistance when our army came to the city? Surrendering now is obviously to protect your own. Life. What’s the use of disloyal and unjust people like you? Where are you left and right? Drag them out and behead them!"
Gao Quan's face turned pale with fright, and he kowtowed repeatedly and said: "General, spare your life, general, spare your life!"
Yang Ye couldn't bear it, so he stepped out and said, "General Chang, this man has surrendered. I think it's better to spare his life. It's unlucky to kill a prisoner!"
Hearing this, Chang Yuchun shook his head and said categorically: "What the old general said is wrong. This thief has no loyalty at all. He surrendered to our army to save his life today, but he will betray his own life in the future." Our army. What’s more, this bandit surrendered after breaking the city. If word spreads about this and all the counties in the Central Plains follow suit, then when will our army be able to take over all of the Central Plains? I have made up my mind, and there is no need to persuade the old general!"
Seeing that Chang Yuchun had made up his mind, Yang Ye secretly realized that Chang Yuchun's words did make some sense. He stopped talking and slowly returned to the queue.
